How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 141

141. Rewarding the Master with the Right to Force a Half-Price Acquisition (Seeking Subscriptions)

Yang Chen took Li Yanyun to the Sheshan Resort.

In name, he was taking Li Yanyun out to relax, but in reality, he was there to inspect the operation of the Sheshan Resort.

The cleaners in the resort were discussing whether they could keep their jobs now that the company had been sold to someone else.

They were too busy chatting to clean up the trash left by uncivilized tourists.

The security guards were also patrolling in a very lazy manner, walking and chatting in groups, not paying attention to whether tourists needed help or were violating the resort’s rules.

Even the staff selling souvenirs and food in the resort were listless, and only reluctantly spoke after being asked several times.

After playing for a while, Li Yanyun complained, “I came here three years ago, and it was completely different from now. What’s wrong with them? Why does everyone seem so distracted and so lazy?”

Even a fool could see it, which shows how bad the employees’ performance was.

“I think it’s terrible too. You wait here, I’m going to complain and make them perk up immediately,” Yang Chen said.

Li Yanyun immediately laughed and said, “Big brother, you’re thinking too simply. How could they change just because of a complaint from an ordinary tourist? Forget it, let’s just take a walk and leave.”

“No, I paid money, how can I accept this work attitude? I have to complain!” Yang Chen said angrily.

Yang Chen wasn’t wrong. He spent 200 million to acquire four resorts, how could he tolerate employees slacking off?

Even if they slack off, they have to do their job first. If they slack off without doing their job, then there’s no need to pay them.

Yang Chen left Li Yanyun alone and went to a corner to call Zhang Xiuchun.

Li Yanyun shook her head speechlessly and said, “I paid for the tickets, you didn’t even pay, why are you so excited? Speechless.”

Soon, the call connected.

Zhang Xiuchun: “Hello, Mr. Yang, what can I do for you?”

Yang Chen: “I want to cancel the acquisition plan.”

Zhang Xiuchun: “Ah? Why?”

Yang Chen: “I brought a friend to Sheshan Resort today, and all the employees are listless and indifferent. I’ve already heard tourists complaining about the employees’ service attitude and saying they won’t come again. Although the resort is going to be sold to us, you should at least get through the transition period, right? If you ruin the resort’s reputation like this, will any tourists come after I take over? Wouldn’t I be a complete sucker?”

Zhang Xiuchun: “Mr. Yang, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. This is indeed my fault. I’ve been busy with debt matters recently and have neglected management. I’ll call the general managers of Jinshan and Sheshan Resorts right now and tell them to maintain the best service attitude until your company officially takes over.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Hurry up.”

After speaking, Yang Chen hung up the phone.

Yang Chen returned to Li Yanyun’s side.

Li Yanyun teased, “How was it? Did the complaint work?”

“It worked! Just watch, they’ll change a lot in a moment,” Yang Chen replied.

Li Yanyun didn’t believe it. At this moment, the resort’s broadcast sounded.

“Attention all employees of the resort! Everyone perk up and do your job well. Anyone caught slacking off or providing poor service will be fired immediately!”

As soon as this announcement came out, it was obvious that all the employees in the entire resort straightened their backs and started working seriously.

The security guards lined up and patrolled in unison.

The cleaners immediately dispersed and returned to their assigned areas to clean up the trash.

The employees in charge of selling souvenirs and food also started shouting.

The originally deserted resort immediately became lively.

Li Yanyun said with a surprised expression, “Wow, you really succeeded in complaining.”

“This is normal! I paid money, they should provide me with the best service,” Yang Chen replied.

“Tsk… how should I put it? Still, that sentence, you have no shortcomings except being poor. But because of this shortcoming, your advantages are all covered up. Unless you can find a girl like me who doesn’t care whether a man has money, but only cares about whether the two are compatible. However, I guess it’s impossible. Nowadays, girls are very materialistic. They earn 3,000 a month and require their boyfriend to earn 50,000 to 60,000 a month to support them. Sigh… I feel sorry for you men,” Li Yanyun said with emotion.

