How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 133

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“Hello, are you the passengers with the last four digits of 7135?” Yang Chen asked.

The girl with long hair seemed more outgoing, saying, “Yes! If it weren’t us, why would we get in your car?”

The girl with short hair seemed a bit aloof, looking at the long-haired girl with a worried expression, her eyes only for her.

Yang Chen still followed the usual procedure, reminding them, “Please fasten your seatbelts, we’re now heading to Wanda Plaza.”

The short-haired girl very considerately fastened the seatbelt for the long-haired girl, and then fastened her own.

At this moment, the long-haired girl started singing excitedly.

“Beilun Avenue West and Beilun Avenue North, Beilun Avenue East turns to Beilun Avenue Central…”

From her singing, it seemed to be a song from the Liangguang area [Guangdong and Guangxi provinces in southern China], which Yang Chen couldn’t understand anyway.

After singing, the long-haired girl opened the car window and stuck her head out, shouting.

Yang Chen quickly slowed down and reminded her, “Miss, be careful, it’s dangerous. Don’t stick your head out!”

The short-haired girl quickly closed the window.

The long-haired girl immediately asked with a smile, “Handsome, do you believe in love?”

Yang Chen replied very seriously, “Vomiting in the car costs 500 yuan [approximately $70 USD cleaning fee].”

The long-haired girl laughed and said, “Come on, I’m talking about love, and you’re talking about money?”

Yang Chen replied again very seriously, “How can you talk about love without money? Are you even qualified to talk about love without money?”

Both girls looked up at Yang Chen’s handsome profile, suddenly feeling that what he said made sense.

In this era where it costs 500 yuan just to call a male escort to sing with you, you really aren’t qualified to talk about love without money.

The long-haired girl suddenly became quiet, leaning back in her seat and falling silent for a moment, then tears started falling from her eyes.

The short-haired girl handed her a tissue while also getting teary-eyed.

The long-haired girl wiped her tears and said, “If only you were a man.”

The short-haired girl replied, “Actually… sometimes gender doesn’t have to be so strictly defined…”

The long-haired girl looked up at the short-haired girl, their eyes met, and the atmosphere became ambiguous.

Yang Chen thought, “Damn! As soon as they got in the car, I could tell the short-haired girl was interested in her. I knew it. Sigh… two more single people on the way.”

The long-haired girl suddenly covered her mouth and retched twice. Yang Chen quickly reminded her, “There’s a plastic bag in the back, please vomit into it.”

The long-haired girl laughed and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t vomit! Handsome, do you have a girlfriend?”

“What would a ride-hailing driver like me need a girlfriend for? Women only affect my speed,” Yang Chen joked.

The long-haired beauty said, “Haha… then don’t you feel lonely at night?”

Yang Chen: “I’m so tired every day that I fall asleep as soon as I shower and lie down on the bed. I don’t have time to be lonely. Only idle people have time to feel lonely, find a job and get busy, who has time to be sad? Have you saved enough money for your parents’ retirement? Is your dowry ready? Will you have money for treatment if you get seriously ill in the future? Do you have enough money for your children’s education, buying a house, and getting married? Think about these things, do you still have time to be sad?”

The long-haired beauty pouted and suddenly burst into tears.

“I’m just a girl, why do you want me to bear so much responsibility? Isn’t it enough if I don’t have any debts myself? Waa…” the long-haired beauty said, crying.

All the responsibilities are men’s, huh?

The short-haired girl patted the long-haired beauty’s back very sympathetically, comforting her, “It’s okay, it’s okay, don’t listen to his nonsense! Those are things that men should prepare, we just need to be beautiful.”

Yang Chen shook his head helplessly, too lazy to pay attention to them, and focused on driving.

Suddenly there was no sound from the back. Yang Chen thought they probably felt that they didn’t share common interests and didn’t want to talk to him.

Soon, they arrived at Wanda Plaza.

“We’re here, please take your belongings…”

Before Yang Chen could finish speaking, they quickly got out of the car from both sides and ran away.

