Chapter 278: The Company’s Small Employee, An An!
Jiang Tao was about to transfer the 1 million yuan reward he and Liu Yuan received for becoming close friends to her.
As he entered the password, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind, giving him a new idea.
“Liu Yuan, please wait a moment, I’m going to make a phone call.”
“Okay, go ahead.”
Jiang Tao said to Liu Yuan and walked towards where he parked his car with his mobile phone.
Back in the car, Jiang Tao directly found Yuan Mengqi’s number in his contacts and dialed it.
Ring ring ring—
The call was connected within 10 seconds, and Yuan Mengqi’s voice came from the other end.
“Hello, Brother Tao, do you miss me?”
Yuan Mengqi and Jiang Tao had an agreement: unless she had something particularly urgent, she wouldn’t call Jiang Tao proactively.
When Jiang Tao called her proactively, it meant that there was no one around him, and they didn’t need to be so reserved.
“Of course I miss you. By the way, Qiqi, I’m planning to set up a plantation in Pingchang District…”
Jiang Tao simply explained his plan to set up a plantation in Xiao Shahe Village.
And the subsequent plan to exclusively supply his food factory to Yuan Mengqi, with no reservations.
“For this plantation, I’ll give you 20% of the shares. From now on, you don’t need to be involved in any operations here; you can just wait to receive dividends annually.”
“These shares will also serve as a form of life security for you.”
Jiang Tao’s sincere words moved Yuan Mengqi even more, and her feelings for him deepened.
Yuan Mengqi tried to decline a few times, but Jiang Tao’s attitude was firm, and she finally compromised, following Jiang Tao’s arrangements.
Thus, Yuan Mengqi became another shareholder with a 20% stake in the plantation.
As expected!
Just as Jiang Tao had predicted.
After he gave Yuan Mengqi 20% of the shares in the plantation, he could use Yuan Mengqi’s exclusive fund when transferring money to Liu Yuan!
With Yuan Mengqi’s nearly 200 million yuan “gold mountain” at his disposal, Jiang Tao naturally wouldn’t touch his private assets anymore.
As Liu Yuan had said, the total investment for this plantation might exceed 15 million yuan, which would almost drain Jiang Tao’s nest egg.
Now, with Yuan Mengqi’s strong support, his nest egg was finally safe!
“By the way, Jiang Tao, your face…”
“After not seeing you for a while, how did your skin get so good? Did you go to South Korea for cosmetic surgery?”
After discussing business and completing the transfer, as they were about to part, Liu Yuan finally couldn’t suppress her curiosity and asked.
“Hahaha, I don’t make a living with my face, why would I do all that unnecessary stuff?”
Jiang Tao found it amusing that Liu Yuan mistakenly thought he had gone abroad for plastic surgery.
Although the effect was indeed good, it wasn’t that exaggerated, was it!
“Then why does your face… why does it look even whiter and smoother than mine?”
Liu Yuan stared at Jiang Tao’s face, her expression full of curiosity.
“Really? Does it? Maybe it’s just my natural beauty.”
Jiang Tao smiled and touched his face; it was quite fun to tease Liu Yuan occasionally.
“Then are you doing skincare treatments with your wife?”
Liu Yuan looked like she would question until the very end, refusing to give up until she got an answer.
“Haha, alright, I won’t tease you anymore. To tell you the truth, the reason my skin is so good is because I’ve been using a face mask recently.”
“Wait a moment, it’s in my car. I’ll get some for you to take back and try.”
After speaking, Jiang Tao walked to the back of the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon to get the face mask for Liu Yuan.
“Can wearing a face mask have such a noticeable effect?”
Liu Yuan was skeptical.
She also applied face masks every night and followed up with hydration, primer, and essence before going out during the day.
Despite her meticulous grooming, she looked less radiant than Jiang Tao, a man… was that reasonable?
Soon, Jiang Tao returned, holding 10 boxes of 【Whitening Face Mask】 and approached Liu Yuan.
“Here you go. Just apply one sheet daily, and the effect should last for about a day.”
“If you feel it’s effective, remember to promote it more for us and introduce more old customers.”
Jiang Tao said with a smile and handed the 10 boxes of 【Whitening Face Mask】 to Liu Yuan.
The packaging for the 【Whitening Face Mask】 was specially customized by Jiang Tao for 100,000 yuan through the system.
The 【Whitening Face Mask】 plus packaging cost exactly 90 yuan, which wasn’t expensive.
This way, when Jiang Tao purchased from the system mall, he could directly buy the face masks with packaging.
