Chapter 157: The Gold Axe In Hand And Zhang Chao’s Father’s Phone Call!
Shan Yufei arrived almost at the same time as Liu Zhiyuan.
They were both shareholders of the cattle farm and also received a salary from Jiang Tao.
As soon as they heard there was trouble at the cattle farm, they came without a second thought.
Not long after, Tian Xiaoguang, Jiang He, and several clan brothers from the Jiang family also arrived at the cattle farm.
During the Spring Festival, the news that Jiang Tao drove a Benz home had already spread throughout the village.
In addition, Jiang Tao invested millions to take over the Tian Family Village cattle farm.
And he also bought a large supermarket in Li Family Town for his brother Jiang He and his wife to manage.
He also brought his parents and younger sister to the Capital City.
All signs indicated that Jiang Tao had become successful and was on the rise.
The status of Jiang Tao’s branch of the Old Jiang family within the clan had also suddenly increased.
At this time, the brothers in the same clan in the village were all thinking of currying favor with Jiang Tao’s family.
Perhaps they could benefit from it in the future?
Therefore, even though it was late at night, Jiang He made a phone call and summoned four clan brothers.
Seeing more than ten people arriving at the cattle farm one after another, Fan Debiao was completely dumbfounded.
Exposed!
The operation tonight had definitely been exposed!
Otherwise, the current situation made no sense!
All the large lights in the cattle farm were turned on.
The area was brightly lit and illuminated like daylight!
Everyone held a powerful flashlight and began patrolling and searching the cattle farm.
About a kilometer away from the cattle farm, by the roadside.
In a large trailer truck.
Several people watched from afar as the night sky in the direction of the cattle farm gradually lit up, looking at each other in dismay.
“Damn it, could it be that old bastard Fan Debiao has betrayed us!”
“We were probably toyed with by that old bastard, weren’t we!”
“I F***!”
On the trailer truck, several men cursed and ranted.
Seeing that the operation tonight could no longer proceed.
Everyone cursed and started the truck to leave.
…
Bai Ge Zhuang New Village residential area in the Capital City.
Jiang Tao saw that the information reported by his uncle and others in the group was all normal.
Only then did he finally relax his mind.
He asked Liu Zhiyuan to find someone to install surveillance equipment at the cattle farm tomorrow.
To ensure that the cattle farm was always under surveillance.
Also, fire that guy named Fan Debiao!
This guy was a traitor who tried to set him up, so of course, he couldn’t keep him!
The hiring at the cattle farm was very casual, without even labor contracts, and the salary and benefits were just verbal agreements.
Let alone expecting N+1 compensation.
If they let you work, you work; if they don’t, you can leave immediately.
After dealing with the matters at the cattle farm, Jiang Tao was just about to go to bed.
Two blue prompt messages suddenly reappeared on the retina in front of him.
【 The export qualifications of 466 American beef companies to China will expire today, and China has not renewed them. 】
【 Affected by policies, domestic live cattle prices will reach the target of 24.8 yuan today, and sales can begin! 】
“The market I’ve been waiting for a month has finally arrived!”
Seeing the two prompt messages flashing on his retina, Jiang Tao excitedly clenched his fist!
A month ago, he had refreshed and obtained this piece of intelligence related to the rise in beef prices.
After waiting for a month, the time to reap the rewards had finally come!
If this project could be successfully completed, he would receive the bonus from the task “Share the Blessings”.
Back then, he had gathered five people, which would earn him five times the reward!
This was undoubtedly another huge sum of money!
The total investment for the Tian Family Village cattle farm project back then was 3.18 million.
Among them, Liu Zhiyuan, Shan Yufei, his elder brother Jiang He, his younger sister Jiang Bing, and his father-in-law Xu Wencheng each invested 200,000.
The five people invested a total of 1 million.
The remaining 2.18 million was all invested by Jiang Tao.
The average purchase price of 300 beef cattle was around 15 yuan/jin.
Now the price had risen to 24.8 yuan/jin.
Jiang Tao took out his mobile phone and opened the calculator to do a rough calculation.
2,180,000 ÷ 15 × 24.8 = 3,604,266.6666.
