How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 489

Black Shop, Huh?_What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Yang Chen and Zhuo Wenjun rewarded each other and went out shopping.

Yang Chen was getting tired of going to SKP [a high-end department store in Beijing] every time.

Today, they decided to try a different mall, heading to the equally expensive China World Mall.

Since getting together with Yang Chen, Zhuo Wenjun had no shortage of anything.

She had all kinds of luxury brand bags, clothes, watches, etc.

However, she had a personality as indifferent as a chrysanthemum and didn’t pursue these things much.

Today, she didn’t want to look at those luxury brands either. Following the navigation, she found a Hanfu [traditional Chinese clothing] store called “Han.Xin.”

This brand was a national chain with stores in more than 600 cities across the country. It could be said that its strength was very strong, with annual revenue exceeding 1 billion yuan.

What level was this revenue?

The listed company Metersbonwe’s revenue last year was 1.44 billion yuan. After deducting income from the sale of bank equity holdings, the revenue from clothing alone was estimated to be around 1 billion yuan. This shows how strong “Han.Xin’s” revenue capability was, and it was enough to illustrate the brand’s unique dominant position in the field of ancient Hanfu.

Zhuo Wenjun pointed to Han.Xin and said, “Honey, I want to go to that store.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, let’s go take a look.”

Yang Chen didn’t know much about ancient Hanfu, but he could give Zhuo Wenjun some suggestions based on his own aesthetic.

As they were browsing, Li Xiaofei suddenly called.

Yang Chen went out to answer the phone and asked, “Xiaofei, what’s wrong?”

Li Xiaofei: “Brother, something happened on my end, and I urgently need your help.”

Yang Chen: “What is it? Tell me.”

Li Xiaofei: “My roommate, Lin Qing, borrowed 10,000 yuan in online loans last semester to buy an iPhone 14, the kind where she had to send nude photos. She has already paid back almost 20,000 yuan, but the other party is still forcing her to pay, saying she still owes 5,000 yuan in interest. If she doesn’t pay all the interest at once, more interest will continue to accrue. Lin Qing said she wouldn’t pay anymore, so the other party threatened to send her photos to her family, classmates, and friends. The problem is that news has already spread, and classmates are gossiping about Lin Qing. She’s thinking about suicide now. I definitely can’t watch my roommate be forced to kill herself, so I gave her the money. But the other party is dishonorable and wants her to pay another 10,000 yuan to buy out those photos. I don’t think this is about the money anymore. They are clearly extorting her. Even if I continue to give them 10,000 yuan, they might come up with backups in a few days and continue to ask Lin Qing for money. So, I want to ask you to help solve this problem once and for all.”

Yang Chen: “Sigh… another girl ruined by vanity.”

Li Xiaofei: “Sigh… but she’s my roommate, and we usually have a good time together. I can’t ignore her in this state. Brother, please help her.”

Yang Chen: “Send me the loan company’s information.”

Li Xiaofei: “Okay, okay, I’ll send you all the information right away.”

Yang Chen hung up the phone and waited for Li Xiaofei to send the message.

At this moment, two men who looked very wretched walked over. One of them was wearing classical-style clothing with the words “Han.Xin” printed on it. He was the “Han.

Company, would Yongxin dare to collect illegal loans from tens of thousands of employees of Starlight Defense?

They wouldn’t dare to open their mouths even if they were given a hundred times the courage.

This is called borrowing money based on your ability. Why should you pay it back?

At this time, inside the Han.Xin store.

Liu Qinghan, the chairman of Han.Xin, and Chen Yong, the deputy general manager of Yongxin Collection, stared intently at Zhuo Wenjun, who was choosing clothes.

Chen Yong whispered, “She’s so beautiful. I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere.”

Liu Qinghan: “I know her. I even follow her. Her name is Zhuo Wenjun, and she’s a streamer [live-streamer or online video creator]. She often uploads videos of making traditional luxury goods to Douyin [TikTok’s Chinese counterpart] and other platforms, saying it’s to promote the idea that Dragon Country [China] also has luxury goods. I didn’t expect her to be as beautiful offline as she is online. She’s really a killer.”

