How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 580

Early in the morning, Yang Chen drove to the green space next to Xuanwu Lake for an on-site inspection.

Beyond the green space was a road, and beyond the road was Xuanwu Lake.

The municipal government likely wanted to fully capitalize on Xuanwu Lake’s appeal to develop the surrounding land. The value of a small piece of land there was several times greater than a piece of land several times its size in other locations.

This piece of land wasn’t very large. It was estimated that only about 10 buildings could be developed into a small residential area.

It seemed too small to develop a separate residential area, but it would be very suitable as the second phase of Xuanwu Lake View.

Yang Chen finished his inspection of the land at eleven o’clock. He called Zhang Xiang and invited him and his team to have lunch together at the Jinling Hotel to discuss Zhao Yong’s case.

At half past eleven, Yang Chen met with Zhang Xiang’s team at the Jinling Hotel.

“How is it? Is there any hope for a turnaround?” Yang Chen asked directly.

Zhang Xiang: “If we disregard the video and audio from your car, Zhao Yong would be guilty of rape. That kid is a fool. He was secretly filmed and recorded. The video shows that Gao Lanlan clearly objected, saying ‘no’ and ‘stop,’ and there was also some resistance. However, her resistance wasn’t particularly intense. Zhao Yong claimed he mistakenly thought Gao Lanlan was engaging in foreplay because she had often playfully said ‘no, no’ like that before, and if he actually stopped, she would get angry. This time he assumed it was the same, so he ignored her resistance. The video shows his coercive behavior. The audio recording of Gao Lanlan’s conversation with him afterward shows he admitted to raping her. This is all solid evidence. Now, I can only release the video and audio from your car online to pressure the court and get the police to determine that Gao Lanlan was setting him up with a dating scam [a scheme where someone feigns romantic interest to exploit the other person]. Once the procedure enters the court trial stage, it will be difficult for even a god to reverse the situation. However, if the police mediate and the two parties reach a settlement, Zhao Yong will definitely have to pay a financial price.”

Yang Chen: “Sigh… Speaking of which, this guy really has a problem with his brain. I showed him the video and audio of Gao Lanlan in my car in advance and reminded him to be careful, but he still got schemed against. Damn it, if he had even a little common sense, shouldn’t he have broken up with Gao Lanlan immediately? How could he still fall for her trap?”

Zhang Xiang: “Haha… He said you reminded him that Gao Lanlan would use the excuse of being drunk to set him up, but Gao Lanlan wasn’t drinking at the time, so he wasn’t prepared. He thought he could sleep with her once and then break up with her after returning from the business trip. Who would have thought that this one time would get him into trouble.”

To put it bluntly, Zhao Yong’s downfall was entirely his own fault. He didn’t deserve sympathy, and he deserved whatever miserable end he got.

If he weren’t a young surveyor who was a key focus of Jinling Mining Group’s development, Yang Chen wouldn’t have bothered to call Zhang Xiang over to defend him.

But now that the evidence was conclusive, Zhang Xiang had no legal recourse. The only good news was that it was currently in the police investigation stage, and there was still a possibility of reconciliation between the two parties, but Zhao Yong would have to pay a financial price.

After lunch, Zhang Xiang and others took the video to the police station.

Yang Chen felt a little sleepy and went back to his hotel room to rest.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Yang Chen left the hotel to drive.

The first order was a female passenger who came out of the hotel.

She urged as soon as she got in the car, “Handsome, please drive faster. I’m in a hurry to pick up my boyfriend at the high-speed rail station.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Okay. But, you… Excuse me for being blunt, but you have hickeys [love bites] on your face and neck. Do you need to take care of them before picking up your boyfriend?”

Passenger: “Ah?”

She quickly pulled down the makeup mirror and looked at it. There were indeed some marks on her face and neck.

“Oh no, what should I do? My boyfriend’s high-speed train is about to arrive. I promised to pick him up. What if he sees these marks?” the passenger said anxiously.

Alas…

This kind of thing wasn’t uncommon anymore. Yang Chen had seen many men and women who were dating multiple people at the same time.

“Why don’t you touch up your makeup and see if you can cover it up?” Yang Chen suggested.

The girl nodded and immediately took out foundation to apply several layers to her face and neck.

At that moment, police sirens sounded behind them.

Yang Chen slowed down and let the police car pass.

