How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 365

It must be said that Wang Ankang’s promotional method was indeed very effective. He fully exploited people’s desire for bargains, gradually enticing them by broadcasting the amounts spent, progressively encouraging customers to spend more and more until they shopped till they dropped.

Unconsciously, the time reached 11:25 PM, and the broadcast sounded again.

“Dear customers, there are only 5 minutes left until the end of our event. Currently, Mr. Yang is ranked first with a total spend of 35.645 million. Mr. Gao is second with a total spend of 34.786 million. Mr. Chen is third with a total spend of 28.786 million. Currently, the tenth-ranked total spend is 23.768 million, and the fourth-ranked total spend is 27.896 million. Please plan accordingly. In addition, we would like to remind everyone to consume rationally.”

Good heavens, they only remind everyone to consume rationally when it’s almost over. Isn’t that just ridiculous?

Yang Chen and Zhou Chunyu were chatting when Zhou Ying and Wei Hao came over again.

Their expressions were not good. They must have realized that there was no hope for the top three, and they had wasted so much money. Wei Hao looked a little unhappy.

Zhou Chunyu: “Xiaoying, how much stuff did you buy?”

Zhou Ying: “Only a little over 10 million, which is far from third place. I told him not to continue, but he actually wanted to keep going and even mortgage the company to borrow money to keep buying.”

Damn, Yang Chen thought that Zhou Ying didn’t want to stop, but he didn’t expect that Wei Hao was addicted to buying and didn’t want to stop.

Wei Hao explained: “If I stop now, then my 12 million will be wasted. Only by fighting for first place and getting all the money back will it be worth it.”

Well, this event is preying on everyone’s psychology; otherwise, how could it attract so many local tycoons [wealthy individuals] to shop like crazy?

Zhou Ying: “No, about 8 million of these 12 million was used to buy things for you, so how is it wasted? Do you think it’s a loss to spend about 4 million on me? Have you ever thought about marrying me? These things are for me, but after we get married, won’t they still belong to our family? Unless you never intended to marry me, otherwise, why would you have such thoughts?”

Wei Hao: “Hey, that’s not what I meant. I don’t care about spending 4 million on you. But I don’t need to spend 8 million to buy these things myself. I don’t usually pursue these things, as you know. If I didn’t want to marry you, why would I spend so much money on you? Am I crazy? Do I have too much money to burn?”

Yang Chen glanced at the time and said, “There are still three minutes left; you still have a chance. There is a Czech Leopard watch for 15 million on the second floor. If you buy a pair of couple watches, you can rush to first place. As long as you can rush to first place, all the money will be returned to you.”

Zhou Ying quickly advised: “No! If you think so, others may think so too. If others suddenly buy a lot of things at the last moment like you, you still won’t be able to compete with them.”

Hearing Zhou Ying say this, Wei Hao instantly gave up.

He regretted it now. If he had known this would happen, he shouldn’t have had any delusions from the beginning; otherwise, he wouldn’t have spent so much money buying these luxury goods.

But Zhou Ying was secretly overjoyed. She had bought clothes and bags for the next few years.

She would find an excuse to sell them later and deposit the money. Even if she and Wei Hao broke up in the future, she wouldn’t lose out.

At 11:30 PM, the mall broadcast sounded on time.

“Dear customers, the deadline for the first ‘You Shop, I Pay’ event has arrived. Because some customers suddenly bought a large number of goods in the last minute, we need to recalculate the amount. Please wait.”

Zhou Ying said with an “I knew it” look: “Listen, listen, I said that others would definitely think the same way. If you continue to borrow money to buy things, wouldn’t that be a real waste?”

Wei Hao looked helpless and didn’t say anything.

To make Wei Hao feel better, Zhou Ying said with a smile: “Honey, don’t be so sad. With your ability to make money, we will be able to earn this money back soon. But what about Yang Chen? He bought millions of dollars worth of things. How long will it take to earn that back by driving a ride-hailing car [rideshare vehicle]? His house in his hometown is going to be taken away.”

Hearing Zhou Ying say this, Wei Hao instantly felt much more balanced.

Some people are just like this. It doesn’t matter if they are miserable, as long as the people around them are more miserable than them, they will feel very happy.

