How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 486

Playing with the Paltry Power in Hand—What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money? (1)

Li Shanping truly lived up to his reputation as “Master Li,” his arrogance was indeed considerable.

Guo Xiaogang and Wang Liliang arrived bearing generous gifts, but his family didn’t even bother to wake him from his afternoon nap.

It wasn’t until 3:30 PM that Li Shanping finally roused himself.

His wife informed him that Guo Xiaogang and Wang Liliang had arrived with gifts, but he didn’t immediately descend to greet them. Instead, he leisurely brewed a pot of tea and finished it before making his appearance.

Guo Xiaogang and Wang Liliang, who had been waiting for quite some time, showed no impatience, hurriedly rising to greet Li Shanping.

Guo Xiaogang: “Master Li, long time no see. You look even more energetic.”

Wang Liliang: “Hello, Master Li, long time no see. I’ve been missing you.”

Li Shanping chuckled. “You’ve been quite the sensation these past few days, with rumors of affairs with young celebrities and being blacklisted [banned from the industry]. How could you possibly have time to miss me?”

Wang Liliang: “Haha… Master Li, you jest. I’m ashamed, truly ashamed.”

Guo Xiaogang: “Today, I brought Teacher Wang to see Master Li because of this very matter. The boss of Starlight Entertainment seems to be taking this seriously, spending a fortune to bribe platforms and media outlets, determined to leave Teacher Wang with no way out. We’re all big shots in the Beijing circle [influential figures in Beijing’s entertainment scene], we can’t let someone from Hai City [Shanghai] bully us. Master Li, am I right?”

Li Shanping chuckled. “You want to sleep with their talent; how could they not come after you?”

Wang Liliang: “Alas… I’ve really crashed and burned this time. I didn’t expect him to be so ruthless. I hope Master Li can help me reverse this unfavorable situation.”

With that, Wang Liliang presented the gift he had prepared.

Li Shanping: “We’re all brothers in the same circle, you’re being far too polite. Don’t worry, I’ll try my best to help you sort this out. However, they are, after all, a company that frequently produces hit works. I can’t really do anything drastic to them. How about a reconciliation, and from then on, we simply keep to our own sides?”

Wang Liliang: “Master Li, I want you to help me make it impossible for his company to continue operating. If any specific actions are needed, I’m willing to cover the costs.”

Li Shanping’s eyes darted around. After a moment’s thought, he chuckled and said, “Old brother, you’re putting me in a difficult position. In recent years, whether it’s movies or TV series, the works produced by Starlight Entertainment have all been hits. Destroying such a company would be a loss for the entire country’s audience.”

Wang Liliang: “Master Li, I can’t swallow this anger. He relied on his wealth to bribe major platforms to mess with me. I also want to spend money to mess with him. I won’t mince words; within 300 million, I can bankrupt him. I will never forget Master Li’s kindness.”

As a veteran actor who has won more than a dozen Best Actor awards in both film and television, Wang Liliang has accumulated no less than 1 billion in assets through film salaries, appearance fees, investments, etc.

He is fifty years old this year, unmarried, no children. As long as he doesn’t gamble, he won’t be able to spend so much money before he dies.

So, he simply wants to vent the anger in his heart, and spending some money is a small price to pay.

Li Shanping’s position meant he was never short of money, but facing the temptation of 300 million, he was still very tempted.

“It seems that you are indeed very angry this time. You’re going for a do-or-die approach with him,” Li Shanping said with a chuckle.

Wang Liliang did not hide his true thoughts and replied, “Master Li, you’re mistaken. I don’t want to go for a

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do-or-die approach. I just want to be the fisherman who profits while they fight [benefit from others’ conflict].”

“Haha…” The three laughed.

Guo Xiaogang also has a company under his name, and he is also a shareholder of Yihua Film and Television Company, which is a direct competitor with Starlight Entertainment.

Previously, when Guo Xiaogang’s movie “First Love” was released, it clashed with Starlight Entertainment’s “Lost and Found.”

Thanks to Yang Chen having shares in Yida Cinema, “Lost and Found” took 70% of the screenings with the nature of a public welfare drama, while “First Love,” as a commercial blockbuster, only got a pitiful 10% of the screenings.

For this reason, Guo Xiaogang also posted an article criticizing Yida Cinema for suppressing his film, which angered Wang Nianming to directly publicly怼 [duì – a slang term meaning to rebut or argue against] him for not reflecting on his increasingly ugly films, but blaming the cinema, which is simply unreasonable.

