After fifteen years of marriage, the divorce took only half an hour.
His ex-wife said that this was how he would be for the rest of his life - he was in his forties, repairing refrigeration equipment, earning dead wages, and always wiping other people's butts.
Xu Zhendong signed without saying anything.
That night, he dug out an old document bag left behind by his father before his death. Inside was an employee stock ownership agreement from twenty years ago.
And that company will go public next week.
Three hundred million.
He looked at the agreement and then at the two children who were already asleep in the living room.
The money is real and so is the lock-in period. Divorce, unemployment, starting a business, children... His life really begins with this email.
