How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 176

After leaving the Jiading North District, Yang Chen found a place to park and reviewed Mr. Liu’s information.

His name was Liu Changxi. He had a junior high school education and had been an apprentice at Qianlixing Car Dealership.

However, he wasn’t content and often told his colleagues he’d be a big boss someday. The actual boss, tired of his instigation, fired him.

Later, he got tricked into a pyramid scheme and was almost beaten to death.

After being rescued by the police, he behaved for a while, worked in a factory, met a divorced young woman, and they married.

But the young woman wasn’t looking to settle down. After the initial excitement, she divorced him.

Later, he joined his fellow villager Liu Changgui’s company.

Liu Changgui’s company was called Changgui Entrepreneurship Consulting Co., Ltd. Ostensibly, it provided advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, but in reality, it tricked people into joining and then used company tactics to defraud investments.

Liu Changxi, having been in a pyramid scheme himself, found this work tailor-made. He quickly developed a drinking water project and used it to swindle many people.

Logically, these people were fraudsters, using an impossible business plan to deceive gullible investors.

Legally, they were covered. They had complete procedures, products, and genuinely worked to promote them. You couldn’t find any legal faults.

But anyone with common sense could see the plan wouldn’t succeed.

“Rent venues in office buildings nationwide to place water dispensers. Each earns only 1 yuan a day, but nationally, that’s at least 10 million.”

Wasn’t this just fooling idiots?

Yet, some people believed it and invested.

Even with obvious loopholes, no one could do anything.

After all, no one guarantees investment success. Investors can’t demand returns just because it fails, unless agreed upon.

The law can’t sanction failure alone.

If so, many business tycoons would be jailed for failed projects.

Yang Chen had read the agreement between Liu Changxi and Wu Xing and found no fault. If the investment failed, she could only blame herself.

Basically, Liu Changxi and his gang exploited loopholes to profit from fools.

Yang Chen called Zhang Xiang, detailed Liu Changxi’s information, and asked how to deal with such a swindler.

Zhang Xiang agreed that, superficially, Liu Changxi hadn’t broken the law.

But it was clearly a kind of fraud, so Zhang Xiang felt there was a chance to find a flaw.

However, it required an insider to test Liu Changxi, listen to his investment pitches, and find flaws in his words.

Starting from agreements alone wouldn’t work.

Simply put, Zhang Xiang felt Liu Changxi must offer definite and clear goals as inducements to attract investors.

But when signing the agreement, he deliberately framed these promises as examples, exploiting legal loopholes to leave defrauded investors helpless.

Now, someone needed to contact Liu Changxi, record or film the fraudulent process, and Zhang Xiang would find a breakthrough.

Find someone to be deliberately deceived by Liu Changxi?

Hm?

This might work.

But who?

This person must be simple and innocent-looking.

Just then, Zhao Yun messaged Yang Chen.

“Brother Yang, are you free? Come pick me up. I want to go to the hospital to see Teacher Wang. She’s going for a check-up today.”

Hm?

Wasn’t this the perfect person?

Yang Chen: “Okay, I’ll go over now.”

Half an hour later, Yang Chen picked up Zhao Yun at Normal University’s entrance and drove her to Longmei Hospital.

Zhao Yun chatted with Teacher Wang for over ten minutes and quickly came out to find Yang Chen.

“I won’t give you the fare. Let me treat you to a meal. How about it?” Zhao Yun asked.

Yang Chen: “Let me treat you. I need your help with something.”

Zhao Yun: “What is it? I’ve always wanted to help you, but never had the opportunity. Now that you’ve asked, it’s finally my chance. You’re always helping me. I feel bad about it.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Let’s eat and talk. What do you want? Pick anything.”

Zhao Yun: “Well, anything is fine. If you’re not picky, let’s go to a clean restaurant across the street.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! Let’s go.”

The two crossed the street, found a clean-looking restaurant, and went in.

The waiter brought the menu. While they looked, he suggested, “Boss, the restaurant just got fresh wild groupers. Super cheap, 100 yuan per pound. Want to try them?”

Wild groupers at the market, good-looking and sized well, cost more than 100 yuan per pound, or even more.

This restaurant sold them cooked for 100 yuan per pound. Really cheap.

“Don’t try to fool us because we’re dressed plainly. Pure wild grouper, cooked for 100 yuan per pound?” Yang Chen asked.

