How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 617

The Great War (1)

Yang Chen dropped Liu Naixin back at her station and then went straight home.

When he got home, Yu Shishi and Xue Yinong quickly came out to greet him.

Xue Yinong: “Ah Chen, you’re back.”

Yang Chen: “Yeah. How was attending the animal head donation ceremony?”

Xue Yinong: “Not bad. I represented you, so they were all very respectful to me. During lunch, leaders from the Palace Museum and Poly Group asked Mr. Huang to find a way to get the remaining animal heads back. Mr. Huang said that currently, only the dragon head is confirmed to be in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. The whereabouts of the remaining snake, sheep, rooster, and dog heads are unknown. However, he will keep an eye out and try to get them back as soon as he has any news, and he will definitely work hard to reunite all twelve zodiac signs.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Chairman Huang is still very patriotic, just like Mr. Fok [Henry Fok, a Hong Kong businessman]. Is the food here?”

Yu Shishi: “It’s here.”

Yang Chen: “Great! Let’s wash our hands and eat!”

Xue Yinong and Yu Shishi each took one of Yang Chen’s arms, and the three happily went inside to eat.

It’s much more lively with more people. It’s really depressing when Yang Chen is alone in such a big villa.

The three ate and chatted.

Yang Chen: “Shishi, tell the factory in charge of producing medical equipment that they can officially start production now. But the confidentiality work must still be done well. Anyone who dares to leak the news in advance must be held legally responsible. I’ll have Jin Ming secretly infiltrate the medical equipment stocks first. Once she completes the fund infiltration, I’ll notify you to release the news.”

Yu Shishi: “Okay.”

Xue Yinong: “Medical equipment can be mass-produced?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! Your Phoenix Investment can also secretly invest some funds in medical equipment stocks in advance. If necessary, you can communicate with Jin Ming.”

Xue Yinong: “Okay! If our medical equipment can successfully replace imported goods, the value of the first batch of goods alone will exceed 100 billion, right? There will also be stable maintenance revenue afterward, and the profitability will be stable. Are you going to list the Star Chen Medical Group?”

Yang Chen: “No listing. We don’t lack money, so there’s no need to list such a profitable company and share dividends with others.”

Xue Yinong: “Several of my friends have asked me if Star Chen Medical Group accepts equity participation. Should I reject them all?”

Yang Chen: “Yes. I still want to change the Dragon Country’s medical market. I don’t want anyone pointing fingers at me, so I don’t accept any investment. Oh, right, Shishi, how is the national mobile hospital chain APP you were working on doing?”

Yu Shishi: “It’s already done and is in the final testing phase. We’re trying to find and fix any bugs.”

Yang Chen: “OK! Very good. Come, let’s have a drink, a toast to the official launch of our trillion-dollar medical empire!”

Xue Yinong and Yu Shishi quickly raised their glasses and clinked them with Yang Chen, and then the three drank it all in one gulp.

Yang Chen wasn’t driving tonight, so he could drink freely. Before they knew it, the three of them had finished two bottles of Romanée-Conti [a prestigious and expensive Burgundy wine].

People with good drinking habits go to sleep when they’ve had too much. The three of them all had good drinking habits, so they quickly went to sleep…

Early the next morning, Yang Chen received good news.

Moutai [a type of Chinese liquor] and Dove simultaneously announced that their collaborative liquor-filled chocolates were officially on sale in Tmall [a Chinese e-commerce website] and other flagship stores.

Yang Chen happily went downstairs, where Xue Yinong and Yu Shishi were making breakfast.

Xue Yinong: “So happy. Did you have a good time last night?”

Yang Chen: “Not bad. Moutai and Dove released their liquor-filled chocolates. I’ll have them send some over for you to eat later.”

Yu Shishi: “Moutai and Dove are collaborating again. Are you trying to get young people to fully accept Moutai?”

Yang Chen: “Young people definitely won’t accept Moutai as is. They don’t like drinking baijiu [Chinese liquor]. But with Moutai’s brand effect, products co-branded with Moutai probably won’t have trouble selling. The main thing is to make money. It doesn’t matter whether they accept it or not. When they get older, they will naturally fall in love with baijiu.”

Xue Yinong: “Haha… Moutai is probably overjoyed. Putting your name on it not only makes the stock price soar, but also occasionally launching a co-branded product to hype it up, and the stock price continues to rise. It should be 2,500 now.”

