How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 396

New Reward: Nationwide Production of Medical Equipment

Yang Chen smiled and shook hands with Zhao Jingzhong, who seemed subtly subservient. This was enough to prove that he wasn’t lying; Yang Chen was indeed Mr. Mirror Lake.

The people present were dumbfounded. If Yang Chen was Mr. Mirror Lake, why didn’t Tang Xuexu know?

Didn’t they understand each other’s identities even while dating?

Tang Xuexu asked with a puzzled look, “Yang Chen, are you really Mr. Mirror Lake?”

Yang Chen nodded.

Tang Xuexu said, “No way? I… I’m a bit confused. You can tell fortunes, and you’re incredibly accurate. You know medicine and can bring the dead back to life. You can paint and are the legendary Mr. Mirror Lake. Any one of these three skills could make you a superior person. Why are you still driving a ride-hailing car?”

Yang Chen: “Freedom.”

Zhao Jingzhong also said with a smile, “Mr. Yang’s identity is far more than you know. He lives more perceptively than any of us, enjoying this free life. He drives a ride-hailing car purely to experience life.”

Everyone nodded slightly, understanding Zhao Jingzhong’s words.

Tang Qing quickly got up to greet Yang Chen.

“Mr. Mirror Lake, hello, hello. I always thought you were a master of similar age to me, but I didn’t expect you to be so young. Thank you for coming to my birthday party,” Tang Qing said with a smile.

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, saying, “Don’t be so polite, Old Man. You know I would definitely come, right?”

Tang Qing’s expression froze for a moment, then he nodded with a smile.

Intuition told Tang Qing that Yang Chen’s visit today was not just to celebrate his birthday.

He also realized that Yang Chen looked a bit like Yang Qingshan from back then.

Yang Chen helped Tang Qing sit down and said softly, “Old Man, just sit here today and enjoy your birthday.”

Tang Qing understood the hidden meaning in Yang Chen’s words and basically confirmed his guess.

At this time, Xu Hu also vaguely felt that Yang Chen looked familiar.

Xu Qiang secretly rejoiced that he hadn’t done anything too extreme to Yang Chen. Who knew what other hidden identities he had!

Just then, Li Hongyan, CEO of Jinghai Group, arrived.

In terms of strength, all of the Tang family’s industries combined were not as valuable as Jinghai Group.

The Tang family’s industries were all related to antiques and art trade, while Jinghai Group’s business covered antiques, art trade, real estate, hotels, tourism, etc.

However, business is all about give and take, so everyone can cooperate more closely and make big money together in the future.

Li Hongyan saw Yang Chen and happily ran over.

“Mr. Yang, you’re here too,” Li Hongyan said with a smile.

Yang Chen nodded, signaling Li Hongyan to greet Tang Qing first.

After all, Tang Qing was the main character today.

Li Hongyan smiled and nodded, turned around and said a few polite words to Tang Qing, then quickly left him to chat with Yang Chen.

The strength of Jinghai Group was Li Hongyan’s confidence, and she didn’t need to give Tang Qing any face.

Seeing that Li Hongyan was also subtly subservient in front of Yang Chen, the people present were even more puzzled.

What other identity did Yang Chen have that even the CEO of Jinghai Group was so polite to him?

Tang Jianguo pulled his daughter aside and whispered,

“Xuexu, how is Yang Chen so familiar with Li Hongyan too?”

Tang Xuexu explained, “Yang Chen saved her daughter before.”

Tang Jianguo nodded. Yang Chen had saved Li Hongyan’s daughter, so it was no wonder she was so polite.

Then, Tang Jianguo whispered, “When you’re dating him, don’t you understand his real identity at all?”

Tang Xuexu shook her head and said, “We just started dating a few days ago, and we haven’t had a chance to learn more about each other yet.”

Guests arrived one after another. Besides the Tang family’s relatives, most of them were friends from their business.

Once all the guests arrived, it was time to start the banquet.

Around 4 PM, the Tang family saw off all the guests.

Tang Qing smiled and pulled Yang Chen, saying, “Little Yang, I want to talk to you.”

