How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 469

469. New Reward: Afflicted by Bad Luck. So What If a Ride-Hailing Driver Has Some Money?

Clearly, the male passenger was frightened; his voice trembled as he spoke.

The ID “Unfading Star” was a god-like figure in the live-streaming and online novel worlds. People still remembered the epic battle between Unfading Star and Lonely Man Smoking a Cigarette, which ended with Lonely Man Smoking a Cigarette and the female streamer both going to jail.

Later, Unfading Star made a splash on websites like Qidian [a popular Chinese web novel platform], popularizing a host of online novels. Many popular novels had this account rewarding them with the “Golden Alliance Leader” [a high-value reward on Qidian].

Of course, these things would at most shock the male passenger, Zhang Fangyuan, but not to the point of making his voice tremble.

What made Zhang Fangyuan’s voice tremble was the recent online rumor that streamers followed by Unfading Star were doomed. Didn’t that mean the handsome ride-hailing driver in front of him was the mysterious person who could control life and death?

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Ah, yes, Unfading Star is my online account.”

Male passenger Zhang Fangyuan said, “Big Brother, you are my idol. From when you fought Lonely Man Smoking a Cigarette and sent him and the streamer to prison, I’ve been your fan. Recently, whichever streamer you follow ends up in trouble, which makes me both scared and in awe. Big Brother, how do you do it? Why do the streamers you follow always end up in trouble?”

Yang Chen: “Haven’t you noticed they all have a common characteristic?”

Zhang Fangyuan: “I know, they all like to play dangerous games. I knew they would easily have accidents, which isn’t strange. But what I’m curious about is how you can calculate it so accurately that they will definitely have an accident the next day?”

Yang Chen: “Just guessing. You only see the cases I guessed right; you don’t know about the ones I didn’t guess right. Okay, we’re here.”

The car stopped, and Yang Chen said, “Bro, come in with me; I’ll arrange a table for you. Beauty, you can get out of the car.”

Li Qian snorted and gave Yang Chen a bad review as soon as she got out of the car.

“The driver’s attitude is extremely bad, encouraging my boyfriend to break up with me. If the platform doesn’t remove such drivers, it deserves to go bankrupt. Moreover, he vulgarly tips female streamers to hook up with them. I hope the police can investigate him; they will definitely find evidence of him soliciting prostitutes.”

Li Qian angrily finished her review, but when she clicked the “Evaluate” button, the review disappeared. She flipped through several pages but couldn’t find it, and it wasn’t in her account’s comment history either.

Huh?

What’s going on?

Why did the review disappear?

Bad internet?

She quickly clicked evaluate again, but the system reminded her that she had already evaluated and couldn’t repeat the evaluation. The most embarrassing thing was that the word “High Risk” appeared next to her ID.

Yang Chen especially understood the plight of ride-hailing drivers, who are often threatened with bad reviews by some customers, or whose overall score is too low due to bad reviews, so they can’t get many orders a day, or even none at all.

If it’s the driver’s own problem, then of course they deserve the bad review.

But in reality, there are indeed some particularly strange passengers, and it’s too unfair for drivers to get bad reviews from them.

Therefore, Yang Chen suggested that the platform screen those strange passengers. As long as a passenger is marked as high risk and has excessive behavior within the next three orders, the platform will directly cancel their account.

The account is bound to the ID card, and once blacklisted, they can no longer use the BEEP platform.

This Li Qian’s account will be directly marked as high risk for giving Yang Chen a bad review, regardless of the reason.

Within the next three orders, if she has any unreasonable behavior, her account will be canceled.

At this moment, the system issued a reminder.

“Congratulations, Master, for receiving a bad review. The system rewards Master with the [Afflicted by Bad Luck] skill card. Note! Anyone or anything that uses this skill card will have their luck sucked dry within the next 7 days and become a jinx who chokes even when drinking cold water, and will never return to normal. Because this skill card is too ruthless, please be careful when choosing the target.”

Damn?

Force the other party to be unlucky for life?

Hehe…

Interesting.