Yang Chen shook his head helplessly. This society really demands too much from men and is too tolerant of women.

Just as Yang Chen was about to drive away, he suddenly smelled a strange odor. He felt something was wrong and quickly turned to look at the back seat.

“Damn!” Yang Chen couldn’t help but curse.

No wonder they suddenly became silent. It turned out that the long-haired girl had vomited on the seat.

Although it wasn’t much, it had already become sticky and stuck to the seat because it wasn’t cleaned up in time.

Yang Chen quickly got out of the car and chased after them for a few steps, but the figures of those two oddballs were already gone.

“Damn!” Yang Chen shouted angrily and returned dejectedly.

At this moment, in a dark corner, the two girls looked at Yang Chen’s figure, revealing a lucky smile.

However, when they were about to pay, they found that the order fee had an additional 500 yuan surcharge.

The short-haired girl: “Wow, he really charged us 500 yuan for the cleaning fee.”

The long-haired girl: “So stingy! Let’s go find him!”

The two quickly came out, but Yang Chen’s car was already gone.

The short-haired girl: “It’s okay, I’ll call and complain! Why should we be charged so much money!”

The long-haired girl nodded, supporting her to call and complain.

Soon, the call connected.

Liu Xueqing wasn’t on the night shift, so the customer service representative who answered the phone didn’t know they were dealing with Yang Chen’s account.

The short-haired girl didn’t mention the long-haired girl vomiting in the car, and only emphasized that Yang Chen had charged an additional 500 yuan.

According to platform regulations, drivers don’t have the right to unilaterally add surcharges, so the customer’s complaint was valid.

The customer service representative canceled the 500 yuan surcharge added by Yang Chen, and then the short-haired girl paid the 12 yuan fare.

Then, without a doubt, she gave a bad review.

“The driver must have been a robber in his previous life. He can’t forget his ingrained nature even as a ride-hailing driver in this life. He thought the 12 yuan fare was too little, so he unilaterally added a 500 yuan surcharge. Why don’t you just fly to heaven? Oh, the surcharge for a flight to heaven wouldn’t be that expensive!”

At this moment, Yang Chen, who was driving, received a system notification.

“Congratulations, Master, you have received a bad review. The system rewards you with 10% equity in Longmei International Hospital Group. The equity transfer document will be delivered to your home by SF Express [a Chinese delivery service] tomorrow morning, please pay attention to check it.”

“Congratulations, Master, you have received a complaint. The system has triggered a critical reward, and the equity in Longmei International Hospital Group that you have obtained has increased to 20%, making you the third largest shareholder of the group. The equity transfer document will be delivered to your home by SF Express tomorrow morning, please pay attention to check it.”

Longmei International Hospital Group is a for-profit comprehensive hospital jointly established by Long Country [a fictional name for China] and the US.

Branch hospitals are located in important cities in Long Country such as Jing City, Hai City, Wu City, and He City, as well as in New City, Luo City, and Hua City in the US.

This hospital brings together the top medical experts and equipment from both countries. Let’s put it this way, if there is a disease that only one hospital on Earth can cure, it must be at Longmei International Hospital.

Because it has top-notch medical technology and equipment, the cost is relatively high, after all, its positioning is a for-profit hospital.

To put it bluntly, this is a hospital for rich people to extend their lives.

The wards here are up to the standard of five-star hotels, with the most ordinary ones costing 700 yuan [approximately $100 USD] a day, and the luxurious ones costing tens of thousands.

If you enter the ICU, then be prepared to move an ATM machine over.

Just look at the evaluations of netizens who have seen a doctor here to know how exaggerated it is.

“I don’t want to come here a second time in my life. I just had a fever, and it cost 500 yuan to register for an expert, and they gave me a bunch of unknown medicines, costing me more than 5,000 yuan. Haha.”

