Chapter 16 — When I Was Forced to Quit My Job at the Age of 40, I Became the President of a Hundred Billion Company

Do not sign. Do not leave contact information. I frowned slightly. Thuy Trach Biology? I've never heard of this name before. I immediately opened the search browser. The first result appears on the screen. And it made my whole body cold. Thuy Trach Biology. Established in 2022. Core technology: Stem cell extracellular editing platform. Founder: Tu Uncle. It is the "study abroad expert" that Tien Dat Pham used his extremely high salary to recruit. Everything in my head connects into a straight line. Tu Uncle was never brought into Hoa Thuy to replace me. He was brought here... To steal my technology. Then sold it back to Thien Hop. But Thien Hop... is the company that constantly tries to attract me. Ha Van Xuyen's smile, always full of goodwill, suddenly became extremely dazzling. I slowly put the phone down. This incident... It's a lot more complicated than I thought. I spent the whole night following the clues. The results were even scarier than expected. Thuy Ze Biology was founded in September 2022. Registered capital is five million yuan. Actual contributed capital is zero. Legal representative: Tu Bac. Shareholder structure: Tu Bac holds 60%. An investment company named Hop Tin Capital holds 40%. I continue to trace shareholder information. And finally saw a familiar name. Tien Duc Minh. Everything immediately became clear. The entire action sequence is arranged extremely completely. Tien Dat Pham used the name of recruiting outside experts. Bring Tu Bo into Hoa Thuy's research department. Give him access to core technology. Outside. Tu Bac founded Thuy Trach company. Introducing stolen technology into a shell company. Then through Tien Duc Minh's capital channel. Resold to Thien Hop Pharmaceutical. Thien Hop never simply wanted to dig people out. They're buying stolen technology. And the times Ha Van Xuyen invited me to drink coffee. Please join me. Recommend cooperation. All have only one purpose. Hold me. So I don't find out the whole plan. If at that time I really jump ship to Thien Hop. What will be the result? They just need to pay To Vy a salary. But he took all of To Vy's technology. Because the most core parameters... Have been leaked through Tu Bo a long time ago. The person behind everything. From the beginning, it was not Tien Dat Pham. He is just a knife brought forward. Use salary reduction. Use deprivation of rights. Use internal investigation. Step by step forced me to leave Hoa Thuy. Tien Duc Minh is the truly dangerous person. He wanted to steal Hoa Thuy's most valuable technological assets. Then turn it into money in another form. That's also why he always opposes me in board meetings. Not because of personal grudges. But because as long as I stay. The risk of the entire technology theft ring being exposed will always exist. So who is the anonymous email sender? I do not know. Maybe someone in the Tien family suddenly awakened their conscience. It is also possible that Thien Hop's people were dissatisfied with Ha Van Xuyen's way of doing things. Not important. The important thing is... I now have a real nuclear bomb in my hands. One piece of evidence is enough to blow this entire board away. The next morning. I do two things. And both of those things... Are enough to make Tien Duc Minh lose sleep. First thing, I search Mr. Ma, asked him to extract the entire data access history, file download history and recipient list of all emails that Tu Uncle sent through Hoa Thuy's internal network during his time working at the company. Second, I sent Attorney Trieu an encrypted message, synthesizing all of Thuy Trach Biology's business registration information, rumors about Thien Hop's acquisition deal, and the equity connection between Tien Duc Minh and this company into a memorandum. After watching, Lawyer Trieu only left one sentence:

"To Vy, this is no longer a labor dispute."

"This is a case of commercial espionage, with signs of constituting a crime of infringing on business secrets."

"I know."

"What are you going to do?"

"For now, don't report to the police."

"Because the IPO is still in the process of being implemented. If this story is exposed now, Hoa Thuy will collapse immediately."

"So are you going to..."

"Wait for the IPO to be completed before taking action."

Lawyer Trieu's voice was a bit hesitant.

"Are you sure you don't want to protect yourself first? The longer something like this goes on, the bigger the variables."

"I'm sure."

I'm not a saint. But at Hoa Thuy there are more than three hundred research staff who have followed me over the years. If because of this, the IPO fails, or even causes the company to go bankrupt, the person who will be hurt the most will not be Tien Duc Minh. He has countless ways out. The people who really suffer are ordinary employees who are holding stock options and waiting for their value to be realized. I have to bury this bomb carefully. Wait until the moment most beneficial to you before detonating. Not now. But the peaceful days of Tien Duc Minh are not far away. The IPO roadshow took place as planned. The underwriter arranged seven meetings with institutional investors. In all seven sessions, I attended as a core technology representative. Each data on the slide. Each section presents technical barriers. Each investor's question. All are answered directly by me. Chu Kien Quoc sat next to him, only in charge of the business model and finance. After seven roadshows, the number of subscriptions exceeded four times the number of shares offered. The question that investors are most interested in is:

"Is Dr. To's team stable?"

"What mechanism does the company have to retain her?"

Right at the meeting, Chu Kien Quoc announced the new contract terms for me. Five-year binding period. Strongly increase stock options. Grant budget autonomy to the Research Center. During the roadshow, Tien Dat Pham completely disappeared. But I know. He's still there. Duc Minh's money is still there. On the IPO pricing date, Hua Rui Biology's valuation reached 11 billion yuan. The Thanh Le product line alone contributed up to 7 billion yuan in that valuation. Official listing date. I stood in front of the big screen of the stock exchange, watching the numbers continuously jump up. Tieu Tran stood next to me, his eyes red.

"Miss To, it's worth it."

I said nothing. Because it's not over yet.