Chapter 150 - 107: A Pretty Awesome Project Proposal

Chapter 150: Chapter 107: A Pretty Awesome Project Proposal

"Yes!" Zhang Lin nodded with a smile. "Muxue, you’ll also need to handle the other projects. For the newly acquired campsite, Flower Sea, Bamboo Maze, and Bamboo Culture Park, please promote someone to be in charge of each of them."

"I’ll handle it!" Lin Muxue replied with a smile.

As for other positions like finance, they couldn’t be filled by internal promotion on short notice and would require a gradual recruitment process. With these arrangements made, Zhang Lin adjourned the meeting.

The farm was indeed quite large now. With over 600 employees, the monthly payroll alone would be several million.

After the meeting, everyone else left, but Fu Yao remained, her pretty face tinged with a slight blush.

Zhang Lin asked with a smile, "What is it?"

Fu Yao quickly took out a tablet and handed it to Zhang Lin. "Boss, you asked me to take charge of the new uniforms for the farm’s employees, and I’ve finished the designs!"

Zhang Lin took the tablet and looked. A data package was open, showing the design drafts for the work uniforms. There were designs for service staff, security, farmhands... and even OL suits for the office staff!

"Did you draw these designs yourself?" Zhang Lin asked.

"No!" Fu Yao quickly waved her hands. She had never studied design and wouldn’t dare be so confident as to draw them herself. She explained, "I hired a designer to draw them. The design fee will need to be reimbursed by the farm later!"

"Of course it will be reimbursed!" Zhang Lin said with a laugh.

The designs were quite good; the designer was very skilled.

He lingered for a moment on the OL suit for the office staff. He looked at the design, then at Fu Yao, and felt the suit had one flaw: the skirt was too long. It should be a little shorter.

’It’s not that I’m a pervert,’ he thought. ’It’s just that from a man’s perspective, it would be more pleasing to the eye. Not excessively short, just about the standard length you see at major companies.’

However, since the design was already done this way, there was nothing to be done about it.

’The designer just isn’t very perceptive. I’ll have to blacklist them.’

"Give me the design files. I’ll arrange for the production of these uniforms!" Zhang Lin then had Fu Yao send the design package to him.

Back in his office, he once again called his uncle.

"Lin!"

"Uncle, I need you to produce another 200 sets of work uniforms. We’re about to hire another 200 employees over here!"

"Another 200?"

"Yes. Also, I need you to produce some new uniforms for me. Aside from 100 sets for the office staff, produce 1,000 sets of every other type to start. Use the standard size ratios. I’ll send you the designs in a bit!"

At Zhang’s Clothing Company, Zhang He was once again astonished as he looked at the designs Zhang Lin had sent over.

’First 200, then another 200, all in such a short time. My nephew’s farm is developing way too fast.’

"Brother, you can rest in peace now," Zhang He couldn’t help but murmur, his face filled with relief. Then, he called for the head of production and handed over the new order.

’My nephew’s order is for several thousand garments at least. I have to make sure it’s arranged properly.’

Meanwhile, Lin Mengyao had taken a team to the campsite and Flower Sea projects of Kailin Investment Farm and had summoned all the employees that Kailin Investment had recruited.

In truth, after the Flower Sea and campsite opened, the employees of Kailin Investment Farm had been on edge. Many speculated that Kailin Investment Farm probably couldn’t stay in business.

After all, there were no customers. Only a fool would keep it running.

The employees had, in fact, already braced themselves for unemployment.

So, when they heard the projects had been acquired by Li Yuan Farm and that they would be absorbed into Li Yuan Farm’s staff, it was an absolutely pleasant surprise.

Lin Mengyao got straight to the point. "Next, Li Yuan Farm will be signing new contracts with you. The salary won’t be as high as it is now; it will be the same as at Li Yuan Farm. Those who agree can sign the new contract with us. Those who don’t are free to leave."

Previously, in order to outshine Li Yuan Farm in recruitment, Kailin Investment had offered higher salaries.

Although Zhang Lin could have just given his Li Yuan Farm employees a raise to match, the significance would be different, so he hadn’t done so.

