Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence-Chapter 72: 9 Lottery Chances, Unexpected Encounter with a Beautiful Fellow Villager!

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: 9 Lottery Chances, Unexpected Encounter with a Beautiful Fellow Villager!

"Are these two pieces of information related to the River Stone?"

After analyzing the two newly updated pieces of information.

Jiang Tao picked up the two River Stones on the table and examined them.

Was it just a coincidence, or did the River Stone bring him luck?

Jiang Tao couldn’t say for sure at the moment.

But regardless of what it was, as long as it worked in his favor, that was all that mattered.

He carefully tucked the two River Stones under his pillow.

With excitement in his heart, Jiang Tao slipped under the covers to sleep.

As soon as he closed his eyes, all he could think of was that black Mercedes GLS he saw yesterday.

It was freaking gorgeous!

After a good while, Jiang Tao finally drifted off to sleep.

He slept soundly until 8 a.m.

After getting up, he first boiled a kettle of hot water, carried his washbasin to the shared bathroom on the second floor, and washed his hair.

After washing his hair, he changed into a clean, presentable set of clothes.

He was expecting to win the grand prize today, likely couldn’t avoid taking photos for publicity and the like.

So he had to pay a little attention to his appearance.

Finished washing up, dressed, and shaved his stubble, he checked himself out in the mirror, said, "Man, you look good," and then headed out the door downstairs.

"Xiao Jiang! Xiao Jiang! Don’t leave, hold on!"

As soon as Jiang Tao got downstairs, the landlord, Brother Lü, who was walking his bird, called out to him.

"Brother Lü, you’re looking pretty radiant and energetic lately!"

Jiang Tao stopped and teased Lü Qian with a big grin.

From the looks of it, things with Lü Qian and Ma Dongmei must be going well—he suddenly looked seven or eight years younger.

"Hahaha, you rascal~"

Lü Qian gave Jiang Tao a light punch, grinning ear to ear.

"What’s up, Brother Lü?"

Jiang Tao was in a hurry to go do the lucky draw and didn’t want to chat for long.

Lü Qian, thinking Jiang Tao was rushing off to drive for deliveries, didn’t waste words and went straight to the point:

"Got any more Daughter Red Wine? Give me five more."

Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up. "I do, but there are only four bottles left."

Although Jiang Tao liked a bit of good liquor now and then, the 20,000-a-pot Daughter Red Wine? He just couldn’t bear to drink it himself.

Even though he now had a few hundred thousand in his bank account.

At 20,000 per pot, Daughter Red Wine was still way too extravagant for him.

If he could swap it for cash, of course, he’d rather have the money.

"Fine, four it is. Go get them for me."

Lü Qian waved him off, urging Jiang Tao to hurry and fetch the wine, not treating 80,000 yuan as a big deal at all.

"You got it! Please wait a sec! I’ll go grab them for you right now!"

With that, Jiang Tao turned and went upstairs.

First thing in the morning, selling off four pots of Daughter Red Wine and pocketing 80,000 yuan.

Jiang Tao’s mood instantly turned sunny and bright.

80,000 yuan might not mean much to Lü Qian—it was just four pots of good wine.

But to Jiang Tao, that was about what he used to earn in a whole year slaving away at the Red Star Second-hand Furniture Market!

Soon enough, Jiang Tao returned with the last four original jars of Daughter Red Wine from upstairs.

Out of the ten jars he’d dug up, Jiang Tao opened one for quality testing.

The remaining nine were all bought up by Lü Qian.

Lü Qian didn’t bother haggling, transferred 80,000 to him on WeChat right then and there.

With this 80k from Old Lü, Jiang Tao’s savings had bounced back over half a million.

Once the deal was done, Jiang Tao grabbed a simple breakfast in the urban village, then drove his Audi A6 straight to Wanxianghui.

He’d arrived early, so there were plenty of spots left in the underground parking lot.

After parking, he took the elevator straight up to the first floor.

It was just after 9 a.m., and many of the shops in the mall had only just opened. There weren’t many customers around yet.

Spotting that Lao Feng Xiang Jewelry was open, Jiang Tao walked right in.

"Hello, sir. How may I help you?"

As Jiang Tao entered, a saleswoman dressed in a black suit with carefully applied makeup greeted him with a warm smile.

The saleswomen at jewelry stores like these generally had above-average looks and figures, and their smiles were a bit sweet, too.

"You guys have investment gold bars, right?"

Jiang Tao’s gaze ran briefly over the saleswoman, then he cut straight to the point.

In the past, Jiang Tao had only seen online videos of aunties flooding gold shops to buy up gold like crazy.

Today, he finally got it—he’d become one of those aunties!

Investment gold bars really did make money!

"We do, sir! Please come with me!"

The saleswoman’s smile grew even brighter when she heard he was here for investment bars.

She led him to a small reception room on the side.

There, she gave him a detailed explanation on their store’s gold bars—the appreciation rates, how well they held value, and so on.

Lao Feng Xiang, being one of the giants in the gold and jewelry world with 176 years of history, obviously had a trustworthy reputation.

Buying Lao Feng Xiang’s investment gold bars wasn’t much different from getting gold bars at a bank.

The main reason Jiang Tao came here today was actually to do the Mercedes lucky draw.

And since he had solid inside information and knew this was a guaranteed win, he had nothing to worry about.

Today was January 25, 2025 in the solar calendar, the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Lao Feng Xiang’s gold price for today was 836 yuan per gram.

There was an extra 11 yuan processing fee per gram for investment bars.

Adding it up, a 100g gold bar would cost 84,700 yuan.

According to the saleswoman, selling them back would also incur a 2-5 yuan fee per gram.

Buying and selling, they’d make over ten yuan per gram just from fees alone.

Truly a business that never loses.

Jiang Tao did a quick calculation in his head—at today’s price of 836 yuan per gram,

if the monthly rise was 5%, it’d be about 877 yuan a gram a month later.

So each gram would earn about 41 yuan.

Even if he used the highest 16 yuan for handling fees, that’s still around 25 yuan profit per gram.

A 100g gold bar, held for a month, would net him 2,500 yuan.

That was less than half the profit he’d estimated last night.

His first time investing in gold, he hadn’t realized the handling fees were so high.

Still, with no other sure-win investments at hand, this was his only option.

Plus, he needed to buy it to qualify for the grand prize draw, so in the end he shelled out 338,800 yuan for four gold bars.

And another 27,580 for a 30g gold bracelet—making a total of 366,380!

The four gold bars were for investing and entering the draw.

The gold bracelet was a little surprise he’d prepared for Xu Li.

After all this, he still had over a hundred thousand left—plenty for any emergencies.

According to the mall’s rules, for every 100k spent, you got one entry for the high-tier lucky draw.

Every 10k spent earned you a regular lucky draw entry.

This time, with over 360,000 spent, Jiang Tao had 9 draw chances in total—

three for the high-tier draw, and six regular lucky draws.

The saleswoman who’d just sealed a morning deal of over 300k couldn’t stop smiling as she walked him out—it was already around 10 a.m. by then.

By now, the mall had started to fill up as well.

Jiang Tao carried his receipts and headed to the two staff members handling the premium lucky draws.

He noticed that compared to yesterday, the lucky draw area now had a little festive stage set up.

On stage at that very moment was a woman in a red dress, fair-skinned and with a great figure, hosting with a microphone in hand.

As he got closer and got a good look at her face, Jiang Tao was stunned.

Wasn’t that his beautiful fellow townsman, He Jing!