How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 327

The Truth About the Car Accident

The waiter entered Yang Chen’s card number into the machine and asked, “Who’s paying, please?”

Zhao Zhonghua quickly took out his bank card and said, “I’ll pay.”

Soon, the cashier finished the transaction, and indeed, it was more than 8,000 yuan cheaper.

Zhao Zhonghua asked, puzzled, “Where did you get this supreme card? Do you spend over a million here every year?”

Yang Chen smiled and replied, “I’ll tell you when I get a chance. I’m in a hurry; I need to take Miss Zhao back to school and then attend a dinner. We’ll leave now, okay?”

Zhao Zhonghua nodded and said, “Alright! Drive safely and don’t rush.”

Yang Chen nodded and left with Zhao Chunxue.

They got into the car.

Zhao Chunxue couldn’t help but ask, “Little brother, you’re quite impressive. Driving a ride-hailing car, you can spend over a million at Tang Pavilion every year. Is ride-hailing and delivering food that profitable?”

Yang Chen: “Actually, I’m the owner of Tang Pavilion.”

Zhao Chunxue: “Haha… stop joking. I’m the owner of Yida Group. I’m Wang Nianming’s mom, do you believe that?”

Yang Chen smiled and shook his head, saying nothing more.

*She doesn’t believe it when I tell her the truth, but she wants to know the truth. It’s really difficult,* he thought.

It was a silent ride.

Yang Chen dropped Zhao Chunxue off at the girls’ dormitory.

“Go on up. Don’t forget your things,” Yang Chen said.

Zhao Chunxue took out her phone and waved it in front of Yang Chen, saying, “Seeing that you’re quite handsome, I want to be friends with you. Let’s add each other [on WeChat, a popular messaging app]. In the future, I’ll pay for a day of your time, and you can take me around. Is that okay?”

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “Not interested. I’m already driving a ride-hailing car and delivering food; I want to be free. I work when I want to, and nobody can force me when I don’t want to. You want to buy a day of my time? I definitely won’t do it. Go on, I have to rush to a dinner. If I’m late, your dad and the others won’t dare to start eating.”

Zhao Chunxue: “Huh? What do you mean?”

Yang Chen: “You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you. Go on up. If we meet again next time, then I’ll add you.”

Zhao Chunxue: “Brother, you’re a bit arrogant! People always beg to add me, and now that I’m begging to add you, you’re actually refusing? Brother, you’re going a bit too far! Are all 90s brothers [referring to people born in the 1990s] this cocky?”

Yang Chen: “Are all 2000s girls [referring to people born in the 2000s] this outgoing?”

“Haha…” Zhao Chunxue covered her mouth and laughed.

Coincidentally, Li Rui, who had been waiting, saw this scene.

Li Rui rushed up and said angrily, “I thought you just accepted me last night; why are you breaking up with me today? So you’ve taken a fancy to this delivery guy! Bro, you’re a bit unethical! I asked you to deliver flowers, and you’re stealing customers’ girlfriends?”

Yang Chen: “Bro, you’ve really wronged me. She wanted to add me, and I was refusing. I don’t know what’s going on between you two; it has nothing to do with me. I heard that 2000s are quite outgoing; I don’t want to get involved in you young people’s affairs. Don’t look for me; you guys talk.”

Zhao Chunxue got out of the car and started arguing with Li Rui.

“Bro, you have to work part-time to buy flowers. If I really became your girlfriend, wouldn’t I have to provide you with targeted poverty alleviation [a Chinese government program to help lift people out of poverty]? I don’t discriminate against children from ordinary families, but you can’t be so ordinary and still play mind games with me. Why did you ask me to watch you hand out flyers? To make me feel touched? I’m covered in LV [Louis Vuitton], and you want me to be touched because you handed out flyers to buy me flowers for me? Do you think you would be touched if you were me? What I said to you on WeChat last night was that I could try, right? I didn’t say we were officially in a relationship. Why did you put on this show of suffering for me?” Zhao Chunxue said bluntly.

*In short, they are people from two different worlds, and their lifestyles and values will definitely clash. There’s no need to try to see if they can be together,* she thought.

Yang Chen didn’t want to get involved in Zhao Chunxue’s relationship problems and turned the car around to leave.

