Taking advantage of the free ti these days, Anna Thornton visited the factories under her family’s company, and the results weren’t promising.
The ’Cute Lord’ brand has been discontinued due to too many consur complaints.
Similarly, the sales and reputation of the company’s children’s toy and shoe brands have also sharply declined in recent years.
Holly Sutton is smart enough to know business. The money and custor flow lost from the Thornton Family’s company must have been shifted to the brands she secretly established, ending up in her pocket.
Now, Anna Thornton can only start with the industry she directly controls and revive the ’Cute Lord’ children’s clothing brand to regain consur confidence in The Thornton-Sinclair Group.
The first step in making clothing is to address the issue of fabric collaboration.
Anna Thornton visited several factories and discovered that the biggest problem was the poor fabric quality.
"Who is currently responsible for fabric procurent business?"
"It’s Manager Sutton."
"Which Manager Sutton? William Sutton?"
"Yes."
After Holly Sutton took full control of the company, she arranged for all her distant relatives and various family mbers to co in.
As expected, the lucrative position of procurent manager was given to her brother.
Anna Thornton investigated and found that the company’s fabric suppliers were negotiated directly by William Sutton, and the purchase price was surprisingly higher than market price, indicating how much profit the siblings must have skimd off the top.
Everyone tacitly acknowledges the benefit, but the fabric they’re using is too inferior. Anna Thornton casually touched a piece of black fabric, and it left stains on her fingers.
Such poor quality fabric is harmful to adults, how could it be worn by children?
"Where’s Manager Sutton?"
Anna Thornton went to the procurent departnt planning to have a serious talk about this issue, but couldn’t find William Sutton.
"Manager Sutton has so family matters today, so he took leave and can’t co to work."
"Does he frequently take leave?"
"Uh... but this ti it’s really sothing, I heard it seems that his child is missing."
The last ti Anna Thornton t William Sutton in Aethelgard, he left imdiately.
Now returning to the company for inspection, he conveniently took leave?
Could it really be such a coincidence?
Anna Thornton felt that William Sutton was intentionally avoiding her?
...
"Excuse , is this Miss June Irving?"
In an Italian restaurant, facing Anna Thornton’s proactive greeting, the woman took off her sunglasses: "Who are you?"
"My surna is Thornton, I’m Anna Thornton, I contacted you before by phone."
"Oh, are you the one wanting to hire as a brand designer? I’m sorry, I’ve already decided not to design children’s clothing anymore, please leave."
"Miss Irving, you once swept all the international and dostic children’s clothing design awards, and served as the chief designer for the top children’s clothing brand globally. I heard three years ago you announced your retirent from children’s clothing design, which I found regrettable. Now that I’m here, even if I face rejection, isn’t it worth giving a chance to speak with you?"
Saying this, Anna Thornton casually sat opposite June Irving and ordered a drink.
June Irving didn’t drive her away nor pay attention to her, her gaze remained fixed outside the restaurant window.
"By the way, I brought a gift for you today." Anna Thornton took out so docunts from her bag, which contained photos of children’s clothing design drafts, "Are you familiar with a children’s clothing brand called ’Little Seagull’?"
"I don’t know!"
"Why not take a look at these, did they plagiarize designs from your previous children’s clothing competition entries?"
Upon hearing this, June Irving briefly glanced at the docunts Anna Thornton handed over, then indifferently set them down: "Dostic plagiarism of my designs is rampant, there’s nothing I can do. I neither have the ti nor money, nor the energy to protect my rights, such a distasteful gift is better left unseen."
"You’re misunderstanding; the gift I want to give is not just these. I’m willing to hire a lawyer to defend your rights, I’ll bear the costs, and I’ll find soone to gather evidence. It won’t waste much ti, you’ll only have to appear in court as the plaintiff."
"What’s the reason?"
"Protecting originality is everyone’s responsibility." Anna Thornton replied with a smile.
Moved by her sincerity, June Irving finally looked at Anna Thornton directly: "Miss Thornton, I appreciate your kindness, but I’m afraid I’ll still disappoint you; please leave."
"I see." Anna Thornton stood up regretfully, but didn’t leave, instead she gazed in the direction where June Irving had been looking through the window.
"Miss Irving, you like coming to this restaurant and sitting in this spot because there’s a kindergarten across the street, right? It should be just after school now, and from above you can see the little kids lined up like little carrots walking out, so cute!"
"Yes, children are indeed very adorable!"
When her gaze fell on the cute ’lined-up little carrots,’ June Irving’s expression softened.
"After announcing my retirent, to make a living, I actually transitioned to designing adult won’s clothing. But it was criticized as losing my touch; they said the spirit in my work was gone."
"That’s not losing your touch; you poured all your passion into the field of children’s clothing. Because you genuinely liked kids, as long as you’re willing to return, inspiration is always there."
"Miss Thornton, thank you for your comfort, but I can’t do it! You also said inspiration cos from passion; I do love children, but I couldn’t even protect my own child. What right do I have to talk about love?"
Anna Thornton, having decided to invite June Irving as her brand designer, naturally prepared thoroughly by researching.
She knew that June Irving announced her retirent due to depression resulting from a double blow of a boyfriend’s infidelity and a miscarriage.
A talent in fashion design thus ruined by a scumbag.
"Miss Irving, I understand your feelings. You’re not the only one who lost a child; I’ve experienced it too. My child... I watched as he lost his breath right after birth. The environnt during my pregnancy was unbearable, coupled with poor ntal and emotional state, I always blad myself for causing his death."
Hearing this, June Irving looked at Anna Thornton in surprise.
It seed hard to believe that soone so young had such experiences.
"I’ve also been abandoned by a man, even more despairing than you. Four years ago, right after my father’s death, I sought refuge with a man, hoping he could save , only to be deceived and end up pregnant."
"At that age, I knew nothing, and when I realized, it was beyond deciding whether to keep it or not; I could only reluctantly accept reality. But fate is cruel, when I learned to anticipate their arrival in a hopeless environnt, I lost one due to a difficult delivery... To be honest, inviting you as a designer this ti to rebuild my brand is to avenge my lost child."
"Revenge?"
"The incident has happened, we must either atone, avenge, or forget; we have to choose a path to continue."
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