Yang Chen: “As long as you don’t sell the equity, a high stock price is just a string of numbers and has no practical significance.”

Yu Shishi: “Go wash your face and brush your teeth. Breakfast is ready.”

Yang Chen nodded, quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face, and then came back to enjoy a delicious breakfast under the careful care of Yu Shishi and Xue Yinong.

Ah, this is what life is all about. It really wasn’t a good feeling to be alone in an empty house the past two days.

After breakfast, Yang Chen went to Liu Naixin again to continue filming.

…

Unknowingly, more than ten days passed, and the 10th special task was still not completed.

After lunch, Yang Chen came to Auntie Liu’s house again to give her treatment.

Auntie Liu opened the door and said with a smile, “Little Yang, you’re here. Come in, come in quickly.”

Liu Naixin: “Old lady, how are you feeling today?”

Auntie Liu shook her legs and said, “Much better. After half a month of treatment by Little Yang, I’m no different from a normal person now. I just can’t walk too fast, and the range of motion can’t be too large, but that’s enough for me.”

Yang Chen: “Today, I’ll do the last acupuncture treatment, and then I’ll prescribe another new medicine for you. You can go to the pharmacy and have them prepare it for you, and then boil it yourself and drink it for half a month. This problem will be cured.”

Auntie Liu: “Thank you, thank you. Little Yang, I really don’t know how to thank you. It’s sad to say that we old couple raised a pair of children who have both gone abroad, and no one cares about us. When we ask them to treat my illness, they make all kinds of excuses to shirk responsibility. If the old man hadn’t been lucky enough to meet you on the street, I’m afraid I would have been paralyzed until I died.”

The old man said with a smile, “Officer, I have something to tell you!”

Yang Chen replied with a smile, “Okay! Old man, what do you want to say!”

The old man: “We old couple want to give you two houses. Can you take care of us until we die?”

It seems that the old couple has been hurt a bit deeply by their children, and they have decided to give their property to others.

However, it has been exposed in the news many times that when old people need care, no one cares, but once they give away or donate their property, all kinds of relatives and friends appear.

With Yang Chen’s current wealth, he certainly doesn’t care about two old and small residential buildings. There’s no need to cause trouble for himself for such a small amount of money. If they go around saying that he defrauded the old people of their property, those brainless keyboard warriors [internet trolls] won’t care about the truth.

They will definitely blindly attack Yang Chen regardless of the truth.

Don’t look at Yang Chen being only thirty years old. His understanding of human nature and social experience is deeper than most people.

Yang Chen: “Haha… Thank you for your kindness, but I definitely can’t take the property. However, if you need help, you can contact the Star Chen Charity Foundation. I’ll say hello to them later. As long as you have difficulties and ask them, they will definitely help you. Okay?”

The old man: “Ah? You don’t want it? We really want to give it to you, willingly.”

Auntie Liu also quickly said, “Yes, Little Yang, we really want to give it to you willingly. You don’t have to worry that my son and daughter or other relatives will cause you trouble. We can go to the notary office for notarization and find a lawyer to witness it. I’ve already inquired about it. It can be done this way.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Thank you, but I really can’t take it. If you really don’t want to leave the property to others, you can sell it now and go to a nursing home. The Star Chen Charity Foundation has nursing homes with professional caregivers and doctors providing 24-hour care every day, ensuring that you can enjoy your old age.”

Auntie Liu: “I heard that nursing homes mistreat you if you don’t have family members.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… You two can rest assured about this. I guarantee that this will not happen. The Star Chen Charity Foundation is my foundation. My name is Yang Chen, and the Star Chen Group is all my company. The nursing homes affiliated with the foundation cooperate with Dawn Hospital. Old people can get rescued as soon as possible if any problems occur. Even if you don’t have money, it doesn’t matter. The foundation will pay in advance, and then negotiate solutions slowly through insurance or other means. In short, you two can go there with peace of mind. With my reputation as a guarantee, you can completely rest assured.”

Auntie Liu: “Okay! Then I’ll discuss it with the old man.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Well, this acupuncture is done. Officer Liu, I’ll tell you what to write.”

Liu Naixin nodded and quickly found paper and pen to write a prescription according to what Yang Chen said.

