How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 170

170. Find That Ride-Hailing Driver and Let Him Know the Consequences of Meddling – What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Yang Chen got up early to start driving.

Before officially accepting orders, Yang Chen went to a gas station.

“Hey beautiful, fill it up with 95!” Yang Chen said.

The female gas station attendant recognized Yang Chen and couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Yang Chen often came here to refuel and was quite familiar with her.

“Beautiful, have you just realized how handsome I am and fallen in love with me?” Yang Chen joked.

The female gas station attendant laughed and said, “Handsome is handsome, but just being handsome isn’t enough. You have to be useful.”

Useful?

Yang Chen continued to flirt, “Then I must be useful. Are you free tonight? Let’s have dinner together and talk about life.”

Female gas station attendant: “Haha… Dinner is fine, and talking about life isn’t impossible, but I’m afraid you won’t be able to talk for long. Okay, that’s 320 total.”

Yang Chen paid the money and said, “Let’s talk about life together when you have time.”

After speaking, he drove away.

For some reason, Yang Chen felt that the female attendant’s smile was a bit off today, and it seemed like there was more to her words.

Yang Chen received an order from a white-collar beauty.

“Oh? It’s you,” the female passenger said with a smile.

Yang Chen thought she might have seen the previous “Xiao Li Helps” program and recognized him.

So, he smiled and nodded, saying, “Good morning. Buckle up.”

Female passenger: “Yeah, you’re really handsome, much more handsome than you look online. But, being handsome isn’t enough, you have to be useful. A man can be a little ugly, but he must be useful. I have a secret recipe here, do you want to try it? My husband used to be a ‘quick man,’ less than two minutes including undressing. After conditioning with the secret recipe, now it’s over an hour every time, making me very tired every day.”

Damn, are female passengers’ chat scales so large now?

Directly chatting about this kind of topic with the driver?

But, wait, why does this sound a bit off?

Yang Chen: “Beauty, why am I a little confused? What do you mean by this?”

Female passenger: “Oh, there’s nothing to be shy about. If you’re sick, you should get treatment. Don’t be shy and not get treatment. It’s not a big problem, it can be cured.”

Yang Chen: “Why am I getting more and more confused? What’s wrong with me?”

Female passenger: “Hehe… Don’t pretend, the whole country knows. Didn’t you go to Ju Yiyi’s house last night and come out in less than ten minutes?”

Yang Chen: “Huh? How do you know that?”

Female passenger: “Haha… The news has already exposed your relationship with Ju Yiyi. You two leaned on each other going upstairs, and came down in less than ten minutes. Gossip reporters say you’re a ‘quick man.’ Haha…”

Yang Chen immediately pulled over, turned his head to look at the female passenger who was laughing so hard she was bending over.

Damn it, no wonder everyone said he wasn’t useful.

It turned out that the reporters were writing nonsense!

Since the female passenger was in a hurry to get to work, Yang Chen quickly took her to her destination, and then took out his phone to check online.

“Ju Yiyi’s Boyfriend Outside the Circle Suspected of Exposure, the Two Leaning on Each Other Going Home. The Boyfriend is Very Handsome, But Unfortunately, He’s a ‘Quick Man’!”

“I’m fucking kidding me!” Yang Chen couldn’t help but curse.

This news headline almost sent Yang Chen away. He’s so strong, the strongest man on earth, and they give him the title of ‘quick man,’ this is…

Isn’t that humiliating?

The damn reporters just used what they saw with their own eyes to make up so much nonsense. They even said he was Ju Yiyi’s boyfriend, and it only took ten minutes to go upstairs, undress, and shower. Damn, who are they looking down on?

Yang Chen quickly sent a private message to the Fengxing Entertainment Media Weibo account.

“I am the male lead in the news you posted. I am just a ride-hailing driver, not Ju Yiyi’s boyfriend. Delete the Weibo immediately and pin an apology for a month. Otherwise, we’ll see you in court.”

After a while, the account replied with a message.

“Brother, we’ve been in this business for many years. Even some big stars don’t dare to go against us. You’re an outsider and you want to scare us? Since you found a girlfriend in the circle, you have to be prepared to be exposed at any time.”

“I’ll say it again, I’m not Ju Yiyi’s boyfriend. I’m just a ride-hailing driver who happened to take her home. If you don’t do what I said, I will hire Zhang Xiang as a lawyer to sue you.”

