How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 497

497. The Queen of the Sea’s Phone: What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Wang Qianni rolled her eyes at Yang Chen’s words, but she quickly smiled again.

Every time she remembered the scene of their first meeting that night, she couldn’t help but laugh.

“I stopped playing with that stuff a long time ago. Didn’t you hear my brother say I’m a lady now? Changed my style. I’m going for the mature, older sister route now. Can’t you tell?” Wang Qianni retorted.

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “Besides not having those colorful stickers on you, I don’t see any difference between you and before.”

Wang Qianni: “Ah? Really? Does that mean my transformation failed?”

“Haha…” Everyone laughed.

Chen Lijun: “Let’s go inside, everyone. It’s quite hot outside. Chen, is there anything wrong with your car?”

Yang Chen: “Nothing’s wrong, it just hasn’t had maintenance in a long time. I happened to drive it back this time, so I’m getting it serviced to see if any parts need replacing. Tell the brothers to replace any parts with obvious wear. Especially the brake system, it must be checked thoroughly, no sloppiness allowed.”

Chen Lijun: “Okay. Did everyone hear that? Give Chen’s car a thorough check, focusing on the brake system. Replace any worn parts with new ones, no compromises allowed. Understood?”

The employees immediately responded loudly, “Understood!”

Chen Lijun: “Okay, you guys handle it. A Long, Jun’s car is yours to modify, just follow the original plan.”

After assigning the tasks, Chen Lijun led Yang Chen and the others to the reception room.

These are all rough guys; they don’t usually drink tea.

Chen Lijun got some drinks to entertain Yang Chen and the others.

Wang Zijun: “Chen, how long are you planning to stay this time? Is there something you need to take care of?”

Yang Chen: “I’m mainly back to inspect some newly opened factories. I’m not sure how long I’ll stay; it depends on how quickly things progress. I’ll go back to Beijing when everything is settled.”

Wang Qianni: “Then are you free tonight? I’ll treat you to dinner. You heartlessly ignore us, but I have a conscience and want to treat you.”

Wang Zijun: “Sis, what are you saying?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Alright, I’ll host tonight; let’s all have dinner together. It’s a celebration of our reunion and Chen Lijun’s upcoming wedding. Are you all free?”

Chen Lijun: “Yes! If Chen is treating, I must be free.”

Wang Zijun: “Haha… Right, right, right, must be free.”

Yang Chen: “What about you, old sis?”

Wang Qianni: “Me? I’ll have to see. After all, I’m the CEO of a company now; not just anyone can invite me.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Really? Which company are you the CEO of now?”

Wang Qianni: “I registered a cosmetics brand under my own name, Qianni, and we’ve already opened stores in all 16 districts of Hai City. We plan to open a store in Beijing by the end of the year, first gain a foothold in a first-tier city, and then expand nationwide.”

Yang Chen: “Not bad. Looks like you really have changed, no longer that ‘spiritual girl’ [a term for a young woman who is carefree and enjoys life]. However, I don’t quite understand your business model. People usually surround the cities from the countryside, first occupying the smaller city markets, and then slowly attacking the big cities. Because there are too many big brands in big cities, and consumers basically have their own favorite big brands.

It’s not easy to snatch consumers from the embrace of big brands.”

Speaking of this, Wang Qianni sighed helplessly.

When she started this cosmetics company, it was purely for fun; she didn’t think it had to succeed.

Because at that time, her father was forcing her to marry, and in a fit of anger, she said she would be self-reliant and no longer rely on her family, so her father wouldn’t be qualified to force her to marry.

Everything was very rushed, and it started in a daze.

Wang Qianni didn’t have specific analysis and positioning for the “surrounding the cities from the countryside” strategy, target customer group positioning, etc.

Relying on her high investment, she managed to open stores in all 16 districts and counties of Hai City in the past two years.

Business can’t be considered good, but it can barely maintain operation.

Gradually, Wang Qianni felt like Yang Chen said, consumers in big cities have favorite big brands, and it’s hard to snatch them away.

The main consumer group of the Qianni brand is still ordinary wage earners, and most of them are migrant workers.

This shows that the brand should expand from fourth- and fifth-tier cities, slowly develop towards second- and third-tier cities, and finally fight to the death with big brands in first-tier cities.