Yang Chen nodded and followed Tang Qing to his room.

Tang Qing invited Yang Chen to sit down, then went straight to the point and asked, “Is your father’s name Yang Qingshan?”

Yang Chen’s expression became serious, and he nodded lightly.

“Are you approaching Xuexu with a purpose?” Tang Qing asked again.

Yang Chen: “I didn’t have a purpose at first, but then I found out that her necklace was my mother’s, so I deliberately approached her. Huang Ming has already committed suicide to atone for his sins, and Chen Junpeng is also under my control. Old Man, what do you want to say? Say it now.”

Tang Qing looked at Yang Chen in shock. It took a long time for his expression to gradually soften.

“Chen Junpeng must have said that I was the mastermind, right?” Tang Qing asked.

Yang Chen nodded.

Tang Qing sighed and asked, “Can you reveal what your current identity is?”

Yang Chen: “What? Do you want to see if I can destroy your Tang family before considering whether to tell me the truth?”

Tang Qing didn’t speak.

Yang Chen sneered and said, “The reason I’m wasting my breath with you here is to give you a chance to protect your family, not because I can’t destroy you. I can completely destroy the Tang family, the Xu family, and Chen Junpeng’s family without finding out the truth.”

Tang Qing was frightened by Yang Chen’s eyes and quickly took out a box from the bedside table.

Inside the box was a voice recorder.

He handed the voice recorder to Yang Chen and said, “Listen to this, and then we’ll talk.”

Yang Chen turned on the voice recorder. Inside was a recording of an argument between Tang Qing and his two sons with Xu Hu.

Several important pieces of information could be heard from their argument.

Tang Qing proposed kidnapping Yang Chen’s parents for a while, selling the night-luminescent pearl, giving them some money, and then letting them go.

As long as there was no evidence to prove the existence of the night-luminescent pearl, it would be useless even if Yang Chen’s parents called the police.

However, Xu Hu felt that this was not safe. He wanted more money and didn’t want anyone else to know.

So, he proposed killing Yang Chen’s parents and having the Tang and Xu families split the 100 million USD from selling the night-luminescent pearl equally.

Tang Qing didn’t agree to murder, but Xu Hu insisted on doing it his way, and the two sides argued.

In the end, the Tang family compromised and defaulted to Xu Hu’s method.

Yang Chen clenched the voice recorder, gritted his teeth, and said, “I will find out the truth.”

With that, Yang Chen left.

Tang Qing was stunned for a moment, then called his two sons in.

“Yang Chen is Yang Qingshan’s son. He approached Xuexu to find out the truth of what happened back then,” Tang Qing said.

Tang Jianjun and Tang Jianguo were shocked.

Tang Jianguo: “I thought he looked a bit familiar. Looking back, he really does look like Yang Qingshan.”

Tang Jianjun: “That kid is quite bold, daring to come and test us alone?”

Tang Qing: “I’ve already given him the voice recorder. Let’s see what he does next. I think he must have his own backing, otherwise he would never dare to take such a risk. Jianguo, have Xuexu test what kind of background he has.”

Tang Jianguo nodded and hurried to find Tang Xuexu.

At this time, Tang Xuexu was chatting with Yang Chen.

Tang Xuexu: “Who exactly are you? What is your purpose in hiding your identity and approaching me?”

Yang Chen: “You’ll know soon. Or, you can ask your grandfather, father, and uncle. Don’t contact me anymore.”

With that, Yang Chen quickly left the villa.

Tang Xuexu was stunned. She had really fallen in love with Yang Chen. What had happened that Yang Chen told her not to contact him anymore?

At this time, Tang Jianguo arrived.

“Xuexu, come here for a moment. I have something to tell you,” Tang Jianguo said softly.

Tang Xuexu came back to her senses and quickly followed her father to the side to chat.

“Dad, what did you do to Yang Chen? Why did he tell me not to contact him anymore? He also told me to ask Grandpa, you, and Uncle. Tell me the truth, what have you done to him?” Tang Xuexu asked anxiously.

Tang Jianguo sighed and said, “When the time is right, you will know everything. Go find him now and test what kind of background he has.”

