How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 566

“Uncle, Auntie, you’ve misunderstood. I’m not Miss Yan’s boyfriend,” Yang Chen quickly denied.

Yan Wenxiong and Chen Huiling looked shocked and said in unison, “Ah!”

Yan Ruyu: “Dad, Mom, what are you thinking? He’s not my boyfriend.”

Yan Ruyu’s best friend, Liu Qing, said with a smile, “Xiaoyu, that’s not cool. Uncle and Auntie have already approved, and you’re still denying it. Zhang Chao told me earlier that you found a Didi [ride-hailing service] driver as your boyfriend and was looked down upon by him. I didn’t think you’d be so tasteless as to find a Didi driver, so I came over to see. Now I understand why you would find a Didi driver as your boyfriend. He’s really handsome. We’re best friends, so as long as you really like him, I definitely won’t gossip or discriminate against him just because he’s a Didi driver. Hello, my name is Liu Qing, and I’m Xiaoyu’s best friend. What’s your name?”

Yang Chen: “Hello, Miss Liu, I’m really not Miss Yan’s boyfriend. It’s like this, I picked up a passenger today to go to Jiading North District, and the passenger needed to use the restroom halfway, so I stopped by the side of the road. Coincidentally, Miss Yan came over in her driving test car. I thought there was more than fifty meters of distance, so it shouldn’t affect her, but who knew…”

“Cough cough…” Yan Ruyu coughed deliberately, winking at Yang Chen.

Yang Chen: “Oh, no, the distance wasn’t fifty meters, it was five meters. Because the distance was too close, Miss Yan couldn’t react…”

Yan Ruyu: “Cough cough…”

Yang Chen: “Oh, because I braked too suddenly, causing Miss Yan to not have enough time to dodge, so she had to step on the brakes, causing her to fail the test. Miss Yan said that she failed her fifth driving test and would definitely be laughed at when she got back, so she asked me to come back and explain it to you. It was my sudden braking that caused her to fail the test, not her personal ability.”

Liu Qing: “Ah, is that so! Then why did Zhang Chao say you were Xiaoyu’s boyfriend?”

Chen Huiling: “Okay, we misunderstood. Tell Zhang Chao that Yang Chen is Xiaoyu’s boyfriend.”

Now that things were clear, Yang Chen had to leave quickly.

“Hey, hey, Yang Chen, don’t go! Sister Liu is already cooking, eat before you leave. It’s not a problem that you and Xiaoyu just met, we’re quite satisfied with you. You and Xiaoyu can try dating, what if you two hit it off?” Chen Huiling said, pulling Yang Chen.

Yan Ruyu’s face turned red all of a sudden, and she said, “Oh, Mom, what are you talking about? I just met him, we don’t know each other at all, why are you saying such things.”

Yan Wenxiong: “You don’t like any of the blind date partners I introduce to you. I think Yang Chen is pretty good, and you’re even willing to take him to your room, which means you don’t reject him. Can’t you two try it out? You’re already 24 years old, date for two years and you’ll be 26 when you get married, then have a couple of years of alone time and you’ll be 28. Your parents still hope you’ll have at least two children. You must complete the mission before you’re 30, otherwise it won’t be good for you or the children. Your time is very tight now, you can’t be picky anymore. Yang Chen, you’ve seen our family’s conditions, my daughter has no shortcomings except for being a little petite. You probably have an understanding of my and her mother’s personalities. What do you think about giving it a try?”

To be honest, Yan Wenxiong and Chen Huiling’s personalities were indeed good.

Although Chen Huiling might be a bit particular, she didn’t have the snobbishness of other Hai City [likely refers to Shanghai] old ladies.

If Yang Chen was really just an ordinary Didi driver, he would have to have some serious luck to meet such in-laws.

Before Yang Chen could reply, Liu Qing said, “Isn’t Zhang Chao better than him? He’s just handsome, he can’t compare to Zhang Chao in other aspects. If Xiaoyu and Zhang Chao get married, your two families will join forces, and few people in the entire Hai City would dare to look down on you. You clearly have a better choice, why would you choose a Didi driver? I think you should just give this little brother to me. I’m not picky, and I don’t want to get involved in political marriages. Let Xiaoyu and Zhang Chao join forces.”

Yan Ruyu: “Wow, Xiaoqing, isn’t that inappropriate? Give Zhang Chao to you, you two can join forces.”

