How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 318

That’s What They Call Ruling the World!

Yang Chen wasn’t aware of the feud between Fang Yingqi and Little Cat Doesn’t Eat Fish. He said, “Just ignore them. No need to resort to insults.”

After all, Fang Yingqi was also a second-generation rich kid [a person born into wealth]. There was no need to stoop to the level of a small internet celebrity who relied on flaunting her charm.

Fang Yingqi quickly explained, “That bitch insulted me during a PK battle [player-versus-player battle, a common term in online gaming and live streaming] before. She thought she could get away with it because she was in Shu [short for Shudu, another name for Chengdu] and I was in Hai [short for Hai City, another name for Shanghai].”

Yang Chen nodded, understanding the situation. In that case, it was no wonder Fang Yingqi was resorting to insults.

Fang Yingqi’s loud insults drew the attention of passersby who were watching Huang Tiantian’s street photos.

“Wow, who is this person? She’s so brave, daring to insult Huang Tiantian. She has nearly nine million followers on Douyin [the Chinese version of TikTok] alone.”

“I saw that she was also live-streaming just now. She’s also an internet celebrity, probably trying to leech off her popularity.”

“Maybe it’s a script. Aren’t those internet celebrities fond of creating these brain-dead scenarios?”

…

Little Cat Doesn’t Eat Fish’s real name is Huang Tiantian. She is a streamer for Shudu Guli Culture Media and can be considered a local tyrant [a powerful and influential figure] in this area.

Fang Yingqi publicly called her trash, so she certainly couldn’t swallow that insult.

However, as a major streamer, she didn’t need to take action herself. Her entourage would do it for her.

“How are you talking?”

“This isn’t your property. Can you please move aside?”

“If you don’t want to move, you don’t have to, but there’s no need to insult people, right?”

…

Huang Tiantian said hypocritically, “Forget it, forget it. We’ll just reshoot. Don’t waste time on her.”

Fang Yingqi chuckled coldly and said, “Huang Tiantian, what are you pretending for? Last time when we were doing a PK battle, you called me trash. You thought you could get away with it because you were in Shudu and I was in Hai, right?”

Huang Tiantian quickly denied it, saying, “Don’t talk nonsense! When did I insult you? I have over ten million followers across the internet. Would I be so classless as to insult you?”

Fang Yingqi had never suffered a loss since she was a child. Being insulted by Huang Tiantian that time had put her in a bad mood for many days. She had even specially edited the video of Huang Tiantian insulting her from the recording.

“You are that classless!” Fang Yingqi opened the video and played it for her to see.

Huang Tiantian looked a little embarrassed and quickly winked at her entourage.

The entourage understood and quickly stepped forward to communicate with Fang Yingqi in a low voice.

“Beauty, let’s find a quiet place to talk slowly.”

“That’s right! It’s not a big deal. PK battles are just performances for the fans.”

“How about this? I’ll apologize to you on behalf of Tiantian. Okay?”

“Yes, yes, yes, you also insulted her just now. Let’s call it even and you guys leave. Let’s not meet again. Okay?”

…

Fang Yingqi sneered and said, “She insulted me intentionally, and I insulted her back in retaliation. The nature of the two is completely different. Don’t equate them. She has to apologize for intentionally insulting me, or this matter is not over. If I slap you for no reason, and you slap me back, can the nature of that be the same? Would you feel better just because you slapped me back? Besides, if I slap you for no reason, you might not just slap me back, but give me a beating. So, you want me to let it go just like that? Do you think that’s possible?”

Fang Yingqi was quite eloquent, and her words left the group speechless.

At this moment, a man about the same age as Yang Chen walked over with a woman even more flamboyant than Huang Tiantian. He drank the milk tea in his companion’s hand as he walked over with a smile.

This person was Huang Tiantian’s boss, Wu Guli, the owner of Shudu Guli Culture Media.

