How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 618

The Strong Dragon Can’t Suppress the Local Snake? What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

As expected of someone in scientific research; they have so many ideas.

Turning the snow water at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang Province into seawater is indeed a direction worth trying.

If this idea can become a reality, Xinjiang Province could mass-produce seafood to replace the polluted seafood in the future, and people all over the world could still enjoy delicious seafood.

Yang Chen: “Engineer Li, this idea is great. If it’s feasible, I’d really like to try it.”

Li Tian: “If President Yang is willing to try, I can introduce you to some marine experts, water quality experts, etc. As long as you have enough funds, I believe they will be able to turn that place into a seafood production base.”

Yang Chen: “I have plenty of research funds. As long as they are truly talented and the research direction is indeed beneficial to mankind, I will definitely support it. Give me their contact information later, and I’ll talk to them.”

Li Tian: “Okay! I have always hoped to do something for my hometown, and now it’s finally coming true. Come, President Yang, let’s use tea instead of wine; I’ll toast you.”

Yang Chen: “Come on, together, together.”

This meal was eaten in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. Li Tian quickly gave Yang Chen the contact information of several marine and water quality experts he knew.

Yang Chen also said a few words to Gao Yu and Li Tian, and then bid farewell and left.

Yang Chen found a quiet road, parked on the side, and called those experts.

The first expert was named Zhang Zhongwei. He is a professor of environmental science at Longke University and a senior consultant at the National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center.

After Zhang Zhongwei understood what Yang Chen was proposing, he immediately stated: “President Yang’s idea is theoretically feasible, but we need to conduct an on-site inspection to determine whether it is truly viable.”

Yang Chen: “Does Professor Zhang have time to take a trip? I want to form a complete team to conduct an on-site inspection. If it is really feasible, I want to develop a seafood farming project there. The island countries are preparing to discharge sewage on a large scale, and seafood will not be edible in a long time. So, I want to start seafood farming in Xinjiang Province, which is far away from the ocean, to ensure that our people can still enjoy healthy and safe seafood when they are craving it.”

Zhang Zhongwei: “President Yang is truly concerned about the country and its people.”

Yang Chen: “It’s not that noble; I mainly like to eat it myself.”

Zhang Zhongwei: “President Yang is too modest. I can take a vacation with my colleagues and have a week off.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! I also need to contact Professor Chen Guangrong, Dr. Li Zaihua, and Dr. Zhang Yuankang to see if they are willing and have time to participate in our survey team.”

Zhang Zhongwei: “They are all my old friends. I’ll call them, and I’m sure I can get them all on board.”

Yang Chen: “Really? That’s great. How about this: I’ll go to He City now. Whenever you are free, we can meet and confirm this project in person. What do you think?”

Zhang Zhongwei: “Okay! Then President Yang, come over, I’ll call them all to He City. We’ll go to Xinjiang Province for a survey first, and we’ll be back in time for the opening ceremony of Luogang Park.”

Yang Chen: “Then it’s settled. I’ll go to He City now.”

Zhang Zhongwei: “Okay! President Yang, be safe on the road; I’ll wait for you.”

After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen immediately set off for He City.

Nearly three hours later, Yang Chen arrived in He City. Because he was too sleepy, he went directly to the Peninsula Hotel and booked a room to sleep.

When he woke up, it was already past five o’clock, so he ordered dinner to be delivered to his room.

After dinner, Yang Chen drove out to pick up passengers.

The first order was a female passenger whose destination was Huaihe Road Pedestrian Street.

As soon as she got in the car, the girl made a phone call, speaking in He City dialect, which Yang Chen couldn’t understand at all.

After the phone call, the girl said to Yang Chen: “Handsome guy, are you from Hai City?”

Yang Chen seemed to understand, but he wasn’t sure, so he said with a smile: “Beauty, I’m sorry, I can’t understand what you’re saying; can you speak Mandarin?”

The girl quickly switched to Mandarin and said: “Sorry, I was asking if you are from Hai City?”

Yang Chen: “Yes! I’m here to do some business.”

Girl: “Is there anything fun in Hai City? I haven’t been there yet.”

Yang Chen: “I may have lived there for too long; I really don’t think there’s anything fun.”

Girl: “Is the cost of living high there?”

