I saved the company from a loss of eight hundred million yuan, and everyone raised a glass to me at the celebration banquet. But the next day, I received a 90,000-yuan fine from my supervisor, Ms. Zhang. She said coldly, "Rules are rules. A one-minute late arrival means a 1,000-yuan fine. You were a total of ninety minutes late last month. This is about the rules, not you personally." I smiled and paid the fine on the spot. From then on, I became the most rule-abiding person in the entire company. But less than a month later, Ms. Zhang was crying and begging me to stop following the rules. 01 The celebration banquet was a grand affair, held for the eight-hundred-million-yuan deal our department had secured. Everyone in the company, from the CEO down to the staff,
