How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 261

The Return of the God of War

June 6th arrived quickly.

The Star Pavilion opened simultaneously in both Hai City and Jinling City.

With the Ning family overseeing things in Jinling City, naturally, no one would cause trouble.

However, things were different in Hai City. The Jiang family sent people early in the morning to surround the Star Pavilion.

They didn’t do much, just gathered in small groups to play cards, chess, and *Dou Dizhu* [a popular Chinese card game].

However, anyone who wanted to pass by the Star Pavilion’s entrance or go inside had to squeeze through the gaps between them.

With this setup, anyone who didn’t genuinely want to enter the Star Pavilion couldn’t get close.

Hong Junle tried to reason with them politely, but they almost got into a fight and still couldn’t drive them away.

Helpless, Hong Junle had to call the police.

But they refused to leave, even dragging things out with the police to delay time.

Chinese people value auspicious beginnings and often hire *Feng Shui* [geomancy] experts in advance to determine the best time for the opening ribbon-cutting.

Although its effectiveness is debatable, it provides psychological comfort.

The expert determined that the best time for the Star Pavilion’s opening ribbon-cutting was between 9:50 AM and 10:20 AM. It was crucial not to delay it past 12:00 PM, as that would doom the business to a bad start.

Doing business is often tied to these beliefs. In many places, businesses discourage customers from returning goods or requesting refunds in the morning, or they avoid processing refunds before the first transaction of the day. Some, with less patience, might even argue with customers over it.

Whether Yang Chen cared about these things was irrelevant. The Jiang family’s deliberate provocation was something he couldn’t ignore without retaliation.

Yang Chen called Qiu Tian and asked him to send people from Aegis Security to maintain order.

If the Jiang family continued to cause trouble, they were to be dealt with firmly. Any resulting detention or fines? Aegis Security Group could handle it.

Soon, Aegis Security’s personnel arrived. Tall and sturdy security guards rushed over and formed a line, blocking the Jiang family members on the periphery.

Qiu Tian announced loudly, “Our company is now responsible for the security of the Star Pavilion. Please, everyone, don’t make things difficult for us. If you do, we will uphold the honor of Aegis Security Group at any cost.”

In a nearby coffee shop, Tang Chunlai sent a message to his trusted lackey, Tang Jun.

“Get a few guys to deliberately start a fight, make sure there’s blood. The others don’t participate, don’t make things too serious. We just want to irritate Yang Chen, make them see blood before they even open. Once the fight starts, everyone else scatters.”

After understanding Tang Chunlai’s instructions, Tang Jun immediately went around to the back and selected a few individuals, instructing them, “Brother Lai has ordered you to go up and start a fight with them, make sure there’s blood. The others are not allowed to participate, just watch from the side. After it’s done, Brother Lai will bail you out and give you a bonus. This is your chance to impress Brother Lai, you must seize it.”

The selected few nodded and immediately approached with stones and bricks.

Afterward, the others began to spread the word quietly, letting everyone know Tang Chunlai’s plan.

In just over a minute, those few “martyrs” launched a sudden attack on the Aegis Security people in front of the police.

However, these were elite security guards carefully selected by Qiu Tian. Their reaction speed was far superior to that of a few thugs.

As soon as they raised the bricks and stones, the Aegis Security guards had already made defensive moves.

When they attacked, the guards directly counterattacked, pinning them to the ground and subduing them.

As the fight broke out, the others from the Tang family immediately scattered and fled.

The police quickly separated the two sides, ordering everyone involved in the fight to lie on the ground and not move.

Blood was indeed shed, but the Aegis Security people were unharmed. Instead, the Tang family members were pinned to the ground, their mouths and noses bleeding.

At this time, Yang Chen had just dropped off a passenger when Hong Junle called him.

Hong Junle: “Brother Chen, the Tang family people launched a sneak attack in front of the police and got beaten up by the Aegis brothers. Now the police have taken everyone involved in the fight back for investigation. The Tang family is deliberately trying to make us see blood before the ribbon-cutting. Damn it!”

Yang Chen: “Okay, I understand. You guys proceed with the ribbon-cutting and opening according to the plan, don’t delay the auspicious time. I’ll go to the Tang family tonight; this matter can’t be left like this.”

Hong Junle: “Okay! I understand, then you go ahead, Brother Chen.”

Yang Chen sent a message to Qiu Yuhong, asking him to bring a hundred people to the Tang family that night.

At ten o’clock that night, as the Tang family members were gradually falling asleep, more than a dozen vans drove over, followed by over a hundred people rushing out, smashing everything with sledgehammers, all the way from the main entrance to the building where Tang Hengyu lived in the third courtyard.