“What’s going on?” Wu Guli asked with a smile.

The employees quickly explained the situation to him.

Wu Guli chuckled and said, “Beauty, don’t be so stubborn. It’s wrong for her to insult you, but you also insulted her. Let’s just call it even. If you don’t move, it’ll seem like you’re deliberately provoking us.”

Yang Chen put his arm around Fang Yingqi and pulled her into his embrace, saying with a smile, “Wasn’t it your streamer who provoked us first? If she doesn’t apologize today, none of you are going anywhere.”

The expression on Wu Guli’s face gradually froze, then he said with a forced smile, “Brother, you don’t sound like a local from Shudu. Isn’t it better to have more friends? There’s no need to push things too far.”

Yang Chen: “You’re not worthy of being my friend. You run an internet celebrity company. I advise you not to ruin your entire company for the sake of such a classless piece of trash.”

Wu Guli: “Brother, you’re very arrogant. You want to ruin my entire company? May I ask, brother, where do you hang out?”

Yang Chen: “I said you’re not worthy of knowing me. Don’t waste our time. Just have her say sorry to my girlfriend.”

Wu Guli: “We all care about face. If I let my artist apologize to her today, how will my artist continue to work in this industry? How will my company continue to operate? How will I, Wu Guli, continue to operate in the Taikoo Li [a popular shopping district in Chengdu] area?”

Yang Chen: “I gave you a chance, but you didn’t want it. Your company is called Shudu Guli Culture Media, right?”

Wu Guli: “That’s right! I’d like to see how you’re going to ruin my company.”

At this moment, Wang Nianming arrived again.

“Brother Chen, what’s wrong?” Wang Nianming asked loudly.

Yang Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, “It’s nothing. Why do I always run into you? You’re the center of attention wherever you go. I don’t want to be that famous.”

Wang Nianming: “Brother Chen, this street is so big. As soon as I walk out, I can see your tall and mighty figure. How can I not come over and say hello?”

Yang Chen smiled speechlessly and said, “Alright! I’m tired of walking around. Let’s find a place to rest and take care of this little rascal.”

With that, Yang Chen put his arm around Fang Yingqi and walked away, with Wen Ya following closely behind.

Wang Nianming knew Wu Guli. Although they weren’t close friends, they had drunk together and were familiar with each other.

“Wu Guli, what the hell are you doing? How did you offend Brother Chen?” Wang Nianming asked.

Wu Guli’s expression changed slightly, and he quickly asked, “Does Young Master Wang know him?”

Wang Nianming: “Damn it, don’t you look at your Moments [a feature on WeChat, a popular Chinese messaging app, where users can share posts with their friends]? I saw several of my friends in Shudu posting about a mysterious super-rich second generation who parachuted into Taikoo Li, and I can only be his parking attendant. Didn’t you see it?”

Wu Guli was shocked and said, “He… he is that mysterious rich second generation who can only upload photos of his back?”

Wang Nianming: “How did you offend him?”

Wu Guli: “My streamer was too excited when she was doing a PK battle with his girlfriend, so she called her trash. You know how internet celebrities say some extreme things to stimulate fans to give gifts during PK battles. But his girlfriend didn’t like it and insisted that my streamer apologize to her.”

Wang Nianming: “Damn! I know Fang Yingqi. She’s a rich second generation in real life. She’s just doing Douyin for fun. She doesn’t need fans to give her gifts, and she doesn’t do that internet celebrity PK stuff. She definitely can’t accept your streamer insulting her.”

Wu Guli: “Then who exactly is he? Even you have to be his parking attendant.”

Wang Nianming glared at Wu Guli and then turned to leave.

Damn it, can’t you talk properly? Why do you have to say such things to my face?

Wu Guli quickly chased after him and asked, “Young Master Wang, don’t go! Tell me who he is!”

Wang Nianming: “Get lost! I don’t want to talk to you. Just wait for bad luck.”

