How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 650

The Great War (1)

1) Chapter 650 It’s Useless to Plead for Mercy, Da Ma Ge! _ What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Lin Qijia glanced at his staff, who understood immediately and stepped forward to stop Yang Chen and Yuan Xiaozhao.

Staff: “Are you two sent by competitors to deliberately cause trouble? We welcome fair competition, but what you’re doing is a bit underhanded, isn’t it? We’re live streaming, and you’re sabotaging us both online and offline. Aren’t you going too far!”

Yang Chen: “We’re just passing by, not competitors. We want to go into the mall to buy something. Don’t waste our time.”

Staff: “Do you think we’re stupid? You just said it was too expensive, and the people in the live stream echoed you. What a coincidence? It’s obvious you’re sabotaging us both online and offline. Which streamer are you working for? Tell them to compete fairly and openly; don’t resort to such dirty tricks. Qijia has reached the position of the top streamer in the entire network because of his personal ability and the capital behind him. Is the capital behind your master as powerful as Boss Ma’s?”

Yang Chen: “Precisely because Boss Ma is behind him, I don’t want to argue with you. If you don’t move, he might be in trouble.”

Staff: “Are you threatening me? Do you think you can scare me? Among all the platforms, is there any boss who dares to say they can suppress Boss Ma?”

Yang Chen raised his right hand and beckoned, and the bodyguard immediately stepped forward to block Lin Qijia’s staff.

The staff member rolled his eyes, saying, “See, see? You still say you weren’t sent by competitors to cause trouble. You even have accomplices.”

Yang Chen was too lazy to pay attention to him, put his arm around Yuan Xiaozhao, and walked into the mall. Under the intimidation of the bodyguard, the staff didn’t dare to follow.

Yuan Xiaozhao complained, “Does Lin Qijia have paranoia, or has he been targeted so much that he sees enemies everywhere?”

Yang Chen: “He’s just making too much money and getting a little arrogant. Wait, let me send a text message.”

Yang Chen stopped and sent a message to the president of Douyin [TikTok, a popular video-sharing platform].

“Take a look at the replay of Lin Qijia’s live stream. The part about the 79-yuan eyebrow pencil can be used well. Don’t miss this golden opportunity. Notify the real domestic brands on the platform to prepare to seize the traffic. This time, one whale falls, and all things thrive.”

Douyin acted quickly. The part of Lin Qijia’s live stream where he mocked fans for not working hard quickly topped the Douyin hot search list.

Netizens flocked to comment and express their anger.

“Damn! The man I’ve been supporting for three years is now calling me poor. I want to cry!”

“79 yuan for an eyebrow pencil isn’t expensive? It’s only 0.08 grams, which means it’s equivalent to 1000 yuan per gram. Gold is only 460 yuan per gram. The eyebrow pencil is more expensive than gold. How can you not call that expensive?”

“Do you know what makes me the angriest? I just thought 79 yuan for an eyebrow pencil was expensive, and he directly denied my value as a person. Has he forgotten the days when he was live streaming on the streets? He thinks he has achieved today’s success through his own efforts, so everyone else should also have his achievements if they work hard; otherwise, they haven’t worked hard enough?”

“He used to cry and call us piggy girls [a term of endearment] in the live stream, but now he directly denies my value as a person. As expected, your position determines your views. Now he’s a capitalist and stands on the opposite side of us ordinary consumers.”

“The Caoliuzi eyebrow pencil sold for a few yuan before Lin Qijia promoted it. After he promoted it, it became 79 yuan. Others lower the price, but he raises the price. He’s really awesome.”

…

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Lin Qijia was introducing a product when the staff next to him handed the phone to his assistant and signaled her to take a look.

The little assistant tilted her head and looked at the phone, and her eyes widened in shock.

The little assistant quietly slipped the phone to Lin Qijia from below. She took over Lin Qijia’s words and continued to introduce the product, while Lin Qijia looked down at the video.

After watching it, Lin Qijia suddenly panicked and couldn’t speak.

After a while, Lin Qijia quickly said, “I’m sorry, everyone in the live stream. I’m not feeling well and need to rest for a while. My little assistant will introduce the products to you first, and I’ll be back after a rest. Sorry.”

Lin Qijia quickly walked out of the camera range and immediately called his boss, Qin Zhenqiang.

Qin Zhenqiang was on a business trip in Hangzhou. After hearing Lin Qijia talk about the situation online, he was so frightened that he almost dropped his phone.

