How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 705

Giving Face But Not Wanting It—What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Chapter 705 Giving Face But Not Wanting It

“Charity” is a big cake. If Yang Chen really accepts social donations, it will inevitably lead to the vested interests’ cake being divided and sent to Yang Chen’s mouth. Those people will definitely retaliate against Yang Chen.

Those problems that everyone knows, in fact, relevant departments also know, but the aspects involved are too complicated. If they are not determined to rectify, they will not be able to start at all.

It’s like the medical anti-corruption campaign some time ago. It started with a lot of fanfare, but there was no sound later. It’s not that they don’t want to continue, but the impact is too great to continue.

So even Yang Chen now has to be careful when facing the impact of vested interest groups.

However, netizens don’t understand the intricacies. They just think that Yang Chen is the only person they can trust now, and other charitable organizations are not trustworthy.

Perhaps it is fate. At this critical moment, news surfaced online that relatives of a village cadre in a certain village were secretly taking materials printed with the “cross” [referring to aid or charitable symbols] home at night.

Originally, this kind of thing could be considered commonplace. After all, it’s not the first time it’s been in the news, but it just happened to be exposed at this juncture, and netizens can only place all their hopes on Yang Chen.

The official website of the Starlight Charitable Foundation has an account for accepting donations. Netizens who are full of love and extremely disappointed with other charitable organizations have given money to the account of the Starlight Charitable Foundation: 10 yuan, 20 yuan, 100 yuan, 500 yuan, and even large donations of 100,000 yuan and 1 million yuan.

In just 3 days, the Starlight Charitable Foundation received more than 200 million yuan in donations.

In recent years, a word called “wild consumption” has emerged on the Internet, and now there will be a new word called “wild donation”.

The Starlight Charitable Foundation urgently issued an announcement.

First of all, thank you for your loving donations.

Secondly, please donate rationally and don’t act impulsively.

Finally, the Starlight Charitable Foundation currently controls as much as 3 billion yuan in funds, and Yang Chen personally donates money from time to time. Because it is mainly used to subsidize the lives, studies, and medical care of poor children, the interest generated by these funds is enough to cover the current expenses. Social donations are not particularly needed. If you have such enthusiasm, you can try donating to other charitable organizations.

At the end of the text, the foundation also posted the list of sponsored people and supporting documents for the past three years.

The original purpose of the Starlight Charitable Foundation was to tell everyone not to donate, there is too much money to spend, donate to other organizations, they need money.

However, the more they do this, the more netizens trust them. If they don’t let them donate, they have to donate. In less than a week, the Starlight Charitable Foundation received more than 300 million yuan in donations.

At the same time, news was exposed online that a charitable organization in a certain place only received 800 yuan in donations in a quarter, while their expenses were as high as 890,000 yuan, which was in sharp contrast with Yang Chen’s charitable foundation.

If this continues, something big will happen, and the Starlight Charitable Foundation will definitely be targeted by its peers.

Yang Chen had no choice but to personally post on Weibo [a Chinese microblogging website] to stop everyone from donating.

“Thank you all for the Starlight Charitable Foundation’s trust and support. We have enough funds now and really don’t need donations. Our foundation mainly provides assistance for the lives, studies, and medical care of poor children. The expenses are not particularly large, and we can’t spend so much money. If we add new donation directions in the future and need to accept social donations, everyone can donate again. If you particularly want to express your love, you can go to the Starlight Charitable Foundation’s welfare homes in each provincial capital city to see the children there and give them some encouragement, which is more effective than donating money. Don’t donate, we really don’t want it. If you donate again, the bank will only freeze the account.”

Although Yang Chen was very careful and fully took care of the feelings and interests of other colleagues, he was still retaliated against.

In the morning, Yang Chen was taking a walk in the garden of the Wangfu [referring to a luxurious residence] when Ji Kun, the manager of the Starlight Charitable Foundation, called him.

“Hello, President Yang, many departments have come to us to check the accounts, saying that they have received reports that there are problems with our accounts. It seems that the things you were worried about have not been avoided after all, and we have been targeted,” Ji Kun said.

