embers sitting in the audience did not miss any detail of her slight smiles or frowns. Some even took photos, and there were people who could analyze that the Samsung model she was holding was the fir...Chapter 90: Recruitment

The Gonghuang mall was divided into departments such as Human Resources, Finance Department, Customer Service Department, Technology Department, Cleaning Department, Security Department. The Human Resources department was recruiting three people; the Finance Department required a planner and a cashier; the Customer Service Department needed ten people; the Technology Department needed eight people; the Cleaning Department required eight people; the Security Department needed ten people; and there were three floor managers with several more temporary workers.

Further detailed divisions were made, such as assigning Zhou Bu to be in charge of the customer service department. The finance department was given to Jiang Xin who had worked as a financial officer at kindergarten before, being warm but very organized. New hires were recruited for the technology department, and Du Dawei, an ex-serviceman, led the security department. Wang Fenglai took on the role of deputy manager overseeing the planning department while new employees with experience in human resources management, promotions, after-sales customer service, warehousing, and loss prevention were also hired.

The offices for each department were located on different floors of the mall, but recruitment was carried out under a unified environment. Representatives from different departments chose the best candidates; over one hundred people participated in the recruitment on that day, with twenty passing through. The next day saw around two hundred participants, and thirty were selected, while five were chosen on the third day. Some positions remained unfilled due to the lack of suitable candidates.

It's better to be precise than numerous; anyway, this recruitment advertisement would continue for about two months. During this period, gradually making high-quality selections is also a good idea.

Wang Feng then contacted a provincial training company to provide all employees with one week of training.

The next step was the arrival of investment and attraction efforts in Xiaohai City.

A large-scale recruitment conference hosted by the Business Bureau for the Star Sea Plaza in Xiaohai City proceeded enthusiastically. Over two hundred famous domestic and foreign companies participated, many showing interest in the Gonghuang Mall.

For a major mall project, it's crucial to determine the micro-business entities. For Gonghuang, suitable micro-businesses mostly lie in cosmetics, clothing, electrical appliances, decoration materials, music recordings, bookstores, lighting fixtures, perfumes, jewelry shops, and gold stores. Therefore, recruitment focused on these areas; the first floor of Gonghuang mainly attracted gold stores, clothing stores, and coffee restaurants.

The representative from McDonald's conducted market research and collected information about Xiaohai City regarding population, economic level, consumption capacity, development scale and potential, income levels, and commercial district grades. They also evaluated nearby properties but ultimately rejected plans to open a branch in Xiaohai.

KFC was more concerned with future potential and showed interest in Gonghuang's exterior decoration and management philosophy; they had already established a plan for opening a branch there.

Bands like Jack & Jones, Issey Miyake, Chow Tai Fook, as well as some other brands immediately presented settlement plans. Brands such as L'Oreal, Avon, Vaseline, Nivea, and others also confirmed their distribution points in Gonghuang.

Gonghuang Mall's sound concept made these brands rather interested.

When Su Can arrived at the recruitment negotiation site after school, Wang Feng was already stressed out dealing with negotiations for Gonghuan Mall’s recruitment. His team was also very busy, and Wang Yin was currently in talks with several other companies.

Seeing Su Can arrive, Wang Feng immediately pulled him to one side: "Benny Road and Metersbonwe are demanding lower entry fees, saying there are better options besides our mall."

"Tell them that their entry fee is determined through our evaluation system, and it has been strictly verified. It cannot be adjusted further in this regard."

Wang Feng nodded and continued, "Lan Hui's representative showed interest in entering our Dunhuang Mall. They hope we can offer some appropriate discounts. This includes the entry fee as well as some preferential measures after they enter."

Su Cen's eyes sparkled with excitement as he nodded. "We won't charge them an entry fee. They will be able to use our mall's promotional platforms first, and if there are any other conditions they need, give them what you can."