Yang Chen: “It depends on how you spend it. Five thousand yuan can last a month, fifty thousand yuan can last a month, and five million yuan can be spent.”

Girl: “Oh, no wonder everyone likes to go to Hai City. If you gave me five million, I wouldn’t know how to spend it all in He City.”

Yang Chen: “It shouldn’t be; He City has developed rapidly in recent years. How can you not spend money if you have it?”

Girl: “I’m not lying to you; I really can’t spend it all. I’m going to Pedestrian Street now; there are general brands and luxury brands like LV [Louis Vuitton], even if I buy from the beginning to the end of the street, I can’t spend five million.”

Yang Chen: “Do you think the people of He City are rich?”

Girl: “How should I say it? The rich are very rich, and the poor are really poor; the polarization is very serious. If you don’t have a degree or special skills, the only jobs you can find in He City are telemarketing or sales; there’s nothing else to do. The salary is either three thousand or five thousand; you can’t get higher. But the housing prices are really expensive; new houses cost more than 20,000 or 30,000 yuan [approximately $2,800-$4,200 USD], or even more. It doesn’t make sense that they should be able to sell, but every slightly high-end community can be sold out. So, I think the rich are really rich, and the poor are really poor.”

Hearing her say this, SKP [a high-end department store chain] shouldn’t have to worry about not being able to sell after it’s built.

If houses can be sold out at around 30,000 yuan, then the things in SKP won’t have to worry about sales.

Yang Chen: “Is the Pedestrian Street you mentioned a must-visit place in He City?”

Girl: “Yes! Pedestrian Street is a must-visit, and there is also Xiaoyaojin Park next to it; you can basically play in this area for a whole day.”

Yang Chen: “Really? Then I’ll go for a stroll later.”

Soon, the destination arrived.

Yang Chen found a parking space next to the Pedestrian Street and parked the car, then followed the crowd into it.

This street is not very wide, but there are really a lot of people.

Unconsciously, Yang Chen came to Yintai [a shopping mall].

The luxury brands like LV that the girl mentioned earlier are all here.

Yang Chen walked into the LV store, and the clerk immediately came forward to greet him.

Clerk: “Hello, handsome guy, welcome to LV; what product would you like to see?”

Yang Chen: “I’m just looking around; I’ll call you if I need anything.”

Clerk: “Okay. Please take your time.”

Yang Chen had just taken two steps forward when he saw two familiar people who weren’t very close.

One was the female passenger just now, and the other was the cross-dressing piano streamer who had given him gifts the night before.

This streamer’s appearance is very good; it feels like there is no difference from the live broadcast room. Maybe she simply didn’t turn on the beauty filter when she was live broadcasting.

The female passenger recognized Yang Chen at a glance and said with a smile: “Hey, what a coincidence!”

Yang Chen: “It’s a coincidence!”

The streamer whispered: “Wan Yu, is this your friend?”

The female passenger: “No, he is a ride-hailing driver; I just took his car here. Handsome guy, what’s your name? My name is Lin Wanyu; this is my good sister Cao Ruoxue.”

Yang Chen: “Hello, my name is Yang Chen.”

Lin Wanyu: “Really? That’s a very arrogant name.”

Yang Chen smiled and said: “Miss Lin, what do you mean by that? My name is very common; how is it arrogant?”

Lin Wanyu: “The boss Yang of the Xingchen Group is also called Yang Chen. Isn’t your name arrogant enough?”

Yang Chen: “Oh, if you put it that way, it’s a bit.”

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion next to them.

The three quickly walked over to see what was going on. It turned out that a little girl was choked by something she ate.

The child’s mother was anxiously urging her to spit it out, but obviously the thing was stuck in her throat, and she couldn’t spit it out or swallow it.

The child’s face was flushed red, and the situation looked very critical.

Yang Chen quickly reminded: “She’s choking; quickly use the Heimlich maneuver on her.”

The child’s mother cried anxiously and said: “What Heimlich maneuver? I don’t know how! Does anyone know how to do this? Please save my daughter.”

The onlookers shook their heads; no one dared to help.

Yang Chen quickly picked up the girl, turned her over, and used the Heimlich maneuver to help her.

After trying ten times in a row, the girl finally spit out the preserved plum stuck in her throat.

