How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 290

You Come to the Rooftop, I’ll Give You the Money and Bank Card

You Come to the Rooftop, I’ll Give You the Money and Bank Card

Tencent Technology is a very impressive company with a current market value of 2 trillion.

With just 9% of the shares, Ma Tengfei frequently ranks among the top three on the Dragon Country’s rich list, which shows how powerful this company is.

Videos, music, reading, finance, cloud services, e-commerce, travel, games, movies, etc., Tencent Technology’s main businesses cover almost all walks of life.

Tencent Technology also has a very rare quality: it can imitate anything that makes money.

Therefore, investors don’t have to worry about whether Tencent Technology can make money, but rather how much it will make.

This time, Nanfei Newspaper Group is releasing 15% of its shares. If one person acquires all of them, that person will replace Ma Tengfei as the second-largest shareholder of Tencent Technology.

Again, for such a behemoth company, whether or not you can control it doesn’t matter. As long as the shares you hold give you a voice in the shareholders’ meeting, that’s enough.

So, Yang Chen is quite interested.

Thus, he replied, “I am indeed very interested in what President Gu said.”

Gu Ming: “Haha… It’s good that Mr. Yang is interested. Where are you now? I’ll come pick you up.”

Yang Chen: “No need to pick me up, I’m driving. I’m buying something at the Guomao Center [a large shopping mall in Beijing]. I’ll go to Tang Court later. Let’s meet at Tang Court.”

Gu Ming: “Haha… Isn’t this a coincidence? I’m at the Guomao Exhibition Center next to the Guomao Center.”

Yang Chen: “Really? Then come over. I’m at the LV store on the 3rd floor.”

Gu Ming: “Okay. I’ll be right there! See you later!”

Hanging up the phone, the people around him looked at Yang Chen in shock again.

Yang Chen said with a smile, “I’m just bragging. Everyone, play with your phones and don’t mind me.”

The crowd laughed awkwardly.

“Bro, you’re too good at bragging.”

“You’re already bragging about being a major shareholder of Haicheng Bank. Are you going to brag about being the president of Dragon Country Bank next?”

“Bro, are you trying to pick up girls? You’re bragging too much. Aren’t you afraid of being exposed? I usually brag about being a rich second generation, but you’re much bolder than me.”

…

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “The bolder you are, the more you achieve. If you’re cautious even when bragging, how can you pick up girls? Look at the quality of my girl. A beautiful girl brought by Jin Bai, isn’t she much better than your internet celebrity faces?”

A group of men looked at Maya, who was choosing clothes, and then at their girlfriends. There was indeed a big difference.

The crowd surrounded Yang Chen, humbly asking for advice.

“Bro, are you sure it’s okay to brag about being a bank president?”

“What if she asks you to prove it?”

“Yeah! Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if you were exposed?”

…

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “Isn’t bringing her here to buy things the best proof? Once the clothes and bags are bought, won’t she obediently go to the hotel at night? Once you’ve been to the hotel, even if you’re exposed, just leave and find another target. It even saves you from having to find an excuse to dump her.”

“Damn! That makes sense!”

“Big brother, I admire you!”

“Hearing your words is better than reading ten books!”

…

At this moment, Maya walked over.

“Brother Chen, what are you guys talking about?” Maya asked.

The crowd quickly got up and walked away.

Yang Chen got up and replied with a smile, “Just bragging. Have you chosen what you want?”

Maya: “I’ve picked out a few, but I can’t decide which one to choose. Can you give me some advice?”

Yang Chen: “Do you like all of these?”

Maya nodded.

Yang Chen: “Then buy them all.”

Maya: “No, no, I only have two million in savings left. I have to save some money. One is enough.”

Yang Chen: “Then you buy one with your own money, and I’ll give you the rest as a gift to congratulate you on finding a new job.”

Maya: “Hehe… Brother Chen, that wouldn’t be right.”

Yang Chen: “There’s nothing wrong with it. Luo Xi, who’s Luo Xi? Come here!”

At this time, Luo Xi, the store manager who was checking the inventory at the cashier, heard the call and quickly looked up.

She told the person next to her and quickly walked over.

“Hello, handsome, can I help you?” Luo Xi asked.