Tang Xuexu: “He already told me not to contact him. Do you think I can still find out anything?”

Tang Jianguo felt that what his daughter said made sense, but if they didn’t figure out what kind of background Yang Chen had, they wouldn’t know how to respond.

At this time, Tang Xuexu came up with an idea, which was to learn about Yang Chen through Zhao Jingzhong.

Hadn’t Zhao Jingzhong said that Yang Chen’s identity was more than just that?

He must know what kind of background Yang Chen has.

Tang Jianguo thought it made a lot of sense and immediately ran to find his father and older brother.

“Dad, Yang Chen has already broken up with Xuexu. He explicitly told Xuexu not to contact him anymore. I think you should contact Zhao Jingzhong and find out about Yang Chen’s background from him,” Tang Jianguo said.

Tang Qing took out his phone, found Zhao Jingzhong’s number, and dialed it.

Soon, the call connected.

Zhao Jingzhong: “Old Brother Tang, what’s the matter?”

Tang Qing: “Old Brother Zhao, I want to ask you about what other background Yang Chen has? He’s dating my granddaughter now, and I want to understand his character in advance.”

Zhao Jingzhong: “Haha… Your future grandson-in-law is amazing. I can tell you a little bit, but don’t flaunt it.”

Tang Qing: “Haha… Don’t worry, we just want to understand his character. As long as his character is okay, we’ll be relieved to let them date.”

Zhao Jingzhong then told him about the major companies that Yang Chen directly and indirectly controlled and held shares in.

Alibaba, Tencent Technology, Wanda Group, LVMH Group, Mercedes-Benz, BMW…

Tang Qing was already frightened by hearing Zhao Jingzhong say these well-known big groups.

However, Zhao Jingzhong’s next words were enough to scare him “to death.”

“These are actually nothing, because these things only mean that he is very rich. His Star Technology Research Center is really amazing. Last year, he submitted quantum chip technology to the country. In addition, he also controls the Aegis Security Group. These two are his biggest reliance. How about it, Old Brother Tang, isn’t your future grandson-in-law very powerful? I’m so envious of you,” Zhao Jingzhong said with a smile.

Tang Qing was almost scared to pee. Zhao Jingzhong even said he envied him.

Human joys and sorrows are indeed different.

Tang Qing smiled awkwardly and said, “Thank you, Old Brother Zhao. Hearing you say that, I’m relieved…”

Zhao Jingzhong: “Haha… You’re welcome. There’s no need to thank me between us.”

Tang Qing: “Then I’ll hang up first. You’re busy.”

Hanging up the phone, Tang Qing instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, visibly losing his energy.

Tang Jianjun and Tang Jianguo sensed something was wrong from their father’s reaction.

Tang Jianjun whispered, “Dad, what’s wrong? What did Zhao Jingzhong say?”

Tang Qing sighed and repeated what Zhao Jingzhong had just told him to his two sons.

The two brothers were also frightened, their legs trembling.

They couldn’t imagine how one person could invest in so many large companies, and some companies couldn’t buy shares even with money, such as Aegis Security Group.

Tang Jianjun quickly said to his younger brother, “Jianguo, go find Xuexu quickly. She is our only hope now. If she can beg a favor from Yang Chen, maybe we can avoid this disaster. After all, we were initially against killing his parents, but we only acquiesced after arguing with Xu Hu. Xu Hu was in charge of the whole process, and we didn’t do anything. If Xuexu can talk to him properly, maybe she can explain it.”

Tang Jianguo nodded and was about to go find Tang Xuexu.

However, Tang Qing stopped him.

Tang Jianjun was anxious and said, “Dad, our only hope now is Xuexu. Let her try. If she can’t convince Yang Chen, we’ll have an open and honest conversation with him about how to solve it.”

Tang Qing: “Forget it, don’t let Xuexu know about this. Knowing too much will not only not help us, but also harm her. Didn’t Yang Chen’s parents die because they knew too much, and Xu Hu didn’t want them to live? Wait, Yang Chen will definitely come to us again.”

Tang Jianguo felt that what his father said made sense. It was better for Tang Xuexu not to know.

