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In the corridor, I unexpectedly ran into someone I never thought I would see again—Dan Jameson, a major client from Martin's old company.Back then, it was Martin's unstable servers that drove him to terminate the contract in anger. When he saw me, his eyes lit up. "Ms. Chapman? What are you doing here?""I'm with Cloudwave now," I said with a smile, handing him my business card.Dan took the business card, glanced at my title, and immediately grabbed my hands with both of his."I knew you could make it! That company only functioned because of you! When we terminated the contract back then, I actually felt quite sorry. But you know, Martin's just too unreliable."Now that you're handling tech at Cloudwave, we absolutely have to work together again! I've got a 200-million-dollar deal sitting in my hands, but I couldn't find any provider I trust. But as long as you're in charge, Ms. Chapman, I'll gladly sign with Cloudwave."It felt like a windfall from the sky. No. It was a return
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As for Jake, I heard he never graduated.The faculty put him on probation, but his reputation in the industry was completely ruined. No proper company wanted anything to do with him.One day, I was in my new office, standing by the floor-to-ceiling window with a cup of coffee in hand. Below me was a bustling tech park.The HR manager knocked and came in, looking a little awkward. "Ms. Chapman, there's a delivery guy downstairs insisting on seeing you. He says he's your… acquaintance."A delivery guy? That caught me off guard."Send him up," I said.A while later, Jake walked in wearing a yellow delivery uniform. He had drastically lost weight, and his skin was tanned from long hours in the sun.The eyes that once exuded arrogance and calculation were gone, displaced by avoidance and unease. In his hand was a cup of coffee that had yet to be delivered."Ms. Chapman…" Jake kept his head down, not daring to look at my spacious, brightly lit office or my tailored suit. "I'm here to
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Chester said that kind of thinking—squeezing every last bit of performance out of severely limited hardware—was exactly what they needed for edge computing.Right there on the spot, he made me an offer.I would become the technical director, with double the salary and stock options on top. Compared to slaving away in Martin's ramshackle setup, this actually felt like a real place to build a career.Before I could officially start, though, there was one thing I had to deal with—the lawsuit against Martin.On the day of the hearing, he actually showed up with a lawyer. I had no idea where he scraped together the money.In court, the lawyer pulled out what he claimed were screenshots of our chat history. They showed me saying things like the machine had been assigned to the company.Martin sat at the defendant's table, his eyes dark and calculating. He clearly thought this was his winning move.The judge turned to me. "Plaintiff, how do you explain this piece of evidence?"I laugh
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This was the consequence.In the real world, every choice came with a tag. No matter how young one was, nobody could run away from paying the price.…The company collapsed even faster than I expected. In less than a week, the office was cleared out.The plants that used to be mine and the ergonomic chair I picked out myself were all taken away to settle debts.Martin sold his car, then his apartment. Still, it was nowhere near enough to cover the breach penalties and the loss of my equipment.So, he started texting me, or rather, harassing me.At first, he begged. Then, he started cursing. He said I was ruthless, that I watched him fall and did nothing. He even said I had planned all along to bring him down.I took screenshots of every message and saved them. They would be evidence in court later.One night, when I went downstairs to take out the trash, I saw someone curled up in the corner of the stairwell. It was Martin.He was holding two bottles of cheap liquor, eyes unf
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What happened to "not taking things too far" when Martin decided to suspend me, not even giving me a cardboard box to pack my things?"Martin," I said finally, "some things, once burned, are gone for good—literally and figuratively."I shook his hand off and walked off without looking back. Behind me, he let out a desperate wail.Only I knew that the real show was still ahead. The investors who had been tricked out of their money were probably already on their way.…As expected, a crowd gathered outside the company entrance the next day.The investors who were supposed to sign the contract had seen the whole fiasco on the livestream. They were no longer here to invest. They were here to demand their money back.Naturally, Martin was hiding in his office, away from the angry crowd.Outside, the glass door was being slammed so hard it sounded like it would break."Get out here, Miller!""Fraud! What private cloud architecture? It's just a souped-up machine!""Refund us! Give
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Martin and Jake had innocently believed that as long as they physically held onto the machine, it would magically become company property. They forgot that law and ownership rights existed."That's… That's the company's server…" Jake stuttered, still trying to argue his way through."Is it?"I pressed the invoice right up to his face. "Read it. It says, 'Product name: High-Performance Graphics Workstation. Buyer: Susan Chapman.' This is my production tool. You forcibly requisitioned it and then issued me a fine on top of that."The police officer took the documents and scanned them. His brow slowly furrowed."Mr. Miller, if this equipment does belong to Ms. Chapman personally, your company's unauthorized use and resulting damage may constitute civil infringement. Given the scale of loss, it could also carry criminal liability."Martin's face went ashen.I wasn't quite done yet. I pointed at the ceiling."And the leased dedicated broadband line for this office is also under my n
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