How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 237

Coming Here Fine, Sigh, Can’t Go Back

Huertas James pinned all his hopes on his female subordinate, Michelle Gregg, hoping she could leverage her ex-boyfriend’s connections to reach Hi-Atlantis.

Michelle Gregg called her ex-boyfriend and invited him for a pleasant evening at the Bulgari Hotel.

After a night of passion, they lay together, chatting.

First, they reminisced about old times, and then they got down to business.

Joss Smith couldn’t resist the allure of pillow talk and agreed to his ex-girlfriend’s request.

Early the next morning, Joss Smith went to Hi-Atlantis to find Huang Lexi.

Zirconium Investment holds 12% of Hi-Atlantis’s shares, making it the hotel’s fourth-largest shareholder.

He proposed an assessment of Huasheng Investment’s potential investment in Hi-Atlantis. As CEO, Huang Lexi had to quickly report the situation to the major shareholder, Yang Chen.

If Yang Chen approved, they would convene a shareholders’ meeting to discuss it, following the necessary procedures.

If Yang Chen disapproved, they would reject it outright.

After all, without the major shareholder’s agreement, a shareholders’ meeting couldn’t even be called.

Yang Chen was asleep with Lin Yiren in his arms when Huang Lexi’s call came.

The ringtone woke them.

Lin Yiren quickly got up to make breakfast, and Yang Chen answered the phone.

Huang Lexi explained the situation.

Yang Chen immediately refused, saying, “Doesn’t General Huang use the internet? Doesn’t he know that Huasheng is already notorious? We are, after all, the second seven-star hotel in Dragon Country [China], and we must cherish our reputation.”

Huang Lexi: “Ah? Is that so? It’s the peak season for spring outings, and the hotel is particularly busy, so I haven’t had time to go online. I really didn’t know what happened. Then I’ll reject them now.”

Yang Chen: “Yes, tell them that I rejected them!”

Huang Lexi: “Okay.”

Hanging up, Huang Lexi quickly searched online for recent news about Huasheng Investment. He discovered that this garbage company clearly couldn’t survive in Dragon Country. Agreeing to their investment in Hi-Atlantis would ruin their own brand.

Huang Lexi said to Joss Smith angrily, “Mr. Smith, since Zirconium Investment invested in our hotel, you’ve received no less than 200 million in dividends, right? Are you not satisfied with this dividend income?”

Joss Smith: “No, no, no, we are very satisfied. This investment is one of our most successful. I don’t know why Mr. Huang is saying this?”

Huang Lexi: “If that’s the case, why are you trying to harm us? Huasheng Investment is already notorious, its reputation ruined, and you still want to introduce them to invest in our hotel. This is Dragon Country, and our main customer base is Dragon Country people. If they know that one of our shareholders is such a garbage company, do you think our business can continue? We don’t expect you to bring much help, but you can’t deliberately sabotage us, right? Fortunately, Mr. Yang knew about Huasheng’s ruined reputation and immediately rejected them. If we hadn’t gone online and understood the situation, wouldn’t we have been harmed by you?”

Joss Smith: “I know that Huasheng Investment is currently facing a reputation crisis, but Dragon Country people have short memories. After a while, they’ll forget. Why should we be too concerned about this issue? We can even use this opportunity to have Huasheng Investment pay several times more to buy shares, which would benefit all shareholders. Isn’t that good?”

Huang Lexi: “Are you kidding me? You investment companies only care about profits and completely disregard the future development of the hotel. Even if they’re willing to pay several times more to invest, you can distribute the money, recover your investment, and withdraw at any time. What about the shareholders who sincerely want to keep Hi-Atlantis going? How can we continue to operate if the hotel’s reputation is ruined in the future?”

Joss Smith: “I don’t object to what Mr. Huang said. However, as the representative of the fourth-largest shareholder, I have the right to request a shareholders’ meeting to discuss Huasheng Investment’s investment. The major shareholder cannot refuse; he has no right to deprive me of my rights as a shareholder.”

