How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 343

10th to 20th Floor East-Facing Units Are All Mine—What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money? (1)

Chapter 343: 10th to 20th Floor East-Facing Units Are All Mine

Yang Chen arrived at Tang Court, where all the CEOs were already present.

The manager led everyone to the private room.

Yang Chen’s main purpose for hosting this dinner was simply to kick Zhongxing Group out of the Mercedes system.

So, after dinner, Yang Chen specifically kept the presidents of Mercedes-Benz China and Beijing Benz to chat about some confidential matters.

“In the past, Mercedes-Benz needed to rely on some powerful sales channels to enter the Chinese market. But now, all car brands are engaging in online sales, greatly reducing channel costs. Mercedes-Benz should also move with the times, reduce some physical channels, and focus more on online channels. I think Beijing Benz, along with local dealers, is enough to handle the physical channels. The channels controlled by Zhongxing Group should be taken back and converted to online sales. What do you two think?” Yang Chen said very bluntly.

This suggestion was excellent. Not only was Mercedes-Benz China willing, but Beijing Benz was also on board.

From then on, Mercedes-Benz could independently control the sales channels, reduce the number of distributors, increase the company’s profits, and strengthen its price competitiveness.

The 40% market share that Zhongxing Group would relinquish couldn’t possibly be consumed by online sales alone, so Beijing Benz’s channels could also get a piece of the pie.

The problem was that Zhongxing Group had controlled Mercedes-Benz’s sales channels for nearly 60 years. Suddenly kicking them out seemed a bit unkind, and it wasn’t guaranteed to succeed.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “You’re still considering these things when you want to make money. Zhongxing Group’s physical channels are outdated in today’s internet and short video era. Look at how well those new energy vehicle brands are doing with internet sales. Zhongxing Group clearly believes that Mercedes-Benz owes its success to their channels, so they subtly and overtly display a kind of arrogance and complacency. We need to let them know that without Mercedes-Benz, Zhongxing Group would go bankrupt. But without Zhongxing Group, Mercedes-Benz would only experience short-term pain and would still thrive in the long run. Go back and think about it carefully, then report to your respective parent company’s chairman and have them come talk to me.”

The two nodded and got up to bid farewell to Yang Chen.

As long as the sales channels of Mercedes-Benz could be taken away from Zhongxing Group, Zhongxing Group could expect to gradually decline.

After leaving Tang Court, Yang Chen decided to go to Yida Huafu to take a look.

The east-facing units on the 10th to 20th floors all belonged to Yang Chen, so he had to take a good look at the apartments.

He wanted to have a good idea of whether to rent or sell them in the future.

Adhering to the principle of thrift, Yang Chen still tried to find if there were any ride-hailing orders going to Yida Huafu. If there were, he would grab one to earn some gas money.

Yida Huafu was indeed a popular residential area, and there were several orders nearby with that destination.

Yang Chen randomly selected a passenger and picked him up according to the navigation.

This was a male passenger, holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand, with a happy smile on his face. It was obvious that he was going to confess his love to someone.

Yang Chen also wanted to share his joy, so he asked with a smile, “Brother, are you going to confess your love?”

The male passenger nodded excitedly and said, “Yes! I’m indeed going to confess to my goddess. So, you need to hurry up and get to the entrance of the residential area before she gets off work.”

Yang Chen: “Alright.”

10th to 20th Floor East-Facing Units Are All Mine—What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money? (2)

Yang Chen sped up and safely delivered him to his destination.

The passenger got out of the car and walked to the entrance of the residential area, and Yang Chen followed.

“High-end residential area, you can’t enter without an access card, and cars without a reservation can’t enter unless a resident comes to sign and bring you in,” the security guard reminded.

The male passenger obviously didn’t live here, so he quickly pleaded with the security guards and hurriedly offered them cigarettes.

Sigh…

Sure enough, it’s the same everywhere. The property security guards are the bosses.

Yang Chen honked the horn twice and waved for the passenger to get back in the car.

The security guard asked, “You’re a ride-hailing driver, right? You can’t come in, hurry up and leave!”

Yang Chen: “I’m a resident. I just got the property certificate today and came to see the apartment. The east-facing units on the 10th to 20th floors are all mine.”

As he spoke, Yang Chen took out a stack of property certificates for the security guards to confirm.

“My God, it’s really true! A total of eleven property certificates.”

“Damn, they’re all large east-facing units, that must be over 100 million [yuan, approximately $14 million USD].”

