How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 167

Mr., They Sent You Another Banner—Why Can’t a Ride-Hailing Driver Have Some Money? (1)

After hanging up, Yang Chen sent messages to Zhang Xiang and Chen Qingxia, asking them to come over immediately.

Then, Yang Chen got out of the car and went to the scene, waving to Zhao Ying to greet her.

“Hi, junior. I’m Yang Chen.”

When Zhao Ying saw that her senior was so tall, mighty, and handsome, she immediately felt a surge of security.

“Senior, I accidentally bumped into this old lady when I got out of the car and opened the door. They want me to pay 200,000, but I don’t have that much money. Waaah…” Zhao Ying came to Yang Chen and cried.

The leader of the scamming gang was a strong man with tattoos, looking very fierce.

Not to mention a young girl like Zhao Ying, even the driver was too scared to speak.

However, the Didi driver recognized Yang Chen and tentatively asked, “Are you Brother Chen, the president of our Didi Driver’s Union?”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, saying, “Yes! I am Yang Chen.”

The driver was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped forward to greet Yang Chen, saying, “Hello, Brother Chen, I’m also a driver on our platform, my name is Song Yixue. I thought you looked familiar. I saw you at headquarters last time. Your heroic deeds of forcing headquarters to change the rules have spread throughout our driver group.”

“I was also fighting for my own rights, nothing worth mentioning,” Yang Chen replied.

Song Yixue quickly described the situation to Yang Chen. According to him, Zhao Ying did accidentally knock the old lady down when she opened the door, which is what everyone calls a ‘dooring’ accident [when a car door is opened into oncoming traffic or pedestrians].

Zhao Ying quickly explained, “I really didn’t do it on purpose! The driver called me when I was about to get out of the car. I opened the door at that moment and didn’t see the old lady coming. I really didn’t do it on purpose. Waaah…”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, comforting her, “I know, it’s okay, your senior is here, don’t be afraid.”

At this time, the community security and passing residents gathered around.

“What’s going on?”

“It seems like the young girl knocked the old lady down when she opened the door.”

“Sigh, there are always people who don’t look to see if there are people or cars before opening the door.”

“I was knocked down by a fool opening a door while riding my electric bike last month, and they paid me 50,000 yuan.”

“It looks like the girl is young, so her parents will have to take responsibility.”

…

Hearing the onlookers’ comments, the gang instantly felt more confident.

At this moment, the tattooed strong man took two steps forward and came to Yang Chen, saying, “Looks like you’re a leader? What do you think should be done about this?”

“That depends on how you want to resolve it. The outcome depends entirely on your gang’s choice,” Yang Chen replied.

If they ask for less, they’ll get a lighter sentence; if they ask for more, they’ll get a longer sentence. Indeed, their choice determines their fate.

The strong man pointed at Yang Chen and said, “Hey, explain yourself clearly. What do you mean? What gang? I’m warning you not to talk nonsense, or I’ll beat you up.”

Song Yixue quickly stepped forward to stop him, saying, “Brother, let’s talk nicely, calm down, calm down.”

Yang Chen pointed to the car not far away and said, “That’s my car. The entire process of your actions was recorded by my dashcam [dashboard camera].”

Song Yixue’s expression changed slightly when he saw Yang Chen’s car.

The strong man and others looked at the old lady, who immediately said, “That’s great, your dashcam is evidence that she opened the door and knocked me down.”

This was the old lady giving a signal to her accomplices, meaning that her acting was flawless and they could fight to the end.

They are a gang, and everyone knows each other well.

A look, a word, and they can understand each other’s meaning.

Getting the old lady’s hint, the strong man said very confidently, “Did you hear that? My mom said your dashcam is evidence. Today, no matter what you say, she has to pay.”

Yang Chen nodded and asked again, “How much do you want to be compensated?”

The strong man said with a smug look, “700,000!”

This price shocked the onlookers.