“Qijia, you’re an old-timer, not a newbie. You know this online stuff better than anyone else. Why would you make such a low-level mistake? You used to be very careful. What’s going on today?” Qin Zhenqiang asked, puzzled.

In short, Lin Qijia was getting arrogant, and he was bound to face this tribulation sooner or later.

Lin Qijia: “President Qin, I know I made a mistake, but now is not the time to discuss this issue. You quickly find some connections to see if you can salvage the situation, at least get those videos taken down.”

Qin Zhenqiang: “I’m in Hangzhou right now. I’ll go to Alibaba to find Boss Ma and try. You quickly record an apology video. It must be sincere, the kind that makes you cry. Got it?”

Lin Qijia: “Got it. You quickly go to Boss Ma for help, and I’ll quickly record an apology video.”

Hanging up the phone, Lin Qijia quickly signaled the assistant to end the live stream. They needed to find a quiet, empty place to record the apology video.

Yang Chen was accompanying Yuan Xiaozhao to choose clothes in the LV store when Da Ma Ge called him.

Da Ma Ge’s Taobao live stream is a direct competitor to Douyin’s sales live stream, and Lin Qijia is the top streamer on the Taobao platform.

Therefore, Da Ma Ge’s influence doesn’t work well on Douyin, so he can only call Yang Chen for help.

Yang Chen is an important shareholder of Douyin and ByteDance. As long as he is willing to help, he can definitely persuade Douyin to take down all the negative videos about Lin Qijia.

After Yang Chen understood Da Ma Ge’s meaning, he said with a smile, “To tell you the truth, I was the one who asked Douyin to spread the video of Lin Qijia mocking fans for not working hard.”

Da Ma Ge: “Ah? Why is President Yang doing this? You are also an important shareholder of our Alibaba; it’s not good for you to do this.”

Yang Chen: “I’m at the IFC [International Finance Center] right now, and I just happened to see Lin Qijia live streaming and selling 79-yuan eyebrow pencils at the door. My girlfriend just said it was too expensive, and he asked his assistant to stop us and say some very rude things, and falsely accused us of being sent by competitors to cause trouble. I think Lin Qijia is getting too arrogant and should be taught a lesson. According to my estimation, Lin Qijia

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will only suffer a great loss of vitality and will not really be eliminated. If he is not taught a good lesson, he will think that everything the platform brings him is obtained by his own ability.”

Da Ma Ge was speechless for a moment, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, “Okay, I understand. You go ahead; I’ll hang up first.”

Hanging up the phone, Da Ma Ge immediately said to Qin Zhenqiang, “You don’t have to struggle; Lin Qijia is destined to suffer a great loss of vitality this time.”

Qin Zhenqiang stood up excitedly and said, “Why?”

Da Ma Ge then relayed what Yang Chen had just said on the phone to Qin Zhenqiang. After Qin Zhenqiang heard it, he was dumbfounded.

Boss Yang personally took action, and even if ten thousand Lin Qijias were tied together, they would be finished.

However, Lin Qijia is the company’s number one streamer, and more than 80% of the company’s profits are contributed by him, so Qin Zhenqiang naturally cannot give up easily.

He begged Da Ma Ge to call Yang Chen again to plead for mercy. If Lin Qijia falls, the traffic of Taobao [a Chinese online shopping website] will be snatched away by streamers from other platforms, and Taobao’s losses will be great.

Da Ma Ge shook his head helplessly. Of course, he knew this fact, but he couldn’t do anything about it. He couldn’t even handle Douyin, so how could he teach Yang Chen how to do things?

Yang Chen had already made it clear that there was no point in wasting effort, and even if he made a hundred more calls, he couldn’t save Lin Qijia.

Qin Zhenqiang left Da Ma Ge’s office in disappointment and immediately called Lin Qijia.

Lin Qijia: “Hello, President Qin, how is it? Can Boss Ma help?”

Qin Zhenqiang said angrily, “Don’t mention Boss Ma; no one can save you this time.”

Lin Qijia: “Why? I’m the number one streamer on Taobao. If something happens to me, Taobao will lose a lot of users. Can’t Boss Ma see this?”

Qin Zhenqiang: “Of course, Boss Ma can see it, but the one who wants to deal with you is Boss Yang.”

Lin Qijia: “What Boss Yang? Which Boss Yang?”

