Chapter 71: Winds Rising
Shanghai, Foreign Concession, the dance hall that Boss Du gave to Zhou Wenhua, named “Happy Forest”.
All the female singers who stayed, and female dancers, and employees, were all gathered together to discuss.
“Does anyone want to stay? Boss Du has given our dance hall to Zhou Wenhua of the Zhou Family, that is, our new boss!”
“Anyway, I have nowhere to go, so I will definitely stay! Although I don’t know what kind of person the new boss is, but going out now, I also don’t know where to go. Although I can go to Boss Du’s other dance halls to continue working, but I’ve already been here for more than a year, I’m already familiar with here, if there’s no issue, I really don’t want to leave!”
“I’ll stay too! Anyway, I’m not very pretty, so going to other places outside, or Boss Du’s other dance halls, my status there would be about the same as here! So I’ll stay, see what the situation with the new boss is, then decide what to do next, Song Yun! What about you?”
“If you stay, I’ll stay too! Company!”
“I’m not staying, because Boss Du promoted me and made me famous, so I’ll follow Boss Du to his other dance hall to work! Moreover, Boss Du also gives me a bit more salary than here! So someone who values me this much, I cannot leave him. As for the new boss, I heard he is very young and doesn’t have much experience operating dance halls, so I suggest you still find a way out, that would be better!”
“Zhao Ya is right, everyone should also find a way out, to guard against any eventualities, that would be better! Otherwise, if this new boss with no experience operating dance halls makes this place go bankrupt, then you will suddenly lose your jobs and income! As for me, I’ll also follow Zhao Ya to Boss Du!”
“We’ll go to Boss Du too!”
“I’m going to a foreigners’ dance hall, someone there is offering me heavy money!”
“I’m also going to other dance halls, not staying here, and not going to work at Boss Du’s other places!”
After these original staff of the dance hall were all gathered together,
they also started heated discussions,
so soon those who decided to job-hop did so, those who stayed continued to stay, those following Boss Du also followed Boss Du.
In short,
all sorts of human conditions were fully displayed in this small group of people.
Just when these people were discussing most fervently,
Butler Liu Xing, who did not follow Zhou Wenhua to the Sichuan Region, was bringing a team of elite Security Team, and a batch of new management personnel hired as instructed by Zhou Wenhua, and also arrived at the “Happy Forest” dance hall that Boss Du gave to Zhou Wenhua,
“Hey! Everyone so lively?”
“I heard what you just said at the door!”
“So I won’t waste words, I am Butler Liu Xing of your new boss, now I come first on behalf of our Zhou Wenhua boss to take over this dance hall. Additionally, after our boss takes over here, all who are willing to stay will have their salaries doubled!”
“Additionally there will be year-end bonuses, and performance bonuses for each person!”
“Of course these welfares are only for those willing to work hard for this dance hall’s business performance and strive for more prosperous business performance!”
“The better the performance, the higher the salary and benefits, no cap!”
“Even positions will be promoted according to your performance!”
“Alright! That’s all from me, then, our new boss instructed me that as long as employees are willing to stay, no matter what position, now they can get a big red envelope from me!”
“As for security here, we already have the Security Team dispatched to guard the place, additionally our Zhou Family is not some nobody who can come to cause trouble and bully us!”
“Whether it’s the foreigners’ side, or the Shanghai garrison side, our connections are still good!”
“So our boss hopes those willing to stay can work with peace of mind and work well!”
“In addition, our boss has also decided to select some outstanding performers from among you to shoot movies to make money and make you famous!”
“So you decide for yourselves! How to choose the path is up to you, our boss won’t force anyone, if none of you are willing to stay, we don’t mind, anyway we will recruit staff anew, now outside there are still many poor young women, so as long as we have money, we don’t lack people!”
“It’s not like without anyone, things won’t work!”
After Butler Liu Xing came in,
he, who had already heard most of the discussions of these dance hall employees, female singers, and dancers at the door,
immediately said all he wanted to say in one go.
After speaking,
he also coldly scanned the crowd present with his gaze,
and had the security nearby put a big bag of red envelopes on a table, letting people start distributing red envelopes to those willing to stay,
even those unwilling to stay were given farewell fees.
Regarding Zhou Wenhua having Butler Liu Xing act so generously,
all the “Happy Forest” dance hall employees, female singers, and dancers were surprised and dumbfounded,
for a moment, not knowing how to respond.
But soon, those who stayed were secretly delighted inside, glad they made the best choice to stay, and also started feeling that Zhou Wenhua was a good boss and generous new boss,
even an ambitious big boss.
As for those employees, female singers, and dancers who decided to leave, after coming back to their senses,
their faces flushed red, quite embarrassed as they took the farewell fees, then quickly left.
Of course there were also some who did not take the farewell fees given by Zhou Wenhua, because they felt embarrassed to take them,
anyway since they were leaving, they wouldn’t be greedy for these.
However, some of these leaving people felt like they made not a very good choice, like they missed something, feeling not very calm inside, turned and left.
In the end, of the dozens of female singers and dancers in the entire “Happy Forest” dance hall, only 8 were willing to stay combined,
while ordinary employees who stayed, only 7.
Regarding this, Butler Liu Xing just smiled indifferently,
for him, just recruit people.
As long as he can spend money, what kind of people can’t be recruited?
Even many young and pretty dancers and female singers can be recruited back,
because this is an era where poor people are as numerous as cows’ hairs.
Just as Butler Liu Xing brought people to take over the entire “Happy Forest” dance hall,
Zhou Wenhua had also already brought his remaining few Security Team, and the new Security Team recruited from the Sichuan Region, and returned to the Shanghai train station.
At the same time,
Yoshiko Kawashima also on this day met with Army Deputy Military Attaché Major Tanaka Yoshirou of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanghai.
And Liu Hui also had a secret meeting with his handler, the young and pretty Cao Ying, he prepared to report to her the results of investigating Yoshiko Kawashima’s whereabouts during this period.
And Boss Dai’s agents were also closely monitoring the meeting place of Yoshiko Kawashima and Deputy Military Attaché Major Tanaka Yoshirou.
The wind was gently rising.
