Chapter Seventy-Nine United Hearts

  "Hello!" Ning Qingming picked up the phone and heard a Korean translator's voice on the other end, "It's not good, there's a problem with your goods."

  "What's going on?" Ning Qing was stunned for a moment, three days ago he had delivered a batch of goods over and asked Zhang Yu about it, but there were no issues mentioned, so why is there a problem now?

  "I've told you before, this batch is for cheap goods that are not sold in South Korea itself but are shipped to South America via Korea." The Korean translator was out of breath. "I've repeatedly emphasized that no Chinese characters can appear on the clothes, and the names of quality inspectors must be changed to numbers. But I just took one out for filing and found that there were still Chinese names next to the washing label. After re-examining them, more than half of your products had Chinese names that weren't completely cut off, and some were just roughly cut off with a piece of the stroke left behind."

  "What's to be done now?" Ning Qing glared at Zhang Yu, really hating that she had not lived up to expectations. She had instructed her to carefully review the contract details and only hand over the goods after checking that everything was in order, but still she had been so careless. The Korean translator had dealt with them several times before and had confidence in their products, so each time they delivered the goods, he would only do a cursory check without scrutinizing every detail like he did with others. This time, however, problems had arisen, and from now on, deliveries would likely be inspected extremely strictly.

  "The container is almost at the dock, and we need to deliver the goods before dawn. If we miss this shipment, by the time it arrives in South America, it will be out of season. What can we do?"

  Because this batch of goods was a cash-on-delivery deal, she had carelessly accepted the goods and the money had already passed through Ning Qingming's account, so even if Ning Qingming refused to take responsibility again, she couldn't say anything. So, in a relatively polite tone, using a negotiating tone, she said: "Can you return the goods to me? Can I contact other clients to see if anyone wants them? Or else, can you return it to the factory and wait for someone to order it next time?"

  "Miss Zhang, is there any other way? I'll call you back later, okay?" Ning Qing's head was big with worry. What if the customer returned 10,000 pieces of goods? How could that be okay? Besides, it wasn't certain that another customer would want these goods. Some people were already selling autumn clothes, and they still accepted returns of summer clothes - who would they sell them to?

  Ning Qingmin hung up the phone and relayed what the Korean said to Yu, who was shocked and muttered: "Boss, I checked the size and color as usual, but the truck arrived and the porter urged us to hurry up, and just then a customer came in to look at samples, with the intention of placing an order.

  I was in a rush and forgot to check if there were any Chinese characters inside. Previously, I never checked for Chinese characters when delivering goods, but this time I was in a hurry and overlooked it."

  Sun Wen immediately responded, "The goods were delivered three days ago, and now you're saying there's a problem? Moreover, this is the last batch of goods. We agreed on a simultaneous exchange of money and goods, so by rights, we shouldn't have any further dealings with each other!"

  "What's wrong?" Ning Qingming waved his hand to let Sun Wen down, rubbed his head and said: "This translator has brought several clients to do business with us, and we have a certain relationship. Now that the goods are problematic, if we don't deal with this batch of goods, she will definitely not bring customers here again in the future. In that case, our intangible losses will be even greater."

  "But, with 10,000 pieces of goods, the cost is over 3 million. And they're summer embroidered shirts, who's going to want them now that they're being returned?" Zhang Yu almost cried, hanging her head and saying: "This month was already slow on orders, and now we have returns too, it'll be a huge loss."

  "Xiao Min, what's going on? Is there a problem with the goods? Is it urgent?" Ning's mother and others heard this and also rushed over to ask.

  Ning Qing briefly said. Ning's mother hastily said: "Xiao Min, this cargo costs over 3 million yuan! What can we do?"

  "Don't panic. Let Xiaomin calm down for a bit. See if there's any way!" Ning's grandmother pulled over Ning's mom, signaling her to calm down.

  "The goods didn't have any quality issues. It's just because the Chinese characters weren't cut off. As long as we can cut them off in time, they won't be returned." Ning Qingming furrowed her brow and thought for a moment. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She stood up and told Zhang Yu to quickly find the phone number of the head of the transportation team. Call thirty people over to the warehouse to help cut off the Chinese characters.

  "We'll go help too!" Ning's mom heard that there was a way to solve it. She said, "Then call Pinming and the others back. Let them come together to help."

  "Ah Wen, hurry up and go to the supermarket. Buy a few dozen pairs of scissors for backup. The warehouse may not have that many scissors available for us to use." Ning Qingming handed Sun Wen some money and sent him off. Turning back, she saw Zhang Yu had already found the phone number of the head of the moving workers and was asking him to bring thirty people to the warehouse together.

  You are familiar with those trucks in your daily life, and they will be called cargo trucks to take you to the warehouse. The freight will be paid by our boss when he arrives.

  "Zhang Yu reported the address of the Korean translation company's warehouse and reminded the movers, 'You have a lot of people, in the middle of the night, suddenly coming out, not calling familiar cars, it will scare people to death!'"

  Aunt Ning has already called Fang Pinbei and they are also going to the warehouse, then turned back to say to Ning Qingmian: "Qingmian, what else do you want to bring?"

  "Never mind, just tell them to hurry up and get over here!" Ning Qingming himself called the translator on his mobile phone and told her that he would bring people over to cut out the Chinese characters, guaranteeing that they would be finished before dawn, so she could rest assured.

  "Xiao Min, I'll go down and hail a taxi. We can squeeze in together, the few of us, and head out!" Ning's mom was busy changing her shoes. "You guys just change your clothes quickly and come downstairs."

  Grandma Jing was also busy getting changed, but Ning Qing quickly stopped her and said: "Grandma, don't go!"

  "No way, you have things to do, how can Grandma sit at home and be at ease!" Ning's grandma patted Ning Qingmin's head and said: "Grandma has sharp eyes and quick hands, she must not cut slower than them."

  "Grandma!" Ning Qingming hugged her grandma and said, "Alright, let's go down together." She then went to change her clothes, put on a pair of plain glasses to protect her eyes from the dust.

  When a large group of people arrived at the warehouse, Ning Qingmin counted them and found there were thirty-nine. She quickly divided them into three groups: twenty-five to cut Chinese characters, eight to inspect, and six to package the goods that had been inspected without any problems.

  Korean translation: Ah, Mr. Ning brought so many people, and upon seeing the movers' nimble hands and feet, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Mr. Ning, I don't want to return the goods either. Now that we can solve the problem, if we can load the container in time, it'll be a win-win situation."

  Guo Shangliang and Fang Pinming helped pack, jokingly saying: "Qingmin, you've really treated us college students as laborers! Next time we need your help, don't think you can push it off!"

  "Even if you haven't helped me before, when you have something going on, I wouldn't dare to shirk it!" Ning Qing said as she took the cargo list herself.

  Because there were many people, it was busy for several hours and just finished in time to load the container. The translator patted Ning Qingming's shoulder and said: "Boss Ning, I also know that this is the end of the goods. If there are any problems that weren't found at the time, we'll have to admit them. It's rare that you're willing to come and help solve it, I owe you a favor."

  Ning Qing smiled and didn't count herself, each porter was given fifty, plus the cost of buying scissors and a knife, the total amount spent was less than two thousand, which made the translator owe himself a favor, but it was still worth it.