However, after one police car overtook him, it forced Yang Chen’s car to stop, and another police car then boxed him in from behind.

Yang Chen quickly took out his ID card, driver’s license, and other documents that could prove his identity, waiting for the police to come and ask questions.

However, the police didn’t ask Yang Chen any questions but directly signaled him to open the passenger door and then ordered the female passenger to get out of the car.

The female passenger quickly said, “What are you doing?”

Police Officer: “You have been reported for prostitution. We need to take you back for investigation.”

Female Passenger: “Who reported me? I didn’t!”

Police Officer: “The customer you just served has been arrested by us. We’ll know if you come back with us for investigation.”

Female Passenger: “He’s lying to you. I didn’t do that kind of thing. He gave me the money voluntarily. I didn’t ask for money. Can that be considered prostitution?”

Police Officer: “Whether it’s prostitution or not, you’ll find out when you come back with us for investigation. Please cooperate with our work and don’t force us to take coercive measures. Okay?”

The female passenger panicked and said, “Police Officer, I beg you. My boyfriend is back from a business trip and is about to arrive at the station. If you arrest me, he will definitely break up with me if he finds out. I admit that I have engaged in prostitution, but I did it because I saw that my boyfriend was working too hard, and I wanted to earn money to buy him a house so he could marry me sooner. If you arrest me, my efforts over the past few years will be in vain, and he will definitely break up with me, then I will have no reason to live. Please, show mercy, okay?”

Yang Chen looked at the girl in shock. Who says there is no true love now?

Isn’t this true love?

Selling yourself to earn money to buy a house for your boyfriend is much more touching than Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai [Chinese Romeo and Juliet], Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies [a classic Chinese folktale], and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl [another famous Chinese love story]. Those traditional love stories are simply weak compared to this.

Would Zhu Yingtai sell herself for Liang Shanbo?

Would the Seven Fairies sell themselves to make Dong Yong live a better life?

Would the Weaver Girl sell herself to make the Cowherd live a good life?

Tsk tsk tsk…

What kind of fairy-tale love is this!

Police Officer: “Girl, I don’t know what to say to you. You’re such a pretty young girl, how can you be so foolish? Alas… I respect your love, but I must respect the law even more.

Since you are suspected of breaking the law, you must come back with us for investigation. If everyone who violates the law and is punished finds an excuse to kneel down and evade legal sanctions, wouldn’t this society be in chaos?”

Female Passenger: “I know I was wrong, really, I know I was wrong. I won’t do it again in the future. I’ll immediately quit and find a proper job to work hard tomorrow. Okay? I beg you, I really can’t be detained. My boyfriend will definitely break up with me if he finds out. I’ve put in so much effort just to marry him sooner. You can’t break us up.”

Police Officer: “Sorry, we are police officers and must act in accordance with the law. We can’t consider your personal emotional problems. Please get out of the car now! First warning!”

Yang Chen: “Beauty, just get out. After three warnings, they will spray you with pepper spray and forcibly drag you out. Why bother?”

Female Passenger: “Drive quickly, drive me away from here!”

Yang Chen: “Beauty, aren’t you making things difficult for me? You can’t force me to be detained with you, can you?”

The female passenger was a little desperate and immediately grabbed the steering wheel to force Yang Chen to drive.

Seeing this, the police didn’t bother to give her three warnings and grabbed her arm to pull her out.

The female passenger grabbed the steering wheel tightly with both hands and shouted, “Help! Help! Murder!”

Yang Chen tried to pry open the female passenger’s fingers, and she immediately shouted angrily, “What are you doing? You can’t do this!”

How could the female passenger resist Yang Chen’s strength? Soon all her fingers were pried open.

The police officer took the opportunity to pull her out and immediately pinned her hands behind her back.

“Bastard! I won’t let you go even if I become a ghost! You wait, I will curse you every day!” the female passenger shouted.

Yang Chen: “Beauty, there’s no point in continuing to struggle in this situation.”

Female Passenger: “I don’t care! You refused to drive me away and even pried my hands open. You are a bastard like them. If my boyfriend breaks up with me, I can only die. I won’t let you go even if I become a ghost, you wait!”

The female passenger was taken away by the police, wailing, and taken back for investigation.

“Alas… What a冤啊 [injustice]! Who did I offend? Why blame me?” Yang Chen said helplessly.

After adjusting his mood, Yang Chen was about to drive to work when Li Yingying called.