“According to you, then I have to hold on to you. After all, it’s not easy to meet a girl who doesn’t care about money and only cares about fate. If I miss you, I may never meet another one,” Yang Chen joked.

Li Yanyun pouted and replied, “I think you’re pretty good, and I really want to be your girlfriend. But I know my dad will definitely not agree to me being with you, and we can never get married. So, are you willing to have a relationship with me that doesn’t lead to marriage? Don’t worry, I won’t let you spend money on me, I’ll spend money on you. But you have to let me experience what true love feels like. How about it?”

Who the hell has time to play around with her in a relationship?

Yang Chen immediately shook his head and refused, “I’d rather not. I’m afraid I’ll really fall in love with you, but in the end, we can’t get married, and I’ll be the one jumping into the river.”

“Haha… are you that sentimental? You have such flirtatious eyes, you look like a playboy who has hooked up with countless girls. Girls nowadays like you, handsome, good figure, and exuding a charming aura,” Li Yanyun said with a smile.

The two were chatting happily, and the person following them took pictures and sent them to Li Yanyun’s father, Li Lianxiong.

When Li Lianxiong saw the photos, he immediately recognized Yang Chen as the chivalrous Didi [ride-hailing service] driver.

“Damn it, a ride-hailing driver dares to pursue my daughter, outrageous!” Li Lianxiong cursed angrily.

…

After playing for a day, Yang Chen dropped Li Yanyun off at her doorstep.

As soon as Li Yanyun walked into the yard, Li Lianxiong, who had been waiting in the dark for a long time, got into Yang Chen’s car and directly placed a 500,000 yuan check on the dashboard.

“Uncle, what does this mean? I’m not interested in men, I don’t earn this kind of money,” Yang Chen asked.

Li Lianxiong glared at Yang Chen and said, “I’m Yanyun’s father. I know your purpose in approaching her. Take this check, I’ll arrange a blind date for you, and deliberately let her see it, you two break up, and never see each other again. Understand what I mean?”

Damn, isn’t this a TV drama plot?

But, uncle, are you looking down on me?

In TV dramas, it all starts at a million, isn’t it a bit insincere to give me 500,000?

“I understand. But aren’t the market prices in TV dramas a million or more? Giving me a 500,000 yuan check is a bit insincere. I think if I’m with Li Yanyun, the benefits I get will definitely be more than a million. What do you think?” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Li Lianxiong’s eyes were cold, and he said, “Don’t be too greedy. I’ll give you what I give you, and I will never retaliate against you later. But if you ask me for more, then I can’t guarantee that I won’t ask for it back later.”

This was given to him voluntarily, not asked for by Yang Chen, so it should be okay to accept it, right?

“Okay! 500,000 is 500,000, it’s better than nothing. Thank you, uncle. Oh, by the way, uncle, what’s your name?” Yang Chen said with a smile, and took the check.

Li Lianxiong chuckled and said, “Li Lianxiong. You approached Yanyun for money after all. If you take the money, you have to do as you’re told. If you dare to play tricks, I will never let you go.”

Yang Chen nodded.

Li Lianxiong added Yang Chen as a friend and got out of the car to go home.

Yang Chen smiled and drove away.

Just as he reached the main road, several cars blocked his car.

A young man got out of a Lamborghini Hurricane, and Yang Chen’s first impression of him was that he was ugly.

One can imagine how ugly he is if he gives people the first impression of being ugly.

The ugly man knocked on the passenger window. Yang Chen opened the window and asked, “Brother, there are cameras everywhere at the entrance of the villa area. Are you robbing me in broad daylight?”

The ugly man smiled disdainfully and said, “What are you thinking? Robbing you. Open the door, I have something to tell you. You’re Yang Chen, I know.”

Damn it, I knew I shouldn’t have become a celebrity driver, so many people can recognize him as Yang Chen.

Yang Chen opened the car door and let the ugly man in.

“Brother, what’s your name?” Yang Chen asked.

“Zhou Bin! Li Yanyun’s fiancé,” Zhou Bin replied.