“Wow, that’s a bit of extortion!”

“I was hospitalized for more than half a month after being hit and only got 50,000. You’re asking for 700,000 right off the bat, that’s a bit of an exaggeration.”

“That’s enough, extorting people like that is illegal.”

…

Because the law doesn’t punish insurance fraud severely enough, some people love to do it.

Yang Chen had previously seen a case online where an old lady tried to scam a little girl driving a toy car, insisting that the little girl knocked her down and demanding that the parents pay.

There are also some elderly people who fall or get hit and falsely accuse the kind people who help them up. This is also a type of insurance fraud.

There are too many of these cases to count, and we could talk about them for more than half a month.

In the antique business, there’s a saying: ‘Three years without a sale, one sale feeds you for three years.’

It’s the same for those who engage in insurance fraud: three years without a score, one score feeds you for three years.

Getting a big score is like becoming rich overnight.

Zhao Ying immediately scolded, “Why don’t you just rob us? You wanted 200,000 just now, and now you want 700,000!”

The strong man smiled and replied, “I didn’t see that my mom’s jade bracelet was broken, so I only asked you for medical expenses, lost wages, nutrition fees, etc., totaling 200,000. But now that the bracelet is broken, it’s a different price. We bought this jade bracelet through legitimate channels in the mall, and we have the invoice. It cost 498,000. My mom has developed feelings for it, so it’s not too much to ask you for 500,000, right?”

The old lady remembered the bracelet and quickly took out the broken jade bracelet from her pocket.

“Oh dear, it’s really broken! Oh my, I spent 498,000 to buy it, and I’ve been wearing it for three years and developed feelings for it. You just broke it like that,” the old lady cried.

Damn it, isn’t this insulting people’s intelligence?

The broken bracelet was in her pocket, and the strong man didn’t even remind her. This is just blatant extortion.

Yang Chen: “Do you think you’re very smart?”

Strong man: “What’s wrong? Who says you can’t put a bracelet in your pocket?”

Yang Chen: “You can put it in your pocket, but how did you know it was broken?”

Strong man: “Nonsense! Can a complete bracelet and a broken one feel the same when they’re bulging in your pocket? Of course, I can tell that the bracelet is broken. Stop talking nonsense, you have to give us whatever we ask for. Mom, show him the bracelet invoice.”

The old lady immediately took out an invoice from her bag and handed it to Yang Chen along with the broken bracelet.

The invoice did show a price of 498,000, and it was an invoice issued by a legitimate shopping mall store.

It was clear that they were well prepared.

It would be difficult for anyone targeted by them today.

However, the careful Yang Chen noticed stains on the broken part of the bracelet, indicating that the bracelet was not broken just now, but had been broken for a long time, so that the broken part had been soiled.

Obviously, this broken bracelet was their old prop, and they had used it to scam people many times.

However, as soon as the bracelet and invoice were taken out, the onlookers who had thought they were extorting immediately changed their tune and agreed that they should ask for 700,000.

Yang Chen carefully observed these onlookers and noticed that those two people always took the lead in the discussion. They must also be members of this gang.

Song Yixue whispered to Yang Chen, “Brother Chen, it looks like it’s true. Why don’t you negotiate a price with them and let the girl pay less? If you really make a big deal out of it and they refuse to budge, the girl will definitely pay more.”

For some reason, Yang Chen felt that this Song Yixue was a bit strange.

Could it be a wrong feeling?

Yang Chen said with a smile, “I don’t think their asking price is high. It’s reasonable and justified. I don’t lack that little bit of money. I’ll help her pay. Brother, give me your account number, I’ll transfer the money to you now.”

Everyone was shocked, yes, that’s right, shocked.

He’s just going to give 700,000 like that?

Without even bargaining?

The strong man and his gang didn’t expect this deal to go so smoothly. Usually, both sides negotiate repeatedly, and in the end, they get a few tens of thousands of yuan.

Today, they met an idiot who didn’t even bargain.

