How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 350

Ye Kaiguo was silent for a moment, then said with a chuckle, “It sounds like he doesn’t have any trump cards left. Don’t worry, everyone. Our Ye family has been in Haicheng for over seventy years. He’s just a kid; he can’t possibly take us down. I’ve already taken care of all the necessary relationships. I’ll call them now.”

Hearing the old man’s confident words, the Ye family members felt relieved.

Ye Xuan said angrily, “Don’t be afraid, everyone. I still have connections with Team B that I haven’t used yet. So what if he has money?”

“Haha…” The Ye family members laughed happily.

Ye Kaiguo started making calls.

The first call was to a shareholder and senior executive of a telecommunications operator.

Ye Kaiguo: “Hello, Mr. Li. I need your help with the matter I mentioned last time. As long as you help us this time, we will definitely support you in the future.”

Mr. Li: “Mr. Ye, I’m sorry, but the Liu family from Hong Kong, Penguin Technology, Alibaba, and several other companies have all sent messages asking me not to interfere in your dispute. Otherwise, they will jointly vote against me in the shareholders’ meeting to remove me from my position. I really want to help you, but I’m afraid I can’t.”

With that, Mr. Li hung up the phone.

Ye Kaiguo was stunned. Yang Chen had mobilized so many connections at once?

Was he really that powerful?

Ye Kaiguo didn’t believe it and called another senior executive at another telecommunications company.

Ye Kaiguo: “Mr. Zhang, it’s time to take action on the matter I mentioned last time.”

Mr. Zhang: “Mr. Ye, I’m sorry, but our company is partnering with Penguin Technology to form a mixed-ownership company. Yang Chen is a major shareholder of Penguin Technology, so it’s not convenient for me to get involved. Moreover, the Liu Group from Hong Kong, Alibaba, and several other companies have all sent me messages, telling me not to interfere in your dispute. My shares are insignificant compared to theirs. If I don’t listen, they might just kick me out. Mr. Ye, I’m sorry. It’s not that I don’t want to help, but I really don’t dare to.”

With that, Mr. Zhang also hung up the phone.

Ye Kaiguo was stunned again. He quickly called other executives, but the results were the same. Penguin and other groups had sent them messages, forbidding them from interfering in the conflict between the Ye family and Yang Chen, or they would use their shares and connections to drive them out.

The telecommunications connections were “completely wiped out,” and none dared to help the Ye family.

However, the Ye family had been entrenched in Haicheng for decades, and their social connections were definitely more than just that.

So, he called his connections in the petroleum industry.

But Yang Chen himself was the second-largest shareholder of Haicheng Petrochemical and China National Petroleum Corporation. Only the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission [a government agency administering state-owned enterprises] had more shares and power than him. The connections Ye Kaiguo sought couldn’t possibly suppress Yang Chen.

After making dozens of calls, Ye Kaiguo angrily smashed his phone.

The other Ye family members were stunned. Judging from the old man’s expression, things were clearly not going well.

Ye Xuan quickly asked, “Grandpa, what’s wrong? What happened?”

Ye Kaiguo was silent for a moment, then replied, “I underestimated Yang Chen a bit. He’s secured relationships in the petroleum and telecommunications industries, forcing our connections not to interfere in our conflict with him. If that’s the case, we can only rely on the Ye family’s own strength to fight him head-on.

But he has a too powerful Aegis Security Group. We can’t beat them.”

The Tianxuan Security Group that Ye Xuan created hadn’t made a name for itself. Every time they developed a client, Aegis Security would poach them, so Tianxuan Security could only take on security work for residential areas, and couldn’t even get security work for large shopping malls.

Ye Xuan sneered, “Then I’ll contact my old leader. Dealing with Yang Chen is very simple. A mere Aegis Security Group is nothing in our eyes.”

Ye Kaiguo had no other choice but to accept his grandson’s plan.

Ye Xuan immediately called his old leader for help.

However, before he could finish the call, the police arrived.

The police had received copies of relevant evidence proving that Ye Xuan was suspected of engaging in illegal activities in Nanjiang, including but not limited to smuggling cultural relics, trafficking in persons, and telecommunications fraud.

He didn’t personally carry out these activities, but he had shares and had provided assistance to the criminal group when necessary.

Ye Xuan wasn’t afraid at all. He thought his background connections would get him out after a brief stay.

However, he was wrong.

As soon as Nanjiang reacted, Yang Chen received the news.

After lunch, the Starry Sky Research Base posted an update on its official Weibo [Chinese microblogging website] account.

“We are excited to announce to the people of the country! After careful research and hard work by our professional team, our quantum team has overcome quantum chip technology. From now on, we can get rid of the shackles of lithography machines [machines used to etch patterns on silicon wafers] and produce more advanced quantum chips.”

The prepared media immediately rushed to report.

《Science and Technology Daily》, 《Military News》, 《People’s Daily》, etc., almost all official media were reporting this news.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China quickly saw the relevant news, and a leader immediately called Gao Mingle, president of Starry Sky Research Group.

Leader: “President Gao, is the news on the internet true? Your Starry Sky Research Base has developed quantum chip technology?”