However, as the system reminded, this skill card that deprives a person of their luck for a lifetime cannot be used indiscriminately. Unless someone crosses Yang Chen’s bottom line, he is unlikely to use it easily.

At least, Yang Chen would definitely not bother to use this awesome skill card on a nobody like the female passenger just now.

It would be fun to use this skill card on an evenly matched opponent one day.

Yang Chen parked the car and called Zhang Fangyuan to get out.

Kuerke and the chairman of Longxin [Dragon Heart], who had been waiting for Yang Chen at the door, quickly walked over to greet him when they saw Yang Chen getting out of the car.

When Li Qian saw Kuerke, she ran up excitedly and said, “Respected Mr. Kuerke, I am your loyal fan, can I take a photo with you?”

The entourage next to him quickly pushed her away to clear the way for Kuerke.

Chairman of Longxin: “Haha… Mr. Yang, you’ve finally arrived. Mr. Kuerke and I have been waiting for you for a long time.”

Yang Chen: “Director Li, what do you mean by this? Did you deliberately trick me here just to see him? Someone at your level should just say what you want directly; there’s no need to use such methods, right?”

Director Li: “No, no, no, Mr. Yang, don’t misunderstand, and don’t be angry. I didn’t mean anything else; I was just worried that you wouldn’t want to see Mr. Kuerke, so I didn’t mention him. If Mr. Yang is unhappy, I’ll punish myself with three drinks later. Please forgive me, Mr. Yang, okay?”

Kuerke: “Mr. Yang, don’t blame Mr. Li; it’s all my fault. I express my sincere apologies to you. Just like Director Li said, if I had said in advance that I was also here, Mr. Yang, you definitely wouldn’t have wanted to come to see me. It’s all my fault, my fault, my fault.”

Zhang Fangyuan next to him was dumbfounded. The Unfading Star *dalao* [big shot] was so powerful that Kuerke was so humble in front of him!

Although Zhang Fangyuan didn’t regard Kuerke as an idol, he also knew that Kuerke was a world-renowned *dalao*. Even the US president had to be polite and have a good chat with him.

But Kuerke was so humble to the Unfading Star *dalao*, how powerful must the Unfading Star *dalao* be?

Unimaginable; it was beyond his cognitive range.

Yang Chen: “Let’s talk inside later.”

Kuerke nodded hastily, as humble as he could be.

The surrounding passers-by were all stunned. Who was this handsome young man who could make a *dalao* of Kuerke’s level so cowardly in front of him?

At this time, the store manager Li Enhui came out.

“Mr. Yang, you’re here. Director Li, Mr. Kuerke, the private room and meals are ready; the three of you can start eating at any time,” Li Enhui said with a smile.

Yang Chen: “Okay. Arrange a table for this brother with a set meal suitable for a first date, free of charge! Tell the waiter that if a girl comes to find Zhang Fangyuan later, take her directly to this brother.”

Li Enhui: “Okay, Mr. Yang. I’ll arrange it; don’t worry.”

Yang Chen nodded and called Director Li and Kuerke to go in.

Li Enhui said to Zhang Fangyuan, “Handsome guy, come with me.”

Zhang Fangyuan nodded excitedly. Just as he was about to follow Li Enhui, Li Qian next to him ran over and grabbed him.

“Can you stop making trouble? That’s enough. I forgive you; just don’t say such things in the future,” Li Qian said.

Zhang Fangyuan replied with a dumbfounded expression: “Are you okay? What are you forgiving me for? We’ve already broken up.”

Li Qian: “Zhang Fangyuan, I’m warning you, don’t think I won’t get angry. I’ve already forgiven the things you said; what else do you want?”

Zhang Fangyuan: “I can’t be bothered with you! Sister, I don’t know her; you must stop her.”

Li Enhui nodded, waved her hand to let the security guards come over to stop Li Qian, and then she took Zhang Fangyuan in.

With the opportunity to eat a big meal at Tang Court [a high-end restaurant] right in front of her, Li Qian was naturally unwilling to miss it.

“Stop! Zhang Fangyuan, even if we break up, you have to treat me to this farewell dinner, right? If you don’t even treat me to a farewell dinner, do you have any morals? I slept with you for three years; can your conscience handle it?” Li Qian said loudly.