“Can you make so much money driving a ride-hailing car? You can actually buy eleven apartments here! That’s outrageous.”

“Old Zhang, quickly return them to him and let him in. We can’t afford to offend such a resident. A few thousand yuan a month isn’t worth taking such a big risk.”

…

The gatekeeper quickly returned Yang Chen’s property certificates to him and hurriedly bowed and saluted, saying, “Welcome home, resident. We’ll register your license plate number right away.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “He’s with me, can he come in?”

The gatekeeper: “Yes, yes, you can go in together.”

The male passenger quickly got into the car and hurriedly offered Yang Chen a cigarette, saying, “Brother, thank you! I really can’t tell that you make so much money driving a ride-hailing car that you can buy eleven apartments here. I’ve worked hard for almost ten years, and I still haven’t saved enough for a down payment. Compared to you, I’m really too pathetic.”

Yang Chen: “I got a lot of help from my original family. I definitely couldn’t have earned this much money just by driving a ride-hailing car. Don’t think that way.”

The male passenger nodded and said, “Having a rich family is also your ability, good reincarnation skills.”

“Haha…” The two laughed.

Yang Chen drove into the underground garage and found his parking space to park the car.

At this time, a fully armed woman came out of a Mercedes-Benz G-Class next to him.

Why did he say she was fully armed?

Because her whole body was covered up, and she was wearing sunglasses even at night. People who weren’t very familiar with her definitely wouldn’t recognize her.

Coincidentally, the person the male passenger was going to confess to also walked over.

She subconsciously looked back at a BMW car in the distance, and then she quickened her pace out of the parking lot and came to the unit building’s elevator entrance.

The male passenger handed the flowers to the girl and said, “Xiao Li, I love you, be my girlfriend.”

The girl smiled slightly and said, “My home is on the 15th floor. I’ll take the elevator, and you run the stairs. If you can get to the 15th floor before me, I’ll agree to be your girlfriend.”

The male passenger didn’t hesitate at all and immediately ran into the stairwell, running upwards as fast as he could.

The girl showed a disdainful smile, obviously not liking the male passenger and deliberately using this method to reject him.

The 15th floor was quite high, and a normal person could never run faster than the elevator.

Unless there was an accident.

At this time, the elevator opened.

Yang Chen, Xiao Li, and the tightly wrapped woman walked into the elevator together.

Xiao Li pressed the 15th floor, and Yang Chen directly pressed all the floors from 1 to 14.

He made it stop on every floor, so if that guy still couldn’t win, there was nothing he could do.

The girl named Xiao Li looked at Yang Chen with a shocked and puzzled expression and asked, “What are you doing? Are you deliberately messing around?”

Yang Chen explained, “Girl, you’re thinking too much. I have too many apartments, and I haven’t decided which floor to look at yet. I’ll press all the floors first, and then I’ll get out of the elevator on whichever floor I want to see.”

Xiao Li: “What are you bragging about? I saw Zhang Jun getting out of your car. You’re a ride-hailing driver, right?”

Yang Chen: “Oh, you have a good eye. I am indeed a ride-hailing driver, but that doesn’t stop me from buying apartments here.”

Xiao Li: “Big brother, do you know how much the apartments here cost? The average price was 98,000 [yuan per square meter] when it opened, and now the second-hand apartments are almost reaching 120,000 [yuan per square meter]. One apartment costs over ten million [yuan]. You have too many apartments? Are you going to die if you don’t brag? If you could buy so many apartments, why would you still drive a ride-hailing car? If I had so much money, I would have been lying down and collecting rent.”

Yang Chen: “Everyone has different aspirations. I think I’m still young and haven’t reached the age where I can lie down and collect rent.”

The 10th floor arrived, and Yang Chen deliberately stepped one foot out to look at the environment in the corridor.

“Are you getting off or not?” Xiao Li asked.

Yang Chen: “I don’t feel anything on the 10th floor. Let’s continue looking upwards.”

After several times like this, the elevator stopped on the 14th floor.

Xiao Li couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Come, come out with me! I want to see if you really have an apartment on this floor. If you don’t have an apartment, I’ll call the police and arrest you!”

Yang Chen followed Xiao Li out of the elevator, and then the fully armed woman also came out to watch the excitement.

“Come on, tell me, which apartment is yours,” Xiao Li said angrily.

Yang Chen walked to the east-facing unit, opened the lock cover, and opened the door with his thumbprint.

Xiao Li was shocked and quickly ran over, sticking her head inside the room. It was clean and tidy, like it had just been renovated.

