How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 136

Early in the morning, Yang Chen received a call from New York City in the United States.

It was Thomas Robinson, the president of Long American International Medical Group’s US headquarters, calling Yang Chen.

After some pleasantries, Thomas Robinson got to the point.

“Mr. Yang holds 20% of the shares, which is very important for the company’s decisions. I hope we can become allies in the future, and we will definitely give Mr. Yang enough benefits. Does Mr. Yang have an overseas account? We can deposit 1 million US dollars into your account every year, as long as you can stand with us at the shareholders’ meeting.”

*Foreigners are quite direct when discussing matters, openly offering to bribe him.*

The US side can distribute dividends of over a billion US dollars annually, so spending 1 million to buy off a shareholder with 20% equity is very cost-effective.

However, with Yang Chen’s current wealth, a mere million dollars wouldn’t attract him.

Moreover, Yang Chen is a Chinese citizen and will definitely prioritize standing with the Dragon Country [China] Medical Association.

Unless the US side offers too much that Yang Chen can’t refuse.

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “Mr. Robinson, don’t overthink it. I acquired so many shares not to support anyone, but because I value the profitability of Long American Hospital and hope for stable dividends in the future, nothing more.”

Thomas Robinson: “If Mr. Yang feels that 1 million US dollars per year is too little, you can name a price. As long as we find it appropriate, we will definitely meet your requirements.”

To quote a line from a movie, Yang Chen needs to drag it out. The longer he drags, the more benefits he’ll get.

“Mr. Robinson, I’ve already made my point clear, and I don’t want to say anymore. I have to go drive, so I’ll hang up.” Yang Chen refused again.

Thomas Robinson: “Drive? What does Mr. Yang do for a living? Why do you still need to drive a car to pick up passengers?”

“Ride-hailing driver!” Yang Chen replied and hung up the phone.

At this moment, in an office in New York City on the other side of the ocean.

“What? A ride-hailing driver? F*ck! Is Dragon Country so developed now? A ride-hailing driver can acquire 20% of Long American International Hospital Group? Damn it, Dragon Country people are too hypocritical. They are clearly very developed, but they insist on saying they are a developing country.”

Yang Chen was also helpless. He accidentally made his compatriots take the blame again…

Yang Chen tidied up and prepared to go out.

At this moment, Zhang Senmiao, the president of Long American Hospital’s Dragon Country region, also called Yang Chen.

Zhang Senmiao’s purpose in calling was the same as Thomas Robinson’s, to try to win Yang Chen’s 20% equity voting rights.

Yang Chen used the same reason to dismiss Zhang Senmiao and then drove out.

After running 10 trips, it was lunchtime.

Originally, Yang Chen wanted to eat something simple outside and then find a shady place to lie down for a while.

Yu Shishi called him, saying she had good news to tell him, and she had also cooked his meal, asking him to come home for lunch.

Yang Chen drove home.

Yu Shishi happily took out a letter of intent and handed it to Yang Chen.

“Hurry up and praise me! I negotiated the copyright fee for ‘You and the Spring Breeze are Both Passing Travelers’ to 2 million, which is a full 1 million less than your budget of 3 million! Am I amazing?” Yu Shishi said happily.

Yang Chen suddenly felt like he couldn’t breathe.

Yang Chen wanted to earn virtual currency by purchasing equity so he could withdraw more money as soon as possible.

Originally, 3 million was already very little, but Yu Shishi actually bargained the price down to 2 million!

Ah…

How could the leading online novelist not ask for a high price?

How could he be bargained down?

Where is the pride of being a leading figure?

Don’t do this again next time!

Seeing that Yang Chen seemed unhappy, Yu Shishi immediately asked, “Mr., is the price too high? Can it be lower? I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ll contact Ms. Yuan again to discuss it.”

Yang Chen quickly said, “No, don’t overthink it. I’m very satisfied with this price. I just feel that you’re so young, yet your ability to handle things is so strong. Isn’t it a bit of a waste to have you as my housekeeper?”

Yu Shishi immediately said happily, “That’s not true at all. I think being Mr.’s housekeeper is a kind of training and affirmation for me. I don’t think anyone can do this job, and I find it very challenging.”