Yang Chen: “I’m Yang Chen, wrap these up.”

Luo Xi was shocked and said, “You… You are Mr. Yang? Oh, why didn’t you say so earlier? Mr. Yang, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I only heard that the second shareholder of the group is called Yang Chen, but I didn’t know what he looked like.”

Yang Chen: “It’s okay. You don’t need to know me, just do your job well.”

Luo Xi: “I apologize for my brother’s matter. I just spoiled him too much, but I really didn’t expect him to…”

Yang Chen: “It’s okay, didn’t Wu Yue handle it? Let’s not talk about the past. Hurry up and pack these for my friend and pay with my membership card. We’re going to eat, so hurry up.”

Luo Xi: “Okay, okay. This beautiful lady, please come with me.”

At this moment, Gu Ming, the president of the Commercial Bank, came with a group of people.

A group of powerful figures walked in, immediately attracting everyone’s attention.

Zhang Hongbo, who was next to Gu Ming, whispered, “President Gu, the one wearing the white checkered shirt is Mr. Yang.”

Gu Ming immediately laughed and reached out his hands to Yang Chen.

“Mr. Yang, nice to meet you. I’m Gu Ming, the president of the Commercial Bank. I talked to you on the phone just now,” Gu Ming said with a smile.

Yang Chen shook hands with Gu Ming and said, “President Gu, hello. I’ll be done here soon, please wait a moment.”

Gu Ming: “No problem! Mr. Yang, please go ahead.”

Yang Chen took Maya to the cashier to pay the bill.

The group of people who were bragging with Yang Chen earlier were all dumbfounded.

Damn!

That guy said he was bragging, but the president of the Commercial Bank came to pick him up. He still said he was bragging?

Soon, Yang Chen and Maya paid the bill.

Gu Ming stepped forward and said with a smile, “Mr. Yang, can we go to dinner now? Tang Court has already been arranged. We can eat as soon as we get there.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! Let’s go.”

Luo Xi quickly told the staff to see Yang Chen off.

“Farewell, Mr. Yang!” everyone said in unison.

This immediately attracted the attention of other brand store employees and customers on the same floor.

Yang Chen and Maya walked in the front row in the middle, with Gu Ming and Zhang Hongbo on the left and right, and the others followed behind, instantly becoming the most eye-catching sight in the Guomao Center.

“Damn, which young master is bringing his girl shopping with so many followers?”

“Why does the person on the left look so much like Zhang Hongbo, the president of the Commercial Bank?”

“This aura is too strong. The one wearing the white checkered shirt must be their young master.”

“The domineering president himself!”

…

After Yang Chen and the others walked away, the employees asked Luo Xi one after another.

“Store manager, who is he?”

Luo Xi: “The second shareholder of LVMH Group [a multinational corporation specializing in luxury goods]. He just acquired the shares. Now Wu is no longer the biggest in the Dragon Country region. He is the biggest.”

“The second shareholder? My God, didn’t they say our group is very valuable? How much money did he have to spend to become the second shareholder?”

Luo Xi: “About 60 billion euros, about 400 billion Dragon Country currency [Chinese Yuan, or Renminbi].”

“Ah? More than 400 billion?”

“My God, my grandpa wouldn’t dare to burn that much money even when he’s visiting the ancestors’ graves.”

“Then why isn’t his name on the rich list? It’s all Daddy Ma and them.”

“Obviously, he’s low-key. If it were someone else who became the second shareholder of LVMH Group, they would definitely promote it widely. Look at him, he’s silent. He won’t let people know unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

…

Luo Xi sighed and said, “If I told you that his usual job is driving a ride-hailing car, would you go crazy?”

“Ah?” everyone shouted in unison, all with shocked expressions.

Whether it’s earning so much money driving a ride-hailing car, or having so much money and still driving a ride-hailing car, it’s too incredible.

The group of people who were listening to Yang Chen bragging earlier all showed awkward smiles.

He wasn’t bragging at all. He was just afraid that his real identity would scare them, so he deliberately said he was bragging.

…

Yang Chen took the group from the Commercial Bank to Tang Court.

Maya didn’t want to participate in this kind of dinner, so Yang Chen ordered Tan Hongkai to open a separate table for her.

