How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 1

The Eccentric Passenger: What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Parallel universe, Water Blue Star, Dragon Country, Haicheng, Haishang Financial Building, Jingyan Advertising Company.

Yang Chen quit his job after a major argument with his boss. The reason was that he had closed a significant deal, but because the commission was too high, the boss tried to cheat him out of the agreed-upon amount.

Since they only had a verbal agreement, Yang Chen couldn’t do anything about it.

Furious, Yang Chen chose to leave, unwilling to continue working for such a boss.

Yang Chen went to the parking lot and found his car.

At that moment, his girlfriend, Zhao Feifei, called.

Today was Zhao Feifei’s birthday, and Yang Chen had already booked dinner and a room at the Peninsula Hotel.

Why was she calling at this time? Did she want a gift?

Yang Chen answered the phone, but instead of Zhao Feifei’s voice, it was her best friend, Chen Xinyi.

“Hello, Yang Chen, Feifei asked me to formally notify you that she dumped you. That’s it. Don’t contact her again.”

Yang Chen was stunned. He wanted to say something, but the phone had already been hung up.

He had seen breakups in person, over the phone, via text message, WeChat, and QQ, but he had never seen one delivered by a best friend over the phone.

Even if they were breaking up, she should at least explain it in person. What was this?

Yang Chen quickly called back, but the call was immediately rejected.

After several rejected attempts, Yang Chen sent a WeChat video call, which was also rejected.

After a while, Zhao Feifei sent a WeChat message.

“Yang Chen, let’s break up peacefully. You can’t give me the life I want. I pursue quality in life, while you only care about surviving. We are from two different worlds; let’s let each other go. I’m going to pursue my dreams; you keep working hard. I can’t wait for you.”

Yang Chen often read online novels, and based on the plots in those novels, this situation usually meant that his girlfriend had found a new love, like a rich second-generation [wealthy and often spoiled young man].

There was no hope of salvaging the relationship at this point.

However, Yang Chen refused to be at a disadvantage and had to turn the tables.

So, he replied:

“Great! I’ve been annoyed with you for a long time. You’re useless at everything except spending money. You come from an ordinary family and have no skills, yet you always think about changing your fate by relying on a man. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming of changing your fate by relying on a man, but it’s too shameless of you to rely on me while going around with your group of girlfriends, proclaiming yourselves as independent women. I was a little embarrassed to dump you since you gave me your first time and stuck with me through thick and thin, so I never brought up breaking up. Now that you’ve brought it up yourself, don’t blame me. Thank goodness, I’m finally free.”

Not long after the message was sent, Zhao Feifei sent a video request.

Yang Chen hung up immediately.

Then, Zhao Feifei called again.

Yang Chen continued to hang up.

Next, Zhao Feifei sent three consecutive 60-second voice messages.

Yang Chen knew without opening them that these three voice messages must be full of cursing, so he wouldn’t bother opening them. He directly deleted Zhao Feifei.

In reality, Yang Chen’s family wasn’t poor.

His parents used to run two companies, but a traffic accident took their lives.

Yang Chen was only 15 years old at the time, and all the family’s assets were auctioned off by the court.

After paying off the creditors, he was left with a 120-square-meter apartment and 800,000 yuan in cash.

Many people were struggling with millions in mortgage debt, while Yang Chen fully owned an apartment and had 800,000 yuan earning interest in the bank. This was better than most people.

However, Yang Chen didn’t just lie down and do nothing because he had a good foundation. He still worked very hard.

To marry Zhao Feifei as soon as possible, he worked during the day and drove for ride-hailing services at night, earning more than 10,000 yuan a month.

The average salary in Haicheng last year was [unspecified currency] 元, and Yang Chen’s income of over 10,000 yuan was already higher than most people.

But this 10,000 yuan was nothing in Zhao Feifei’s eyes. She wanted to be covered in brand-name goods, travel in luxury cars, live in mansions, and be envied by her friends.

Zhao Feifei came from a very poor family. Her father was paralyzed in bed, her mother took care of him at home, and she had a younger brother in junior high school.

