How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 224

The Great War (1)

Usually, ride requests are rare near the villa area because residents typically own cars.

But today was an exception. Yang Chen hadn’t driven far from the community when he received a ride request.

Following the navigation, Yang Chen arrived at the pickup point. His passengers were two young men who looked a bit worn out [颓废 – tuí fèi: dispirited or頹廢] and seemed to have been up all night.

As usual, Yang Chen confirmed the last four digits of their phone numbers before heading to their destination: Haicheng Bus Station.

Because the bus station was quite a distance away, and the two passengers were exhausted, they quickly fell asleep.

After a while, Chen Qingxia sent Yang Chen a message.

He opened it and saw two surveillance screenshots.

Hmm?

Why did these two look so familiar?

Yang Chen quickly glanced back and, sure enough, it was the two guys sleeping in the back seat.

Chen Qingxia’s message read:

“These two are suspected of theft. We saw them getting into your car on the surveillance footage. Where are you headed?”

Yang Chen quickly glanced back again. They were still asleep. He quickly replied, “Bus Station.”

Chen Qingxia responded: “Drive slowly. We’ll set up a perimeter at the bus station first.”

Yang Chen replied: “Okay.”

The first ride of the day might involve being a good citizen. Today was shaping up to be another day full of positive energy.

Yang Chen deliberately slowed down. These guys probably hadn’t slept all night due to the theft, explaining why they were sleeping so soundly.

Actually, there was no need to go all the way to the bus station. He could simply take them to the nearest police station.

However, the space inside the car was limited. Yang Chen needed to prioritize safety. What if these guys suddenly woke up and realized they were going the wrong way? Who knew what extreme measures they might take.

So, he decided to proceed to the bus station. The task of catching criminals was best left to the police. Yang Chen just needed to fulfill his duty as a good citizen.

More than half an hour later, Chen Qingxia sent another message.

“We’ve arrived at the main entrance to set up a perimeter. Make sure you drop them off there.”

Just as Yang Chen was about to reply, he heard some movement behind him, startling him so much that he quickly turned off his phone screen and put it away.

Then Yang Chen looked back and saw the two guys looking at him.

In that instant, Yang Chen’s heart skipped a beat.

*Damn it, if they find out, these guys might get desperate.*

Yang Chen quickly said with a smile, “Almost there, just a few minutes.”

The man on the left scolded, “Focus on driving. Why are you still messing with your phone?”

Yang Chen quickly replied, “Sorry, my girlfriend just woke up and sent me a message. I just glanced at it, haven’t replied yet.”

The man on the right asked, “You can have a girlfriend driving a ride-hailing car? Do you guys make good money?”

Yang Chen: “Not really that much. If you’re diligent, you can make over ten thousand a month, but after deducting gas and food, you’re left with about five thousand. I’ve been lazy lately, so I only make five or six thousand a month. After deducting gas, maintenance, and food, there’s basically nothing left. You have to be diligent and frugal in this line of work to make ten thousand a month.”

The man on the right nodded and said, “When I go back to my hometown, I’ll buy a car and drive for a ride-hailing service. I won’t leave home again.”

*They must have stolen a lot last night, otherwise, they wouldn’t say that.*

This was the first time he’d picked up passengers near the villa area, and they turned out to be a pair of thieves.

Yang Chen felt helpless.

The man on the left said with a look of longing, “I’ll open a small supermarket and never go out again.”

If they hadn’t stolen other people’s things, Yang Chen would have been happy for them, seeing their faces full of hope.

Alas…

What a pity.

Soon, the car arrived at the main entrance of the bus station.

Yang Chen didn’t see where Chen Qingxia and the others were hiding.

Anyway, she told him to stop here, so Yang Chen did as she asked and parked the car at the main entrance.

Yang Chen: “We’re here. Take your belongings and wish you… good luck.”

The two men smiled and nodded, then opened the door and got out of the car.

You could tell they were very happy. They felt that as long as they got on the bus, they would be free and safe.

Just then, several people suddenly surrounded them and directly pinned them down.

The two men didn’t even have a chance to resist and were immediately put into a police car.

At this moment, Chen Qingxia got into Yang Chen’s car.

“Crime nemesis! Congratulations, you’ve done a great job again!” Chen Qingxia said with a smile.

Yang Chen shook his head with a smile and said, “This time, I really felt a bit of pity. They were full of hope for the future, but we extinguished their hope.”

