Chapter 205 - 206: Inviting Zhang Li

Chapter 205: Chapter 206: Inviting Zhang Li

After seeing Zhang Rong off, Li Yang drove into the city.

He gave Zhang Li a call, and she came out of the hotel to meet him shortly after.

"What brings you here?" Zhang Li was happy to see him. "I heard from Sister Gao that he’s already working in your village, right? I never would have expected that!"

Li Yang smiled faintly. "I need to talk to you about something."

"Go on," Zhang Li nodded.

"Would you be interested in coming to work for me?"

Zhang Li froze for a second before it clicked. "Are you opening your own place?"

Li Yang nodded. "I’m planning to open a high-end personal care studio somewhere else. I’ll need a few massage therapists, so I immediately thought of you. Would you be willing to join?"

Of course, Zhang Li was willing.

"I want to, but..." Zhang Li gestured toward the hotel. "I’m afraid Manager Ma won’t agree to let me go."

"Don’t worry about that. I’ll go talk to Ma Chao. I just wanted to see if you were interested first."

"Alright then. You can go talk to Manager Ma."

From her past interactions with Li Yang, Zhang Li had come to trust him completely.

That’s why she agreed to his proposal without a moment’s hesitation.

"Alright!"

Li Yang immediately walked into the hotel.

"Xiaoli, what brings you here?" Ma Chao was delighted to see Li Yang again and let out a hearty laugh.

"Manager Ma, I need to talk to you about something..." Li Yang paused to think. "I’m planning to open a high-end personal wellness studio in the city. Don’t worry, it’s pretty far from here. Plus, our main business will be selling medicinal products, not massage. However, we do need a few therapists to provide the physical therapy treatments, and I was wondering if I could possibly recruit a few of your people. You know how much time it would take to train a new team from scratch."

Ma Chao was inwardly delighted. Ever since Li Yang had shown up, his business had been booming.

This was true for both the restaurant and the massage departments.

"You’re being too modest, Xiaoli!" Ma Chao knew that without Li Yang’s help, he wouldn’t be enjoying his current success, let alone be able to compete with Fenglaiyi. ’For a benefactor like him,’ he thought, ’what’s the big deal about sparing a few people?’

"Take your pick. Anyone you choose is yours, as long as they’re willing to go."

Li Yang laughed. "Then I really must thank you, Manager Ma."

"Don’t be so formal!"

Soon, Li Yang and Ma Chao were already selecting the staff.

In addition to Zhang Li, Li Yang picked five other girls.

Ma Chao was true to his word, promptly paying them their final wages. With that, their employment with the hotel was officially over, and they became Li Yang’s employees.

Li Yang took the women with him and gave Zhang Rong a call. "Aunt Rong, hey, come on out and meet us. I’ve already found the therapists."

"Huh?" Zhang Rong, who had only just gotten home, was a bit stunned by the call. "You’re not messing with me, are you?"

"Nope. Let’s have dinner tonight. You’ll see."

That evening, they went to a restaurant for dinner, and he introduced the new hires.

Zhang Rong was dumbfounded. "You work fast, don’t you? How did you find so many experienced therapists so quickly?"

Li Yang replied with a deadpan expression, "Aunt Rong, you can’t keep saying I’m fast. I’m not fast."

"Get lost!" Zhang Rong snapped.

Zhang Li and the other women giggled softly.

"You didn’t do something to these girls to make them follow you like this, did you?" Zhang Rong eyed Li Yang suspiciously.

"How could you say that..." Li Yang put on a wounded expression. "Sister Li, why don’t you tell her what I did to all of you?"

"Sister Rong, you’re joking. He’s actually been a great help to us, teaching us new massage techniques," Zhang Li said earnestly. "We’re all very grateful to him and we trust him. That’s why we were willing to come work with him."

"See? Did you hear that?" Li Yang chuckled and slapped the table. "Pure personal charm."

Seeing his smug look, Zhang Rong was so exasperated she almost had to laugh.

But when she saw the way the other women looked at Li Yang, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

As a woman herself, she understood that kind of gaze all too well.

’It feels like someone could snatch Li Yang away at any moment.’

’Good grief, there are so many of these young things these days, and they’re all younger than me.’

Zhang Rong felt a pang of insecurity.

"Just sit down!" Zhang Rong said, putting on a stern face. "Personal charm, my foot. Now shut it."

Li Yang gave a dry laugh and sat back down.

"Alright, so these six young ladies are officially our employees now. It’s just... our studio isn’t open yet..."

"That’s fine!" Li Yang shook his head. "It won’t be long before we’re open. For now, they can help you with some things. That way, we’ll have a team ready for the grand opening. Besides, we need to sort out their accommodations first."

Zhang Rong nodded.

"Alright, you don’t have to worry about that," Zhang Rong said. "I’ll handle it."

"Then I have to thank you, Aunt Rong." Li Yang grinned and said to Zhang Li and the others, "This here is the lady boss. You’ll be working under her from now on."

Zhang Li and the other women all nodded.

For some reason, when Li Yang called her the "lady boss," Zhang Rong actually felt a little happy.

’You’re the boss, and I’m the lady boss... so what does that make us?’