How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 158

In the evening, Yang Chen returned home.

He put the phone he brought back on the table for Yu Shishi to choose her favorite.

Yu Shishi: “Wow, is that an iPhone 14? Did you get it internally, Sir?”

Yang Chen: “No, Shengjin Investment Bank gave it to me. I’m used to using Longwei, so I don’t want to switch phones. But you’ve always used Apple, so I brought a few back for you to choose from.”

Yu Shishi picked a white one and said, “Thank you, Sir. I’ll really take it.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Take it. No need to be polite with me.”

Yu Shishi: “Hehe… Thank you, Sir.”

At that moment, the system issued a reminder.

“Yu Shishi’s loyalty to the master has increased to 75, an increase of 5 points.”

No wonder netizens joke that Apple phones are called ‘Aipao’ [a slang term implying they help in ‘getting laid’]; this thing is very attractive to girls.

After dinner and a shower, he lay comfortably in bed, scrolling through Douyin [the Chinese version of TikTok].

The big data is amazing now; Douyin directly pushed Lin Long’s live broadcast room to Yang Chen.

“Damn! I suspect Douyin is monitoring me. Is this the power of big data?” Yang Chen couldn’t help but complain.

However, none of that matters. What’s important is that Zhang Xiang hasn’t had Lin Long’s live broadcast room shut down yet.

At this moment, Lin Long was showing off to his fans.

“What’s there to be afraid of! I haven’t done anything wrong. What can Zhang Xiang do to me? He wants me to cancel my account? That’s a joke. Don’t worry, brothers, I’ll definitely be fine. I’ve prepared a wave of benefits for everyone: 1 yuan for 10 bottles of Coke. Limited to 100 orders, first come, first served! Get ready, everyone! I’ll count to three, and everyone can test their speed and internet speed. 3! 2! 1!”

“This live broadcast room is suspected of violating regulations and has been permanently banned!”

The fans in the live broadcast room were immediately amused.

“Haha… Damn, he couldn’t escape the sanctions of justice after all?”

“I knew Zhang Xiang couldn’t be that useless. This is the strength a lawless thug should have!”

“Justice may be late, but it will never be absent.”

…

At this moment, Lin Long, who was staring at the black screen in the live broadcast room, was completely dumbfounded.

“What’s going on? I didn’t do anything!” Lin Long shouted.

Then he called customer service.

Lin Long: “Hello, I’m Lin Long, the blogger of ID Longwei Digital. Why did you ban my live broadcast room? I didn’t violate any rules. Why ban my live broadcast room?”

Customer service: “I’m sorry, Mr. Lin. We received a lawyer’s letter from Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm stating that you are suspected of using your fans to cyberbully a Mr. Yang, infringing on Mr. Yang’s right to reputation and portrait. Since you are suspected of violating Douyin’s relevant regulations and also suspected of violating the law, we have the right to ban your live broadcast room. If you have any objections, you can choose to sue in court, and we will actively respond to the lawsuit. Thank you.”

Lin Long: “I just took a picture of his face for a few seconds. The police told me not to take pictures, so I didn’t. I didn’t ask my fans to cyberbully him!”

Customer service: “Mr. Lin, violating the law doesn’t depend on the length of time; violating the law is violating the law. In addition, our data department can view the replay. You know in your heart whether you incited fans to cyberbully that Mr. Yang. Our platform firmly prohibits inciting fans to cyberbully ordinary citizens. We will seriously deal with any case we find.”

Lin Long: “Does that mean I can’t appeal and can only be permanently banned?”

Customer service: “Yes, we have zero tolerance for this kind of behavior and must permanently ban it. If the subsequent situation is more serious, we may also blacklist Mr. Lin’s ID card, not allowing you to register an account on any platform under our ByteDance company.”

Lin Long: “I’m going to complain about you! I’m going to sue you! 霸王条款 [Overlord Clause]! Outrageous!”

Customer service: “That’s your right, Mr. Lin. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up first. There are many other users waiting to be connected. ”

After speaking, the customer service hung up the phone.

“Silly bird, don’t you know what you did? Now that Zhang Xiang has personally intervened, do you think the platform will go to court with him for you?” the customer service muttered softly.

Lin Long always thought that Zhang Xiang, with such a big reputation, wouldn’t really bother with a blogger with millions of fans over such a small matter.

But what he didn’t know was that as long as it was about Yang Chen, there was no small matter. If he said he would ban him, he would definitely ban him.

