How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 211

Yang Chen left the building with Zhang Yan, his new assistant, and said, “Introduce yourself.” Zhang Yan quickly replied, “My name is Zhang Yan. I graduated from the Dragon Literature Department of Haicheng Normal University. I’m from Huaicheng, Anhui Province, and I currently live alone in Haicheng. I have grandparents, parents, and a younger brother in high school. I’m currently single, but I have a pursuer who I’m not interested in, but he’s persistent.” With a bachelor’s degree in Dragon Literature, helping Zhang Yanni deal with reporters shouldn’t be a problem in the future. Yang Chen was quite satisfied with her qualifications and told her to report to Starlight Entertainment in the Haishang Financial Building.

Yang Chen then called Yu Shishi to explain the situation, leaving the rest to her management.

In the evening, Zhang Yanni called Yang Chen. Zhang Yanni: “Brother Chen, did you assign me an assistant?” Yang Chen: “Yes! I noticed other celebrities have assistants, so I wanted to get you one. She graduated from the Dragon Literature Department of Haicheng Normal University, so she should be able to help you deal with reporters and stuff in the future.” Zhang Yanni: “Brother Chen, I’m not famous yet. Won’t people laugh at me for having such a big entourage?” Yang Chen: “You’re the leading actress that Starlight Entertainment is promoting, so what if you have a big entourage? Don’t be embarrassed. Just enjoy the perks.” Zhang Yanni: “Hehe… Thank you, Brother Chen. I’ll treat you to dinner when I finish filming this movie.” Yang Chen: “Okay! I’ll hold you to that. I’ll wait for you to come back and treat me to dinner. Okay, I’ve got to go. I have to go pick up passengers.” … Later that evening, Tang Xia called Yang Chen.

Tang Xia: “Hey you, what are you doing?” Yang Chen: “Driving a taxi, picking up passengers, and making money to marry a wife.” Tang Xia: “Hehe… I believe you. Let’s have dinner together tonight. Remember to bring your ID and charger, and bring me a bottle of Nutrition Express [a popular brand of flavored milk drink]. No need to heat it up. I can drink it cold.” Yang Chen: “Where are we going to eat? Why do I need to bring my ID? Do we need to register with our real names to eat now?” Tang Xia: “Ugh, annoying. Just figure it out. Remember to pick me up later.” If a girl really likes you, she’ll take the initiative.

After picking up a few passengers, Yang Chen saw that it was almost time, so he headed to the Haicheng Conservatory of Music to pick up Tang Xia.

Tang Xia was dressed beautifully, wearing a short down jacket, with bare-leg illusion tights [skin-toned tights that give the appearance of bare legs] and a short skirt, looking like she stepped straight out of a manga.

Tang Xia got into the passenger seat and said, “Let’s go. Let’s eat Japanese food today.” Yang Chen looked her up and down and said, “I think we can put our IDs to their *intended* use first, and *then* go eat.” Tang Xia immediately lowered her head shyly and playfully punched Yang Chen a couple of times.

But she didn’t object. Yang Chen took her directly to the hotel, and they put their IDs to their intended use first.

Around eight o’clock, they went out to find food. Tang Xia wanted Japanese food, and since she had performed so well earlier, Yang Chen took her to a Japanese restaurant.

Coincidentally, his three roommates from college, Zhou Wenkai, Liang Wendi, and Chen Zhengyuan, were also at the entrance of the same Japanese restaurant.

Yang Chen and Tang Xia, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, attracted attention wherever they went, and the three friends immediately noticed them.

Zhou Wenkai: “Old Yang!” Liang Wendi: “Holy crap, Old Yang, it really is you!”

Chen Zhengyuan: “Bro, did you find a girlfriend? Your girl is really beautiful.” Yang Chen introduced them, and Tang Xia greeted the three of them gracefully.

Zhou Wenkai: “Old Yang, you have good taste. Are you here to eat too?” Yang Chen: “Yes! She wanted to eat Japanese food, so I brought her here. What’s up with you three? You’re going out to eat together, why didn’t you call me?” Chen Zhengyuan: “We wanted to call you, but we thought that you’re different from us now, and we were afraid of taking up your time.” Liang Wendi: “Yeah. You can earn a lot of money every minute now, and we’re a little embarrassed to call you. No offense, it won’t affect our relationship, but as brothers, we have to be considerate.” Yang Chen: “Bullshit! Remember to call me next time you guys go out. I’m not that busy. Let’s go, let’s eat together.” Zhou Wenkai: “We can’t get in! There are too many people inside.” Tang Xia quickly said, “I have a VIP card. Let me go in and talk to them. Wait for me for a while.” After speaking, Tang Xia quickly walked in to find the cashier to communicate.

