Chapter 154: Hiring an Employee as Canteen Manager

Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Hiring an Employee as Canteen Manager

At this moment, Lin Feng was sitting in a corner of the cafeteria.

He watched the unwilling expression on the face of the cafeteria owner before him.

A faint smile touched his lips. "You reap what you sow."

If the cafeteria owner hadn’t been so lazy and greedy,

using less-than-fresh ingredients to cheat the students,

and if his management hadn’t been a mess, with him raising prices whenever he felt like it,

how would the students have found anything to use against him?

And if their resentment hadn’t run so deep, why would they have blown the whole thing wide open?

Of course, one of the reasons these students dared to report him directly

was because Lin Feng was backing them from the shadows.

「During this time.」

Yang Qiniang had used the investment company’s name to contact and negotiate with the university.

Meanwhile, Lin Feng hadn’t been idle either.

He, along with Jiang Chao and Cao Ming, had been gathering feedback from the student body.

They then compiled this feedback into a formal report and submitted it directly.

In Lin Feng’s eyes, this was a coordinated effort with Yang Qiniang, an attack from both inside and out.

It made things much more efficient.

By the time the investment company signed the contract with the university,

Yang Qiniang finally made his appearance.

And it was during the contract signing that the university administration learned that this investment company was actually a startup founded by one of its own students.

The university officials were quite surprised.

They hadn’t expected one of their own students to start a business as a freshman, and at such a young age.

Moreover, the company he had built was by no means small.

Taking this into account,

the university administrators considered it for a moment.

In the spirit of supporting student entrepreneurship on their own campus,

they directly gave Lin Feng and his team a three-month rent reduction.

This could be considered preferential treatment from the university.

Around this time, news of this gradually spread among the university’s upper management.

It happened to coincide with the university’s recent years of supporting and encouraging student entrepreneurship.

"This Lin Feng... he’s not bad."

"And I looked into it. This investment company was only registered a month ago."

"It’s been operating profitably for this one month."

"It’s clear that the students here at our Yang City University are quite capable."

"The higher-ups have been talking about encouraging university students to start businesses, and this student, Lin Feng, has done an excellent job!"

"I expect this student will have great achievements in the future."

During a meeting on the theme of entrepreneurship, the university officials mentioned him a few times.

The leadership and administrators were all full of praise for Lin Feng’s entrepreneurial story.

The speakers may have been casual, but the listeners paid close attention.

Since the university leadership held him in such high regard,

some of the other department heads and staff below them also started getting ideas.

Meanwhile, Lin Feng and Yang Qiniang had hired new staff through the investment company.

They began to overhaul the service quality and food standards of the cafeteria stalls.

"Old Jiang, go get Song Yaqi and Chu Ling’er for me today. There’s something I want to discuss with them."

Jiang Chao and Cao Ming had witnessed the changes in the cafeteria during this period.

He also remembered how business at the stall had boomed when Chu Ling’er was working part-time.

Jiang Chao had a few guesses about what Lin Feng was planning.

"Brother Feng, if you’re planning to invite Chu Ling’er and the others back to the cafeteria, can you not be too stingy with their wages?"

Jiang Chao said with a smile.

Lin Feng shot Jiang Chao a glare. "Enough. I’m not asking them to come back for part-time work!"

"I have other plans. Just go get them first, we’ll talk then."

Jiang Chao couldn’t figure out what Lin Feng was planning.

So, he simply went and found the two of them as quickly as he could.

In fact, the news that the cafeteria stalls had been taken over by a company founded by one of the university’s own students

had already spread like wildfire.

Song Yaqi and Chu Ling’er had also heard the news.

But neither of them had imagined that the one who took over the cafeteria was none other than Lin Feng.

"Brother Feng, we heard you were looking for us?"

Chu Ling’er asked, blinking in confusion.

Lin Feng had the two girls sit down and began, "Recently, a new company has taken over the cafeteria contract."

"This company is under my name."

Hearing this, both girls’ faces filled with surprise.

It was the shock of realizing an expert had been in their midst all along!

But what Lin Feng said next left the two girls so stunned their jaws dropped.

"Here’s the deal. Now that I’ve taken over the cafeteria, I want to invite you two to be the stall managers."

"In other words, I’m putting you two in charge of managing these cafeteria stalls."

Lin Feng deliberately emphasized the word "managing."

He was making it clear that he wasn’t asking them back to the cafeteria for a simple part-time job this time.

He hoped the two girls could shoulder a serious responsibility.

To manage the cafeteria business well.

Chu Ling’er and Song Yaqi looked at each other, stunned. They never thought Lin Feng would entrust such a profitable business to them.

"I don’t think that’s appropriate... Neither of us has any experience..."

Song Yaqi demurred, hesitating.

Beside her, Chu Ling’er also said timidly, "Brother Feng, how about I just come back and work part-time cooking for you at the stall!"

Lin Feng smiled and shook his head.

"I didn’t ask you two here to do that kind of work."

"You’re students at Yang City University, after all. Are you telling me you don’t even dare to take on a little challenge like this?"

"You can’t handle these things?"

"Or do you plan on doing this kind of low-skill work for the rest of your lives?"

"I’m giving you a new opportunity. Aren’t you willing to even try?"

Lin Feng’s string of rhetorical questions sent the two girls deep into thought.

Jiang Chao and Cao Ming, who had been shocked by Lin Feng’s decision, finally snapped out of it.

The two of them immediately started trying to persuade Song Yaqi and Chu Ling’er. "Don’t you two hesitate! I think you’re both more than capable!"

"You have to believe in yourselves!"

"This is an opportunity from Brother Feng! Not just anyone gets a chance like this!"

Jiang Chao looked at Song Yaqi anxiously.

He was afraid that Song Yaqi, in a moment of clouded judgment, would turn Lin Feng down.

In truth, Song Yaqi and Chu Ling’er knew this as well.

The main point was that Lin Feng was giving them a chance.

It was truly a very rare decision.

After all, no one would choose two students to take on management roles.

Song Yaqi looked at Chu Ling’er.

The two of them exchanged a look.

In fact, Song Yaqi had already started to waver during Lin Feng’s rapid-fire questions.

After a brief moment of hesitation, Song Yaqi was the first to grit her teeth and say, "Brother Feng, you’re absolutely right. I don’t think I can give up on this so easily."

"I want to give it a try!"

Lin Feng smiled and nodded, his gaze falling on Chu Ling’er.

In truth, the one Lin Feng valued most this time was Chu Ling’er.

To be more precise,

what he actually valued was Chu Ling’er’s cooking skill.

Chu Ling’er hesitated for a moment, then also nodded and looked at Lin Feng. "I want to try, too."

Seeing that the two of them hadn’t made a foolish mistake and had agreed, Jiang Chao and Cao Ming, standing to the side,

let out a long sigh of relief.