As Beautiful As Beijing / As Beautiful As You

Vol. 2 Cold Star - Ch. 28 An Eagle Tied with A Chain Cannot Fly High

In mid-to-late November, a cold front swept across the north. The temperature dropped sharply, and the wind was cold.

After a long and unpleasant struggle, Xiao Xia finally did not get the shares. After completing the work handover and declassification procedures, she went through the resignation procedures.

Xingchen has experienced several small turbulences in personnel. Although the employees have been affected psychologically, fortunately they still perform their duties.

In the process of company development, there will always be some small twists and turns, and time will smooth everything out.

Ji Xing also began to slowly accept: the so-called big family concept was just an ideal dream. Only Xingchen is eternal, and employees will eventually come and go like flowing water.

But she did not expect that Xiao Xia's resignation would cause an uproar in society.

One day at the end of the month, the temperature dropped again and the wind in Beijing was cold. The north wind howled outside the glass windows of the office building, which was very scary.

That afternoon, Ji Xing was reading a technical report in the office. Su Zhizhou suddenly rushed in, looking nervous, and asked: "Have you read your Moments?"

Ji Xing was puzzled: "I didn't use my phone this afternoon."

Su Zhizhou was about to show her, but Ji Xing had already opened her Moments. She didn't find anything wrong in the first few seconds, but suddenly, a forwarded post titled "Started a business together, but was deceived and kicked out by my partner" caught her attention.

She felt a pang in her heart, and hurriedly clicked to read it. After a few dozen seconds, her palms were cold.

The whole article is sad and sensational, telling the story of the protagonist ‘I’ who refused invitations from many famous companies and multiple offers with better salary and benefits after graduating from University. She was persuaded by his alumni and started a difficult journey of co-entrepreneurship. She stayed up all night, worked overtime, and was sick and thin. She devoted all her enthusiasm and professional knowledge to the growth of the company. 

Now she is facing a new stage of life, getting married and having children, but she is told by her most trusted partner that ‘I’ am an employee, not a shareholder. I blame myself for not being on guard against others at the beginning, and only verbally acquiescing without actual evidence. I can't get my legal rights back, and I am even more sad that my former schoolmates who started a business together have lost their reputation for the sake of profit and turned their backs on me, which is extremely disheartening.

The number of views of the article has exceeded 100,000+, and the number of likes of the comments below has exceeded 20,000 or 30,000.

The first one is: "This girl is too honest. She didn't reveal the name of the company. Obviously, she has feelings for the company. But I know that Xingchen Technology, the boss Ji Xing, take it away, no thanks!"

Ji Xing was like being hit on the head with a club, her hands were shaking, and the comment area was full of curses.
Netizens denounced the chaos of entrepreneurship and cursed the ugly human nature of some people who can only share adversity but not wealth. From the industry to the society, from the scorn of Xingchen's boss to the analysis of the good and evil of human nature, fierce words filled the scrolling mobile phone screen.

She left and pulled the circle of friends, and people from different circles forwarded it, which shows the extent of the article promotion.

There was a rumbling in her head, and her hands holding the phone were shaking. She looked up at the blinds and saw employees in the office area looking at their phones, some whispering to each other, and some looking at her. It seemed that everyone was talking about her. Her face was burning, as if she was stripped naked and thrown on the street. She was ashamed and panicked.