I Returned to the Day He Brought His First Love Home-Chapter 87: Going to the Garment Factory

"A bonus for me?" Grace Winslow was a little stunned. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Oscar Osborne had to explain, "The Commercial Bureau has only been around for the past couple of years. We only started working on the export side of things this year, but progress has been slow."

"Oakhaven and Wesport are doing a little better, but we’re doing even worse here."

"You did Chief Grant a huge favor this time. The results he’s produced are enough for him to get a promotion."

"If performance is good this year, he could potentially become a chief in Coronet, and the prestige that comes with that position is no joke."

"Just take the money. An official application was filed for it, so you don’t need to feel bad about it."

Hearing Oscar Osborne’s explanation, Grace Winslow finally breathed a small sigh of relief.

’She’d thought it was something Ethan Grant gave her privately.’

"In that case, I’ll accept it."

With this extra sum of money, Grace Winslow calculated that she had almost saved up enough to buy a house.

The situation had been steadily improving over the past few months.

Many of those who had been sent to the countryside were gradually returning to the cities.

All the signs indicated that better days were coming.

Grace Winslow chatted with Oscar Osborne for a few more moments, then took the money and headed back to the office.

"Grace, you must have gotten a pretty big bonus this time, right?" A colleague sidled up to her just as she sat down at her desk.

"It’s not that much, really. The factory’s bonus system is public knowledge. How much you get all depends on your own abilities."

"I’ve taught you all quite a bit recently. You should all give it a try. If your design is chosen, it’s not just about a simple ten-yuan bonus. As long as the clothes sell, you get a share of the profits."

Grace Winslow replied with a smile.

Her attitude was always polite, and she treated everyone the same.

Everyone got along well with her.

This was especially true because Grace never held back and was always genuinely willing to teach what she knew.

Everyone in the finance office had some schooling, and many had even finished high school. As long as someone taught them diligently, learning to draw a design wasn’t too difficult.

The key was still individual inspiration and aesthetic sense.

The finance department had been very busy for the past few days.

All sorts of reports had to be updated daily.

Without computers, everything had to be done by hand. All the various forms and receipts had to be manually sorted and recorded, which was incredibly tedious.

A single careless mistake in reading or recording could cause everyone’s hard work to go to waste.

Every time they prepared a report, several people would work on it together. After finishing, they would swap and check each other’s work. Only after confirming there were no issues would they submit it all to May Callahan, who would then check it one last time.

Take what Ivy White did before, for example. If the factory had decided to pursue the matter, her embezzlement of public property would have been considered a major crime.

Grace Winslow was busy until quitting time, then went to the cafeteria with a few colleagues, chatting and laughing.

After eating and returning to her dorm, she would wash up and study.

Grace Winslow hadn’t drawn any new designs recently.

This was mainly because she had pretty much exhausted the stockpile of ideas in her head.

’If she really tried to keep designing, the styles she’d come up with wouldn’t be wearable in this era. It’s better not to draw them and to give others a chance instead. That way, she could also avoid making others jealous.’

The next day, Oscar Osborne took Grace Winslow with him to the garment factory.

Grace Winslow remembered from her past life that the Prospera Town Garment Factory had gone bankrupt in 1980.

Because its styles were too old-fashioned and the factory didn’t know how to innovate, the clothes they made wouldn’t sell. No one even wanted them for one yuan a piece.

Now, seeing the situation for herself and looking at the clothes piled up in the warehouse, Grace Winslow couldn’t help but shake her head.

These clothes would be incredibly difficult to sell unless they were sent to rural villages and sold for cheap.