How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 635

Black Market Brokers Dare to Cause Trouble? What’s Wrong With a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money? (1)

Yang Chen quietly unfastened his seatbelt and asked with a smile, “Brother, you carry a knife when you go out?”

The passenger said, “Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. Just take me to my destination.”

Yang Chen said, “Brother, it’s not that I’m deliberately trying to annoy you, but our platform has rules that don’t allow passengers to carry controlled knives. If you had hidden it, I’d have an excuse. But it fell out, and the camera in my car recorded it. The headquarters database can check it. If I continue to take you to your destination, I’ll be penalized. You might not know, but the platform’s fines are harsh. I’d have to work for more than half a month for free.”

The passenger said, “Damn it, as expected, platforms and brokers are all black! Fine, I won’t take your car. I won’t cause you to get fined.”

The passenger unfastened his seatbelt, opened the door, and angrily headed towards his destination.

Yang Chen ended the order and continued to pick out orders.

After a while, a patrol car came from behind. Yang Chen quickly opened the car door and waved to signal the patrol car to stop.

The patrol car stopped next to him, and the police officer in the passenger seat asked, “What’s wrong? Is the car broken down?”

Yang Chen said, “No. There’s a young man in his early 20s ahead with a 20-centimeter-long pointed knife hidden in his sleeve. I told him the platform doesn’t allow passengers to carry controlled knives, so he got out of the car and walked. I think his condition is a bit off, like he’s very angry. You’d better stop him and ask about the situation. Maybe you can save something.”

The police officer asked, “Did he go ahead?”

Yang Chen said, “Yes! His destination is MUM Bar, which doesn’t seem too far away.”

The police officer said, “Okay, thank you. Hurry, hurry, drive forward, and pay attention to a young man in his early 20s on the side of the road. He’s very angry right now. Everyone, pay attention.”

The police officer quickly drove slowly along the side of the road. About three minutes later, they saw a young man walking very fast. Their professional keen sense [professional intuition] made them think he was the young man with the controlled knife that the ride-hailing driver mentioned.

“Stop! Stop!”

The police car stopped, and several police officers immediately rushed down.

The young man immediately ran when he saw the police coming.

The young man’s physical fitness was good. He managed to run away at a speed of 100 meters [dash].

“Quick, quick, get in the car, get in the car. The driver just said his destination is MUM Bar. The person he wants to hurt must be there!”

The police officers quickly got into the car and drove straight to MUM Bar.

Yang Chen took another order, and the destination was still MUM Bar.

When he took the passenger to the destination, there were many people watching something at the entrance of the bar.

Yang Chen parked the car and went down to take a look. The young man who had been carrying the knife was holding a man in his early 30s hostage with the knife, roaring.

“I worked a full month, and the agreed salary was 6,000, but I only got 2,000. He does nothing as a broker and takes away more than 3,000 yuan. I told him that my parents are sick and need money for medicine. He can’t take away so much, but he just won’t listen. He wants my hard-earned money, so I’ll take his life!”

No wonder he said the platform and brokers were black-hearted. It turned out he had been scammed by a job broker.

The police officer patiently tried to dissuade him [persuade him], “Young man, you are still so young. There’s no need to risk two lives for such a small amount of money. I promise you that as long as you let him go, I will definitely help you get your hard-earned money back. You have to believe in the people’s police. We will definitely stand up for you. Put down the knife, put down…”

The young man said, “It’s useless, it’s useless… My dad doesn’t have money for medicine, and his condition is getting worse. The doctor said there’s no hope. He can go home and prepare for his funeral.”

The police officer said, “Then you can’t have an accident even more. If something happens to you, to put it bluntly, they won’t be able to rest in peace even after they die. How about this? You let him go, and I guarantee to get the money back for you. I can also help you contact relevant charitable foundations to help you. How about it? You’re only 20 years old, the best stage of your life. There’s really no need to risk yourself for someone like him. Which factory do you work in?”

The young man said, “Guofeng Power. I just want to kill him now, otherwise the anger in my heart will have nowhere to vent. Besides, it’s not just me who has been scammed by these black brokers. Many of my co-workers have been scammed by them, and they even find people to beat those co-workers, threatening them not to tell anyone, or they will cripple those co-workers. I’ll just be doing a service to the people. I must kill him to give those black-hearted brokers a warning to see if they dare to be so black in the future!”