On the other side, Yang Chen found Xu Hu.

The two looked at each other quietly, without saying a word.

After a long time, Xu Hu said with a smile, “You do look a bit like your father. The longer I look at you, the more I feel like you are him. Back then, I also thought about cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots, but in the end, I softened. If I had made you an accident too, there wouldn’t be this trouble now. You dare to go deep into the Tang family to investigate, so you must have your reliance. Can you let me know what your reliance is?”

Yang Chen: “Aegis Security Group.”

Xu Hu’s face changed drastically, then he let out a long breath, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, “Aegis Security Group, haha, I can’t even argue, they can investigate everything clearly. So, what are you going to do now?”

Yang Chen: “You admit it?”

Xu Hu: “Can I not admit it? You can find out anyway.”

Yang Chen got up to leave. Next, it would be handed over to Aegis Security Group to handle.

Xu Hu quickly said, “I’ll tell you the whereabouts of the night-luminescent pearl, and leave my son behind. Is that okay?”

He thought Yang Chen would be interested in a night-luminescent pearl.

Even if Yang Chen really wanted the night-luminescent pearl, he had a way to get it, so why would he make this losing deal?

Yang Chen: “I don’t need you to tell me. If I want to know, I have a way to find out.”

With that, Yang Chen left without looking back.

Xu Hu stared motionless out the window, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Death is not scary, waiting for death is scary.

In the evening, Yang Chen met with Qiu Hongqiang again.

“Release Chen Junpeng. From now on, forget about this matter, do what you should do, and don’t pay attention to the Tang and Xu families anymore,” Yang Chen ordered.

Qiu Hongqiang was a little confused and quickly asked, “Mr. Yang, I don’t quite understand your approach. A blood feud, not avenged? Don’t have too many concerns, every brother in our Aegis Security Group can die for you.”

Yang Chen: “Revenge must be taken. You also said it’s a blood feud, how can I not take revenge? Listen to my orders, forget about this matter, and do what you should do.”

Qiu Hongqiang: “Okay! We’ll do whatever Mr. Yang arranges.”

Yang Chen nodded, got out of the car and returned to his own car, then found a place to eat.

After dinner, Yang Chen continued to pick up passengers as usual.

The passenger was a middle-aged man who urged as soon as he got in the car, “Master, please drive faster. I’m in a hurry to see a very important guest.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll try to be as fast as possible.”

But now it was rush hour, and the traffic jam was making people anxious.

Even if Yang Chen wanted to be faster, the road conditions wouldn’t allow him to be fast.

The passenger urged anxiously, “Master, please hurry up.”

Yang Chen: “Brother, to be honest with you, I’m going to see an engineer from Siemens. The CT machine imported by our hospital has a small problem. I’m going to the airport to ask him for advice, so maybe we can solve it without going through the official after-sales procedure. If he gets on the plane, we’ll have to follow the formal procedure and request after-sales service from Siemens. This will not only take a lot of time, but also cost a huge amount of maintenance fees.”

Yang Chen and Cheng Junjun’s Chenjun Medical Equipment Trading Company was engaged in the import and export trade of medical equipment and supplies, so he knew a little about this industry.

Currently, more than 95% of high-end medical equipment in China needs to be imported, such as CT, ultrasound imaging, angiography machines, MRI, etc., all of which need to be imported from companies such as General Electric, Philips, and Siemens.

Because the seller has the pricing power, the price is naturally ridiculously high.

After that, no matter what problems arise, it is necessary to contact the other party to send an engineer for maintenance.

The engineer’s maintenance process must be kept confidential. Even if only one screw is loose, they will have to charge a high maintenance fee, and the hospital will have to bear the travel expenses of the maintenance personnel.

Although domestic equipment has also made considerable progress,

Tier 3 hospitals still do not use domestic medical equipment.

Because this is medical equipment, even if the error is only one millimeter, the surgical results may be vastly different. Maybe it is this one millimeter error that leads to surgical failure, which in turn causes irreversible consequences.

Therefore, powerful Tier 3 hospitals are unwilling to take risks and use domestic equipment, and purchase these imported equipment at high prices.

