How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 668

Still Not Convinced? Want to Keep Betting? What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Buying a luxury house doesn’t really count as being rich. There are too many people who can buy luxury houses now.

But being able to buy three islands in a “品” [pǐn – product, referring to the shape formed by the three islands] shape is truly being a tycoon.

More importantly, it’s a permanent property right, which is very appealing to Yang Chen.

Harvid invited Yang Chen into the car, as the race was about to start.

Yang Chen shook his head and said, “I won’t follow this time. Let’s just watch the live broadcast on the big screen here.”

Harvid nodded and said, “Alright! Then we’ll watch the live broadcast here. Mr. Yang, how confident are you? To be honest, the dog you chose doesn’t look very good.”

Yang Chen said with a smile, “If it looked very strong, how would you make money?”

Harvid: “Mr. Yang, are you saying that the number 20 you chose will definitely win?”

Yang Chen: “Of course. If it can’t win, why would I choose it? The race has started, just watch patiently.”

As soon as the race started, Abbas, the brother of number 5 Abani, who won the first race with an absolute advantage, shot out at a speed that surpassed all other dogs. Just this burst of speed showed that it was different from the others.

The number 20 that Yang Chen chose was very weak, and in less than 5 seconds, it became the last one.

Kutzan and Adubi next to him laughed so hard that they bent over. The number 20 that Yang Chen carefully selected became the last one in just five seconds, which was really ridiculous.

Kutzan lost 1 billion USD to Yang Chen, and he had been feeling unhappy. He seized the opportunity to vent his frustration.

Kutzan: “Mr. Yang, the dog you chose doesn’t look good! I think you should quickly prepare 3 billion USD. Mr. Adubi is ready to accept it.”

Adubi: “Haha… Mr. Kutzan, don’t say that. The race hasn’t ended yet, anything is possible. Maybe the number 20 that Mr. Yang chose will exert its strength in the second half.”

Kutzan: “Haha… It’s already more than 200 meters behind your number 8. No matter how hard it tries, it won’t be able to catch up.”

Adubi: “Haha… We must have a competitive spirit. As long as the race hasn’t technically ended, we can’t say we’ve won.”

Harvid pointed at Kutzan and gave him a fierce look.

Kutzan was immediately frightened into shutting his mouth, and he quietly watched the big screen without daring to speak.

It was time to use the skill card; he couldn’t be careless.

Yang Chen gave the system an instruction in his mind.

“System, exchange the speeds of number 8 and number 20.”

System: “Received master’s instruction, immediately using the skill card on the specified two targets. Skill card in use… Use successful, officially in effect.”

The smiles on Kutzan and Adubi’s faces suddenly disappeared. The speed of number 8 Abbas on the big screen visibly slowed down, and it was quickly caught up by the dogs behind it.

Maya said excitedly, “Brother Chen, look, number 8 seems to be out of strength and can’t run anymore.”

Yang Chen: “Being fast at the beginning doesn’t count as fast; being fast at the end is what counts. The one who crosses the finish line first is the winner, not the one who runs the fastest at the beginning.”

Kutzan: “What’s going on? Why is Abbas getting slower and slower?”

Adubi couldn’t understand either, and he shook his head and replied, “I don’t know, this has never happened before. What’s going on?”

At this moment, the audience in the stands excitedly clapped and cheered, because the number 20 skinny dog, which had originally fallen out of the camera’s view, had actually rushed back into the camera’s view and was constantly overtaking other dogs.

Harvid: “Oh, number 20 is coming up!”

Maya: “Brother Chen, your number 20! Haha… It’s really coming up, you didn’t misjudge it.”

Yang Chen smiled without saying a word, quietly watching number 20 break through and constantly surpass its competitors.

Kutzan and Adubi’s mentality collapsed. Could this number 20 surpass Abbas?

Number 20 was still creating miracles, and the audience in the stands stood up, waving their arms and cheering for it.

However, those who bought number 8 Abbas to win were not in a good mood. Seeing Abbas like this, it seemed that there was no hope.

After number 20 overtook five more dogs in a row, it finally caught up with number 8 Abbas.

Although Abbas was trying hard to run, its speed limit was just that fast. No matter how hard it tried, it couldn’t get any faster.

In just a moment, number 20 surpassed number 8.

Kutzan and Adubi were both experts in dog racing. They knew that once they were overtaken in the second half, there was basically no chance of overtaking again.

This also meant that no matter whether number 20 could eventually win the championship, its ranking would definitely be better than number 8.

Therefore, seeing number 20 overtake number 8 so decisively, Kutzan and Adubi slumped down in despair.