Yang Chen said with a smile: “I expected it, they have violated their interests. If it’s just checking the accounts, then cooperate. After all, we do have the responsibility and obligation to disclose the accounts, and we are not afraid of anyone checking the accounts. If there are other follow-up problems, you tell them to think carefully before doing things, and don’t push me into a hurry and cut off all their paths. I have been very considerate of their feelings, don’t give face but not want it [a Chinese idiom meaning to be unappreciative of someone’s efforts to be polite or accommodating]. Tell them my words verbatim, and the tone must be serious and ruthless.”

Ji Kun quickly replied: “Okay, President Yang, I remember it.”

Yang Chen didn’t need to handle this kind of thing himself. After taking a walk, he still went out to drive.

But Yang Chen was very unhappy all day, and he returned to the Wangfu in a huff before it got dark.

Why?

Because in addition to checking the accounts all day, there were also inspections of fire protection, canteen hygiene, and the safety of children’s dormitories.

The meaning of this targeting is too obvious, so can Yang Chen bear it?

Yang Chen immediately posted a Weibo.

“I specifically posted a Weibo earlier because I was worried that some incompetent people would do bad things. If they lose their credibility and can’t do well, they will think about harming others. I think I have given you enough face, but you are tripping me up. Today, my foundation was first checked for accounts, and then fire protection, housing construction, health and other departments came to check it again. These departments said they received reports and had to investigate. Fortunately, I am upright and can withstand any department’s investigation. However, this kind of behavior makes me very angry, and I decided not to save face for you. From tomorrow, in addition to retaining the previous assistance to poor children, poor students, and major disaster donations, the Starlight Charitable Foundation’s assistance projects will add free breakfast projects for children in remote mountainous areas, increase funding for basic medical examinations in rural areas, and at the same time, we will also increase environmental protection, afforestation and other environment-related projects, and will also fund skills training and re-employment projects for laid-off and unemployed people. All five-guarantee households [households without able-bodied adults to provide for them] who pass the review can receive a living allowance of 500 yuan per month from the local Starlight Charitable Foundation, as well as irregular material condolences. I need to emphasize that it must be a real five-guarantee household that has passed the review. Five-guarantee households who drive BMWs to receive subsidies are not counted. Don’t let anyone take the five-guarantee household certificate and spread rumors online that they can’t receive money from us. I will clarify the problem first. We will definitely be tight on funds if we increase so many assistance projects at once, so I withdraw the previous Weibo saying that we will not accept social donations and change it to fully accepting social donations now. I personally donate 10 billion yuan to the foundation first. From tomorrow, five-guarantee households in various places can register for review, and the 500 yuan will be transferred to the designated account on the 1st of each month starting next month for those who pass the review. I just want you to know that if you can’t do it well, there are people who can do it well. Township hospitals and community hospitals that intend to cooperate can also contact the local Starlight Charitable Foundation for communication. Our foundation will fund basic physical examinations for local children, pregnant women, and retired elderly people, once a year for each person. For the children’s breakfast problem, schools in remote mountain villages can take the initiative to contact us, and we will also send staff to contact them later. The foundation will publicly disclose the fund movements of the previous month on the 10th of each month, including the donations received and the direction of assistance, and accept supervision from relevant departments and the public.”

This Weibo post topped the hot search lists of major platforms across the Internet in less than half an hour.

“Boss Yang has really given enough face, and he said it very euphemistically, reminding everyone not to donate. It’s just that I didn’t expect that it would still damage the vested interests of some people.”

“Even people of Boss Yang’s level have to be given small shoes [to be deliberately made to suffer or be humiliated], which shows how crazy they are. Fortunately, Boss Yang has a solid foundation and is not afraid of being targeted.” “It’s terrible. So many departments check together. Only Boss Yang can withstand it. If it were someone else, they would have to shut down even if they didn’t go bankrupt.”

“Haha… some people are really stupid. They wanted to harm Boss Yang, but they didn’t want to make an advertisement for Boss Yang. So many departments checked together and couldn’t find any problems, doesn’t that just show that Boss Yang’s foundation is clean and worthy of everyone’s trust? I will only donate to the Starlight Charitable Foundation in the future, and I don’t believe in anything else.”

……

Netizens are not just talking, they are really donating money.

In less than a week, including the 10 billion yuan donated by Yang Chen, the amount of money managed by the Starlight Charitable Foundation has reached 14 billion yuan, and the interest generated each year makes many people jealous.

