How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 647

The True God of Yang Chen!

“For the shareholders, for the employees, for justice, I must do this! You resign immediately, or you will bear the consequences alone!” Quentin Rivers said firmly.

Phil Tass was furious and threw the water glass in his hand at Quentin Rivers.

Quentin Rivers didn’t dodge at all and was hit hard on the forehead, breaking the skin and bleeding on the spot.

“Call the police! Call the police immediately! I want to put him in jail!” Quentin Rivers roared.

His followers immediately called the police, claiming that there was a fight and police assistance was urgently needed.

Phil Tass said speechlessly, “What are you doing? Is it necessary to call the police? Why didn’t you dodge?”

Quentin Rivers: “Why should I dodge? So many people saw you attacking me; I will definitely put you in jail!”

Just as Phil Tass was about to speak, Chief Financial Officer Lucy Silva walked in and said, “Mr. Phil Tass, I have reported the company’s tax evasion, bribery, and insider trading to the state and federal governments. Many of these things were forced on me by you, and I have also submitted the evidence. I advise you to surrender yourself as soon as possible; otherwise, the rest of your life will be spent in prison.”

Quentin Rivers immediately laughed and said, “Lucy, well done!”

Now, not only was Phil Tass extremely frightened, but the shareholders were also panicked.

Wouldn’t Chief Financial Officer Lucy Silva’s actions be equivalent to destroying the Lion Fund?

“What are you doing? Are you trying to destroy the Lion Fund?”

“Have you been bought off by someone? Bought off by Yang Chen, right?”

“That’s right, they must have been bought off by Yang Chen; otherwise, how could they do such crazy things? The key is that doing so won’t benefit them at all, and it will also get them into jail.”

“How much money did Yang Chen give you that you are so obedient to him!”

……

Quentin Rivers immediately roared, “Shut up! I haven’t even met Yang Chen; how could I be bought off by him? I’m thinking of the shareholders and employees. Mr. Phil Tass is no longer suitable to be the operator of the Lion Fund; he must step down! As for why Lucy did this, I don’t know.”

Chief Financial Officer Lucy Silva immediately said, “I am for justice, for fairness, for the law! I stand against evil forces!”

Phil Tass: “F*ck! Are you crazy? Crazy, definitely crazy; what you’re saying is crazy talk!”

At this time, Investment Manager Marcus Kamos also came in.

“Mr. Phil Tass, shareholders, I’m sorry, I really can’t bear the torment in my heart. I have handed over all the evidence of the company’s insider trading to the Securities Regulatory Department, the state government, and the federal government. I know I will be finished too, but justice will prevail!” Kamos said passionately.

Phil Tass: “……”

One stands against evil forces, and the other believes that justice will prevail. Are these lines that normal people can say?

They must be crazy, definitely!

Seeing that the situation was not good, the shareholders quickly called people to sell the Lion Fund’s stock, no matter how low the price, as long as they could sell it, they didn’t want to keep a single share.

Phil Tass was on the side, advising the shareholders not to worry.

This matter is not necessarily what it seems; there is no need to panic.

But the shareholders didn’t listen to his nonsense. As rational investors, they had to run away immediately, and staying for one more second might make it impossible to escape.

Phil Tass angrily slapped the table several times, pointing at Kamos and others and roaring, “It’s all your fault! You bunch of idiots, you destroyed the company with your own hands!”

At this time, the investigation team sent by the state government arrived.

“Mr. Phil Tass, you are suspected of inciting others to offer bribes, evade taxes, engage in insider trading, and other illegal and criminal activities. We are now formally launching an investigation into you. Please actively cooperate!”

Phil Tass originally wanted to quibble and struggle, but then he felt that there was no need to struggle.

The Chief Financial Officer and the Investment Manager are the people who know the most about the company’s operations and tax issues. They have submitted the evidence to the relevant departments, and it is useless for Phil Tass to struggle.

Due to the shareholders’ frantic selling, the Lion Fund’s stock fell rapidly. In just half an hour, it had fallen by 90%. Institutional and major shareholders were selling at any cost. Even after falling so much, it still failed to stop the decline.

