Chapter 115: A Piece Of Intelligence Worth A Million!
“Hello, wife, I’ve already tried my best to mobilize everyone I can to find her.”
“We’ll find her, we definitely will.”
“Don’t worry, before you get back, I will absolutely find our daughter for you.”
“I promise, I promise, please stop crying, don’t ruin your health by crying.”
“I deserve to be beaten, I deserve to be punished, you can do whatever you want to me when you get back, alright?”
“…”
Tian Jianming comforted his wife on the phone for over ten minutes before her emotions calmed down a bit.
After hanging up, he lit a cigarette with a worried expression on his face.
Tian Jianming opened WeChat and reposted the “Heavy Reward for Finding Dog” notice on Moments and in several WeChat groups.
In the photo was a cute little Bichon Frise with its ears dyed pink, its tail dyed purple, and wearing a pink vest.
Tian Jianming is 53 years old and has no children. This little Bichon Frise he lost is the pet dog his wife Zhao Ying has raised for over 6 years.
The couple couldn’t have children, so they poured all their emotions into this little Bichon Frise, treating it like their own daughter.
Each month, just for dog food, grooming, and other care, they spent four to five thousand yuan, which is more than raising a child.
The little one’s status at home was even higher than Tian Jianming’s.
Zhao Ying went on a business trip for a week, leaving the little one in Tian Jianming’s care.
As a result, on the first day Tian Jianming took the little one out, he got caught up chatting with acquaintances and when he came to his senses, the little one had already disappeared.
Tian Jianming mobilized everyone he could to help him find the dog. They searched all around the residential area, but couldn’t find it.
That night, Zhao Ying wanted to video call the little one, and Tian Jianming finally told her the truth that he had lost the dog.
Because of this, Zhao Ying even considered divorcing him.
In order to find their little one as soon as possible, the couple discussed it and posted a notice for the lost dog.
Whoever can help them find the dog will receive a reward of 60,000 yuan.
After offering the reward, some people have contacted him these past two days.
The dogs they brought, Tian Jianming couldn’t tell the difference from his own.
But Zhao Ying could tell if it was real or fake with just one look, and she had already exposed three people who were trying to take advantage of the situation to swindle the reward.
A little Bichon Frise, the cheaper ones only cost one to two thousand yuan.
Faced with the temptation of a reward as high as 60,000 yuan, it’s inevitable that some clever people would have crooked ideas.
Ordinary people see dogs as all the same, but in the eyes of dog owners, their own dog is unique.
“Sigh, there have been so many troubles lately, why am I so unlucky!”
Tian Jianming sighed helplessly, and the phone in his hand suddenly rang, the caller ID displayed “Old Tian”.
“Hello Old Tian, you’re here, bring your nephew straight in.”
“Okay.”
After a brief conversation on the phone, Tian Jianming hung up, got up from the sofa, and walked towards the door.
As soon as he stepped out, he saw Old Tian from the cattle farm entering with a tall, handsome, and distinguished-looking man.
“Boss, this is my nephew Jiang Tao, Xiao Tao, and this is our boss, Manager Tian.”
Tian Xiaoguang brought Jiang Tao to Tian Jianming and introduced them with a smile.
In fact, he had already introduced Tian Jianming to Jiang Tao on the way, and this was just a formality.
“Hello Manager Tian, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“Hello Jiang Tao, come in, let’s talk inside.”
Tian Jianming had a good first impression of Jiang Tao and smilingly invited them into the living room, offering them seats.
This is a small villa Tian Jianming had rebuilt from his old house in the rural area; he doesn’t usually live here.
He occasionally invites friends over for tea and drinks.
After sitting down, the three of them didn’t waste much time and got straight to the point of discussing the transfer of the cattle farm.
Tian Jianming had already had people count all the cattle farm’s supplies in advance.
How many cattle, their total weight, how much equipment the farm had, how much fodder.
And so on and so forth, very detailed.
Tian Jianming was also very sincere this time, directly giving away the feeding equipment for free.
The focus of the transaction was still the cattle in the farm and the remaining materials.
There are currently 106 cattle left, with a total weight of 63,600 catties.
The fodder, calculated at the current market price, is worth about 280,000 yuan.
When facing his business partner, Jiang Tao expressed his optimism about the cattle market and his determination.
But when facing Tian Jianming, it was completely the opposite.
He said things that pierced Tian Jianming’s heart.
Domestic cattle prices bottomed out in 2023 and by 2025, there was still no price rebound.