The waiter smiled. “Of course. We have special channels, so the purchase price is low. Definitely pure wild, same as high-end hotels. Like the Peninsula Hotel, Baocheng Hotel, Haicheng Hotel.”

If Yang Chen remembered correctly, pure wild grouper at Baocheng Hotel was 258 yuan per pound, and the Peninsula Hotel was 298 yuan per pound.

If the waiter wasn’t lying, were Baocheng Hotel and the Peninsula Hotel overpaying?

“I know what wild grouper tastes like. If you lie, I’ll call the police!” Yang Chen threatened.

The waiter confidently replied, “No problem. If it’s not pure wild, I’ll accept whatever you want.”

Yang Chen: “Great! Stupid not to take advantage. Then give me one.”

Waiter: “Okay. How about Boston lobster? Also 100 yuan per pound.”

Yang Chen: “Also pure wild?”

Waiter: “Of course. We don’t sell farmed ones. All pure wild, high nutritional value, delicious meat.”

Yang Chen: “Then give me one. Really much cheaper.”

The waiter, feeling he’d done enough, didn’t recommend more dishes.

The two casually ordered side dishes, and the meal was set.

Soon, the waiter served the dishes.

Yang Chen didn’t hesitate, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating.

He wanted to test if it was farmed or wild. After testing, hey, it was really wild.

The taste of wild grouper is obviously more delicious than farmed ones. People who eat it often can feel the difference.

The restaurant’s food prices are generally 2-3 times the cost price, which means that the restaurant’s purchase price for wild grouper is about 30-40 yuan per pound, which is the price of farmed grouper.

Buying wild grouper at the price of farmed grouper is a good deal!

If he could also find such a supplier for Baocheng Hotel and the Peninsula Hotel, wouldn’t that mean that these two would earn more?

As a shareholder, Yang Chen, wouldn’t he get more dividends at the end of the year?

Yang Chen usually doesn’t interfere with the company’s management, he just hopes to get more dividends at the end of the year.

When they were almost done eating, Yang Chen got down to business.

“Look at this person’s information. We’ll talk after you’ve read it,” Yang Chen said.

Zhao Yun nodded and carefully read Liu Changxi’s information.

Then she asked, “What do you want me to do, Brother Yang?”

Yang Chen: “I want you to deliberately fall into his trap, secretly film and record your communication with him. You need to consciously make him guarantee to you that you can earn 10 million a day, that kind of thing. Do you understand what I mean?”

Zhao Yun: “Oh, I understand. Isn’t this entrapment?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… It’s not that serious. They are a fraud gang, exploiting legal loopholes to deceive some fools with impossible business goals. I didn’t want to get involved, but this person cursed me too harshly. If I don’t send him to jail, I’ll feel uncomfortable!”

Zhao Yun: “He cursed you? Okay! Leave this to me. I’ll handle it beautifully.”

Yang Chen nodded. “I believe in your ability. Give me an account number, and I’ll have someone transfer 100,000 yuan to you. You can use this as bait.”

Zhao Yun nodded and took out her bank card.

Yang Chen took a photo and sent it to Yu Shishi, asking her to transfer 100,000 yuan to this card tomorrow.

After eating, Yang Chen paid and whispered, “Boss lady, your grouper and lobster are good. I want to buy a batch to raise at home. Can you introduce me to a source?”

The boss lady smiled. “Handsome guy, come whenever you want to eat, and I’ll have the chef cook it.”

Yang Chen: “I live near the Pearl Tower, far from here. I’m just here to see a patient. My brother also opened a restaurant and usually uses farmed grouper. If he could offer wild grouper at farmed prices like you, his business would be better. Please help me connect, thank you.”

The boss lady hesitated.

From her reaction, the fish source was probably shady.

But the waiter mentioned Baocheng Hotel and the Peninsula Hotel, and Yang Chen wanted to know the source.

When paying, Yang Chen entered the wrong number and gave 2,000 yuan extra.

“Oops, I pressed the wrong number,” Yang Chen said.

The boss lady checked and found the overpayment.

She quickly said, “It’s okay, add me as a friend, and I’ll transfer it to you.”

Yang Chen: “Since it’s transferred, just keep it. But I still want you to help me connect. Is that okay?”

The boss lady rolled her eyes. “Handsome guy, you have so many tricks. Okay, I’ll give you a number. You contact him. Whether he meets you and gives you the goods is up to you.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! You’re beautiful and kind, a good person.”

The boss lady smiled and found a number. Yang Chen wrote it down and left with Zhao Yun.

