Our Glamorous Time

Chapter 68: Some Were Happy

The sun was shining bright and Chen Zheng was bringing the president of the DG Asia-Pacific region and his people to survey the production base of SMQ in the eastern suburbs of Lin City.

It was a warm afternoon. The factory's machines were working in full gear and the staff in their blue uniforms were hard at work, painting a scene that was bustling with activity. Hence, the bunch of foreigners were nodding their heads and conveying their satisfaction after looking at it.

With regards to the SMQ, Chen Zheng was also more satisfied. One had to understand that there was no such thing as rendering timely help in this world, only such a thing as embellishing what is already beautiful. After news got out that SMQ had been bought by DG, the suppliers and partners whose relationships with SMQ had become stale were gradually changing their attitudes. Everyone was still waiting to see what would happen. At least they did not dare to offend him anymore.

Meanwhile, consumers obviously had a mindset of worshipping foreign goods. Ever since SMQ morphed into a foreign brand, the sales in his stores had seen an increase. And after they obtained investments from DG, his factory was able to start operating once again.

Such a good, virtuous cycle. Without these people, these greedy and prideful foreigners, he would be unable to achieve these heights.

However, there is a saying that willing the deities to come is hard but willing them to go is even harder. Chen Zheng thought that after today's inspection had been completed, he would completely have fooled these foreigners. Who knew that the moment they took a step out of the factory, the DG Asia-Pacific region president would question him. His attitude was very strict, exploding directly at Chen Zheng, "Ben! Can you explain the goods that are placed in the fifth warehouse? What's going on?"

Ben was the English name that Chen Zheng had given himself in the past couple of days to ease communication with them. At this moment, his heart skipped a beat but he still did not admit, saying, "Mr Charles, that is our casual bags series."

Charles was an Australian man who was just over 40 years old and was tall and well-built. He had a pair of extremely big, blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and extremely smooth and shiny skin, which made his appearance look slightly childish.

At that moment, he shook his head and said, "Ben, you didn't tell me the truth. I saw the examination report for that batch of products before and the product failure rate was very high. A lot of the pieces had off-colored fabric and the internal stitching is messy. There are even a few that used materials that are not in line with the product description and its quality is a lot worse than usual. I'm guessing... this batch of goods were rushed out. Am I right?"

When he finished, everyone fell silent. The people on Chen Zheng's side were shooting one another glances.

Chen Zheng felt waves of uneasiness. That batch of goods were indeed rushed out.

Half a year ago, when New Bori's market for casual bags shrunk, Chen Zheng took a loan from the bank and created a new series of product. Back then, because SMQ had already fallen to its all-time low, the drain on the staff was very serious and they were having difficulties with cash flow. Of course, this led to lower product quality.

This batch of bags had been mostly made using very good materials, and a great deal of investment had gone into it. At least from their outer appearances, consumers would be absolutely unable to spot any obvious defects.

Today, since Charles and his people were surveying the place, he even specially instructed the staff in the warehouse to place some pieces that were of better quality on the top.

The documents for the transfer of the company was so long that it would fill several houses. Chen Zheng thought that a strategic leader like Charles would not read through them in detail. Who knew where he had seen the examination report?