How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 155

Zhang Yang was still a bit bewildered and whispered, “Brother Chen, they’re calling you General Manager Yang?”

Yang Chen nodded. “That’s right! Did I not mention it? Life’s full of surprises; try not to be so pessimistic.”

“Haha… I knew my idol couldn’t really be a Didi [ride-hailing service] driver. He’s definitely some extraordinary big shot! Brother Chen, you’re so sly, so good at hiding it. Did you intentionally let Chen Liang show off and then embarrass himself? That’s so wicked, but I love it. That’s how Brother Chen should be in my mind!” Zhang Yang gushed like a devoted fan.

Yang Chen smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and walked over to greet Zhang Chunfa.

“General Manager Zhang, hello,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Zhang Chunfa quickly stepped forward, took Yang Chen’s hand, and shook it warmly. Then, he introduced him, “General Manager Yang, allow me to introduce you. This is Liang Xiuyun, General Manager of the Haicheng branch of Shengjin Investment Bank from the United States. Shengjin is looking to invest in Jinshan Resort, and General Manager Liang came specifically to inspect it. General Manager Liang saw your car in the parking lot and was looking for you everywhere. I didn’t realize General Manager Yang was also the owner of the Haishang Financial Building. It’s truly unexpected and eye-opening.”

Liang Xiuyun quickly shook hands with Yang Chen and greeted him, saying, “Hello, General Manager Yang. I’ve been looking for you for ages. My secretary seems to have vanished while trying to find you.”

Yang Chen smiled. “Hello, General Manager Liang. I’m really sorry. I was a bit slow getting back because I was tired from boating on the lake. I apologize for keeping you two general managers waiting. Oh, and you all, sorry for the wait.”

Chen Liang and his group looked shocked and speechless.

Liang Xiuyun: “General Manager Yang, do you know Chen Liang and the others?”

Yang Chen: “Yes, we’re alumni from the University of Finance and Economics. I was the Minister of the External Relations Department of the Student Union back then, and Chen Liang was my Deputy Minister. The others were staff members. Now that Chen Liang has returned from abroad and found a job as a Vice President at your Shengjin, he wanted to invite us out for a gathering.”

Liang Xiuyun was a veteran who had seen it all. Of course, she understood what was happening.

She immediately understood that Chen Liang was leveraging his position as Vice President of Shengjin Investment Bank to deliberately show off in front of these people.

Showing off in front of his former superior would definitely be satisfying.

It was a pity he knew nothing about Yang Chen, which was simply ridiculous.

“Chen Liang, since you know General Manager Yang, why didn’t you tell me?” Liang Xiuyun asked.

Chen Liang quickly replied, “I didn’t know that General Manager Liang was looking for him. Besides, he’s a Didi driver; how could he be any kind of General Manager Yang?”

Liang Xiuyun frowned and scolded, “Nonsense! How can you talk like that? Apologize to General Manager Yang immediately!”

Chen Liang was stunned, shocked, and dumbfounded.

He just questioned him, and now he has to apologize to Yang Chen?

He’s a returned student [a person who studied abroad and returned to their home country] with a master’s degree in finance, reaching the peak of his life at twenty-five, and he’s supposed to be humble?

Chen Liang: “I’m just asking; he really is a Didi driver.”

Liang Xiuyun: “The Haishang Financial Building that our company rents is General Manager Yang’s, didn’t you know? I came to inspect Jinshan Resort this time to discuss investment and shareholding with General Manager Yang. The place you’re standing on now belongs to General Manager Yang, do you understand?”

Everyone was stunned.

This resort is actually Yang Chen’s?

He also owns a building?

Chen Liang’s company rents office space in his building?

Everyone quickly tried to remember if they had said anything wrong. If they had, they needed to apologize to Yang Chen quickly.

Yang Chen is the real big shot; Chen Liang is just an employee!

Yang Chen quickly said, “General Manager Liang, there’s no need to be so strict. They were all my subordinates, all my own people; no need to be so formal. Besides, Chen Liang is right; I usually drive for Didi as a hobby when I have nothing to do. So, no need to apologize.”

Liang Xiuyun: “Oh, I understand, I understand. I didn’t expect General Manager Yang to have reached the peak of his life at such a young age and now be experiencing life to the fullest.”