Yang Chen and Gu Ming’s group came to the private room.

“I didn’t expect Tang Court to be bought by Mr. Yang as well. Mr. Yang really knows how to enjoy life!” Gu Ming said with a smile.

Yang Chen laughed and said, “I don’t smoke, drink, fish, or play games. If I don’t like eating delicious food, then there’s no point in me living. Buying Tang Court means I can have whatever I want to eat, and the chefs will make it for me whenever I want to eat it. It’s much more convenient.”

Everyone laughed.

Gu Ming: “Mr. Yang is right, it’s indeed much more convenient. Haha… Come, let’s start eating.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and picked up his cutlery to eat.

After eating and drinking to their fill, the topic turned to the acquisition of 15% of Tencent Technology’s shares.

According to Gu Ming, there are currently 50 individuals and institutions interested in investing in the acquisition of these 15% of the shares.

However, after all, it is an acquisition case of up to 40 billion US dollars. Even if there are 50 individuals and institutions willing to invest, they still cannot fully acquire these 15% of the shares. There is still a shortfall of about 80 billion.

Gu Ming asked Yang Chen how much he was prepared to invest, and he could help coordinate.

Tencent Sports’ net profits for the past three years were 1.2 billion, 1.5 billion, and 1.8 billion respectively.

This profitability is top-notch among non-state-owned companies.

Tencent Sports’ market value reached 1 trillion at its peak, and a market value of 2 trillion is not considered high now.

Nanfei Newspaper Group is asking for 40 billion US dollars, which is about 300 billion Dragon Country currency. It does require many people to invest together to raise the money.

Yang Chen thought carefully and said, “To be honest,”

“I want to acquire all 15% of the shares.”

Gu Ming was shocked and said, “Mr. Yang, this requires about 300 billion in funds. Are you sure you can acquire all of it?”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “It’s a bit difficult, but I can try.”

Yang Chen can sell some of his shares in Meituan [a Chinese e-commerce platform for services], LVMH Group, Louis Vuitton, and other companies to raise 300 billion.

Gu Ming: “Mr. Yang’s wealth is truly beyond my imagination. However, we have already talked to 50 partners. If you take it all, I won’t be able to explain it to them. Since Mr. Yang has abundant funds, why not take the remaining 80 billion and leave some for the other partners?”

Yang Chen: “It’s rare to be able to acquire so many shares at once. Everyone should compete fairly based on their own strength.”

Gu Ming suddenly had a feeling of “inviting a wolf into the house.” With Yang Chen’s appetite so big, wouldn’t he even want to eat the Commercial Bank’s share?

“This matter is a bit difficult to say. How about this, I’ll go back and call a meeting with the partners who are interested in investing, and everyone can discuss how much to invest. Does Mr. Yang think that’s okay?” Gu Ming asked with a smile.

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Okay! I also need time to raise money. I can discuss it with everyone.”

The two temporarily agreed on this, and then Gu Ming left with his people.

As soon as they left Tang Court, the subordinates started talking to Gu Ming.

“President Gu, does this kid have that much money?”

“His appetite is too big. He wants to acquire all 300 billion. If he had that much money, he would have been on the rich list long ago. He’s probably looking for partners to invest together so he can get more voting rights.”

“Then how do we tell the other partners? Do we directly say that Yang Chen wants to acquire all 15% of the shares?”

…

Gu Ming: “Let me talk to the other partners first and then decide what to do. 300 billion is not that easy to raise. Young people are somewhat overambitious.”

Yang Chen found Maya and took her home.

When an opportunity comes, you have to seize it. Yang Chen lay in bed thinking about which company’s shares to sell.

But once he has something in hand, even if it’s not that important, he doesn’t want to sell it. He couldn’t make up his mind for a while.

At this moment, the system issued a reminder.

“The system reward for the host’s custom-made yacht has arrived and is currently docked at the Atlantis Hotel marina in Sanya [a popular resort city in Hainan, China]. The host can go there for a test drive at any time.”

Yang Chen already had this reward before going to the US, and it has finally arrived.

Now is the perfect season to play on a yacht. He should find some time to go and have fun.

