How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 194

Twenty minutes later, Chen Qingxia arrived with her colleagues. They went straight to Room 1201, Building 10, and caught the female passenger who was live-streaming.

There were so many props in the room that even the well-informed Chen Qingxia blushed. Before long, the female passenger was brought out by Chen Qingxia and the others.

Seeing Yang Chen’s car parked on the side of the road, the female passenger immediately said, “There’s a male streamer in that car. He made an appointment with me to live-stream together. Arrest him too! Can that be considered a meritorious service for me, so I can get lenient treatment?” Chen Qingxia said with a smile, “He’s the one who reported you for broadcasting pornography!” Female passenger: “Ah? You bastard, you’re not honorable!” Chen Qingxia put the female passenger in the police car and waved goodbye to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen smiled slightly. Hai City belongs to you, me, and everyone else. Civilization and harmony depend on everyone. Oh yeah, another day full of positive energy.

……Yang Chen happily drove home, took a shower as quickly as possible, and lay down on the bed. Having just obtained the [God of Stocks] skill, Yang Chen wanted to see its effect.

He opened the Tonghuashun app [a popular Chinese stock trading app] and added 10 stocks to his watchlist based on his intuition. If these stocks could hit the daily limit [maximum allowed price increase] tomorrow, he could basically determine whether the [God of Stocks] skill rewarded by the system was effective.

Early in the morning, a SF Express [a Chinese delivery company] delivery guy brought the Tang Pavilion equity transfer agreement. Yang Chen glanced at it, put it in the safe in his study, and went out to drive.

At 9:50 AM, Yang Chen dropped off a passenger at their destination and quickly found a place to park. He opened the Tonghuashun app to see how the 10 stocks he had picked last night were doing.

Wow, the [God of Stocks] skill rewarded by the system is amazing. All 10 stocks that Yang Chen picked based on his intuition hit the daily limit.

What are you waiting for? Quickly start real-time trading and try it out! Yang Chen immediately transferred 1 million to his account and then bought 5 stocks based on his intuition.

If these 5 stocks could also hit the daily limit before the market closed, it would prove that [God of Stocks] really works. 15 out of 15, this probability is enough to explain the problem.

Near noon, Jin Ming called Yang Chen, wanting to ask him out for a meal. Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin were the fund managers personally selected by Yang Chen. As long as they were capable, Xingchen Investment would be handed over to them to manage and operate. So, since Jin Ming wanted to treat him to a meal, Yang Chen naturally wouldn’t refuse.

Half an hour later, the two met at the restaurant. Seeing that Jin Ming looked unhappy, Yang Chen asked, “What’s wrong? Did you encounter any trouble?” Jin Ming nodded and told Yang Chen her troubles.

As mentioned earlier, Jin Ming is a famous beautiful fund manager in Hai City’s investment circle. There are at least eighty to one hundred people who have thoughts about her.

This includes her immediate boss, Lin Ming. Lin Ming received the resignation letters from Jin Ming and Huang Xiaomin and immediately approved Huang Xiaomin’s resignation application but rejected Jin Ming’s resignation application.

If she doesn’t get her supervisor’s signature, according to company regulations, Jin Ming can only leave automatically after one month.

The key is that Lin Ming knows that Jin Ming is going to resign and leave, and now he can’t wait to pursue her, fearing that he won’t have a chance after she leaves.

If Lin Ming pursued her properly, Jin Ming could clearly refuse. The problem is that this guy is creating opportunities to approach Jin Ming under the guise of work, which makes it impossible for her to refuse.

At 2 PM today, Lin Ming is taking Jin Ming to Tang Pavilion to have dinner with a client who just returned from abroad.

The client is still on the plane, and Jin Ming has to go to the airport with Lin Ming to pick him up later. Jin Ming called Yang Chen out to ask him to pretend to be her boyfriend so that Lin Ming would back down and stop fantasizing, and quickly approve her resignation letter.

Having finally found two capable fund managers, Yang Chen certainly couldn’t sit idly by and ignore their troubles.

“Okay! Leave this to me. I’m a professional at pretending to be a boyfriend. I’ll definitely handle things beautifully for you,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Jin Ming covered her mouth and laughed. So, this is what the cold goddess looks like when she smiles. It feels like a piece of ice suddenly melting, obviously cold, but it makes people feel warm.