“Brother, you’re not bargaining, I don’t even know how to continue,” the strong man thought to himself.

Zhao Ying quickly said, “Senior, that’s too much. Let’s call the police. I’ll pay whatever the police say. I… I don’t have that much money to pay you back right now, but I’ll pay you back slowly when I get a job in the future. I can write an IOU [I owe you].”

“Your senior doesn’t lack that little bit of money. It’s a waste of my time to argue with them. Brother, give me your account number,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Transfer the money to him quickly, so that their crime of extortion can be confirmed. Why bargain?

Song Yixue also quickly advised, “Brother Chen, let’s discuss it with them again, maybe we can get a lower price.”

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “No need! They are justified, and I don’t want to waste time. 700,000 it is.”

The strong man and others looked at each other, then nodded to each other.

The strong man gave Yang Chen his bank account number, and Yang Chen immediately transferred 700,000 to him.

Soon, the strong man received a bank text message reminder.

“It really arrived, so fast!” the strong man exclaimed.

“Of course, I can’t wait to send you all to prison, how can I not be fast?” Yang Chen said with a smile.

“What do you mean?” the strong man asked.

At this time, four police cars came from the front and rear.

Then Chen Qingxia ran over with people.

The expressions of the strong man’s gang obviously became nervous, and everyone subconsciously looked at the old lady again.

In fact, throughout the entire process, it can be seen that the key point is whether the old lady’s acting is realistic.

As long as she acts realistically, even if they are insurance scammers, no one can do anything about them.

The old lady was very confident in her acting skills and nodded slightly to give everyone a hint.

With her hint, everyone was relieved, and no one ran away. They all confidently stayed to face the police.

Chen Qingxia: “What’s the situation?”

The strong man and others quickly stepped forward to explain the truth.

Yang Chen handed the bracelet and invoice to Chen Qingxia, took a screenshot of the transfer record and sent it to her, and then took out the dashcam video for them to watch.

At this time, Zhang Xiang also arrived.

Yang Chen told him the details and showed him the dashcam video.

Zhang Xiang said with a smile, “The old lady obviously had a deliberate forward冲 action, confirming that it was insurance fraud. Mr. Yang did a good job. This 700,000 is enough to send them all in for more than ten years of reform [prison]. If I were a little more ruthless, I could give them life imprisonment. This amount is particularly huge and can be sentenced to more than ten years of imprisonment or life imprisonment, with a fine and confiscation of personal property. For a gang like them, it shouldn’t be just one or two cases. If they are convicted of multiple crimes, it’s easy to get life imprisonment.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Can I get the 700,000 I gave him back?”

Zhang Xiang: “Of course. However, it must be recovered in the name of this young lady, and you must all say that she borrowed this 700,000 from you to compensate for their extortion. You yourself have nothing to do with this case, so try not to appear. Let her deal with everything. After the case is over, the 700,000 will be returned to her, and then she can return it to you.”

Yang Chen said to Zhao Ying, “Junior, do you understand what I mean?”

Zhao Ying nodded and said, “I understand!”

Zhang Xiang said with a smile, “Mr. Yang, don’t worry, I will teach her how to speak. However, there’s something I don’t know if I should say.”

Yang Chen: “Attorney Zhang, what’s there to hide from me?”

Zhang Xiang smiled and nodded, whispering, “I think there’s also a problem with this driver. Under normal circumstances, the driver would definitely let passengers get out of the car in an open area at the entrance of the community, but he stopped next to the green belt, and right in front of the old lady. Judging from the time, the old lady and her gang had just arrived here less than a minute ago, and his car happened to stop in front of her. Plus, Miss Zhao said that when she was about to get out of the car, the driver deliberately called her, and she happened to be opening the door at that time. Because she subconsciously turned her head to look at the driver, she didn’t see the old lady outside the car. Based on my experience as a lawyer, this driver should also be a member of their gang. You can ask the traffic police department to retrieve the road surveillance to determine this, and if they are a gang, they will definitely communicate through WeChat, etc. Let Officer Chen check it out.”