“Hehehe… Brother, I think you should come to our company to be an actor. A stable 8,000 a month is definitely better than driving a ride-hailing car,” Wei Hao said with a smile.

Yang Chen replied with a smile: “Thank you, I really don’t need it.”

Wei Hao chuckled and said, “Brother, with a stable monthly salary of over 8,000, you can pay in installments. If you rely on driving a ride-hailing car to make money to pay off your debts, how long will it take you to pay off these millions?”

Zhou Ying said sarcastically: “Chunyu, you too, why didn’t you persuade him? My boyfriend runs a company, so even if he spends more than 12 million, he can earn it back quickly. But your boyfriend is a ride-hailing driver, so he can’t compare to my boyfriend. He mortgaged his house to borrow money to buy these things. How long will it take to earn it back? Maybe he will never earn it back in this lifetime. I can’t let you spend the rest of your life paying off debts. Hurry up and break up with him. I’ll introduce you to a boss, and I guarantee you can live a good life like me.”

Zhou Chunyu was speechless. She had said so many times that Yang Chen was not her boyfriend, but how could she not get through to them?

Oh…

Forget it, let them be; I’m too lazy to explain.

Yang Chen put his arm around Zhou Chunyu’s shoulder and said, “Beauty, isn’t this inappropriate? You’re trying to persuade her to break up with me in front of me. You’re not leaving me any face at all. You should at least say it behind my back. You have to have the most basic respect for people, right?”

Zhou Ying smiled disdainfully and said, “Handsome guy, respect is only possible when both parties have equal status. My boyfriend is a boss, and I can introduce Xiaoyu to such a boyfriend. You’re just a ride-hailing driver, so how can I respect you?”

Zhou Chunyu said angrily: “Zhou Ying, can you stop saying such things? We’re roommates; there’s no need to make it so that we’ll never see each other again, right?”

Zhou Ying retorted: “Isn’t this for your own good? He owes millions now. Do you want to pay off his debts with him?”

At this time, the broadcast sounded again.

“Dear customers, the results are out. The first place is Mr. Yang Chen, with a total spend of 58.986 million. The second place is Mr. Gao Peng, with a total spend of 55.387 million. The third place is Mr. Chen Xing, with a total spend of 55.308 million. Congratulations to Mr. Yang Chen for winning the free order opportunity, congratulations to Mr. Gao Peng for winning the opportunity to return 20% of the actual payment amount, and congratulations to Mr. Chen Xing for winning the opportunity to return 10% of the actual payment amount. Congratulations to the above three distinguished customers, and thank you to all the distinguished guests for your active participation. Now, please welcome Mr. Wang Ankang, Chairman of our SKP Group, to personally present the awards to the top three. Please Mr. Yang Chen, Mr. Gao Peng, and Mr. Chen Xing stay where you are, and Chairman Wang will take the initiative to find you. Thank you for your cooperation.”

The third-place group all sighed regretfully. They were only 80,000 yuan away from winning a 10% return, which felt like a real loss.

At this time, Zhou Ying and Wei Hao were looking at Yang Chen with shocked expressions.

So Yang Chen didn’t spend millions, but tens of millions.

Where did he get so much money?

No!

It must not be him. It must be the same name.

Zhou Ying: “Xiaoyu, how much stuff did you buy?”

Zhou Chunyu: “I don’t know. Brother Chen paid, and I don’t know how much it cost. Anyway, it’s a lot.”

Wei Hao: “Brother, it’s the same name, right? A ride-hailing driver can’t possibly come up with more than 50 million to pay, right?”

Yang Chen: “Brother, let me teach you a life lesson. When doing anything, either don’t do it, or do it with all your might. Never be timid; otherwise, you will most likely give up halfway. I don’t have that much money, but I dare to borrow it. Anyway, as long as I win first place, I can get the money back and pay it back. I can also get so many things for free. Why worry so much? Since everyone understands this principle, then it depends on who can persevere to the end. I’m very happy that I persevered to the end.”

The people next to him all looked at Yang Chen with envy and admiration. They dared to borrow money to participate in this event. They had to admire him.

At this time, Wang Ankang walked over with a smile.

