Chapter 47: Lottery Ticket Sold, Money Received!
Arranged for my little sister to handle 10,000 Ultraman Hair Clips remotely.
Jiang Tao also finished breakfast.
Scanned the code to pay, lit a cigarette, and went out.
Ambled over to the entrance of the lottery shop in the urban village.
It was just a little past 8 AM.
There wasn’t a single customer in the lottery shop.
Only the boss was behind the counter, looking anxious as he made a phone call.
“Brother Wang, I’m already trying my best to find it for you.”
“We’ve asked over a dozen of our peers, and the biggest winner these past few days only got two to three thousand.”
“Can’t you just give me a few more tickets with smaller amounts?”
“Okay, okay, I’ll keep looking for you.”
“I’ll do it as soon as possible, alright, alright!”
After hanging up the phone, Liu Feng muttered with a tone of helplessness:
“Grand prizes of tens of thousands, how can they be won so easily.”
Liu Feng’s lottery shop had been open in this urban village for almost 10 years.
He remembered very clearly that the biggest prize ever won at his shop was only 40,000 yuan.
It was from a regular lottery player who spent over 800 yuan on a compound bet and luckily won over a dozen third prizes.
As for second prizes with larger bonuses, there hadn’t been any.
First prizes were even less of a possibility.
In the entire Capital City, there were only a few first prizes awarded annually.
This time, a small boss who did contracting projects and often bought tickets from Liu Feng asked Liu Feng to help him find a lottery ticket or scratch card with a prize amount of seventy to eighty thousand.
Liu Feng contacted seven or eight peers, but none of them could find a winning lottery ticket with such a large amount.
If all else fails, he would just have to go to the Welfare Lottery Center and wait for those lucky winners who come to redeem their prizes!
Turning his head, Liu Feng saw a handsome man push the door open and enter the shop, walking to the counter in a few steps.
“Boss, do you buy winning lottery tickets?”
Last night, the intelligence from the intelligence system was very clear.
This Liu Feng urgently needed a lottery ticket with a prize amount around 70,000 yuan.
Therefore, Jiang Tao didn’t waste any time with Liu Feng, going straight to the point and explaining his purpose.
“Buy them, of course! Buddy, how much did you win?”
Upon hearing Jiang Tao’s words, Liu Feng’s face instantly showed a look of pleasant surprise.
Wasn’t this a case of the right thing coming at the perfect time!
Jiang Tao said very directly: “68996, a random Double Color Ball second prize. If you want it, boss, I’ll sell it to you at the original price.”
Hearing Jiang Tao’s words, Liu Feng immediately realized that the person standing in front of him was someone who knew what they were doing!
“Can I see the ticket?”
“Yes.”
Jiang Tao reached into the inner pocket of his down jacket, took out a wallet, and handed the lottery ticket, which was due to expire today, to Liu Feng.
Seeing the date on the lottery ticket, Liu Feng’s pupils contracted, and he looked at Jiang Tao in surprise:
“Buddy, you really know how to keep your cool! Today is the last day to redeem prizes!”
As a professional salesperson in the lottery industry, Liu Feng was naturally very sensitive to the redemption dates of lottery tickets.
After receiving a ticket, his first glance was always at the ticketing date and the draw date.
Seeing that the ticket Jiang Tao gave him was expiring today, Liu Feng genuinely admired Jiang Tao’s composure!
If it were him, he would have happily claimed his prize the very next day, how could he wait another two months!
“Yes, today is the last day to redeem prizes, and I’m very short on time.”
“Boss, give me a straight answer. If you don’t want it, I’ll ask someone else. If no one wants it, I’ll redeem it myself.”
Jiang Tao’s expression was calm and composed.
“Wait a moment, I’ll check the authenticity of the ticket!”
Liu Feng said, and directly put Jiang Tao’s lottery ticket into his prize redemption machine to try and redeem it.
As the lottery ticket was placed into the walkie-talkie, a ding-ling sound and cheers suddenly erupted in the room.
On the screen of the lottery ticket machine, a few large characters also appeared –
Congratulations on winning the second prize of 68,996 yuan. Please go to the Welfare Lottery Center at No. 4, Xizhimenwai South Road, Xicheng District, to redeem your prize!
Seeing the prompt on the prize redemption machine’s display screen, Liu Feng excitedly swallowed!
This kind of lottery ticket actually won the second prize!
“Buddy, you know that for prize money over 3,000, you need to pay…”
“Give me the ticket, I’ll go ask others.”
Before Liu Feng could finish speaking, Jiang Tao directly reached out to take the ticket.
“No, no, no! Brother, please wait a moment, I’ll call my buddy. He’s quite interested in the things you have.”
Liu Feng said, and hurriedly dialed the number of Brother Wang he had spoken to earlier.
He briefly told Brother Wang about the prize amount of Jiang Tao’s winning ticket and the redemption deadline over the phone.
Although Brother Wang on the other end of the line was not entirely satisfied with the redemption deadline of Jiang Tao’s winning ticket.
However, in the short term, he probably wouldn’t be able to find a prize amount more suitable than Jiang Tao’s!
The two muttered for a while, and finally decided to take the lottery ticket from Jiang Tao!
After Liu Feng hung up Brother Wang’s call, he turned to Jiang Tao and said:
“Buddy, just as you said, however much you won, I’ll pay you that amount to buy it back.”
Liu Feng had finally waited for a winning lottery ticket of over 70,000 yuan, so naturally, he wouldn’t let Jiang Tao leave so easily.
“Okay, Alipay or WeChat?”
Jiang Tao was too lazy to bother with anything else.
If he redeemed it himself, not only would he have to take the subway for over an hour.
He would also have to pay 20% income tax, which was completely effort-consuming and unrewarding.
By selling the lottery ticket to Liu Feng, he would save time and effort, and also get over 16,000 yuan more!
“Alipay! I don’t have that much cash on WeChat.”
Liu Feng said, and took out his mobile phone, opened his Alipay, and readily transferred 68,996 yuan to Jiang Tao!
Selling the lottery ticket turned out to be much smoother than Jiang Tao had imagined!
After the transaction was completed, Jiang Tao spent another 10 yuan to randomly buy 5 Double Color Ball tickets before leaving with the lottery ticket.
“What incredible luck! To win the second prize!”
After watching Jiang Tao walk away, Liu Feng turned his gaze back to the total amount on the prize redemption machine – 68,996!
Even he, a lottery shop owner who had been selling tickets for over a decade, found it hard to believe.
To ensure everything was foolproof and without any loopholes.
Liu Feng then called Brother Wang, with whom he had just spoken, to report the progress.
Brother Wang very readily transferred 73,000 yuan directly to Liu Feng.
68,996 was the money for the lottery ticket, and the excess was a reward for him.
In just a few days, he earned over 3,000 yuan extra.
This outcome was the best possible result for Liu Feng.
…
After leaving the lottery shop, Jiang Tao felt refreshed.
Both of his plans for today were successfully completed.
One saved him 16,000 yuan.
The other would help him earn tens of thousands in the next few days!
Thinking about this, when it was time for lunch, Jiang Tao treated himself to a sumptuous meal at a restaurant.
He ordered three dishes and one soup for himself and ate heartily.
After eating his fill, Jiang Tao took a bus and wandered around.
He wandered until a little past 6 PM.
After Liu Zhiyuan and the others finished their work and closed up, the buddies gathered again at “Wangcai Restaurant” for a meal.
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