The Workplace Show-Off: Post-2000s Set Things Straight

Shanghai, 2025. At Xingmang Technology, an internet company that touts “wolf culture” but is actually a mess internally, freshly graduated Gen Z employee Lin Xiaoxia joins the Operations Department with one rule for life: “No pointless self-torment.” She uses the social-media savvy of the short-video era to break down workplace tricks, and always carries a voice recorder and Excel templates. She can call people out with precision while making sure to keep the evidence, earning her colleagues’ view of her as “tough to mess with, but reliable.”