Faced with these hundred-plus people, the Tang family’s guards didn’t dare to say a word.

Then, Yang Chen walked in with Qiu Yuhong and Qiu Tian, arriving in front of Tang Hengyu and the others.

Tang Chengbiao pointed at Yang Chen and cursed, “Yang Chen, are you tired of living! How dare you cause trouble in my Tang family!”

Tang Chenghu asked with a stern face, “Yang Chen, what are you doing?”

Yang Chen: “Tang Chenghu, I told you long ago that you would regret it, do you believe it now? I heard that the old man has already started transferring the industries under his name to Tang Chengbiao and Tang Chunlai, and you’re about to become a figurehead. Right?”

Tang Chenghu looked embarrassed, then put on a stern face and said, “Our Tang family’s affairs have nothing to do with an outsider like you!”

Yang Chen: “Originally, it didn’t, but today is the opening of my Star Pavilion, and Tang Chunlai brought people to cause trouble, so it has something to do with me. I’ve warned you more than once, don’t think you can flaunt your military connections in front of me. You’ve ignored my warnings, haven’t you?”

Tang Chenghu turned to look at Tang Chunlai and asked, “Chunlai, is this true?”

Tang Chengbiao and Tang Chunlai have already taken control of over 60% of the Tang family’s assets, and now Tang Chunlai is very confident.

“Yes, so what? He dared to open a Star Pavilion not far from my Mingcui Workshop, isn’t that clearly provoking me? Since he provoked me, if I don’t react, will my Tang family still have any face? Uncle, don’t worry about this, I’ll deal with him,” Tang Chunlai said with a hint of contempt.

In short, Tang Chunlai no longer regards his uncle, the head of the family Tang Chenghu, as important.

Tang Chenghu scolded, “You bastard! Didn’t I tell you not to provoke him? He’s your grandfather’s savior.

From that point alone, you shouldn’t provoke him. How much is a Mingcui Workshop worth? And now no one even goes there anymore. You’re making an enemy of your grandfather’s savior for an empty shell, do you think you’re doing the right thing?”

Tang Hengyu chuckled and said, “Yang Chen saved my life, our Tang family should indeed thank him. Let’s forget about tonight’s matter, we’ll call it even. If there’s a next time, my Tang family will definitely not spare the thugs who come to smash our place!”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Mr. Tang can survive now, so he speaks with such vigor. Back then, when you were lying on the sickbed, half-dead, scheming against your eldest son, you weren’t so tough!”

Tang Hengyu looked embarrassed, while Tang Chenghu was full of regret.

He shouldn’t have been so soft-hearted back then. If he had just watched the old man die, he wouldn’t be in such a passive situation now.

He thought he could outsmart the old man, but he was far from it.

Now, most of the Tang family’s assets are already under the names of Tang Chengbiao and Tang Chunlai, with about 20% under Tang Hengyu’s name, and Tang Chengshi controls about 20% as well.

Although Tang Chenghu is nominally still the head of the Tang family, without “military power” in hand, his position as the head of the family is not stable.

Once the old man dies, Tang Chengbiao and Tang Chunlai will inevitably usurp the throne. At that time, Tang Chenghu will definitely be ousted and even kicked out of the Tang family.

Tang Hengyu snorted coldly and said, “I won’t argue with you. Leave with your people immediately, and I can let it go. Otherwise, I’ll have to call the police. Also, you’re right, our Tang family does have some military connections. If you want to test them, I don’t mind letting you see them.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! I really want to see what level of connections the Tang family can find. If they’re too powerful, then I’ll definitely be obedient. If their strength is not that great, then we’ll have to have a life-or-death battle. I’ll give you a week to find connections, I hope you don’t disappoint me. Qiu Tian, pass down the order, if anything inside the Tang family compound, other than people, is still intact, they can pack up and leave tomorrow morning.”

Qiu Tian immediately shouted loudly, “Understood! Brother Chen has ordered, if anything inside the Tang family compound can still remain intact besides people, you can leave tomorrow! Brothers, let’s go!”

Yang Chen left with Qiu Yuhong and Qiu Tian, while the Aegis Security people smashed everything inside the Tang family compound.

Tang Chunlai was furious and said, “This is too much!”

“Dad, let’s call the police!”

“Yes, Grandpa, let’s call the police!”

“They’re too arrogant, they have no regard for the law!”

