How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 535

Yang Chen got out of the car and gave Brother Ma a formal hug, exchanging greetings and pleasantries.

Brother Ma raised his hand, and the executives behind him immediately shouted in unison, “Hello, President Yang.”

Yang Chen laughed and said to Brother Ma, “President Ma, there’s no need for this kind of formality.”

Brother Ma: “Haha… it’s just a gesture. Originally, I wanted just the two of us to get a massage, but I thought it would be a bit lonely in such a big club with just us two, so I called them over to meet President Yang. Let’s introduce ourselves one by one and get to know President Yang.”

Although they were called executives, they were mainly from the Alibaba Cloud division, especially the heads of Ali Doctor. Brother Ma’s intentions were obvious.

Yang Chen greeted everyone warmly, giving them face by saying that they could communicate more with Enbo Pharmaceutical and Dawn Hospital in the future, helping each other out.

For Yang Chen, more communication was also a good thing, as he could learn from Ali Doctor’s experience when building his own medical platform in the future.

At this moment, Gao Lili, trembling and a little scared, carefully got out of the car.

She immediately bowed to Yang Chen and said, “President Yang, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have doubted your identity. It was my fault, my fault.”

Yang Chen smiled and replied, “It’s okay, it’s good to be cautious with strangers. Oh, President Ma, this is Manager Gao from Ligao Daily Chemicals. They want to develop online channels but don’t know how to start due to a lack of experience. She said she’s a fan of mine, so I’m helping her out by bringing her to meet you. Could you introduce her to a training instructor to help her learn about developing online channels?”

President Ma: “Oh, President Yang is introducing a client to me. Manager Li, please take care of Manager Gao. Manager Gao, this is Manager Li Hao from our e-commerce division. Since you are President Yang’s fan and was personally introduced by him, we guarantee to impart all our knowledge to ensure you learn how to develop online channels.”

Gao Lili: “Thank you, President Ma, and thank you, Manager Li. Thank you, President Yang.”

Yang Chen: “Then you can chat with Manager Li.”

Gao Lili: “Okay! President Yang, please go ahead. I’ll take a taxi home after chatting with Manager Li, no need for you to take me. I hope you don’t mind what I said on the way. I sincerely apologize again.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… it’s nothing, I didn’t mind. You guys go chat. President Ma, let’s go.”

Brother Ma nodded with a smile and invited Yang Chen to enter the club.

In the lobby, all the employees of the club were waiting.

The manager immediately said loudly, “All employees of Mingdu Club, welcome President Ma and President Yang, and all distinguished guests.”

The employees immediately bowed and repeated the manager’s words.

Brother Ma nodded with a smile and said, “President Yang, take your pick. There are plenty of technicians today, choose as many as you want.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… President Ma, you’re too generous. To live up to your kindness, I have to pick a few more. Number 3, 6, 8, 18, 24, 30, you guys serve me.”

Brother Ma: “President Yang, you’re in good shape, calling six at once.”

Yang Chen: “Of course, young people are healthy, so I have to call a few.”

Brother Ma: “Haha… then I’ll call six too, to experience the feeling of being young.”

President Ma picked six in one go, leaving the remaining technicians for the other executives to choose.

President Ma had already communicated with the manager that everyone could spend as they pleased tonight, and all expenses would be settled uniformly after Yang Chen left tomorrow, with him personally paying the bill.

Yang Chen and President Ma went to their respective rooms led by their chosen technicians, first taking a wooden barrel bath to relieve fatigue. The technicians on both sides fed them fruit and red wine, while the rest were responsible for bathing them, focusing on enjoyment.

At this time, in the 休息室 (xiū xī shì) [rest area].

The manager was instructing the remaining technicians on the precautions.

“I’ll emphasize again, everyone keep your mouths shut. You are not allowed to reveal a single word about which guests came tonight and what services they requested. If I hear that anyone has leaked tonight’s situation in the future, I guarantee they will not have a good ending. Do you all understand?”

“Understood!”

“Got it! Oh, I didn’t expect Yang Chen to be so young and handsome, he’s simply the domineering president from idol dramas.”

