Chapter 186
A sack can hold a lot of clothes. The bag of clothes sticking out from it is the sportswear with a problem that Qin Xiang just saw.
This tracksuit left a lasting impression on her. Back then, when she was still in Ningcheng, Miao Xiaofeng was in charge of product quality inspection there. After the initial shipment, she excitedly handed the tracksuit over and said, "I bet this tracksuit will sell well."
And the reason this tracksuit looked familiar was because it was designed by Zhao Wenna, who lived in her dormitory. It would be strange if Qin Xiang wasn't familiar with it.
Qin Xiang looked at the mother and daughter with a smile and said regretfully, "Sorry, Auntie, I'm really petty. When it comes to making money, who doesn't want to earn more? Don't you agree?"
"Haha." Cold sweat broke out on Qian Dajuan's forehead. She finally realized that the problem was serious.
When they first started, both mother and daughter had a sense of luck, as the boss rarely came over and even less often checked the accounts. So, after the first time, there was a second time.
Individual business owners were indeed selling them, but the prices were high. Some students around them started wearing them, and it caused a craze.
After retiring, Qian Dajuan loved to show off. He played cards and boasted with a bunch of women all day long. He often mentioned that his daughter was the manager of a store and that the store had these clothes.
So someone asked her to help buy a set because their own children were clamoring for it and it was too expensive to buy it outside.
People actually thought she could get a set at wholesale price, but who could have thought.
Qian Dajuan saw a business opportunity in this.
However, he did not act as an individual business owner and sell some at wholesale prices, but instead came up with this bad idea with He Hua.
At first, He Hua was reluctant, fearing that she would be discovered, but Qian Dajuan persuaded He Hua with her eloquence and promised to split the money she earned with He Hua equally, so that she could keep it as a treasure for the future. So He Hua agreed.
After not being discovered the first time, the two became bolder, so they did it a second and third time, and their hope for luck grew stronger and stronger. Sometimes, He Hua even had better excuses to deal with He Liping's questions.
She's just a teenage girl, how can she not be fooled?
He Hua was smug, not realizing that He Liping had written everything down in her notebook. She also didn't realize that Qin Xiang had already spotted the problem just by looking at the shipment data, even before He Liping had even used it.
If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. This is exactly what He Hua is like.
After Qin Xiang finished speaking, He Hua's face turned pale. Qian Dajuan smiled awkwardly and said, "So it's Boss Qin. I was bored at home, so I came over to help He Hua sort out her clothes."
As he said this, he wanted to take the clothes out of the bag and put them back.
Qin Xiang called out, "Stop!", glanced at He Hua, and said, "He Hua, do you have anything else to say?"
He Hua was speechless, tears streaming down her face. "Boss, I was wrong. Please give me a chance to correct it, okay? I can't lose this job."
At this time, Qian Dajuan finally realized the seriousness of the problem and pleaded, "Really, I'm really just helping..."
"Mom, stop talking." He Hua bit her lip and looked at Qin Xiang pleadingly, "Boss, please give me a chance, okay?"
Qin Xiang shook her head, her voice gentle but cruel, "He Hua, make up the shortfall according to the wholesale price, and go to He Liping to settle the wages tomorrow. Otherwise, I will report it directly to the police."
Because of the crackdowns in the past few years, people are now terrified of the police and will not turn to them unless absolutely necessary.
If the police really take him away, it would be a serious matter.
He Hua's face turned pale and she staggered.
That's really not a small amount of money.
Qian Dajuan was shocked. "I didn't even take it away, how can it be counted? Seriously, this is the first time I haven't even taken it away."
"Oh, this is the first time. I've seen you several times before."
Qin Xiang turned around and saw a security guard in the management office. Qin Xiang smiled and said, "Uncle Li."
"You're welcome. I was just strolling around with nothing to do, and I've seen her come here several times."
Qian Dajuan glared at him, "What the hell do you have to do with me, you old bitch? You're just a gatekeeper, showing off and talking nonsense. If you keep saying that, I'll tear your mouth apart."
At this moment, Qian Dajuan was timid and didn't want to reason with anyone.
Uncle Li wasn't angry either. He snorted and said, "Being a guard at the door is better than being a thief. And you want to teach bad kids to become thieves together."
Qian Dajuan immediately became angry and rushed forward to argue with Uncle Li.
"Mom, stop making trouble." He Hua grabbed Qian Dajuan and said to Qin Xiang, "Boss, I was wrong. I'll make up for it."
