“You tell me where the warehouse is, and I’ll go myself. I won’t trouble you, Manager Ma.” Gu Susu thought that if Manager Ma didn’t accompany her, she could ask questions without interference.
Manager Ma’s expression showed a hint of panic as he said, “That might not be a good idea…”
“Are you producing randomly, not according to the contract requirements?” Gu Susu asked directly.
Manager Ma denied it, “No, no, absolutely not. I’ll have someone accompany you. It will be quick.”
Seeing that he couldn’t delay any longer, he quickly pressed the intercom, “Sister Guo, please escort Miss Gu from Mishang to the warehouse.”
As soon as he hung up, Guo Mei immediately entered the office and said to Gu Susu, “Miss Gu, please follow me.”
Gu Susu glanced at Manager Ma again, feeling that something was not quite right with him, but she still followed Guo Mei to the warehouse.
When they reached the warehouse entrance, Gu Susu asked suspiciously, “Guo Mei, did Manager Ma have a video conference this morning?”
Guo Mei thought for a moment and shook her head, “No, I don’t remember him having a video conference. Is Manager Ma deliberately stalling you?”
“I just find it strange. As soon as I said I wanted to come to the warehouse immediately, he seemed to find all sorts of excuses not to let me come.”
“I heard that the factory is rushing a very important batch of goods. Is it related to your Mishang?” Guo Mei’s position in the factory was very low, and she didn’t know many specific details.
Gu Susu nodded and said, “Yes, this batch of goods will have the Mishang trademark. That’s why I’m here to check the quality.”
Guo Mei understood. Upon arriving at the warehouse entrance, she said to the warehouse keeper, “Xiao Zhao, Manager Ma asked me to bring the designer from Mishang company. Please take us to see the fabrics and accessories for the fashion items that are being rushed.”
The warehouse keeper pushed the logbook towards Gu Susu, “Okay, please register first.”
Gu Susu entered the warehouse and examined the fabrics and accessories that Yimei Company had prepared for production. The quality was fine and fully met Mishang Company’s requirements.
This made her even more puzzled. Why did Manager Ma not want to accompany her, and why did his expression seem off when she questioned him?
Still uneasy, she looked at the fabrics again. There were indeed no quality issues. She couldn’t help but ask the warehouse keeper who was following them, “Do you have any finished garments? Please bring one out for me to see.”
The warehouse keeper quickly fetched a finished garment, “We only made a few for sample purposes. See if they are acceptable?”
Gu Susu took the finished garment and examined it repeatedly and carefully. The quality was very good, no different from what she had envisioned. “Please bring out the other pieces for me to see as well.”
She looked at all the finished garments that had been made, and they were all qualified. However, she still felt something was off.
As soon as she came out of the warehouse, she received a call from Manager Ma.
“Miss Gu, have you seen everything? Are there any issues that need our improvement?”
“No, everything from the fabrics to the finished garments fully meets our standards.”
“That’s great. Could you come to my office again? Once you sign the quality inspection report, we can start mass production,” Manager Ma said happily on the phone.
But Gu Susu didn’t want to sign today. “I’m sorry, I just received an urgent call from the company and have to go back now. How about tomorrow? I’ll come back tomorrow to sign and take a look at your production line.”
“Is that so? Signing won’t take up too much of Miss Gu’s time…”
“I’m really sorry, the company’s urgent call has come again.” Gu Susu interrupted him, hung up directly, and pretended to be going to take a more important call.
Guo Mei, who was watching, saw that there was no other call urging Gu Susu and asked, “Manager Gu, do you still feel something is wrong?”
Gu Susu walked towards the factory exit and said to her, “On the surface, nothing seems wrong, but I just feel that Manager Ma is hiding something from me. I won’t rush to sign today. I’ll think about it carefully when I get back.”
When they reached the factory gate, as Gu Susu was about to drive away, Guo Mei thought of something and said, “Manager Gu, I haven’t been working here for a long time, and I mostly do reception work. I don’t know if I should say something?”
“It’s okay, please tell me. Let me have a reference.”
“Those finished garments that the warehouse keeper showed you just now, I saw them before when the factory was loading goods. It wasn’t just those few samples; quite a lot should have been produced already.”
Gu Susu asked, “Are you sure?”
“I can be sure of that. When the goods were being loaded, a cardboard box broke open and a few clothes fell out. Two female colleagues and I happened to be passing by. One of the female colleagues picked one up and looked at it. We all thought the style was good, so I remember it,” Guo Mei said confidently. “But the fabric of those pieces was different from the samples you saw; the fabric was clearly inferior.”
Gu Susu suddenly understood. It seemed that Yimei’s boss was unwilling to work for half a year without any profit.
But this was just her guess, and she had no evidence. What could they do to them?
Guo Mei saw her lost in thought and asked, “Is what I told you useful?”
“Thank you, it’s very useful. But it would be even better if there was evidence. It seems this matter is a bit tricky now.” Gu Susu opened the car door, thinking of returning to the company to discuss this with Chang Qingchuan and then finding a solution.
Guo Mei smiled, “That’s good. I’ll keep an eye on this for you. If I find anything else, I’ll take pictures and send them to you.”
Gu Susu, thinking of her, said, “No need. Sister Guo, this job is very important to you. Don’t lose it because of this. Don’t get involved in this matter; just do your own job well.”
After speaking, she waved goodbye to Guo Mei and drove away first.
She returned to Mishang and sat in her office, thinking more and more about the seriousness of the matter. It seemed that Yimei intended to produce two different batches of goods: one batch to satisfy Mishang, and another to secretly make money on the side.
If this continued, Yimei could ruin Mishang’s brand. Even if they sued them for breach of contract, restoring Mishang’s reputation would not be a quick matter.
She held her phone, her eyes fixed in the direction of Chang Qingchuan’s office, contemplating whether to call Qin Tianyi directly or to go to Chang Qingchuan’s office.
The thought of proactively contacting Qin Tianyi made her apprehensive, but after what happened in Chang Qingchuan’s office yesterday, she was also apprehensive about going to his office.
“Sister Susu, what’s wrong? You said you weren’t coming to the company today, so why are you here?” Zhuang Ying asked her.
“Yes, I can’t sit still. By the way, is Chief Chang in the company today?”
Zhuang Ying smiled and said, “Yes, he’s been here since early morning. He hasn’t left his office. He must have been punished by his girlfriend to kneel on a keyboard last night and can’t move.”
Gu Susu gave a dry laugh, “It can’t be that bad.”
“Who knows? But I think being a son-in-law of the Huo family must be difficult.”
Gu Susu thought so too. She was upright and not afraid of shadows. But now, going to Chang Qingchuan’s office again might cause gossip and be unfavorable to Chang Qingchuan.
After much deliberation, she decided to send Chang Qingchuan a WeChat message to ask him to meet her for lunch.
Chang Qingchuan had asked her out last time, and it was very safe then. No one saw them, so there wouldn’t be any misunderstandings.