I Start a Company and Give Cash Rebates: The Happier My Overworked Employees Are, the More I Earn

After Qi Yue fires back at his manipulative supervisor, he binds himself to the Workplace Sanctuary Care Rebate System.

Every penny he spends on employees is reimbursed in full, one-to-one, as long as their physical and mental health meets the requirements.

To milk the System dry, Qi Yue lays down strict rules: salaries at 1.5 times the industry average, work from ten to four, no overtime, and afternoon tea, a gym, and a Michelin-standard cafeteria all included. Anyone who stays a second longer gets money docked.

He just wants to be a hands-off boss and make easy money from the rebates. But then the overworked artist, worn down to a shadow of herself, creates a game that takes the internet by storm; the architect laid off at thirty-one sneaks back into the office at two in the morning to fix bugs; and when his former boss shows up to threaten him, the employees stand up and leave the man speechless.

Qi Yue watches the rebates in his account grow and the company expand at an insane pace, utterly bewildered:

I just wanted to spend some money. How did you turn the company into an industry giant?