Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Step 3
Shu Niannian drew a simple blueprint and handed the decoration matters of the two stores to Zhang Chunyang. "Didn't I tell you before that the health club needs an assistant for opening? If you already have someone, let them come over to help. It won't be in vain. You can count the salary. But I want to tell you that the situation is very difficult in the early stage of starting a business. You can't have nepotism at this time. When people come, you should observe them first. You can only keep them if you think they are suitable."
Zhang Chunyang said hurriedly, "Don't worry, I know the seriousness of this. I'll have someone come to help take a look. At the same time, I'll put up a sign at the door with a recruitment advertisement. Whoever does a good job will stay."
Shu Niannian looked at Zhang Chunyang with appreciation and then walked out. The Miaoshou Huichun health club was about to open, and the Xinhualian counter was also about to open. After completing these two things, she would also have to set up a production line. However, she was not only short of money, but also of manpower.
She can handle the money issue, but it is difficult to find a reliable person. The person she is looking for must not only have a certain level of knowledge and vision, but also have a character that she can trust.
Although such a person is hard to find, Shu Niannian already has a candidate in mind. However, Shu Niannian is not sure whether Li Ruyu is willing to come out to work at this moment. After all, in her impression, Li Ruyu is devoted to her children, and more importantly, Li Ruyu is not short of money.
How to convince someone who has enough money to work?
Shu Niannian felt that this was a big challenge for her. Although she was eloquent, that was all normal performance based on factual conditions. As for fooling people, Shu said that she didn't know how to do that!
Come to think of it, Shu Niannian hasn't seen Li Ruyu for more than half a year. I wonder how she is doing now.
Shu Niannian is going to take the college entrance examination and has been staying in Shujia Village for the past few months to review. During this period, she and Li Ruyu have been communicating through letters but have never met in person.
Shu Niannian went to the address Li Ruyu gave her and found out that Li Ruyu was actually living in a slum?
She found Li Ruyu's home according to the house number and knocked on the door hesitantly. Unexpectedly, the person who came out to open the door was actually Li Ruyu?
Shu Niannian asked in surprise, "Sister Ruyu, why are you living here? I thought I had found the wrong place."
Even if Li Ruyu was in Haicheng, he should be staying in the military dependents' quarters at this time, right?
Li Ruyu welcomed Shu Niannian into the house, poured her some tea, and then told her what had happened to her during this period.
"I have to thank you for reminding me. After returning from Haicheng, I paid attention to her every word and action. I found that although she was very nice to my baby in front of me, she deliberately pushed my baby behind my back, causing it to fall, and deliberately fed my baby cold and stale complementary food. I was so angry that I drove her away at the time. Who knew that she would tell my mother-in-law that I couldn't tolerate her and deliberately slandered her?! My mother-in-law is also old and confused. She said that I was suspicious all day long and that I couldn't take care of the baby well, so I went around looking for trouble with others. I didn't want to argue with her. After all, she is Shibo's mother. It would be ugly if we quarreled. I would make it difficult for Shibo.
I continued to stay in my hometown, and the nanny was always hanging around me and my baby. I was really worried, so I brought the baby to Haicheng. Shibo was allocated a one-bedroom apartment in the army. I thought that the baby was still young, and our family of three could live in the army. But we had been together for less than a month when my mother-in-law brought the nanny over to make trouble, saying that if Shibo and I lived together, it would disturb Shibo's work. She wanted to rent a three-bedroom apartment outside and asked me to move out of the military compound. She also wanted the nanny to continue to take care of the baby. Naturally, I didn't want to do that, so I had another fight with my mother-in-law. ”
At this point, Li Ruyu smiled mockingly. It can be seen that although this incident happened several months ago, Li Ruyu still felt resentful when he mentioned it.
"Since then, my mother-in-law has been bringing the nanny to the military family compound every now and then to make trouble. Shibo protected me at first, but then he was gradually brainwashed by my mother-in-law. He also began to persuade me to take the baby back to my hometown, saying that the nanny was a good person and asked me not to be suspicious all the time."
