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Chapter 1548 - 743 Celebrity Writer: Experience in Poaching Talent_3

Chapter 1548: Chapter 743 Celebrity Writer: Experience in Poaching Talent_3

Yan Fei was taken aback, looking at the glaringly pale arm in front of him, he couldn’t help but glance at his wife.

Xu Xiaoyan held back her laughter and gave him a push: "Hurry up and sign the autograph!"

Oh!

Sign away!

However, as soon as a few young people finished getting autographs, other customers who noticed the commotion couldn’t help but come over as well.

It was fine for the young people, but then a passionate auntie came over: "Are you Yan Fei? The one who was exceptionally admitted by Cambridge University? My son’s starting Third Year of High School next term, he will also take the college entrance exam next year, he likes your novel too, could you please sign your name in this book for me?"

Yan Fei wordlessly autographed a foreign edition of "The Old Man and the Sea". The auntie immediately walked away happily, muttering as she went: "May the heavens bless, I’m not asking for my son to be admitted to Cambridge next year, if he can get into Shuimu Yanjing, I’ll be satisfied, Amitabha..."

This bestselling event created a new autographing style, and after that, even some older folks came by. Whether they had read Yan Fei’s book or not was unknown, but hearing that he was exceptionally admitted by Cambridge University, they thought having his autograph might bring good luck to the students at home. Some even asked for autographs on school supplies prepared for their children’s upcoming term...

Xu Xiaoyan was laughing so hard at the side that she began to bend down and hold her stomach!

After finally handling all these customers, Will immediately saw a business opportunity: "Xiao Fei, I suggest you should hold an autograph book sale. The venue can be provided free of charge, and I can help with the promotion..."

Yan Fei, having eaten and drunk his fill with no intention to pay, stood up to leave: "Boss Gong, we will chat another time; today is really not convenient. Will, you go back to cooking. I’m off..."

Gong Deli was also very amused. Although he knew that Yan Fei operated a cattle farm, he didn’t have the chance to talk about the potential cooperation between them. However, making the acquaintance of a talented, famous, and resourceful boss was always a good thing.

If it doesn’t work out today, there’s always tomorrow. After all, he knew Boss Yan would be in Provincial City from now on, so there was no rush to discuss cooperation.

Yan Fei, on the other hand, was rushing off with his wife—because of the commotion in the restaurant and the fact that the patrons were high spenders, most of whom had mobile phones. He assumed they would let friends and family know, and now more and more people were coming in, not yet inside but already looking around, clearly not here for dining!

After leaving, they got into a car and took off, with Xu Xiaoyan merely laughing along the way, saying nothing.

It wasn’t until they got home that she really burst into laughter, thrilled beyond words. Yan Fei, with a gloomy face, inquired: "I just signed autographs for quite a few young girls, all on their arms, and you’re not even jealous?"

Xu Xiaoyan continued laughing, her speech interrupted: "It’s not like that... I think... it’s the way people ask for your autographs that make you seem so... down to earth!"

The autograph-seekers had all sorts of odd requests—some wanted it written on their wallets, on their bodies, on their clothes; no wonder Yan Fei’s expression was always so strange!

Yan Fei watched her laugh without making a sound himself and took out his phone to make a call.

After making a call to Heizi, Yan Fei left it to him to handle the opening of the leather factory.

Heizi was still confused: "Brother Fei, we’ve got nothing right now; how am I supposed to start?"

"It’s very simple, come to Provincial City and poach some people from the leather factories!" replied Yan Fei, directly deploying the idea Boss Gong suggested to him. "First, poach a few veteran workers, let them name their price; with money, are you afraid no one will come? Once people come, are you afraid they won’t know what to do?"

Heizi got confident upon hearing this: "Got it, it’s just like the way we handled the beef jerky business, right? Don’t you worry, Brother Fei, I’m on my way. By the way, did you buy a car yet? Want me to bring an extra person to deliver one for you?"

Yan Fei declined: "No need, just hurry over to poach people. I have already ordered my car; it will arrive in a couple of days."

When they started the beef jerky factory, it was the same story — first, they poached Old Master Xing from the Meat Processing Factory. Once Master Xing sat down, with just a few words he explained how to get the factory up and running; by simply spreading around money, the factory was set up quickly.

The old leather factory in the province was not doing well; poaching workers now would be quite easy. Plus, the leather factory was larger in scale, had more workers to poach, and thus the process was much simpler.

Many people may have forgotten, but old companies had a system called "succession", where retiring workers would have their offspring take over their jobs and continue contributing to the factory’s glory and warmth.

But many people simply couldn’t wait to retire before their children grew up, and watching them idle about, especially those with sons, saw that they were reaching marriageable age but couldn’t find a wife and worried they might fall into bad habits. What could the old folks do but retire early?

So, there were retirees in their forties, just so their sons could start formal jobs earlier, find girlfriends, and get married—in reality, though they had retired, most still had jobs in the factory, albeit earning much less.

In this situation, if Yan Fei asks Heizi to poach people, it’s indeed simple. For workers in their forties, fifties, and even sixties, as long as you offer them a good wage to re-engage in work, provided the pay is sufficient, there will be plenty willing to move.

If that pool isn’t enough, then turn to the current workforce. As long as you offer good benefits, you won’t worry about a shortage of takers.

Why did Gong Deli give Yan Fei this idea, and why not do it himself? That’s because he runs a foreign enterprise; even though he’s under the name of a Hong Kong company now, it’s not convenient for him to blatantly poach workers—old companies are deeply rooted locally, and if he were to do that, it could arouse internal discontent. If they decided to give him trouble, it would be a headache for him.

But Yan Fei doesn’t have to worry about this. For one thing, his enterprise isn’t in Provincial City. Secondly, it is a key enterprise supported by the province. Thirdly, his enterprise is as secure as Fort Knox; he doesn’t skimp on necessary expenses and is willing to invest in all areas, not afraid of anyone causing trouble.