“Mr. Yang, congratulations, congratulations. Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your support of our SKP. You deserve this free order opportunity!” Wang Ankang said, shaking Yang Chen’s hand, and then quickly handed Yang Chen a large card with the words “Free Order” written on it.

Yang Chen smiled and took the card, raised it above his head, and said: “Everyone, I’m sorry, I won the first place in the first event. If there is such an event next year, everyone remember, either don’t participate, or if you participate, you must persevere to the end and don’t hesitate at all.”

Wei Hao and Zhou Ying looked at the free order card in Yang Chen’s hand with a bitter look, their eyes full of jealousy and hatred, and of course, disbelief.

Wei Hao quickly asked: “Are you mistaken? He is just a ride-hailing driver. How could he have so much money? He said he borrowed it. Can a ride-hailing driver borrow so much money? We demand to see the receipts for verification; otherwise, we have the right to suspect that you are cheating.”

Wang Ankang said with a smile: “Is Mr. Yang just a ride-hailing driver? We don’t know about that. But that’s not important. I believe many friends have adopted the method of joining hands to participate in the event. Many people buy things, but they are recorded under one person’s name. Right?”

The surrounding customers smiled without saying a word, acquiescing to Wang Ankang’s statement.

Wang Ankang continued: “So, Mr. Yang can also gather funds from relatives and friends, or borrow money, etc. His job does not affect him from becoming the first place tonight. Everyone doesn’t need to worry about these issues. Since we dare to do such an event, we will naturally consider various issues in advance. Please look at the advertising screens on each floor, which will list the shopping lists of the top three, as well as their shopping receipt stubs.”

Customers on each floor looked up at the advertising screen, and the screen showed the receipts signed by Yang Chen and the other two.

The receipts also listed what they bought.

The second and third place bought hundreds of things in a mess.

But Yang Chen had very few things. Just two Czech Leopard watches cost 30 million.

“I’ll go, this is a real tycoon [wealthy and powerful person]. He bought two Czech Leopard watches at once.”

“Is it the one in the window? The one with a price tag of 15 million?”

“It must be that one. That watch looks very childish, but it has a high technological content.”

“Oh… He stamped the receipt at 11:28 PM. This is clearly deliberately waiting until the last moment to make a final kill.”

“He has tactics. As long as he can ensure that he is the first place, he dares to buy it no matter how much money he spends to get it back. We are stupidly forming gangs to pool orders, thinking we are very smart, but in fact, we are too stupid. We didn’t think of his method.”

…

Wang Ankang: “Everyone has seen it, right? Since we are doing this event, we will definitely ensure fairness, justice, and openness. Thank you all for your support of this event. Everyone, remember to come again next year today. We will also hold such events. Everyone was not familiar with the first event and did not think of some tactics. It is excusable to fail. Everyone has a year to prepare. When you come to participate in the event next year, you must think about the tactics in advance. At that time, the competition may not be who has more funds, but who has higher wisdom. Okay, please Mr. Yang Chen, Mr. Gao Peng, and Mr. Chen Xing, come with me to the office to check the bills and sign. We will send someone to deliver the things you bought to your house tomorrow. Thank you to other distinguished guests for your active participation. Everyone, please leave. Thank you all.”

Yang Chen took Zhou Chunyu to the conference room.

Along the way, customers looked at Yang Chen with envy.

They still had many regrets and were unconvinced, feeling that Yang Chen was taking advantage of loopholes. If they were clearly competing for who had more money, they would definitely not lose to a ride-hailing driver.

Conference room.

The staff first checked the shopping lists for the second and third place and then let them leave.

All irrelevant people were dismissed, leaving only Yang Chen, Zhou Chunyu, and Wang Ankang.

Wang Ankang: “Haha… Mr. Yang, are you satisfied with the results of tonight’s event? The report below just said that today’s sales reached 1.2 billion, and the sales during the evening event reached 1.1 billion. It seems that many people want to compete for the top three.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and said, “Chairman Wang’s ability still makes me very relieved, but some major decisions still need to be discussed with me.”

Wang Ankang: “Understood! Understood! I will definitely remember it in the future and will never make such a mistake again!”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Send the things we bought to Yida Huafu 2001, and we will leave first.”

