The day Shen Ning set out to humiliate Lu Zhi in front of a client was the second Friday in July. Shengyao Group's semi-annual client appreciation event was held in the banquet hall of the Shangri-La Hotel. Marketing directors and heads of brand teams from major accounts filled the room—more than three hundred people, glasses raised, lights blazing. Lu Zhi took the stage on behalf of the Ruichi project team. She wore a sharply cut black suit dress, hair pinned up, makeup precise, heels thin a...