This saved him the trouble of finding a factory for customization and then spending time and effort finding someone for packaging.
“Whitening Face Mask? That name is quite simple and direct,”
Liu Yuan said with a smile after seeing the name of the face mask on the packaging box.
Jiang Tao chuckled, “Good products speak for themselves through their quality; they don’t need fancy names.”
“By the way, how much is this face mask per box?”
Liu Yuan wasn’t trying to make money for Jiang Tao, but she wanted to know the price so she would have a rough idea when helping to promote it.
Jiang Tao smiled and said, “188 yuan per box. Will you, the wealthy Mrs. Liu, reimburse me?”
“188 yuan per box?”
Liu Yuan was still a bit surprised after hearing the quoted price for the 【Whitening Face Mask】.
This price point could directly compete with international big brands!
A big brand face mask that Liu Yuan was currently using only cost around 50 yuan per sheet!
The price of this unknown product, which she had never heard of, that Jiang Tao gave her was more than three times, nearly four times, that of a big brand!
However…
If the effect was truly as Jiang Tao was demonstrating.
Although it was a bit expensive, Liu Yuan felt it was well worth it!
Even though the face mask was expensive, other aspects could be saved on, such as essences, primers, and lotions.
“The price is a bit high, but as you can see, the effect is also excellent. Our product is definitely worth the price.”
Seeing Liu Yuan’s significant reaction to the price, Jiang Tao explained with a smile.
“Okay, I’ll take it back to try first. I’ll give you my review after I’ve experienced it.”
“As for reimbursement, hehe, don’t even think about it! Consider it employee benefits!”
By this point, Liu Yuan also considered Jiang Tao a good friend.
She became more relaxed and natural when she was with Jiang Tao.
That’s what good friends are like; there’s no need to put on airs or pretend; you just be yourself.
“My life as a laborer is destined to be spent serving capitalists like you. I’m off; I need to get back to company matters.”
Liu Yuan waved goodbye to Jiang Tao and turned towards her BMW X3.
Jiang Tao shouted after Liu Yuan’s receding figure, “By the way, Liu Yuan, you didn’t let my strawberries die, did you?”
“Don’t worry, your strawberries are doing great. I take care of them daily, even more attentively than I take care of my own mother.”
After reassuring Jiang Tao, Liu Yuan opened her car door, got in, and drove away.
Thinking about his strawberries, Jiang Tao suddenly had a different idea in his mind.
He had originally planned to sell the mutated rainbow strawberries to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences once they grew.
After all, the intelligence provided by Brother System indicated that those mutated strawberries could fetch a high price of 5 million yuan!
However, 5 million yuan was no longer a huge sum for the current Jiang Tao.
Moreover, an increase in his deposit balance held no particular meaning for him anymore.
Selling them to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences would bring him 5 million yuan in one go.
Developing them himself would create an industry that could generate a steady stream of income.
“Perhaps I should keep those few strawberries and develop them myself?”
“That’s perfect, the plantation here also needs agricultural planting, and there’s existing land.”
Jiang Tao looked at the barren land before him, which would become his source of income.
Once this land was developed and could yield enough tomatoes and onions.
That would be the time for the sales of Delicious BBQ Sauce to explode.
Given the current supply-and-demand situation for Delicious BBQ Sauce, it was always in short supply.
This product would definitely become a hit in the future, becoming another “money tree” for Jiang Tao.
Rainbow strawberries also had the potential to become another money tree for Jiang Tao!
While thinking about the plantation development in his mind.
Jiang Tao opened the rear passenger door and sat in the back seat.
“Old Jia, go to Dongxindian.”
After getting into the car, Jiang Tao casually stated an address.
“Understood.”
Jia Guilin nodded in agreement and started the car, driving towards Dongxindian.
After 54 minutes, the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon stopped outside Dongxindian Village.
Like Xiao Shahe Village where Jiang Tao used to rent, Dongxindian was an urban village with a dense population of migrant workers.
Jiang An’an and her father, Jiang Hai, lived here.
Speaking of which, Jiang Tao had a deep connection with this family.
More than ten years ago, Jiang Yi was his English teacher.
After ten years of no contact, they met again in the Capital City, perhaps it was fate.
Furthermore, Jiang Yi’s brother, Jiang Hai’s name, sounded similar to Jiang Tao and Jiang He’s names, as if they were brothers.
Jiang Xue and Jiang An’an also became close friends from their first meeting.
They were now as close as real sisters.
When they couldn’t meet, they had video calls almost every day, and each call lasted about an hour.
