How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 315

Yang Chen slowed down, asking earnestly, “Beautiful, are you kidding me? We’ve known each other for less than twenty minutes, and you’re telling me you like me and want to date me?”

The girl nodded. “Let me formally introduce myself. I’m Zhao Jingya. And you are?”

Yang Chen was speechless, only able to offer an awkward smile. *Have all the girls become like this these days?*

Earlier, some girls were actively asking for his WeChat, even fighting over the front passenger seat. This was even more outrageous. In less than twenty minutes, she said she liked Yang Chen. *Are their feelings so cheap and casual?*

Yang Chen said very directly, “Sorry, I don’t like you. This is too absurd. You don’t even know my name and you say you like me and want to date me. It’s ridiculous.”

Zhao Jingya quickly explained, “This is love. Some people can be together every day and not feel anything, while others fall in love at first sight. Being together for a long time isn’t love, it’s family. Only love at first sight is true love.”

Yang Chen shook his head with a smile and stepped on the gas, leaving the Maybach behind.

He had to drop Zhao Jingya off at her destination as soon as possible to avoid being laughed at by Brother Ma.

Driver Xiao Li: “Huh? Why did he suddenly speed up? Mr. Ma, should we follow?”

Brother Ma: “He’s driving a Bugatti Veyron, how can we catch up? He’s definitely dropping off his female companion and then meeting us at Zheda [Zhejiang University]. Just drive normally.”

Driver Xiao Li nodded and drove steadily.

Soon, Brother Ma’s car arrived at the entrance of Zheda, and Yang Chen’s car was parked in front.

Brother Ma got out of the car and walked over, seeing Yang Chen arguing with his female companion.

Zhao Jingya cried, “I’m crying my eyes and nose out, and you still don’t believe my true feelings for you.”

Yang Chen said speechlessly, “Your tears don’t matter. I don’t like you. Love should be mutual. If only one person likes the other, it’s not love, it’s lust.”

Zhao Jingya was very frank. “Yes! I am attracted to your appearance. I just think you’re handsome and have a nice voice. I just fell in love with you. Waaah…”

Brother Ma watched with interest. “Mr. Yang, what’s going on here?”

Yang Chen: “I’m just driving a taxi, bringing her here. Then she told me she likes me and insisted on dating me. It’s only been 35 minutes since I picked her up, and she says she likes me. Isn’t that ridiculous?”

Brother Ma: “Haha… You wouldn’t have this trouble if you drove a Wuling Hongguang [a very common and inexpensive minivan in China].”

Zhao Jingya immediately turned her head and glared at Brother Ma, arguing, “Don’t tarnish my love. Even if he only rode a shared bicycle, I would still like him. I like him as a person, it has nothing to do with what car he drives. If he sells the car right now, I would still like him.”

Brother Ma laughed, attracting students from Zheda to watch.

“Isn’t that Mr. Ma?”

“Wow, why is Mr. Ma here?”

“Hello, Mr. Ma, are you here for a secret visit?”

…

Yang Chen quickly said, “Ms. Zhao, many people are here to watch. Please get out of the car. If they take pictures and post them online, we’ll both be embarrassed.”

Zhao Jingya shamelessly replied, “My love for you is absolutely real. I’m not afraid of being filmed and posted online. It’s good to let netizens witness it, so you can know if my feelings for you are real or fake.”

At this moment, Buffett arrived with two attendants.

Brother Ma quickly stepped forward to hug and greet him.

Zheda students quickly took out their phones to take pictures and record videos.

Brother Ma: “Mr. Buffett, long time no see! You’re as healthy as ever.”

Buffett: “You too, you’re in great spirits. Where is Mr. Yang? Isn’t he with you?”

Brother Ma pointed to Yang Chen, who was still entangled with Zhao Jingya, and said with a smile, “He’s over there. Because he drove a Bugatti Veyron, a girl is pestering him to confess her love and insisting on dating him.”

Buffett: “Haha… That’s quite a story. How interesting!”

Buffett walked over and said with a smile, “Mr. Yang, your love life is very prosperous.”

