Chapter 231: Chapter 231: Overpraising to Death
Even though Coco has given her all, she’s not the only employee in the design department.
She is just a small assistant to Charlotte Thompson.
The real people operating the design department are the designers themselves.
However, they’ve been following Cindy for so long and naturally have some connection with her.
Apart from their dissatisfaction with the fact that Charlotte parachuted into the role of design director, they also feel apprehensive about Cindy’s position and power in the department.
To win Cindy’s favor, they decide to deliberately contradict Charlotte.
This is their way to prove their absolute loyalty to Cindy.
Every day when they see Charlotte, they just give her a half-hearted greeting. As for the tasks assigned by Charlotte, they always find excuses to complete them.
If it weren’t for Coco rushing them, they wouldn’t even have started on their own.
Even if they do finish their tasks, the work they produce is far from satisfactory.
They’re barely acting like employees anymore - they’re lazy and disobedient.
Charlotte has always been easy-going and doesn’t want to start off with unpleasantness in the company.
She’s always covering for these people, revising their designs again and again, working herself to the bone, while those employees have it easy, being paid to drink coffee and chat.
Watching Charlotte work tirelessly, Coco feels extremely pained.
"Sister Charlotte, are you being too nice? These people are getting arrogant because they used to work with the chief director, leaving all the mess for you to clean up."
Charlotte kept her head down and continued to look at the designs without answering.
Growing more indignant, Coco mustered up the courage and, for the first time, snatched the design sketch from Charlotte’s hand.
It was only when Charlotte felt her hand empty that she looked up at Coco.
"Sister Charlotte, are you even listening? You’re not taking care of yourself. The way this good person of yours is being..."
Looking at the indignant young woman in front of her, Charlotte felt a warmth in her heart.
Unable to control the corners of her mouth from curving upwards, there was appreciation in her eyes. "I know you care about me, thank you."
"Sister Charlotte, I don’t want your thanks, I want you to take care of yourself!"
"Only when the stove is hot can you cook. No matter how many grains you add, you can’t cook if it’s not hot, understand?"
After saying these words, Charlotte took a sip of the iced Americano on the table. It was rich and invigorating.
She looked up at Coco’s confused face and couldn’t help but laugh lightly.
"Silly girl, they’ve been in the design department longer than us. It’s fine to scold them a little for making small mistakes. If you want to straighten things out, you have to wait until their mistakes pile up more and more."
Upon hearing this, Coco suddenly understood. She looked at Charlotte, who seemed much taller than before.
It was such a brilliant move!
"It’s kill with flattery!"
Seeing that the young girl finally grasped her intention, Charlotte could only smile without saying a word.
"Didn’t I say this design should be submitted today? You couldn’t even manage the first draft."
In the conference room, Charlotte Thompson vented her anger at the employees of the design department, her chest rising and falling with the anger of its owner.
The importance of this project was emphasized again and again when it was handed over to her, and she was repeatedly reminded not to make mistakes.
But still, a mistake was made on her watch. How could she not be angry?
She had tolerated their previous minor provocations and snide comments, but she didn’t expect them to show such a lack of team spirit.
When it was time to put pressure on them, they told Coco, "We’re busy with other projects, we forgot to do it."
Forgot.
These two words were said lightly, but they are a good enough excuse.