How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 403

403. Heard You Two Want to Hire Aegis Security to Deal with Me? What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money? (1)

Yang Chen quickly signaled the staff to prepare for the live broadcast, as this was a crucial step in helping Zhuo Wenjun gain a large following in a short period.

Zhuo Wenjun was a little nervous. This was her first time doing a live broadcast, and she didn’t know what to do.

The staff quickly brought over the script she had already reviewed and went through it with her word by word.

As long as she followed the rhythm of the script, she could improvise the lines.

Once Zhuo Wenjun was ready, the live broadcast began.

To attract viewers, the operations team also added some attractive copywriting.

“Take you on a tour of the Prince Gong’s Mansion [a historical residence in Beijing] and experience the charm of Long Country’s luxury goods.”

Viewers knew that Prince Gong’s Mansion was no longer open to the public. The fact that this streamer could go in and broadcast live immediately attracted the interest of a large number of viewers.

At this time, the Douyin [Chinese version of TikTok] operations department immediately increased the visibility of Zhuo Wenjun’s live broadcast room. Soon, all users who were on Douyin were seeing her live broadcast room.

Live broadcast room comments:

“Wow, this streamer has a strong background. Others can’t even get into Prince Gong’s Mansion. Why can she broadcast live from there?”

“Legend has it that Prince Gong’s Mansion was awarded to a mysterious person. Could it be her?”

“What is this streamer’s background? Her fan count is less than a thousand, yet she’s getting promoted on the entire platform. Which big shot is trying to promote her?”

…

Zhuo Wenjun didn’t need to worry about the comments. She just needed to broadcast according to the script arranged by the staff.

The staff would monitor the comments, answer questions in a timely manner, or guide the comments.

Zhuo Wenjun: “Let me show you one of Long Country’s luxury goods, the golden Phoebe zhennan [a rare and valuable type of wood]. This is the Yinan Hall of Prince Gong’s Mansion. There are a total of 48 complete golden Phoebe zhennan pillars here. Any one of these pillars could be sold for at least 2.5 billion [currency not specified, assumed to be local currency, e.g., yuan]. If all these pillars were sold, um… I can’t calculate exactly how much money that would be. Friends in the live broadcast room who are good at arithmetic can calculate it. Anyway, it’s a lot of money. When it comes to luxury goods, is our golden Phoebe zhennan architecture luxurious enough? You can afford designer bags and stay in star-rated hotels, but it’s hard to get a golden Phoebe zhennan pillar.”

Comments:

“Wow, so expensive! The place where He Shen [a corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty] lived is indeed luxurious.”

“My goodness, my whole family working since the beginning of time couldn’t afford one of these pillars.”

“A few days ago, I saw a female streamer kneeling and licking brands like LV [Louis Vuitton], saying that those are luxury goods and our domestic products are trash. I really want her to see what real luxury goods are.”

…

Zhuo Wenjun continued to introduce the high-end luxury goods in Prince Gong’s Mansion.

“This is ‘Diancui’ [kingfisher feather art], which only ancient empresses and concubines could afford to wear. It can’t be made anymore. Why? Because this thing wastes too many kingfishers. Each ‘Diancui’ requires feathers from hundreds of kingfishers. Although plucking a few feathers won’t harm the kingfisher, kingfishers are naturally fierce and won’t live long after being plucked. In ancient times, this might not have been a big deal, but now it would definitely violate many laws and regulations. Therefore, you definitely can’t buy modern ‘Diancui’ works, only antiques from the past. Because of this, its price has no standard, but it’s definitely very expensive.”

Comments:

“Wow, this is the pinnacle of decoration. Your LVs and Tiffanys have no right to be mentioned in the same breath.”

“Actually, it’s not that it can’t be made. Many designer bags are still made with crocodile skin. We can just artificially breed kingfishers, but the value might be a little lower.”

“I believe this statement: foreign brands can be bought with money, but our Long Country’s luxury goods really can’t be bought even with money, or they are too expensive to afford.”

…

The number of viewers in the live broadcast room was increasing, and the number of real-time online viewers had exceeded 8 million, just one step away from 10 million.

Zhuo Wenjun’s fan count also quickly rose to 5 million, faster than when Andy Lau [a famous Hong Kong actor and singer] joined Douyin.

Some viewers who frequented the internet could see the clues. Prince Gong’s Mansion, various high-end luxury goods, platform-wide recommendations, all signs indicated that Zhuo Wenjun was a streamer being heavily promoted by the authorities, just to promote Long Country’s luxury goods with a strong historical and cultural heritage.

Weibo [a Chinese microblogging website] also began to exert its strength, bringing huge traffic to Zhuo Wenjun’s live broadcast room. In just two minutes, the number of real-time online viewers exceeded 10 million.

The number of people will continue to increase, and the next step can be carried out.

The Douyin operations department connected Liu Wenhui, who was currently in a live broadcast, to Zhuo Wenjun’s account.

Zhuo Wenjun and Liu Wenhui recognized each other.

For the sake of the live broadcast effect, Zhuo Wenjun still followed the script.