Qin Zhenqiang: “Yang, the boss of the Star Chen Group. Did someone say it was too expensive when you were live streaming and selling eyebrow pencils, and then you asked people to stop them?”

Lin Qijia: “Yes, someone was causing trouble, so I asked the staff to talk to him. Ah? Was that Boss Yang?”

Qin Zhenqiang: “Yes! Boss Ma called Boss Yang, and Boss Yang made it clear that he was the one who asked Douyin to spread these videos. He also told Boss Ma not to waste his efforts, and that he must teach you a lesson this time. What were you thinking? Why did you ask people to stop Boss Yang in that situation? Even if you didn’t know who he was, you couldn’t just harass passersby. You’ve caused a big disaster this time. If Boss Yang is merciful, you can still save half your life. If he makes a deadly move, he can ban you at any time.”

Lin Qijia was so frightened that he couldn’t speak. He never thought that he was blocking the Star Chen Group’s Boss Yang.

As a streamer, the most basic quality is to be thick-skinned; otherwise, how can you deceive fans into buying expensive products in the live stream?

So Lin Qijia didn’t want to accept his fate and quickly ordered everyone on the team to search the mall for Yang Chen.

As long as he found Yang Chen, he would kneel down and apologize to beg him to show mercy.

Before long, the little assistant found Yang Chen in the LV store and immediately called Lin Qijia over.

Lin Qijia came to Yang Chen, bowed deeply, and said

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“Boss Yang, I apologize to you for my rudeness. Please show mercy and give me a way out. I am just a streamer who relies on selling goods to survive. If I collapse, not only will I suffer heavy losses, but the team members behind me, as well as the brands and factories that rely on me to survive, will also suffer heavy losses. Please, Boss Yang, you must show mercy.”

The customers and staff in the store all gathered around to watch.

“What’s going on? What happened to Lin Qijia?”

“Don’t you know? Lin Qijia was live streaming and selling 79-yuan Caoliuzi eyebrow pencils. Someone said 79 yuan was too expensive, so he mocked them in the live stream for not working hard. That video is now popular on Douyin, and many people are scolding him.”

“Ah? How could someone as experienced as him make such a low-level mistake? But it’s understandable. He used to often criticize brands, competitors, and the audience in the live stream. This time, someone is obviously holding on and wants to teach him a lesson.”

“It seems that the person who wants to teach him a lesson is Mr. Yang; otherwise, why would he beg Mr. Yang so humbly?”

…

Lin Qijia was trying to morally blackmail Yang Chen. At this point, he still couldn’t correct his attitude, so it’s no wonder Yang Chen wanted to deal with him.

Yang Chen: “People, the most taboo thing is to regard the achievements given by the platform as their own personal ability, and to think that they are very important, as if the earth would stop spinning without them. This world has never had the saying that it can’t work without someone. Without you, they can still live very well. The market exists, and as long as consumers need it, if they don’t buy from you, they will naturally buy from other streamers, and they can still support the workers. You should stop wasting your time here and think about how to do crisis public relations.”

Lin Qijia’s last chance was also blocked by him. It’s purely courting death to play petty tricks in front of big shots.

Lin Qijia was still unwilling to give up, but Yang Chen’s bodyguards came over and drove them all away.

To avoid unnecessary commotion, Yuan Xiaozhao quickly pulled Yang Chen away.

The onlookers and staff quickly went online to gossip, describing the situation just now in the relevant videos.

“Telling you the truth, Lin Qijia offended Boss Yang while live streaming at the IFC. That’s right, it’s the Star Chen Group’s Boss Yang. It was Boss Yang who ordered Douyin to go all out against Lin Qijia.”

“Lin Qijia is finished. This time, Boss Yang personally took action. As long as Boss Yang is unwilling to show mercy, he will definitely be finished.”

“Lin Qijia bowed deeply and begged Yang Chen to show mercy. He also used his team and the workers in the factories that produce the products he sells to morally blackmail Boss Yang, but Boss Yang didn’t pay any attention to him. He also criticized him for not taking himself too seriously, that the earth would still spin without anyone, and not to regard the achievements given by the platform as personal ability. It can only be said that Boss Yang’s words are really direct, and he didn’t leave Lin Qijia any face at all.”

…

Soon the whole network spread the news that the Star Chen Group’s Boss Yang was going to deal with Lin Qijia, which is why he made such a big commotion, which meant that no one could save Lin Qijia.