…

Tang Hengyu gritted his teeth and said, “That’s Aegis Security Group, in the end, they’ll just punish both sides equally, it’s useless. Either get rid of Aegis Security Group, or break the relationship between Yang Chen and Aegis Security Group, otherwise, it will be difficult for us to touch him. Chunlai, restrain yourself recently, don’t provoke him. Let Grandpa try to use some old connections to see if we can deal with him.”

“Oh, I understand,” Tang Chunlai said unwillingly.

Soon, Tang Xia learned that Yang Chen had brought people to smash the Tang family compound, and she quickly called Yang Chen.

Tang Xia: “Ah Chen,

What’s going on? Why did you smash my house?”

Yang Chen: “Ask your dad, it’s all his fault. Things didn’t have to develop to this point, it’s all because of his soft-heartedness. I told you, don’t get involved, lest it affect our relationship.”

Tang Xia: “But that’s my home!”

Yang Chen: “Ask your father carefully, is that still your home? It will soon become Tang Chunlai and Tang Chunfeng’s home, and it has nothing to do with you. You’re 23 years old, you should know some things, have a good chat with your dad. Remember one thing I said, without strength as a backing, any dream is just empty talk. It’s getting late, go to bed early.”

After speaking, Yang Chen hung up the phone.

Tang Xia sat on the bed blankly, not sleeping all night.

At dawn, she immediately rushed home to talk with her father alone.

Tang Xia: “Dad, Yang Chen said that our family will soon become Chunlai and Chunfeng’s family, what does that mean? He also said that I’m already 23 years old and should understand some things and principles. Dad, tell me the truth, has something happened to our family?”

Tang Chenghu was silent, after hesitating for several minutes, he said, “Don’t listen to his nonsense. Don’t you dream of becoming a pianist? When you graduate next month, I’ll immediately send you to study in the United States. Just focus on studying the piano and pursuing your dreams, you don’t need to worry about other things. Dad has deposited 2 billion US dollars in a Swiss bank for you, enough for you to live on for the rest of your life.”

Tang Xia: “So, something really happened to our family? Is it because Grandpa sees that I’m a girl and doesn’t want me to inherit the family property, so he started transferring the Tang family’s assets to my second uncle and Chunlai. Is that right?”

Tang Chenghu: “This is not something a girl like you should know, so don’t worry about it, just pursue your dreams.”

Tang Xia immediately replied with Yang Chen’s words, “But without strength as a backing, pursuing dreams is just empty talk.”

Tang Chenghu: “What strength do you need? I’ve left you 2 billion US dollars in a Swiss bank, enough for you to use. Okay, that’s it, don’t ask about things you shouldn’t worry about.”

After speaking, Tang Chenghu got up and left.

Tang Chenghu didn’t want his daughter to get involved in the family struggle, but sometimes things don’t go the way he wants.

Tang Hengyu went to his old friend Ye Kaiguo for help.

And Ye Kaiguo has a grandson named Ye Xuan, known as the Asura War God, with four guardians and twelve *vajra* [thunderbolt or diamond scepter, a symbol of firmness and power] under his command, who has made countless military achievements and recently returned to Hai City from the frontier…

…

June graduation season.

Graduation also means looking for a job.

But because the economic situation has not been good in the past two years, college student employment has become a problem.

Especially some liberal arts graduates, it is not easy to find a job after graduating from a slightly less prestigious school.

This is not, Hai City University of Finance and Economics also encountered the same problem.

According to feedback from graduates, students who have confirmed to have found jobs account for only 70% of the total number of graduates, which is far from the employment rate of more than 95% in previous years.

So many students have not found jobs, but it will affect the employment rate of this school’s graduates. At first glance, it seems that there is nothing serious, and it is normal to not find a job, but this can affect the school’s education funding subsidies for the coming year, as well as the school’s enrollment, etc.

If universities A and B are at about the same level, but A’s employment rate is 98% and B’s employment rate is 75%, which one will candidates choose when applying?

When the state allocates education funds, it will definitely give more to A, which has a high employment rate, and less to B, which has a low employment rate.

The lack of education funds will inevitably affect the teaching staff and teaching quality, and students will not learn well, which will affect the employment rate, which is a vicious cycle.

This is not, Ge Sulan, the arrogant [proud and ambitious] of Hai City University of Finance and Economics, had no choice but to start playing the idea of excellent alumni again.

Ge Sulan held a meeting with the alumni association and school leaders to convey her ideas to them.

Chen Liang, vice president of the alumni association, said on the spot that he could ask 3-5 junior brothers and sisters majoring in finance to intern at Shengjin Investment, and whether they can stay depends on their future performance.

