How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 628

The “Tailgating Will Get You Married” girl rear-ended me, but you rolled back, didn’t you? What’s wrong with a Didi [ride-sharing service] driver having a little money?

Ge Xia’s inconsistency was just like those girls who look down on men when they think they’re poor, but then actively try to seduce them when they find out they’re rich.

Ge Xia: “However, I think you, as the boss of the Star Group, should be a man of your word. Don’t you think?”

Yang Chen: “You’re absolutely right, I should be a man of my word. That’s why I agreed to accept money to redeem you last night, and I have to keep my word. You are free now and don’t have to be my maid anymore. I won’t talk to you anymore; I need to go to the restroom. You should leave quickly; you won’t get what you want here.”

After saying that, Yang Chen quickly went to the restroom.

Ge Xia looked sad, but she didn’t give up.

You should be proactive when you meet a man with good conditions. There’s nothing shameful about it.

Yang Chen deliberately lingered in the restroom for a while to give Mayor Luo and the others more time to discuss.

After about half an hour, Chen Feng came out to find Yang Chen.

Seeing Yang Chen looking at the scenery by the window at the end of the corridor, he quickly walked up with a smile.

“Mr. Yang, you’re here.”

Yang Chen turned around and replied with a smile, “I had a meeting all morning, so I came out for some fresh air. So, have you made up your mind?”

Chen Feng: “We’ve made up our minds; we’ll do as Mr. Yang says.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Great! Let’s go back.”

The two returned to the meeting room.

Mayor Luo said with a smile, “Mr. Yang, let’s do as you said. I wish us a happy cooperation and mutual benefit.”

Yang Chen shook hands with Mayor Luo and replied with a smile, “Happy cooperation. Then we’ll settle it like this for now, and someone will contact you later. Let’s end here today; I’ll leave first.”

Mayor Luo: “Then when will Mr. Yang have time? We’ll connect you with the relevant leaders of Longke University.”

Yang Chen: “The day after tomorrow, a research team will be back the day after tomorrow, and I’m going to Longke University to meet with them. I can meet with the relevant leaders of Longke University then.”

Mayor Luo: “Okay! Then the day after tomorrow. I’ll free up the time. Mr. Yang, just call one or two hours in advance.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Goodbye, everyone.”

Mayor Luo quickly asked Chen Feng to see Yang Chen out.

Chen Feng: “Mr. Yang, I’ll see you off.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Thank you.”

Seeing Yang Chen come out, Ge Xia quickly greeted him again.

Yang Chen: “Miss Ge, why haven’t you left yet?”

Ge Xia: “Waiting for you.”

Yang Chen: “Vice Mayor Chen, thank you, don’t bother, I’ll go myself.”

Chen Feng didn’t want to be a third wheel, so he nodded with a smile and replied, “Okay! Then take care, Mr. Yang. See you at Longke University the day after tomorrow.”

Yang Chen nodded and left with Ge Xia.

Yang Chen got into the car, and Ge Xia quickly followed.

“Miss Ge, don’t you think you’re a bit like a clingy person now?” Yang Chen asked.

Ge Xia: “Say whatever you want; anyway, you have to fulfill what you said. You’re such a big boss, you can’t break your promise, right?”

Yang Chen: “You tried every means to run away last night, and now you’re deliberately trying to pester me. Can I understand that you are a snobbish, materialistic girl?”

Ge Xia: “Say whatever you want; what’s wrong with liking rich and handsome guys? Don’t you like rich, beautiful women?

The “Tailgating Will Get You Married” girl rear-ended me, but you rolled back, didn’t you? What’s wrong with a Didi driver having a little money?”

Yang Chen: “We’ve only known each other for two days; you probably don’t even know what my name is, and you already like me?”

Ge Xia: “Feelings are just so strange; they’re gone when they’re gone, and they come when they come.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Give me a break.”

At this moment, Ge Xia’s father, Ge Hui, called.

Ge Hui: “Mr. Yang, when will you have time to come to the company? Let’s finalize the cooperation.”

Yang Chen: “Then I’ll go over now. You guys prepare.”

Ge Hui: “Okay, okay. We’ll prepare immediately and wait for your arrival.”

Jianghuai Group was considered a calling card of Hefei [a major city in China] ten years ago, with businesses involving automobiles, real estate, cultural tourism, catering, and entertainment.

