How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 621

The Local Bully? You’re Not Even Fit to Be Earthworms!

It was a little after nine when Yang Chen and Cao Ruoxue walked out of the Guo De hot pot restaurant.

“How are you getting back? Taxi yourself, or should I take you?” Yang Chen asked.

Cao Ruoxue: “If it’s not too much trouble, I’d appreciate a ride, Brother Chen.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Let’s go.”

The two got in the car and left.

Yang Chen: “Talk to your grandfather more when you get back, and reassure him to focus on his work.”

Cao Ruoxue: “Don’t worry, I will definitely comfort him and tell him not to worry about home, so he can devote himself to his research. Hmm? I’ve noticed you seem very concerned about my grandfather, Brother Chen.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I don’t have much ability in this life; I just hope that those researchers who can make great contributions to the country and the people can work well. I’ll earn money and pay taxes properly, they’ll do their research well, and together we’ll strive for the rejuvenation of the nation. It is the unshirkable responsibility of every Dragon Country [China] citizen to return Dragon Country to the top of the world.”

This high-sounding speech left Cao Ruoxue stunned.

Cao Ruoxue: “I didn’t expect a ride-hailing driver like you to have such high ideological awareness. I think you’re much better than those rich second generations. All they think about all day is money and women; where would they have your sense of national pride?”

Yang Chen: “Of course, though my position is humble, I never forget to worry about my country.”

Cao Ruoxue: “Well said. By the way, are you alone?”

Yang Chen: “Are you kidding me? If I’m not alone, could I be a god?”

Cao Ruoxue: “Haha… you’re so humorous, handsome and humorous, that’s great. I mean, are you single?”

Yang Chen: “How could that be possible? With my looks and figure, how could I be single? I have a dozen girlfriends, and I can’t even remember how many people have a crush on me.”

Cao Ruoxue covered her mouth and laughed, bending over with laughter.

After laughing for a while, Cao Ruoxue said again: “I’ve noticed that you’re not only humorous but also a great bragger. With your figure and looks, it’s not difficult to have a few girlfriends. But girls these days are very materialistic. How could you afford to support a dozen girlfriends driving a ride-hailing car? They wouldn’t all be supporting you, would they? Besides, can your body handle it? Haha…”

Yang Chen: “You people, sometimes I’m very frustrated. When I tell you the truth, you don’t believe me. When I don’t tell you the truth, you say I didn’t tell you the truth when you get taken care of later.”

Cao Ruoxue: “Haha… listening to you, you’re very powerful.”

Yang Chen: “Not bad, I’m Yang, the boss of the Starlight Group. Beauty, wanna date?”

Cao Ruoxue: “Haha… you really can brag! There’s no way the boss of the Yang family would be like you.”

Yang Chen: “Sigh… so in your heart, what should the boss of the Yang family be like?”

Cao Ruoxue: “At the very least, he can manage so many assets, so he must be decisive and even ruthless. He must be awe-inspiring, speak simply and efficiently with an irresistible powerful suppressive force, and even scare people into not daring to look up with just a glance. That’s what fits his status. To put it bluntly, if you were uglier, you’d just be a complete loser. How could you be the boss of the Yang family?”

Damn!

Why does she think the boss of the Yang family has to be a show-off? Can’t he be an ordinary person?

Yang Chen

Smiling, he nodded and said, “Okay! I understand. I’ll develop in the direction you said later, so it will be easier for people to believe that I am the boss of the Yang family.”

Cao Ruoxue: “Haha… do you often pretend to be the boss of the Yang family? Have you used the Yang family’s name to date many girls, right?”

Yang Chen: “You don’t even believe I’m the boss of the Yang family, so how could other girls believe it?”

Cao Ruoxue: “Well, maybe you’ve met a few naive girls who believed it.”

“Haha… if you meet any of those naive girls, remember to introduce me. Preferably the kind who are big-breasted and brainless,” Yang Chen joked, following her words.

Cao Ruoxue: “OK! No problem, I’ll keep an eye out for you! And… thank you for helping me get the payment. Give me a card number, and I’ll transfer the 10% commission I promised you once the payment arrives.”