Damn, no wonder Li Yanyun kept saying that her blind date was too ugly, he really is ugly.

“Wait, didn’t she say that her family arranged a blind date? How did it become your fiancé?” Yang Chen asked.

“Is there a difference? We will definitely get married, my dad and her dad have already discussed it. The blind date is just a formality, no matter what the result is, we will definitely get married. I never bully people, I won’t bully you just because you’re a ride-hailing driver,” Zhou Bin said smugly.

Damn, if he hadn’t surrounded Yang Chen with several cars, he would have really believed his lies.

As Zhou Bin spoke, he took out a check and placed it on the dashboard, saying, “Here’s 200,000, take the money and find a reason to leave Li Yanyun. I sent someone to follow you all day today and found out that you should have just started dating. This money is enough to buy out your relationship. Our wealthy families pay the most attention to face, I don’t want others to know that my wife has dated a ride-hailing driver. Do you understand what I mean?”

Damn, do rich people nowadays like to use money to hit people so rudely?

The life of the rich is really direct and crude.

“Brother, if you want to buy me out with money, you have to be a little more sincere. 200,000 is a bit too…” Yang Chen showed a disgusted expression.

Zhou Bin immediately said, “200,000 is not a small amount. If I were like other rich second generations, I would have just beaten you up and made you leave, why would I give you money? The main reason is that after our two families get married, her family’s Hi-Buy No. 1 store will eventually fall into my hands. My family does import and export trade, and after the integration of the two families’ resources, it will become the leading import chain store in China. Otherwise, I wouldn’t give you so much money.”

This idiot has never taken a ride-hailing car, he doesn’t know that there are surveillance cameras and recorders in ride-hailing cars.

It’s rare to see such an honest ugly man.

It seems that these two families are using each other.

Li Lianxiong wants to integrate Zhou Bin’s family’s import and export channels, and Zhou Bin’s family wants Li Lianxiong’s overseas shopping platform and offline stores.

Marriages in wealthy families are really inhumane, they only consider interests.

“If you give me 200,000, I’ll leave directly, but Li Yanyun will still have me in her heart. Think about it, she’s by your side, but her heart is on me, can you be happy? Why don’t I hire someone to put on a blind date show and let her catch it, so that she will completely give up on me. When you get married in the future, her person and heart will be yours, isn’t that good?” Yang Chen said.

Zhou Bin thought for a moment, then laughed and said, “That makes sense.”

Then he took back the 200,000 yuan check and signed a 300,000 yuan check and put it on the dashboard.

“Okay! Don’t worry, I will definitely use a hearty performance to break up with her,” Yang Chen said.

Zhou Bin laughed and said, “I knew you were handsome, you must be a smart person. When I integrate Hi-Buy No. 1 store in the future, I will give you a lifetime membership card!”

“Thank you, Young Master Zhou! Goodbye, Young Master Zhou!” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Zhou Bin smiled triumphantly, got out of the car, and left with his men.

He received 800,000 yuan in checks for a non-existent relationship, and they gave it to him voluntarily, who can he reason with?

Yang Chen logged on to his Didi account and took a ride home.

Yang Chen grabbed an order and followed the navigation to find the passenger.

The passenger was a woman wearing glasses, who looked like she would be difficult to get along with.

Some people’s appearance reflects their personality, not that he’s discriminating against her.

Yang Chen: “Hello, are you the passenger with the last four digits of 9438?”

Female passenger: “Why are you asking me for the last four digits?”

Yang Chen: “This is our service process, we need to confirm the passenger’s identity to prevent picking up the wrong person.”

Female passenger: “You didn’t pick up the wrong person.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, fasten your seat belt, we are now departing for Minghuang Garden.”

After speaking, Yang Chen started the car and drove away.

Female passenger: “Hey, hey, why did you drive away?”

Yang Chen quickly pulled over and asked, “What’s wrong? Are there other passengers traveling with you?”

