Chapter 193: New Intelligence: Investment Project, Cheating, And Diamond Ring!
【Today’s Intelligence 01】:
You had contact with Xu Wencheng yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence—
The company Xu Wencheng works for intends to seek external financing, with a funding gap of 6 million.
This investment has an annual rate of return of 20%, making it a high-quality investment worth holding long-term.
【Note 1】: This project is an industrial investment and can create value for society.
The revenue generated by this investment project can be doubled using Monopoly Dice.
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“The revenue can be doubled using Monopoly Dice!”
Originally, Jiang Tao was indifferent to the investment’s annual rate of return of only 20%.
But upon seeing the note at the end that the project’s revenue could be doubled using Monopoly Dice!
This piqued Jiang Tao’s interest greatly!
Even if he rolled the lowest number, “1”, the guaranteed return would be 40%!
If he rolled a 6, wouldn’t he recoup his investment in a year, with the rest being pure profit??
“This project must be invested in!”
After reading the first piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao decisively decided to invest in this project!
Coincidentally, he also had some spare money on hand.
Moreover, his father-in-law’s company has been established for over thirty years.
The company’s sales volume has been steadily increasing year after year, making it a quality enterprise.
Investing in such an enterprise, Jiang Tao had no worries, feeling completely at ease.
After analyzing the first piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao’s mind stirred, and he continued to review the next one.
【Today’s Intelligence 02】:
You had contact with Shan Yang yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence—
Shan Yang’s wife, Hong Mei, is having an affair with a male personal trainer at the gym who is 9 years younger than her.
Timely reminders can allow Shan Yang to cut his losses.
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“Shan Yang’s wife…”
Upon seeing the content of the second piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao felt it was unfair to Shan Yang and was also speechless.
Jiang Tao had never met Shan Yang’s wife, Hong Mei, in person, but he had seen photos of Hong Mei on Shan Yang’s Moments.
She was only about 1.5 meters tall, stocky, with a round face and thick eyebrows, resembling Fu Shou’er in appearance.
Furthermore, based on some information Jiang Tao had learned, Hong Mei, like himself, was from a rural area in another province.
After marrying Shan Yang, she had been a stay-at-home wife with no income.
In other words, the money she spent on gym memberships and personal training sessions was all earned by Shan Yang!
Given Hong Mei’s circumstances, finding a husband like Shan Yang, who owned a home in the Capital City with no mortgage, was definitely marrying up.
And yet, she was still not satisfied.
“I’ll find an opportunity to remind Shan Yang tomorrow. Don’t let him stay foolishly in the dark.”
“His wife is spending his money to see a personal trainer, which is going too far.”
Mourning silently for Shan Yang in his heart for a few seconds, Jiang Tao’s mind stirred, and he continued to review the last piece of intelligence for the day.
【Today’s Intelligence 03】:
You had contact with Xu Sha yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence—
Xu Sha was live-streaming at Oasis Water Town Park last night and passed by a small grove of trees.
Inside a bird’s nest on one of the trees was a Tiffany Paloma’s Melody series diamond ring worth 380,000 yuan.
【Note】: There are 5 hours and 014 minutes remaining until the diamond ring is taken by birds.
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“A Tiffany diamond ring worth 380,000 yuan!”
Upon seeing the ring mentioned in the last piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up again!
Jiang Tao was naturally aware of Tiffany, a top global luxury brand.
Although he didn’t know what the Paloma’s Melody series meant.
But that was unimportant!
It was enough to know that the diamond ring was worth over 380,000 yuan!
Due to the brand’s high value, Tiffany’s value retention rate was quite good.
The second-hand recycling price was around 70%.
A ring worth 380,000 yuan could fetch about 266,000 yuan when sold second-hand!
Even without the receipts and purchase invoice, with a further 10% discount.
This ring could still be sold for around 220,000 yuan!
“This sister-in-law is alright. Selling this ring is enough to pay her salary for two years.”
“Alright, I’ll make another trip to the park to get that ring.”
Seeing that the remaining time noted in the third piece of intelligence was running short.
And that it was inconvenient to act with many people around during the day.
Jiang Tao had no choice but to get out of bed and start putting on clothes.
After getting dressed, he tiptoed out.
In the trunk of the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon downstairs, he changed into a pair of work clothes.
Jiang Tao got into the car, started it, and drove towards the residential area.
Oasis Water Town Park was less than 1 kilometer away from Bai Ge Zhuang Residential Area.
Jiang Tao drove for less than 3 minutes before arriving at the park entrance.
