How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 505

The Hope to Rectify Social Conduct Through This Case—What’s Wrong with Me, a Ride-Hailing Driver, Having Some Money? (1)

In an effort to appease Yang Chen, Chen Lijun and Huang Ying made a point of bringing both families to toast him during the wedding reception. They hoped this gesture would lessen any resentment Yang Chen harbored and encourage him to be more lenient with Harmony Motors.

However, Yang Chen’s decisions were not easily swayed. He firmly believed that everyone should face the consequences of their actions.

He wasn’t one to be impressed by a show of arrogance followed by a plea for mercy when the person realized they were outmatched.

Therefore, even if these two families had knelt down and publicly confessed their mistakes before all their relatives and friends, Yang Chen’s stance would have remained unchanged.

With the toasting session concluded, the wedding banquet was drawing to a close.

Yang Chen excused himself and left the banquet hall, taking a leisurely stroll toward the manager’s office.

It had been some time since he’d visited Atlantis to hear work reports and review business performance. Since he was already here, he figured he might as well take the opportunity to catch up.

Meanwhile, Chen Lijun and Huang Ying saw off the last of their guests. The Huang family immediately cornered Chen Lijun, pressuring him to contact Yang Chen that evening and try to talk things over.

From Chen Lijun’s perspective, he couldn’t stand by and watch his father-in-law’s business suffer. He felt obligated to intervene, regardless of whether he could successfully persuade Yang Chen to show leniency.

So, under the watchful eyes of both families, Chen Lijun dialed Yang Chen’s number.

Yang Chen promptly hung up and replied with a text message.

“Don’t interfere in this matter, or we’ll have no further contact.”

Upon reading this message, Chen Lijun quickly pocketed his phone.

Almost all of his father-in-law’s wealth was earmarked for Huang Jun, and he wasn’t about to jeopardize his relationship with Yang Chen for Huang Jun’s sake.

Chen Lijun quickly announced, “There’s no hope. Just accept it. Brother-in-law, you need to be more careful in the future. Don’t try to be too clever. Consider this a lesson learned. I’m feeling dizzy; I need to go home and get some sleep.”

The Huang family immediately grew anxious and tried to stop Chen Lijun from leaving, insisting that he continue to call Yang Chen. They were desperate to persuade Yang Chen not to increase the wholesale price for Harmony Motors.

Huang Ying chimed in, “Lijun, please try again.”

Chen Lijun retorted, “I already tried in front of you all just now, and Brother Chen hung up immediately. You saw it. He even sent me a message telling me not to interfere, or he’ll cut off contact with me. What else can I do? If I keep bothering him, I’ll only annoy him and lose such an awesome friend, on top of not being able to help you. Accept fate; everyone has to be responsible for their actions.”

With that, Chen Lijun pulled Huang Ying away.

Huang Jun, his face etched with despair, was dumbfounded and slapped himself in frustration.

Later that evening, Yang Chen finished dinner at Atlantis and headed out to drive passengers.

His third passenger was an uncle, a migrant worker on his way to the train station.

Shortly after the uncle got into the car, he received a call from his family. He was informed that due to drought and water shortages, many rice plants in the fields had withered and died, resulting in a poor harvest this year. If the drought persisted, the wheat crop would also be at risk.

Calculating the time, it was nearly the harvest season for rice in the north.

Rice requires a consistent supply of water throughout its growth cycle; otherwise, it will dry out and die. Even if it勉强 [miǎnqiǎng -勉强 means to do with difficulty or reluctantly] survives, the yield will be significantly reduced.

In this era of advanced technology, it seemed unacceptable that agricultural production was still so heavily reliant on the weather.

Artificial rainfall wasn’t some high-

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-tech solution, but the current technology had a significant limitation: it required the presence of cumulonimbus clouds in the sky. The process involved launching “shells” to introduce a catalyst into the clouds, triggering artificial rainfall.

However, in extreme weather conditions where there wasn’t a single cloud in the sky, artificial rainfall was impossible.

The memory of Poyang Lake drying up last summer was still fresh in everyone’s minds. That was the result of an extreme drought, leaving no opportunity for artificial rainfall.

