How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 425

The 425. Chapter Kill You—What’s Wrong with Me, a Ride-Hailing Driver, Having Some Money?

The Lansheed financial officer immediately became angry and shouted, “Are you kidding me? This is Prince Lansheed. Everyone else in the world might be broke, but his card can’t be. Does your machine not support UnionPay cards?”

Cashier: “How is that possible? We often have foreign customers in our store, and their UnionPay cards can be swiped here. Your card just won’t swipe. Maybe it’s been frozen.”

Financial Officer: “Nonsense, who would dare to freeze Prince Lansheed’s card?”

At that moment, Lansheed received a call from his father.

Drunk, Lansheed answered the phone, laughing, “Haha… Dad, what’s up?”

Hassanqi: “Why is it so noisy over there? What are you doing?”

Lansheed: “I’m at a bar. What’s the matter? If not, I’ll hang up and call you back later.”

Hassanqi was furious and roared, “You’re still playing around? Something big has happened. The oil sector suddenly plummeted near the close of the stock market. The share price of Jinbai Oil and Gas Company, which we hold with all our positions, instantly fell by 6%. The US announced an increase in oil production, and Saudi Arabia followed suit. Our country also followed, and the Russians did even worse, directly lowering the price of each barrel of oil by 10 US dollars. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, and you’re still in the bar.”

Lansheed: “Ah? How could this happen? Why did the US suddenly increase oil production? Are they crazy?”

Hassanqi: “You should come back tomorrow. Don’t stay there.”

At this moment, the financial officer came over and told Lansheed that the UnionPay card could not be swiped.

Lansheed looked shocked and quickly asked, “Dad, why can’t my card be swiped?”

Hassanqi: “The entire royal family’s money has been frozen. In case several of our country’s oil companies plummet, we need to prepare a lot of money to buy in [buy more shares].”

Lansheed: “Ah? Then I’ve spent a lot of money. What if I can’t pay the bill?”

Hassanqi: “This is not my decision. It’s useless to tell me. Think of other ways. If you really can’t, call Maya to pay the bill for you, or use the money in your overseas account. The royal family is already in chaos. You must come back tomorrow!”

After speaking, Hassanqi hung up the phone.

Lansheed was dumbfounded. Who would have thought that the United States would increase oil production without warning?

And those Russians, everyone else is increasing oil production, and you follow suit, but why directly lower the price?

Drunk, Lansheed sobered up a bit. He knew what the collapse of oil prices and the sharp drop in stock prices meant to those who depended on oil for a living.

The cashier told the manager that Lansheed’s card could not be swiped, and the manager quickly brought a few young men who watched the place.

“Hehe… Your Highness, are you satisfied with our service?” the manager asked with a smile.

Lansheed nodded and said, “Although it can’t compare with our Jinbai’s bar, it’s still a bit unique.”

Manager: “Hehe… Your Highness is quite talkative. Do you want to continue playing?”

Lansheed shook his head and said, “I’m not playing anymore. I’m going back to sleep.”

Manager: “Okay! Then please pay the bill, Your Highness. A mere 15.8 million is nothing to you tycoons.”

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Lansheed: “I don’t care about this little money at all. However, today is a bit special. My cards have been frozen by the royal family, so I can’t pay the bill for the time being. Here, I’ll give you a phone number, and you can call her to ask for money. Okay?”

The manager nodded.

Lansheed gave Maya’s phone number to the manager.

The manager dialed it and said, “Hello, is this Miss Maya?”

Maya: “Yes. Who are you?”

Manager: “Your brother spent 15.82 million here and doesn’t have the money to pay the bill. He asked me to call you to come and pay for him.”

Maya: “Can you please do your research before scamming? My brother wouldn’t be short of money to pay the bill. Find another target. I won’t be deceived by you.”

After speaking, Maya hung up the phone.

Yang Chen: “What’s wrong?”

Maya: “A scam call. They said my brother was playing in a bar and didn’t have the money to pay the bill. Isn’t that nonsense?”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, “Okay, the movie is over, and it’s getting late. It’s time to sleep.”

Maya nodded, turned off the tablet and mobile phone, and slept with her head on Yang Chen’s chest.

On the other side, in the bar.