This kind of person is really shameless. With so many people watching, she can say such things. Anyone with a little sense of propriety, even a man, would be embarrassed to say that they slept with someone for several years in public.

Zhang Fangyuan: “A farewell dinner is no problem; I’ll treat you to a farewell dinner tonight. This meal is being treated by Big Brother Xingchen; it has nothing to do with you. You said so much about Big Brother Xingchen in the car; you still want to eat the meal he’s treating? You’re dreaming!”

Li Enhui: “Mr. Zhang, you don’t need to say so much to her; our security personnel will handle it. Let’s go; let’s go in.”

Zhang Fangyuan nodded and quickly followed Li Enhui in.

“Sister, can I ask, what level of *dalao* is Big Brother Xingchen?” Zhang Fangyuan asked in a low voice.

Li Enhui: “Big Brother Xingchen? Are you talking about Mr. Yang?”

Zhang Fangyuan: “Yes, the big brother who said he would treat me to dinner just now, and it’s free.”

Li Enhui: “He has many identities, one of which is the owner of our Tang Court. The boss has ordered; I will definitely arrange a very decent dating package for you.”

Zhang Fangyuan: “No wonder he said it was free, instead of putting it on his account. So Tang Court is his; he can give anyone free meals if he wants. There’s also something I don’t understand; why is Kuerke so polite to Big Brother Yang? I even think he’s a bit humble.”

Li Enhui: “I’m sorry, I can’t reveal that. I can only introduce that Mr. Yang is the owner of Tang Court, and other identities cannot be revealed. Use this private room; I’ll go tell the kitchen to prepare a dating package for you now. If you need anything, press the service bell, and our staff will come as soon as possible to provide you with the necessary services.”

Zhang Fangyuan: “Okay, okay. Thank you, sister. Also, please tell Big Brother Yang that I am very grateful to him. If I succeed, I will definitely hold my wedding banquet at Tang Court in the future and invite him to be our officiant.”

Li Enhui smiled and nodded, then turned and went out.

Although he didn’t ask what other identities Yang Chen had that would make Kuerke so humble, Zhang Fangyuan could guess that Yang Chen’s other identities must be very powerful.

“I’m really lucky today. I met Big Brother Xingchen, got a date with my favorite female streamer, ate a big meal at Tang Court, and dumped my ex-girlfriend. Wow, this is definitely the luckiest day of my life. Hehe…” Zhang Fangyuan thought to himself happily.

He may have made a profit, but Yang Chen definitely didn’t lose out. The [Afflicted by Bad Luck] skill card contributed by Li Qian’s bad review, if used well, can definitely help Yang Chen at a critical moment.

On the other side, in the private room.

Kuerke raised his wine glass and said, “Mr. Yang, we really need quantum chips; please be lenient.”

Yang Chen: “It’s meaningless for you to talk to me about this. This is a strategic arrangement at the national level. Is Longxin International’s current production capacity enough for domestic use? Director Li?”

Director Li: “Not enough! According to the government’s plan, we will upgrade all industrial chips within three years, and all mid-to-high-end products will use quantum chips. Low-end products can use current technology to make lower prices. And quantum chips are international secrets, which can only be produced by our Longxin International Group, and cannot be produced by other companies. Relying on the production capacity of our company alone, it will be very difficult, or even impossible, to meet the upgrading of the entire industry within three years. In this case, how can we supply goods to foreign countries? Unless there are clear instructions from the government, we will definitely not be able to supply goods to foreign customers.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Mr. Kuerke, do you understand? Longxin International’s current production capacity is a bit difficult to meet the domestic market, let alone supply goods to foreign customers. So, it’s useless for you to come to me again this time; I really can’t help you. I think the only way at present is to communicate at the national level. As long as you are willing to give us enough benefits, I think we may still be able to supply you with goods in advance. Sit down; I’m driving; I don’t drink.”

Kuerke awkwardly put down his wine glass and sat down helplessly.

Then he complained to Yang Chen.