Joss Smith felt that Yang Chen, holding only 38% of the shares, didn’t necessarily have the final say.

As long as a shareholders’ meeting is convened, anything is possible.

It was clear that this guy was going to great lengths to please his ex-girlfriend.

He probably thought that if his ex-girlfriend worked in Hai City in the future, they could meet up from time to time without his wife at home finding out.

Once a man is driven by lust, there is nothing he won’t do.

Huang Lexi nodded and said, “Okay! You’re right, you do have the right to request a shareholders’ meeting. But I also want to remind you that doing this is equivalent to going against the major shareholder, Mr. Yang. Don’t think that just because you are a Wall Street investment bank, he won’t dare to touch you. You have no idea about his strength and temper!”

Joss Smith: “Haha… I’m just exercising my legal rights. Why are you trying to scare me? Is the law in your Dragon Country a joke, unable to protect even the most basic shareholder rights?”

Huang Lexi laughed and said, “I don’t know why you insist on doing this, but I can tell you that empty talk is meaningless. I’ll call Mr. Yang now, and you will definitely regret your terrible choice.”

After speaking, Huang Lexi called Yang Chen.

When Yang Chen heard that Zirconium Investment was being so unreasonable, he immediately became murderous.

It seemed that he needed to add more of his own people to the shareholder list to prevent anyone from challenging his authority as the major shareholder.

Yang Chen immediately instructed, “General Huang, please notify all shareholders that a shareholders’ meeting will be held at the hotel at 10:00 AM tomorrow to discuss the expansion of the shareholders’ meeting.”

Huang Lexi: “Understood! I will notify the other shareholders immediately. See you tomorrow, Mr. Yang.”

Soon, Huertas James heard that Zirconium Investment was going to go against Yang Chen for their sake, and he was immediately overjoyed.

Huertas asked Michelle to help him invite Joss Smith out for dinner to discuss a plan to jointly deal with Yang Chen.

Yang Chen holds 38% of the shares, which is not enough to guarantee control, but if he votes against it, Zirconium Investment’s proposal cannot be passed.

Because according to the law, more than two-thirds of the shareholders must agree for a proposal to pass.

If Yang Chen’s 38% votes against it, even if all other shareholders agree, it will only be 62%, which does not meet the requirement of more than two-thirds.

However, nothing is absolute. As long as the other shareholders unanimously oppose Yang Chen, his 38% of the shares will be unable to do anything, and he will most likely compromise in the end.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to buy off the other shareholders to stand on the same side as Zirconium Investment.

Since this matter is for Huasheng Investment, the funds to buy off the other shareholders naturally cannot come from Zirconium Investment; Huasheng Investment must provide the money.

Huertas James has no better options now, and it can even be said that he has no way out.

If he cannot send a work report to headquarters within a week, his position as President of the Dragon Country region will be over.

He believes that no matter how much money is invested upfront, as long as he can successfully invest in Hi-Atlantis, headquarters will definitely approve of his approach.

Thus, through Joss Smith’s connections, Huertas James sent many gifts to the other shareholders, hoping that they would stand on the same side as Zirconium Investment at tomorrow’s shareholders’ meeting.

The next day at 10:00 AM, Yang Chen arrived at the Hi-Atlantis Hotel on time for the meeting.

Accompanying him were Qiu Yuhong from Shield Security Group, Liang Xiuyun from Shengjin Investment, Xue Yinong from Minghuang Investment, Zhang Wu from Tianmu Investment, Huang Wenkang from Peninsula Asset Management, and Jin Ming from Xingchen Investment.

Yang Chen went in to attend the shareholders’ meeting first, and then he would let them come in and chat with everyone face-to-face.

Huertas James was outside the meeting room. When he saw Yang Chen coming, he confidently stepped forward and said, “I admit you are very powerful, but you are still far behind us. Today, either you agree to our investment, or you can wait for Hi-Atlantis to fall into chaos from now on.”

Yang Chen chuckled and said, “You are quite confident. With me here, it won’t be chaotic. A small Zirconium Investment still wants to make waves in front of me? You overestimate them too much!”