Rounded up, it was 3.6 million!
Subtracting the cost of 2.18 million.
1.42 million was the profit from the project!
Multiplied by the five-fold base of “Share the Blessings”.
Jiang Tao’s final profit from this project would be 7.1 million!
From deciding to undertake this project during the Spring Festival until now, catching this wave of policy market.
It had only been about a month in total.
The investment of 2.18 million had turned into 7.1 million, with a net profit of 4.92 million!
Including the recovered funds, Jiang Tao’s nest egg would officially break the ten million mark!
He was one step closer to buying a villa!
It had only been a little over two months since that mysterious stone broke the window of the truck, up to today.
From being in debt of over 80,000 to now having a net worth of tens of millions plus three properties in the Capital City.
Life had truly gotten better, with more hope!
He walked onto the balcony, opened the window, and smoked a cigarette to calm his excited mood.
Jiang Tao then returned to the bedroom.
He got into bed, hugged Xu Li, activated “Sleep Mode” for himself, and went to sleep!
The next morning at 7:30.
When Jiang Tao woke up, the space beside him was empty; Xu Li had already gotten up.
He sat up from the bed and stretched, feeling all his muscles activated.
He had gone to bed after 1 AM last night, sleeping for a total of only 6.5 hours at most.
This amount of sleep was definitely below the standard sleep duration.
But with the powerful auxiliary sleep function of “Sleep Mode”.
Even with less sleep, he still felt energetic and clear-headed.
“Honey~ Come out quickly to wash your hands and eat.”
The bedroom door opened a crack, and Xu Li, wearing a plaid apron, called out to Jiang Tao with a smile at the door.
“Coming.”
This kind of daily life, waking up to see his wife, was warm and sweet.
After Jiang Tao changed into the clothes Xu Li had placed on the bedside table, he walked out of the bedroom, washed his hands, and sat at the dining table to eat.
During breakfast, the topic of conversation for the family of four was invariably the renovation of Building 89.
His father and mother, accustomed to frugality their whole lives, thought a simple renovation would suffice and spending too much money would be a waste.
But Jiang Tao and Xu Li had different ideas from them.
Not to mention a luxurious renovation, it should at least be a fine renovation.
The elderly couple was only in their early sixties this year, and they still had a long life ahead of them.
Of course, they should renovate it well so it would be more comfortable to live in.
In the end, his parents couldn’t resist Jiang Tao and Xu Li and agreed to their fine renovation plan.
After breakfast, his father and mother went out to the processing plant to pickle new Eight Treasure Pickles.
After a period of repeated practice, they had mastered the secret recipe ratios taught by Jiang Tao.
Although their skill wasn’t as good as Jiang Tao’s, it was already infinitely close, almost the same.
Coupled with the bonus from the “Delicious Pickled Vegetable Jar”, Jiang Tao basically didn’t have to worry about anything at the food processing plant.
He, as the general manager, was now completely hands-off.
Although they had left an office for him there, he had only been there a few times in total.
“Huh, honey, aren’t you in a hurry to go out today?”
After Xu Li carefully wiped the stove and walls in the kitchen, she came out and saw Jiang Tao sitting on the sofa in the living room looking at his phone, and asked with some curiosity.
“Wife, come here, I have something to tell you.”
Jiang Tao beckoned Xu Li over while placing the phone he was holding on the coffee table.
On the phone screen was a trending Weibo news item that Jiang Tao had just been browsing.
The news was about China not renewing the contracts for hundreds of American beef export companies to China, as mentioned in last night’s intelligence.
Below the comments of this news, domestic cattle farmers were all immensely excited and grateful!
With the import beef channels cut off, domestic beef, which had been in a slump for several years, finally saw a glimmer of hope.
“What’s wrong? So mysterious.”
Xu Li said with a charming laugh, walked a few steps to Jiang Tao’s side, and sat down with her backside pressed tightly against his.
“We’ve basically settled down in the Capital City.”
“Shouldn’t we invite your parents to come to the Capital City for a few days, and also to formally meet our family?”
Jiang Tao said with a smile, putting his arm around Xu Li’s slender waist.
“Invite my parents to the Capital City to play?”