Of course, Kuerke knew that products with strategic nature like chips definitely needed to be communicated at the national level.

However, communication and exchange at the national level means that both parties need to consider many issues, and it will definitely take a long time of negotiation and communication to reach a result.

Last time Kuerke came to ask for chips but failed, and then the two countries negotiated and communicated.

But several months have passed, and there are still no signs of an agreement.

Originally, this kind of major event cannot be rushed, and it takes time to carefully communicate and discuss, and there will definitely not be results so quickly. Kuerke understands this principle, and he is willing to wait.

However, the Xingchen 1 [Star 1] mobile phone equipped with the Xinchen No. 1 [New Star No. 1] quantum chip released by Longwei Group [Dragon Might Group] is unstoppable, sweeping the entire Dragon Country’s [China’s] mobile phone market, causing the sales of fruit mobile phones [Apple iPhones] in the Dragon Country to drop sharply by 80%.

Now high-end consumers all over the world are waiting for the overseas version of Xingchen 1 to be released, and they no longer buy fruit mobile phones.

Faced with such a severe situation, how could Kuerke sit still?

Therefore, he had to come to ask Yang Chen to help him get the chips.

Yang Chen said with a smile: “Mr. Kuerke, I think you should discuss it with Director Li. He is the chairman of Longxin International; maybe he can get you some defective products, tail goods, etc. You are asking me, someone who doesn’t interfere with the production and sales of chips, to help; I really can’t do anything.”

Director Li: “Haha… Mr. Yang, don’t embarrass me; I’m just a tool person, producing according to orders; I’m not qualified to control how the production and sales of chips are specifically arranged.”

Kuerke: “As long as Mr. Yang can help, we will give Mr. Yang a commission of 100 yuan [about $14 USD] for every mobile phone we sell. Is that okay?”

Here it comes again, here it comes again; he always thinks that money can solve the problem.

Yang Chen told him last time that money doesn’t work here; how could he have forgotten again?

At this time, Yang Chen’s phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was actually Li Xiuyan calling.

Yang Chen: “Hello, Xiuyan.”

Li Xiuyan: “*Ouba* [term for older brother or boyfriend in Korean], where are you? I’m so hungry; take me to eat quickly.”

Yang Chen: “Ah? Where are you?”

Li Xiuyan: “Hee hee… I just got out of the airport and I’m queuing up to take a taxi.”

Yang Chen: “Ah? Why didn’t you tell me in advance; I could have picked you up.”

Li Xiuyan: “I wanted to give you a surprise. Didn’t it give you a fright? Are you with other girls?”

Yang Chen: “No! How is that possible? I’m at Tang Court; you can take a taxi directly here.”

Li Xiuyan: “Okay, I’m in the car; I’ll go there now. Master, go to Tang Court. *Ouba*, see you later.”

It’s been a long time since I heard Li Xiuyan call me *Ouba*; I miss it quite a bit.

Yang Chen was not in the mood to talk nonsense with Kuerke here, and said: “Mr. Kuerke, I have said everything I want to say; you should give up this idea. I really can’t help you.”

Since he’s already here, how could Kuerke give up so easily?

However, he did not continue to pester this question, but called Yang Chen and Director Li to eat, easing the awkward atmosphere, and then talk about it when the time is right.

Kuerke and Director Li ate a lot; Yang Chen felt that he was being kind enough, and said: “Let’s stop here today; you two please go back. This meal is free; you can go.”

As soon as the words fell, the door of the private room was pushed open.

Li Xiuyan’s beautiful figure ran in and plunged into Yang Chen’s arms.

“Brother Chen, I miss you so much. You bad guy, you don’t even come to see me,” Li Xiuyan said coquettishly.

Yang Chen: “I’ve been busy recently and haven’t had time to go abroad. Why did you suddenly run over? Did you sneak out again?”

Li Xiuyan: “Hee hee… Of course not. This time my dad and brother asked me to come.”

Yang Chen: “They’re so nice?”

