How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 446

Douyin’s “Show-off Fall” Trend? What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Gaoyan was fixated on one idea: she had completed the task Chen Le assigned, so these bags should be hers, and she absolutely wouldn’t return them.

However, Chen Le’s purpose in spending so much money was to get closer to Yang Chen through Jin Ming. Now that he knew this path was a dead end, how could he be willing to be a fool and spend over a million to buy bags for Gaoyan?

So, the two of them started fighting in the mall.

Gaoyan had been influenced by some toxic online mantras, believing that in conflicts between men and women, regardless of who was right or wrong, the man would always apologize in the end.

Therefore, she bravely fought back against Chen Le. When Chen Le hit her head a few times, she scratched Chen Le’s face a few times in return.

Chen Le was instantly enraged and kicked Gaoyan two or three meters away with a strong kick.

Gaoyan clutched her stomach and curled up on the ground, unable to get up.

The nearby shop assistants and passersby quickly stopped Chen Le and called the police.

Chen Le knew he was in trouble. Running away was useless, so he could only wait for the police to arrive and try to actively compensate for his actions.

However, once some things are done, it’s not enough to just want to deal with them actively.

Someone had already uploaded a video of him hitting Gaoyan to Douyin [a popular Chinese video-sharing social media platform], clearly pointing out that the president of Weichuang Group’s China region was assaulting someone in the street.

This video being uploaded to Douyin meant the end of Chen Le’s career at Weichuang Group.

Alas…

Terrible!

…

Yang Chen and Jin Ming returned to the hotel.

Yang Chen took a shower first and came out neatly dressed, ready for bed.

Jin Ming took a shower, changed into a light nightgown, and slept on the bed next to him.

At this time, Yang Chen was already asleep.

Jin Ming tilted her head and looked at the sleeping Yang Chen, pouting, seemingly very dissatisfied that Yang Chen had fallen asleep so quickly.

In the morning, as soon as Yang Chen woke up, Ma Siqi sent him a message.

“Are you leaving Shenzhen today? If not, I’ll treat you to some fun. How about it?”

Yang Chen didn’t want to have any entanglement with Ma Siqi, to avoid making things awkward between him and Little Ma.

So, Yang Chen replied: Thank you for your kindness, Miss Ma. I’ll have to pass this time, maybe next time. We’re heading back to Hai City soon.

After a while, Ma Siqi replied again.

“Then I’ll come to Hai City to play. Can you host me?”

This was getting dangerous.

Yang Chen: Sorry, I can’t! I’m very busy and don’t have time to host you.

Ma Siqi: Alright! Straightforward enough, I admire your honesty. Then let’s play together next time if we have the chance.

Yang Chen put down his phone and said to Jin Ming on the next bed, “Get up quickly, let’s go out for a stroll.”

Jin Ming: “Paid vacation?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Yes! Paid vacation. We didn’t get to play much last time, so let’s treat this as a vacation and wander around. Tomorrow we’ll go back, and I’ll have to get back to research.”

Jin Ming nodded and immediately got up to wash up.

Yang Chen called for breakfast, and after eating, they immediately went out to play.

When coming to Shenzhen, OCT [Overseas Chinese Town, a popular tourist area] must be visited.

Happyland, Window of the World, etc., are all here.

It’s still the summer vacation, and there are many students in places like Happy Valley.

The two walked to a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon parked by the roadside when suddenly a scantily clad girl “fell” out of it.

The girl’s LV limited edition bag was thrown out with a very deliberate movement, and everything inside scattered.

Dior lipstick, Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes car keys, several black cards [high-limit credit cards], and ICBC [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China] and other banks’ deposit bags with over 100 million yuan, etc.

If these things were real, this bag would have to contain at least several hundred million.

Other things falling on the ground wouldn’t roll, but the lipstick rolled forward and, coincidentally, Jin Ming stepped on it.

Fortunately, Jin Ming only weighed ninety pounds. When she saw that she had stepped on the lipstick, she immediately leaned towards Yang Chen, not putting her full weight on it.

Jin Ming looked up at Yang Chen, both happy and shy, and quickly stood up straight.

“Are you okay?” Yang Chen asked with concern.

Jin Ming shook her head and said, “I’m fine.”

After speaking, Jin Ming squatted down, picked up the lipstick, and handed it to the fallen girl.

The two continued walking, but the fallen girl immediately shouted, “Stop! You broke my lipstick, do you think you can just leave like that?”

At this time, two men and two women came out of the car, and two of them were holding mobile phones and cameras.

Hmm, is this a scam?

Jin Ming turned around and said, “I was walking normally, and your lipstick rolled under my feet. I’ve tried my best to save it and did everything I could. You can’t possibly expect me to compensate you for a new one, right?”

