Chapter 187 Teach Sophia A Lesson
Lately, Sophia had been feeling an odd atmosphere at the company again. Everyone seemed to be looking at her with strange eyes and whispering behind her back.
Had she done something recently that had offended everyone?
Sophia thought carefully but couldn't recall anything. These people must be crazy.
At lunch, Larry gave her the answer.
"I vaguely heard someone saying that your high clothing sales were faked and that you have a good relationship with the higher-ups, which is how you got the opportunity to participate in the national fashion competition."
After saying this, Larry angrily accused those people, "They are just jealous of you. Your abilities are clear for everyone to see; they are just blind."
Sophia smiled, "There's no smoke without fire. They wouldn't discuss these things for no reason."
Larry widened his eyes, "Don't tell me... Did you really fake it?"
Sophia gave him a look.
"What I mean is that someone must be spreading rumors intentionally; they’re trying to defame me."
Larry had a "you scared me" expression, then thought for a moment, "I think Fiona is trying to mess with you again."
Sophia raised her eyebrows. Whether it was Fiona this time, she wasn't sure. But rumors were just that, rumors; she could ignore them. However, if this continued, it wouldn't be good. Over time, those false things would become true.
Moreover, being so "in the spotlight" in the company was not a solution.
It seemed that she had to place in the national competition to prove her abilities to everyone and shut them up.
Sophia suddenly felt pressured, but at the same time, her motivation was also increasing, and she even felt a bit excited.
However, in the afternoon, when Margaret found her, she gave Sophia a "blow."
For the first time, Margaret showed a serious expression to Sophia. She handed Sophia five resignation letters. Sophia read them quickly and her mood sank.
The reason these people resigned was because of her. They thought it was unfair for the company to let Sophia participate in the competition directly, which was unfair to other designers. The letters implied that Sophia had people brush sales for her clothes. In summary, the company only cared about connections, not abilities, so they don't need to stay on this platform without development.
These five people were all senior designers that the company valued. Losing five senior designers at once was a heavy blow to Lancaster's clothing department.
If word got out, it would definitely affect Lancaster Group's stock price.
Margaret was now in big trouble. It was a mistake from the beginning. If she hadn't given Sophia a "junior designer" position, maybe there wouldn't be so many problems.
Margaret was clear about Sophia's abilities, but coming in as a junior, no matter how she later told everyone about Sophia's achievements abroad, no one would believe it. They would even suspect that her achievements abroad were fake and made up.
Margaret showed Sophia these resignation letters because she wanted to hear Sophia's thoughts.
Sophia thought for a moment, "There's still some time before the preliminary results are out. Why don't I compete with everyone?"
It was impossible for her to quit halfway, so she could only compete and win them over to make them convinced.
Margaret's eyes lit up, "How do you plan to compete? Do you have any ideas?"
"I remember that the popular actress Noah was nominated for the Best Actress award this year. The company intends to sign her as a spokesperson, but she seems to be still considering. If I remember correctly, the company is sponsoring her dress for the awards ceremony, right? Why don't we design a dress for her and see who Noah chooses."
Margaret frowned slightly, considering the feasibility of this matter.
Many companies were fighting to sponsor Noah, not only Lancaster. The competition was fierce. To win Noah's favor, they not only had to stand out internally but also defeat the external competition.
What was more difficult was that Noah was extremely picky about her red carpet-dresses!
Margaret took the resignation letters to the general manager's office to find Gabriel and told Gabriel about Sophia's solution.
Gabriel put down the resignation letters, lightly tapping the table with his fingers, thinking for a few seconds.
"Okay, let's do it that way."
Margaret breathed a sigh of relief. Since there was a solution, the resignation letters should be returned.
They definitely couldn't let them resign.
Suddenly, Gabriel put his hand on the resignation letters without intending to return them.
Margaret couldn't help but look at Gabriel in confusion, reminding him, " Mr. Lancaster, these resignation letters..."
"Leave them here."
"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go out first."
"Hmm."
Margaret left with doubts, not knowing what the boss was keeping the resignation letters for. Was he going to trouble those five designers?
She shook her head slightly, thinking that Mr. Lancaster wouldn't do that. Mr. Lancaster was a pretty good person. Although the actions of these five were a bit extreme, they were all capable designers. Mr. Lancaster valued talent and definitely wouldn't take this matter to heart.
Margaret thought she could understand Mr. Lancaster's thoughts to some extent.
Unfortunately, she was wrong this time.
Gabriel signed the five resignation letters, then called Alex and handed them over.
"Give these to the administration department after Noah's award ceremony."
Alex took them meticulously, "Yes."
The five designers who submitted the resignation letters heard that they were going to be assessed by designing a dress for Noah, and they were all very happy that they had won the bet. But why weren't their resignation letters returned?
To this, Margaret could only say, "The resignation letters are with the boss, and the boss hasn't returned them to me."
The five of them breathed a sigh of relief. No matter who had the resignation letters, now that the assessment rules had been announced, it meant that they didn't need to actually resign.
The five of them didn't really want to resign. They just wanted to teach Sophia a lesson.
They wanted fairness!
The five of them discussed and decided to give it their all. If any of them beat Sophia, it would be a slap in the face for her, making it impossible for Sophia to participate in the national competition.
Sophia got busy. She collected information about Noah and checked the styles of dresses she had worn before. Slowly, an outline of a dress formed in her mind, and Sophia quickly sketched it on paper.
...
Around three in the afternoon, the children listened to Caroline playing the violin, very attentively, especially Josie. Every time Caroline finished a piece, she would look out the window.
Why hadn't Dad come yet?
If he didn't come soon, it would be time to leave school.
This period was not an art class, but the children clamored to listen to Caroline's violin, so the class teacher brought Caroline over to play the violin for the children.
Nicholas got out of the car, sat in his wheelchair, and his assistant pushed him into the kindergarten.
The security guard didn't recognize them, but he recognized the pick-up card in Nicholas' hand.
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