Just When You’re Sleepy, Someone Hands You a Pillow

Molly Lee hadn’t believed him at first, but when she saw that the man had quite a few design sketches and that they looked pretty legit,

after hesitating for a moment, she said, "Fine. Let me take a picture first, and I’ll go ask right now."

Molly Lee took out her phone and snapped a picture of the man, then sent it to Claire Bennett, saying that someone wanted to see her and asking whether she wanted to meet him.

...

At that moment, inside the Maison Verne office.

Claire Bennett’s brows were tightly furrowed. Lately, she had felt that Maison Verne had reached a bottleneck.

She had built a design team with Sienna Shaw and the three designers Julian Sterling had found for her before. Although they were capable of producing stunning designs, relying on only three people still wasn’t enough. Recently, she herself hadn’t had any inspiration at all and hadn’t come up with a new design in a long time.

If this kept up, sooner or later they would run out of steam and have nothing left to rely on.

Just then, Sienna Shaw happened to come in to turn in a design draft. Seeing Claire Bennett’s troubled expression, she asked in confusion, "Boss, our company’s performance has been steadily rising lately, so why do you still look so worried?"

Claire Bennett sighed and said, "Even though our company’s performance is pretty good, I’m not very satisfied with our recent designs. If this continues, we may not be able to maintain our previous high point. I’ve also run dry on inspiration lately. We have to break through this bottleneck, or Bennett Jewelry is going to catch up to us."

Those investors in Maison Verne also wanted to see results in the short term, so she had to keep launching new products to maintain Maison Verne’s momentum. But good designs were never that easy to come by. If they kept putting out perfunctory designs, not only would it have no effect, it might even damage Maison Verne’s reputation.

Sienna Shaw thought for a moment, then said, "Isn’t that simple? I’ve been feeling kind of tired lately too. Why don’t you hire a few more designers?"

Claire Bennett felt that Sienna Shaw made a good point. Their company had stabilized by now, and it really was time to start expanding.

Just as she was about to say something, her phone suddenly rang.

Claire Bennett picked it up and glanced at it, discovering that it was a message from Molly Lee. She said that she had run into a homeless man on the street who said there was a problem with the jewelry Claire had designed recently, and that he also wanted to meet her?

Along with it came a photo Molly Lee had sent over.

Claire Bennett narrowed her eyes as she looked at the design in the photo. At first she didn’t pay it much attention, but after taking a careful look, a flash of amazement appeared in her eyes.

She handed the phone to Sienna Shaw and said, "Sienna Shaw, take a look at this design. What do you think?"

Sienna Shaw took the phone in confusion and looked at it. When she saw the design on it clearly, she gasped in admiration again and again. "Oh my God, this design is way too distinctive. This designer’s ideas are just too bold. If I were doing the design, I probably wouldn’t do it this way. I’d probably go with a more conservative design."

Claire Bennett nodded lightly. She felt that it was precisely because the designs had been too conservative that they lacked that instantly stunning impact.

But the design in front of her was extremely bold, making people feel amazed at first glance. Even she couldn’t help wanting to praise it.

Just now, she had been talking with Sienna Shaw about hiring designers, and now someone had delivered himself right to their door.

Wasn’t this exactly like getting handed a pillow the moment you’re sleepy?

Without any hesitation, she immediately replied to Molly Lee: "Bring him to the office right away."

...

Not long after, that man returned to Maison Verne with Molly Lee.