Chen Yong: “Brother, you can pick any girl I have. Help me get this one. I like this type too much.”

Liu Qinghan: “Damn, brother, I can’t let you have this one. You know I have no resistance to classical beauties. I must take her down.”

Chen Yong: “Damn! Are we still brothers? If it really doesn’t work, let’s do it together. As long as the money is in place, is this even a problem?”

Liu Qinghan: “Hehe… you’re right. It’s not like we haven’t tried it together before.”

The two men smiled 猥琐 [wěisuǒ – a Chinese term for being sleazy or perverted].

Liu Qinghan straightened his clothes, walked to Zhuo Wenjun, and said with a smile, “Ms. Zhuo, hello, I’m your fan. I’m Liu Qinghan, chairman of Han.Xin Group. Welcome to our store. Can I take a few minutes of your time to do a questionnaire?”

Zhuo Wenjun didn’t think much and nodded in response, “Sure. Ask away.”

Liu Qinghan: “What is your first impression of our Han.Xin products? Don’t think, just say the words that instantly come to mind.”

Zhuo Wenjun: “I think they are very beautiful, but the materials are a bit lacking. It would be great if some high-end materials could be used.”

Liu Qinghan: “Hanfu is already relatively expensive. If the materials used are very good, the price will be even more expensive, which may prevent many consumers interested in Hanfu from buying it.”

Zhuo Wenjun: “What you said makes sense. But what I just said was my first impression, and whether it’s reasonable or not is not my concern.”

Liu Qinghan: “Haha… you’re right. Let’s continue. If we invite you to be our Han.Xin spokesperson, would you be willing?”

Zhuo Wenjun: “No.”

Liu Qinghan was obviously not expecting Zhuo Wenjun to answer like this, and the expression on his face was obviously surprised.

If it were any other girl, they would be overjoyed to be able to endorse Han.Xin.

“We can give you a considerable endorsement fee. How about 1 million?” Liu Qinghan said unwillingly.

Zhuo Wenjun: “Thank you, I don’t need it.”

Hey!

She’s not moved by 1 million?

A blogger with 2 million followers isn’t moved by 1 million?

She’s a bit greedy.

Liu Qinghan: “Ms. Zhuo, I really sincerely want to invite you to be our spokesperson. How about this, you name a price, and as long as it’s not too excessive, I definitely won’t bargain. Okay?”

Zhuo Wenjun: “Thank you, I don’t take advertising endorsements. I just want to promote Dragon Country’s traditional luxury goods to everyone.”

Liu Qinghan: “Hehe…

Ms. Zhuo, I am really very sincere in inviting you to be our spokesperson, and I am not joking with you. You don’t need to be embarrassed to name a price, just say how much you want in your heart.”

Zhuo Wenjun was unhappy and said, “I told you I don’t need it, I don’t need it, why can’t you understand? Are you deliberately harassing me? If you continue like this, I will call the police. Also, my boyfriend is on the phone outside, and he has a bad temper, so don’t cause trouble for yourself.”

Damn it!

Liu Qinghan had never had such difficulty picking up girls with the title of chairman of Han.Xin. Even third-tier small celebrities could be easily obtained.

Today, he lost face in front of a small streamer. How could he tolerate this?

Especially since the nearby shop assistants and customers heard it, Liu Qinghan felt that he couldn’t save face.

Before Liu Qinghan could speak, Chen Yong, the deputy general manager of Yongxin Collection, who had been staring at this side, walked over aggressively and pointed at Zhuo Wenjun angrily, saying, “Aren’t you being a bit shameless? President Liu sincerely wants to invite you to be a spokesperson and even gives you the store’s treasure for free. Even if you don’t agree, you can’t be so rude. Is your boyfriend very powerful? Causing trouble, it’s really laughable. Let your boyfriend come over and chat, and I’ll see how he can cause trouble for me and President Liu.”

Several customers nearby recognized Zhuo Wenjun and quickly came over to pull her away.