Whether they can stay or not is not important. What the school wants is for graduates to have jobs. Who can guarantee that graduates will never be fired and will always have jobs, right?

However, relying on Shengjin Investment alone is obviously not enough to meet the demand.

Chen Liang quickly sent emails to some outstanding alumni, telling them about the situation at the school and hoping that they could recruit some junior brothers or sisters to intern.

Yang Chen naturally also received Chen Liang’s email, and then Chen Liang called him.

Chen Liang: “Brother Chen, what do you say? Can you arrange some internship jobs for junior brothers and sisters?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! But I have requirements, not just any junior brother or sister will do.”

Chen Liang: “No problem. The school will arrange a special alumni recruitment fair in three days, that is, this Friday. The president means that everyone can come back and have a look. Are you free?”

Yang Chen: “I should be free. Let’s talk about it then, I’ll try to go.”

Chen Liang: “Okay, I hope to see you on Friday.”

The economic situation is not good, and all walks of life are laying off employees.

Especially some large companies with good benefits, in order not to reduce employee benefits, they can only streamline employees.

For example, a certain Dong, a certain Baba, a certain Penguin, etc., all laid off employees on a large scale.

Large factories are not doing well, and small companies are even more difficult.

Therefore, after receiving Chen Liang’s email, many excellent alumni either pretended not to see it, or directly found excuses to refuse. There are very few alumni who are really running companies or working in companies who are willing to come.

Therefore, these alumni who agreed to come are particularly precious.

This is not, the school personally made invitation letters and sent them to those alumni who agreed to come.

Those in Hai City were sent directly by students, and those outside Hai City were sent electronically.

Zhao Ying received another task from the student union to send a recruitment invitation to Yang Chen.

Early in the morning, Zhao Ying called Yang Chen.

“Senior, I’m Zhao Ying, the junior sister who sent you the school celebration invitation last time. Do you still remember me?” Zhao Ying asked.

Yang Chen: “Yes. I remember, you were also put in a difficult position. What’s wrong, is there anything you need senior to help with?”

Zhao Ying: “It’s like this, the school arranged a task for me, let me send the recruitment invitation to you. Is it convenient for you to tell me where to meet, I’ll send you the things?”

Yang Chen: “Ah? Why do you always get stuck with this kind of thing? I will go to the University of Finance and Economics at noon, let’s meet in the cafeteria.”

Zhao Ying: “Oh, okay, okay. Then let’s meet in the cafeteria of the University of Finance and Economics at noon.”

Recently, Li Xiaofei has been preparing for the final exam. Maybe she is working too hard, she has no appetite for anything. Yang Chen is going to ask Tang Ge to make some dishes and send them to her.

There are only two relatives in the world, aunt and cousin, he must be especially fond of this little cousin.

Just after eleven o’clock, Yang Chen came to the first cafeteria of the University of Finance and Economics.

Li Xiaofei is in class at this time, Yang Chen called Zhao Ying over.

At this time, Zhao Ying just came out of the self-study room.

A young man with a three-seven hairstyle and perfume on his body walked up.

His name is Zhou Shuang, a small rich second generation. In order to pursue Zhao Ying, he drove his brother’s Lamborghini to show off.

But because he is too high-profile and likes to show off, Zhao Ying doesn’t like him very much.

Everyone knows that Zhou Shuang is pursuing Zhao Ying. If he can’t win her over, Zhou Shuang feels that he has no face, so he has been reluctant to give up and has to find a way to get her.

Zhou Shuang: “Xiaoying, are you going to eat? Let’s go out for Western food.”

Zhao Ying: “No. I have something serious to do.”

Zhou Shuang: “It’s okay, I’ll call them to deliver it, you don’t have to go out. Where are you going now?”

Zhao Ying: “I’m going to the first cafeteria. Go eat by yourself, don’t follow me.”

Zhou Shuang: “Then let’s go to the first cafeteria to eat.”

After speaking, Zhou Shuang called the Western restaurant and offered extra money to have them deliver the steak set to the first cafeteria of the University of Finance and Economics.

“Girls are all vain, I don’t believe I can’t impress you! Everyone in the college knows that I’m pursuing you. If I can’t get you into bed, how embarrassing would I be? You just pretend to be noble now, I’ll see how slutty you are after I get you into bed,” Zhou Shuang thought to himself.

In fact, it can be seen that he has a little love and hate, and he has a bit of a perverted mentality.

Now he can still control his sanity, and when he loses his sanity in the future, he will definitely be able to use any method.