How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 192

Early in the morning, multiple media outlets exposed Li Dengfeng’s illegal and criminal activities related to his coal mine investments. Relevant departments immediately took action and arrested several individuals involved, including Li Dengfeng.

Li Xiang immediately sought help from influential figures in the political and business circles, promising them greater returns if they could protect his son.

The influential figures had made a lot of money from Li Xiang and were also worried that he wouldn’t be able to focus on managing their funds due to his son’s situation, which could lead to losses.

They quickly took action and did everything they could to get Li Dengfeng out. … A happy day starts with picking up passengers.

Following the navigation, Yang Chen arrived at the starting point of the passenger’s location. Two female white-collar workers confirmed the license plate number and were about to get into the car.

One of them was named Jin Ming, and the other was Huang Xiaomin. Jin Ming was a well-known, goddess-level trader in the investment circle, with her signature long black hair. According to Yang Chen’s aesthetic standards, she was easily a 98 out of 100.

Mainly, she had a natural aloofness that made people feel she was out of reach. Huang Xiaomin was Jin Ming’s friend, claiming to be the best of the chubby girls, but in reality, she was just a little chubby.

They were both traders at Kex Investment. Today, Pury Investment, a well-known domestic investment company, was holding a recruitment fair, planning to hire two traders, and they were going to apply.

People always strive for higher positions, and everyone wants to work for a more powerful company. At this moment, a Porsche 911 stopped in front of Yang Chen’s car.

The driver was a young man with a buzz cut, wearing an ear stud, and had a tattoo on his neck. Yang Chen thought to himself, could someone be looking for trouble so early in the morning?

Huang Xiaomin whispered, “Li Sheng is here again. He’s really persistent. Why don’t you just agree? I feel like he’s sincere.” Jin Ming’s eyes were cold, and she replied impatiently, “I don’t like people like him at all. I’ve told him so many times, but he still comes to bother me. It’s so annoying. He thinks he has money, and all girls should accept him. It’s disgusting.” The Porsche driver named Li Sheng signaled Yang Chen to open the rear window.

Yang Chen could tell that they knew each other, so he opened the rear window.

“Jin Ming, take my car. I can take you wherever you want to go,” Li Sheng said obsequiously.

Jin Ming coldly replied, “No, thank you. We’ve already called a car. We’re in a hurry to go to Jinjiang Financial Building for an interview. Don’t waste our time.” Li Sheng laughed and said, “Isn’t that a coincidence? My mom works there. Which company are you interviewing for, and what position? Maybe she can help you find out.” Jin Ming: “No need, thank you. Don’t waste our time, okay?” Huang Xiaomin: “We’re going to interview at Pury Investment. It’s a rare opportunity. Please don’t waste our time. Please, please.” Li Sheng laughed again and said, “See, isn’t this fate? I said we were destined, but you didn’t believe me. My mom is the vice president at Pury Investment. You’re applying for traders, so you’ll definitely be working under her. How about I call my mom and have her directly hire you two?” Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin exchanged glances, wondering if it could be such a coincidence?

Jin Ming felt that Pury Investment, which she had been longing for, suddenly lost its appeal. If Jin Ming was hired, she would have to work under Li Sheng’s mom, which would give him many opportunities to harass her in the future.

However, Pury Investment was indeed many times more powerful than Kex Investment, and such a good opportunity couldn’t be given up so easily.

Jin Ming: “No need for your help. We want to rely on our own strength to pass the interview. If we’re good enough, we’re good enough. If not, we’re not. We don’t want to cheat. If our strength isn’t enough to gain a foothold in Pury, we’ll be fired even if we get in by luck. Okay, go take care of your own business. We really have to leave. It’ll delay the interview, not to mention delaying the driver’s peak hours for picking up passengers.” Li Sheng nodded awkwardly and said, “Why don’t you come sit in my car? My car is faster and will guarantee you won’t be late for the interview.”

“Driver, please drive!” Jin Ming said angrily. Yang Chen nodded and said, “Sir, please don’t lean on the window. I need to drive.” Li Sheng got angry, glared at Yang Chen, and said, “Drive carefully and be safe!” Yang Chen reversed a distance, bypassed Li Sheng’s Porsche 911, and drove towards Jinjiang Financial Building.