Because there is a broad market in third-, fourth-, and fifth-tier cities as a backing, even if the first-tier cities fail, it will not affect the company’s operation. At worst, give up the first-tier city market and focus on the third-, fourth-, and fifth-tier cities.

But now 16 stores in Hai City have already opened, and almost all of Wang Qianni’s funds have been spent.

The brand promotion also focuses on a local high-end brand in Hai City. At this time, it is obviously against the brand’s promotional image to focus on third-, fourth-, and fifth-tier cities. If the third-, fourth-, and fifth-tier cities are not conquered, some consumers who have already been acquired in Hai City may also feel that the brand is too low-end and no longer use it.

Therefore, Wang Qianni is now very confused, which is equivalent to being in a dilemma. She has no initiative and can only passively follow the actual development to decide how to operate the company.

After talking about her confusion, Wang Qianni quickly asked, “Chen, you are so good at making money, give me some advice. What should I do now to make it work?”

Yang Chen: “You went the wrong way from the beginning. It’s definitely impossible to become big and strong, but it’s still possible to live a half-dead life.”

Wang Qianni: “Big brother, since I did it, I definitely want to become big and strong. If it’s destined to be half-dead, I’d rather not do it.”

Wang Zijun: “If Chen doesn’t mind, you can cooperate with my little sister. My little sister will give you a part of the equity, and you can operate it together in the future.”

As long as he can bind Yang Chen, it’s hard to say whether Qianni’s brand can be successful, but it will definitely get better resource channels, and the success rate will definitely be greatly improved.

1% of 100% is only 1, and 50% of 10 is 5, so giving out a part of the equity does not necessarily mean a loss.

Wang Qianni couldn’t wait to bind with Yang Chen, so she could find Yang Chen often in the future.

“Okay, okay. I’ll give you 51% of the equity and keep 49% for myself. You command in the future, and I’ll operate. How about it?” Wang Qianni said excitedly.

Yang Chen: “If it was two years ago, I would agree as long as I could make money legally. Now I’m not very interested in these fields.

What I want to do now is technology.”

Wang Qianni: “Don’t, we know each other, just help me. You can put forward any conditions, and I will try my best to satisfy you.”

Yang Chen: “I’m really not interested. However, I can give you an idea. Contact LVMH, Estee Lauder and other groups, let them send R&D teams to cooperate with you, and jointly develop some series of products. Then you open counters in SKP [a high-end department store in China] and China World Trade Center, invite celebrities to endorse, and hold a new product launch with these big brands to do a good job in publicity, and netizens will think that Qianni is a brand at the same level as LV [Louis Vuitton]. If you price it a little lower, those consumers who yearn for LV and other brands but can’t afford it will definitely buy Qianni’s products as a second choice. After this operation, if Qianni still can’t successfully squeeze into the high-end market and gain consumer recognition, then you can give up the high-end market.”

Wang Qianni and others were stunned.

Is this a solution?

Uh…

It seems to be a solution.

But this method is not feasible.

Why should big brands such as LV and Estee Lauder cooperate with her unknown brand?

Anyone can see that this is to rub the popularity of these big brands, can those big brands be willing?

Not to mention being rubbed for popularity, but also to cultivate a competitor in the high-end market for themselves, what kind of brain would agree?

Wang Qianni: “Chen, your method is not feasible.”

Yang Chen: “I think it’s feasible. Oh, it may be a little difficult for you. But if you want to steal food from the big brands, the method must be a little difficult. If it can be successful casually, it won’t be your turn to do it; others would have already succeeded.”

The three nodded, agreeing with Yang Chen’s statement.

If you want to quickly enter the high-end market and gain consumer recognition, the best way is to cooperate with big brands and rub the popularity of big brands. This is a common method for many domestic enterprises to become bigger and stronger.

Speaking of which, it is still the psychology of domestic people who worship foreign countries. As long as it is a foreign brand, it is good. Secondly, the brand that cooperates with foreign countries is also good. The pure domestic brand is rubbish no matter how well it is done.

It may be slightly better in recent years, but the situation is still very serious, and most people still have this mentality.

The method is a good method, but it is tantamount to a fantasy for Wang Qianni.

What qualifications does she have to cooperate with international brands such as LVMH Group and Estee Lauder?

Except for figures like the president, only Yang Chen can do it.

