This is a story with a female lead, so sit back and enjoy!!!
Lu Chen: “Why did you choose our small company?”
Su Yuwei: “Because you’re seriously working on something worthwhile. At Qiming, three months of my reports counted for less than one sentence from someone else.”
Lu Chen: “But that report is what ultimately won us the investment.”
Su Yuwei: “...You read it?”
Lu Chen: “Seven times. The data was solid, the reasoning airtight. It shouldn’t have been buried.”
Su Yuwei: (pausing) “So that’s why you listened to my advice at the cafe?”
Lu Chen: “Not entirely. It’s because the risk you pointed out was a ‘shortcut’ we were deliberately ignoring.”
Su Yuwei: “A shortcut?”
Lu Chen: “Using noncompliant data to iterate quickly. You called us out on it, and you made me see it too.”
Su Yuwei: “Then why do you still want me? I almost ruined your funding round.”
Lu Chen: “You showed me something more important than funding: if you’re going to do the right thing, you have to do it the right way.”
(Silence)
Lu Chen: “Actually... there’s another reason.”
Su Yuwei: “Hmm?”
Lu Chen: “There’s a certain pure sharpness about you, and I recognize it because I have it too. You just need to learn to sheath it, while I... need to learn to draw my sword.”
