How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 182

The Difference Between People: Do You Understand This Now?

Yang Chen didn’t bother to argue with a small character like Zhang Quan. He quickly led Yuan Xiaocao’s family to choose the seafood they wanted to eat.

Although Yuan Xiaocao’s family wasn’t short of money, they had never eaten in a place like this before.

Faced with various high-end seafood products, they didn’t know what to choose.

So, Yuan Xiaocao let Yang Chen decide, telling him to pick whatever he liked.

Zhang Jieying meant the same thing, even emphasizing that Yang Chen should order whatever he wanted to eat and not be polite with them, treating it as a family meal.

Yuan Xiaocao pouted and glared at her mother, wondering what she was saying.

She was worried that Yang Chen might misunderstand.

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, pointing to the only small grouper and saying, “Let’s have this one!”

At this moment, Zhang Quan’s female companion also said, “I want to eat this too. Waiter, give us this fish.”

The waiter quickly replied, “I’m sorry, miss, this gentleman has already chosen it. Please select other dishes.”

Zhang Quan immediately said, “Are you kidding me? We are reservation customers, and Miss Liu is a member here. He didn’t even make a reservation and isn’t a member. Who should you prioritize serving? Can’t you figure that out?”

The waiter didn’t know Yang Chen’s true identity, but the manager had instructed them to treat him well, indicating that his identity was definitely not simple.

If they had to offend either a member or the manager’s friend, the wisest choice was to offend the member and please the manager’s friend.

Waiter: “I’m sorry, you two, but this gentleman chose it first. Please choose something else. As long as you can get in, you are all our distinguished guests, and we will definitely treat everyone equally and fairly.”

Zhang Quan: “He’s just a ride-hailing driver. This is Liu Yanzhi, the daughter of Liu Chuanxiong, the chairman of Chenxiang Collection Art Appraisal and Sales Co., Ltd. Can’t you tell who to give it to?”

The waiter was instantly dumbfounded. The difference in status between the two parties was too great.

Could this ride-hailing driver just be a regular friend of the manager?

Even if the manager came in person, they probably wouldn’t offend a member for a regular friend, right?

The waiter whispered, “Sir, would you consider changing your order?”

Yang Chen’s temperament was such that he wouldn’t actively cause trouble, but if anyone deliberately provoked him, he would do everything in his power to fight back!

“How is that possible? I asked for it first, so of course, it’s for us. You better consult the manager first before deciding what to do,” Yang Chen reminded.

The waiter thought it made sense and quickly asked a colleague to consult the manager.

Soon, the manager ran over.

“Haha… Mr. Yang, Miss Liu, I’m sorry, there’s only one grouper left today. It’s all our restaurant’s fault. I apologize on behalf of the restaurant,” the manager said very diplomatically.

Zhang Quan: “Manager, he’s not a member and didn’t make a reservation. How could he get in? Even if he got in, he’s actually competing with us for ingredients. He’s just a ride-hailing driver. Are you sure you want to give the fish to him instead of us?”

The manager’s idea was not to offend Yang Chen because he was the boss’s friend.

But he couldn’t offend Liu Yanzhi either, after all, she was Liu Chuanxiong’s daughter and a member.

So, the manager said, “Mr. Yang is our boss’s friend, and I hope you two won’t make things difficult for us employees. How about this, we’ll give the fish to Mr. Yang and his party, and as compensation, we’ll give you two a Boston lobster. Is that okay?”

The boss’s friend?

Isn’t that Xue Yinong’s friend?

How could a ride-hailing driver be Xue Yinong’s friend?

Liu Yanzhi: “Are you Miss Xue’s friend?”

Yang Chen: “Yes!”

Liu Yanzhi: “How could Miss Xue have a friend like you? Are you really a ride-hailing driver?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! My job is a ride-hailing driver.”

Liu Yanzhi couldn’t figure it out. How could Xue Yinong have any connection with a ride-hailing driver?

In any case, since Yang Chen was Xue Yinong’s friend, she couldn’t compete with him.