If Xu Li didn’t strictly control Jiang Xue’s phone usage time, they would have talked on the phone until the battery died.
Jiang Tao wondered what the two little girls had so much to talk about every day.
“Mr. Jiang! You’re here!”
Jiang Hai, who had received Jiang Tao’s call in advance, had been waiting at the village entrance for over half an hour.
Seeing Jiang Tao get out of the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon, he quickly stepped forward and greeted him enthusiastically.
“Uncle Jiang, long time no see.”
Jiang An’an had also taken half a day off from kindergarten specifically to welcome Jiang Tao.
The moment she saw Jiang Tao, her eyes, which were like black gemstones, suddenly lit up like luminous pearls.
Although she was the same age as Jiang Xue, only 6 years old this year, she was much more mature and sensible than Jiang Xue.
Jiang An’an knew that without the financial support from this Uncle Jiang.
She would have missed that extremely rare matching opportunity and would have continued to suffer from illness while waiting for the next one.
Moreover, even if she waited for the next chance, her father might not have been able to gather the exorbitant medical expenses.
In Jiang An’an’s eyes, Jiang Tao was her savior, someone she would be grateful to for her entire life.
He had covered hundreds of thousands of yuan in medical expenses for her and also used his resources to introduce her into a film crew.
He gave her a stage to fully express herself.
Jiang An’an also cherished this opportunity greatly, and her performance after joining the crew received praise from everyone on set, from the producers and directors to the stagehands.
It was also out of gratitude towards Jiang Tao.
When Jiang Tao proposed signing her to Jiang’s Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Jiang An’an and Jiang Hai agreed without any hesitation.
Therefore, Jiang An’an was now a small employee of Jiang’s Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Units engaged in arts, sports, and special crafts can employ minors under the age of sixteen.
Jiang Tao signing Jiang An’an did not involve the issue of child labor.
He only needed to follow the relevant national regulations, complete the approval procedures, and ensure her right to compulsory education.
Thus, Jiang An’an was currently in a state of filming while also attending school.
The film crew generally scheduled her scenes for weekends or after school in the evenings.
Jiang Hai, as her father, also benefited from his daughter’s success and became an employee of Jiang’s Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Jiang Hai’s daily work consisted of taking Jiang An’an to the film set when she had shooting assignments and picking her up to go home after filming.
As a father personally driving his daughter, he felt very at ease.
“An’an is still as cute as ever.”
Jiang Tao reached out and stroked Jiang An’an’s little head, praising her with a smile.
“Hehe, Uncle Jiang is still as handsome as ever.”
Jiang An’an tilted her small head, looking at Jiang Tao’s face, her black gemstone eyes blinking, displaying a knowing and mischievous demeanor for her age.
“Haha, you little one, your words are still so sweet.”
“Then, Uncle will reward you. You decide what we’re eating for lunch today; whatever you say, we’ll eat.”
Jiang Tao was also very happy by the little girl’s compliment and handed the decision for lunch to Jiang An’an.
“Really, Uncle Jiang? Can I really decide?”
Jiang An’an’s gemstone-like eyes blinked at Jiang Tao, her small face full of anticipation and eagerness.
Jiang Tao smiled, “Of course, it’s true. Uncle never lies to children.”
Jiang An’an exclaimed excitedly, “Then! Let’s go to Hua Shi Lai! I want to eat hamburgers! I want fries and a cold cola~”
“Uh…”
Jiang Tao placed his hand on his forehead, speechless, upon hearing Jiang An’an’s choice of dining location.
He truly hadn’t expected the little girl to be so easily satisfied.
100 yuan would be enough for the three of them to have a full meal at Hua Shi Lai.
However…
Hua Shi Lai had generally mediocre reviews online.
Jiang Tao was also wary of their “explosive meal sets” and suggested:
“How about we go to KFC instead? They also have hamburgers and fries.”
“KFC is very expensive.”
At a young age, Jiang An’an already knew how to compare prices.
She also knew that KFC tasted better, but to save Jiang Tao money, she still chose Hua Shi Lai.
“Haha, you underestimate Uncle too much! Treating you and your dad to a meal at KFC is nothing for Uncle.”
“Let’s go to KFC. I saw one on the way here.”
After speaking, Jiang Tao waved to Jiang An’an and Jiang Hai, and the three of them got into the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon together.
Eight minutes later, the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon stopped steadily in front of a KFC.
Jiang Tao and his party of four got out of the car and found a table for four inside the store.
They ordered a large table full of food, which only cost a little over 300 yuan.
