499 YC Exists and Dies With Her (9)

After about ten seconds, she raised the file to eye-level and scanned the three words "Leave with nothing." She stared at those words for a long time without blinking before her gaze gradually fell to the bottom of the page, signed "He Jichen" in black ink. Her fingers trembled as her eyes shot up again to the top of the document.

It was there in black and white, clearly printed. Ji Yi skimmed the contents of the file from top to bottom then her eyes locked onto the three words "Leave with nothing."

The people at the table behind her in the afternoon at the canteen said that He Jichen insisted on keeping her at YC in front of all the shareholders who wanted her out. She overheard them say that they signed an agreement that if she didn't generate profits for YC within a year, He Jichen was willing to give up his place as CEO of the company.