TinJau's mind was in turmoil.
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After returning to the company by taxi, he immediately went to the restroom, staring into his eyes in the mirror and followed those self-help books he had read before, continuously murmuring 'self-motivation' to himself.
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Get rid of distractions, boost self-confidence. Focus completely on the upcoming presentation.
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Because for the current TinJau, the salary increase percentage for the coming year is the most important thing.
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During the meeting, TinJau finally successfully pitched his suggestion for improving internal administrative processes to the management team. The department head was somewhat interested in the proposal, but not convinced. His reaction was actually within TinJau's expectations.
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After the meeting, TinJau had an afternoon tea with his colleagues before he returning to his seat. Once he back to his seat, he received an internal email from the company, but the name of the sender was unfamiliar.
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The sender was the personal assistant to a senior vice president.
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The senior vice president wanted to see him immediately and was already waiting in the HR manager's room.
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When TinJau came out of the HR manager's office, his mouth was still wide open. He seemed to have not fully recovered from the excessive shock.
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In his left hand was a letter of approval for an unpaid leave, signed by the HR manager and verified by the senior vice president. Strictly speaking, it wasn't just a simple leave without pay, but a very flexible priority contract execution right.
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According to the updated record in the personnel file, TinJau's employment contract had been changed to expire tomorrow. At the same time, he enjoys the autonomy to re-sign at any time within the next year. And the company had guaranteed that TinJau would be able to work in a new department, and this position will be at least one level higher than the current one. Of course, if TinJau had other plans, he had the absolute autonomy to choose his own future, and the company had no legal binding on him.
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After reading this letter from cover to cover three times in the HR manager's office, TinJau still couldn't understand what kind of office conspiracy this "forced leave" was.
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But upon further inspection, it seemed that this approval letter did not put him at a disadvantage position at all. Even the new department he would be working in after the leave was the one TinJau had long wanted to transfer to.
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The only downside was there will be not salary for the next year. However, this was more than made up by the bonus check for $600,000 in another envelope that he held in his right hand.
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The source of that bonus was the proposal for administrative reforms TinJau had presented at the meeting an hour ago.
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In his report, he identified seventeen areas within the department where administrative tasks could be streamlined (mostly it was just digitizing paper forms and saving stationery expenses, etc.). He roughly calculated (partly a wild guess) that by streamlining administrative operations, the department could save $70,000 per year. If this was implemented across all applicable departments in the company, a total of $300,000 could be saved annually.
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TinJau’s $600,000 bonus cheque, $150,000 was an advance on the money his plan would save for the company in the coming year, and the company was willing to offer half as a reward.
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Another $200,000 is compensation for handing over the execution of the entire plan to another colleague in the department, then TinJau can take a “vacation” with peace of mind.
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"What about the remaining $150,000?" TinJau asked. The HR manager also turned to look at the senior vice president with curiosity. He cleared his throat a couple of times, as if unsure how to explain.
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"That's an allocation from a director from his director allowance. The accounting department's records simply state 'completion bonus,'" the senior vice president said. "But he has a personal message for you, saying this is your farewell gift, as a congratulations you on becoming one of them."
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"Becoming? Becoming what?"
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Seeing TinJau's puzzled expression, the senior vice president was also a bit surprised. He had originally planned to gather information from the party involved, but it seemed that the person who is kept in the dark the most is the ordinary employee now in front of him. And no matter how hard he guesses, this ordinary employee somehow managed to receive a bonus from a board member privately.
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And the director's statement of "become one of them" are even more though-provoking. The senior vice president boldly guessed that whether the young man in front of him would be promoted to a member of the company's board of directors in a year’s time.
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Since the young man in front of him wanted to play dumb, he decided to go along with this act.
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"I'm just a messenger, let me finish delivering the message.” The senior vice president said. "The director said you can give this money to your mother for household expenses in the next year. If you feel uncomfortable accepting someone else's money, you can repay it slowly after returning, with interest calculated according to the US federal rate."
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Accompanying the cheque in the envelope was a business card.
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The business card doesn’t belong to anyone. It was just a pure white card with the letters 'LV' printed on it.
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TinJau's colleagues in the department had been whispering about his summons by the senior vice president (the rumor spread quickly from the manager's secretary in the personnel department).
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When TinJau returned to his seat, his mouth was still half open in shock. From the empty cardboard box he held in his hand. Other colleagues knew that today would be his Last Day at work.