Yang Chen had felt that Song Yixue was a bit strange just now, but he couldn’t put his finger on what was wrong.

Listening to Zhang Xiang’s analysis, he felt that it made a lot of sense.

After watching the video and inspecting the jade bracelet, Chen Qingxia said, “According to the video, old lady, you obviously had a deliberate action of hitting the car door. Also, this jade is not newly broken, it has been broken for a long time, and the break is stained with oil. To put it bluntly, you are an insurance fraud gang. Let’s go, come back with us to accept the investigation.”

The surrounding crowd was shocked.

“Ah? An insurance fraud gang?”

“No wonder they asked for 700,000 in one go, that’s just not normal.”

“Wow, insurance fraud is now a gang activity.”

…

The two people hiding in the crowd saw that the situation was not good and turned to leave.

Yang Chen immediately pointed at them and said, “They should also be members of the gang, don’t let them run away.”

The two people immediately ran away, and the police officers immediately rushed up and knocked them to the ground.

At this time, Zhang Xiang walked over and showed the power of attorney that Zhao Ying had just signed, saying, “I am Zhang Xiang, the attorney for Miss Zhao Ying. From now on, I will be fully responsible for handling the case of Miss Zhao Ying being blackmailed by you.”

The strong man quickly said, “What blackmail? I… I can just return the money to him.”

Zhang Xiang said with a smile, “The money is not something you can take or return as you please. 700,000 is a particularly large amount in an extortion case. If you have a criminal record, you may all face life imprisonment this time.”

“Ah!” The whole place was shocked.

Strong man: “What life imprisonment? Don’t scare people!”

Zhang Xiang: “I am a professional lawyer, you should trust my personal ability.”

The strong man looked at Yang Chen and said, “This is all your plan, right? You saw the flaw and deliberately gave me 700,000, didn’t you?”

Yang Chen: “Brother, I told you from the beginning that the outcome depends entirely on your choice. You wanted 700,000, how can you blame me?”

Strong man: “But you knew we had flaws and still gave us so much, aren’t you deliberately harming us? Police officers, we are not convinced! He deliberately gave us so much money to deliberately harm us!”

Chen Qingxia: “As long as you took the initiative to ask for it, the responsibility lies with you. Okay, come back with us.”

The police officers immediately put all the members of the gang into the car.

At this time, Song Yixue wanted to slip away.

Zhang Xiang immediately said, “This driver, please go to the police station for investigation.”

Song Yixue: “What does it have to do with me? I am also a victim!”

Zhang Xiang: “Hehe… Everything speaks with evidence. Let the police check your phone and the road surveillance along the way. Whether you are an accomplice or a victim, it will naturally become clear.”

Song Yixue subconsciously touched the phone in his pocket, but he felt that he had deleted the chat history, and the police would not be able to find anything.

It can only be said that he was too naive. The police have a technical department to recover data, and they can also contact WeChat to retrieve his chat history. He thought it was safe to delete it.

The surrounding crowd started talking again.

“No wonder he didn’t bargain, it turns out he wanted to sentence this gang to life imprisonment!”

“That’s too scary, he just sentenced people to life imprisonment so quietly?”

“This is the benefit of understanding the law. He sent the other party to prison while joking.”

“Don’t mention it, I remember a celebrity who sent his mistress to prison for asking him for money. It seems that taking the initiative to ask for money beyond a reasonable range is extortion.”

…

Everyone came to the police station.

After the police interrogated the criminal gang, checked their phones, and analyzed the road surveillance footage, they determined that these people, including the driver Song Yixue, all belonged to the same insurance fraud gang.

They have many methods of committing crimes, and the most common one is today’s method.

Song Yixue picks up passengers, and if he finds a target to attack, he contacts the gang and asks them to prepare in advance at the destination.

