Eevonne was speechless. She was so excited that she felt exhilarated. It was impossible to say that she did not want to work in an office and have more meaningful and more creative work like those high-ranking white-collar workers at all. Eevonne wanted that so much that she was even dreaming about it. She truly wanted that very badly.
However, she truly could not bring herself to tell Kingston and Sabrina, 'Sabrina and Kingston, I have the capability. I just don't have a diploma. Can both of you just help me pull some strings and let me have a try?’
She truly was too embarrassed to say so. Why should they help her over and over again? No matter if it was Kingston or Sabrina, both of them had already helped her very much. She could not keep mooching off of them. However, she never expected that even without the help of Sabrina and Kingston, she actually could also catch the attention of others with her own effort.
She covered her mouth and tears streamed down her face. She was crying tears of joy. She then asked the director of the fashion department with a little shyness. "Is this the saying...that true talents would not be concealed?"
The director immediately laughed. "You're quite funny, but...yes, it is!"
There was a pause before he asked, "What do you think? How about you join the fashion department and I'll inform the human resource department today?"
"Please...let me think about it," Eevonne said. "Is that alright? I'll just take one day to think about it."
The director answered immediately," Alright! No problem!"
"Thank you very much!"
What Eevonne meant by thinking about it was, in fact, to discuss it over with Sabrina. At that moment, Kingston was not at the company. The most diligent he could be was to return once a week to attend the morning meeting and make arrangements for work. He was out of town the rest of the time. In that kind of situation, Eevonne could only discuss it with Sabrina. After all, the Ford Group was, in general, Sabrina's family's company. Even though Mister Ford practically no longer interfered with the company's matters anymore.
That night, Eevonne gave her a call." Sabrina, I've just told you everything honestly. I don't want to lie to you. I indeed am not very cultured. No matter how much I wanted this job, I don’t want to lie to the company"
Sabrina laughed. When Sabrina had arranged for Eevonne to start working at the most entry-level back then, was it not precisely because she wanted to let Eevonne slowly get promoted one day through her own efforts? That has finally been fulfilled at that moment.
Sabrina smiled and said gently, "An exception can be made when the director of the department promotes you. You don't have to submit proof of your academic qualification. It's fine as long as the director informs the human resources department. I believe you certainly can do the job well." "Really, Sabrina?" Eevonne asked excitedly.
"I have faith in you! All the best!" Sabrina replied.
Eevonne nodded. "Mm-hmm!"
That night, Eevonne also made a call to Yvonne's parents to ask them if she should take the promotion to become a business development executive for the fashion department. The answer that Yvonne's parents gave her was that they would give her their full support! Eevonne got even happier. Early morning the next day, she directly went to the fashion department and the human resource department for the handover. The fashion department first gave her a probationary period of six months. She could then become a permanent employee after six months. As long as she could become a permanent employee, her salary would be sixteen dollars a month. It was not too high, but it was already an astronomical figure to Eevonne. She secretly vowed that she has to do this job well and she has to be down-to-earth.
Six months had just gone by in a blink of an eye. In those six months, Eevonne successfully let herself stay in the fashion department of the Ford Group through her diligence, humility, as well as solid knowledge of the field, and became an official business development executive of the fashion department. Her salary was higher than the salary she got from working two jobs six months ago. On her first day as a permanent employee of the fashion department, she went to Yvonne’s house with bags of various sizes in her hands.
As soon as she got to the entrance of the neighborhood and before she entered, Eevonne was stopped by a stylish woman with a tall and slender figure.
"May I know who you are? Is there... anything I can help you with?" Eevonne asked while looking at the unfamiliar woman before her.
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