The New York Stock Market immediately took intraday suspension measures against the Lion Fund, prohibiting anyone from trading. Now it is waiting for the investigation results to come out before deciding whether to delist.

The sudden explosion of the Lion Fund scared the investment companies that were besieging the Dragon Concept stocks with it. The other companies didn’t care so much and quickly terminated the short-selling plan, immediately buying back and closing out the positions that their companies were responsible for, admitting defeat.

As a result, the stock prices of companies such as Alibaba and Pinduoduo, which were shorted by the Wall Street Alliance, rose rapidly, with at least a 20% increase.

Major US media newspapers and news websites quickly followed up and reported on this grand occasion.

US News: The drama of the Wall Street war against Yang Chen, which lasted for half a year, finally came to an end today, with Wall Street surrendering and admitting defeat, and Yang Chen and the Dragon Concept stocks winning a complete victory. Even more terrifying is that the Lion Fund, which took the lead in shorting the Dragon Concept stocks, had serious internal strife, and the persons in charge of finance and investment submitted the company’s evidence of illegal and criminal activities to the securities department, the state government, and the federal government. If there are no accidents, the Lion Fund will be delisted and closed down. Yang Chen’s methods are indeed ruthless enough to disintegrate the Lion Fund from the inside. This is enough to arouse our attention. A financial superstar is rising in the distant East. Not only should Wall Street pay attention to him, but the federal government should also pay attention to him.

The New York Times: I still remember Buffett’s warning echoing in my ears. He said that the Wall Street Alliance’s idea of besieging the Dragon Concept stocks and forcing the Dragon Country government to order Yang Chen to submit was wrong, and they would definitely pay for their mistakes. At that time, everyone laughed at Buffett for being old and scared after being defeated by Yang Chen once. At that time, all the companies in the Wall Street short-selling alliance were laughing at Buffett, saying that Berkshire should withdraw from the stage of history. Now we know that the reason why the stock god [a legendary investor] is called the stock god is because he has his reasons. At least he can see problems that other peers cannot see. With the internal disintegration of the Lion Fund, the Wall Street short-selling alliance also disintegrated, and each investment company bought back and closed out the positions they were responsible for. Wasting more than half a year, and finally ending with a huge loss and admitting defeat, it is really让人不禁唏嘘 [ràng rén bù jīn xī xū – makes people sigh], is it possible that Wall Street’s century-old honor is really going to be ended by Yang Chen?

At this time, Buffett was attending an event, and the reporters at the scene relayed the relevant news to him and asked him to comment.

Buffett said with a smile: “I don’t know what to say; I have said everything I should have said before. I think this is the ending they deserve. This is the punishment for not respecting opponents, not understanding opponents, and being blindly confident. If Yang Chen was so easy to deal with, how could I not have taken revenge on him after he destroyed my life’s honor? Because I know that even if I have another decisive battle with him to determine each other’s status in the world, it is likely that I will still lose. It is very scary for a person to have vision and see problems that others cannot see. It is very scary for a person to have a lot of money, so much that the money of all the rich people on the rich list combined is not as much as his. When a person has vision and is very rich, he is the incarnation of God, and no one can defeat God. In my heart, Yang Chen is God. Anyone who disagrees can have a peak battle with him like the Lion Fund and other companies!”

Half a year ago, when Buffett said this, he was ridiculed by the vast majority of people at the scene.

Now he still says this, and no one at the scene dares to refute or ridicule him.

“The stock god is the stock god; he still sees the problem accurately!”

“Yes, the stock god can see Yang Chen’s awesomeness, but we can’t, so he won’t suffer any more losses, but the group of fools at the Lion Fund are losing so much that they are going to go bankrupt.”

“The facts have proved how awesome Yang Chen is and also proved that Mr. Buffett is still sharp and has unique vision.”

……

Buffett nodded with a smile. He didn’t expect that this could also become a reason for everyone to praise him.

However, some people disagreed.

Max posted a new update on Twitter.