“This place is not for ordinary people to live in. My wife wanted to experience the environment of a five-star hotel when she gave birth, so I chose this place. From hospitalization to the child’s return home, it took a total of 7 days and cost 160,000 yuan [approximately $22,500 USD]. I was not convinced that it was so expensive, but they took out the bill and checked it one by one, and every item matched up, without overcharging at all. I can only say that if you don’t have money, don’t come, this is not a place that ordinary people can enjoy.”

“I like this place so much, I can enjoy the service of a five-star hotel while being hospitalized. Such a hospital should have been built long ago. My appendicitis surgery cost a total of 230,000 yuan [approximately $32,500 USD], but I think it’s worth it, I don’t even want to leave. The nurses are so beautiful and the service is good, very satisfied.”

…

From the netizens’ evaluations, it can be seen that rich people can enjoy themselves even when they are sick here, but poor people should forget it, a cold or fever may cost a month’s salary.

Because Longmei International Hospital has strong profitability, the group has been listed on Nasdaq in the US for three years, and its current market value is 8.8 billion US dollars.

The Long Country Pharmaceutical Association holds 25% of the shares, and the US Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association also holds 25% of the shares, and both parties have agreed not to increase or decrease their holdings, and will never expand the equity.

Now the system has rewarded Yang Chen with 20% of the equity, which means that Long Country has a total of 45% of the shares, occupying an absolute leading position in the shareholders’ meeting.

Because many of the shares of listed companies are in the hands of retail investors, they do not participate in the shareholders’ meeting. 45% of the shares are enough for Long Country to have absolute say.

Therefore, after Yang Chen obtains these shares, he will definitely become a key target for the Long Country Pharmaceutical Association to win over. The benefits of his 20% shareholding are not only the value of more than one billion US dollars and the right to vote at the shareholders’ meeting, but there will definitely be other unexpected benefits.

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“Damn it! They vomited in my car and gave me a bad review!” Yang Chen couldn’t help but curse.

He had reminded them as soon as they got in the car that vomiting in the car would cost 500 yuan, and there was a bag in the back if they wanted to vomit.

Yang Chen had fulfilled his obligation to remind them,

Why did they still complain and give a bad review?

Forget it, he would forgive their stupidity for the sake of the reward given by the system.

However, when Yang Chen saw that the order showed “Reward -400” [Yuan, Chinese currency, approximately $56 USD], he was immediately broken.

Although Yang Chen is not short of money now, there are principles to doing things, right?

The passengers themselves vomited in the car and ran away, why did this rotten platform deduct 400 yuan from him?

“Damn rotten platform, deducting my money for no reason!” Yang Chen couldn’t help but curse.

Yang Chen parked his car in front of a car maintenance shop and asked them to wash and clean it as soon as possible before they got off work.

Then, he walked to a deserted place and called customer service.

The call connected, and Yang Chen directly asked why he was deducted 400 yuan.

The customer service replied: “According to platform regulations, drivers cannot unilaterally charge additional fees, otherwise a fine of 400 yuan will be deducted.”

Yang Chen: “As soon as they got in the car, I reminded them that vomiting in the car would cost 500 yuan, and there was a bag in the back if they wanted to vomit. But they didn’t listen and vomited on my seat, and then got out of the car and ran away without saying a word. So tell me, what should I do?”

Customer service: “This… you can call the police and let the police intervene. Our platform can give you the phone number, and then you can communicate with the passengers.”

Yang Chen: “Are you kidding me? I’m calling the police for such a small thing, do you think you’re very humorous? Do you think the police will care about this kind of thing?”

Customer service: “Mr. Yang, I’m sorry, the platform is regulated like this. We can’t disclose passenger information to you, so if you can’t contact the passengers, calling the police is the only way to solve it.”

Yang Chen: “I don’t want to talk nonsense with you, immediately return the 400 yuan that was deducted from me, otherwise I will gather drivers to march at the headquarters tomorrow! If you are not afraid of bringing negative impact to the platform, then don’t return my money!”

After speaking, Yang Chen hung up the phone.

