How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 250

Rewarding the Charitable Foundation

Leaving the hospital, Yang Chen continued to pick up passengers.

Around noon, Yang Chen received a female passenger.

As usual, Yang Chen checked the last digits of her phone number and reminded her to buckle her seatbelt before driving.

The female passenger seemed to be in a bad mood. As soon as she got in the car, she looked out the window with a mournful expression.

After driving for a while, she suddenly asked, “Master, do you think a betrothal gift should be given for marriage?”

Yang Chen: “Since it’s called a betrothal gift, of course, it should be given. Not giving it is impolite. However, gift-giving depends on personal intentions and economic level. The recipient shouldn’t actively ask for a certain amount, let alone ask for an exorbitant price, nor should they only want the betrothal gift without giving a dowry. Otherwise, it becomes impolite on the woman’s side, right?”

The female passenger asked again, “Are you married? Do you have a girlfriend?”

Yang Chen: “I have a girlfriend, but I’m not married. I’m not considering marriage for now. I have many things to do.”

The female passenger continued, “If your girlfriend’s parents ask you for a 500,000 [yuan – Chinese currency, roughly equivalent to $70,000 USD] betrothal gift, and you don’t have enough money left, what should you do?”

Yang Chen: “If we really can’t come to an agreement, then we can only break up. What else can we do?”

The girl: “Can’t you think of a solution? If you really love her, you would borrow money from relatives and friends to marry her.”

Yang Chen: “If she loved me, she would never let me marry her with heavy debt. If she forces me to borrow money, it means she doesn’t love me first. Why should I still love her?”

Well said! These words left the girl speechless.

It seemed like this girl wanted a 500,000 betrothal gift from her boyfriend but didn’t get it, so she was very upset.

The girl was silent for a long time, then said, “I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 7 years, and we originally planned to get married during the National Day holiday. But my parents insisted that he give a 500,000 betrothal gift, but his family bought a wedding house and a car, and they still have to hold a wedding banquet, so they really can’t come up with that much money. They can only scrape together 200,000 at most. But my parents have to have 500,000 to buy a house for my younger brother as a down payment. On one side are my parents who raised me, and on the other side is my boyfriend who loves me. I really don’t know what to do. I also argued with my parents, but they insisted on 500,000, otherwise, they wouldn’t agree to the marriage. My boyfriend’s parents got angry and forced him to break up with me. He went on a blind date with another girl and they decided to get married on the Qixi Festival [Double Seventh Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day]. Hehe… Seven years of relationship have finally come to this. I feel like a joke. Screw this damn love!”

Damn, these parents are really ruthless, sucking the blood out of their daughter.

The man’s family has already bought a house and a car. If the woman’s parents were reasonable, they shouldn’t ask for so much betrothal money. Everyone is an ordinary person. Don’t they know how hard it is to earn money?

They can’t even afford a house for their son, but they force their son-in-law, who has already bought a house and a car, to give a 500,000 betrothal gift. This is really too much.

However, listening to the girl’s meaning, she obviously feels deep down that she and her parents are not wrong, and that the man is a bit of a jerk for not being willing to borrow money to marry her.

Yang Chen was silent for a while, then said with a smile, “Beauty, I’m going to be direct, just listen. I think you still don’t love him enough. If you really loved him, you would take the 200,000 and throw it at your parents, whether they want it or not. Regardless of whether they agree or not, you must marry him. You can go to the police station to get a copy of your household registration book and go directly to get a marriage certificate. What can your parents do to you?

Your so-called resistance is just reasoning with them, arguing a few words. But you have no real action or determination. Judging from your words and tone, I can even be sure that deep down you still hope that your boyfriend’s family can scrape together 500,000 to help your brother with a down payment. Am I wrong?”

The girl was stunned, and after a moment of silence, she said, “He is my brother after all. I only have one brother. My parents really can’t come up with the down payment, so shouldn’t I, as an older sister, help?”

