How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 488

I Said You Guys Were a Motley Crew, Right?_How Come I, a Ride-Hailing Driver, Can’t Have Some Money? (1)

Yang Chen, Ren Jiayong, and Kang Wenlai are not famous. They can go anywhere and basically not be recognized.

But Professor Yang is different. He is a celebrity. As soon as he got out of the car, he was recognized. A group of diners rushed forward to greet him and ask for photos.

“Wow, it is indeed the only three-star restaurant. Many celebrities come here. Just now, Wang Liliang and Guo Xiaogang and a bunch of other stars came, and now even Professor Yang is here.”

“Great, this money was well spent. I can see celebrities and scientists. I will come again in the future.”

“Does Professor Yang eat at this kind of restaurant? I thought scientists of his level should live a simple life.”

“What you said is funny. Scientists don’t lack money, especially scientists at Professor Yang’s level. The bonuses alone are endless. It’s okay to come to this kind of restaurant to enjoy it occasionally. I would rather scientists have big meals every day than see celebrities indulge in extravagance. After all, we can live without celebrities, but we absolutely cannot live without scientists.”

……

Said without thinking, heard with intention.

Wang Liliang actually came too, so he must be here to thank Li Shanping for helping him.

Yang Chen waved his hand to signal the store manager Li Enhui to come over and whispered, “Li Shanping and Wang Liliang, are they both here?”

Li Enhui: “Yes, they are in the 308 private room. There are many people, and they should all be influential people in their circle. Listening to their conversation, it should be a party organized by Wang Liliang. He told everyone to eat, drink, and have fun tonight, so he should be paying for it.”

Yang Chen: “As expected. Send them a dish called… um… let’s call it ‘Treacherous Rats’.”

Li Enhui was dumbfounded and quickly asked, “What kind of dish is that? We don’t have this dish. How should we make it?”

Yang Chen: “Fry some French fries, bake some scallops, mix them together, and call it ‘Treacherous Rats’. Also, send another dish, ‘Motley Crew’. Use your imagination, or let the chef use his imagination. Be sure to let Wang Liliang and his group know the names of these two dishes. If they have any questions, just say the boss will come to explain to them later.”

Li Enhui nodded and said, “Okay, I understand. I will go to the kitchen to make it and send it over immediately. Do you need any special care here?”

Yang Chen: “No, just call two waiters over. You can go do what you need to do.”

Li Enhui nodded and quickly called two waiters to serve Yang Chen and his group.

Professor Yang finished taking photos with the diners, and they were finally able to go to the private room.

They still used Yang Chen’s usual 302 private room, which was the best in terms of location and size.

Ren Jiayong: “Professor Yang, Academician Kang, President Yang, I’m treating tonight. No one can fight me for it. Order whatever you want, and don’t be polite. It’s a great honor for me to have dinner with three scientific giants of Dragon Country [China]. I’m afraid there won’t be such an opportunity in the future, so I must perform well. In the future, when I have nothing to do, I can brag to my friends that I once had dinner with the three scientific giants of Dragon Country.”

“Haha…” Everyone laughed.

Yang Chen: “Actually, Tang Court is my property. It’s not appropriate for President Ren to pay when coming to my place.”

Ren Jiayong: “Oh my, President Yang’s investment scope is really wide. Tang Court is also President Yang’s property.”

Kang Wenlai: “President Yang is really a versatile talent. He can make money, do scientific research, and is also very good at eating.”

Professor Yang: “Haha… Great, I am especially envious of Little Yang now. I think his life is more exciting and richer than anyone else’s.”

Yang Chen: “I’m not very interested in luxury cars, mansions, brand-name clothes, watches, etc. I don’t smoke or drink. If I don’t even like to eat, then there’s really no point in living.”

“Haha…” Everyone laughed.

Several people ordered some dishes according to their tastes, and then chatted freely.

It can be confirmed in advance that this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics will definitely be awarded to Yang Chen, Professor Yang, and Huang Guangxiu to reward their outstanding contributions in the field of quantum entanglement.

Professor Yang is old and can be said to have achieved fame and success. He can enjoy the rest of his life, and everyone will no longer have any special expectations or requirements for him.

But Yang Chen is different. He is still very young. What he will study next is related to the future technological development direction of Dragon Country.

For example, driven by quantum chips and quantum entanglement, the quantum field in Dragon Country has developed rapidly, and many quantum teams have joined the research of quantum communication.