The police officer said, “We will definitely look into this matter thoroughly. We will deal with any illegal or criminal behavior they have according to the law. We will fine them if they should be fined, and sentence them if they should be sentenced. We will never let go of a bad person!”

At this time, plainclothes police officers were already preparing. If the young man didn’t let go, they would take swift [突袭] measures, and there was a high probability that they would shoot him dead.

Yang Chen had just acquired Guofeng Power, and now an employee was causing a death. If the issue of employees’ hard-earned money being deducted was exposed, would the factory still be able to operate?

Yang Chen quickly waved to the young man and said, “Brother, do you remember me?”

The young man said, “I remember. Aren’t you the driver?”

The police officer recognized Yang Chen and quickly waved him over.

“Master, please persuade him well and tell him not to do anything stupid,” the police officer said.

Yang Chen walked forward and said with a smile, “Brother, don’t be excited. Let me say a few words to you. I am Yang Chen. Do you know about the Star Chen Group?”

The young man said, “I know! Ah? Are you Boss Yang?”

Yang Chen took out his ID card and showed it to him, saying, “Look, this is my ID card. Let me show you a WeChat chat record.”

Yang Chen showed the young man the group discussion records between him and Chen Feng and other city leaders, which included the content of his wholly-owned acquisition of Guofeng Power.

“You know about my acquisition of Guofeng Power, right?” Yang Chen asked.

The young man nodded and said, “I know.”

At this time, a plainclothes policewoman slowly approached against the wall, her hand always on her waist, obviously preparing to subdue [강살] the young man.

Yang Chen immediately smiled and took two steps forward, saying, “Take a look at the chat content, and you will believe my identity.”

The policewoman stopped immediately when she saw Yang Chen approaching.

The young man took Yang Chen’s phone, swiped through some chat content, and then asked in surprise, “Are you really Boss Yang?”

Yang Chen blocked the policewoman’s path with his body and said to the young man with a smile:

“Of course. I will definitely deal with the problem you mentioned seriously. The company’s wages will be increased in the future. All factories will directly recruit, and we will no longer cooperate with any intermediaries. As long as you work hard, good days are ahead. If your parents really need help, I can have Dawn Hospital treat them for free. The hospital has an emergency charity fund specifically for patients who really need it. Life can be better. You really don’t need to take this step.”

The young man returned the phone to Yang Chen. After hesitating for a few seconds, he asked, “Can I punch him a few times? I really hate him so much! He takes our hard-earned money to play in bars, and the money we get after working hard for a month without rest is not even as much as his.”

Yang Chen said, “You throw away the knife, and I’ll help you catch him. You can beat him hard a few times.”

The young man said, “Okay, I believe Boss Yang!”

After speaking, he threw away the knife. Yang Chen really helped him catch the broker and let him beat him hard a few times.

The police quickly rushed up to control the young man and put handcuffs on him.

The young man was pressed to the ground and said with a smile, “Boss Yang, if I go to jail, will your factory still want me when I get out?”

Yang Chen said, “Yes! I’ll help you find a lawyer to defend you. You’ll be fine. Just cooperate with the investigation.”

The young man said, “Okay! I believe Boss Yang.”

Yang Chen glanced at the policewoman who was about to draw her gun and then left the scene.

Yang Chen called Zhang Xiang and asked him to send someone to defend the young man.

He would go to Guofeng Power tomorrow to inspect and terminate all cooperative relationships with intermediaries.

It was getting late, so Yang Chen didn’t take any more passengers and went back to the hotel to rest.

…

At nine o’clock in the morning, Yang Chen arrived at Longke University and met the research team that had just returned from Xinjiang Province.

The team leader, Zhang Zhongwei, took out a thick stack of manuscripts, which were all their field survey records and research reports, totaling more than a hundred pages. It could be seen that they had really put their heart into it.

The data report looked like a lot, but it could be summarized in two words: “feasible.”

Xinjiang Province and other places were oceans in ancient times, so most of them are saline-alkali land [land with high salt content].

According to the on-site investigation by Professor Zhang and others, it is indeed possible to divert water from the Tianshan Mountains to build aquaculture farms. They have enough confidence to transform the rivers there into oceans.