Zhou Wenkai and the other two surrounded Yang Chen, gossiping and asking him how far he had progressed with Tang Xia. Yang Chen didn’t like talking about his woman with other men, not even his brothers.

“We just started. How have you three been lately? Is work going well?” Yang Chen changed the subject. Chen Zhengyuan was doing very well in Yang Chen’s advertising company, and his salary plus commission for the past two months was more than 50,000 [currency not specified, but assumed to be Chinese Yuan].

But Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi were not doing so well. They had just passed their probation period, but their savings were almost gone.

Chen Zhengyuan said with a smile, “I told you to come to Old Yang’s company a long time ago, but you insisted on being stubborn. If you came over, at the very least, we wouldn’t have set a probation period for you and used you for three months at a bargain price. The cost of living here is so high. You barely make any money in three months, and you still have to maintain normal social activities, so you have to spend all your savings.” Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi sighed, feeling regretful.

But they had just passed their probation period, and they were a little reluctant to leave now. They planned to work for half a year first. If their work didn’t improve significantly, they would go to the advertising company and join Chen Zhengyuan.

At this time, Tang Xia came out, followed by a waiter. Tang Xia: “There are no private rooms left, so let’s just eat in the main dining area.” It was just a simple meal, and they weren’t going to talk about anything important, so the main dining area was fine.

Waiter: “There are five of you in total, right? Please follow me.” Tang Xia walked in front with Yang Chen’s arm in hers, and Zhou Wenkai and the other three walked behind.

The waiter led them to a table, brought them the menu, and let them order. Yang Chen rarely ate this type of food, so he left it to Tang Xia to order.

“Why did you three think of coming here to eat?” Yang Chen asked. Zhou Wenkai: “I have a Japanese client, and I wanted to familiarize myself with the process of eating Japanese food first, so I can bring him here for a meal tomorrow. My living expenses are a little tight, so I had to call them out to help me out.” Yang Chen: “You’re having such a hard time. If you’re ever in trouble in the future, just go to the nearest Baoqing Restaurant and say you’re my friends. Have the manager call me to verify. Just eat and leave, no need to pay. Baoqing Restaurant is also my property. We’re planning to change the name and go public soon. You guys should use your brains and think of a good name for me.” Zhou Wenkai: “Holy crap, Old Yang, your business is getting bigger and bigger. We didn’t even dare to go back to the last school anniversary. I heard you donated two buildings?” Yang Chen: “To be exact, I only donated a university activity center, but the school gave me the naming rights to the teaching building to thank me for helping them save 20 million in land acquisition costs. Stop talking about these things, and quickly think of a good name for the restaurant.” The friends started racking their brains to think.

Tang Xia looked at Yang Chen with admiration. She felt that Yang Chen was definitely worthy of her family.

Zhou Wenkai: “Brothers Restaurant!” Liang Wendi: “Crap! That’s too corny! It’s better to call it Chenguang Restaurant.” Chen Zhengyuan: “The advertising company is already called Chenguang. It’s not creative to call the restaurant Chenguang too. Let’s call it Chenhai Restaurant.” Zhou Wenkai: “Wow, also corny.” Tang Xia: “Why don’t we call it Qiaojiangnan [meaning ‘South of the Yangtze River,’ evoking a sense of elegance and refinement]?” The friends’ eyes lit up. This name had some artistic flair.

Zhou Wenkai: “Sister-in-law is really smart. This name is much more elegant than what we came up with.” Liang Wendi: “I think it’s good too! I’m a rough person, but I can still feel the elegance of this name.” Chen Zhengyuan: “Sister-in-law is amazing. Old Yang, this name is good.” Yang Chen smiled and nodded, looking at Tang Xia with a doting expression, and said, “Then let’s call it Qiaojiangnan. I’ll tell them to change the company name tomorrow. I’m very happy today. Eat whatever you want, the whole meal is on me!” The friends happily added a few more dishes.

In fact, Yang Chen didn’t really like eating foreign food, because foreign food was just like their land and mind, too stingy. Each portion was so small, completely lacking the generous spirit of China, where no matter what dish it was, it was served on a big plate.

As they were eating, a few young people walked in. Coincidentally, they sat behind Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi.

They started talking and laughing loudly as soon as they came in, and the relatively quiet dining area immediately became like a vegetable market [a bustling and noisy place].

What was even more excessive was that they leaned back while laughing and accidentally bumped into Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi.