Yang Chen: “You should earn money to help yourself! Are you forcing your boyfriend’s family to borrow 500,000 to buy a house for your brother? Do you think your idea is right?”

The girl: “But I can’t just watch my parents turn gray with worry over buying a house for my brother.”

Yang Chen: “Have you ever thought about how worried your boyfriend’s parents are about the 300,000 difference? They bought a house and a car, and they are willing to give a 200,000 betrothal gift. Isn’t that enough for you? Sister, that’s a 300,000 yuan difference, not 300,000 Happy Beans [a virtual currency]. How long will it take you to earn 300,000 yourself? Don’t you have any idea? Is it something you can just ask for and they can come up with it?”

The girl: “But they can borrow from relatives and friends. It’s just a temporary emergency. After we get married, I will work and pay it back with him.”

Awesome, it seems Yang Chen wronged her parents. Her parents are not vampires, she is the vampire.

Damn, she is justifiably sucking her boyfriend’s blood dry.

Yang Chen: “So now you think it’s his fault that your boyfriend didn’t try hard enough to raise the 500,000 betrothal gift and broke up with you, and went on a blind date with another girl, and that you are not wrong, right?”

The girl: “Otherwise? Maybe it’s a little wrong to ask him to borrow money, but putting aside the facts, is his family not at fault? Which family doesn’t borrow money for emergencies when they get married? Why does his family have to spend all the money they have on hand and not borrow a little? He’s not even willing to borrow money to marry me, which means he doesn’t love me at all. If he really loved me, he would pay any price to marry me.”

Damn!

They bought a house, a car, spent a lot of money, and are willing to give a 200,000 betrothal gift, and that’s still not love?

Yang Chen was so angry with her remarks that he immediately pulled over and cursed, “Get the hell out of here! I’m not taking trash like you! Get out now!”

The girl was furious and said, “Why are you cursing? How dare you make me get out of the car? Believe it or not, I’ll give you a bad review and complain about you?”

Yang Chen: “I’m not cursing people, I’m cursing beasts! How come a passenger didn’t get in the car, only a dog did? If I take you for another second, it would be an insult to the Dragon Country male group [a patriotic term for Chinese men]! Am I afraid of you giving me a bad review? Complain if you want to complain, I just don’t want to take trash like you! Get out now, or I’ll hit you! I’m so angry that my lungs are about to explode, damn it!”

The female passenger was frightened by Yang Chen’s angry appearance and quickly got out of the car.

“You wait, I will definitely give you a bad review and call to complain about you! You just wait to be punished by the platform!” the girl threatened angrily.

Yang Chen immediately ended the order and drove away.

He was thinking of getting lunch after this order, but now he has no appetite at all. He’s full of anger.

What kind of thinking is this? It’s really weird.

At this time, the Didi [Chinese ride-hailing app] platform reminded him that the passenger had given a bad review.

“Garbage driver, kicked me out of the car before taking me to my destination, and threatened to hit me. The drivers on the Didi platform are really awesome. Who would dare to use Didi to call a car in the future! It’s outrageous that this kind of garbage driver isn’t banned!”

Subsequently, the system also issued a reminder.

“Congratulations to the host for receiving a bad review, rewarding the Chenguang Charitable Foundation (click to view details), effective immediately.”

“Xingchen” (Star) and “Chenguang” (Dawn) are two names that Yang Chen often uses to register companies. Seeing the name of this charitable foundation, he knew that it was specially registered and operated by the system for Yang Chen, so he could get it immediately.

Last time, the Minghai Art Museum wanted to help children in mountainous areas and children with cleft lip and palate, and had to cooperate with several other charitable foundations to auction off collections. With the Chenguang Charitable Foundation, Yang Chen could operate internally, with the left hand passing to the right hand, and even use the foundation to launder some less honorable funds.