Li Rui seemed to have a problem with his brain. He stepped forward and blocked Yang Chen’s car, saying, “What exactly did you say to her? Why do the tricks others use work, but they don’t work when I use them?”

Yang Chen was really helpless and said, “The reason why that trick works for others is that they are a good match and love each other. The reason why it doesn’t work for you is that you are trying to reach too high, and there is no emotional foundation to back it up. Of course, it doesn’t work. Or, to put it simply, you don’t have money. If you were the son of some group’s CEO, you wouldn’t have this problem. Girls these days are quite realistic; take it easy.”

Li Rui: “But my family isn’t bad either! My parents run a supermarket, a Cainiao post station [a package pick-up and drop-off service], and they’ve partnered with others to open several restaurants. My family isn’t short of money.”

Yang Chen: “Her father is the chairman of Hongrui Corporation. Their annual turnover is enough for you to work for a lifetime. Understand?”

Zhao Chunxue: “Stinky brother, why did you reveal my family background?”

Yang Chen: “Stinky sister, aren’t I allowed to say it?”

Zhao Chunxue: “Hehe… you can say it. Whatever brother says is fine; sister has no objections.”

Li Rui pointed at the two of them and said, “See, see, you still say there’s no problem!”

Yang Chen was really going to miss the 6 o’clock dinner. He waved his hand to signal the bodyguards to come over.

Four strong men got out of the business car not far away and physically blocked Li Rui.

The angry expression on Li Rui’s face instantly turned into fear, and he quickly took a few steps back in fright.

Yang Chen adjusted the direction and took the opportunity to drive away.

Then, the four strong men quickly got into the car and chased after him.

Zhao Chunxue was dumbfounded, her mouth so wide open that an egg could fit in it.

“I’m going, a delivery guy carries bodyguards with him?” Li Rui said in shock.

Zhao Chunxue watched Yang Chen’s car disappear from sight, and a smile couldn’t help but appear on the corner of her mouth.

“Stinky brother, you really make sister curious. He has a supreme card from Tang Pavilion and carries bodyguards with him. Could it be that he’s really the owner of Tang Pavilion? The owner of Tang Pavilion drives a ride-hailing car and delivers food to experience life? Hehe… this man is too interesting,” Zhao Chunxue thought to herself.

…

It was past six o’clock, and Yang Chen still hadn’t arrived.

In Tang Pavilion’s 303 private room, Little Ma was chatting with Liu Gaoxiong and his wife, as well as Zhao Zhonghua and others.

Just as Yang Chen said, if he couldn’t arrive in time, Zhao Zhonghua and the others wouldn’t start eating.

Liu Gaoxiong: “Mr. Ma, what kind of person are you introducing to us?”

Little Ma: “Haha… after you meet him, you will definitely feel that the wait was worth it.”

Zhao Zhonghua: “Mr. Ma, you’re making me really curious. Who is it that dares to make you and Mr. Liu wait for him?”

Little Ma: “Everyone, please be patient and have a cup of tea. I think he’ll be here soon.”

The group had a cup of tea.

Zhao Zhonghua felt a little urgent and got up to go to the restroom.

As soon as he walked into the restroom, he saw Yang Chen urinating.

“Huh? Yang Chen? What are you doing here? Where’s Xiaoxue?” Zhao Zhonghua asked.

Yang Chen: “I’ve already taken her back to school. I came back to have dinner with a friend. You can call and ask if Miss Zhao has returned to the dormitory.”

Zhao Zhonghua nodded and said with a smile, “Can I borrow your supreme card? That card isn’t registered, right?”

Yang Chen: “Of course, it’s registered. If it wasn’t, wouldn’t I be able to just take the card and give it to others to use, and then split the discount money from Tang Pavilion with them? Tang Pavilion would be fleeced dry.”

Zhao Zhonghua laughed and said, “That’s true. When will you be done eating? I might have to pay the bill later; can I use your card to get a discount?”

Yang Chen: “There’s no need for that. I can just tell Manager Tan later and get a discount.”

Zhao Zhonghua: “Haha… that’s good. Ah, the supreme card is really useful. It’s just that I can’t spend 1 million here a year, so I can’t get a supreme card.”

The two walked and talked, and unknowingly arrived at the door of private room 303.

“I’m in this private room; remember to tell the manager to give me a 10% discount,” Zhao Zhonghua whispered.

