Recruitment

After Qingming, when they had paid respects to their ancestors.

April 7th, close to noon.

Jiang Miao brought Ke Yong with him, and the two drove to Lian Tang Village in the city.

On the northern side of Lian Tang Village.

The pickup slowly drove through the gates of Shanmei Vocational and Technical College. He had already notified the college a few days earlier, so they entered without issue.

They arrived near the cafeteria and parked by the roadside.

After opening the doors, Jiang Miao and Ke Yong moved out folding tables, chairs, recruitment banners, and other items.

They found a spot near the cafeteria with a pavilion and set everything up.

With noon approaching, quite a few students had finished class and were heading toward the cafeteria in small groups.

Once the recruitment banner was put up, many passing students noticed it.

Jiang Miao and Ke Yong were dressed very formally, which caught the interest of many soon-to-graduate students.

Before long.

Three students gathered their courage and approached.

Ke Yong hurriedly stood up and handed them recruitment flyers. "Students, if you're interested, you can send your resumes to our email address, or bring your resumes here for an interview."

"One each for finance, purchasing, logistics, legal affairs, secretarial work, and sales? The requirements are..." After reading for a while, the student found that none of the positions suited his major.

More students soon came over to ask questions.

They were two pretty girls.

One of them, a girl wearing glasses, held a recruitment flyer and asked, "Your company doesn't require finance applicants to have work experience, right?"

Jiang Miao smiled. "We came to recruit at a school. Wouldn't requiring work experience be making things difficult for you? What major are you in?"

"I'm majoring in Big Data and Financial Management. I'm a junior this year," the girl with glasses promptly replied.

"Are you interested? If you are, you can fill out some basic information." Jiang Miao took out a blank resume form and handed it to her.

The girl with glasses had just taken it when the long-haired girl beside her quietly reminded her, "Jingjing, think this through. Ma Gong Town isn't in the city."

"I want to give it a try. Jobs are hard to find these days."

Seeing the determination on her friend's face, the long-haired girl could not bring herself to keep persuading her. "All right!"

Before long, the girl with glasses had filled in her basic information.

Jiang Miao took it and looked it over.

Ye Meijing, twenty-one years old, from Mei City, Lingnan Province, majoring in "Big Data and Financial Management"...

"Your qualifications are good. You've seen our company's compensation package: 4,500 yuan, five social insurances and one housing fund, with meals and accommodation provided. If you have no questions, I can process your onboarding now. However, you'll need to find time this week for a pre-employment physical examination. The company will reimburse the cost."

"Uh... I've been hired?" Ye Meijing looked utterly bewildered, clearly not expecting to be hired so quickly.

Jiang Miao asked directly, "I'm busy and don't have time to joke around. What's your answer?"

"I agree." Ye Meijing nodded.

"Good. You're half onboarded now. Take these flyers and hand them out." Jiang Miao pulled out a large stack of flyers and passed them to her.

Ye Meijing had not expected to find a job so quickly. Still dazed, she accepted the flyers.

An afternoon passed.

Jiang Miao had recruited all the employees he needed.

They were: secretary Li Wenna, a twenty-one-year-old Chaozhou person whose major was secretarial work.

Purchasing officer Wang Feng, a twenty-year-old Xuwen person majoring in business administration.

Logistics officer Kong Guocai, a twenty-one-year-old Luhe person majoring in business administration.

Salesman Li Zhou, a twenty-one-year-old Putian person majoring in marketing.

There was no legal affairs hire for the moment. Shanmei Vocational and Technical College did not offer a law major, so he could only see whether he could recruit a suitable candidate online.

As the sun set.

The five recruits, along with Jiang Miao and Ke Yong, packed up their things.

"To celebrate everyone joining Hai Lu Feng Company, dinner is on me. Then I'll take you all to see where the company office is."

"Thank you, Boss!" The new employees all knew that Jiang Miao was the owner.

There was not enough room in the pickup, so Li Zhou and Kong Guocai could only sit in the truck bed.