“No one in the financial capital market is Yang Chen’s opponent anymore, so let me win back the glory that belongs to the United States. I have made a bet with Yang Chen. We will jointly create a humanoid robot. By 24:00 on December 31, whoever’s robot sells more will win, and the loser will publicly admit defeat to the other party on social media. So, stop paying attention to the ethereal finance; it’s just a string of cold numbers. From now on, pay attention to technology, which is the driving force and reason for human progress.”

Max’s new Twitter update quickly attracted a lot of comments from netizens.

“Really? You made a bet with Yang Chen? He is the boss of an investment company, and you are the boss of a technology company? Haha… What is he thinking?”

“Why don’t I believe it? How could Yang Chen be so stupid as to compare whose robot is more popular with you across industries?”

“Are you here to 蹭热度 [cèng rè dù – gain popularity]? Everyone knows you like to 蹭热度 the most.”

“Show us your robot publicly, and I will believe what you said.”

……

In fact, when Max proposed this bet to Yang Chen before, Yang Chen had already guessed that he already had this humanoid robot to launch on the market.

However, Yang Chen still accepted his bet because Yang Chen had not encountered a challenging opponent for a long time. Even if he lost this time, he would be happy, not to mention that he felt that he would definitely not lose, so naturally, he had to accept Max’s bet.

Max selected a comment and gave a reply.

“You are right; our company’s new robot Catwoman is now in the final testing stage and will soon be put on the market. I can responsibly tell everyone that the welfare of single men is coming, and all men will definitely like our Catwoman robot.”

Dragon Country.

As soon as the Dragon Country people woke up, the news began to push the news that the Wall Street Alliance had been defeated and admitted defeat.

People’s Daily: After a battle lasting half a year, Yang Chen finally defeated the Wall Street short-selling alliance and shattered their conspiracy to short the Dragon Concept stocks. If the previous harvesting of the US banking industry and the global oil industry, as well as the later defeat of Buffett, were Yang Chen’s battles to become a god, then this battle is the battle for Yang Chen to be officially crowned. From now on, the global financial investment market must bow down to Yang Chen!

Dragon News Agency: Yang Chen used practical actions to explain a truth to the people of the world, that strength is the truth. Wall Street is just a paper tiger, and it is easily punctured in the face of real hard power. Yang Chen’s victory not only represents the victory of the Dragon Country’s capital market but also represents the victory of developing countries around the world. Thinking back to those years when Soros disregarded financial ethics and shorted Southeast Asia, causing countries such as Thailand to be devastated, if we did not have a strong motherland as our backing, Xiangjiang [Hong Kong] would also have been harvested by him. If the times have changed, we can finally say no to financial robbers! If they still want to repeat their old tricks, the result will be the same as the current Lion Fund, not only losing everything but also leading to their own destruction! Yang Chen fought a beautiful battle, enough to be recorded in history!

The excited netizens flooded Yang Chen’s and Starlight Investment’s social media accounts, as well as those of other companies within the Starlight Group, leaving congratulatory messages on Weibo, Douyin [TikTok in China], and other platforms.

“The people of Jingcheng [Beijing] send a congratulatory message, congratulating Boss Yang for defeating the enemy and defending our homeland!”

“The people of Haicheng [Shanghai] send a congratulatory message, congratulating Boss Yang for becoming a legend in one battle!”

“The people of Wan Province send a congratulatory message, congratulating Boss Yang for declaring to the world with a beautiful financial counterattack that ‘Short selling is prohibited within Dragon Country.'”

“The people of Xiangjiang [Hong Kong] send a congratulatory message, congratulating Boss Yang on his great victory. This battle is enough to ensure that the Dragon Country’s capital market will not be attacked by foreign capital for the next 30 years.”

“The people of Treasure Island [Taiwan] send a congratulatory message, congratulating Boss Yang on his victory, and hoping that in the near future, we can sing the praises of our motherland together under the red flag.”

……

At this time, Yang Chen was still sleeping.

Big Horse [Jack Ma’s nickname]’s call came in.

