Chapter 73: Chapter 70 Redefining Luxury

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Invested in a Fei Yangyang Hotpot City.

If it’s just about idle storefronts, then the decoration is estimated to take about a month, add another month for odor elimination and detailed polishing.

Two months, and we could basically start a business from nothing.

Water Cloud Space is different, ultra-luxury beauty salon decoration takes at least three to four months.

To start a business from scratch, it generally takes about half a year.

Since the end of November, after the special breast care day event and the money distribution in December.

The employees here have been like crazy, spending most of their days making phone calls to dig out beauticians from Sha City.

“Hello… Sister Zhang, are you still working in Sha City? Come to Capital City quickly, Manager Zhou made three million in a month.”

“What? Three million a month, is her dad the lottery director?”

“Nonsense, the shop made over thirty million a month!”

After confirming the news, Sister Zhang, who had worked for many years, arrived overnight, bucket in hand.

“Xiaohua, still a beautician in Sha City?”

“You’re out of the loop, come to Water Cloud Space in Capital City quick, a guaranteed eighteen thousand.”

“Yun, don’t say I didn’t tell you, hurry to Capital City. Owning a car and a house in a year isn’t a dream.”

There are rewards for poaching staff.

The standards of Water Cloud Space are frighteningly high, poaching an A-level beautician nets a twelve thousand reward.

If you poach a top store manager, that’s even more impressive.

A direct reward of twenty thousand.

Of course, this isn’t money you can get right away.

You need to work officially for a while.

Water Cloud Space threw down sixty million during the same period, a great time to be aggressively recruiting.

The boss never talks big.

Simply uses the cash in hand to tell you that not only can you eat and live well here, but you can also realize all extremities you can imagine.

Here, you even have the chance to knead Yang Mi’s breasts with your hands.

So, are you coming or not?

Every day, we’d pick up four or five people from the train station.

Today, Chen Qi personally drove over for this task, a Benz van worth over two million.

Getting on it felt like experiencing the life of a successful person.

The van door opened automatically, and Chen Qi smiled, “Sister Zhang, Capital City welcomes you.”

They all came from Sha City, and they were all in the beauty industry, so they recognized each other.

“Little Qi, I’ve always heard Zhou Chun talk about how great Capital City is, and the moment I arrive, you pick us up in this kind of car, Sister Zhang is feeling a little overwhelmed.”

Sister Zhang, like Zhou Chun, was also a top store manager in the Sha City beauty circuit.

To poach someone like her, there was only one condition – high salary.

A salary so extrinsically higher than in Sha City could entice them to leave their hometown.

There probably aren’t many of these Benz vans in Sha City, right?

In any case, she had never seen one, let alone compare it to a Maybach S680, which is like a moving sofa.

This top-tier Benz van was more like a moving home.

The chairs recline into a flat bed at a push, throw on a television and a blanket, and you could sleep better than at home.

“Haha.”

Chen Qi giggled, “This is my brother’s, he has lots of cars, and my sister-in-law only likes to drive her own Bentley, so I got to use it to pick people up.”

“Sister Zhang, I’ll take you to the employee dormitory first.”

“Alright, I’ve always wanted to check it out after hearing Zhou Chun say how good the employee dormitory conditions are here.”

Chen Qi smiled mysteriously, good conditions that used to be.

Ever since her brother brought in Yang Mi and made a big fortune, Water Cloud Space’s dormitories weren’t just about good conditions anymore.

You’ll see in a moment.

Chen Qi’s driving was quite stable, and the big van kept other cars at a respectful distance.

After all, not everyone driving a Benz is wealthy, but sitting in a top-of-the-line Benz van definitely signifies wealth.

She drove all the way from the train station to the suburban area of Shijingshan, and then what appeared were rows upon rows of detached villas.

Sister Zhang was confused, “Aren’t we going to the employee dormitory? Why did you bring us here?”

Everyone was still carrying their luggage, and it’s quite exhausting to sit on a train all night. Basically, everyone was thinking of resting first.