Jin Ming: “How annoying! How can there be such shameless people? I’ve clearly rejected him, but he still acts like this.” Huang Xiaomin: “Who told you to be the goddess of the investment world? Everyone wants to win you over. Hehe…” As they were talking, Li Sheng drove his Porsche over and drifted [a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels or all tires, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner] in front of Yang Chen’s car. Then, he changed lanes several times to get ahead of them and waited at the red light.

Huang Xiaomin: “Driving a sports car makes him so arrogant. Look at how smug he is.” Jin Ming: “Childish!” After the red light, Li Sheng deliberately slowed down to let Yang Chen catch up, and then accelerated to get ahead, repeatedly showing off his Porsche.

Yang Chen couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Beauty, why don’t you call him and talk to him? It’s dangerous for him to do this. If he doesn’t want to live, there’s no reason for the three of us to be dragged down with him.” Jin Ming’s fair face turned red with anger, and she immediately took out her phone and called Li Sheng.

Jin Ming: “What are you doing? Is that how you drive? Do you know that you’re affecting other people’s driving?” Li Sheng: “I’m driving a sports car. There’s no reason for me to follow a bunch of sedans slowly. What’s wrong with me speeding up and overtaking?” Jin Ming: “If you’re speeding, why don’t you just drive away? Why do you have to keep swerving in front of our car? You’re affecting the driver’s driving, and it’s dangerous, okay?” Li Sheng: “Did that taxi driver tell you to call me and say that?” Jin Ming: “Can you stop being so childish? I’m really not interested in you. Don’t waste your time on me! If you keep doing this, I’m calling the police!” With that, Jin Ming hung up the phone angrily.

Li Sheng was furious and drove off with a burst of speed. Yang Chen thought he was really gone, but who knew he was waiting at Jinjiang Financial Building.

A young man driving a Porsche doesn’t need to be so humble, right? It’s really impossible to understand Li Sheng’s thoughts.

Yang Chen found a parking spot in the parking lot and got out of the car with Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin. Li Sheng asked impolitely, “Why did you get out of the car too? Aren’t you going to drive your taxi?” Yang Chen smiled and replied, “I want to go up and see what’s going on.”

Li Sheng: “They’re recruiting traders, with an annual salary starting at a million. What’s a taxi driver like you doing here? Go drive your car.” Yang Chen really hated this kind of person. What does it matter to him what others want to do? Why does he have to be so annoying?

Starlight Investment happened to be short of experienced traders. Yang Chen was thinking of going up to see if he could find suitable traders and persuade a few to join Starlight Investment.

This jerk just came to mock him for no reason. How could he not be angry? Jin Ming: “What’s wrong with the driver wanting to go up and take a look? It’s none of your business. Why do you have to say such nasty things? Driver, come with us.” Yang Chen smiled and nodded, following Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin.

To be honest, if he didn’t follow them, Yang Chen wouldn’t know which floor to go to. Li Sheng was very angry. He thought Yang Chen must have found Jin Ming beautiful and had ideas about her.

Chasing girls is all about your own ability. What’s the point of being malicious towards the men around her? It’s as if chasing away other men will make the girl accept him.

They entered the elevator. Li Sheng asked again, “Jin Ming, you two really don’t need to go with them to compete in the interview. My mom is the vice president of Pury Investment, really. As long as I say a word, you two will definitely be hired. There’s no need for such a troublesome interview.” Jin Ming immediately warned, “No need! We want to rely on our own strength to pass the interview. Please don’t interfere, okay?” Li Sheng nodded.

Soon, the group arrived at the floor where Pury Investment was located. There were quite a few people coming for the interview today, and there were many people waiting in line in the corridor.

Yang Chen walked around to see what the strength of these interviewees was. After watching for a while, Yang Chen felt the urge to urinate, so he went to the restroom.

Li Sheng seized the opportunity and followed him. Yang Chen was relieving himself when Li Sheng came next to him and said, “Give up. You’re not worthy of her. She’s the goddess of the investment world. You’re just a taxi driver. You two are from different worlds. Understand?” Yang Chen looked around and asked, “Are you talking to me?” Li Sheng: “Who else? I’ve been chasing her for so long and haven’t succeeded. You have even less of a chance.” Yang Chen: “Damn! Just because you can’t catch her doesn’t mean I can’t.” Li Sheng: “My mom is the vice president of Pury Investment. Do you know what that means? I can send her a message now, and Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin will definitely be hired. I can get her a job. What can you do for her?” Yang Chen pulled up his pants and replied, “You don’t have to worry about that! You’re really idle. You’re not acting like a proper rich second generation. You have to be a simp [a man who puts himself in a subservient position under women in hopes of winning them over]. I don’t understand what you’re thinking.” With that, Yang Chen went to wash his hands and left.