This is just the first step. Soon, Zhang Xiang will sue him for extorting 10,000 yuan from Yang Chen with a fake phone, which is a criminal offense. He will definitely go to jail.

It’s also a good lesson to teach him to be low-key and not to pretend to be something he’s not when he doesn’t have much ability.

Offending someone he can’t afford to offend will have consequences he can’t bear.

…

Lin Long was furious and immediately gave Yang Chen a bad review.

“Garbage driver, I left my phone in his car, and when I asked him to bring it to me, he refused and insisted on taking it to the police station. He also slandered me everywhere, causing my Douyin account to be banned. This kind of garbage driver will die a horrible death sooner or later. The Bipi platform won’t be far from closing down with such a driver! 草 [Cursing interjection]!”

Soon, Yang Chen saw this bad review.

It seems that this kid still doesn’t realize the seriousness of the problem.

Yang Chen sent a screenshot of the review to Zhang Xiang and added the message: “Go after him relentlessly! Make it as serious as possible!”

Zhang Xiang quickly replied: “Understood! Don’t delete this bad review; keep it for the court to collect evidence!”

Initially, Yang Chen’s solution for Lin Long was to cancel his account and apologize; he didn’t want to go after him relentlessly.

But this kid doesn’t appreciate the favor and repeatedly challenges Yang Chen’s bottom line, so he can only blame himself for courting death. He can’t blame Yang Chen for being ruthless.

At this moment, the system issued a reminder.

“The host’s company received a bad review. The system rewards the host with 30% equity in the Jinhai Golf Resort or 30% equity in the Jinying Golf Resort. Choose one of the two.”

When Yang Chen was a child, he went to the golf course with his father. At that time, these two golf courses were one, called Haishang Elite Golf Club.

Later, the club owner passed away, and his son and daughter divided the club equally and each expanded and renovated it, which became the current Jinhai and Jinying.

When dividing the property, the siblings had a falling out.

Although the two courses are connected, their relationship is particularly bad.

There are even cases where one deliberately provokes the other’s customers.

For this reason, the two sides have even fought several times, but the problem has not been resolved.

The system’s reward of equity in these two companies to Yang Chen, could it be that there is some deeper meaning?

It’s been 16 years since the last time he played golf, and Yang Chen doesn’t know how these two courses have developed now.

So, he really can’t decide which one to choose.

Yang Chen communicated with the system with his mind.

“System, let’s just say we’re not kids anymore; we’re serious adults. Adults don’t choose; can I have both?”

System: “The host is too greedy, but the system likes it very much. It’s not impossible to have both, but it depends on luck. The host received Lin Long’s complaint without any action, so the system will trigger a critical reward and give both to the host.”

That is to say, Yang Chen cannot deliberately induce or force Lin Long to complain about him in any way. This really depends on luck.

“Brother, you have to have some backbone; why don’t you complain about me quickly?” Yang Chen said to himself.

Yu Shishi, who was next to him, quickly asked, “Ah? Did you get another complaint, Sir?”

Yang Chen laughed and said, “Yes! I’m used to it. I’m not used to not getting bad reviews and complaints for a day. Get ready; I’ll take you to play golf tomorrow.”

Yu Shishi: “Hehe… Really? Sir, you’re so good to me. It’s really not wrong to be with you. Not only can I get a high salary, but I can also experience a good life and learn a lot of things.”

Yang Chen: “That’s also because you are good enough to be noticed by me. You should thank yourself, not me. I’m a very realistic person. I only raise people who are useful, and I must get more than I give. I don’t do losing business. Of course, if you become my family one day, that’s another matter. I pay for my family without considering the cost and without asking for anything in return. I’m going upstairs to sleep; you should go to bed early too.”

Yu Shishi nodded and said, “Okay, good night, Sir.”

Yu Shishi’s heart was pounding, and she thought to herself: “What did Sir just say? He said if I become his family one day… Does that mean… I might become the mistress of this villa? It seems that Sir likes my type; otherwise, he wouldn’t have said that. Hehe… shy, shy, so shy.”

In fact, Yang Chen was just simply expressing his views and didn’t say he wanted her to be the mistress, but there was no way around it. Who told him to be so good? A little bit of closeness would be misunderstood by girls.

(Let me just say something here. Some readers have left messages asking why I don’t take in more women. The main reason is that the website has new regulations recently, and urban novels are not allowed to have the protagonist take in multiple women. I don’t want to work so hard to write so many words, only to have them cut off by the internet cleanup one day. But everyone should remember one thing: all the female characters who are described in detail and score above 95 are all virgins and will be taken in by the protagonist. I just won’t write about the process; everyone knows it in their hearts and can imagine it themselves.)

