How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 401

The Arrogance of Ignorance

　　Liu Wenhui burst out laughing the moment she heard Yang Chen’s words.

　　In her mind, domestic brands were synonymous with poor quality. What luxury brand wasn’t foreign, after all?

　　”Hehe… it seems you don’t know the first thing about luxury goods,” Liu Wenhui said with a hint of disdain. Then she launched into a description of high-end brands like LV.

　　”An LV bag, the cheap ones cost thousands, and the expensive ones go for hundreds of thousands…”

　　After explaining her understanding of these big brands, she asked, “Tell me, which domestic brand dares to sell something so expensively?”

　　Yang Chen: “Hehe… the brands you mentioned are just marketing gimmicks. The products themselves aren’t anything special, and you can buy them as long as you have money. But our Dragon Country’s [China’s] luxury goods are rare and precious. You can’t buy many of them even if you have money. Understand?”

　　Liu Wenhui: “Bullshit. Then name a few.”

　　”Mother Tree Da Hong Pao tea, 10,000 per gram, 10 million per pound.”

　　”A stick of Tongyan Huizhou ink for calligraphy and painting; the lower quality ones cost 200,000 per pound. A simple Longquan inkpad [a paste for inking seals], a box costs hundreds of thousands.”

　　”Yun brocade [a type of silk brocade], ever heard of it? More than 10,000 per square meter. The material to make a dress is enough to buy your favorite high-end LV stuff, right?”

　　……

　　Yang Chen rattled off a list of things Liu Wenhui had never heard of, and the prices seemed far steeper than the LVs she admired.

　　Gong Xiang, sitting next to him, started to panic, thinking, “Brother Chen, take it easy, don’t ruin things for me.”

　　Yang Chen himself realized he might have gone too far. His task was to keep Liu Wenhui interested. If he kept talking like this, she’d bolt.

　　Liu Wenhui didn’t have much education and didn’t connect with these sophisticated things.

　　”What’s the use of what you said? Young people drink coffee now; who drinks tea? Ink and inkpads are useless to ordinary people. Who wears Yun brocade clothes? Products have to be practical. What’s the use of just being rare?” Liu Wenhui still wore a disdainful expression.

　　”Luxury goods, of course, have to be used by very few people to be called luxury. LVs are everywhere; can that be called luxury goods? That’s called daily necessities. To make these products seem scarce, they deliberately create so-called limited editions. But in essence, they are still the same things. The production technology and materials aren’t special. Only big suckers like you will pay for it. Have you seen any real big shots spend money on this kind of thing? Old Wang said that those bags and belts can’t be considered luxury goods. Five-star hotels are more luxurious than those things,” Yang Chen retorted.

　　Gong Xiang, next to him, spilled his coffee and quickly got up to call the waiter to clean it up.

　　He couldn’t take it anymore and quickly interrupted Yang Chen.

　　Liu Wenhui felt irritated by what Yang Chen said. When she saw Gong Xiang’s pathetic and unattractive face, she immediately showed a disgusted expression.

　　Gong Xiang felt a little stung by her expression.

　　However, it was rare for a loser like him to meet a beautiful woman who was willing to chat with him online, so he could only remain humble and silent.

　　Liu Wenhui finished her coffee in frustration and called the waiter for a refill.

　　Then, she continued, “Stop being ridiculous. Domestic products are synonymous with low-end. Many of our domestic industry standards are far below international standards.”

　　*Mad*, why couldn’t he get through to her?

　　After saying so much, they were back to square one.

　　”Whatever makes you happy,” Yang Chen said, too lazy to continue arguing with her.

　　Seeing that Yang Chen had nothing to say, Liu Wenhui flashed a satisfied smile.

　　”What exactly do you do?” Liu Wenhui pressed.

　　”Ride-hailing driver,” Yang Chen replied.

　　Liu Wenhui immediately wore a disdainful expression and said, “After talking for so long, you’re just a ride-hailing driver. I thought you could afford the things you were talking about. You’re just repeating what you heard from others. No wonder you wouldn’t answer directly when I asked you what you do. So you also think being a ride-hailing driver is embarrassing. You said those foreign luxury brands are worthless; is it because you can’t afford them? Hehe…”

　　Gong Xiang couldn’t listen anymore. He rounded on Liu Wenhui and said, “What’s so embarrassing about being a ride-hailing driver? Did ride-hailing drivers eat your rice? When you were getting tips from me, weren’t you very flirtatious, calling me ‘brother’ all the time?”