If he gave them a raise at this time, the employees would just think it was because new staff were being brought in and they had to be brought up to the same level. They’d just feel lucky.

But if he waited a while and found a good reason to increase their wages, they would feel that their boss was giving them a raise and would think well of him for it.

Lin Mengyao’s absorption of these employees went smoothly.

After all, the Kailin Investment employees, who had expected to be laid off, were now relieved just to still have a job.

While Lin Mengyao was in the full swing of processing the new employees, Zhang Lin received a visitor in his office: Zhao Han, the director of the Tourism Bureau.

"President Zhang, congratulations on acquiring the projects from Kailin Investment Farm." Zhao Han was all smiles the moment he sat down.

He had naturally heard from Magistrate Liu that Li Yuan Farm was already planning to increase its capacity to 15,000 visitors.

At this rate, if President Zhang put in a little more effort and launched another project, they might even break the 20,000 mark.

That would mean the number of tourists this year would be double last year’s total.

And that would all count as a political achievement for his Tourism Bureau.

No matter where you looked, that was a sensational achievement.

Zhang Lin smiled at Zhao Han and said, "Magistrate Liu was just here today, and now you’ve come, Director Zhao. It must be for something important, right?"

As he spoke, he poured Zhao Han a cup from a freshly brewed pot of tea.

Zhao Han took a drink of tea before saying, "President Zhang, I’ve come today to discuss a very important matter with you. Now that Li Yuan Farm has acquired Kailin Investment’s projects, there’s still some distance between the two sites. Has President Zhang considered how to connect these two areas?"

Zhang Lin had naturally thought about this problem. If the two sides weren’t connected, it would be difficult to manage them as a cohesive operation.

Fortunately, in his attempt to block Li Yuan Farm’s development, Zhao Neng had leased plots of land that were all very close to Li Yuan Farm.

His original plan was to go to the Agriculture Bureau, lease the land between the two sites, build a road to connect them, and then develop some other projects in the space between.

Since Zhao Han had come to ask about this very thing, he smiled and said, "Director Zhao, since you’ve brought it up, you must have a good proposal, right?"

Zhao Han didn’t deny it, saying with a grin, "President Zhang, now that you’ve taken over the campsite from Kailin Investment, both sides should be able to accommodate 5,000 guests each. At full capacity, that’s 10,000 people. With numbers like that, it would be a real shame not to provide them with a place to gather and relax at night."

"Therefore, the county is planning to build a Night Market Town to connect the two areas. The main thoroughfare will be a food street, dedicated to all kinds of food shops and stalls. Then, we can build several side streets selling daily necessities, You City specialties, and so on. We can also set up entertainment venues and a residential area..."

Zhang Lin’s eyes lit up when he heard this.

’That’s a brilliant idea!’

It seemed the county had done its homework on this. Many places lacking tourism development projects would try to attract people by developing these kinds of special towns, mostly by renovating old city districts with characteristic architecture.

But You City was different. In the future, Li Yuan Farm would have 10,000 tourists staying overnight. At night, these tourists would surely get bored. Even if the campsite had ambient lighting and a great environment, they couldn’t be expected to just hang around from 6 PM to midnight, could they?

So, this was one of the shortcomings of Li Yuan Farm’s campsite.

If there was a town like this right next door, where you could step out to all kinds of food, go shopping, and even find places for karaoke or a foot massage, that would be a different story. It would greatly expand the versatility of the resort’s campsite.

Moreover, he believed that it wouldn’t just be the resort’s tourists who would go. Wherever there’s a crowd, he was sure that even the locals from You City would flock there.

After all, the resort was only a 20 to 30-minute drive from the county seat.

For modern people, as long as a place was fun, what was a short drive like that?

The most important part was the residential area. His farm’s staff was growing, and dorms were becoming an issue. If this town was built right next to the resort, he could move the dormitories there, making it convenient for employees to commute to and from work.

"Naturally, we could choose to develop it in cooperation with Li Yuan Farm!" Zhao Han added with another smile.