If Yang Chen has any technological breakthroughs, it is likely to continue to drive the rapid development of this new field.

Yang Chen replied truthfully: “In the short term, I want to solve the problem of medical equipment. I want to help our country achieve self-sufficiency in medical equipment and no longer be controlled by foreign countries. Damn it, a piece of equipment costs millions or even tens of millions [of yuan], but they sell it to other countries for only hundreds of thousands. They are purely treating us as fools. I want to end this situation of being blatantly exploited by foreigners.”

Yu Shishi has already prepared CNC [computer numerical control] machine tools and medical equipment processing plants, and has registered nearly a hundred companies to ensure that every part is made domestically.

Yang Chen has also handed over the advanced medical equipment manufacturing technology rewarded by the system to Yu Shishi, who will find opportunities to hand it over to engineers for production.

However, high-end CNC machine tools and other fields are also Dragon Country’s weaknesses. If this problem is not solved, those advanced medical equipment cannot be manufactured.

Therefore, Yang Chen has been paying attention to foreign companies with relevant leading technologies recently to see if he can buy some at a high price and directly use their technology.

Everyone knows that many high-end technologies cannot be obtained through simple economic transactions, and also involve some international political factors.

Therefore, it is not that Yang Chen is willing to spend a high price to buy it, this has to be done slowly.

Ren Jiayong: “President Yang really has ideas. More than 90% of our country’s medical equipment relies on imports. It’s not that hospitals are worshiping foreign things, it’s that our domestic equipment is not accurate enough. After all, it is medical equipment, and even an error of 1 mm may lead to different consequences. For example, in heart surgery, is the effect the same if you cut 1 mm more or 1 mm less?”

Kang Wenlai: “That’s right. If the problem of medical equipment cannot be solved domestically, it is impossible for ordinary people to see a doctor cheaply. Medical equipment that costs tens of millions, and maintenance costs hundreds of thousands or even millions. Hospitals will definitely not bear these costs themselves, and will definitely pass them on to patients, how can medical expenses be reduced?”

Professor Yang: “Little Yang, your idea is really good. If you can achieve complete domestic production of medical equipment, you will definitely be remembered in history. I think you are much better than Boss Ma [Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba]. He shouts slogans every day to change hospitals, but he cannot solve the problem fundamentally. If the problem of medical equipment cannot be solved, even if the service quality of medical staff is improved, ordinary people will still have difficulty seeing a doctor and expensive medical care. Little Yang, work hard, I hope I can still see you change the hospital.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I will continue to work hard and do my best to let Professor Yang see this day come.”

“Haha…” Several people laughed again.

On the other side, in the 308 private room.

Wang Liliang was toasting Li Shanping, and the waiter brought up two dishes.

When Wang Liliang saw that these two dishes were so shabby, he said, “You brought the wrong dishes. I didn’t order these two dishes. Are you looking down on me? Would I order French fries?”

Waiter: “Hello, these are two dishes that our boss sent to you. This dish with French fries and scallops is called ‘Treacherous Rats’, and this dish with black mustard and lilies is called ‘Motley Crew’. The boss said that these are specially sent to you, and I hope you like them.”

This waiter is also very brave, not afraid that these big shots in the capital circle will directly beat him to the ground.

Guo Xiaogang angrily slapped the table and stood up, saying, “Who are you scolding? What treacherous rats and motley crew? Where is your boss? Call him over immediately! Damn it, I have to beat him up today.”

Li Shanping: “Hum! Too much bullying! Who is your boss? What’s his name? Call him over immediately! If he doesn’t kneel down and apologize today, this matter is not over! I’ll make this Tang Court unable to continue operating! Damn it!”

Wang Liliang was so angry that he grabbed the waiter’s collar and cursed, “Damn you, is your boss’s brain kicked by a donkey? Why are you doing this? What’s your boss’s name?”

Waiter: “Our boss is called Yang Chen. He said that if you have any opinions, I will immediately report to him, and he will come over and talk to you in person.”

Hearing Yang Chen’s name, these people understood what was going on.

Wang Liliang: “Master Li, did you hear that? Yang Chen is too arrogant, he directly used the names of the dishes to scold us as treacherous rats and a motley crew!”

Liu Yun: “Deal with him! Master Li, this matter must not be let go today. If he doesn’t kneel down and apologize, how will we be able to hang out in the future?”