The uncle hung up the phone, sighed deeply, and lamented, “Farmers are really suffering. If God doesn’t provide them with food, they’ll have nothing to eat.”

Yang Chen responded, “The drought problem has been quite severe in the past few years, and it seems like no one can do anything about it.”

The uncle replied, “Who can argue with that? When there was a drought last year, the county organized some artificial rainfall, and the planes flew many times, but not a single drop of rain fell. It’s impossible to carry out artificial rainfall at all. If this continues, the farmers will starve to death. Their income is already low, but because they have food as a safety net, they can still survive. But once the grain harvest is bad, without this safety net, how can we support a family with the money we earn from working a few months a year? Two children go to school, which costs five or six thousand yuan a year. Adding other expenses, how can I, a man in his fifties, bear it?”

Yang Chen couldn’t alleviate the pressure of life for the uncle.

However, Yang Chen could help improve the weather conditions and ensure a more abundant grain harvest.

Soon, Yang Chen dropped the uncle off at the train station.

As the uncle exited the car, Yang Chen smiled and reassured him, “Uncle, don’t worry. I guarantee the drought problem will be solved, and the wheat will definitely not suffer from reduced production due to drought.”

The uncle chuckled, “Haha… I hope the country can solve this problem. Thank you, young man. Goodbye.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and immediately drove home.

The artificial rain and cloud electricity technology provided by the system could finally be put to use.

After taking a shower, Yang Chen immersed himself in his study, meticulously creating the relevant technical steps and drawings.

However, these technical steps and drawings couldn’t be shared with others. Yang Chen created them solely to facilitate his own production of the related equipment.

The system had already issued a warning when granting the reward, cautioning that because the technology could be used for military purposes, it was best not to share it until he could guarantee the absolute loyalty of the relevant technical personnel.

The next morning, Yang Chen went out to drive.

After finishing the peak hours, he planned to head to the courthouse to witness the spectacle. Today, the court was hearing the case of Yang Chen and Gao Ning suing Zhang Chengcheng and others for infringing on their right to reputation.

After dropping off his first passenger, Yang Chen consciously began accepting passengers heading in the direction of the district court.

After a while, he finally received a ride-sharing order.

Yang Chen picked up the passenger and set off for the destination.

However, after driving less than 200 meters, the female passenger suddenly said, “Handsome, please stop for a moment. I haven’t had breakfast yet. I’ll go down and buy two buns and a cup of soy milk and come back. Please, please.”

Seeing that her attitude was polite, Yang Chen generously pulled over and parked.

Because it was peak breakfast time, there were many people buying buns, and the female passenger waited for nearly 10 minutes before buying the buns and soy milk. Then she

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quickly ran back.

To be honest, no one enjoys having others eat in their car.

However, as a service-oriented ride-hailing driver, you can’t be too picky; otherwise, there’s no point in driving a ride-hailing car.

Yang Chen remained silent, allowing the female passenger to eat and drink in the car.

After a while, the female passenger spoke again.

“Handsome, please stop at the pharmacy in front. My friend drank until five in the morning before going to sleep, and she’s still very drunk. She asked me to bring some sobering medicine over. Please stop for a moment; I’ll go buy some sobering medicine and come back. It’ll be quick, please.”

Yang Chen was speechless but didn’t say anything and parked cooperatively.

The female passenger quickly ran to buy sobering medicine and returned, smiling and saying, “Handsome, thank you. Now we can go.”

Yang Chen nodded and continued driving.

However, less than two minutes later, the female passenger said again, “Handsome, please help me see if there is a flower shop nearby. I want to buy a bouquet of flowers to take with me. It’s my friend’s birthday today, so she drank with her friends until dawn. I’m going to see her later, and it would be embarrassing to go empty-handed. I’ll just buy a bouquet of flowers to take with me as a birthday gift for her. Please, please.”

He had been hoping to pick up a ride-sharing order to go to court to watch the trial, but she was making it take even longer than a detour.

The estimated 20-minute drive had already been extended by 15 minutes while she bought buns and medicine, and now she wanted to go buy flowers, which was a bit much.

