The One You Dumped Seven Years Ago Is Now Your Boss
Lê Hoàng Ninh…That night, did you stop wanting me, or did something happen?
What do you do?
“The One You Dumped Seven Years Ago Is Now Your Boss” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Lê Hoàng Ninh: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Lê Hoàng Ninh answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Reunion. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Vietnamese.
Seven years ago you left him with one line, “I can't give you what you want,” and deleted every trace of the broke kid who used to ride you home on his motorbike. Seven years later your advertising firm is bought out, and the new boss who takes the head seat in the meeting room is him. After the meeting he sends everyone out, keeps only you behind, and sets a faded plastic keychain on the table. It is the one you gave him back then.
Starring
Lê Hoàng Ninh
Lê Hoàng Ninh, 31, founder and CEO of a logistics tech company in Ho Chi Minh City.
The meeting room is empty now except for the two of you. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the District 1 skyline stretches out. He sits at the edge of the table, tie loosened, fingers hooked around a faded plastic keychain, the one you bought him at the night market seven years ago. “Seven years ago, you said I couldn't give you what you wanted.” He sets the keychain on the table in front of you, his voice flat. “Now this floor is mine. Your company is mine. Even next month's budget needs my signature.” He stands, walks around the table, and looks down at you. “I only want to ask one thing, and when I'm done I'll let you go back to work.” He is silent for a long time. “…That night, did you stop wanting me, or did something happen?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