Song Yixue would deliberately park the car in front of the old lady, and call out to the passenger at the moment when the passenger opened the door to get out of the car. At this time, most passengers would subconsciously turn their heads to look at the driver, and the old lady could hit the car door and fall down.

The reason why the driver doesn’t stop in the open space at the entrance of the community is because it may be filmed by the community surveillance, or the behavior may be too obvious. They usually stop next to the green belt, leaving very little space for passengers to open the door. As long as he opens the door, he will definitely hit the old lady who happens to be passing by.

Their targets are generally drunk people and students who are new to the world.

Zhao Ying has a ponytail and a baby face, and it is obvious at a glance that she is a student who is new to the world, so they attacked her.

The evidence is basically complete. Based on his professional knowledge, Zhang Xiang judged that these people would be sentenced to a term of 5 years to life imprisonment, depending on their responsibility.

If they can find out all the cases they committed before, and punish them for multiple crimes, they may all face life imprisonment. It depends on how much money they have extorted to determine the specific sentence.

However, although the evidence is conclusive, Yang Chen’s money cannot be recovered until the court officially pronounces the sentence.

Yang Chen doesn’t lack this 700,000. As long as he can bring this gang to justice, he can freeze it temporarily.

Zhao Ying signed the document and left with Yang Chen.

“Senior, thank you. If it weren’t for you helping me today, I really wouldn’t know what to do. I might have really been blackmailed by them,” Zhao Ying said gratefully.

Yang Chen said with a smile, “Hehe… It’s just a small effort, no need to thank me. It’s time for dinner, let your senior treat you to a meal. Thank you for sending me the invitation.”

Zhao Ying nodded happily, her eyes full of admiration.

Yang Chen took Zhao Ying to a restaurant that looked pretty good for dinner.

Zhao Ying asked curiously, “Senior, do you know? I admire you so much. I heard from the minister and others about your heroic past. You even stood up against the school leaders to protect them back then. I’ve always wanted to meet you, but I didn’t have the chance. God must have seen that I admire you so much, so he sent you to save me from danger.”

Yang Chen chuckled and said, “It’s not that mysterious, it’s just a coincidence.”

Yang Chen ate this meal while telling Zhao Ying about the interesting things that happened at school back then.

Afterwards, Yang Chen continued to pick up passengers, and Zhao Ying took the bus back to school.

Principal’s Office.

Zhao Ying is reporting the situation to the principal and other leaders.

Principal: “You personally delivered the invitation to Yang Chen?”

Zhao Ying: “Yes! I gave it to him personally, there will be no mistake.”

Principal: “Where did you give it to him? Did you see what he does?”

Zhao Ying: “I gave it to him in his car. He is a ride-hailing driver on the Didi platform.”

The leaders were collectively dumbfounded.

Hopefully, as Chen Liang said, Yang Chen is driving a ride-hailing car to pass the time, not really making a living from it.

…

Evening.

Chen Liang called Yang Chen.

Chen Liang: “Brother Chen, good evening.”

Yang Chen: “You took the initiative to call me, it seems like your knot has been untied?”

Chen Liang: “Haha… Brother Chen, don’t tease me, what knot? I was ignorant before, and I will be more sensible in the future. It’s just that Teacher Huang called me dozens of times today, asking me about what you do and how much money you have. I’m going crazy, I didn’t do anything all day, just dealing with him. What are your plans? How much are you going to donate? I’m going to donate 300,000, provided that you must erect a monument to commemorate me.”

Yang Chen: “Donate what? Is it easy for a ride-hailing driver like me to earn money? I’m not donating! I knew you kid would definitely donate. The school is short of money now, I think you should be able to get your request met.”

Chen Liang: “Big brother, please don’t tease me, okay? Are you really not donating?”

Yang Chen: “At least I don’t have any plans to donate at the moment. Okay, I won’t talk to you anymore, I’m still busy.”