The operating model of Dunhuang Mall charges varying amounts of entry fees based on the manufacturer brand and expected sales performance. For strong brands like Lan Hui, Su Cen had a hard time offering enough conditions to attract them; how could he let them go Of course, he was mentally prepared that Lan Tu's sales point size here would not be large, just because Star Ocean Square is the second largest city center square in the province.

However, this commercial podium building location was carefully selected by Su Cen. He believed these brand representatives would prioritize choosing Dunhuang Mall when assessing the site.

The mall continuously introduced various shops through constant招商談判。

(Note: "招商談判" should be translated as "business negotiations for attracting merchants" but it's better to leave it in Chinese due to your instructions.)

Su Cen classified these brands systematically into four levels—Level A, B, C, and D. Level A stores are considered premium shops that deal with domestic and international first-tier brands, while the others rank slightly lower.

There were already seven established mall-level (presumably referring to "Level A") shops such as Lan Bi, Zhen Ouquan, Bei Si Dao Xiong, etc. Of course, these can only be considered second or even third-tier brands in a true sense. But at this time in Xiahai City, being able to attract them was already excellent and required focused promotion.

There were thirteen Level B shops, including L'Oreal, Shiseido, Vichy, etc.

Twenty-five Level C shops, thirty Level D shops.

Dunhuang adopted a consignment sales model with a percentage of total sales deducted as the mall's operational expenses.

The repayment period for merchants' goods was generally set to two months during this period.

Some stores would slightly adjust this period. This meant that within these two months, Dunhuang Mall could freely manage and expand using this capital at low cost, of course, with Su Cen preparing for such moves in the future as part of his strategy.

All preparations complete, amidst the bustling activities of shops moving into Dunhuang Mall, it welcomed a brief calm before its grand opening.

The entire Dunhuang team could finally take a slight breath.

After this peak招商期 (presumably referring to "peak business negotiations period"), Wang Feng complained to Su Cen, “For these days, I haven’t been able to pick up my child from the kindergarten once because of the mall. I’ve eaten instant noodles for several days and my old stomach ache has also come back.”

(Note: "招商期" should be translated as "business negotiations period", but it's better to leave it in Chinese due to your instructions.)

Su Can smiled and said, "Aunt Wang, I'll get Sister Wang Ming to give you a raise."

Wang Feng laughed. "As long as the expected benefits after opening are really as good as what you've described, then I'll be satisfied." Lifting her head, she thought about her fifteen years of work at the department store. "Jiang Zhaoyang has been advocating for department store reforms all his life. If it's completed under your management, let him see that working outside is better than being stuck in one place. These days of fatigue are nothing."

The cultural performance at Shishi High School was approaching, and after Xinhai Square had passed inspection and been handed over to municipal use, Su Cheng shuttled between Jiecheng and Xiahai City, busy with the issues of the parent company and his new home in Gecity.

Su Can saw that he wasn't a superhuman when the series of preparations for the Dunhuang Mall showed him that he had moments where his energy was scattered. While the Dunhuang Mall was flourishing, his test scores dropped to varying degrees.

This made Xiao Rihua criticize him in class, and each teacher sat down to talk with him heart-to-heart. Su Can truly felt that being a top student wasn't an easy thing at all.

Especially when the chemistry teacher who calmly told a student using pliers to remove white blocks from a water bottle on their desk, "At this distance, pulling out white phosphorus, I think your eyebrows won’t be safe," approached him in the office and affectionately asked if his recent drop in grades was due to emotional factors. Su Can felt at a loss for words.

Tijianjun's process of arranging Su Can’s transfer to Jiecheng No. 27 High School was also progressing rapidly. The school was fairly satisfied with the overall test scores of Grade One, and after deliberation in a faculty meeting, they agreed to his request for school selection and welcomed him to complete the enrollment procedures at Jiecheng No. 27 High School.

The rehearsals for the cultural performance of Xiahai City’s Shishi High School started before the ceremony. Below the stage sat various school leaders, while above were performances from each class waiting to be reviewed.