“Haha… well said. Then I’ll give you another task. When you have time, go to Qidian [a popular Chinese web novel platform] and other websites to look at popular works, select some that you think have the potential to be adapted into film and television, and then buy them. If the cost is 2 million each, then buy about 20 books, and be sure to agree to pay the copyright fee in the form of gifts and rewards. In the future, I plan to open a film and television company, and we’ll reserve the scripts first. Do you understand what I mean?” Yang Chen said.

Yu Shishi nodded and replied, “Understood! Hehe… I didn’t expect Mr. to have such plans. Then can I make a cameo appearance in the future? Hehe…”

“With your conditions that can rival Liu Tianxian [a famous Chinese actress], it’s no problem to be the female lead!” Yang Chen praised.

“Haha… It feels so good to be praised by Mr. Mr., hurry up and wash up, we’ll have dinner soon!” Yu Shishi said happily and went into the kitchen to bring out the food.

Yang Chen didn’t want to waste time giving gifts to female streamers [live-streamers], so he decided to withdraw money by purchasing copyrights.

…

In the evening, Yang Chen dropped off a student at the university town.

Just as he was about to go home, Zhao Yun sent a message saying she needed a ride and asked if it was convenient for him.

Since he was already here, how could it not be convenient?

Yang Chen agreed and turned to look at the Normal University.

As he approached the main entrance, Yang Chen called Zhao Yun.

Yang Chen: “Hey, where are you? I’m almost at the main entrance.”

Zhao Yun: “I’m right at the entrance. I’m wearing a white T-shirt on top.”

Yang Chen: “Oh, where to?”

Zhao Yun: “Ah? That… to the root of the thigh here.”

Yang Chen chuckled and asked, “I’m asking where to go!”

Zhao Yun: “Oh, Yang-jiejie [a playful, gender-bending nickname], why are you so bad? I already said to the root of the thigh here, why are you still asking?”

Damn, Yang Chen really felt a bit dumbfounded.

“Big sister, I mean where do you want me to take you? I’m not asking how short your shorts are. What are you thinking? Why would I ask that?” Yang Chen explained in detail, feeling very helpless.

Zhao Yun was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into. It was too embarrassing.

At this moment,

Yang Chen’s car stopped on the side of the road not far in front of her and honked twice.

Zhao Yun quickly hung up the phone, covered her face, and ran over.

The students next to her sighed.

“Sigh… even Zhao Yun has fallen. Looking at her shy face, the person in the car must be very good at flirting.”

“Falling is not a big deal, but at least she should find someone who drives a luxury car. What’s the point of finding someone who drives a broken Passat?”

“The guy in the car must have a special skill, otherwise, how could he make her so shy?”

…

Zhao Yun got into the car, her face flushed, and said embarrassedly, “Yang-jiejie, I’m sorry, I… I misunderstood what you meant just now.”

“I’m really impressed by you, you old 6 [a slang term for someone who is sly or mischievous]. How could you think that I would ask you how short your shorts are?” Yang Chen asked with a smile.

Zhao Yun quickly said coquettishly, “Oh, don’t say it, I feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment.”

“Haha… then you still haven’t said where to go?” Yang Chen asked.

Zhao Yun quickly replied, “To the Oncology Hospital. My high school homeroom teacher has stomach cancer, and my classmates in Hai City agreed to visit her together.”

Yang Chen nodded and immediately drove to the Oncology Hospital.

When they arrived at the hospital, Yang Chen happened to need to pee, so he went in with her.

However, Yang Chen didn’t go to the ward with Zhao Yun, he just went to the restroom on the first floor.

When he came out, he ran into a familiar person wearing a patient gown, it was Chen Chunlan, his kindergarten teacher.

When Yang Chen was in kindergarten, his family lived in a villa area.

Chen Chunlan was a teacher at the kindergarten in the villa area and happened to be in charge of Yang Chen’s class.

Chen Chunlan’s ex-husband was also a businessman, and they also lived in the villa area at the time. The two families had a good relationship.

Later, Chen Chunlan’s husband had an affair, and she divorced him in anger.

Chen Chunlan was awarded the villa and lived with her daughter.

Later, when Yang Chen’s parents had an accident, everything in Yang Chen’s house was frozen by the creditors, and his life became a problem.