Secret filming required professional equipment, so Yang Chen took Zhao Yun to Zhang Xiang to get a set.

Worried Zhao Yun couldn’t get the evidence or would make mistakes,

Zhang Xiang taught her skills and precautions.

After preparing, Yang Chen sent Zhao Yun back to school.

Liu Changxi liked finding prey near the university, thinking students were inexperienced and easy to deceive.

Zhao Yun had to appear in front of him and become his prey.

This required naturalness, to seem realistic.

Therefore, whether Liu Changxi would be hooked and when was uncertain, and he could only wait.

Yang Chen called the cheap grouper seller and expressed his intention.

The boss was cautious and unwilling to meet directly. He needed the restaurant address and would investigate before supplying.

Clearly, the source was not right. Yang Chen decided to forget it.

The Peninsula Hotel was a listed company, and Baocheng Hotel planned to go public. A shady supplier would cause trouble.

Therefore, Yang Chen said, “It seems your goods aren’t legitimate. Then forget it, I don’t want to cause trouble for my brother. Sorry for disturbing you.”

The other party replied, “Haha… Don’t worry! Our goods are legitimate. Just too few goods, can’t supply too many customers. And the price is too cheap. If I’m high-profile, competitors will mess with me. It’s difficult to do business now. You must follow the market. If you want to create your own market, you will definitely touch other people’s interests, and they will definitely join forces to mess with you.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I’ll think about it. If I can accept it, I’ll contact you.”

After speaking, Yang Chen hung up.

Legitimate businesses don’t need this. Yang Chen determined his goods were not legitimate.

Early Sunday morning, Li Xiaofei messaged Yang Chen.

“Dear brother, I want you to accompany me to eat a big meal, but I don’t want to run all the way to your house. What do you think I should do?”

Yang Chen laughed and replied, “I’m driving out now and will consciously go to the university town. You go to Baocheng Hotel in the university town around 11:30 to order food and wait for me. Order whatever you want, don’t be polite. Also, it’s getting cold. I bought you two sets of clothes a while ago, I’ll bring them to you.”

Li Xiaofei: Hee hee… Brother, are cousins allowed to marry each other legally?

Yang Chen rolled his eyes and replied: I think I can personally send you to the orthopedic department before my aunt breaks your legs.

Li Xiaofei: Hee hee… This is my blind spot of knowledge. I’m just asking you for advice, why do you want to break my legs? You’re so cruel! See you at noon!

Yang Chen smiled and went out to pick up passengers.

Around eleven, Yang Chen selected an order going to the university town, which was just on the way.

Yang Chen: “Please fasten your seat belts, we are now departing for the university town!”

Two passengers, a man and a woman, in the back seat fastened their seat belts and started chatting.

Female passenger: “Director Zhang, you make a lot of money as a purchasing manager. You bought one last year, and now you’re buying another one.”

Male passenger: “It’s okay, purchasing is a job where you can make more money if you know how to do it.”

Female passenger: “That’s right. Your Baocheng Hotel is also about to go public. The daily purchase volume must be very large, and there must be many suppliers. It’s enough to get a little respect from each one. I really envy Director Zhang for finding such a good job. I just don’t have an education and can only work as an agent, going out in the wind and rain, and I may not be able to close a deal in a month.”

Male passenger: “Haha… I think you’re quite smart. If you don’t work as an agent in the future, you can come to me and try to be an ordinary buyer. With me around, I can take you with me.”

Female passenger: “Really! Hee hee… Then I’ll take it seriously. Thank you, Director Zhang. Your Baocheng Hotel is so big, the competition must be fierce. Can a buyer like me who is halfway through the process get in? Will it cause any trouble for Director Zhang?”

Male passenger: “It will definitely be a little troublesome, but it’s not impossible. My brother-in-law is the major shareholder Li Baoqing. With his connections, it’s easy for me to arrange for someone to enter the purchasing department. We’ll talk about it later, you really need to talk about it.”

Female passenger: “Wow, no wonder Director Zhang can hold such an important position. It turns out that the boss of Baocheng Hotel is your brother-in-law. Then it’s settled. After I finish this order for you and get the commission, I won’t do it anymore and go to assist you, Director Zhang. Do you think it’s okay?”

The male passenger showed a lewd smile and said, “Whether it’s okay or not depends on you. We’ll talk about it later.”

Hehe…

A plan for unspoken rules has begun.

Li Baoqing’s brother-in-law is the purchasing manager of Baocheng Hotel, which is obviously inappropriate.