The miracle of number 20 continued. After surpassing five more dogs in a row, number 20 successfully came to the first place. At this time, there were less than 800 meters left to the finish line. As long as it could maintain this speed, it could win the championship.

Seeing number 8 Abbas being left further and further behind, and even out of the camera’s view, Adubi’s mentality completely collapsed. He grabbed Kutzan’s arm and said excitedly, “It’s all your fault, it’s all your fault! You were the one who wanted me to bet with him. Now I’m going to lose three islands, you must take responsibility for this!”

Kutzan also collapsed and pushed Adubi away, saying, “I lost 2 billion USD to him; I’ve almost lost all my assets. I’m even more devastated than you are.”

Adubi: “It’s your fault for losing money, you asked for it. But I was tricked by you into betting this time. Three islands—I spent 3.5 billion to buy them—and now I’m about to lose them to him. What… what am I going to do? A large portion of my assets is just gone like that!”

Accompanied by the loud cheers of the audience in the stands, number 20 smoothly crossed the finish line first and won the race.

Those viewers who bought number 8 to win were very upset and angrily tore up the tickets in their hands and threw them away.

Maya said excitedly, “Brother Chen, you won, you really won! You are so amazing; you could actually see that number 20 was pretending to be weak, and number 8 was just all talk and no action.”

Harvid: “Brother Chen, you are really amazing! Thank you for letting me make a lot of money. Almost everyone bought number 8 to win, haha… I swept them all this time.”

Yang Chen said with a smile, “Good luck, just good luck.”

The trainer, who thought he was very experienced, was stunned by the result of the race, because this result directly subverted his understanding. All the knowledge and experience he had accumulated in his life had failed, and he couldn’t even see that number 20 was so powerful.

“I didn’t expect that I’ve been studying dog racing for most of my life, but I’m not as good as a new player who doesn’t know anything. What have I been doing for most of my life!” The trainer muttered to himself, and then he looked at Yang Chen, who was happily celebrating the victory with Harvid and others, with a bitter expression.

The organizer officially announced that number 20 was the champion and broke the undefeated record of number 8 Abbas and number 5 Abani in separate races.

Harvid waved his hand to signal Adubi and Kutzan to come over.

Although Adubi was a rich man from the Sand Country [likely referring to Saudi Arabia], this was the UAE, and Harvid was the king. The three islands he bought originally belonged to the UAE, so he had to give Harvid face and quickly walked over.

Harvid said with a smile, “The results of the competition are out; you should fulfill your promises.”

Kutzan is the chairman of Adubi Dhabi Oil Company, holding 2.5% of the company’s shares. He couldn’t come up with the 2 billion USD in cash, so he could only use the 2.5% of the shares to pay off the debt.

The key was that he didn’t dare to go back on his word; otherwise, Harvid would definitely not let him go.

But Adubi was different. He was from the Sand Country, and he was not so afraid of Harvid. After all, the islands were bought for 3.5 billion USD, and he still wanted to struggle a bit.

Adubi: “Mr. Yang, actually I was just joking with you before; I didn’t really want to bet with you. Otherwise, I would have chosen the popular number 8, and you chose the weak number 20; it was impossible for me to take advantage of you in this bet. Since we were just talking, let’s not take it too seriously, haha.”

Yang Chen: “Mr. Adubi, I don’t think you know me. Let me introduce myself: my name is Yang Chen, and Star Defense Group is my company. Since I accepted your bet, you must fulfill the bet if you lose. Of course, you can choose to go back on your word, but you may face some punishment. I will send Star Defense’s assassins to assassinate you, the kind that won’t stop until you’re dead.”

Yang Chen didn’t take Adubi seriously at all, so there was no need to beat around the bush when talking to him; just tell him the truth directly.

Adubi didn’t expect Yang Chen to be so violent. He was actually threatening him so bluntly in front of so many people, especially with Harvid right next to him.

Harvid said with a smile, “Mr. Adubi, it’s best to be able to afford to lose; otherwise, we may have to forcibly take back those three islands and give them to Mr. Yang. In that case, not only will you not be able to keep those three islands, but you will also get a reputation for not being able to afford to lose, and you won’t be able to get along in the future.”

Adubi: “Your Majesty, Mr. Yang, is there really no room for negotiation? How about I give Mr. Yang 1 billion USD as compensation; would that work?”

Yang Chen: “Our bet is that I give 3 billion USD, and you give those three islands. You must lose the islands to me; I don’t want anything else. Even if you give me 30 billion USD, I won’t want it.”

Yang Chen wasn’t short of money. Billions of USD were nothing to him. He just wanted to take the opportunity to take these three islands so that he could build aircraft carriers on these three islands in the future.

However, those were islands bought for 3.5 billion USD after all, and Adubi couldn’t easily hand them over to Yang Chen no matter what.

