How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 641

The Tesla Vice President? He Still Has to Go In!

Yang Chen was driving when the Tesla Model S that had tried to cut him off earlier sped up and suddenly swerved in front of his car. If Yang Chen’s driving skills weren’t top-notch, he would have definitely crashed.

The Tesla returned to its lane, and after driving a short distance, it once again suddenly swerved in front of Yang Chen’s car.

The bodyguards were still stuck at the highway entrance, so Yang Chen had to deal with it himself for the time being.

You can’t just stop on the highway. It’s not only dangerous for yourself but also potentially life-threatening for other drivers.

But not stopping wasn’t an option either. Yang Chen couldn’t guarantee he could narrowly avoid the Tesla’s swerving every time.

Suddenly, the Tesla Model S swerved again. Yang Chen immediately turned on his hazard lights and slammed into it.

Yang Chen quickly opened the car door, got out, and jumped off the highway.

Since this bastard didn’t want things to end well, then let him have his wish.

Yang Chen called Zhang Xiang and asked, “Attorney Zhang, I need to ask you something. A car tried to cut me off, but I didn’t let him. Then, on the highway, he kept swerving in front of me, and I couldn’t avoid it and crashed. Is this kind of behavior criminal?”

Zhang Xiang: “Mr. Yang, are you okay? You can’t stay on the highway. Get off the highway quickly.”

Yang Chen: “I’ve already jumped out. I’ll have the bodyguards put up the warning triangle when they arrive. There’s too much traffic now; I can’t get across.”

Zhang Xiang: “His behavior could be considered endangering public safety, which carries a sentence of three to ten years.”

Yang Chen: “Got it! I have to send this scumbag in. Damn it!”

The Tesla driver walked over angrily and said, “Can you even drive?”

Yang Chen hung up the phone and waved him over.

The Tesla driver jumped over and reached out to push Yang Chen.

Yang Chen grabbed his finger and twisted it hard to the side. The Tesla driver immediately wailed, “Ah! It hurts! It hurts! Let go! Let go of me!”

At that moment, the bodyguards arrived.

Yang Chen pushed the Tesla driver to the ground and said, “Watch him!”

The bodyguards immediately stepped forward and surrounded the Tesla driver.

The Tesla driver immediately roared, “What do you think you’re doing? I’m warning you not to mess around. I’m Cao Gang, the Vice President of Tesla China.”

The bodyguard smiled disdainfully and said, “Even if [Elon] Musk himself came, you’re not going anywhere today.”

Cao Gang was terrified and quickly called the police.

At that moment, the highway patrol arrived first. They had placed the warning triangle in advance and jumped over to ask about the situation.

Cao Gang hurriedly shouted, “Police officers, help! Help! They’re going to hit me. You have to stand up for me!”

The police officer: “What’s going on? Which two are the car owners?”

Yang Chen: “I am the owner of the Jianghuai car.”

Cao Gang: “I am the owner of the Tesla. Police officer, they want to hit me. Arrest him quickly!”

The police officer: “Please show me your documents and take a breathalyzer test.”

Yang Chen readily took out his documents and cooperated with the breathalyzer test.

Cao Gang was a little nervous because he had indeed had a glass of wine at noon. He just didn’t know if it would still show up now.

Cao Gang: “I didn’t drink any alcohol. There’s no need to test me.”

The police officer: “Whether you drank or not isn’t up to you or me; it’s up to the instrument. Please cooperate with the test, okay?”

Cao Gang had no choice but to cooperate with the test.

The police officer: “Look here, 40, already reaching the standard for drunk driving. You’ve been caught for drunk driving twice before. According to the regulations, you will be detained, fined 2,000 yuan [approximately $280 USD], and your driver’s license will be revoked.”

Cao Gang: “I only had one glass of wine. I don’t feel anything. Is your instrument broken?”

The police officer: “It doesn’t matter. We’ll take you for a blood test later. That’s more accurate.”

Yang Chen gave the police officer the dashcam footage to watch. The police officer immediately said, “Cao Gang, Mr. Cao, your problem is a bit serious. You may be prosecuted for endangering public safety. Let’s go back to the station to deal with it.”

Cao Gang: “Police officer, don’t scare me. What endangering public safety? I just didn’t like him and swerved in front of his car. It’s not like I’ve never done this before. It has nothing to do with endangering public safety, okay? It’s just road rage. Don’t scare me!”

The police officer: “How we determine the charges is a matter for the court. We are responsible for organizing the evidence and submitting it to the court.”