This also strengthened Wang Qianni’s belief in cooperating with Yang Chen.

At this time, Chen Lijun’s fiancee Huang Ying arrived with the invitation for Yang Chen.

Chen Lijun happily put his arms around his fiancee and came to Yang Chen, saying, “Chen, let me introduce you; she is my fiancee Huang Ying. Xiao Ying, this is Chen I told you about.”

Huang Ying: “Hello, Chen, I’m very happy to meet you. Li Jun often mentions you to me, saying that you subdued the rich second generations in Hai City back then.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Don’t listen to his nonsense; I’m not that powerful.”

Huang Ying smiled and handed the invitation to Yang Chen with both hands, saying, “Chen, this is the invitation that Li Jun and I wrote to you together; please be sure to take the time to attend our wedding.

Your arrival will make our wedding even more unforgettable.”

Yang Chen flipped through the invitation and looked at it. It had the handwriting of Chen Lijun and Huang Ying, and it was written very carefully.

Yang Chen: “Haha… October 2nd, I will definitely be there. First of all, congratulations on your wedding; let’s have dinner together if you are free tonight.”

Huang Ying: “Okay. Li Jun and I will treat you; we can’t let Chen treat you.”

Yang Chen: “I’ll treat you, otherwise someone will say I’m not good enough.”

Wang Qianni said with a proud face: “That’s right, you haven’t come back to see us for so long, and you don’t take the initiative to chat with us. Your status is too noble now, and we don’t dare to find you casually. We only hope that when you can think of us, you can make a call or send a message, but we can’t wait.”

Wang Zijun quickly criticized: “Little sister, that’s enough; why are you still not finished? You yourself said that Chen’s status is noble now, and he is usually very busy. How can he have time to chat with you? Chen, I’m sorry; don’t be as knowledgeable as her. She just can’t catch up with you, and she has always had resentment in her heart.”

Damn it!

This is definitely a brother; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to do this.

Wang Qianni: “Wang Zijun, are you kidding me? Can you save some face for your sister?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Okay, okay, it’s all my fault. So, I must treat you tonight. You can choose where you want to eat.”

Huang Ying quickly looked at Chen Lijun; he had to make the decision.

Chen Lijun felt that Yang Chen had said several times that he would treat him, so he couldn’t refuse him.

Let Yang Chen treat him tonight, and he will return the favor another day.

Chen Lijun: “Then we won’t be polite; let Chen spend money tonight.”

Yang Chen: “It’s not a waste of money. Seven o’clock tonight, Tang Court.”

Everyone nodded, no objection.

Several workers worked together, and Yang Chen’s car was serviced in only one hour.

After paying the money, Yang Chen said goodbye to Chen Lijun and others and was about to leave.

At this time, Wang Qianni got into the passenger seat.

Wang Zijun: “Little sister, what are you doing? Don’t delay Chen’s time.”

Wang Qianni: “Hey, don’t worry about it. Chen, same as before, I’ll charter your car today. Okay?”

Yang Chen: “No, I have something to do. If you have anything to say, say it now.”

Wang Qianni: “Alas… you are a stone.”

After speaking, Wang Qianni got out of the car.

Yang Chen smiled and drove away.

It’s more important to drive a sports car to pick up passengers; there’s no time to play with her.

Yang Chen took an order and came to the gate of an old community.

At this time, a strong-looking brother ran over.

Brother: “Brother, I’m not going; I just need you to help me bring a few things over. Can you?”

Yang Chen: “What things?”

Brother: “It’s just a little bit of messy electrical appliances and daily necessities. But I will pack them all, and it won’t dirty your car.”

Yang Chen: “Who do you give it to when you get there?”

Brother: “I’ll give you a phone number, and you can call someone to pick up the goods when you get there.”

Yang Chen looked at the distance; it was not far, less than 4 kilometers, so he nodded and agreed.

The brother ran back excitedly to get things and soon brought some “electrical appliances and daily necessities” with his parents.

However, Yang Chen was dumbfounded when he saw it. It was indeed electrical appliances and daily necessities, but they were all paper [paper replicas of items burned as offerings to the deceased].

Yang Chen quickly locked the car door. The brother couldn’t open the car door, so he quickly asked, “Brother, open the door.”

Yang Chen: “Brother, I’m sorry; I can’t send this thing.”