Then the girl cried loudly, and Yang Chen quickly returned her to her mother.

Yang Chen: “Don’t give such young children preserved plums, grapes, or other things; they can easily get choked.”

The girl’s mother nodded and said: “Thank you, thank you. I will definitely pay attention in the future. I really don’t know how to thank you; did you see anything you like? I’ll pay for it and give it to you.”

Yang Chen: “No need; I don’t need to buy anything. I just came in to see the situation in the store.”

The girl’s mother felt bad, so she picked up a men’s satchel and said: “Do you like this?”

Yang Chen: “Madam, really no need. I don’t usually use bags.”

Girl’s mother: “Then clothes; you always need clothes, right? Salesperson, hurry up, get this gentleman a set of clothes.”

Business is here; the clerk quickly took action.

Yang Chen: “Madam, really no need.”

Girl’s mother: “Yes, yes. I must express my gratitude to you, otherwise I will feel uneasy.”

At this time, Cao Ruoxue seemed to recognize this lady and said: “Are you Li Hairong, the wife of Su Congxuan, the president of the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce?”

The child’s mother nodded and said: “Yes, I am Li Hairong. Do you know me?”

Cao Ruoxue: “Yes, I met you at a business conference before. My name is Cao Ruoxue; Rongxue Power Supply Co., Ltd. is our family’s company.”

Li Hairong doesn’t ask her husband about anything in business, and she doesn’t know what kind of company Rongxue Power Supply is or its scale.

However, out of courtesy, she still smiled and nodded, and said: “Oh, hello, Miss Cao.”

Cao Ruoxue seemed to have something to say, but seeing Li Hairong coaxing the child, she was too embarrassed to speak.

Yang Chen: “Everyone, please continue; I’ll leave first.”

Li Hairong quickly grabbed Yang Chen and said: “Sir, don’t go. I’m begging you; please accept this set of clothes. I really want to express my gratitude to you, otherwise I will feel uneasy.”

Yang Chen looked at her for a few seconds, then nodded and replied: “Okay.”

At this time, the clerk brought a set of clothes for Yang Chen to try on.

Yang Chen looked at the size and said: “No need to try; I wear this size. Madam Li, then I will accept your gift respectfully.”

Li Hairong: “Okay, okay. As long as you can accept the gift, I will feel much more at ease, otherwise I will always feel like I owe you a favor.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! You don’t owe me anything now. You guys are busy; I’m leaving.”

There’s nothing fun here; Yang Chen thought it would be better to drive around and pick up passengers and see the night view of other places.

Yang Chen logged on to his BEEP account and accepted an order.

More than ten minutes later, the car arrived at the gate of the residential area where the passenger was located.

At this time, there were many people watching the excitement at the gate.

A BEEP ride-hailing driver was being scolded by several people.

One of the drunk men pointed at the driver and cursed: “I’m not refusing to give you extra money; I just want you to drive in and pick me up. Why can’t you do that? If I wasn’t drunk, I wouldn’t even sit in your broken car even if you paid me. It’s your honor that I’m taking your car, you know that?”

The driver explained: “I’ve told you many times; it’s not that I don’t want to drive in, it’s that the security guard won’t let me in. I’m just a ride-hailing driver; what can I do if they don’t let me in?”

Drunk man: “That’s not my problem; I only know that I’m paying, and you have to provide me with attentive service!”

Driver: “Okay, okay, it’s my fault; I apologize to you, okay? Can you let me go now?”

Drunk man: “You think you can leave just like that? You’ve delayed me for so long; you think you can just leave?”

Driver: “Then what do you say? You can’t possibly want me to leave my life here, right?”

Drunk man: “Yes! I want you to leave your life here!”

This is just bullying an honest person; the drunk man’s friends not only didn’t dissuade him, but also recorded the video with a smirk on their faces. It’s true that birds of a feather flock together; they don’t look like good people at all.

Driver: “Call the police; let’s call the police. If the police say I have to pay you with my life today, I’ll pay you with my life. Okay?”

Drunk man: “Call the police for what? You dare to call the police; see if I dare to mess with you.”

As the second largest shareholder of BEEP Group and the honorary president of the National BEEP Drivers Union, Yang Chen naturally couldn’t stand by and watch the platform’s drivers being bullied so unreasonably.