Instead, imported beef from abroad increased year by year, constantly squeezing the market for domestic beef.
Countries like the US, Australia, and Mexico are vast and sparsely populated, with natural grasslands and large-scale breeding environments.
Furthermore, foreign livestock industries have achieved scale, mechanization, and intelligence.
From breeding to cutting to processing, most steps are completed by machines.
In contrast, China’s breeding industry is still highly fragmented.
Both breeding costs and labor costs are much higher.
Even with a tariff on imported beef, it is still cheaper than domestic beef.
In 2024, China imported about 2.74 million tons of beef, and the impact on domestic beef farmers can be imagined.
The domestic beef cattle industry is likely to never regain its former glory.
Individual farmers will become fewer and fewer, and scaling up and modernization will be a major trend.
It’s like a modern pig farm at a certain internet giant.
With only a few employees, they can raise thousands of pigs.
This greatly saves labor costs and achieves cost reduction and efficiency.
In conclusion, in Jiang Tao’s opinion, the industry’s development prospects are very limited.
Whether he invests or not is uncertain.
He would invest if the price was right, otherwise, he wouldn’t.
Finally, after a period of bargaining.
Jiang Tao successfully reached a cooperation intention with Tian Jianming at a price of 13 yuan/jin.
106 cattle, totaling 63,600 jin, valued at 826,800 yuan.
Plus 280,000 yuan for feed.
Jiang Tao took on all the workers at the cattle farm and continued to employ them.
Compensation for the village farmers for the land occupied by the cattle farm will also be paid by Jiang Tao in the future.
The total amount of 1,106,800 yuan will be paid by Jiang Tao in three installments over three months.
The first installment is 500,000 yuan, the second is 400,000 yuan, and the third payment will settle the remaining balance.
Tomorrow, Tian Jianming will find someone to draft the formal contract.
After signing the contract and paying the first installment, Jiang Tao can take over the operations of the cattle farm.
“Manager Tian, I wish us a happy cooperation.”
“Happy cooperation!”
The deal was done, Jiang Tao and Tian Jianming shook hands and bid farewell.
Tian Jianming saw them off to his main gate and watched them get into a Beijing-plated Mercedes-Benz GLS.
“Second brother, how did the negotiation go?”
The driver, Xiao Bing, asked with concern about the progress of the investment project.
Jiang Tao smiled and said, “Successfully secured.”
“By the way, can this project of ours really make money? What if…”
“Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, don’t speak ill of the gods!”
“If I follow second brother, one day I’ll be able to buy my own Benz!”
“Third sister, where are you spitting? That’s disgusting.”
“You’re the disgusting one! How can a brother talk to his sister like that!”
The siblings bickered for a few words, and then started arguing again.
“You two, after so many years, haven’t changed at all, still bickering so much.”
Tian Xiaoguang, sitting in the back seat, watched the two in front with a smile.
His slightly cloudy gaze seemed to traverse time and space, seeing the two as they were in their childhood.
More than twenty years ago, the brother and sister were both little kids.
The sister was like a shadow, following the brother everywhere.
Even if the brother made her cry over ten times a day, she would wipe her tears and snot and continue to follow him.
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed.
The brother has already established his career and family, and the sister is of marriageable age.
The pure sibling affection between them is still the same as when they were children.
This is family, this is siblings!
I’m already a bachelor in my fifties.
Isn’t my sister always treating me like a child?
After their parents passed away, his sister cared for him even more, often blaming herself for not being able to introduce him to a good marriage.
Marriage was something Tian Xiaoguang had thought about when he was young.
But such things clearly aren’t something you can just decide to do.
He started going on blind dates at eighteen and didn’t succeed until he was thirty-eight. After that, fewer people introduced him.
As he got older, the desire to get married and start a family faded.
It’s fine to be a bachelor; if one person is full, the whole family isn’t hungry, and that’s pretty good!
Evening.
Tian Xiaoguang had dinner at his sister’s house again and was then driven back to the cattle farm by Jiang Bing.
Thinking that this cattle farm would soon become his nephew’s property.
Tian Xiaoguang felt a sense of pride, and his dedication increased.
He used a powerful flashlight to patrol the cattle farm several times.
He wasn’t this dedicated before.
…
Jiang Tao’s parents’ home.
After dinner, his father Jiang Wen and Old Sun went to the neighbor’s to play chess with Uncle Tianming.