Upon hearing Jiang Tao’s words, Xu Li’s face showed a joyful expression, but then she said:
“Would that be too much trouble and affect your work?”
“It will be a little, but not much.”
Jiang Tao smiled and said, “I’ll leave the car for you. You can take them around during the day, and we can all get together for dinner in the evening.”
“Honey, you’re so good! I’ve long wanted my parents to come to the Capital City for a few days!”
“But I was afraid of affecting you, so I didn’t say anything. You’re really my husband~”
Xu Li excitedly kissed Jiang Tao’s face a few times, so happy she was about to fly.
Although her mother-in-law wasn’t very fond of Jiang Tao as a son-in-law before.
She was absolutely wonderful to her eldest daughter Xu Li, much more so than to her younger daughter.
It was natural for Xu Li to want to invite her parents to the Capital City to show filial piety.
Receiving Jiang Tao’s consent and strong support, Xu Li immediately picked up her phone and dialed her mother’s number.
“Mom~ My husband said he’s inviting you to the Capital City for a trip. Ask Dad to take a few days of annual leave and come along.”
“Food, drink, and fun, a complete package, all arranged perfectly for you.”
“Hehe, my husband said to let you play and eat to your heart’s content.”
“My husband…”
Xu Li already had a full score for her favorability with her mother.
Naturally, she wouldn’t miss such a good opportunity to boost Jiang Tao’s favorability with her mother.
Saying “my husband” repeatedly, she gained a lot of favor for him.
These two mother and daughter called each other almost every day, starting at an hour.
Seeing that Xu Li wouldn’t finish the call anytime soon, Jiang Tao gestured towards the door with his finger, picked up the car key from the coffee table, and went out.
Ring ring—
As soon as Jiang Tao stepped out, his phone in his pocket rang.
He took out his phone and saw the name displayed was “Uncle.”
“Hello, Uncle.”
Jiang Tao casually answered the call and greeted his uncle.
“Xiao Tao, a boss wants to buy 10 of our cattle today, and the price has been negotiated to twenty-four yuan and eight jiao. Do you think we can sell them?”
Tian Xiaoguang’s voice, with a hint of excitement, came from the other end of the phone.
The average purchase price of cattle at the farm was only 15 yuan, and now they were selling for 24.8 yuan, an increase of nearly 10 yuan per jin!
10 head of cattle, about 6,000 jin, would earn 60,000 yuan in profit!
Even after deducting various feed and labor costs, the profit was very substantial!
“Yes, sell them! Sell them at 25 yuan per jin, if anyone buys them, we sell.”
Jiang Tao readily agreed without any hesitation.
Originally, he had planned to call his uncle to signal him that it was time to “ship out.”
Now his uncle had called first.
“Okay! Then I’ll sell them!”
On the other end of the phone, Tian Xiaoguang’s tone was somewhat excited.
To be honest, he had been under a lot of pressure for the past month.
His nephew had invested over 3 million in this Tian Family Village cattle farm project, and if something went wrong…
Now, seeing that his nephew had bet correctly and encountered a big market trend, he was also happy for his nephew.
They spoke on the phone for a few more minutes before hanging up.
After ending the call, Jiang Tao took the elevator downstairs and drove directly to the Longquan Cemetery in Nanxingshou.
At 8:45 AM, Jiang Tao drove to the entrance of the cemetery.
He spent over 300 yuan to buy a large bouquet of fresh flowers and some fruit for offerings.
He parked his car in the cemetery’s public parking lot.
Jiang Tao walked for more than ten minutes to Sun Xiao Bao’s tombstone.
“Old Sun, I bet you didn’t expect it, I’ve come to see you again.”
“The intelligence today was triggered by paying respects to you. It seems our father-son bond isn’t over yet.”
“Alright, here are the flowers for you. I wish you happiness over there. I’m going to make money now.”
Jiang Tao first placed the flowers and fruit basket in his hands in front of Sun Xiao Bao’s grave.
Then, with a thought, a 5D stereoscopic map appeared on his retina.
On the map, the green dot indicated his current location, and the red dot indicated the location of the target item.