Li Shanping gritted his teeth, pointed at the waiter and said, “Go, call him over to me immediately! If I don’t kill him today, I will change my last name to his! Go now!”

Wang Liliang loosened the waiter’s collar, and the waiter quickly ran to 302 to find Yang Chen.

The waiter knocked on the door a few times, and Yang Chen shouted, “Come in!”

The waiter opened the door and came in, reporting: “President Yang, according to your instructions, those two dishes were sent to 308. They are very angry now and are clamoring to see you. They also said that you must kneel down and apologize tonight, otherwise this matter is not over. That Master Li also said that he would change his last name to yours.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Okay, I got it. Go and do your work, I will go over and meet them soon.”

Yang Chen got up and said, “Professor Yang, Academician Kang, President Ren, you eat first, I will go to 308 to take a look. Yang Shanping and his group are over there, I will go and meet them.”

Kang Wenlai: “President Yang, I will go with you. I have already ordered my assistant to report to the leader, and I estimate that there will be movement soon. There is no need for you to have any unpleasantness with them, just wait for the higher-ups to deal with Li Shanping. As long as Li Shanping falls, that group of people is not to be feared.”

Yang Chen: “They are eating in my restaurant and asked to see me by name, so I must go over and take a look. Don’t worry, I won’t have any conflict with them.”

Professor Yang struggled to stand up, and Ren Jiayong quickly helped him.

“Let’s go and take a look together. Let’s see if the entertainment circle is more powerful, or our science circle is more powerful. Let’s go.” Professor Yang said with high spirits.

If Professor Yang were a few decades younger, he would definitely be a little bully.

Everyone laughed and went to the 308 private room together.

At this time, there was a commotion in the private room, and a group of people were verbally abusing Yang Chen.

Yang Chen pushed the door open, helped Professor Yang walk in, and Ren Jiayong and Kang Wenlai followed behind.

When everyone saw Professor Yang coming, they quickly stood up to greet him.

Li Shanping: “Hello, Professor Yang, why are you here?”

Wang Liliang: “Hello, Professor Yang, nice to meet you, nice to meet you.”

Guo Xiaogang: “Hello, Professor Yang, it’s an honor to meet you. Please sit down quickly.”

Guo Xiaogang quickly pulled out a chair, and Professor Yang slowly sat down.

Yang Chen: “I heard you were looking for me?”

Li Shanping looked at Yang Chen, smiled disdainfully and said, “So you are Yang Chen. You are quite handsome, but why is your brain not working well?”

“Haha…” The lackeys laughed.

Wang Liliang: “What do you mean by sending us these two dishes? Treacherous rats and a motley crew, who are you scolding?”

Yang Chen: “Isn’t it obvious enough? Of course I’m scolding you. Aren’t you treacherous rats and a motley crew? Li Shanping, who gave you the guts to mess with my Starlight Entertainment’s movies?”

Li Shanping: “The movies produced by your company originally did not meet the conditions for public screening. I don’t know what method you used to pass the review before, but we are now correcting it, what’s wrong with that?”

Professor Yang couldn’t listen anymore and immediately chimed in: “Mr. Li is quite good at playing power tricks. Movies that have already been released without any problems, you suddenly define as unqualified. Is this how this power is used?”

No matter what industry you are in, you must give Professor Yang face, otherwise you will narrow your own path.

Li Shanping quickly smiled very politely and said, “Professor Yang, why are you also involved in this matter?”

Professor Yang: “Little Yang not only runs Starlight Entertainment, but he also runs Starlight Technology. I am working with him to study quantum entanglement, and he also donated quantum chip technology to the country. In my opinion, Little Yang is a star in our science circle. I want to see how powerful your entertainment circle is, that you dare to mess with our science circle’s star figure.”

These people were immediately stunned and dared not speak.

Yang Chen is actually the boss of Starlight Technology Group, which donated quantum chip technology to the country?

Is he also the one who confirmed the quantum entanglement theory that is scheduled to win this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics?

My God, putting aside everything else, just these two achievements are enough to guarantee that Yang Chen can easily handle this group of people in the capital circle.

Quantum chip technology is a bargaining chip to change Dragon Country’s passive situation in international competition.

This contribution can be ranked in the entire five thousand years of Dragon Country’s history.

These actors want to oppose him just by making a few movies?

Isn’t that purely courting death?