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, saying, “Don’t worry. Oh, Manager Tan is here; I’ll tell him.”

Tan Hongkai walked over with a smile and said, “Hello, Mr. Yang, hello, Mr. Zhao.”

Yang Chen: “Give this private room a 10% discount when they pay the bill later.”

Tan Hongkai: “Okay, Mr. Yang. I’ll remember it.”

After speaking, Tan Hongkai quickly knocked on the door and then pushed it open.

Little Ma and the others looked towards the door.

When Liu Gaoxiong and his wife saw Yang Chen, they stood up excitedly.

“Why are you here?” Liu Gaoxiong asked in surprise.

Chen Rou’s eyes were full of affection, her face was rosy, and she stared at Yang Chen with a smile.

A 28-year-old woman, not having that kind of life for more than a year is quite torturous.

It’s hard to hide the instinctive emotional expression when you finally see a man you like.

Little Ma laughed and said, “Let me introduce you; this is the friend I was telling you about. Mr. Yang, you’re late; you’ll have to be fined three cups later.”

Yang Chen walked in with the dumbfounded Zhao Zhonghua and replied with a smile, “Mr. Ma, don’t mess with me. I still have to drive a ride-hailing car to earn some living expenses later. If I get caught by the traffic police for drinking, I’ll rat you out. Mr. Liu, Ms. Chen, hello, we meet again.”

Tan Hongkai closed the door and instructed the waiter to guard the door and not allow anyone to approach.

Chen Rou: “Hello, Mr. Yang, I didn’t expect the person we were waiting for to be you. What a coincidence.”

Yang Chen: “Call it fate if you want; just don’t ask me to have a child with you again.”

Chen Rou smiled and lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed.

Liu Gaoxiong’s face turned red with anger and said, “Mr. Yang, are you looking down on me?”

Yang Chen: “You’re about to have your power taken away by the old man; it’s reasonable for me not to take you seriously. After all, we’re not on the same level anymore; you can’t be in my sight.”

Liu Gaoxiong was shocked and asked, “How… how do you know so much?”

Yang Chen: “I also know that your younger brother tacitly allowed his brother-in-law to find someone to hit you.”

Yang Chen had the intelligence department of the Shield Security Group investigate, and the car accident Liu Gaoxiong suffered last year was done by his younger brother, Liu Gaoying.

However, it wasn’t Liu Gaoying himself who did it, but his brother-in-law who planned and implemented the whole thing.

Liu Gaoying himself knew about his brother-in-law’s plan, but he didn’t stop it, and even deliberately got drunk on the day of the action.

Although Liu Gaoying himself didn’t participate, he was still the mastermind.

Because he wanted to compete with his brother for the family inheritance, his brother-in-law carried out the assassination plan in order to enjoy the benefits in the future.

If Liu Gaoying didn’t want to take this step, he should have stopped his brother-in-law from doing such a thing in the first place.

Liu Gaoxiong limped to Yang Chen, grabbed his hand excitedly, and said, “Mr. Yang, you can’t say such things casually. Do you have evidence?”

Yang Chen pulled back his arm, smiled, sat down next to Little Ma, took out his phone, found the chat history between Qiu Yuhong and him, and then put the phone on the table.

“Look for yourself!” Yang Chen said.

Liu Gaoxiong quickly picked up the phone and looked at it carefully.

The Xiangjiang [Hong Kong] branch of Shield Security Group found out that Li Yunji, Liu Gaoying’s brother-in-law, transferred 1 million to a woman named Gao Hongying a month before the car accident last year, and Gao Hongying was the girlfriend of the hit-and-run driver, Huang Wenhao.

After the incident, the hit-and-run driver Huang Wenhao was shot in the head and silenced, while Gao Hongying left Xiangjiang and went to Chicago in the United States. Then, about a month later, another 200,000 US dollars was deposited into her account.

At the same time, Li Yunli, Liu Gaoying’s wife, transferred 5 million to Li Yunji’s account, with the note being money for parents’ retirement.

Last month, Gao Hongying died in a gang fight in Chicago.

Two gangs had a large-scale fight, but a Dragon Country [China] woman was looking for death at the scene. This was obviously unreasonable and must have been silenced by Li Yunji, who blamed it on the local gang fight.