“Fine, I’ll give Miss Xue and the manager face and not compete with you. However, this is a one-time thing, never again!” Liu Yanzhi said.

The manager happily nodded and said, “Thank you for your understanding, Miss Liu.”

Liu Yanzhi snorted and took Zhang Quan to choose other dishes.

Manager: “Mr. Yang, I’m sorry, please don’t take it to heart.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, saying, “It’s okay, go ahead and do your work.”

Manager: “Okay, okay.”

The manager whispered to the waiter, “No matter what happens, prioritize taking care of Mr. Yang. Understand?”

The waiter nodded.

Soon, Yang Chen and his party chose their seafood and returned to their seats to wait.

Zhang Jieying: “Mr. Yang, are you friends with the owner of this restaurant?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! I didn’t know at first, but when I came to the entrance and saw her poster, I realized this was her restaurant.”

Zhang Jieying nodded, feeling a bit uneasy.

Xue Yinong was beautiful and the owner of such a high-end restaurant. Her conditions were much better than Yuan Xiaocao’s. Wouldn’t that mean her daughter had no chance?

If she were Yang Chen, she would definitely choose a girl like Xue Yinong as his wife, not Yuan Xiaocao.

With nothing else to do, Yang Chen carefully admired the interior decoration of the restaurant.

As expected of a high-end custom restaurant, the decoration was extraordinarily luxurious.

The walls were hung with calligraphy and paintings by various masters, and the vases were made of blue and white porcelain. Each table was decorated with two vases filled with freshly bought roses and other flowers.

A meal here would cost at least ten thousand yuan, so the dishes and decorations had to make customers feel that their money was well spent.

Therefore, it was not difficult to understand why Xue Yinong had placed these valuable items in the restaurant.

Soon, the waiter began serving the dishes.

Yang Chen’s table was fully served, while Zhang Quan’s table only had appetizers.

The preferential treatment was too obvious.

Although Liu Yanzhi was angry, she was from a well-known family and didn’t want to act like a shrew in front of so many people. Moreover, this was Xue Yinong’s place, and she didn’t dare to be too arrogant.

However, Zhang Quan didn’t have these concerns, and he held a grudge against Yang Chen, so he naturally couldn’t accept Yang Chen receiving preferential treatment.

“Waiter!” Zhang Quan called out.

The waiter quickly came over and asked, “Sir, what do you need?”

Zhang Quan: “We clearly came in and ordered first, so why is their table fully served while we only have a few plates of appetizers? Can you give me a reasonable explanation?”

Waiter: “We serve the dishes according to how the kitchen prepares them. I’m sorry, I don’t know why it’s like this.”

Zhang Quan: “Go get the chef for me! What’s the meaning of this? Are you deliberately trying to make us uncomfortable?”

Waiter: “I’m sorry, sir, the kitchen is busy right now. If the chef comes over, it will only delay your serving time further.”

Liu Yanzhi: “Alright! That’s enough, you can leave.”

The waiter nodded, bowed, and walked away.

Zhang Quan wanted to say something, but Liu Yanzhi immediately interjected, “Alright! Stop talking, he’s the owner’s friend, what are you?”

Zhang Quan said unhappily, “He’s just a ride-hailing driver. Even if he’s the owner’s friend, it’s definitely just a casual acquaintance for some reason. I’m not the owner’s friend, I admit that, but I’m the youngest professor at Haicheng Academy of Fine Arts. Am I inferior to him?”

Liu Yanzhi didn’t want to argue with Zhang Quan, and she thought he made sense, so she didn’t respond.

Zhang Quan became angrier the more he thought about it. Why was he always being suppressed by this ride-hailing driver?

It was too frustrating!

After eating for a while, Yuan Xiaocao’s father, Yuan Zhengjun, started sweating, so he took off his coat and hung it on the chair.

When he sat down, he accidentally bumped his butt into the flower vase behind him.

“Crash!”

A crisp shattering sound shook the entire restaurant, and the diners revealed gloating, mocking smiles.