This also explains why this passenger is so anxious, because if he can successfully persuade the maintenance personnel to “free” tell him how to solve this small problem, he can save the hospital a lot of maintenance costs and will not delay patient treatment.

Yang Chen nodded and said, “I understand what you mean. But I really can’t help it, I can only be as fast as possible. The cars are all stuck and can’t move, so I can’t do anything.”

The passenger sighed helplessly and said, “Okay, okay, please be as fast as possible.”

Yang Chen didn’t want foreigners to rip people off, so he cut in line whenever he had the chance, even if he was cursed by other drivers, he endured it.

However, despite rushing, the passenger still didn’t make it in time to stop the Siemens engineer.

Just as the two arrived near the airport, they saw the plane fly away.

The passenger’s mentality collapsed a bit, and he stared blankly as the plane disappeared into the sky.

Yang Chen was also helpless. The road conditions were so congested, he couldn’t carry the car and run, could he?

The passenger was sad for a while, then turned to blame, “Look, it was just a little bit.”

Yang Chen was speechless and said, “Brother, you’ve been watching the whole way. Whenever there was a chance, I definitely seized it. I’ve been cursed so many times for cutting in line. You still want to blame me, then I’m really wronged.”

To put it bluntly, this brother just felt that he had failed to complete the task and was unwilling, wanting to find someone to take the blame and vent his anger.

But what Yang Chen said was correct. He had done everything a driver could do, and he couldn’t push the responsibility on him anymore.

If there was any responsibility, it was this doctor brother’s own responsibility.

If he wanted to catch up with the engineer, shouldn’t he have left earlier?

However, it was meaningless to talk about whose responsibility it was now, so let’s do what we should do.

“Brother, are you getting off now, or what are you going to do? I have to go back,” Yang Chen asked.

Passenger: “Take me back.”

Yang Chen: “Then please place a new order.”

With that, Yang Chen ended the order.

Passenger: “You didn’t get me here on time, delaying my important business. Shouldn’t you give me a free ride back to make up for your mistake? You still want me to place a new order and earn my money again?”

What kind of logic is this?

Yang Chen replied unceremoniously, “Brother, I’ll say it again, I did everything I could do, you can’t blame me. Either you place an order and see if the system will push it to me, or you get out of the car now, I have to take the next order.”

Passenger: “Hehe… I’m afraid you haven’t been beaten by society! You delayed my important business, I’m giving you a chance to make up for it, and you’re still saying this to me. Do you believe I’ll give you a bad review? Do you believe I can call the CEO of your Didi company and ask him to fire you?”

Damn it, he’s an unreasonable person.

Yang Chen immediately got out of the car, came to the back row, opened the car door, pointed at the passenger and said, “Get out of the car immediately!”

The passenger sneered, got out angrily.

“I’ll give you a bad review first, and then I’ll call to fire you!” the passenger said angrily.

“Give me a bad review if you want, I don’t care about you!” Yang Chen cursed.

With that, Yang Chen got in the car and left.

The passenger was furious and angrily operated on his phone.

“Stupid driver, I told him as soon as I got in the car that I had urgent business to deal with and had to drive faster. As a result, a trip that usually takes 30 minutes took him 50 minutes to arrive. I missed an important guest, which directly caused our hospital to lose at least 10 million, and indirectly even more. The most annoying thing is that not only did he not apologize to me, but he even cursed at me. I hope the platform will quickly fire this unqualified driver and give passengers a better experience.”

The passenger wrote a lot of words and then sent it out with satisfaction.

However, when he refreshed again, he found that the bad review he had just sent was gone!

“Huh? What’s going on? I clearly sent it out,” the passenger muttered to himself, and quickly refreshed a few times, but still didn’t see the review he had just sent.

He was not convinced and clicked on the review again, but the system popped up a reminder that he had already reviewed and could not review again.

“What’s going on? Why did the bad review I gave disappear?” the passenger said in confusion.

At this time, Yang Chen received a system reminder.

“Congratulations to the host for receiving a bad review. The system rewards the host with the opportunity for [Nationwide Production of Medical Equipment].”