Yang Chen suggested, “Beauty, why don’t you order flowers on Meituan [Meituan is a Chinese e-commerce platform for ordering services]. You can have the delivery guy send them to your friend’s place. It’s a 20-minute drive, and you waited 15 minutes to buy buns and medicine. If you go to buy flowers again, I don’t know how long you’ll have to wait.”

Female passenger: “But I’m going to see my friend, and it’s her birthday today. I can’t go empty-handed.”

Yang Chen: “You’re right; you can’t go empty-handed to celebrate your friend’s birthday. Then you should have prepared in advance. Who calls a ride-hailing car to accompany you to buy this and that? I don’t rely on ride-hailing to make a living, so it doesn’t matter if I wait a dozen minutes more. If you hailed a car from a driver who relies on ride-hailing to make a living, your actions would mean delaying them from running another order. Delaying them from running another order during the morning peak, have you thought about the consequences for the driver?”

Female passenger: “What consequences can there be? It’s just running one less order; how much less money can you earn? Besides, you said yourself that you don’t rely on this to make a living, so just do me a favor. Thank you, okay?”

Yang Chen: “Sigh…”

Yang Chen was now much more even-tempered and no longer willing to argue with ordinary people.

Following the navigation prompts, Yang Chen detoured to a flower shop.

The female passenger quickly ran down to buy flowers, and in a panic, even dropped her phone in the back seat.

Yang Chen waited patiently for 10 minutes, and the female passenger finally returned with a bouquet of flowers.

“I thought you ran away. You even dropped your phone,” Yang Chen joked.

Female passenger: “I knew I dropped my phone, but in order not to delay your time, I couldn’t come back to get it. Thank you; we can go now.”

Yang Chen: “Can we go straight there this time? Won’t you do anything else?”

Female passenger: “Yes, yes, yes…”

Why did her expression seem a bit perfunctory?

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However, normally speaking, as long as a person has a normal brain, they shouldn’t cause any more trouble.

However, this person was not normal.

After driving for about two minutes, the female passenger pretended to listen to a voice message and then said to Yang Chen, “Handsome, please turn left into the auxiliary road ahead. I’m going to pick up a cake at the cake shop. I’m really sorry; my friend just sent me a message, and I can’t help it.”

Yang Chen immediately pulled over, pointed to the car door, and said, “Get out of the car immediately. I’ll cancel the order, and you can call another one.”

Female passenger: “No, what’s your attitude? It’s not far inside, at most 300 meters; it’s just a matter of convenience. Do you have to be like this?”

Yang Chen: “300 meters, a round trip is 600 meters, plus the time you take to pick up the cake, how much time do I have to waste on you? If this were a premium car order, I would have gone. This is a fixed-price order, and I’m taking you around and waiting so long; don’t you feel embarrassed?”

Female passenger: “What’s so embarrassing about it? Your service industry is supposed to provide customers with the best and most comprehensive service, isn’t it? I didn’t ask you to give me a free ride; I paid for it.”

Yang Chen: “Get out quickly; don’t force me to beat you. I was in a good mood today, but you ruined it. If you haven’t learned how to be a person, go home and ask your parents to teach you for a few years, and then come out to participate in social activities; otherwise, you will easily be beaten to death. Get out, get out, hurry up.”

Yang Chen had already canceled the order and would definitely not continue to drive her.

However, the female passenger insisted that she was not wrong. She paid for it, and it was not too much to do something along the way.

But she deliberately ignored that she chose a fixed-price order and deliberately confused the public by treating her order as a premium car order.

According to the platform’s regulations, a fixed-price order is to directly send the passenger from point A to point B in one go, without detours or stops.

Yang Chen didn’t rely on this to make a living and could tolerate it to a certain extent, but it didn’t mean he could tolerate it without limit.

The female passenger spoke plausibly, saying: “I don’t care so much; I paid for it, and you have to send me to my destination; otherwise, I won’t get out of the car. If you force me to get out of the car, then I’ll call and complain.”

Yang Chen: “You can complain however you want; get out now; don’t 赖着 [làizhe – to hang around; to freeload] in my car. OK?”

Female passenger: “I just won’t get out of the car; see what you can do to me. Do you have the guts to hit me?”

Hey!

It was the first time he had met someone with this kind of request, so he would fulfill her request.

