City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 862 - 0862: In this world, there is only icing on the cake, never timely help in difficulty.

Chapter 862: Chapter 0862: In this world, there is only icing on the cake, never timely help in difficulty.

The directors and deputy directors of major departments such as the Finance Department, Design Department, Human Resources Department, Marketing Department, Advertising Department, and General Affairs Department of Qingcheng Group all gathered in this meeting room for a meeting.

This meeting was the same as the one a few days ago.

Due to a large amount of autumn lingerie being produced, the direct-operated stores and franchise stores under Qingcheng Group couldn’t sell them, resulting in not only a large backlog of inventory but also huge daily losses in labor costs, store rent, utilities, etc.

The main issue is that the credit loan is nearly exhausted, and all the principal has been converted into those autumn lingerie, with monthly interest rates being extremely high in such a situation.

Now the company’s operations and functioning have encountered severe problems. Although the work of each department is separate, they are closely related, and almost all departments are severely affected when the company’s inventory issues arise.

"Report on the situation of each department."

Wei Guomin said.

"President, these are our Design Department’s autumn lingerie design sketches. You can take a look to see if they are suitable?"

The director of the Design Department said.

Now, Qingcheng Group is mimicking the Xingyue Group by laying off most of their designers, and sending them in batches for training in the fashion capital, similar to what Qingcheng Group is doing now.

Currently, only the second batch of designers is left working at Qingcheng Group. Since there are no good pieces now, the Design Department has started designing autumn lingerie sketches on their own.

When this director handed over what he thought were good autumn lingerie designs to Wei Guomin, Wei Guomin looked at them and felt they were rubbish.

Previously, without Ye Qiu’s pieces or copies of Ye Qiu’s designs, the internal design sketches of Qingcheng Group were all designed by in-house designers.

Back then, Wei Guomin thought they were okay; after all, the lingerie designed and produced could still be sold to consumers.

But now, compared to Ye Qiu’s works, the difference was apparent, and it was incredibly vast.

Producing them in large quantities as per the current designs might lead to an even larger inventory in the future.

"Very ordinary."

Wei Guomin remarked simply.

The director of the Design Department understood what that meant.

Since that is the case, there is no need for him to say anything more here.

"President, now a large number of productions have stopped in the Production Department, and many workers in the garment factories have gone on leave to rest."

A while ago, because of the large-scale production of the autumn lingerie, anticipating it would be a big hit, those workers hadn’t rested for nearly half a month, working over twelve hours a day.

However, the autumn lingerie produced couldn’t match the sales of the hit summer lingerie, leaving it unsold.

In such a situation, several production lines in the Production Department and garment factories have been shut down, and the autumn lingerie is no longer being produced.

As for the hit summer lingerie, since autumn has arrived, even if there are consumers, producing more might no longer be suitable.

So now, most of the work in the Production Department and garment factories is on leave, resting, and when they will resume depends on the situation of the Group Company.

Wei Guomin knew that was necessary; otherwise, the losses would only escalate.

"President, our Advertising and Marketing Department has already contacted the advertising director of Jinling TV station, intending to launch a bombarding advertising campaign during peak viewing hours for the lingerie. However, it hasn’t been approved by the Finance Department yet."

The Advertising and Marketing Department is planning to advertise the autumn lingerie. If the advertising is successful, they might sell a large amount of inventory and even profit.

But now, the Finance Department hasn’t approved the funds.

Actually, it’s because Wei Guomin hasn’t signed off; even if the Finance Department approves, without Wei Guomin’s signature, the Advertising and Marketing Departments can’t get the funds.

...

The issues and response plans reported by each department are almost the same as a few days ago, which, in Wei Guomin’s view, are still of little use.

Sighing inwardly, he felt helpless once again.

It seems in this world, there’s only embellishment when things are going well, never any real help when in dire straits. If the four directors can’t quickly obtain satisfactory autumn designs, the losses in autumn will be greater, not to mention the upcoming winter lingerie.

"Meeting adjourned."

Wei Guomin said.

"President, what about the money for the Advertising Department?"

"No advertisements for now; wait for further notice."

Wei Guomin said.

When Wei Guomin and Wang Na left the office, the other departmental directors exchanged glances, shook their heads, not knowing what to say.

They always felt that Wei Guomin seemed bewitched now, even affecting them.

If they hadn’t stolen and copied Ye Qiu’s designs initially, they wouldn’t be facing this crisis now.

But, in this world, there’s never a ’what if,’ once done, there’s no going back.

When the summer lingerie was a hit, they never thought a day like this would come.

...

"President, where are we going now?"

"Out for tea."

From last night till now, Wei Guomin hadn’t eaten a thing.

As he and Wang Na took the elevator down to the underground parking lot, they got into a black BMW, and as Wei Guomin drove out, leaving the Qingcheng Group building, on a road outside, when preparing to stop and wait at a traffic light, unexpectedly, a red Mazda suddenly crashed in from behind, hitting the rear of his BMW.

It was obvious that it was a matter of not braking at the traffic light in time.

Originally, Wei Guomin was already in a bad mood, and now, to his surprise, his beloved car was rear-ended.

In a rush, he opened the door, got out of the car, and saw it was a red Mazda, the same color as Wang Na’s, but a different model, worth at most tens of thousands.

"Hey, you hit my car!"

Wei Guomin knocked on the driver’s door of the car and said.

At this time, Liu Xueying, who was in the car, opened the door. Seeing that he had hit the BMW in front, his face turned pale from fright.

He was rather effeminate to begin with, and now, being frightened, he seemed even more effeminate. His nails were painted red, dressed flamboyantly and effeminately, and just as he got out of the car, he said in a screechy voice, "It scared me to death, how did I hit the car in front?"

At this moment, Wei Guomin realized, isn’t this man Liu Xueying from Xingyue Group?

Liu Xueying was well-known both in Qingcheng Group and Xingyue Group, precisely because of his consistently effeminate mannerisms.

Wei Guomin, already in a bad mood with recent stress, was about to lash out, but when he saw it was Liu Xueying, he asked, "Director Liu, is it you?"

"Boss Wei, it’s you? I accidentally didn’t brake in time and just crashed into you."

Clearly, this time the full responsibility was on Liu Xueying, who would undoubtedly have to pay for the repairs to the BMW. Even for a minor scrape, it might cost one or two ten thousand.