After parking the car, he got out and walked towards the park.
Following the guidance of the map on his retina, Jiang Tao soon arrived at a dense thicket and stood directly below a red dot.
Looking up, Jiang Tao’s strong beam flashlight illuminated the area above.
Indeed, he saw a bird’s nest on a tree branch above.
Flutter, flutter~
Several birds perched on the treetops, hearing the movement below, flapped their wings and flew away.
At the same time, a line of prompt information flashed on Jiang Tao’s retina.
【Spend 7777 yuan to obtain the target item?】
“No.”
Jiang Tao decisively chose to refuse this time.
The tree next to him was about 20 centimeters in diameter, making it suitable for climbing.
The bird’s nest was only about seven or eight meters from the ground, not too high.
By climbing the tree himself to retrieve it, he could save over 7,000 yuan, nearly 8,000 yuan.
This was almost a month’s salary saved.
Although Jiang Tao was now a true millionaire.
In his daily life, he was still quite frugal.
He would save 8,000 yuan if he could!
It was enough for his family’s food expenses for a whole month.
Coincidentally, he also wanted to test what his current physique of 88 points had reached.
Turning off the strong beam flashlight and putting it back in his pocket, Jiang Tao rubbed his hands and grabbed the tree trunk with both hands.
Clap, clap, clap…
His arms moved up and down alternately, and his legs coiled around the trunk like ancient roots.
As Jiang Tao climbed, his body moved upwards rapidly, as agile as a monkey.
In less than 30 seconds, he had climbed to a height level with his eyes and the bird’s nest.
Under the silvery moonlight, he looked into the bird’s nest.
Besides four bare bird eggs, there was indeed a diamond ring emitting a golden glow, sparkling brightly.
“This one it is!”
Jiang Tao hugged the tree trunk with his left arm to secure himself, and reached out with his right hand to take the Tiffany diamond ring.
Who would have thought that in such an ordinary bird’s nest, there was a diamond ring worth over 300,000, nearly 400,000 yuan!
Putting the diamond ring into the pocket of his work jacket, Jiang Tao quickly descended the tree like an ape.
Supported by his immense strength, climbing trees was as simple as breathing for him.
Standing back on the ground, Jiang Tao’s face was not red and his breathing was not heavy. Apart from some dust from the tree on his work clothes, there was no sign of any unusual activity.
“A physique of 88 points is already this powerful.”
“Once I complete the two special missions triggered by Jiang Yi and Xu Li’s father, my physique will exceed 100 points.”
“With a physique exceeding 100 points, my performance in sports should be very outstanding!”
“The sports star mission shouldn’t be difficult for me then.”
Jiang Tao pondered, gaining a clearer understanding of his current physical condition.
Even though he hadn’t yet fully grasped his body and muscle control to effectively utilize his full strength.
It was already much better than before.
“I should ask Shan Yang to help me test my running performance another day. I must have improved quite a bit since before.”
While planning his upcoming schedule in his mind.
Jiang Tao no longer lingered in the grove and turned to walk towards the park entrance.
It was past midnight, and the park was silent, with no one around.
No one discovered that Jiang Tao had visited and taken away a diamond ring worth nearly 400,000 yuan.
Jiang Tao drove back to the residential area and took the elevator home, it was just past 1 AM.
After spending 66 yuan to activate 『Sleep Mode』, he began to sleep!
The night passed without incident.
The next morning.
When Jiang Tao woke up, Xu Li had just returned from school on the school bus driven by Jiang Xue.
During breakfast, the conversation naturally turned to plans and arrangements for the Qingming Festival.
In Jiang Tao’s hometown, there were customs of ancestor worship and tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival.
His father was an only child, with no siblings.
The task of sweeping the graves of his grandparents had to be handled by his mother.
After discussing it, they decided to set off for their hometown tomorrow after lunch.
Jiang Tao’s family of five. His father-in-law’s family of three.
The two families would drive two cars, providing mutual support on the road.
Once the matter of returning to their hometown for the Qingming Festival holiday was confirmed.
His father and mother went downstairs to the food factory to oversee operations.
There were already over a dozen employees at the food factory.
His parents’ work had become much simpler and easier than before.
They only needed to brew the pickle brine required for the Eight Treasure Pickles in a sealed room.
The rest of the work, such as processing ingredients, filling jars, emptying jars, packaging, sterilization, and disinfection, was handled by other employees.
Xu Li also went to Building 62 to ask their mother and younger sister to go shopping.