Japanese restaurants all have low tables where people sit cross-legged, and there’s no such thing as moving chairs, so Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi had nowhere to move.

Zhou Wenkai turned around and said to the people behind him, “Can you guys be a little quieter? It’s fine to laugh, but don’t lean back all the time. You’ve bumped into us several times.” There was nothing wrong with Zhou Wenkai’s words, and his tone was calm, with no intention of provoking.

But the six people behind him didn’t like it and were very arrogant. Especially the two guys who kept bumping into Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi deliberately leaned back and bumped into them a few more times.

Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi immediately got angry and stood up. The other party had just as many people and wasn’t afraid of Yang Chen and the others, so they also stood up immediately.

“What? You want to fight?”

“Come on, I’ll be happy to oblige!”

“Damn, would it kill you to bump into us?”

“What can you do by standing up? Do you dare to make a move?”

“… Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi were so poor that they had trouble eating, so they really didn’t dare to make a move. Chen Zhengyuan quickly pulled them down to sit down. Yang Chen comforted them, “Eat first, we’ll talk about it after we finish eating.” As he spoke, Yang Chen took out his phone and sent a message to Qiu Tian, asking him to bring people over to teach these punks some manners.

Yang Chen put down his phone and said with a smile, “Eat in peace.” Tang Xia whispered, “Tell them not to be too heavy-handed. If you cause trouble, the Securities Regulatory Commission won’t approve your company’s listing.” Yang Chen smiled and nodded, saying, “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi temporarily suppressed their anger and continued to eat.

But because of this, the people behind them mistakenly thought they were cowardly and deliberately bumped into Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi again, and they did it with extra force, obviously trying to be malicious.

Zhou Wenkai and Liang Wendi gritted their teeth in anger. Yang Chen also clenched his fists. It was a piece of cake to deal with these punks. He just didn’t want to do it himself.

But they were being too much. He couldn’t wait any longer; he would take care of them now! At this time, the waiter ran over and humbly asked the people not to cause trouble there.

The people restrained themselves a little, but they were still muttering insults. After a while, two acquaintances who weren’t very familiar walked in.

It was Li Jun, the boss of Good Food Company, his son Li Sheng, and a man Yang Chen didn’t recognize.

But Zhou Wenkai’s eyes lit up and said, “Damn! My Japanese client, Mr. Miyamoto. I have to go say hello.” Yang Chen and the others quickly nodded, understanding the salesman’s feelings.

Zhou Wenkai ran over to greet Miyamoto. Li Jun and Li Sheng saw Yang Chen and quickly came over to greet him.

Li Jun: “Mr. Yang, what a coincidence.” Li Sheng: “Brother Chen, good evening.” Yang Chen: “Hello. Go greet your client, don’t worry about me.” Li Jun and Li Sheng nodded and turned to walk towards Miyamoto.

Zhou Wenkai finished talking to Miyamoto and walked back happily. But when he passed the table behind him, the fat man who had been bumping into him deliberately stuck out his foot and tripped him, almost making him fall flat on his face.

“Haha…”

“Why are you so excited?”

“It’s just seeing a foreigner, why are you so excited? You can’t even walk properly.” … Zhou Wenkai was furious and went up to argue with him with his fist clenched.

But the fat man was very arrogant and didn’t argue with him at all. He directly picked up a plate and smashed it on his head.

“Cao Nima [a common Chinese curse word]! I’ve been looking at you unhappily for a long time! I’m fatter than you, so what if I bump into you? You’re so annoying!” the fat man cursed.

Yang Chen took out his car keys and handed them to Tang Xia, saying, “You wait in the car. Don’t come out unless I call you.” Tang Xia nodded and said, “Be careful and stay safe.” Yang Chen nodded.

Tang Xia was very sensible. She knew that it wasn’t wise to persuade Yang Chen not to make a move or to stay and hinder him. Waiting outside was what she should do now.

It was just a fight. He could ask his dad for help later, and it would be no big deal. Tang Xia got up and left, going to sit in Yang Chen’s car.

The staff hurried over to smooth things over, but it was no use at this point. Yang Chen took off his coat and said, “Take them down!” So, the four of them immediately rushed up and started fighting with the six people.

Not to mention adding Zhou Wenkai and the other three, Yang Chen had a big advantage even in a 1V6 situation. Li Jun had a flash of inspiration and said, “Shengzi, you go up and help too, be careful!” Li Sheng was stunned for a moment, but then he understood his dad’s intention. He wanted to please Yang Chen.