Sketches, energetic dance, solo singing, chorus, group dances—there was a variety of types.

The rehearsal even saw an extremely discordant scene.

A certain male student holding the microphone and looking lecherous shouted on stage, "I can't get enough of you!" Over and over, "Can't get enough" echoed inside the auditorium, creating reverberations.

Deputy Principal Yu slammed his hand on the table in rage. "Where do you have so much that can't be satisfied" He directly rejected the performance.

Su Can's participation in the Dunhuang Dance had a significant impact during rehearsals and was listed as one of the most anticipated performances for the cultural show. Of course, this shock wasn’t due to Su Can wearing a costume; it was Chen Lingshan’s dance.

On stage, acting as a background dancer, Su Can watched Chen Lingshan twirl with her water sleeves while looking down at some of the school leaders below. Even though there were no dazzling lighting effects and no orderly seating for the audience like a sea of people, only monotonous rehearsals, and just the sounds of Chen Lingshan’s feet tapping softly on the ground as she danced.

But Su Can felt that his life at Xiahai City's Shishi High School seemed to be hanging in this dark corner of the stage, quietly under a curtain for others below to observe.

Having been reborn for more than a year, Su Can still couldn’t stand atop the peak and stand at the world’s pinnacle.

Might one day, someone from Xiahai No.1 High School might remember the name Su Cen, recall how he bravely stepped forward to intercept the third stab for Mao Xiao back then; remember his little prank towards Tang Wu during the award ceremony; or even just some minor details of his actions...

The rehearsal ended backstage where Su Cen changed out of his clothes. As he walked out, Chen Ling珊 happened to be there as well. She had already taken off her white performance dress and frowned at him, asking, "What's going on Your grades have dropped a few places, making the people who were originally behind you very happy!"

Su Cen just smiled, saying, "Let's not talk about this okay How is your leg, are there any problems"

The two of them walked out from the auditorium together, with rosy clouds blazing across the sky above.

Chen Ling珊 paused for a moment and smiled lightly. "I’m fine now, you worried about not seeing me off last time Well, I’ll give you another chance today."

The little girl was teasing him. Su Cen changed the subject. “Still living inside the trading company” That place held an unerasable memory for Su Cen, and every time he passed by there it would spark a lot of imagination.

"Hmm..."

“I’m taking that bus as well, let’s walk together.”

Sitting on the bus, Chen Ling珊 leaned against the window with her head looking outside. Her side face was lightly made up and in the intermittent rays of sunset, it sparkled like gold powder, making her eye brows look particularly charming. For a moment, she seemed to overlap with Su Cen's image from long ago.

The two of them were sitting at the third row counting backwards on the bus, and the projection was slanted across the vehicle.

Occasionally they would talk for a few sentences. Sometimes when something interesting came up during their conversation Chen Ling珊 couldn’t help but cover her mouth with a light laugh, causing quite a few young men and women inside the bus to feel a little itchy. Su Cen was also missing this period of time that changed his destiny.

He originally thought he would be feeling heavy-hearted when leaving, but unexpectedly felt surprisingly relaxed. Life had already been rewritten because of rebirth, wasn't there a phrase going something like: the future is bright and full of hope; the white tomorrow waits in front.

The next street over was the bus stop for the trading company.

“Have you finished your ending dance routine I think today’s performance was pretty good.”

Chen Ling珊 looked at Su Cen, and this time she gazed at him for quite a while, making her cheeks slightly flushed. "I actually figured it out early on, but wasn’t too sure."

"Then you have to be sure! You’re performing the day after tomorrow." Today in school everyone was as excited as being on holiday; the cultural performance is the next day, anyway no classes and an indirect form of play.around Zhao Xiaowei’s age. They had been in touch since getting their licenses. The call was from those two guys and the girl; they said their car was at the foot of the mountain and that everyone sho...