Cao Gang: “Wait, wait, police officer, I know I was wrong. Brother, I’m sorry. It’s my fault. My brain was a little messed up. I did something wrong in a moment of confusion. Don’t hold it against me.”

Yang Chen: “This is a public prosecution case. Kneeling and begging me is useless.”

The police officer: “Oh, right, this Mr. Yang is right. This is a public prosecution case. It has nothing to do with him. Let’s go.”

Cao Gang: “Don’t! Police officer, please be lenient. I have elderly parents to support, young children to raise, and illegitimate children outside. If I go to jail, who will take care of their lives? My whole life will be ruined. Please be lenient. I promise there will never be a next time.”

The police officer: “Mr. Cao, you have violated the law, and we must handle it according to the law, okay?”

Cao Gang: “I am the Vice President of Tesla China. Give me some face.”

The police officer: “It doesn’t matter who you are. It’s best if you don’t speak at this time and cooperate with our investigation. That’s the best choice for you. Understand what I mean?”

Cao Gang quickly nodded and stopped talking. He quickly called President Tao Ruolin.

Cao Gang: “Hello, President Tao, I’m in a bit of trouble. I got caught racing with someone, and I had a glass of wine at noon. I swear I only had one glass. Now I’ve been caught by the Hecheng traffic police. The police said they want to prosecute me for endangering public safety. Can you help me make a call?”

Tao Ruolin: “What’s wrong with you? You’ve been caught for drunk driving twice, right? How dare you do this again?”

Cao Gang: “My fault, my fault. I really only had one glass. I didn’t feel anything. But the police instrument showed 40, which reached the standard for drunk driving. To be honest, it’s all that ride-hailing driver’s fault. If he hadn’t deliberately provoked me, I wouldn’t have raced with him. Damn it!”

Tao Ruolin: “Alright! I understand! Just don’t talk nonsense.”

Cao Gang: “Understood, understood. I promise not to say a word from now on.”

Hanging up the phone, Cao Gang looked at Yang Chen with a smug smile and said, “Nothing will happen to me. But I guarantee something will happen to you.”

The police officer: “Shut up! Do you think we’re air?”

Cao Gang didn’t care and smiled smugly. He thought he could use Tesla’s connections to protect him, but he was thinking too much.

Yang Chen didn’t bother using his identity. Instead, he had someone post the dashcam footage online.

With the strong promotion on major platforms such as Weibo [a Chinese microblogging website], Douyin [the Chinese version of TikTok], Kuaishou [a Chinese video-sharing platform], and Red Book [a Chinese social media and e-commerce platform], the news of “Tesla owner driving dangerously on the highway” quickly topped the list of trending news, and netizens left messages expressing their views.

“Huh? That’s not scientific! Tesla’s brakes are so sensitive now that they can just swerve whenever they want? Tesla says this is definitely not their car. Their car’s brakes aren’t that sensitive.”

“Don’t let him get away with it. I also encountered a jerk who swerved in front of me because I didn’t let him cut in. If my wife and children weren’t in the car, I would have really wanted to crash into him! These kinds of jerks always think everyone in the world is their dad and everyone has to give way to them. He must be dealt with seriously so he can understand that we’re not his dad and there’s no reason to indulge him!”

“Swerving like that on the highway endangers not only the two of them but also potentially involves other drivers. Once a traffic accident occurs, the consequences are unimaginable. It could be dozens of cars crashing into each other. This can’t be simply a detention and fine. He must be sentenced!”

……

Tao Ruolin had just made several calls to ask for favors to protect Cao Gang when her secretary rushed in with a tablet.

“President Tao, something bad has happened! Please watch this video!” the secretary said anxiously, handing the tablet to Tao Ruolin.

After watching the video, Tao Ruolin blurted out, “It’s over!”

She quickly picked up the phone and called the president of Douyin, requesting Douyin to immediately block all related videos, but was explicitly rejected.

Still unwilling to give up, she quickly called the presidents and relevant executives of platforms such as Weibo, Kuaishou, and Red Book to request the deletion of the videos. Unsurprisingly, they all rejected her request.

Although they were unwilling to reveal the reason for the rejection, the sensitive Tao Ruolin sensed that a big shot must have contacted these platforms, otherwise they would not have refused and given so much traffic.

Then Tao Ruolin thought of the owner of the car that Cao Gang had cut off. She quickly called Cao Gang and asked, “Whose car did you cut off? Do you know the other party’s identity?”