After speaking, Yang Chen entered the meeting room.

Huertas James sneered and whispered, “This time, I am sure to win! Even if I can’t invest in the Hi-Atlantis Hotel, I will make you an enemy of the shareholders. Hmph!”

Huang Lexi got up to greet Yang Chen and whispered during the hug, “Mr. Yang, I heard that they have all joined forces. Please be careful.”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, walked to the major shareholder’s seat, and immediately started the shareholders’ meeting.

After some pleasantries, Joss Smith, the representative of the fourth-largest shareholder, Zirconium Investment, proposed a motion to absorb Huasheng Investment into Hi-Atlantis.

Then he asked, “Mr. Yang, as the major shareholder, please state your position first. Do you agree to absorb Huasheng Investment into our hotel?”

Yang Chen opened Douyin [Chinese version of TikTok] and found a video for everyone to watch.

“If we absorb Huasheng today, we may be surrounded by righteous Dragon Country people tomorrow. I wonder what the purpose of Mr. Smith’s proposal is? Does he think it’s not good for everyone to make money and that we must suffer losses?” Yang Chen said.

Joss Smith: “Netizens have no memory. So many international brands are suspected of insulting Dragon Country, but they are still doing well, aren’t they? As long as they release a new product or offer a discount, many people will still line up to buy it. Huasheng Investment’s reputation is currently problematic, so they are willing to invest in our hotel at three times the price. Why should we refuse free money? Don’t you all agree?”

Those shareholders who had been bought off expressed their agreement.

For them, being a shareholder of Hi-Atlantis was just to make money. Why shouldn’t they earn several times the money all at once?

Even if the hotel couldn’t continue to operate in the future, they could choose to sell their shares and leave to invest in other projects.

They didn’t think the same way as Yang Chen. Yang Chen wanted to run the hotel well, while they were just investors.

Joss Smith revealed a sly smile and said, “Mr. Yang, why don’t we vote on it? This is a legally prescribed procedure, and I think it is necessary to carry it out.”

Yang Chen called Qiu Yuhong and the others over.

The shareholders were immediately stunned. They might not recognize the others, but they all recognized Qiu Yuhong, the chairman of Shield Security Group.

Yang Chen: “Everyone, please introduce yourselves.”

Qiu Yuhong and the others quickly gave brief introductions.

Then, Yang Chen said, “I am a straightforward person, so I will speak frankly. We do need to absorb new shareholders to raise funds to upgrade the hotel facilities and expand the yacht business in the Sanya branch. However, we absolutely cannot accept a company like Huasheng Investment, whose reputation has been ruined. As Dragon Country people, we must have our most basic dignity and bottom line. Chairman Qiu and the others intend to invest and become shareholders. As long as we absorb them, we will all be friends in the future. We can introduce projects to each other and help each other with any troubles. If Chairman Qiu and the others cannot all successfully invest, then all of you shareholders will be our enemies. I have never shown mercy to enemies.”

At this time, Yang Chen came to the second-largest shareholder, Li Song, and whispered in his ear, “Li Song, your financial company is suspected of illegally absorbing private funds and secretly transferring the illegally absorbed funds abroad. Am I right?”

Li Song’s body stiffened, and he didn’t dare to breathe loudly.

Yang Chen turned to the third-largest shareholder on his right, Chen Le, and whispered, “Chen Le, your sister-in-law embezzled public funds, and you hid it from your wife and son and used your Swiss bank account [Swiss bank 存款] to settle it for her. To thank you, she gave birth to a son for you outside. Am I wrong?”

Chen Le’s body also stiffened.

Yang Chen smiled and gently patted Li Song and Chen Le on the shoulders with his left and right hands, saying, “I will give everyone five minutes to consider. After five minutes, we will vote on the proposal.”

After speaking, Yang Chen left with Qiu Yuhong and the others.

The other shareholders quickly asked Li Song and Chen Le what Yang Chen had said to them.

How dare the two of them tell the truth? They could only quickly take out the checks and return them to Smith.