Chen Qingxia: “It’s wrong for them to steal other people’s property to ignite their future hope. We’re helping them to turn over a new leaf by extinguishing the fire of hope in time.”

Yang Chen: “I understand, I understand the principles and the law. I was just infected by the longing on their faces. Okay, you go back and deal with them. I have to continue driving.”

Chen Qingxia: “Okay! Then I’ll go. Drive safely. Bye-bye.”

After saying that, Chen Qingxia kissed Yang Chen and then happily got out of the car to join her colleagues.

Yang Chen smiled and quickly accepted the next order.

This order was a female passenger eating oranges.

After verifying and confirming the last four digits of her phone number, Yang Chen set off.

Female passenger: “Master, can you open the window?”

Yang Chen: “It’s best not to. I have the heater on. Wouldn’t it be a waste if you open the window? Are you carsick?”

Female passenger: “No, I feel like there’s a smell of sweat in the car. Were you carrying old men just now?”

Yang Chen didn’t smell anything, but she actually smelled it.

Yang Chen: “There’s air freshener in the front. Please spray it. I did carry two male passengers just now. Maybe they didn’t sleep all night, so they have some smell on them.”

Female passenger: “Ew… that’s disgusting. If I had known you carried male passengers on your last order, I wouldn’t have taken your car.”

Yang Chen was also helpless and quickly opened the window for her.

The cold wind whistled in, and the female passenger shivered.

The female passenger quickly took an orange peel and put it under her nose, saying, “Okay! Okay! Hurry up and close the window for me. I’m freezing to death!”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Sorry.”

After closing the window, the female passenger actually took off her shoes.

Yang Chen immediately smelled a sour, rancid smell.

*Damn it, Yang Chen suspected that the smell of sweat she smelled was her own, and she was shifting the blame onto others.*

Yang Chen: “Miss, can you please put your shoes back on?”

Female passenger: “What do you mean? Your car already has a smell!

It’s okay for other passengers to have a smell, but why can’t I take off my shoes? I’ve been playing mahjong all night, and my feet are sweating badly. Can’t I take off my shoes to air them out?”

Yang Chen: “But you’ve been cooped up all night, and it’s really too smelly. I’m already feeling physically uncomfortable. I feel like throwing up.”

The female passenger immediately exploded and said, “What do you mean? You’re a really interesting driver. You don’t dare to say anything when men make it smelly, but you’re bullying a woman? Is that all you’re capable of?”

*Damn it, Yang Chen didn’t dare to say anything. He didn’t even want to breathe and quickly opened all four windows.*

The woman babbled a lot in the back, but Yang Chen pretended not to hear it, sped up, and quickly took her to her destination.

After a few minutes, the car arrived at its destination.

The female passenger snorted, threw the orange peel on the passenger seat, put on her shoes, and got out of the car.

Yang Chen quickly shouted, “Miss, take your trash with you!”

Female passenger: “What trash? That’s dried tangerine peel, you uncultured! I’ll leave it for you to soak in water to reduce heat!”

Yang Chen: “This is clearly the orange peel you just ate. What dried tangerine peel? Take it away quickly!”

Female passenger replied: “I just won’t take it away. What are you going to do about it?”

After saying that, she turned around and ran away laughing.

“Damn it!” Yang Chen couldn’t help but curse.

He quickly picked up the air freshener and sprayed it, then opened the car door to ventilate it, otherwise the next passenger would definitely complain.

At this moment, he found a phone in the back seat. It must have been left behind by the female passenger in her hurry to escape.

Coincidentally, the phone rang at this moment. Yang Chen picked it up and saw that the caller ID showed “Husband.”

Yang Chen thought it was the female passenger calling with her husband’s phone to ask for her phone, so he answered the call.

Husband: “Hello, where are you? You haven’t been home all night. What have you been doing?”

Uh…

Yang Chen was wrong. This was someone calling to find his wife.

Yang Chen: “Brother, I’m…”

Husband: “Who are you? Damn it, why do you have Chen Jing’s phone? She hasn’t been home all night. Is she with you? Damn you, who exactly are you? Ruining other people’s families, do you have no shame? How did your parents raise you? Damn it, did they teach you to ruin other people’s families?”

*Damn it, he didn’t even give people a chance to speak before starting to curse?*

Yang Chen got out of the car with his phone and deliberately said, “Ah? There are no towels in the bathroom? Oh dear, that’s so troublesome. I need someone to serve me even when I take a shower. Brother, we’re all comrades in the same channel [comrades in the same channel: slang for having similar experiences]. Can I give you a suggestion? Can you please discipline your wife better in the future? She’s so old, and she still needs someone to serve her when she takes a shower. I’m so tired from working all night that I don’t want to move at all, you understand? Oh dear, don’t rush me, I’m coming!”