Yang Chen was already angry, and when he saw her shameless expression, he became even more enraged and slapped her.

The female passenger was stunned by the slap. Obviously, she didn’t expect Yang Chen to really dare to hit her.

In the past, when she said to others “Do you have the guts to hit me?”, no one dared to touch her at all.

Good fellow, did she meet a straight man today?

He really dared to do it!

The female passenger cried in shock and grievance, “You actually dare to hit me. I’m going to call the police and arrest you and send you to jail! I will never accept mediation; you’re done for!”

Of course, Yang Chen knew that hitting someone was wrong, but he couldn’t help it.

However, he would not evade responsibility. If he hit someone, he would have to bear the consequences.

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So, he grabbed a stack of money from the glove box and threw it into the back seat, saying: “No matter how annoying you are, it’s wrong for me to hit someone. See if this money is enough compensation.”

The female passenger looked at the scattered hundred-yuan bills next to her and was stunned again.

Damn it, are ride-hailing drivers so 豪横 [háohèng – powerful and overbearing] nowadays?

She quickly picked up the 钞票 [chāopiào – bank note] and counted them. There were a total of 18,000 yuan.

The female passenger suddenly smiled and said, “Big brother, you gave too much; I don’t feel at ease taking it. How about this, give me another slap. Don’t use too much force, so I’ll feel at ease.”

I 草 [cào – a Chinese profanity, similar to “fuck”].

She is really a particular person.

Yang Chen: “Forget it, I really couldn’t hold back just now. Now that I’ve calmed down, I feel there’s no need to do it. Take the money and get out of the car. Be more mindful of time in the future.”

Female passenger: “Big brother, this 18,000 yuan was given by you voluntarily, not asked for by me. You can’t go back on your word and call the police to accuse me of extortion or something.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Don’t worry, definitely not.”

Female passenger: “Then, big brother, have you really calmed down? I was so unreasonable just now; I must have made you angry. How about this, you slap me a few more times, and I’ll give you a discount. Okay?”

I 靠 [kào – another Chinese profanity, similar to “damn” or “shit”]!

Is she starting a business with her face?

Yang Chen: “If you don’t leave, I’ll call the police.”

Female passenger: “Okay, okay. I’ll leave right away, big brother, don’t be angry. I hope I can hail your car every month in the future. Hehe…”

She knows how to make money. If she comes once a month, why go to work?

A good ride-sharing order made Yang Chen feel angry.

It was getting late, Yang Chen didn’t take any more orders and went straight to the district court to watch the excitement.

Soon, the passenger just now gave a review.

“I originally wanted to give a bad review, but looking at the money in my hand, I wanted to give a good review. But after thinking about it carefully, I should still give a bad review, because when I asked him to hit me again, he actually refused, causing me to earn several W [W is a shorthand for ten thousand in Chinese internet slang] less. I’ll give a bad review so he’ll always remember me.”

Damn it, Yang Chen now knew what Wang Nianming meant by that sentence last time.

Before, Wang Nianming beat someone and compensated them two million.

Since then, people have often deliberately provoked him, as if they wanted him to hit them.

Therefore, Wang Nianming said that he is now very 怂 [sǒng – timid], even if he is provoked, he can only 息事宁人 [xī shì níng rén – to patch things up; to smooth things over] and dare not escalate the matter, for fear that he can’t help but 动手 [dòng shǒu – to hit someone] and have to compensate millions again.

Although Wang Nianming’s family is not short of money, compensating millions is also painful, and the key is that he has a feeling of being clearly extorted, which is something he cannot accept.

Now Yang Chen especially understands Wang Nianming’s suffering. He still has to endure in the future and not give others the opportunity to start a business.

At this time, the system issued a reminder.

“Congratulations to the host for receiving a bad review. The system will be applied to all personnel of Xingchen Defense Group, making them absolutely loyal to the host. This reward takes effect immediately.”

Hey!

This reward came in time, solving the problem that Yang Chen did not dare to hand over the artificial rain and cloud electricity technology to engineers.

In the future, these researchers and engineers will operate it, and Yang Chen will continue to enjoy his life.

Soon, Yang Chen arrived at the district court.