Qin Xiang nodded and said to He Liping, "Go write a written agreement and ask the witnesses here to help testify, so that we don't bully anyone."
"Okay, the accounts are all there. I'll get them and write them down on the spot." He Liping trotted back to the storefront at the door, took out the account book she had been recording, and took out a pen and paper, and really started writing on the spot.
The total number of clothes and the total price were clearly written, and of course the money people pretended to pay for the defects was also deducted.
Seeing that she still had to pay compensation, Qian Dajuan yelled, "Why do you say those are all good? The ones I bought are obviously defective."
Qin Xiang smiled, "What a coincidence! This is the only model that's defective." She looked at He Hua and said, "This model was designed by a classmate of mine. I happened to be in Ningcheng when it was shipped. The product quality inspection there starts with an internal inspection by the team, and then the team leader verifies that there are no problems before it is delivered to the warehouse. I was lucky enough to participate in the quality inspection sampling of this batch of goods. If there were one or two defective products, that would be normal, but such a large batch, dozens of defective products, I can't accept it."
"Boss, why waste time talking to them? Just report it to the police."
Mi Hongjun felt very ashamed because he was the one who promoted He Hua.
I never thought the person he promoted would do something like this. I've never seen such a thing before.
Mi Hongjun's words made He Hua feel embarrassed. She whispered, "I'm sorry."
Mi Hongjun didn't want to talk to her anymore at all. It was unnecessary.
He Liping wrote the certificate and gave it to He Hua. "Check it yourself to see if it's the right number. If there's any mistake, tell us now and I'll recalculate it so you don't have to accuse us of bullying later. Once you sign and put your fingerprints on it, it's evidence. If you want to change your mind, we won't recognize it. If that doesn't work, we can just go straight to the police station. This is a very serious matter."
"That's right." He Hua resigned herself to signing, but Qian Dajuan refused to let her. "No, we don't have the money to pay this. No way."
"Mom, do you want me to go in?" He Hua cried bitterly, "Please let me go."
Qian Dajuan was stunned. He Hua had already picked out her name and pressed her fingerprints with a toothpick.
Qin Xiang didn't take this, but took it directly to the management office as a witness.
Qin Xiang said to Mi Hongjun, "Just take over this place and let her go back."
After saying that, she looked at the two shop assistants who had remained silent. "Are you completely unaware of this or are you deliberately hiding it?"
Both shop assistants lowered their heads and were too embarrassed to look at Qin Xiang.
Qin Xiang sneered and said to Mi Hongjun, "They are all open."
"boss."
Qin Xiang turned and left.
She is just like that, she doesn't tolerate any flaws.
She believed that her employees' salaries were not low, their bonuses were definitely high, and their welfare benefits were no worse than those in state-owned enterprises.
There are actually employees who are disloyal and take advantage of their own employees?
Unacceptable.
Qin Xiang was beginning to doubt herself.
She doesn't want anyone who plays dumb. No matter whether the two shop assistants really don't know or are deliberately pretending to be deaf and dumb, she won't use it.
Although she was short of people, she didn't want to make do.
I would rather close the store than keep these.
Mi Hongjun stayed behind to deal with the mess, and He Liping followed him out. "Boss, don't be angry. It's better to find this kind of person early, so that he won't become a big pest in the long run. It's just a small fight now, but if a big one comes out in the future, it will be scary."
Seeing her indignant, Qin Xiang couldn't help laughing, "It seems you have a bad impression of her."
"It's not very good." He Liping couldn't help curling her lips again, "Anyway, I don't have a good impression of people who play tricks."
"We are even less staffed now. I will transfer one person from Qin Dong and one from the third floor, and then continue to recruit people." Things happened suddenly and there was no preparation, so we can only take it one step at a time.
Before the two of them reached the door, they saw Da Naqiang standing at the door of his shop looking over here. Qin Xiang ignored him and left.
Not long after, Mi Hongjun also caught up with a bad expression and said apologetically, "Boss, I'm sorry."
Qin Xiang looked at him helplessly, "Why don't you call me sister anymore?"
Mi Hongjun said guiltily, "I'm sorry for shouting."
His sister trusted him so much that she handed over all the business in the capital to him. But this happened to him the first time he was promoted to store manager. He was directly used as a rat to smuggle clothes in the store. Although he paid a little money, he still felt disgusted when he thought about it.