Li Sheng quickly finished urinating and chased after him without even washing his hands. At this moment, a toilet stall opened, and a man wearing glasses looked at his phone and showed a sly smile.

In order to find a suitable trader, Yang Chen was very patient and waited for more than an hour like the other applicants.

At this time, the head of the human resources department of Pury Investment came out and shouted, “Are Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin here?” Jin Min and Huang Xiaomin happily ran over hand in hand.

“Hello, I’m Jin Ming.”

“Hello, I’m Huang Xiaomin.”

“Congratulations, you’ve been hired.” Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin immediately jumped up and down happily, holding hands.

At this time, Li Sheng walked over and congratulated them, “It seems your strength is really outstanding. Congratulations, congratulations.” At this time, a man wearing glasses said loudly, “If Pury Investment doesn’t want to recruit publicly, you can directly reject us. It’s pointless to let us apply while also engaging in internal appointments. Many of us applicants have come from other cities. Is it appropriate for you to do this?” The head of the human resources department immediately said, “Don’t talk nonsense! We Pury are a big company and are absolutely fair and just. We don’t engage in internal appointments. Everyone did the same papers, and the interview questions were the same. We hired the top two based on your scores. I warn you not to talk nonsense, or we will hand it over to the lawyers.” The man wearing glasses calmly took out his phone and played a recording.

The recording was the conversation between Yang Chen and Li Sheng in the restroom.

“My mom is the vice president of Pury Investment. As long as I send her a message, Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin can be hired. What can you do for her?” This caused a great uproar, and the applicants who were eliminated were instantly furious.

“What does this mean? Pury Investment is such a big company, how can you be so unprofessional? Do you want to continue in the industry in the future?”

“I took leave from Hangzhou to come here! It’s pointless for you to play like this!”

“I’m even more tragic. I came from Shuangqing. I wouldn’t regret losing to my competitors, but I definitely can’t accept this kind of thing. Pury must give us an explanation.”

“Yes! You must give us an explanation, or we’ll make sure Pury can’t recruit anyone in the industry in the future, and no one will be willing to cooperate with you!”… Seeing that the situation was not good, the head of the human resources department quickly ran in to call out the vice president, who was Li Sheng’s mother, Chen Juan.

Li Sheng explained to everyone, “I was just saying that casually. I didn’t call my mom. They were completely hired based on their own strength.”

“Who would believe what you say?”

“There’s a recording, and you’re still trying to quibble.”

“The vice president of Pury Investment is giving her future daughter-in-law a back door. What can we do?”

“I just regret that I’m not a beauty, otherwise I might be able to get a back door too.”… Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin were furious. They were clearly hired based on their hard work, but Li Sheng’s words made it seem like they got in through the back door. Who could they reason with?

Chen Juan came out, waved her hand, and signaled her son to leave. However, the applicants were in a fit of anger and wouldn’t let Li Sheng leave so easily.

Everyone formed several circles and trapped Li Sheng.

“He can’t leave! Pury must give us an explanation today!”

“Yes! Is it fun to trick people into coming from far away to apply?”

“I took three days off. I trusted you so much, and this is how you treat us?”… Chen Juan quickly explained, “Everyone, be quiet and listen to me. This recruitment is absolutely fair, just, and open. We completely hired the top two based on everyone’s scores. He is indeed my son, but he didn’t call me or send me a message. I don’t know Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin at all, and I didn’t talk to the human resources department.” Head of Human Resources: “Yes, yes, yes! There really wasn’t any cheating. Don’t be misled by a recording of unknown origin.”

“The recording is so clear. We’re not deaf. We can hear that it’s your son’s voice!”

“That’s right! You’re bullying people too much. You’re still trying to quibble after being caught. You don’t even express any apology. Pury Investment is really awesome. It’s okay to bully customers, but you even bully applicants.”

