One of the mall’s staff ran to the CEO’s floor to report a problem to one of the employees working there regarding a customer and the look of her face was evident enough to hint them that it’s one of the troublesome customers they have once in a while.
“Ma’am, we have a problem” Helen said trying to catch her breath
“A problem? Why is there a problem this early morning? Don’t you think it’s too early for one?” Team Leader Maria said with a sigh
“Harvey L is coming over” Helen dropped and Maria’s eyes popped out
“Who did you just mention? Harvey L?” Maria asked and Helen nodded furiously
“Why is she coming to the mall? Why is she coming without a notification?” Maria asked standing up immediately
“I don’t know but I got a tip from her manager that she will be here in the next five minutes” Helen answered as she ran after Maria who was already at the door, heading to the mall
“A tip? If he was going to send in a tip then he should have done that sooner. What is this fuss and stress just this early morning? The presence of Harvey L means trouble” Maria blabbered on as she started to panic.
She got into the elevator heading down the mall and rushed to see other employees running up and down in tension.
“It is really too early for this” Maria sighed with her eyes closed
“Who is Harvey L? Why is everyone behaving like this at the mention of her name?” one of the newbie employee asked
“Harvey L is equivalent to trouble. She’s a top star, an influencer who determines the market. She buy things from a specific store and do review on them, whatever reviews she leaves on the store will have impact for sure because people love to follow her reviews” another employee explained to her
“Why? I mean they can come and check it out themselves, why are they following the words of a mere influencer?” the newbie exclaimed and Maria slammed her hand on the desk
“Mere influencer? Did you just call Harvey L mere? She’s an influencer with 50 million subscribers, do you know? Sixty percent of her subscribers are from Asia where fashion is what they hold in high esteem, thirty percent are from Europe and the rest from other parts of the world and you call her mere? A word she speaks on any product will determine if it will sell or not” Maria lectured her
“She cannot always be right, what if she leaves a negative review on something that is actually worth a positive review?” the newbie argued
“She has a good eye and a vast knowledge about fashion, she’s not to be underestimated” Maria said biting into her finger with tension
“Are you not confident of what you have in your stores? No one dares to leave a negative remark on whatever I approve to be brought in” the voice said from behind and they all turned to look at the owner of the familiar voice
Secretary Amber!” they chorused in astonishment and she smiled before walking closer to them
“What are you doing here?” Maria asked with a smile
“To take care of a risk?” she said with a wink
“We have a guest to welcome in the next one minute, we should be prepared” she added and started walking to the door.
They waited at the entrance and Harvey’s car pulled up exactly after a minute. She got down from the car putting on a jean ripple bum short with a plus size fence net pantyhose, a white mock neck crop top and a baseball pockets patches vintage jean jacket on it. Her coordinated steps in her black Lita ankle boot as she approached the mall with so much pride and confidence.
“Welcome to Shellhouse mall, Miss Harvey” Amber greeted her with a smile
“I see you come out to greet visitors here” she replied pulling off her black gentle monster HER 01 sunglasses with the tip of her long, orange polished nails.
“Well, we don’t necessarily come out to greet them, I guess it’s because you are special?” Amber responded and she scoffed
“The issue of discrimination will never be eradicated” she remarked and shook her head
“There is nothing we can do the world that already existed by hierarchy, is that not the reason you also worked hard to climb this ladder, Miss Harvey?” Amber slammed back with a smirk and the employees tried hard from snorting.
“We should go in” Maria said to cut the drama short and Amber led the crew in.
They walked through the different sections through the mall until they got to the clothes and accessories session. Amber told the employees to leave the place so she could attend to Harvey L herself.
“Welcome to Shellhouse mall’s clothing section, I trust that you will be pleased with our brands” Amber said to her
“It’s too early to say I will be pleased with your store and brands. I have to take a look around, don’t you think so?” she answered with a smirk and Amber stretched her hands forward
“Have fun, miss” Amber said to her and she went around the store picking some items.