　　Liu Wenhui had been repulsed by Gong Xiang’s appearance. Now that he suddenly interrupted and reprimanded her, she was immediately annoyed.

　　”Is it any of your business? Why are you butting in? Are you also a ride-hailing driver?” Liu Wenhui asked with disgust.

　　Gong Xiang felt that Liu Wenhui was completely different from what he had imagined, so there was no need to keep playing nice.

　　He took out his phone and showed his account to Liu Wenhui.

　　”I am your Brother Xiang. I used Brother Chen’s photo as my profile picture. I originally wanted him to help me keep you interested, so I could continue to send you gifts, and you could continue to send me revealing photos. Now I don’t want to. I might as well save the money to play with real people,” Gong Xiang said, as if he’d had an epiphany.

　　Yang Chen nodded with relief.

　　In fact, this was just like a “meet-up death” in online dating. You feel good chatting online, but when you meet, you find that the other person is different from what you imagined.

　　It was a good thing that Gong Xiang could cut his losses in time; otherwise, the hard-earned money he made would have been wasted on this woman.

　　Liu Wenhui sneered and said, “With your ugly face, I wouldn’t want your gifts. And you, why did you lend him your photo for his profile picture? Two freaks!”

　　After speaking, Liu Wenhui flounced out.

　　”Aren’t you going to pay for your drink?” Yang Chen called after her.

　　Liu Wenhui stopped short, then snapped angrily, “You guys are so annoying!”

　　After saying that, she went to pay for her share.

　　Gong Xiang looked embarrassed and quickly apologized to Yang Chen.

　　Yang Chen felt sorry for him. He was thirty years old and had never been with a woman. He didn’t know how he got through every long night.

　　”Forget it; it’s good that you woke up in time. If things really don’t work out, find a divorced woman with children. It doesn’t matter if she’s older; it’s better than being single all the time,” Yang Chen comforted.

　　Gong Xiang looked like he was about to cry and said, “Brother Chen, I really don’t have any requirements. Don’t mention divorced women with children or older women; as long as it’s a woman who can have children, I’m willing. But they think I’m ugly and don’t have money, so they don’t want to be with me.”

　　There was only one way to break the situation for Gong Xiang, and that was to earn a lot of money.

　　Many rich people are ugly, but their wives are young and beautiful.

　　So, it doesn’t matter if you’re ugly, as long as you have money.

　　Running a ride-hailing service will definitely not make you rich; it can only guarantee your livelihood.

　　He needed a job that could bring unexpected wealth and make him rich.

　　Yang Chen beckoned Gong Xiang closer and said softly, “I think you’re quite strong. Do you want to join the Aegis Security Group? If you pass the assessment after a few years and perform several high-risk missions, as long as you can survive, you will definitely be able to change your fate.”

　　To put it bluntly, Yang Chen might be pushing Gong Xiang into a fire pit; after all, high-risk missions could really be fatal.

　　But analyzing Gong Xiang’s situation, if he wasn’t willing to fight, this was how his life would be.

　　So, after thinking about it simply, Gong Xiang nodded.

　　Gong Xiang: “Okay! I’ll give it a try. If I die, so be it. If I don’t die, I’ll have money to marry a wife. Instead of living a mediocre life, I might as well fight hard. Brother Chen, do you also have a connection with the Aegis Security Group?”

　　Yang Chen nodded and gave Gong Xiang a number.

　　”I’ll say hello to him; you can just find him directly. Okay, that’s all for today; I have to go drive. If you’re sure you’re going to the Aegis Security Group, hand over the union work to Gao Jun,” Yang Chen said.

　　Gong Xiang nodded and quickly took out money to pay the bill.

　　Yang Chen didn’t argue, waved his hand, and said goodbye.

　　At this time, a customer next to him silently posted the video he had just taken on Douyin [TikTok in China], along with a caption.

　　”Is this the internet celebrity Hui Zi OVO? She met with a fan offline, and it seems like they had a fight.”

　　But after she clicked to post, the system prompted that the video violated regulations and couldn’t be uploaded.

　　She tried several times in a row, but it was the same problem, so she could only give up.

　　……

　　On the other side, Liu Wenhui couldn’t let this go.

　　Two ride-hailing drivers actually dared to humiliate her like that; it was unbearable.