“Jun Jun, I’m your fan, I follow you on Douyin. Don’t argue with them, it’s not necessary.”

“Yes! You’re a girl, you’ll definitely suffer if you really get into an argument.”

“Forget it, let’s go, let’s change to another store. There’s another Hanfu store in front, let’s go there.”

…

Zhuo Wenjun’s personality determined that she was not good at arguing with people, so she turned around and left with the others.

Chen Yong usually relies on some underhanded methods to collect debts, so he is naturally an underhanded person.

Seeing Zhuo Wenjun leave like this, Chen Yong was very unwilling. He immediately picked up the “Golden Jade Garment” next to him and tore a hole in it forcefully, and then shouted, “Ms. Zhuo, I’m afraid you can’t leave yet!”

Zhuo Wenjun stopped and said, “What, is this a black shop [an establishment known for scamming customers]? Once you come in, you can’t get out?”

Chen Yong showed the hole in the Golden Jade Garment to Zhuo Wenjun and said, “President Liu showed you the store’s treasure, and you just threw it on the hanger. Now the clothes have been cut with a hole, so you just leave like this, isn’t that appropriate? It’s worth 388,000, don’t you think you should solve this matter before you leave?”

The reason why Lin Qing could never finish paying off the loan was because people like Chen Yong controlled the IOUs.

Underhanded people naturally do underhanded things, and people who can do underhanded things are naturally underhanded people.

Liu Qinghan didn’t originally want to disgust Zhuo Wenjun with this method, but his good buddy Chen Yong had already done it, so he could only follow suit.

“Ms. Zhuo, when I showed it to you, this Golden Jade Garment was fine, you have to admit that, right?” Liu Qinghan said with a serious face.

Zhuo Wenjun was not sure whether the small hole was caused by her throwing it away, but she didn’t care. It was only 388,000, she could afford it herself, and Yang Chen wouldn’t care about the money.

Zhuo Wenjun: “I admit it. As long as you prove that I made this hole, I will pay for it at the original price.”

Liu Qinghan: “So many people are watching, it’s normal for you to throw my store’s treasure on the hanger and scratch a hole. Do I need to prove it?”

“So there’s no evidence?” Zhuo Wenjun replied, and then turned to leave.

Chen Yong took out his debt collection set and immediately stepped forward, pointing at Zhuo Wenjun and threatening, “Try not to buy this set of clothes at the original price, I guarantee you won’t have a good time!”

Zhuo Wenjun: “Threatening me?”

Chen Yong: “Hehe… I’m not threatening you, I’m just telling you the truth.”

At this time, Yang Chen came in after explaining things to Qiu Yuhong.

Qiu Yuhong sent Yang Chen photos of the main executives of Jinxin Finance and Yongxin Collection. Yang Chen recognized the man standing next to Liu Qinghan as Chen Yong, the deputy general manager of Yongxin Collection at a glance.

“What’s going on?” Yang Chen asked, putting his arm around Zhuo Wenjun.

Zhuo Wenjun: “I came in to look at clothes, and he insisted that I be a spokesperson. I said I didn’t need it, but he still pestered me and wanted to give me this set of 388,000 clothes. I’m not so poor that I can’t afford clothes, so I definitely don’t want his clothes. Then I wanted to leave, and this person said that I broke the clothes and wouldn’t let me leave, and threatened me that I wouldn’t have a good time.”

Yang Chen, who was well-informed, immediately understood the truth.

Yang Chen: “I’ll buy it.”

Zhuo Wenjun: “Wait a minute! Although I can’t be sure if I broke this set of clothes, I feel like I shouldn’t have broken it. I just threw it away, how could there be such a hole?”

Chen Yong immediately became exasperated and said, “What do you mean? You mean I wronged you?”

Saying that

Chen Yong took two steps forward, showing signs of wanting to do something.

As expected of someone who does debt collection, he knows how to bluff people.

Yang Chen said with a smile, “That’s not what I meant, we’ll buy it at the original price.”

Chen Yong immediately looked proud, feeling like he had successfully collected a debt.

