How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 311

311. Taking Over Buffett’s 10% Stake in BYD

Chapter 311: Taking Over Buffett’s 10% Stake in BYD

After being delayed by Chen Xiaoxian for so long, Yang Chen couldn’t continue delivering food. He took off his uniform and decided to drive his sports car for ride-sharing passengers instead.

During the evening rush hour, Yang Chen picked up a female passenger who appeared to be in her thirties.

You could tell something was off with this female passenger as soon as she got in the car. She slammed the door shut with excessive force.

If Yang Chen hadn’t modified his car, her action might have damaged the door.

*She probably had a bad day at work, or she wouldn’t be acting like this,* Yang Chen thought.

Yang Chen followed the standard procedure, confirming the last four digits of her phone number before starting the ride.

About twenty minutes later, the car arrived near the Green Garden residential area, which was the female passenger’s destination.

Since the residential area was on the opposite side of the road, Yang Chen needed to make a U-turn to drop her off at the entrance.

So, Yang Chen asked, “Madam, should I stop here and you walk across, or should I make a U-turn ahead and take you directly to the entrance of the residential area?”

The female passenger replied unhappily, “What do *you* think? I set the destination as the entrance of the residential area, so of course, you should take me there.”

Yang Chen nodded, stepped on the gas, and drove forward to make a U-turn and stop at the entrance of the residential area on the opposite side.

The female passenger immediately shouted, “Hey, what are you doing? Stop on the left! Why are you still driving forward? Are you so desperate for money that you don’t even care about your reputation?”

*Damn it, was she raised on crap?* Yang Chen thought, trying to keep his cool.

Yang Chen patiently explained, “Madam, I can’t stop on the left side of the road; I can only stop on the right. I’m going to make a U-turn ahead and then stop at the entrance of the residential area for you.”

The female passenger retorted, “Are you kidding me? Isn’t that a longer route? Are you really going this far for a few cents of fare?”

Yang Chen said, “Madam, it’s not about the fare. I can’t stop on the left side of the road because that would be driving against traffic. There’s a crosswalk and a traffic camera there. I can’t risk getting points deducted and a fine just to save you a few cents.”

The female passenger insisted, “I don’t care! You must stop on the left side of the road *right now*, or I’ll call and complain about you!”

Yang Chen, his patience wearing thin, nodded and said, “I’m ending the ride for you now. Get out immediately, and you can complain as much as you want. Okay?”

Yang Chen stopped on the right side of the road and ended the ride.

The female passenger protested, “Hey? Why are you stopping? Who told you to stop? I set the destination as the entrance of the residential area, so you *must* take me there. If you dare to drop me off halfway, I’ll complain about you! I’m not getting out! Go ahead and hit me if you dare! Jerk!”

Yang Chen, losing his composure, pointed at her and cursed, “Damn it, you’re really shameless, aren’t you? Get out of my car *right now*, get out!”

The female passenger immediately dialed the police, saying, “I’m calling the police! I’m calling the police! You want to hit me, right? Come on, try hitting me.”

At that moment, the call connected.

The female passenger said, “Hello, police officer, please save me! I’m in a ride-hailing car, and the driver wants to assault me! Please come and save me!”

The operator said, “Huh? The driver wants to assault you? Is there anyone around? Call for help immediately, and we’ll send someone over right away!”

Yang Chen quickly said loudly, “Hey, don’t talk nonsense! When did I say I wanted to assault you? I’m not that desperate yet!”

The female passenger said, “Look at you pointing at me, aren’t you going to hit me?”

Yang Chen retorted, “Pointing at you doesn’t mean I’m going to hit you, and I didn’t say I wanted to assault you. Watch your words; you have no shame, but I do! If my friends hear this, they’ll laugh at me for not being picky. I can’t afford to lose face like that.”

The female passenger whined, “You… Police officer, did you hear that? He’s attacking me personally! He’s humiliating me! He’s hurting my self-esteem! You must come over and arrest this rogue!”