Yang Chen: “No need, your family needs the money more than I do right now. You should keep it. 8 million is not a small amount, pay the workers’ wages first.”

Cao Ruoxue: “That won’t do. If I don’t give you this 10% commission, how can I repay your help? I don’t want to owe a favor to someone I’m not familiar with. Once you leave He City, I won’t know how to repay this favor. But if I don’t repay this favor, it will always be on my mind.”

Yang Chen: “I really don’t need the money. How about this, you prepare some ancient costume drama heroine outfits, each outfit paired with a song. Find some time to perform for me, and each song will offset a million in commission. How about that?”

Cao Ruoxue: “Ah? Are you a fan of mine?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I guess I am.”

Cao Ruoxue: “Okay! Then let’s do as you say, give me two days to prepare.”

Yang Chen: “OK!”

As they talked, they arrived at the gate of Rongchuang No. 1 Courtyard.

Cao Ruoxue’s home is located here.

“Want to come in and sit for a while?” Cao Ruoxue asked.

Yang Chen: “No, I’m sleepy, I’m going back to the hotel to sleep.”

Cao Ruoxue: “Okay! Are you free tonight? I’m going to a class reunion, can I hire your car for transportation?”

Yang Chen: “I don’t do that kind of business. If you need a car, place an order on the platform, and if it’s assigned to me, I’ll take you. Remember to tell your grandfather to work hard, for the country, for the people, go!”

Cao Ruoxue: “Haha… okay, I got it. Bye, drive carefully on the road.”

Yang Chen nodded and went back to the hotel to sleep.

Back in the hotel parking lot, Yang Chen habitually checked the car for any items left by passengers. That’s when he found a piece of paper on the back seat.

He quickly picked it up and looked at it. It turned out to be a check for ten million, issued by Su Congxuan.

It seemed that Su Congxuan had thrown it into the back seat when he sent Yang Chen and Cao Ruoxue into the car, taking advantage of their inattention.

He already said he didn’t want the money; Su Congxuan was just being clever.

Yang Chen didn’t want the money; he was just doing a good deed by saving people.

But if he accepted the money, it would be practicing medicine without a license.

The nature of the matter would be completely different.

Yang Chen called Li Hairong and said, “Ms. Li, your husband left a check in my car. When do you have time to come to the Peninsula Hotel to pick it up? I can’t take this check; it’s against the law if I do.”

Li Hairong: “That can’t be right, isn’t it normal for us to thank you with money? How could it be against the law?”

Yang Chen: “I don’t want the money; I’m just doing a good deed by saving a life. If I take the money, they’ll slap me with a charge of practicing medicine without a license, and I’ll be in trouble.”

Li Hairong: “Oh dear, that won’t happen. If anyone is thinking of reporting you, we will definitely testify for you and make sure that the person who reports you doesn’t have a good ending. Mr. Yang, please accept it; this is our heartfelt gratitude, and it’s what my father-in-law insisted on. If you don’t take the money, he won’t be able to recover well because he’ll be worried. Please, for the sake of my father-in-law’s poor health, please accept it.”

Yang Chen: “I’ll take the check, consider it your way of thanking me. However, I won’t go to the bank to cash it; I’ll let it expire automatically. I’m going to sleep, bye.”

…

Around 3 PM, Yang Chen picked up a girl from Longke University.

Not long after she got in the car, the girl received a call from her mother.

Listening to their conversation, it seemed that her father had gotten into a fight and had his head broken and his arm fractured.

Hanging up the phone, the girl immediately urged, “Driver, please hurry, the faster the better.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, I’ll try to be as fast as possible.”

Yang Chen was already driving fast enough, almost running red lights, but the girl still didn’t think it was fast enough and kept urging him to drive faster.

Yang Chen understood that she was anxious because her father had been beaten, but he couldn’t really run red lights.

“Hey, I’m already going as fast as I can; you can’t ask me to run red lights, can you?” Yang Chen replied.

The girl: “I allow you to run red lights, as long as you’re fast enough.”

Yang Chen: “It’s not a matter of whether you allow it or not. If we get into an accident running a red light, we’re both screwed. Even if there’s no accident, I’ll get points deducted and fined, so how will I drive in the future? You’re right, aren’t you?”