The distance between the two points was only 50 meters, so it was easy to find.
Jiang Tao looked around. He was the only one in the cemetery early in the morning to worship ancestors.
With a flash, he jumped into the row of cypress trees behind Old Sun’s tombstone.
He quickly passed through the woods and came to an artificial river outside the woods.
This artificial river was a 10-meter-wide feng shui river designed in the cemetery according to feng shui principles.
Feng Shui, feng shui, has wind and water.
The most expensive graves in Longquan Cemetery cost over a million.
In addition to the luxurious tombstones, feng shui layout was also important.
Of course, this “river” was actually somewhat undeserved.
It was more fitting to call it a “channel.”
It was already early spring in March, and the ice layer in the river had long since melted.
Visibly, the riverbed was full of mud and decaying branches, and the channel water was murky and turbid.
Clearly, this feng shui river was not maintained or cared for, and it seemed to be just a decorative element.
【 No other observation equipment or observers are present. Do you want to spend 6,666 yuan immediately to retrieve the target item? 】
Looking at the information on his retina, and then at the murky water and mud in the river…
Jiang Tao decisively chose to spend money to retrieve the item.
In this cold weather, he didn’t want to jump into a mud pit to get an axe.
He didn’t know how deep those two axes were buried, and he didn’t bring any retrieval tools.
He had planned to spend money to retrieve the axes when he came today.
After all, the 1000 grams of gold axe was worth at least seven or eight hundred thousand!
He wasn’t lacking this 6,000-plus.
【 Fee deducted successfully, retrieving item, please be ready to receive! 】
Splash~
Suddenly, there was a splash in the gully in front of him!
Two beams of light, one gold and one silver, emerged from under the water!
Jiang Tao instinctively reached out his hands to grab them.
The two beams of light flew into his hands with a swish.
They felt heavy in his hands; they were indeed the gold and silver axes mentioned in the intelligence!
Without time to examine them closely, Jiang Tao directly stuffed the two axes into his pants pockets.
A 1000-gram gold axe was only about the size of his palm.
When put in his pocket, only a slight outline was visible, not obvious.
Jiang Tao turned back the way he came, quickly passed through the woods, and returned to Old Sun’s grave.
He looked around and found no other family members coming to pay their respects or sweep the graves nearby.
Jiang Tao returned the way he came.
Back in the car, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. This operation had been very smooth!
He took out the two axes from his pocket.
The silver axe was not valuable; 1000 grams would be worth at most seven or eight thousand yuan, just enough to offset the money just deducted.
The gold axe was much more valuable!
“Judging by its color, it’s at least 999 pure gold.”
Jiang Tao had come into contact with a lot of gold recently. He couldn’t call himself an expert in this field, but he was certainly half-knowledgeable.
“The design of this thing isn’t very appealing, so I should sell it while the gold price is strong!”
“I’ll also go to Panjiayuan and see if I can trigger any intelligence related to antiques.”
“I’ve been there many times, and I haven’t triggered any intelligence related to antiques even once. This is too abnormal!”
“Maybe there’s a ‘big move’ they’re holding back for me!”
After admiring the newly acquired gold axe, Jiang Tao opened the storage compartment in front of the front passenger seat.
He reached into the tissue box inside, pulled out a few tissues, wrapped the gold axe tightly, and threw it in casually.
Ring ring~
Just as Jiang Tao was about to drive away, the car phone rang.
Seeing the string of “8”s in the caller ID and the name in the remarks.
Jiang Tao’s eyebrows raised, and his heart filled with joy!
Wang Minglong!
Zhang Chao’s biological father’s phone!
It had been more than half a month since Jiang Tao mailed Zhang Chao’s hair to Wang Minglong.
He had been wondering why Wang Minglong hadn’t contacted him yet!
The intelligence provided by System Brother was absolutely reliable, and Zhang Chao was definitely Wang Minglong’s son!
Was Zhang Chao’s father here to give him money?
Taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, Jiang Tao touched the large screen to answer the call.
“You are Jiang Tao, where is the owner of the hair you mailed to me now?”
The moment the call connected, a somewhat domineering voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Manager Wang has verified the DNA?”
