Chapter 549 Bolder And Bolder

• Rachel pursed her lips and said nothing, signaling her to continue. The head of the design department pushed her glasses back onto her nose and said, “Actually, our design hits a bottleneck, but this is not about our style. It’s just that customers become pickier, and designers find it hard to deal with that.” She sounded as if she was trying to evade her responsibility. Rachel looked at her with a frown. “It’s hard to satisfy every customer indeed, but you have to make adjustments.”
• The director shook her head and said, “No, no, Miss Roberts, I wasn’t saying we had a design problem. Instead, I’m stating the fact that there is no problem with our design in terms of color palette and distribution. Our team works hard. I think if a top designer joins us, or we just use good her name, we’ll have a breakthrough.” Rachel’s face dropped. She didn’t say anything. The director winked at her subordinates, and a male one hurriedly got up and projected the design draft onto a screen. The screen showed a model wearing the clothes and jewelry they designed. Both were in a high–end style but not too fancy. When Rachel saw this, her set face went slack. The design is OK. Rachel remained silent. The director peeked at Rachel and said, “If we put this design on the market, the market’s response will be pretty much the same as last year. If it keeps going like this, that means we don’t make any further progress. It’s not good for our development.” The ambitious director always wanted her department to be the top dog, so she tried hard to pull off something that really pleased Rachel. This led to her frequent brainstorming and bolder statements. Every time she said her idea out loud, her staff was too terrified to say anything.
• The boss had the final say, and they could only follow orders. Rachel didn’t respond but looked at the director. “Go ahead.” The director nodded and continued to speak her mind. The staff was more afraid to say anything. They all could tell that the director became bolder. However, since they saw the current situation, they dared not speak up. The last words of her speech shocked everyone. The director looked at Rachel seriously and said solemnly, “So Miss Roberts, I really hope that we can get Poppy to cooperate with us, even if we don’t use her designs. We can just use her name to do promotions.” Rachel’s brow furrowed. Everyone looked at the director. “I know working with Poppy is good for us, but we don’t know who Poppy really is. We can’t contact her, let alone cooperate with her.” The director took a breath. “… But we have to try everything. Miss Roberts, please leave it to me. I’ll try my best to impress her with sincerity.”