To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

The people outside had been watching the commotion for quite some time. Now that the Du family had come out, someone who usually couldn't stand Du Gen's mother's arrogance asked, "Gen's mother, why isn't the factory manager here to see your Gen's son?"

Du Genniang's old face turned bright red.

Some people even pressed on, asking, "Sister-in-law, does your son keep his word? Our little one is waiting to go to the factory to work!"

Du Genniang, her face purple with age, still tried to put on a brave front, "How can you go back on your word? Our Genzi..."

“No!” Dugen interrupted his mother with a straight face. “I’m just like everyone else, a farmer. I’m just a temporary worker in the factory. If I don’t do a good job, I’ll be fired. I don’t have any special skills.”

"Then your mother..."

“My mother loves to brag, as you all know. You can’t take a word she says seriously.”

Du Gen's mother gave Du Gen a hard time, how was she supposed to face the villagers after this?

"Our core value is humility..."

His mother tried to make amends, but Du Gen said fiercely, "Mother, if you keep talking nonsense, Youlian and I will never come back!"

Du Genniang finally shut her mouth, unable to lift her head under the gaze of the villagers.

As for the Du family, Director Hu and Lin Qingping clearly stated their purpose in just a few words.

It turned out that her new design had run into problems at the order fair.

This spring collection order fair was held in the provincial capital, bringing together many buyers and manufacturers. The factory originally intended to use her new designs as the main products, and the patterns and sample garments were already made. However, at the order fair, the designs of the clothes all changed.

Two names came to Lin Qingping's mind: Gao Dashan and Feng Debao.

"I know what you're thinking, but those two people went back to the Feng family's hometown on the day the factory opened and haven't come back yet," the factory manager said. "Finding who switched all the sample garments can wait. The most important thing is, what about your spring collection order fair?"

"Doesn't Meisheng Department Store place an order either?" Lin Qingping had worked with Meisheng several times, and the other party trusted her almost unconditionally.

The factory manager sighed, "Those who come to place orders mainly look at the samples. Your two series are really..." The factory manager shook his head, "That's why I came to you urgently. First, to see how to salvage the situation. I've already sent someone back to the factory to get other sample garments, but we also need to be prepared that we might not be able to get them back. Second, do you want to personally go and talk to the shopping malls we used to work with? I don't have enough face to do that!"

Lin Qingping understood, and without saying a word, decided to go directly to the provincial capital.

She didn't need to make any arrangements at home. As soon as her parents-in-law heard that something was going on at the factory, they immediately encouraged her to go and check on things, saying, "Your second sister and Zhiyuan are taking care of us, so don't worry about going."

Du Gen and Gu Youlian are also going.

Lin Qingping looked at Du Gen, "Have everything been taken care of at home? Are you sure you can go out?"

"Alright! It's nothing!" Du Gen's business acumen and talent were awakened by Lin Qingping, and now he's bursting with ambition.

Lin Qingping was too lazy to argue with the Du family. After watching the Gu family take Xiaomai on their way back, she headed to the county train station.

The familiar train number, the same night train, standing tickets, the factory manager standing with them.

On the way, Du Gen told her something: After the Spring Festival, when work resumed, Lin Qingping's mother, Wu Axiu, came to the factory and wanted Lin Dongliang to work there. He has already been hired.

"What?" Lin Qingping exclaimed in surprise. Lin Dongliang was her younger brother.

"I agreed to this, so don't worry, Comrade Xiao Lin. You've brought so much benefit to the factory, what's wrong with your brother coming in as a temporary worker? When there are more openings later, I'll find a way to make him a permanent employee," the factory manager said sincerely.

"What? You were involved too?" Lin Qingping felt dizzy.

She knew that people in this era, especially those in the village, valued personal relationships and family ties. Du Gen was doing this for her own good, to take care of her family, but she really didn't need it.

Lin Qingping nodded, "Anyway, if he gets into any trouble or causes any problems in the future, you should handle it however you want. Don't let him off the hook just because of me."

She's already in. Her brother is definitely not someone to be trifled with. Get ready to clean up the mess!

But now, the biggest mess lies ahead!

The next morning, Lin Qingping and his group arrived in the provincial capital. Others who arrived around the same time, who had gone back to the factory to retrieve sample garments, were disappointed to be told that the sample garments were gone, and even the patterns were gone.

Unlike later generations with computers that can store everything, in this era of machinery and manual labor, once something is gone, it's truly gone...

Lin Qingping smiled wryly. Today, she could only rely on her face.

Today is the last day of the order fair, and the scene is very lively.

Lin Qingping met Gao Dashan, Feng Debao, and Section Chief Fu here.

Of course, I also saw my sample garments that had been altered beyond recognition.

Gao Dashan, all smiles, pretended to be friendly when he saw her, "Comrade Xiaolin, you're here too? I heard you didn't get a single order for your designs this time?"

Lin Qingping smiled and said, "So, Comrade Gao Dashan's order is quite good?"

"It's alright, it's nothing. I just came from my hometown, just like you. I heard from Section Chief Fu that it's barely manageable." Gao Dashan's smile was unusually shrewd.

Section Chief Fu looked at Lin Qingping with an apologetic expression. He held a thick stack of orders in his hand, all of which were indeed from Gao Dashan. As the sales manager of the factory, he had no reason to turn away orders that came to him.

Lin Qingping understood him, smiled and nodded. She could only go directly to Xiang Hongying of Meisheng and ask her to talk to her alone.

At a dim sum restaurant outside the trade fair, Lin Qingping tried her best to explain her design to Xiang Hongying, explaining that it wasn't what Xiang Hongying had seen.

Gu Youlian was the most impatient, and angrily insisted that someone in the factory was jealous of Lin Qingping and had changed the sample garment.

When Xiang Hongying first heard Section Chief Fu introduce Lin Qingping's new design at the ordering site, she was genuinely a little disappointed.

She was most looking forward to Lin Qingping's spring collection when she came to place this order, but unexpectedly, the greater her hope, the greater her disappointment.

Seeing that Lin Qingping was trying so hard to prove herself to her, Xiang Hongying smiled and said, "Comrade Lin, how about this, I believe you, but I also need to give my colleague an explanation. She saw your sample garment with her own eyes. Even with clothes like this, I still placed a large order. I still can't convince her. In a little while, she'll think we have a personal relationship."

"Personal relationship?" Lin Qingping asked back. Was it the kind of personal relationship she was thinking of?

Xiang Hongying nodded, "That's right, at this order fair, some people did this: they treated people to meals, gave them red envelopes, and got orders signed."

Lin Qingping nodded. "Okay, Sister Xiang, anyway, thank you. I look forward to working together again next time." She had done her best.

Xiang Hongying replied, "No, what about next time? What I mean is, I might not be able to place big orders anymore, but I can still place small orders. Within the scope of my authority, I will do my best, and I also want to cooperate with you."

Lin Qingping was overjoyed.

Gu Youlian and Du Gen were overjoyed.

Just then, a surprised exclamation rang out, "Huh? Lin Qingping?"