Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence-Chapter 141 - 116: Intel Worth a Million!

"Hello, honey, I’ve been trying so hard to mobilize everyone I can to search."

"We’ll find it, we definitely will."

"Don’t worry. Before you come back, I’ll surely bring our girl home."

"I promise, I promise, stop crying now, don’t make yourself sick."

"I should be hit, I deserve punishment. When she’s back, I’ll let you handle it as you wish, okay?"

"..."

Tian Jianming spent over ten minutes comforting his wife on the phone before her emotions calmed down a bit.

After hanging up, he lit a cigarette with a face full of concern.

Tian Jianming opened WeChat and forwarded the "high reward for finding a dog" notice across his Moments and several WeChat groups.

In the photo, there’s a cute little Bichon with pink-dyed ears, a purple-dyed tail, wearing a pink vest.

Tian Jianming is 53 years old this year, childless, and the little Bichon he lost is a pet dog his wife Zhao Ying has had for over six years.

The couple can’t have children, so they poured all their emotions onto this little Bichon, treating it as their daughter.

Every month, just on dog food, bathing, and care expenses, they spent four to five thousand yuan, which is no less than raising a child.

The little one holds the highest status in the home, even higher than Tian Jianming.

Because of work, Zhao Ying went on a business trip to another city for a week, leaving the little one in Tian Jianming’s care.

As a result, on the first day when Tian Jianming took the little one out, he got so caught up chatting with acquaintances that by the time he came back to his senses, the little one was gone.

Tian Jianming mobilized everyone he could to help find the dog, searched all around the neighborhood, but couldn’t find it.

That night, Zhao Ying wanted to video chat with the little one, and that’s when Tian Jianming had to confess that he lost the dog.

Because of this, Zhao Ying wanted to divorce him.

To find their little one as soon as possible, the couple discussed and posted a missing dog notice.

Whoever could help them find the dog would receive a 60,000 yuan reward.

Since posting the reward, a few people have contacted them in the past few days.

But looking at the dogs they brought, Tian Jianming couldn’t tell any difference from their own.

However, Zhao Ying could tell with just one glance, and she’s already exposed three people trying to cheat for the reward.

A little Bichon could cost just a couple of thousand at the cheaper end.

Faced with the temptation of a 60,000 yuan reward, it’s inevitable some would try to scheme.

To the average person, dogs all look the same, but to the owner, their dog is one of a kind.

"Sigh, there’s been no shortage of troubles recently, how did I get so unlucky!"

Tian Jianming sighed helplessly, when his phone suddenly rang, the caller ID showed "Old Tian."

"Hello, Old Tian, you’ve arrived, bring your nephew straight in."

"Alright."

After exchanging a few words on the phone, Tian Jianming got up from the sofa and walked towards the door.

As he stepped out, he saw Old Tian from the cattle farm leading a tall, handsome young man in through the gate.

"Boss, this is my nephew Jiang Tao. Xiao Tao, this is our boss, President Tian."

Tian Xiaoguang brought Jiang Tao to meet Tian Jianming and introduced them with a smile.

In fact, on the way there, he had already introduced Tian Jianming to Jiang Tao. Now, it was just a formality.

"Hello, President Tian, nice to meet you."

"Hello, Jiang Tao. Come on in, let’s chat inside."

Tian Jianming’s first impression of Jiang Tao was quite good, he cheerfully invited both inside to the living room and offered them seats.

This was a small villa, remodeled from Tian Jianming’s old house in the countryside, where he didn’t usually live.

He only occasionally invited friends over for tea and drinks.

After seating, the three of them didn’t waste words and directly got on with discussing the transfer of the cattle farm.

Tian Jianming had already had someone tally the farm’s assets in advance.

How many cattle in total, their total weight, how much equipment the farm had, and how much fodder.

Everything was detailed and thorough.

This time, Tian Jianming was very sincere, offering to give away the feeding equipment for free.

The key transaction was still the cattle in the farm and the remaining materials.

Currently, there are still 106 cattle, with a total weight of 63,600 jin. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The fodder, according to the current market price, is worth about 280,000 yuan.

When facing his business partner, Jiang Tao expressed optimism and confidence in the cattle market.

But when facing Tian Jianming, it was quite the opposite.

He spoke words that seemed to stab at Tian Jianming’s heart.

The domestic cattle prices hit rock bottom starting from 2023, yet by 2025 there still hadn’t been a rebound.

Instead, the market saw more and more imported beef each year, squeezing the domestic market.

Countries like the US, Brazil, and Mexico have vast lands and sparse populations, with natural grasslands and large-scale breeding environments.

Moreover, their livestock industry has already achieved scale, mechanization, and automation.

From breeding to butchering to processing, most steps are completed by machines.

Conversely, the domestic livestock industry remains highly fragmented.

Both the breeding and labor costs are significantly higher.

Even with a layer of import tax, imported beef is still cheaper than domestic beef.

In 2024, about 2.74 million tons of beef were imported into the country, indicating the impact on domestic livestock farmers.

The domestic beef farming industry may find it difficult to regain its past glory.

In the future, individual farmers will become fewer, and scaling and modernization will be major trends.

Much like the modernization seen in a major internet company’s pig farms.