When 42-year-old Zhao Mingyuan signed his resignation agreement at the Pangu Building in the Bird's Nest, the administrative assistant was prying the metal “General Manager, Health Division” nameplate off his desk. In their rented apartment in Tongzhou, his wife sent him a notice from the hometown health commission about unpaid wages. Meanwhile, his son shouted in the class chat while livestreaming himself playing PUBG: “My dad? The internet left him in the dust ages ago!”