Zhuo Wenjun: “Hello, I am a streamer promoting Long Country’s luxury goods. What kind of streamer are you?”

Liu Wenhui wanted to disconnect the connection, but found that she couldn’t operate it.

“Huh? What’s going on? Why can’t I disconnect?” Liu Wenhui muttered to herself.

At this time, Liu Wenhui’s live broadcast room comments:

“Wow, the streamer on the other side is so beautiful, like she just walked out of a painting.”

“Prince Gong’s Mansion? Is it real? Why can she go in? Is the person who sleeps with her powerful, or is the person who sleeps with her mother powerful?” [Crude and suggestive comment]

“A streamer promoting Long Country’s luxury goods, isn’t that directly opposing Hui Zi [likely a nickname or reference to Liu Wenhui]?”

…

Liu Wenhui couldn’t disconnect the connection, so she had to bite the bullet and continue.

Liu Wenhui: “Hello, I am an entertainment singing streamer. Are we going to have a PK battle [a common live streaming competition]?”

Zhuo Wenjun: “I want to introduce Long Country’s luxury goods to your fans. After the introduction, I will give you a Carnival gift [a type of virtual gift on Douyin]. Is that okay?”

Liu Wenhui’s eyes lit up at the sight of money and immediately nodded in agreement.

Anyway, as long as there is money, she can do anything.

Zhuo Wenjun began to introduce luxury goods such as Kesi [silk tapestry].

Liu Wenhui’s expression was very complicated. It goes without saying that the materials for making dragon robes must be very expensive.

Before, she had shamelessly said that domestic products were trash and only foreign LVs and Chanels [Chanel, another luxury brand] were luxury goods. Wasn’t this a slap in the face?

After the introduction, Liu Wenhui deliberately asked: “Hello, do you think Kesi is a luxury good?”

Liu Wenhui felt very embarrassed and replied with a forced smile: “Yes.”

Zhuo Wenjun: “Then compared to products from brands like LV and Chanel, which is more luxurious?”

Liu Wenhui was stunned, her face flushed with embarrassment.

The comments in her live broadcast room:

“Haha… Is the streamer on the other side doing this on purpose?”

“So embarrassing, is this the official playing tricks, specially giving her a lesson?”

“Tell me, is the material for making dragon robes more luxurious, or is LV more luxurious? Didn’t you shamelessly say a few days ago that domestic products are trash? Say it again if you have the guts.”

…

Liu Wenhui couldn’t continue broadcasting and tried to disconnect the connection again.

But her disconnect button seemed to be out of order, no matter how she clicked it, it didn’t work.

Zhuo Wenjun asked again: “Streamer on the other side, which do you think is more luxurious, our Long Country’s luxury goods or foreign luxury goods? Answer me, and I will give you a Carnival gift.”

Liu Wenhui’s desire was aroused again.

She hesitated for a few seconds, and then said: “I think Long Country’s luxury goods are more luxurious.”

Zhuo Wenjun: “You answered very well. Wait, I’ll give you a Carnival gift right away. However, I have another question I want to ask you. You used to belittle domestic products, do you have anything to say now?”

This was obviously aimed at her, and Liu Wenhui said angrily: “I have nothing to say!”

Then she directly turned off her phone, forcibly ending the live broadcast connection.

At this time, Zhuo Wenjun’s live broadcast room comments:

“Haha… I’m dying of laughter, she’s too embarrassed to continue.”

“She should know how awesome our Long Country is now, right? In front of these top luxury goods, what is LV? It’s not worth mentioning at all.”

“I have already followed the streamer. I hope the streamer can release some videos of making these high-end luxury goods in the future, so that we can better understand the luxury goods that belong to our Long Country.”

…

Seeing that the comments in the live broadcast room were almost all positive, Yang Chen showed a satisfied smile.

He personally supervised this project, and it was of course gratifying to achieve success.

Yang Chen sent messages to the CEOs of Douyin and other platforms, ordering them to ban Liu Wenhui.

Liu Wenhui was very angry and cursed for several minutes.

When she opened Douyin again, she found that her account had been canceled.

“What’s going on? Why was my account canceled?” Liu Wenhui complained in confusion.

It’s okay, there’s still Kuaishou [another Chinese video-sharing platform].

Liu Wenhui quickly opened Kuaishou, but found that her Kuaishou account had also been canceled.

“What’s the situation? My Kuaishou account is not permanently banned, why was it also canceled? Why was it canceled without even a greeting?” Liu Wenhui said to herself angrily.

Then she called the platform customer service, asking for a reasonable explanation.

Kuaishou customer service: “The note I found here is that this user spread negative energy and violated platform rules, so a permanent ban was imposed.”

Liu Wenhui: “How did I spread negative energy? What did I do?”

Customer service: “You should know this in your heart. We will not easily ban any user. Do you have any other questions?”

Liu Wenhui: “No! I just want to know…”

The customer service immediately interrupted: “Okay, thank you for your call, I wish you a happy life, goodbye.”

Liu Wenhui was dumbfounded, even the customer service dared to bully her.

No, the account that she had worked so hard to build up couldn’t be banned like this.