Cao Gang: “Just a ride-hailing car, why?”

Tao Ruolin: “That’s impossible! If it was just an ordinary ride-hailing driver, the heads of Douyin and other platforms wouldn’t refuse to give me face! That driver posted the dashcam footage online, and now the whole internet knows that you, a Tesla driver, were driving dangerously and cutting off cars on the highway. I called the heads of those platforms to block these videos, but they all refused and refused to reveal the reason. Isn’t it obvious that someone contacted them? You quickly ask the traffic police who the other party is, and then I’ll think about what to do.”

Cao Gang: “Oh, okay, I’ll go ask right away.”

A few minutes later, Cao Gang called Tao Ruolin back.

Cao Gang: “President Tao, the traffic police won’t tell me who that ride-hailing driver is, but I just saw him sign his name. His name is Yang Chen.”

Tao Ruolin: “What? Yang Chen? That’s bad, that’s bad. I knew so many platform heads wouldn’t give me face. Alright, I don’t need to look for connections anymore, and you don’t need to struggle anymore. Contact a lawyer quickly and see if they can reduce your sentence by a few years.”

Cao Gang: “Ah? President Tao, don’t scare me! I am loyal to the company and to you. You can’t abandon me!”

Tao Ruolin: “It’s not that I and the company are unwilling to save you, but there’s really no way to save you. Ride-hailing car, Haicheng license plate, and the driver is named Yang Chen. So many platforms are unwilling to give me face and refuse to reveal the reason. There’s only one explanation: you cut off the car of Yang Chen, the boss of the Starlight Corporation. Do you think you still need to struggle? Even if the responsibility isn’t on you, you can’t come back unscathed.”

Cao Gang’s heart immediately raced, his mouth became dry, and his face turned visibly pale. It was clear he was terrified.

Cao Gang quickly grabbed the traffic police next to him and asked, “Police officer, tell me the truth, is that Yang Chen the boss Yang of the Starlight Corporation?”

The police officer: “I’m sorry, I can’t comment. You can call your family or lawyer now. We’ll complete the procedures and send you to the detention center later.”

Cao Gang immediately cried and knelt in front of the police officer, saying, “Police officer, I really know I was wrong. Please give me another chance. I’ll apologize to Boss Yang. I’ll kowtow to him to apologize. Please give me another chance. I really have elderly parents to support and young children to raise. If I’m really sentenced, how will they live? My whole life will be ruined. Please give me a chance, please.”

The police officer quickly called his colleagues to help him up and said, “What’s the use of crying now? You’ve already been dealt with for drunk driving twice. This is the third time, which shows that you haven’t learned your lesson at all. Swerving in front of cars multiple times on the highway, no one can bear the responsibility if a major accident occurs. If we don’t punish drivers like you, we can’t explain it to the law and other law-abiding drivers. I hope this education will make you remember for the rest of your life. Be a good person after you get out.”

Cao Gang: “No, no, I can’t go to jail. I really can’t go to jail. I don’t want to go to jail. I’ll pay compensation. I’ll pay as much as you want. One million, two million, okay?”

The police officer: “This isn’t about money. Alright, stop crying. Call your family quickly. If you can afford a lawyer, hire one yourself. If you can’t, the court will provide a lawyer. However, since you can afford two million, you should hire a lawyer yourself and see if he has the ability to defend you on the grounds of road rage.”

Cao Gang knelt on the ground and wailed. The scene was too miserable.

However, he wasn’t crying because he realized he was wrong, but only because he was afraid of going to jail.

When he forcibly tried to cut in earlier and failed, he wasn’t in this state of mind.

On the other side, Yang Chen had already gotten back on the road and was heading back to Haicheng.

Originally, he could have been home for dinner around eight o’clock in the evening, but now he probably wouldn’t be home until eleven o’clock.

Yu Shishi and Xue Yinong had dressed up carefully and were waiting for Yang Chen to come back for dinner. Seeing that it was almost twelve o’clock and Yang Chen hadn’t returned yet, they were both almost asleep when they heard a honk outside.

Yu Shishi and Xue Yinong sat up straight at the same time. They looked at each other and then happily ran out hand in hand.

Seeing Yang Chen’s car outside the gate, Yu Shishi quickly stepped forward to open the gate and waved happily to Yang Chen, saying, “Honey, you’re back! Hehe…”

Yang Chen: “Yeah, I was delayed a bit on the road. Have you eaten?”