Chen Qi said, “This is Water Cloud Space’s employee dormitory. My brother bought the biggest villa here, covering a thousand square meters, three stories, with a garden in front and a lake in the back.”

Sister Zhang: “…”

“Are you kidding me?”

Who would believe using a villa in Capital City as a dormitory? Post about it online and see if people curse at you.

“Of course not,”

Chen Qi introduced, “In recent days, over thirty beauticians from Sha City have come, all living inside with a total of eighteen rooms.”

“Again, Capital City welcomes you. Water Cloud Space welcomes everyone’s joining.”

Chen Pingsheng had a little too much money in his pocket, and he couldn’t spend it all at once.

What to do?

Naturally, beef up the staff dormitory.

In his opinion, with the rapid rise in property prices nowadays, as long as he doesn’t use leverage,

It’s a guaranteed profit.

After so many years of reform and opening up, housing prices will never go back to pre-liberation levels, right?

More than a thousand square meters is indeed large, but the price wasn’t as high as those in Wanliu Academy.

Four rings near the fifth ring do differ in price from the second ring.

The ground price of twenty-eight million.

To truly let the staff experience what it’s like to live in a villa-type dormitory.

Luxurious enough that there are no friends in the industry.

When Zhang Qiao and others moved in, the living room was unimaginably large.

The decoration was also to that level, where breaking a cup inside, Zhang Qiao felt, could cost more than half a month’s salary.

What is called luxury, what is called class?

This is it.

“Sister Zhang, you guys put away your luggage first, my sister will be here at noon, and my brother might come by later. As for dinner, my brother has arrangements for that too.”

“Qi, does your brother have any other younger brothers? If he does, introduce one to me quickly.”

“You know me, sis, except for making babies, I can do anything on my own. Whether I’m being a domestic goddess or acting as a female bodyguard, it’s all within my capabilities. Do you think I’d be a good fit to be your brother’s wife or something?”

“Teehee… I’m sorry to say,”

Chen Qi chuckled, “My brother only has me for a sister, although my sister-in-law is pregnant with another one, but we don’t know if it’s going to be a boy or another girl like us.”

These beauticians, engaged in high-end beauty services for a long time, could joke about anything, to the point their words could even make men blush with ease.

“I heard from Zhou Chun that your new store won’t open for a few months. Why did you poach us so early?”

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Zhang Qiao asked curiously.

Chen Qi said, “This was actually my brother’s idea. He said that Water Cloud Space is a top-tier luxury beauty salon that only serves the highest echelon of society, so not only do we beauticians need to have excellent service skills, but we also need to learn how to make tea and coffee and have a basic understanding of Chinese classical music and rhythm.”

“And be familiar with the entire Capital City.”

Serving high-end women isn’t that simple.

First, you have to have some common topics with them, the most common of which is their marital relationship.

Then there needs to be some shared interests and hobbies, so that you can truly match up as their personal service staff.

The so-called high-end has never been about luxurious decoration.

Rather, it’s like the ancient brothels and tea houses, where famous courtesans who didn’t sell their bodies could please the tea patrons’ hearts with just a few well-chosen words thanks to their high cultural literacy.

That’s what Water Cloud Space aims to do, with the actual service area making up only a quarter of the whole space.

The rest is devoted to casual conversation in coffee lounges and music bars.

To make Water Cloud Space a true top-tier private club,

it’s necessary for the staff to possess a unique set of professional skills.

This professionalism isn’t just about practical skills.

It’s more about embodying the refinement of Chinese culture, playing musical instruments, and engaging in arts to cultivate one’s character.

“Basically, this half year is just for training,”

Chen Qi said, “My brother mentioned that from now on, anyone who wants to join Water Cloud Space has to undergo six months of pre-job training.”

This was also the girls’ first experience like this, all seasoned beauticians with four or five years of experience.

Now they find they still require six months of training if they want to work here.

If it weren’t for the high salary and villa accommodations offered by Water Cloud Space, there might not be many who could persist.

The training schedule has already been released.

Since they just arrived today, they don’t need to participate yet.

According to the schedule, Monday is for training in ancient tea culture with the lead teacher Mo Yun.