The two nephews, along with the Jiang family’s team pet, Jiang Xue, were setting off fireworks and sparklers in the courtyard.
After Jiang Bing returned from dropping off her uncle, she sat aside eating cantaloupe, listening to her second brother, second sister-in-law, and mother chat.
“Sigh, your and your brother’s children are already this old, and your uncle hasn’t even married a wife.”
“When he’s old and can’t move, who will support him, who will take care of him? Sigh…”
Whenever her uncle’s marriage was mentioned, Old Mother Tian Xiaomei would start sighing.
This matter had almost become a major concern for her.
An elder sister is like a mother. After their parents passed away, Tian Xiaomei worried herself sick over her younger brother’s marriage.
She wanted to help her brother get married, but she really didn’t have the ability.
She had two sons herself, building houses, getting married, having children, everywhere was a place to spend money.
She could only watch with deep guilt as her brother got older and older, eventually becoming the bachelor people talked about.
Xu Li took her mother-in-law’s hand and comforted her kindly:
“Mom, don’t think too much, maybe it’s just that Uncle’s fate hasn’t arrived yet. When fate arrives, maybe he’ll get married this year.”
“Sigh! He’s already this old, what’s the point of talking about fate? All I want now is for him to find a companion.”
“It doesn’t matter if she’s good-looking or not, as long as she’s a woman, not crazy or stupid.”
“Thinking about your uncle’s lonely old age makes my heart ache. I only have this one younger brother, sigh.”
The atmosphere, which had been relaxed and pleasant, suddenly became a bit heavy when her uncle’s marriage was discussed.
“Mom, don’t overthink it. Just like your daughter-in-law said, fate can’t be stopped when it arrives, and it can’t be forced if it hasn’t.”
Jiang Tao said with a smile, giving an example: “The landlord where I rented a place in the Capital City is over 70 years old. By chance, he met an aunt from Ping County, and within two days they were dating. Your uncle is only 50, so it’s not too late for a late-life romance.”
“He’s 50 and it’s not too late? The example you gave is just an exception, not the norm. And what about your third sister! What are you still eating over there! You’re already…”
“Oh my! I just remembered, I have very important work at my shop that I haven’t finished! Mom, you guys chat, I’m going back now, bye!”
Jiang Bing, who was happily “eating melon” (listening to gossip) nearby, suddenly found herself the subject, wiped her mouth, and bolted out the door faster than a rabbit.
“Don’t go! Aunt Wang said she wants to introduce someone to you. See if you have time to meet her one of these days!”
“Huh? What did you say? I can’t hear you~~~”
In just a few seconds, Jiang Bing had already run out the door.
“This third sister! She’s already 27 this year! People her age are already having their third child, what does she want to do! Does she want to be an old maid!”
Tian Xiaomei got so angry talking about her youngest daughter’s marriage that she couldn’t hold it in. She had nagged her about getting married countless times in recent years, but it was useless.
“Lili, third sister listens to you and her second brother. She’s living with you now, please help Mom persuade her more. She’s not young anymore, and if she doesn’t get married and have children soon, she’ll be an advanced maternal age.”
“Okay Mom, I’ll persuade her. Third sister is a person with her own ideas, you don’t need to worry too much. With our third sister’s conditions, she won’t have trouble finding a husband.”
“…”
Jiang Tao and Xu Li stayed chatting with their mother until 9:30 PM. Jiang Xue, tired from playing with her two older cousins outside, was sleepy, and the family of three walked home hand in hand.
“Mom and Dad, these past few days have been so happy. I wish every day could be like this from now on~”
Little Jiang Xue held her dad’s left hand and her mom’s right hand, her flushed little face filled with infinite yearning for a good life.
Xu Li smiled and exposed her: “You’re just making excuses for not wanting to go to school, right?”
Jiang Xue said in a childish voice: “No, I’m not. Dad said he’d send me to ballet class when school starts. I’ve been looking forward to school every day, okay~ I even dreamed of dancing ballet last night, it was so much fun!”
Xu Li gave Old Jiang a charmingly coquettish glance: “When did you two plan this? You didn’t even tell me.”
“This is a little secret between me and Dad, of course… Ah! Dad, oh no, I accidentally let our little secret out!”
Jiang Xue only then suddenly realized she had leaked the secret and quickly covered her little mouth.
The little cotton jacket looked at her dad apologetically, her expression so innocent, as if saying she really didn’t mean to.