Yu Shishi: “No! We’re waiting for you.”

Yang Chen: “You should have eaten first. I can just grab something when I get back. Xiaonong, you haven’t eaten either?”

Xue Yinong: “No, Shishi and I are waiting for you together.”

Yang Chen parked the car and took out the small toys he had bought next to Luogang Park to give to them.

Yu Shishi: “Hehe… Thank you, Honey.”

Xue Yinong: “Thank you, Achen.”

Yang Chen put his left arm around Yu Shishi and his right arm around Xue Yinong, saying, “If you want to thank me, thank me with practical actions. Saying thank you isn’t sincere.”

Yu Shishi and Xue Yinong immediately lowered their heads shyly and smiled. They leaned on Yang Chen’s left and right shoulders, respectively, and went into the house together to prepare for dinner.

Aunt Lan quickly took out the food from the insulated box and served Yang Chen and the two girls.

Yang Chen: “Aunt Lan, you probably haven’t eaten either. Sit down and eat together.”

Aunt Lan: “No, no. I’ll just eat in the kitchen.”

Xue Yinong: “Aunt Lan, Achen is asking you to eat together, so eat together.”

Aunt Lan: “Okay, okay.”

Yu Shishi: “Honey, how was the trip to Hecheng?”

Yang Chen: “Very fruitful. I reached an investment agreement of hundreds of billions with the Hecheng municipal government. In the next few years, I will focus on cooperating with the Hecheng municipal government and enterprises in the field of technology. Tomorrow, I will give you the signed memorandum of cooperation and agreement. You will follow up and arrange for the corresponding companies to contact Hecheng.”

Yu Shishi: “Okay.”

Yang Chen: “Let’s eat, let’s eat, no more business talk.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Shishi’s work phone rang. It was a call from an unfamiliar number. She quickly answered it.

It turned out that the call was from Tao Ruolin, the president of Tesla China, who wanted to talk to Yang Chen about their vice president cutting off his car.

Yu Shishi covered the phone’s microphone and said, “Honey, Tao Ruolin, the president of Tesla China, wants to talk to you, probably about their vice president cutting off your car.”

Yang Chen took the phone and said, “Hello, President Tao.”

Tao Ruolin: “Oh, hello, President Yang. I am Tao Ruolin, the president of Tesla China. I am honored to be able to talk to you.”

Yang Chen: “President Tao, you don’t need to be polite. Just say what you need to say.”

Tao Ruolin: “Okay, then I’ll get straight to the point. I hope President Yang can be magnanimous and let Cao Gang off this time. We will send a generous gift to thank President Yang for his generosity. Later, I will report to headquarters and have Mr. Musk personally talk to you. Maybe you will spark something.”

Yang Chen: “If you break the law, you must bear legal responsibility. Even if he didn’t cut off my car, he has already been dealt with for drunk driving twice, and he still dared to drive drunk on the highway today, not putting the safety of others in his eyes at all. You are pleading for this kind of person, which is too degrading for your Tesla brand, right?”

Tao Ruolin: “President Yang, don’t misunderstand. I’m not pleading for him, but he is our Vice President of Tesla China. If he is sentenced, our Tesla brand image will also be greatly affected. I hope President Yang can do us a favor. If there are any opportunities for cooperation in the future, we will definitely give priority to President Yang.”

Damn, she said it as if Tesla was anything in front of Yang Chen, and she would give priority to Yang Chen?

Yang Chen: “Hehe… I thank President Tao for her kindness, but I don’t need your cooperation opportunities.”

Tao Ruolin: “As far as I know, President Yang has only invested in car companies such as BYD [a Chinese automaker] and does not have his own car manufacturing company, nor does he have the ability to manufacture cars himself. We are the undisputed number one in the field of new energy vehicles. If President Yang wants to build his own cars one day, we can provide technical support to avoid President Yang from taking detours. Does President Yang think this condition is not attractive?”

Yang Chen: “You can forget it. I thank you for your attractiveness, but I’m not interested. Cao Gang must be dealt with according to the law. No one can interfere. I’m hanging up if there’s nothing else. I was delayed by him for more than two hours and am eating now.”

Tao Ruolin wanted to continue, but Yang Chen hung up the phone directly.

“Damn it! What’s with the attitude? Does he really think he’s invincible just because he’s Boss Yang? You’re far from being comparable to our Mr. Musk! I don’t believe that with Tesla’s status, we can’t protect a vice president!” Tao Ruolin said to herself, and then called [Elon] Musk.