Gao Mingle: “Haha… Director Zhang is right. We have indeed overcome quantum chip technology. From now on, we can bypass lithography machines to produce more advanced chips. No one will ever be able to use chips to restrain us again!”

Leader: “Haha… That’s great! We will immediately send a professional team to your side to study. If it is determined that what you said is true, then you have made a great contribution!”

Gao Mingle: “Haha… What contribution or no contribution, we just want to make money while helping the country share some of the pressure of technological development.”

Leader: “Haha… Well said! Then I will immediately form a team to communicate with your team. No problem, right?”

Gao Mingle: “Our team has made great contributions and has already taken their families abroad for tourism. However, all the methods and steps have been clearly recorded. If the experts Director Zhang brings are indeed knowledgeable, they will definitely be able to successfully experiment on their own according to the steps and methods.”

The leader was stunned for a few seconds, then laughed and replied, “Okay, okay. Then we’ll talk when we meet.”

Hanging up the phone, Director Zhang immediately gathered experts

Academicians formed a professional team and came to the Starry Sky Research Base for on-site inspection.

These professionals personally conducted experiments according to the steps and methods left by Huang Guangxiu, and successfully manufactured quantum chips.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology immediately issued an announcement in its official capacity confirming that the quantum chip technology of Starry Sky Research Base was authentic and effective.

This is a major invention with epoch-making significance, and even changes the world pattern to a certain extent.

The research team and related patents of this technology must be given key protection.

Therefore, relevant departments formed a team to discuss relevant matters with the relevant leaders of Starry Sky Research Base.

In fact, it is not realistic for private individuals to control such epoch-making technological inventions, and Yang Chen understands this very well.

There were no experts in this team, only leaders. Their intention to come to negotiate was very obvious, and Yang Chen knew it well.

Finally, the two sides reached an agreement.

First, Starry Sky Research Base retains the research team, and no one can touch the minds of these researchers.

Second, Starry Sky Technology Group retains 49% of the quantum chip dividend rights, and all other rights are donated free of charge.

Third, the Ye family must disappear from Haicheng, and Ye Xuan and related personnel must be dealt with according to law for crimes such as smuggling cultural relics, telecommunications fraud, trafficking in persons, and harming compatriots.

Fourth, all shareholders of Starry Sky Technology Group receive a one-time exemption.

Fifth, Yang Chen moves to Beijing to live, and he chooses his own residence.

The first four points were all within Yang Chen’s expectations, and the fifth point was not in his plan.

Gao Mingle, president of Starry Sky Technology Group, called Yang Chen and told him the results of the negotiation.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Hehe… Tell them I can accept the fifth point, but I want to live in Prince Gong’s Mansion [a historical mansion in Beijing].”

Gao Mingle: “Understood! Then I’ll tell them.”

In the evening, Ye Kaiguo called Yang Chen again.

Ye Kaiguo: “Yang Chen, we admit defeat and will withdraw from Haicheng from now on. Please be merciful and let us go.”

Yang Chen: “You took the initiative to attack first, and now you say you want to admit defeat. You can’t have it all your way!”

Ye Kaiguo: “We didn’t have a clear understanding of the strength of both sides before, and we did underestimate you. I apologize to you on behalf of the Ye family, and I hope you can be merciful. Is that okay?”

Yang Chen: “Don’t ask me to be merciful. You should ask the law to be merciful. I’m just asking for legal action, and I don’t mean to deliberately make things difficult for you.”

Ye Kaiguo: “Consider it an old man begging you. I’ll visit tomorrow and kneel down to you, okay? I only have one grandson, Ye Xuan. If he is dealt with according to law, he will be finished, and my Ye family will be finished. Leave a root for our Ye family, you can ask for any conditions, and if it doesn’t work, use my life to exchange for his. Is that okay?”

Yang Chen: “Please, Old Master, get the situation clear. Now it is the law that is pursuing his responsibility, not me. I have no right to take your life. It’s useless to beg me.”

Ye Kaiguo: “As long as you don’t pursue it, I have a way to protect him. You use quantum chips as a bargaining chip, and no one can save him. I’m begging you, please be merciful. Leave a root for our Ye family, you can offer any conditions.”

Yang Chen: “Before I fought back, you were full of confidence that you could kill me.

Now that you have failed, you are begging me to leave you a root. Old Master, that’s not how people do things. If you win, would you leave me a life? Okay, let’s not talk about things that even a three-year-old wouldn’t say. Goodbye.”

With that, Yang Chen hung up the phone.

Ye Kaiguo slowly put down his phone.

The Ye family members were staring at him, waiting for a reply.

After a long time, Ye Kaiguo sighed and said, “We lost, we lost… Go pack some things that have commemorative significance. Don’t bring valuables. Leave Haicheng tomorrow and never come back.”

The hearts of the Ye family members were all chilled. This meant that from now on, they could only live the lives of ordinary people.

Ye Long quickly asked, “What about Xiao Xuan?”

Ye Kaiguo held back his tears and said, “There’s no saving him… Yang Chen used quantum chips as a bargaining chip, and no one can do anything. Unless we can create something more advanced than quantum chips, who has that ability?”