Shu Niannian frowned, feeling that this little nanny was really resourceful. She actually coaxed Zhang Shibo and his mother into submission. Li Ruyu continued, "I don't have to stay in the military family compound. In fact, the environment of the military family compound is not suitable for raising children. Shibo often goes on emergency training in the middle of the night. When the assembly whistle sounds, Xiaobao is scared and cries. But I will never agree to take the child back to my hometown, so I discussed with Shibo to rent a two-bedroom, two-living room house next to the Second Army. Shibo also thinks this is a good idea, so that he can see me and the baby often without disturbing the baby's sleep. But after my mother-in-law knew about this, she started to make trouble again. This time she didn't make a fuss, but told Shibo that she was in poor health and didn't have enough money, so she asked Shibo to send her 50 yuan a month for nutrition. Shibo only earns 80 yuan a month. If he sends her 50, how can our family of three spend enough?"
"We have several shops at home, how could she have no money to spend? She just wants to force me to go back, but I won't go back. I told Shibo that if she wants 50, I will give her 50. If we don't have enough money left, we will save it. We can't afford the two-bedroom and two-living-room house next to Erjun, so we will rent a large courtyard. As long as Xiaobao can grow up safely, I can live through any hard times."
At this point, Li Ruyu laughed, "Since I brought Xiaobao to Haicheng, Xiaobao has been able to eat and sleep well in the past six months. Before, he seemed to be treated like a precious treasure at home, but he had to go to the hospital every few days. Now Xiaobao has not even had a common cold."
Shu Niannian stared at Li Ruyu. She could see that although she was not as delicate as before, she looked much more cheerful. Li Ruyu was beautiful. Even without painting her nails, doing her hair, or wearing lipstick, she was still a beauty.
"Don't leave tonight. I'll treat you to dinner. I'll go buy some groceries now." Li Ruyu saw that Shu Niannian was so happy that she pulled Shu Niannian to stop her from leaving. "Hey, I can't afford to treat you to a meal now, but don't worry, my cooking skills have improved. I'll cook you a big meal tonight."
As she was about to get money to buy food, Shu Niannian quickly stopped her, "Sister Ruyu, there's no rush for food. I came to you because I need your help with something."
When Li Ruyu heard Shu Niannian asking her for help, she thought Shu Niannian had encountered some difficulties, and immediately asked Shu Niannian what was wrong with her.
Although she is not a warm-hearted person, she treats Shu Niannian as a friend and is particularly concerned about Shu Niannian's affairs.
Seeing Li Ruyu's anxious look, Shu Niannian felt warm in her heart, "I have nothing to do during this period of time after the college entrance examination, so I thought about expanding the business in Haicheng. I am short of manpower, so I thought of asking you for help."
Li Ruyu's eyes suddenly lit up, "You want to ask me for help? Really?"
She excitedly held Shu Niannian's hand and said, "I can do anything, but there is one thing: I have to take my little treasure with me. But don't worry, I will take good care of him and won't let him cause any trouble, nor will I let him affect my work."
Ever since Zhang Shibo sent his mother-in-law 50 yuan every month, their lives have become tight. In the past few months, they overdrew their previous savings so that they could still eat meat for every meal, but recently their savings were all gone, and they can only eat meat every few days. Li Ruyu is fine, as she is not craving for meat, but her little baby is still growing and needs adequate nutrition. Seeing her little baby's chubby face becoming thinner day by day, Li Ruyu feels heartbroken.
After discussing with Zhang Shibo, she went out to look for a job. She had a decent level of education and did not have very high salary requirements, so it was easy for her to find an ordinary job.
But whenever Li Ruyu said she wanted to bring her child to work, people who had been optimistic about her would shake their heads like rattles and say, "No, no, I can't bring a child with me!"
Li Ruyu had suffered repeated setbacks in finding a job. When she heard that Shu Niannian was short of staff and wanted to ask her for help, she was so excited that she was a little incoherent.