“Wow, this meal is going to be expensive.”

“The vases here are all custom-made blue and white porcelain, costing over a hundred thousand each.”

“Hey, people who don’t belong here shouldn’t come. Being reckless will definitely lead to mistakes.”

“What you said makes sense. If you don’t belong to this circle, don’t force your way in. Even if you manage to squeeze in, it won’t end well.”

“How noble can a ride-hailing driver and his friends be?”

Zhang Quan was overjoyed, as if Yuan Zhengjun breaking a vase would bring him some benefit.

The manager ran over, and when he saw the shards on the ground, he stomped his foot in frustration.

Hundreds of thousands, just gone like that, what a pity.

Yuan Zhengjun panicked and quickly said, “I was putting down my clothes, and I accidentally bumped into it with my butt. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

The manager immediately said with a smile, “It’s okay, it’s okay, just a vase. It must be that our employees didn’t place it properly. I’m sorry. Someone, clean up the shards and don’t delay the guests’ meal.”

Everyone was shocked. Was this really the manager, Zhou Haibo?

Something felt a little off.

Yang Chen said with a smile, “If something is broken, compensation is definitely necessary. We can’t make things difficult for the manager. We’ll settle the amount when we pay the bill later.”

Yuan Xiaocao also quickly said, “Yes! We broke the vase, so we will definitely take responsibility. Just charge us the original price.”

Zhang Quan couldn’t help but laugh and say, “A vase costs over a hundred thousand, do you have enough money with you?”

“Ah? Over a hundred thousand? That’s so expensive!” Yuan Zhengjun exclaimed.

Zhang Jieying: “What brand of vase is this? How can it be so expensive? Is it an antique?”

Zhou Haibo laughed and said, “It’s not that much money, it’s not an antique, just a regular vase. Since everyone said they want to compensate at the original price, then let’s compensate 5,000 yuan [~700 USD].”

Yang Chen: “Hmm? Is it a decorative item?”

Zhou Haibo: “Haha… Yes, a decorative item. People come and go here, how could we put something worth hundreds of thousands here?”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “That makes sense. Then let’s settle it together later, we’ll pay the compensation.”

Zhou Haibo: “Okay, okay. Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Yang and everyone. Please continue your meal, we won’t disturb you.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded.

Zhang Quan turned his head to look at the blue and white porcelain vase next to him and couldn’t help but poke it a few times, saying, “Damn! I thought it was real blue and white porcelain.”

After saying that, he poked it hard and prepared to pick up his chopsticks to eat.

“Crash!”

Zhang Quan’s last poke was too forceful, and the vase wobbled and fell down.

Everyone looked at Zhang Quan’s table again.

Manager Zhou Haibo was still feeling the pain from the previous vase, and when he heard another shattering sound from behind, his heart shattered as well.

“Who is it? Who broke another vase!” Zhou Haibo ran back, howling.

Seeing the shattered vase on the ground at Zhang Quan’s table, Zhou Haibo felt extremely distressed.

However, Liu Yanzhi was a member after all, so Zhou Haibo couldn’t directly lose his temper. He said with a smile, “Miss Liu, what do you think…”

Before Liu Yanzhi could speak, Zhang Quan preemptively said, “Isn’t it just 5,000 yuan? We’ll pay for it. We’ll settle it together when we finish eating.”

Zhou Haibo said with a smile, “It’s good that this gentleman is willing to pay compensation. What does Miss Liu think?”

Liu Yanzhi said indifferently, “He said he’ll pay, so let him pay.”

Zhou Haibo nodded with a smile and said, “It’s good that you two are willing to pay, but it’s not 5,000 yuan, but 168,000 yuan [~23,500 USD].”

“How much? 168,000? Are you trying to rip us off?” Zhang Quan said in shock.

Other diners were also stunned.

Earlier, table 10 broke a vase, and Zhou Haibo only asked for 5,000 yuan in compensation.

Less than two minutes later, table 9 also broke a vase, and he actually demanded 168,000 yuan in compensation.