After saying that, Yang Chen hung up the phone and turned it off.

*Damn it, he didn’t even give people a chance to speak and explain before cursing. You deserve to have a fight.*

At this moment, the female passenger ran over in a hurry.

“Master, did I leave my phone in your car?” the female passenger asked anxiously.

Yang Chen: “Yes! I’ve already turned it off and was waiting for you to come back and get it.”

Female passenger: “Oh dear, I’m so sorry. Thank you, thank you. I’ll take this trash with me. Sorry.”

Yang Chen: “Hmm? Isn’t this the dried tangerine peel you left for me to soak in water to reduce heat?”

Female passenger: “Uh… hehe… I’m sorry, I’ll take it, I’ll take it.”

The female passenger took the bag containing the orange peels and quickly turned around and ran away.

She was so unreasonable just now, but now that she got her phone back, she’s pretending to be civilized. Too late, go home and have a fight.

It might not be good for this woman.

But it’s definitely a great thing for her husband. How many good women stay up all night playing mahjong?

Who knows if she met a few lovers at the mahjong table? It’s good to have a fight with her sooner rather than later. Either she lives a good life, or they get divorced quickly. The most important thing for a man is to live clearly.

After ventilating for a while, Yang Chen closed the doors and windows, sprayed air freshener again, and only drove away after confirming that there was no smell inside.

Soon, Yang Chen received another order. After taking this passenger to their destination, the sour, smelly mahjong woman gave him a bad review.

“Scumbag driver, you caused my husband to beat me up. Pervert, I will definitely complain about you!”

Yang Chen smiled happily. She deserved to be beaten up.

At this moment, the system issued a reminder.

“Congratulations, Master, for receiving a bad review. The system rewards you with all the evidence of illegal and criminal activities of all companies invested by Jiacheng Investment Company. The information is in the USB drive. Please keep it safe.”

At this moment, Yang Chen felt something move in his pocket.

He quickly reached in and touched it, and he really found a USB drive.

Jiacheng Investment Company is the investment company of Zhang Jiacheng’s family. This company itself has no illegal activities.

However, the companies they invest in that are about to go public generally have some illegal and criminal activities of varying degrees in order to go public.

As long as this evidence is released, all companies invested by Jiacheng Investment Company will lose their listing qualifications, and the listed companies will definitely be liquidated. In severe cases, they may be delisted.

With this evidence, Yang Chen can ruin Jiacheng Investment Company at any time, causing them to lose all the money they invested.

This made Yang Chen feel comfortable, and he continued to pick up passengers.

After taking another passenger to their destination, the customer service immediately called.

Customer service: “Master Yang, a passenger just called to complain that she left her phone in your car, and then her husband called. After you answered the phone, you lied and said you were in a hotel with her, which caused her to be beaten and hospitalized by her husband. Is this true?”

Yang Chen: “No! Does she have any evidence to say that?”

Customer service: “Our data department retrieved the surveillance footage from your car. We only saw that you did answer the phone, but then you got out of the car. We don’t know what you said after you got out of the car.”

Yang Chen: “Oh, after getting out of the car, I said that I was still in the same place and asked the female passenger to come back and get her phone. After a while, didn’t she come back to get her phone? She also thanked me very politely and took away the orange peels she left behind. You can see all of this in the surveillance footage, right? Do you think she would be in that state if she was really beaten and hospitalized by her husband?”

Customer service: “It doesn’t seem like she was beaten.”

Yang Chen: “You’ll know after watching the complete video. I don’t know what to say about her.”

Customer service: “We’ve watched the complete video. It’s true that she was a bit unreasonable. The main purpose of this call is to verify what you said after you got out of the car.

Since you didn’t say anything, then I know how to handle it. Sorry to bother you, goodbye.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Can I make a suggestion? In the future, if you encounter this kind of unreasonable passenger again, just blacklist her ID card so that she can never use DiDi again. We are also a big platform now, and we don’t need these few crooked passengers.”

Customer service: “Okay, Master Yang, I will report your suggestion. Do you need any other help?”

Yang Chen: “No. Hang up.”

Customer service: “Okay, Master Yang. I wish you peace and everything goes well.”