Yu Shishi quickly cleaned up the kitchen, washed and dried the clothes, and then began to pack the equipment for playing golf tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Yang Chen and Yu Shishi drove the Cullinan to the golf course.

The main purpose today is not really to play golf. Yang Chen’s own skills are not very good, and he is not particularly interested in this so-called noble sport.

His main purpose is to investigate the situation of the Jinhai and Jinying clubs.

If Lin Long doesn’t complain about Yang Chen, he won’t be able to get a critical reward and can only choose one of the two, so he must investigate which one is better.

Yang Chen and Yu Shishi first came to the Jinhai Club, which is the brother’s property. Next door is the sister’s Jinying Club.

Yang Chen’s golf skills are just the basics he learned from his father more than ten years ago, so he was embarrassed to rent a large field and rented a small one to stand in the shade and swing a few times to show his intention.

Yang Chen and Yu Shishi were organizing their equipment when several people on the side fairway were clapping and cheering for a middle-aged man.

“Good shot!”

“President Li’s golf skills are amazing; he can participate in professional events.”

“This kind of noble sport can only be played well by wealthy people like President Li; ordinary people like us can’t play it.”

…

President Li said with a smile: “There is no secret to playing golf; you just have to practice hard. I have spent more than 1 million yuan on golf every year since ten years ago, and that’s how I have my current skills. So, you don’t have to envy me; I’m not a talented player; I also rely on hard work.”

“Wow, President Li is indeed President Li. The money I spend on golf alone every year takes me five years of not eating or drinking to earn.”

“I’m even worse; I have to not eat or drink for 10 years to earn the money President Li spends on golf in a year.”

“President Li is a wealthy president after all; we are definitely not qualified to compare.”

“If we can do more business with President Li in the future, we may be able to come with President Li a few more times to broaden our horizons.”

…

It looks like a group of salespeople are flattering their client to get orders.

Yang Chen took the lead in organizing his equipment and walked onto the fairway to swing a club.

Eh?

Where’s the ball?

Looking down, damn, it’s still in place; he didn’t hit it!

The President Li next to him laughed and said, “Young man, is this your first time playing?”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, “Yes, it’s my first time.”

President Li: “You definitely won’t play well the first time. This requires someone to teach you, and you have to persevere for a long time to learn it well.”

Yang Chen: “Oh, then I definitely won’t learn it well. I usually have to drive, so I can’t come often.”

President Li: “Are you a driver?”

Yang Chen: “Yes, I’m a Bipi driver [ride-hailing app driver]. I usually have to focus on driving to pick up passengers, and I can only come to play occasionally when I have time.”

The people next to him laughed.

Dude, golf is a noble sport. What are you, a ride-hailing driver, doing here?

The money you earn in a month isn’t enough to play twice. What are you pretending to be in this kind of place?

President Li said with a smile: “Young man, I spend more than one million yuan on golf every year, and I’m only just getting started. You, a ride-hailing driver, shouldn’t come to play this kind of sport. You should save money to marry a wife; that’s the right thing to do. You don’t have a wife yet, do you?”

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “I don’t have a wife indeed.”

President Li: “See, I didn’t say anything wrong, did I? Look at you, your swing posture is not right. You have to do this, tighten your arms, and swing the club horizontally…”

In fact, President Li himself is only a mediocre player, but because he always likes to bring salespeople who flatter him to play golf, those salespeople blindly praise his golf skills in order to flatter him and get orders, so he mistakenly believes that his golf skills are very superb.

Yang Chen didn’t come to play golf in the first place, so naturally, he didn’t want someone to be chattering in his ear.

He quickly said, “Thank you, big brother; I’ll just play casually.”

President Li: “I’m willing to teach you, and you’re not happy. They want me to teach them, but I don’t have time.”

The salespeople quickly flattered him.

“Yes! We can’t wait for President Li to teach us how to play golf, but we just don’t have the opportunity.”

“Brother, President Li’s golf skills are so superb; it’s a good thing that he’s willing to teach you.”

“Unfortunately, we can’t get President Li’s favor; we are all envious of you, brother.”

…

Yang Chen was really speechless and said, “That’s not what I meant; I don’t want to delay this big brother from playing golf. I have a teacher who will be here soon.”

At this moment, Yu Shishi walked over.

Changing into tight sportswear, she changed her previous cute style and looked very sassy.