The operator said, “You scared me; I thought he was raping you. Just say he wants to hit you, why are you saying ‘assault’? I’ve located your position, and nearby officers will be there immediately. Driver, if you can hear me, please listen to my advice: any problems can be resolved through negotiation; don’t be impulsive.”

Yang Chen said, “I’m not being impulsive; I just want her to get out of the car, but she’s just staying in my car and won’t leave! Fine, let’s wait for the police to handle it.”

The female passenger hung up the phone and immediately gave Yang Chen a bad review.

“Garbage driver, so desperate for a few extra cents that he doesn’t care about his reputation, deliberately taking a longer route.”

The ride-hailing platform popped up a message, reminding Yang Chen that he had received a bad review.

Yang Chen glanced at the review with disdain.

At this moment, the system issued a reminder.

“Congratulations, host, for receiving a bad review. The system rewards the host with taking over Berkshire Hathaway’s 10% stake in BYD [a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles and batteries]. Warren Buffett will personally deliver the equity transfer documents and other materials to the host.”

*Wow, this reward is awesome!*

*Buffett is coming to deliver the transfer documents in person?*

*Hmm…*

*Okay!* Yang Chen thought, feeling much better.

Seeing Yang Chen actually smiling, the female passenger’s anger surged even more.

“You can still laugh, huh? Fine! I’ll see how long you can laugh! If I don’t complain about you until you beg me for forgiveness today, I’ll change my last name to yours!” The female passenger said fiercely, then called customer service to complain about Yang Chen.

Yang Chen smiled disdainfully and said, “Don’t randomly recognize fathers! If I had a daughter like you, I’d be laughed at. I can’t afford to lose face like that!”

“You dare to humiliate me, huh? You wait! Hello, I want to complain about the driver of the car I’m in. His service is terrible; he deliberately took a longer route to rip me off, pointed at me and cursed, and even wanted to assault me…”

*Damn it, you can’t tell where she’s from by her accent; how can a woman keep talking about assaulting her?* Yang Chen wondered.

The female passenger babbled a lot to customer service before hanging up.

At this moment, the system issued another reminder.

“Detected that the host has been complained about, triggering a critical reward. The system will additionally reward the host with another 10% stake in BYD. After all rewards are received, the host will hold a 20% stake in BYD, becoming the second-largest shareholder of the company.”

“Haha…” Yang Chen laughed.

The female passenger said, “You… are you deliberately provoking me? Fine, when the police arrive, I hope you can still be so arrogant! Don’t be like other pathetic men and humbly say you have old parents and young children to take care of, begging me to forgive you. You have successfully crossed my bottom line multiple times; even if you kneel down and beg me, I won’t forgive you.”

Yang Chen said, “Damn! Listening to you, you often scam ride-hailing drivers! Do you always ask ride-hailing drivers to stop on the left side of the road for you? When they refuse, you throw a tantrum, and then the platform punishes the drivers, forcing them to apologize to you, right?”

The female passenger replied smugly, “Good to know. Just wait; there will be a time when you’ll be crying and begging me for forgiveness. Jerk!”

*If Yang Chen used his special privileges to ban this woman’s account today, it wouldn’t be considered bullying, but rather doing a service to the people, right?* he mused.

After a while, a police car drove over.

The female passenger immediately opened the car door and shouted to call the police over.

Four police officers got out of the car and walked over, asking what was going on.

The female passenger embellished and falsely accused Yang Chen, while Yang Chen silently pulled out the surveillance video from the car and showed it to the police officers.

After watching it, the police officers said to the female passenger, “Madam, you must abide by traffic laws when you’re out, understand? Drive on the right, stop on the right, and don’t go against traffic to stop on the left for you! The driver did nothing wrong; his words and actions were fine, and he was only angered by you in the end before pointing at you. On the other hand, you are suspected of making a false police report. Apologize to each other, and we’ll leave it at that.”