“Hehe… Whatever makes you happy, I’m not listening anyway. You even want to hire Zhang Xiang as a lawyer. Many stars want to hire him but can’t. You’ve watched too many of Zhang Xiang’s legal popularization videos and gotten carried away, haven’t you?”

Oh, damn, this damn paparazzi reporter is really arrogant!

Yang Chen took a screenshot of the chat log and sent it to Zhang Xiang.

Yang Chen: “Lawyer Zhang, there’s news online saying that I’m Ju Yiyi’s boyfriend and that I’m a ‘quick man,’ only lasting ten minutes including going upstairs, undressing, and showering. I sent them a private message to explain, but they replied to me like this. Can I sue them until they dissolve?”

Zhang Xiang: “Ah? Is there such a thing? Wait, I’ll check online.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, hurry up and check. The whole country mistakenly thinks I can’t last ten minutes. They must pay the price.”

Zhang Xiang: “Haha… Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’ll read the news first.”

Three minutes later, Zhang Xiang replied with a message: “I’ve read a few news articles and I roughly know what’s going on. Do you have a relationship with that star?”

Yang Chen: “No relationship at all. I just took a customer to a bar last night, and when I went to pee, I saved her from being drugged, and then took her home. I didn’t even know there were paparazzi waiting downstairs to take pictures of her, and they treated me like her boyfriend, and said I couldn’t last ten minutes. Damn!”

Zhang Xiang: “Understood, still going to go after them to the death?”

Yang Chen: “Of course! At a minimum, they have to be dissolved. Relevant personnel spread rumors and cause trouble, with more than 500 reposts, they bear criminal responsibility, and they have to go in for a year and a half.”

Zhang Xiang: “Got it! Leave it to me, I’ll take care of it.”

…

At this time, at Ju Yiyi’s house, her manager Wu Manli was discussing countermeasures with her.

Wu Manli: “The only way now is to find that ride-hailing driver and have him come forward to clarify.”

Ju Yiyi: “But I’m worried about leaking personal privacy. I didn’t use mobile payment and gave him cash. I don’t know how to contact him.”

Wu Manli: “You have three dramas in the works. If a scandal breaks out at this time, it will ruin things.”

Ju Yiyi: “But I don’t want anything to go wrong at this time either. It’s those paparazzi writing nonsense. What can I do?”

Wu Manli: “If it really doesn’t work, we’ll contact the Bilibili platform [a Chinese video-sharing website] to find him. This matter has too much of an impact on you, and we must clarify it as soon as possible.”

At this time, Zhang Xiang released an announcement on his personal Weibo [a Chinese microblogging website, similar to Twitter].

“I am Zhang Xiang, a lawyer at Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm. I have officially accepted the commission of Mr. Yang Chen to fully handle the case of Fengxing Entertainment Media spreading rumors and slandering my client, Mr. Yang Chen, as Miss Ju Yiyi’s boyfriend, and not lasting ten minutes. I, on behalf of Mr. Yang Chen, formally declare that Mr. Yang Chen is a ride-hailing driver who happened to take Miss Ju Yiyi home last night. The two met for the first time and are merely a driver-passenger relationship, with no other relationship whatsoever. Fengxing Entertainment Media has speculated on the relationship between my client, Mr. Yang Chen, and Miss Ju Yiyi based on a single picture, and maliciously speculated that my client, Mr. Yang Chen, is not healthy, causing extremely bad effects nationwide, which has brought great trouble to my client, Mr. Yang Chen, and a huge loss of reputation. I, on behalf of Mr. Yang Chen, formally warn Fengxing Entertainment Media to immediately remove all news, and apologize on the front page of mainstream newspapers and on Weibo for 30 days, and dissolve the studio. The editor and writer must surrender themselves to accept legal punishment. Otherwise, we’ll see you in court. Once we enter the judicial process, we will not accept any form of mediation and will definitely pursue the legal responsibility of all relevant personnel for spreading rumors and causing trouble! In addition, I hope Miss Ju Yiyi will contact me, we need to collect evidence, and if possible, I hope we can jointly sue Fengxing Entertainment Media.”

Zhang Xiang himself is a very powerful internet celebrity with 20 million Weibo followers.

Therefore, his Weibo post quickly spread throughout the internet.

Ju Yiyi’s side saw Zhang Xiang’s Weibo and quickly issued an announcement clarifying what happened last night.

