I Returned to the Day He Brought His First Love Home-Chapter 59: Refusing the Promotion

Grace Winslow wasn’t the least bit surprised that her designs had impressed the people at the Bureau of Commerce.

After all, these were all styles that would become the most popular in a few years.

By then, these clothes would be imported from overseas into the domestic market and sold at exorbitant prices.

By designing these popular styles ahead of time, by the time foreign designers came up with them, the market would have already been dominated by Celestia.

Along with the good news he brought back, Oscar Osborne also sent out a notice to convene an all-hands meeting.

After all, the textile factory wasn’t a garment factory. They didn’t have their own production lines for making clothes.

If they wanted to produce and sell their own apparel, they would need to open a separate workshop dedicated to manufacturing ready-to-wear clothing.

"Grace, since you were the one who proposed this, I’d like to promote you to director of the garment workshop. What do you think?" Oscar Osborne looked at Grace, growing more and more impressed with her.

’What a pity his sons weren’t so fortunate. They had all married young. Otherwise, he would have genuinely wanted to play matchmaker and have Grace marry one of them.’

’Such an outstanding young woman, and what a shame she couldn’t be his daughter-in-law.’

Grace considered it for a moment, then shook her head and declined. "Director, while I may know how to design a few articles of clothing, I’m not a professional when it comes to manufacturing. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to be the workshop director."

"Besides, it would be easy for people to accuse you of favoritism, and they could use that to attack you later on."

"I’d rather stay in the finance department. You should find someone for the director position who is reliable and skilled in both garment production and management."

Oscar Osborne was quite surprised.

The workshop director was a management position, and the pay was significantly higher than a junior accountant’s.

He hadn’t expected Grace to refuse, let alone so decisively.

This only made Oscar Osborne admire Grace even more.

Initially, he had looked out for Grace because of his camaraderie with her father, Gregory Winslow, but now he truly acknowledged and admired her for her own talents.

"Alright. But you’ve made a huge contribution this time. I’ve already submitted the report stating that you provided both the designs and the proposal, so I intend to give you a bonus."

"Also, if this line of clothing sells well, you’ll get a bonus of one yuan for every hundred items sold."

"Don’t think that’s too little. If sales are good, that sum will be quite substantial."

Grace did a quick mental calculation. ’The overseas market is massive. Selling eighty or a hundred thousand units a year won’t be a major issue.’

’She wouldn’t have to do anything else for it; it was essentially free money.’

"Yes, I’ll follow the organization’s arrangement," Grace agreed readily.

Oscar Osborne smiled and nodded. "Alright, you can head back to work for now. I’ll announce this during tomorrow’s meeting."

"At the same time, I’ll also encourage the other factory employees. If anyone else knows how to design clothing, they can submit their sketches. As long as a design is chosen, they’ll receive a bonus."

"Ten yuan for each accepted design, plus a one-yuan royalty for every hundred items sold thereafter."

’Grace hadn’t realized Oscar Osborne was so astute.’

’An initiative like this would be a great way to boost employee morale and unearth new talent.’

’It was clear that Oscar Osborne hadn’t been the director of the textile factory for so many years without good reason.’

Grace’s original intention was also to make some money from this.

After all, she didn’t intend to work at the factory forever; she needed a legitimate channel for earning money.

Now, Oscar Osborne had just handed her a golden opportunity.

Drawing design sketches.

’And she had a treasure trove of designs in her head.’

’And for that, she had Ivy White to thank.’