“We’re going to send messages to our colleagues to advertise Pury Investment and give everyone a new understanding of it.”… With such a big commotion, Pury Investment’s chairman, Huang Nianming, came out.

“What’s going on?” Huang Nianming asked. The head of the human resources department quickly explained the whole story in detail, emphasizing that she had absolutely done a public, fair, and just recruitment. It was just that the vice president’s son had ruined the recruitment with a single sentence and brought a huge crisis of credibility to the company.

Huang Nianming was furious and scolded, “Vice President Chen, what’s going on? Are you doing this kind of thing in the company?” Chen Juan quickly explained, “Chairman Huang, I really didn’t talk to the human resources department. My son was just saying that casually. He didn’t really do that. Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin were hired based on their own strength. There was absolutely no cheating.” The investment circle was so small. If Pury Investment’s reputation was ruined, it would be difficult to recruit talented people in the future.

Huang Nianming made a decisive decision and said, “The recruitment results are void. We’ll recruit again! Vice President Chen, your salary and year-end bonus for this month will be deducted. If you don’t agree, resign. If you need arbitration, go directly to the legal department.” With that, Huang Nianming turned around and went back angrily.

In fact, the other applicants were deliberately doing this so that they would have a chance. Now that they had their wish, everyone showed a smug smile.

However, while they were smug, Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin were upset. The two of them were also stubborn and directly gave up continuing to apply.

“Li Sheng, I’m telling you clearly in front of your mom that I’m not interested in you. I’d rather be single for the rest of my life than accept you! I’m asking you not to harass me again in the future, or I’ll call the police! Trash!” Jin Ming rejected Li Sheng in the most humiliating way.

Huang Xiaomin, who was innocently implicated, was also upset and angry, and said, “You’re a rich second generation, but the girl has rejected you several times. Why are you still so cheap and pestering her? Do you think you’re deeply in love and devoted? But your behavior is causing trouble for others and is just disgusting in their eyes. Do you know that? Pui [an expression of disgust]! Trash!” Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin left angrily.

Chen Juan looked angry and embarrassed, glaring fiercely at her son. Li Sheng looked embarrassed, wanting to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

However, Li Sheng did not give up because of this, but instead became more determined to get Jin Ming.

If he couldn’t get her through proper means, he would use some tricks. Damn it, isn’t she just a woman? There are many ways to get her.

“Damn it, I gave you face and pursued you properly, but you didn’t appreciate it. Fine, then don’t blame me for being rude. There’s no woman I can’t get my hands on. Wait, the more fiercely you two cursed me just now, the more fiercely I’ll play with you later! I won’t be surnamed Li if I don’t tame you in bed!”

Li Sheng thought to himself.

… Yang Chen followed Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin out and quickly stopped them.

“Are you two interested in taking a test? I’ll give you two 10 million in funds, and you’ll turn it into 20 million by investing in stocks in the shortest amount of time. If you can complete it within a month, I can provide a company for you two to fully utilize your talents. Are you interested?” Yang Chen asked.

Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin exchanged glances and immediately became alert. Jin Ming: “Are you serious?” Huang Xiaomin: “Don’t think you can trick us just because we failed the interview.” Yang Chen: “To be honest with you two, I just registered a Starlight Investment company under my name, and I haven’t found suitable traders to operate it yet. I heard you were coming to apply for traders, so I came up specifically to see if I could select suitable ones. I didn’t expect that you two would be rejected due to a misunderstanding. I think Pury Investment is willing to hire you, which means your strength is outstanding. Now I want to see your practical ability. If you can pass the test, I can confidently hand over the company to you to manage and operate. In the future, one of you will be the CEO and the other will be the vice president. Isn’t it better to develop your personal talents than to be someone else’s subordinate?” Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin looked at each other again and quickly searched online for Starlight Investment.

Hey, there really was such a company, which was just registered last week, which completely matched what Yang Chen said just now.

“Your name is Yang Chen?” Jin Ming asked. Yang Chen nodded and showed them his ID card.

Jin Ming: “How can a taxi driver like you have so much money?” Yang Chen: “My family has mines. I really have nothing to do, so I came out to drive a taxi to pass the time. Otherwise, I’m not even 25 years old. It’s so boring to lie down and collect rent. My life would be wasted.” Jin Ming, Huang Xiaomin: “…” Is that human language?