“Are you kidding me? Your sister said I was a scammer and hung up the phone directly,” the manager said angrily.

Lansheed: “Impossible! I’ll call her.”

Lansheed called Maya, but was reminded that the other party had turned off the phone.

“I’m sorry, it’s very late now, and my sister may already be asleep. How about this, let me go back to the hotel to sleep first, and when she wakes up tomorrow, I’ll ask her to come and pay the bill. Okay?” Lansheed said.

The manager gave the bouncer next to him a look, then nodded with a smile, “Okay! Of course, it’s okay! You are a friend from a foreign country, and we will definitely take care of you first. However, you have to leave us a proof. How about this, you come with me to the office to sign. Okay?”

Financial Officer: “I’ll go sign for you.”

Manager: “That won’t work! It must be signed by him. He is a prince, and you are not.”

Lansheed just wanted to go back to the hotel to sleep, so he nodded and agreed.

When the bodyguards saw Lansheed following the manager, they quickly followed.

A group of people came to a corridor on the second floor, and the bar’s bouncers stopped the bodyguards.

Manager: “You all wait outside. I’ll come out after I sign with His Highness.”

How confident Lansheed was, he waved his hand to signal the bodyguards to wait here.

The manager took Lansheed to a large room, and then locked the door.

Four people had already been ambushed in the room. As soon as Lansheed entered, he was pinned down by them. They tied Lansheed up and sealed his mouth with tape.

The manager said angrily, “Damn, you think you can get away with a free meal just because you’re a foreigner? And you’re still pretending to be a prince! I’ve never heard of a prince’s card not being able to be swiped. You’re not putting enough effort into your scam. Brothers, however much he drank, let him spit it out.”

The four thugs put a book on Lansheed’s chest, and then beat him up.

Lansheed’s mouth was sealed, and he could only make an “uh uh uh” sound.

After a burst of output, Lansheed’s mouth was filled with vomit, but because his mouth was sealed, he couldn’t spit it out, so he had to swallow it back.

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Lansheed never dreamed that he would have such a miserable day, and tears were streaming down his face.

The manager waved his hand and said with a smile, “Do you still dare to say you are a prince?”

Lansheed uh uh uh again, his eyes kept looking at the tape on his mouth, signaling the manager to take off the tape and let him speak.

The manager took a piece of paper with the total amount of Lansheed’s consumption here, 15.82 million, promising to pay it off before 12 noon tomorrow.

Manager: “Did you see that? Pay it off before 12 noon tomorrow. This is the content of the agreement. There are also some contents that are not on the agreement that we need to agree on verbally. If you don’t pay off these money before 12 noon tomorrow, you will have to pay an additional 1 million late fee for every hour that passes.”

Lansheed’s eyes widened. Damn, what’s the difference between this and robbery?

However, in this situation, Lansheed could only agree temporarily, and settle the score with these people after he got out.

So, he quickly nodded to show his agreement.

Manager: “Hehe… I want to remind you. Our security work is handled by Aegis Security Group, oh, that is, the current Starlight Defense. Don’t think that you can agree first and then go back on your word. If you dare to go back on your word, we dare to spend money to hire Starlight Defense’s killer to deal with you.”

After speaking, the manager asked someone to untie Lansheed’s hands.

Lansheed quickly untied the tape on his mouth and spit out the residue in his mouth.

Damn, a smell spread out instantly.

After Lansheed spit out the things in his mouth, he quickly asked, “Did Yang Chen tell you to do this?”

Manager: “Who is Yang Chen? I don’t know him.”

His level naturally can’t reach Yang Chen. It is estimated that there are four levels of people above him who can reach Zhang Lijun, and Zhang Lijun can reach Yang Chen, so it is right for him to say that he does not know Yang Chen.

But Lansheed认认是杨辰叫他们这么干的，这笔账已经算在了杨辰头上. [But Lansheed believed that Yang Chen told them to do this, and this account has been settled on Yang Chen’s head.]

Lansheed signed the paper and finally opened the door.

As soon as he went out, he immediately shouted for help.

The bodyguards immediately rushed in and surrounded him.

Lansheed: “They beat me, they beat me until I vomited.”

