How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 678

A Dead End: Seeking Help from Everyone Proves Futile—What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Li Zaiheng still didn’t want to seek help from the embassy. If word of this got back to his home country, it would be too embarrassing, and he wouldn’t be able to show his face in public anymore.

Therefore, Li Zaiheng still hoped to have a reasonable discussion with Yang Chen. After all, he was the chairman of the Bangzi [Korean] National Petroleum Corporation, so he ought to command some respect.

“Mr. Yang, I admit that your Starlight Defense Company is indeed formidable, but I am the chairman of the Bangzi National Petroleum Corporation, and I am not afraid of you. Moreover, I don’t believe you would really dare to do anything to me. Let’s just call it a day today, and we can properly resolve our differences after we’ve taken care of our business. How about that?” Li Zaiheng cleverly proposed.

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “No one is leaving today. You must kneel down and apologize. This is what you chose. You were very confident just now, demanding that I kneel down and apologize. Now you want to call it a day? There’s no such easy way out. Bodyguards, keep an eye on Chairman Li and these few scoundrels pretending to be Dragon Country [China] citizens. Without my order, none of them are allowed to leave here.”

The bodyguards nodded, and Yang Chen left the scene with Maya.

Li Zaiheng shouted and yelled from behind, but Yang Chen simply ignored him.

Li Enxi cried and said, “Dad, what do we do now?”

Li Zaiheng gritted his teeth and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll call the embassy right now. I don’t believe he won’t even give the embassy any face.”

Li Zaiheng took out his phone and called the embassy, explaining his situation and requesting the Bangzi Country embassy to come to their rescue.

Yang Chen and Maya were chatting when a staff member from the Dragon Country embassy contacted him.

Staff member: “Mr. Yang, the Bangzi Country ambassador personally called me, so I have to call President Yang to coordinate. What exactly happened between you? Would you mind telling me about it?”

Yang Chen: “Li Zaiheng’s daughter, Li Enxi, and her companions were making a lot of noise and disturbing others while visiting the Great Mosque. A local man reminded them not to be so loud, but they claimed they were Dragon Country citizens and that’s just how Dragon Country citizens are. I happened to be nearby, and as a Dragon Country citizen, I couldn’t just stand by and watch these Bangzi people impersonate us and deliberately smear our name. Originally, I didn’t want to do anything, as long as they clarified the situation and apologized to the Dragon Country tourists on the scene, it would have been over. But she relied on being Li Zaiheng’s daughter, and not only did she refuse to clarify or apologize, but she even dared to threaten me and demand that I kneel down and apologize to her. Seriously? Don’t even mention Li Zaiheng, even if Li Zailong [likely referring to Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung] came, I definitely wouldn’t let him off easy if he dared to show off in front of me. Now that things have developed to this point, no one’s intercession will work. Unless Li Zaiheng and his daughter kneel down and apologize, this matter is not over, and they can forget about going back home.”

The staff member also felt very angry after hearing this. Impersonating Dragon Country citizens and smearing Dragon Country’s name, what was that if not being utterly despicable?

Now that Yang Chen had taken care of them, they wanted to reconcile. How shameless.

However, despite being angry, the staff member couldn’t act as freely as Yang Chen based on his own feelings. He had to consider more complex and broader issues.

Therefore, he still tried to persuade Yang Chen to give them a way out, suggesting that Li Zaiheng and his daughter just apologize and not make them kneel.

Yang Chen also understood what the staff member meant, but that couldn’t be a reason for Yang Chen to let Li Zaiheng and his daughter off the hook.

After chatting for a while, Yang Chen hung up the phone.

Then, Yang Chen called Shalaman and explained his thoughts to him in detail.

Of course, there was no reason to ask someone to help for free. As long as Shalaman was willing to help, Yang Chen would give him some benefits in exchange.

Yang Chen: “Do you remember everything I just said? If you help me take care of Li Zaiheng this time, I’ll connect you with the people you need to buy the 052D [Chinese destroyer] you want.”

Shalaman immediately replied excitedly, “Okay! It’s settled then. I’ll help you take care of Li Zaiheng! You must fulfill your promise to me.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Don’t worry, I will definitely fulfill my promises.”

After the two agreed on the conditions, Shalaman hung up the phone.

Soon after, the Bangzi Country embassy called, and Shalaman answered immediately.

Following Yang Chen’s instructions, Shalaman didn’t listen to the Bangzi Country ambassador’s request, clearly telling him that there was no room for negotiation. Li Zaiheng and his daughter had to kneel down and apologize, or they could forget about leaving Riyadh.

The Bangzi Country ambassador quickly called Li Zaiheng and explained the situation to him in detail.

Li Zaiheng immediately asked in anger and shock, “Are you kidding me? Is Shalaman out of his mind? Why is he targeting me?”