“Hey, Yang Chen, are you free tonight? I’ll treat you to dinner and introduce you to my friends, and let you see Li Yingying’s influence in Jinling City, so you don’t always think I’m bragging,” Li Yingying said smugly.

Yang Chen: “I’m in a bad mood right now. It’s okay to have dinner together, but forget about meeting your friends.”

Li Yingying: “What’s wrong? Did someone bully you?”

Yang Chen: “I was angered by a passenger. See you at Jinling Hotel at seven o’clock tonight. Bye.”

Li Yingying: “Okay. Then see you at Jinling Hotel at seven o’clock tonight.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen continued to take orders.

At seven o’clock in the evening, Yang Chen arrived at the Jinling Hotel on time.

Li Yingying was waiting at the door. Seeing Yang Chen walking over, she quickly ran up to greet him and skillfully took Yang Chen’s arm.

Yang Chen quickly pulled his arm back and said,

“Miss Li, I think it’s better for you to be a little more reserved. We’re not even ordinary friends yet. It doesn’t seem appropriate for you to take my arm as soon as we meet.”

Li Yingying looked disdainful and said, “What’s inappropriate? I find that you are really boring. I, a girl, don’t care so much, but you, a big man, always have so many reasons.”

Yang Chen: “It’s funny that you say that. Can’t I, a man, be chaste?”

Li Yingying: “Okay, okay, you can be chaste, okay? Let’s go, let’s go in for dinner.”

The two walked into the Jinling Hotel but unexpectedly ran into Yang Shuo.

Yang Shuo was accompanied by several people, who must have been very important guests, so he pretended not to recognize Yang Chen and Li Yingying and continued to greet those people as he walked in.

Li Yingying sneered and said, “It seems that Yang Shuo is looking for allies. It is estimated that several companies are joining forces to develop that piece of land, making it more likely to win the bid.”

Yang Chen: “Your Li family can also cooperate with them. There is no deep hatred between your two families in essence, but there is only a misunderstanding between you and Yang Shuo. I think as two mature families, you should be able to distinguish between business and personal grievances.”

Li Yingying: “Stop it, okay? Even if our family can’t do this project, it is impossible to cooperate with the Yang family. My grandfather and my dad have long said that our family only has me as an only child, and it doesn’t matter even if the family property is all lost. I, a girl, won’t worry about getting married. Therefore, they will never compromise for business. If they can do it, they will do it, and if they can’t, they will give up.”

I have to say that the Li family’s values are quite upright. In fact, as long as people don’t have too much desire, they will live more freely. Once they have an insatiable desire, they can’t help themselves.

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

Because they had to drive later, the two did not order wine.

Li Yingying: “Tell me, why are you in a bad mood?”

Yang Chen told Li Yingying the story of the female passenger.

Li Yingying’s eyes widened as she listened. This story was a bit beyond her comprehension.

“Are you kidding me? How could there be such a girl?” Li Yingying asked suspiciously.

Yang Chen: “Am I so bored that I would make up a story to deceive you?”

Li Yingying: “Wow, then she must have true love for her boyfriend. Tsk tsk tsk… Speaking of which, you should have driven her away. Don’t you think her love is worth respecting?”

Yang Chen: “Are you out of your mind? The police surrounded me. If I drove her away, I would be detained with her. What if I accidentally bumped into a police officer and went to jail?”

Li Yingying: “Hehe… That’s true. Don’t mind, don’t mind, I was just moved by her persistence in love. In fact, I can also be like this, do you want to try it?”

Yang Chen: “Ah? Are you going to sell yourself to buy me a house?”

Li Yingying picked up her chopsticks and slapped the back of Yang Chen’s hand, saying, “What are you thinking? If you want a house, I’ll buy it for you right away. Do I need to sell myself? I mean my loyalty and persistence in love can also be like hers, do you want to experience it? What’s wrong with your brain?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Sorry, I may have misunderstood a bit.

I think love needs to pay attention to fate and cannot force the other party to accept it. One-sided love is not called love, mutual affection is love.”

Li Yingying: “Oh, I, Li Yingying, have been in the world for 25 years, and I don’t know how many heroes and young men have fallen for me, but I don’t even look at them. How did I fail here with you, a ride-hailing driver? Okay, whatever you say is whatever you say. I’m not in a hurry, I can wait for you for 5 years. I must have a child before I’m 30. If you can’t accept me before I’m 30, then I’ll have to give up.”