Li Sheng took off his coat and launched a sneak attack from behind. The six punks were very arrogant just now, but a minute later, they were all lying on the ground begging for mercy.

Yang Chen picked up a plate and handed it to Zhou Wenkai, saying, “However he smashed you, you smash him the same way!” Zhou Wenkai was holding back his anger, gritting his teeth and about to smash it down.

At this time, the fat man shouted, “You dare to smash me! My boss is Didi. If you dare to smash me, I guarantee your whole family will die a horrible death!” Didi?

Damn! These punks must have come to cause trouble for Yang Chen on purpose! Yang Chen: “Smash him! I’ll take responsibility!” With Yang Chen as his backer, Zhou Wenkai became bolder and raised the plate in his hand and smashed it on the fat man’s head.

Yang Chen wiped the blood on his hands and said, “I was going to wait for Qiu Tian to come over and deal with you, but you had to be cheap! Call Didi now, I want to talk to him.” The fat man covered his head and quickly took out his phone to call Didi.

Didi: “Hello, Da Xiong, what’s up?” Fat man: “Brother Di, we’re being beaten. That guy wants to talk to you.” Yang Chen took the phone and said, “Didi, right? You’re not doing a good job, but you have to be a dog for Li Xiang, right? Last time your people blocked my people inside, and I haven’t settled the score with you yet. Now you’re calling people to cause trouble again.”
Didi: “Damn! You’re very arrogant! Damn, last time you injured my people and they’re still lying in the hospital. Now you’ve beaten my people again. Are you really trying to die!” Yang Chen: “Yes, I really want to die. When can you satisfy me?” Didi: “Boy, don’t be cocky with me! If you have the guts, find a time and place, and we’ll have a good showdown.” Yang Chen: “Okay! We should have a showdown! It’s not convenient to talk now with so many people around. I’ll call you back later.” After speaking, Yang Chen threw the phone back to the fat man.

At this time, Qiu Tian arrived. Seeing the situation in the store, Qiu Tian quickly said to Yang Chen, “Brother Chen, you go first, I’ll take care of the aftermath.” Yang Chen: “Okay! These trash can’t leave standing up!” Qiu Tian: “Understood! Come on, clear the customers, check everyone’s phones, destroy the surveillance, and take away the hard drive. These trash must leave horizontally!” Yang Chen put on his clothes, patted Li Sheng on the shoulder, and said with a smile, “Thanks.”

Li Sheng was extremely happy and quickly replied, “Brother Chen, you’re too kind. This is what I should do, no need to thank me.” Yang Chen smiled and waved to Li Jun, then put his arm around Zhou Wenkai and left.

Qiu Tian: “Shield Security is on duty, I hope everyone cooperates and doesn’t cause unnecessary trouble for themselves. Take out your phones, delete what you’ve taken, and delete it from the cloud as well. Don’t leave trouble for yourselves!” Liang Wendi and Chen Zhengyuan sent Zhou Wenkai to the hospital for treatment, and Yang Chen sent Tang Xia back to the hotel.

Tang Xia: “What’s going on? Who are those people?” Yang Chen: “It’s nothing, just a few small-time thugs.” Tang Xia: “It’s good that you’re okay. If anything happens to you, you must tell me, you know?” Tang Xia felt that the Tang family was strong and definitely could help Yang Chen.

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, saying, “I know.” The two of them returned to the hotel and went to explore the mysteries of the human body together.

On the other side, Didi and Li Xiang rushed to the Tang family overnight and met Tang Chenghu. Didi: “Brother Hu, I’m in trouble and may need Brother Hu’s help.” In fact, Tang Chenghu didn’t like Didi, but he couldn’t ignore Didi’s father’s life-saving grace to his father, so he could only deal with him like this.

Tang Chenghu: “What’s the matter? Tell me.” Didi: “Yang Chen, the new controlling shareholder of Shield Security, has been very arrogant recently and has injured many of my brothers. I want to mess with him. But he has Shield Security as his backer, so I don’t dare to act rashly. I hope Brother Hu can help me and warn Shield Security Group not to interfere.” Li Xiang: “The cause of this incident is that Yang Chen bullied my son and made my son walk 10 meters on broken glass while kneeling. My son’s knees are still seriously injured and he’s been lying in bed. I asked Brother Di to help me teach him a lesson, but who knew he had the protection of Shield Security Group, so we haven’t been successful and he’s injured many people instead. Brother Hu, I hope you can help us. Help my son and Brother Di’s brothers get revenge. We will always remember Brother Hu and the Tang family’s kindness.” To Li Xiang and Didi, Shield Security Group was an unattainable existence.

