Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Cooperation

She trusted Ji Deyi and Pei Jingyuan, so she actually paid them a bit more and didn’t strictly charge by the hour.

But as for other students, everyone had their little schemes in mind.

High academic and cultural levels didn’t necessarily equate to good character.

Lu Youbang was an example.

So, charging by the hour was straightforward—if you worked longer hours, you earned more.

If you wanted to slack off, then you earned less.

Hearing what Lu Youxi said, Teacher Song also thought of this and silently praised Lu Youxi for her intelligence and methodical approach.

She could provide job opportunities to students to help them out, but it wasn’t purely out of charity.

"How many people do you need?" Teacher Song asked.

"For the internet café, we first need three administrators to work in shifts and one or two people responsible for cleaning and distributing boxed lunches," Lu Youxi said. "We’ll need to look at the students’ class schedules to determine the exact number of people."

"The restaurant isn’t open yet; I’m just in the planning stage, but it’s definitely going to open."

Because of the sudden reporting incident last time, Lu Youxi had become vigilant.

There were no other internet cafés nearby, so there was no possibility of malicious competition reporting.

In Imperial Capital, there were many internet cafés, and customers mostly came from nearby.

Very few customers would travel a long distance specifically to use the internet.

Unless the internet café’s environment and equipment were exceptionally good, to the extent that it was hard to find another one like it in Imperial Capital.

Lu Youxi’s internet café could barely be counted as one, since its administrators were students from Jing University, which was quite a gimmick.

It also had private rooms, providing excellent conditions for internet access.

But since there were few private rooms, even if it did attract customers from afar, it wouldn’t impact other businesses to the extent of prompting reports.

Thus, Lu Youxi believed the reporting was more out of personal grievances.

Regarding personal grievances, aside from Lu Youbang, Lu Youxi couldn’t think of anyone else.

And Lu Youbang indeed knew the location of her internet café.

Since there were no other suspects, it must be Lu Youbang.

Moreover, whether it was Lu Youbang or not, since the person had reported her this time without success,

they would certainly look for other opportunities to report her again.

Lu Youxi never allowed herself to be passive.

She had thought in advance where the other party might strike next.

Her various licenses were complete, and the internet café’s fire safety was very well managed.

Even if there was a report and an inspection, no faults would be found.

Lu Youxi wasn’t worried about these issues.

Thinking it over, she indeed found a loophole—

that was Liu Yushu making boxed lunches.

Just like push-carts selling lunch boxes on the street, with strong mobility and no application for relevant licenses.

When Lu Youxi started this initiative, she thought only to give Liu Yushu something to do and to increase the internet café’s revenue and stabilize the customer base, neglecting the food safety licenses.

If Lu Youbang really reported from this aspect, he might actually succeed.

Lu Youxi remembered that the Food Safety Law was officially introduced in 2009.

It wasn’t in place yet, so she was still able to exploit the relevant loopholes.

But just in case, when Lu Youxi went to register the company, she also obtained the health permit and food business license.

Lu Youxi then thought, since all the licenses were obtained, why not open the restaurant at the same time?

No need for Lu Zhenguo to keep an eye on the internet café day after day.

Directly let Lu Zhenguo and Liu Yushu handle the restaurant part, providing boxed lunches to the internet café customers, and they could directly deliver the meals from the restaurant.

Besides, opening a restaurant was busier.

Keeping Lu Zhenguo busy would prevent him from having time to return home if the Lu Family’s elders needed something.

It was best to keep Lu Zhenguo so busy that he couldn’t spare time for those matters.

Lu Youxi then continued to Teacher Song, "When the restaurant opens, we’ll need even more people."

"I’m thinking, our students who need work-study jobs have to look for part-time work outside but store owners might not accommodate their class schedules, forcing them to make sacrifices. This can inevitably affect their studies."

"Here, we charge by the hour, and they can adjust their work hours in my restaurant according to their own class schedules," Lu Youxi said. "It won’t affect their studies."

"However, I will have some requirements too. The students who come to work here should be able to stagger their class times. They can’t all be in class at one time and then come to work at the restaurant at the same time. I can’t handle that."

"Understood," Teacher Song nodded. "This is definitely a good thing, and since you’re a student of our school, it will be easier to communicate if any issues arise."

Lu Youxi nodded, "That’s what I was thinking."

"I’ll go talk to the department head about this," Teacher Song immediately stood up. "Come with me, and explain your idea to the department head yourself."

Lu Youxi didn’t expect Teacher Song to be so decisive and action-oriented.

Once decided, they acted immediately.

Lu Youxi quickly agreed and followed Teacher Song to the department head’s office.

Upon meeting the department head, Teacher Song didn’t waste words and got straight to the point.

"Youxi, you explain the details." Teacher Song gave a brief overview and handed over the task to Lu Youxi.

The department head: "..."

The department head hadn’t even reacted yet when Teacher Song came in and unloaded a barrage of information, leaving the department head somewhat confused.

He had just understood what was going on and instinctively felt it was a good initiative.

But before he could express his opinion, it was Lu Youxi’s turn to speak.

Lu Youxi repeated to the department head what she had told Teacher Song earlier.

"Director, what do you think? Do you support it?" Teacher Song asked.

Lu Youxi: "..."

Goodness, was this how Teacher Song usually communicated with the leadership?

Could Teacher Song be the kind to shake up the workplace?

"Let me digest this for a bit," the department head stretched out an Erkang hand, signaling Teacher Song to pause for a while.

After a while, the department head nodded and said, "It’s a good initiative, we can now promote it in our department. But I need to report it to the school leaders first; they need to approve it."

"This is a good thing, the school leaders won’t oppose it. But we need a set of guidelines, Lu Youxi, you need to sign an agreement with the school," the department head said. "Don’t worry, we won’t let you be disadvantaged; it’s mainly about establishing a cooperative relationship between us. You provide work-study positions to the school, and the school provides students. The screening process will also be carried out by the school according to your requirements, saving you a lot of trouble."

"We’ll be interfacing with you on behalf of the school, and if there are any problems with the students or with your side, it will be a matter between the school and you."

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