The Ye family members were silent.

Ye Xuan’s cousin Ye Hua quickly asked, “Great-Grandpa, does everyone in the Ye family have to leave Haicheng? Can’t we stay?”

Ye Kaiguo also asked, “Brother, does that mean even my line has to leave Haicheng?”

Ye Kaiguo said with a straight face, “Anyone with the surname Ye has to leave Haicheng.”

Ye Hua: “Can those who don’t have the surname Ye not leave? Can I change my surname now?”

Everyone was speechless…

…

Two days later, Prince Gong’s Mansion suddenly issued an announcement that it would no longer be open to the public from now on.

Subsequently, the Haicheng Municipal Bureau also issued an announcement that it had been found out that Ye Xuan had committed illegal and criminal acts, and he was now formally criminally detained pending further investigation.

Then, Starry Sky Technology Group issued an announcement that it would donate all ownership of quantum chips free of charge, and the company would only retain 49% of the dividend rights, and promised that all the dividends obtained would be used for scientific research funding.

Since then, the dispute between Yang Chen and the Ye family ended with the Ye family’s withdrawal from Haicheng and Ye Xuan’s confession and submission to the law.

Even though this incident was very sensational, Yang Chen, as the behind-the-scenes helmsman, never showed up.

…

In February, Beijing was still very cold.

Yang Chen was planning to go home and rest after finishing this order.

Soon, Yang Chen followed the navigation to the starting point of the passenger’s location.

There was a man and a woman arguing by the roadside. The woman was walking a little wobbly; she must have drunk a lot.

However, in big cities, the entanglement of men and women is too normal, and Yang Chen would naturally not meddle in other people’s business.

Yang Chen called the passenger, and at this time, the girl who was walking unsteadily answered the phone.

Yang Chen: “Hello, get in the car.”

The girl looked at Yang Chen’s license plate and quickly walked over to get in the car.

She was very fair-skinned, which added a lot to her score, at least 95 points.

The man who was pestering her also came over and said, “Xiao Hui, I really love you, please believe me. I’ll take you back, don’t take this kind of garbage online car-hailing [ride-hailing service]. You’re drunk now; it’s not safe to take an online car-hailing.”

The girl sneered and said, “It’s even more unsafe to ride in your car now. Zhang Bin, I’ve told you many times, it’s impossible between us, don’t pester me.”

Zhang Bin: “But I really like you!”

Xiao Hui: “If my family didn’t have money, would you still like me?

We are all adults, don’t think of yourself as too smart, and don’t think of me as too stupid. I have endured to the limit, if you pester me again, I will ask my brother to bring people to beat you. I don’t want to bully you in this way, but you can’t challenge my limit.”

With that, Xiao Hui got into the car.

Zhang Bin walked to Yang Chen and said in a low voice, “Brother, be smart, you can see the situation, right?”

Yang Chen: “I’m an online car-hailing driver, I’m only responsible for getting passengers to their destination safely, I don’t care about anything else.”

Zhang Bin: “But your car is broken, you can’t run this order anymore. Right?”

With that, Zhang Bin stuffed hundreds of dollars into Yang Chen’s hand.

He wanted Yang Chen to refuse to carry Xiao Hui, and take advantage of her being drunk tonight to do something.

Yang Chen smiled, picked up the money and threw it out, and said, “There are surveillance cameras and recordings in my car, so you better not think about it. Get out of the way, I’m going to drive.”

Zhang Bin nodded with a sneer, took a picture of Yang Chen’s license plate with his mobile phone, and said, “Brother, I remember your license plate number. You originally had a choice, but you chose the most unfriendly ending for you.”

Yang Chen: “Damn, are the young masters in Beijing so arrogant? Then remember my license plate number, and wait for you to come and trouble me.”

With that, Yang Chen stepped on the gas and drove away.

Zhang Bin chased after him.

“Come back! You can’t take her away! Come back!”

The corner of Yang Chen’s mouth showed a sneer, this guy’s brain is full of jism, he’s a bit mentally retarded.

Is he still going to chase after him?

Yang Chen ignored him and continued to speed up.

Zhang Bin quickly ran to the parking lot, drove out his car and chased after him.

Yang Chen had just driven not far when the female passenger in the back whispered, “It’s so hot! Can you turn off the air conditioner?”

Yang Chen nodded and turned off the air conditioner.

A minute later, the female passenger said again, “It’s so hot! Can I open the window?”

Yang Chen: “Open it.”

The female passenger opened both windows, but after a while, she said it was so hot again, and then she started taking off her clothes.

Yang Chen saw the situation in the back row through the rearview mirror, quickly pulled over and asked, “Beauty, what are you doing? There are surveillance cameras in my car, control yourself, don’t mess around.”

At this time, the female passenger’s face was flushed, and it was obvious that something was wrong.

“I… I feel hot and thirsty, can you help me open a bottle of water?” The female passenger said weakly.

Yang Chen nodded and was about to get the water when the female passenger suddenly hugged his head and kissed him.

“So hot… Give me…”