Li Song: “Mr. Smith, I’m returning the check to you. I cannot agree to a company with a bad reputation investing in our hotel!”

Chen Le: “I’m also returning the check you gave me. I cannot agree to a company with a bad reputation investing in the hotel. And to the other shareholders, listen to my advice, return the checks to him. We can’t beat Yang Chen.”

Li Song: “I can only say that with Shield Security Group here, they can find out everything we have done. Am I being clear enough? Everyone, don’t be confused.”

Businessmen, which one of them doesn’t have some shady dealings?

It’s just a matter of the size of the problem.

The other shareholders quickly took out the checks and returned them to Joss Smith.

Joss Smith had no choice but to watch everyone go back on their word.

Soon, five minutes passed.

Yang Chen came in again with Qiu Yuhong and the others.

“Time’s up, we will now vote. Shareholders who agree to Huasheng Investment investing in the Hi-Atlantis Hotel, please raise your hands,” Yang Chen said.

Except for Joss Smith, the representative of Zirconium Investment, which holds 12% of the shares, no one raised their hand.

Yang Chen: “Mr. Smith, I’m sorry, your proposal has not been passed. I have a form here for everyone to look at and then vote on.”

Huang Lexi quickly distributed the form that Yang Chen had given him to everyone.

This was a share distribution table after Qiu Yuhong and the others were absorbed as shareholders.

Yang Chen’s shareholding decreased from 38% to 35%, but Xingchen Investment would hold 16%, which meant that Yang Chen would directly and indirectly hold 51%, becoming the controlling shareholder.

Qiu Yuhong and the others held a total of 29% of the shares, and they were all on the same side as Yang Chen, which meant that Yang Chen would control 80% of the voting rights.

The other shareholders held a total of 20% of the shares, among which the original fourth-largest shareholder, Zirconium Investment, would see its shareholding ratio decrease from 12% to 3%.

All shareholders would inject capital or distribute money according to their shareholding ratio.

In short, Yang Chen wanted to turn Hi-Atlantis into his own company, so there would no longer be a situation where other shareholders colluded to oppose him.

This distribution table was definitely unfair to the other shareholders. Except for Li Song and Chen Le, who had already been frightened by Yang Chen, the other shareholders expressed their dissatisfaction and opposition.

“You are forcibly reducing our shareholding. What do you think we are?”

“That’s right! You don’t take us seriously at all!”

“Do you even know if we want to withdraw our money and reduce our shareholding?”

“You didn’t even ask for our opinions before preparing the distribution table. You are bullying us too much!”

…

Yang Chen smiled and whispered a few words to those shareholders one by one, saying some of the bad things they had done, and then smiled and asked loudly, “Does anyone still have any objections now?”

Except for Joss Smith, no one had any objections.

Yang Chen: “In order not to let our foreign shareholders have any objections, we will vote according to the law. Shareholders who agree to redistribute according to this table, please raise your hands.”

Except for Joss Smith, all the other shareholders raised their hands.

Yang Chen: “Very good. Thank you for your cooperation. Regarding the matters I mentioned to everyone, I will give you one month to make corrections and remedies. If I find that the problems still exist after one month, then don’t blame me for reporting you. Shareholders who are increasing their shareholding and new shareholders should transfer the money to the company account as soon as possible. Shareholders whose shareholding is decreasing should wait for the company to distribute the money. The shareholders’ meeting is adjourned!”

Yang Chen came to Joss Smith, smiled, and said, “Mr. Smith, it’s best to investigate the strength of yourself and your opponents before doing things in the future. Don’t overestimate yourself, and don’t underestimate your opponents. I’m giving you some face this time. If something like this happens again in the future, don’t blame me for not showing any mercy! Understand?”

Joss Smith quickly nodded.

Yang Chen smiled and put his arm around him as he walked out of the meeting room. The expression of Huertas James, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately froze.

What’s going on?

Why are they hugging each other?

Yang Chen put his arm around Joss Smith and came to Huertas James, smiling and saying, “Trash, just give up. You can’t succeed in investing.”