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Before he could even catch his breath, TinJau was immediately pulled aside by his closest colleague in the company (the one who joked and greeted him in the morning).
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He first asked TinJau with concern if he had offended some big shot to end up in such a situation.
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After TinJau honestly denied it, his colleague's expression changed immediately. "So, that means the rumors are true."
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"What rumors?"
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"I heard that you are the illegitimate child of a certain director. You have been undercover in the company for three years, collecting evidence in your favor, and now was the time for you to take action. You forced him to acknowledge your identity and asked him to fulfill his responsibility of raising you over the years. So now, you're going to sail around the world on a yacht. After you have enough fun, you'll officially become a member of the company's board of directors."
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TinJau suppressed a smile and replied, "That's not at all the case. I recently joined an organization called 'LV' - Long Vacation by accident. Their mission is to utilize various powers to allow members to temporarily set aside work for a year and travel freely, with all expenses covered by them."
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After that, the two laughed heartily as usual.
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The laughter of his friend gradually faded, and his face became serious. "TinJau, am I not even qualified to hear the truth from you?"
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TinJau patted his friend's shoulder and returned to his seat to pack up.
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Sometimes, the truth sounds even more ridiculous than fiction.
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"TinJau," just as he was getting ready to pack up properly, the secretary of the department head stopped TinJau again, "Just now, Manager Chen said that as soon as you return from the personnel department, you should go straight to his office. He has something to ask you."
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Two hours later, he was no longer work under his department manager. Even if he returned to work in a year, TinJau had been transferred to a different department and had no more connection with Manager Chen who often had conflict with him.
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After getting rid of the long-term grievance of bend over backwards for living, TinJau finally realized that he no longer had to force a smile towards people he didn't like. He twitched the corner of his mouth towards the secretary, silently sneered.
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The secretary was also a fellow sufferer who had been oppressed by Manager Chen for a long time. She immediately understood the meaning of this sneer and knew that TinJau would no longer follow any orders of Manager Chen.
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She made a face at him, watching his back with a hint of envy and extreme exhaustion.
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With a guarantee letter of 'Unpaid leave' in his left hand and a bonus of $600,000 in his right hand, TinJau was still unable to accept the sudden stroke of luck that had befallen him.
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Unconsciously checking the clock, he realized that the stock market was about to close and immediately went online to see if he had made any gains today.
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As soon as TinJau entered his stock account, an urgent notification popped up on the screen, instructing him to immediately call a designated long-distance number (oh no, he had to speak English with a foreigner again).It seemed to be the headquarters office of a certain American company, the name sounded familiar, but TinJau couldn't remember where he heard it before.
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Upon hearing TinJau's name, they transferred him to their Asia-Pacific regional consultant.
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Americans are known for speaking plainly and directly, not liking to use professional jargon, so even though the content told by the regional consultant seemed unbelievable, TinJau could still barely understand what he said.
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All of his stock investments, as well as the spare cash in his investment account, were forcibly transferred to a VIP account set up for him by some fund.
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Upon hearing about this outrageous act, TinJau naturally protested loudly. He couldn't imagine someone having the power to move his personal assets without his authorization.
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"Mr. TinJau, to be honest, you're right. The act of privately moving your assets like this is hard not to violate any local and international laws." He said, "So, in order to legalize the asset transfer process, we need you to come to our liaison office in your city as soon as possible and sign some authorization documents. The forced transfer of your assets was personally instructed by our boss. He is an impatient person and did this just to help you make up your mind, hoping you will understand."
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"If I forcefully took the money in your wallet and put it in mine, would you understand as well?"
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"It's not taking your money, we will hand it over to our company's investment department to manage your securities assets for the next year, so that you can enjoy your 'long vacation' with peace of mind."
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He deliberately emphasized the words 'long vacation'.
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(Come on? 'LV' even is a hacker and criminal organization? TinJau thought, I didn't tell SiuPui any personal financial information just now.)
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"Why should I hand over my assets to you for management? You crazy hackers!"
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"The girl who just answered the phone should have mentioned the name of our company, right? Haven't you heard of us?" He asked in surprise.
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"What’s the name? There are thousands of companies in the US. How can I tell who you are?"
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"Have you really never heard of Berkshire Hathaway?"
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No wonder the name of this company sounded so familiar.
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Berkshire Hathaway! The investment flagship of Warren Buffett, the “God of the share market”in America.
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