Chen Liang: “What are you doing? Are you listening to your subordinates report on how much money they made today?”

Yang Chen: “Bullshit! I’m driving to pick up passengers!”

Chen Liang: “…”

…

Cai Da Academic Affairs Office.

Zhang Runfa reported Chen Liang’s request.

Wang Zhengxia, the head of the Academic Affairs Office, seriously considered it and felt that this was indeed a solution.

“Let’s erect a monument in front of the expanded teaching building and engrave the names of all alumni who donate more than 100,000 yuan on it. The one who donates the most will have the teaching building named after him. Only by giving them enough benefits can we stimulate their enthusiasm for donating,” Wang Zhengxia said.

Zhang Runfa nodded, and the two quickly went to report to the principal.

The principal’s current idea is that as long as he can get enough money, he will try his best to meet the alumni’s requirements.

There is no problem with erecting a monument and engraving names, and even every small road on campus can be named after the alumni who donate the most.

But at the same time, the principal’s ambition has also grown. He is not satisfied with the 10 million yuan expansion fee. He also wants to take down the land next to the school to build a faculty apartment.

But that open space has been bought by Mingyang Real Estate, which is the real estate company of Zhou Zhenyang, who was slapped in the face at the golf course for 抢 [snatching] Yang Chen’s venue.

According to the company’s plan, a small commercial area will be built here, mainly for the students of Cai Da.

But in this way, the school’s supermarkets, cafeterias, and other entertainment facilities will not be easy to rent, and the school will earn a lot less money every year.

Therefore, Ge Sulan wants to buy that piece of land to build a faculty apartment.

First, to improve the welfare of the school’s teachers, and also to make a profit.

Second, to prevent students from going out to spend money, so that students’ money can be spent on campus as much as possible.

The idea is good, but it takes a lot of money to support his idea.

Mingyang Real Estate spent 50 million to buy the land next door. If you want to buy it from them, you will definitely have to increase the price, and it will cost at least 60 million to take it down.

These are all money, and there is a shortage of money. Where can I get the money?

Ge Sulan decisively ordered the Academic Affairs Office to issue another announcement.

All alumni who donate more than 100,000 yuan can have their names engraved on the monument for future students to admire.

The more you donate, the more forward your name will be, and the one who donates the most will have the naming rights for the teaching building.

Moreover, the alumni who donate a lot will also give a speech in front of 20,000 teachers and students on the same day.

Cai Da also has a history of 60 years, so it shouldn’t be difficult to gather three or five hundred alumni who can donate 100,000 yuan, right?

Yang Chen received a message from Zhao Ying and couldn’t help but laugh.

It seems that the school is really short of money, and they are really trying their best to raise donations.

After a while, Chen Liang called again.

Chen Liang: “Brother Chen, have you received the message? The school accepted my suggestion and erected a monument for all alumni who donated more than 100,000 yuan, and the more you donate, the more forward your name will be, and you can also give a speech on the same day. I’m going to donate 500,000 yuan, and I must get my name on the first row.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… That’s good, then you go ahead.”

Chen Liang: “Are you really not donating? No matter what, it’s our alma mater, and the school is really in trouble now. We can help if we can.”

Yang Chen: “Donate what? Okay, I won’t talk to you anymore, I’m still driving to pick up passengers.”

Chen Liang: “…”

Yang Chen is not a heartless person who is unwilling to donate money, but he will go to see the specific situation on the day.

If he says how much he wants to donate now, the school will definitely arrange a speech for him and promote it vigorously.

But he doesn’t want to be in the limelight.

After all, he will still drive a ride-hailing car in the future.

Chen Liang is different, he can’t wait for the whole world to know that he is going to donate 500,000 yuan to the school.

At this time, Yang Chen received a call from Yu Shishi.

Yu Shishi: “Mr., come back quickly, the Municipal Bureau has sent you another banner for your courageous actions!”

Yang Chen: “Ah?”