As the two were talking, Lin Ming called Jin Ming. Jin Ming said helplessly, “Here it comes, he must be calling me to pick up the client at the airport.” After speaking, Jin Ming answered the phone.

Unsurprisingly, Lin Ming told her to go back to the company immediately and go to the airport with him to pick up the client. Yang Chen: “Then you go back first and go to the airport to pick up the client with him. I’ll go to Tang Pavilion later and pretend to run into you, okay?” Jin Ming: “Okay. Then you have to perform well and outshine him, make him feel inferior, and never dare to have any thoughts about me again, okay?” Yang Chen made an “OK” gesture and said, “No problem! I told you, I’ve been a professional boyfriend for twenty years. Many girls have asked me to pretend to be their boyfriend. Sometimes I’m not interested and I’ve rejected many people. You are the fund manager I personally selected, so I will definitely protect you.”

Jin Ming: “Hehe… you’re so full of yourself. I’m leaving first. See you at Tang Pavilion later.” Yang Chen nodded.

Jin Ming quickly got up and left, and also paid the bill. This girl is so considerate! At two o’clock, Yang Chen arrived at Tang Pavilion.

In fact, even if Jin Ming didn’t ask Yang Chen for help, he would have found time to come and take a look. After all, Tang Pavilion is his now, so he has to come and see how the restaurant is doing.

Yang Chen found them based on the location Jin Ming sent.

“Huh? Xiao Ming, why are you here? Shouldn’t you be at work now?” Yang Chen said. Jin Ming and the others quickly looked over.

Jin Ming smiled, got up, ran over, and took Yang Chen’s hand, explaining, “I’m accompanying the manager to meet a client. Why are you here?” Yang Chen: “Oh, I just dropped off a passenger for dinner. He forgot something in my car, so I brought it to him. I didn’t expect to see you.”

Jin Ming pulled Yang Chen over and said with a smile, “Director Chen, Manager Lin, let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Yang Chen. Achen, this is Mr. Lin Ming, the investment department manager of my company, and this is Director Chen from the Agricultural and Commercial Bank.” Yang Chen smiled and shook hands with the two of them.

Lin Ming’s face changed, but then he smiled and asked, “Jin Ming, I’ve never heard you mention him before. When did you get a boyfriend?” Jin Ming: “We just started dating last week. I usually don’t like to talk about personal matters, so I didn’t tell everyone.” Lin Ming: “Mr. Yang, what do you do?” Yang Chen: “I’m a ride-hailing driver on the Bilibili platform [a Chinese video sharing website].”

A ride-hailing driver and an investment circle goddess are completely from two different worlds. How could they possibly be in a relationship?

“Hehe… I see. Jin Ming wants to use this method to get rid of me. That’s so naive. Am I that easy to fool? Okay! Since you kid don’t know what’s good for you and pretend to be her boyfriend, then I’ll let you know that some things can’t be done. Once you do them, you have to bear the serious consequences,” Lin Ming thought to himself.

Lin Ming said with a smile, “Since we ran into each other, let’s sit down and have something to eat together. Director Chen, do you think that’s okay?” Director Chen: “Haha… of course it’s okay. What’s wrong with that?” Yang Chen quickly refused, “No, no, I won’t delay your business. I’ll wait aside. After you’re done talking, I’ll chat with Mingming.” Director Chen: “Haha… it’s okay, it’s okay, just sit down. We’ve already finished talking about business, it doesn’t matter.” Lin Ming: “Director Chen said it’s okay, so sit down. Otherwise, we’ll worry that you might have some misunderstanding. Director Chen, right?” Director Chen: “Haha… yes, yes, you should stay.” Jin Ming: “Since Director Chen and the manager are asking you to stay, then sit down.” Yang Chen: “No, this is my first time here, so I’ll just open a separate table and experience the dishes and service here.” This wasn’t Yang Chen making things up. It really was his first time here.

However, in the future, he can come here often, even every day. So, he sat down at the empty table next to them.

Lin Ming: “Mr. Yang, feel free to order whatever you like. It’s rare to come here once, and I don’t know when you’ll come again next time. I’m treating today, so order whatever you want.” Lin Ming still wanted to show off in front of Jin Ming.