Because Yang Chen was in the third year of junior high school at the time and couldn’t go to Su City to live with his aunt, Chen Chunlan took him in and let him live in her house for more than a month.

Later, Yang Chen was admitted to the city’s key high school and usually lived at school, returning to the dilapidated house left to him by the court on weekends.

At first, Yang Chen would often visit Chen Chunlan and her daughter Zhang Yanni.

But during the winter vacation of his first year of high school, Yang Chen went to pay a New Year’s visit and found that Chen Chunlan and her daughter had sold the villa and moved away.

Since then, they had not seen each other again.

He didn’t expect to meet her here tonight, and she was wearing a patient gown…

“Teacher Chen!” Yang Chen called out.

Chen Chunlan looked at him carefully and immediately said in surprise, “Oh, isn’t this Yang Chen? Oh, child, I haven’t seen you in so many years. I didn’t expect to meet you here again.”

Chen Chunlan excitedly wanted to hug Yang Chen, but quickly retracted her arms.

She probably felt that she was a patient now and didn’t want Yang Chen to be contaminated with bad luck.

Yang Chen didn’t care about that. Even if she had an infectious disease, Yang Chen wouldn’t be infected.

So, Yang Chen took the initiative to hug Chen Chunlan and said, “Teacher Chen, long time no see. Why didn’t you tell me when you moved away back then?”

Chen Chunlan said with tears in her eyes, “At that time, Yanni’s father’s business failed and he owed a lot of money. The creditors couldn’t find him, so they came to harass us. Later, I had no choice but to sell the villa at a low price overnight and move away. I originally wanted to notify you, but I thought I might be in trouble myself, so I didn’t want to involve you. Good boy, you’ve grown so tall and handsome. Haha… Do you have a girlfriend?”

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “Not yet. Teacher Chen, what happened to you?”

Chen Chunlan wiped her tears and said with a smile, “I’m at the end of my life, terminal liver cancer.”

Yang Chen’s heart skipped a beat. Although he had guessed that her situation was not good, he still felt very uncomfortable when he heard her say terminal liver cancer.

Cancer is not incurable, but the probability of curing it in the late stage is very small. At most, it’s just conservative treatment to prolong life.

Maybe because he lived in her house for more than a month, the feelings were not ordinary, so Yang Chen’s eyes also became moist.

Chen Chunlan quickly smiled and patted Yang Chen’s arm, saying, “It’s okay, the teacher is old enough. What are you doing here?”

“I just dropped off a friend.” Yang Chen replied.

Chen Chunlan nodded and asked again, “Do you have time now? Come up with me for a while, Yanni should be here soon. You haven’t seen each other in many years, so while the teacher is still alive, you should keep in touch.”

Chen Chunlan knew that her days were numbered, and the thing she was most worried about now was her daughter Zhang Yanni.

She specifically asked Yang Chen if he had a girlfriend, actually wanting to entrust her daughter to him.

Chen Chunlan was not familiar with other boys and didn’t know their backgrounds.

Yang Chen was someone she had watched grow up to 15 years old, and now he was also a talented person. Moreover, they had some origins, so she was naturally more at ease entrusting her daughter to Yang Chen.

If the two had chemistry, it would be best if they could be together.

If the two really didn’t have chemistry, she hoped that Yang Chen could take care of Zhang Yanni in the days to come, considering that she had taken him in for more than a month.

He had nothing to do in the evening, and it was not easy to reunite with the teacher, and she was still in this state, so Yang Chen definitely wanted to stay and chat with her.

Yang Chen followed Chen Chunlan to the ward, which was already full of people, and Zhao Yun was actually there.

Obviously, Chen Chunlan and Zhao Yun’s high school homeroom teacher were both staying in this ward.

Zhao Yun quickly asked, “Huh? Yang-jiejie, why did you come up?”

Everyone looked shocked. What was this address?

Sister?

Isn’t this purely a man?

Yang Chen was also speechless. It was okay to call him that when no one was around, but there were so many people here, didn’t he need face?

Zhao Yun quickly explained, “Let me introduce you, this is my bestie Yang Chen, he just dropped me off.”

The classmates suddenly understood.

“Oh, a bestie, I understand.”

“A male bestie! Got it, got it.”

“Those who understand, understand.”

