My idea came from an unexpected experience. In the summer of 2023, I was writing in a cafe in Beijing's China World Trade Center when a conversation between two young women sitting nearby caught my attention. A girl in a cheap suit was being berated by her boss over the phone, her voice trembling as she apologized. After she hung up, her friend asked why she didn't quit. She gave a bitter smile and said, "Quit? I can't even afford next month's rent."
At that moment, I suddenly wondered: What if this girl wasn't really a low-level employee, but a business tycoon in disguise? What if she chose to play the pig to eat the tiger for some secret reason? The idea instantly set my creativity alight: an employee everyone looked down on as useless actually held the lifeline of an entire business empire. This story would deliver the ultimate thrill.