Yang Chen smiled helplessly. “Hi, Mr. Buffett, good evening. To be honest, I don’t want this kind of love life. Wait for me, I’ll call the police.”

In this situation, only the police could intervene. It would be inappropriate for Yang Chen to directly use his bodyguards.

There was a police station next to Zheda, and police officers arrived in a few minutes.

The police saw Brother Ma and Buffett chatting with Yang Chen and determined that Yang Chen’s identity was not simple.

Yang Chen quickly explained the situation to the police and asked them to take Zhao Jingya away.

The police officers nodded and hurried to the passenger seat to pull Zhao Jingya out.

Zhao Jingya immediately shouted, “Ah! Help! Don’t touch me! Assault! Ah!”

The police officers were speechless and quickly warned, “Young lady, you must take legal responsibility for your words and actions! So many people are watching, and we have law enforcement recorders. No one is hitting you. Get out of the car and don’t delay other people’s business.”

Zhao Jingya quickly said, “Police officers, please help me. I finally met someone I like. Is it wrong to want to seize love?”

The police officer: “You’re not trying to seize love, you’re clearly trying to seize money.”

“Haha…” The onlookers laughed.

Zhao Jingya: “Police officer, don’t ruin my reputation! My love for him is genuine, not for his money. I said, even if he rides a shared bicycle, I would still like him.”

At this moment, an angry voice came.

“Zhao Jingya, do you have no shame? I was wondering why you suddenly called and didn’t want to leave with me! So you got into a Bugatti Veyron and thought I was in the way, so you dumped me, right?”

This person was Zhao Jingya’s boyfriend, Wang Mianqin.

Seeing her boyfriend come over, Zhao Jingya not only didn’t feel embarrassed or scared, but directly said, “Don’t talk nonsense. We’ve always been just friends, not lovers. It’s normal for me to not leave with you when I meet someone I like, isn’t it?”

Wang Mianqin: “Friends? I eat instant noodles for more than ten days a month to save money for you, and in the end, I’m just a friend? Zhao Jingya, you are really awesome!”

The police officers took the opportunity to pull Zhao Jingya out.

Zhao Jingya let out a wail.

Yang Chen quickly started the car and slipped away.

Brother Ma and Buffett also quickly got into their car and chased after Yang Chen.

The students at Zheda discussed.

“Blame that handsome guy for driving a Bugatti Veyron. If it were a Wuling Hongguang, there wouldn’t be such trouble.”

“It’s good to be rich. Girls cry and offer themselves at the door.”

“Upload it to Douyin [TikTok in China], it will definitely make people laugh to death.”

“That guy must be very powerful. Brother Ma and Buffett are so polite to him. He must be a very awesome young master.”

“Huh? Isn’t the number one young master in China Wang Nianming? Which young master is more awesome than the young master of Yida Group?”

“Let me put it this way, what you can see is not the most powerful. The most powerful ones you can’t see. For a young master to make Brother Ma and Buffett so polite, he must be the son of a big shot in the China Merchants Bureau system.”

…

At this time, those students who uploaded to Weibo [Chinese Twitter] and Douyin suddenly discovered a problem. All the photos and videos of Yang Chen’s face failed to upload.

The students became even more curious about Yang Chen’s identity. How mysterious and awesome must this young master be to have this kind of treatment?

“Damn, all the photos and videos of his face failed to upload. We can’t post them at all. Who the hell is that guy?”

“My guess just now is very likely to be true. That guy must be the son of a big shot in the China Merchants Bureau system at least.”

“Even if he’s not that awesome, his father must be at least on the same level as Brother Ma. There are only a few men at this level in China. It can’t be Old Wang, Little Ma, or someone else’s illegitimate son, right?”

“Damn! Impossible! Do you think Brother Ma and Buffett would be so polite to Wang Nianming? It can’t be their son, it must be the son of an even more awesome person.”

…

Listening to everyone’s discussion, Zhao Jingya suddenly burst into tears again.

“You guys made me miss the opportunity to become a rich wife, it’s all your fault. Waaah…”

The Bugatti little brother’s family background is even more powerful than Brother Ma. If she could marry him, wouldn’t that be a Cinderella marrying a Prince Charming?