Chen Liang is right; Yang Chen is indeed a Didi driver, but he’s experiencing life, not the kind of professional Didi driver who makes a living from it, as everyone thinks.

At the same age, they’re still working hard for their jobs, and Yang Chen has already begun to experience life. The gap is too big.

Zhou Yu and the others saw the situation reversed and quickly came to Yang Chen’s side, standing behind Yang Chen with Zhang Yang.

Chen Liang, who had experienced less than an hour of being the center of attention, instantly returned to being crushed by Yang Chen, just like in school.

“No! This isn’t true; this can’t be true! I waited for three years, and finally, I was defeated by Yang Chen for the fifth time? God, this isn’t the result I wanted! Why did you give birth to Yu, when there is Liang! [a reference to the Three Kingdoms period, implying that Chen Liang is overshadowed by Yang Chen, just as Zhou Yu was by Zhuge Liang] Why am I always crushed by him? I’m not convinced! Why does he have everything without working hard? Why am I always defeated by him when I work so hard? It’s not fair!” Chen Liang shouted in his heart.

It has to be said that this guy has a lot of inner drama, comparing himself to Zhou Yu and Yang Chen to Zhuge Liang.

Even if Yang Chen is Zhuge Liang, Chen Liang isn’t worthy of being Zhou Yu; he thinks too highly of himself.

Zhang Chunfa: “You two general managers, it’s quite hot outside; let’s go to the private room to chat.”

Liang Xiuyun: “Okay! General Manager Yang, would you do me the honor of having a meal together?”

Yang Chen shook his head. “I’m sorry, noon might not work. I came with these old friends, and I definitely want to have dinner with them. Chen Liang specially ordered organic fish from Qiandao Lake; we’ll have a whole fish feast for lunch, and there are dozens of pounds of chopped pepper fish head.”

Yang Chen’s words were like sharp blades slashing at Chen Liang’s heart again and again. It’s ridiculous for an employee to show off in front of a big shot who owns a building.

Liang Xiuyun was embarrassed that her initiative to invite Yang Chen to dinner was rejected.

So, she turned her head and rolled her eyes at Chen Liang.

Chen Liang was confused again.

He felt that he had done nothing; why did the general manager roll her eyes at him?

Eh?

The problem is that he *did* do nothing.

The general manager invited Yang Chen to dinner, and Yang Chen refused because he wanted to eat with Chen Liang and the others. At this time, if Chen Liang was a little more flexible, shouldn’t he take the initiative to invite the general manager to join his dinner party?

A word can eliminate the general manager’s embarrassment and allow her to have dinner with Yang Chen as she wished. He couldn’t see such a good opportunity to perform; no wonder the general manager rolled her eyes at him!

Zhang Chunfa laughed and said, “Why doesn’t Mr. Chen invite us to join your dinner party?”

Chen Liang then reacted and quickly nodded. “Yes, yes, General Manager Liang and General Manager Zhang, let’s eat together.”

Liang Xiuyun glared at Chen Liang sharply, then smiled and asked Yang Chen, “General Manager Yang, I wonder if it’s convenient?”

“This is Chen Liang’s dinner party; he can decide if it’s okay. I have no opinion,” Yang Chen replied with a smile.

Liang Xiuyun: “Haha… That’s great; then thank you, General Manager Yang, for your kindness. Let’s go; let’s go to the private room now. It’s quite hot outside; let’s talk in the private room.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile. Liang Xiuyun and Zhang Chunfa walked in front with him on either side, and the others followed behind.

“Wow, I didn’t expect Brother Chen to be so awesome; he’s too low-key.”

“Brother Chen has always been this kind of person; no matter how good he is, he’s always good at hiding and never shows off.”

“That’s right; he looked like he didn’t want anything in school, but he always won. I can’t help but admire him.”

…

These words made Chen Liang feel very heartbroken.

Yang Chen didn’t want anything; Chen Liang wanted everything, but Yang Chen always got it, and Chen Liang always lost. It was too miserable.

He thought that he could come back after three years of hard work to wash away his shame, but he didn’t expect that he didn’t even have the qualifications to talk to Yang Chen now.

Chen Liang said unconvincingly, “Brother Chen is too boring; he’s obviously so awesome, but he has to pretend to be poor. He’s like this; he always likes to play the pig to eat the tiger [pretending to be weak to deceive the enemy], there’s no novelty at all.”