In the morning, the bank opened.

The Lujiazui branch of Haicheng Bank was instantly buzzing.

“Wow, a customer named Yang Chen transferred 12.5 billion!”

“How much? 12.5 billion? That’s so much money!”

“It was transferred from the Commercial Bank. I wonder how the Commercial Bank offended him.”

“I heard that the Commercial Bank fired the lobby manager and the general management department manager, and the branch manager was also given a major demerit and investigated. They must have done something to offend this big shot.”

“Yang Chen, I’ve never heard of this rich man’s name. He has 12.5 billion in deposits alone, so his total assets must be around 30 billion, enough to be on the rich list, but there’s no such name on the rich list!”

“You don’t understand this, do you? Many rich people’s wealth is not convenient to disclose, and they don’t authorize the rich list to rank them. This big shot named Yang Chen must be one of those people.”

…

At this moment, President Huang He ran out in a hurry.

“Everyone, get ready. The major shareholder will come to the bank to conduct business later. Everyone, perk up. Clean the glass for me, mop the floor for me. Everyone must be in the most perfect state to welcome the major shareholder. Do you understand?” Huang He said loudly.

“Understood!” everyone replied in unison.

Everyone immediately got busy, taking advantage of the fact that the bank hadn’t opened yet to quickly clean up and do the hygiene.

Around 9:30, Yang Chen arrived at the bank.

Seeing that the bank was clean and all the employees were enthusiastic, Yang Chen nodded with satisfaction.

Now he can understand why many leaders can’t find problems during inspections. They prepare the best side for him to see before he comes, so how can he find any problems?

The lobby manager asked with a smile, “Sir, hello. What kind of business do you want to conduct?”

Yang Chen: “I’m here to see your President Huang He.”

The lobby manager: “Sir, hello, what is your name?”

Yang Chen: “Yang Chen!”

The lobby manager: “Okay, Mr. Yang… No, what is your name?”

Yang Chen: “Yang Chen!”

The lobby manager then whispered, “Did you just transfer 12.5 billion to our bank?”

Yang Chen: “How do you know?”

The lobby manager: “The system settled it early in the morning, and the entire bank knew about it. We all thought you were an old man, but we didn’t expect you to be so young. Mr. Yang, please come with me, I’ll take you to find the president.”

Yang Chen nodded and followed the lobby manager to the president’s office.

Huang He received an email from the headquarters group with Yang Chen’s information.

Seeing Yang Chen coming, Huang He quickly got up to greet him.

“Mr. Yang, you’ve finally arrived! Please sit down, please sit down. Quickly pour tea!” Huang He said with a smile.

Yang Chen quickly said, “No need. I’m in a hurry. Just take me around and let me see the working conditions of your bank employees, so I can experience what it feels like to be a major shareholder.”

Huang He: “Haha… Okay, okay. Mr. Yang, this way please, I’ll take you on a tour.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and followed Huang He to various departments to take a look.

The lobby manager sent a message in the internal group.

“Comrades, Yang Chen, who transferred 12.5 billion, is here. He is the major shareholder that the president was talking about! The most important thing is that he is not an old man, but a handsome brother, very handsome, more handsome than the male lead in idol dramas!”

Instantly, the group exploded.

“Really? Is there a photo? Let me see!”

“Isn’t that the handsome young man you just took in?”

“He’s here in our department, he’s really handsome! Oh my god, I think I’m in love with him.”

“Hey, Chen Rong, are you in love with him or his money?”

“Both, both, I love everything about him.”

…

After the tour, Huang He asked with a smile, “Mr. Yang, what do you think of our branch?”

Yang Chen nodded with satisfaction and said,

“Very good! The employees have a good mental outlook, and the hygiene and other aspects are done very well. President Huang is managing well, I have high hopes for you.”

Huang He: “Haha… It’s good that Mr. Yang is satisfied. Come, come, I’ll take you to conduct business now.”

Yang Chen nodded and followed Huang He to the VIP reception room.

In fact, Yang Chen didn’t have any important business to conduct. He just wanted to increase the daily limit on his bank card to 1 billion.

Soon, the business was done.