“Our Xiao Xue has always wanted to learn ballet. Let’s sign her up for a class in the Capital City and try to fulfill her little fantasy about dancing.”
Jiang Tao’s confidence was sky-high now, and he said with a smile:
“It’s just a dance class. Sign up if you want, study it if you like it, and try something else if you don’t. By trying more, you’ll know what your child truly likes.”
“She? I bet she won’t like it for more than a week. You just spoil her.”
Xu Li smiled and shook her head. No one in this world knew her daughter better than she did.
Little Jiang Xue, afraid her dad would change his mind, hurriedly raised her hand to express her stance:
“No way, I’ll always like it. I promise~”
The family of three walked home, laughing and chatting.
There isn’t much entertainment in the countryside.
Back home, after watching TV in the living room for a while, Xu Li took Jiang Xue to take a bath first.
Jiang Tao took the opportunity to scroll through Moments in the living room, perhaps to trigger some intelligence.
“Huh? A reward of 60,000? This thing is only worth four to five thousand at most.”
Seeing the lost dog notice that Tian Jianming, whom he had just added today, posted on Moments, Jiang Tao smiled and shook his head.
He found the behavior of rich people somewhat incomprehensible.
His gaze lingered only for a moment before Jiang Tao scrolled down to look at the antiques Zhang Bo posted on Moments.
The Yuan Datou silver dollars that Zhang Bo had bought from him earlier had appeared on his Moments.
And it seemed like sales were good; in just a few days, dozens had already been sold.
Further down were Moments from his sister-in-law celebrating Wang Xiaohong’s birthday, and Jiang Tao wasn’t sure if she did it intentionally or not.
In one of the photos, Jiang Tao saw a picture of his eldest nephew and Wang Xiaohong kissing over a birthday cake.
“Young people nowadays are progressing too quickly.”
Jiang Tao had a neutral attitude towards his eldest nephew Jiang Shijie and Wang Xiaohong dating and didn’t intend to gossip.
Since the two individuals involved were willing, what reason would he, as an elder, have to object? Just offer his blessings.
Furthermore, his eldest nephew and Wang Xiaohong had a high compatibility, as well as Wang Xiaohong’s “husband-boosting” physique.
Jiang Tao had even less reason to object.
The only concern was that one was in high school and the other in university; they shouldn’t accidentally get pregnant.
In about ten minutes, when Jiang Tao finished scrolling through Moments, Xu Li and Jiang Xue had also finished their baths.
One large and one small beautiful woman, each wrapped in a pink and purple bath towel, one sexy and one cute.
Just as Old Jiang was admiring the two beauties in his family, a figure darted past him.
Then came the sound of the bathroom door closing and the third sister’s happy humming.
Well, the third sister, that sly fox, had taken advantage of the situation again.
Xu Li first took Jiang Xue to blow-dry her hair. Jiang Tao finished his bath last, it was past eleven o’clock at night.
The couple hugged and whispered for a while, and Xu Li fell asleep first.
Jiang Tao persisted until midnight, waiting for new intelligence to refresh, to avoid missing any good opportunities.
【 Today’s Intelligence 01】:
You had contact with your uncle Tian Xiaoguang yesterday and obtained related intelligence—
Tian Xiaoguang’s best match 『 Tian Mingrong 』 is currently located in Ping County town.
Their compatibility is 94%, considered an excellent match.
This intelligence triggers a special mission 【 Continue the Family Line 】!
【 Continue the Family Line 】: If Tian Xiaoguang continues the Tian family bloodline, the host will receive a cash reward of 999,999 yuan!
…
“My uncle’s potential match? A cash reward of 990,000!”
Seeing the first piece of intelligence refreshed today.
Jiang Tao, who was originally feeling drowsy, instantly became energized and wasn’t sleepy at all!
Only one dollar short of a million!
This is another piece of intelligence worth a million!
Moreover…
Introducing a partner for his uncle and continuing the Tian family bloodline.
Even without the system reward, it would be a very meaningful thing for Jiang Tao.
Last night, when his uncle’s matter was brought up, his mother was still feeling down.
Now, there’s an opportunity to solve his uncle’s marriage problem and get a huge cash reward, it’s killing two birds with one stone!
With the successful cases of Old Lu and Ma Dongmei in the Capital City, as well as Wang Xiaohong and his eldest nephew, who have high compatibility.
Jiang Tao felt that his uncle and this Tian Mingrong should also be a good match.
And coincidentally, they both have the surname Tian.