At this moment, the assistant suddenly shouted, “Boss, something bad happened! Tiantian’s Douyin account has been banned!”

Wu Guli was shocked and quickly opened Douyin to search. Little Cat Doesn’t Eat Fish was indeed banned. All her works were gone, and her followers were all cleared.

Wang Nianming laughed and said, “See? I told you you were going to have bad luck.”

“Oh no, her Xiaohongshu [a popular Chinese social media and e-commerce platform] account has also been banned!”

“Her Kuaishou [a popular Chinese video-sharing platform] account has also been banned!”

“Her Weibo [a popular Chinese microblogging website] has also been banned!”

…

The assistants’ reports were like hammer blows to Wu Guli and Huang Tiantian’s hearts.

Wang Nianming’s girls all looked gleeful and whispered among themselves.

“Brother Chen is really amazing. He banned all her accounts so quickly.”

“How did he manage to ban all this woman’s accounts at once?”

“He must know people at those companies.”

…

Wang Nianming said with a smile, “What’s the use of just knowing people? I also know the CEOs of those platforms, but they wouldn’t listen to me if I asked them to ban someone’s account. The key is that Brother Chen holds shares in those companies. My Weibo and Douyin accounts were banned by Brother Chen.”

“Ah? He even banned your account?”

“Why? Aren’t you friends? Why did he ban your account?”

“That’s right, aren’t you angry at all?”

…

Wang Nianming replied helplessly, “Don’t mention it. Brother Chen was worried that I would get into conflicts online and affect the stock price, so he banned my account. It’s good that it’s banned. It doesn’t affect me from going out and having fun.”

Huang Tiantian ran over and said, crying, “President Wu, what should we do now? All my accounts have been banned. It took me so much effort to build up those ten million followers.”

Wu Guli was about to speak when the assistant started reporting the “battle situation” again.

“Something bad happened! The accounts of other streamers under the company have been banned!”

“Our company’s Weibo and Douyin accounts have been banned. We’re finished.”

“What’s going on? We didn’t do anything against the rules!”

…

Wang Nianming didn’t mind getting involved and could talk to anyone.

“Haha… You haven’t done anything against the rules? The biggest violation you committed was offending Brother Chen in order to protect this streamer. Let me put it this way, Brother Chen directly or indirectly holds shares in all the mainstream public platforms such as Weibo, Douyin, and Xiaohongshu. Isn’t it easy to shut down a small company like yours? It’s just a matter of a few phone calls. He gave you a chance just now, but you didn’t cherish it and insisted on acting tough. What’s wrong? Is this your base of operations, so you can be arrogant? Try being arrogant now,” Wang Nianming mocked.

Wu Guli was like a stray dog, without the arrogance he had when he arrived.

The company’s streamers, whose accounts had suddenly been banned, quickly called the operations department to report the situation.

The operations department then called Wu Guli to report.

In just ten minutes, a company had been shut down.

Wu Guli slapped Huang Tiantian and said, “It’s all your fault! Why did you have to insult her? The live stream was over. You could have just hung up, but why did you have to say that extra insult?”

The slap was quite hard, and Huang Tiantian fell to the ground. Because she was wearing revealing clothes, she was immediately exposed.

The surrounding passersby quickly took out their phones and started taking pictures.

“Damn, was that young man just now so powerful? He shut down a company in such a short time?”

“Damn, some people’s power is beyond imagination.”

“Are the big shots from Hai City so awesome? I guess this boss never thought he would offend such a powerful figure.”

“God is so unfair. He made him so handsome and gave him such a good life. Isn’t it said that when God opens a door, he closes a window? Why did he open both the doors and windows for him?”

…

Wu Guli quickly begged Wang Nianming, “Young Master Wang, please help me. For the sake of Chen Kang, please help me.”

Chen Kang was Wang Nianming’s friend in Shudu and the owner of Queen Bar. Wang Nianming had met Wu Guli through him and had drunk at the same table.