Training fee: 16,800/day.

In Guangdong, tea culture is very profound, with major deals often being sealed over a few cups of simple tea.

Therefore, learning this is compulsory.

On Tuesday, it’s Chinese cultural etiquette, main lecturer: Zhong Jin.

Training fee: 19,800/day.

According to the schedule, from Wednesday to Saturday there will also be piano, psychology, dance, and painting classes.

The fees for these teachers range from 15,000 to 30,000 per day.

The most expensive is the piano teacher, 30,000 for an eight-hour day.

Piano is an instrument not commonly seen in ordinary households, but generally learned by children from wealthy families.

It’s worth mentioning that wealthy women are definitely not just good-looking; they excel in all aspects.

So, as their exclusive service staff, we need to learn all these things.

It’s not necessary to be expert, but we must understand them.

We absolutely can’t let them be left without a word to reply when these topics come up.

Otherwise, how can we claim to be high-end?

Ordinary people may find it hard to imagine just how much these wealthy women are willing to pay for such value-added services.

Zhang Qiao was completely stunned by this revelation. In her understanding and experience,

wasn’t pre-job training all about shouting slogans and indoctrination in corporate culture to brainwash you?

They want you to work as hard as possible for the least money while remaining grateful to the company.

But here, they were actually teaching valuable skills.

“Qi, are these training fees for the teachers real?”

“Of course, they are real,”

Chen Qi said, “The teachers listed here are all somewhat famous in the Capital’s cultural circles. Over ten thousand a day is actually a discounted rate, my brother booked their classes for half a year straight.”

Luxury, an unimaginable level of luxury.

It’s very hard to imagine that there are many bosses who would pay such astronomical sums for their employees’ training.

At least in Zhang Qiao’s view, Water Cloud Space has redefined pre-job training.

And set new industry standards.

There must be few companies in the country making such significant investments in their employees.

At least she had never heard of any in Sha City.

Most companies, let alone hiring excellent teachers for their employees for free,

would blame the staff if they didn’t try to scrape off a layer of their skin.

A teacher they hire for ten thousand can make the company thirty thousand from the staff.

And they would find every way to make money off them.

This is truly disgusting.

Zhang Qiao moved her suitcase to her room; for now, it was two girls sharing one room.

If more people arrived, it would probably become three per room.

Each room was not small, with air conditioning, washing machines, and en suite bathrooms all available.

This sort of house would be extraordinary even as a dormitory.

It might as well be a palace, in her opinion.

Once again marveling at Qiqi’s generosity, after taking a short rest, it was time for dinner.

Chen Qi led them to the Fei Yangyang headquarters; all Water Cloud Space employees’ meals were taken care of there.

Meals were personally prepared by a five-star chef, with a variety of hotpot dishes ready to order.

Zhang Qiao finally got to see the big boss of Water Cloud Space, a pregnant Song Yanxi.

“Sister-in-law, over here.”

Chen Qi called her to join them and the newly arrived employees for a meal.

Song Yanxi smiled and greeted the employees who were in training before making her way over.

“Sister-in-law, where is my brother?”

“He went to Tengying Entertainment. He probably won’t be back until tonight.”

After exchanging greetings with Zhang Qiao and the others and getting acquainted,

Yanxi was not only beautiful but also approachable, and her smile was truly captivating.

Zhang Qiao formed a favorable first impression of Yanxi, but it was Chen Qi who asked, “Isn’t Tengying quiet these days? Why did my brother suddenly run over there?”

“Isn’t it because after Zhao Liying went to the Happy Family show, just for drinking a sip of water, a flood of negative stories about her burst onto the internet?”

“What?” Chen Qi was surprised, “How could that happen?”

“My brother says it’s a targeted attack. He’s gone to deal with it.”

The boss was also an entertainment magnate, which once again redefined her perception.

You see, to them, entertainment moguls were far more mysterious than property tycoons.

After all, they would occasionally see property tycoons, but entertainment moguls were a rare breed in Sha City.

In fact, they were virtually non-existent.