Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Xia Yan nodded.

No wonder those who open dojos never think of stepping down after they open them, and most of them pass the dojos on to their descendants, and they often renovate and expand them.

With such potential profits, who would be willing to give it up?

However, not every cup competition yields such high returns.

This time, they benefited from Xia Yan's name, the lingering popularity of the "Lily of the Valley Youth Competition," and the strong support from Devon Company.

But don't forget this is just a random town. If the venue were a big city like Jiayuan or Binhai, the profits would probably be even higher.

Xia Yan only knew that dojos were profitable, but he never imagined that dojos would be this profitable.

From this perspective, those martial arts schools have some confidence and reasons for recruiting large numbers of apprentices.

“Mr. Xia Yan, there is one more thing that you must decide. Neither Ms. Kikuna nor I have that authority.”

"what?"

"Recruiting new employees." Yamato handed over another document.

The above is a list of all the staff at the dojo, including Kikuna and Yamato, totaling 134 people.

From large-scale dojo owners like Linghua to small-scale aunties responsible for the daily cleanliness of the dojo.

And their respective monthly salary expenses, which vary.

For example, there are agents like Linghua who run museums.

Even though she would voluntarily refuse to take a single penny.

But she is, after all, a trainer, and the expenses for raising Pokémon are not a small amount each month.

Xia Yan allowed her to use most of the dojo's resources and offered her a monthly salary of 500,000 League Coins.

For Linghua's status and abilities, a monthly salary of 500,000 is just a bonus, a token gesture.

The dojo resources that Xia Yan allowed her to use were far beyond what 500,000 could buy.

For example, Yamato, as a gym manager, has a monthly salary of 200,000 League Coins because he just joined.

This is definitely not a high score for someone who is responsible for managing the entire dojo and also has tasks such as event operations and daily task arrangements.

After this event concludes and he becomes a full-time employee, his salary may see a significant increase.

In addition, there are technical personnel such as those who train Pokémon in gyms, maintain and repair gym facilities, and referees with professional certificates, whose monthly salaries range from 50,000 to 100,000 yuan.

There are 134 people in total, and the gym spends nearly five million League Coins every month.

This doesn't even include the material costs required for gym maintenance and Pokémon maintenance.

Looking at it this way...

The reason why the dojo had been operating at a loss before is now clear.

The tens of millions earned from organizing the tournament doesn't seem like a huge sum anymore.

Fortunately, the town of Suiyi is developing rapidly, and its tax revenue share is expected to be high.

"With the tournament underway, we clearly don't have enough staff, so I think our dojo needs to recruit new members. But not too many, so that we don't end up with an overstaffed staff after the tournament. This is a plan I've prepared, and I hope Mr. Xia Yan can take a look at it."

Xia Yan looked at Kiku.

Kikuna lowered her eyes subtly.

It seems that managing a dojo is no easy task.

Managing a company is much the same.

If Xia Yan is considered the chairman, then Yamato is the CEO.

However, as Michael said, Yamato is capable and honest.

But because of his honesty, he is not actually popular in this industry.

Xia Yan simply prefers to work with honest people, even if they are a little harsh in their speech or a little rigid in their manner.

"Okay, I understand. You can arrange the recruitment."

After reading it, Xia Yan decisively chose to sign it.

He's just not cut out for this line of work; as long as the general expenses are reasonable, he doesn't bother to care.

Anyway, there are quite a few gym leaders like him, so the league regularly arranges for people to check the gyms' financial situation every year.

"By the way, I need these materials recently. If the dojo's finances allow, could you help me acquire some?"

Now that the dojo is starting to make money, the purpose of Xia Yan opening the dojo can be realized.

Collect resources.

"Also, could you try to contact any true breeding masters in Sinnoh for me? I'd like to pay them a visit."

"Okay, sir."

After Kikuna and Yamato finished explaining some things and reporting some information, the two went back to their work.

Judging from the current situation, Yamato has taken over the dojo affairs from Kikuna very smoothly.

Once Kikuna leaves, the dojo's operation won't have any problems.

In Xia Yan's view.

In his dojo, the least important person seems to be... himself?!

He shook his head with a self-deprecating laugh.

It doesn't matter; he only cares about spending money and leaves the money-making to capable people.

I left the dojo through the back door and strode towards the ranch.

He held a slightly wobbly Poké Ball in his hand.

He wanted to try and see if he could tame the three-headed dragon.

Chapter 110 Three Years, and Another Three Years

"Xia Yan!"

As soon as they entered the Elf Ranch, which was enveloped by the poisonous gas of the Night Thief Salamander mixed with pheromones, Ono quickly came to greet them.

"How are you? Are you getting used to it?" Xia Yan patted Xiao Ye's head.

Natsuhiko originally intended to arrange for Ono to stay at the dojo.

However, Ono wasn't used to that environment, so in the end she moved to the ranch with Kommo-o.

However, Xia Yan still arranged some private tutors for her.

They specifically taught her some basic knowledge, including writing, living habits, basic knowledge about Pokémon, and so on.

But clearly, she still needs some time to adapt to the new environment and new things.

Furthermore, Ono harbored some degree of resentment towards everyone except Natsuhiko.

It will probably take quite a while to get her to accept the world of elves.

Although she is Latias, according to Rayquaza, she should now be considered as a human.

So Xia Yan taught her in a human way.

"Mmm." Ono nodded vigorously.

Xia Yan smiled and released all the elves.

After nearly a month of protracted battle in the Liekong Silent Space, it is now time for them to reflect on and digest their combat experience and gains.

Aside from completing the training tasks assigned by Xia Yan every day, he mostly rested and played.

Then Xia Yan released all the lampshade mushrooms and sleeping mushrooms.

After they appeared, Xia Yan and the group of elves were still somewhat afraid.

Fortunately, with the comfort and help of fairies like Cherry Blossom, the Lampshade Mushrooms quickly adapted to their new environment.

Xia Yan wasn't in a hurry to generate fairy energy within them; he wanted to give them some time to adapt.

"Awoo~~"

And then we met.

A tiny, snow-white elf, with light, graceful steps, pounced towards Xia Yan.

Xia Yan instinctively opened his arms and embraced her.

The cool, refreshing feeling made me feel much more energized.

It's a small six-tailed cat.

"Bu-ee~~Bu-ee~~"

Besides the Vulpix, several other Eevee creatures also gathered around.

It quickly covered his entire body.

The little ones missed Xia Yan quite a bit, and they were very affectionate when they saw him, rubbing against him incessantly.

It took Xia Yan quite a while to completely calm them down.

"Ono, take them a little further away, I'm going to release that guy."

"That guy... I understand!"

Ono understood what Natsuhiko meant and quickly pulled the little ones aside.

"Dorambaruto, if it gets restless later, you keep an eye on it for me," Xia Yan said to Doronambaruto beside him.

“Baruya!” Doronbarut nodded.

Then he said something to Xia Yan.

"Huh? This thing can be used like this?" Xia Yan was somewhat taken aback after understanding what Dorombalto meant.

But Dorombalut nodded solemnly.

"That saves a lot of trouble."