Brother: “Hey? Didn’t we agree just now? How can you not keep your word?”

Yang Chen: “But I repeatedly asked you what it was, and you deliberately concealed it. You told me what electrical appliances and daily necessities; is this it?”

Brother: “Why not? Electrical appliances and daily necessities for the dead are also electrical appliances and daily necessities; there’s nothing wrong with it.”

I grass!

He can really quibble.

Yang Chen waved his hand and said, “I’m sorry; I really can’t send this. Do you cancel the order yourself, or do I cancel the order?”

Brother: “What order to cancel? You have agreed; how can you change your mind?”

Yang Chen: “Why don’t you deliver the goods yourself?”

Brother: “If I deliver the goods, they will let me deliver them to the door. I’m not comfortable with it.”

Yang Chen: “This day makes you chat so finely. You who do this business feel uncomfortable; I am a ride-hailing driver; I am not uncomfortable? I’m sorry; I canceled the order; you call another car.”

After speaking, Yang Chen directly canceled the order.

I don’t know that this brother is unreasonable and directly blocked in front of the car and shouted: “You must send the things to me today; otherwise, don’t even think about leaving.”

Parents are also rogue; one blocked on the left side of the car, one blocked on the back, blocking all the way to leave.

Yang Chen: “If you are like this, I will not be polite.”

Brother: “What? Do you still want to hit us? How can you be impolite?”

Seeing someone looking for trouble, the bodyguard quickly got out of the car and pushed the three away.

Some people are bullying and afraid of hard, seeing that the bodyguards are not only tall and big but also have fierce expressions, the family of three immediately persuaded and quickly stood on the right side of the car.

Yang Chen drove away calmly.

The bodyguards glared at the family of three fiercely and quickly got into the car and chased Yang Chen.

Father: “Good boy, this ride-hailing driver carries a bodyguard with him?”

Mother: “Is he a ride-hailing driver? Why is there a bodyguard?”

Brother: “Fortunately, we didn’t have excessive behavior just now; otherwise, we would definitely be beaten by them. I said that it is definitely not possible to use this method; let’s spend money to ask someone to send it over. Is it worth being beaten for saving that little shipping fee?”

Father: “Ride-hailing can be delivered for a few dollars, and it costs at least fifty dollars to find someone to deliver it. Which one do you think is cost-effective? If it doesn’t work, take a taxi; I’ll send it over myself.”

Brother: “You’re doing it; you have to be beaten to be happy.”

Father: “It’s okay to be beaten. I saw on Douyin [TikTok in China] that if you don’t fight back when you are beaten, you can see the car [receive compensation].”

This grandfather understands the law…

Yang Chen adjusted his emotions and continued to take orders.

This time, I received a young girl who was dressed very fashionably and beautifully. A pair of big lights [eyes] were surprisingly big, too big to be normal, and it looked a little uncomfortable, feeling a little disgusting.

After verifying the last number of the mobile phone and the destination with the passenger, Yang Chen reminded her to fasten her seat belt, and then drove off.

Female passenger: “I never wear a seat belt in the car.”

Yang Chen: “The platform stipulates that rear passengers should be reminded to wear seat belts, which is also for the safety of passengers. As for whether passengers wear it or not, that is their own business. However, I suggest you wear it. In case something happens, wearing a seat belt is definitely safer than not wearing a seat belt.”

Female passenger: “Can you speak? How can you even curse yourself? You want something to happen; I don’t want to.”

Mad, a brainless one.

In a few words, you can speculate what kind of person this person is, and Yang Chen is too lazy to pay attention to her.

In less than a minute, the female passenger’s phone rang.

At first, her tone was normal, but after three sentences, she suddenly became irritable.

“I tell you Chen Bin, if you don’t give me what I want, I will expose everything you do. Think about it yourself.”

The female passenger then hung up the phone and slammed the phone angrily on the seat.

She was breathing heavily, and you could tell she was very angry.

In the principle of doing less is better than doing more, Yang Chen said nothing.

Soon, the destination arrived.

The female passenger got out of the car angrily; Yang Chen was particularly disgusted with her and drove away with a kick of the accelerator.

Seeing that it was almost twelve o’clock, Yang Chen found a food stall to prepare for dinner.

At this time, the phone rang suddenly in the back row.