Although Wang Nianming was playful, he knew what was important.

How could a drinking buddy compare to Yang Chen?

Wang Nianming said with a smile, “Adults have to take responsibility for their mistakes. I can’t help you. You’ll have to bear the consequences yourself.”

With that, Wang Nianming left with his girls.

Wu Guli quickly chased after him for help, which angered Wang Nianming.

“If you keep pestering me, I’ll be rude to you!” Wang Nianming said unceremoniously.

Wu Guli was stunned and immediately stopped.

At this moment, the employees gathered around.

“President Wu, my wife is about to give birth. I can’t be without income. Please settle my salary. I have to find another job quickly. Thank you.”

“President Wu, my father is lying in a hospital bed, as you know. If I don’t have income for a month, the hospital will kick him out. So… I’m sorry, I have to settle my salary and find a new job quickly.”

“My girlfriend has been waiting for me to save up enough money to marry her. I can’t be without income either. President Wu, thank you for taking care of me these past few months. I have to take my salary and find a new job.”

…

Wu Guli was speechless. He had never heard that their families were so poor. As soon as something happened to the company, they all became more miserable than the others.

At this moment, Wu Guli just wanted to go home and find his mother…

…

After dinner, Wen Ya took a taxi home.

Yang Chen was about to watch the Oriental Selection live stream when Wang Nianming called him.

“Hey, Brother Chen, have you left? Are you still in the Taikoo Li area?” Wang Nianming asked.

Yang Chen: “No, I’m going to see the Oriental Selection live stream at the panda [referring to the IFS building in Chengdu, which has a giant panda sculpture]. What’s up?”

Wang Nianming: “I’ve organized a game. Come play mahjong [a popular Chinese tile-based game]. I’ve already arranged everything. Ace of Spades [likely referring to a high-end brand of champagne] is unlimited. If you win, it’s yours. If you lose, it’s mine. Just come and have fun.”

Yang Chen: “Damn, I don’t know how to play mahjong!”

Wang Nianming: “Then just come and hang out, have a couple of drinks before you leave.”

Yang Chen: “I’m going to check out the panda first, then I’ll go over later. No drinking, I have to drive. Send me the location, I’ll go over later.”

Wang Nianming: “Then I’ll come find you. I’ll see you under the panda’s butt later.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen took Fang Yingqi to the open space outside the LV flagship store, where Oriental Selection was live streaming tonight.

“Shudu has a very wealthy name in history called Jinguancheng [literally ‘City of Brocade Officials,’ a historical name for Chengdu]. Many poets in history have left poems and odes in Shudu. For example, Li Longgao’s work in the Song Dynasty, ‘The Xia River goes west to Jinguancheng, I heard that Meilong is absolutely lovely. I don’t know if you are well this year, the cypress of the Wuhou Temple has become firewood.'”

Dong Xiaohui and others were introducing the history and culture of Shudu to the audience, and Yang Chen couldn’t help but want to buy a “Collection of Poems”.

The Dragon Kingdom [a common nickname for China] has five thousand years of culture, and every city has some legends, celebrities, and elegant scholars in ancient times.

Therefore, no matter which city they go to for live streaming, this “Collection of Poems” must be sold. Oriental Selection sells goods to survive, but they don’t forget that their essence is education, and it’s good to spread some knowledge.

Lao Yu walked over with a smile and said, “President Yang, are you having fun today? I saw several of my friends in Shudu posting on Moments, saying that a mysterious rich man came to Shudu Taikoo Li, and they can only post photos of his back, not his face. I recognized you as President Yang as soon as I saw your back. Haha…”

Yang Chen: “I didn’t want to make such a big splash. I just wanted to come to Taikoo Li to broaden my horizons as an ordinary person. They took photos of my face and wanted to post them online, so I had to ask those platforms to block my name and face.”