Yang Chen: “You live here, so you should know that this residential area is delivered fully furnished. The door locks are all registered with the owner’s fingerprints. No tenant or other person can open the door with a fingerprint, right?”

Xiao Li nodded subconsciously and replied in a low voice, “That’s right… Not bad, you can afford to buy an apartment here even while driving a ride-hailing car. I really underestimated you.”

At this time, there was a thumping sound in the corridor, probably that guy running up.

Xiao Li quickly walked towards the corridor, wanting to reach the 15th floor in advance.

Yang Chen quickly stopped her and said, “Beauty, you said you would take the elevator and he would run the stairs. You can’t take the elevator too. This tightly wrapped lady, you agree, right?”

The fully armed woman also wanted to watch the excitement, so she nodded and said, “That’s right. Beauty, you said you would take the elevator and he would run the stairs.”

Xiao Li quickly ran to the elevator door and pressed the up button.

Just delaying for a moment, that guy had already run to the 15th floor.

After a while, the elevator came, and the three walked in and arrived at the 15th floor.

Xiao Li grabbed Yang Chen’s arm and said, “Come on, tell me again which apartment on this floor is yours. I’ll say it again, if you’re deliberately messing around, I’ll definitely call the police and arrest you.”

Yang Chen walked to the east-facing unit again and opened the door.

“I’ll go, are you serious? You didn’t really buy an apartment on every floor here, did you?” Xiao Li asked.

Yang Chen shook his head with a smile and said, “Of course not. Brother, keep going, I can only help you this far.”

That guy guessed how Yang Chen helped him, otherwise Xiao Li wouldn’t have taken the elevator up until now.

He quickly gave Yang Chen a thumbs up and said, “Brother, thanks!”

Yang Chen walked into the elevator, and the fully armed woman also walked into the elevator.

Yang Chen directly pressed all the floors from 16 to 20.

The woman frowned immediately and looked at Yang Chen very vigilantly.

The 16th floor arrived, the elevator door opened, Yang Chen looked at the woman, she didn’t get off, and he didn’t get off either.

The elevator door closed and continued to go up.

The 17th floor, 18th floor, 19th floor, it was all like this.

The woman couldn’t stand it anymore and asked, “What do you want to do? Why did you press these floors and not get off? Are you waiting for me to get off and then follow me down?”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Oh? You’re so smart.”

Woman: “Do you know that your behavior is disgusting? I hate fans like you. You can’t distinguish between fantasy and reality! If you’re such a pervert, I’ll call the police.”

The 20th floor arrived, and the woman walked out.

Yang Chen followed out and said, “Fan? You’re a celebrity! But you’re so covered up, I don’t even know who you are. You’re purely overthinking it. I came to see the apartments tonight and stay one night to experience what it feels like to live in a high-end residential area that costs over 100,000 [yuan] per square meter. I saw you watching the excitement just now, so I wanted to know which floor you live on, and I’ll stay on that floor tonight too. I don’t have any thoughts about you, don’t be narcissistic. No matter how horny I am, I can’t possibly react to a pile of clothes, right? Who knows what you look like.”

Woman: “Are you kidding me? Don’t tell me you have an apartment on the 20th floor too. Which one is yours?”

Yang Chen walked to the east-facing unit again, opened the door lock with his fingerprint, and said, “I prefer sunshine and quiet, so I bought the east-facing units from the 10th to the 20th floors.”

The celebrity woman was stunned and inadvertently dropped her sunglasses.

She quickly picked up her sunglasses and put them on, saying, “Are you serious? Are you a property speculator?”

Yang Chen: “I’m a ride-hailing driver. I occasionally do some investing and earn some hard-earned money. Good night, big star.”

After speaking, Yang Chen walked into the house and closed the door.

The female celebrity stared blankly at Yang Chen’s door, her thoughts confused and her mood complicated.

She had been in the industry for five years and had hardly rested. As a result, she still hadn’t been able to buy an apartment in Beijing. This apartment was still rented to her by her agency.

But a ride-hailing driver had actually bought from the 10th floor to the 20th floor. This was too demoralizing.

What’s the point of being a celebrity? It’s better to drive a ride-hailing car.

After all, the apartments were rewarded by the system, so Yang Chen could naturally move in with just a suitcase.

He took a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, lay on the bay window, and watched the crowds coming and going in the Yida Plaza across the street, with colorful lights. This was the life of a modern city.

After a while, someone knocked on the door.

