How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 149

The previous content mentioned that Cheng Junjun’s grandparents were from Chaozhou and later moved to Haicheng to start a business.

The main reason they succeeded was due to the social connections Cheng Junjun’s maternal grandfather had accumulated while working in the Haicheng city government.

Therefore, it’s reasonable for Cheng Junjun to say that half of the family fortune should belong to her mother, but legally, this isn’t recognized since her mother passed away over a decade ago.

Previously, Cheng Junjun thought only her grandparents had patriarchal views, but her father didn’t.

So, she was willing to wait until her grandparents passed away.

However, now that Zhang Hailing and Cheng Dalong seem to be together, it means Cheng Junjun might end up with nothing.

That’s why Cheng Junjun is anxious now. She’s willing to forgo the portions belonging to her grandparents and father, but she must have her mother’s share and not leave it to another woman.

Following Cheng Junjun’s directions, Yang Chen drove her back home.

Cheng Dalong wasn’t back yet, probably hooking up with Zhang Hailing at a hotel.

However, whether he’s back or not isn’t important; the main thing is to talk to the old man.

When the grandparents saw Cheng Junjun bringing a young and handsome man home, their expressions immediately turned unpleasant, as if they were wary of Yang Chen.

Normally, when a granddaughter brings a boyfriend home, the elderly would assume he’s a potential grandson-in-law and treat him well out of courtesy, regardless of whether they like him or not.

But the old couple looked at Yang Chen as if he were a thief, truly afraid that their granddaughter would marry and take away the family fortune.

Cheng Junjun didn’t give them a pleasant look either, and bluntly said, “I’m here to take my mother’s share of the assets, and from now on, we’ll have nothing to do with each other. Your good son has already found you a young daughter-in-law about my age, and you’ll soon have a grandson as you wish. So, let’s have a friendly separation; it’s good for everyone.”

Upon hearing that their son had found a young daughter-in-law and they would soon have a grandson, the old couple immediately smiled happily.

Cheng Junjun rolled her eyes, realizing she hadn’t misjudged them at all.

The grandfather said with a smile, “Now that you’re about to have a younger brother, we can’t give you any of it. However, if you want to leave, we won’t stop you. For your mother’s sake, we’ll give you an apartment and 1 million in cash. But you have to sign a guarantee promising never to come back and compete with your brother for the family fortune. Fair enough?”

They’re already acting like this before anything is even certain.

If Zhang Hailing really marries Cheng Dalong and has a son, Cheng Junjun will truly get nothing.

Cheng Junjun immediately said, “You’re dreaming! I said I want my mother’s share, and I don’t want a penny of yours. My mother’s share can’t be left to other women; don’t even think about it.”

The grandmother chuckled and said, “Your mother has been gone for over a decade. What does she have now? What can a dead person have?”

“Show some respect! My mother was driven to death by you! I’ll always remember that!” Cheng Junjun shouted.

The grandmother still chuckled, seemingly not caring about Cheng Junjun’s feelings, and said, “Whose family doesn’t want a son when they marry a wife? Others can do it, why couldn’t she? In our hometown, every family has to have a son. Wasn’t I doing it for her own good by asking her to have another son? As the saying goes, a mother gains status through her son. Don’t you even understand that?”

Cheng Junjun wanted to argue, but Yang Chen quickly stopped her and said, “Looks like talking won’t work. Let’s hire a lawyer.”

The grandfather laughed and said, “I knew there was an ulterior motive for coming back. So, you’re really here to fight for the family fortune. Young man, what do you do?”

“I’m a ride-hailing driver and a friend of Miss Cheng,” Yang Chen replied truthfully.

Grandfather: “Haha… Finding a ride-hailing driver, you’re really something. I understand now. A ride-hailing driver can’t earn much money, so you’re encouraging her to come back and divide the family fortune, right? Young man, you’re too naive. As long as I shake my head, you won’t get a penny. Understand?”

Yang Chen: “Old man, you may have misunderstood. Miss Cheng and I are just ordinary friends. She’s here to inherit her mother’s rightful inheritance, which is legal and reasonable. If you don’t understand, you can consult a lawyer. There’s no time limit on inheritance rights. Even if Miss Cheng’s mother passed away decades ago, as long as Miss Cheng is still alive, she has the right to inherit her mother’s estate. I think the wisest choice for you is to take out Miss Cheng’s mother’s share and give it to her and Mr. Cheng, and then you won’t owe each other anything in the future. If you insist on involving lawyers, then it won’t just be about dividing the inheritance.”

“Haha…” The old couple laughed.