Did the differential treatment have to be so obvious?

Liu Yanzhi was also unhappy and asked, “Manager Zhou, what do you mean by this? He broke it and it’s 5,000, we broke it and it’s 168,000? Don’t tell me the vase he broke was ordinary, and the one we broke is an antique.”

Zhang Quan said angrily, “Don’t try to treat me like a sucker, I won’t accept the compensation you’re talking about!”

Zhou Haibo explained with a smile, “Everyone should know that everything in our store is genuine. The paintings on the wall, the vases on the tables, everything is carefully selected by our boss. These are all blue and white porcelain customized from JDZ [Jingdezhen, a city in China famous for porcelain production]. Although they are modern products, high-quality blue and white porcelain made by masters is inherently more expensive. Miss Liu’s family does this kind of business, so you should know. Of course, we’re not asking for compensation out of thin air. We have a purchase contract, and each vase has a serial number and price. If you two need it, we can take it out for you to see.”

Zhang Quan: “Okay! Take it out and let me see!”

Zhou Haibo nodded and said, “Please wait a moment, I’ll be right back.”

After saying that, Zhou Haibo went back to the office to get evidence.

Yang Chen chuckled, now understanding the truth.

Zhou Haibo was giving him a symbolic 5,000 yuan compensation because of his relationship with Yang Chen and Xue Yinong.

But Zhang Quan didn’t have this relationship with Xue Yinong, so Zhou Haibo was asking for the original price.

The diners were discussing in confusion.

“What’s going on? Didn’t Zhou Haibo say it was just a decorative item? How come he’s saying it’s custom-made blue and white porcelain now?”

“He’s blatantly trying to rip people off. That’s outrageous. Asking for 5,000 earlier and 168,000 later, you can’t bully people like that.”

“If they really dare to rip people off like this, who would dare to come in the future! Goodness, the vases are right next to you, and you can accidentally bump into them. A 5,000 yuan vase suddenly costs 168,000, that’s robbery!”

Zhang Quan also asked, following everyone’s words, “Even if I admit that all of this is true, a vase costs 168,000, so why did he only have to pay 5,000 when he broke it, and I have to pay the original price of 168,000 when I broke it?”

Zhou Haibo asked with a smile, “Are you friends with our boss?”

Zhang Quan shook his head.

Zhou Haibo: “That’s right. Mr. Yang is a good friend of our boss, so how could we ask for compensation when his friend breaks a vase? We only asked for 5,000 yuan because Mr. Yang is too principled and insisted on paying compensation, so I was only embarrassed to ask for 5,000 yuan as a token. Originally, according to my intention, we shouldn’t have asked Mr. Yang for compensation. As for you, you are not a good friend of our boss, so of course you have to pay the original price when you break something.”

Everyone was stunned. This reason was too strong, so strong that everyone was speechless.

Isn’t it normal for the boss’s friends to have discounts?

Isn’t it normal for people who aren’t the boss’s friends to pay the original price?

But everyone didn’t understand. Didn’t they say this guy was a ride-hailing driver?

How could a ride-hailing driver become good friends with Miss Xue and receive such great preferential treatment?

For a vase that originally cost 168,000, Zhou Haibo wasn’t even willing to ask for compensation. Only when he insisted on paying compensation did Zhou Haibo reluctantly ask for 5,000 yuan as a token.

Even siblings wouldn’t be this close, right?

Zhang Quan said unhappily, “Even if everything you said is right, but he broke it and only paid 5,000, and I broke it and have to pay the original price of 168,000, I definitely can’t accept it. Either everyone pays 5,000, or everyone pays 168,000, you can’t treat us differently!”

Zhou Haibo said with a smile, “If Mr. Zhang insists on saying that, then we can only see you in court.”

Liu Yanzhi quickly said, “Manager Zhou, can you give me some face and make an exception?”

Zhou Haibo replied with a smile, “Then let’s round it down, and this gentleman will pay 160,000 [~22,400 USD].”

Damn!

Who are you disgusting?