“Oh, I wonder if Xiao Li and the others will be slept with by Yang Chen, they’re so lucky.”

“Six at once? Is he that good?”

“Haha…”

The manager quickly clapped her hands and said, “Alright, I just told you not to gossip, and you’re already starting? I’ll emphasize one last time, tonight’s events are not allowed to be discussed, and even more so in the future. Don’t blame me for being ruthless when I seriously investigate, and then you’ll be crying and admitting your mistakes, it will be too late. You guys rest, everyone will get overtime pay, you won’t be staying up all night for nothing.”

After two hours of massage service, Yang Chen and Brother Ma chatted in the tea room.

Brother Ma’s topic always revolved around the concept of “future hospitals.” To put it bluntly, he felt that he had no chance to change hospitals, but he wanted to convey his ideas to Yang Chen and realize his dream through Yang Chen.

However, Yang Chen was the kind of person who had his own ideas. He had already planned the model of the “future hospital” in his mind. Most of what Brother Ma said was different from his ideas, so he could only listen and couldn’t really adopt them.

The two chatted for more than an hour and were so sleepy that they went to their respective rooms to sleep.

Yang Chen was startled as soon as he entered the room. The six technicians were sitting in a row in his room wearing Q-interest costumes [cute and appealing outfits], waiting for him.

Yang Chen didn’t dare to close the door and quickly said, “Ladies, I’m really sleepy, I don’t need any other services. I’ll request you again next time for other services. It’s getting late, you should go to rest too. I’m very satisfied with your service, take out your phones, I’ll give you a little tip, as an affirmation of your work.”

The six ladies looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

The manager asked them to come over in such costumes. Now that they were leaving without doing anything, and even taking Yang Chen’s tip, would they be punished by the manager?

“This… we don’t dare, the manager asked us to come. If we leave without providing service, she will punish us.”

“Yes! President Yang, why don’t you just sleep, and we’ll provide our service, what do you think?”

“That’s right, just close your eyes and lie down, and leave everything to us.”

……

Yang Chen: “My head hurts from sleepiness, thank you all so much. I’ll talk to your manager, let’s go.”

The six ladies had no choice but to follow Yang Chen to find the manager.

After understanding the situation, the manager immediately said with a smile, “Understood, understood. President Yang, please rest well, we won’t disturb you.”

Yang Chen: “You guys take out your phones, I’ll give you a little tip.”

The technicians looked at the manager.

Manager: “Thank you, President Yang. President Yang said he’s giving you a tip, so take out your phones. Why are you so dumb?”

The ladies quickly took out their phones, and Yang Chen scanned the codes and transferred 1,000 yuan [approximately $140 USD] to each of them as a tip.

“These tips are specifically for them, and the store is not allowed to take them away or deduct a commission. I’m going back to sleep, don’t disturb me for anything. My bodyguards are all rough people, don’t do anything that might cause them to misunderstand, otherwise it may hurt you,” Yang Chen reminded.

Manager: “Understood! President Yang, don’t worry, I won’t deduct a single cent of these tips. I can see that those brothers are all tough guys, strong and tall. I will make it clear that no one is allowed to approach President Yang and the bodyguards’ rooms. Please rest assured.”

Yang Chen nodded and turned to go back to his room to sleep.

The other technicians were all envious.

“Xiao Li, you guys are so lucky, you got a thousand yuan tip in addition to the commission.”

“The domineering president is indeed a domineering president, giving tips even without doing the service.”

“But a thousand yuan is not a lot, I think a rich person of his level should give at least 10,000 yuan.”

“Stop it, okay? He’s rich, not sick. Giving you 10,000 yuan for nothing, are you crazy? A thousand is already a lot, okay? If I can meet 2-3 such customers a month, I’ll wake up laughing every day.”

“Haha…”

Perhaps due to a psychological cleanliness, Yang Chen always felt that this kind of place was unhygienic. After all, many people come here for SPA every day, who knows if there are any infectious diseases.