Wang Ankang: “Mr. Yang, wait a moment. Tonight, the merchants have such high sales, and our mall will take 25% of the turnover as a commission. The more than 30 million on your head is nothing at all. Why don’t you just take it all? This is a temporary event, so it’s easy for us to do the accounting. You and this lady can just take whatever you want in our mall, as long as the total amount is controlled within 30-40 million.”

Zhou Chunyu’s eyes widened in shock. Do merchants have to give the mall a commission based on turnover?

Then the SKP mall operator is making a lot of money. Last year’s sales were 17.5 billion. According to a 25% commission, the SKP Group can get a commission of 4.375 billion.

This doesn’t even include the venue rental, property fees, advertising costs, etc. And this is just the revenue from Beijing SKP. Including Chang’an SKP and the newly established Shudu SKP, the SKP Group earns tens of billions in net profit a year.

And SKP Group is controlled by Yang Chen, with a shareholding ratio of about 80%. Doesn’t this mean that Yang Chen can just drive a ride-hailing car to pass the time, and by the end of the year, SKP alone can give him a dividend of tens of billions?

And there are more than 30 million worth of things he can get for free?

Zhou Chunyu looked at Yang Chen in shock, her eyes full of admiration.

At his level, money should just be a string of numerical symbols in the bank.

Yang Chen smiled and said to Zhou Chunyu, “Let’s go, let’s go pick things out. Anyway, it’s free, choose whatever you need, just keep the total amount within 40 million.”

Zhou Chunyu: “No, no. Brother Chen, you choose, I don’t want to choose.”

Yang Chen: “You cooperated very well just now, successfully tricking Wei Hao into spending more than 10 million. According to the 25% turnover commission, you created more than 2 million in revenue for the mall. How about this, you choose things according to the standard of 1 million, which is considered a commission reward for you.”

Zhou Chunyu bit her red lips lightly, looking very happy, but also a little hesitant.

“Brother Chen, thank you, it’s so nice to have you,” Zhou Chunyu said softly.

Yang Chen: “Haha… Let’s go.”

The two happily went downstairs and ran into Zhou Ying and Wei Hao again.

At this time, Zhou Ying and Wei Hao were arguing.

Wei Hao: “No, I must return these things. I now realize that this is a trap. I can’t knowingly jump into a trap.”

Zhou Ying: “Are you crazy? You’ve already paid, it’s impossible to return them if there’s no quality problem! Besides, if you go back and return the things now, what will others think of us? Can’t afford to lose? Don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”

Wei Hao: “It’s better to lose face than to lose money! I must go back and return the things!”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “I advise Boss Wei not to be so impulsive; otherwise, not only will you not be able to return them, but you will also be blacklisted by the mall, and you won’t be able to shop here in the future.”

Wei Hao sneered, “Are you kidding me? The customer is God. Even if they don’t give a refund, they can’t blacklist me. If they blacklist me, they will earn at least two million less a year. Do you think they dare?”

At this time, Wang Ankang happened to come over.

Yang Chen waved and beckoned him over.

Wang Ankang ran over and asked with a smile, “Mr. Yang, what are your instructions?”

Yang Chen: “These two didn’t get the first place and want to return the goods, blacklist them!”

Wang Ankang: “Okay!”

Yang Chen took Zhou Chunyu away, and Wang Ankang called the security guards to drive Wei Hao and Zhou Ying away.

Wei Hao was furious and shouted, “What are you doing? Is SKP bullying customers? Why are you driving us away?”

This guy is deliberately shouting so loudly to attract the surrounding customers.

He thought that if there were many people, the mall wouldn’t dare to drive them away.

However, he was overthinking it.

Wang Ankang explained loudly, “Everyone, please be the judge. These two distinguished guests want to return the things they bought because they didn’t get first place and didn’t get the chance to have their orders waived. How is this possible? The event is held openly, fairly, and impartially. We did not force or induce anyone, and we also reminded everyone to consume rationally. Now he wants to return the goods because he didn’t get first place. If we accept their unreasonable demands, then all customers will say they don’t want the things. How can our merchants do business? This is like you buying a lottery ticket and asking for a refund because you didn’t win the jackpot. Is this how you behave and do things?”