She brought two bags, a gown and three shoes which seems to be the most expensive items from the store to the lounge outside the fitting room. She placed them on the table and sat down comfortably before accessing them.
“This particular Coil Chain heel, don’t you think the design is sloppy? I mean not everyone in this world has the perfect balance for this. It is super expensive but it is clear and glaring in its design that they are only marketing it to people of a particular weight or size” Harvey remarked as she rolled the heels in her hand.
“This double back cut heather gown too is suffocating around the chest region even though I am of small size which means it’s my size, are you lying about the size too? What if someone buys it and end up getting suffocated because of the sloppy label?” she added while Amber folded her hands
“These two bags are so similar that people who can’t tell them apart will surely buy them thinking they are the same but this particular bag is being sold at seven hundred and fifty dollars at other malls, why is shellhouse putting them on a tag of one thousand and fifty dollars? Isn’t this cheating?” she stated with a frown on her forehead.
Amber went silent for a while and just stared at her from where she stood which made Harvey smirked that she had gotten them for good. She had heard reviews that they are the best shopping mall but here she was picking out their mistakes they didn’t know because they believed everything was perfect.
“Why are you not talking? You seems to be dumbfounded” she mocked and Amber smiled
“Dumbfounded? Yes, I am dumbfounded at the level of your ignorance. People call you the golden hand and know all influencer but I guess you are not living up to your name” Amber said and her frown deepened at the words thrown at her.
“This coil chain heels is made three times lighter than every other heels but with studier materials. This collection was tested by women ranging from the weight of fifty kg to seventy-five kg to test the weight limit. If you are trying to argue the weight limit then you should see the sale record and see that women within the range of sixty-five to seventy kg in weight are active buyers with no singular complaint from any of them” Amber countered before reaching for the gown.
“This double back cut heather gown has a hidden rope woven just right below the below the chest region which was designed as a belt but it is actually for adjusting the elasticity. If you pull on it once then it slack out with an o. 4 inches which is enough to make a difference between the under-bust’s sides. You should study the pattern of clothes before you make a remark, the fashion world is filled with talented people who think far ahead before they make clothes” she added and dropped the cloth before picking the bags
“Miss Harvey, there is something called charity bazaar and we do that here too in Shellhouse, of course with a different approach. This crocodile skin bag costs as much as twenty five thousand dollars and its gimmick here is only one thousand and fifty dollars. This one you are talking about that it’s going for seven fifty dollars at another mall is just a replica of this with the lines of their handles slightly curvy at the middle and thicker than this. These ones are placed in the charity bazaar section where the rich buy the products as gifts for people or whatever their reason is, these money are then used towards our year-end charity programs” Amber concluded and Harvey’s proud shoulders dropped in defeat.
“I know that you have been a fashion influencer for close to five years and know the in and out of fashion but then fashion is never static, it is running at a very high rate so it is natural for you to miss some things. I trust you will have a nice time shopping around conveniently here without looking for faults because there is nothing I signed myself that will ever be of lower quality” Amber remarked and motioned for the employees to come in.
“Show her around and help her with the shopping” she instructed and left for her office.
Harvey spent another hour looking through the store and ended up shopping for some things before heading to the counter to pay for it. She noticed that the bag she picked up earlier was among and informed them that she didn’t pick it to be part of her goods.
“Secretary Amber said we should include it in your package as a gift since she commends your effort of visiting our store” the employee said and Harvey scoffed in shock.
How dare she give her charity goods?
She rolled her eyes and paid for her remaining goods before the employees helped her move them to the trunk’s car. As she was going out of the mall, she saw many people flooding the mall as they rushed to get what she had come to buy too, many calls were coming in too for the ordering of the exact goods Harvey L had picked.
“This is crazy” Maria exclaimed as they watched people fight for the goods over limited edition
“That’s the power of a celebrity” pitched in Amber
“Thank you for rescuing us, we would have been in big trouble today” Maria thanked her and she smiled
“At least you all know my worth” she said flinging her hair into the air in pride before walking towards the elevator and saw Tom coming into the building.