However, with the rise of new energy vehicles and the entry of real estate and other industries into a period of decline, the company lacked funds for scientific research and innovation, and Jianghuai Group gradually declined.

It can be said that if the Hefei municipal government didn’t give the company’s automobile business hundreds of millions of subsidies every year, it would have gone bankrupt long ago.

As Hefei’s former calling card, the Hefei municipal government naturally didn’t want to see Jianghuai Group disappear like this, so they took this opportunity to focus on recommending Jianghuai Group to Yang Chen.

In the past, Yang Chen didn’t understand why some companies were clearly losing money, but the local government still tried every means to save them.

Later, Yang Chen understood after more contact what a large enterprise means to a place.

Not to mention taxes and GDP contributions, the most important thing is that it can solve a large number of employment problems.

Take Jianghuai Group as an example. All its businesses combined have more than 20,000 employees. If you include upstream and downstream partners, the number of people involved in employment is even greater.

If this company goes bankrupt, the direct impact will be that tens of thousands of employees will lose their jobs, and the livelihoods of tens of thousands of families will be in jeopardy. This impact is very large.

Therefore, if it can be saved with hundreds of millions of funds every year, the Hefei municipal government is of course willing.

Although NIO [a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer] is doing well in Hefei, Jianghuai is the real son, and no one can change that.

The money Yang Chen invested in Jianghuai Group will probably take about 10 years to get back through dividends.

However, if you consider the shares of Huangshan Scenic Area [a famous mountain range in China] he got, this money can be earned back quickly.

Therefore, that’s how investment works. Some projects may not make money, or even lose money, but some projects can make a lot of money.

Before long, Yang Chen brought Ge Xia to Jianghuai Group headquarters.

Thanks to her father’s connections, Ge Xia is now an employee of the Finance Department of Jianghuai Group. She led Yang Chen to the chairman’s office and met Ge Hui.

Ge Hui quickly stepped forward to shake hands with Yang Chen and said hello, “Mr. Yang, you’re here. Sit down and have a cup of tea, and then we’ll start?”

Yang Chen: “No need, let’s start directly.”

Ge Hui: “Okay! Mr. Yang, please come with me.”

Yang Chen followed Ge Hui to the conference room. At this time, the shareholder representatives of Jianghuai Group had also arrived, and some who couldn’t come participated via video.

According to Ge Hui, Jianghuai Group currently wants to raise 3 to 5 billion yuan, which will be used to repay bank loans and to invest in research and development, focusing on the field of new energy vehicles.

In the past, in order to raise funds to repay loans, the company sold several factories and subsidiaries.

The “Tailgating Will Get You Married” girl rear-ended me, but you rolled back, didn’t you? What’s wrong with a Didi driver having a little money?

Now they want to buy these factories back and transform them into new energy vehicle production lines.

Yang Chen smiled after listening and said, “Selling at a low price and then buying back at a high price, do you think your operation is brilliant, or are you treating me and the shareholders as fools?”

Ge Hui: “I guessed that Mr. Yang would have such questions. I can guarantee to you that the price we repurchase will definitely not be higher than the price we sold it for. If it is even a penny higher, I will personally make up the difference.”

Yang Chen: “I hope Chairman Ge and all the shareholders understand one thing. With my current investment resources, if I were to choose myself, Jianghuai Group would definitely not catch my eye. So many popular car companies are begging me to invest in them, but I have ignored them. I also know that once I invest in your company, it is impossible to recover the investment in the short term. However, as a part of my package plan with the Hefei municipal government, I am still willing to invest in Jianghuai Group. But! I hope that every penny I invest is used in practical ways, and there will be no embarrassing situations for everyone.”

Ge Hui: “Mr. Yang, don’t worry, we have finally obtained a valuable investment, and we will definitely make good use of it. There will definitely not be the situation you are thinking of. This is my last battle, Ge Hui. I have bet my reputation for a lifetime, and I am more careful than Mr. Yang.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! 5 billion it is, then how many shares will I get?”

Ge Hui: “If Mr. Yang invests 5 billion yuan at one time, we will issue shares to you through private placement to raise funds. It is expected that you can get 20% of the shares. Our major shareholder is the Hefei State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission [SASAC], with a shareholding ratio of 28%. You are the second largest shareholder.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! Let’s do it like this. Sign a memorandum, and someone will contact you later.”