Such an important position must be filled by outsiders.

Yang Chen doesn’t know much about Baocheng Hotel’s salary system, but a purchasing manager shouldn’t be able to buy a house at the end of last year and another house after 10 months, right?

If he doesn’t have any illegal behavior, then it’s a ghost.

Yang Chen asked with a smile, “Boss, do you make so much money as a purchasing manager? You bought a house last year, and you can buy another house before this year is over. I drive a ride-hailing car, and I guess I won’t be able to afford a house in Haicheng in my lifetime.”

The male passenger immediately straightened his back confidently and said, “It’s definitely not possible to rely on a proper salary. I only make a little over 10,000 yuan a month, so I definitely can’t afford a house. But the good thing about purchasing is that suppliers will try their best to give you benefits, do you understand what I mean? The most comfortable position in a company is purchasing. You basically don’t touch your salary, you basically get free cigarettes and alcohol, and you basically don’t need a wife.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Brother, what you said makes sense. It’s a pity that I also suffered from a lack of education, otherwise I would have wanted to find a purchasing job.”

Male passenger: “It’s not that every company’s purchasing is so good. It must be a company of a certain size, with a large enough purchase volume and enough suppliers. And this also requires methods. If you’re not careful, you might send yourself in. So, even if you do purchasing, I can guarantee that you won’t make any money.”

Yang Chen: “Oh? Is there something special about it?”

Male passenger: “Of course! There are many things to pay attention to. Okay, you just drive well. You have no hope of doing purchasing in this life.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Yes, yes, yes. I just feel a little bored and just want to chat about something. Then I won’t talk, you guys talk.”

Now it can be determined that this Director Zhang is definitely taking kickbacks from suppliers.

Suppliers have to make money and also give him kickbacks, which means that there is still a lot of room for compression in the prices given by suppliers, which also means that Baocheng Hotel’s purchase prices are high, which is harming the company’s interests.

As the second shareholder of Baocheng Hotel, Yang Chen must ask about it, after all, it is infringing on his personal interests.

Soon, Yang Chen sent the two to a real estate in the university town, and then went straight to Baocheng Hotel.

Li Xiaofei had already ordered the dishes, and the dishes were served as soon as Yang Chen arrived.

“Hee hee… I don’t know what to eat. The waiter recommended grouper, lobster, etc., so I ordered them. Will you feel bad?” Li Xiaofei asked.

Yang Chen: “You ordered well. I was just thinking about tasting what the grouper and Boston lobster here taste like.”

After speaking, Yang Chen picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

After taking three bites, Yang Chen frowned.

The taste was obviously wrong, it must be farmed.

Baocheng Hotel doesn’t use farmed grouper and lobster, there’s a big problem!

Yang Chen called the waiter and asked, “Beauty, are your grouper and lobster all pure wild?”

Waiter: “Yes, sir. All the aquatic products in our Baocheng Hotel are pure wild and pollution-free. You can eat them with confidence.”

Yang Chen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and nodded, and said, “Okay! I got it. Thank you. You can go out, call you if you need anything.”

The waiter nodded and turned to go out.

Li Xiaofei saw that Yang Chen’s face was not good and asked, “Brother, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong with these things?”

Yang Chen: “These are not wild at all.”

Li Xiaofei slammed the table angrily and stood up, saying, “I’m going to find them!”

Yang Chen grabbed her and said, “Don’t startle the snake, eat. I’ll go find the shareholders to discuss it later and decide what to do.”

Li Xiaofei nodded, then suddenly understood something and asked in surprise, “Brother, what do you mean? Do you also have shares in Baocheng Hotel?”

Yang Chen nodded and replied with a smile, “Yes! I had nothing to do, so I bought some shares and accidentally became the second major shareholder.”

Li Xiaofei: “…”

Accidentally became the second shareholder, how can you say such a thing?

“Brother, you are really amazing. The Peninsula Hotel has your shares, and Baocheng Hotel also has your shares, so aren’t you very rich now?” Li Xiaofei asked.

Yang Chen: “A little bit. So, you have to study hard, and you can help your brother manage the company when you graduate in the future. If you don’t have good skills, I won’t dare to hand over the company to you to manage.”

Li Xiaofei: “Hee hee… Please rest assured, Brother Boss, I will definitely study hard and will definitely satisfy Brother Boss.”

Hm?

Why does this sound so awkward?