But to the Tang family, it wasn’t difficult to deal with Shield Security Group. As mentioned earlier, the Tang family was a family of famous generals with a military background, and they invested in industries related to people’s livelihoods. Whether it was strength or social relations, they were very strong.

The Tang family might not have a good way to deal with the overseas mercenary branch of Shield Security Group, but they definitely had a way to deal with the domestic part of Shield Security Group.

Tang Chenghu said with a smile, “No problem, I’ll ask someone to put pressure on Qiu Yuhong tomorrow. If necessary, our Tang family can also send people to help you.” Li Xiang and Didi smiled happily. As long as Shield Security didn’t interfere, they could bully Yang Chen as they pleased.

Li Xiang: “Thank you, Brother Hu. In the future, the annual rate of return on the Tang family’s funds in my company will increase to 35%.” Didi: “In the future, if there’s anything inconvenient to do, Brother Hu can just tell me, and I guarantee I’ll do it beautifully.” … In the morning, Yang Chen sent Tang Xia back to school and then went to drive a taxi to pick up passengers.

Around eleven o’clock, Yang Chen picked up a middle-aged man with long hair at the entrance of the Marriott Hotel. Maybe it was just his imagination, but Yang Chen felt that this man looked like Song Siming at first glance.

After a while, the man received a call.

“I’m in the car.”

“I know, I’ll be careful. The one who should be careful is you; don’t let him find out.”

“Siming’s birthday is in two days, and I want to attend his birthday party. Is that okay?”

“I’ll just watch him from afar; I won’t talk to him.”

“He’s my son. I’ve missed his first 23 birthdays, and I don’t want to miss his future birthdays. Is that too much to ask?” … The Bilibili platform [a popular Chinese video-sharing website] indicated that this person is Mr. Tang, and his last name isn’t Song at all, which means he’s not Song Siming’s father on the household register, but his biological father.

At this time, a bloody family drama appeared in Yang Chen’s mind.

No wonder Yang Chen thought this person looked like Song Siming. It turned out they were father and son.

“By the way, remind your son to be careful and not let the Tang family girl and that taxi driver know about his plan. It’s okay to offend the taxi driver, but if you offend the Tang family, your son will be in trouble.”

“Anyway, speed things up. I can’t wait for our family to reunite.”

“Okay. I know, I’m hanging up.” … Yang Chen thought to himself, “The Tang family girl is Tang Xia, right? The taxi driver is me, right? Plan? Song Siming has a plan for me and Tang Xia? I was wondering why this kid suddenly became so polite. It turns out he has a conspiracy. Okay, let’s see what kind of conspiracy they have.” Yang Chen secretly took a picture of the passenger and sent it to Qiu Yuhong.

“Help me check this person’s information.” After Yang Chen dropped the passenger off at Yihai Apartment, Qiu Yuhong replied.

Name: Tang Ming. Age: 48 years old. Occupation: Former rock singer, now a training class teacher.

Family situation: Parents are deceased, no wife, no children, currently renting and living alone in Building 2, 506, Xingfu Yuan Community.

Main itinerary: Yihai Apartment, Marriott Hotel, Xingfu Yuan Community. Social situation: Training class teachers and students, and the person he sees the most is Li Huizhen. The two of them often meet at the Marriott Hotel.

Li Huizhen: Husband Song Tianqiao, son Song Siming, vice president of Tianjiao Culture Media Company. Song Tianqiao: Legal representative and president of Tianjiao Culture Media, has a mistress Chen Sisi, and has a son, two years old.

Song Siming: Senior student at Haicheng Conservatory of Music. It is currently suspected that Tang Ming and Song Siming are biologically related, but further investigation and identification are needed to determine the result.

Doing DNA identification is unnecessary. Looking at Tang Ming and Song Siming’s appearance and their names, it can basically be determined that they are father and son.

Yang Chen couldn’t help but laugh and said, “This family really knows how to play! Even the best screenwriters wouldn’t dare to write such a plot. This would definitely make those busybody aunties excited.” Now, what Yang Chen wanted to know most was what kind of plan the Song Siming family had for him and Tang Xia.

Yang Chen himself wasn’t afraid, but he was worried that Tang Xia would be hurt. Even if Yang Chen could destroy the Song family afterward, if Tang Xia had already been hurt, it would be irreversible and unremovable.

Instead of waiting for Song Siming to make a move, it was better to give him a chance. He needed to figure out their plan as soon as possible and respond early to avoid worrying about Tang Xia’s safety every day.