Qin Xiang smiled and consoled him, "It's not your fault. No one knew she would have such thoughts. I believe she didn't have such thoughts when she first became the store manager. It's just that over time, she was blinded by money, and was forced and persuaded by her mother, so she did it. If we don't catch it once, she will get lucky and do it a second time, a third time, and cause a big mistake. It's not our fault, so don't take it to heart."
She certainly didn't care about such a small amount of money, but that didn't mean someone could take advantage of her right under her nose. She didn't pursue the matter and just let her pay the money and leave, which was already a generous gesture on her part.
Mi Hongjun responded, still looking depressed, "I will definitely select people carefully and strengthen supervision in the future."
Qin Xiang nodded. "We're all starting from scratch, so we don't have a lot of experience yet. We can only take things one step at a time and learn as we go. Sooner or later, no one will dare to ignore our abilities and try to fool us anymore."
"I understand." Mi Hongjun grinned and was finally happy.
The two went to the Xiangsi store, took Professor Tan's design draft, and handed it to the construction team. The foreman took a look and said, "It requires a lot of materials. For example, this part needs a blueprint. We can't do this."
Qin Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "I'll find someone with art expertise to help with this part. Is that okay with the rest?"
The foreman nodded, "As long as we buy all the materials, it will be fine."
Qin Xiang looked at Mi Hongjun and said, "During this period of time, you should mainly take people to purchase these things. It doesn't matter if they are expensive, as long as they are good."
Mi Hongjun nodded, "I understand."
After looking around, Qin Xiang liked it more and more.
When she returned to the courtyard at noon, she found Meng Huaiqing had already returned. Qin Xiang was surprised, "I thought you wouldn't be back at noon."
Meng Huaiqing was clearing the table when he heard this and said with a smile, "You finally have a weekend off, how can I not accompany you?"
The food on the table was exquisite and plentiful, but the amount of food on each plate was small, which clearly indicated that it was prepared by the chef.
Meng Huaiqing said, "Next time if you want to eat something, you can write a note in advance and stick it on the kitchen door."
Qin Xiang shook her head. "Forget it. Although I like to eat, I'm not picky about food. As long as it tastes good, I'm fine with it."
This is the truth, there is nothing she doesn't like to eat as long as it is spicy.
"Okay, then I'll let them pair it up." Meng Huaiqing handed her the chopsticks and chatted casually, "How are things going in the store?"
The renovation has not started yet, and I don’t know when it will be completed, maybe after the New Year.
“It doesn’t matter after the New Year. The key is to do it well.”
Qin Xiang agreed, "That's right."
After lunch, Meng Huaiqing washed the dishes. Qin Xiang watched him wash the dishes with an apron on and couldn't help laughing, "I really should take a camera to capture this scene."
Meng Huaiqing said, "I have a camera in my bag."
Qin Xiang smiled and went back to the house to find the camera.
Meng Huaiqing's bags used to be briefcases, and she rarely carried a bulky backpack like this. When she opened it, she found an imported camera inside. Just as she was about to zip it up, she saw a lipstick. She took a look at it, took it out, and shouted, "Mr. Meng, you're actually wearing lipstick."
"Do you like it?" Meng Huaiqing came in wearing an apron, with water stains on her hands.
It’s hard for Qin Xiang to say she doesn’t like it. To be honest, she has never put on makeup since her rebirth.
In her previous life, she also started to put on makeup when she was in her thirties. At that time, Wang's enterprise had already developed. She followed Wang Junsheng to meet clients, so putting on makeup was better.
She had never taken care of it in her life, but she had bought all the tools and always wanted to try it one day, but she had never done it. Now she suddenly felt like doing it, "You go out and wait a moment."
As for taking photos, there are always other opportunities.
After driving the people out, Qin Xiang opened the cupboard, took out her tools, sat on a stool and began to draw her eyebrows and put on makeup.
Eyebrow drawing and makeup are ingrained in women's DNA. Once you learn it, it's hard to forget.
Qin Xiang took an eyebrow pencil and drew her eyebrows. She originally wanted to draw curved eyebrows like in her previous life, but after thinking about it, she rejected the idea and just drew straight eyebrows. In fact, her eyebrow shape was more suitable for straight eyebrows.
After setting the tone, apply eye shadow, eyeliner, and blush. After all this work, the person looks whiter and the woman in the mirror looks more radiant and charming.
Qin Xiang opened the lipstick that Meng Huaiqing bought and applied it carefully. Finally, she pursed her lips and suddenly had a bad idea to leave a mark on Meng Huaiqing's face.
She put her things down and went to open the door.