There is no problem in raising salmon, shrimp, crabs and other ingredients commonly used in seafood restaurants.

Yang Chen smiled happily and directly signed a 5 million check and placed it on the table, saying, “Professors, you have worked hard. This is the knowledge payment for you. Now I need you to transform the samples you brought back into seawater and try to breed some seafood first. If it is completely feasible, I will contact Xinjiang Province to contract it for large-scale transformation.”

After working hard for a week, they received a 5 million check, and the professors immediately smiled happily.

This was their extra income, which meant that everyone earned hundreds of thousands more than last year at the beginning of the year.

Zhang Zhongwei said, “Okay! We will adjust the seawater as soon as possible, but before that, President Yang needs to determine which species to breed. Because different marine organisms need different water quality, this is why some sea areas can abundantly produce [盛产] king crab and salmon, while some sea areas cannot produce these marine organisms.”

Yang Chen said, “Then breed the salmon that is most in demand in seafood restaurants, as well as prawns. I want to breed species that ordinary people can afford to eat.”

Zhang Zhongwei said, “Okay! I understand. We will conduct targeted research on salmon, prawns and other species, and prepare seawater suitable for their production.”

Yang Chen said, “Okay. Then I’ll leave first. Everyone, please work hard and have a good rest.”

Yang Chen said goodbye to Zhang Zhongwei and others, and hurried to the Academic Affairs Office to meet with the leaders of Longke University. At this time, Mayor Luo and others had already arrived.

Mayor Luo introduced Yang Chen to Ge Yunhui, the president of Longke University, and then the two came to a small conference room to discuss cooperation matters.

In fact, Mayor Luo had already talked to Ge Yunhui in advance about Yang Chen’s willingness to cooperate with Longke University. Being able to cooperate with Boss Yang was of course a good thing that Longke University was eager for.

In the future, Longke’s graduates will have better places to go, and the two parties can also cooperate on scientific research projects.

Ge Yunhui had already held a school leadership meeting in advance to study it, and everyone unanimously agreed to cooperate with Yang Chen.

Therefore, the current symposium is just a formality. Everyone gets to know each other and can directly sign a letter of intent for cooperation.

Yang Chen and Ge Yunhui signed the letter of intent for cooperation respectively. Subsequently, Star Chen Technology will contact Longke University to communicate in detail about specific areas and methods of cooperation.

Mayor Luo said with a smile, “President Yang’s trip to He City has been fruitful. Not only has it brought billions of dollars of investment to our He City, but it has also found many high-quality cooperations for yourself.”

Yang Chen said, “Haha… This is thanks to the preferential policies of the He City government. There is a reason why He City has become the fastest-growing city in the past ten years. With capable leaders like you, I believe that He City will continue to develop rapidly in the next thirty years, and the dream of a city of science and technology will definitely be realized.”

Mayor Luo said, “Haha… I’ll take President Yang’s good words. In the future, if He City becomes a nationally and even globally recognized city of science and technology, if I am still alive, I will definitely invite President Yang to come to He City again.”

Yang Chen shook hands with Mayor Luo and said, “Then it’s settled. A thirty-year agreement, let’s see He City reach its peak.”

“Haha…” Everyone laughed in unison.

Ge Yunhui had already arranged a lunch, and Yang Chen was not polite and had lunch together.

At more than two o’clock in the afternoon, everyone walked out of the restaurant and left separately.

The goals of this trip to He City have been achieved, and Yang Chen was in a very good mood. As soon as he got in the car, he sent a message to Cao Ruoxue.

“Nothing to do today, let’s go to the brothel to listen to music.”

Soon Cao Ruoxue called and said, “Where do you want to listen?”

Yang Chen said, “You arrange it.”

Cao Ruoxue said, “Then come to my house. My instruments are all in the practice room. Come to my house to listen, and I won’t have to find someone to move them out or rent other people’s instruments.”

Yang Chen said, “OK! Then I’ll go over tonight.”

Cao Ruoxue said, “Then come to my house for dinner tonight.”

Yang Chen said, “Okay! Call your grandfather and ask him to come home for dinner too.”

Cao Ruoxue said, “No problem! See you tonight.”

