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Song Jiayu pulled Lin Yi in. She thought that her colleagues would stand up to welcome her, but she didnât expect them to sit on their chairs without any reaction.
Moreover, their faces were not very good. All of them were expressionless, as if something had happened.
âWhat happened? Why do you all look like that?â
Lin Yi looked around and felt that the atmosphere was a little off.
Could it be because of him?
It couldnât be.
Even though the discussion had been heated, everyone present fell silent when they faced Song Jiayu. They all looked at Zhang Shengjie, hoping that he would take the lead.
Putting away his phone, Zhang Shengjie took his foot off the table and dusted himself off. He looked at Song Jiayu and said,
âWe have something to tell you.â
âDonât make that face. Just get to the point. Is it that the contract didnât go through, or is there not enough money?â
âNeither,â Zhang Shengjie said.
âWeâve decided to resign. Since everyone is here for the meeting today, itâs a good time to tell you.â
âYouâre resigning?!â
Hearing this news, Song Jiayuâs eyes widened in disbelief.
âWhy are you resigning? Wasnât everything alright yesterday?â
âDonât ask about the specific reason. Regardless, we donât plan to work here anymore.â
âManager Song, this is our resignation letter.â
The rest of the company walked over one by one and handed the resignation letter to Song Jiayu.
Lin Yi scratched his head, feeling that this was something novel.
He was just here to take a look around. He did not expect such a thing to happen.
However, it did not seem normal for so many people to resign at the same time.
âZhang Shengjie, what is the meaning of this?â Song Jiayu questioned.
âI wonât talk about the others. Theyâre just employees of the company. You and I are the founders. Are you going to leave too? Do you not believe in the companyâs bright future anymore? Donât you want to achieve financial freedom?â
âWith your abilities, Iâm afraid it will be very difficult for me to achieve financial freedom here, so Iâve decided not to work with you.â
Song Jiayuâs face was cold. She didnât expect such a thing to happen when the company started going downhill. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âDid someone from Blue Whale Technology come to poach you?â Song Jiayu asked coldly.
âI donât think thereâs a need for you to dwell on this matter. Letâs part on good terms. Thereâs no point in asking so many questions,â Zhang Shengjie said.
âThis is not a business deal. Since youâve thought it through, I wonât force you to stay. Pack your things and leave.â
âBye-bye.â
Zhang Shengjie and the others left the company without hesitation.
Song Jiayu combed her hair and kicked the chair beside her.
âThose bustards!â
âCalm down,â Lin Yi said.
âThis is a blessing in disguise. The company is going downhill. Itâs beneficial for the companyâs future development for you to change your staff now.â
âIâm not angry because they left. It must be Blue Whale Technologyâs doing. Iâm so angry!â
âAre they your competitor? But it sounds familiar.â
âThey have an app under their name called ADHD, which is the fitness app with the highest daily active users on the app market. They came to me when we started achieving success, proposing an acquisition, but I refused. I suspect that their collective resignation this time is due to Blue Whale Technologyâs interference behind the scenes.â
âSeeing how frantic and upset you are, I can foresee that your entrepreneurial journey will be difficult. In other words, youâre not cut out for entrepreneurship.â
âWhy is that?â
âBecause this is the norm in business. No one enjoys a smooth journey,â Lin Yi said.
âWhen someone took 400 billion to short Didi Chuxing under Lingyun Group, didnât I face it all the same?â
âDo you really think this is childâs play? That everything will go as you imagine? If things were really that wonderful, there wouldnât be so many people lining up on rooftops to jump.â
After hearing Lin Yiâs advice, Song Jiayuâs mood improved a lot.
Compared to his brother-in-law, what she had experienced was nothing.
âGot it, Brother-in-law. Iâll start hiring in the afternoon. I donât believe that without him, I, Song Jiayu, wonât be able to support this company.â
Seeing that her state had improved, Lin Yi pulled a chair over and sat down at the conference table.
âThen donât dawdle. I have other things to do this afternoon. Tell me about your company first.â
âAlright!â
With Lin Yi as her backing, Song Jiayu had a lot of confidence. She took her laptop and prepared to have Lin Yi come up with a plan.
âWhatâs going on? Why is everything gone?â
Song Jiayuâs exclamation alerted Lin Yi.
âWhatâs gone?â
âThe core data and information within the company!â
Song Jiayu ran to the filing cabinet.
She realized that there was only some insignificant documents left inside.
The contracts with the various gyms and other technical agreements were all gone!
Song Jiayu was dumbfounded.
That was because the missing information was the foundation of the company!
They could hire more people if the staff left, but without the core information, the company could not continue.
âThese damned fellows actually took all the information!â
âI told you they wouldnât leave so properly. There must be something fishy going on. Looks like this is the problem,â Lin Yi said.
âBoohooâ¦â
Song Jiayu lay on the table and cried bitterly.
After working so hard for so long, it was all for nothing.
In the past, she had always heard from her cousin how cruel and sinister the market was. Now, she had finally experienced it. It did not go easy on her at all.
âWhatâs the point of crying? Itâs better to jump off a building to end it once and for all. At least that will bring you some relief.â
âNo matter what, Iâm still your sister-in-law. How can you say things like that?â Song Jiayu said.
âA pretty girl is here crying. Canât you say something nice?â
Lin Yi,
What kind of pretty girl would cry?
âAre you sure Blue Whale Technology is behind this?â
âIt must be them. Thereâs no doubt about that,â Song Jiayu said.
âZhang Shengjie is more technically inclined and not suited for seeking investments outside. Even if he has the technical skills, it doesnât necessarily mean he can secure funding. Itâs impossible for him to go it alone.â
âLooking at it this way, the situation becomes much clearer,â Lin Yi said.
âHe must have taken your companyâs core information to Blue Whale Technology in exchange for shares and status. His motive is quite clear.â
âJust by looking at him, you can tell he lacks foresight. If he had joined me in entrepreneurship, his future development would have been assured. Yet, he chose to defect, showing he doesnât have much aspiration.â
âInstead of waiting for an uncertain future, itâs better to cash out in time. That way, heâll have the first capital to start his own business.â Lin Yi said.
âI can tell you very clearly that over 90% of the well-known entrepreneurs you can name today started with capital that wasnât clean. Itâs both a normal and abnormal business logic. Once youâve been in this circle long enough and met enough people, youâll understand what I mean.â