Chapter 779


    All at once, everyone was bewildered. This would involve a number of people! Were they all really going


    to beid off?


    Then, Sophia continued, “Our product sales aren’t doing welltely and the marketing department is


    responsible for many matters. Since that manager has ess to the customer information, he is also a


    suspect. Lay him off andy the other few people off as well; thepany willpensate for the


    breach of contract.”


    Upon hearing this, everyone frowned. Wasn’t it a little too harsh toy off so many people at once?


    However, since Sophia said so, she must have had her reasons.


    Then, Sophia and the rest went to the store and as usual, she wore a face mask and watched as Sarah


    gathered all the employees and announced the names on theyoff list. Those who wereid off were


    customer service agents, cashiers, and the manager of the marketing department. Even Ivan’s assistant


    wasid off!


    The business had been running smoothly, hence theyoffs were a shock to everyone. In the blink of


    an eye, everyone in thepany panicked.


    After a long day at work, Sophia returned home. Meanwhile, Cooper was already aware about what had


    happened today. As soon as she arrived home, he came over and asked with great concern, “Darling, do


    you need my help with the business?”


    As a matter of fact, Sophia was reluctant to ept Cooper’s help. If she could not handle this matter, she


    would be embarrassed to say that she was Cooper Mitchell’s daughter. Despite that, she suddenly


    thought of something andughed. “Yes, Dad. I could use some rmendations for marketing talents.


    I justid off the manager of the marketing department so I need to hire someone.”


    Upon hearing this, Cooper nodded. He had always paid attention to his daughter’s career so he gave his


    suggestion. “I have a few in mind. However, if you would like to expand your dog cor store beyond


    Cethos, I have a few suitable international talents that I can rmend.”


    Dog cor store? Um… It turned out that to Cooper, Sophia’s pet business was just a store that sold dog


    cors. That being said, even if it was a store selling dog cors, it was still his daughter’s business.


    Nevertheless, he was very attentive and he immediately rmended a few talents to Sophia and had


    them flown over straightaway for her to choose.


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    When Sophia arrived home, she saw Cooper had stolen the roses from her room and was picking them


    one after another to feed the puppies…


    Judge’s puppies now belonged to Sophia, and they looked like carbon copies of Judge. They were


    chubby, tiny and looked like potatoes. In fact, Sophia had not given them names yet. Cooper named


    them Rover and Doug; Sophia named them Fortune and Richie. Carmen named them Tater and Tots,


    while Linus named them Windy and Moony.


    Meanwhile, the bouquet of flowers sent by Michaelst night werepletely destroyed and the flowers


    were eaten by the puppies as if they were snacks. Earlier, Sophia wasining that she rarely


    received flowers but now…


    On another note, the talents rmended by Cooper were from overseas. In fact, the pets’ luxury


    goods industry was almost always developed abroad and it was rare to find one locally. However, while


    the talents were still on their way, many staff had resigned one after another. With the loss of staff, the


    entirepany was on edge; it seemed like Pourl was not going to make it.


    Sophia had seen Pourl’s financial statements and business operations, which had been deteriorating in


    the past two years. Especially when Plum Technology was firstunched, everyone had no time to


    manage the business. Moreover, Ivan’s capabilities had its limits too. Frankly, many of their staff needed


    to survive so when the performance was declining, they thought it would be best to leave.


    When Sophia returned, she resumed her career, starting with the dog cor store. As soon as she was


    back, she made a series of big moves,ying off staff and hiring new people. To the staff, she had been


    ‘dead’ for three or four years. Most of the staff at the store were new, while the long-time staff did not


    believe she was still alive. Sophia was wearing a mask when she came to the store and everyone


    thought the boss had hired a new manager named Lucile. Nobody knew she was actually Sophia, who


    had been ‘dead’ for three years.


    Now, the business was losing their high-end customers and the customer base that was built by Sophia


    and Sarah were slowly disintegrating. Before this, they had no idea what happened but now, it seemed


    like there was a rat among them. As a matter of fact, this person was rather ruthless—they even used


    the Edward’s Family name as a threat.


    In terms of backgrounds, Bill Winterford had connections to Faye, while Sarah had Harry—who won the


    Academy Award for Best Actor and was the head of the Winston Family, which was one of the Four


    Great Families!


    On the other hand, the Winston Family had always kept a low profile. After all, they were part of the


    underworld and they could not simply announce it to everyone they met. Even in Cethos, many powerful


    forces did not know that Harry Winston himself was backing Sarah. Not only that, Sarah had also never


    told anyone about her identity. To the outside world, she was the wife of the once-popr actor, Harry


    Winston. As Harry’s poprity started to decline, the glory of being the wife of the famous actor also


    started to fade.


    Furthermore, the traitor’s endless customer poaching tactics was the reason the business was doing


    worse than the year before. Meanwhile, Sarah’s hands were full with managing Plum Technology, so she


    had not been paying attention to this business. Plus, the pets’ design line was supposed to be a loving


    and gentle industry. She did not want to make it too intense, which eventually led to the business’


    deterioration.


    Every day, Sophia went to the store to observe the operation of the store. Sarah also took time out of her


    day toe over to work and at the same time, talk about what had happened after Sophia had left.


    “Did you know? When you left, the Edwards Family tried to force Taylor into marriage!”


    “Lucy Edwards is disgusting! Before you, she dated Taylor and disliked the fact that he was not as rich as


    her, so she dumped him. Now that Taylor became sessful, she came back and tried to force him into


    marriage! Ha! She should take a good look in the mirror! Taylor would never marry someone like her!”


    Pointing at the King outlet across from their store, she continued, “Lucy also happens to be the boss of


    King!”


    Another unfamiliar name… Lucy Edwards is Michael’s ex-girlfriend? Although Sophia had not met her


    yet, she felt an inexplicable rivalry toward Michael’s ex. Furthermore, Michael seemed to have never


    mentioned her. He had mentioned Sophia’s ex-boyfriend, the ex-boyfriend’s current girlfriend, and the lot


    so why did he not mention this ex-girlfriend of his? He might have deliberately withheld this information.


    Based on this, Sophia had jumped to the conclusion that there must have been something fishy going on


    between Michael and his ex-girlfriend! And so, she asked Sarah, “Did we have any conflicts with them?”


    Sarah furrowed her eyebrows. “Not really. You even invited her for a seafood meal once.”


    Upon hearing that, Sophia was even more confused. However, since they werepetitors, she thought


    they should not let their guard down around Lucy.


    On this day, Sophia came to the store along with the puppies. The house was packed with dogs. Judge


    and its two puppies were like a three-headed dog from hell and to top it off, there were Bubbles and


    Snowball. Hence, they had to hire someone to babysit the five dogs. Fortunately, the space was not too


    big so it was not overly stressful.


    Two days ago, Stanley finally made the decision to neuter Judge. Despite that, he did not dare to bring


    Judge over himself. It was said that when neutering a pet, the owner had to put on an act. Otherwise, the


    pet would be vengeful.


    As a result, Sophia brought Judge to a cat café and pretended to walk away. Then, the veterinarian from


    the pet hospital pretended toe and steal him away, ying the bad cop and putting an end to its


    sexual activities. After that, Sophia pretended to have found out what happened and fake-cried before


    promising Judge to make a new cor and vi kennel aspensation. Sigh… This is tiring.


    At that moment, the neutered Judge was whining while lying motionless in the kennel beside Sophia.