　　So, she took a video and complained about the fans she met today.

　　”Babies, I’ve been bullied! The thing is, everyone knows I went to meet with fans. Guess what? That fan was too ugly and actually used someone else’s photo to deceive me. What’s even more excessive? They are obviously just ride-hailing drivers, but they pretended to be big shots in front of me, saying that LV and the like are not luxury goods, and they were talking about Yun brocade, ink, and inkpads being luxury goods. I swear, their confident look of not being able to afford it really scared me.”

　　The video went live and quickly attracted comments from fans.

　　”I swear, is it that funny?”

　　”Some annoying men are like this, ordinary to the point of being ordinary, but they are just mysteriously confident.”

　　”I told you not to go, but you had to go. Are you going live tonight? I’ll give you a few carnivals [virtual gifts on live streaming platforms], you come and meet me; I’ll definitely make you satisfied.”

　　……

　　Watching the video likes, comments, and other data take off, and the number of fans also increased rapidly, Liu Wenhui jumped up happily.

　　*I didn’t expect that posting this kind of video could quickly increase fans. If I had known it was so simple, I should have taken this kind of video a long time ago. Why bother with those borderline content?*

　　Liu Wenhui seemed to have found the secret to traffic and released several similar videos in a row, and the data performance was very good.

　　Full of confidence, Liu Wenhui made a preview with her fans, saying that she would start a live broadcast at 8 o’clock in the evening to share this strange encounter.

　　At this time, Yang Chen was eating lunch.

　　Bored, he swiped Douyin to see if there were any interesting things.

　　Big data was still awesome. The third video recommended Liu Wenhui’s newly released complaining video.

　　Yang Chen didn’t want to argue with this kind of small-fry, but he couldn’t stand Liu Wenhui’s smug face, praising foreign brands such as LV and Chanel and desperately belittling domestic products as garbage.

　　Yang Chen only needed one piece of information to block her account, but that would be too easy on her.

　　At this time, the CEO of Douyin called Yang Chen.

　　He had received a report from the head of the operations department and saw the video that was blocked from being released. He felt that this video could be used to counterattack Liu Wenhui, so he called Yang Chen to ask if he wanted to allow it to be released.

　　Since someone secretly filmed the process, use this video to set the record straight.

　　”Blur out the part where my face is exposed and send it out,” Yang Chen ordered.

　　The CEO of Douyin quickly complied, ordered the operation to process it, and allowed it to be released.

　　The user who secretly filmed the video realized that his video was on fire after being reminded by a friend.

　　She quickly opened it to take a look, her face full of questions.

　　”Huh? What’s going on? Didn’t you say the video violated regulations and couldn’t be released?”

　　Whether it violated regulations depended on what Yang Chen said. If he said it violated regulations, it violated regulations. If he said it didn’t violate regulations, it didn’t violate regulations.

　　On the other side, Liu Wenhui was showing off her achievements today to her best friend, and she was also looking forward to the live broadcast in the evening to attract another wave of fans and receive many gifts.

　　But not long after, her best friend reminded her that something was wrong with her account.

　　Liu Wenhui said with a smile, “Don’t make trouble; can’t you just want me to do well?”

　　Her best friend was speechless and said, “Really, take a look for yourself.”

　　Liu Wenhui quickly clicked on her account to take a look. She found that the data of her videos had increased significantly again, especially the number of comments, which had reached more than 100,000.

　　This was data that even top influencers couldn’t easily achieve.

　　Liu Wenhui laughed and said, “You, I really can’t do anything with you; why are you scaring me? Just say I’m on fire.”

　　Her best friend rolled her eyes again speechlessly and said, “On fire, my ass. They are all scolding you, and the number of your fans is also constantly decreasing.”

　　Liu Wenhui quickly looked at the number of fans. It seemed that it had indeed decreased. She refreshed it again, and the data decreased again. She refreshed it a few more times, and each time it decreased by dozens or even hundreds.

　　”What’s going on? Is there something wrong with the platform?” Liu Wenhui said anxiously, and then she quickly clicked on the video comments to take a look.

　　This look almost made her pass out from anger. The comment area was full of comments scolding her.

　　”Trash foreign dog, you can like foreign things, but you don’t have to scold domestic products. Remember, you are also domestic.”

　　”What the little brother said is right; those brands you kneel to are just marketing, what luxury. What the little brother said about Mother Tree Da Hong Pao and the like are really luxury goods; you may not be able to buy them even if you have money.”

