Chapter 263: New Year, New Beginnings

"They've all been taken out and placed into new flower pots."

Wu Yu sat on a chair to the side and poured himself a glass of water.

He had just finished directing the workers to arrange the greenery and was feeling a bit parched.

"By the way, Brother Shen, I've already spoken with the company's HR and posted the recruitment information for streamers on Boring Short Videos."

"That's good."

Li Shen nodded. Since the number of downloads for Boring Short Videos wasn't high, not many people would know about the streamer recruitment through the platform.

To recruit more streamers, he had no choice but to post the recruitment information on job websites.

"By the way, how is the recruitment for reviewers going?"

"We've recruited half of the planned number, which is enough to handle the company's current operations," Wu Yu replied.

Hearing this, Li Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

After a month of preparation, Boring Short Videos was finally getting on the right track.

Those reviewers were the most critical part of Boring Short Videos; they were responsible for reviewing streamer profiles, determining if they had the qualifications to start streaming, and examining the streamers' content for any inaccuracies or unprofessional issues.

Therefore, these reviewers were very important to Boring Short Videos and needed to possess a high level of professional knowledge.

Even though he offered very high salaries and started recruiting before the New Year, he had only managed to hire half of the target number.

But at least it was enough to maintain the operations of Boring Short Videos.

…

Pet Park.

Pang Tao and Xu Zhengming were sitting in a makeshift room at Pet Park, deep in thought as they looked at a hand-drawn map of the park.

The map was divided into many sections, most of which were already labeled.

However, one large area remained unlabeled.

Pang Tao held a steaming tea mug and took a sip, a flash of excitement crossing his eyes.

"I've got it. I know how to handle this last area."

"You have a plan?"

Hearing Pang Tao's excited words, Xu Zhengming hurriedly asked.

Since Chen Mo added another 5 million in investment before the New Year, he and Pang Tao had re-planned the layout of Pet Park.

But in the end, one area remained, and he didn't know how to handle it.

If they simply set it up as a basic pet living area, it would be too wasteful, and Chen Mo's additional 5 million investment wouldn't be fully utilized.

The two of them had thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution.

To his surprise, Pang Tao suddenly had an idea today.

"I've got it. We can build a castle in this area."

Pang Tao pointed to the blank area on the map, his face full of excitement.

"A castle?"

Xu Zhengming looked at Pang Tao in confusion, not understanding what he meant by building a castle.

Although building a castle would consume the funds Chen Mo added, they couldn't just spend money for the sake of spending it; it had to be beneficial to Pet Park.

Seeing Xu Zhengming's confused expression, Pang Tao smiled and explained.

"Of course, this isn't a castle for people to live in, but one for cats—a Cat Castle."

"Isn't Chen Mo's Cat Cafe popular? Many customers are willing to wait in line outside just to take pictures at the Cat Cafe and post them on their social media. It has even attracted some internet celebrities to visit."

"Since the Cat Cafe can achieve that, why can't our Pet Park?"

"We can definitely turn the Cat Castle into a popular spot for social media check-ins."

"I've looked into it on short video platforms, and the influencer effect is incredibly powerful. Once the Cat Castle becomes a popular check-in spot, it will definitely attract more tourists to Pet Park."

As Xu Zhengming listened to Pang Tao, his eyes lit up, and he added.

"We should build the castle large enough for the cats to move around freely inside. Since it's for cats, the style of the castle should naturally be cute. Then, we can set up some stairs and viewing platforms inside for tourists to take pictures."

"Exactly! Once the Cat Castle is built, Pet Park's selling point won't just be the pet show anymore."

"…" The two chatted back and forth, looking as if they had just solved a long-standing problem.

…

Time passed, and soon it was early March.

Chen Mo arrived at Mingri Group early; it was the first day of work in the new year.

"Hello, President Chen!" "Hello, President Chen!"

As he got in and out of the elevator, the employees he encountered along the way all greeted him respectfully.

Upon entering his office, Chen Mo first glanced at the spot where the greenery was kept.

Finding that the money tree had been replaced with another plant, he nodded in satisfaction.

That's more like it!

He leaned back in his chair, took a sip of the coffee Shen Rou had prepared, and said calmly while looking at her.

"Notify all the department heads in the office building to gather in the conference room. The meeting will start in 10 minutes."

"Understood, President Chen." Shen Rou left to carry out the order.

About ten minutes later, Chen Mo checked the time, stood up slowly, and walked out of his office.

The conference room was on the top floor; this was the office he used for meetings with company leadership.

The other companies had their own independent conference rooms.

Arriving at the door of the conference room, he gently pushed it open and walked in.

"President Chen, everyone has arrived." Shen Rou walked over and said in a low voice.

Chen Mo scanned the room.

All the employees he had requested were present, including Jiang Cheng, whose company was not based in this building, as well as Song Xia and Su Dan from Nanhe Coffee.

These two companies were not located in the office building, but he had notified them about the meeting yesterday.

The only ones who hadn't come to the meeting were Pang Tao and Xu Zhengming from Pet Park; after all, Pet Park was still under construction, and there wouldn't be much for them to do even if he called them over.

"Hello, President Chen!" As soon as he walked to the head of the conference table, all the company leaders stood up in unison, excited expressions on their faces.

They were practically the company's veterans, having watched it grow step by step into a Group that now owned a ten-story office building.

Ever since they arrived at work today, stepped into this office building, and watched the elevator rise floor by floor, they hadn't been able to calm down.

"Please, sit down." Chen Mo looked at everyone, gently raised his hand, and signaled for them to take their seats.

"The purpose of today's meeting is mainly to plan the company's future development, as well as to discuss some changes in positions and salaries."

"Let's start with the salary adjustments."

"New Year, new beginnings. All employees who joined the company last year and have worked for at least six months will receive a salary increase of 1,000. For those who have worked for less than six months, they will receive an increase of 500."

"There is also a change in benefits. We are adding a new tier of shopping cards: a 1,500-yuan shopping card, which all employees who have worked for six months will be eligible to receive."