Female passenger: “No! Shouldn’t you walk around the car to make sure it’s safe before driving? I don’t feel safe at all when you drive like this. Normally, as soon as a passenger gets in the car, you should get out and walk around the car to make sure there are no obstacles, then get in the car and adjust the seat to a comfortable position before starting. Look at you,
as soon as I got in the car, you just drove away, none of those required actions were done.”

Yang Chen held back his laughter and asked, “Madam, are you taking driving lessons recently?”

Female passenger: “How did you know? You didn’t even adjust the seat before driving, isn’t that obviously a violation of the rules?”

Yang Chen: “I’m the only one who drives this car, it’s not like a driving school car that many people drive, everyone’s height and arm length are different, so they may need to adjust it. I’ve already adjusted it, no need to adjust it.”

Female passenger: “Then your driving style is also wrong, how can you turn the steering wheel like that? Shouldn’t you turn it with one hand and catch it with the other? I doubt if you can even drive? Do you have a driver’s license?”

Yang Chen: “How can I be a driver without a driver’s license? I’ve had a driver’s license for five years.”

Female passenger: “Then your driver’s license must have been bought. Although you’ve been driving for so long, your driving style is all wrong. Look, look, even the way you hold the steering wheel is wrong.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, madam, don’t worry, I’m still young, I haven’t lived enough, I won’t joke with my life, I will definitely ensure our safety. Okay?”

Female passenger “Tch” and waved her Mercedes-Benz key in front of Yang Chen, saying, “I have a car, I just don’t have a driver’s license yet. I’m teaching you how to drive for your own good, don’t be ungrateful.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, okay…”

As expected, appearance reflects personality, Yang Chen felt that she would be difficult to get along with as soon as she got in the car, and she really is a weirdo.

After a while, the female passenger suddenly said, “Can you even drive? I’m getting carsick! Can you drive more steadily?”

Yang Chen: “Madam, I’ve been driving at a constant speed of 35, without any acceleration or deceleration, isn’t that steady enough?”

Female passenger: “Then why am I getting carsick? I don’t get carsick when I drive myself, why am I getting carsick in your car?”

Yang Chen: “You definitely won’t get carsick when you’re in the driver’s seat, all your attention is on driving, and the front won’t be so bumpy, you definitely won’t get carsick. You are now…”

Female passenger: “Look, look, you yourself said it’s bumpy, and you still say it’s steady? Drive steadily, I’m going to die of carsickness!”

Damn, this is really a headache.

Yang Chen slowed down and tried to be as smooth as possible.

The journey that was originally expected to take 20 minutes took 35 minutes to arrive.

Yang Chen: “Madam, we’re here, take your belongings, and welcome to choose Didi again.”

The female passenger covered her mouth and said, “I’m going to throw up, I’ll never take a Didi car again.”

Yang Chen ignored her and drove away as soon as she got out of the car.

About five minutes later, the sound of a cell phone ringing suddenly came from the back seat.

Yang Chen turned his head and saw that the female passenger’s cell phone was left behind.

Yang Chen, who had been holding back his anger for a long time, cursed, “Damn it, I specifically reminded her not to forget her belongings before getting out of the car.”

Helpless, he could only quickly pull over, pick up the phone, and answer it.

Yang Chen: “Hello.”

Female passenger: “Hello, driver, is my phone in your car?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! I reminded you to take your belongings when you got out of the car, how could you leave such an important thing behind?”

Female passenger: “Oh, are you blaming

me? Isn’t it because your driving skills are so bad that you made me want to throw up, I was in a hurry to get out of the car, so I didn’t pay attention to dropping my phone. Hurry up and bring it back to me, I’m still waiting for you where I got out of the car.”

Yang Chen sighed helplessly and said, “Okay, okay, wait a moment, I’ll turn around and go back now.”

That’s how it is to drive a ride-hailing car, you can meet all kinds of weirdos.

Despite holding back a stomach full of anger, Yang Chen still had to adhere to the principle of loving what he does and strive to do his service work well.

Because there was a guardrail in the middle, Yang Chen had to drive forward to the traffic light intersection to turn around, and then drive to another traffic light intersection to go back to where the female passenger got out of the car.

