How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 105

The Show-off Childhood Friend: What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Hilltabellis immediately changed her tune, saying, “I suddenly feel that designing work uniforms is also a very worthwhile endeavor. You know, I used to design haute couture [high fashion] and have never tried work uniforms before. This is a huge challenge for me, and I am willing to accept it. Miss Secretary, please tell our new shareholder that I will definitely design work uniforms that he and his employees will love.”

The secretary was speechless.

What had Hilltabellis said just now?

Her pride and dignity would not allow her to design work uniforms.

As soon as she heard it was the new shareholder’s request, she immediately changed her tune.

So, dear designer, can we have some integrity and persistence?

There was no way around it. With the second shareholder’s request, she wouldn’t dare to object to designing even delivery uniforms.

…

Meanwhile, Liu Xueqing walked out of Didi headquarters.

She was wearing casual clothes. In Yang Chen’s aesthetic, she was, at most, an 80 [out of 100].

Not particularly outstanding in appearance, but presentable.

As a customer service representative, she didn’t need to be too pretty anyway, since the drivers and passengers couldn’t see her.

Liu Xueqing immediately recognized Yang Chen’s license plate number and quickly ran over to sit in the passenger seat.

Liu Xueqing said with a smile, “I didn’t expect you to be so handsome, much more handsome than your ID photo.”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Miss Liu is also very pretty. So, what are we going to eat now?”

Liu Xueqing quickly replied, “Um, can I ask you for a favor?”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Tell me, if I can help, I definitely will. After all, you helped me a lot, and I must repay your kindness.”

Liu Xueqing happily said, “It’s like this, my childhood friend from the same village and her boyfriend are here for tourism and will arrive at the high-speed rail station soon. Can you take me to pick them up? I’ll treat you to dinner later. Is that okay?”

Actually, eating with strangers would be quite awkward. If it weren’t to thank Liu Xueqing for helping to delete the negative review, Yang Chen wouldn’t have asked her to dinner.

If he helped her pick up her friend now, it would be like returning her favor, and there would be no need to treat her to dinner anymore.

Yang Chen then said, “No problem. However, forget about treating me to dinner. I have to go back later, so let’s do it another day. Besides, it would be quite awkward for me to be there when you friends meet.”

Liu Xueqing was a little unhappy. She even felt that this childhood friend had come at the wrong time, delaying her opportunity to get close to a low-key rich man who drives a two-million-dollar luxury car for ride-hailing.

However, they were about to arrive at the station, so she had to pick them up. Otherwise, how would she face them when she went home for the New Year?

So, Liu Xueqing nodded and said, “Okay, then. I’ll treat you to dinner another day to express my gratitude.”

Yang Chen smiled and drove to the high-speed rail station.

Liu Xueqing was now Yang Chen’s tool for exploiting the system bug. As long as she could delete the negative reviews from those oddball passengers each time, Yang Chen wouldn’t have to worry about his account having a low rating due to negative reviews, which would prevent him from getting orders.

So, making friends with her wasn’t a bad thing.

Soon, Yang Chen drove to the high-speed rail station.

Yang Chen waited in the parking lot while Liu Xueqing went to pick up her childhood friend.

Liu Xueqing’s childhood friend was named Liu Xueman, and Liu Xueman’s boyfriend was named Zhao Wenbo.

Liu Xueqing and Liu Xueman were born only two days apart, and they had a very good relationship since childhood.

However, because they were of similar age, they were always compared by the villagers, and gradually, they developed a competitive mentality.

Liu Xueqing later got into a third-tier university, while Liu Xueman failed and went to work in a factory.

Later, after Liu Xueqing graduated, she became a customer service representative for Didi, while Liu Xueman continued to work in the factory.

Ever since Liu Xueqing got into university, her reputation in the village surpassed Liu Xueman’s.

People with life experience can certainly understand Liu Xueman’s feelings. After being compared for a long time, suddenly everyone praised Liu Xueqing while ignoring her, which was a huge blow to her.

Women are more jealous, and Liu Xueman was unwilling to accept that Liu Xueqing was doing better than her, and even more unwilling to accept that everyone praised Liu Xueqing while ignoring her.

That’s why Liu Xueman couldn’t wait to come to Haicheng to show off to Liu Xueqing after she managed to win over the factory director’s son.

Originally, Liu Xueqing thought that Liu Xueman was simply coming to Haicheng with her boyfriend for tourism and to visit her, her childhood friend.