Therefore, this charitable foundation is very useful. It can not only help Yang Chen gain a good reputation, but also help him clean up some of the things rewarded by the system and use them directly.

Yang Chen quickly clicked to view the details with his mind to see the basic situation of this charitable foundation.

Owner (Chairman): Yang Chen

Nature: Public fundraising foundation, can accept donations from all over the world

Vice Chairman: Ji Kun

Directors: Zhang Haiyang, Cen Huanyu, Li Haohan, Wang Xingyu

As expected, it is a charitable foundation specially prepared for Yang Chen. Even the names of the management personnel match Yang Chen’s very well. They are all stars, seas, universe, and cosmos.

Charitable Foundation Fund Size: 500 million

Charitable Foundation Goal: May all children in the world grow up healthy, may the blue sky and white clouds always be there, and may the green mountains and clear waters remain forever.

It seems that the main beneficiaries of this charitable foundation are children and environmental protection.

Children are the future hope of mankind, and the environment is closely related to everyone. These are indeed two very meaningful assistance goals.

It must be said that the system is awesome, it can actually get such a charitable foundation.

You know, back then, the Kung Fu Emperor [referring to Jet Li] had to specifically change his nationality to go abroad to set up the One Yuan Foundation.

People at his level couldn’t handle it, but the system could handle it. Amazing, right?

At this time, Yang Chen received a call from Didi customer service.

Customer service: “Mr. Yang, a passenger just called to complain that you forced her to get out of the car before taking her to her destination, and that you were going to hit her if she didn’t get out of the car. Is this true?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! That woman is hateful. You can check the surveillance video in my car and you will know. Damn, if I continue to take her to her destination, I wouldn’t be worthy of being a Dragon Country man, and I would be sorry to the vast number of Dragon Country male compatriots.”

Customer service: “The data department is already editing your video and will send it over for review soon. I heard from the passenger that it was because she talked about the betrothal gift that you became very excited and didn’t agree with giving a betrothal gift, so you two had a disagreement and a conflict occurred. If this is the case, then this complaint may be upheld and will affect your service rating.”

Yang Chen: “There’s nothing I can do about that. I really couldn’t listen to her anymore. She was too hateful! You’ll know when you watch the video later. From the perspective of a normal person, everyone will definitely be as angry as I am.”

Customer service: “Okay. Then I’ll watch the video later and make a judgment. But I have to tell you in advance that this complaint is likely to be upheld.”

Yang Chen: “Then I’ll post the video on the internet and let hundreds of millions of netizens judge whether it was right for me to kick her out of the car. If it brings any negative public opinion to the platform, don’t blame me.”

Customer service: “Mr. Yang, you… I understand, I will handle it carefully.”

After hanging up the phone, the system sent a reminder.

“Congratulations to the host for receiving a complaint, triggering a critical reward. The Chenguang Charitable Foundation’s fund size has increased to 2 billion. It will take about a week to complete the operation. Please be patient.”

Oh, that’s great. 500 million increased to 2 billion, which can help a lot of children.

Yang Chen was in a bad mood just now, but now he’s in a much better mood. When he’s in a good mood, he has a good appetite. Time to go get lunch.

While he was eating, Yu Shishi called Yang Chen.

Yu Shishi: “Mr. Yang, something bad has happened. Someone posted on Weibo [Chinese Twitter] and Douyin [TikTok’s Chinese version] saying that you forced a passenger to get out of the car halfway through with insults and intimidation, without taking the passenger to her destination. Many netizens are scolding you now.”

Yang Chen: “I know. I’ll edit the video from the car later and send it to Zhou Zhenyi and the others to post online to respond.”

Yang Chen quickly finished lunch, went back to the car, cut the video, and asked Zhou Zhenyi, Li Qinqin, and other affiliated internet celebrities to post the video.

The influence of one passerby is naturally not comparable to the influence of many internet celebrities. Soon the video spread all over the internet.

