Pei Zhen worked tirelessly at Xinghe Technology for three years, single-handedly building the company's core technical architecture and generating enormous profits. However, during the year-end awards ceremony, he was undermined by technical director Zhou Qiming, had his year-end bonus reduced to zero, and received only 8,000 yuan. Seeing through the company's ruthless habit of discarding people once they are no longer useful, Pei Zhen calmly submitted his resignation. The Xinghe system then collapsed because Pei Zhen held the key credentials to its core cluster. Major clients began terminating their contracts one after another, forcing the boss, Qian Bonian, to swallow his pride and come looking for him. Pretending that Pei Zhen was unreachable, he called an ambulance and forced his way into his home to make him return. Pei Zhen negotiated his terms and repaired the system, but after completing his resignation procedures, he firmly refused to come back.