Zhang Yang quickly spoke up for Yang Chen, saying, “But we didn’t give him a chance to speak. From the moment we met, you’ve been praising Brother Liang, and Brother Chen has hardly had a chance to speak. The only chance to speak was when he admitted that he was a Didi driver. But he said it himself; he is indeed a Didi driver now, and he didn’t deliberately deceive us. It’s just that we didn’t expect him to be experiencing life.”

Everyone nodded; that’s indeed how it was.

If you want to blame someone, blame Chen Liang for showing off too consistently. He has been showing off since everyone met, and he continued to show off until Brother Chen came back from the lake, without giving Brother Chen a chance to speak at all.

Chen Liang cursed in his heart: “Damn, a bunch of fence-sitters! When you were flattering me, you didn’t say that, and you didn’t have this attitude. Now that you think I’ve lost again, you’ve all changed your faces. Damn it!”

Everyone came to the private room, and the kitchen began to serve dishes.

The bighead carp that Chen Liang had painstakingly planned to show off by catching and transporting from Qiandao Lake arrived, as well as the chopped pepper fish head weighing twenty or thirty pounds.

I have to say, it looks delicious.

Originally, Chen Liang felt that he should sit at the head of the table for this dinner, and others should pour wine for him.

Now it’s good; it’s his turn to be the wine commander, not only to pour wine for everyone but also to toast Yang Chen and the other two.

Chen Liang raised his glass and said, “General Manager Liang, I’ll toast you.”

Liang Xiuyun’s eyes widened suddenly, and she said angrily, “Do you understand etiquette? General Manager Yang is here; how can you toast me first? I’ve long said that your ability isn’t enough to be competent for this position, and I asked you to train more in the grassroots positions. But you’re unwilling, and you have to instigate my daughter to beg me for the position of vice president. Tell me, are you competent for this position? I’m under great pressure to promote you to vice president, and you don’t even understand the most basic personal relationships. How can I let you continue to be the vice president?”

Zhang Yang and others looked at each other, listening to this, they were going to remove Chen Liang from the position of vice president.

It turned out that he relied on a woman to get to the top, listening to him bragging as if he was so awesome.

Chen Liang quickly said to Yang Chen, “Yang… Brother Chen, I’ll toast you this glass.”

Yang Chen waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then said, “We’re all our own people; no need to be so polite. To be honest, after I had dinner with my university classmates before, I suddenly felt that it was boring to show off in front of my classmates. Now I think it’s a little funny how I used to show off by rinsing my mouth with two bottles of good wine [a display of wealth]. It’s fate to be able to get together as classmates, and we may never see many classmates again in our lives. It’s good to recall the past, talk about the present and the future. There’s no need to settle the grievances from school at this time; it’s boring. I said, who hasn’t been young and energetic? Good, bad, happy, sad, that’s our youth that we can never go back to. Even if we’re opponents, isn’t it interesting to sit together and recall the scenes of fighting each other back then? I haven’t always won; I have also lost, and the worst loss I ever had was my girlfriend Zhao Feifei in college. But now I have seen it all; the past is the past. Today you call me Brother Chen, and I’m still your minister. If you need anything, just ask, and the minister will take care of you. Okay, forget the little calculations in your hearts; let’s all drink this cup together.”

Perhaps it was because he had experienced too much and his mind had matured, so he had these feelings.

Liang Xiuyun: “General Manager Yang is right. General Manager Yang is so young, but he understands more life philosophies than many old people. Chen Liang, you should learn more in the future. General Manager Yang has said that if you call him Brother Chen for the rest of your life, he will always be your minister. Don’t you understand?”

Liang Xiuyun almost said it clearly: *I came here today to talk about investing in Jinshan Resort; now you have the opportunity to get closer to Yang Chen, you should show it? Can you please not be like a dead fish and have no reaction at all!*

Chen Liang smiled bitterly. “You have won me five times; of course, you can say it so nicely. If you lost to me five times, could you still have these feelings?”

Liang Xiuyun wanted to scold him, but Yang Chen quickly signaled her not to speak.

Yang Chen: “Maybe, but you can’t win me anyway; what’s the use of trying so hard? I’ve said everything I need to say; what to do is your own business. Come, let’s drink this cup together.”