Angry netizens came to scold the female passenger.

“Damn, they have a house and a car ready, and they are willing to give a 200,000 betrothal gift, and that’s still not love? They have to borrow money to get 500,000 for her brother to be considered love. Damn, this is really eye-opening.”

“This woman is not only a brother-supporter, but also a feminist. The phrase ‘putting aside the facts’ is really brilliant. I think the driver was too polite. If it were me, I might have really hit her. Damn, one more trick to fear women every day.”

“There really are women like this! Even I, a woman, think she’s too outrageous. They have a house and a car ready, and they’re giving a 200,000 betrothal gift, that’s enough. Who doesn’t have 500,000 and has to force people to borrow so much money? She would rather live a life of debt after marriage to help her family’s brother. I feel the horror of brother-supporting demons for the first time.”

“The driver is right. If he continues to take this weirdo to her destination, he wouldn’t be worthy of being a Dragon Country man, and it would be an insult to Dragon Country men. There is nothing wrong with what he did! If you have to say he’s wrong, then he’s wrong for just saying he was going to hit her and not actually hitting her. Watching the video makes my stomach hurt. It’s conceivable how angry and broken down the driver was when he talked to her face to face.”

“Haha… She posted on Weibo and Douyin to try to cyberbully the driver, but she was killed instead and cyberbullied herself.”

“What’s the phone number of this driver? I’ll take his car in the future. This is the kind of backbone that our Dragon Country men should have. We will never indulge this kind of weirdo!”

…

The Didi customer service was dumbfounded. She had already ruled that Yang Chen’s complaint was valid.

But now, seeing the overwhelming support for Yang Chen online, she knew that she had definitely made the wrong judgment.

Therefore, CEO Li Changqi personally called the head of the customer service department and asked the customer service department to re-examine Yang Chen’s complaint and bad review, so that they could learn a lesson that they should not only make judgments based on evaluations and one-sided customer statements, but must understand what happened and combine the “context” to judge right and wrong.

The Didi platform has passed the stage where it needs to beg customers to place orders on the platform. Now they have the right to screen customers to a certain extent. Some customers with truly low character should be abandoned, and don’t feel reluctant.

Although Yang Chen used this video to explain the truth and reverse public opinion, he offended those women who had the same ideas as that female passenger.

Some extreme feminists are already plotting to retaliate against Yang Chen.

…

In the evening, Cheng Junjun called Yang Chen and asked him to have dinner together.

It had been a while since he had seen her, so Yang Chen immediately went to the appointment.

Cheng Junjun looked unhappy.

Yang Chen asked, “What’s wrong? What’s the matter?”

Cheng Junjun: “Sigh… I have so many 烦心 [fánxīn – vexing] things. Zhang Hailing ran away, and my family is now in dire straits. My dad asked me for help, and I can’t bear to ignore them. But when I think about how they treated me in the first place, I don’t want to be good to them.”

Yang Chen: “I’m not being a saint here, but if they really can’t make ends meet, you should help them a little. After all, they are your grandfather, grandmother, and father. Assuming they really starve to death, you will definitely regret it in the future. To put it bluntly, the money you donate is not for them, but so that you won’t regret it in the future.”

Cheng Junjun thought for a moment and felt that it made sense, and said, “Well, I know what to do.”

Then she cheered up and said, “I called you out today because I have something to tell you. Last time we had dinner together, we helped an old man and his granddaughter, and we celebrated the little girl’s birthday together. Do you remember?”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “I remember, she even wished us to have a bunch of younger brothers and sisters. We haven’t taken action yet, and I really feel guilty.”

Cheng Junjun chuckled and slapped the back of Yang Chen’s hand, saying, “I hate you.”