It can’t be said that all the customers who come here are rich, but it is certain that the vast majority of customers are either rich or noble.

These people value face very much and naturally look down on Wei Hao’s behavior.

“I’ll go, why did you play if you can’t afford to play? If we let you have your way, can SKP still be the most high-end mall in the country?”

“You people are awesome when you buy lottery tickets. You ask for a refund if you don’t win the jackpot. You won’t lose a penny.”

“Haha… I’m dying of laughter. How can there be people like you? I think SKP should raise the entry threshold. Some poor people shouldn’t come in; otherwise, they will do something ridiculous like him.”

…

Zhou Ying quickly lowered her head, constantly pulling on Wei Hao’s clothes, and whispered, “Stop talking, you can’t return them, let’s go quickly. Otherwise, we will be laughed at and blacklisted.”

Looking at everyone’s mocking faces, Wei Hao also felt very embarrassed and quickly dragged Zhou Ying away in disgrace.

“Haha…” Everyone laughed.

Originally, everyone felt uncomfortable because they bought some unnecessary things and didn’t get into the top three. Now, seeing Wei Hao’s embarrassed appearance, everyone’s mood suddenly improved, as if they had forgotten that they had also spent so much unnecessary money.

A shopping quota of more than 30 million seems like a lot, but it’s not enough at all here in SKP.

Yang Chen chose a few watches, and that was the price.

Zhou Chunyu was shopping so happily for the first time in her life. She smiled and said to Yang Chen, “Brother Chen, you’ve made me materialistic. If I can’t support myself in the future, I might become bad.”

Yang Chen: “How do you want to become bad?”

Zhou Chunyu: “For example, I’m like Zhou Ying, finding an old and ugly rich man.”

Just as Yang Chen was about to laugh, two familiar figures appeared next to him. Zhou Ying and Wei Hao were looking at Zhou Chunyu with angry faces. Next to them was a chubby man.

This was embarrassing. Zhou Chunyu had been holding back for a long time and didn’t complain about her old classmate hooking up with a sugar daddy. As soon as she said it, they heard it.

Zhou Chunyu helplessly pouted. Since they had already heard it, she didn’t want to explain.

Zhou Ying: “Xiao Yu, I really didn’t expect you to be this kind of person. I was thinking of introducing you to a boyfriend who is a boss, but you’re talking about me behind my back.”

Wei Hao: “Zhou Chunyu, your words are too harsh, aren’t they? How am I old and ugly? I’m only thirty-eight years old, how am I old and ugly?”

Zhou Chunyu didn’t know how to explain it, so she could only smile awkwardly and reply, “Just kidding, you’re very good, don’t mind it.”

Wei Hao: “What are you kidding about! Are you very familiar with me? Why are you making fun of me?”

At this time, the chubby man looked Zhou Chunyu up and down with a lecherous look, then nodded very satisfied and asked, “Brother Hao, is this the beauty you were going to introduce to me?”

Zhou Ying replied angrily, “Didn’t you hear her just say that I’m looking for an old and ugly man for money? People may be poor, but they still look down on successful people like you who are mature and steady.”

The man smiled and stepped forward, extending his hand to Zhou Chunyu and said, “Beauty, hello, my name is Huang Xiudong, and I’m the boss of Yunhai Culture. Like Brother Hao, I also make content and short videos. Nice to meet you, I think we’re very suitable.”

Zhou Chunyu didn’t even look at him, quickly hugged Yang Chen’s waist, her eyes only on Yang Chen, and said, “I have a boyfriend. Don’t listen to their nonsense, I won’t break up with my boyfriend.”

Huang Xiudong withdrew his hand with an embarrassed expression, straightened his clothes, and pretended to say to Yang Chen, “I heard you’re a ride-hailing driver?”

“Not just a ride-hailing driver, I also have many investments. Do you work for the websites under the Kanwen Group like Wei Hao?” Yang Chen asked.

Huang Xiudong nodded and said, “Yes! We started studios at the same time and registered cultural companies at the same time to transform into shooting short videos. Brother, you’re just a ride-hailing driver, you’re not worthy of such a beautiful girl, you should take the initiative to leave. I fell in love with this beauty at first sight and want her to be the stepmother of my two children.”