This angered the netizens, not only Ju Yiyi’s fans, but also many melon-eating netizens [gossiping netizens] came to Fengxing Entertainment Media’s Weibo to leave messages and scold them.

“Do you have no shame? You’re just spreading rumors!”

“That ride-hailing driver is called Yang Chen, and he was on the ‘Xiao Li Helps’ program before. Don’t you guys go online? You can come up with such outrageous gossip news.”

“You’re done for, Zhang Xiang is personally taking action, your defense lawyer will have to be sent to prison too.”

“Haha… You’ve exposed so many celebrities’ scandals before, ruining many celebrities’ reputations, but I didn’t expect you to lose to an outsider this time.”

“That ride-hailing driver is the embodiment of justice, here to clean up your kind of unscrupulous paparazzi blackmailers!”

…

At this time, in the Fengxing Entertainment Media office.

The boss, Zhuo Dawei, was furious and threw everything on the table to the ground.

“Damn it, a bunch of idiots! You should have investigated clearly before posting the news! Idiots!” Zhuo Dawei cursed.

Zhang Hongfa, the paparazzi who wrote this news, said: “Didn’t we receive money from Gu Yundan to expose some of Ju Yiyi’s black material as soon as possible to prevent her from taking on new dramas? Who knew that this ride-hailing driver could find Zhang Xiang as a lawyer, this is an unexpected accident.”

Zhuo Dawei: “This shows that this ride-hailing driver is not simple. Zhang Xiang is notoriously difficult to deal with and very capable. We can’t win this lawsuit, we will definitely lose. Zhang Hongfa, Chen Guangsi, you two, one is the writer and the other is the editor, must go out and take the blame. The studio will also be dissolved immediately to avoid the limelight. After this matter is over, we will change our identity and reopen. If you two go in, I will take good care of your families until you come out.”

Chen Guangsi: “Boss, you can’t let us take the blame.”

Zhang Hongfa: “That’s right! We are also working for the company, you can’t let us take the blame when something goes wrong. Why don’t you call Zhang and ask him not to take this case?”

Zhuo Dawei thought for a moment, nodded, and called Zhang Xiang.

After listening to him, Zhang Xiang said with a smile: “How is that possible? Mr. Yang is the third shareholder of my firm, and his shareholding can affect the firm’s voice. If he supports me, I have the final say. If he supports another founder, then that other founder has the final say. If it were you, would you want to win him over? Let me give you an idea, let the editor and writer come out to take the blame, apologize, and dissolve the company. This is your best choice. Once you go to court, you, the boss, will also be punished.”

After speaking, Zhang Xiang hung up the phone.

Zhuo Dawei was shocked. A ride-hailing driver is actually the third shareholder of Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm and can decide who has the final say. This is too incredible!

Damn it, this time he kicked a steel plate [encountered a tough opponent] and had to admit defeat!

Zhuo Dawei: “It’s over, Zhang Xiang said that the ride-hailing driver is the new third shareholder of his firm, with a large shareholding ratio. Whoever he supports, the firm will listen to. So, Zhang Xiang must please and win him over. Zhang Xiang said that the best solution is for the writer and editor to take the blame, apologize to the ride-hailing driver, and dissolve the studio.”

Zhang Hongfa: “Ah? Brother Wei, you can’t just give up on us like this.”

Chen Guangsi: “That’s right! Brother Wei, we are also working for the company, you can’t give up on us.”

Zhuo Dawei: “Otherwise? Do you really want Zhang Xiang to send us all in? Of course, we have to settle out of court, we can’t really go to court! If you two go in, as long as I’m okay, I have the ability to take good care of your families. If I go in too, we’re all done, and no one will take care of everyone’s families. Understand?”

The money earned by the company is mainly in Zhuo Dawei’s hands, and he does have the ability to take good care of everyone’s families.

Others also quickly persuaded Chen Guangsi and Zhang Hongfa to come forward and take the blame. If they take all the responsibility, everyone will take care of their families.

They are the main responsible persons, and they will be the first to be punished no matter how they are dealt with.

Rather than everyone being unlucky, it is better for them to take all the blame.

Now that things have come to this, Chen Guangsi and Zhang Hongfa have no way out but to nod and agree, and get up to go to the police station to surrender.

Zhuo Dawei sighed and said, “I, Zhuo Dawei, have eaten no less than a hundred celebrities since I founded Fengxing Entertainment Media. I didn’t expect that I would end up falling on a ride-hailing driver. Hehe… When the storm passes, I will open another account and definitely make a comeback!”