After the passenger got out of the car, Yang Chen parked the car and walked over with his bodyguards.

“Brother, what’s going on? Are you in trouble?” Yang Chen asked with a smile.

The driver complained: “Don’t mention it; he called my car and insisted that I drive in to pick him up, but the security guard wouldn’t let me in, so he blamed me. Brother, what can we ride-hailing drivers do if the security guard doesn’t let us in?”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and said: “I’ll talk to them.”

The drunk man asked with a smug look: “Who are you? What’s your relationship with him?”

Yang Chen: “I’m also a ride-hailing driver; I want to tell you not to bully people just because you have more people. If you act like this, we’ll say hello to the platform, and your account will be gone.”

Drunk man: “Who are you trying to scare? Who do you think you are? You think you can just say hello to the platform, and my account will be gone. Come on, say hello now and show me how my account is gone.”

Yang Chen immediately called customer service and asked her to immediately ban the drunk man’s account.

Yang Chen: “Okay, see if your account is still there.”

The drunk man looked disdainful, but when he opened the BEEP APP, his account was really permanently banned.

“How could this happen? How is this possible!” The drunk man was shocked.

His friends quickly gathered around to take a look.

“Damn, your account is really permanently banned!”

“Who is this guy? He can ban an account just like that.”

“Brother, who are you? You’re pretty awesome, banning accounts just like that. Do you have any special connections in BEEP company?”

Yang Chen naturally didn’t want to waste time talking to them; he called his bodyguards to clear the way and helped the driver drive the car out.

The drunk man said unconvincingly: “Dare to leave your name?”

Yang Chen: “You are not worthy to know my name.”

Yang Chen turned and walked towards the car; the drunk man and others wanted to chase after him to stop him, but they were blocked by the bodyguards, and they could only watch Yang Chen drive away.

The drunk man shouted angrily: “I’ve remembered you; don’t let me see you again, or you’ll be sorry!”

It was just incompetent rage; Yang Chen didn’t even look at him.

After driving not far, the driver just now got out of the car and stopped Yang Chen’s car.

The driver took out a pack of Liqun cigarettes [a local cigarette brand] and said: “Brother, thank you just now. I don’t have good cigarettes; don’t mind, consider it my thanks to you.”

Yang Chen smiled and accepted the cigarettes, and said: “Okay, thanks. If you encounter this kind of situation in the future, call the police directly; it’s easy to suffer a big loss if you entangle with them alone.”

Driver: “Okay, I’ll remember it. Brother, are you here in He City for fun, or are you here to drop off passengers?”

Yang Chen: “I’m here to do some business.”

Driver: “Okay! Then I won’t bother you. Thanks. See you later.”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and continued to pick up passengers.

This order was also to Pedestrian Street; it seems that people in He City really like to go to Pedestrian Street.

Yang Chen dropped off the passenger at the destination and prepared to take one more order before returning to the hotel to rest.

This order was a coincidence; it was actually Cao Ruoxue who called the car.

Cao Ruoxue also smiled in surprise when she saw Yang Chen, and said: “Handsome guy, what a coincidence; we meet again.”

Yang Chen: “Hello, Miss Cao, it’s really a coincidence. Where’s your friend?”

Cao Ruoxue: “She called another car and left.”

Yang Chen: “Oh, okay, fasten your seat belt; we’ll set off now.”

Cao Ruoxue: “Um. By the way, Mr. Yang, I have a request; can I tell you about it?”

Yang Chen: “Since you said it’s a request, you shouldn’t say it.”

Cao Ruoxue was speechless.

Good guy, this is the first time I’ve met such a straight man.

Cao Ruoxue said with an embarrassed expression: “Mr. Yang is really direct enough; I like your personality. But I still have to say it; I hope you’ll forgive me.”

Yang Chen: “Say it; what is it?”

Cao Ruoxue: “You saved the daughter of Su Congxuan, the president of the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce. Although you accepted a set of clothes from Li Hairong, you have saved their daughter’s life after all, and Su Congxuan will definitely respect you very much. Our company has a sum of money that can’t be recovered from the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce; can you help us talk to Su Congxuan and settle that sum of money for us? As long as you can get the money back, we can give you a 10% reward. Okay?”

