Chapter 357 - Help Recruit People

They arrived at the village meeting room.

Wu Kexin warmly served tea for Gao Ya and Gu Linshan while Chen Yang also helped out.

Although previously, both Chen Yang and Wu Kexin had some minor complaints about the Gu Family.

But as their relationship with Gao Ya thawed, the grievances with the Gu Family were also neutralized.

Moreover, the Gu Family had brought many benefits to Liuhe Village, so Wu Kexin had even more reason to enthusiastically entertain Gao Ya.

“General Manager Gao, with the mine starting operations, in principle, you should be quite busy, and there’s not much going on here.

You must have something important to address by coming here today,”

After serving Gao Ya tea, Wu Kexin proactively initiated the conversation.

Gao Ya picked up the tea cup and took a sip, smiling as she heard this.

“Village Chief Wu is impressive, you’ve guessed all my little thoughts,”

Gao Ya said with a laugh, setting down the teacup, then continued, “Since that’s the case, let’s get straight to the point.”

“Actually, I’m here today to ask for your help, Village Chief, and Chen Yang’s help.”

“Sister Gao, just say it.

If you have any requests, Chen Yang and I will do our utmost to help,” Chen Yang spoke up this time.

As Gao Ya looked at Chen Yang and smiled again, she then revealed the purpose of her visit.

“Actually, I came here to ask you to help resolve a labor issue at the mine,”

“As you know, the scale of this mineral resource is not small, and when full-scale development starts, we will definitely need lots of manpower.”

“It would be quite troublesome to recruit workers from other places, so I’d prefer to hire locally.

That’s why I’ve come to you,”

After addressing Wu Kexin, Gao Ya turned to Chen Yang, “And I also understand that Boss Chen holds a lot of credibility in this area.

Villagers from miles around are willing to give face to Boss Chen, so I wanted to ask for Boss Chen’s help to make recruitment more convenient.”

Although Gao Ya was close to Chen Yang, she still needed to maintain a professional distance in front of others.

So, she still addressed Chen Yang as Boss Chen.

After hearing what Gao Ya said, both Chen Yang and Wu Kexin agreed to help without hesitation.

“No problem at all, Sister Gao.

In fact, the Village Chief and I had discussed this, and we were hoping you could provide some job opportunities for our villagers,” Chen Yang said with a smile.

“Yes, General Manager Gao, we are very willing to help, and we believe the villagers near Liuhe Village would be eager to work at your mine,” Wu Kexin likewise said with a smile.

Seeing their ready agreement, Gao Ya’s face lit up with delight.

“Then I’m very grateful to you, Village Chief Wu, and Boss Chen,” Gao Ya expressed her thanks, and then the group sat down in the village office to discuss the details.

Having agreed on the recruitment, they would, of course, need to discuss the terms of employment next.

Since Chen Yang agreed to recruit, the matter was related to him, and if anything went wrong, he would definitely have to take responsibility.

Therefore, Chen Yang and Wu Kexin needed to negotiate in advance with Gao Ya, discussing matters such as salary, insurance, and the like—

These were the most basic essentials.

For Chen Yang and Wu Kexin’s reasonable requests, Gao Ya certainly wouldn’t refuse.

“You can rest assured, we definitely won’t shortchange anyone.

There will absolutely be insurance coverage, and the wages will certainly not be low,” Gao Ya said earnestly.

Hearing this, Wu Kexin and Chen Yang were reassured.

Afterwards, the group continued their discussion in the office for a while before Gao Ya and Gu Linshan took their leave.

Chen Yang and Wu Kexin had wanted to keep them for lunch, but Gao Ya declined, saying she was still busy.

Seeing this, Chen Yang and Wu Kexin did not insist.

The mine was about to begin operations, and there would certainly be no shortage of matters to attend to.

After watching Gao Ya’s car drive away into the distance, Wu Kexin let out a long sigh,

“Now things are looking up, with the job opportunities provided by Gao Ya, it won’t be long before our area starts generating economic gains!

Before long, our village will be able to shed its impoverished status!”

Excitement was written all over Wu Kexin’s face.

As the village head of Liuhé Village, the upcoming major changes and the improvements in everyone’s living conditions naturally filled her with excitement.

Chen Yang felt the same way.

However, amidst Wu Kexin’s excitement, Chen Yang suddenly said, “Village head, though we now have job opportunities, there is something I think we need to discuss.”

Wu Kexin’s excitement paused as she looked at Chen Yang, “What is it, what’s the matter?”

“You see, the work at the mine is definitely going to be hard and labor-intensive.

Our Liuhé Village doesn’t have strong young men, and there aren’t many strong aunties either.

So, I was thinking, why not let the aunties with less strength do the easier tasks?”

“Let’s take on the mine’s cooking jobs for our village.

That way, our village can benefit a lot more.”

Chen Yang said earnestly.

Upon hearing Chen Yang’s proposal, Wu Kexin was slightly startled, then nodded her head, “You’re right, our village lacks strong laborers, it’s better to take on lighter tasks.”

After a brief consideration, Wu Kexin agreed to Chen Yang’s suggestion.

Although it might seem selfish to arrange the best jobs for her own village,

considering it from another perspective, the opportunity itself was brought by Chen Yang, so it seemed fair to allocate easier work to their own village.

And to be honest, given Liuhé Village’s scarcity of strong laborers, what could be wrong with that?

After the two had discussed and come to an agreement, they decided that very evening, people from villages all around should gather in Liuhé Village for a collective meeting!

They needed to communicate about the mine’s situation to everyone.

Chen Yang followed Wu Kexin back to the village office.

Then Wu Kexin immediately summoned several village clerks and instructed them to notify the surrounding villages, asking everyone to gather at eight o’clock after their dinner for a meeting.

The start of the mine’s work was going to be a big event.

Everyone was aware of the upcoming mine.

At this moment, Wu Kexin calling for a meeting, everyone knew it must be concerning the mine, so the clerks promptly proceeded to inform the villages.

About an hour later, they returned with responses from all the villages.

Without exception, all villages agreed to come in the evening.

After handling these matters, it was already noon, and Chen Yang took Wu Kexin back to his home.

Chen Yang once again showcased his culinary skills and prepared two savory and fragrant medicinal dishes for Wu Kexin to eat.

“Mmm!

What delicious medicinal cuisine.”

After taking a whiff, Wu Kexin couldn’t help but praise it aloud.

Surprised by her words, Chen Yang did a double-take, “How did you know this was medicinal cuisine?

I didn’t even mention it yet.”

Seeing Chen Yang’s astonished look, Wu Kexin covered her mouth and giggled, “Silly, just because you didn’t mention it, doesn’t mean I haven’t seen medicinal cuisine before, right?”

“You’ve seen medicinal cuisine before?”

Chen Yang was still surprised.

“Of course, I’ve not only seen it but also eaten plenty of it—it’s all made by great medical experts, and it tastes wonderful,” Wu Kexin said with a tint of pride.

Chen Yang realized that made sense, considering Wu Kexin’s significant background—it was unlikely she wouldn’t have encountered medicinal cuisine.

He chuckled awkwardly and then said, “Well, then you should try mine and give some feedback, to see how I did.”

“Alright.”

Wu Kexin nodded and then began to taste it.