Girl: “Of course. You broke it, so of course you have to pay.”

Yang Chen: “Are you trying to scam us?”

The girl said angrily, “You’re the one trying to scam us. We’re filming a skit. Your girlfriend broke my lipstick, shouldn’t you pay for it?”

Filming a skit?

Jin Ming suddenly understood and said with a smile, “I get it, it’s one of those vulgar short videos that are popular on Douyin. Deliberately falling next to a luxury car, and then deliberately scattering the contents of the bag. The bag must be full of expensive things, but it’s actually just showing off wealth.”

Hmm!

There’s such a thing?

Yang Chen didn’t look closely at the things on the ground just now, but now that he took a closer look, good heavens, it was indeed as Jin Ming said, all expensive things.

The LV bag even contained a commemorative bag from ICBC with over 100 million yuan in deposits. Wasn’t that ridiculous?

She must have been learning from those “show-off falls” on Douyin.

Since she chose to do a “show-off fall,” she should bear any possible consequences.

Yang Chen: “You’re filming this kind of video in this kind of place, didn’t you think it would bother others? You say my friend broke your lipstick, I’m saying she almost slipped because of it. It’s already good enough that we didn’t ask you to apologize, and you still want to extort money.”

The man with the camera next to him said, “Oh, forget it, forget it, it’s just a little scratch on the case, it’s not a big deal. Judging from their accents, they must be from out of town, maybe from a poor place. If you make them pay, wouldn’t that be like taking their lives?”

The girl said with a look of disdain, “That’s true.”

Jin Ming reached out and said, “Give me the lipstick, I’ll buy you a new one. A broken lipstick, and it makes you feel superior.”

Girl: “What broken lipstick? This is Dior lipstick, I bought the whole set of colors, and I can’t stand to ruin even one of them. Understand?”

Jin Ming: “Yes, yes, yes, I understand. Give it here, I’ll compensate you with a new one.”

The girl handed the lipstick to Jin Ming, and Jin Ming unscrewed the lipstick and wanted to break it.

Yang Chen immediately stopped her and said, “Wait a minute! Let me see it.”

Jin Ming quickly stopped and handed the lipstick to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen had previously bought the entire Dior series of lipsticks for Lin Yiren, and he didn’t remember Dior having this model.

However, the lipstick case did indeed have the word “dior” printed on it.

There was only one explanation, this lipstick was a fake.

Yang Chen: “Do you want us to pay for a real one or a fake one?”

Girl: “Nonsense! Of course, pay for a real one, why would I want you to pay for a fake one?”

Yang Chen: “Alright! I’ll satisfy you.”

After speaking, Yang Chen called LV store manager Ma Qiuhong.

“Hello, Store Manager Ma, please ask the store managers of Dior, Givenchy, Guerlain, and other stores to come to Happy Valley. Come over immediately, I need you to do something,” Yang Chen said.

Ma Qiuhong: “Okay, I’ll call them to rush over right away.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen said with a smile, “I’ve already called someone to deliver it, wait a moment.”

The girl looked disdainful and then turned to ask her companions, “How was the effect of the filming just now? Do you want to film it again?”

The two people with mobile phones and cameras quickly pulled up the videos and photos they had just taken to show everyone the effect.

The girl seemed a little dissatisfied and said, “I always feel like something is missing, why don’t we film it again? This time, you guys use a long shot first, and then zoom in to see if the effect will be better.”

The two guys in charge of filming nodded and quickly walked not far away to prepare for filming.

The girl picked up the things on the ground and carefully put them into the LV bag.

Then she got in the car, closed the door, and at the command of her companion, she opened the car door, got out of the car, and pretended to fall, “scattering a pile of equipment.”

Yang Chen and Jin Ming couldn’t help but laugh, wondering who was so bored to think of filming such a video to show off their wealth.

After a while, LV store manager Ma Qiuhong arrived with several other brand store managers belonging to the LVMH Group.

Ma Qiuhong: “Mr. Yang, hello. What can I do for you?”

Several other store managers also quickly greeted Yang Chen and introduced which brand they were responsible for.

The online celebrity team filming the video next to them was a little confused. They knew Ma Qiuhong and others were all store managers of LV and other stores.

Why were these store managers so polite to this guy?

Yang Chen nodded and said with a smile, “Store Manager Chen, can you help me see if this lipstick is Dior?”

Dior store manager Chen Xi took the lipstick, glanced at it, and shook her head, replying, “No! Our lipstick doesn’t have this color number, it’s obviously a fake. Mr. Yang, whose lipstick is this?”

Yang Chen pointed to the little online celebrity and said, “Hers. If the lipstick is fake, then you can confirm whether her bags and cosmetics are fake too.”

Ma Qiuhong and others nodded and picked up the products of the brands they were responsible for to carefully inspect them.

