Chapter 6: Spare Tire & Backup Plan 2

  Frowning tightly, she thought: "What's going on with these dirty drafts?"

  Li Ping pretended to be nonchalant: "I accidentally spilled coffee on it, I was afraid of damaging it, so I quickly wiped it off, and it ended up like this."

  At dusk, Snow slightly frowned, that shouldn't be the case either. She must have just printed it out, and the ink was still wet. She opened the first draft of the selected manuscript: "You go busy."

  Li Pingan had just left when Ah Tang came in: "Manager! There's a client who wants to see you."

  "Do you have a reservation?"

  "No, he said it's urgent. It seems to be related to the quality of our company's clothing."

  "Let him in."

  Qí Zhèn Huī strode in with big steps. He was entrusted by others: "Hello! I am Qí Zhèn Huī!"

  Muxi Xue's mind was racing quickly, Qi Zhenhui! Qi Zhenhui! Must remember who he is: "Xuancheng's Qi General Manager, Uncle Qi! Hello!"

  Also knowing who I am, Qi Zhenhui's bad feeling has reduced a bit: "We don't have much time... so I'll get straight to the point. The quality of Vichy's goods this time is very poor, I just picked up a few pieces at random." He turned around and shouted towards the door: "Xiao Ren! Bring in the clothes!"

  Muxi Xue carefully looked at the clothes laid out on the table by Qi Zhenhui.

  Zi Zhenhui wasn't exaggerating at all. The workmanship is not only messy but also extremely poor.

  "How many pieces?"

  "About a third of it, six hundred pieces. We've never received goods like this before. I don't know if you're ruining our rice bowl or your own?"

  "Director Qi! Sorry! It's my responsibility. Ah Tang! Get someone to take care of the goods brought by Director Qi, and bring Director Qi to the finance office to return the account for these goods in full. Also, 10,000 yuan for transportation costs."

  Zi Zhenhui listened to Mu Si Xue's words and felt that it was okay, quite straightforward, and the last bit of bad feeling had disappeared.

  "Director Qi! Is this okay?"

  Zi Zhenhui smiled, he really couldn't always put on a bad face in front of his younger cousin. They would still meet again: "I just happened to be in Shuicheng, so I came to take a look myself. No other meaning, don't mind me, I have a bad temper."

  "Uncle Zhi! You are a renowned straightforward person in the business world. I'm young and inexperienced, if there's anything I've done wrong, please point it out to me. Next time's goods, I will personally inspect them, and I won't let you be displeased again."

  Qī Zhèn Huī nodded frequently, seemingly not referring to Máo Yuán Tóu: "Not bad, the Yangtze River's rear waves push forward the front waves... a talent that can be cultivated."

  "What's wrong? Haven't I already troubled you enough?"

  "You're busy, I have something else to attend to, I'll take my leave first."

  "Take care." Mu Si Xue personally escorted Qi Zhen Hui to the elevator.

  Back in the office, Mu Si Xue sat back in her chair, staring at the pile of substandard goods on her desk, thinking about what Qi Zhen Hui had just said: "Have you ever received such goods before?"

  Never received such goods before, why now? She has only been in office for a few days and so many defective products have appeared.

  Am I being too rash? The more Snow thought about it at dusk, the more she felt that something was off about this matter.

  Muxi Xue's gaze fell on the defective product that Qi Zhenhui had brought earlier. Looking at her watch again, it was 11 o'clock! After a moment of hesitation: "A Tang! Do I have any schedule this afternoon?"

  "Uh-huh. You're going to Lier Textile Company at 4 pm this afternoon to discuss the model thing."

  "Four o'clock? Still in time. You come with me to the factory now."

  "Should we inform Director Gu?"

  Muxi Xue picked up her coat and bag: "No need! Just the two of us know. Take those six hundred defective products."

  Muxi Xue and Atang arrived at the factory thirty kilometers away. As soon as they got off the car, she rushed to the workshop, wanting to do a spot check to see where the problem was.

  The problem mainly lies in the workmanship. The molding worker should have found it at the first time, even if the molding worker did not find it, the quality inspector should have found it.

  She can think of nothing but this for now, let's see first.

  Muxi Xue and Atang walked into the sewing workshop, as they walked, Muxi Xue instructed Atang: "Atang, let's go through row by row, if there are any with poor workmanship, you take note, I'll also take note, after we leave the workshop, we'll exchange information."

  At'ang walked into the workshop at the sound of his name being called.

  Two people came from the first workshop, asked each other, and neither of them found any workers with poor workmanship. Just as the two were about to go to the second sewing workshop, Director Gu arrived.

  The old factory director received the phone call from the gatekeeper and ran over, somewhat flustered, with a faint sweat on his forehead: "Manager! When did you arrive? You didn't even notify me, I could have been prepared."

  "Hello, old factory director! We just arrived."

  Muxi Xue looked at the situation and said: "The customer has returned a batch of goods. I'll come over to take a look at the workers' work situation."