Bangzi Country ambassador: “There must be some exchange of benefits between Shalaman and Yang Chen, we just don’t know what it is. I can’t do anything now, you can only ask the president for help.”

Li Zaiheng: “But if I ask the president for help, how will I ever show my face again? I was detained by Shalaman because I offended Yang Chen, and the president had to step in to save me. That’s too embarrassing.”

The Bangzi Country ambassador immediately retorted, “Then there’s nothing else you can do. Do you have any other solutions?”

Li Zaiheng was speechless.

After a few seconds of silence, the Bangzi Country ambassador said again, “Chairman Li, I think you should do as I said and ask the president for help. Otherwise, you’ll have to kneel down and apologize with your daughter. And I can tell from Shalaman’s tone that he is very firm, and even if you find the president to intervene, it’s unlikely that you can resolve this matter. So, you should try it quickly.”

That’s all the Bangzi Country ambassador could do and say. He couldn’t help with anything else and could only rely on Li Zaiheng himself.

Li Enxi quickly asked, “Dad, what’s going on? What did the embassy say?”

Li Zaiheng turned to look at his daughter, his eyes full of resentment. It was clear that he now resented his daughter for causing him such a big trouble, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

Seeing her father’s expression, Li Enxi’s heart tightened. She vaguely felt that her father resented her for causing trouble, but she didn’t dare to say it.

After hesitating again and again, Li Zaiheng still asked the president for help.

Soon, Shalaman received a call from the Bangzi Country president. No matter what the other party said, he always remembered Yang Chen’s instructions: Li Zaiheng and his daughter had to kneel down and apologize.

The two sides didn’t reach an agreement and ended the call unhappily.

Soon, Li Zaiheng received the message, telling him to solve it himself.

Li Zaiheng was extremely upset. If Shalaman didn’t budge, it would be useless to ask anyone to intercede. Bangzi Country couldn’t give Shalaman some benefits just for him.

So, now he could only rely on himself to solve it.

Li Zaiheng was furious and turned around to slap his daughter. Yes, he was done pretending. He was going to vent his resentment on his daughter.

“Why did you do such a thing? Now we’re at a dead end, no one can save us. We can only kneel down and apologize to Yang Chen to leave Riyadh. Do you know that?” Li Zaiheng roared.

Li Enxi felt very wronged and said, “You’re the chairman of Bangzi Petroleum Corporation, isn’t anyone willing to save you?”

Li Zaiheng felt that his daughter was mocking him and slapped her again, saying, “It’s the crown prince here who wants to detain us. Without enough benefits, he won’t let us go. But it’s obviously not worth it to give Shalaman a lot of benefits just to let us go back home. Not to mention they’re not willing, I myself am not willing.”

Li Enxi was already bruised and swollen, and after being slapped twice by her father, she felt a little dizzy and said, “Then what should we do now? I feel a little dizzy, I might need to go to the hospital. Dad, I want to go home. Wuwu…”

Li Enxi’s companions also started crying.

“Chairman Li, I want to go home, please send us home.”

“Chairman Li, I also want to go home, please send me home, please.”

“Chairman Li, please think of another way, we can’t really be detained here.”

…

Li Zaiheng roared, “Enough! All of you shut up, can you let me have some peace? Crying, crying, crying, all you know is crying. Now you know to cry, then why did you pretend to be Dragon Country citizens before?”

Li Enxi: “We’ve always pretended to be Dragon Country citizens when we go abroad, and we’ve always been fine. Who would have thought that we would encounter such a powerful person this time?”

Li Zaiheng slapped his daughter again and scolded, “You still have the nerve to say that? Do you think your behavior is humorous, that your behavior is right? Impersonating people from other countries, smearing people from other countries, how childish do you have to be to do that!”

Li Enxi also got angry and said, “Before, when you thought you could beat them, you didn’t think there was anything wrong with my behavior at all. Now that you can’t beat them, you’re picking on me, right?”

Li Zaiheng raised his hand to hit her again, but Li Enxi immediately stuck out her face and said, “Come on, hit me, keep hitting me, hit me to death, hit me to death!”

Li Zaiheng didn’t hit her and angrily withdrew his hand.

These father and daughter are really interesting. They can’t solve the problem, so they’re just fighting among themselves.

However, arguing is arguing, making a fuss is making a fuss, but they still have to solve the problem quickly.

Li Zaiheng hesitated for a while and said to the Starlight Defense bodyguard, “Call your boss, I want to see him.”

The bodyguard immediately called Yang Chen to report the situation and then took Li Zaiheng and others to find Yang Chen according to Yang Chen’s request.

Yang Chen and Maya were admiring flowers in a park when the bodyguards brought Li Zaiheng and his daughter over.

Yang Chen asked with a smile, “Chairman Li, how is it? Did you find any rescuers?”