Liu Qing: “Are you serious? If I’m with Zhang Chao, it won’t affect the relationship between you and me, right?”

Yan Ruyu: “No! I’ll bless you if you two are together. Sigh, wait… I feel like you’re digging a hole for me to jump into, tempting me to say let you be with Zhang Chao? You’ve had feelings for Zhang Chao for a long time, haven’t you?”

Liu Qing: “Hehe… no, I also want to be in love. I don’t know many boys, so give me Zhang Chao if you don’t want him.”

In fact, Liu Qing liked Zhang Chao and wanted the Zhang and Liu families to become stronger through marriage.

However, Zhang Chao liked Yan Ruyu, and Liu Qing and Yan Ruyu were best friends. Because of this complex relationship, Liu Qing had never dared to express her true feelings.

She was indeed digging a hole for Yan Ruyu just now, just wanting Yan Ruyu to say those words so she could take the opportunity to express her thoughts.

Chen Huiling was a veteran of many battles, and she had competed with more than a dozen women to win Yan Wenxiong.

She saw through Liu Qing’s true thoughts at a glance and said with a smile, “Xiaoqing, if you like Zhang Chao, we encourage you to pursue him. Don’t worry, no matter what the final result is between you and Zhang Chao, it will definitely not affect your relationship with our family. Our family doesn’t need to get involved in any political marriages, we just hope Xiaoyu finds someone she likes.”

Liu Qing: “Okay, since we’ve said everything so frankly, then I’ll be honest. I do like Zhang Chao, but I’ve been worried about affecting my relationship with Xiaoyu, so I haven’t said it. Xiaoyu, are you sure that me being with Zhang Chao won’t affect the relationship between you and me? I don’t want to lose you, my best friend of more than ten years.”

Yan Ruyu: “Oh, you should have said so earlier. If you can win Zhang Chao over, I’ll be happy, so he won’t bother me every day. Go after him boldly, I definitely support you.”

Liu Qing nodded and said, “Okay! Then it’s settled. You guys chat, I’m going to find Zhang Chao.”

Chen Huiling: “Stay for dinner.”

Liu Qing: “Thank you, Auntie, no, I’m going to find Zhang Chao.”

After Liu Qing walked away, Chen Huiling whispered to Yan Ruyu, “Xiaoyu, you should interact with Liu Qing less in the future. She’s too patient, and she even digs holes for you to achieve her goals. It’s a small matter now, so it doesn’t have much impact, but if you encounter something big in the future and she plays this trick on you again,

the consequences would be unimaginable.”

Yan Ruyu: “Oh, Mom, you’re overthinking it. Xiaoqing and I have been best friends for more than ten years, she wouldn’t hurt me. Yang Chen, you can choose for yourself now. Do you want to leave, or stay for dinner?”

Chen Huiling: “You child, how can you say that? Of course he has to stay for dinner. Sister Zhang made his meal, how can we let him leave? Yang Chen, don’t go, stay for dinner, let’s have a good chat.”

Just as Yang Chen was about to refuse, Sister Zhang came.

The servants had almost prepared lunch, and now they could wash their hands and prepare to eat.

Since the meal was already prepared, Yang Chen didn’t decline and stayed for dinner.

Yan Ruyu quietly ran away, went back to her room to change into a ladylike outfit, and then came down to eat.

Yan Wenxiong and Chen Huiling saw it and were happy.

It seemed that their daughter was willing to try with Yang Chen, otherwise she wouldn’t have specially changed into such a ladylike outfit.

That’s right, a Didi driver is easy to handle. A rich young master is not only difficult to handle, but you also have to guard against him having women outside.

Yan Wenxiong and Chen Huiling were so enthusiastic that Yang Chen usually only ate one bowl of rice, but today he was persuaded to eat two bowls, and he was a little full.

Yang Chen still had to go to the Star Chen Mechanical Factory to inspect the 100 rain-making bombs for the US and Canada, so he left after dinner.

Chen Huiling: “Yang Chen, come over and play when you have time. Just drive the Didi for fun, don’t treat it as a job.”

Yan Wenxiong: “That’s right, making time to go out with Xiaoyu is the right thing to do.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… thank you for your warm hospitality, Uncle and Auntie. I’ll come over often when I have time. Goodbye, I’m leaving.”

Chen Huiling pushed her daughter and said, “Xiaoyu, you send Yang Chen to the entrance of the community, so the security guard won’t make things difficult for him.”