Huertas James quickly asked, “Joe, what’s going on?”

Joss Smith: “I’m sorry, our shares are too small, and we are powerless. The checks you gave them have all been returned to you. Here, take them all.”

Huertas James looked at the checks, then looked at Smith’s mournful face, and then looked at Yang Chen’s smiling face. He suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and it seemed that he couldn’t breathe. He then fainted with his eyes rolling back.

Joss Smith quickly held him up and called an ambulance to take him to the hospital.

The Dragon Country Regional President was unconscious and hospitalized, and his subordinates had to report to headquarters.

After receiving the report, the President of Huasheng was furious and smashed his laptop.

Huertas James’s hospitalization was a minor matter. The key was that he had ruined Huasheng Investment’s reputation, making it too difficult for the company to invest in Dragon Country in the future.

As the second-largest economy, Dragon Country was on the verge of surpassing the United States. Huasheng couldn’t invest in such a money-grabbing country, which was equivalent to watching money fly from its eyes into other people’s pockets.

The President was furious and immediately bought a ticket and came to Hai City with a professional team.

After leaving the airport, they went directly to the hospital to visit Huertas James.

Huertas James had regained consciousness. When he saw the President coming, he quickly got out of bed to apologize.

Seeing that there was nothing abnormal about his body, the President immediately announced the revocation of his position as President of the Dragon Country region and appointed Michelle Gregg as the new President of the Dragon Country region.

Being replaced by a subordinate who was often scolded by him as the President of the Dragon Country region, Huertas James could not accept this blow and fainted again in a fit of anger.

Although Huertas James was indeed at fault, he was, after all, a key talent cultivated by the company, and the company would definitely do its best to treat him since the problem occurred during work.

In order to give him better treatment, the President quickly contacted Longmei Hospital to transfer Huertas James there.

Although the medical expenses at Longmei Hospital were a bit more expensive, the medical level was much higher than that of the People’s Hospital, and there were also some foreign experts sitting in, which would be relatively better.

My aunt recently felt a faint pain in her chest, so Yang Chen went to Su City overnight to pick her up.

Li Xiaofei had to go to class, and Yu Shishi had work to do. To make it easier to take my aunt for an examination, Yang Chen called Lin Yiren over.

After breakfast, Yang Chen took his aunt and Lin Yiren to Longmei Hospital.

The three of them parked the car and were walking towards the gate when Huertas James also got out of the car with the support of a group of people.

Yang Chen glanced at Lin Yiren, and she understood and quickly took her aunt to the hospital first. Yang Chen pretended to go to the toilet and deliberately stayed behind.

Yang Chen stepped forward and asked, “Mr. James, why are you here instead of getting proper treatment at the People’s Hospital?”

As soon as Huertas James saw Yang Chen, he became agitated and gasped for breath. If he hadn’t been dizzy and unable to move, he would have rushed up to hit Yang Chen.

The President of Huasheng sized up Yang Chen and asked, “Who are you?”

Michelle Gregg quickly whispered, “He is Yang Chen. Mr. James was harmed by him.”

The President of Peanut [Likely a typo, should be Huasheng] nodded, his expression becoming serious, and said, “Hello, my name is Marcus Fred, and I am the President of Huasheng Investment. You are the one who has been working against us everywhere and has harmed Huertas James like this, right?”

Yang Chen: “I need to correct you. He was the one who made wild remarks, and everything now is his own fault. You want to send him to Longmei Hospital for treatment, right?”

Marcus Fred nodded and said, “Yes! Is there a problem?”

Yang Chen: “Give up. They won’t accept him here.”

Huertas James: “You… You say they won’t accept him, and they won’t accept him? Who do you think you are?”

Yang Chen: “I am the second-largest shareholder of Longmei Hospital Group, with a shareholding ratio second only to the US Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association and the Dragon Country Pharmaceutical Association. Whoever I vote for has the final say. Whoever I oppose will be suppressed. If I say not to treat him, no one will dare to accept him. Don’t think that you are an investment company. Even if you are from the US Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, as long as I say not to treat him, they will not dare to disobey me. If you don’t believe me, you can try.”