…

Zhao Yun was too lazy to explain so much to them, as long as she knew what was going on.

Zhao Yun’s high school classmate Yang Tianming frowned and stared at Yang Chen.

Everyone knew what a so-called male bestie was.

Although there was no lover’s name, they would do things that lovers could do.

If a male bestie asked, they would really give it.

Anyway, in their opinion, it didn’t count as giving as long as they wore it.

Yang Tianming liked the beautiful Zhao Yun in high school.

However, Zhao Yun’s family conditions were very ordinary, and studying hard was her only chance to get ahead.

Yang Tianming’s family was well-off, his father was in business, and his uncle was in politics.

He was just going to school as a formality, and he would inherit the family property in the future.

Yang Tianming pursued Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun’s mind was all on studying and never agreed to him.

Now that Zhao Yun was about to graduate from college, Yang Tianming rekindled the idea of pursuing her when they met again.

So, hearing Zhao Yun say that Yang Chen was her male bestie, Yang Tianming was furious.

How could a young master like Yang Tianming not understand what a so-called male bestie was?

So, he especially hated Yang Chen now and prayed that Yang Chen had not taken Zhao Yun’s first blood.

Yang Tianming had no advantages. His only confidence was his family background.

So, no matter who he met, he would first inquire about the other person’s identity and background.

If the other person was stronger than him, he would be a lackey to please them, or he would simply not play with them.

If the other person was weaker than him, he would get excited and definitely play well with them, and then show off in front of them.

He really liked the feeling of showing off, and he also liked the voices of others praising and envying him, and he enjoyed the helplessness of others who couldn’t stand him but couldn’t do anything about it.

Not long ago, someone on the Internet exposed a young master showing off his wealth, eating with some big shots, drinking very expensive tea, etc., and he also specifically set it to be only open to women in his circle of friends, and men couldn’t see the dynamics he posted.

Ordinary people couldn’t understand his behavior, but he just liked this feeling.

Yang Tianming asked, “Zhao Yun, what does your male bestie do?”

Zhao Yun immediately replied, “Ride-hailing driver.”

Of course, Zhao Yun knew that Yang Chen’s real identity was not a ride-hailing driver, but she didn’t know what his real identity was, so she could only say that he was a ride-hailing driver.

As soon as he heard that Yang Chen was just a ride-hailing driver, Yang Tianming instantly became confident.

“Brother, hello, my name is Yang Tianming, and I’m Zhao Yun’s high school classmate. Let’s keep in touch and help each other in the future.” Yang Tianming said with a smile.

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and didn’t say anything.

He wanted to help each other after only meeting once, he was dreaming.

Yang Tianming felt that Yang Chen was just a ride-hailing driver, and he had ten thousand ways to drive Yang Chen away from Zhao Yun.

Chen Chunlan felt very sorry. Yang Chen had always had good grades since he was a child, and his family conditions were also good. He should have had a bright future.

Unfortunately…

Fate was tricking people, and the accidental death of his parents changed his life trajectory.

At this time, Zhao Yun’s high school teacher Wang Tingting waved to Chen Chunlan to say hello.

“Teacher Chen, I’m sorry to bother you again.”

Chen Chunlan replied with a smile, “It’s okay. You’re still comfortable, you’ve taught so many students, and it’s really useful at critical moments. The students who come to see you come one after another. I’m different. So far, only this one student has come to see me.”

Wang Tingting: “Haha… I teach high school, and the children are sensible. You teach kindergarten, and the children are not sensible yet. This student of yours is handsome and tall, and has a lot of temperament. This student is friends with my student Zhao Yun, and we live in the same ward, isn’t this all fate? Let’s not distinguish between each other, let’s just treat the children as coming to see both of us.”

Chen Chunlan: “Haha… okay, okay, then I’ll be happy too.”

Just as she was talking, a tall, long-haired, oval-faced beauty walked in. She was Chen Chunlan’s daughter Zhang Yanni.

As soon as Zhang Yanni came in, she instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

Yang Tianming’s saliva was about to drip down. This guy was a Teddy [a slang term for a man who is overly eager for women], and he wanted to get on any beautiful girl he saw.

Although Zhao Yun looked good and had a pair of big breasts, her height was a bit lacking.