The female passenger argued, “If I didn’t say that, would you have come so quickly?”

Yang Chen said, “I can’t apologize to her; I’m also going to complain to the platform and ban her account.”

The female passenger said, “Damn! What a load of bull! Ban my account! Come on, let the platform ban my account right now and show me.”

Yang Chen picked up his phone and called Liu Xueqing, saying, “Immediately ban the account from my last ride, and permanently blacklist her ID card and phone number, not allowing her to register for a platform account again. I’ll upload the surveillance video for you to review later.”

Liu Xueqing said, “Okay, Mr. Yang! I’ll ban her ID card and phone number right away!”

Seconds later, the female passenger received a text message and an app pop-up reminder that her account had been permanently banned by the ride-hailing platform due to her violations.

“Ah? Why ban my account? What did I do? Why permanently ban my account? Police officers, look, my account has really been banned. You have to stand up for me; the ride-hailing platform is bullying me too much!” The female passenger cried.

The four police officers looked at Yang Chen in shock and confusion. *This driver was too awesome; one phone call and he could get the platform customer service to ban a passenger’s account.*

One of the police officer said: “Driver, you’re quite something; one phone call and you can ban her account. As far as I know, the ride-hailing platform doesn’t easily ban passenger accounts. At least in her case, it shouldn’t be enough to ban the account.”

Yang Chen: “It depends on who makes the request. If I make the request, they must meet my requirements.”

*Damn, this guy is so cocky,* the officer thought.

Police officer: “May I ask your name, young man!”

Yang Chen took out a business card from the glove box and handed it to the police officer.

Shield Security Group, Penguin Technology Group, Alphabet Dancing Group…

This string of impressive names was dazzling.

Now the police officers knew why this driver could ban a passenger’s account with one phone call.

*With his net worth, who couldn’t he ban!*

The four police officers exchanged glances and quickly went to the back row, pulling and dragging the female passenger out.

The female passenger was like a madwoman,

scratching, clawing, and howling for help.

The police officers had no choice but to take out “air freshener” [pepper spray] and spray it in her eyes.

The female passenger instantly quieted down, covering her eyes and sitting on the ground.

Seconds later, she suddenly screamed.

“Ah! Ah! Ah… My eyes hurt so much! Ah…”

Amidst the female passenger’s screams, Yang Chen drove away smartly.

BYD has been performing very well in recent months, selling hundreds of thousands of cars each month.

However, to be honest, a stock price of over 200 and a market value of nearly a trillion are indeed a bit high, so it’s no wonder Warren Buffett wants to sell his stake in BYD at this time.

However, Yang Chen doesn’t care about the stock price going up or down; he just keeps it for dividends.

Currently, electric vehicles are a major future trend, and the country’s policy support also tends to favor this area.

No matter how many shortcomings consumers think electric vehicles have, the country’s policy direction will not change.

When doing business, you must follow the country’s policies. No matter how awesome you are, you can’t go against the country’s policies; otherwise, you will definitely fail miserably.

Later, Yang Chen will take the lead in having BYD cooperate with Hualin Technology, one producing and selling electric vehicles, and the other producing and selling charging equipment, and the industrial chain will be complete.

With a customer like BYD, Hualin Technology’s listing in three years will be easy.

So, this reward is excellent.

The next morning, Yang Chen had just dropped off a passenger and was about to find a place to have a cup of coffee to pass the time when Wang Nianming called him.

Wang Nianming: “Brother Chen, Li Tao just called me, saying he wants to meet and talk about you and Chen Xiaoxian. Do you want to come?”

Yang Chen: “I’m not going; you handle them. Who is this Li Tao?”

Wang Nianming: “Li Tao doesn’t have much ability, but his boss is very popular recently. He even argued with me on Weibo [a Chinese microblogging website] before.”