At this time, Dean Chen Changqing arrived.

He had received a call from the United States asking him to come out to receive Huertas James.

“Mr. Yang, why are you here too?” Chen Changqing asked.

Yang Chen: “I brought my aunt over for a checkup. She’s not feeling well. What are you doing here?”

Chen Changqing: “The United States called and said they wanted us to receive a patient named Huertas James. I came out to take a look.”

Yang Chen pointed to Huertas James and said, “That’s him! This trash insulted our Dragon Country people, you should know that, right? Call the United States and say that I said to refuse to receive this patient.”

Chen Changqing: “Understood!”

Then he said to the medical staff behind him, “Are there any beds available?”

The medical staff understood and quickly refused to receive Huertas James on the grounds that the beds were full.

Then, Chen Changqing called the United States in front of everyone, clearly stating that Yang Chen had requested that Huertas James be refused admission and explained the reason.

After a while, the United States called Marcus Fred back.

“Mr. Fred, I’m very sorry. Because your employee insulted the Dragon Country people, causing dissatisfaction among the Dragon Country people, our second-largest shareholder, Mr. Yang, has clearly requested that he not be received. So, I’m very sorry, please send him to another hospital for treatment.”

After speaking, the other party hung up the phone, not even giving Marcus Fred a chance to speak.

Marcus Fred glared at Yang Chen angrily and said, “Mr. Yang, don’t push things too far. Don’t you Dragon Country people have a saying that you should leave a line for others so you can meet again in the future?”

Yang Chen: “That depends on who it is. I never want to see this kind of foreign trash again. Go away, don’t be an eyesore here!”

Marcus Fred gritted his teeth and said, “Go! Let’s go back!”

The crowd quickly helped Huertas James into the car.

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “Don’t bother, he can’t be saved. Pay attention in your next life, and don’t provoke Dragon Country people again!”

After speaking, Yang Chen turned and entered the hospital.

Yang Chen wasn’t talking nonsense. You should know that the system had previously rewarded him with the [Three Absolute Needles] skill, and he knew how to treat and save people.

Yang Chen could see that Huertas James was so angry that his heart was attacking his mind, and there were signs of blood vessels rupturing in his brain.

As long as Huertas James’s emotions became slightly more agitated, the blood vessels in his brain would rupture completely, and the blood would rush into his brain. He would definitely die, and even a god couldn’t save him.

Huertas James glared at Yang Chen angrily and thought to himself, “Wait until I get better! I will definitely come back for revenge! I will definitely stand up again where I fell!”

A group of people quickly got into the car and left.

Huertas James’s repeated rejection by Yang Chen from receiving treatment at Longmei Hospital made his already angry heart even worse.

From the time he left the hospital, he had not spoken, and his face was flushed.

On the way back to the People’s Hospital, Marcus Fred comforted him, “It’s okay, the People’s Hospital can also treat you. Once your condition is under control, you should quickly return to your country and recuperate.”

Huertas James’s eyes suddenly widened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. His expression was very frightened, and he couldn’t speak, humming a few times before passing out.

“Quick! Speed up!” Marcus Fred shouted.

But at this time, there was a traffic jam, and their car could hardly move.

There was no way, they could only call an ambulance.

But at this time, it was rush hour, and the ambulance couldn’t get through either.

The medical staff had no choice but to carry the stretcher and run over to pick up Huertas James.

Because of this delay, by the time Huertas James arrived at the hospital for treatment, an hour and a half had passed since he spat blood.

It seemed that even God was displeased with him and had come to take him away.

After more than two hours of rescue, the doctor came out.

The crowd quickly stepped forward to ask about the situation.

Doctor: “The patient’s brain blood vessels ruptured, causing excessive bleeding, and the toxic blood rushed into the brain. You also sent him too late. Alas… I’m sorry, we tried our best.”

The crowd was shocked.

A good person was actually angered to death by Yang Chen?

What should they do?

How should they explain to his family?

He came here fine, sigh, but he can’t go back…