The reason why he can control those celebrities is because those celebrities really have bad behaviors such as cheating, prostitution, and sleeping with fans.

The reason why he lost to Yang Chen is because Yang Chen doesn’t have these stains and can let Zhang Xiang be his lawyer to fight to the end.

Subsequently, Fengxing Entertainment Media apologized in the newspaper and on Weibo as required by Zhang Xiang, and announced the dissolution of the studio at the same time.

From Zhang Xiang’s Weibo warning to Fengxing Entertainment’s Weibo admitting defeat, it only took less than two hours.

Netizens came to express their opinions.

“Damn, they admitted defeat so quickly!”

“Zhang Xiang is really awesome, he scared them just by scaring them.”

“Haha… So many celebrities couldn’t do anything about the paparazzi studio, but it was dissolved because of a ride-hailing driver, it’s really hilarious!”

“See, it’s not necessarily your peers who will take you down, it may also be a cross-border! This drama of a ride-hailing driver crossing the border to rectify the dark forces of the entertainment industry is very short, but it’s very exciting!”

“Actually, what I’m most curious about is how that ride-hailing driver got Zhang Xiang to be his agent. As far as I know, Zhang Xiang’s lawyer fees start at millions, and it depends on the person. Many celebrities, business owners, etc. can’t hire him as a lawyer, how did that ride-hailing driver do it?”

…

At the request of Fengxing Entertainment, Zhang Sanfeng Law Firm, and Ju Yiyi, all news and pictures about Yang Chen and Ju Yiyi on the Internet were blocked.

Because major platforms and websites also don’t want to get involved in lawsuits, especially since Yang Chen’s agent is Zhang Xiang, they don’t want to meet Zhang Xiang in court.

The Ju Yiyi boyfriend incident, which was so lively in the morning, suddenly seemed to have never happened in the evening, and was erased from the Internet.

Yang Chen was quite angry at first, but now he found that the situation didn’t seem so bad.

Now all his photos, videos, and news on the Internet have been blocked and removed, including the previous “Xiao Li Helps” which was also implicated and removed.

It won’t be long before everyone forgets, and he can pick up passengers as an ordinary ride-hailing driver, so he doesn’t have to worry about strange passengers giving bad reviews.

Although the scandal between Yang Chen and Ju Yiyi has been clarified, this matter is not over yet.

Ju Yiyi said last night that she was drugged by an investor, and the two people who chased her out were the investor’s lackeys. Yang Chen knocked them unconscious and rescued Ju Yiyi, which made the investor very angry.

Originally, the investor didn’t know who did it, but now he knows.

At this time, in the office of the general manager of Kang Sheng Investment.

Chen Kang said with an angry face: “Find a way to find this ride-hailing driver for me, I must let him know how miserable the consequences of meddling are!”

The lackeys nodded and hurried to find Yang Chen.

Kang Sheng Investment is not large in scale, with assets of less than 1 billion.

The company has three bosses.

The largest shareholder, Xue Jun, holds 67% of the shares.

The second shareholder, Chen Kang, holds 20% of the shares.

The third shareholder, Chen Sheng, holds 13% of the shares.

Xue Jun, like Yang Chen, is not responsible for daily management, but the decision-making power is in his hands, and he is the behind-the-scenes boss.

Chen Kang and Chen Sheng are brothers. Chen Kang is responsible for investment business, and Chen Sheng is responsible for company management, one is in charge of external affairs, and the other is in charge of internal affairs.

Recently, the economic situation has not been good, and Kang Sheng Investment’s main investment direction has shifted from physical objects to the cultural field.

In the past two years, the company has invested in ten movies in one go, and basically all of them have made money.

The movie they are currently investing in is called “Zhu Xian Zhen”, with a total investment of 50 million, and Kang Sheng alone has invested 30 million, which is the absolute majority.

Ju Yiyi wants to star in the female lead, Luo Wuqing, which is why she needs to please Chen Kang, and that’s why she was drugged.

In addition, Kang Sheng Investment used Xue Jun’s social connections to win the opportunity for China Eastern Airlines’ private placement [a way for companies to raise capital from private investors].

The company is currently actively recovering funds, preparing to take 200 million shares of China Eastern Airlines’ private placement at a price of 2 yuan/share, and strive for a seat on China Eastern Airlines’ board of directors.

