Chapter 72: 9 Lucky Draw Opportunities, Met A Young Fellow Villager!
“Do these two pieces of intelligence have anything to do with the Heluo Stones?”
After analyzing the two newly refreshed pieces of intelligence.
Jiang Tao picked up the two Heluo Stones on the table again and looked at them.
Was it a coincidence, or was it luck brought by the Heluo Stones?
Jiang Tao couldn’t say for sure for a while.
But no matter what it was, as long as it was beneficial to him, it was a good thing.
He carefully placed the two Heluo Stones under his pillow.
With an excited heart, Jiang Tao got into bed to sleep.
As soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with the black Mercedes-Benz GLS he had seen yesterday during the day.
It was so damn cool!
After a long while, Jiang Tao finally fell asleep with a snore.
He slept until 8 o’clock in the morning.
After getting up, he first boiled a pot of hot water and took a washbasin to the public water room on the second floor to wash his hair.
After washing his hair, he changed into a clean and presentable outfit.
Today he won a big prize, so he would probably have to pose for photos and participate in promotions.
He had to pay a little attention to his appearance.
After washing up, changing clothes, shaving, and looking in the mirror, he said to himself, “You’re handsome, kid,” and turned to go downstairs.
“Xiao Jiang! Xiao Jiang! Don’t go yet, don’t go yet.”
As soon as Jiang Tao went downstairs, he was called to a halt by Landlord Brother Lu, who was bird-watching downstairs.
“Brother Lu, you look radiant and in good spirits lately!”
Jiang Tao stopped and smiled, teasing Lu Qian.
It seemed that Lu Qian and Ma Dongmei’s relationship was progressing quite well, and he looked seven or eight years younger.
“Hahaha, you kid~”
Lu Qian gently punched Jiang Tao, laughing heartily.
“Does Brother Lu need something?”
Jiang Tao was in a hurry to get to the lucky draw and didn’t want to waste time with Old Lu.
Lu Qian thought Jiang Tao was rushing to drive and deliver goods, so he didn’t waste any more words and said directly:
“Do you still have that Nu’er Hong? Give me another 5.”
Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up and he said, “I do, but I only have 4 left.”
Although Jiang Tao usually enjoyed a drink, he was truly reluctant to drink the Nu’er Hong, which cost 20,000 yuan a jar.
Even though he now had hundreds of thousands of deposits.
Nu’er Hong at 20,000 yuan a jar was too luxurious for him.
If he could exchange it for money, he would naturally prefer to exchange it for money.
“Alright, 4 it is, hurry up and get it for me.”
Lu Qian waved his hand, urging Jiang Tao to fetch the wine quickly, not taking the 80,000 yuan seriously at all.
“Okay! Please wait a moment! I’ll go get it for you right now!”
After speaking, Jiang Tao turned and went upstairs.
Selling 4 jars of Nu’er Hong early in the morning brought in 80,000 yuan.
Jiang Tao’s mood also became even more sunny and bright.
80,000 yuan might be nothing to Lu Qian, just four jars of fine wine.
But for Jiang Tao, it was equivalent to a year’s hard work delivering goods at the Hongxing Second-hand Furniture Wholesale Market!
Soon, Jiang Tao returned, bringing down the last 4 jars of authentic Nu’er Hong from upstairs.
Of the 10 jars of Nu’er Hong dug up, Jiang Tao had opened one to verify its quality.
The remaining 9 jars were all bought by Lu Qian.
Lu Qian didn’t dally with Jiang Tao and directly transferred 80,000 yuan to him via WeChat.
With Old Lu’s 80,000 yuan, Jiang Tao’s deposits returned to over 500,000.
After completing the transaction, Jiang Tao had a simple breakfast in the urban village and drove his Audi A6 straight to Wanxiang Hui.
He had arrived early today, and there were still plenty of parking spaces in the underground parking lot.
After parking, he took the elevator directly to the first floor.