Ge Hui: “Okay, okay. Thank you, Mr. Yang, thank you, Mr. Yang.”

Ge Hui thought that Yang Chen would put forward various harsh conditions, but he didn’t expect the cooperation to be reached so smoothly.

The two parties quickly signed a memorandum of cooperation, and the project was settled.

Ge Hui excitedly held Yang Chen’s hand and said, “Mr. Yang, happy cooperation.”

Yang Chen: “Happy cooperation. I’m a little sleepy; I’m going back to sleep. Goodbye.”

Ge Hui: “Okay, okay. I’ll see you off.”

Yang Chen: “No need, I can go by myself. You guys are busy.”

Yang Chen left Jianghuai Group and went straight to the hotel to sleep.

But he hadn’t fallen asleep for long when Ge Hui called.

Ge Hui: “Mr. Yang, it’s like this, people from Panasonic Investment, an investment institution from the island country [Japan], have come and said they want to invest in our company. I told them that we have already accepted your 5 billion investment and will not accept other investments. They want to talk to you about whether they can be given a share. If it is convenient for you, they want to talk to you in person.”

Yang Chen: “Damn! You guys are considered a state-owned holding company anyway; how can you just accept foreign capital? Tell them that I am not willing to share the share; let them give up this idea.”

Ge Hui: “Okay. Then I’ll tell them.”

After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen continued to sleep.

After about half an hour, someone knocked on the door and woke Yang Chen up.

Yang Chen put on his clothes and opened the door. Ge Xia was standing at the door with several people from the island country [Japan].

The “Tailgating Will Get You Married” girl rear-ended me, but you rolled back, didn’t you? What’s wrong with a Didi driver having a little money?

Ge Xia: “Mr. Yang, they want to talk to you about sharing a share, so I brought them to you.”

Yang Chen: “Didn’t your dad tell them that I’m not willing to share?”

Ge Xia: “I did, but they still insisted on talking to you in person. I thought it would be a waste for them to come all this way, so I brought them to see you and talk in person.”

Yang Chen: “Miss Ge, can you please not be so clever? You guys leave; I won’t share the share with you.”

The middle-aged man in the lead immediately said in broken Chinese, “Mr. Yang, hello, my name is Matsushita Jin San. Please give us a little time, five minutes is enough. If our conditions cannot impress you, we will leave on our own initiative and will never delay Mr. Yang’s time.”

Ge Xia took the opportunity to slip in from under Yang Chen’s armpit, which was really annoying.

Yang Chen: “I can tell you clearly that there is no room for negotiation on this matter. Understand?”

Matsushita Jin San: “We can buy a part from Mr. Yang at a 10% premium. Is that okay?”

Yang Chen shook his head.

Matsushita Jin San: “A 30% premium, this is our greatest sincerity, and I hope Mr. Yang can consider it carefully.”

Yang Chen still shook his head.

Matsushita Jin San: “We can introduce Mr. Yang to invest in Penguin Group [Tencent].”

Yang Chen: “Damn! I am the largest shareholder of Penguin, do I need your introduction?”

Matsushita Jin San: “Arigabane [likely a mispronounced ‘arigato’, meaning thank you]? We can also introduce Mr. Yang to invest in Aligaba [Alibaba].”

Yang Chen: “I am the second largest shareholder of Aligaba. Don’t you guys know me?”

Matsushita Jin San: “We are meeting Mr. Yang for the first time, and we are not very familiar with him. Mr. Yang actually holds so many shares in these two companies. Then which company is Mr. Yang interested in? We can try to help you introduce it.”

Yang Chen: “I will go and talk about which company I want to invest in myself; I don’t need to go through you. Back off, back off, I’m going to close the door.”

Yang Chen directly closed the door to send the guests away, not wanting to waste his breath with them.

Matsushita Jin San was very angry, gritted his teeth and said, “Check his identity to see if he really invested in these companies, or if he is bragging to us.”

The secretary nodded and immediately uploaded the photo of Yang Chen that he had just taken to the Internet for investigation.

“Sorry, your picture is in violation of regulations and cannot be uploaded!”

Secretary: “Mr. Matsushita, it’s so strange; his photo cannot be uploaded to the Internet, nor can it be sent to our headquarters.”

Matsushita Jin San: “What? Is there such a thing?”