Under normal circumstances, cinema screenings are based on the audience’s preferences. What movies the audience likes to watch, the cinema will allocate more screenings to. If the audience doesn’t like to watch, even with the name of a big director, it won’t work.

However, sometimes you will encounter capital hard-supporting a certain movie. It is obviously not so good-looking, but the screenings are many. Other movies in the same period are obviously better-looking, but the screenings are very few.

In either case, a movie occupying the vast majority of screenings also means that the screenings of other movies in the same period are reduced.

So, to some extent, Guo Xiaogang is willing to see Starlight Entertainment being messed with and unable to continue operating.

Guo Xiaogang quickly chimed in: “Master Li, this is related to the face of our Beijing circle brothers. We can’t let people from the Northwest circle, Steel circle, and Hai City circle laugh at us. Messing with Starlight Entertainment to death can also be regarded as killing a chicken to warn the monkeys [making an example of someone], shocking the spirit of people in the circle, so that they will be more polite to our Beijing circle people in the future. While Master Li still has the means, lay a solid foundation for our Beijing circle, and in the future, all the people in the Beijing circle will not forget Master Li’s kindness.”

Wang Liliang: “Yes, yes, yes, this is not only my business, but also the business of our Beijing circle. Master Li, if you don’t look at my face, you have to look at the face of the Beijing circle family, and be sure to rectify Starlight Entertainment.”

Some companies that do well are destroyed in this way, and some people simply don’t act in the best interest of the group for their own selfish gains.

Li Shanping said with a chuckle, “This matter is easy to handle, but it is also difficult to handle; difficult to handle, but also easy to handle. Let me think about it carefully. You two go back first, I will call you when I have thought about it.”

Guo Xiaogang and Wang Liliang nodded, got up, and said goodbye to Li Shanping.

Out of the Li family villa, Guo Xiaogang whispered to Wang Liliang: “Listening to Master Li’s meaning, he can do it, but he certainly won’t do it for you for nothing, waiting for you to give him benefits. Easy to handle or difficult to handle—isn’t that just a matter of his words?”

Wang Liliang: “I have no children; I am alone. I can’t spend so much money, and it will be confiscated when I die in the future. It’s better to take it out now and mess with Yang Chen to death. I also want to take this opportunity to tell everyone, whoever dares to offend me, I will do my best to mess with him to death. I am alone, without any worries, and I am not afraid to fight to the end with anyone.”

Guo Xiaogang smiled and praised him for being tough on the surface, but he felt a little flustered in his heart.

Doesn’t Wang Liliang’s “everyone” also include Guo Xiaogang?

If Guo Xiaogang falls out with Wang Liliang because of

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anything, will Wang Liliang also do his best to fight him to the end?

Parents are deceased, no wife and children—indeed, there are no weaknesses, and he really dares to go all out when something happens.

Guo Xiaogang has a wife and children; he dare not go all out when something happens.

In the future, he must be more careful when getting along with Wang Liliang and try not to fall out with him.

Li Shanping’s wife, Hu Xinru, walked over and asked, “I heard what you three said just now. I advise you not to mess around. Our family lacks nothing now. We have so much money that we can’t spend it in several lifetimes. There is no need to fight Starlight Entertainment to the death for Wang Liliang. If it were an ordinary entertainment company, that’s fine. Starlight Entertainment has produced so many hit film and television dramas, and recently it has co-produced ‘China Captain’ with Dongfang Airlines and many other large groups. If you make things difficult for them because of Wang Liliang, there may be some unpredictable consequences. If you don’t consider yourself, you have to consider your son. The sins you are doing now will be retaliated on your son in the future.”

Li Shanping: “What do you know? If I really want to mess with Starlight Entertainment, I will definitely mess with them within the scope of the law. If today’s movies want to get good box office, there will inevitably be some out-of-bounds content; otherwise, the audience will not like to watch. Even if there is no out-of-bounds content, as long as you dig deep into the lines, there will always be flaws. It may not really be able to prevent their movies from being released, but delaying them for two or three years is still possible. Which investor can wait that long? Over time, naturally no one will invest in their movies, and they will not dare to use their actors. As for the ‘China Captain’ you mentioned, although I don’t know what it is about, I can rely on xx sensitive aspects [political sensitivities] just by hearing the name, and it is legal and reasonable not to let them release it. Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing; I know what I’m doing.”

Hu Xinru rolled her eyes at him and said, “You are just courting death. When something happens to your son one day, you won’t be able to do anything about it. People’s hearts are ruthless now. If you continue to be so unscrupulous, there will be a day when you regret it.”