Big Horse: “Hello, President Yang, congratulations! This battle was fought so beautifully. Our Alibaba also benefited from it, with the stock price rising by 15%. I woke up to find my net worth increased by tens of billions. Haha…”

Yang Chen rubbed his eyes and replied with a smile, “Damn, then aren’t you going to treat? We must have the full package—dinner, karaoke, and a foot massage. Otherwise, you’re just not generous enough.”

Big Horse: “Haha… It must be arranged! I’m going to Haicheng tomorrow to attend the Bund Economic Summit. Let’s have dinner, karaoke, and a foot massage together in the evening.”

Yang Chen: “OK! See you tomorrow.”

As soon as he hung up, President Huang of PDD [Pinduoduo, an e-commerce platform] called.

President Huang: “President Yang, good morning. Congratulations, congratulations! You can now be said to be a legend in the global capital market, and no one dares to have any ideas about you anymore.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… This is also thanks to the cooperation of President Huang and the other company bosses; otherwise, I wouldn’t have won so easily.”

President Huang: “President Yang, you’re too polite. We were just cheering from the sidelines. President Yang is the one who charged into battle. I’m going to Haicheng tomorrow to attend an event. I wonder if President Yang has time to have dinner together in the evening?”

Yang Chen: “Big Horse just called me too, and he showed off to me that he woke up to find his net worth increased by tens of billions. I guess President Huang’s net worth has also increased a lot.”

President Huang: “Haha… Thanks to President Yang, mine has also increased by more than 40 billion. But these are just a string of numbers, and we can only look at them until we cash them out.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… It’s still nice to look at them and feel good. Okay, see you tomorrow then.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen was about to get dressed and get out of bed when Old Yu of New Oriental Education Group called again.

After finishing this call, President Zhou of 360 [a cybersecurity company] called again.

Originally, it was just a simple matter of getting dressed and getting out of bed, but Yang Chen spent more than 40 minutes and still couldn’t manage to do it.

The bosses of these companies all had a feeling of surviving a disaster, so naturally, they had to call Yang Chen to express their gratitude.

At this time, Tang Xia called Yang Chen.

Tang Xia: “Honey, congratulations on becoming world-famous! Now everyone in the world knows that there is a Yang Chen in Dragon Country who single-handedly took down the entire Wall Street.”

Yang Chen: “It’s not that exaggerated. Why did you leave so early? I was planning to have a morning workout with you.”

Tang Xia: “Hee hee… stop it. Wasn’t last night’s workout three times enough? I’m too tired. I have to go to work; I can’t lose the empire that I finally built. By the way, are you up yet?”

Yang Chen: “I’m up, just about to leave.”

Tang Xia: “Okay. Then remember to eat breakfast.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Hanging up, you get busy.”

Yang Chen brushed his teeth, washed his face, folded the quilt and put it in the closet, cleaned the room, and left with the trash.

The room in Yihai Apartment is Yang Chen and Tang Xia’s love nest. Tang Xia will come over to clean it when she has time, so it’s convenient for her and Yang Chen to stay overnight anytime.

Yang Chen had breakfast downstairs and went out to drive a taxi.

The first fare was a man and a woman, both senior white-collar workers, dressed in neat suits.

Female passenger: “Wow, Boss Yang is really awesome. He single-handedly cleaned up that bunch of Wall Street robbers. How can there be such an amazing person in this world? I feel like he must have cheats like the main characters in novels.”

Male passenger: “I also think he must have cheats; otherwise, how could one person be so powerful? The key is that this time he not only won but also caused the Lion Fund to have internal strife and chaos, and it’s likely to go bankrupt. I heard from an old classmate who works on Wall Street that Yang Chen bribed the finance and investment department heads of the Lion Fund to turn against them, and the two handed over all the evidence of the company’s illegal and criminal activities. Ah, I really have to admire him. How did Boss Yang manage to be in Dragon Country but be able to bribe the core members of his competitors in the distant US? The key is that once they report it, they themselves will not escape sanctions because all the things were done through their hands, even if they were acting on orders.”