At this time, in Yang Chen’s car.

Yuan Xiaozhao flipped through Weibo [a Chinese microblogging website] and said with a smile, “Netizens are saying that you are the one who is going to deal with Lin Qijia, which is why you made such a big commotion. Some people also say

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that you are bullying the small with the big, and that this behavior does not match your status.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… Let them say whatever they want. Where do you want to go now?”

Yuan Xiaozhao: “Do you play golf?”

Yang Chen: “A little. Do you want to play golf?”

Yuan Xiaozhao: “There is a golf scene in my new novel’s plot. I have never played golf, and I am afraid that if I write it too amateurishly, I will be scolded by readers. Can you take me to experience it?”

Yang Chen: “Sure. Wow, is it so difficult for you to write novels? Do you have to experience it yourself before you can write it?”

Yuan Xiaozhao: “It depends on the situation. Some briefly written plots can be glossed over. But some plots have to be written in great detail, so they have to be professional. Because the reader base is large, it is inevitable that you will encounter some knowledgeable readers. If you write it too amateurishly, they will really scold you.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… It’s okay, in the future, if you need some plots that you haven’t experienced yourself, just find me, and I’ll take you to experience them before you write them. We mainly focus on being authentic!”

Yuan Xiaozhao laughed and nodded happily.

Before long, the two arrived at the world’s largest golf club – Haishang Elite Golf Club.

“I am a major shareholder here. When we leave, I will get you a platinum card as well. You can come and play whenever you want,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Yuan Xiaozhao: “Ah? This club is also yours!”

Yang Chen: “Yes! I bought it when I first started out. I have been too busy these past few years and rarely come to play. I just happened to come and play today; otherwise, my platinum card will rust.”

Yang Chen took Yuan Xiaozhao into the club and used his platinum card privileges to get a very good field.

Yuan Xiaozhao had never played golf before. This was the first time she had touched a golf club. She had no idea how to hold it or how to swing it. Yang Chen had to teach her from scratch.

Teaching your girlfriend to play golf is definitely a happy thing. You hug her from behind and teach her little by little. Anyway, whether you can teach her is not important; what is important is to enjoy the process.

At this time, two customers walked over. The man looked very young, and the woman must have been at least 50 years old.

The man’s eyes were on Yuan Xiaozhao all the time. The rich woman next to him was unhappy and asked with a fake smile, “Is she good-looking?”

The man quickly retracted his gaze and explained with a smile, “Baby, don’t misunderstand. I met an old classmate. That girl is called Yuan Xiaozhao. She was my high school classmate. I used to pursue her, but she didn’t accept me. I heard that she is now a web novelist. It’s a good thing she didn’t accept me back then; otherwise, I would have been delayed by her, and I wouldn’t have met you, baby.”

The rich woman chuckled and said, “Is that so? Since she is an old classmate, then we have to go up and say hello and also introduce her to me.”

The man: “Should we not? It feels a little embarrassing.”

The rich woman: “Do you feel inferior because she rejected you back then?”

The man: “A little bit.”

The rich woman: “That’s right; that’s why you should go up and say hello to her even more. I’ll help you regain your confidence this time, understand?”

Actually, it wasn’t that the man didn’t want to regain his confidence in front of Yuan Xiaozhao; the problem was that he was being kept by the rich woman, and there was a big age gap between the two. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing to go up and say hello?

If the rich woman was ten or eight years younger, he wouldn’t hesitate so much and would immediately pull the rich woman to show off in front of Yuan Xiaozhao.

“Forget it, if you don’t go up and say hello, I’ll go over myself,” the rich woman said with a smile, and she really walked towards Yang Chen and Yuan Xiaozhao, who were in the middle of a sweet lesson.

The man had no choice but to quickly follow.

“Yuan Xiaozhao, long time no see! I didn’t expect to meet you here!” the man said loudly.

Yang Chen and Yuan Xiaozhao’s teaching was immediately interrupted.

Yuan Xiaozhao turned her head and looked over, muttering, “Why would I meet him? This world is really small.”

Yang Chen: “Ex-boyfriend?”

Yuan Xiaozhao: “I only have you as my boyfriend; where did an ex-boyfriend come from? His name is Chen Shuang. He was my high school classmate. He used to pursue me, but I rejected him. We haven’t seen each other for seven or eight years; I didn’t expect to meet him here.”