As the saying goes, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind [meaning outstanding individuals are often targeted].

Other charitable organizations are now having difficulty raising funds, but Yang Chen is attracting social donations in a big way at this time, which makes the relevant personnel of other charitable organizations unable to stand it.

Therefore, some official and private charitable organization representatives gathered together to discuss ways to deal with Yang Chen.

“If you ask me, just put pressure on the civil affairs department and let them order Yang Chen’s charitable foundation to only do poor children’s projects, not allow him to do other projects, and set a limit for his foundation. If it exceeds this amount, he will not be able to accept social donations, and all problems will be solved.”

“The method is a good method, but it’s not easy to implement. He is Yang Chen. Can the civil affairs department listen to us and suppress him like this?”

“What if he is Yang Chen? How awesome was Boss Ma [referring to Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba], and how is he now? If he doesn’t touch the interests of our vested interest groups, Boss Yang is Boss Yang. If he dares to touch our interests, he is just a citizen, Yang Chen.”

“Haha…”

“President Xu is right. We still have the final say in this world. How can a latecomer entrepreneur compare with us?”

“Then deal with him! If he is obedient, we will give him face. If he is not obedient, we will not even give him the last bit of face. The times may not need Boss Ma, and the same is true for Yang Chen.”

“Haha…”

The times may not need Boss Ma, but the times must need Yang Chen.

Early in the morning, the Starlight Research Base issued an announcement.

The controllable nuclear fusion device using room-temperature superconducting materials successfully ran for 2024 seconds, breaking the previous record of 1056 seconds by the Longke University team, and the duration was doubled.

This time, not only has the breakthrough in running time been achieved, but the volume of the equipment has also been reduced to one-fifth of the original.

Currently, this volume can be completely used for commercial power generation, or on aircraft carriers and large warships.

Good news continues. After Tianyang Technology Company was renamed Starlight Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Yang Chen’s key development of robots that can incubate embryos has also completed various tests. It is expected to be tested on a small scale next month. Friends who are interested in volunteering can sign up through the company’s official website. All selected volunteers can get a robot girlfriend for free.

These two news items quickly topped the hot search list again.

“Boss Yang is really awesome. He has been on the hot search every day recently. Controllable nuclear fusion is coming, and the inexhaustible clean energy for mankind is coming.”

“If this is used on our aircraft carriers and warships, doesn’t it mean that our aircraft carriers and warships can wander around the world? Free navigation, dear.”

“My robot girlfriend that I have been thinking about is finally coming. The bride price for a girlfriend is 500,000 yuan, not including banquets, RVs and other expenses. My God, I can’t raise so much money even if I sell my whole family. Fortunately, I have saved hundreds of thousands of yuan in the past few years, just waiting for Boss Yang’s robot girlfriend to be launched. She can have children, and she can also choose the girlfriend’s figure, skin color, personality, and knowledge according to her own preferences. The key is that she will not cheat, will not dislike me, and will not scold me. Is there any need to choose?”

“I’m signing up now. I must be the first to experience what it’s like to have a robot girlfriend. Father-in-law, you must choose me.”

“Okay! Boss Yang is going to become the national father-in-law. This wave will directly confuse those gold diggers. Normal girls will definitely not worry, and those who are anxious to curse must be women who have tens of thousands of yuan in bride price and dare not have a prenuptial examination.”

……

Max has been watching Yang Chen’s movements. Seeing the news that Yang Chen’s robot girlfriend is about to recruit volunteers for testing, he couldn’t wait any longer. He immediately announced on Twitter that his catwoman robot has also completed the final test and will be launched soon. All single Tesla owners can apply to become volunteers and can receive a catwoman robot that suits their taste for free.

Max’s tweet spread to Dragon Country [a common nickname for China], and the century-old bet between Yang Chen and Musk then topped the hot search list.

“The two big guys are finally going to fight head-on. I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time.”

“These two are my favorite entrepreneurs. They make money, but they have a bottom line and will not stare at the jobs of the people at the bottom. After they make money, they will turn their attention to the stars and the sea. This is the future hope of mankind.”

“Will the catwoman be designed for the aesthetics of Dragon people? If not, I don’t think sales may be good. Foreigners’ aesthetics are a bit different from ours. I am more optimistic about Boss Yang’s robot girlfriend who understands local needs.”