Li Shanping has been called Brother Li for more than ten years, and Master Li for more than ten years. To put it bluntly, he even feels that he is the most awesome one in the entertainment industry, so how could he listen to his wife’s advice?

He believes that he can control everything and there will never be any accidents.

The opening day of Huaqing University [Tsinghua University, a top university in China] arrived.

Yang Chen got up early in the morning, preparing to grab a ride to Huaqing University.

The system pushed him more than a hundred orders, but he rejected them all because the destination was not Huaqing University.

Only he dares to play like this. If it were another ride-hailing driver, daring to reject so many orders, the system would definitely not assign him any orders.

Seeing that it was almost eight o’clock, Yang Chen decided to give up.

Perhaps the heavens sensed his sincerity, and he was indeed pushed an order to Huaqing University.

The remarks also stated that it was a freshman, with a lot of luggage. If the driver minded, don’t take the order, and if you take the order, don’t complain.

This was the kind of order Yang Chen was waiting for, so he quickly grabbed it, and came to the destination community according to the navigation, and picked up a family of three.

Listening to the accent, they were not local Beijingers, but the person who sent them out spoke with an authentic Beijing accent, probably their relatives or friends.

They brought a lot of luggage; the trunk was full, and they took some to the car.

The child looked very young, probably only fifteen or sixteen years old. This should be the legendary genius, not only not repeating grades, but also skipping grades.

The child’s father looked very weak, and he was panting after putting some luggage.

As soon as he got in the car, he complained: “Driver, can’t you see that we have a lot of luggage? Why don’t you get out of the car to help us?”

Yang Chen: “I am only responsible for driving, nothing else. Of course, if you really have a need, as long as you ask, I will still help you. If you don’t ask, I won’t help.”

The child’s father immediately said unhappily: “Isn’t what you are saying just being lazy? The service industry must have the appearance of the service industry, you…”

Yang Chen immediately interrupted: “Little brother looks young; he should be a genius.”

The man immediately stopped complaining, and then changed his face, smiling proudly and said: “It’s okay. Skipped three grades, and the college entrance examination was still the first in our county.”

Yang Chen: “That’s great. I especially admire people who study well. When I was in school, I worked very hard every day, and I couldn’t learn better than others even if I was exhausted.”

The man: “Hehe… studying is about talent. If you don’t have talent in this area, no matter how hard you try, it’s useless. How much can you earn a month driving a ride-hailing car?”

Yang Chen: “I’m relatively lazy; I only earn a few thousand yuan a month.”

The man: “Tsk tsk tsk… in a big city like Beijing, how can you live with only a few thousand yuan a month?”

Yang Chen: “It’s okay.”

The man: “That’s also something that can’t be helped; now you need a degree to do anything.”

Yang Chen: “What major is little brother studying?”

The man: “Information and Communication Engineering.”

Um?

Yang Chen needs this kind of talent.

Yang Chen: “This major is good. Little brother should study hard, and go to Starlight Technology Group after graduation, and join their quantum communication team. I heard that their treatment is very good, and they can buy a house in full in Beijing or Hai City in up to 10 years. Wow, this is something that others dare not even think about. How many people can save several million in 10 years?”

The man: “Is it so profitable? Haha… I said that this major is a good choice. Son, do you believe what Dad said now?”

The little brother smiled and said, “I believe it; my dad has the best vision.”

The man looked proud; he had never been so smug in his life.

Not long after, they arrived at the main gate of Huaqing University.

The man said with a chuckle: “Little brother, you are very good at talking; you performed well. Although you don’t have much of a future in this life, you must educate your next generation well, let them study hard and get into a good university, don’t let them be like you and only be able to drive a ride-hailing car. If you have this need, you can contact me; I can pass on educational experience to you. I can’t guarantee that you can also cultivate a student from Huaqing University, but it is still possible to get into ordinary 985 and 211 universities [top-tier universities in China]. Haha…”

Yang Chen: “Okay! If I have this need, I will definitely contact you, big brother, to ask for parenting experience.”

Big brother is in the stage of being proud of himself,

so he can understand his mood.

If Yang Chen’s children get into Huaqing University by their own strength in the future, he will also be so proud.

He can’t wait to advertise nationwide: my children got into Huaqing University; they got it by their own ability, not by relying on his connections.

Haha…

These are things for later; now he has to quickly find a place to park, and they are waiting for him to sign inside.