Yan Ruyu lowered her head and followed Yang Chen into the car.

“Uncle, Auntie, you are really enthusiastic. Thank you for your family’s hospitality, I’m very happy,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Yan Ruyu: “That’s good… that… what my dad, my mom… said…”

Yang Chen: “Oh, you don’t have to worry, I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear it, it doesn’t matter, I won’t be affected.”

Yan Ruyu: “Ah? My parents talked to you all afternoon, and you pretended you didn’t hear it? That… that’s not good…”

Yang Chen turned to look at Yan Ruyu and asked with a smile, “What do you mean by that? You don’t really want to try dating me, do you?”

Yan Ruyu: “My parents said so, and I’m an obedient child, I…”

“Damn!” Yang Chen shouted suddenly.

Yan Ruyu looked at Yang Chen with a pout, and said, “What do you mean by that?”

At this moment, Yang Chen slammed on the brakes and stopped.

Zhang Chao and Liu Qing suddenly walked into the middle of the road, blocking Yang Chen’s path.

Yan Ruyu quickly stuck her head out and asked, “What are you two doing?”

Zhang Chao walked to Yang Chen’s side and said, “Brother, since you two are not in a relationship, don’t contact each other in the future. Here is a check for 100,000 yuan [approximately $14,000 USD], consider it my thank you fee. People of our level are not someone you can climb up to, you should understand what I mean.”

Liu Qing’s expression said it all, she must have failed to confess to Zhang Chao.

Yan Ruyu: “Zhang Chao, are you crazy? It’s not up to you to tell me who I can date and be friends with. Xiaoqing likes you, you should date her. You don’t have to think about me, even if all the men in the world die, I won’t date you. I really have no interest in you at all, feelings can’t be forced. Right?”

Zhang Chao: “I don’t mind waiting for you.”

Yan Ruyu: “But I mind. Xiaoqing likes you, you must be with her. Yang Chen, let’s go.”

Yang Chen smiled and took the check from Zhang Chao’s hand, and said, “100,000 yuan is quite a lot, I accept this deal. I’m just a Didi driver, I really shouldn’t have any thoughts about people of your level. 100,000 yuan is more practical. Thank you, Young Master Zhang.”

Yan Ruyu: “Yang Chen! Are you kidding me? If you marry me, my family’s billions of assets will be our joint property. What do you want his 100,000 yuan for? Can you even do math?”

Yang Chen: “I’m not greedy, this 100,000 yuan will really belong to me. Those billions of assets you mentioned are too illusory, I have no interest in them. Get out of the car quickly, you’re wasting half of my day’s business.”

Yan Ruyu looked at Yang Chen with a shocked and angry expression. She really couldn’t accept that Yang Chen would agree not to contact her for 100,000 yuan.

Zhang Chao said with a contemptuous expression, “Xiaoyu, do you see that? You are simply from two different worlds. To him, 100,000 yuan is a huge sum of money, and he can abandon you for this little money. If you two force yourselves to be together, and someone offers 1 million, 10 million, 100 million in the future, he will definitely abandon you without hesitation. It’s not rational for you to still want to be friends with this kind of person.”

Yan Ruyu’s tears were welling up in her eyes, and she was about to cry.

“You disappoint me too much!” Yan Ruyu said, holding back her tears, and then opened the door and got out of the car.

Yang Chen drove away, and a check floated out of the car window.

Yan Ruyu ran home crying and sat on the sofa, silently shedding tears.

Chen Huiling: “Xiaoyu, what’s wrong? Did you quarrel with Yang Chen?”

Yan Ruyu: “He accepted 100,000 yuan from Zhang Chao and promised not to contact me in the future. Am I not even worth 100,000 yuan in his heart?”

Yan Wenxiong: “This kid must be full of it, right? If he becomes our son-in-law, billions of assets will be his, why does he want that 100,000 yuan?”

Chen Huiling: “Sigh… poverty limits his vision. I’m watching Xiaoyu, you go to the company to attend the meeting. We must win the Jinjiang Development project, so we can take this opportunity to meet Boss Yang.”

Yan Wenxiong: “Okay! Xiaoyu, don’t cry, maybe your fate hasn’t arrived yet, you can’t force it. It’s good to see his true colors now, at least you don’t have to waste time on him. Dad has to go to the company to attend the meeting, I’m leaving first.”

Yan Ruyu nodded and said, “Go ahead, be safe on the road.”