Everyone quickly raised their glasses, but Chen Liang didn’t raise his glass.

Liang Xiuyun was furious, slapped Chen Liang, and cursed, “Get out of here immediately! You don’t appreciate it; you don’t know what’s good for you; you’re a bastard with no eyesight! I’ll call my daughter later; you two must break up! Work skills can be learned slowly, but if you don’t understand basic human relationships, then there’s no hope!”

In fact, Liang Xiuyun has never liked Chen Liang. She thinks that Chen Liang can only be an ordinary financial analyst at most, with a salary of about 500,000 yuan per year.

But he always instigates his daughter to make trouble, so Liang Xiuyun had to promote him to vice president. She was criticized by the headquarters leaders for this, and she was using her future to guarantee Chen Liang.

Now it seems that Chen Liang is not good at all, and there is no need to risk his career for him.

Now there is such a good opportunity; Liang Xiuyun decisively wants to take action against Chen Liang.

Chen Liang was very majestic just now, but Liang Xiuyun’s slap made him dare not even fart.

Yang Chen’s expression gradually became ugly, and Zhang Chunfa saw that the situation was not good and quickly gave Liang Xiuyun a look.

It must be said that this Liang Xiuyun is also brainless.

Yang Chen just said that today they call him Brother Chen, and he’s still their minister.

Slapping Chen Liang in front of Yang Chen, isn’t this clearly disrespecting Yang Chen?

Liang Xiuyun suddenly woke up and realized that she had made a mistake by being impulsive.

However, she is, after all, an old fox in the workplace. She also used her body to exchange for a US green card and is a very spicy female strongman. Her mind turned quickly, and she quickly said, “General Manager Yang, I’m sorry; I’m not disrespecting you. He is too good at coaxing people. My daughter is only 19 years old, and she is so coaxed by him that she listens to everything he says and even quarreled with me and ran away from home for him. As a mother, how can I not be angry? To be honest, I have long resented him, and today’s occasion completely made me unable to hold back, so I impulsively slapped him. General Manager Yang, please forgive me; I was really impulsive, and I hope General Manager Yang can understand the difficulties of a single mother like me. Thank you, thank you…”

This woman is indeed smart, turning the problem into a family matter.

There is a saying that it is difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs; what can Yang Chen say?

However, Yang Chen can’t say anything, it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t blame Liang Xiuyun.

“Hehe… I understand General Manager Liang’s heart. I have a cousin who is about the same age as your daughter, and I am also worried every day that she will be coaxed away by some bastard. However, if you feel unhappy, you can solve it privately. It’s not appropriate to hit him in front of me, right? I just said that as long as they still call me Brother Chen, I am still their minister, and I will take care of them like I used to in school. After General Manager Liang slapped him, we don’t need to talk about it anymore, and we don’t need to eat this meal,” Yang Chen said righteously.

Liang Xiuyun panicked; this slap ruined the opportunity for cooperation.

The Haicheng branch of Shengjin Investment Bank now urgently needs a very perfect project to justify the company’s name; otherwise, the US headquarters will have to put pressure on them again.

After all, the money of foreigners isn’t blown by the wind, and they can’t give employees such good treatment, but there has been no bright performance here.

Jinshan Resort is the best project that Liang Xiuyun has selected after inspecting many investment projects. The investment amount won’t be too large, tens of millions of levels [of RMB, or millions of USD], but the return may be very good, and it isn’t impossible to recover the investment in 1-2 years.

If it weren’t for this, Liang Xiuyun wouldn’t be so humble to please Yang Chen.

Zhang Chunfa quickly said, “General Manager Liang was indeed a little impulsive, a fine of three glasses of wine! Come, come, drink three glasses of wine in one breath and then talk to General Manager Yang.”

Liang Xiuyun: “Yes, yes, it’s my fault; I’ll punish myself with three glasses to apologize.”

After speaking, Liang Xiuyun really drank three glasses of white wine in one breath.

There are rules on the wine table. As long as it isn’t a particularly serious grievance, the method of fining wine and admitting mistakes is almost enough.

“General Manager Yang, please forgive me. You also said just now that you’re worried about your cousin being coaxed away, and my mood is the same as yours. Same. I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Liang Xiuyun said.

