How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 57

You Earn Over 10,000 a Month Driving an Online Taxi? What’s Wrong with a Taxi Driver Having Some Money?

Seeing Yang Chen and Wang Jiayi come down empty-handed, the store manager’s expression immediately changed.

She had just told her to make sure Yang Chen bought something, so why did he come down empty-handed?

The store manager asked with a straight face, “Jiayi, didn’t you find anything Mr. Yang liked?”

Wang Jiayi quickly replied, “Sister Liu, Mr. Yang wants to order a Lisnel suit. I’ve already taken the measurements. Please contact Italy and have it made and sent over as soon as possible.”

The store manager’s face changed faster than the weather, and she immediately smiled, saying, “Okay, okay. Let me see the measurements.”

Wang Jiayi handed the record sheet to the store manager.

According to the data, Yang Chen wanted to order underwear, a jacket, shoes, and all the items together totaled about 98,000.

This was a significant order.

“Haha… Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your support. I will contact Italy immediately, and it will arrive in about half a month at the earliest. I’ll have Jiayi contact you then, or we can deliver it directly to your home,” the store manager said obsequiously.

When she saw Yang Chen come down empty-handed, her displeasure was almost palpable.

Now she was acting like a pug begging its owner for a treat; the change was drastic.

Yang Chen paid the deposit and got the receipt.

Xu Xiaowan and Fang Huihui also quickly paid their bills, and then the three of them left.

Wang Jiayi watched Yang Chen leave, then leaned against the glass door, feeling dejected and lost in thought.

…

In the car.

“Where are we going now?” Yang Chen asked.

Fang Huihui immediately replied, “To the Peninsula Hotel.”

Yang Chen nodded and drove to the Peninsula Hotel.

Fang Huihui teased, “How many trips will you have to make to earn 98,000? You’re quite willing to spend money to impress girls.”

Yang Chen laughed and said, “I just happened to see some clothes I liked. It’s rare to find exactly what you want.”

A sneer appeared on the corner of Fang Huihui’s mouth as she thought, “You’re flirting with my cousin while also messing around outside. You’re really a complete scumbag. As expected, no man is a good thing. Luckily, I don’t like men. My cousin is too naive; I can’t watch her fall into the tiger’s mouth. I have to save her. Why not introduce my cousin to Manager Zhang? If there’s this extra layer of connection, my promotion to team leader will be a sure thing. Manager Zhang is knowledgeable and rich; my cousin will definitely be happy for the rest of her life with him. This is a win-win situation.”

So, Fang Huihui took out her phone and sent a few WeChat messages…

Soon they arrived at the hotel, and Yang Chen parked the car.

“I’ll go up and have a meal too. Call me when you’re done,” Yang Chen said.

Having arrived at his own territory, and it being lunchtime, he definitely had to go up and have a meal.

Fang Huihui quickly said, “No need to bother; you can eat with us. You’re Xiaowan’s classmate, not an outsider. Xiaowan, what do you say?”

Of course Xu Xiaowan wanted to eat with Yang Chen; she quickly nodded and replied, “Yes! Yang Chen, don’t eat alone; join us.”

Yang Chen felt that although he wasn’t very familiar with Fang Huihui, he was a classmate with Xu Xiaowan, so eating together wouldn’t be too awkward, so he nodded and accepted the invitation.

But when he arrived at the private room, he found that there were already six people inside.

To be honest, Yang Chen felt a little regret.

None of these six people were people he knew; it would be too awkward to eat together.

According to Fang Huihui’s introduction, these were all her colleagues.

Among them, there were two most important figures: the Human Resources Manager Zhao Qin, and the Investment Manager Yang Zhiqiang.

Xu Xiaowan’s university major was marketing, which had nothing to do with investment.

If they wanted to get her into the company to learn about investment, they naturally needed to get through to the heads of these two departments.

After Fang Huihui finished the introductions, Xu Xiaowan quickly greeted everyone.

Afterwards, the six people’s gazes all fell on Yang Chen.

Fang Huihui quickly introduced, “This is Yang Chen, my cousin’s university classmate. They are in an ambiguous stage, you know.”

“Haha…”

“Got it, got it…”

Yang Zhiqiang and the others responded.