Upon hearing Wang Minglong’s words, Jiang Tao finally put his mind at ease.
He was also happy for Zhang Chao.
From a struggling laborer at the bottom of society, he leaped to become the son of a billionaire.
From a miserable worker, he transformed into a rich second-generation heir.
How many years of struggle would that save!
Honestly, even Jiang Tao was a little envious of Zhang Chao’s good luck!
“Yes, it has been preliminarily verified, but it needs to be verified again.”
“And I want to collect the sample in person this time.”
Wang Minglong on the other end of the phone, not blinded by the good news of finding his son, remained rational and cautious.
In this day and age, all sorts of fraud cases are rampant; caution is the mother of safety.
“Okay! Manager Wang, please give me an address. I’ll bring him over now.”
Jiang Tao also fully understood Wang Minglong’s caution.
After all, with his wealth and status, anyone who wanted to recognize him as their father could probably form a line along Beijing’s Third Ring Road.
Jiang Tao was accidentally right.
After Wang Minglong posted his plea for his son, hundreds of people called the number left on the plea every day!
Each and every one of them was crying and begging to be recognized as his father, wanting to be Wang Minglong’s son.
There were men, women, old, and young among those people.
The older ones were even older than Wang Minglong, but they insisted that the police had registered their household registration incorrectly.
The younger ones were only teenagers, claiming to suffer from growth retardation.
There were even more absurd cases where even the gender was wrong.
Wang Minglong was offering a large reward to find his son, and there were even women calling to acknowledge him as their father, saying they had changed their sex due to some special reasons.
In short, over the years since the heavy reward was offered to find his son, there have been at least several thousand people eager to recognize Wang Minglong as their father!
Every day, hundreds of people also mailed hair samples, hoping to try their luck.
No, at most, they would lose some hair and courier fees.
What if it was true? Wouldn’t that mean a skyrocket to success and becoming truly rich?
Therefore, the number of hair samples received by Wang Minglong for testing was also astonishingly large!
The hair samples Jiang Tao had previously mailed to Wang Minglong, collected from Zhang Chao, were only tested 10 minutes ago.
Wang Minglong admitted that it was hard not to be excited when he saw the test results.
After so many years, there was finally one with a similarity of 99.99% to him!
This degree of similarity basically confirmed a biological relationship!
But to be safe, a direct sample collection and re-verification were still necessary.
What if someone colluded with internal company employees to obtain his hair and then sent it for testing?
Although this possibility was small, it could not be completely ruled out!
Collecting hair samples in person and re-verifying was still very necessary!
That’s why he was calling Jiang Tao now.
After Jiang Tao and Wang Minglong confirmed the meeting time and place over the phone, they hung up.
Immediately, he found Zhang Chao’s phone number and dialed it.
…
“Crisp and sweet Yantai apples, come and go, don’t miss out, taste before you buy, money back if it’s not delicious~”
At Shahe Market.
Zhang Chao sat on a plastic stool next to his car, smoking a cigarette somewhat boredly.
The handheld loudspeaker placed on the apples kept repeating the sales pitch.
He had set up his stall at 6 AM and it was now 9 AM.
He had only sold about 200 yuan worth of goods.
Excluding the cost of goods, the profit was less than 50 yuan!
For the entire market day, he estimated he would only earn about 200 yuan.
“Sigh!”
“If I hadn’t spent money recklessly over the years, it would be great if I had saved more.”
“Before Spring Festival, I could have joined Brother Jiang to sell oranges and make a fortune.”
“After Spring Festival, I could have also joined the cattle farm with Brother Jiang!”
“Now, Liu Zhiyuan and Shan Yufei are no longer in the same world as me.”
“Both of them have made a lot of money with Brother Jiang.”
Thinking of the two brothers who used to sell fruit like him every day, but now they were all soaring with Jiang Tao.
Zhang Chao’s heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Jiang Tao had given him two chances, but he hadn’t seized either of them.
In the end, he could only watch his good buddies make a lot of money.
Ring ring—
The phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
He took out his phone and saw the name displayed was “Mom.”
Seeing this name, Zhang Chao felt an inexplicable blockage in his heart.