The more Zhao Jingya thought about it, the more upset she became, crying miserably.

…

Although the photos and videos of Yang Chen’s face could not be uploaded, other photos and videos were not affected. For example, photos and videos with Zhao Jingya as the main character were uploaded successfully.

Soon, these videos spread on Weibo and Douyin.

Netizens rushed to watch the excitement.

“Oh my, the hard journey of an independent woman starting a business early in the morning, but unfortunately the business failed.”

“This guy has no experience at all. Just say the car is borrowed, and see if she still likes you.”

“Damn, if I hadn’t heard the handsome guy say that she confessed her love after knowing him for twenty minutes, I would have thought they had been dating for twenty years and she was dumped.”

“It seems that being poor also has its advantages. Every day I ride my little electric scooter on the street, and no girl cries and forces me to date her.”

“This guy is not weak. The license plate is probably custom-made. Who knows who this car belongs to in Haicheng City [fictional city]?”

“Young master is out driving a sports car to experience life as a taxi driver again. Seeing the young master being entangled by this little bitch, this old servant is really anxious. It’s all my fault for not sitting in the passenger seat, otherwise I would have protected the young master from being entangled even if it cost me my life.”

…

Zhao Jingya really lost a lot. She failed to confess her love, lost her boyfriend, and was ridiculed by the entire internet.

…

On the other side, Yang Chen, Brother Ma, and Buffett found a restaurant and went in to eat.

The three of them talked a lot, from economics to international politics, from finance to industry, from internet technology to industrial manufacturing. None of them held back and expressed their opinions.

Through this conversation, Brother Ma also gained a certain understanding of Yang Chen.

“Mr. Yang, you have already invested in Penguin Technology, why don’t you invest in my Alibaba? Do you look down on Alibaba?” Mr. Ma asked with a smile.

Yang Chen laughed. “How is that possible? It’s just that I didn’t have the opportunity to invest. I still need Mr. Ma to give me a chance. For example, can you absorb me as a shareholder in your Mayi Financial [Ant Financial]?”

Brother Ma: “Haha… Sure. Mr. Yang can send someone over to discuss it later. I can give you 1-2 points, no more.”

The latest valuation of Mayi Financial is two trillion. Even 1% is worth 20 billion.

Yang Chen nodded with a smile. “Then I’ll leave it to Mr. Ma. Don’t save me money, try to get me more shares. Come, I’ll use tea instead of wine to toast Mr. Ma.”

Brother Ma raised his water glass. “Okay! I’ll toast Mr. Yang. In the future, if there is a chance, Mr. Yang can also buy some Alibaba shares to help stabilize our stock price.”

“Easy to say. I’m most interested in companies with strong profits like Alibaba. Buying shares and waiting for dividends is so comfortable. Come, cheers.” Yang Chen said with a smile, and then the two of them drank the water in their glasses.

More than an hour later, the three big shots left the restaurant and went back to their respective homes.

Yang Chen returned to the base camp.

The Oriental Choice was still broadcasting live.

Yang Chen quietly came to Lao Yu and others, and asked in a low voice, “Mr. Yu, how is it going?”

Lao Yu said very happily, “Mr. Yang is back. Tonight’s results are very good. We have already sold more than 5 million worth of goods. This is only the first night. Later, we will make a name for ourselves, and it will definitely get better and better. Mr. Yang’s method is really useful. Xiao Hui and the others are talking about the history and culture of Hangzhou while recommending Hangzhou’s local specialties to the audience. The effect is really good.”

Yang Chen: “That’s good. The logistics service of online shopping is very important. Mr. Yu must tell the cooperative brands to be careful when packing, and don’t send bad things to customers, and send them out as soon as possible. If necessary, you can scare them. If this cooperation is not pleasant, directly blacklist them and never cooperate again. Selling it is only the first step, the most important thing is to let customers keep the product in their hands.”

Lao Yu: “Understood! Mr. Yang, don’t worry, I will explain it clearly to the person in charge of each brand after it is over.”