Yang Chen greeted her and said, “Shishi, come and teach me how to play golf.”

Yu Shishi nodded happily and quickly walked behind Yang Chen, teaching him how to play golf hand in hand.

The President Li and others next to him were stunned. How could a ride-hailing driver hook up with such a high-quality girl?

President Li instantly felt that the golf club in his hand was not so appealing.

After a while, Yang Chen and Yu Shishi stopped playing because they were a little tired.

Yang Chen saw President Li and others looking at him, so he smiled and asked, “President Li, why are you looking at me like that? Keep playing. We’ll leave first and have to go next door to experience it. Come on, spend a little more money every year, and you’ll definitely get better and better.”

After speaking, Yang Chen and Yu Shishi left together.

President Li instantly lost his mood. He had a group of rough men flattering him, while Yang Chen had a young and beautiful woman teaching him hand in hand. He suddenly felt that golf was not so appealing.

Yang Chen was changing clothes when Bipi customer service Liu Xueqing called.

Liu Xueqing: “Mr. Yang, we received a complaint saying that you deliberately sent the customer’s phone to the police station, is that right?”

Yang Chen: “I sent it to him downstairs, and he said he didn’t have time to come down to get it because he was playing mahjong and asked me to send it upstairs, so I definitely wouldn’t do it. So I sent it to the police station.”

Liu Xueqing: “Oh, I’m watching the video. According to the regulations, I need to call you to verify it. Later, I will determine that the passenger’s evaluation is not true, and I will delete it and determine that the complaint is not valid.”

Yang Chen: “Don’t delete the bad review! It’s still useful to keep it. Delete it after I’m done using it.”

Liu Xueqing: “Okay. Also, the passenger said he hopes to meet with you and wants your contact information. He said there may be some misunderstanding with you and wants to explain it to you in person. What does Mr. Yang mean?”

Yang Chen: “Don’t meet! Don’t give it!”

Liu Xueqing: “Okay, I know how to handle it. Then Mr. Yang, you’re busy. I will determine that the complaint is not valid after watching the video, and the bad review will be temporarily retained.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen smiled happily.

Lin Long really didn’t disappoint Yang Chen; he really complained.

Then now adults can really have both; comfortable.

Sure enough, the system sent a reminder.

“Congratulations to the host for receiving a complaint, triggering a system critical reward. The host will simultaneously receive 30% equity in both Jinhai Golf Resort and Jinying Golf Resort. The equity transfer documents will be delivered to the host’s home tonight. Please pay attention to check them.”

Yang Chen took Yu Shishi to the next door to symbolically experience it, and then went home.

In the evening, before Yang Chen returned, the same-city express delivered the equity transfer documents and other materials for the Jinhai and Jinying clubs to his home.

Yu Shishi looked at the two large envelopes with Jinhai and Jinying written on them and thought, “It’s worthy of being a high-end club; the service is in place. We just went to play today, and they sent souvenirs over.”

At this time, Yang Chen was preparing to go home when Fang Yingqi sent him a message.

“Brother Chen, are you free? Come pick me up. I need a car and want to tell you something by the way.”

The last time they went to Jinshan Resort, the two agreed to experience the Sichuan-Tibet line together when Yang Chen had time and go to Tibet to purify their souls.

So, Yang Chen was also willing to pick her up.

Yang Chen: “Where are you?”

Fang Yingqi: “I’m at Jinying Golf Club.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. I’ll go over now.”

Yang Chen drove to Jinying Golf Club and found Fang Yingqi.

Today, she was still wearing tight sportswear, which perfectly highlighted her perfect figure.

She’s either traveling or playing golf; she must have a mine at home.

If she has a mine at home, she shouldn’t be short of cars. Why is she still using a ride-hailing car?

Fang Yingqi threw the golf club to Yang Chen and said, “Come on, hit a few balls.”

Although he doesn’t play well, Yang Chen dares to show his sword. He’ll swing a few times if he wants to.

Fang Yingqi covered her mouth and smiled: “I can see that you’ve played before, but you’re not proficient. Is it because you have to drive every day after living independently and don’t have time to play golf?”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, “Yes, you always have to fill your stomach first before you can consider other things.”

Fang Yingqi nodded and said, “That’s right. Come on, I’ll teach you.”

Yang Chen: “Ah? No need. It doesn’t matter to me whether I can do this or not.”

Fang Yingqi: “Don’t. I still have something to tell you later. I’ll teach you well, and you learn well.”