Therefore, he didn’t sleep well that night. He went to bed at four o’clock and woke up at eight o’clock.

Fortunately, the system would automatically adjust his physical state, so he didn’t feel uncomfortable.

Yang Chen was brushing his teeth when Brother Ma came.

“President Yang, let’s go have morning tea by the West Lake,” Brother Ma said with a smile.

Yang Chen: “Okay, wait for me to brush my teeth and change my clothes.”

Brother Ma: “What are you going to do today? Inspect Enbo Pharmaceutical, or go to the municipal government to communicate about moving the Enbo Pharmaceutical headquarters?”

Yang Chen: “I’ll visit the Enbo Pharmaceutical headquarters first, and go to the municipal government tomorrow. Let Enbo Pharmaceutical make an appointment first, so we don’t go for nothing.”

Brother Ma: “That’s right. If you need it, I can go to the municipal government with you. I haven’t been there for a long time, so I can catch up with Mayor Liu.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. I’ll call you when I confirm the time. Let’s go, let’s go to West Lake for morning tea.”

Brother Ma’s travels would cause a stir wherever he went.

“Good morning, President Ma!”

“President Ma, you’ve become even more handsome!”

“Dad, good morning, can you increase my Huabei [a virtual credit card service] limit?”

“Haha…”

Brother Ma was used to this kind of scene, just smiling and waving to everyone in response.

At this time, everyone noticed a problem. Brother Ma seemed to be very polite to the young man next to him, intentionally guiding and deferring to him while walking.

“Is that Brother Ma’s son next to him? He’s so polite.”

“Stop it, if it were his son, he would be acting like a father, definitely not so polite. He’s probably the young master of some family, and most likely a young master from the political world. No young master in the business world can make Brother Ma so polite.”

“Take a photo and send it to my friend to ask. He’s a financial reporter and has interviewed many big shots, including Brother Ma several times. I think he should know who the handsome guy next to Brother Ma is.”

……

This tourist, who claimed that his friend was a financial reporter, took a photo of Yang Chen and Brother Ma and sent it to his financial reporter friend.

However, he found that no matter whether it was WeChat, QQ, Douyin, or Weibo [popular Chinese social media platforms], he couldn’t send the photo. It kept prompting that the photo was in violation of regulations, but he could send it normally as long as he changed to other pictures.

“Damn! Could it be that this handsome guy has some bad deeds and has been blocked? I can’t send the photo of him and President Ma, it keeps prompting that the picture is in violation of regulations, but I can send other photos normally.”

“I can’t send it either, WeChat Moments keeps prompting that the photo is in violation of regulations.”

“Then I know who he is, he is Yang Chen! I was chatting with my classmate on the phone before, and he said that he photographed Yang Chen in Taikoo Li, Chengdu, but he couldn’t send the photo and could only appreciate it himself.”

“Ah! He is the boss of the Star Chen Group, Yang Chen? Is he so young and handsome? I thought he started from scratch and should be an old man, after all, it would take a long time to accumulate to build such a large business empire. I didn’t expect him to be so young, looking only in his early twenties, at most twenty-five years old. How did he earn so much money at such a young age?”

“No wonder President Ma is so polite to him, it’s reasonable that he is Yang Chen. Yang Chen also holds shares in Alibaba, so he must be polite to shareholders.”

……

Yang Chen and Brother Ma and his party came to Lou Wai Lou by the West Lake for breakfast, and many tourists gathered around.

Yang Chen joked, “President Ma, you are indeed popular in Hangzhou. So many citizens have come to watch you, only you have such treatment.”

Brother Ma: “Haha… President Yang, stop teasing me. It seems that there are indeed a lot of people today. In the past, there would be many people watching me when I traveled, but definitely not as many as today.”

Yang Chen: “Maybe there are more tourists from other places today.”

Brother Ma: “Maybe. After we finish eating, shall we take a boat ride on the lake?”

Yang Chen: “No, I came here with a mission. If I don’t complete the mission, I won’t be in the mood to play.”