Li Xiuyan: “Of course. They want me to come and buy some quantum chips from Brother Chen to use on our family’s mobile phones. Brother Chen, you have to help us; our family’s mobile phones can’t be sold anymore.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… No problem. Director Li of Longxin International is here. Director Li, please report to the above, just say what I said, give the two-star group [Samsung Group] a little bit of chips for mobile phones. Supply according to half of the two-star group’s mobile phone shipments.

If the leader in charge of this matter says no, let him contact me; I’ll talk to him.”

Director Li looked dumbfounded and asked quickly: “Mr. Yang, I don’t understand a bit. Mr. Kuerke of Fruit Company [Apple Inc.] came to ask you twice, but you were unwilling to help. Why did you agree when this little girl came to ask you? Mr. Yang wouldn’t be so superficial, agreeing just because she looks good, right?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… She’s my girlfriend; of course I have to help her. However, I won’t help their company for nothing. You guys send someone to negotiate with the two-star group later to see what technologies we need that they have, and ask them for some technology too. Okay, I won’t accompany you; I have to take my sister to eat.”

After speaking, Yang Chen walked away with Li Xiuyan in his arms.

Kuerke asked with a puzzled face: “Director Li, what’s going on?”

Director Li: “That’s the little princess of the two-star group, Mr. Yang’s girlfriend. She came to ask Mr. Yang for some chips; Mr. Yang agreed and asked me to report to the above and allocate some chips to the two-star group.”

Kuerke: “Didn’t Mr. Yang say that he can’t interfere with the production and sales of chips?”

Director Li: “Isn’t that an excuse to reject you? Isn’t that clear enough?”

Kuerke: “…”

Kuerke was speechless, but soon he “figured it out”. It turned out that a beauty trick could win over Yang Chen. If he had known it was so simple, why would he have come to beg Yang Chen twice? Wouldn’t it be enough to send a beauty over directly?

Kuerke made up his mind that if he really couldn’t solve the chip problem this time, he would go back and choose a reliable beauty to seduce Yang Chen.

If Yang Chen took the bait and helped them like he helped Li Xiuyan, then everyone would be happy.

If Yang Chen didn’t take the bait or was unwilling to help, then he would take the opportunity to kill him.

Yang Chen took Li Xiuyan to another private room and ordered a large table of dishes for her to eat.

There were many dishes, but the amount of each dish was not much, which could both fill Li Xiuyan up and avoid waste.

Li Xiuyan was very happy to eat voraciously.

Yang Chen: “Eat slowly; I’m not robbing you. Isn’t there lunch on the plane? Why didn’t you eat it?”

Li Xiuyan: “The food on the plane is too unpalatable, and I have to save my stomach to eat with *Ouba*.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Eat slowly; don’t rush. Your dad and your brother asked you to come, just to buy chips from me? Is there anything else?”

Li Xiuyan shook her head and said, “It’s just for the chips; there’s nothing else. Our family’s mobile phones can’t be sold anymore; I can’t help but ask you. I think this is a good thing; they will never stop me from seeing you again. Brother Chen, you should invest more in industries and invent more high-tech things, and then restrict other countries’ companies from using them in this way, and then I can have a reason to see you openly. My dad also gave me an American Express Centurion black card; I can swipe it as I please during my stay in Dragon Country. Isn’t it good?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… It’s very good. It can be seen that your dad is really worried about the chip issue, otherwise he wouldn’t be so nice.”

Li Xiuyan pouted and said, “Hmph! My dad is a good person, *Ouba*, you can’t say bad things about him, otherwise I will be sad.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I know. Eat quickly; I’ll take you out to play later.”

Li Xiuyan immediately lowered her head shyly and said, “I haven’t seen my brother for a long time; I miss him so much. I don’t want to go out to play; I want to go home and sleep with my brother.”

Alas…

I expected it.

“Come on, give me a Farewell My Concubine [a dish with softshell turtle], add some Liaoning sea cucumber, two lamb kidneys, two more bullwhips, and another bottle of Jinjiu [a type of Chinese liquor]! This is a life-and-death game; let’s fight!” Yang Chen shouted.

The waiter was frightened when he heard the menu.

Is President Yang preparing not to leave a way out for this Korean girl?