Then she said seriously, “I said at the time that I would sponsor the little girl to go to school until she graduated from college. A few days ago, I went to school to see her. The teacher said that she had been sent back to her hometown in Suzhou because her grandfather was hit by a car and died while picking up trash a while ago. She has no relatives and can only be sent back to the orphanage in her place of origin. The police have opened a case for investigation, but the car was using a fake license plate, and the car has not been found yet, so the case has not been solved.”

Yang Chen: “Ah? How could this happen? Which branch is handling the case now? I’ll ask someone to get the case file and let the Aegis Security check it out. As long as the driver is still alive, I don’t believe we can’t find him.”

Cheng Junjun: “The Beizha Branch.”

Yang Chen: “Do you know the old man’s name?”

Cheng Junjun: “The old man’s name is Zhang Kangfu, and the little girl’s name is Zhang Ruixin.”

Yang Chen immediately sent a message to Qiu Yuhong, explaining the situation in detail, asking him to immediately inquire about the case with the Beizha Branch, and mobilize all the power of the Aegis Security Group to find the car and the driver.

Yang Chen: “I have already ordered the investigation, and there should be news soon.”

Cheng Junjun: “Sigh… Little Ruixin was already pitiful enough. Who knew that several buildings in the orphanage where she was located were crushed by heavy snow because they had been in disrepair for a long time. Many children and staff were injured. Little Ruixin only injured her hand, and she has recovered. But the orphanage needs funds to rebuild, and the children are still living in open-air sheds. Dean Chen Funian has applied for help from relevant departments and charitable organizations, but almost a month has passed and there is no news. Chen Funian couldn’t bear to see the children freezing in the sheds, so he publicly solicited donations from the society, hoping that people with lofty ideals could generously donate to help the orphanage. I have prepared 2 million, and I hope it can help them. Dean Chen will hold a fundraising conference at the orphanage tomorrow. Do you want to go with me?”

Yang Chen: “Of course I want to go. I really like that girl, she is so sensible that it makes people feel sorry for her. Give me the address, and I’ll go there tomorrow too.”

Cheng Junjun nodded and sent the specific address of the orphanage to Yang Chen.

The two agreed to go to Suzhou together tomorrow.

Yang Chen can also take the opportunity to see his aunt.

The orphanage definitely needs a lot of money to rebuild.

Isn’t the Chenguang Charitable Foundation established for children and environmental protection?

Isn’t it time to use it now?

When he got home in the evening, Yang Chen called Chairman Ji Kun and asked him to rush to the Funian Orphanage in Suzhou tomorrow morning to investigate and see if it meets the donation standards of the Chenguang Charitable Foundation.

In this way, Yang Chen doesn’t have to pay for it himself, but he can still help the children there.

Early the next morning, Yang Chen got up and picked up Cheng Junjun and went straight to Suzhou.

At first, they were driving well, but they ran into a traffic jam when they were about to enter Suzhou.

Two luxury cars in front seemed to have had a collision, and the two drivers were arguing with each other.

Maybach driver: “If you slow down a little, wouldn’t I have been able to come over?”

Porsche Cayenne owner: “I’m driving normally, why should I let you?”

Maybach owner: “Are you blind? The road ahead is getting narrower, so shouldn’t I change lanes in advance? Do I have to drive close and crash into it?”

Porsche Cayenne owner: “Crashing is your own business. Why do you always drive in the fast lane? If you normally drive in the lane like us, would you need to change lanes? Anyway, I’m not wrong. If you don’t agree, call the police, okay?”

The two of them refused to give in to each other and kept arguing.

Other drivers were trying to persuade them to move the cars away before arguing, but they couldn’t persuade them.

“Who argues by blocking the road? Do other people not want to leave?”

“You move the cars away first, and then argue as you please.”

“There’s a long queue behind. When the traffic police come, neither of you will get any good.”

“Two tycoons, can you move the cars? We’re in a hurry!”

…

Porsche owner: “How dare you talk to us in a broken domestic car? What qualifications do you have to talk to us?”

Maybach owner: “That’s right! Wait until you can afford one of these cars before you meddle in our business.”