Yang Chen: “Oh? Not many people dare to argue with you; what’s his background?”

Wang Nianming: “His boss is called Sun Xuechen, the founder of Biyang Investment Company. This Biyang Investment Company is actually a company that invests in virtual currencies and occasionally invests in some blockchain, VR [virtual reality], and other technology companies. Overall, it’s no different from making shady money. The country doesn’t want to touch him, so he can jump around. If the country wants to deal with him, he will die miserably. Our country doesn’t recognize virtual currency, so if his income is illegal, then his income is illegal, even if the investment is made overseas.”

*A nobody who deals in virtual currency, I thought he was some awesome figure,* Yang Chen thought.

*This kind of person’s assets may be confiscated at any time; Yang Chen doesn’t bother to deal with him.*

“Okay, you handle it. If you can’t handle it, come to me,” Yang Chen said.

Wang Nianming: “Okay! I have nothing to do recently, so I’ll play with him. Hanging up.”

*A little guy who plays with virtual currency, Wang Nianming should be able to handle it, right?* Yang Chen thought.

Around noon, Yang Chen finished lunch and changed into his delivery uniform to deliver milk tea to customers and try his luck.

Just after delivering a milk tea, Fang Yingqi called him.

Fang Yingqi: “Hello, Brother Chen, do you have time? There’s a RV [recreational vehicle] exhibition at the International Convention and Exhibition Center; do you want to come and see? I’ve been looking all morning and haven’t decided which one to buy.”

Yang Chen: “Is it still going on?”

Fang Yingqi: “Yes, they said it ends at 3:00 PM; are you coming?”

Yang Chen: “Okay! I’m going over now. Have you eaten?”

Fang Yingqi: “Hehe… not yet. I’ve been looking at cars all morning and haven’t had time to eat. Or… can you bring me something?”

Yang Chen: “Sure, wait for me; I’ll be there soon.”

Yang Chen drove to the International Convention and Exhibition Center and also picked up a delivery order to the convention center.

Yang Chen picked up the delivery, brought a copy for Fang Yingqi, and then went to the convention center.

He first handed over the delivery to the customer and then went to meet Fang Yingqi.

“Brother Chen, you’re finally here. I’m starving. Hehe… thank you,” Fang Yingqi said with a smile.

Yang Chen handed her the food and asked with a smile, “Your figure has gotten better recently; this little waist is something else.”

Fang Yingqi immediately happily spun around in front of Yang Chen to show off her figure, saying, “This is not just a small waist; it’s a deadly blade for you!”

“Haha… don’t go home tonight; use your deadly blade to stab me a few times?” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Fang Yingqi immediately covered her eyes shyly and whispered coquettishly, “Oh, there are so many people; keep your voice down. Annoying…”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “You eat; I’ll go wander around and see if there are any RVs I like.”

Fang Yingqi nodded and said, “Okay! Then I’ll find a chair to sit down and eat; you go take a look first; I’ll call you later.”

Yang Chen nodded and wandered around.

There are more and more rich people now, house prices are getting higher and higher, and young people are getting more and more ideas.

Rich people need RVs for road trips, and young people who can’t afford houses can only buy an RV to cope, so the market demand for RVs is getting bigger and bigger.

There are many brands at this RV show, such as Datong, Yate RV, and so on.

However, these RVs look a bit small, and Yang Chen doesn’t really like them.

Walking further in, Yang Chen saw a behemoth.

This RV was obviously much bigger than other RVs, like a bus.

Walking closer, Yang Chen saw that the front of the car actually had a Mercedes-Benz logo.

Yang Chen walked forward and observed it up close, then called a pretty girl over and asked, “Miss, can I take a look inside?”

The pretty girl looked at the delivery uniform on Yang Chen and reluctantly walked over.

She smiled contemptuously and said, “Handsome, it’s not that I don’t want you to see it, but you can’t afford it even if you look at it. If the leader sees it later, they will definitely scold me for wasting time. So, please bear with me.”