The two walked aside and discussed for a while, and finally decided to try it. Yang Chen’s words just now moved them. It’s always better to be the boss of your own company than to be someone else’s subordinate to develop your talents.

Both of them were 28 years old this year and had been front-line traders for five years. It was time to seek a higher professional position.

“Okay! We accept your test! We’ll go back to resign this afternoon and focus on accepting your test!” Jin Ming said.

Huang Xiaomin: “I hope you don’t lie to us, or I’ll follow you every day and make you responsible for the rest of my life.” Jin Ming rolled her eyes and whispered, “Sister, can you stop being infatuated?” Huang Xiaomin whispered back, “Hehe… but he’s really handsome.” Yang Chen exchanged contact information with the two of them and sent them back, waiting for them to solve their work problems before officially testing them.

Around 3 PM, Qiu Yuhong called Yang Chen. Qiu Yuhong: “Chairman Yang, Li Xiang should have used his connections to mess with us. Today, several shopping malls where we are responsible for security have been subjected to surprise inspections of fire safety and other situations. At this moment, the tax and other departments are checking our headquarters’ tax payment records. Although we are not afraid of these petty troubles, we can’t just let this go since Li Xiang is provoking us!” Yang Chen: “Are you sure it’s Li Xiang?” Qiu Yuhong: “It must be him. We haven’t offended anyone recently, and we’ve never had such a large-scale investigation of our situation before. It can only be Li Xiang using his connections to retaliate against you. There is no other possibility. Moreover, the inspectors intentionally or unintentionally reminded us that Aegis Security Group should be honest and not be too arrogant. Every department’s inspectors said the same thing. Doesn’t that explain the problem?” Yang Chen: “Hehe… I didn’t do anything to him, but he attacked me instead. It seems I was right before. If I don’t force those big shots to leave Li Xiang, they will definitely try their best to protect him. Let’s be patient for now. I’ll be able to complete the layout soon, and I won’t give Li Xiang any chance to resist!” Qiu Yuhong: “Okay, understood.” After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen continued to drive his car to pick up passengers.

Near dusk, Li Qinqin, a junior from the University of Finance and Economics, called Yang Chen. Li Qinqin is now a member of the internet celebrity company under Yang Chen’s name. Because she is Yang Chen’s junior [someone in a lower academic year], she has also received key care from the company and has now become a big internet celebrity with millions of fans.

Li Qinqin: “Senior, are you free tomorrow?” Yang Chen: “It depends on what you need. My time is very free. I’m free when I say I’m free, and I’m not free when I say I’m not free.” Li Qinqin: “The big boss is indeed a big boss. You speak more firmly than others. I want to do an outdoor fishing show tomorrow, but it’s boring for me to go fishing alone. Can you accompany me? It’s best if you can introduce a few characters who are between awesome and amazing to give me a gimmick and attract a wave of traffic [online views]. What do you think?” Fishing used to be something Yang Chen really liked to do. When he was in college, as long as the weather was good and he was free, he would definitely go fishing in the wild ditch not far from the school and then take it to the snack street to pay a chef to cook it.

Since graduating, he hasn’t fished again. It seems good to find the feeling of the past tomorrow.

Yang Chen: “Okay! Where are we going fishing tomorrow?” Li Qinqin: “I’ve already found a place, Mingyang Reservoir. I’ll go to your house tomorrow morning, and I’ll take you there.” Yang Chen: “Okay, it’s settled.” He also had to find a few big shots to give Li Qinqin a wave of traffic.

Yang Chen called Zhang Xiang and others. Everyone had to go, especially Zhang Xiang, who was a big internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans.

“Hello, Attorney Zhang, let’s go fishing tomorrow!”

“Hello, Chairman Qiu, let’s go fishing tomorrow to relax.”

“Hello, President Huang, let’s go fishing tomorrow.”… The scene should be big enough now. At the same time, Li Sheng, who had just been humiliated, was in a very depressed mood and called a few friends, inviting them to play on a yacht at Mingyang Reservoir tomorrow.

Not everyone has time to play on yachts at sea. Some private reservoir owners in the city have developed yacht projects.

Customers can dock their yachts at the reservoir’s pier or rent the reservoir owner’s yachts to play.

In addition to fishing and experiencing farmhouses, Mingyang Reservoir also offers yachting.