After laughing, the old man said, “Young man, we both have heart problems. If you make us laugh too much and we pass away, you’ll have to take responsibility.”

The grandmother also said, “He’s just a gigolo who uses his looks and sweet talk to deceive ignorant girls. Alright, you don’t need to say anymore. We’ve lived a lifetime; do you think we can be fooled by you two? Junjun, when your brother is born, we’ll give you an apartment and 1 million in cash. You can take it after you sign a guarantee voluntarily giving up your inheritance rights. It doesn’t matter if you come back to this family in the future anyway. We won’t count on you to sweep our graves when we die.”

Cheng Junjun wiped her tears and said, “Fine! You chose this. I’d rather destroy my mother’s things than let another woman have them!”

After saying that, Cheng Junjun pulled Yang Chen away.

Grandfather: “Take care, you can come back and visit occasionally. Haha…”

Grandmother: “Hurry, hurry, call Dalong and tell him to bring his daughter-in-law back for us to see. If she’s really pregnant with a grandson, then they should get married immediately.”

At this time, Cheng Dalong was in a hotel room with Zhang Hailing, moaning and groaning.

With a final roar, everything returned to silence.

Just then, Cheng Dalong’s phone rang.

Seeing that it was his dad calling, he quickly answered.

“Son, did you find a girlfriend about the same age as Junjun?” the old man asked.

Cheng Dalong glanced at Zhang Hailing, who was lying next to him with her eyes closed, gasping for air, and quickly asked, “Who… who told you that?”

The old man: “Just now, Junjun brought a young man back to divide the family fortune, saying she wanted to divide her mother’s share and not leave it to another woman. She also said you found a girl about her age and that she’s pregnant with a grandson.

Why didn’t you tell us about such a big thing? Hurry up and bring the girl back for us to see. If she’s really pregnant with your son, get married immediately!”

“Junjun came home to divide the property? Where is she?” Cheng Dalong exclaimed.

Zhang Hailing, who was lying next to him, suddenly opened her eyes, thinking, “I’m enduring humiliation to be with this old man so I can have hundreds of millions in assets. I can’t let her divide it. No, I have to move into the Cheng family as soon as possible. God, please give me a child, let me get pregnant, please. I’ve done it so many times, why can’t I get pregnant? Sigh…”

Cheng Dalong quickly got up and put on his clothes, saying as he dressed, “Something came up at home, I have to go back quickly. Take this card, the password is six 8s. Find an apartment to rent tomorrow and settle down before going to work.”

Zhang Hailing didn’t learn anything else abroad, but she did learn how to handle successful men.

Successful men hate clingy women the most. You have to give him enough personal space and act like you’re very sensible for them to like you.

“Okay, thank you, President Cheng. I’ll take care of myself, don’t worry. I’ll go buy medicine later. Go ahead and get busy. You were great just now, I’m exhausted from being tossed around by you, I need to rest for a while,” Zhang Hailing said with ulterior motives.

What’s the sentence men can’t resist?

“Honey, you’re so amazing.”

This sentence can suddenly make a self-conscious man feel confident.

Cheng Dalong was overjoyed, kissed Zhang Hailing, took out all the cash in his bag and gave it to her, and then left happily.

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Hailing’s mouth, and then she quickly did a headstand to increase her chances of getting pregnant.

Cheng Dalong called Cheng Junjun, but found that he had been blacklisted.

At this time, Cheng Junjun was crying in Yang Chen’s car.

Yang Chen drove Cheng Junjun to the apartment building where she rented and asked, “Go back and get some rest. If you need a lawyer tomorrow, call me and I’ll have Zhang Xiang take your case.”

Cheng Junjun wiped her tears and said, “You’re so amazing, can you help me?”

“I’m having Zhang Xiang personally take your case, isn’t that helping you?” Yang Chen replied.

Cheng Junjun shook her head and said, “No! I don’t want to divide the family fortune anymore, I want to destroy the company! Originally, my family’s company was built on my maternal grandfather’s connections, and the reason my maternal grandfather helped my family was of course because of my mother. They killed my mother, and now they want another woman to replace her. I absolutely cannot accept that. If they don’t let me inherit the family fortune, I don’t want it either. I just want the company to be destroyed!”

“Isn’t that unnecessary? Zhang Xiang will definitely be able to help you get back the inheritance you deserve, you can rest assured about that. Why choose a lose-lose situation, a scorched-earth policy?” Yang Chen advised.

Cheng Junjun shook her head and said, “No, I don’t want it. I just want everything to be destroyed to accompany my mother. They don’t want to give it to me, and now I don’t want it either. Chen, can you help me? You know Zhang Xiang, you must have a way to make my family’s company fail.”