Yang Chen stretched. “Okay! You guys are busy, I’m a little tired from running around all day, I’m going back to the RV to rest.”

Lao Yu: “Okay, good night, Mr. Yang. I wish you a good dream. Good night!”

Yang Chen smiled and ran back to the RV.

Seeing Yang Chen coming back, Fang Yingqi quickly made an excuse that she was too sleepy and went offline.

“Achen, do you want to take a bath?” Fang Yingqi asked.

Yang Chen nodded. “I want to wash.”

Fang Yingqi: “I’ll put water for you. Save water on the car. I also want to take a bath, or… wash together?”

Yang Chen: “Damn, I was wondering why you asked me if I wanted to take a bath, so you have ulterior motives for me.”

Fang Yingqi giggled happily, quickly pulled down the curtains, and then ran to put water.

At this time, the BEEP system issued a reminder that Yang Chen received a bad review.

Damn, it must have been given by that nymphomaniac Zhao Jingya.

“I really like you. To prove my sincerity, I did everything I could, but you still don’t believe it. I don’t want to give you a bad review, I just want you to contact me to change the bad review. As long as I can talk to you again, I will be happy. Contact me quickly, I will change the bad review for you, otherwise I will always be sad.”

Yang Chen immediately exited the BEEP account, and felt disgusted even looking at this review.

At this time, the system issued a reminder.

“Congratulations to the host for receiving a bad review. The system rewards the host with 15% of Alibaba’s shares, making him the second largest shareholder of the group. The equity transfer agreement will be delivered to the host before eight o’clock tomorrow morning. Please do not move the RV before eight o’clock.”

Eh?

Just now in the restaurant, Brother Ma invited Yang Chen to buy Alibaba’s shares, and now the system rewarded him with 15% of the shares, making him the second largest shareholder of the group.

The system is still considerate.

The largest shareholder of Alibaba is SoftBank Group, with a shareholding ratio of 24.9%, but the group only has dividend rights and no voting rights. This is a common AB share structure in Internet companies, with the same shares but different rights.

However, the 15% equity that the system rewarded to Yang Chen was bought from the secondary market, with both voting rights and dividend rights.

It can be said that SoftBank is the largest shareholder in name, but Yang Chen doesn’t need to give SoftBank face at all. His 15% voting rights are the largest shareholder in name.

However, the control of Alibaba is still in the hands of Brother Ma, because he has more than 1/2 of the director nomination rights, that is to say, he has the power to nominate at least 5 directors out of 9 board members. This is the essence of his control over Alibaba.

Now that Yang Chen owns 15% of the shares, he should occupy a seat on the board of directors.

When the stock market opens tomorrow, President Ma will definitely contact Yang Chen after learning about it.

Seeing Yang Chen laughing secretly, Fang Yingqi quickly ran over and threw herself into his arms, acting coquettishly: “What fun things did you think of? You’re still laughing secretly here.”

Yang Chen said with a smile: “It’s nothing, I met Brother Ma and Buffett when I went out to drive tonight, and I bought some shares from Brother Ma.”

Fang Yingqi: “Hmm? Is it Alibaba’s shares? How much did you buy?”

Yang Chen: “Yes, it’s Alibaba’s shares, I bought 15%.”

Fang Yingqi: “That’s a lot! Can you ask them to clear my shopping cart?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… It’s not appropriate to ask them to clear your shopping cart. However, if you perform well tonight, you can ask me to clear your shopping cart.”

Fang Yingqi: “Hee hee… You said that. Let’s go, let’s go, let’s take a bath.”

…

The next morning, before Yang Chen got up, the courier delivered the equity agreement.

Yang Chen got up, signed for the document bag, opened it, checked it, and then shrank into the closet.

The Oriental Choice had already set off. They had to go to Wucheng in advance to prepare for the live broadcast, so they didn’t wait for Yang Chen to go together.

Yang Chen pinched Fang Yingqi awake, quickly brushed his teeth, washed his face, and went to eat.

Then Yang Chen drove to refuel and add water, and then set off for Wucheng.

Fang Yingqi sat in the passenger seat, put her slender legs on the dashboard, eating fruit while watching the scenery outside the window.