Zhang Yanni was tall, and she had been carefully cultivated by her mother since she was a child, and the temperament she revealed completely crushed Zhao Yun.

In addition, Zhang Yanni’s appearance was not inferior to Zhao Yun, so naturally she became the focus of the audience.

Chen Chunlan happily greeted, “Yanni, look who this is.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and said, “Yanni, long time no see, it’s been ten years.”

Zhang Yanni stared at Yang Chen carefully for a few seconds and shouted in surprise, “Brother Chen!”

Since her mother fell ill, Zhang Yanni had to go to school and work part-time, and she also had to take care of her mother, which really exhausted this girl who had been pampered since she was a child.

So, seeing Yang Chen appear in front of her again, she felt that the suppressed emotions in her heart burst out all at once, and she stepped forward and hugged Yang Chen and cried.

Yang Chen gently patted Zhang Yanni’s back and comforted, “Yanni, don’t cry, don’t cry. With Brother Chen here, everything will be fine.”

Zhao Yun’s face looked a little ugly.

The classmates joked.

“Zhao Yun, your male bestie also has a childhood sweetheart.”

“Wow, this plot has a bit of a youth idol drama flavor.”

“Just a bestie, it doesn’t matter, oh?”

…

Zhao Yun forced a smile and said, “Of course. He’s just my male bestie, not my boyfriend. Of course, he can have his own social circle.”

Yang Tianming was very upset and thought to himself, “This kid is really lucky, a broken ride-hailing driver actually has such a beautiful and well-built childhood sweetheart. The key is that he already has a childhood sweetheart, why does he still want to mess with Zhao Yun? It’s really annoying. It’s the same to drive you away once or twice, I’ll snatch your childhood sweetheart too. Beautiful women should be played by people with money and power, you’re just a broken ride-hailing driver, it’s enough for you to eat three meals a day, why are you dating such a high-quality beauty? Don’t you understand the lesson of Wu Dalang [a character in Chinese literature who was betrayed by his wife]? Just because you’re handsome? That’s right, I admit you’re a bit handsome, but can being handsome be eaten? Can being handsome be used as money, can it be used as power?”

This grandson was just short of writing the word “jealousy” on his face.

At this time, a team of medical staff came to the door.

Everyone quickly made room for them to come in.

The leader was Director Niu Miaochun, who was also the attending physician of Chen Chunlan and Wang Tingting.

Niu Miaochun: “You two, we have discussed your conditions. Your situations are similar. Theoretically speaking, there is still a possibility of saving your lives with surgery. But I’m sorry, I don’t have the courage to give you surgery.”

Chen Chunlan and Wang Tingting were both approaching fifty years old, and long-term chemotherapy had made their bodies weaker and weaker.

It was not difficult to give them surgery, but it was difficult to guarantee the success rate and whether their bodies could support them to get off the operating table.

In fact, everyone knew that doctors were afraid of taking responsibility.

In this case, Niu Miaochun felt that the risk of surgery was too high, and failure might bring huge trouble to him and the hospital.

Therefore, he deliberately said that there was a theoretical possibility, the purpose was to recommend them to try a more awesome hospital.

Yang Tianming immediately asked, “Then you said there is a theoretical possibility, why don’t you have the courage to perform surgery on them? Director Niu, you are an authoritative expert in the industry. If even you are not sure, who else can we turn to? Please think of a way, I’ll have my dad donate more money to your hospital later.”

Damn, he started to show off.

Niu Miaochun smiled and said, “Thank you, Young Master Yang. I am an authoritative expert, but their situation is beyond my ability. I said the theoretical possibility is because they do have the possibility of surgery, but they need to change to better doctors and hospitals, and it is very testing of your social relations and wealth reserves.”

Everyone asked questions, asking Niu Miaochun to say directly which hospital and doctor to change to.

“My dad is the chairman of the Seaborne Moon chain supermarket, and my second uncle is the deputy director of the Administration for Industry and Commerce. There is absolutely no need to worry about social relations. Just say it directly, there is no relationship I can’t handle!” Yang Tianming said very confidently.

This was Niu Miaochun’s purpose, and he quickly said, “Long American International Hospital!”

Yang Chen’s eyes lit up. If this hospital could save the teacher, then things would be easy.