Cheng Junjun’s family’s biggest client is Longmei International Hospital, so it would be easy for Yang Chen to use some tricks.

However, doing so would inevitably affect Longmei International Hospital’s procurement of medical equipment and other issues.

He couldn’t delay the hospital and patients just to help Cheng Junjun.

Soon, Yang Chen came up with the best solution.

Yang Chen: “Are you sure you want to destroy your family’s company?”

Cheng Junjun: “Yes! As long as I can destroy the company, I can repay you in any way.”

Damn, why does this make Yang Chen seem like a villain in a TV series, taking advantage of her vulnerability to sleep with her?

Yang Chen: “Okay, I can’t stand women like Zhang Hailing either, let’s destroy it then. Listen carefully to my plan and do exactly as I say.”

Cheng Junjun: “Okay! Tell me, I’m listening carefully.”

If Cheng Junjun’s family’s company were suddenly destroyed, it would definitely affect Longmei International Hospital.

Therefore, the destruction Yang Chen was talking about should be replacement, not complete destruction.

Cheng Junjun should still take Zhang Xiang to negotiate with her family and try to get the cooperation business of other hospitals, leaving only the largest client, Longmei International Hospital, to her family.

After the company is independent, Cheng Junjun will then spend a high price to poach the original person in charge and let them continue to be responsible for these businesses.

After these tasks are completed, Yang Chen will then use the shareholder power of Longmei International Hospital Group to set a trap to demand huge liquidated damages from Cheng’s family’s company. At that time, Cheng Junjun will come forward to acquire Longmei International Hospital’s business, so that she can completely turn Cheng’s family’s company into her own.

The business, employees, and even the office location and company name can remain unchanged, but the control of the company will completely fall into Cheng Junjun’s hands.

Cheng Junjun roughly understood what he meant, but couldn’t imagine how to operate it specifically.

So, she said, “How about this, you decide how to do it, and I will cooperate with you unconditionally. After the company is taken over, you take 67% of the shares and leave me 33%. Is that okay?”

Yang Chen doesn’t need to show his face in the whole plan. He only needs to let Zhang Xiang come forward to “force” the Cheng family to separate the business other than Longmei Hospital to Cheng Junjun, and then let Haicheng Longmei Hospital Group deliberately find fault with Cheng’s family’s company and target them to death.

Although it sounds very simple, it is actually very simple, but the reason why it is simple is because Yang Chen has Zhang Xiang and Longmei Hospital’s equity. It is reasonable and reasonable to give him 67%. Without his help, Cheng Junjun may not get anything.

Even if he is greedy, it is too much to leave Cheng Junjun 33% of the equity.

However, Yang Chen is not a person who eats everything. It is enough to have 67% of the equity for absolute control.

The two parties agreed to do so.

Early the next morning, Yang Chen drove to pick up Cheng Junjun and went to Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm together.

As a top law firm in China, there are many employees here.

There are more than 150 employees in various departments, and up to 50 cases can be handled at the same time.

This was Yang Chen’s first time visiting the firm, so it was naturally a grand occasion.

The major shareholder Zhang Xiang and the second shareholder Li San personally came to the door to greet him.

Except for a few people such as Zhang Xiang’s apprentice Chen Baoqi who had seen Yang Chen, other employees had not seen him.

Therefore, everyone felt very strange, who was it that needed two major shareholders to come forward to greet him at the same time?

Chen Baoqi said triumphantly: “You don’t know, do you? This is our new third shareholder, Mr. Yang Chen.”

“Ah? He is the third shareholder who acquired the 30% equity from Mr. Chen. He’s so young!”

“Not only is he young, but he’s also very handsome. But I heard that the equity of our law firm is not easy to acquire. No matter how much money you offer, they won’t sell it.”

“That’s just a saying. If you really offer a price that even President Zhang can’t refuse, see if President Zhang will sell it.”

“If that’s the case, this young third shareholder should be very rich. After all, the price that even Mr. Chen can accept must not be low.”

…

Yang Chen explained the matter to Zhang Xiang and Li San in detail, and explained clearly the results he expected.

Zhang Xiang laughed and said, “This is too simple, I guarantee that I can achieve the results Mr. Yang wants.”

Indeed, Cheng Junjun already has the right of inheritance, and her request to inherit her mother’s share of the inheritance is legal and reasonable. This kind of case is as simple as drinking water for Zhang Xiang.