Brother Ma: “Haha… I understand, I understand. By the way, I forgot to tell you something very important. Tomorrow night, several of our more important shareholders will have a meeting to study the future development of the group. You have never asked about the company’s affairs, so I didn’t notify you. Since you are here now, you must attend tomorrow night and express your views. Sun Zhengyi is also here, so I can introduce you to each other.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Okay! Then I have to attend tomorrow night.”

Brother Ma: “Haha… okay, it’s settled then.”

The two were chatting when Huang Yunlei, the manager of Lou Wai Lou, walked over with a smile.

Huang Yunlei: “Good morning, President Ma, good morning, President Yang. I am Huang Yunlei, the manager of Lou Wai Lou, and I am very happy that the two presidents can come here for morning tea.”

Yang Chen: “Oh? How do you know I’m Yang Chen?”

Huang Yunlei: “You see, there are many tourists gathered downstairs, and they are discussing that you are Yang Chen. They are all here to see you.”

Brother Ma laughed and said, “I was wondering why there were so many more people watching today than usual. It turns out that those extra people are here for President Yang. Damn! This is too embarrassing.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… watching anyone is the same, we are our own people, watching me is the same as watching you, right?”

Brother Ma: “Haha… President Yang’s words make sense.”

Huang Yunlei: “Sorry, two presidents, let me interrupt. President Yang, you see there are too many people below, and next to it is the West Lake. If something unexpected happens, our store will definitely bear the responsibility. Can you say hello to them and ask them not to gather at the door anymore? Please, please.”

Yang Chen: “Stop it, it’s not like they have ‘I’m Yang Chen’s fan, I’m here to see Yang Chen’ written on their faces. If I take the initiative to say hello to them and ask them to leave quickly, what will I become? What if someone says I’m being presumptuous?”

Huang Yunlei: “President Yang, you are overthinking it, they really came to see you. If you don’t believe me, I’ll ask them, you’ll know when you hear it.”

The smile on Yang Chen’s face disappeared, and he put down the tableware in his hand.

*This boss is probably a bit brainless.*

The whole world knows that Yang Chen deliberately maintains his mystery and is unwilling to show himself in public. He has already made an excuse to decline, but Huang Yunlei still wants to pester him. Are people in business so brainless?

Brother Ma obviously saw Yang Chen’s displeasure and immediately smoothed things over, saying, “Manager Huang, we just want to have a quiet morning tea, how can you ask us to do things for you? We are customers, how can there be a reason for customers to do things for you? Either you disperse them, or you bear all the consequences. Don’t transfer the risk to consumers, and don’t let consumers bear the responsibilities that they shouldn’t bear.”

Yang Chen picked up the tableware with a smile and said, “President Ma, this business lesson is invaluable. Manager Huang, you have to learn it well.”

Huang Yunlei nodded awkwardly with a smile and said, “Understood, understood. Thank you for your teachings, President Ma. President Yang, please forgive me, I was indeed a bit abrupt. Then I won’t disturb the two presidents’ morning tea, I’ll go down and disperse them.”

After Huang Yunlei walked away, Brother Ma said with a smile, “President Yang, don’t be angry, don’t let it affect your mood.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I won’t.”

Huang Yunlei took the staff out and persuaded some of the tourists to leave.

However, there were still quite a few tourists who refused to leave, just waiting for Yang Chen to come out so they could say a few words, preferably get a photo together.

At this time, by the West Lake, a group of foreigners were walking and chatting.

Among them, a tall white old man was particularly conspicuous, with a feeling of standing out from the crowd.

At this time, someone shouted “The boss of LV is here!”, and the people downstairs quickly ran over.

Sure enough, the two letters “LV” were still very tempting.

Brother Ma looked down from the window and said, “It seems that you and I are still not as tempting as LV.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… it’s normal, after all, it’s the luxury goods in their mouths, and they are foreigners, which is rare to see. Then do you want to call him up for morning tea together?”

Brother Ma: “Damn! Do you know him?”

Yang Chen: “I’ve never met him, but I can call him up.”

Brother Ma: “Really? Then you call him and try.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and walked to the window to look at the group of foreigners.