The old man handed the prescription to Auntie Liu and said, “Old lady, take this prescription to the pharmacy and have them prepare the medicine for you. Drink it once in the morning and once in the evening, and stop after drinking it for half a month. I guarantee you can walk as fast as other healthy old people.”

Auntie Liu: “Haha… Okay, okay. Thank you, Little Yang. I really don’t know how to thank you. Let me give you some consultation fee. Is 10,000 enough?”

Yang Chen: “No need. I’m just doing a good deed and don’t ask for anything in return. We’re leaving. You two take care of yourselves.”

The old couple sent Yang Chen and Liu Naixin out the door, watching them get in the car and leave.

Auntie Liu: “Old man, what do we do now? Should we sell the house and go to a nursing home, or should we continue to hold on?”

The old man: “Let’s go to a nursing home. It sounds pretty good, according to Little Yang. Let’s sell one house first. A few million will be enough for us to live on for a while. No matter who of us dies first, the remaining one will still have a house as a guarantee. If the children come back to take care of us, we’ll give them the house. If the children don’t come back to take care of us, then we’ll sell it again and exchange it for money to continue living in the nursing home. What do you say?”

Auntie Liu nodded with a smile and said, “Okay, okay. I hope I die first. Don’t die before me. I can’t handle your funeral alone. I’ll die first, and you can take care of it.

You. Haha…”

As soon as Yang Chen took Liu Naixin out of the residential area, the system finally issued a reminder again.

“Congratulations to the host for completing a special task. The current task progress is 10/10. Congratulations to the host for completing the task. The system will be applied to all members of the Yutian Technology R&D team, making them forever absolutely loyal to the host.”

“Applying…”

“Application successful, effective immediately!”

“The host can safely hand over the satellite technology to them.”

Yang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He finally completed the task after working for a month.

The Dragon Country [China] version of the Starlink plan can officially begin!

In the evening, Yang Chen said to Liu Naixin, “Officer Liu, I’m very happy to have cooperated with you for these ten days. I have new work to do, so I can’t continue filming with you in the future. I wish your legal popularization program will get better and better, so that more people can understand traffic laws.”

The smile on Liu Naixin’s face suddenly froze, and then she reluctantly smiled and said, “Yeah. I’m also very happy to have cooperated with President Yang for so many days. This will be the most unforgettable time of my life.”

Yang Chen: “Let’s go, I’ll treat you to a farewell dinner.”

Liu Naixin: “Haha… Okay! Then I won’t be polite.”

Yang Chen: “No need to be polite, get in the car!”

Yang Chen took Liu Naixin to Tang Court [likely a high-end restaurant] and ordered a large table of dishes to eat.

Liu Naixin: “President Yang, let’s use tea instead of wine. I’ll toast you a cup. Thank you for your help during this time. Especially with your help, our program has a lot of traffic, and the number of account fans has exceeded 5 million. This achievement is something I never dared to imagine before.”

Yang Chen smiled and raised his water glass to touch hers, and then the two drank it all in one gulp to express their feelings.

Although there was a table full of delicacies in front of her, Liu Naixin couldn’t eat it.

Yang Chen said that this was their farewell dinner, and after eating it, it meant that the two of them might not meet again in the future.

Seeing Liu Naixin was depressed, Yang Chen asked with a smile, “What’s wrong? Are these dishes not to your taste?”

Liu Naixin quickly explained, “No, no, they’re all delicious. Many of them are things I’ve never eaten before. It’s just… after eating, I’ll be parting ways with you, and I feel very sad.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… It’s just that we won’t be cooperating on filming programs anymore. It’s not like we can’t meet in the future.”

Liu Naixin: “Then do you think we might meet again in the future?”

Yang Chen: “Of course it’s possible! There’s a long time to come. I also drive a ride-hailing car. Maybe I’ll see you on the street one day.”

Liu Naixin reluctantly smiled and nodded, “That’s true. Let’s eat, let’s eat. Hehe…”

Half an hour later, the two finished dinner.

Yang Chen still took Liu Naixin back to the traffic police brigade and said goodbye to the captain, Li Rongke, in person.

Leaving the traffic police brigade, Yang Chen was just about to go online on his Bilibili [a Chinese video sharing website] account to solicit customers when Wang Anshuang, the president of SKP [a high-end department store chain], called him.

Wang Anshuang: “Mr. Yang, good evening. Is it convenient to talk now?”

Yang Chen: “Yeah, go ahead.”