However, Yang Chen still asked Zhang Xiang to come forward in person and use his reputation to scare Cheng Dalong into agreeing to divide the inheritance as soon as possible.

If it really goes to court, it will take too much time.

Litigation can take as little as a year and a half, or as long as two or three years or even longer. Yang Chen doesn’t want to wait that long.

After Zhang Xiang understood Yang Chen’s thoughts, he smiled and assured: “Mr. Yang, please rest assured, I guarantee that I can complete your request without going to court.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, and said, “Okay! If you two elder brothers have time, take me around the company, I also want to understand the atmosphere of our company.”

Zhang Xiang and Li San immediately happily took Yang Chen to visit the company…

In the afternoon, Cheng Junjun brought Zhang Xiang’s legal team back home.

Coincidentally, Zhang Hailing was also there.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Junjun became even more angry.

“You’re pretty fast, you’ve already moved in?” Cheng Junjun mocked.

Cheng Dalong looked embarrassed and asked, “How could you invite Attorney Zhang here?”

Cheng Junjun replied angrily: “You don’t need to worry about this, you should make a choice quickly. Is it a peaceful distribution, or through legal means?”

Cheng Dalong quickly stepped forward to hand Hua Zi [a popular brand of cigarettes in China] to Zhang Xiang, but was rejected.

“Hehe… It’s good not to smoke, it’s good for your health. Attorney Zhang, can I talk to you in private?” Cheng Dalong said with an embarrassed smile.

Zhang Xiang said sternly: “Mr. Cheng, please say anything in front of my client.”

“She is a child and doesn’t understand, I…”

Before Cheng Dalong could finish his words, Zhang Xiang showed him Cheng Junjun’s power of attorney.

“Miss Cheng has entrusted me to handle all matters related to Miss Cheng’s inheritance of her mother’s estate. Does Mr. Cheng understand what this means now?” Zhang Xiang said seriously.

Seeing that Cheng Junjun was serious, the grandparents immediately scolded her, and even cursed her for not going to die with her mother. If she had jumped down back then, she wouldn’t have done such a rebellious thing now.

Zhang Xiang immediately warned: “Old people, please respect my client, we reserve the right to pursue your legal responsibility.”

The grandfather stretched out his hands and said, “Come and arrest me! Come on! Arrest me!”

Zhang Xiang’s eyes turned cold, and his tone was heavy, and said: “Old people, don’t think that you can do whatever you want when you are old. As long as I want, you can still be locked up for two years at this age. Old people, don’t challenge my professionalism!”

Cheng Dalong was frightened and quickly stepped forward to pull his father back.

If you have something to say, why are you playing tricks with a lawyer?

Can you play tricks with a lawyer?

What’s more, this is Zhang Xiang!

Zhang Hailing immediately cried pretentiously and said: “It’s all my fault, if it weren’t for me, she wouldn’t want to divide the family property. I’ll leave now, so as not to affect your relationship of more than 20 years. If I’m really pregnant, you can just give me alimony, I won’t bother you, but don’t bother me and my child’s life.”

Cheng Junjun’s grandmother came to pull Zhang Hailing and said: “Child, don’t be as knowledgeable as her. From now on, this is your home, you are one of the mistresses of this family. You and Dalong are doing well, let us have grandchildren as soon as possible, the family property belongs to the grandchildren, no one wants to take it away!”

Zhang Xiang immediately said: “In order to let my client get rid of this matter as soon as possible, I now formally notify you that either you take out the part of my client’s mother’s inheritance and divide it equally now, or we will see you in court. I will apply for property preservation and freeze it, and you may have to live a hard life for a while.”

People who run companies know that once the company’s funds are frozen, it will be fatal.

Not to mention the supplier’s payment, the employees’ salaries can’t be paid, wouldn’t that be a mess?

This is also the reason why many big companies especially like to sue small companies. They use their powerful power to delay time with small companies, and eventually the small companies will definitely be the first to bear the financial pressure and admit defeat.

Cheng Dalong: “Attorney Zhang is deceiving people too much! Wait, I’ll call a lawyer over, I don’t believe you can take anything from me.”

Zhang Xiang also confronted him and said: “If I can’t let Miss Cheng divide the inheritance that belongs to her, I, Zhang Xiang, will immediately wash my hands and retire from the world.”

Soon, Cheng Dalong’s lawyer Zhang Junlai came over.

Zhang Junlai knew that things were troublesome when he saw Zhang Xiang.

Zhang Xiang: “Junlai, long time no see.”

Zhang Junlai: “Brother Xiang, long time no see. Whose face is so big that you can personally handle this kind of case. This person must be very powerful, right?”