This wasn’t love at first sight at all; it was clearly lust at first sight.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “You guys are so arrogant. Just now, they were trying to persuade Xiao Yu to break up with me in front of me and introduce her to a rich man. You, on the other hand, directly asked me to leave Xiao Yu and wanted her to be the stepmother of your two children. It seems that you’ve made a lot of money making content and videos; otherwise, you wouldn’t be so arrogant.”

Huang Xiudong replied with a proud face, “It’s okay. Last year, I made 15 million in turnover just from [likely refers to a specific platform, but without context, it’s best to leave it as is], of which about 5 million was the cost of ghostwriters, and the net profit was at least 10 million. This year, we plan to enter the short video industry, and we will definitely make more and more money. Miss Zhou, if you are willing to marry me, as long as you take good care of the family for me, I will give you at least 100,000 yuan a month for pocket money. 10 million in profit is not much, but he drives a ride-hailing car until the wheels are smoking, and he can’t earn that much money in his lifetime. Am I right?”

Zhou Chunyu sneered and said, “Wow, so much money! It’s a pity I don’t need it.

I’ll say it one last time, I have a boyfriend. Zhou Ying, I think we are now people from two different worlds. The gap in values is too big, there is no way to communicate at all, so there is no need to continue to maintain the friendship from high school. Let’s just pretend we don’t know each other in the future. I don’t want to force myself to perfunctorily deal with you anymore.”

Being able to say these words face to face is enough to show that Zhou Chunyu has made up her mind to break off contact with Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying replied unconvinced, “Do you think I care about continuing to be friends with you! You’re so right, we are people from two different worlds. You can’t access my world, and I don’t need to force you to integrate into it!”

Wei Hao also helped his girlfriend and said, “It’s really hopeless; you personally sent the opportunity to change your destiny to you, but you don’t want it!”

Huang Xiudong sighed and said, “What a pity, the opportunity to be a rich wife is in front of you, but you can’t grasp it.”

Zhou Chunyu rolled her eyes; these two were too good at pretending.

Yang Chen lowered his head and was sending a message to Wang Wu, the chairman of Kanwen Group.

“Check all the websites under Kanwen Group, find out the ones related to Huang Xiudong and Wei Hao, take them all down, and sue them for violating the contract and hiring ghostwriters to write for the websites. Go all out, sue them until they go bankrupt and liquidate.”

Wei Hao asked with a smile, “Brother, who are you texting with your head down? It wouldn’t be some beauty, would it?”

Yang Chen smiled and put away his phone and said, “Aren’t you guys working on the sites under Kanwen Group? I sent a message to Wang Wu, telling him to immediately take down everything related to you and sue you until you go bankrupt and liquidate. I don’t think you need to transform into making short videos anymore; first prepare the liquidated damages to pay to the websites under Kanwen Group.”

Wei Hao and Huang Xiudong laughed, only taking Yang Chen’s words as a joke.

Wei Hao: “Brother, although you are very poor, you are very good at bragging.”

Huang Xiudong: “Although you work very hard driving a ride-hailing car, you look really handsome when you brag.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, turning his head to signal Zhou Chunyu to leave.

Wei Hao and Huang Xiudong laughed.

“He’s really good at bragging! A ride-hailing driver still wants to contact Kanwen Group, what a joke,” Huang Xiudong said.

Wei Hao had a smug expression, “It’s normal, he has to maintain his poor self-esteem in front of his girlfriend.”

Zhou Ying sneered and said, “What if you have good grades and get into a key university? You can only deal with people from the bottom of society. It’s hopeless, I can’t even help her.”

At this time, the mall broadcast rang, reminding customers that it was time to leave and the mall would be closing soon.

The three walked out with smiles.

Before reaching the first floor entrance, Wei Hao and Huang Xiudong almost simultaneously received calls from their subordinates.

“Hello, President Huang, it’s not good, our [likely refers to a specific platform, but without context, it’s best to leave it as is] have all been taken down!”

“Hello, President Wei, something big has happened, all the [content] we made on all the websites under Kanwen Group have been taken down!”

“What? How could this happen?” Wei Hao and Huang Xiudong shouted almost in unison.