Yang Chen walked over and opened the door. A young and beautiful girl in pajamas was standing at the door with a smiling face.

Yang Chen recognized her at a glance as a member of a girl group. She easily sang off-key and had no professional skills other than being passable in appearance.

How could the Chinese entertainment industry not be finished when people like this could become popular?

The TV dramas that were broadcast now were not for people to watch at all. The plot insulted people’s intelligence, and the actors were even more trashy.

Those actors either stared blankly, howled, or were expressionless, with no acting skills at all, but because they were popular, investors liked to find these people to act.

“Hello, I’m your neighbor, the one who was wrapped up tightly just now. My name is Chen Yue, what’s your name?” the girl said with a smile.

Yang Chen: “Yang Chen.”

Chen Yue handed the fruit plate in her hand to Yang Chen and said, “We’re neighbors after all, and I don’t have any gifts to give you. Take these fruits and eat them.”

Yang Chen quickly said, “Thank you, no need, I’m not hungry right now. Do you have anything else? If not, go to bed early, I’m going to sleep too.”

Chen Yue nodded with an embarrassed smile. As soon as she turned around, she saw a man and a woman walking out of the elevator.

The man was actually Wang Nianming, and the woman was his new girlfriend, Shen Jie.

“Huh? Brother Chen, why are you here?” Wang Nianming asked loudly.

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “Didn’t I just buy some apartments? I came over to experience them. The east-facing units from the 10th to the 20th floors are all mine. I’m experiencing the 20th floor tonight.”

Shen Jie: “Wow, Brother Chen, you’re amazing! Buying so many apartments in one go. Chen Yue, do you know Brother Chen?”

When Chen Yue saw that Wang Nianming was so polite to Yang Chen, she knew that Yang Chen was definitely not simple.

She quickly said, “Yes! We just met. Then you guys chat, I’m going back to my room.”

After speaking, Chen Yue went into her room and eavesdropped on the situation outside the door.

Wang Nianming stepped forward and said in a low voice, “Brother Chen, have you taken a fancy to her? Should I set you up?”

Yang Chen: “Forget it, I’m not that horny. Do you live in the west-facing unit?”

Shen Jie: “I live in the west-facing unit.”

Yang Chen: “Oh, okay, go back. Every moment of the night is worth a thousand gold [a Chinese idiom meaning time is precious], don’t delay you from exploring the mysteries of the human body.”

Wang Nianming and Shen Jie laughed and waved goodbye to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen closed the door, washed up, and went to sleep.

Chen Yue, who was hiding at the door, thought to herself, “Who exactly is this ride-hailing driver? He actually dares to joke with Wang Nianming like that, and it looks like Wang Nianming is very polite to him. If I can get together with a rich second generation even more powerful than Wang Nianming, I wouldn’t have to worry about apartments, cars, or work, right? The first thing I need to do is terminate my contract with my current bloodsucking agency. I earn tens of millions a year, but I only get a few hundred thousand, it’s too black-hearted.”

Celebrities in the entertainment industry, whether male or female,

definitely need a sugar daddy to support them in order to survive. There’s nothing wrong with Chen Yue thinking this way. That’s why people say the entertainment industry is a big dyeing vat [a metaphor for a corrupt environment].

Even big stars like Andy Lau have to be polite to investors.

Chen Yue is a celebrity who came out of a talent show. She has no professional skills and relies entirely on her looks to survive, so she needs a stable sugar daddy even more.

Yang Chen had just fallen asleep when the male passenger who ran the stairs that night gave him a good review.

“Thank you, brother, for your help. Unfortunately, we still didn’t make it in the end. But I’ve also figured it out. If she really wanted to be with me, she definitely wouldn’t have made things so difficult for me. Brother, I wish you family happiness, peace, and joy.”

Oh, he finally realized it.

When that woman made the request, he ran up the stairs without any hesitation. Yang Chen was quite disappointed in him, but everyone’s thoughts and personalities are different, so Yang Chen didn’t say anything and helped him out of kindness.

Now it’s good, he’s realized it himself.

A real man doesn’t have to worry about not having a wife. There’s no need to kneel down and lick [be overly subservient to] anyone. The person you get by force won’t be happy in the end, and you might even get cheated on or become a cuckold.

Yang Chen also replied to him.

“Brother, I’m very happy that you can realize this. Keep going, you will find your own happiness.”

Yang Chen put down his phone and prepared to sleep.

At this time, Li Xiuyan called him.