Liu Qinghan: “The original price is 388,000, but as long as Ms. Zhuo is willing to be our spokesperson, not only will this not need to be compensated, but I can also give it to Ms. Zhuo and offer Ms. Zhuo an endorsement fee of 1 million. How about it?”

“A mere 380,000, I don’t care about it. Swipe the card!” After Yang Chen finished speaking, he randomly took out a card from his wallet and handed it to Liu Qinghan.

Liu Qinghan: “Brother, why bother? You have better choices, why do you have to stubbornly choose the most unwise solution?”

Yang Chen: “Hurry up and swipe the card, don’t delay my date with Jun Jun, can you understand?”

Liu Qinghan waved his hand to signal the waiter to come over and swipe the card. 388,000 was swiped to the store, and Yang Chen got the receipt.

Zhuo Wenjun said unhappily, “I feel like I’ve been scammed.”

Yang Chen: “You’re joking, the person who dares to scam me hasn’t been born yet.”

After speaking, Yang Chen called Zhang Xiang, the outlaw.

Zhang Xiang: “Hello, Mr. Yang, what’s your order?”

Yang Chen: “I want to ask you a question. If the store owner deliberately damages the clothes and then falsely accuses me of breaking the clothes, forcing me to buy the clothes at the original price. Does the store owner’s behavior constitute a crime?”

Zhang Xiang: “That definitely constitutes the crime of forced transaction, how much money is it?”

Yang Chen: “388,000.”

Zhang Xiang: “Did they threaten or intimidate you?”

Yang Chen: “Jun Jun, did they threaten or intimidate you?”

Zhuo Wenjun: “Yes. They wouldn’t let me leave and said that if I didn’t buy it at the original price, I wouldn’t have a good time.”

Zhang Xiang: “If I take action, the other party will be sentenced to a minimum of 7 years!”

Damn, awesome!

Yang Chen: “Okay! The other party is Liu Qinghan, chairman of Han.Xin Group, and Chen Yong, deputy general manager of Yongxin Collection.”

Zhang Xiang: “Oh, a debt collection company? Then life imprisonment is also possible.”

Yang Chen: “Wait, let’s deal with this 388,000 forced transaction crime first.”

Zhang Xiang: “Okay! I’ll prepare the indictment later. You don’t accept mediation?”

Yang Chen: “Mediate my ass, go all out.”

Zhang Xiang: “Okay. Understood. Leave it to me, 388,000 plus threats and intimidation, a minimum of 7 years.”

In fact, if judged according to the crime of forced transaction, the maximum penalty is 7 years.

But this is to say that the maximum penalty for other lawyers is 7 years, and for Zhang Xiang, the minimum is 7 years. If he is unhappy, he will even investigate the other party’s lawyer, and maybe send them in together. It’s not like he hasn’t done this before.

Because many lawyers have collusion, perjury, accepting money, bribery and other behaviors, and simply cannot withstand investigation.

Liu Qinghan and Chen Yong panicked. Who isn’t afraid of the famous Zhang Xiang?

Chen Yong has done a lot of bad things and has a certain “anti-reconnaissance” ability.

“Don’t panic, delete the store’s surveillance footage later and it will be fine,” Chen Yong whispered.

Liu Qinghan thought it was right. As long as the surveillance video is deleted, there is no evidence to prove that Chen Yong tore the hole, and it can be reasonably considered that Zhuo Wenjun

It was caused by throwing it on the hanger.

As long as this premise is established, no matter how awesome Zhang Xiang is, he will not be able to establish the crime of forced transaction or extortion, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

Yang Chen’s hearing is unusually sensitive, and he heard what Chen Yong and Liu Qinghan said.

Want to delete the surveillance?

No way!

Yang Chen immediately called Kang Yuan, the mall manager, and told him what happened, asking him to control the surveillance in the Han.Xin store in the name of the mall first.

Liu Qinghan usually gives gifts to the management office, so Kang Yuan will naturally favor him.

Moreover, once it is exposed that the shops in China World Phase III are forcing transactions, it will greatly affect the reputation of China World.

Therefore, Kang Yuan must protect Liu Qinghan and Han.Xin both publicly and privately.