Kang Wenlai: “I am Kang Wenlai, an academician of the Dragon Academy of Sciences. I have already requested the Dragon Academy of Sciences to report to the leaders, and the handling opinions will come down soon. You are using your power to arbitrarily ban legal movies that have already been released, and you are also gathering together to insult President Yang. If you are not treacherous rats and a motley crew, what are you?”

Li Shanping and his group were so frightened that they dared not say a word.

The first official collision between the science circle and the entertainment circle, the science circle won completely.

At this time, Li Shanping received a call from the leader of the relevant department.

“Hello, Li Shanping, the organization has decided to formally dismiss you for abusing your power, corruption and bribery, and formally investigate all your illegal and criminal activities. I advise you to take the initiative to surrender, confess leniently, and resist strictly.”

Li Shanping suddenly felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and his body fell straight to the side.

Guo Xiaogang didn’t know if it was intentional or if he really didn’t react, but he didn’t reach out to help him, and watched him fall on the table.

Liu Yun and others quickly helped Li Shanping up and put him on the chair.

“Master Li? Master Li? How are you?” Liu Yun asked anxiously.

After a few seconds, Li Shanping slowly opened his eyes.

“Master Li, how do you feel?” Wang Liliang asked.

Li Shanping was stunned for a few seconds, then his eyes turned fierce, and he slapped Wang Liliang, cursing: “It’s all your fault! If you hadn’t asked me to get involved in this matter, things wouldn’t have developed to this point. I have been dismissed and investigated, and I have to investigate the issue of corruption and bribery, and ask me to take the initiative to surrender to seek leniency. This time it’s over, it’s for real.”

Everyone was shocked. Li Shanping was their backbone. If he fell, their circle would be scattered.

Wang Liliang covered his face and was stunned. He had never been slapped in his life. He didn’t expect to be slapped by Li Shanping at the age of fifty. It was simply a great shame.

Wang Liliang’s eyes also turned cold, and he slapped Li Shanping, cursing: “Why the hell are you hitting me?”

Guo Xiaogang quickly pulled Wang Liliang over and persuaded: “Teacher Wang, what are you doing? Are you crazy?”

Li Shanping didn’t expect Wang Liliang to dare to fight back. He had never been slapped in his sixty years of life, today was the first time.

“Damn you, Wang Liliang, you are courting death!” Li Shanping cursed.

Wang Liliang: “You have been dismissed and investigated, and you are still showing off your power? I am alone and have nothing to fear. If you dare to touch me, I dare to destroy your whole family even if I spend all my wealth! Do you still think you are Master Li? Damn it!”

Hmm?

Wang Liliang is so realistic, he has already begun to not take Li Shanping seriously.

Others thought it seemed right, people leave and tea cools [people quickly forget those who have fallen from power], not to mention that Li Shanping will be investigated for corruption, he will probably go in, what are they afraid of?

Liu Yun and others stood up, looking down at Li Shanping, their expressions clearly showing a kind of disdain and contempt.

Li Shanping: “What kind of expressions are you making? Damn it, you call me Master Li every day, is it all fake?”

Guo Xiaogang: “We have always regarded you as a friend, but you have never regarded us as friends. In your eyes, we are your grandsons, and we have to give you benefits for everything. In that case, don’t mention feelings to us. When you have power, we still call you Master Li. When you have no power, and even have to go in, why should we curry favor with you?”

Liu Yun: “You always call us brothers, but when you need our help, you ask for money like crazy, which is much more than we spend to find other people to do things. We spend money, you use your power, we each take what we need, don’t mention feelings. Now you are going to be held accountable, there is nothing we need from you, and you still want us to curry favor with you? You still want us to treat you as a brother? Are you dreaming?”

Others also quickly counted Li Shanping’s faults, listing all the benefits he had obtained from them over the years.

When Li Shanping is tried in court in the future, these will all be witnesses.

Seeing the ferocious appearance of this group of people who used to call him Master Li, Li Shanping showed fear, really afraid that they would beat him.

Yang Chen said with a smile: “I said you were a motley crew, right? Now you are starting to fight among yourselves. Li Shanping, my staff told me that you said that if I don’t kneel down and apologize tonight, you will change your last name to mine. Did you say that?”

Li Shanping looked at Yang Chen with a look of fear, squeezed out a little smile from the corner of his mouth, and replied: “No… no…”

Wang Liliang: “What no no? We all heard you say it.”

Li Shanping: “Wang Liliang, what are you thinking? Do you think he will let you go if you show him favor now?”