To be honest, as long as she begged Shu Niannian, Shu Niannian would definitely agree to let her take the child to work with her. But the more Shu Niannian considered her, the more she was afraid of causing trouble for Shu Niannian.
She didn't know what kind of job Shu Niannian wanted her to do, so she could only look at Shu Niannian nervously, hoping that the job Shu Niannian asked her to do was one that would allow her to take care of her children without affecting her work.
Seeing that Li Ruyu was very nervous, Shu Niannian quickly patted Li Ruyu's hand and said, "You can take the child to work, don't worry about that."
Before looking for Li Ruyu again, Shu Niannian had already considered Li Ruyu's situation, but even so, Shu Niannian still felt that Li Ruyu was very suitable.
"Sister Ruyu, I want you to be a manager, not a front-line operator. You can take Xiaobao with you."
Next, Shu Niannian told Li Ruyu about the scale of the business she was about to launch. Li Ruyu was not surprised after hearing it. She knew from the first time she dealt with Shu Niannian that Shu Niannian was a girl who could and would do things.
And she guessed that if Shu Niannian had not wanted to take the college entrance examination this year, Shu Niannian would have expanded her business empire at the beginning of this year.
Come to think of it, it was her studies that slowed down her ability to make money!
Like Zhang Chunyang, Li Ruyu is a die-hard fan of Shu Niannian. No matter how incredible what Shu Niannian does may seem to others, she firmly believes that Shu Niannian can succeed.
However, Li Ruyu had no work experience in this area. When Shu Niannian asked her to help, she had to be honest with Shu Niannian to prevent Shu Niannian from having too high expectations of her and whether she had enough ability would hinder Shu Niannian. "Niannian, I won't hide it from you. Although I graduated from college, I only taught in the middle school at home for two years. After I married Shibo, I never went out to work. I only checked the accounts for a few shops at home and never did any serious business. Your business is so big, I'm afraid that if I'm not capable enough, I will cause you trouble."
Shu Niannian patted Li Ruyu's hand to reassure her, "Sister Ruyu, I know all the situations you mentioned, but I asked you for help not because of your work experience, but because of your character. No one is born knowing everything, and those who don't know can learn. It doesn't matter if you don't know anything at the beginning, just do whatever I ask you to do."
Shu Niannian feels that a person's ability is important, but a person's character is more important. What's more, Li Ruyu is not incompetent. College students of this era are definitely smart. Li Ruyu just doesn't have the opportunity to work. Without the opportunity to work, naturally there is no work experience. If Li Ruyu is placed in a working environment, she believes that Li Ruyu will grow quickly.
Shu Niannian's words seemed to give Li Ruyu a reassurance.
She assured confidently, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll do whatever you ask me to do. Don't worry, I will grow up as soon as possible and help you share your worries."
Hearing Li Ruyu say this, Shu Niannian felt particularly relieved. It seemed that the entrepreneurial journey in this life would definitely not be as lonely as in the previous life.
After finishing the business, Shu Niannian stood up and said goodbye. Li Ruyu invited Shu Niannian to have dinner with her and wanted to show her cooking skills, but Shu Niannian waved her hand to refuse. "I've been very busy lately and I really don't have time. Maybe next time. After I'm done with this round of work, I'll come and taste your cooking skills. You should also prepare well. Tomorrow you should go to Miaoshou Huichun to help Master Zhang and get into the state as soon as possible."
How could Li Ruyu disobey? Naturally, they all said yes.
After leaving Li Ruyu, Shu Niannian went to the old Red Star Department Store with the only 300 yuan she had left. In addition to buying some essential oils, she mainly wanted to study the layout of the Red Star Department Store in detail.
There was no way. The location of her Xinhualian counter was really bad. Although she had some methods of attracting customers, she was not sure whether such methods were correct in this era and whether they could achieve the effect she wanted.
Apart from their different natures, Red Star Department Store and Xinhualian are both supermarkets. Since they are both supermarkets, their customer base is the same. She wants to further verify and correct her traffic diversion measures through the counter displays and traffic flow of Red Star Department Store.
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