After eating the fruit, Fang Yingqi felt bored and didn’t dare to disturb Yang Chen’s driving, so she took out her phone and prepared to start a live broadcast.

“Do you want traffic promotion?” Yang Chen asked.

Fang Yingqi: “Ah? Do you mean buy DOU+ [Douyin’s paid traffic boosting service] for me?”

Yang Chen: “Are you kidding me? I am the second largest shareholder of ByteDance Group [Douyin’s parent company]. Do I need to buy D0U+ to promote an account? Then my 30% equity is wasted?”

Fang Yingqi: “Hmm? Free to use? Then I want it! My dear husband, hurry, hurry, give it to me, give it to me!”

Yang Chen gave her a speechless look and said, “Turn on my phone, search for the Douyin CEO’s number and dial it.”

Fang Yingqi quickly picked up Yang Chen’s phone, found the Douyin CEO’s number and dialed it, and pressed the speakerphone.

Soon, the call connected.

Douyin CEO: “Mr. Yang, hello. What can I do for you?”

Yang Chen: “I have a friend here who is a Douyin anchor, please take care of the traffic. The ID is Qiqi, and the real name is Fang Yingqi.”

Douyin CEO: “Okay. I’m on my way to the company. When I get there, I will order them to add traffic to this account.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, thank you.”

Douyin CEO: “Oh, Mr. Yang, you are being too polite. We are all our own people. If you have anything, just tell me, I will definitely do my best to handle it for you.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! Then I won’t be polite to you, you can say something if you have anything in the future. I’m hanging up, I’m driving.”

Douyin CEO: “Okay. Mr. Yang, be careful, hang up.”

Fang Yingqi was very happy. Yang Chen asked again: “Seeing that you performed well last night, I will reward you with a Weibo promotion?”

Fang Yingqi: “Ah? There is also Weibo promotion? Do you also have Weibo equity?”

Yang Chen: “Yes. As long as it is a company that can be used normally, I have equity. If BEEP Taxi hadn’t been delisted from the US stock market, I would have wanted to get some equity.”

Fang Yingqi: “Hee hee… Then let’s have some Weibo promotion, I will perform well tonight. Hee hee…”

Yang Chen smiled and called the Weibo CEO, ordering him to add traffic promotion to Fang Yingqi’s Weibo, and also added some popular topics to divert traffic to Fang Yingqi’s Weibo and Douyin.

In order to please Yang Chen, the Weibo CEO also put his heart into it.

Except for the first place on the hot search list being sold to a certain star, all the remaining positions in the top ten were given to Fang Yingqi.

“Life is not just about 苟且 [gǒu qiě – muddling along], but also poetry and distance.”

“The body and soul must be on the road together, the destination is Tibet.”

“Qiqi takes you to experience the Sichuan-Tibet line in an RV.”

“Life is not only about 996 [9am to 9pm, 6 days a week work schedule], but also a trip that you can take at any time.”

“Tibet, a place to cleanse the soul.”

…

For the working people who enjoy the 996 blessing, a trip that you can take at any time is something they dare not even dream of.

Therefore, these hot search topics are too attractive and impactful to them.

You can guess their mood at this time from the comments of netizens.

“Damn, it makes me want to go too. People only have about 20 years to run around, too big and too small are not good. If I continue to 996 like this, my life will be over, wouldn’t it be a waste of my life?”

“Tibet, a place I dream of going to once. Unfortunately, I don’t have the courage to ask for leave or resign to experience it. Sometimes I think it’s better to lie down, anyway, hard work won’t get me the life I want.”

“Who is this Qiqi? Did she spend money to buy these hot search topics? Where can I see her live broadcast? I will definitely not have the opportunity to experience it myself in this life, I can only follow her camera to enjoy it, which can be regarded as a spiritual experience of the Sichuan-Tibet line.”

“I will give you five minutes to send me the live broadcast platform and account of this anchor, otherwise I will beat you to death, or you will beat me to death. My nickname is the Evil God of Freight, specializing in Sichuan-Tibet line freight, I want to experience it with this anchor.”

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