Before even reaching the storefront, one could already see the bustling scene inside.
As Ye Wan had mentioned before, the shop's business was booming.
Above the menu in the ordering area, the numbers on the calling machine flickered one after another, forming a long, packed queue.
As Ye Wan said, the shop's business was very good.
The calling machine above the ordering area's menu was filled with numbers.
However, the longest queue was clearly at the ice cream machine.
It seemed the newly added two-yuan ice cream was indeed very popular.
Seeing that the shop was short-staffed, everyone was rushing back and forth between every corner, incredibly busy.
Ye Wan nodded to Jiang Cheng and then quickly turned around, walking briskly into the shop.
Ye Wan skillfully extended her finger and lightly tapped the time clock.
After clocking in for work, she quickly walked into the employee area, preparing to change into her uniform and dive into the intense work.
Yang Fan, the store manager who was originally busy, immediately stopped what he was doing and hurriedly walked out from the back.
Upon seeing Jiang Cheng, his face was immediately covered in smiles, and he said respectfully, "President Jiang, you've arrived."
Seeing how busy the shop was, Jiang Cheng kept it brief and asked, "Did Ye Wan come to help during New Year's Day?"
Yang Fan clearly misunderstood Jiang Cheng's meaning.
Yang Fan stood to the side, bowing his head slightly, and answered very respectfully.
"Yes, she came to help every day during New Year's; she didn't take a holiday to go home. Based on the timing, she probably didn't have any chance to go out and play."
Jiang Cheng's expression was calm, and he didn't explain much about why he was asking about this matter.
He just nodded slightly and then said steadily,
"Everyone has worked hard during this period. According to market regulations, triple wages are to be paid for statutory holidays. In addition, give every employee who worked overtime a one-thousand-yuan red envelope. Of course, part-time employees get one too."
Hearing this, a flash of surprise and joy crossed Yang Fan's eyes.
He knew in his heart that they were benefiting from Ye Wan's presence.
For an original milk tea brand like theirs with only five stores,
being able to strictly follow the statutory holiday triple-wage payment was actually already quite good treatment.
Even though this was clearly mandated by law,
in the fiercely competitive milk tea market with limited profit margins,
there were still many milk tea shops that did not fully pay triple wages to their employees.
Take, for example, a certain Yi Shao Xian Cao where he worked before.
Except for the Spring Festival, which enjoyed triple wages,
for all other holidays, no matter how important the festival was, it was only double wages.
Even during certain special periods, employees were not allowed to take leave.
They were forced to stay at their posts and work during the New Year period.
As for other milk tea brands, most of them only gave triple wages for the first three days of a statutory holiday.
The following four days were only calculated at double wages.
Not to mention cases like this where extra red envelopes were given; this was truly rare in the industry.
Moreover, Jiang Cheng specifically mentioned giving red envelopes to part-time employees.
One must know that for some milk tea brands, such benefits are often only given to full-time employees, while part-time staff don't get such treatment at all.
Yang Fan hurriedly smiled broadly and thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, President Jiang. Everyone will be very happy when they find out, and they'll work with even more energy."
Jiang Cheng nodded slightly, his gaze scanning the shop once.
He then continued to ask, "Winter break starts in the middle of this month. How do you plan to arrange the staffing for the store?"
Yang Fan straightened up and answered seriously,
"I've asked around before. Because this area is near schools,
once winter break starts and we lose that massive student customer base, business will definitely be much quieter than usual.
However, correspondingly, delivery orders might increase somewhat.
So, we actually won't need too many hands during the Spring Festival period.
I plan to start arranging for employees to take turns on holiday starting now.
If anyone volunteers to stay and work, I'll arrange their work according to the normal schedule.
If no one is willing to stay, I'll recruit some holiday part-timers then.
After all, many students nearby have already asked about winter break part-time work, so staffing shouldn't be a problem."
As Jiang Cheng listened to Yang Fan's report, his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch slightly.
He understood in his heart that there were indeed many people who would work during statutory holidays and give up the chance to go home.
After all, the temptation of triple wages was simply too great; for some people with less than comfortable financial situations, it was a significant amount of income.