However, none of this is important. What is important is that it can prove that Liu Gaoying’s brother-in-law, Li Yunji, bribed the truck driver Huang Wenhao to kill Liu Gaoxiong.

It’s just that Liu Gaoxiong was lucky and didn’t die, but he lost his fertility.

The bank transfer records won’t be fake. It can be confirmed that Li Yunji bribed Huang Wenhao to assassinate Liu Gaoxiong, and Li Yunli transferred 5 million to her brother in the name of giving money to her parents for retirement, which is enough to prove that Li Yunli knew about it. If she knew about it, it means that Liu Gaoying knew about it.

Based on the existing evidence, the mastermind is Liu Gaoying.

According to the tradition of Dragon Country [China], the eldest son is passed down, not the youngest.

Liu Gaoying wanted to compete with his brother for control, but he also knew that he couldn’t win in name.

Therefore, he tacitly allowed his brother-in-law’s actions.

His mistake was that he didn’t do things thoroughly and left his brother with a life.

Now he has to pay the price for his insincerity, and it will definitely be unbearable for him.

Liu Gaoxiong slowly returned the phone to Yang Chen and breathed a sigh of relief.

Little Ma was expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhao Zhonghua’s expression had already betrayed his heart; he was very nervous now.

*If he doesn’t hang out with these big shots one day in the future, will he be silenced for knowing such confidential things?*

“Damn it, I have to hold on to Yang Chen’s thigh tightly. I have to urge Xiaoxue to marry Yang Chen as soon as possible and give him a few sons, so that the relationship will be stable. No matter what happens, he has to take care of me, his father-in-law, right?” Zhao Zhonghua thought to himself naively.

Chen Rou shed tears and said, “We have always wanted to compete fairly; whoever has the ability will inherit the family business, and we have never thought of harming anyone. If we win, we will also take care of your brother’s family and ensure they have food and clothing. If we lose, we also hope that they can take care of our family and ensure we have food and clothing. But your brother is really amazing; he actually wanted to kill you. We have always suspected that it was Gaoying who did it, but we didn’t have any evidence. Now Mr. Yang has helped us find the evidence; you can give up on him, right?”

Zhao Zhonghua, who was next to him, was so frightened that he didn’t dare to breathe loudly. He didn’t deserve to know too much about the power struggles of a family with a trillion-level fortune.

It was safest to just sit quietly and not speak.

Yang Chen, who was still a delivery guy in his eyes just now, had now become a big shot that he didn’t even have the courage to talk to.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Little Ma quickly said with a smile, “Come, let’s eat first, and then talk about serious business after we finish eating.”

The waiter served the dishes; whatever was expensive, they served, such as king crab, Australian lobster, and black truffle.

Liu Gaoxiong had no appetite at all because now he was struggling with how to retaliate against his brother.

Did he really want to make his brother childless and grandchildless too?

He could say such things when he was angry.

But now that he really wanted to do it, he couldn’t bring himself to be so cruel.

Little Ma smiled and broke off a large claw and placed it on Yang Chen’s plate, then broke off another large claw and placed it on his own plate, saying with a smile, “There are only so many resources; Mr. Yang and I ate the large claws, and you can’t eat them even if you want to. If you want to eat large claws, you have to be quick, accurate, and ruthless; otherwise, you can only eat small claws. Mr. Yang, am I right?”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, picked up the large claw and touched it with Little Ma’s, saying, “Mr. Ma is absolutely right. We won’t consider whether they have eaten or not when we eat the large claw meat. Come, let’s see who can finish the large claw first.”

Obviously, these two were giving Liu Gaoxiong a hint that the resources were right there, and if he didn’t take them down quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly, he could only watch others eat meat while he couldn’t eat anything.

The same principle applies to the control struggle of the Liu Group.

The group is just one, and if he doesn’t hold it firmly in his hands, others will snatch it away, and he can only watch others be high-spirited and triumphant.

In the current situation, how can Liu Gaoxiong do to hold the control firmly in his hands?

That is to use the other’s way to repay the other’s body. How his brother treated him, he would treat his brother the same way. The old man had no other choice; even if Liu Gaoxiong could not have children, he must hand over the group to him.

Being able to sit here and eat, Liu Gaoxiong was naturally not stupid; he could hear what Yang Chen and Little Ma meant.