Zhang Yang looked at Yang Chen with admiration, thinking: “As expected of my idol, he’s really awesome. It seems that he didn’t do anything, but he scared the head of this foreign investment bank branch like this. How great it would be if I could have such ability in the future. Brother Chen, you’re still the god in my heart!”

Liang Zhentao and others also looked at Yang Chen with admiration. That’s right, he’s still their minister, the man they have always looked up to!

At this time, Zhang Xiang called Yang Chen.

Yang Chen got up and went out to answer the phone.

Zhang Xiang: “Mr. Yang, I saw your car; where are you?”

Yang Chen: “Ah? Are you also at Jinshan Resort?”

Zhang Xiang: “Haha… Yes! I’m talking about cooperation with a client, just nearby. I thought this was Mr. Yang’s place, so I came here to take care of the business. Hey, I didn’t expect to see your car. The two Bentleys next to you are the cars of General Manager Liang of Shengjin Investment Bank. We’re also talking about cooperation with them. We have already discussed the details of the cooperation, and the only thing left is the final fee. Do you think I should go see you first, or call General Manager Liang and meet her? Haha…”

This is really a coincidence; it’s so coincidental.

“I’m at Wanghu Pavilion; come over. The General Manager Liang you mentioned is having dinner with me. She wants to invest in Jinshan Resort, and I’m creating friction, deliberately making things difficult for her, so I can talk to her about serious business later,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Zhang Xiang: “It’s such a coincidence! Okay, I’ll be there soon.”

A few minutes later, Zhang Xiang trotted over.

Afterward, he entered the private room with Yang Chen.

When Liang Xiuyun saw Zhang Xiang coming, she quickly got up to greet him.

“Lawyer Zhang, why are you here?” Liang Xiuyun asked with a smile.

Zhang Xiang stepped forward to shake hands with her and greeted her, and replied: “I’m talking about cooperation with a client, passing by here, and I happened to see Mr. Yang’s car, so I called him to say hello. I didn’t expect General Manager Liang to be having dinner with Mr. Yang, so I came over to say hello to you two.”

Liang Xiuyun: “Lawyer Zhang also has cooperation with General Manager Yang?”

Zhang Xiang: “Haha… Yes, he’s the third shareholder of our firm, and our cooperation is very close. Haha…”

Liang Xiuyun was shocked. She knew how difficult it was to acquire the equity of Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm. Many people offered high prices to acquire it but failed.

But Yang Chen was able to replace Chen Feng, one of the founders, and become the third shareholder. How did he do it?

As a top law firm in China, it’s definitely impossible to force them to sell their equity by despicable means. Zhang Xiang alone can kill his opponents.

The person who really has the ability to make Zhang Xiang and others afraid is probably not interested in this law firm.

So, there is only one possibility. Yang Chen gave a price that people couldn’t refuse because it was so outrageous that Chen Feng couldn’t refuse, so he sold the equity to him.

With such an analysis, Liang Xiuyun became even more curious about Yang Chen’s identity.

What kind of background does a person have to be so rich?

Just a building is enough to be shocking, and he can also acquire the equity of Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm that others can’t acquire even if they have money. It’s really incredible.

“I must have a good relationship with such a powerful person. Damn Chen Liang, if you had a little brain and understood a little bit of human relationships, I wouldn’t have to worry so much. You have a natural relationship with him but you don’t know how to use it, what a fool!” Liang Xiuyun thought to herself.

Zhang Yang and others were already frightened and “shivering”. The god in front of them is Zhang Xiang, who is known as being able to send the opponent’s lawyer to prison.

And Brother Chen is the third shareholder of his law firm; doesn’t that mean that if Brother Chen is unhappy with someone, he can also let Zhang Xiang send him and his lawyer to prison?

Everyone once again cast admiring glances at Yang Chen, and their little expressions seemed to be saying “Brother Chen, you are the eternal god in our hearts”.

None of these are important.

A thought suddenly popped into Yang Chen’s head.

Zhang Xiang said that the cooperation with Shengjin hasn’t been finalized because the fee issue hasn’t been resolved.

Liang Xiuyun also wants to invest in Jinshan Resort.

As long as Yang Chen mediates, Yang Chen allows Shengjin to invest in Jinshan Resort, and Shengjin must sign a contract with Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm. Is this transaction fair?