“Hehe… Mr. Yang, don’t worry, we will handle it. How about this, our management office will be the mediator, and we hope that both parties can reconcile. Han.Xin will return 388,000, and Ms. Zhuo will return the clothes to Han.Xin. Based on the principle of harmony brings wealth, this matter will be over. I wonder what both parties think?” Kang Yuan said with a smile.

Liu Qinghan quickly said, “Of course I will listen to the management office’s opinion. Manager Kang said to reconcile, and I definitely have nothing to say. However, I am not afraid of trouble, but just want to make money in harmony.”

Kang Yuan smiled and nodded, and asked Yang Chen again, “Mr. Yang, what do you mean?”

Yang Chen: “My money is not so easy to collect. If you collect my money, you must be prepared to bear all the consequences. Zhang Xiang said that the amount of 388,000 is particularly huge, and there are threats and intimidation, with a minimum of 7 years. I want to see if he is bragging. Manager Kang, I will give you one last chance, are you going to do what I said, or continue to protect him?”

Kang Yuan: “Mr. Yang, what you said is unpleasant. What do you mean I am protecting him? Am I not mediating between you two? If you don’t agree to mediation, I certainly can’t force you to accept it. At worst, you can call the police, and everything will be based on the law. How can you say that I am protecting him?”

Yang Chen: “Are you finished?”

“Finished! What do you want to do!” Kang Yuan looked like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water [unmoved by threats].

Yang Chen called Wang Ankang, president of SKP Group.

Wang Ankang: “Mr. Yang, hello, what’s your order?”

Yang Chen: “Do you know anyone like the chairman of China World Group?”

Wang Ankang: “I know him. I have an old friendship with Chairman Lin Feng of China World Group. We often gather privately to exchange ideas on running high-end shopping malls. Does Mr. Yang have something to ask him?”

Yang Chen: “Then contact Director Lin, I want to acquire China World Group.”

Wang Ankang: “Okay, I will contact Director Lin immediately.”

Kang Yuan was stunned, and his heart couldn’t help but beat faster.

Who is this person?

Is he so 豪横 [háo hèng – a Chinese term for being powerful and unrestrained]?

He wants to acquire China World Group if he doesn’t agree with him?

wrong!

He is definitely bragging!

The largest shareholder of China World Group is China World Trade Center Co., Ltd., holding 80.2% of the shares, and China World Trade Center Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between Dragon Country and foreign capital. The ultimate controlling shareholders are China Life Insurance Group and Shangri-La Co., Ltd., and Shangri-La Company is a wholly-owned company of Xiangjiang Guo’s Group.

To acquire China World Group, you have to pass two major barriers: state-owned enterprises and foreign capital.

Especially state-owned enterprises cannot be easily acquired by private individuals, which may involve major issues such as the loss of state-owned assets.

Therefore, Kang Yuan determined that Yang Chen was bluffing, commonly known as bragging.

However, Kang Yuan didn’t want to offend customers. Protecting Han.Xin while stabilizing customers was what he wanted.

But before Kang Yuan could speak, Liu Qinghan said with a mocking face, “What are you bragging about? China World Group is a joint venture between state-owned enterprises and foreign capital. You want to acquire it? Who are you? Can you let the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission sell state-owned enterprises to you? Why don’t you say you want to buy Dragon Country Bank?”

Yang Chen: “I can’t buy Dragon Country Bank, but I have shares. I’ll call Dragon Country Bank later to check if you have any traces of transferring assets. You better have a clean ass, otherwise I’ll punish you for several crimes together. 7 years is definitely not enough, at least 10 years or more, 20 years is not without hope, and life imprisonment is not impossible.”

Liu Qinghan: “You… who are you scaring? Don’t you just buy a little stock in Dragon Country Bank and talk nonsense about having shares in Dragon Country Bank. I also have stock in Dragon Country Petroleum, so I can order Dragon Country Petroleum to do things?”

Kang Yuan and others laughed together.

At this time, Lin Feng, chairman of China World Group, called.