This guy didn’t believe it and tried it himself, but it still prompted that the picture was in violation of regulations and could not be uploaded and sent.

Matsushita Jin San quickly called Sun Zhengyi of SoftBank Group.

Matsushita Jin San: “Mr. Sun, do you know the largest shareholder of Penguin and the second largest shareholder of Aligaba?”

Sun Zhengyi: “I know him; he is Yang Chen, the very powerful boss of the Star Group in China, the one who challenged Wall Street, the one who vetoed the TEPCO Group’s [Tokyo Electric Power Company] plan to discharge into the sea.”

Matsushita Jin San: “…”

Good guy, so it was him!

No wonder he can’t be tempted by money; he must not be short of money.

Sun Zhengyi: “Mr. Matsushita, why are you asking this?”

Matsushita Jin San told Sun Zhengyi about the situation briefly.

Sun Zhengyi laughed and said, “You didn’t do your homework in advance before coming to negotiate; isn’t this a big joke? You should give up this idea; no one can force Yang Chen to do anything. If you really push him, he can do anything. The Wall Street giants are now being made a mess by him, in a dilemma. You should not conflict with him.”

Matsushita Jin San: “Okay, thank you for reminding me, Mr. Sun. Goodbye.”

If it was just a simple investment in Jianghuai Group for investment purposes, Panasonic Investment would definitely give up in order not to cause trouble.

However, their investment in Jianghuai Group has a strong political purpose. Jianghuai Group is a vegetable [likely meaning a company that is not doing well], but it is a large group controlled by the Hefei State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission [SASAC]. If Panasonic Investment can get involved, it can use its shareholder status to interfere with some strategies and have the right to know the group’s operations and financial data.

Sometimes everyone will find that many companies do things beyond the imagination of normal people and can even be said to be traitors.

The reason is that these companies have more or less foreign shareholders behind them, and it is these foreign shareholders who are playing tricks.

Panasonic Investment Group has directly or indirectly interfered with dozens of companies in China and achieved the results they wanted.

This time they have taken a fancy to Jianghuai Group and cannot cancel this plan because of Yang Chen.

Since Yang Chen is unwilling to take the initiative to share the share, then let him be forced to share a part of the share.

Since Yang Chen holds shares in TEPCO Group [Tokyo Electric Power Company], he will start from here to force Yang Chen to compromise.

Panasonic Investment is affiliated to Panasonic Group, and the most famous business of the group is Panasonic Electric.

As a Fortune 500 company, Panasonic Group has a very high status in the island country [Japan]. With a little operation, it can cause some problems for Yang Chen’s shares in TEPCO Group [Tokyo Electric Power Company].

In the room.

Yang Chen: “Miss Ge, what are you doing in here again? Don’t you need to go to work?”

Ge Xia: “I’m here to fulfill my promise. Look, I brought a maid outfit; I’m going to change it now and be your maid.”

After saying that, Ge Xia took a bag of clothes and went into the bathroom.

This woman is really speechless. Yang Chen couldn’t get angry with her as a girl, so he could only take his things and slip away.

Ge Xia came out wearing a maid outfit full of expectations but found that Yang Chen was gone. She quickly called him but found that she had been blacklisted.

Ge Xia sat down very sadly and said to herself, “It seems that I am being sentimental. It is not always possible for a girl to succeed if she takes the initiative. Forget it, I shouldn’t have such a dream.”

Yang Chen drove away from the hotel and went to pick up passengers.

Originally, Yang Chen was driving well, but there were always cars on both sides trying to cut in front of him.

Fortunately, Yang Chen has so many years of online car-hailing experience, and he can handle this situation with ease.

No matter how the cars on both sides tried, Yang Chen could always skillfully stand firmly in his lane.

At this time, Yang Chen noticed that the car in front was actually a Bentley Continental, and the words “Tailgating Will Get You Married” were also pasted on the rear of the car.

Good guy, Yang Chen finally knew why the cars on both sides wanted to cut in front of him. It turned out that they were going for the Bentley’s “Tailgating Will Get You Married”.

It’s really opened my eyes; there are actually really stupid people who believe in this kind of thing.

Since they want to take shortcuts, let’s help them achieve their goals.

Yang Chen deliberately slowed down, giving the cars on the left and right sides a chance to change lanes.

Seeing Yang Chen giving way, the cars on the left and right sides quickly changed lanes to the middle lane.