　　”Actually, I also like to buy famous brands, but I also know that many of our Dragon Country’s luxury goods are really not something ordinary people can afford. The most important thing is that we have a profound cultural heritage. Those things that foreigners purely market are not comparable to our luxury goods.”

　　”Unfollowed; I hate foreign dogs the most, especially those who belittle their own country at every turn. I’ll scold one when I meet one. Trash!”

　　……

　　Looking at the uniform scolding comments, Liu Wenhui was both flustered and confused.

　　How did these people know that she was belittling domestic products?

　　At this time, her best friend sent her a private message. She clicked on it and saw a video secretly filmed by someone else.

　　In the video, she praised foreign luxury brands while belittling domestic products as garbage.

　　”How unreasonable; they deliberately harmed me!” Liu Wenhui said angrily.

　　Because she saw that Yang Chen’s face was blurred, it must have been him and Gong Xiang who teamed up to trick her.

　　No, she must take revenge.

　　So, Liu Wenhui called Cheng Pu, the boss of the brokerage company.

　　”Hello, boss; I’ve been plotted against; you have to help me take revenge,” Liu Wenhui said in a very coquettish voice.

　　Cheng Pu: “I saw it. Find a way to get them out; I’ll find someone to deal with them.”

　　Liu Wenhui: “Okay. Thank you, boss; I’ll treat you to sing when they’re dealt with.”

　　Cheng Pu: “Haha… okay, just the two of us.”

　　Adults understood each other’s intentions. *You know I need something from you, and I know your ulterior motives. We just take what we need.*

　　Liu Wenhui said coquettishly, “Oh, I know, just the two of us one-on-one.”

　　Cheng Pu: “Okay! I’ll take you to dinner tonight, Tang Court [a high-end restaurant], how about it?”

　　Liu Wenhui was a gold digger. Of course, she wouldn’t refuse to go to such a high-end place as Tang Court.

　　”Okay. See you tonight!” Liu Wenhui replied with a smile.

　　After hanging up the phone, Liu Wenhui immediately sent a private message to Gong Xiang through the dating app.

　　”Brother Xiang, I know I was wrong. You and your friend come out; let’s meet; I’ll apologize to you, and you delete the video. Okay?”

　　Gong Xiang was interviewing at the Aegis Security Group and wouldn’t open the dating app for a while.

　　Seeing the discussion on the Internet, Yang Chen suddenly had an idea.

　　Why not make Zhuo Wenjun popular and introduce the luxury goods of Dragon Country to netizens through her?

　　For example, Zhuo Wenjun was now making Tongyan Huizhou ink, and she could completely film the process and edit it into a teaching video for netizens to watch.

　　Having made up his mind, Yang Chen sent a message to Zhuo Wenjun, asking her to have dinner together in the evening.

　　Zhuo Wenjun was peeling tung seeds, and her phone was on the table.

　　The message from Yang Chen popped up, and she and her grandmother saw it.

　　Grandma said with a smile, “Xiao Jun, are you dating someone?”

　　Zhuo Wenjun quickly grabbed the phone and denied, “No! I don’t have time to date anyone.”

　　Grandma: “Then who is sending you messages?”

　　Zhuo Wenjun: “It’s a friend I just met. I’m going to the bathroom; you rest for a while and then peel.”

　　After speaking, Zhuo Wenjun quickly took her phone and went to the bathroom.

　　Looking at her granddaughter’s nervous look, Grandma laughed heartily.

　　Her granddaughter was also 26 years old; it was time to find someone.

　　Zhuo Wenjun quickly replied to Yang Chen.

　　Zhuo Wenjun: “Brother Chen, do you have something to say? If you have something to say, just say it; you don’t need to treat me to dinner. But if you just want to treat me to dinner, then I can go.”

　　Yang Chen: “If you have time, let’s meet and talk.”

　　Zhuo Wenjun: “Okay! Then when and where?”

　　Yang Chen: “7 pm, Tang Court.”

　　Zhuo Wenjun: “No problem, see you then.”

　　Zhuo Wenjun happily took off; was love coming?

　　Which girl wouldn’t be excited about a super-rich second generation with a Bugatti Veyron taking the initiative to date her?

　　Zhuo Wenjun walked out and said to her grandmother in a serious manner, “Grandma, I’m going out tonight, so you’ll have to work hard. But you don’t have to worry too much; I’ll come back and continue peeling after I finish eating.”