Yang Chen has encountered this situation too many times.

Many big-name service staff are like this, judging whether customers can afford it based on their feelings. If they can afford it, they treat them well, and if they can’t afford it, they ignore them or even drive them away.

At first, Yang Chen might have argued with them in this situation.

After encountering it many times, Yang Chen became numb and saw it clearly and would not waste words with them if he could avoid it.

Yang Chen took out his phone and showed the text message.

There are 12.8 billion in a card from Haicheng Bank.

The pretty girl looked at the long string of numbers

and was immediately shocked and opened her mouth wide.

“Can I see it now?” Yang Chen asked.

The pretty girl quickly recovered, immediately changed her smile, bowed, and replied, “Hello, sir, welcome to visit the Mercedes-Benz Elson RV. This way, please; I’ll take you to see the interior of the car.”

Money is still useful; the attitude immediately changed.

“Handsome, what’s your name? My name is Wang Yanyun; I’m honored to serve you,” the pretty girl said.

Yang Chen: “My surname is Yang.”

Wang Yanyun: “Okay, respected Mr. Yang, please be careful; we are about to get in the car.”

See, how thoughtful the service is.

Wang Yanyun: “Our RV is based on the Mercedes-Benz Actros ACTROS6×2 chassis, with dimensions of 11980×2500×3900(mm). In terms of power, the car is equipped with a Mercedes-Benz OM501LAV 6-cylinder 12-liter intelligent turbocharged engine, with a maximum power of 265kW, which is 360 horsepower, and a maximum torque of 1850 Nm. The transmission system is a new 12-speed POWERSHIFT fully automatic transmission, with a maximum speed of 110km/h. In addition, the new car is equipped with a 400-liter main fuel tank + auxiliary fuel tank, which greatly improves the cruising range. The body is large enough, and it is definitely no problem for 5-6 people to live normally, meeting the accommodation needs of a family. The bathroom has a wet and dry separation, like a five-star hotel. The bed in the master bedroom can sleep 3-4 people, and there is also a folding bed that can sleep two people. Mr. Yang, let me take you to try how the bed in the master bedroom feels.”

As she spoke, she lay down on the bed, moving forward little by little, deliberately outlining her body curves.

The key is that she is wearing black silk stockings and a short skirt; this action is a bit too familiar with Yang Chen.

Yang Chen: “Are these sofas and chairs all made of genuine leather?”

Wang Yanyun: “Of course! They are all genuine leather, full of technology, and feel very good. Mr. Yang, please come and try how this bed is.”

*Damn, don’t mess around; can you try it with me?*

*Brother Chen will not be tempted by you,* Yang Chen thought.

Yang Chen sat on the sofa and felt it; it was indeed very good.

Seeing that Yang Chen didn’t get on the bed and sat on the sofa, Wang Yanyun quickly got down and sat next to Yang Chen, deliberately using the excuse of testing the elasticity of the sofa to bounce around on the sofa, her body shaking violently.

Yang Chen buys things entirely based on his intuition. As long as he likes it, he buys it, and he doesn’t pay special attention to the specific parameters.

This RV looks very good, very spacious and grand.

Although it is a bit big, 11.98 meters long, it is still acceptable.

“How much does this car cost?” Yang Chen asked.

Wang Yanyun: “12.8 million!”

*Damn, not cheap.*

However, a bus also costs hundreds of thousands or millions; such a large and luxuriously equipped RV, and it is a Mercedes-Benz car, so a price of 12.8 million is reasonable.

Yang Chen nodded and said, “I’ll have my friend come and take a look later. If she is also satisfied, we will buy this car.”

Wang Yanyun: “Where is your friend? I’ll send someone to pick her up and come over to take a look.”

Yang Chen: “She’s eating; she’ll come to me after she’s done eating. I’ll go down and take another look.”