After eating.

The waiter cleared everything away and served fruit and tea.

Little Ma: “The reason why I called everyone here for a meal today, besides introducing you to each other, is also for a very important matter. We are preparing to invest in Hongrui Corporation and enter the lottery field. At the same time, we also intend to sell several games operated by Penguin Games to Hongrui Corporation. Obviously, after such an operation, the equity of Hongrui Corporation will definitely expand a lot. My idea is to find 2-3 reliable partners to operate this project together, so that everyone can make money together in the future. I am 100% assured of Mr. Yang; as long as he is willing to do it, Mr. Zhao and I will definitely welcome him. But I just found out that Mr. Liu seems to be a bit unstable, so we may not be able to let you join us.”

Chen Rou patted Liu Gaoxiong’s arm and signaled him with her eyes not to hesitate any longer and to make a decision immediately.

Liu Gaoxiong breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I want to talk to Mr. Yang alone.”

Little Ma nodded and said to Zhao Zhonghua, “Mr. Zhao, I drank a little too much; please accompany me to the restroom. I’m afraid I’ll fall.”

Zhao Zhonghua nodded and said, “Okay! Let’s go; I’ll accompany Mr. Ma.”

As soon as the two left, Chen Rou followed them out.

Only Yang Chen and Liu Gaoxiong were left in the private room.

Liu Gaoxiong picked up the teacup and said, “Mr. Yang, I formally apologize for my previous disrespect to you and the misunderstandings between us. I offer tea instead of wine, and I hope Mr. Yang will forgive me.”

After speaking, Liu Gaoxiong drank it all in one gulp.

Yang Chen smiled and picked up the teacup, taking a symbolic sip.

“Mr. Yang controls the Shield Security Group?” Liu Gaoxiong asked in a low voice.

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Yes!”

Liu Gaoxiong stretched out his right palm and said, “This number [50 million], solve my brother and his father-in-law’s family of 8 people. Is that okay?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Mr. Liu, don’t scare me. I’m just an ordinary ride-hailing driver, occasionally working part-time as a delivery driver; I don’t care about other things. If you say such things to me, I can call the police and report you.”

Liu Gaoxiong chuckled and said, “Understood. Then can I add Director Qiu’s WeChat friend?”

Yang Chen nodded, took out his phone, and found Qiu Yuhong’s WeChat account.

Liu Gaoxiong quickly added Qiu Yuhong as a friend, noting “Mr. Yang agreed to me adding you”.

The domestic headquarters of Shield Security Group definitely doesn’t do that kind of thing, but mercenaries in foreign countries accept such tasks.

Those are desperadoes; they even dare to fight with the gangs in Black Mexico [slang for a dangerous area in Mexico], it’s too easy to deal with ordinary people like Liu Gaoying.

However, this matter must be discussed at the foreign branch; Qiu Yuhong will not discuss such a task with him.

Yang Chen smiled and patted Liu Gaoxiong on the shoulder, saying, “Your illness may still be curable. After you completely control the Liu family, I will sit down and slowly diagnose you.”

Liu Gaoxiong: “Mr. Yang also knows medical skills?”

Yang Chen: “A little, a little.”

Liu Gaoxiong: “Mr. Yang, don’t lie to me.”

Yang Chen: “Why would I lie to you? If I wanted to lie to you, I would have slept with your wife long ago, and you would have to thank me for sleeping with her and obediently send a 10 billion thank you fee.”

Liu Gaoxiong: “Haha… Mr. Yang is right. As long as Mr. Yang can cure my injury, you can tell me anything you want in the future, and I will definitely not say a word of disagreement.”

Yang Chen smiled and put his arm around Liu Gaoxiong’s shoulder, saying, “Okay! I remember your words. You hold shares in Mobile Group and Telecom Group, right?”

Liu Gaoxiong: “Yes! What does Mr. Yang have in mind?”

Yang Chen: “Wait until you completely control the Liu family.”

The Ye family’s main investments are in communications, gas, and tap water businesses.

Among them, the communications system is the strongest.

As long as the Liu Group can be used to offset the Ye family’s say in the communications system, the Ye family will be left with that little bit of so-called J-party [government] relationship.

Every step Yang Chen takes is calculated, just waiting for the Ye family to jump out openly and confront him head-on.