According to Liu Xueqing’s idea, they hadn’t seen each other for almost two years, and their meeting should be a joyful reunion with warm greetings.

However, reality was different from what she had imagined.

From the moment Liu Xueqing picked up Liu Xueman and Zhao Wenbo, Liu Xueman had been intentionally or unintentionally showing off how good her boyfriend was, how comfortable her life was now, and so on.

Liu Xueman not only showed off how rich her boyfriend was but also asked what Liu Xueqing’s boyfriend did.

Liu Xueqing didn’t have a formal boyfriend right now, but she had several pursuers at the company.

What was her situation?

She was stringing along those pursuers while also trying to find a rich man like Yang Chen.

Of course, what kind of person she was had nothing to do with Yang Chen, as long as she could occasionally help delete some negative reviews.

Liu Xueman asked with a smile, “Xueqing, who is this?”

Liu Xueqing quickly said, “He’s my boyfriend.”

Yang Chen immediately turned to look at Liu Xueqing, who gave him a look of pleading.

Yang Chen understood and said with a smile to the two people in the back, “Hello, my name is Yang Chen, and I’m Xueqing’s boyfriend.”

Liu Xueman nodded and quickly asked, “What do you do for a living?”

“I drive for ride-hailing,” Yang Chen replied truthfully.

Liu Xueman immediately puffed out her chest proudly and said, “Oh, a Didi driver. That’s good, you can see Xueqing every day. Unlike me, Wenbo is busy meeting clients and signing orders every day, so I can’t see him every day. Actually, sometimes I think it’s better to find an ordinary person, at least you can see them every day. Xueqing, I’m so envious of you.”

Wow, the car was instantly filled with a tea-like aroma [a subtle but noticeable tension or drama].

Zhao Wenbo said with a smile, “There’s no way around it, I’m the only child in my family, so I have to pay more attention to the factory. I’ll be taking over the factory soon, so I definitely have to do better than my dad.”

“That’s true. Hehe…” Liu Xueman said happily.

Liu Xueqing was speechless and said perfunctorily, “Xueman, I’m really happy for you that you found a boyfriend with such good conditions.”

“It’s okay. Actually, Wenbo wanted to drive his BMW X5 over, but I was worried about parking and also wanted to see you, so I didn’t let him drive it. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have delayed your boyfriend from driving his car. Your boyfriend is also good, at least he has his own Volkswagen to drive for ride-hailing. When I went home last month, I saw that the village chief’s family also bought a Volkswagen like that, worth over a hundred thousand. At least your boyfriend is considered the richest person in our village.”

When it came to cars, Liu Xueqing could show off.

Liu Xueqing quickly replied, “Actually, my boyfriend’s car is a Phaeton [a luxury sedan made by Volkswagen]. It looks similar to a Passat, but people who know cars know it’s a Phaeton, which costs two million after everything is said and done. I don’t agree with him driving such a car for ride-hailing. But there’s no way around it, it’s his worst car.”

Liu Xueman immediately sat up straight, looked at the car up and down, left and right, front and back, and then looked at her boyfriend and asked, “Wenbo, what is a Phaeton? Is it very impressive?”

Zhao Wenbo replied, “I’ve only heard of it, but I’ve never seen it in real life. I heard that the Phaeton is a luxury car under Volkswagen, and it is indeed in the two million range. People who buy this kind of car are basically low-key rich people who don’t show off. But, brother, why would you drive this kind of car for ride-hailing?”

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “There’s no way around it, there are only two cars at home. A Bugatti Veyron [an extremely expensive and high-performance sports car] and a Phaeton. I can’t drive a Bugatti Veyron for ride-hailing, can I? So, I can only make the Phaeton suffer a little.”

Hiss…

Listen, listen, are these words that a carbon-based life form can say?

Liu Xueqing and the other two were stunned.

Liu Xueman quickly asked again, “Wenbo, what is a Bugatti Veyron?”

Zhao Wenbo quickly replied, “It’s a very expensive sports car, worth tens of millions.”

After saying that, Zhao Wenbo quickly took out a China cigarette and offered it to Yang Chen. Yang Chen smiled and waved his hand, saying, “Thank you, I don’t smoke.”

Liu Xueman was stunned. Can you earn a Bugatti Veyron worth tens of millions by driving a ride-hailing car?

Yang Chen asked, “Where are you staying?”

Zhao Wenbo quickly replied, “We booked a room at the Peninsula Hotel online.”

Yang Chen nodded and drove directly to the Peninsula Hotel.