The girl: “I just got my driver’s license, I can help you take the points, all 12 points are yours, you run two red lights. Okay?”

Yang Chen: “Looks like you really have an emergency.”

The girl: “My dad was beaten by people doing demolition, his head was broken and his arm was fractured. I have to go back and see what’s going on.”

Yang Chen: “Really? This is a society ruled by law, are they still doing forced demolition? Which developer is so arrogant?”

The girl: “Wenyi, a local developer in He City, notorious for being a gang; their property management directly beats up homeowners.”

Damn, a five-star general! [A term for a particularly troublesome opponent]

Yang Chen: “Local bullies are indeed difficult to deal with. I’ll try to be as fast as possible.”

However, he definitely wouldn’t run red lights; he couldn’t joke with his own and other people’s lives.

Occasionally rushing through a yellow light was already the limit, and there was nothing she could do if she was still not satisfied.

“Is the demolition compensation the developer is giving you not in line with the legal standards, or do you think they’re giving too little?” Yang Chen asked.

The girl: “It’s been confirmed that an SKP [upscale shopping mall] is going to be built not far from our house, and a little further away there’s also Luogang Park, which is about to open. Handsome, do you think Wenyi Real Estate wants our land in the urban village to develop residential buildings; shouldn’t the demolition compensation be slightly higher than the standard in other places? But they not only didn’t give us a higher amount, they deliberately suppressed the compensation to the lowest line. We could accept that, after all, everyone wants to live in a better environment. My grandfather and my uncle both passed away a few years ago, and before they died, they gave all the land to my dad. Now we have three homesteads, totaling nearly 1500 square meters of buildings, while other families only have a few hundred square meters of buildings. So do you think we can accept that?”

Yang Chen: “Oh, I understand. They want to apply a one-size-fits-all compensation based on the number of people, regardless of the actual land area and building area of each household. So your family would be particularly disadvantaged if compensated based on the number of people, so your dad doesn’t agree. Is that what you mean?”

The girl: “Yes! That’s what I mean.”

Then this developer is being dishonest. It’s not fair to compensate families with hundreds of square meters of building area and those with more than a thousand square meters of building area uniformly based on the number of people. Families with large areas and few people definitely won’t agree.

Yang Chen: “You said it’s been confirmed that an SKP is going to be built next to your house?”

The girl: “Yes! It should be less than 500 meters away, and less than a kilometer away from Luogang Urban Park. Do you think the location of our house is a prime location? It’s already black-hearted to follow the legal minimum compensation standard, and now they’re forcing compensation based on three people regardless of our actual area. My dad would rather die than agree.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Indeed, if it were me, I wouldn’t agree either.”

The girl: “Right, you wouldn’t agree either, would you? I was exchanging professional knowledge with a foreign physics exchange group when my mom called and said my dad was beaten by them. Sigh…”

Yang Chen: “Are you in the physics department at Longke University?”

The girl: “I studied physics for my bachelor’s degree, and now I’m studying chemical physics for my master’s degree. More expertise, more opportunities.”

Wow, graduates from Longke University can find a job with their eyes closed. It’s amazing that she’s so excellent and has such a strong sense of crisis.

Yang Chen immediately became interested and continued to ask, “What year are you in?”

The girl: “Third year of master’s, graduating in June. At such a crucial moment, this kind of thing is happening at home, it’s really annoying.”

Yang Chen: “Chemical physics should be in the field of materials science, right?”

The girl: “Yes! Oh, you know a lot. My advisor, Professor Gao Yuming, is now determined to overcome the material problems of controlled nuclear fusion. He plans to select 2-3 students from the students he’s supervising to join his team, which is a great opportunity for me. I hope the family matters can be resolved as soon as possible, so I can concentrate on competing for these 2-3 spots.”

Gao Yuming, Yang Chen remembered this name.

Yang Chen: “You’re so excellent. What’s your name?”

The girl: “My name is Pan Fengmei.”

Yang Chen: “I’ll remember it, I hope to see your name in the news in the future.”

Pan Fengmei: “Even if there are scientific research results, it will be under Professor Gao’s name. We little followers are not qualified to be named.”