As a result…

Bang!

The cars collided; one crashed into the guardrail, and the other crashed into the green belt.

Yang Chen quickly accelerated away from the “battlefield” to avoid being affected.

There was a red light ahead, so Yang Chen stopped behind the Bentley to wait.

Taking this opportunity, Yang Chen looked at the phone messages.

Just as he clicked on WeChat [a popular Chinese messaging app], the car in front crashed into him.

Yang Chen quickly confirmed his position to make sure that he didn’t crash into it before he was relieved.

At this time, a girl in yoga pants came down from the Bentley in front. The outline of her buttocks was very clear. It is estimated that no one can resist her butt.

The female driver looked at the situation of the car crash and then looked at Yang Chen with her hands on her hips.

Got it!

Just from her expression, you can guess that she must think that Yang Chen’s car hit her car.

The female driver walked over and knocked on the car window angrily.

Yang Chen opened the car window, and the female driver immediately complained: “Are you crazy? Why did you really hit me? That ‘Tailgating Will Get You Married’ is just for fun; you really took it seriously.”

Yang Chen: “Beauty, it was your car that rolled back, not me who hit your car.”

Female driver: “What is rolling back! I was waiting for the red light in place and didn’t move at all. It was obviously you who deliberately hit me; why don’t you admit it? You are very irresponsible like this. If you are a responsible man, I can’t consider dating you, after all, you are very handsome. But you dare to do but dare not to admit, I despise you very much.”

Yang Chen: “Beauty, please don’t PUA [psychological manipulation] me, okay? It’s really your car that rolled back; I have a driving recorder; I can show it to you.”

At this time, the traffic police came over.

Traffic police: “What’s going on here?”

Female driver: “Police officer, do you think he is too much? He saw that my car was pasted with ‘Tailgating Will Get You Married’, so he really hit me. He confessed to me directly; I can’t accept it; there is no need to really hit my car.”

Yang Chen was too lazy to explain, so he quickly found the driving recorder and showed it to the traffic police.

The driving recorder recorded clearly that Yang Chen’s car was parked in place and did not move, and the Bentley rolled back and hit it.

Traffic police: “Madam, please see clearly; it was your car that rolled back and hit his car, not him who hit your car. This is very clear; it’s your full responsibility.”

Female driver: “Ah? What is rolling back? My car didn’t move. I’ll watch it again.”

The female driver carefully watched the video again and confirmed that it was her car that rolled back. She quickly apologized to Yang Chen.

“Handsome guy, I’m sorry. I misunderstood you. I’m a novice, and my skills are really not very good. Please forgive me. Since it’s my full responsibility, I will definitely bear your loss. In this way, we will go to repair the car now. Do you think it’s okay?”

Yang Chen looked at his car, which was just a little bit of paint off, nothing serious.

Yang Chen: “No need, such a little paint off does not affect driving.”

Female driver: “No! No! I feel a little sorry for you like this. How about this, isn’t it time for dinner? I’ll treat you to a meal. Even if it’s my compensation and apology to you, okay?”

Yang Chen: “No need!”

After saying that, Yang Chen turned around and bypassed the Bentley and left.

The female driver also quickly got into the car and followed closely.

“This guy is really interesting; he doesn’t want any benefits at all. Very good, you have successfully attracted the attention of this lady!” The female driver said to herself.

Before long, Yang Chen came to the Westin Steakhouse in Yida Plaza.

Let’s change the taste for dinner and have a steak set meal.

As soon as Yang Chen got out of the car, the female driver ran over.

“Handsome guy, what a coincidence!” The female driver said with a smile.

Yang Chen: “Beauty, I’m not blind; you’ve been following my car; do you think I can’t see it?”

Female driver: “Hee hee… I think you are very interesting; I want to be friends with you. Let me formally introduce myself; my name is Liu Xueying; what about you?”

Yang Chen: “Yang Chen.”

Liu Xueying: “Hello, Mr. Yang. Give me a chance to treat you to dinner; otherwise, I will always have a knot in my heart that is too uncomfortable.”

Yang Chen: “Really no need! I like quietness; please don’t bother me. Thank you.”

After saying that, Yang Chen walked towards the steakhouse.

Liu Xueying: “Oh, so stinky! I don’t believe it; the daughter of the chairman of iFlytek [a Chinese information technology company] can’t handle a Didi driver!”