Xu Xiaowan immediately blushed embarrassedly and whispered to Fang Huihui, “Cousin, why are you saying this?”

Fang Huihui replied with a smile, “I have to explain your relationship; otherwise, his appearance here would be too abrupt, wouldn’t it?”

Fang Huihui had already sent a WeChat message to Yang Zhiqiang, telling him to severely criticize Yang Chen in front of Xu Xiaowan, so that she would feel ashamed to be with him, and then she would no longer like him.

Once Xu Xiaowan no longer liked Yang Chen, Fang Huihui would match her up with Yang Zhiqiang.

In the future, Manager Yang would have to call Fang Huihui “Cousin,” wouldn’t her promotion to team leader be a sure thing?

When Yang Zhiqiang saw how beautiful Xu Xiaowan was, he was immediately filled with lust.

Earlier, when Fang Huihui sent a message saying she wanted to introduce Xu Xiaowan to him, he was a little worried that Xu Xiaowan would be like Fang Huihui, like a man, and he was a little unwilling.

Now it seemed he was overthinking it. Xu Xiaowan was not only beautiful but also looked very naive. Experienced workplace men liked this kind of innocent girl who had not seen the world the most.

Yang Zhiqiang used his identity as the investment manager to have already slept with several new female subordinates.

Now, Xu Xiaowan had entered his list of potential targets.

Therefore, it was very necessary to make Xu Xiaowan no longer like Yang Chen.

If she was single and slept with him, it would be a consensual thing.

But if she had a boyfriend and slept with him, it might cause some disputes, and even lead to murder. There were cases of this happening.

Having fun was one thing, but he had to ensure his own safety.

Yang Zhiqiang smiled and greeted Yang Chen, “You’re Miss Xu’s classmate. Come, sit down. Oh, it’s unfortunate. There are only eight seats; there’s no seat for you. Um, Xiao Liu, go ask the waiter to bring an extra chair. We can squeeze together; we can still fit.”

Xiao Liu nodded and quickly ran out to find a waiter.

Fang Huihui pretended to say to Yang Chen, “I’m sorry; I forgot there weren’t enough seats.”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “It’s okay; I can open a private room myself, and you can find me after you’re done eating.”

After speaking, Yang Chen turned to leave.

Fang Huihui quickly stepped forward and grabbed him, saying, “Oh, it’s just a matter of adding a chair; there’s no need to open a private room. It’s not easy for you to drive an online taxi [ride-hailing service], why waste money?”

Xu Xiaowan quickly said, “Cousin, actually he…”

Fang Huihui immediately interrupted, “Oh, alright, alright, don’t say anything, just add a chair.”

Actually, Xu Xiaowan wanted to say that besides driving an online taxi, Yang Chen also had shares in Baoqing Restaurant, so he wasn’t short of money at all.

At this time, Xiao Liu came in with a waiter, who was holding a chair in his hand, and placed it next to the table.

The waiter felt that Yang Chen looked familiar but couldn’t remember where he had seen him before.

While waiting for the food, Yang Zhiqiang chatted with Yang Chen.

“Mr. Yang, how is your income driving an online taxi usually? I heard that you guys can earn more than 10,000 a month in this industry. Is that true?” Yang Zhiqiang asked.

The others immediately chimed in.

“Wow, is the income that high? We work so hard managing investments, and we only earn a little over 10,000 a month.”

“If I had known that driving an online taxi was so profitable, I wouldn’t have even gone to college; I would have just gone to drive an online taxi. I worked so hard to get a master’s degree, and in the end, my income is about the same as someone who drives an online taxi. Didn’t I waste my time in college and getting a master’s degree?”

“Brother, when I don’t want to do investment anymore, I’ll go drive an online taxi with you; you have to take care of me.”

“Haha…”

These people had a sense of superiority on their faces, and their tone was full of contempt, clearly mocking Yang Chen.

Yang Chen was puzzled. He hadn’t said or done anything impolite or disrespectful since he came in, so why did these people seem to be targeting him?

Was it because he was an online taxi driver?

Then they were too shallow.

Since they felt that their profession was high-end and online taxi drivers were low, then why were they targeting Yang Chen?

Or was he overthinking it?

They didn’t mean to target him; they were just making conversation?