Exempting 8,000 from the 168,000 compensation, is the Liu family’s face only worth 8,000?

“Too much!” Zhang Quan said, and then he called his father.

Zhang Quan’s father is named Zhang Tiancang, and he is the deputy curator of the Haicheng Museum, as well as a well-known calligrapher.

Zhang Quan’s mother is named Liu Xiuling, and she runs a company that trades calligraphy, paintings, and other artworks. In addition to trading antique artworks, they are also responsible for operating art auctions and other businesses.

Zhang Quan also inherited his parents’ artistic talent, and he was able to successfully become a professor at Haicheng Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 27 thanks to their social connections.

Zhang Quan’s idea was that if Yang Chen could pay only 5,000 yuan for a 168,000 yuan vase because he was friends with Xue Yinong, then he could ask his father or mother to come forward and force the restaurant to reduce the compensation through social connections, right?

When Zhang Tiancang heard his son say that he had broken a vase at Xue Lihong’s restaurant, he was immediately furious.

But as a deputy curator, he had no relationship with the Xue family and couldn’t help his son.

So, he told his son to call his mother.

His mother’s company had recently partnered with Xue Yinong.

Zhang Quan quickly called his mother.

When his mother heard that he had broken a vase in Xue Yinong’s restaurant, she immediately said in a commanding tone, “Pay the original price immediately, don’t delay! Do you understand?”

Zhang Quan was dumbfounded, and then he complained, “Mom, I’m calling you to help me, not to order me to pay compensation!”

Liu Xiuling immediately replied, “Mom just received four paintings from Miss Xue, and they’re about to go up for auction. If you mess things up for me at this time, Mom will suffer huge losses. Isn’t the money Mom earns all for you? Wouldn’t that be the same as you losing a lot of money?”

Hey, what she said made sense.

Besides, Xue Yinong could replace the company operating the auction of those four paintings at any time, so offending her at this time would not end well.

Zhang Quan said “Oh” and hung up the phone.

Then he reluctantly and helplessly said to Zhou Haibo, “Manager Zhou, I’m sorry, I was loud just now. I apologize to you, and I’m willing to pay the original price. I’m deeply sorry for affecting everyone’s meal, and I apologize to everyone.”

The other diners couldn’t help but laugh.

Brother, are you okay?

When others make calls, they’re calling people to solve problems, but when you make calls, you’re ordering yourself to apologize and pay compensation?

Brother, if you don’t have the ability, don’t show off. The way you made that call made it seem like you were really awesome.

In comparison, that ride-hailing driver brother is awesome. If he didn’t offer to pay compensation, the manager wouldn’t even dare to ask for it.

It can only be said that people are different, brother, do you understand this now?

The diners respected the ride-hailing driver for the first time, and they all gave him admiring glances.

Liu Yanzhi felt very embarrassed, took out her membership card, and said, “Swipe the card to pay the bill, I’ll split it with him.”

Zhou Haibo nodded and quickly swiped half of it.

Liu Yanzhi took the card and left directly.

Zhang Quan wanted to chase after her, but Zhou Haibo quickly grabbed him and said, “Mr. Zhang, Miss Liu said you’re splitting it, she paid half, but your half and the compensation for the vase haven’t been paid yet.”

Zhou Haibo looked distressed, and Zhang Quan obediently took out his bank card to pay the bill.

Yuan Xiaocao: “Hehe… Brother Chen, you’re so amazing. If you didn’t offer to pay, they wouldn’t dare to ask for compensation. Look at him, hehe… paying the original price and even making his girlfriend angry and running away.”

Yang Chen: “I’m just lucky, I’m friends with the owner of this restaurant. Okay, let’s eat.”

Yuan Xiaocao’s family immediately happily urged Yang Chen to eat more.

The more Zhang Jieying looked at Yang Chen, the more pleasing he became. She thought, “Oh, if he could be my son-in-law, that would be great. Xiaocao, be smart and use some tricks to win him over.”

Zhang Quan paid the bill and was about to leave when two familiar and beautiful figures walked in…

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