Wang Yanyun nodded and quickly

took Yang Chen down to see the exterior of the car.

While looking, Yang Chen called Fang Yingqi.

Yang Chen: “Qiqi, I saw an RV that is particularly good. Do you want to take a look?”

Fang Yingqi: “If you think it’s good, then it’s good. I’m with you; if you ride a shared bicycle, I’ll ride a shared bicycle. If you drive a motorcycle, I’ll ride a motorcycle. Whatever kind of RV you drive, I’ll ride in that kind of RV.”

Yang Chen: “You mean marrying a chicken, following a chicken, marrying a dog, following a dog. Right?”

Fang Yingqi: “Hehe… that’s what I mean. I’m coming; where are you?”

Yang Chen: “Keep walking in; there’s a behemoth here, a Mercedes-Benz car.”

Fang Yingqi: “Oh, you’re talking about the Elson RV, right? I know. I’m coming!”

At this time, the manager walked over with a young man with a slicked-back hair.

At first glance, that slicked-back hair is a particularly pretentious person, with his head held high and his chest out, his hands behind his back, looking like a leader inspecting.

The manager said with a smile, “Mr. Sun, what do you think; is our RV very domineering?”

The slicked-back hair nodded with a pout, saying, “It looks pretty good. Can we go up and take a look?”

The manager nodded and said, “Of course. Wang Yanyun, come over; quickly take Mr. Sun to see the car.”

It seems that Wang Yanyun specializes in taking customers to see the interior. Yang Chen has already experienced her charm. Only a man like him who has seen many beauties can resist it. If it were another man, or an LSP [loser, simp, or pervert], he would definitely be taken down by her.

*Can other men resist her lying down and asking him to try the bed?* Yang Chen wondered.

Yang Chen immediately said to Wang Yanyun, “I’m buying this car; no one else can go up and see it.”

Wang Yanyun nodded excitedly and quickly said to the manager, “Manager Chen, Mr. Yang said he wants to buy this car and won’t let anyone else go up and see it.”

The slicked-back hair immediately walked over, no longer holding his head high and pouting to pretend.

“Beauty, did you say he’s going to buy this car?” The slicked-back hair asked.

Wang Yanyun nodded with a smile and said, “I just took Mr. Yang up to see it; he was very satisfied and has decided to buy it.”

Manager Chen looked helpless, thinking, “This idiot, why can’t he learn no matter how I teach him? How can a delivery man afford a 12.8 million RV; can’t you see that? Stupid every day.”

The slicked-back hair laughed and said, “Beauty, you’re too naive, right? Isn’t he obviously teasing you? How much delivery do you think he has to do to afford this car? Brother, why don’t you deliver food properly and come here to deceive a little girl? Are you embarrassed?”

Yang Chen rolled his eyes at him and ignored him.

Wang Yanyun quickly said, “Manager Chen, I just saw his bank text message; there are 1.28 billion in it.”

*Damn, big sister, it’s clearly 12.8 billion; how did you shrink it by ten times all of a sudden?* Yang Chen thought.

However, it doesn’t matter; it’s enough to buy this car.

Manager Chen shook his head speechlessly and said, “Only you would believe it; can’t you recognize the clothes he’s wearing? How much delivery do you think he has to do to earn so much money? Stupid every day.”

Wang Yanyun looked aggrieved and asked, “Mr. Yang, can you show us the text message again?”

Yang Chen: “No!”

The slicked-back hair: “Haha… you can deceive a little girl, but you’re afraid you can’t deceive us, so you don’t dare to take it out, right? Beauty, now you believe he’s deceiving you, right? Let’s go; take me up to see the car; if I like it, I’ll really buy it.”

At this time, Fang Yingqi walked over.

The slicked-back hair’s eyes lit up when he saw her.

“Qiqi! Why are you here? What a coincidence! I’m your fan,” the slicked-back hair said excitedly as he rushed up.