Jiang Miao did not choose anywhere too far away.

On nearby Red Sea Avenue, he found a food-stall-style restaurant called New Name Garden and booked a private room.

After ordering, Jiang Miao picked up his teacup. "I've only just started this business, and you've only just entered the workforce. The company is still in its early stages, so the salary is only average. I hope you won't mind. I won't make empty promises, but I definitely won't treat you poorly when it comes to food and lodging."

"You're too polite, Boss." Li Zhou smiled as he picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"Boss, what does our company do?" Kong Guocai asked curiously.

"We do aquaculture and aquatic product processing. At this stage, our main product is eel."

Just then, a waiter came in carrying a large platter of Braised Eel.

Jiang Miao raised his chopsticks. "This fish."

"Eel? Is this the same fish used for Unagi Kabayaki at those Japanese Restaurants?" Ye Meijing pushed up her glasses.

Li Wenna chimed in, "It should be. Eel must be expensive. I went to a Japanese Restaurant once before, and just five or six pieces of eel meat cost fifty or sixty yuan."

By the end of the meal, both sides had become somewhat familiar with each other.

It was past eight in the evening.

The group arrived at the entrance of the Resort Restaurant in Magong.

Old Ke saw the pickup and knew the boss had returned. He hurriedly raised the barrier.

"We're here."

After getting out of the vehicles, everyone stared in confusion at the Resort Restaurant sign hanging above them.

Jiang Miao explained, "The company just rented this place and it's currently being renovated. The sign will be changed in a few days."

After entering the lobby, Ke Yong hurried over to turn on the lights.

The brightly lit lobby was filled with all kinds of renovation materials and tools.

The five new employees looked like curious children as they inspected everything around them.

Jiang Miao led them to the third floor.

After more than a week of renovations, the twelve rooms on the third floor had been roughly completed. All that was missing were various cabinets, beds, and similar furnishings.

"Wang Feng, Guocai, starting tomorrow, purchase a batch of metal bookshelves, metal bed frames, mattresses, bedsheets, and so on. All twelve rooms need them."

"Meijing, you need to start managing the finances."

Li Wenna had already gotten into the role and was jotting everything down in a small notebook nearby.

"Boss, can we buy them online?" Wang Feng asked.

"Yes, but make sure the quality is good."

"I'll definitely keep an eye on the quality." Wang Feng nodded.

Jiang Miao turned and instructed, "Wenna, I'll send ten thousand yuan to Meijing later. Take them, including A Yong, to the hospital to arrange physical examinations."

"Okay, leave it to me."

After arranging a few matters, the group went for a walk on the beach behind the restaurant.

Inside a pavilion on the seawall by the shore.

Li Wenna felt the cool sea breeze tinged with the smell of salt and fish. "This place is pretty nice. It's quieter than the city, and the scenery is quite good."

"It used to be a resort, so of course the scenery is good." Ye Meijing stretched lazily.

"This place would be perfect for retirement." Wang Feng joked with a smile.

Ye Meijing pushed up her glasses. "But the boss is quite wealthy. He rented such a nice place right at the start of his business."

Li Zhou, however, was somewhat worried. "The eel business is hard to make work. A lot of people in my hometown raise eels, and the profits are only so-so."

"We shouldn't worry about it. That's the boss's business." Wang Feng shrugged.

After ten that night, Jiang Miao had Ke Yong drive Ye Meijing and the others back to the college in the city.

Jiang Miao, meanwhile, rode his Electric Scooter back to his old home in Xinxiang.

When he got home.

He saw Little Uncle's family, who had returned from Hong Kong to pay respects to their ancestors.

"Little Uncle, Little Aunt, long time no see."

His Little Uncle, Jiang Dahe, asked reproachfully, "A Miao, why did you leave in such a hurry when you went to Hong Kong last time?"

"Something came up at the last minute, didn't it? Dad! Mom! Keep Little Uncle and Little Aunt company. I'm going to take a shower."

His father knew he did not get along with Little Aunt, so he waved him off. "Go on."