Yang Chen: “Then you have also made a great contribution to human development, and history will definitely remember you.”

Pan Fengmei smiled and nodded, “Hopefully. It’s still a long way off; it’s too far-fetched to think about being famous in history now.”

As the two were talking, they arrived at their destination.

At this time, many people were gathered at the entrance of the village, the noise was very loud, and someone was indeed injured, and the police comrades from the police station also arrived.

The girl got out of the car and ran over quickly, rushing to a man with a bloody cloth wrapped around his head and crying.

Yang Chen parked the car and went over to watch the excitement.

Listening to the villagers’ discussions, the situation was not much different from what Pan Fengmei had said earlier.

Pan Fengmei’s father, Pan Le, had legally inherited the inheritance of his father and eldest brother, but the developer refused to recognize her grandfather and uncle’s will on the grounds that homesteads could not be inherited.

Pan Le had no other siblings, and his father had no siblings either. If the developer did not recognize the two wills, it would mean that the homesteads and houses of his father and eldest brother would be confiscated.

Therefore, Pan Le would rather die than sign.

Without discussing how the law stipulates in this regard, from the perspective of public order and good customs, no one would agree to sign if they encountered this situation.

Going back to the legal aspect, since Pan Le had the wills of his father and eldest brother, why didn’t the developer recognize them? Is the developer bigger than the law?

Pan Fengmei urged her father to go to the hospital with her mother for treatment, but Pan Le refused to leave, fearing that his house would be demolished if he left. Once the house was demolished, it would be even more difficult to negotiate.

Pan Fengmei said to Wang Yulong, the person in charge of the demolition: “Do you still have the law? The house is ours, the land is ours, we can demolish it if we want, and we don’t have to demolish it if we don’t want to. What era is it? You’re still doing injury and forced demolition? Can’t the law control you?”

Wang Yulong pointed to the two fat men lying on the ground next to him and said, “Don’t talk nonsense, your dad pushed them first. Look at how badly they fell.”

Pan Fengmei: “They were squeezing my dad with their bodies, how could my dad not push them? With their size, could my dad push them to the ground all at once? You’re clearly faking it!”

Wang Yulong: “If you say that, I’ll say your dad deliberately stretched his head and arm over to fake it.”

Pan Fengmei: “Are you shameless?”

Wang Yulong: “I warn you not to curse, if you curse again, I’ll tell them to curse you together.”

Yang Chen was watching when suddenly a few people walked up to him.

Yang Chen took a closer look; weren’t these the bald drunkards who bullied the ride-hailing driver last night?

The bald man said arrogantly: “What a coincidence! We meet again! I said that day, don’t let me meet you again, or I’ll definitely make you look good. I didn’t expect you to come to my door, that’s really your misfortune.”

Seeing someone causing trouble, the bodyguards quickly stepped forward to protect Yang Chen in the middle.

Wang Yulong quickly asked, “What’s the situation?”

The bald man quickly explained: “Manager Wang, this is the kid who beat us last night.”

Wang Yulong quickly walked over and asked, “You’re the one who beat them? Why did you beat them?”

Yang Chen: “Didn’t he tell you why?”

Wang Yulong: “Nonsense! If he told me, why would I ask you?”

Yang Chen: “You’re pretty irritable!”

Wang Yulong: “I can’t help it; I’ve had this temper since I was a kid, I can’t change it.”

Yang Chen: “Hehe… it’s okay, I’m especially good at training people; I guarantee you can change.”

Wang Yulong: “Haha… I heard from Qingzi that you’re from Hai City, right?”

Yang Chen: “Yes, I’m from Hai City.”

Wang Yulong: “Don’t you know the saying that a strong dragon can’t suppress a local snake? I don’t care what your status is in Hai City, you have to be honest with me when you come to He City. I’m handling business, and I don’t want to make things difficult for a foreigner like you. Set up a few tables tonight to apologize to Qingzi and the others, and compensate them with 100,000 yuan in medical expenses, and we’ll call it even.”

Pan Fengmei quickly stepped forward and said, “Are you shameless? Bullying a ride-hailing driver from out of town, aren’t you ashamed?”