Yang Chen looked back and saw that the female passenger’s phone was “lying” on the back seat.

Yang Chen quickly picked up the phone, and the caller ID showed “Free Duck”.

I lost it; this note is really awesome.

Yang Chen answered the phone and said, “Hello.”

Opposite: “Huh? Who are you? Why is Wang Qing’s phone in your hand?”

Yang Chen: “I am a ride-hailing driver, and she left her phone in my car. You should contact her in other ways; I will send the phone to the police station later and let her pick it up at the police station.”

Opposite: “Oh, that’s right. I’m her boyfriend; give me the phone.”

Yang Chen: “Really?”

Opposite: “Can’t you see the note? Can this be fake?”

Yang Chen: “But the note is a free duck. Brother, it’s not shameful to be a duck [male escort], but it’s shameful to cheat people’s phones.”

Opposite: “What? What are you talking about? What did she note for me?”

The man’s voice broke, and his emotions must be a little broken now.

Yang Chen: “The phone shows that it is a free duck. Your name is Chen Bin, right? I’m sorry; I don’t know you; I can only say according to the note.”

Opposite: “Chen Bin? How do you know Chen Bin?”

Yang Chen: “Ah? You are not Chen Bin? Then I may have said something wrong; I’m sorry. I still won’t say it; you call her to pick it up at the police station.”

Opposite: “Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Brother, brother, don’t hang up, don’t hang up.”

Yang Chen: “I’d better hang up; it’s better to say more and make mistakes; it’s not good to affect the relationship between you.”

Opposite: “Dad, you are my father. You send the phone to me. Or I’ll pick it up; where are you now?”

You can hear from the other party’s voice that he is very angry now, and it would be bad if someone died.

It’s better to do less than to do more; sending it to the police station is the most stable

Handling method.

Not to mention boyfriend, even husband, you can’t give him the phone.

Yang Chen: “It’s useless for you to call me Dad; I definitely can’t give you the phone; it’s against the law. I looked at the navigation; there is a Caohejing police station nearby; I will send the phone here; you call her to come to this police station to pick it up. If you want the phone, come to this police station to pick it up yourself.”

After speaking, Yang Chen hung up the phone.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Yang Chen quickly drove to Caohejing police station.

But at this time, Chen Bin called.

Yang Chen simply didn’t answer it. Who knows how complicated the woman’s social relationship is? Try not to get involved in this kind of thing.

Soon, Yang Chen came to the police station, handed the phone to the police comrades, and explained the situation.

Then he left the police station and went to find a place to eat.

…

At seven o’clock in the evening, Yang Chen and Chen Lijun and others met at Tang Court.

Wang Qianni spent an afternoon dressing herself up for this dinner tonight.

Not only did she do her hair and nails, but she also specially bought a new evening dress to wear.

However, she still can’t change her spiritual girl nature.

“Chen, do you think I value you very much? I spent an afternoon carefully dressing up before coming to the appointment,” Wang Qianni said with a smile.

In fact, her dress only needs to be quiet to attract men.

The more you talk, the more you lower the score of this outfit.

Yang Chen: “Then I thank you for your attention to me; you must eat and drink well tonight. Let’s go; let’s go in.”

Yang Chen hasn’t come to Tang Court in Hai City for dinner for a long time. Manager Tan Hongkai ran over excitedly to greet him.

“Hello, President Yang, hello everyone. The box and meals are ready, please come with me.”

Just as a few people were about to walk in, a voice stopped Huang Ying.

“Huang Ying, what a coincidence!”

Everyone stopped and looked over; a man with glasses was walking over with a smile.

Others didn’t know him, but Huang Ying’s face changed obviously.

From the change in Huang Ying’s expression, it can be seen that the two must have some past.

Chen Lijun is also a rich second generation, and he has also read countless people before. Naturally, he can see at a glance that his fiancee has a simple relationship with this four-eyed boy, and he is probably her ex-boyfriend.

However, Chen Lijun doesn’t mind these things. After all, he used to play very well. He has more than a dozen ex-girlfriends, and at least fifty women without status. He is not qualified to be picky about his fiancee having an ex-boyfriend.

Chen Lijun immediately put his arms around Huang Ying; he must declare his sovereignty.

Huang Ying quickly said to Chen Lijun: “He is Wang Qiang, the son of the chairman of Baoli Technology Group.”