Lao Yu: “President Yang is really amazing. You can actually get so many platforms to block your photos and videos.”

Yang Chen: “I spent money. I invested so much money in those companies. If I don’t have this power, then I didn’t invest so much money for nothing.”

Lao Yu: “Haha… That’s right.”

At this moment, Wang Nianming came over with his girls.

Lao Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying, “Young Master Wang, what a coincidence.”

Wang Nianming: “President Yu, good evening. You’re working too hard. Do you personally oversee every live stream?”

Lao Yu: “President Yang has paved the way for us. We must seize the opportunity and take off this time, otherwise we may not have another chance in the future. You guys chat, I’ll go talk to the brand representative over there.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded.

Wang Nianming, for Yang Chen’s sake, quickly said to Lao Yu, “President Yu, take care, take care of your health, don’t work so hard.”

Lao Yu laughed and quickly walked over.

Wang Nianming: “Brother Chen, when are we going?”

Yang Chen: “Let’s go now.”

At this moment, the streamer Youyou, who was live streaming, whispered that Wang Nianming had arrived.

Dong Xiaohui: “Ah? Wang Nianming is here? It’s really him, what a coincidence, to meet Young Master Wang here. Cameraman, please give Young Master Wang a shot.”

The cameraman quickly adjusted the camera to film Wang Nianming.

Yang Chen quickly turned his back, and the camera filmed Wang Nianming’s face.

Wang Nianming smiled and waved at the camera, and the cameraman quickly turned the camera back.

Just that one shot was enough, and the live stream room immediately exploded, with the barrage so dense that it was impossible to see clearly.

“Wow, is Wang Nianming going to the Taikoo Li to cause trouble again?”

“He always has so many girls following him.”

“Since his Weibo and Douyin were banned, there hasn’t been any news about him. I kind of miss him.”

“Is Wang Nianming here to help you sell goods?”

“Did you invite Wang Nianming to sell goods! Let Wang Nianming say hello, and I’ll place an order immediately!”

“Wang Nianming! Wang Nianming! Wang Nianming…”

Dong Xiaohui: “We’re done, everyone wants Young Master Wang to say hello. Everyone, don’t misunderstand, Young Master Wang is not here to help us sell goods, and we don’t have the money to invite him. He’s just here to see the excitement. Don’t make things difficult for us, we can’t afford to invite him.”

Lao Yu quickly ran over and said to Wang Nianming, “Young Master Wang, I’m sorry, can you do me a favor? Say hello in front of our camera. Please. The audience said they haven’t seen you in a long time and want you to say something in front of the camera, otherwise they won’t buy our things. Please, do me a favor.”

Yang Chen didn’t express his opinion, but the girls behind him showed shocked and disdainful expressions.

Are you kidding me?

Let Wang Nianming go to the camera to say hello and help them sell goods?

Can Wang Nianming afford to lose face?

If other friends see this, wouldn’t they laugh at him for being reduced to standing on the platform for live streaming hosts?

What would some uninformed netizens think?

Wang Nianming couldn’t make a living after his Weibo and Douyin were banned, so he was reduced to selling goods?

However, they were overthinking it. Wang Nianming replied without any hesitation, “No problem, just saying hello, it’s a small matter. Brother Chen, wait for me.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded.

Wang Nianming’s girls were surprised. Why would he give Lao Yu face?

Lao Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “It’s a good thing President Yang invested in our Oriental Group, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to invite a young master like Wang Nianming.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… If you need anything in the future, just ask him directly. He will definitely help you if he can.”

Lao Yu: “Okay. With President Yang’s face, I can do things with peace of mind.”

Wang Nianming’s girls finally understood why he was willing to give Lao Yu face. To be precise, he wasn’t giving Lao Yu face, but giving Yang Chen face, so he would lower his status to stand on the platform for live streaming hosts.

The girls whispered among themselves.

“He’s really amazing. He also has shares in Oriental Selection.”