Yang Chen shook his head with a smile and refused: “I accepted the child’s mother’s clothes, and my favor of saving the child is already settled, so I can’t help you with this.”

Cao Ruoxue: “I know you accepted the clothes, but you saved the child after all, and Su Congxuan will give you some face more or less. Our company’s capital chain is broken, and if we can get the money from the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce, it can help us last for a while longer. My dad’s legs are almost broken running around for this matter, and he’s drinking until his stomach and liver hurt, but he still can’t get it back.”

Yang Chen: “Although I don’t know much about the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce, it sounds very powerful; why would they owe money and not pay it back?”

Cao Ruoxue: “That’s how it is when doing business with big companies; you have to pay for the work in advance, or send the goods to them for use first, and then settle the bill when they have money. If our company hadn’t encountered difficulties, it wouldn’t be a problem to settle the bill in June. Now our company is encountering financial difficulties, and we really can’t wait that long. The workers’ wages haven’t been paid for two months, and now many workers have started to strike. But our production can’t stop; the competition in this industry is too great. If we can’t deliver the goods to customers for a few months, they will definitely turn to other competitors. Even if we solve the financial problems later, it may not be easy to continue operating.”

The situation of advance payment and settlement after delivery that Cao Ruoxue mentioned is indeed very common, especially some large companies in the real estate industry almost all operate in this way.

However, this has nothing to do with Yang Chen.

“I sympathize with your situation, but I’m sorry I can’t help. A small ride-hailing driver like me going to the president of the Chamber of Commerce? They would laugh at me for overestimating myself,” Yang Chen refused.

Cao Ruoxue nodded with a helpless smile and said: “I understand.”

The two stopped talking, and Yang Chen quietly drove Cao Ruoxue to the gate of the residential area.

After Cao Ruoxue got out of the car, Yang Chen went straight to the Peninsula Hotel.

After taking a shower, Yang Chen lay on the bed and scrolled through Douyin [Chinese version of TikTok].

Big data is so awesome; the second video was Cao Ruoxue’s live broadcast.

But she didn’t play the piano; she just changed into a costume of Jia Jingwen’s version of Zhao Min [a famous character in Chinese Wuxia novel] and sat in front of the camera in a daze.

At this time, a user with the ID “Chen Shao” swiped a Douyin No. 1 [a very expensive virtual gift] and sent a barrage.

“Cao Ruoxue, play a song ‘Zhu Bajie Carries His Wife’ [a silly and funny song], if you play it well, I’ll swipe ten more Douyin No. 1s for you.”

Cao Ruoxue’s expression visibly disgusted, and said: “Chen Kang, don’t be disgusting here. I don’t need anyone to swipe gifts; save it.”

Chen Kang: “Haha, your company’s capital chain is broken, and it’s about to go bankrupt, and you’re telling me you don’t need money? The opportunity is right in front of you; don’t miss it. Come out and play with me for a day tomorrow, and I can give you 100,000 yuan [approximately $14,000 USD]. How about it?”

Cao Ruoxue angrily kicked Chen Kang out and blacklisted him.

After being teased by Chen Kang, Cao Ruoxue didn’t even have the mood to sit in front of the camera, and said hello to the netizens in the live broadcast room before going offline.

At this time, Cao Ruoxue’s good sister, Lin Wanyu, who took Yang Chen’s car to Pedestrian Street, was scrolling through Douyin, and Chen Kang called her.

Chen Kang: “Lin Wanyu, did you find out about Cao Ruoxue’s company’s situation?”

Lin Wanyu: “I found out; haven’t I already reported it to you?”

Chen Kang: “Then why is Cao Ruoxue still so tough, putting on an act like her family doesn’t need money.”

Lin Wanyu: “Her personality is like that, you know that. If she’s not forced to the point where she has no other choice, she won’t accept your money. You, communicate well with the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce, and be sure not to settle the payment for their goods. I heard Cao Ruoxue say that, according to the current situation, her company can last until the end of March at most.”

Chen Kang: “Haha, I know. When I get Cao Ruoxue, you’ll get your reward. I’ll send you a red envelope [gift money] later; consider it your hard work fee.”

Lin Wanyu: “Okay, then I’ll thank you in advance, Chen Shao.”