I'm the Scapegoat at a State-Owned Enterprise

When the province-wide networked toll collection system was upgraded, Chen Mo, the most technically capable member of the team, was kicked off the project. At the acceptance meeting, he voted against it and refused to sign. He submitted a written explanation through the OA system. On the day the system went live, it crashed, shutting down hundreds of toll stations across the province.

The investigation team arrived. The people responsible for botching the project received warnings; he was demoted.

A man who had been transferred off the project team six months earlier, a man who had voted against it at the acceptance meeting, became the "price" paid for the whole mess.

But Chen Mo had evidence in his hands. System logs, OA records, meeting minutes, acceptance votes: he had kept a copy of every step.

The one thing they hadn't counted on was that the scapegoat had a knife in his hand, too.

The workplace is like a chess game. The most honest person often holds the best trump card.