“He’s invested in almost all the domestic internet companies. How much money does he have?”

“It’s hard to say how much money he has, but it definitely won’t be a small amount, otherwise Young Master Wang wouldn’t be so respectful to him.”

“That’s right, we can guess how much assets he has from Young Master Wang’s attitude.”

“It’s a pity that he’s not as affectionate as Young Master Wang, otherwise we would have a chance too.”

…

Wang Nianming stood between Dong Xiaohui and Youyou, greeting the audience in the Oriental Selection live stream room.

Young Master Wang’s online appeal was not to be underestimated, and the effect was immediate.

Barrage.

“Young Master Wang, long time no see!”

“The days of being forced to quit the internet by a big shot are not easy, right.”

“Can’t go online anymore, so you can only take the girls to the Taikoo Li to cause trouble?”

“Place an order, place an order, buy, buy, buy.”

…

The audience was also very supportive, and they took more than 20,000 orders in less than a minute.

“That’s about it,” Yang Chen waved his hand to signal Wang Nianming to leave.

Wang Nianming smiled and waved at the camera, saying, “I just happened to be passing by, so I said hello to everyone. Please take care of Oriental Selection’s business, goodbye.”

Dong Xiaohui and other hosts quickly said goodbye to Wang Nianming, then quickly sat down and continued the live stream.

Wang Nianming came to Yang Chen and asked with a smile, like a child who had done a good deed and wanted to be praised by an adult, “Brother Chen, President Yu, how was it, was I helpful?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… In my heart, you will always be the number one internet celebrity in the Dragon Kingdom. No internet celebrity’s appeal and influence can compare to you.”

Lao Yu: “Yes, yes, yes, Young Master Wang’s appeal is unmatched.”

Wang Nianming: “Then why did you ban my Weibo and Douyin?”

Yang Chen: “Brother, if you can’t control your temper and cause trouble, I’ll lose hundreds of millions. Can I not restrain you?”

Wang Nianming laughed and pulled Yang Chen, saying, “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s play mahjong! President Yu, we’re leaving.”

Lao Yu waved goodbye to Yang Chen and Wang Nianming.

Yang Chen and Wang Nianming chatted as they walked, while their girls chatted about their topics.

Soon, they arrived at Queen Bar.

Wang Nianming was good friends with Chen Kang, the owner of this bar, and he was also a regular here.

The waiter came up to greet them, and Wang Nianming said with a smile, “Have fun tonight, tell them that beer is free tonight, Brother Chen is paying, put it on my account!”

The waiter nodded and quickly ran to tell the DJ.

The DJ immediately turned off the music and said loudly, “Everyone, welcome Brother Chen to Queen, beer is free all night, Brother Chen is paying, scream!”

The whole place immediately screamed and shouted.

Damn, no wonder some rich young men like to show off. This feeling of the whole place cheering for you is really cool!

Wang Nianming still knew how to behave. As soon as he came in, he first tried to please Yang Chen.

Boss Chen Kang ran over and said, “Young Master Wang, is this Brother Chen you mentioned?”

Wang Nianming: “That’s right, this is Brother Chen.”

Chen Kang quickly stepped forward and hugged Yang Chen, saying, “Hello, Brother Chen, welcome to Queen. The box is ready, let’s go over now.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded.

Some customers who had seen Yang Chen recognized him.

“Damn, that super-rich young man who drives a Bugatti Veyron!”

“It seems to be him! The young master from Hai City, the Brother Chen they were talking about just now is him.”

“The young master is different, he treats the whole place to drinks as soon as he makes a move.”

“I’ll try if I can post on Moments now.”

“What are you posting? I tried it, and I still can’t post his face. Don’t even think about it. This kind of mysterious rich second generation must have already told all the major platforms not to allow his face and videos to appear on the platform.”

“Tsk tsk tsk… This is what they call ruling the world!”