Hanging up the phone, Cao Ruoxue quickly ran out and shouted to the living room downstairs, “Dad, Mom, President Yang is coming for dinner tonight and specifically asked Grandpa to accompany him. You guys hurry up and prepare.”

Cao Aimin said, “Really! Haha… That’s great. Xiao Ning, you quickly take Sister Zhang and the others to start preparing dinner. It must be rich and must be presentable.”

Cao Ruoxue’s mother, Ning Caifeng, said with a smile, “I know. I’ll take Sister Zhang to buy groceries now.”

The family immediately became busy, hoping to give Yang Chen a good impression.

Yang Chen found the location of Guofeng Power on the navigation and took the time to inspect it in the afternoon.

The president of Guofeng Power is Li Feng, the brother-in-law of Shi Chunlai, the chairman of Guofeng Group, and the uncle of Shi Hao.

Li Feng heard from his brother-in-law and nephew that Guofeng Power had been sold to Yang Chen, and he also knew about the grievances between the two men and Yang Chen.

Therefore, when he heard the secretary report that Yang Chen was here, Li Feng was immediately frightened and his heart beat faster and he became nervous, because he was worried that Yang Chen would remove him because of his nephew.

“President Yang, welcome to our company for inspection. Please come this way.” Li Feng said very humbly, guiding Yang Chen to sit down in the president’s office.

Just as Li Feng was about to make tea himself, Yang Chen immediately said, “No need to bother, sit down.”

Li Feng quickly sat down opposite him.

Yang Chen said, “Don’t be nervous, I won’t blame you because of your nephew.”

Li Feng said, “Thank you, President Yang, thank you, President Yang. To be honest, I am really nervous and scared.”

Yang Chen said, “Haha… Don’t be nervous. Let me ask you, is the factory’s recruitment work done in cooperation with intermediaries?”

Li Feng said, “Yes! Now workers are particularly difficult to manage. If we directly oppress them, it will easily affect the company’s reputation. So we cooperate with intermediaries and let the intermediaries manage and restrain them. We still pay the same wages, but we get well-behaved and honest workers. Because if they are disobedient, the intermediaries will really suppress their wages and not give them. Although it’s not good to do this, President Yang, you may not know that some workers are really base [贱], and it’s not possible to adopt a strong pressure policy.”

Yang Chen said, “Oh, so are you base [贱]? Do I need to adopt a strong pressure policy against you?”

Li Feng immediately smiled awkwardly and said, “President Yang is joking. I am not a workshop worker.”

Yang Chen said, “So, in your eyes, workshop workers are not human? I have been to many large factories, and I also have many companies under my command. I have also worked for others before. I understand the mentality of a worker. As long as the salary is worthy of my efforts, I am willing to work here for the rest of my life. I have roughly checked. The wages you offer to workers are 13 yuan per hour, forcing workers to work at least 13 hours a day, and some workers even work 15 hours. The hard-earned money earned after a month of hard work is taken away by the intermediary for more than half. Do you think workers can be well managed? If you work 15 hours a day and get more than 2,000 yuan a month, can you obey management? Last night, I also met a worker in the factory who held a knife to hold an intermediary hostage in order to recover his hard-earned money. If I hadn’t shown my identity in time and persuaded him, he would have been a cold corpse now. His parents are seriously ill and have no money for medicine, and 6,000 wages were deducted by the intermediary for more than 3,000. Do you know these situations?”

Li Feng said, “The secretary did tell me. I have already arranged for the company’s legal department to go to the police station to deal with it. The price we give is not low. Some factories only have a price of about 10 yuan. We promise how much we will give. As for how much the intermediary gives them, that is the agreement between them and the intermediary, and we don’t need to ask.”

Yang Chen said, “No wonder a good state-owned factory is half-dead. With talents like you managing the factory, it would be strange if it could develop well. Immediately terminate all cooperative relationships with all intermediaries and re-sign contracts with every worker. The price is increased to 30 yuan an hour, and the daily working hours are not allowed to exceed 12 hours, even if the workers want to work overtime. All statutory employee benefits must be given, and social insurance must be purchased as long as they are officially employed.”

Li Feng said, “Ah? 30 yuan an hour? That’s too high! With such a high price, the company won’t make money.”

Yang Chen said, “Is this a problem you need to consider? I said to give 30, so give 30. It doesn’t matter if I earn less. They rely on this little salary to support their families. Is it something that humans can do to deduct their wages and benefits?”