Zhang Xiang personally took the lead, and with conclusive evidence, the law

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official directly ruled that Zhang Chengcheng and others’ infringement of Yang Chen and Gao Ning’s right of reputation and other illegal acts were true, and they needed to apologize to Yang Chen and Gao Ning in the newspaper.

The two sides walked out of the court gate, and the reporters who had been waiting for a long time rushed up.

Reporter 1: “Lawyer Zhang, hello, I am a reporter from the People’s Daily. Can you briefly talk to us about the case and the results? Oh, yes, and your personal opinion on this case.”

Zhang Xiang: “The nature of this case is not serious, and it can even be said that there is no need to file a lawsuit. However, the social atmosphere is getting worse and worse, and my client decided to use this case to reverse this unhealthy trend and establish correct values and a legal concept for society. Therefore, he insisted on fighting this lawsuit. In simple terms, these ladies falsely accused one of my clients, Mr. Gao, of 偷拍 [tōupāi – taking photos secretly] without any evidence. After checking the album and proving that Mr. Gao did not 偷拍, they not only did not apologize, but also spoke badly and even cursed with family members. We say that gender is not a reliance on violating the law without bearing legal responsibility. Anyone must bear the consequences for their actions. My client wants to tell everyone through this case that when encountering similar situations, they must bravely resist, must resort to the law, and believe that the law will give you justice and will give the relevant illegal personnel corresponding punishment. I personally very much agree with the client’s ideas and practices. Our era does need people who are serious, otherwise the social atmosphere will get worse and worse. We will announce the relevant details as soon as possible. Anyone interested can pay attention to relevant news. Thank you.”

Reporter 2: “Lawyer Chen, what is your opinion on this case?”

Lawyer Chen: “From a professional point of view, I certainly want to protect my client. But from a fair point of view, I very much agree with the plaintiff’s approach. If this unhealthy trend is not stopped, more serious things will happen sooner or later. Although the lawsuit was lost, the spirit of the rule of law and the values of the Chinese people have not been lost.”

Zhang Chengcheng and others next to them were all stunned. Was this 货 [huò – goods; a derogatory term for a person] a professional lawyer?

Why are they still helping the plaintiff to attack them?

Obviously, they have not yet truly realized where they are wrong. This is also one of the reasons why Yang Chen must be serious. They must know that they are wrong, where they are wrong, and be forced to repent.

As long as these effects can be achieved, Yang Chen’s purpose will be achieved.

Yang Chen was in a great mood and went straight to Xingchen Machinery Factory, which belongs to Xingchen Defense Group.

He could now hand over the technology of artificial rain and cloud electricity to the researchers and production personnel in the factory.

In order to facilitate the matter, Yang Chen sent a message to Qiu Yuhong, asking him to say hello to Zhao He, the director of Xingchen Machinery Factory.

Zhao He received the notice from Qiu Yuhong and immediately came to the factory gate to wait.

As soon as Yang Chen’s car arrived, Zhao He quickly stepped forward to greet him.

“Hello, President Yang, I am Zhao He, the director of Xingchen Machinery Factory. Welcome President Yang to visit and guide. Chairman Qiu said that you don’t like extravagance, so I didn’t call anyone else to greet you. I’ll take you around. Okay?”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and said, “That’s right, don’t delay everyone’s work. Find me a parking space; I’ll park the car first.”

Zhao He: “Okay, okay. President Yang, please follow me.”

Zhao He led the way in front, and Yang Chen drove behind.

After parking the car, Yang Chen followed Zhao He to visit the factory.

At the beginning of the year, according to Yang Chen’s requirements, Shield Security Group was renamed Xingchen Defense, and in addition to retaining its previous business, it also added the production of civilian and military equipment.

Xingchen Machinery Factory was also established at that time and officially started operations in July. Currently, it is mainly in the product research and development stage, producing some general-purpose equipment, such as tractors.

Yang Chen simply doesn’t like the tractor business. It’s just to find something for the workers to do, and to cultivate their production and assembly skills, as well as their work attitude and style.

His goal is to have the factory produce high-end products, even products that peers cannot produce.

Soon, Yang Chen followed Zhao He to the R&D department. It was time to hand over the technology to these R&D personnel.