Yang Chen: “Eat, eat, don’t talk about such a heavy topic as having children.”

The two had just eaten for a while when Yang Shuo barged in.

Yang Shuo pointed at Yang Chen and threatened, “Are you ignoring me? What did I say to you? Did you forget, or are you deliberately provoking me?”

Li Yingying: “Yang Shuo, if you have anything, come at me. Don’t think you can bully him just because he’s a ride-hailing driver!”

Yang Shuo: “I still have guests over there, I just came over to say hello. Brother, we could have been good friends; don’t force us to be enemies.”

Yang Chen was already in a bad mood because of the curse of the female passenger, and Yang Shuo’s words aroused his rebellious side even more.

“Damn it, I told you, if you have the ability, go after her. If you can win her over, that’s your skill; if you can’t, that’s your incompetence. Don’t think about blaming your incompetence on innocent people. Can’t you understand, or did you forget?” Yang Chen said unceremoniously.

Yang Shuo: “Okay! You wait for me. A damn ride-hailing driver dares to show off to me. See if I dare to find someone to block your account.”

Yang Chen put his arm around Li Yingying and said, “Is that so? Then if you say that, I will accept Miss Li’s love.”

Yang Shuo: “What the hell are you doing? Let go of her!”

Li Yingying pointed at Yang Shuo with a fork and said, “What are you doing again? He finally took the initiative to hug me. If you scare him away, I’ll make you regret it! Get out!”

Yang Shuo: “Yingying, we are a couple! Our two families are a good match! You have no future with a ride-hailing driver.”

Li Yingying: “Is it up to you to decide whether there is a future? I went to your office that day to tell you that we are not suitable, and you should stop harassing me. Understand? Get out of here, don’t disgust me!”

Yang Shuo gritted his teeth, nodded, and turned away angrily.

The big piece of fat of the Li family makes many wealthy children jealous, and Yang Shuo is uncomfortable if he can’t get it.

Li Yingying leaned happily in Yang Chen’s arms and said, “I didn’t expect you to be quite MAN. I thought you would be afraid of his identity as a rich second generation and dare not say harsh words to him.”

Yang Chen: “Tch, isn’t it just Baole Culture Media? What’s so great about it? Let’s eat.”

Yang Chen couldn’t muster any interest in targeting this kind of small character.

It’s just that Yang Shuo seemed to be going further and further down the road to ruin, and Yang Chen had to deal with him.

It was almost half past nine when Yang Chen and Li Yingying left after dinner.

Yang Chen: “Thank you for treating me to dinner. I’ll return the favor when I have the chance. Drive slowly on the road, good night.”

Li Yingying: “Don’t you want to hang out for a while? Let’s go see a movie together?”

Yang Chen: “I’m not going to watch it. I’m not feeling well today, and I want to go back to rest quickly. Tomorrow you have to accompany your grandfather to the municipal government to participate in the negotiation meeting. Go back to sleep early and participate in the negotiation meeting with full energy tomorrow.”

Li Yingying: “Okay! Then good night.”

Yang Chen nodded, got in the car, and left.

Li Yingying had a shy smile on her lips, and her mind recalled the scene of Yang Chen hugging her.

“Yingying, you haven’t left yet!”

Yang Shuo’s voice came over, interrupting Li Yingying’s fantasy.

Li Yingying turned her head and glared at him with a helpless expression, “You really make people feel very annoying.”

Yang Shuo: “Then do you want to develop the land next to Xuanwu Lake View together? I have already talked to the heads of several competitors such as the Third Construction Bureau and Baoli Real Estate. Tomorrow, our companies will join forces to negotiate with the municipal government, and it is almost certain that the land belongs to us. Then our companies will jointly develop and share the profits together. If you are willing to be my girlfriend, I can also bring your Li family in to cooperate with us. You need to know that this is not just a matter of jointly developing that piece of land, but also an opportunity to establish cooperative relationships with state-owned enterprises and Y enterprises [likely refers to large, influential companies] such as the Third Construction Bureau and Baoli Real Estate, and there will be more big projects to do in the future. The opportunity to take the Li family to the next level is in front of you; you have to seize it.”

Li Yingying smiled disdainfully and said, “My grandfather and my dad said that our family has no boys, and it doesn’t matter even if the family property is lost. I, a girl, don’t worry about getting married, so there is no need to wrong myself for business. Do you understand? Tch…”

Yang Shuo looked embarrassed, watching Li Yingying get in the car and leave.