Manager: “Your Highness, it’s not interesting for you to say that. I just asked you to sign a note, and you said I beat you. What do you mean? You don’t want to pay the bill after pretending to be a big shot? If you are going to play rogue like this, then we will call the police.”

Lansheed said angrily: “You beat me, I didn’t say I would call the police, and you dare to say you want to call the police? Okay, call the police, let the police handle it!”

The manager nodded and immediately called the police.

The thugs had already disposed of the book and tape, leaving only Lansheed’s vomit.

Soon, several policemen arrived.

The police surveyed the scene, listened to the testimonies of both parties, and finally gave the suggestion of a medical examination.

Both parties agreed to the medical examination, and the police comrades immediately took Lansheed and the manager to the medical examination.

Soon, the medical examination results came out.

There were no traces of injury on Lansheed’s surface. As for whether there were internal injuries, he would need to take a film [X-ray] during working hours tomorrow to find out.

The manager immediately said: “Even if his body is full of holes, it can’t be counted on us. Who knows where he was injured? At least

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From our surveillance, we can see that he came well and left well now. If internal injuries are also counted on us, then I will call someone to beat me up now and then go to blackmail people.”

They had already thought of this when they used books to block their chests when they started, and Lansheed’s beating was in vain. He had no way to prove who caused his internal injuries.

The doctor who performed the medical examination also felt that it made sense, so he gave a medical report that Lansheed was not injured.

Lansheed was dumbfounded. He was obviously beaten until he vomited, but he was not injured?

Is there any justice in this world?

Angry Lansheed went directly to Yang Chen’s house.

Yang Chen and Maya were sleeping soundly when they were awakened by the doorbell.

At this time, the bodyguards responsible for protecting Yang Chen rushed over and blocked Lansheed and others, not allowing them to approach the door of Yang Chen’s house.

After a while, Yang Chen opened the door.

Lansheed immediately questioned angrily: “Did you tell them to beat me? Where’s Maya? Maya, come out! You must give me an explanation, otherwise I will go to the embassy to sue you in the morning.”

Yang Chen: “Are you sick? Why are you acting crazy here in the middle of the night? You stink, get out of here.”

At this time, Maya came out dressed.

Lansheed said excitedly: “Maya, I really didn’t expect you to be this kind of person. You actually asked the people in the bar to beat me, and you also asked them to not be able to find any injuries. You guys are playing too hard.”

Maya looked confused, and then remembered the “scam” call.

Maya: “You were drinking in a bar and got beaten? Why?”

Lansheed: “You’re still pretending! The people in the bar called you, and you said they were scammers. I called you, and you turned off your phone, and then you asked them to beat me. I know I almost strangled you to death, which was my fault, but if you have any grudges, come out in the open, what kind of ability is it to use this kind of method?”

Maya: “Are you crazy! We were watching a movie and sleeping at home, who knew you were messing around in a bar and something happened. Besides, that person said on the phone that you didn’t have money to pay the bill, what kind of scam is this? How could you not have money to pay the bill?”

Lansheed told Maya about the sudden changes in the oil market with a distressed face.

Maya immediately understood that Yang Chen and Buffett had taken action.

She didn’t expect their actions to be so fast and so effective.

Maya felt that she couldn’t ruin Yang Chen’s big event, and didn’t reveal that Yang Chen and Buffett had joined forces to short oil [bet against the price of oil].

Maya: “Then you can find a way to raise money, why are you arguing with us here in the middle of the night? We want to sleep, don’t make noise, or we will call the police.”

Lansheed: “You help me pay the bill. If I don’t pay the bill before 12 noon tomorrow, they will charge a late fee of 1 million per hour.”

Maya: “Are you kidding me? Where am I going to get more than 10 million? You can figure it out yourself.”

After speaking, Maya closed the door and pulled Yang Chen back to the bedroom.

Yang Chen’s personal bodyguards separated Lansheed and others again, not allowing them to approach the door.

Lansheed was so angry that he left with his entourage.

This matter can’t be left like this, I will go to the embassy to complain in the morning.

At this time, the employees of Starlight Investment were working overtime, they

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They will release the short-selling report of Jinbai Oil and Gas Company before noon tomorrow.

