Because there was an evaluation committee, all operating costs had to match market rates; otherwise, the school would never pass their audit.
The market would never pay a sixty-something-year-old security guard twenty thousand yuan a month. But it could pay that much for a security guard built like a double-door refrigerator, or for a cafeteria server with the looks of a flight attendant.
After all, in the job market, good looks really were worth money.
Besides, Yu Xiaxing genuinely wanted to give herself something nice to look at.
In her previous life, she had spent her entire childhood and youth trying to keep up with the Yu family. The moment she opened her eyes each morning, she studied. After graduation, she had thrown herself straight into one competition after another. She had never had the chance to enjoy life.
This time, while she was still the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, she was going to indulge herself to the fullest!
This would also send the school’s operating costs skyrocketing and leave it running at a loss!
Then people would curse her out, and she would be eliminated in no time!
Yu Xiaxing hung up.
The thought of soon becoming the first person to be eliminated actually made her a little excited.
—
The director of the Human Resources Department was dumbfounded when she received the notice.
She knew nothing about this new Director Yu and didn’t dare voice any opinions, so she went to find Principal Wang.
Whenever Shengde Academy had no board members stationed on campus, all decisions regarding operations and teaching were made by Principal Wang alone.
But today, the board had suddenly announced that all future operations would be handled by a twenty-year-old girl.
He had already objected, but it had done no good.
There was nothing he could do. The Yu family was the real “boss,” while he, the principal, could only be considered a “professional manager.” He had no choice but to obey the Yu family.
He had already been worrying over the matter when he heard that the young lady had come up with such an absurd idea.
Principal Wang nearly burst out laughing.
He could just sit back and wait for Yu Xiaxing to make a mess of things, fail to clean it up, and leave of her own accord!
Principal Wang glanced over the recruitment notice and sneered. “What does she know about running a school? She’s just a rich young lady here to experience life. If she wants to fool around, let her.”
“Also, inform the parents’ committee about this.”
“A whole group of young, attractive men and women surrounding the students every day? How could the parents not blow up?”
“By then, complaint letters will be flying to the board like snowflakes. We won’t even need to do anything ourselves. This little menace will have to pack up and leave. We’ll simply give her a little push.”
Director Zhao acknowledged him. “Understood.”
—
That evening, the Shengde Academy parents’ group exploded, just as expected.
“Have you heard? The new board director wants to replace all the school’s support staff with handsome men and beautiful women? And especially the security guards—she wants them built like double-door refrigerators! She’s even offering a base salary of twenty thousand yuan?”
“This is ridiculous! With that much money, they could hire several more excellent teachers for our children!”
“Exactly! Our children are in puberty. If you put a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women around them, how are they supposed to concentrate in class?”
“Everyone, calm down. I think this is just a lot of thunder with very little rain. That new board director will probably be gone in a few days.”
“Honestly, I don’t care if she changes the support staff. My child never eats in the cafeteria anyway. She can do whatever she wants.”
Most of the parents scoffed, convinced that this was merely a sheltered rich girl fooling around.
They could not even be bothered to take time off work to come to the school and protest.
—
From the moment Yu Xiaxing selected Shengde Academy, the Yu family’s other siblings had felt uneasy.
Given her competitive, grabby personality, there was no way she would willingly choose the worst option.
She must be plotting something behind the scenes.
So each of them assigned an assistant to keep an eye on her movements.
Everyone else was cutting expenses and improving efficiency.
Yet she had barely arrived at Shengde for half a day before driving operating costs straight to the limit?
Could something be wrong with her brain?
—
The recruitment drive continued in full swing for three days, and the handsome men and beautiful women officially started work.
Today, Yu Xiaxing had deliberately gotten up early to inspect the results.
When she arrived at the school gate, the rusty entrance looked exactly the same as before. But the cigarette-smoking old security guard on duty had been replaced by two young men who were both over 1.9 meters tall and stood ramrod straight.
They wore impeccably tailored black custom uniforms, their shoulder insignia gleaming. Their belts emphasized their lean waists, and both wore white gloves.
When Yu Xiaxing’s car stopped, one of them strode forward and opened the door with smooth, practiced movements, while the other stood at attention and saluted.
“Good morning, Board Director Yu!”
His voice was deep and pleasant, his smile sunny and dazzling, revealing a row of perfectly even white teeth. His gaze was sincere and focused.
The aristocratic-academy atmosphere hit her all at once.
She stepped out of the car, thoroughly pleased with the absurdly handsome face before her.
Then she noticed the girls passing by, covering their mouths as they giggled and secretly snapped photos. Her mood immediately soured.
No. The beautiful people she had hired were for her enjoyment alone.
As soon as Yu Xiaxing returned to her office, she had the Human Resources Department issue a notice to all the newly hired employees:
“Attention: All newly hired employees are forbidden from having contact with students or teachers beyond the scope of their work. Anyone found violating this rule will be dismissed immediately. Mutual monitoring and reports are welcome.”
That was right—she simply did not trust them!
Employee satisfaction was also one of the evaluation criteria. If the scores got docked at the end of the month because of the satisfaction survey, wouldn’t that be wonderful?
Yu Xiaxing could hardly wait.
At this rate, she felt she would be able to collect ten million yuan and make her escape within a few days.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
When Yu Xiaxing opened it, she found that the massage chair she had ordered had arrived.
The massage chair was installed in no time.
Yu Xiaxing reclined in it, turned on the massage function, and enjoyed herself while gazing out at the handsome men and beautiful women coming and going across the campus.
After working hard for an entire lifetime, she had finally figured everything out.
The important thing in life was to live comfortably.
When you had money, you had to enjoy it while you could. Who knew when the heavens might suddenly take everything back in one fell swoop?
She stretched lazily.
The parents hadn’t come to make a scene over the past few days. They had probably suspected that she was only putting on a show and wouldn’t really hire handsome men and beautiful women.
But once the students reported everything to their parents during lunch break today, some parents would probably come over to cause trouble in the afternoon.
—
At lunchtime, the school cafeteria, which had always been deserted, was suddenly packed with students.
Quite a few had heard that the cafeteria had undergone a complete makeover and had come specifically to take a look.
Behind the serving windows, the long-legged cafeteria staff wore aprons and held serving spoons, moving with elegant precision.
“Student, broccoli is rich in vitamins. Even if you don’t like it, you should eat a little.”
A beautiful cafeteria server gently plopped a large spoonful of vegetables onto the plate of a girl who had been trying to avoid them.
“Good girl. You’re still growing—eat a little more.”
At another window, a boy complained that there was too little meat. The handsome server behind the counter immediately gave him a heaping serving, saying, “Eat more. Build those muscles.”
The students were stunned.
They had never liked eating at the cafeteria before, mainly because the people serving food shook so badly that they looked like they had Parkinson’s.
On top of that, they treated boys and girls differently. Even though both paid the same price, girls always received smaller portions.
The school’s female students had long since been thoroughly offended.
But the new cafeteria staff didn’t shake at all!
And they treated everyone equally!
What difference was there between this and the butler-style dining hall at an aristocratic academy?
The students spread the word among themselves.
Many students who had planned to eat elsewhere ran to the cafeteria to give it a try.
And once they did, they discovered that it really was as good as people said!
That was when Yu Xiaxing also arrived at the cafeteria.
The moment she entered, she heard the card reader constantly going “beep, beep” as money poured in!
Yu Xiaxing’s expression changed.
Oh no!
If this continued, the beautiful employees’ high salaries would soon pay for themselves!
No, she had to sabotage things…