Yang Chen: “No need, I’ll just pay for myself. I’m a bit picky about food, so it’s inevitable that the price will be a bit expensive. I’m embarrassed to have Manager Lin pay. What if you don’t have enough money? That would be embarrassing.” Lin Ming revealed a disdainful smile. What is a ride-hailing driver being picky about?

No matter how picky he is, how picky can he be?

“Is he trying to show off in front of me? How naive. Do you think I can’t see that you’re deliberately showing off? Okay, I’ll see how much money Jin Ming is going to spend to put on this show,” Lin Ming thought to himself.

Then Lin Ming said with a smile, “I definitely have enough money, so you don’t have to worry about that. However, since you insist on paying for yourself, then I won’t force you. Let me introduce you to a few dishes, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied. After eating them once, you’ll want to come again next time.” Yang Chen: “Is that so? That sounds good! Manager Lin, please tell me.” Lin Ming: “French foie gras, Italian black truffle, Kobe beef, sturgeon caviar, these are all world-renowned top ingredients. It’s rare to come here once, so you have to try them, right?” Yang Chen: “Good suggestion! Waiter, give me one of everything Manager Lin just said.” The waiter was overjoyed and quickly nodded, replying, “Okay, okay. Please wait a moment, I’ll go place the order with the kitchen right away.” Jin Ming’s face was very ugly. With so many expensive ingredients, her wallet might not be enough.

However, since she asked Yang Chen to help, she had to grit her teeth and bear it to the end, no matter what. Lin Ming’s mouth revealed a sly smile, and he thought to himself, “Jin Ming’s face has changed, haha… I’ll see how you two are going to continue this show. What big storms haven’t I seen? Is it useful to play these little tricks with me?” Soon, the waiter brought the dishes.

The other dishes were fine, but the caviar was too little. The default serving was 10 grams, costing 1998 yuan [approximately $300 USD].

10 grams is only one spoonful, which is too stingy. Yang Chen: “No, miss, what’s the meaning of this caviar? You’re giving me so little, I’ll eat it all in one bite. It’s rare for me to come here once, but you’re serving it like this, making people think I can’t afford it. Bring me a can, one can for me and one can for my girlfriend, and open a bottle of champagne to go with it.” Waiter: “Ah? Sir, this is European sturgeon caviar, it’s very expensive. One can is about 250 grams and costs 50,000 yuan [approximately $7,500 USD].” Yang Chen: “It’s okay, as long as the food is delicious, it’s worth the price. Go get it, one can for me and one can for my girlfriend. A three-star restaurant is so stingy, aren’t you afraid of customers laughing at you?” The waiter was a little confused. Today, she encountered a nouveau riche who had never seen the world.

“Okay, okay, I’ll go get it for you two right away,” the waiter said happily. Lin Ming and Director Chen, who were on the side, were a little confused. Is being a ride-hailing driver so profitable now?

Even the rich don’t dare to eat it this way, but a ride-hailing driver dares to eat it like this. Jin Ming wanted to cry. According to Yang Chen’s order, she might have to withdraw her fixed deposit from the bank to pay the bill.

Soon, the waiter brought two cans of caviar and opened the champagne. Yang Chen handed one of the cans to Jin Ming and said, “Mingming, this is my treat. That… Manager Lin, Director Chen, I’m sorry, this stuff is really too expensive, I can’t afford to treat you. I’m really a bit hungry, so I’ll start eating.” After speaking, Yang Chen started eating.

Jin Ming looked at the 50,000 yuan in her hand and couldn’t bear to eat it. One bite costs more than a thousand yuan. She’s not eating food, she’s eating money.

However, the situation has already reached this point, so she has to cooperate with Yang Chen to continue acting, otherwise, all her previous efforts would be in vain.

. So, Jin Ming opened the can and asked, “Manager Lin, Director Chen, would you like me to share some with you?” Director Chen’s face showed displeasure.

Originally, he thought that the dishes Lin Ming ordered were fine, but compared to Yang Chen’s top-quality ingredients, what they were eating was simply pig food.

