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They Stole My Stock Options, So I Tanked Their Billion-Dollar Deal Chapter 11
Everything after that fell into place on its own.Kevin was sentenced to a year in prison for leaking trade secrets and ordered to compensate the company for its losses. His career was finished for good.Mr. Preston, for management failure and involvement in illegal dealings, was pushed out of the company by the other shareholders and blacklisted from the industry entirely.Fortunately, I'd cashed out every last one of my stock options the day after Mr. Preston was hauled off.As for the company, leaderless, with the billion-dollar deal dead, its core technology leaked, and its major clients walking away one after another, its cash flow collapsed fast.It held on less than six months before declaring bankruptcy and liquidating.That high-end production line they'd spent a fortune bringing in was, in the end, dismantled and auctioned off cheap to cover debts.As for Nora, word of her being a deliberate homewrecker juggling multiple men spread through the industry like wildfire. A few vi
They Stole My Stock Options, So I Tanked Their Billion-Dollar Deal Chapter 10
Once I was ready, I went back to the company.Mr. Preston was waiting in the conference room with several executives, every one of them grim-faced."Ethan, it's not too late to admit your mistake."He rapped on the table, laying down an ultimatum."Just come back and help recover the losses, and I'll let the leak go. I'll even give you a raise and a promotion."I pulled up a chair and sat down. "Mr. Preston, have you forgotten? I'm not your employee anymore. I'm one of your shareholders. I'm not here to be lectured today."With that, I connected my tablet to the room's projector.The next second, up on the screen came the leak-tracing path I'd put together.The shareholders and executives looked lost, so I spelled it out."I've already confirmed through the digital watermark that the leaked file is the exact one Nora and Kevin stole from me. As for where it leaked from..."I pointed at the IP on the screen. "It was from inside your own company."The shareholders broke into a clamor."Y
They Stole My Stock Options, So I Tanked Their Billion-Dollar Deal Chapter 9
Mr. Preston's smile froze solid."Ethan, don't push your luck!" He forced his fury down, a threat in his voice. "You cash in your options and then try to run? There's no way I'm letting that happen!""Don't think you can throw your weight around just because Meridian took a shine to you. Don't forget you've got a non-compete. Defect to Meridian and the company will sue you into the ground, and you'll never work in this field again!"I laughed scornfully."These options were a full year of hard training, traded for an OEM certification. They're not the company's charity."I paused. "And besides, who told you I was going to Meridian?"Mr. Preston's eyes went round as saucers."Even if it's not Meridian, no other company in this field will touch you either! And who besides Meridian and us could give you a package this good?!"I simply pulled the resignation letter I'd prepared in advance out of my bag."Relax, I'll honor the non-compete to the letter. I'm not like you people. I at least h
They Stole My Stock Options, So I Tanked Their Billion-Dollar Deal Chapter 8
"Mr. Preston, your company has certainly opened my eyes!"He swept a cold glance over Kevin and Nora. "The deal is off."With that, he turned and led his team toward the door.At the doorway he came back, and handed me a business card."If you ever feel like switching jobs, Meridian's door is always open. Salary and options, no question. And we honor them the day you start."I took the card. "That's very generous of you, Mr. Lawson. I'll give it serious thought."Once the team was gone, the mood in the factory dropped to freezing.Mr. Preston stood where he was, chest heaving, glaring daggers at Kevin and Nora."You useless piece of trash!"He whipped his hand up and slapped Kevin across the face."Some cheap, penny-ante scheme of yours, and the company just lost hundreds of millions!"Kevin cupped his cheek, unable to even straighten up."Mr. Preston, I... I was only following your instructions...""Shut up!"Mr. Preston was shaking with rage, and cut Kevin off."When did I ever tell
They Stole My Stock Options, So I Tanked Their Billion-Dollar Deal Chapter 7
Meridian's chief engineer knotted his brow and pointed at the screen."Kevin, what fault is this? What caused it? How long until it's back up?"Sweat was already beading on Kevin's forehead. His fingers stabbed frantically at the keyboard while he stammered, "This... this is a routine safety trip. Just restart it and it'll be fine..."But he hammered away for ages, and not only did the equipment refuse to restart, the fault codes kept multiplying.Mr. Lawson's expression changed too."Kevin, didn't you say you led the team that built this thing? You can't even manage a restart?"Watching Kevin fail to string a sentence together, Mr. Preston turned to me at the back of the crowd."Ethan, get over here and handle this, now!"I picked up my water cup, took a sip, and only then made my way forward, taking my time.I crossed through a wall of stunned looks, stepped up to the console, and didn't touch a thing. Instead I looked at Mr. Preston and spoke calmly, right in front of the client."M
They Stole My Stock Options, So I Tanked Their Billion-Dollar Deal Chapter 6
I didn't bother with him. I went straight back to my quarters.The moment I opened my laptop, an alert popped up.It was a monitoring backdoor I'd planted on the device ahead of time, just to be safe.[Document copied. Count: 1]I checked the time. It was exactly when I'd been up in Mr. Preston's office.What got copied was the core production-line documentation I'd compiled during the training period: the full calibration logic and the low-level troubleshooting procedures.But the document didn't contain the most critical thing: the underlying setup parameters.All my passwords were the same: the date Nora and I had started dating. I knew she would help Kevin come after me.They'd been targeting me long enough. Now it was my turn to hit back.An hour later, when I got to the factory, Kevin was cheerfully welcoming Meridian's executives, brazenly calling himself the head of the production line, in charge of the demo and the walkthrough.And in his hand, right then, were the technical d
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