At this time, at Liu Qing’s house.

Liu Qing’s father was putting on his shoes and said, “Xiaoqing, don’t run around at home, take care of grandpa and grandma for your mom. I’m going to the company. By the way, find a chance to visit Yan Ruyu’s house later and find out what their bid for Jinjiang Development Company is.”

Liu Qing: “Oh, I know.”

Yan Ruyu’s Yan’s Holding Group wants to invest in Jinjiang Development’s commercial district in Beicheng, and hopes to take this opportunity to get to know Yang Chen, and invest more in the Star Chen Group’s industries in the future, so they can make money while lying down.

Liu Qing’s Wenyuan Real Estate also wants to win the cooperation quota released by Jinjiang Development. They don’t want to get involved with Yang Chen, they just want to participate in the development of the Beicheng commercial district.

Although the two families have different ultimate goals, their ideas are the same, that is, they must win the cooperation quota of Jinjiang Development.

Not only these two families want to win the cooperation quota of Jinjiang Development, Zhang Chao’s Superman Holding also wants to win this cooperation quota.

After a while, Zhang Chao sent a message to Liu Qing.

“Xiaoqing, come out, I want to talk to you.”

Liu Qing quickly changed into a beautiful dress and happily went to see Zhang Chao.

Liu Qing thought Zhang Chao was going to give her a chance to try to get along, but she was overthinking it.

Zhang Chao called her out for the same purpose as her father’s task before leaving.

“Can you find out from Xiaoyu’s family what price they are going to offer? Also, I want to know what price your family is offering. If our family can win this cooperation quota, we can get involved with the Star Chen Group, and our family won’t have to think about getting involved in political marriages with the Yan family, and I can freely choose the girl I like. Do you understand what I mean?”

It has to be said that Zhang Chao is good at PUA [Psychological manipulation], and Liu Qing immediately wanted to “understand” what he meant.

“As long as you can be with me, I’m willing to help you with this,” Liu Qing said with a smile.

Zhang Chao: “Then it’s settled. If I can choose the person I like, I will definitely choose someone who likes me, and I will never want a girl like Yan Ruyu who doesn’t take me seriously.”

Liu Qing was overjoyed, she felt that Zhang Chao was just short of saying her name directly.

“Okay! I understand your heart, I will definitely help you,” Liu Qing said happily.

…

An hour later, Yang Chen arrived at the Star Chen Mechanical Factory.

Because he was worried about whether the 100 rain-making bombs prepared by the workers were mixed with the stealth version, Yang Chen carefully checked them one by one with everyone.

After confirming that the 100 rain-making bombs were all ordinary models, Yang Chen was relieved and let them load them into the truck and send them to the airport.

The military arranged for people to inspect at the airport, and only the rain-making bombs that passed the inspection could be sent to the plane.

At nine o’clock in the evening, the special plane flew directly to Hawaii.

At this time, the US had made preparations, and a team of hundreds of people composed of missile experts, material experts, etc. had entered the Hawaii military base in advance.

As soon as the plane landed, they could immediately study the world’s most advanced rain-making bombs.

It was snowing, and the roads were icy and unsafe, so Yang Chen didn’t drive and was playing poker with Yu Shishi in the quilt.

At ten o’clock, Yang Chen’s phone rang.

“Oh, Ambassador Wang is calling. Shishi, keep your voice down, I’ll answer the phone,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Yu Shishi looked up at him and nodded, then continued to be busy.

Yang Chen answered the phone and said with a smile, “Ambassador Wang, what’s the matter?”

Wang Junan: “Haha… the US representative found me and questioned me why they were given ordinary rain-making bombs instead of rain-making bombs that could evade the THAAD [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] system.

I said I didn’t know, and he said he wanted to communicate with you directly. Do you want to talk to them?”

Yang Chen: “Yes. I’ll give you a work number, let them call this number and talk to me.”

Wang Junan: “Okay, tell me the number.”

Wang Junan recorded the number and then hung up the phone.

Two minutes later, a number from the United States called.

“Hello, is this Mr. Yang Chen, the boss of Star Chen Defense Group? This is Floyd Rivers, a US missile expert. I’m very happy to talk to you.”

Yang Chen: “Hello, Mr. Rivers, I’m Yang Chen. What’s the matter with you?”

Rivers: “We ordered a batch of rain-making bombs from you, and we wanted the kind that could evade the THAAD system, not ordinary rain-making bombs, do you understand what I mean?”