Zhang Xiang: “You don’t need to know this. Let’s start talking about business.”

The two lawyers discussed Cheng Junjun’s desire to divide her mother’s inheritance, and finally came to a conclusion that Cheng Junjun’s request was reasonable, and Cheng Dalong should take out the 48% equity held by Cheng Junjun’s mother that year for distribution.

According to legal provisions, the first order of inheritance is spouse, children, and parents.

This also means that in addition to Cheng Dalong and Cheng Junjun, there are also Cheng Junjun’s maternal grandfather and grandmother who have the right to inherit.

Therefore, the 48% equity should be divided into four equal parts, each 12%, which will be fairly inherited by Cheng Dalong, Cheng Junjun, Cheng Junjun’s maternal grandfather and grandmother.

Cheng Dalong is now involved with Zhang Hailing, and Cheng Junjun’s maternal grandfather and grandmother will unconditionally stand by her side.

Therefore, if it is really distributed, Cheng Dalong will definitely lose 36% of the equity.

Losing more than one-third of the equity at once is not the result Cheng Dalong wants.

“Attorney Zhang, is there no way to do it? As long as the equity is not divided, anything is fine. I can pay more attorney fees, Attorney Zhang, please work harder,” Cheng Dalong said.

Zhang Junlai looked embarrassed and thought: “Brother, you are saying this in front of Zhang Xiang, do you want me to be detained with you?”

“From a legal point of view, it does need to be distributed like this. But we can settle privately and discuss using other methods to replace the method of dividing equity. For example, Mr. Cheng can compensate Miss Cheng with cash and other methods in exchange for her giving up her right of inheritance. This is also possible. I personally suggest discussing and resolving it privately, because once you go to court, it may not be a matter that can be resolved in a year and a half. If Brother Xiang applies for property preservation, Mr. Cheng’s company may be dragged down,” Zhang Junlai explained.

Zhang Xiang was waiting for this sentence. Yang Chen specifically told him to divide the company’s business, and here it comes.

Cheng Dalong nodded and said with a smile: “Junjun, how about I give you 10 million in cash, plus a villa, and you and your maternal grandparents give up your right of inheritance. What do you think?”

Cheng Junjun waited for a long time, and it was finally her turn to be the protagonist.

“No! Ten million sounds like a lot, but it’s not enough to spend. What will I do in the future if I run out of money? I still want a steady stream of income, I want the company’s equity,” Cheng Junjun said.

The grandfather immediately roared: “Why don’t you go to heaven? You still want to divide the company’s equity? You’re dreaming!”

“Hey, can you stop arguing? Both lawyers are present, is it useful for you to argue about those things? Does the law listen to your loud arguments and do what you say?” Cheng Dalong roared.

Hey, there’s nothing wrong with what he said.

The old man immediately quieted down and stopped talking angrily, but his eyes kept staring at Cheng Junjun, as if he wanted to rush up and hit her.

After some back-and-forth discussion, Cheng Junjun proposed to divide part of the company’s business.

Cheng Dalong’s mind turned quickly, and after a short thought, he nodded in agreement.

“Yes, I can divide some of the business and employees to you, but the business of Longmei International Hospital Group cannot be given to you, you can take all the others,” Cheng Dalong said.

More than 70% of the company’s business comes from Longmei International Hospital Group, and the business of all other companies combined accounts for only 30% of the turnover.

Moreover, the profit margin of Longmei International Hospital’s business is very high, and the profit margin of other hospitals is relatively low.

Of course, Cheng Dalong wants to completely protect the business of Longmei International Hospital and let Cheng Junjun divide other businesses.

The most important point is that Cheng Dalong feels that Cheng Junjun will not be able to do well even if she divides those businesses. When he turns around, he can still try to win those businesses back.

The result is that Cheng Junjun nominally divided part of the company’s business and inherited her mother’s inheritance, but in the end she got nothing. This is much more cost-effective than giving her 36% of the company’s equity.

Thinking of this, Cheng Dalong was so happy that he almost couldn’t help but laugh.

What Zhang Xiang, that’s all, the level is too bad, hehe…

Having said that, although Yang Chen did not participate in it personally, he has already calculated every step clearly.

Everyone who is participating now is Yang Chen’s pawn, and is completely following his instructions to take every step.

Cheng Junjun thought to herself: “Yang Chen is really amazing, he has calculated every step. This man is handsome, so smart, and rich, he is simply perfect.”

At this moment, Yang Chen, who was soliciting customers, suddenly sneezed three times in a row.

“Huh? Who is praising me for being handsome, rich, and smart?”