Wang Anshuang: “It’s like this, the location of Hefei SKP has been finalized. It also coincides with the opening of the world’s largest urban park built there. The Hefei city government wants to invite you to participate in the opening ceremony and the SKP groundbreaking ceremony. Do you have time? They said they can decide the opening date and groundbreaking date according to your time.”

Yang Chen: “Ah? Do they have to see me?”

Wang Anshuang: “Yes! Mayor Luo of Hefei said that he just wants to meet you and talk about other possible investments in person.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! When were they originally planning to open and break ground?”

Wang Anshuang: “March 1st.”

Yang Chen: “Oh, there are still more than ten days. Okay, you can reply to them that I will definitely go to meet them, but I won’t participate in the public ceremony.”

Wang Anshuang: “Okay. Then I’ll call Mayor Luo immediately to explain and let them prepare in advance.”

Yang Chen: “Yeah.”

In fact, Yang Chen is still very optimistic about the future development of Hefei. Its positioning is the capital of science and technology. If it develops steadily according to the plans of the country and the local government, the top technologies of the future will be produced here.

The geographical location of Wan Province [Anhui Province, where Hefei is the capital] is also very good, connecting north and south, and connecting east and west. It also combines the power of the entire province to enrich one city. It is difficult for Hefei not to develop.

The most, most, most, most important point is that Hefei has the University of Science and Technology of Dragon [University of Science and Technology of China, a top university], and this university guarantees that it can develop towards the capital of science and technology. Other competing cities such as Zheng City do not have this condition.

The Hefei city government has taken a fancy to Yang Chen’s funds, and Yang Chen has taken a fancy to their University of Science and Technology of Dragon. Both parties get what they need.

Early the next morning, Yang Chen took the satellite data to Jinling Yutian Technology Company.

At more than eleven o’clock, Yang Chen arrived at Yutian Technology Company and met Gao Yu, the legal person and general manager.

Gao Yu: “Mr. Yang, you’ve finally arrived. We’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I’ve been a little busy during this time after the New Year. I just resumed work.”

Gao Yu: “Understood, understood. President Yang has so many investments, so he must be very busy every day. So what are you going to do now? We’ll listen to your instructions.”

Yang Chen: “Yutian Technology will be temporarily retained and become a subsidiary of Star Chen Technology Group. You will be the CEO and report directly to Li Daming, the new chairman of Star Chen Technology Group. When Star Chen Aerospace Company is built, Yutian Technology will be directly renamed and merged into it. As long as you perform well, the CEO position of the newly established Star Chen Aerospace Company will still be yours. The company’s R&D team will be withdrawn and all merged into the Star Chen Research Base under the Star Chen Technology Group. In other words, all businesses of Yutian Technology except for the R&D business will be retained. Am I clear enough?”

Gao Yu nodded and said, “Clear enough, I understand. Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your trust in me. I will definitely work hard and make you satisfied.”

Yang Chen: “Yeah. Take me to see the R&D department.”

Gao Yu: “Okay, Mr. Yang, please follow me.”

Yang Chen came to the R&D department with Gao Yu, and Li Tian, the head of the R&D department, quickly came over to say hello.

Gao Yu: “Mr. Yang, let me introduce you. This is Li Tian, the head of the R&D department, who is also the ‘Tian’ of Yutian Technology. Brother Tian, this is President Yang of the Star Chen Group, who acquired our company.”

At this time, Li Tian and all the others in the scientific research department had been affected by the system, and they were absolutely loyal to Yang Chen.

Li Tian excitedly shook Yang Chen’s hand and said, “Hello, President Yang. I’ve admired your name for a long time. It’s like thunder in my ears. Seeing you today, President Yang is indeed a talented person, a dragon among men [an idiom for an outstanding person].”

Damn, is the system so powerful? Li Tian said all the words he could think of.

Yang Chen said with a smile, “Hello, Engineer Li, hello everyone. I’m very happy to meet you all. I hope everyone will have a pleasant work experience after joining Star Chen Technology.”

Gao Yu quickly said, “President Yang said that he will merge your scientific research department into the Star Chen Research Base. In the future, you will have to go there to work with more scientific research experts in various fields.”

Li Tian: “Really! That’s great. We’ve long been coveting Star Chen Technology.”

Other researchers also smiled in surprise.