Wang Yulong: “We’re local people, if we’re bullied by outsiders and don’t dare to resist, that’s what’s shameful!”

Yang Chen: “Miss Pan, don’t waste your breath with them. Send your dad to the hospital for treatment; your family will soon have reasonable demolition compensation. You still want to be local bullies? You’re not even fit to be earthworms!”

After speaking, Yang Chen turned to leave.

The bald man immediately blocked him and said, “Did I say you could leave?”

Yang Chen waved his hand, signaling the bodyguards to beat him up.

The bodyguard immediately knocked him out with one punch, and his followers immediately rushed up to attack.

However, they were no match for the bodyguards. In less than a minute, more than a dozen people were lying on the ground, and the rest didn’t dare to come forward.

“You’re called Wang Yulong, right? I’ll remember you; I will definitely train you to be honest,” Yang Chen said with a serious face, and then turned and left. This time, no one dared to stop him.

As soon as Yang Chen got in the car, he called Wang Anshuang, the president of SKP Group, and said, “President Wang, notify He City to cancel the SKP plan.”

Wang Anshuang: “Ah? Why? Why so suddenly? What happened?”

In fact, Yang Chen didn’t really want to cancel the SKP project; he was just using it to deal with Wang Yulong and Wenyi Real Estate.

Yang Chen told Wang Anshuang about his experience and his true intentions. After Wang Anshuang understood, he immediately called Chen Feng, the person in charge of the SKP project in He City.

After Chen Feng understood, he immediately called Li Wenyuan, the boss of Wenyi Real Estate.

Chen Feng: “President Li, what are you doing? It’s such a big project, do you lack that little bit of money? Your Wenyi’s reputation has only just started to improve in the past two years, and look at what you’re doing again.”

Li Wenyuan: “Ah? Deputy Mayor Chen, what do you mean? I’m a little confused.”

Chen Feng: “Luogang Urban Village demolition, are you deliberately withholding the demolition compensation from a family named Pan Le?”

Li Wenyuan: “Oh, you’re talking about that. Homesteads cannot be inherited, that’s the law.”

Chen Feng: “But the right to use and the houses on the homestead can be inherited. Isn’t your compensation to them compensating for the right to use and the value of the houses? You’re only buying the right to use the land for 70 years; are you saying that if someone wants to use it after you buy it, you can say that the land doesn’t belong to you and occupy your land for free?”

Li Wenyuan: “No, why don’t I understand a bit? Is it necessary for you to personally call about such a small matter?”

Chen Feng: “Small matter? President Yang saw your demolition personnel beating Pan Le, and your people even attacked him. President Yang is very angry now and has notified us to cancel the SKP project. This is our most important introduction project this year. If you mess it up, Wenyi Real Estate will not be able to acquire land in He City in the future. Don’t do Luogang Urban Village either, we’ll let other developers do it.”

Li Wenyuan immediately became serious and asked in surprise, “How could President Yang be at the demolition site?”

Chen Feng: “President Yang has been here for two days, and he has been learning about the local customs of He City. The people under you are too arrogant. First, they surrounded a ride-hailing driver in front of him, then they beat Pan Le in front of him, and finally they even attacked him personally. If he wasn’t with bodyguards, what would have happened with so many people attacking him? Don’t say that the Starlight Group won’t let you go, the country won’t let you go either! What is a real estate developer in front of President Yang? Any contribution he makes is enough to kill your value, understand?”

Li Wenyuan: “Okay, I understand, I’ll ask what’s going on right away and resolve it properly. How about this, I’ll set up a dinner tonight, and you invite President Yang over, and I’ll bring people to apologize to him in person. Okay?”

Chen Feng: “I’ll ask and see. You quickly resolve the matter properly; you can’t afford the consequences if the SKP project is messed up!”

Li Wenyuan: “Okay, okay, I’ll resolve it immediately.”

Li Wenyuan cursed and called Wang Yulong, scolding him as soon as he opened his mouth: “Wang Yulong, what the hell are you doing? Didn’t I tell you not to do things too excessively? Didn’t I also tell you to restrain the people under you? Are you taking my words as a fart? Did you borrow courage from the sky? You even dared to touch Boss Yang!”