This detour took nearly ten minutes.

Yang Chen opened the car window and handed the phone to the female passenger.

The female passenger threatened, “If you’re half a minute slower, I’ll call the police, you know?”

Yang Chen couldn’t bear it anymore and replied, “Don’t talk to me like that, I’m telling you, I fulfilled my obligation to remind you, I didn’t have to bring your phone back to you. I made a big detour to bring it back to you, and you still want to call the police? Come on, call the police and let me see. Call the police now. You’ve stirred up all my anger, you have to call the police today to clarify the matter!”

Female passenger: “What? Do you want to hit someone? There are company trade secrets in my phone, what if you peek at them? Shouldn’t I call the police? I’m the financial director of Longlian Chain Supermarket, what if you see the financial data in my phone?”

Yang Chen: “Do you think everyone is like you, doing sneaky things! Peeking at your phone secrets, do I know the password?”

The female passenger’s companion quickly stepped forward to pull her away, but she seemed very unconvinced and said, “You don’t drive according to the rules, I can give you a bad review, I’m telling you! With this attitude, I don’t think you want to do this anymore!”

The companion quickly said, “Driver, I’m sorry, please leave quickly. She’s been under too much work pressure recently and is mentally stressed. Sorry, sorry.”

Saying that, the companion forcibly pulled the female passenger away.

Yang Chen closed the car window and couldn’t help but curse, “Damn it, unlucky!”

After adjusting his emotions for a while, Yang Chen drove home.

In less than a few minutes, the Didi platform reminded Yang Chen that he had received a bad review.

“Garbage driver, the worst driver I’ve ever seen, bar none! This garbage driver can’t drive at all, he doesn’t even know the most basic actions, he drove unsteadily the whole time, making me want to throw up. The most important thing is that my phone fell in the car, and he wasn’t going to return it to me unless I looked for him. I just kindly reminded him not to look at the contents of my phone, there are company trade secrets in it, and he retorted me as if his tail had been stepped on. A Didi platform with such drivers will go bankrupt sooner or later!”

“Damn it, financial director of Longlian Supermarket, right? I’ll sell the building tomorrow and acquire it, I’ll see if you can make me quit, or I can make you quit!” Yang Chen gritted his teeth in anger.

At this time, the system issued a reminder.

“Congratulations to the host for receiving a bad review,

the system rewards the host with % equity in Longlian Supermarket Group, replacing Lianbai Group as the largest shareholder of the group. After the equity change, Lianbai Group’s shareholding ratio will be reduced to %, becoming the 4th largest shareholder of the group. Equity transfer documents and other materials will be delivered to the host’s home tomorrow morning.”

“Phew… comfortable…” Yang Chen exclaimed.

Yang Chen had just said that he would sell the building and acquire the equity of Longlian Supermarket, and the system immediately acquired the controlling stake in Longlian Group.

But before Yang Chen could be happy, the platform system reminded Yang Chen that he had been complained about and needed to upload evidence for appeal, which would take effect in more than 24 hours.

At this time, the system also issued a reminder again.

“Congratulations to the host for being complained about, triggering a critical reward, the system rewards the host with a chance to force a half-price acquisition. It needs to be reminded that the forced acquisition must be paid in full by the host in one lump sum to take effect. Therefore, when choosing an acquisition target, the host must consider his own financial strength and must not blindly choose an acquisition target that he cannot afford. Once the forced acquisition target is determined, it cannot be changed, and the final transaction price of the selected acquisition target can be bargained down to half of the other party’s psychological price.”

Hmm?

This forced half-price is very domineering.

It’s just that it’s not good to have to use Yang Chen’s own funds to pay in full in one lump sum. He doesn’t have much cash now, which limits him from acquiring too large a target and can only acquire a company with assets comparable to his own.

Tomorrow, let Yu Shishi go to the bank to ask how much money the Haishang Financial Building can be mortgaged for, and then choose an acquisition target based on the money mortgaged.

Having made up his mind, Yang Chen happily went home, and the depression just now was swept away.