Saturday, January 13, 2035.
Devil's Planet, Devil Empire Capital, Heaven Company, 12:00 p.m.
Abigail, the heiress to the Angel of Justice, she studied marriage law, became a lawyer, and dealt with the affairs that concerned marriage law. She met her first client Bailey, wrote divorce settlement, and made both sides meet with their agreement. She had a successful career as a lawyer, and became the Chief Judge of Angel's City.
Adeline, the heiress to the Angel of Courage, she entered Angel's Company after graduation, worked in Human Resources Department, and took responsibility to lay off staff. She cut off Human Resources Department and Customer Service Department, laid off all juniors, and resigned her own office after improving company's efficiency.
Year 225, Angel's City, the Highest Court of Angel's City
Angel's Company was a massive international company with millions of brilliant staff. It aimed to inherit angel's civilization, and also aimed to explore unknown civilization in the immense outer space. However, it got involved in global financial crisis, faced with bankruptcy, and survived through global financial crisis through laying off 80% of staff.
Adeline, the chief executive officer of company's downseizing plan, she cut off Human Resources Department and Customer Service Department, laid off all juniors, and reigned her own office with terrible reputation. To improve company's efficiency, she executed company's downseizing plan, and offended too many people.
She resigned her own office with terrible reputation, because she laid off 80% of staff, and those people who got fired, would hate her for the rest of their lives. She resigned her own office with terrible reputation, because those people who hated her, made up many rumors that concerned her.
She resigned her own office with terrible reputation, because she was considered as a burden to the company, and her terrible reputation might damage the company's benefit and affect the company's development.
Since she reigned her own office with terrible reputation, she was treated like disease. She was a huge trouble to the others, and nobody could settle her trouble for her, even if the wise knew the truth, but they remained in silence, for compared with the unwanted truth, the rumors were more acceptable to the public.
It's rumored that the reason she laid off 80% of staff, was because she chose to sacrifice millions of staff to save one company. It's rumored that the reason she laid off the old, the poor, the weak and the lowly, was because she chose to save the top 20%. It's rumored that the reason she had right to execute company's downseizing plan, was because she exchanged the power with her tempting flesh.
In truth, the reason she laid off 80% of staff, was because she chose to sacrifice her reputation to keep the heritage of company's tradition. The reason she laid off the old, the poor, the weak and the lowly, was because the rest of them were gonna face with this financial crisis on their own.
The reason she had right to execute company's downseizing plan, was because she exchanged the power with a promise. To save the heritage of company's tradition, it's required to survive through this global financial crisis. To survive through this global financial crisis, it's required to lay off 80% of staff.
It's a beautiful future after this global financial crisis, it's a rainbow after rainfall, that's what she promised the directors of Angel's Company. Global financial crisis was gone with grief time, the promising future was coming with booming business, this age was the best age for the public, yet this age was the worst age for Adeline.
Everybody was curious that what's Adeline's ending, whether it's a mournful ending or it's a happy ending. It's a mournful ending for Adeline, yet it's a happy ending for her enemies. To be labelled with a terrible reputation, nobody dared support her, in case they might be the next target to her enemies.
To meet with her basic needs, she borrowed one pound of gold from a moneylender one century ago. She signed an agreement, before the moneylender could lend her one pound of gold. To return two pounds of gold or to return two pounds of given chick's breast meat, it's up to the moneylender to decide.
She thought one century was long enough for her to make two pounds of gold, but she couldn't make enough money to settle her debt. She thought the moneylender just asked for two pounds of phoenix's breast meat, but the moneylender asked for two pounds of her own breast meat.
In angel's dictionary, chick could be chicken, and also could be unmarried young girl. According to their agreement, to return two pounds of gold or to return two pounds of given chick's breast meat, it's up the moneylender to decide. The moneylender Audrey had right to claim for two pounds of Adeline's breast meat.
The moneylender, Audrey who happened to be the former staff of Angel's Company, got fired by Adeline. She was supposed to work from nine to five in every working day, and enjoy her ordinary but stable life. However, she became a fallen angel, since that day she got fired by Adeline, and got transformed into a fallen angel by hatred.
The grievance between Audrey and Adeline started, since that day Audrey got fired by Adeline, and therefore she would hate Adeline for the rest of her life. The best thing that she had ever dreamed to do was to revenge Adeline, since that day she felt like her ordinary but stable was destroyed by Adeline.
The Chief Judge of Angel's City, Abigail who happened to be an old friend to Adeline. They had met with each other, before they were given with second life to rewrite their new chapter of life. They had a reunion at the Highest Court of Angel's City, and the Chief Judge of Angel's City Abigail happened to recognize Adeline.
Abigail agreed with the moneylender Audrey's requirement, that the moneylender Audrey had right to deserve two pounds of given chick's breast meat, even if it was two pounds of breast meat from Adeline. However, the moneylender Audrey had no right to take away one drop of blood, or else she would be accused of murder.