After the New Year’s Eve Tragedy: Her Icy Return
Chapter 38 Helen’s Confidence.
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“Got it,” Helen nodded obediently. Then something came to mind, and she asked, “Uncle Liam, is your business trip really urgent? Aren’t you coming to the design competition tomorrow?”
Liam paused momentarily and lightly smacked his forehead. “Oh no, I completely forgot about something so important.”
Helen, then convinced him sweetly, “Tomorrow means a lot to me. I really want you there with me. Can’t you delay the trip for just one day?”
If Liam wasn’t there to see her win the award, she’d feel disappointed.
Liam looked hesitant. After a long pause, he finally said, “I don’t want to miss your competition Jeither. But, this business trip is really important–I can’t afford to delay it, not even for a
moment.”
Helen’s heart sank.
In the past, no matter how big or urgent something was, a little sweet talk from her could always make Liam push it aside.
She wondered what could be so serious this time that she couldn’t even sway him.
Seeing the troubled look on his face, she asked curiously, “What’s so important?”
Liam sighed. “Not long ago, our factory took on a huge order. It’s the deadline for deliver, but we’re behind on production because of a material shortage. Now the customer doesn’t want it anymore and even wants a refund on the deposit. I’m going to try and renegotiate with them.”
This was the biggest order the factory had ever taken. If it went through, the profit would be substantial.
However, if the customer backed out, the whole batch of clothes might end up being wasted.
Helen had heard about the order before, but she didn’t think it was such a big deal. “If he doesn’t want it anymore, talking to him again won’t change anything.
Liam frowned. “You don’t understand. This isn’t some small batch. We put a lot of manpower, materials, and money into this. If we can’t sell it, the factory might not even make payroll next month.”
He knew that it was his fault.
When ordering fabric, he misread the numbers on the form, which led to a shortage of materials.
It had taken days just to reorder the missing fabric, and by the time it arrived, the customer had already changed their mind.
Helen didn’t take it seriously and smiled. “It’s not that bad, Uncle Liam.”
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She thought that Liam was probably just overreacting.
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“Don’t worry, Uncle Liam,” she said confidently. “There’ll be lots of fashion industry bosses at the competition tomorrow. As long as I win the grand prize, our company will get noticed. We won’t have any trouble selling that batch of clothes then.”
She was already imagining the scene of those business owners scrambling to place orders.
Liam hesitated as he studied her confident expression.
Helen isn’t wrong. If she really made a name for herself at the competition, the factory might get a flood of new orders. That stuck batch would be the least of their problems.
But… What if she didn’t win?
He didn’t want to think about that. Instead, he asked, “How confident are you about winning the grand prize?”
Helen replied confidently, “A 100%. Just wait and see, Uncle Liam.”
Honestly, she hadn’t felt so certain at first. After turning Caroline’s design sketch into an actual garment, her confidence skyrocketed.
She hadn’t expected Caroline’s design to be so flawless.
There wasn’t a single thing she could criticize.
In all of Kingville, probably no one else could’ve come up with something that exquisite.
Of course, she figured Caroline must’ve just gotten lucky–probably copied bits and pieces from other designs and stumbled into a masterpiece by chance.
Still, Liam believed in Helen’s ability and decided to trust her. “Alright. I’ll go with you to the design competition tomorrow and watch you win.”
Just like Helen said, trying to talk the customer into taking the goods was probably a waste of
time.
It was better to go see Helen win an award.
If the judges and the audience found out he was the uncle of the champion and also managed a clothing factory, they might start placing orders right then and there.
Just imagining all those clients chasing him to do business made Liam grin uncontrollably.
When they got home, he’d meant to scold Caroline about something. However, he was in such a good mood that he completely forgot about it.
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At her invitation, several coworkers from the factory–especially the ones she was close to also came to watch and show their support.
Louise was among them.
She arrived holding a large bouquet of roses and happened to spot Liam and Helen.
Smiling brightly, she handed the bouquet to Helen. “Ms. Helen, best of luck!”
“Thank you!” Helen reached out to accept the flowers, but suddenly pulled her hand back as a thought struck her. “Actually, can you hold onto them for now? Wait until I go up to receive the award–then bring them up to the stage for me.”
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