…

At more than three o’clock in the afternoon, Yang Chen felt a little sleepy after dropping off a passenger, so he wanted to find a place where no one was around to take a nap.

As soon as he arrived at the riverside, a Jianghuai M3 drove up behind him, and 6 people rushed out and surrounded his car.

Seeing that two of them had bandages on their foreheads, Yang Chen immediately guessed their identities and purpose.

1 against 6, a big advantage, Yang Chen didn’t need to be afraid of them.

However, it’s not interesting to just solve these little minions, he has to deal with their boss.

“Get out of the car! Come with us!”

Yang Chen: “Who are you?”

“I told you that night not to meddle, but you just wouldn’t listen. Not only did you break our heads, but you also ruined Brother Kang’s good deeds. You deserve to die, do you know that? Brother Kang said that he must let you know how miserable the consequences of meddling are!”

Yang Chen: “Brother Kang? Chen Kang?”

That night, Yang Chen heard Ju Yiyi mention this name, the big boss of Kang Sheng Investment Company, the one who drugged her.

“That’s right! It seems Ju Yiyi told you! So what? Are you going to come with us yourself, or are we going to do it?”

Yang Chen: “In broad daylight, are you doing this legally?”

“We talk about it! But sometimes we don’t, it depends on whether it’s beneficial to us. If the law works, would there be so much injustice in this world? Would there be so much crime?”

Yang Chen: “Damn! That makes sense. Okay, you lead the way, I’ll go with you to see Brother Kang. Let’s solve anything today, so you don’t come looking for me again in the future, delaying me from driving and picking up passengers.”

“You’re sensible. But, I’ll say it first, if you dare to play tricks, the next time we catch you, it won’t be as comfortable as it is now.”

Yang Chen: “Don’t worry, I also want to not talk about the law once. Let’s go.”

Several people immediately got into the car and led the way, Yang Chen followed behind.

Yang Chen sent a message to Qiu Yuhong, the chairman of Jindun Security Company.

“Quickly bring people to Kang Sheng Investment Company.”

Qiu Yuhong received the message and quickly called a dozen strong men to rush over.

Not talking about the law?

Okay!

Let’s see who doesn’t talk about the law more today!

Half an hour later, Yang Chen arrived at the general manager’s office of Kang Sheng Investment.

Chen Kang’s eyes were gloomy, and the corners of his mouth were raised, with a gloomy and disdainful look.

“You said you’re a ride-hailing driver, you should just drive your ride-hailing car, why did you have to meddle?” Chen Kang asked.

“I just happened to run into it. The girl lost consciousness, and you still wanted to do it, is that interesting? If you can do it with this kind of person, you might as well buy a piece of pork, it feels the same,” Yang Chen replied with a smile.

“Hey! You’re pretty arrogant! You don’t understand the situation, do you? What’s your situation now, can’t you see it? You dare to talk to me like that! Zhang Bin, Chen Fei, your heads were broken by him, you two take care of it!” Chen Kang said.

Zhang Bin and Chen Fei chuckled, picked up the baseball bats next to them and walked towards Yang Chen.

This Qiu Yuhong is really unreliable, Yang Chen deliberately slowed down along the way to wait for him, why hasn’t he arrived yet?

It can’t be that Yang Chen really has to do it himself, right?

At this time, someone knocked on the door and shouted: “President Chen, the people from Shendun Security broke in and asked to find Mr. Yang Chen. Who is Yang Chen first… ah!”

Then, the office door was kicked open.

Qiu Yuhong rushed in with the strong men.

Chen Kang stood up in panic and asked, “Chairman Qiu, what does this mean?”

Qiu Yuhong walked up to Yang Chen and checked him, asking nervously, “Mr. Yang, are you okay?”

Yang Chen pointed to the baseball bats in Zhang Bin and Chen Fei’s hands and said, “If you had been a few seconds later, I might have been beaten by them.”

Qiu Yuhong: “I’m sorry, Mr. Yang, my fault, I should have been faster.”

Yang Chen: “It’s okay, it’s okay as long as you made it in time. They said they wanted to solve the problem in a way that doesn’t talk about the law, so you should reciprocate in a way that doesn’t talk about the law.”

Qiu Yuhong nodded and said, “Understood!”

Yang Chen got up and walked out, then the office door closed, and then screams came from the office.