“This LV bag is fake! A high imitation!”

“The Givenchy T-shirt she’s wearing is fake!”

“This Guerlain essence is also fake!”

“This Bulgari watch is also fake!”

…

Good heavens, she actually gathered so many fakes to show off her wealth, she’s quite capable.

The girl panicked,

but there were so many people watching, she definitely couldn’t admit that these were fakes. Not to mention losing face, her online celebrity career would be over.

She had a total of more than 5 million followers on Douyin, Kuaishou [another video-sharing platform], Red Book [a social media and e-commerce platform], Taobao [an online shopping platform], and other platforms.

Relying on these 5 million followers, she not only supported her team but also earned two apartments in Shenzhen for herself.

Therefore, she absolutely couldn’t admit that these were fakes.

At this time, the onlookers were talking about it.

“Isn’t this online celebrity Zhang Daiyu? I even followed her on Red Book.”

“It seems to be her, I followed her on Douyin. But the difference between her in person and in the video is too big.”

“It’s normal, videos have beauty filters and retouching, so they’re definitely a hundred times prettier than in reality.”

“She has several products in her Taobao store that have sold hundreds of thousands of units. Does she really use fakes? If she uses fakes, wouldn’t the ones she sells to her fans also be fakes?”

“Oh my god, if she sells fakes, the total amount would be enough for her to go to jail.”

…

The discussions of the onlookers frightened Zhang Daiyu. She always thought that there would be no problem with her making and selling fakes, but she never thought that one day she would go to jail. Now that she heard the people next to her say that it was enough for her to go to jail, she was very scared.

Zhang Daiyu swallowed and argued forcefully, “Who are you? Why do you say these are all fakes?”

Ma Qiuhong and others then revealed their identities and guaranteed with their positions that these things were fake.

Now the onlookers couldn’t help it.

“Zhang Daiyu, you’re such a big online celebrity, how can you use fakes? Are the ones you sell to us also fakes?”

“She uses fakes herself, how can she sell you real ones? Haha… Is she stupid? She uses fakes herself and sells you real ones.”

“Zhang Daiyu, this is a crime! Some of the products in your Taobao store have sales of hundreds of thousands of units, such a large amount, you’re probably going to be in there for twenty years.”

“You’re so terrible, I bought Dior lipstick in your live broadcast room a few days ago, is that also a fake?”

…

Zhang Daiyu quickly argued, “Don’t listen to their nonsense, our goods are all directly supplied by the factory, guaranteed to be genuine.”

After speaking, Zhang Daiyu quickly picked up the things and got into the car in a panic.

Other members of the team also quickly got into the car and immediately fled the scene.

Yang Chen said to Ma Qiuhong and others, “Report to the China region headquarters, and say that someone may be selling fakes online, let the headquarters call the police to investigate.”

Ma Qiuhong and others nodded and quickly went back to send emails to report the situation in detail to Wu Yue, the president of the China region.

Online celebrity Zhang Daiyu was furious and cursed, “Bastard, son of a bitch, dare to ruin our livelihood! Go to the boss’s house, I’ll have him come forward and teach them a lesson.”

The man with the camera said, “Those store managers seemed very polite to him, he shouldn’t be an ordinary person. Let’s not cause trouble, it would be troublesome if we offended a big shot.”

Zhang Daiyu: “What big shot could he be? Have you ever seen a big shot taking a taxi?”

The man nodded and said, “That’s true.”

Soon, Zhang Daiyu came to the house of her boss, Gao Yunbo, alone.

Gao Yunbo was 40 years old. Because he thought his wife was hindering him from hooking up with the female anchors under his command, he had just completed the divorce procedures last week. He only wanted the company, and all the other real estate, cash, wealth management, etc., were given to his ex-wife.

In less than a week after the divorce, he had already brought 5 anchors home for the night.

Zhang Daiyu was considered a more profitable anchor in his company, so he hadn’t made a move on her yet.

After listening to Zhang Daiyu’s account, Gao Yunbo slammed the table in anger and said, “Damn it, they’re looking for death! Where are they now?”

Zhang Daiyu said in a tearful, delicate voice, “When we came back, they went to Happy Valley.”

Gao Yunbo: “What do they look like?”

Zhang Daiyu played the video she had just taken for Gao Yunbo to watch. The video showed Yang Chen’s face.

Gao Yunbo asked Zhang Daiyu to take a screenshot of Yang Chen’s face and send it to him. Then he gently patted her back and said, “Don’t worry, I will definitely avenge you. As for the issue of the goods, you don’t have to worry. Our goods are all products that have flowed out of the production lines of Dior and other brand代工厂 [dài gōng chǎng – OEM factories], absolutely genuine.”