Buffett was not idle either, his team was also working hard to produce the short-selling report of Jinbai Oil and Gas Company.

At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time, Starlight Investment and Berkshire simultaneously released the short-selling report of Jinbai Oil and Gas Company.

At this time, it was 7:00 a.m. in Jinbai.

Usually at this time, the royal family members have hardly gotten up.

But today they all got up early to watch the news.

For example, Maya’s father, Hassanqi, has been refreshing his phone to read the news.

Soon, the news pushed the news that Starlight Investment and Berkshire were shorting Jinbai Oil and Gas Company.

“Starlight Investment released a short-selling report on Jinbai Oil and Gas Company, exposing many unknown secrets of the company, including major issues such as interest transfer and financial fraud.”

“Berkshire Hathaway released a short-selling report on Jinbai Oil and Gas Company, exposing many financial problems of the company, the most notable of which is the falsification of sales and net profit.”

Berkshire Hathaway has a better reputation, and everyone knows that this is Buffett’s company.

Starlight Investment is relatively less famous, but the company has gone crazy in the global stock market, and its undefeated record is even more amazing.

The simultaneous release of the short-selling report on Jinbai Oil and Gas by these two companies will definitely have an unimaginable impact on the company’s stock price.

Jinbai Oil and Gas Company immediately convened an emergency shareholders meeting to discuss countermeasures. Most of these shareholders are members of the royal family, and there are also some social and international investors.

The shareholders disagreed on how to respond to the short-selling plan of Starlight Investment and Berkshire Hathaway.

The first view is that some shareholders believe that they should immediately invest funds to support the bottom line, and no matter how many shares the shareholders throw out, the royal family members will accept them all.

The second view is that the remaining shareholders feel that the turmoil in the oil market has just begun, and it is too unwise to invest real money to support the bottom line now. The stock price will definitely be much cheaper than it is now in a while, and then they can buy more equity with less money.

The shareholders who hold the first view are obviously social and international investors. They invest in Jinbai Oil and Gas Company to make money.

If the stock price plummets, their book profits will disappear, replaced by floating losses.

Therefore, they cannot accept the stock price falling and must invest funds to stabilize the stock price.

The shareholders who hold the second view are royal family members. They hold equity to distribute dividends every year and increase their right to speak. They have never thought of making money by buying and selling stocks.

Therefore, the rise or fall of the stock price does not have a big impact on them, as long as the company’s annual dividends are in place.

Even, they also hope to take this opportunity to buy more equity, so that they can get more dividends in the future.

The people who hold these two views could not convince each other, and the shareholders meeting broke up unhappy.

The stock market opened.

The stock price of Jinbai Oil and Gas Company did not plummet as everyone expected, and even rose slightly.

But if you look closely at the trading volume, you will know that the selling pressure is too fierce.

Obviously, this is the institutional investors resisting hard, hoping to give retail investors confidence and lure retail investors not to sell.

However, they obviously overestimated their strength and underestimated the power of retail investors.

They only resisted for one minute, and all the prepared funds were used up.

The stock price of Jinbai Oil and Gas Company fell rapidly like a waterfall.

Those institutional investors saw that they could not keep the stock price, and turned around and joined the army of selling.

The stock price fell from 9 US dollars/share at the opening to 6 US dollars/share in less than ten minutes, and one-third of the market value was gone.

At this time, the royal family members of Jinbai began to eat goods [buy shares].

Because time is tight, only about 100 billion US dollars has been raised from yesterday to now.

This would definitely be a huge sum of money in normal times, and it would definitely drive the surge no matter which company’s stock is operated.

But today is different. As soon as the royal family members pulled up a little, more sell orders were immediately thrown out, which suppressed the stock price again.

It seems that except for the royal family members, other shareholders want to escape at all costs.

In just one hour, the 100 billion US dollars that the royal family members mobilized was used up.

Without large funds to support the bottom line, the stock price plummeted again.

At the same time, major media in countries around the world reported on the short-selling report on Jinbai Oil and Gas Company released by Starlight Investment and Berkshire Hathaway, and detailed excerpts of the analysis of sales and profit fraud.

Yang Chen and Buffett have also prepared enough funds and are ready to take action to bottom out Jinbai Oil and Gas Company at any time.