Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 123: How Could She Sell a Lifetime of Hark Work?

"We are, in the end, running a business. In business, there is no such thing as a guaranteed profit throughout history. It all depends on your judgment. If you think the designs I create are worth it, you buy them; if not, you don’t," Su Yijia said with a slight smirk. She would never make any promises. Even if she was certain that the designs she created would be a huge success, and even if she made promises, it wouldn’t matter. These two individuals would not set aside their concerns until they received feedback confirming the designs were a massive hit.

The factory manager and the deputy factory manager hadn’t considered that Su Yijia would be unwilling to make even a pleasant-sounding promise. After a long silence, the factory manager said, "Winter clothes 1000 per design, autumn clothes 600, summer clothes 400. And you must guarantee that all your designs in the future will be sold to our factory."

"1000, 700, 500. This is my final bottom price. And I can only guarantee that for the next five years, I will sell my design drawings to you," Su Yijia replied. She would never stake her lifetime of designs on a single clothing factory. She couldn’t predict how much prices would rise in the next five years, not to mention the possibility that she might want to start her own clothing company in the future. Although the real estate and the internet were the moneymakers in the end, those opportunities came after 1995. In the early years of individual entrepreneurship, the first fifteen years, manufacturing industries like clothing, food, and entertainment were the true moneymakers.

But the opening of individual entrepreneurship came at the end of 1979. At that time, she was just in college, and it was too much to divert her focus to create a small workshop with dozens of people. At that time, only individual entrepreneurship was allowed, and establishing a company had to be affiliated with a state-owned enterprise. This required a lot of connections and operations, and she had to contribute her best ideas to building the country. However, it was only by the end of 1981 that private companies and factories could be established, but the market in 1982 had skyrocketed, resulting in a massive and powerful rectification at the end of the year. If she really wanted to start a company, she had to wait until everything was stable before entering the market for real.

"Five years is fine," the factory manager quickly agreed. In his view, five years and a lifetime didn’t make much difference. After agreeing to such a high price, he couldn’t believe anyone would be more generous.

"So, how many designs do you need from me for each season?" Su Yijia asked.

"Of course we want as many as you can create," the deputy factory manager quickly replied.

"I’ll design ten sets. Can you produce them for one season?" When Su Yijia first came in, she made a rough estimate of the factory’s production capacity. They could produce six sets of clothes in one season, which was already the limit. For safety, they might even keep some of the more reliable old designs.

"In one season, we only need to produce five sets. However, you can design more to have some room for selection," the factory manager spoke confidently.

The deputy factory manager wanted to stop him but couldn’t, so he just closed his eyes secretly. As expected, Su Yijia’s voice was calm as she continued, "In that case, I’ll provide you with five designs for one season. If there are any issues, you need to handle them yourselves."

The factory manager widened his eyes, surprised by her level of indifference. Was it really that much of a hassle to think of a few more designs and create a few more drawings? She was willing to earn less rather than let them take advantage.

"Is that settled then? If it is, let’s sign the agreement now," Su Yijia urged. Everything that needed to be discussed was finished, and she wanted to return home as Kaize had been sitting for quite a while and might not be feeling comfortable.

"All right," the factory manager replied, not wanting to say more. He thought that the girl in front of him was quite exceptional, as being able to create five designs in one season was already impressive. Having all five designs approved was even more challenging. In one season, if they could release one bestselling design, it would ensure the performance of the clothing factory.

After signing two copies of the agreement, Su Yijia received the hard-earned 700 yuan and left the design drawings behind. However, she decided to take the sample clothes back with her. An autumn outerwear would cost around 30 yuan, and she couldn’t waste money like that on her already modest lifestyle.

The factory manager and deputy factory manager watched them leave with twitching eyes.

When Su Yijia and Kaize returned to the Qin residence, it was already 4:30 in the afternoon. It was time for dinner, and they didn’t have enough time to go to the black market to sell the skin-whitening liquid.

However, just as dinner was prepared, Kaize hurriedly pushed open the door.

"You came just in time. I was about to return your money," Su Yijia said, but her smile faded when she saw his stern expression. "What’s going on?"

"Just as well that both of you are here. Hurry, come with me to Xiangwang Village," Ke Zeming said urgently, without explaining further.

Su Yijia’s expression grew serious as well. She quickly went back to her room to grab her shoulder bag and handed Kaize a light jacket and a pillow from the bed. When she returned, she handed the items to Gao Huabin and rushed into the kitchen. She stuffed a kitchen knife into her bag and grabbed a pair of coal tongs.

Her determined demeanor indicated that she was ready for a fight. The other men couldn’t understand what was happening but followed her lead. They didn’t have time to ask questions.

When they saw her reaction, they realized something was wrong. Without waiting for them to say anything, Su Yijia had already left. The others had no choice but to quickly push Kaize and follow her out the door.

In the living room, Kaize’s mother saw the commotion and began to lament. "What bad luck for our family! Our signboard is still hanging, but we’ve married a female troublemaker. Kaize’s reputation is going to be ruined by this wife."

"Enough! They can do whatever they want. If something really happens, do you think Xia Weiguo will tolerate her?" Kaize’s father snapped, interrupting his wife’s chatter. He wasn’t concerned about Su Yijia’s recklessness but rather that her actions wouldn’t be big enough to make Xia Weiguo unable to endure, leading her and Kaize to divorce.

Ke Zeming’s green jeep was parked at the entrance of the alley. Once they all got into the car and Kaize’s wheelchair was placed in another pickup truck, he immediately started the engine and sped away. The trail of dust kicked up behind them showed just how urgently they were moving.

"What have the people from the Su family done again?" Su Yijia asked, her voice cold. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

She couldn’t believe that the situation had escalated to this extent, and that the Su family not only refused to back down but were also willing to go to such extremes.

"Grandma Su and Grandpa Su know that you’re not the biological granddaughter of the Su family. They found out the location where your biological mother was buried, and they plan to dig her up, along with your two uncles and younger aunt. They’ve gone so far as to have a physical altercation with those in the village who tried to stop them, but someone managed to call the police despite the confrontation," Ke Zeming explained through gritted teeth.

Su Yijia felt like her head was ringing as if a thunderbolt had just struck. The anger that she had previously kept in check now surged forth, causing her entire body to tremble.

She wasn’t the original person, which meant that before, at most, she had felt disgusted by these people and wanted to seek revenge on behalf of the original host. However, the kind of abhorrent behavior that could lead to such an incident had her seething with anger, and she wished that all those involved would pay dearly for their actions.