Wang Liliang: “Haha… I don’t expect him to let me go, but my problem is not serious, it’s just that my persona has collapsed, and I won’t be able to hang out in the entertainment circle in the future. It doesn’t matter, my savings are enough to guarantee that I can spend the rest of my life however I want. I might as well just retire from the circle and enjoy life. But you are different, you have to go to jail, and the sentence will definitely not be short.”

This group of people all call each other brothers in the same circle, but in fact they are all a motley crew gathered together because of interests.

Now that Li Shanping, the backbone, is about to fall, this group of people has exposed their true colors.

Because they gather together because of interests, they will definitely break up because of interests.

Yang Chen: “Don’t change your last name to mine, I’m ashamed. A bunch of motley crew, really despicable enough. Professor Yang, Academician Kang, President Ren, let’s go back to eat.”

The three nodded and left with Yang Chen.

The 308 private room immediately became noisy again, and everyone was blaming Li Shanping.

If Li Shanping is ultimately okay, this group of people doesn’t know how to face it.

Haha…

Yang Chen and others returned to the private room to continue eating.

Around ten o’clock, Yang Chen drove Professor Yang home, and Ren Jiayong and Kang Wenlai drove back separately.

Yang Chen sent Professor Yang to Madam Yang’s hands before leaving.

The next morning, the relevant department issued an announcement.

Li Shanping was investigated for corruption, bribery, abuse of power and other issues. Wang Liliang was strictly prohibited from appearing in any publicly published TV or online works for openly and blatantly engaging in unspoken rules with young actresses. Even radio stations could not have his voice. It can be said that he was completely and thoroughly banned.

The film and television works of Starlight Entertainment that were taken off the shelves were restored to normal, and “The Dragon Country Captain” also announced that it would be released during the National Day holiday.

This punishment sparked heated discussions among the majority of netizens.

“I didn’t expect Wang Liliang to have the image of a virtuous and respected old artist in front of people, but he actually did such dirty things behind his back. Fortunately, Chen Yanni’s boss is Yang Chen, otherwise she would have been harmed by him again.”

“Unspoken rules for actresses, doesn’t that mean that the young actresses who have worked with Wang Liliang before are all suspected? Tsk tsk tsk… this beast, he is so old, how can he attack girls who are younger than his daughters? Damn it!”

“Boss Yang is still awesome. I just don’t know if the boss of Starlight Entertainment, Yang Chen, is the same Yang Chen as the boss of Starlight Investment, and the boss of Starlight Technology. I guess it should be the same Yang Chen, otherwise they would all be called Starlight xx, and the bosses would all be Yang Chen, that would be too coincidental. But, if the bosses of these three companies are the same Yang Chen, then he is too awesome. He can play investment to make money, he can do scientific research, and he can also play the entertainment circle. Tsk tsk tsk… there should be no one more awesome than him. I now know that the Fortune Rich List is just for show, the real big shots don’t participate in the rankings.”

……

Chen Yanni, who was filming in Hengdian [a large film studio in China], couldn’t wait to call Yang Chen when she saw the news.

Chen Yanni: “Brother Chen, hee hee… you are so great.”

Yang Chen: “What aspect is great?”

Chen Yanni: “Hee hee… I hate it… you are great in every aspect.”

Director Zhao Yugang, who was watching the news, broke out in a cold sweat. He muttered to himself: “Fortunately, my level is not enough to participate in Li Shanping’s circle, and fortunately I didn’t listen to Wang Liliang’s nonsense, otherwise my end would definitely be the same as Li Shanping and Wang Liliang. Yang Chen is really too powerful, in the future, the artists of Starlight Entertainment must be respected and treated like grandfathers and grandmothers.”

……

Yang Chen was just about to go out when Zhuo Wenjun, dressed in ancient costume, came.

Zhuo Wenjun threw herself into Yang Chen’s arms and said, “You secretly did another big thing behind my back.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… no, actually I didn’t do anything, it was the Dragon Academy of Sciences that helped to deal with them.”

Zhuo Wenjun: “But didn’t the Dragon Academy of Sciences take action because of your face? In the end, it’s still your ability. Hee hee…”

Yang Chen: “If you want to say that, it seems like there’s nothing wrong with it.”

Zhuo Wenjun: “You performed so well, I have to give you a little reward.”

After speaking, Zhuo Wenjun pushed Yang Chen onto the sofa.

Yang Chen: “Is this a reward for me, or a reward for you?”