How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 106

Liu Xueman and Zhao Wenbo remained silent, though both clearly doubted Yang Chen’s words.

How could someone who could afford a Bugatti Veyron be driving for a ride-sharing service?

Zhao Wenbo asked with a forced smile, “Brother, you’re so rich, why are you driving for a ride-sharing service?”

“I’m not particularly ambitious; I just enjoy this free and easy lifestyle,” Yang Chen replied, smiling.

*Good heavens*, no ambition, and he can afford a car worth tens of millions?!

If he *did* have ambition, wouldn’t he be buying a plane?

Liu Xueman immediately jumped in, “Then, can I see your Bugatti Veyron? Seriously, I’ve never seen such an expensive car in my life. I’m Xueqing’s childhood friend; can you grant me this wish?”

“Some other time. It’s too late today, and I live quite far from here,” Yang Chen replied.

A sly smile crept onto Liu Xueman’s face. “Then it’s settled. Before we leave Haicheng, you *must* let me see a car worth tens of millions.”

Yang Chen nodded. “No problem.”

Liu Xueqing looked at Yang Chen, wondering to herself, “What’s this guy’s background? He’s so rich; why does he still drive for a ride-sharing service?”

Soon, they arrived at the Peninsula Hotel.

Because Liu Xueman had luggage, they needed to check in first, drop off their bags, and then come down to eat.

Yang Chen sat in the waiting area, looking for an opportunity to leave. Getting them here was already doing Liu Xueqing a favor.

Suddenly, an argument erupted at the front desk.

Yang Chen turned to see Liu Xueman arguing with the front desk clerk.

Liu Xueman: “We booked on Meituan [a Chinese e-commerce platform]. Why aren’t you giving us a room?”

Front Desk Clerk: “Miss, I’ve already explained it to you. On weekends and holidays, you need to make a reservation two hours in advance. It’s clearly stated on our booking information page. You came without a reservation, and now there are no rooms available.”

Liu Xueman: “I’m not booking a room for the first time. I’ve never encountered needing to call in advance to make a reservation.”

Front Desk Clerk: “If it’s a weekday, you can indeed get a room without a reservation. But on weekends and holidays, it’s not guaranteed. If you don’t call in advance to make a reservation, we won’t deliberately reserve a room for you.”

Liu Xueman: “This is your responsibility; it has nothing to do with us.”

Front Desk Clerk: “I’m sorry, miss, we clearly stated it on the Meituan booking information page. It’s your own fault for not following the rules; the responsibility isn’t ours.”

At that moment, the customer service manager arrived.

After understanding the situation, she patiently explained it to Liu Xueman.

However, Liu Xueman had grown accustomed to being arrogant since getting together with Zhao Wenbo and refused to listen to any explanations.

The manager could only offer her two options:

First, downgrade the room, and they would be refunded the difference.

Second, upgrade the room, but they would need to pay the difference.

These options were quite reasonable, considering the hotel wasn’t at fault.

However, Liu Xueman was unwilling to pay extra, nor was she willing to downgrade the room. She implied that the hotel should upgrade her to a suite without requiring her to pay anything more.

Of course, the hotel manager wouldn’t agree to that. Letting her stay in a 998 [likely referring to the price in RMB] room for a 788 fee? How was that possible?

Yang Chen really couldn’t stand it anymore, so he got up and walked over.

When the manager saw Yang Chen coming, she quickly stepped forward, bowed, and greeted him.

“Mr. Yang, good evening. What brings you here?” the manager asked.

“I brought them here to stay at the hotel. I heard that they didn’t make a reservation in advance according to the rules, and now there are no 788 rooms available for them, is that right?” Yang Chen asked.

The manager nodded. “Yes! Are they Mr. Yang’s friends?”

“Sort of,” Yang Chen replied.

The manager quickly said, “Then I’ll immediately upgrade them to a 998 room for free. Come, quickly upgrade them…”

Yang Chen immediately shouted, “Wait a minute!”

Everyone looked at him.

The manager quickly asked, “How does Mr. Yang want to handle this?”

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “Our Peninsula Hotel is a well-known brand, after all. If we don’t follow any rules, how can we continue to operate? If other guests who booked a 788 room come and demand to stay in a 998 room, do we still want to do business?”

The manager was a little puzzled. “So, Mr. Yang means…?”

“The responsibility isn’t ours; there’s no need to compromise! Our Peninsula Hotel doesn’t lack guests; one more or one less doesn’t matter. We’ll do things according to the rules!” Yang Chen replied.

The manager was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood and quickly said, “Understood!”

She turned to Liu Xueman. “Ladies, I’m sorry, the responsibility isn’t with our hotel; we don’t need to compromise with you. If you really can’t accept my solution, you can apply for a refund now.”

Liu Xueman quickly asked, “Yang Chen, what do you mean? Aren’t you going to help us?”

“It doesn’t mean anything, just handling things according to the rules! Xueqing, I’m leaving first; you take good care of them.” After Yang Chen finished speaking, he smiled at Liu Xueqing, then turned and left.