It was just past 9 AM, and many shops in the mall were just opening, with not many customers yet.
Seeing that the Old Phoenix Gold Shop on the first floor was open, Jiang Tao walked directly in.
“Hello sir, how may I help you?”
As soon as Jiang Tao entered, a saleswoman wearing a black lady’s suit and exquisite makeup greeted him with a smile.
The saleswomen in the gold shop generally had looks and appearances above average, and they had a sweet smile.
“Do you have investment gold bars here?”
Jiang Tao glanced at the saleswoman and got straight to the point without much preamble.
In the past, Jiang Tao only watched online as aunties crowded gold shops and frantically bought gold.
Today, he too began to understand the aunties and become one!
Investment gold bars, they truly make money!
“Yes sir! Please follow me!”
Upon hearing that Jiang Tao was here for investment gold bars, the saleswoman’s smile became even brighter.
She turned and led him to a small reception room nearby.
The saleswoman gave a detailed explanation of the appreciation rate, value preservation rate, and other aspects of their investment gold bars.
As one of the major giants in the gold and jewelry industry with a long history of 176 years, Old Phoenix’s reputation was naturally impeccable.
There wasn’t much difference between buying investment gold bars from Old Phoenix and from a bank.
Jiang Tao’s main reason for coming to Old Phoenix today was to try for a chance to win a Mercedes-Benz.
Coupled with his reliable intelligence that assured him this deal was a sure win, he had no concerns.
Today was January 25, 2025, by the Gregorian calendar, and the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Old Phoenix’s gold price today was 836 yuan per gram.
An additional 11 yuan processing fee was charged per gram for investment gold bars.
The price for a 100g investment gold bar came to 84,700 yuan.
According to the saleswoman’s introduction, there would also be a 2-5 yuan handling fee upon repurchase.
With a buy and sell transaction, they could earn over ten yuan per gram just from processing fees and handling fees.
It was truly a transaction with no risk of loss.
Jiang Tao silently calculated the accounts, using today’s gold price of 836 yuan per gram.
With a monthly yield of 5%, the gold price would be around 877 yuan after one month.
This would result in a profit of about 41 yuan per gram.
Even calculating the handling fees at the highest rate of 16 yuan, he could still earn about 25 yuan per gram.
A 100g investment gold bar held for one month could earn 2,500 yuan.
This was more than half of the profit Jiang Tao had calculated last night.
This was his first time investing in gold, and he truly didn’t realize there were such high handling fees.
However, at present, besides this investment channel, he had no other investment project that was a sure win.
Furthermore, in order to participate in the lucky draw, he ended up buying 4 investment gold bars for 338,800 yuan.
He also spent 27,580 yuan to buy a 30-gram gold bracelet, for a total of 366,380 yuan!
The 4 gold bars were for investment and the lucky draw.
The gold bracelet was a small surprise Jiang Tao had prepared for Xu Li.
After buying the gold, he had over a hundred thousand yuan left, which was enough for emergencies.
According to the mall’s activity rules, for every 100,000 yuan spent, one advanced lucky draw opportunity was granted.
For every 10,000 yuan spent, one regular lucky draw opportunity was granted.
Jiang Tao, having spent over 360,000 yuan this time, received a total of 9 lucky draw opportunities.
He received 3 advanced lucky draw opportunities and 6 regular lucky draw opportunities.
The saleswoman, who had completed over 300,000 yuan in sales early in the morning, happily escorted him out of the gold shop around 10 AM.
At this time, the mall was starting to get crowded.
Jiang Tao, holding his purchase receipts, walked towards the two mall staff members in charge of the advanced lucky draw.
He noticed that the lucky draw area today had an extra small stage that looked very festive compared to yesterday.
At this moment, there was a host on stage, holding a microphone, wearing a red dress, and possessing fair skin and a good figure.
Upon closer inspection of the host’s face, Jiang Tao was greatly surprised.
Wasn’t this his beautiful fellow villager He Jing!