Just as he put away the phone, the system issued another reminder.

“Congratulations, Master, for receiving a complaint, triggering a critical reward. The system rewards you with 100% equity of the Minghai Art Museum. The acquisition documents and other materials will be sent to your home by SF Express before 8:00 AM tomorrow. Please pay attention to check them.”

What is the Minghai Art Museum?

Yang Chen quickly searched online.

The Minghai Art Museum is a private collection museum. The former owner was Guo Minghai, the founder of Minghai Technology Group.

The types of artworks collected inside are wide-ranging, including calligraphy, paintings, porcelain, documents, weapons, gold and silver products, jadeite, court clothes, dragon robes, etc.

Guo Minghai had countless confidantes in his life, but he never married or had children. In addition to spending a small portion of the money he earned on those confidantes, he used all the remaining money to buy artworks.

The Minghai Art Museum collects all his lifelong loves.

Recent news reports say that Guo Minghai has severe Alzheimer’s disease, commonly known as senile dementia.

He is now a bit confused. Before he becomes completely confused, he donated Minghai Technology to the Haicheng Municipal Government, and the art museum was sold to a destined person. The system represents Yang Chen as this destined person.

According to Guo Minghai’s will, the money from the sale of the Minghai Art Museum will be used to prolong his life. After his death, the remaining money will still be donated to the Haicheng Municipal Government.

Because it is a private art museum, outsiders do not know what treasures are collected inside.

However, according to Guo Minghai’s auction records, the art management is not without world-rare treasures such as Wang Xizhi’s “Dingwu Lanting Preface” [王羲之’s 《定武兰亭序》 – Wáng Xīzhī’s “Dingwu Lanting Xu”: a famous piece of Chinese calligraphy by Wang Xizhi].

If it is really as the Internet says, then this art museum is not just an art collection museum. Many valuable cultural relics are inside.

Now that Yang Chen has become the owner of the art museum, his responsibility is great.

When Guo Minghai sold the art museum, he announced to the public that he hoped that the next owner would protect these cultural relics and continue his dream, striving to collect more ancient Long Country [Long Country: a fictional country, likely referring to China] cultural relics into the museum, especially those national treasures lost overseas. Be sure to collect as many as possible so that future generations can see what their ancestors left behind in Long Country, instead of having to go to foreigners to see them, because that is the shame of the entire Long Country.

Yang Chen put away his phone and took a deep breath.

He thought the system would reward him with many treasures, but he didn’t expect it to reward him with a responsibility.

He will go and see it when the supporting materials arrive tomorrow. For now, he will continue to pick up passengers.

At 4:00 PM, Yu Shishi called Yang Chen.

Yu Shishi: “Sir, accompany me to a party tonight. A MIT alumnus is organizing a party. I’m going to scout around to see if there are any suitable talents to poach for you.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! Then what is my identity? Your boss or your boyfriend?”

Yu Shishi: “If possible, it’s best to be my boyfriend. It’s hard to say some things if I directly say you’re my boss. For example, it’s best if I can poach people, but there’s no loss if I can’t. But if everyone knows you’re the boss and I haven’t poached anyone, wouldn’t that make you very embarrassed?”

*This little girl is quite considerate.*

It’s easy to pretend to be a boyfriend. He has been a professional fake boyfriend for twenty years and can definitely handle it.

Yang Chen: “Okay, dear, get ready, I’ll go back to pick you up later. Kiss.”

Yu Shishi: “Hee hee… Sir, you’re getting into character so quickly. Mwah, waiting for you.”

Although high education and good schools do not guarantee good talents.

But relatively speaking, the probability of producing talents is definitely higher.

Being able to go to a good university can at least prove one thing: his learning ability is stronger than others.

Even if he doesn’t know anything, it will be faster to see results when training him in the future.

This is why many employers are willing to pay high salaries for graduates from prestigious schools. Even if a student graduating from a garbage school has a good resume, people may not want him, let alone when everyone has no work experience. As long as they are not stupid, they will choose graduates from prestigious schools.

You can’t even learn by rote memorization from textbooks, so you say you can learn flexible work skills and experience?

You can’t even fool yourself.

Of course, nothing is absolute, it’s just a matter of probability.

Therefore, Yang Chen is still looking forward to tonight’s MIT party.

If he can get a few talents, it will definitely bring great help to the company.

After dropping off two passengers, Yang Chen drove home to pick up Yu Shishi.