Huang He asked again, “Mr. Yang, is there anything else you need?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! In the future, when I withdraw money, I don’t want to tell you the purpose. Can I withdraw it?”

Huang He: “Haha… Of course you can! You are our major shareholder, and we also believe that you will not do anything illegal or criminal. You don’t need to tell us the purpose, you can withdraw it directly.”

Yang Chen: “That’s good. When I go to the Commercial Bank to withdraw money, they insist on me explaining the purpose, which makes me very angry. It’s my own money, I can do whatever I want with it, why do I have to tell them what I’m going to do? Okay, you guys are busy, I’ll leave first.”

Huang He felt that it was not easy to meet the major shareholder, so he had to perform well.

So, he quickly asked, “Mr. Yang, are you free at noon? Can you do me the honor of having a meal together?”

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “I’m going to Sanya for vacation in a few days, so I have to be diligent these days, get more customers, and deliver more takeaways [food delivery]. Noon is the peak period for takeaways, and I can’t waste time on eating.”

Huang He nodded with a smile, but immediately realized something was wrong.

He asked with a surprised look, “What did Mr. Yang just say? Get customers, deliver takeaways?”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Yes! My main job is driving a ride-hailing car, and I work part-time delivering takeaways during meal times. I’m leaving, you guys are busy.”

A big shot who has the money to acquire 16% of Haicheng Bank’s shares and has 12.5 billion in deposits in Haicheng Bank alone usually earns money by driving a ride-hailing car and delivering takeaways?

What a joke?

Huang He woke up in a panic and quickly chased after Yang Chen to see him off.

The VIP manager immediately sent a message in the internal group.

“This world is too crazy. Guess what our major shareholder does for a living? I guarantee you can’t guess even if you rack your brains!”

“He must be speculating in stocks, doing something in the financial sector.”

“He’s definitely an investor!”

“His family must have a mine!”

Seeing that his colleagues were guessing some high-end professions, the VIP manager smiled and quickly replied: “You’re all wrong. His main job is a ride-hailing driver, and he works part-time delivering takeaways. How about it, you can’t guess even if you rack your brains. It’s really hard to understand how such an amazing person can be so low-key as to drive a ride-hailing car and deliver takeaways.”

Instantly, the group exploded again.

“Really? Do ride-hailing and takeaway deliveries make so much money? Are you kidding me?”

“Stop it, if ride-hailing and takeaway deliveries make so much money, why am I still working as a financial advisor? I’m going to drive a ride-hailing car too!”

“My dad spent 100,000 to get me this position, and now I’m just scraping by with a few thousand a month. If I had known, I would have gone to deliver takeaways directly. I really don’t know how he delivered so many deposits.”

…

Whether they spent money to get in or relied on their own strength to pass the exam, everyone was emo [emotional].

They worked so hard to break into the bank, but they ended up doing worse than a part-time takeaway delivery driver. This is too much of a blow.

…

Leaving the bank, Yang Chen received an order.

He followed the navigation to the starting point, but he didn’t see the customer.

“Sigh… Another one who calls a car without being prepared.” Yang Chen said helplessly and quickly called the passenger.

Soon, the phone was connected.

Yang Chen: “Hello, I’m the Didi [a Chinese ride-hailing company] driver. The car you called has arrived. Please come down now.”

Passenger: “I’m on the rooftop, come up here.”

Yang Chen: “Ah? Beauty, don’t mess around! My whole family is counting on me to drive a ride-hailing car to make a living. Don’t mess with me.”

Passenger: “Then come up and get something. I’ll give you the cash and bank card. All the money is yours. Okay?”

This didn’t sound right.

Yang Chen quickly unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car, asking, “Beauty, wait for me, I’ll be right there. I love money, you must wait for me.”

Passenger: “Okay, I’ll wait for you.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen rushed in at full speed and took the elevator to the rooftop.

At this time, a girl wearing a red dress was sitting on the railing with her legs dangling in the air.

Yang Chen wanted to shout, but he was afraid of scaring her, so he could only slowly approach, deliberately making some noise to let her notice.

The girl slowly turned her head to look at Yang Chen.

Yang Chen was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he quickly said, “Beauty, I’m the ride-hailing driver you called. I’m here to get something, and also to take your money and bank card.”