Female passenger: “Wow, Boss Yang is so amazing! I guess he must have given them money they couldn’t refuse. Anyway, they were acting on orders, and they have the merit of reporting and confessing, so they should be given a light sentence. If Boss Yang gave them 100 million US dollars, could they refuse? They can spend a few years in jail and then enjoy life. I would accept it without hesitation if I were them.”

Yang Chen couldn’t help but laugh; they were talking too much nonsense.

The female passenger immediately asked: “Handsome, what are you laughing at? Don’t you think so?”

Yang Chen: “I don’t know much about Boss Yang, but is he as magical as you say?”

Female passenger: “Wow, brother, you should pay more attention to the news, or at least browse Douyin. Now everyone in Dragon Country knows how powerful Boss Yang is. He saved the Dragon concept stocks [Chinese companies listed on foreign stock exchanges] with his own strength. Alibaba, PDD, 360, etc.—all these famous companies were protected by Boss Yang this time. Do you think Boss Yang is awesome or not?”

Yang Chen: “Oh, listening to you, he is indeed a bit awesome. Even companies like Alibaba need his protection.”

Male passenger: “Of course! Alibaba’s market value has fallen by 70%, and Boss Ma and a group of shareholders are powerless; they can only watch their wealth shrink day by day. But Boss Yang easily reversed Alibaba’s decline, allowing it to skyrocket by 15% overnight, and Boss Ma’s net worth also soared by hundreds of billions. Hundreds of billions, do you know that?”

Yang Chen nodded with a smile; it seems that direct numbers are more attractive to them.

Yang Chen: “Oh, then Yang Chen is indeed very powerful.”

Female passenger: “It’s more than powerful; it’s simply a god descending to earth. I wish I could meet him, but he’s too mysterious, and you can’t find his photos and videos online. I really want to know what he looks like.”

Yang Chen: “Maybe he’s very ordinary; maybe he looks like me.”

The female passenger got up and looked at Yang Chen and said with a smile: “Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You are too handsome; Boss Yang can’t look like you.”

This made people feel conflicted; Yang Chen didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.

Yang Chen: “Why? Can’t Boss Yang be a little handsome?”

Male passenger: “Of course not! Oh, he’s already so powerful, and you want him to be as handsome as you? Is there any fairness? Why would God give him all the good things? I think it’s already very rare to have the ability to make money and be handsome; it’s too unfair to give him both abilities.”

Female passenger: “That’s right. As the saying goes, when God opens a door for you, he will definitely close a window for you. Boss Yang is already so capable; it’s impossible for him to be handsome. He must be an ugly monster, and an old geezer.”

Yang Chen: “Hey, hey, hey, why are you cursing people like that? Boss Yang is also a human being; what’s wrong with being a little handsome? People can’t be so envious. Since he is a god in your hearts, why not imagine him as a perfect person? Why does he have to be an ugly old man?”

Alas…

You have to earn your own respect. I became an ugly old man for no reason. Who can I reason with?

Female passenger: “That’s true; I should think of him as more perfect.”

Male passenger: “No! I don’t agree! He must have some shortcomings; otherwise, I don’t think it’s fair.”

Yang Chen: “Handsome, don’t be so envious. How about this: you say Boss Yang is a handsome guy, and I’ll send you a red envelope [digital cash gift].”

Male passenger: “Why? Are you related to Boss Yang?”

Yang Chen: “Is it possible that I am Boss Yang myself?”

Male passenger: “Haha… stop joking; Boss Yang can’t be so handsome.”

Yang Chen: “Then don’t worry about it; just tell me if you’ll do it. You say ‘Boss Yang is a handsome guy,’ and I’ll send you an 888 red envelope. Before I take you to your destination, you say a few words, and I’ll send you a few red envelopes. How about that?”

Female passenger: “Handsome, can I participate in this activity? I think I can do it too.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… sure, you can also participate. Come on, let’s start now!”

Female passenger: “Boss Yang is a handsome guy! Boss Yang is a handsome guy…”

Seeing that the female passenger was serious, the male passenger quickly said: “Boss Yang is a handsome guy! Boss Yang is a handsome guy…”

Money is still useful; it can change a person’s will.