Li Zaiheng looked embarrassed and said, “No… Mr. Yang is indeed powerful. I don’t know what benefits you exchanged with Shalaman, but he’s actually helping you so much.”

Yang Chen: “Chairman Li doesn’t need to worry about that. Just tell me how you want to solve it, you don’t need to say anything else.”

Li Zaiheng: “Can you ask everyone else to turn their backs? I’m still the chairman of Bangzi Country Petroleum Corporation, at least leave me some dignity.”

Yang Chen: “Dignity? From a humanitarian point of view, I should indeed leave you some dignity. But from a realistic point of view, I can’t leave you any dignity. If I were just an ordinary Dragon Country citizen, and you forced me to kneel down and apologize to your daughter, would you have left me any dignity when I asked you to leave me some dignity?”

Li Zaiheng was speechless by Yang Chen’s words.

Indeed, if Yang Chen were just an ordinary Dragon Country citizen, they would definitely not have left him any dignity, and they might even have deliberately humiliated him because Yang Chen was a Dragon Country citizen.

Li Zaiheng begged everyone he could beg, but no one could help him, and Yang Chen was unwilling to leave him any dignity. Now he could only kneel down and admit his mistake.

“Enxi, kneel down and apologize to Mr. Yang,” Li Zaiheng said.

Before Li Enxi could react, Li Zaiheng knelt down first.

“Mr. Yang, I’m sorry, I apologize to you and all Dragon Country citizens on behalf of my daughter, and I ask for your forgiveness. It was indeed wrong for my daughter to impersonate you, and I will discipline her strictly in the future, and I will definitely not let such a thing happen again!”

Li Enxi and the others were stunned. They didn’t expect Li Zaiheng to really kneel down and admit his mistake, which was too unexpected.

Li Zaiheng: “Enxi, kneel down, apologize!”

Even though she was unwilling, Li Enxi still knelt down and apologized.

“Mr. Yang, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have pretended to be a Dragon Country citizen, I shouldn’t have smeared Dragon Country citizens, I apologize to you and all Dragon Country citizens, please forgive my childish behavior. I promise I will never do such a thing again in the future. I’m sorry, please be tolerant.”

Li Zaiheng and Li Enxi both knelt down and apologized, and Li Enxi’s companions didn’t dare to stand any longer and quickly knelt down and apologized as well.

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Alright, get up! I’ll let you go this time, but if there’s a next time, it won’t be as simple as kneeling down and apologizing. Chairman Li, you don’t need to be unconvinced, even if Li Zailong came, if he dared to smear Dragon Country citizens in front of me, I would have to make him lose a layer of skin!”

If it had been before, Li Zaiheng would definitely not have believed Yang Chen’s words that he didn’t even care about Li Zailong, the chairman of Two Stars Group [Samsung], but now he definitely believed that Yang Chen had the ability to do so and would really dare to do so.

Li Zaiheng stood up and said, “Alright, I understand. If there’s nothing else, we’ll leave first.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, you can go.”

Li Zaiheng immediately turned and left, and Li Enxi and the others quickly followed.

Li Enxi cried and said, “Dad, I’m sorry, I’ve implicated you, I’ve caused you trouble, I’ve humiliated you.”

Li Zaiheng snorted coldly and said, “This matter can’t be left like this, he has humiliated me so much, I will never let him go. We’ll talk about it when we get back home, he must pay a bloody price!”

Seeing her father’s red eyes, Li Enxi was so frightened that she didn’t dare to speak, and the others were even more frightened and didn’t dare to breathe.

Li Zaiheng had already made up his mind to find the Seven Stars Society [likely a fictional criminal organization] to send assassins to kill Yang Chen when he returned home. Only Yang Chen’s blood could wash away his shame.

On the other side, Yang Chen received a call from Havide.

Havide: “Mr. Yang, come over for dinner. I have to go back home in the afternoon, and I have to prepare in advance for the visit of other national leaders tomorrow.”

Yang Chen: “Alright! We’ll be over now. I’m also preparing to take a special plane back home tonight, so I’ll have dinner with you to say goodbye.”

Yang Chen had nothing else to do here. He was now going back home to finalize the Panda [likely referring to a specific item or deal], 052D, and the performance matches between the Dragon Country team and the Victory team and the New Moon team.

More importantly, Yang Chen could finally officially move into Prince Gong’s Mansion.

Most importantly, with Prince Gong’s Mansion as a highly private residence, Yang Chen could finally release the long-stored Space-Time Gate.

Yang Chen had received this reward a long time ago, but he had been afraid to release it because he didn’t have a place to protect this privacy.

When Prince Gong’s Mansion was being renovated, Yang Chen had specially built a courtyard that only he could enter. When the time came, he would put the Space-Time Gate in the doorway room in this courtyard, and he wouldn’t be afraid of his secret being discovered.