　　Grandma replied with a smile, “You just go on a date; you don’t need to worry about things at home.”

　　”Oh, it’s not a date; it’s just a friend I just met having dinner together. I’m not talking to you; I have to go change clothes,” Zhuo Wenjun said shyly, and then quickly ran into her room.

　　Grandma smiled kindly again.

　　At 6:50 in the evening, Yang Chen arrived at Tang Court.

　　At this time, Zhuo Wenjun was already waiting at the entrance of Tang Court.

　　Yang Chen: “You came so early. Let’s go in.”

　　Zhuo Wenjun: “I was afraid of traffic jams, so I came earlier.”

　　Yang Chen: “You’re right; I was really stuck in traffic on the way here.”

　　The two came to the private room and ordered a few dishes they each liked.

　　While waiting for the dishes, Yang Chen told Zhuo Wenjun his thoughts in detail.

　　When Zhuo Wenjun heard that she was going to be an internet celebrity, she panicked.

　　She belonged to the kind of well-mannered, reserved girl who was okay with making those traditional luxury goods at home every day, but it was a bit difficult for her to show her face in public.

　　”I… I haven’t done it before; I’m a little scared. And I don’t understand this industry at all; I don’t know what to do,” Zhuo Wenjun said truthfully.

　　Yang Chen comforted, “You don’t need to worry about these; as long as you are willing to do it, I will arrange someone to come and help you with everything. You just need to do what you usually do; except for dressing up a little, you don’t need to change anything. And you have to understand my intention. I don’t just want to make you popular; I want to spread traditional culture with you. I’ll show you a video.”

　　Yang Chen found the video of Liu Wenhui praising foreign luxury brands and belittling domestic products and showed it to Zhuo Wenjun.

　　After watching it, Zhuo Wenjun pouted angrily and didn’t speak for a long time.

　　Yang Chen continued to persuade, “Can those LVs and Chanels compare to our luxury goods? But for many people, they only know LV and the like and don’t understand our traditional luxury goods, and even humiliate our culture. And you can make these things; you should take on the responsibility of inheriting intangible cultural heritage. What do you think?”

　　After Yang Chen’s patient persuasion, Zhuo Wenjun finally nodded.

　　”Okay! I’ll listen to you. Do you have a brokerage company?” Zhuo Wenjun asked.

　　Yang Chen nodded and said, “Starlight Entertainment is my company. ‘Eternal Love’, ‘Lost and Love’, ‘Princess Agents’, are all produced by our company.”

　　Zhuo Wenjun’s eyes widened, and she said in surprise, “These are all produced by your company. I like these works so much.”

　　Yang Chen: “If you do well, you will have the opportunity to be an actress in the future.”

　　Zhuo Wenjun nodded excitedly and said, “I will definitely film well.”

　　Soon, the waiter served the dishes.

　　The two finished dinner in a pleasant atmosphere.

　　”Brother Chen, let me pay the bill. Thank you for giving me the opportunity,” Zhuo Wenjun said.

　　Yang Chen shook his head with a smile and said, “I’m the boss, no need to pay the bill. Let’s go.”

　　Zhuo Wenjun was stunned. Yang Chen was actually the boss of a Michelin three-star restaurant. His investment field was so wide.

　　”Brother Chen, you are so amazing,” Zhuo Wenjun said admiringly.

　　Yang Chen smiled and led Zhuo Wenjun out.

　　When the two passed through the lobby, they happened to meet Cheng Pu and Liu Wenhui, who had just come in.

　　Liu Wenhui pointed at Yang Chen excitedly and said, “It’s a narrow road; I didn’t expect to meet you here. Boss, he’s the one who harmed me; you have to help me take revenge!”

　　Zhuo Wenjun recognized Liu Wenhui and said, “You are the internet celebrity who talks nonsense and belittles our Dragon Country culture.”

　　Liu Wenhui looked Zhuo Wenjun up and down, thinking, “She has such a good temperament; she is simply like someone who came out of a painting.”

　　Cheng Pu was also fascinated by Zhuo Wenjun’s refined and elegant air.

　　Cheng Pu thought to himself, “Damn! Why does a ride-hailing driver have such a beautiful and classy girlfriend? I’m so rich; why can’t I meet one? It’s so unfair! You’re unlucky today; I’ll make you lose face in front of your girlfriend!”