Zhang Daiyu nodded and deliberately leaned a little closer to Gao Yunbo, saying, “As long as President Gao can help me vent my anger, I will definitely repay you.”

Gao Yunbo immediately took off happily and patted his chest to guarantee, “Don’t worry, I will do my best to deal with him. He’s cutting off our financial path, cutting off someone’s financial path is like killing their parents, this kind of irreconcilable hatred must be avenged. Are you free tonight? I just bought a bottle of Romanée-Conti, come over and try it together. See what the difference is between a wine worth hundreds of thousands and ordinary wine.”

Both sides understood each other’s needs. Zhang Daiyu nodded shyly and said, “Okay. Then after you teach them a lesson, take a picture to show me their miserable appearance. Then I’ll go first, I’m going to buy new underwear. I’m leaving.”

Gao Yunbo’s eyes lit up and said, “Then come directly after you buy the underwear, so you don’t have to run back and forth.”

Zhang Daiyu nodded and waved goodbye to Gao Yunbo.

Gao Yunbo clenched his fists and celebrated, then quickly called the owners of the代工厂 [dài gōng chǎng – OEM factories] for Dior and other brands.

…

Yang Chen and Jin Ming walked and ate ice cream, it had been a long time since they had relaxed like this.

Suddenly, a man stepped forward and stopped them.

“Wait a minute, we’re filming a video,” the man said.

Yang Chen and Jin Ming looked ahead and saw another online celebrity team filming a “show-off fall” video.

Yang Chen asked with a smile, “Brother, is this ‘show-off fall’ video very popular on Douyin now?”

The man replied with a smile, “Yes! Recently, this kind of video has more traffic, and we are also catering to the preferences of netizens.”

Yang Chen: “Oh. But you should find a closed place to film, it’s not very good to block others in public. Public places don’t just belong to you, you can’t just stop others from passing by because you’re filming a video.”

Man: “You said it’s a public place, so it belongs to everyone. You can walk, and we can also film videos. It’ll be quick, just a few minutes.”

Yang Chen: “What’s your ID called?”

Man: “Orange Meow Sauce.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and opened Douyin to find the account of Orange Meow Sauce.

This account only had 100,000 followers, and all the videos posted were borderline videos.

At this time,

He told Gao Yunbo about the situation here.

Gao Yunbo: “Hey! I’m having a bad day today. Daiyu’s video was disrupted, and she encountered big trouble. Your video was also disrupted, and you also got into big trouble. Who is the busybody? Take a picture of him and send it to me.”

Orange Meow Sauce quickly did so, hung up the phone, and secretly took a picture of Yang Chen and sent it to Gao Yunbo.

When Gao Yunbo saw the photo, he was furious.

“Damn it, it’s this kid again! Who deliberately sent him to mess with me? Zhang Daiyu is the most profitable anchor in my company, and Youyou is the most promising anchor. This kid is going to ruin both of them and cut off my financial path. Could it be someone my ex-wife sent?” Gao Yunbo muttered to himself angrily.

Gao Yunbo, in a fit of rage, immediately called his ex-wife and questioned, “Did you send someone to deliberately mess with me?”

His ex-wife was confused and asked, “What are you talking about? I’m playing with my son in Happy Valley, don’t cause trouble!”

Gao Yunbo: “Happy Valley? That’s right! Zhang Ping, you’re so cheap! I gave you all the houses, cars, deposits, and wealth management. You’re not even leaving me a way out. Isn’t the money I earn ultimately for my son? You’re not only cutting off my financial path, you’re also cutting off your son’s financial path. Do you know that?”

Ex-wife Zhang Ping: “Are you crazy? I said, I’m playing with my son in Happy Valley, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Have I made myself clear enough?”

After speaking, Zhang Ping hung up the phone.

Gao Yunbo felt that his ex-wife must be playing tricks, so he sent her another message.

“Get your head straight, the money I earn will still be for my son in the future. You’re not only hurting me, but you’re also hurting your son. If you didn’t do it, then pretend I didn’t say anything. I’m going to take people to deal with him now. 草! [Cào! – a Chinese profanity, meaning “fuck!”]”

Zhang Ping looked at the message and immediately felt that something was wrong.

She quickly called Gao Yunbo and said, “I don’t know what happened on your side, but I can tell you that it has nothing to do with me.”

Gao Yunbo: “Alright! It’s best if it has nothing to do with you. I’m going to take people to deal with him now, he’s also in Happy Valley. Don’t take your son away, let him see how awesome his old man is! Haha…”

Zhang Ping: “You’re crazy! There are a lot of people here, don’t mess around. If you get sent in, it will affect my son’s future.”

Gao Yunbo: “Two out-of-towners, am I afraid of them? Don’t leave, be sure to let your son see how awesome I am. Hanging up, I have to go out.”