Now it can basically be determined that Li Baoqing’s brother-in-law Zhang Jun has been playing tricks in purchasing, not only taking kickbacks, but also replacing wild grouper with farmed ones, using inferior goods to impersonate good ones.

Farmed grouper is 30 yuan per pound, and cheap wild ones are also 80 yuan per pound. The price difference in the middle is huge, no wonder this kid can buy two houses so quickly.

In fact, Yang Chen suspects that the grouper, lobster, etc. in the restaurant opposite the hospital are all flowing out of Baocheng Hotel, otherwise how could the waiter say that the goods are from the same channel as Baocheng Hotel?

The founder of Baocheng Hotel is Li Baoqing. It was said earlier that this guy’s early history was not glorious, and he was the kind who had been whitewashed.

Currently, Li Baoqing holds 35% of the shares, and his wife Zhang Juan holds 16% of the shares. The two are acting in concert, holding a total of 51% of the shares, and are the controlling shareholders of Baocheng Hotel.

Yang Chen holds 32% of the shares, and the remaining 17% of the shares are distributed to 5 other investors.

If Li Baoqing and Zhang Juan are fair and impartial, this matter will be easy to solve.

If they protect their shortcomings, then Yang Chen will not be polite to them.

It’s still the same sentence, Yang Chen can ignore the daily operation and management of the invested company, but no one can infringe on his interests. If anyone infringes on his interests, even if it is a proposal from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission [SASAC], he will still vote against it.

Zhang Jun bought two houses in less than a year, and his partners must have made a lot of money. 32% of this money belongs to Yang Chen.

Damn it, how can I let them get away with it for nothing?

Check!

Must find out!

If Li Baoqing and Zhang Juan follow the rules, then do things according to the rules.

If they don’t follow the rules, then force them to sell their shares and leave!

Baocheng Hotel can be surnamed Li, or it can be surnamed Yang!

After eating, Yang Chen sent Li Xiaofei back to school.

Then he went online to his Didi account and received an order to return to the city.

Coincidentally, it was Zhang Jun and the female agent again.

Yang Chen: “Wow, you two, what a coincidence.”

Zhang Jun: “It really is. Brother, are you waiting for us?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… My cousin is studying at the University of Finance and Economics. Today is the weekend, so I came to take her out for a good meal. The school’s food is not good, and my aunt is afraid that she will lose weight.”

Zhang Jun: “Haha… I see. No matter what, we are destined.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Yes, destined.”

It’s really destined, otherwise a little bit of my dividends would have been taken away by you.

At this time, the person who sold the fish called Yang Chen.

Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, then pressed the speakerphone.

Yang Chen: “Hello, hello.”

Fish seller: “Boss, what do you say? Does your brother’s restaurant need grouper and lobster?”

When Zhang Jun in the back row heard the voice, he was stunned. Isn’t this his brother Chen Chen?

The two brothers have a clear division of labor.

For example.

Now Zhang Jun purchases 100 wild groupers in the name of Baocheng Hotel. After these fish are purchased to the headquarters, they will be re-allocated according to the needs of each store.

At this time, Chen Chen will purchase 50 farmed groupers and send them over, using these 50 farmed groupers to exchange 50 wild groupers.

In this way, the grouper distributed to each store is a mix of real and fake.

When the stores conduct spot checks, they will specifically spot check the marked pure wild grouper.

The exchanged wild grouper is then sold by Chen Chen to large and small restaurants in the city at a price of about 100 yuan.

Assuming that the purchase price of wild grouper is 100 yuan per pound and the purchase price of farmed grouper is 30 yuan per pound, there is a difference of 70 yuan in the middle.

70 yuan per pound, what about 10,000 pounds?

There is so much price difference just for grouper, what about lobster and other products?

Adding up these price differences, it is not difficult for Zhang Jun to buy two houses in a year.

Yang Chen: “Yes! The main thing is that we are worried that your goods are not legitimate. If we get into trouble, it will be terrible.”

Chen Chen: “Haha… Don’t worry! Our goods are very legitimate, absolutely no problem. Why don’t you tell me where your brother’s restaurant is, I’ll go over tonight and we’ll chat in person.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! 11:00 tonight, Binjiang Road Dongyuan Restaurant. We’ll meet and chat.”

Yang Chen hung up and said with a smile, “You two, sorry, I didn’t know I would get a call. And this call is very important, so I answered it.”

Now it’s Zhang Jun’s turn to test Yang Chen, after all, this is related to his safety.

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