So, Fang Yingqi hugged Yang Chen from behind and began to teach him hand in hand.

Next to them, all the men were teaching the women from behind, except for Yang Chen, where the woman was hugging the man from behind to teach him.

At this time, the manager walked over with a middle-aged man.

“President Li will definitely have a happy time here with us, I guarantee it!” the manager said with a smile.

President Li: “Hmm! If I’m not happy, I’ll immediately get a refund and leave! I didn’t play at the Jinhai next door because I was very unhappy today. If I…”

President Li stopped talking because he saw Yang Chen learning to play golf.

“Damn! Is this kid a playboy? He changed another girl to teach him how to play golf, and her figure is so wow! Are ride-hailing drivers so popular now?” President Li thought to himself.

The manager quickly explained: “That lady is also our member, and that gentleman is a friend she called over. President Li, this way, please. I’ll take you to a fairway with a good location.”

“Don’t go! I’m not playing! Refund!” President Li said angrily and turned to leave.

The manager was dumbfounded. He just paid the fee and got a card, and he didn’t even swing the club once. Why does he want a refund?

…

An hour later, Yang Chen and Fang Yingqi walked out of the Jinying Golf Club.

“What do you want to eat? My treat. Let’s talk while we eat,” Fang Yingqi said with a smile.

Yang Chen chuckled and said, “Miss Fang, just say what you have to say. We’ve already agreed to be travel buddies to experience the Sichuan-Tibet line together. If there’s anything I can help with, I’ll definitely help. You don’t need to do this. If I can’t help, it’s useless even if you treat me to dragon meat.”

Fang Yingqi smiled and said, “Okay, I see that you are a straightforward person, and I’m not the kind of person who is coy. I’m 24 years old this year, and my dream is to travel the world. I won’t consider personal matters before the age of 30. But my family always urges me and arranged a blind date for me. The other party is Zhou Zhenyang, the son of Mingyang Real Estate. Among all my friends, you are the most outstanding. Can you come over tomorrow and pretend to be my boyfriend to send him away?”

Yang Chen: “I see that you are a very sassy person, so I will be more straightforward. I don’t want to. You have many friends; find someone else.”

Fang Yingqi: “I have many friends, but none of them are as good as you. You are handsome, have a good figure, have a good temperament, and have proper words and deeds. I really can’t find a better boy than you. Zhou Zhenyang knows the boys with good family conditions among my friends. The other boys who can be used don’t have as good conditions as Zhou Zhenyang in all aspects. So, I can only start with the natural advantages of the boy himself. Except for family background, you crush Zhou Zhenyang in all aspects and will definitely be able to defeat him. Please, I’ll bear all the costs for our future experience on the Sichuan-Tibet line. Okay? I’m begging you; I’ve never begged anyone in my life, really, you’re the first. Or you can make a condition, and I will definitely do my best to satisfy it.”

Yang Chen still shook his head and said, “I still don’t want to! If you don’t have anything else, I’ll go back first.”

Fang Yingqi pouted angrily and didn’t say a word.

Seeing that she didn’t speak, Yang Chen really turned and left.

“Hey! You big straight man, you’re straighter than the pole I use for pole dancing!” Fang Yingqi said angrily.

Yang Chen ignored her, got in the car, and left.

Fang Yingqi was very angry and could only think of other ways now.

Soon, Yang Chen returned home.

Yu Shishi took out the Jinhai and Jinying envelopes and gave them to him.

Yang Chen took them back to the bedroom and opened the envelopes. In addition to the equity transfer documents and other materials, there were also black gold cards.

One for each company, the appearance is the same, but the issuing unit is different, one is Jinhai, and the other is Jinying.

It’s probably a VIP card. Yang Chen shouldn’t have to spend money to play at these two companies in the future.

At this time, Cheng Junjun called Yang Chen.

Cheng Junjun: “Brother Chen, are you free tomorrow? Let’s go play golf together, and I’ll report to you on the company’s recent situation by the way.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! I’m free. When? Where to?”

Cheng Junjun: “I seem to have a bronze card for Jinying Golf Club. Let’s go there. I don’t really like playing golf, and I don’t have time to play now that I’m busy. I’ll try to spend all the money tomorrow.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! Tomorrow at nine in the morning, see you at Jinying Golf.”

Cheng Junjun: “Okay. See you at nine tomorrow.”

Now that Yang Chen is a shareholder of Jinhai and Jinying, he also has to understand the operating conditions of the two clubs so that he can have a good idea of what’s going on.