If they chose to go home, not only would the round trip be exhausting,
but they would also have to pay for the round-trip travel costs, which was undoubtedly a major expense.
There were many schools in this vicinity, not just Shanghai Finance.
And there were certainly more students like Ye Wan who had poor family conditions and needed to work during the holidays to earn money.
The number of students coming out to work during winter and summer breaks was already quite large; it had become a widespread phenomenon.
"Mhm, you handle the arrangements. If these students want to come for part-time work, they should receive the same triple wages and holiday red envelopes as Ye Wan. However, when recruiting, I hope you'll prioritize students in conditions like Ye Wan's. After all, slots are limited, so we should leave the opportunities for those who need them more."
Although Jiang Cheng didn't want to be some great philanthropist or a kind-hearted savior,
he felt it was quite pleasant to do some kind things within his capabilities.
This kind of inner pleasure didn't require others to be deeply grateful to him for receiving such kindness.
Rather, it was the spiritual satisfaction he gained from doing these things himself.
In other words, even if Jiang Cheng helped these people,
and they didn't have a shred of gratitude toward him, it wouldn't affect Jiang Cheng at all.
What he enjoyed was simply making a request or giving an instruction regarding this phenomenon; it was merely to have a clear conscience.
It had nothing to do with them personally.
When your wealth reaches a certain height, individual thoughts or even behaviors find it hard to affect you anymore,
unless it's a case specifically targeting someone.
Like Ye Wan, for instance.
If Jiang Cheng helped her like this, but if she instead felt resentful or took it for granted,
then Jiang Cheng would certainly express his polite refusal to continue.
After all, his actions in that case were directed at her personally, and he had invested unique time and emotion into her.
But conversely, for this kind of large-scale action, Jiang Cheng didn't care about the thoughts of certain individuals at all, okay?
Yang Fan nodded understandingly, his eyes faintly revealing a sense of heartfelt respect for Jiang Cheng.
In his view, for ordinary 'corporate slaves' like them struggling at the bottom of society,
especially in the eyes of some company colleagues or bosses,
they often wouldn't give you extra care just because your family was in difficulty or you were quite ordinary.
On the contrary, if everyone knew your family was poor, they might instead take the opportunity to manipulate you or even suppress you.
This phenomenon was most obvious in corporate offices.
Generally speaking, those who appeared the most vulnerable in the office
were often the ones being ordered around to fetch tea, water, and do all sorts of cleanup work.
There's a saying that goes well: when an ordinary person gets a little bit of power,
they will use that power to the extreme.
They will make things as difficult as possible for others within their smallest sphere of authority,
using it to display their prowess and the sense of superiority that comes with having power.
So, after starting work, one thing is very important: never let your colleagues know your family's financial situation.
Just like when Ye Wan first started working here, everyone tacitly threw the most tiring and difficult tasks to her.
After all, everyone knew she especially needed this job, so even if everyone made things hard for her, she most likely wouldn't quit easily.
That's why Jiang Cheng saw that scene of her brewing tea when he came before.
After finishing, Yang Fan seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Jiang Cheng, "Ye Wan asked me a while ago if there were triple wages for Spring Festival part-time work; it seems she has plans to stay and work part-time."
Jiang Cheng looked up slightly and asked, "Does our milk tea shop have employee dormitories?"
Yang Fan quickly nodded and replied, "Yes, for those who need housing, it's a house nearby with two people per room. If an employee doesn't want to live in the company's shared room, there's an additional monthly housing subsidy of 800 yuan."
After hearing this, Jiang Cheng nodded slightly.
Such conditions were very reasonable and quite humane.
After a moment's thought, Jiang Cheng spoke up, "If she wants to work part-time, tell her the company will rent a private single room for her separately, and there will also be a daily meal allowance. However, don't let her know this is an exception specifically arranged for her. Do you understand what I mean?"
Seeing Jiang Cheng say this, Yang Fan immediately nodded again knowingly, "I understand, President Jiang. I'll tell her it's a normal company benefit so she won't have a psychological burden."