Liu Xueqing wanted to chase after him, but because Liu Xueman was still there, she had to stop.

Liu Xueqing quickly asked, “Manager, why are you so polite to him?”

The manager quickly replied, “You are Mr. Yang’s friends; don’t you know his identity? Mr. Yang is the second-largest shareholder of our group. You all heard just now; Mr. Yang said to handle things according to the rules. Therefore, since you didn’t make a reservation in advance, we have the right to refuse service. Of course, you can now choose to change to a 688 or 998 suite, with refunds or additional charges based on actual consumption.”

Liu Xueqing and the others were immediately dumbfounded.

Yang Chen is actually the second-largest shareholder of a listed company?

Zhao Wenbo quickly asked, “Xueqing, what does your boyfriend do? Why is he so rich, but he still drives for a ride-sharing service?”

*I want to know why too!*

Liu Xueqing replied awkwardly, “We just started dating; I don’t know much about him either.”

Liu Xueman complained, “Xueqing, since your boyfriend is the second-largest shareholder of the hotel, why doesn’t he help us and even wants to kick us out?”

Liu Xueqing said helplessly, “You guys have been showing off since you got in the car. It’s already very good that my boyfriend has maintained his gentlemanly demeanor all along, okay? What’s wrong with him handling things according to the rules?”

Liu Xueman was speechless.

It seems that this trip to Haicheng was in vain; instead of showing off, they were “screwed” instead.

The room manager next to her sized up Liu Xueqing, thinking, “Mr. Yang is young, handsome, and rich; how could he be interested in such a girl? She looks very ordinary. Do rich people all have this kind of taste?”

…

Yang Chen drove back home.

After taking a shower, Xue Yinong came over with a pot of mung bean soup.

“Mr. Yang, am I disturbing you? Aunt Lan made mung bean soup, and I saved some for you. It’s hot; drinking some mung bean soup can relieve the heat,” Xue Yinong said with a smile.

“Miss Xue is too kind; come in,” Yang Chen said, smiling.

The two entered the house.

Yang Chen poured a bowl of mung bean soup and drank it all, then praised, “Aunt Lan’s cooking is great. This mung bean soup is very delicious.”

Xue Yinong said with a smile, “If Mr. Yang likes it, you can go over and drink it every day in the future.”

“I’ll definitely go when I have time,” Yang Chen replied, smiling.

Xue Yinong seemed to have something to say, but she hesitated.

Yang Chen knew what she wanted to say, so he took the initiative. “By the way, Hong, the housekeeper, reported Zhang Yaowu’s matter to you, right?”

Xue Yinong nodded. “Yes! He reported it. I came for this matter. I’m very sorry that I couldn’t help you resolve this matter in advance, and you had to do it yourself.”

“Haha… Miss Xue, don’t say that. I should be the one saying sorry for not giving you time to sell the shares,” Yang Chen said.

“Mr. Yang does things decisively and with strong methods; I admire you very much. I promised to help you deal with Yaowu Group before, but I couldn’t do it, so that promise is still valid. In the future, if Mr. Yang needs anything, just tell me, and I will definitely not disappoint you like this time,” Xue Yinong said very firmly.

The main reason was that Yang Chen showed his strength today. He could actually command the Aegis Security Group to do things; his background is truly unfathomable.

Therefore, Xue Yinong’s father, Xue Wanhong, wanted to win over Yang Chen even more.

He even told his daughter to take the initiative to give Yang Chen a promise to bind their relationship with Yang Chen.

Yang Chen, based on the principle of having more friends and more paths, of course, wouldn’t refuse Xue Yinong’s overtures.

“Haha… Okay, then I will definitely ask Miss Xue for help if I have any trouble in the future. Of course, if there is anything I can do to help, Miss Xue can also speak up at any time. Since we are neighbors, we should help each other,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Xue Yinong nodded very happily with a smile. “Then it’s settled!”

…

After Xue Yinong left, Yang Chen lay on the bed, thinking.

Yang Chen’s industries are becoming more and more numerous, and it doesn’t seem appropriate to just ignore them.

But his main job now is definitely still driving for a ride-sharing service, and he can’t possibly manage the company.

Therefore, after thinking about it, he felt that he should set up a management company.

Divide the employees into groups, and each group of employees manages a company.

Yang Chen doesn’t need to ask about the company on weekdays; the leader of each group is responsible for reporting the situation of the company they manage to Yang Chen every day.

But to set up such a management company certainly can’t be done overnight, and Yang Chen can’t do it all by himself.

Therefore, what he lacks most at the moment should be a personal butler who can do those trivial things for him.

This butler should have strong work ability and be very obedient.

In addition to understanding management and finance, it would be best if they could also do laundry and cook so that Yang Chen doesn’t have to do these small things every day when he comes back.

“It’s decided; I’ll go to the talent market tomorrow. I’ll personally pick an excellent personal butler to come back!” Yang Chen muttered to himself.