Yang Chen: “Who told you that rain-making bombs can evade the THAAD system? Brother, rain-making bombs are of course used for rain, not for breaking through other countries’ air defense systems. Your request is like buying a car and asking it to fly. Don’t you think it’s too much?”

Rivers: “But what we want is rain-making bombs that can evade the THAAD system. If it’s not this kind of rain-making bomb, why would we spend 1 billion US dollars to buy it?”

Yang Chen: “Our rain-making bombs have good effects. These 100 are enough to help you put out the fire.”

Rivers: “But we don’t really need rain-making bombs, we just want to study what stealth materials your rain-making bombs use and why they can evade the THAAD system. If you don’t give us rain-making bombs with stealth capabilities now, why should we buy them? We want to return the goods!”

Yang Chen: “Sorry, there is no quality problem with the goods. Once sold, they cannot be returned or exchanged.”

Rivers: “You… you are a fraud, we are going to sue you!”

Yang Chen: “Whatever, I have plenty of lawyers to play with you. Anything else? If not, I’m hanging up, I’m busy here.”

Rivers: “You will pay the price for your actions, you wait!”

Yang Chen: “Okay! I’m waiting. Hanging up.”

Yang Chen hung up the phone with a smile, not taking them seriously at all.

At noon, the US Embassy posted a Weibo [Chinese microblogging website (similar to Twitter)], and attached a lawyer’s letter.

The general content is to sue Star Chen Defense Group for selling fake goods on behalf of the US military. What they wanted was the kind of rain-making bomb that Star Chen Defense Group did the experiment on in the live broadcast before, but what Star Chen Defense handed over to them was ordinary rain-making bombs.

Soon Yang Chen received a report, and he immediately called Chen Xi.

Yang Chen: “Chen Xi, your time to be tested has come. Take a look at the Weibo of the US Embassy and post a counterattack Weibo. I’ll have someone take pictures of the contracts of both parties and send them to you. You should focus on explaining that the contract only says that rain-making bombs are needed, and there is no clear requirement for artificial variable orbit guidance and stealth function. Do you understand what I mean?”

Chen Xi: “Understood. I’ll do it right away.”

Half an hour later, Chen Xi posted a counterattack Weibo under the Star Chen Defense Group account.

The general meaning is that the US and Canada only said that they wanted rain-making bombs, and it was enough for the rain-making bombs to make rain. Artificial guidance and stealth are not functions that rain-making bombs should have. It is unreasonable to make extra demands. The responsibility is not on the Star Chen Defense Group.

The Star Chen Defense Group does not bear any responsibility.

Netizens understood what was going on and left messages to express their opinions.

“I understand, the foreigners want Star Chen Defense’s stealth rain-making bombs to study what stealth materials they use. But the foreigners are worried that if they say it too clearly, Star Chen Defense and Longguo [China] will not sell them, so they deliberately don’t mention these, and only say that they want rain-making bombs produced by Star Chen Defense. As a result, Boss Yang played a trick of pretending to be confused, and sold them 100 ordinary rain-making bombs at a sky-high price of 1 billion US dollars. Boss Yang’s trick is too ruthless, he’s harvesting leeks [taking advantage of someone].”

“666, Boss Yang is getting bolder and bolder, he even dares to harvest the US and Canadian military. Haha…”

“I think Boss Yang is so wronged, rain-making bombs can make rain, why should they require guidance and stealth? That’s an intercontinental missile, not a rain-making bomb.”

“Damn! I’m a little worried about Boss Yang, this is a bit too big, the money is not much, but the insult is very strong, he will definitely be retaliated by foreigners.”

…

Whether it was a coincidence or not, Wall Street investment banks led by the Lion Fund jointly issued an announcement.

“Because Yang Chen of the Star Chen Group is too arrogant and robs our country’s wealth, we have decided to give him a lesson and take back the wealth that he robbed that should belong to us. From now on, we will comprehensively short Longguo concept stocks. We will never stop until Yang Chen kneels down and apologizes!”

Here it comes, it’s finally here.

These people have been planning for more than three months, and they are finally going to do it.

The 200 billion US dollars rewarded to Yang Chen by the system, and the 680 billion US dollars that Yang Chen secretly mobilized to prepare to fight back against the Wall Street consortium, have long been eager to try.

This time Yang Chen will let them know what it means to be one against a hundred and richer than a country!