"Are you done yet..."
Meng Huaiqing's words were cut short as he stared at Qin Xiang blankly, unable to come back to his senses for a long time. He seemed to have lost the courage to speak, and his heart was beating even harder.
Qin Xiang saw his silly look for the first time and found it funny. She couldn't help laughing, "Don't you recognize me?"
"I almost don't recognize you." Meng Huaiqing's Adam's apple trembled, and it took him a long time to squeeze out these words from his throat.
Qin Xiang looked at him, crossed her legs and kissed him on the face.
As expected, lipstick marks appeared on Meng Huaiqing's face.
Qin Xiang couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Meng Huaiqing didn't know what she was laughing at, but he was very happy because of this kiss. He curled his lips slightly and looked at Qin Xiang, as if all the scenery was not as good as the woman in front of him, "I want to kiss you."
After saying that, he kissed her without waiting for Qin Xiang to answer.
The two of them stood at the door and kissed each other so passionately that Qin Xiang didn't even bother to laugh at the lipstick marks on his face.
When young men and women fall in love, it is always passionate and enthusiastic, and even Meng Huaiqing, a gentle and elegant young man, is no exception.
A raging fire can start a whole prairie fire if only one stick of dry wood is ignited.
At noon, the two of them did it again, feeling relaxed both physically and mentally.
After they finished, the two of them lay there motionless. Qin Xiang finally had time to look at her masterpiece. The more she looked at it, the more she couldn't help laughing.
Meng Huaiqing was confused, "What are you laughing at?"
Qin Xiang turned over and reached over him to reach the mirror, then held it up. "Take a look."
Now Meng Huaiqing saw it and couldn't help laughing, "This is my medal of honor."
"Medal of Honor? You're so smart." Qin Xiang felt better.
The two of them had been hanging out for so long that they didn't want to go out in the afternoon and simply stayed at home.
But in the afternoon, several people came to Meng Huaiqing to report on their work, and Meng Huaiqing directly took them to the study to deal with them.
Qin Xiang also had some free time, so she took out her notebook and started designing.
She found that the bigger her stall, the less opportunities she had to do things herself.
But there is no way now. We are in the starting stage and lack everything, and the most lacking thing is people.
Now she is designing silk clothes for autumn and winter. The design must be exquisite and the workmanship must also be exquisite, so as not to damage her reputation.
In addition, the wedding dresses also need to be updated and designed with more styles. Even if Qiang is disgusting, he has to follow behind and pick up the leftovers she doesn't want.
Qin Xiang listed the things he had to do, took a look at them, and couldn't help sighing.
There are so many things to do.
In the evening, Meng Huaiqing's chef came to cook dinner and cleared away the food. Then the two of them sat down together to eat.
Meng Huaiqing said, "Have you ever thought about opening a factory and hiring some designers? We can't rely on just you for such a big business."
Meng Huaiqing saw how hard Qin Xiang worked and felt sorry for her.
He knew Qin Xiang was going to pursue a career, so he wouldn't stop her, let alone say anything discouraging. Instead, he analyzed the pros and cons of the matter itself. "OEM has its risks too. If you buy directly, the source is controlled by someone else, and you're still controlled by them. The styles and patterns can't be unified, which is not good for clothing."
Qin Xiang nodded helplessly, "I understand all this, but I don't have the ability at the moment, and I'm still in school, so I'm simply unable to do it. So I still plan to accumulate capital in the next two years. When I have enough capital accumulated and my studies are probably not so busy, or even after graduation, I will open a factory."
No cooperation among several parties is stable and unchanging. They are all driven by interests, and no one can guarantee how long this cooperation can last.
After Qin Xiang finished speaking, Meng Huaiqing nodded, "Okay."
He wanted to invest in her, but experience told him that this was not feasible. No matter how rich he was, in Qin Xiang's eyes, all his money was his. Even if he felt that what was his was hers, she would not want it.
He dared to say that if he dared to ask for building a factory for her, Qin Xiang would probably turn against him.
Meng Huaiqing knew Qin Xiang's temper too well after such a long time, and did not dare to mention this matter on his own initiative.
He nodded in agreement, "Alright."
After dinner, there was a knock on the door. Qin Xiang went out and saw that it was Qin Baotian.
Qin Baotian was sweating profusely and his face looked bad. "Xiangxiang, please buy me a plane ticket. I need to go back to the provincial capital."
Upon hearing this, Qin Xiang's heart skipped a beat. "What happened?"
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