Bringing some specialties from the Capital City to relatives and friends when returning to their hometown for the Qingming Festival holiday was also a matter of etiquette.
Jiang Tao had other things to do today and didn’t accompany Xu Li and the others shopping.
He needed to go to Panjiayuan to sell some items to Zhang Bo.
Recently, due to being busy accompanying his father-in-law’s family and dealing with the new company’s affairs.
Jiang Tao hadn’t been to Panjiayuan for a while.
He now had accumulated some items that needed to be liquidated.
For example, the meteorite he had salvaged from the water pit in Xiao Shahe Village previously.
And the 400-gram gold bar he had retrieved from a fish’s belly the night before last.
This item had an unknown origin and carried a certain ominous aura, so it was best to deal with it as soon as possible.
And then there was the Tiffany ring he had retrieved from the bird’s nest last night.
The combined value of these three items was at least 1.6 to 1.7 million, almost 2 million!
Although Jiang Tao had acquired many antiques recently, he had no interest in collecting antiques.
He preferred money more.
Turning items into money, and then making money generate money.
Driving out of the residential area alone, Jiang Tao first found a place to park by the roadside.
Then he opened the “Unicom Secondary Number” App on his mobile phone.
When he had previously sent a message to He Jing reminding her about the landlord installing a camera in her room, he had purchased an annual membership on Unicom Secondary Number and obtained a virtual number.
Sending SMS messages using this virtual number could effectively conceal his information.
Jiang Tao’s fingers tapped rapidly on the virtual keyboard on the screen.
He quickly composed a message, found Shan Yang’s phone number, and tapped send!
“Brother, I can only help you this much.”
After sending the message to Shan Yang, Jiang Tao tossed his phone onto the front passenger seat and continued driving towards Panjiayuan.
Around 10 AM, Jiang Tao drove to a paid parking lot near Antique Street.
After parking, he walked briskly towards Antique Street with the items he planned to sell in his arms.
Today was April 2nd, Wednesday, a working day.
However, Antique Street was still bustling with people, with pedestrians coming and going, creating a busy scene.
Jiang Tao, familiar with the area, soon arrived at the entrance of Boyaa Auction House.
It had just opened not long ago, and there were no other customers inside yet.
When Jiang Tao entered, he saw Zhang Bo dozing behind his desk.
“Yo! Brother Jiang! It’s been a while, your esteemed presence graces us, we are honored!”
Upon seeing Jiang Tao enter, Zhang Bo instantly woke up, jumped from his seat, and rushed forward with a smile to greet him.
Jiang Tao smiled and teased, “Your job is really great, kid. Just sit there every day and wait for people to bring you money.”
“Hehe, Brother Jiang, you jest. We’re just a small business doing some small-scale trading, can’t compare to you!”
Zhang Bo smiled humbly. He didn’t dare to be presumptuous in front of Jiang Tao and asked instead:
“Brother Jiang must have a reason to visit. Are you here to sell something precious today?”
“You guessed it right. I’ve recently acquired a few good items. Take a look and give me an appraisal.”
Jiang Tao didn’t beat around the bush with Zhang Bo.
He directly reached into a handbag he was holding and took out a jewelry box, about 10 centimeters square.
And a strip-shaped object wrapped in white toilet paper, and a small box with a side length of only 3 centimeters.
He placed the three items sequentially on a small table and said with a smile:
“There are a total of three items. Please take a look.”
“Alright! Brother Jiang, please wait!”
Seeing Jiang Tao take out three items at once, Zhang Bo knew it was a big deal!
He opened the first item wrapped in toilet paper.
Zhang Bo saw that it was a golden bar, with “400g” engraved on it.
“Brother, we’ve always wrapped gold bars in toilet paper at our place!”
Zhang Bo looked at Jiang Tao and chuckled.
Jiang Tao smiled, “I was too lazy to find anything else. What’s the recycling price today?”
Zhang Bo said, “Today’s gold recycling price is 750.”
“Okay! Let’s go with that price.”
Jiang Tao nodded, having no objections to the price.
He trusted Zhang Bo completely and knew he wouldn’t try to swindle him over this small amount of gold, ruining their relationship.
“Brother Jiang, please wait, I’ll test the composition.”
In business, even though Zhang Bo considered Jiang Tao a good friend, the necessary procedures couldn’t be skipped.
This was beneficial for everyone.
Pure gold could withstand testing, but it was best not to test people’s hearts.
After testing, the purity of the gold in Jiang Tao’s bar reached 999‰.
It was a genuine fine gold bar.
The recycling price was 300,000 yuan.