Yang Chen had long understood that marrying Zhao Feifei meant marrying into such a mess of a family.

Anyone else would have broken up with such a girlfriend.

But Yang Chen didn’t back down or get scared. He kept working hard to save more money, so they would have enough to spend in the future.

But now, Zhao Feifei felt that Yang Chen couldn’t give her the life she wanted.

Wasn’t that ridiculous?

The two had been together since high school, through four years of college, which meant they had been together for six years.

Six years; even a dog would develop feelings, let alone a person.

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t sad.

But what could he do about being sad?

Once a woman’s heart changes, kneeling in front of her and begging is useless.

So, it’s better to be generous like Yang Chen, at least to save some face for yourself.

No matter how difficult it is, life must go on.

Yang Chen decided to drive full-time for a while to adjust his mindset before looking for a job again.

Yang Chen packed all his personal belongings into the trunk of his car and immediately started working!

Time flies when you’re focused on work.

Before he knew it, it was eight o’clock in the evening.

Yang Chen decided to take one more order and then call it a day, and go to the Peninsula Hotel to enjoy a candlelight dinner.

He had already paid for it, so he couldn’t waste it.

At this moment, the platform system sent him an order. A customer was just one kilometer away.

Yang Chen quickly accepted the order and followed the navigation.

When he arrived at the location indicated by the navigation, Yang Chen called the passenger through the Didi [Chinese ride-hailing app] ride-hailing platform.

The call connected quickly.

Yang Chen: “Hello, I’m your Didi driver. I’ve arrived at your location. Where are you?”

Passenger: “Ah? Where are you? I can’t see you.”

Yang Chen: “I’m at the entrance of Xinhai Garden. White Buick Regal, license plate 海 [Hai, indicating the city].”

Passenger: “Oh, I see a white car parked downstairs, but I don’t know if it’s you. Wait, I’ll go down and see if it’s you.”

As soon as she said this, Yang Chen knew that this passenger was definitely something special.

Yang Chen: “Ah? You haven’t come down yet?”

Passenger: “I’m coming down soon.”

Yang Chen: “Then hurry up; the platform only allows me to wait for five minutes.”

Passenger: “Five minutes? That won’t work! It’s not enough! I just put on my foundation; I need at least twenty more minutes.”

Yang Chen: “Oh my god, you’re still putting on makeup?”

Passenger: “Yes! Who goes on a date without makeup? I have a date later; can I go out without makeup?”

Damn, that made sense.

Yang Chen: “Then why did you order so early? Why didn’t you call a car after you finished your makeup and came downstairs?”

Passenger: “Aren’t I almost done? Half an hour should be enough.”

She said twenty minutes just now, and now it’s half an hour.

What else could she be but “special?”

Which ride-hailing service or taxi would wait for half an hour?

Yang Chen: “I’m sorry, I can’t wait half an hour. I’m going to cancel the order now. Call another car when you’re ready.”

Passenger: “You dare? If you dare to cancel the order, I’ll definitely report you!”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “That’s your right; I support you reporting me. But let’s be clear, no one orders a ride and makes the driver wait for half an hour.”

After speaking, Yang Chen hung up the phone and directly canceled the order.

He had been driving for ride-hailing services for a few months and had seen many strange customers, but this was the strangest.

Just as Yang Chen was about to continue accepting orders, a message popped up on the screen, notifying him that he had received a complaint.

“I’ve never seen such an uncultured driver. Isn’t he just a driver? What’s the big deal? He actually scolded me on the phone! I’m the passenger; shouldn’t you provide good service? What’s with the driver scolding the passenger? Has Didi become so trashy? I’ll never use it again.”

Quibbling and arguing without reason.

Yang Chen didn’t indulge her and quickly uploaded the recording of his conversation with the passenger to customer service for review.

After this incident, Yang Chen was no longer in the mood to continue driving for the last order. He decided to call it a day and go to the Peninsula Hotel for dinner.

Just then, a mechanical voice suddenly came from Yang Chen’s mind.

“Detected that the host meets the binding conditions. The [Bad Review Gift] system seeks to bind. Please decide whether to bind.”