Yang Chen: “Haha… As long as you are satisfied. In addition, I have also brought a gift for everyone, which I will give to you today. Engineer Li, please bring a few young people with me.”

Li Tian nodded and quickly called a few young people to follow Yang Chen.

“Engineer Li, you must study the things I will give you later carefully and make the real thing as soon as possible,” Yang Chen said in a low voice.

Li Tian: “Okay. What does President Yang want to give me?”

Yang Chen: “Our own Starlink technology. Star Chen Aerospace Company will start construction soon and is expected to be completed in the middle of the year, at the latest in September. At that time, I hope the company can directly enter the satellite production and preparation launch stage, and complete our Starlink satellite deployment work as soon as possible.”

Li Tian: “Our own Starlink? That’s great. This is a great thing that will benefit the present and the future.”

Yang Chen: “I have already figured out the theoretical technology. Next, it depends on how you turn the theory into reality.”

Li Tian: “President Yang, don’t worry, we will cancel all vacations and complete mass production preparation work before September.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile, opened the trunk of the car, and said, “These cardboard boxes are full of technical drawings. I will give them to you now.”

Li Tian: “Please rest assured, President Yang, all the personnel in our R&D department will value these more than our lives.”

Yang Chen: “Well, I believe in your loyalty. Take it.”

Li Tian nodded with a smile and quickly called the young people behind him to move the boxes.

Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Gao Yu booked a private room at the Jinling Hotel. After Yang Chen and the others settled the technical drawings, they went to dinner together.

Gao Yu: “President Yang, I don’t know what you like to eat, so I ordered everything. If there is anything you want to eat, you can order it again.”

Yang Chen: “I’m not picky, these are fine. However, I won’t drink alcohol. I have to drive in the afternoon. Let’s use tea instead of wine. The meaning is enough.”

Gao Yu: “Haha… President Yang is a straightforward person, so let’s listen to you and use tea instead of wine. Brother Tian, let’s use tea instead of wine and toast President Yang together.”

Li Tian nodded and raised his water glass to Yang Chen.

After drinking the water, the three started eating.

Yang Chen: “Well, eating this salmon reminds me of something. Tokyo Electric Power Company is preparing to discharge sewage into the sea, so we won’t be able to eat seafood in the future.”

Gao Yu: “Ah? Are they really discharging it! No, I’m a little confused. They are a country surrounded by the sea and mainly eat seafood. If they pollute the sea, what will they do in the future? We have vast land and too many alternative foods to replace seafood. But what will they use to replace it?”

Yang Chen: “They just don’t want to spend money to deal with it now. They just want to simply discharge it into the sea to save a lot of treatment costs. Moreover, the major shareholder BlackRock Group is strongly promoting this matter. They are waiting for people all over the world to get sick, so that the pharmaceutical giants they invest in can make a lot of money. We just had a shareholders meeting yesterday, and I stole the dissenting vote. Although the company level cannot pass this proposal, they will not give up and are preparing to start from the national policy level and forcibly promote the sea discharge plan in the form of law. I was so angry that I created a typhoon to clean them up. However, I know that this is useless, and no one will know if they secretly discharge it. So, it’s better not to eat seafood in the future.”

Li Tian: “Ah! The island country suddenly suffered a typhoon attack. It turns out that President Yang, you created it. That was a category 4 typhoon. How did you create it?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… You have to believe in the scientific research capabilities of Star Chen Technology.”

Gao Yu: “Oh, no wonder even academicians resigned and joined Star Chen Technology. The scientific research capabilities of Star Chen Technology are indeed powerful. You can create such a big typhoon. Can our country develop weather weapons?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… That’s not something that a private enterprise like me should ask about, but if the country needs it, I will definitely actively cooperate.”

“Haha…” The three laughed.

Yang Chen: “It’s a pity that people all over the world won’t be able to eat seafood in the future.”

Li Tian: “I have an immature idea.”

Yang Chen: “What idea?”

Li Tian: “I am from Yili, Xinjiang Province. The saline-alkali land there is not suitable for planting. After being away from home for so many years, I have always been concerned about the development of my hometown. I had a bold idea before. Saline-alkali land is not suitable for planting, so if we turn the rivers at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains into the sea, can we engage in seafood farming?”

Xinjiang Province?

The most inland area farthest from the sea.

Seafood farming?

Hiss…

This is indeed a bold idea.