Adubi turned around and called the Crown Prince of the Sand Country, Saraman, and reported the situation here in detail, asking Saraman to help him.

Saraman was also very angry after listening. It was shameful for a dignified man to be unable to afford to lose, not only losing his own face but also losing the face of the Sand Country.

But!

After all, those three islands were bought by Adubi for 3.5 billion USD. If they were really given to Yang Chen like this, it would mean that the Sand Country had lost 3.5 billion in wealth. If the issue was considered from a territorial perspective, the loss would be even greater.

Therefore, Saraman naturally had to find a way to help Adubi and try to keep those three islands.

Saraman directly called Harvid, thinking that it would be easy as long as he could convince Harvid.

After understanding Saraman’s intention in calling, Harvid said very clearly: “It’s not that I’m not giving the Crown Prince face, but he must fulfill this bet, because he lost to Mr. Yang Chen, the boss of Star Defense. If he doesn’t fulfill the bet, he will become the target of Star Defense Group’s global pursuit. Do you know what that means?”

Saraman also panicked a little. Losing to Yang Chen, the boss of Star Defense Group, the consequences of going back on his word would be unimaginable.

However, the islands bought for 3.5 billion USD must not be given away so easily. Saraman then asked Harvid to give the phone to Yang Chen; he wanted to talk to Yang Chen directly.

After obtaining Yang Chen’s consent, Harvid handed the phone to him.

Saraman and Yang Chen greeted each other, and then directly entered the topic.

Saraman: “Mr. Yang, I’m very sorry; Adubi made a promise in front of you without thinking. Actually, he is a person who especially likes to talk big; Mr. Yang doesn’t have to take his words seriously. How about Mr. Yang come to my place? I will treat you with national etiquette, and I will definitely give Mr. Yang enough compensation. I hope Mr. Yang will not force Adubi to fulfill the bet. Consider it giving me some face, okay?”

Yang Chen: “I admit that your identity as the Crown Prince is indeed very awesome, but it doesn’t work here. Adubi must transfer the islands he lost to me; otherwise, I will let the UAE forcibly take them back and sell them to me. At that time, not only will you not be able to keep those three islands, but you will also get a reputation for not being able to afford to lose. You should think about it carefully; give me an answer before 24:00 tonight.”

After speaking, Yang Chen returned the phone to Harvid.

Harvid: “Haha… Saraman, I advise you to persuade Adubi to fulfill the bet obediently; it’s good for everyone. There’s no need to delay things to the point where it’s too late to regret, crying and begging for forgiveness. It will be too late then!”

Saraman hesitated for a few seconds and said, “Like this, I’ll go to your place; I’ll bet a camel race with him personally. If he wins, I will personally lose 3 billion USD to him. If he loses, he can’t ask for those three islands anymore.”

Harvid didn’t dare to make the decision for Yang Chen, so he quickly gave the phone to Yang Chen again and let Yang Chen and Saraman have a good chat.

Saraman confessed his thoughts to Yang Chen, hoping that Yang Chen would consider that the relationship between the Sand Country and the Dragon Country [a common nickname for China] was good, and that Saraman himself was still the Crown Prince, and must accept this plan.

Yang Chen still had an exchange card left, so it was no problem to play one more time.

Yang Chen: “Okay! Of course, I have to make money if I can. Then let’s do it according to Crown Prince Saraman’s wishes; I’ll wait for you to come over and race camels with me.”

Saraman: “Okay! I’ll leave now; we’ll meet at the racetrack tomorrow.”

Yang Chen: “Okay! See you tomorrow.”

Someone else was sending 3 billion USD over; there was no reason to refuse.

Yang Chen returned the phone to Harvid, and then said to Kutzan, “Mr. Kutzan, have you decided how to fulfill the bet?”

Kutzan: “I’ll give you all 2.5% of the shares I hold in Adubi Dhabi Oil Company, but you have to give me change.”

Yang Chen: “Okay, no problem; I’ll give you another 50 million USD. Give me the 2.5% of the shares you hold.”

Kutzan sighed and said, “Back to square one overnight.”

Some people were worried, and some people were happy. His subordinates came to report to Harvid that Harvid had won a total of 12.345 million USD in the race just now.

Harvid immediately laughed happily and said, “Mr. Yang, it’s all thanks to you.”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I just happened to choose number 20, who was pretending to be weak; there’s nothing to say. Let’s go; let’s go back.”

Harvid nodded and quickly took Yang Chen away from here.

As soon as he got into the car, Harvid signed a check for 6 million USD and handed it to Yang Chen, saying, “We’ll split the money we won this time in half. I hope Mr. Yang won’t mind.”

Yang Chen: “Haha…”