After the Divorce, That Old Agreement Is Worth 300 Million

After fifteen years of marriage, the divorce took just half an hour.

His ex-wife said he would never amount to anything: in his forties, repairing refrigeration equipment, earning a fixed salary, and always cleaning up other people's messes.

Xu Zhendong signed the papers without a word.

That night, he dug out an old document folder his father had left behind before he died. Inside was an employee stock ownership agreement from twenty years ago.

And the company was going public next week.

Three hundred million.

He looked at the agreement, then at his two children, already asleep in the living room.

The money was real, and so was the lockup period. Divorce, unemployment, starting a business, the kids... His life was only truly beginning with this email.