Li Feng strongly disagreed with Yang Chen’s approach, because if the price is increased to 30 yuan an hour, the factory will definitely not make money. If there are some unexpected expenses, it will lose money.

However, Yang Chen has wholly acquired the company, and he will do whatever he says. Li Feng can only listen and do as he is told.

Li Feng said, “Okay! I will now ask the secretary to notify the cooperative intermediaries to cancel the cooperation immediately, and then ask the personnel and logistics department to change the new contract for the workers. But I need to make it clear to President Yang in advance that the company’s report next year will definitely be very ugly, and there is a high probability that there will be a big loss.”

Yang Chen said, “As long as the company operates legally and normally, it is my responsibility if there is a loss. If there is corruption in the company, workers deliberately slack off, etc., then it is your responsibility, and I will definitely investigate it to the end.”

Li Feng said, “Understood. I will do whatever President Yang says.”

Yang Chen said, “There is one more thing. The company will soon merge with Rongxue Power. The company after the merger will be called Sunshine Power. The position of chairman will be held by Cao Aimin, and you will be the CEO. I will give you two a year to perform well. Whoever is incompetent [菜] will get out.”

Li Feng said, “Understood! Thank you, President Yang, for the opportunity.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Cao Aimin will contact you soon. You two can discuss the follow-up work. Take me to the workshop to take a look.”

Li Feng said, “Okay, okay. President Yang, this way please.”

Yang Chen followed Li Feng to the workshop. At this time, the workers were working while discussing the incident of the young man holding the intermediary hostage last night.

When they saw Li Feng coming, they quickly quieted down and concentrated on their work.

Two workshop directors quickly ran over to greet Li Feng.

Li Feng said, “Well. This is our factory’s new boss, President Yang. Let everyone stop for a moment. President Yang has a few words to say to everyone.”

The workshop owner quickly ran over to pull the gate to stop the production line from running, and hundreds of workers in the workshop looked over.

The workshop director intimately brought the loudspeaker [喇叭] and handed it to Yang Chen. They usually use this to train the workers.

Yang Chen said, “Hello everyone, I am Yang Chen, your new boss. From now on, all employee contracts will be re-signed. You will sign directly with the company without going through an intermediary, and you will not be exploited by them in the future. In addition, the price is increased to 30 yuan an hour, but you can only work up to 12 hours a day, and you will buy social insurance as soon as you are officially employed. I will give you everything I should give you, and I hope everyone can work hard. The company will soon merge with Rongxue Power and strive to be listed as soon as possible. If the company is successfully listed, everyone’s benefits will be better, including but not limited to the allocation of housing, etc. This is not just drawing a big cake [making empty promises]. These will be written into the new employment contract. I will definitely make everyone feel a sense of belonging and make you feel that your efforts will be rewarded. If the intermediaries dare to threaten you, don’t be afraid. Report to the workshop director, and they will report to President Li. We will deal with them according to the law. If they dare to play dirty tricks, I, Yang Chen, guarantee with my reputation that I will definitely take care of them all.”

The workers felt a little unreal. Was this definitely the treatment that a factory could offer to workers?

“President Yang, are you kidding me? Is the price really increased to 30? If you raise it so high, I can call everyone in the village here.”

“30 yuan an hour, working 12 hours a day, the salary alone is more than 10,000 a month. Haha…”

“If you really give this treatment, I will sign with the company for the rest of my life!”

…

Yang Chen said with a smile, “I keep my word, and all the treatments I just said will be written into the contract. But I hope everyone will be worthy of the salary they receive. If you are lazy, it may be changed to piecework in the future, and the salary will be reduced accordingly. I have always required all companies to ensure that employees get what they deserve. Similarly, employees should also put in work that matches their salary. What do you think?”

“No problem! If you give such a salary, I can’t forgive myself if I don’t work hard.”

“Haha…”

“I’m still afraid that you’ll give too much, and then we’ll do too little, the company will go bankrupt, and we won’t be able to find such a good job.”

“Haha…”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile. At this time, the secretary ran in in a hurry.

“President Yang, Chairman Li, it’s not good. The intermediaries heard that we are going to cancel the cooperation and came to cause trouble together!”