Damn, what these two people are saying is ridiculous. Can driving a luxury car block the road and prevent others from passing?

Yang Chen stuck his head out of the car window and said loudly to the driver in front, “Brother, what’s going on?”

“Don’t mention it. Two big guys driving luxury cars are arguing and blocking the road. If anyone tries to persuade them, they will mock us for driving garbage cars and say that we are only qualified to persuade them when we can afford their cars.”

“Rich people are really arrogant!”

“But I saw one driving a Porsche Cayenne and one driving a Maybach. They shouldn’t be simple people. We are either domestic or garbage joint ventures, so we are indeed not qualified to talk to them.”

“So, what does this mean now? Either call the police, or someone more awesome will appear to scare them away?”

“I took a look, and there are only ordinary cars behind. How can there be anyone more awesome than them?”

…

Yang Chen said with a smile, “Are they so arrogant? I’ll go take a look.”

“Haha… Brother, forget it. You’re driving a JAC car [a Chinese car brand]. They will definitely mock you later.”

“That’s right! Let’s just wait. Someone has already called the police. The traffic police should be here soon.”

“Even my BMW X5 didn’t dare to go over. How dare you, a JAC, go over?”

…

Yang Chen said with a smile, “There’s no harm in trying.”

After speaking, Yang Chen walked over.

The drivers next to him all sighed.

“He’s just stubborn. A person driving a JAC is going to interfere with people driving a Maybach and a Porsche. I really don’t know where he gets his courage and confidence.”

“Everyone else was turned back. He’ll be honest after being mocked.”

“That’s right! He doesn’t look very old. He probably doesn’t know how sinister society is.”

…

These people are really interesting. They don’t have the ability to make those two car owners move their cars, but when others try, they mock and gloat because the car they drive is not good. It’s really impossible to understand their thoughts.

Yang Chen stepped forward and said, “Hello, two big brothers. Look, it’s so congested behind. Can you please move the cars away before arguing?”

Porsche owner: “Can you, a person driving a JAC, not talk?”

Maybach owner: “Really, can people driving JAC cars be so confident now? Other Mercedes-Benz and BMWs don’t dare to come up and ask for scolding. Why are you? Who are you?”

Other drivers laughed gloatingly.

“See, he was mocked.”

“He didn’t listen to what we said. We can only say that he deserves it.”

“That’s right, even my Mercedes-Benz didn’t dare to go up. The guy next to me who drove a BMW went up and got scolded. He’s already driving a JAC car and dares to join in. Isn’t that just asking for scolding?”

…

“This is my business card, please keep it.” Yang Chen said with a smile.

After speaking, Yang Chen took out two personal business cards from the business card case and handed them to the two of them.

The two of them took a closer look at the business cards and were immediately frightened.

Aegis Security Group, Dragon United Supermarket Group, Qiaojiangnan Restaurant…

A series of well-known names represent Yang Chen’s hard power. The two luxury car owners were immediately frightened and nodded and bowed to apologize.

Porsche owner: “Mr. Yang, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was you.”

Maybach owner: “We didn’t know that Mr. Yang would travel so low-key, otherwise we would definitely not dare to waste your time.”

Porsche owner: “Yes, yes, yes! We’ll move the cars right away. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

After speaking, the two quickly got into the car and moved the cars away.

Yang Chen turned around and walked back, and the other drivers stared at him dumbfounded.

What’s the situation?

This JAC driver solved the arrogant car owners who were arguing with the sky and the earth with two business cards?

Yang Chen got into the car and honked the horn continuously to remind the cars in front to start and drive away quickly.

The cars in front quickly started and took the initiative to lean to the side, letting Yang Chen’s JAC car go first.

At this moment, the brand image of JAC cars instantly became tall and high-end.

Let’s just say, Chairman of JAC Motors, when will you settle the endorsement fee with Brother Chen?