Lin Feng: “Hello, is this Mr. Yang? I am Lin Feng, chairman of China World Group. Just now Wang, president of SKP Group, told me that you want to acquire our group. I specially called you to confirm, do you really want to acquire World Trade Group?”

Yang Chen: “Of course it’s true. I don’t know if you have any intention to sell?”

Lin Feng: “To be honest with Mr. Yang, at the group meeting at the end of last year, some shareholders did say that some capital wanted to acquire our group. At that time, the market value of our group was 20.5 billion, and the shareholders demanded a premium of one time, that is, an valuation of 42 billion for the acquisition. The other party could not accept such a high price, and finally gave up. Mr. Yang wants to acquire our group, how much valuation are you going to give our group?”

The current market value of Dragon Country China World Group is 19.2 billion. If what Lin Feng said is true, the shareholders’ intended price should be calculated based on an valuation of 40 billion.

After Yang Chen prepares to acquire China World Group, he will merge it with SKP Group into a new group. According to his consistent naming method, the new group will be named Starlight Trade (Star-mall).

After the merger, the listed company China World Group will be renamed Starlight Trade, and SKP and China World will be operated under its banner.

SKP and China World will continue to operate independently, each doing its own thing, but the final financial reports will be merged into the financial reports of Starlight Trade Group.

After the merger of the two major brands, SKP and China World, the conservative valuation is 50 billion. With the signboard of Yang Chen and Starlight Investment, it is easy to push the market value of Starlight Trade to more than 100 billion.

The market value alone is enough for Yang Chen to recover twice the investment. Coupled with the annual profits of several billion from SKP and China World, this investment is a big win no matter how you calculate it.

Therefore, Yang Chen directly quoted a price of 42 billion, meeting the requirements of China World shareholders.

Lin Feng: “Mr. Yang is really 爽快 [shuǎng kuài – straightforward and generous]. However, our group is a joint venture between state-owned enterprises and foreign capital. The foreign capital

It’s easy to deal with, after all, Mr. Yang is offering such a high premium, they have no reason not to accept it. The main problem is that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission may have some trouble, which involves the sale of state-owned assets, and not everyone can buy it.”

Yang Chen: “You don’t need to worry about this. I will talk to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission in the name of Starlight Technology Group. I think it should not be difficult.”

Lin Feng: “Ah? In this case, Starlight Technology Group is also Mr. Yang’s industry?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! It’s a company I control.”

Lin Feng: “Then there is no problem. Just based on your contribution of donating quantum chips to the country, let alone selling it to you, as long as you insist, it’s no problem to give it to you for free.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… that definitely can’t be given for free, you still have to give the money. After all, state-owned enterprises belong to all the people, and I can’t take advantage of 1.4 billion Dragon Country people.”

Lin Feng: “Haha… Mr. Yang is really enlightened. Where is Mr. Yang now? I’ll go and chat with you in person.”

Yang Chen: “I’m at the Han.Xin store in China World Phase III. My girlfriend was scammed by this store, and I’m communicating with them.”

Lin Feng: “What? Is there such a thing? Mr. Yang, wait for me, I will be there within ten minutes, and I will handle it for you personally!”

Yang Chen: “Okay! Then I will trouble Director Lin.”

Lin Feng: “Ashamed, ashamed. Mr. Yang came to our China World to spend money, but he encountered a black shop. This is a shame for our China World and my dereliction of duty. I’ll go over immediately, you wait for me.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, I’ll wait for Director Lin to arrive.”

The people around were all shocked. Does this mean that they are going to spend 42 billion to buy China World Group?

My God, is this too 豪横 [háo hèng – a Chinese term for being powerful and unrestrained]?

In order to get the surveillance video of Han.Xin, they bought China World Group at the cost of 42 billion?

Is this how rich people do things, simple and rude?

Seeing that the situation was not good, Kang Yuan immediately changed his face and said, “Liu Qinghan, how can you use threats, framing, and intimidation to force customers to buy your clothes? Come on, control the surveillance equipment of Han.Xin and wait for Director Lin and Mr. Yang to deal with it!”