Liu Wenhui quickly called her old boss, Cheng Pu.

“Boss, I have been banned by Douyin and Kuaishou at the same time. Wuwu… What should I do now?” Liu Wenhui sobbed.

Cheng Pu was still lying in the hospital, and said: “What did you do to get banned?”

Liu Wenhui: “I didn’t do anything! The customer service said that I was banned for spreading negative energy, which means they were referring to my previous statement that domestic products are trash. But this is not a serious matter, why did they ban my Douyin and Kuaishou accounts?”

Cheng Pu: “Alas… Don’t worry about this matter, I will settle Yang Chen first, and then find the heads of these two platforms to restore your account. Don’t worry, I will definitely do what I say.”

Liu Wenhui: “Okay then. Thank you, boss. When you get better, come to my house as a guest.”

Cheng Pu immediately smiled lewdly and said: “Okay! I will definitely go to your house, and you have to perform well then.”

Liu Wenhui: “Got it. Hehe…”

At this time, Cheng Pu’s elder brother, Cheng Ailou, came to the hospital to see him.

Cheng Pu quickly hung up the phone and wanted to get out of bed to greet Cheng Ailou.

Cheng Ailou quickly waved his hand and said: “Sit down and don’t move. How are you feeling today?”

In fact, Cheng Pu was fine, but he deliberately pretended to be still very serious and said: “Don’t mention how uncomfortable I am. My brother, this time your brother has suffered a great grievance.”

Cheng Ailou said with a smile: “Don’t worry, I have already contacted Qiu Hongqiang, and he will bring the mysterious boss of Aegis Security Group to meet me. As long as I can convince the mysterious boss of Aegis Security Group not to accept Yang Chen’s orders, we can do whatever we want to him.”

Cheng Pu: “That’s great, I’m counting on you for everything, brother.”

Cheng Ailou: “What are you thanking me for between brothers? If you can hold on, come with me tonight to meet the mysterious boss of Aegis Security Group.”

Cheng Pu was fine in the first place, and he definitely wanted to go since they were meeting the boss of Aegis Security Group tonight.

“As long as I can avenge myself, I don’t mind suffering a little. I will go with you tonight, brother, and I will bear all the expenses,” Cheng Pu said excitedly.

Although Cheng Ailou was not short of money, he would not refuse since Cheng Pu was so sensible.

Eight o’clock in the evening, Tang Pavilion.

Cheng Ailou and Cheng Pu accompanied Qiu Hongqiang, waiting for the arrival of the boss of Aegis Security Group.

Even though they were an hour late, Cheng Ailou and Cheng Pu didn’t dare to complain.

In front of Aegis Security Group, Cheng Ailou’s 50 billion assets were not enough to be seen.

After about half an hour, Yang Chen walked in unhurriedly.

Qiu Hongqiang quickly got up to greet him.

“Mr. Yang, you’re here,” Qiu Hongqiang said politely.

Yang Chen nodded and said with a smile: “I didn’t expect it to be such a coincidence that you two are also here.”

Cheng Ailou: “Why are you here too? Director Qiu, what do you mean by this?”

Qiu Hongqiang: “What you said is really interesting. Didn’t you say you wanted to see our boss? I have now arranged to meet the boss, what do you mean by saying this?”

Cheng Ailou: “That’s right, we really want to see your boss, but why did you invite him over?”

Qiu Hongqiang: “He is our boss!”

Boom!

Cheng Ailou and Cheng Pu were stunned in place, as if they had been struck by lightning.

Yang Chen was actually the boss of Aegis Security Group, so how could they take revenge?

Yang Chen sat down with a smile and said: “You two are so anxious to see me, what’s the matter? Tell me, I’m listening.”

Cheng Ailou and Cheng Pu looked embarrassed, looking at each other, not knowing how to answer.

At the critical moment, Cheng Ailou reacted quickly. After a few seconds of愣 [愣 is a Chinese word meaning ‘to be stunned’], Cheng Ailou immediately said: “We are so anxious to see the boss of Aegis Security Group, of course, we want to get to know him. I didn’t expect Mr. Yang to be the boss of Aegis Security Group, it’s really too coincidental. We can be considered old acquaintances, and I hope Mr. Yang will take care of us in the future.”

Cheng Pu was shocked, his eyes almost popped out.

Originally, they were here to seek cooperation with the boss of Aegis Security Group, but now it has become a surrender scene.

Shame!

Cheng Ailou glared at Cheng Pu, scaring Cheng Pu into waking up in a panic.

“There were many misunderstandings in the past, and I hope Mr. Yang will take care of us in the future,” Cheng Pu said humbly.

Yang Chen: “That’s not right, how did I hear Director Qiu say that you two wanted to hire Aegis Security Group to deal with me with a lot of money? Director Qiu, is that so?”

Qiu Hongqiang quickly replied: “I dare not deceive Mr. Yang, Cheng Ailou did say that to me. Cheng Ailou, I didn’t wrong you, did I?”

The atmosphere instantly became tense and awkward. Could it be that 主动认输 [主动认输 is a Chinese idiom meaning ‘to admit defeat voluntarily’] was not enough?