Seeing that Zhang Miao didn’t quite believe it, the employee continued, "Did you see that girl? She is our Store Manager, and her name is Song Yuyu."

Although she is younger than us, she genuinely helps every one of us just like an older sister.

"She told us that as long as we work hard, everyone will have a chance to succeed, and everyone will have a chance to become a store manager."

"Seriously, here, I don’t just feel a sense of home, but also hope. It doesn’t matter if I’m poor now; if I work hard and earn more money later, won’t I have everything?"

After speaking, the employee couldn’t help but laugh, seemingly anticipating his beautiful future.

"I don’t really have any other goals right now; I just want to work hard so I can become a store manager later and settle down in Jingdu. That is my biggest dream."

Zhang Miao was completely stunned after hearing this.

The feeling of having his own employees run off to work for another company was certainly uncomfortable.

But for some reason, Zhang Miao felt that this outcome was reasonable and fair.

Zhang Miao was still unconvinced. He said, "They just paint you a big picture, and you believe it?"

The employee said seriously, "It’s true. We already have several potential store managers in our store. Once the new branches open, they can go and manage the new stores."

Seeing that Zhang Miao was still unconvinced, the employee said proudly, "Do you know? We earn over 6,000 yuan monthly, and we even have free single dormitories. Where can you find such a good boss? How could such a good boss possibly lie to us?"

Zhang Miao fell silent, completely speechless.

He took a bite of the Hot Pot. The flavor seemed much better than the one at his own restaurant.

However, he felt strange inside.

This feeling was like suddenly seeing someone you considered inferior, only to meet them again and realize they are now much stronger than you.

This feeling was truly heartbreaking... The Hot Pot Restaurant was busy. After chatting with Zhang Miao for a moment, the employee very consciously went back to attending to the customers.

Zhang Miao secretly observed and found that the work attitude and enthusiasm of these former colleagues were completely different from when they worked at his store.

Previously, they worked just to earn a salary, doing the bare minimum; they worked for the sake of working.

But now, these employees were like they were injected with adrenaline, each one full of drive.

They were even more enthusiastic, considerate, and thoughtful toward customers.

This effort came from the heart.

As a customer entered, the Waitress provided meticulous service, from the enthusiastic greeting to taking the order, and finally serving the customer during the meal.

This made the customers feel very comfortable and warm.

When his former colleagues worked at his restaurant, they always wore long faces, but now, they were smiling while working, and Zhang Miao could tell the smiles were genuine.

For some reason, looking at the smiles of these colleagues, Zhang Miao felt a pang of heartache, mixed with envy.

Zhang Miao quickly finished the Hot Pot in the pot. He recalled that when he first heard his colleagues resigned, he was furious, feeling a sense of betrayal.

Coupled with the fact that his boss had scolded him yesterday, he had arrived carrying resentment.

However, seeing the working condition of these colleagues, Zhang Miao suddenly understood them completely.

After all, not only was the boss of this Hot Pot Restaurant good, but the relationship between the employees was also very harmonious.

Most importantly, the benefits were good, the work was pleasant, and everyone had hope.

People naturally seek higher ground; anyone would make the same choice.

As a fellow worker, Zhang Miao could deeply empathize with this feeling.

At this moment, Zhang Miao no longer had any intention of poaching people, because he knew he couldn’t possibly succeed.

Zhang Miao finished his Hot Pot, sighed, and prepared to leave.

"Ready to go?" A pleasant voice rang out beside his ear.

Zhang Miao was startled. He looked at the young girl in front of him and nodded, saying, "Yes, your store is really great."

Song Yuyu suddenly said, "Are you interested in joining us?"

"Me?" Zhang Miao was stunned.

The script seemed wrong; he was supposed to be the one poaching, so why was he being poached in reverse?

He looked at Song Yuyu and found that her eyes were incredibly sincere.

Song Yuyu said genuinely, "Your former colleagues just told me that you are a very capable store manager. If you come here to study for two days, you can become a potential store manager and have a store of your own. How does that sound?"

After a pause, Song Yuyu continued, "And they also told me that if you come over, they are willing to continue following you."

Song Yuyu said, smiling, pointing at the employees behind her not far away.

Looking at the employees who were watching him, Zhang Miao suddenly felt his eyes moisten, and a warm feeling spread through his heart.

"Thank you, but I haven’t planned on changing jobs yet."

Zhang Miao felt that if he jumped ship now, it would violate his professional ethics.

Song Yuyu was not discouraged by the refusal and continued, "The base salary for a store manager at our Jingdu branch is 10,000 yuan per month, and if revenue exceeds expectations, you can receive a 10% bonus."

Zhang Miao’s expression changed slightly.

Song Yuyu continued, "Take me for example. As the manager of this store, the monthly sales are around 300,000 yuan. Besides my salary, I can also receive a 30,000 yuan bonus every month."

Zhang Miao was stunned. Compared to his monthly salary of a few thousand, this was too amazing... Three days later!

Jiang Tao and Song Ming stood in front of the imitation Hot Pot Restaurant.

The door of the Hot Pot Restaurant was tightly locked, and both of their expressions were grim.

Jiang Tao and Song Ming simply couldn’t believe it. They had intended for the store manager to poach employees from other restaurants, but instead, their store manager was poached.

Even more unbelievable, when the store manager left, he also worked on the other employees and took them all with him.

Both the manager and the employees were hand-picked by them.

But now, they were all Ye Chen’s employees.

Song Ming now regretted it; he shouldn’t have listened to Jiang Tao’s instigation.

His own Hot Pot Restaurant was doing perfectly fine. Why pursue chain stores and think about going public?

The water was too deep.

Jiang Tao took a deep breath: "It’s okay, we’ll hire people again. This time, we must sign contracts and raise employee benefits. We absolutely cannot let Ye Chen poach our people again."

Song Ming looked at Jiang Tao, wanting to say something, but ultimately didn’t speak.

Actually, he could tell that Zhang Tao was scared too.

Mainly because Ye Chen’s skill at poaching people was too formidable.

First, he poached a few individuals, then he poached the store manager, and finally, he took the entire pot—it was simply rooting out the weeds and leaving nothing alive.

If Ye Chen heard their evaluation of him, he would certainly feel wronged.

"I didn’t even do anything at all!"