Chapter 894 - 322: Asura War God—Is That All? (Part 3)

Chapter 894: Chapter 322: Asura War God—Is That All? (Part 3)

Yang Chen immediately accepted the orders from these two people. Following the navigation, he arrived at the Hai City Restaurant entrance 2 kilometers away to pick up the first passenger.

This man seemed to have drunk quite a bit, his whole head was flushed red.

Yang Chen: "Evening, brother. Please buckle up your seatbelt. We’ll wait a moment while I call the other passenger to check if he’s arrived."

Passenger: "No need, the other order was also placed by me. I’ll cancel the other order now. No need to wait, you can drive off right away."

Yang Chen was instantly dumbfounded. What the heck, is this even a thing?

Using two accounts to order a carpool, then canceling one once on board, to enjoy a dedicated car service for the price of carpooling. Man, that’s some loud accounting.

Yang Chen didn’t care about the dozen or so bucks for the fare. After all, he was heading home too, so he just drove off.

But, this jerk calculating like this against drivers—if another driver got him, it’d be a real loss, they might even end up with a brawl.

Yang Chen laughed and asked, "Brother, it’s just a matter of some ten bucks. Do you really need to play tricks like this? Today it’s me who got you, but if another driver got you, they’d surely brawl with you. It’s smart, but being smart isn’t used like this. You managed to enjoy a dedicated service for just a carpool fee, not even covering the gas. How will those drivers making a living with this cope?"

Passenger: "You’re finding it too little, you don’t have to take the order! I didn’t see anywhere saying I couldn’t place an order with two accounts. Besides, I’m not trying to gain an advantage. I thought I’d place orders with two accounts and take whichever came first and cancel the other. How would I know you’d get both orders?"

Yang Chen: "Well, doing this on a dedicated service order is fine, but you placed a carpool order. I see your account has traveled over 500 times, surely, you know the platform allocates orders based on proximity?"

The passenger chuckled, "What’s with all the nonsense? As long as the platform doesn’t forbid it, what I do is fine. I’ve been doing this hundreds of times; no other driver talks as much as you. Drive properly. More nonsense, and I’ll complain about you right away."

Originally, Yang Chen was not keen on taking passengers who drank too much—it’s unsanitary and potentially unsafe.

However, driving for a ride-hailing service means you might encounter all kinds of people. Dislike as he might, he wouldn’t reject rides easily.

But, with this jerk talking like that, there’s no need to indulge him.

Yang Chen pulled over, saying, "Get out!"

The passenger exploded immediately, "You’re going to refuse me? Try and refuse me! I’m calling right now to report you!"

Yang Chen: "Complain all you want, but right now you need to get out!"

Passenger: "You’re revolting! Do you know who I am? I’m Wang Baoxi, CEO of Hai City Petrochemical. That’s why, being drunk, I can’t drive and had to take rides with you poor ghosts. Otherwise, even if you begged me to ride with you, I wouldn’t give you a glance. Riding in your car is your privilege! You dare kick me out? Believe me, tomorrow with one phone call, I could shut down your account!"

Yang Chen waved his hand, signaling the bodyguards behind to come over.

Five bodyguards immediately got out of the car and ran over.

"Throw him out!" Yang Chen said.

The bodyguards nodded, got into the car to push, and people outside pulled, getting Wang Baoxi out.

Yang Chen sprayed some air freshener, then ended the order and left.

Wang Baoxi stared at the five strong men surrounding him, not daring to utter a sound.

Once Yang Chen’s car drove off, the five bodyguards quickly got into their vehicle and chased after it.

Yang Chen’s car had a tracking locator, so they just followed the red dot.

Wang Baoxi shook his head and muttered to himself, "A ride-hailing driver actually has personal bodyguards?"

At this point, his drunkenness surged, feeling invincible across the world.

"Damn it, I don’t care who you are, I have to report you!" Wang Baoxi said.

Then, he called customer service to complain that Yang Chen violently expelled him mid-trip.

Customer Service: "All right, we’ll check the in-car video footage of Master Yang for assessment. Once we have a result, we’ll get back to you."

Wang Baoxi: "Okay! Hurry it up. You need to give me an explanation, or tomorrow I’ll call your boss to complain about you too!"

Customer Service: "Understood, sir. I’m hanging up now to check the monitor."

After hanging up, Wang Baoxi immediately opened the Bibi APP to leave Yang Chen a bad review.

"Sun Thief, you’re finished. If I don’t get you to lose your job, I’ll take your surname! Damn!"

At this moment, Yang Chen, still driving, received a system alert.

"Congratulations, owner, you’ve received a bad review. The system rewards the owner with 9% equity in Hai City Petrochemical Group. Relevant documentation will arrive by SF Express before 8 AM tomorrow morning."

Yang Chen hadn’t had time to be delighted before the system issued another alert.

"System has detected the owner has been complained against, triggering a critical reward. The system rewards the owner with 5% equity in Dragon Country Petroleum Group. Relevant documentation will arrive by SF Express before 8 AM tomorrow morning."

Holy moly, these two rewards are amazing—finally breaking into the oil industry.

Because both of these groups are controlled by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, with a fairly high holding ratio.

Hai City Petrochemical, the commission directly and indirectly holds more than 83% of total shares.

Thus, it’s quite a feat for the system to secure 9% equity for Yang Chen.

Dragon Country Petroleum Group, the commission holds directly and indirectly up to 90% of shares.

Therefore, it’s even more remarkable for the system to get 5% equity for Yang Chen.

The main reason is that both groups have a large total share capital. Even with a high controlling shareholder ratio, there are still plenty of stocks for other organizations and retail investors.

Yang Chen had originally figured out two ways to help Tang Xia solve the problem.

First, seek help from Buffett, using his investment in the US Western Petroleum Group to negotiate with the UAE side for the 1.5 billion USD worth of oil.

Using this method means owing Buffett a favor, which he’d have to repay in the future.

Second, Yang Chen would directly use his social status and connections in Hai City to negotiate with Hai City Petrochemical for the Tang Group’s shipment delay.

This method is simplest; Yang Chen just needs to have a good chat with the relevant people.

Now, either method isn’t needed anymore. Tomorrow, Yang Chen only needs to call the chairman of Hai City Petrochemical after receiving the equity proof to leave instructions.

Yang Chen’s mood improved considerably.

Just then, Li Yunxi, a history master’s student in Hai City, sent Yang Chen a WeChat message.

"Brother, could you come to TAX-A to pick me up? I drank a bit too much and am a bit worried about my safety. Please."

Yang Chen still wanted to use Li Yunxi’s dad, Li Chuanen, to strike a blow against those foreign historians, so he figured he’d help her out.

And since the navigation showed it was conveniently on the way, Yang Chen replied to her message.

"Sure! I’m on my way."