Especially now that Jin Ming actually said she would share some with him, it made him feel even more embarrassed. Yang Chen deliberately mocked, “Huh? Why aren’t you eating? The cabbage won’t taste good when it’s cold, and that hairtail, I only eat fried hairtail in restaurants outside, and it’s impossible to eat when it’s cold. That honey sweet potato also has to be eaten while it’s hot, it’s not only not tasty when it’s cold, but it’s also easy to cause diarrhea.” After Yang Chen said this, Director Chen completely lost his appetite.

Lin Ming had no choice but to call the waiter over to order more dishes.

“These dishes are all cold, take them all away and bring us the dishes he’s eating,” Lin Ming said. If he could secure funding from the Agricultural and Commercial Bank, the company would earn enough money to eat and drink extravagantly here every day.

You can’t catch a wolf without letting go of the child [idiom meaning you have to invest to get a return], so you still have to invest a little capital. A few words secured a big order for Tang Pavilion. Yang Chen is a competent boss.

Soon, the waiter brought Lin Ming’s table the same high-end dishes that Yang Chen had ordered. Director Chen smiled happily and finished all the dishes with great satisfaction.

Director Chen wiped his mouth and said contentedly, “Manager Lin, if we put our funds in your company, what annual rate of return can you guarantee?” Lin Ming was overjoyed. These high-end dishes were not served in vain. They were finally talking business.

Lin Ming: “At least 10%, and under normal circumstances, the annual rate of return is around 15%. The one-year deposit interest rate that the bank gives to depositors is %, as long as you put the money here, you don’t have to do anything for a year and you can earn at least 10% net.” Director Chen: “That’s a bit low. Li Xiang offers a guaranteed 30% return per year.” Lin Ming: “There are some things I can’t say, I can only say that it’s absolutely safe to put it here, and there won’t be any problems no matter what. I can’t say much else, Director Chen is also an insider, so he should understand what I mean.” Director Chen smiled without saying a word.

Yang Chen, who was on the side, said, “An annual rate of return of only 15%? That’s too low. I can double my money in a year by trading stocks myself. You’re only giving 15% return if you manage it, that’s too little.” This is too much, is he trying to sabotage things?

It’s still tolerable for him to pretend to be Jin Ming’s boyfriend, but sabotaging things is not okay! Lin Ming immediately said, “What does a ride-hailing driver like you know about stocks? Do you understand candlestick charts? Do you know what KDJ and MACD are [technical analysis indicators]? What are you pretending to be?” Jin Ming: “Manager Lin, you’re wrong to say that. It’s true that my boyfriend is a ride-hailing driver, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t understand stocks. What do you mean by belittling him like that?” Lin Ming: “You’re a professional fund manager, don’t you know the rate of return on funds?” Jin Ming: “I know. But that doesn’t mean my boyfriend doesn’t understand stocks.” Lin Ming was about to be driven crazy. They were here today to secure Director Chen’s funds, but Jin Ming not only didn’t help him, but she was actually contradicting him. This is outrageous!

Director Chen said with a smile, “Mr. Yang, is your return on investment in stocks very high?” Yang Chen: “I just started playing, but I don’t think it’s difficult. Doubling my money in a year shouldn’t be a problem. Let me show you, the 5 stocks I just bought should all be up.” Yang Chen opened the trading software and showed them his holdings.

The three of them were stunned when they saw that all five stocks Yang Chen bought had hit the daily limit. Director Chen quickly took the phone and looked at it carefully for a while, and then asked with a smile, “Mr. Yang, how did you catch these limit-up stocks?” Yang Chen: “That’s my secret. If you’re interested, you can come and check it out when my investment company is operating normally.” Director Chen: “Mr. Yang also has an investment company?” Yang Chen: “Yes! I opened an investment company for Mingming to manage. She has already submitted her resignation to Manager Lin, but he hasn’t approved it. But it doesn’t matter, she can leave automatically after a month. When our company is operating normally, Director Chen can come and take a look.” Director Chen smiled, took out his phone, and said, “Then let’s add each other as friends on WeChat [a popular Chinese messaging app]. When your company is operating normally, be sure to notify me as soon as possible. Our bank now has about 3 billion funds to take out to invest. If Mr. Yang can guarantee us an annual rate of return of no less than 50%, we will give you the money to manage.” Yang Chen added Director Chen as a friend and said, “A 50% rate of return is too simple, I guarantee there won’t be any problems.” Director Chen: “Haha… good, I like confident young people.” If he could secure the funds from the Agricultural and Commercial Bank, it would be much easier to secure the political and business tycoons in Li Xiang’s hands through the Agricultural and Commercial Bank.