If the Li family were all of this mentality, they really couldn’t threaten them.

Yang Chen returned to his hotel room and called Ning Shaoqing.

Ning Shaoqing also planned to go to the municipal government tomorrow to participate in the negotiation, but Yang Chen stopped him and said, “Don’t go tomorrow; I’ll take you to do it together after I negotiate it.”

Ning Shaoqing: “Ah! Brother Chen is going to talk about that piece of land?”

Yang Chen: “I have to talk about it! I just bought Xuanwu Lake View, and if other developers take the land next to it, I don’t know how they will mess it up. It’s safer for me to take it over and develop a second phase of Xuanwu Lake View.”

Ning Shaoqing: “I’m impressed; it’s worthy of being Brother Chen, buying a house is by the community, not by the set. Okay, then I won’t participate in the negotiation tomorrow; I’ll wait for Brother Chen’s good news.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Hang up; I have to get up early tomorrow.”

Ning Shaoqing: “Okay. Good night, Brother Chen.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen called Xue Yinong.

Yang Chen: “Are you free to come to the Jinling Municipal Government tomorrow? Arrive before ten o’clock and bring the executives of Jinjiang Development.”

Xue Yinong: “Okay! Then I’ll get up early tomorrow, and I’ll definitely be there before ten o’clock.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Then see you tomorrow.”

Yang Chen hung up the phone, took a shower, and went to bed.

…

At nine o’clock in the morning, the conference room of the Jinling Municipal Government.

Yang Chen and Li Yingying followed Li Guo in.

At this time, Yang Shuo was communicating with his partners on how to negotiate later. Seeing Yang Chen and the three of them coming in, Yang Shuo immediately showed a disdainful smile.

Li Yingying whispered, “Grandpa, Yang Shuo has reached a cooperation agreement with several major developers such as the Third Construction Bureau and Baoli Real Estate. They will compete for this land as a united front.”

Li Guo: “Hehe… his brain is still quite good. However, whether he can win that piece of land depends on the quotation, not on who has more partners. Yang Chen, you have to perform well later.”

Yang Chen: “Determined to win!”

Li Guo: “Haha… I like you so confident.”

Yang Shuo finished talking with his partners and said to Li Guo with a smile, “Grandpa Li, are you confident?”

Li Guo: “Yang Chen said, determined to win!”

Yang Shuo: “Haha… Grandpa Li, you think too highly of him, right? If I hadn’t been in a bad mood and exchanged identities with him for a day, he would be struggling to pick up passengers now; how could he be qualified to sit here? Do you really put your hope on him?”

Li Guo: “Yes! I believe Yang Chen will be able to do what he says.”

Yang Shuo: “Let me introduce you; this is Chen, the representative of the Third Construction Bureau…”

Li Guo: “If I want to know, I will take the initiative to say hello to them; I don’t need you to introduce me.”

Li Yingying: “Yang Shuo, just shut your mouth; no one will think you’re mute if you don’t speak.”

Chen Youwei, the representative of the Third Construction Bureau, said with a smile, “President Yang, who are they? They speak quite aggressively!”

Wang Xintong, the representative of Baoli Real Estate, also agreed, “Yes, I don’t know what kind of big company it is.”

Yan Haoming, the chairman of Dayang Construction, said with a smile, “I know him; it’s Mr. Li Guo of Li’s Group. Mr. Li, long time no see; are you all right?”

Li Guo: “Hehe… Director Yan also cooperated with Yang Shuo?”

Yan Haoming: “We are joining forces for mutual benefit; the opportunity is greater. Does Mr. Li not look for partners to join?”

Li Guo: “No, if it works, it works; if it doesn’t, it doesn’t; we don’t need to cooperate with anyone.”

Yan Haoming: “Haha… Mr. Li has great courage.”

Wang Xintong, the representative of Baoli Real Estate: “What’s the use of great courage! It’s just a waste of time.”

“Haha…” Yang Shuo and others laughed.

Li Yingying looked angry and said, “Yang Chen, you have to perform well later; you must defeat them and win that piece of land. Looking at their arrogant appearance makes me angry; what are they showing off? It hasn’t started yet, and they already assume they will win!”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and said, “Don’t worry, determined to win!”