When they were eating lunch, those drivers who had been deducted money were still complaining in the group.

The situation of passengers vomiting in the car is not common, but every time it happens, the driver has to spend several hundred yuan to clean it, which means that the driver has worked for nothing for a day and has to pay for gas.

If you ask the passengers to bear it, they will definitely not be willing. If you dare to ask them for even a dime more, they will definitely give you a bad review.

Therefore, this kind of accidental expense should be borne by the platform.

The platform can’t just do nothing and sit and wait to take a cut.

Soon, Yang Chen’s car was cleaned.

It cost 480 yuan [approximately $67 USD], really expensive.

However, it was late at night and they had to work overtime, and the pollution area was large, and it was a luxury car like a Phaeton, so the price was not expensive.

Yang Chen took a photo of the invoice and sent it to the group.

“Brothers, I also encountered this kind of thing. Not only did I spend money to wash the car, but the platform also deducted 400 yuan from me. Tomorrow I plan to go to the headquarters to demand an explanation, is anyone going with me? I’ll be the leader, and you guys can support me from behind. If something happens, push it on me, just say I instigated you to come. If we succeed, the credit belongs to everyone, we are all heroes. We want to force the platform to change the rules, and in the future, if passengers vomit in the car, the cleaning fee must be borne by the platform!”

The originally quiet driver group instantly became lively.

Driver Zhang Chunlai: “Xiao Yang [a familiar way to call someone young], awesome! It has to be a young person like you who has no family worries! I’ll go with you!”

Driver Chen Xing: “I’ll go too! I said at noon, if it doesn’t work, we’ll go on strike! Regardless of whether this matter can be successful in the end, we must let the platform know that we are not soft persimmons that they can squeeze at will. In the future, if we encounter this kind of thing again, they must solve it for us, and we can’t bear the cleaning fee alone, and we have to be fined!”

Driver Zhang Hu: “Although I haven’t encountered this kind of thing, it concerns the welfare of the entire driver group, I will definitely participate.”

Driver Zheng Daqian: “Don’t say, Xiao Yang leading the way may really succeed. He is a winner of the Bravery and Good Citizen Award, and the platform still wants to promote him as a star driver. The platform will probably accept the requirements he puts forward! If Xiao Yang can successfully lead everyone to force the platform to modify the rules this time, we will let him be our leader.”

Driver Liu Hu: “I agree! We really need to elect a capable and influential person to lead everyone. If we fight on our own, a pile of loose sand, we will only be at the mercy of the platform. Only when everyone unites and twists into a rope will the platform not dare to bully us!”

…

What is called one call and a hundred responses?

This is the best explanation.

Driver Yang Chen: “Okay! Tomorrow at eight o’clock, see you at Bilibili headquarters!”

Since he decided to do it, he had to be fully prepared.

If they rely solely on these drivers, they probably won’t be able to force the platform to modify the rules.

Therefore, they also need the help of some outsiders.

Yang Chen sent a WeChat message to Zhang Xiaoli, the host of “Xiao Li is Here to Help”, explaining the situation in detail and inviting her to do a show on the spot tomorrow morning.

This is a very interesting and gimmicky news event, and Zhang Xiaoli immediately agreed, guaranteeing to arrive at the Bilibili headquarters office building before eight o’clock tomorrow morning.

Then, Yang Chen sent a WeChat message to his little fan girl Chen Qingxia, inviting her to bring her colleagues to the scene tomorrow to take a look, so that the police can stop them in time if there is a conflict between the two parties.

Finally, Yang Chen sent a message to Qiu Yuhong, asking him to bring people from the Aegis Security Group to “ambush” at the entrance of Bilibili headquarters before eight o’clock tomorrow morning.

If the platform dares to act violently tomorrow, whoever does it will lie down!

Finally, Yang Chen sent a message to Zhang Xiang, asking him to bring a lawyer to the scene tomorrow.

With everything arranged, he just waited for tomorrow morning to arrive…