He didn’t expect that coming here today to pretend to be Jin Ming’s boyfriend would actually have unexpected gains. Lin Ming was dumbfounded. He had already spent the money, but Yang Chen had intercepted the client. How would he explain this to the boss when he got back? Could he get reimbursed for spending so much money?

Lin Ming quickly said, “Director Chen, don’t listen to his nonsense. Li Xiang is so powerful, he only gives customers a 30% rate of return per year. How could a ride-hailing driver like him give you a 50% rate of return?” Director Chen: “I know what’s going on. Since Miss Jin Ming has already submitted her resignation, you should just approve it. Why waste her a month? How about this, give me some face and agree to Miss Jin Ming’s resignation now, and I’ll give your company a little bit of funding to manage in return. How about that?” Lin Ming was speechless.

Jin Ming: “Thank you for Director Chen’s kindness, it’s okay, I’ll just wait a month. When we achieve results, I hope Director Chen can take care of us more.” Director Chen: “Haha… I only look at the rate of return, not the person! As long as you can guarantee an annual rate of return of more than 50%, I’ll give you the funds to manage.” Lin Ming quickly said, “Oh dear, Director Chen, don’t be fooled by them. Jin Ming doesn’t have a boyfriend at all, she just found a ride-hailing driver to pretend to be her boyfriend so that I would give up on her. Do you understand what I mean? Bro, you’ve had enough. If you ruin our cooperation with Director Chen, you can’t afford the consequences.” Yang Chen wiped his mouth, got up, walked to Jin Ming, pinched her chin, and leaned over to kiss her.

Jin Ming’s whole body suddenly tensed up, feeling a strong electric current sweeping through her body. Then she felt her legs go a little weak and her head a little oxygen-deprived, and she directly collapsed into Yang Chen’s arms.

Wow, it’s said that girls might faint when they kiss, and it’s true. Yang Chen put his arms around Jin Ming and said, “Manager Lin, do you think if I’m pretending to be her boyfriend, will she call the police and arrest me next?” At this time, Jin Ming’s mind was blank. Her first kiss, which she had guarded for 28 years, was gone just like that?

Is the persona of the cold goddess in the investment circle collapsing a bit? Lin Ming looked embarrassed and didn’t know how to answer.

Director Chen laughed loudly and said, “It’s obvious that they’re a couple. I’m an experienced person, I definitely won’t be wrong.” Yang Chen said with a smile, “Director Chen has a unique vision, Manager Lin is obviously a bit slow.”

Lin Ming was very angry and clenched his fists angrily.

At this time, Tan Hongkai, the manager of Tang Pavilion, walked over with a few people.

“Mr. Yang, you’re here. Why didn’t you notify me in advance so I could take the staff out to greet you? If the secretary hadn’t seen you here, I wouldn’t have known you were here,” Tan Hongkai said very humbly.

Jin Ming and the others were instantly stunned. What’s going on? Why is the manager of Tang Pavilion so polite to Yang Chen?

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “I just came over temporarily for something. Please go to the office to talk, Director Chen, Manager Lin.” Tan Hongkai nodded and quickly stepped forward to invite, “Director Chen, Manager Lin, please follow me.” Then, a group of people followed Tan Hongkai to the office.

Jin Ming looked at Yang Chen with a face full of doubt. At this moment, she felt that the man in front of her was definitely not simple, so mysterious that it was impossible to figure him out.

Yang Chen walked over to Tan Hongkai’s boss chair and sat down, then motioned for Jin Ming to sit on his lap. The cold goddess instantly turned into a shy little girl. Jin Ming sat shyly on Yang Chen’s lap, a blush rising on her fair face.

Director Chen and Lin Ming were so shocked that their eyes widened. Why is Yang Chen sitting in Tan Hongkai’s boss chair?

Tan Hongkai’s secretary made tea and came over. In order to flatter the new boss, Tan Hongkai quickly personally handed a cup of tea to Yang Chen and said, “Mr. Yang, please have some tea.” Then, he handed another cup of tea to the side and said, “Boss lady, please have some tea.” What?

Boss lady? Yang Chen is the boss of Tang Pavilion?