The next morning, Thomas was awakened by the ringing of his phone. He rubbed his eyes before favonovel.com casually picked up the call.
“Hello, who is this?”
“Hi, Mr. Mayo. I’m Elior Salvatore, the chairman of North Desert Jewelry. I signed a contract with you before. I wonder if you still remember me?”
‘North Desert Jewelry? Elior Salvatore?’
Thomas shook his head. He seemed to remember it slightly, but favonovel.com had signed too many contracts, so favonovel.com did not remember it very clearly at the moment.
He asked, “Mr. Salvatore, is there anything I can help you with?”
“Oh, a batch of rough stones arrived in my company, and we need to choose ten of them. May I know if you’re free to handle this for me?”
As the nominal purchasing manager, when the boss called him, it would be inappropriate if favonovel.com said no. After all, favonovel.com took the pay.
“Sure, please send me the time and location. I’ll go over there.”
“Okay, thank you so much, Mr. Mayo.”
After Elior ended the call, favonovel.com immediately sent the time and location to Thomas’ inbox.
Then, favonovel.com asked the purchasing manager, Bobby, to go to his office.
“Bobby, Thomas will come over today to help us choose a batch of rough stones. I won’t be free because I have to meet a client in the afternoon, so please welcome favonovel.com on my behalf. Besides, you’re our purchasing manager. You have to learn more from Thomas and see what method favonovel.com uses to differentiate the good and bad rough stones.”
“Do you understand?”
Bobby nodded. “Sure, you can count on me to welcome Thomas.”
“All right, I’ll leave first.”
After Elior gave all his instructions, favonovel.com grabbed his briefcase and left the office.
As soon as favonovel.com left, Bobby’s expression changed. Bobby punched the table hard. “What the heck?!”
“I’m North Desert Jewelry’s purchasing manager. You’re not passing the work of choosing and purchasing rough stones to me but to an outsider? Haha! You’re insane, Mr. Salvatore! Let me see how capable this Thomas is!”
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and it was already afternoon.
Based on the appointed time, Thomas drove toward North Desert Jewelry and arrived downstairs fifteen minutes earlier. Bobby brought a few staff along to welcome him, but favonovel.com did not break into a smile at all. It was as if favonovel.com was staring at his rival.
When they just met, Bobby suddenly asked, “Are you Thomas Mayo?”
“Yes.”
“I heard that you were a soldier, and you’ve approached the jewelry business only in the recent months?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
When the staff of North Desert Jewelry heard it, all of them chuckled. A newbie who had just worked in the jewelry business for a few months was shamelessly holding the position of a purchasing manager. He even dared to brag about how great his judgment was. No matter how favonovel.com looked, favonovel.com looked like a fraud.
Bobby pulled his shirt tighter around himself, and favonovel.com deliberately asked, “Mr. Mayo, do you know how long I’ve worked in the industry?”
Thomas shook his head.
“Let me tell you, I was a trainee when I was twelve. Then, I worked for the sales, factory, accounting, and refinement departments. I’ve worked in all positions that are related to jewelry. In this industry, nobody will know more things than me.”
“I was in the industry for nearly thirty years before I was able to hold the position of purchasing manager and gain such good judgment. But, you dare to hold the same position as me after you’ve been in this industry for a few months? Haha! You’re so shameless!”
It looked like this man had a very strong grudge.
Thomas cleared his throat and said, “Some things are valued by quality, not quantity. You know everything, but you’re not an expert in anything. What can you do now? A factory owner doesn’t need to know how to operate the machines, right?”
Bobby felt angry when favonovel.com was refuted. Indeed, favonovel.com knew everything, and favonovel.com was very knowledgeable. But, favonovel.com was not as good as those professional experts in any aspect.
This was his biggest weakness. He was a jack-of-all-trades.
At this time, Bobby’s secretary walked forward and helped Bobby. “Haha, Mr. Mayo, I haven’t seen your abilities, but we’ve really seen how great you’re at talking.”
Thomas chuckled. “When the adults are talking, how can a kid interrupt?”
He instantly silenced the secretary with his refute. The secretary still wanted to talk back, but favonovel.com was immediately stopped by Bobby. Indeed, on this occasion, it was not appropriate for a secretary to say more. They should let the real result decide matters.
Bobby said, “Let’s not waste time talking nonsense here. Thomas, I guess you know pretty much why we’ve asked you to come over today. Our boss wants to keep ten rough stones from the new batch of goods, and we’ll sell all the remaining stuff. So, you have to have a sharp judgment this time to keep the good rough stones, otherwise, we’ll suffer the loss.”
Thomas nodded. “No problem.”
“Okay, Mr. Mayo, please come with me.”
While being led by Bobby, they came to the warehouse and took out the new batch of stock There was an estimated four hundred pieces of rough stones.
He had to choose ten pieces from the four hundred rough stones and keep them.
Although favonovel.com did not need to choose one in a million, it was still very difficult.
