Chapter 35: Z-pay 20 Subsidy, Ripping Off Old Ma!
Operated the mobile phone to repay Old Ma.
After Jiang Tao quickly washed up, he got into bed to listen to audiobooks.
Zhong Deng’s life in Beijing, though monotonous, was not boring.
Past the age of wanting to play, Jiang Tao was now only interested in earning money.
Time quickly passed to midnight.
Jiang Tao turned off his mobile phone and eagerly opened the intelligence system to check the intelligence that had been updated today.
【 Today’s Intelligence 】: You used Alipay’s collection and repayment functions yesterday, and obtained related intelligence—
Between 14:30 and 14:35 this afternoon, any consumption made using Alipay will receive a 20% subsidy reduction.
Including but not limited to online and offline payments, transfers, loan repayments, etc.!
The transaction limit is 200,000 yuan!
【 Remarks 】: This intelligence must not be shared with anyone in any way, otherwise it will become invalid.
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“A 20% subsidy on any consumption? Wow, this is quite something…”
“Is Old Ma giving benefits to everyone because the Spring Festival is coming?”
“But why only 5 minutes?”
“Moreover, why haven’t I seen any news reports about such a big event?”
Seeing the intelligence updated today, Jiang Tao grumbled in his heart.
If this intelligence hadn’t come from the intelligence system, Jiang Tao definitely wouldn’t have believed it.
A 20% subsidy, and even transfers are subsidized?
Alipay has gone crazy with such subsidies!
Is this a benefit being given to everyone!
To put it simply, if he transferred 200,000 yuan to his own wife, Alipay would directly subsidize him by 40,000 yuan?
“Doesn’t this mean earning 40,000 yuan for free? Won’t Old Ma’s conscience hurt…”
Although he had great confidence in the intelligence provided by the intelligence system.
Seeing today’s intelligence, Jiang Tao still couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
Couldn’t understand it!
He really couldn’t understand the reason why Alipay was doing this!
If you say subsidies for online shopping or offline shopping, these are all understandable.
But the intelligence system described that even transfers and loan repayments could enjoy a 20% subsidy, which was somewhat incomprehensible.
“Could this be some awesome business plan that we can’t understand? Or some grayscale test?”
“Forget it, forget it, I won’t think about these things anymore. Regardless of the reason, I’ll take advantage of Old Ma tomorrow when the time comes.”
“The limit is 200,000… I’m still far from having that much money in my account. I’ll borrow some more from Old Ma if needed.”
“However, using Old Ma’s money to take advantage of Old Ma, isn’t that a bit unethical?”
“Damn, it’s as if I’m really close to Old Ma. 40,000 yuan wouldn’t even be a drop in the bucket for him.”
“Since he dares to offer this subsidy reduction, it means he has the confidence to do so. I shouldn’t overthink it.”
“It’s a bit frustrating that this intelligence cannot be shared, and it’s only for a short 5 minutes.”
“I wonder if my silly wife will discover this subsidy.”
After a simple analysis of the intelligence updated today.
Just as Jiang Tao was about to go to bed, the intelligence system suddenly popped up another sky-blue virtual interface.
【 Please note! Ma Dongmei has just successfully booked a train ticket for 4 AM on January 20th. After leaving the Capital City this time, she will not return! 】
“Whoa, this elder sister is quite energetic! Not sleeping this late and still grabbing train tickets!”
“January 20th, which means…”
Seeing the prompt displayed on the virtual screen, Jiang Tao quickly picked up his mobile phone to check the date again.
Today was already the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, which was January 18th in the Gregorian calendar.
In other words, Ma Dongmei would be taking a train to leave the Capital City the day after tomorrow morning, and would never return!
With her departure, not only would the Landlord’s love be taken away, but also his 88,888 yuan!
“For 80,000… No, for the Landlord’s love.”
“I must make time to see what kind of person this Sister Ma is tomorrow, and I need to try to contact her quickly!”
“Now, hurry up and go to sleep!”
Thinking about the Landlord’s love and his own 88,888, Jiang Tao finally fell asleep after a while.
The next morning.
Jiang Tao directly invited his friends out for lamb soup.
The four of them spent over 200 yuan, and after eating their fill, they went to the small courtyard to load the goods.
While eating, Zhang Chao gloatingly told the others another “good news.”
Hebei Province to the south of the Capital City, as well as Shandong Province, had also experienced widespread snowfall last night.
Affected by this snowfall, the supply of fruits and vegetables in the Capital City became even tighter, and many vegetables and fruits also increased in price.
This was indeed “good news” for Jiang Tao!
At 7:30 in the morning, four trucks fully loaded with Satsuma mandarins departed from Xiao Shahe, heading straight for the Bai Ge Zhuang Market.
Today’s sales situation was about as predicted by Liu Zhiyuan yesterday.
In just one morning, the four of them sold one truckload each, and the sales situation was exceptionally hot!
After selling one truckload, the four of them quickly returned to load another one and continued selling.
Lunch was also a quick meal of baked flatbread wrapped with pig head meat while loading the trucks.
“Satsuma mandarins, big and sweet authentic Guangxi Satsuma mandarins, 10 yuan a jin, 10 yuan a jin!”
The broadcast of the small loudspeaker’s catchy voice repeated continuously, and time quickly approached 14:25 in the afternoon!
In more than half a day, Jiang Tao had collected over 40,000 yuan in payment for goods through Alipay.
The intelligence updated today indicated that the limit for the 20% subsidy was 200,000 yuan, and he still needed 160,000 yuan!
In between selling goods, Jiang Tao operated his mobile phone and borrowed another 160,000 yuan from Alipay, bringing the total to 200,000 yuan.
“Does borrowing money from Xu Li count as a tip?”
“Forget it, I’d better not take this risk. If this also counts as a tip, and the subsidy is canceled directly, wouldn’t it be a waste of an opportunity to take advantage of Old Ma?”
For most of the day, Jiang Tao had been pondering matters related to intelligence.
The intelligence system had indicated that any form of notification to anyone would directly cause the intelligence to become invalid.
The scope of the two “any” was too broad.
After much deliberation, Jiang Tao finally decided to keep his mouth shut.
This was the safest approach!
After selling two more pieces of Satsuma mandarins, the time finally arrived at 14:30!
“Master…”
“Pick whichever you like. There’s a payment code over there. Cash is exactly 100 yuan each! This is the lowest price.”
Jiang Tao couldn’t bother to serve customers anymore. He quickly greeted a customer and then found Xu Li’s contact interface.
He clicked on transfer and entered the amount 200,000.
As expected!
Below the transfer amount of 200,000, there was a red, very conspicuous -40,000!
“It really reduces it!”
Jiang Tao swallowed excitedly and quickly completed the transfer operation!
After transferring 200,000 yuan to Xu Li, Jiang Tao’s initial balance of just over 200,000 yuan was reduced to over 40,000 yuan!
This 40,000 yuan was the “wool” Jiang Tao had taken from Old Ma!
With just a few finger movements, in less than a minute, he had earned 40,000 yuan!
“What’s going on? Could this be a bug in Alipay?”
“Will this money be clawed back?”
After successfully transferring 200,000 yuan and getting a reduction of 40,000 yuan, Jiang Tao was not as excited and thrilled as he had imagined. Instead, he felt a bit worried.
He always felt that this subsidy method was too outrageous!
“Huh? Why was it reduced by more than 20 yuan!”
A customer who was paying Jiang Tao also exclaimed in surprise that they had only paid 80 yuan.