Usually, Yu Shishi wears maid outfits, mini skirts, JK uniforms [JK uniform: Japanese schoolgirl uniform], etc. at home. Tonight, she is going to attend a party, but she is actually wearing jeans.

Yang Chen asked with a smile, “When going to a party, shouldn’t you show people your best side? Why are you dressed so plainly?”

Yu Shishi replied with a smile, “Hee hee… Shishi only dresses up for sir to see. Others don’t deserve to see it.”

Yang Chen: “Oh dear, little girl, you’re too good at chatting. I’ll add 100,000 yuan to your year-end bonus, you can’t refuse it.”

Yu Shishi: “Haha… really? It’s not that I want it, it’s that you’re giving it to me voluntarily.”

Yang Chen: “Yes, I’m giving it to you voluntarily. I’ll go upstairs to change my clothes. You’re dressed so plainly, I can’t dress too brightly.”

After saying that, Yang Chen went upstairs to change his clothes.

Yu Shishi is reliable and really knows how to chat, making Yang Chen feel comfortable.

Yang Chen did not choose clothes from brands such as Louis Vuitton, but chose the casual clothes he wore when he went to work before.

A medium-length ordinary brand呢子 [ní zi: woolen cloth] coat, plus a pair of jeans, and the shoes are also very ordinary Anta [Anta: a Chinese sportswear brand].

Although the clothes are very ordinary, his figure is too good, and he still looks handsome and has an extraordinary temperament.

Therefore, the saying that people depend on clothes and Buddhas depend on gold is not suitable for Yang Chen. He has always made the clothes look better. Never has any piece of clothing been able to make him look better. In terms of appearance and temperament, Brother Chen has a firm grip.

Yang Chen walked downstairs, and Yu Shishi was immediately mesmerized.

Yang Chen stepped forward and knocked her on the head, saying, “What are you looking at? Let’s go.”

Yu Shishi quickly came back to her senses and said with a smile, “Sir, I always thought that your handsomeness and temperament had a lot to do with your clothes. Now I know that it has nothing to do with it. You are so handsome and have such a temperament. Even if you wear very ordinary clothes, you still can’t hide your handsome and extraordinary aura.”

Yang Cen: “Is that so? You have such a sweet mouth, I’ll add another 100,000 yuan to next year’s year-end bonus!”

Yu Shishi: “Haha… Sir, you’re drawing me a big cake [drawing me a big cake: making promises that are unlikely to be kept]. You’re already talking about next year’s year-end bonus.”

The two walked and chatted, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Since they were going to attend a MIT alumni party, they naturally had to drive a Cullinan [Rolls-Royce Cullinan] to support the scene.

In case they meet some well-off big shots, they can also rely on this car to be invincible.

Yu Shishi drove very slowly. By the time they arrived, everyone else had arrived, and her classmates had already called to urge her.

Yu Shishi could only speed up as much as she could and came to the location of the party, which was Yang Chen’s Tang Pavilion.

At this time, in the party box, everyone was chatting.

Chen Hai: “Cheng, you have to seize the opportunity when Yu Shishi arrives later. You wanted to pursue her when you were in school, but you graduated in a blink of an eye.”

Liang Tao: “Yes! Before, in the United States, everyone was a student, so you may not have had any advantages. But now that you’re back in China, you’re the young master of Jiacheng Investment, so she will definitely think highly of you. As long as you put in a little effort, you will definitely be able to win her over. No woman in this world can resist the temptation of money.”

Zhang Shuang: “Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? Don’t belittle women! If you like her, pursue her. Don’t talk about the temptation of money.”

Zhang Jiacheng: “Haha… Yes! I will definitely impress her with my sincerity and ability. If she is the kind of person who looks at money, I wouldn’t even like her.”

Liang Tao: “Haha… Yes, yes, yes, we are waiting to drink the wedding wine of Brother Cheng and Yu Shishi.”

Zhang Shuang: “Then I have to save money now to prepare for the gift money.”

“Haha…” Everyone laughed.

At this moment, Yang Chen and Yu Shishi arrived in the box.

Yang Chen immediately frowned. Zhang Jiacheng and Liang Tao were actually there too.

*This world is so small. They met them here again.*

Zhang Jiacheng and Liang Tao’s expressions also tightened.

*Why is this kid here? What is his relationship with Yu Shishi?*

Just now, a group of people were still YY [YY: internet slang for fantasizing] Yu Shishi and Zhang Jiacheng. Could it be that her boyfriend is Yang Chen?

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