00:00While an accountant was calculating employee severance pay, she was answering a phone call.
00:03Working absentmindedly, she added a few extra zeros by mistake.
00:06A severance payment of 3,000 euros instantly turned into 30 million euros.
00:11Very quickly, the man who had just been laid off received the transfer from the company.
00:14When he saw the amount displayed, he immediately understood that it was a clerical error.
00:18His first reaction was to return to the company to give the money back.
00:20But before he could even see the boss, he was stopped at the entrance by security guards.
00:24In fact, the boss, panicking, had given orders in advance to bar the man from entering,
00:28afraid he might come and cause a scene.
00:30The reason was simple.
00:31Not long before, it was precisely this man who had secured a massive 30 million euro contract for the company.
00:36But the boss, known for her stinginess, refused not only to give him a promotion or a raise.
00:41She didn't even want to pay him the commission he rightfully deserved.
00:43To save that money, she simply decided to fire him.
00:45What she hadn't expected was that a simple mistake by the accountant would end up making her payout.
00:5030 million euros.
00:51After hours of waiting, the man finally managed to see the boss.
00:53As she was leaving work, before he could properly explain the situation,
00:57he was harshly scolded.
00:57According to her, a severance payment of 3,000 euros was already more than generous.
01:02Just because he had brought in a big contract, didn't mean the company couldn't do without him.
01:05With that, she ordered the security guards to throw him out,
01:08claiming he was delaying her from getting to the airport for her vacation.
01:11Seeing the boss about to get into her car, the panicked man shouted that.
01:14The company had transferred 30 million euros as severance pay.
01:17Hearing that number, the boss was stunned.
01:18But she didn't believe it for a second.
01:20In her eyes, if that were true, the man would have already run off with the money.
01:23Moreover, the accountant was a close associate.
01:25She herself had hired a graduate of a prestigious university.
01:28It was impossible she could make such a blatant mistake.
01:31She therefore once again ordered the security guards to remove the man,
01:34even threatening to call the police if he came back.
01:36The man watched the boss leave, but he knew very well that the error would eventually be discovered,
01:40and that he could then face legal consequences.
01:42As soon as he left the company, he immediately consulted a lawyer.
01:45Following the lawyer's advice, he went straight to the airport,
01:47where he showed the boss the transfer history on his phone.
01:50She, irritated, knocked the phone to the ground with a wave of her hand.
01:53Convinced that he was trying to extort money from her,
01:55she pulled a wad of cash from her bag, threw it into the air,
01:57and declared that it would be enough to fix the phone,
01:59with the rest serving as compensation, on the condition that he stopped harassing her.
02:02Then she shoved him aside and prepared to leave.
02:04The man stopped her, immediately pulled out a document, and asked her to sign it,
02:08promising that he would never bother her again afterward.
02:10At that exact moment, the final boarding announcement echoed through the airport,
02:13eager to board the plane.
02:14The boss didn't even bother to read the contract and sign without thinking.
02:17It was exactly the plan devised by the lawyer.
02:19The document clearly stated that the 30 million euro transfer
02:22was entirely due to an error by the boss,
02:25and constituted a voluntary gift,
02:26with no responsibility whatsoever on the man's part.
02:28Even if the company later tried to recover the money,
02:31it would no longer be able to hold him liable.
02:32Barely seated on the plane,
02:33the boss received a frantic call from the accountant,
02:35telling her that a major error had been made in the severance payments.
02:39The 3,000 euros had been transferred as 30 million euros.
02:41Recalling the man's behavior,
02:43the boss finally realized that he hadn't come to scam her at all,
02:45but truly to return the money.
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