There are too many social vehicles coming to Huaqing University to send their children to school today, and parking spaces are very tight.

The security guard in the front parking lot is scolding taxi and ride-hailing drivers.

“You guys drive away quickly! Can’t you see how busy it is today? Drive away quickly, drive away quickly! You don’t have any eyesight; you deserve to drive a taxi!”

Damn, is a parking lot security guard so awesome?

Does he think that he is a security guard of Huaqing University, and he is at the same level as the students of Huaqing University?

It seems that many people have this bad habit, and they take themselves seriously after working for a long time.

For example, if a luxury counter sister works for a long time, she will look down on ordinary people, as if the luxury store is opened by her.

For example, a bank staff member who was exposed on the Internet a few days ago scolded an old lady for not knowing how to use an ATM machine. The old lady has savings anyway, and she, a staff member, is not as rich as her. It’s as if because she works in the bank, the bank is opened by her, and the money inside is hers, and the attitude is extremely arrogant.

At this time, a car owner with the words “Beep Dache” [Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing app] printed on the car body quarreled with the security guard.

“There are cars and people all around. I also want to leave quickly, but do I have space to leave? Shouldn’t you first clear the vehicles in front? What are you yelling at the back? I deserve to drive, what’s wrong? Aren’t you just a security guard? What are you doing? Don’t you think that you are a security guard at Huaqing University, and you are at the same level as the teachers and students here?”

Yo, this brother is really something.

The security guard wanted to argue but was pulled by his colleague next to him.

There are so many new students reporting today. If there is really any unpleasantness with a driver, the impact will be too bad, and he will definitely be fired.

The security guard’s eyes showed a strong anger, waving his hand to signal the driver to drive away quickly.

The security guard continued to reprimand other vehicles to leave quickly. Seeing Yang Chen’s car parked here and not moving, he quickly ran over and knocked on the window to remind him: “Drive away quickly, drive away quickly. Can’t you see what’s going on today? Why are you still parked here?”

Yang Chen: “I want to drive in and park.”

Security guard: “Didn’t the passengers get out of the car? Why are you still going in to park?”

Yang Chen: “I am Yang Chen; I am going to the Information Technology Building to attend the strategic cooperation signing ceremony between the Longke Academy and Starlight Technology.”

Security guard: “Do I look like a fool? I’m not blind yet. The passengers just took the luggage out of your car. You are obviously a ride-hailing driver. What are you pretending to be? The one just now was Beep Dache, and this one is also Beep Dache. How come your Beep Dache drivers are so awesome? Take a good look at what place this is. This is Huaqing University, not a vegetable market, not a place where you can肆意撒野 [sì yì sā yě – run wild and act unruly].”

Yang Chen: “Call your leader and ask him to come and see me. Stop talking nonsense; I don’t want to talk nonsense with you.”

Security guard: “You want me to call, so I call? Who do you think you are? It’s already busy enough today, and you Beep Dache drivers are still causing trouble for me. After today, I will definitely prohibit your Beep Dache cars from approaching. I will make you unable to do business at Huaqing University.”

The inferiority of some villains is really vividly displayed in his settings. Some people have a little bit of power in their hands and they have to make good use of it, and they will make things difficult for others as much as they can, especially targeting the people at the bottom.

There are countless examples of this, and I don’t know how many cases have been exposed on the Internet.

Yang Chen: “Didn’t you take your medicine when you went out this morning? You dare to make things difficult for a Beep Dache driver. Don’t say it’s you, I’ll drive your captain away too. Get out; don’t get in my way.”

The security guard got angry, pointed at Yang Chen and said: “You are装逼 [zhuāng bī – showing off] with me, right? Get out of the car! Get out of the car for me immediately!”

The three passengers who had not gone far looked over.

The father said earnestly to his son: “Son, you see, if you don’t work hard, even the security guards will look down on you. He has no choice; he can only drive a ride-hailing car, and he can only be looked down upon. Although you have been admitted to Huaqing University now, it does not mean that your task is over. You must study hard, and try to enter the Starlight Technology Group that the driver said after graduation, and you can buy a house in full in ten years, just to buy a house and get married before the age of thirty, so that I and your mother don’t have to worry about it. It’s so wonderful to think about it.”

The child quickly replied: “Should we help him? I think that big brother is very nice, and he has been praising me all the way.”

Father: “Oh, what are you helping him for? He has offended the security guard of Huaqing University. Is it useful for you to help him? You just came to school. What if you have a grudge with the security guard? What if they retaliate against you in the future? Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go to report quickly.”