  "Has the batch of goods been returned? Returned to you?"

  "Hmm." The old factory director asked this, and Musui Xue also felt a bit strange.

  "Manager! To be honest with you. The normal procedure is to return it directly to the factory through B2B, so why did it come to you this time?"

  Director Gu's words made sense, and Musi furrowed his brow: "Director Gu! Let's go back to your office."

  Ah Tong brought two defective products and put them on Gu's office desk. Gu picked them up, examined them carefully, and then threw them on the table in anger: "Director Mu! These were not produced by our factory!"

  "Isn't it made in our factory? How did you tell?"

  "Who returned this merchandise?"

  "General Agent of Southeast Four Provinces — Qi Zhenhui!"

  "He personally delivered it to you?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "That's strange. For such a small matter, he didn't need to come in person." Director Gu walked over to the display of products on the other side of the office desk and casually picked up a piece of clothing: "Manager! Look at this workmanship, it's not something that can be done in our factory, nor is it possible. The workers in the four workshops of the factory, especially the sewing workers, have been working for at least two years, even if they are not very good, and then there's our equipment, our equipment can't produce clothes like this."

  The old factory director turned over the collar under the logo: "However... ... I couldn't see if this QR code and security check mark are from our factory. Let's first check where this batch of goods was sent to, and see if it's not our factory's goods."

  Muxi Xue sat in the chair, thinking to herself: "I made a mistake." This was common sense - every finished garment produced by the company had a QR code and serial number on it to distinguish between genuine and fake products. How could she be so careless? She had been intimidated by the title of "General Agent for the Four Provinces in Southeast China".

  Although it's not a big loss, I'm still responsible for this, and this fall is really ungraceful.

  "Old factory director, you check first where this batch of goods is being sent?"

  The old factory director opened his computer and checked the shipping object according to the code above: "It was sent to Qi Zhenhui. But this work..."

  Muxi Xue picked up two pieces of clothing with logos and compared them: "Can't see where they're different:" "A Tang! Bring a few more over, let's scan them and see if they're really made by our company."

  The scan results are out, this batch of goods is from Victoria.

  The old factory director's face was difficult to look at, three minutes ago he was still patting his chest saying the factory couldn't produce such clothing, now it's good, facts are more powerful than arguments: "Manager... I've worked here for ten years, this kind of situation has never happened."

  Muxi Xue's mind is now much clearer. Gu Changzhang is a veteran, and he knows the factory's affairs like the back of his hand. His words are trustworthy.

  The trademark can be removed and re-sewn, which doesn't prove anything: "Old factory director, the trademark cannot represent everything. It's just that in the future, you'll have to pay more attention to quality control. The main responsibility for this time lies with me, I trusted him too much, just because he was our agent for ten years."

  "Manager! Don't say you, even I wouldn't suspect Old Qi. There must be a problem here."

  "It's not others' fault, it's mine. No matter if he's a swindler or cheated me, the problem is I trusted people too much and was easily deceived."

  What does he mean? Is it that our products are too easy to imitate, or does he think I'm too young and wants to test my abilities? Or is there another motive: "Director Gu! Ah Tang! This matter will be known by the three of us for now. Let me think about it for a day, then I'll make an announcement to all employees."

  "Manager! What would you like to say?"

  "Because of my fault, I caused losses to the company, so it's natural to inform all employees and take corresponding punishment."

  "Manager! You don't have to do this. If it's really a quality issue, you should punish me first. Besides, this small loss is negligible for the company."

  "Sorry, Director Guo! The company is the result of everyone's hard work, and the company's rules and regulations are not just for show. I will accept punishment according to the company's regulations. I'm giving myself a day, first because tomorrow we need to evaluate design drafts and there might not be enough time; second, because I need time to reflect and truly understand the reasons behind my mistakes, so as to avoid similar things from happening again in the future."

  The old factory director listened to Mu Si Xue's sincere words and secretly admired her. A young girl, not arrogant or pretentious, able to reflect on herself, a rare quality, will definitely achieve great things in the future: "If you insist, I won't object, but about Director Qi..."

  "No matter if he was testing me or dissatisfied with me, the fact is that he was right. I can't blame others for my own incompetence, it's all because of my own inexperience and immaturity. Thank you, Director Gu!"

  "You're too kind, manager, I didn't help much anyway."

  "If Mr. Qi comes to return the goods, I'll give you a call and we might not be so passive... Never mind, there's no regret medicine in this world, from now on if anything happens, I won't make arbitrary decisions alone, I will definitely consult with relevant departments before making a decision."

  "Director! You don't have to be so self-reproachful. It's all that Qi Zhenhui's fault, he has been dealing with our company for so many years... Sigh..." Old Director Gu let out a long sigh.

  "Alright! Let's go back. Goodbye, Director Gu!"

  The old factory director saw off Mu Si Xue and Ah Tang until the car disappeared from his sight: With such younger generations, the company will become stronger. Now, he also feels a boost of motivation as a factory director, making this old arm and leg feel light and healthy.