“Oppa [Korean term for older brother used by females], where did you go? Why haven’t you come back yet?” Li Xiuyan asked.

Yang Chen: “I bought some apartments and came over to take a look. I’m going to sleep here tonight.”

Li Xiuyan: “How many apartments is some apartments?”

Yang Chen: “I bought the east-facing units from the 10th to the 20th floors.”

Li Xiuyan: “Ah? Oppa, you’re too rich. Can I rent one of your apartments to live in? I’ll pay you back the rent in the future.”

The presidential suite at the Atlantis Hotel costs hundreds of thousands a day. If Yang Chen stays one more day, the hotel will earn less money.

It would be good to bring Li Xiuyan over here to live. Anyway, so many apartments are empty.

The rooms at the hotel can be given to other guests, earning hundreds of thousands a day.

“Okay! I’ll go back to the hotel tomorrow and bring you over. It’s getting late, go to sleep,” Yang Chen said.

Li Xiuyan: “Hee hee… Thank you, Oppa. I will always remember your kindness and will definitely repay you in the future.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! I’m waiting for you to repay me. Sleep.”

Early in the morning, Yang Chen packed up and went out.

As soon as he opened the door, Chen Yue next door also opened the door and came out.

“Oh, Mr. Yang, so early,” Chen Yue asked with a smile.

Yang Chen: “Yes! Going out to eat breakfast.”

Chen Yue: “Hmm? I happen to have made too much breakfast. If you don’t mind, come in and have some.”

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “Thank you, no, I’ll just buy a few buns to eat.”

Chen Yue nodded, closed the door, and went downstairs with Yang Chen.

As the saying goes, it’s easy for a woman to chase a man.

Chen Yue felt that as long as she was active enough, with her pure beauty and celebrity status, she would definitely be able to win Yang Chen over.

As long as she could win over a rich second generation even more powerful than Wang Nianming, she would have a smooth sailing career in the entertainment industry in the future.

So, the moment the elevator reached the first floor and the door opened,

she deliberately pretended to sprain her high heels and pounced on Yang Chen.

But at this time, a courier brother walked in, and Chen Yue happened to bump into his arms.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Yang, I…” Chen Yue said quickly, but when she realized that the person holding her was wearing gray clothes, she quickly looked up.

The SF Express [a Chinese courier company] brother was looking at her with a smile and said, “Chen Yue, I really like you. I’m your fan! I didn’t expect to meet you here and have such close contact with you. I feel like this day will be very happy.”

Chen Yue quickly got up, patted her clothes with a look of disgust, and quickly walked away.

The SF Express brother quickly chased after her and asked, “Chen Yue, can you sign my name? I’m really your true fan.”

Seeing that Yang Chen was walking away, Chen Yue quickly took a pen and scribbled a signature on the brother’s clothes, and then ran after Yang Chen in a hurry.

The SF Express brother was not willing to let it go, so he quickly chased after her and said, “Chen Yue, can I treat you to a meal? I’m really your fan.”

Chen Yue: “No time! Hurry up and deliver your packages, don’t pester me.”

The brother said loudly, “I really like you, I can swear to God!”

The brother finally met his favorite celebrity, so he was not willing to let it go.

He didn’t deliver the packages and just kept pestering Chen Yue.

At this time, the residents of the residential area who came out to work saw this scene and quickly took out their phones to take pictures.

Afterwards, they posted the videos on Douyin [Chinese version of TikTok] and other platforms.

“Shocking! Chen Yue actually has an emotional dispute with a courier brother. The two should be living together. They came out of Chen Yue’s house together early in the morning and kept pestering each other. The courier brother kept shouting that he really liked her.”

“I heard a long time ago that Chen Yue had a boyfriend before she became famous. It should be this courier. It looks like she wants to dump her courier boyfriend and find one from the entertainment industry or a rich businessman.”

“The first sword ashore, first cut the lover [a saying meaning to betray someone as soon as you achieve your goal]. Chen Yue used her actions to explain what this sentence means.”

…

Soon, Chen Yue’s agent saw the news online and immediately called her.

Chen Yue hurriedly went online to check the relevant news and immediately cried anxiously.

“It’s not like this, it’s not like this! How can they talk nonsense?” Chen Yue muttered to herself.

She wanted to use some small tricks to pursue Yang Chen, but she didn’t want to cause herself such a big trouble. It was really unlucky and tragic.

She has a fever and body aches. Tomorrow is the third day, it may be more serious, and it may not be possible to update on time. Everyone must protect themselves, this is really uncomfortable.