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Chapter 165 The Role of the "Friendship Boat" and a Plan for Making Friends! (3-in-1, please subscribe~~)

Jiang Tao woke up at 7:45 a.m.

He went to bed around 1 a.m. last night.

I only slept for a little over 6 hours, less than 7 hours.

But after waking up, he felt full of energy.

It's like restarting your tired body from yesterday.

The feeling of fatigue vanished without a trace.

"Comfortable~"

After stretching in the room, Jiang Tao threw off the covers and got out of bed.

As usual, I first went to the window, opened the curtains a little to look downstairs.

Jiang Tao quickly found the BAIC EU5, which stood out like a crane among chickens in his field of vision, with its roof gleaming with gold.

And, coincidentally, my parents walked to the car while talking about something, ready to drive away.

Jiang Tao had a sudden thought and chose to collect the gold coins he had accumulated yesterday.

Splash, splash, splash...

The sky full of gold coins transformed into a golden river, rushing from the location of the BAIC EU5 downstairs towards Jiang Tao, who was standing at the window.

[A total of 10000 gold coins have been collected. Would you like to exchange them for 10000 yuan in cash?]

"It would be even better if you could just give me cash..."

Looking at the system message, Jiang Tao couldn't help but mutter a curse in his heart.

Clearly, his idea was somewhat naive.

If 10000 gold coins could be converted into real gold coins, their value would be hundreds or thousands of times greater than 10000 yuan in cash!
Clearly, the "gold coins" mentioned by the system are different from real-world gold coins; they are two different concepts.

"exchange!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Tao immediately chose to redeem the item.

hum~
My phone, which was on the bedside table, vibrated; the money must have arrived.

Then, Jiang Tao opened the safe by the window and pocketed the 10000 yuan in cash that the "Lucky Toad" had accumulated.

Waking up every day and having 2 yuan in my account without doing anything—this feeling is beyond words.

With these two stable sources of income, Jiang Tao no longer experiences any financial anxiety!
hum~
My phone vibrated again; another text message indicating a payment had been received.

Jiang Tao picked up his phone and glanced at it.

[A deposit of 10000 yuan has been received into your ICBC savings card ending in XX89, bringing your balance to 8496548.88 yuan!]

Seeing the long string of balance numbers on his bank card, Jiang Tao felt a surge of secret satisfaction.

This includes the 2 I received this morning, as well as the 100 million I received last night as a reward after becoming best friends with Du Ennan.

This money was all his personal slush fund.

The 100 million yuan check that Zhang Chao's mother sent yesterday has not yet been deposited into the account.

Jiang Tao has already promised to give the 100 million yuan to Xu Li for safekeeping.

As a reward, Xu Li verbally praised Xiao Jiang twice more last night.

The 200 million yuan fund he bought on Alipay has now turned into 251 million yuan.

It's still lying in the investment account making money for him right now.

Jiang Tao wasn't in a hurry to leave, as he could still earn another hundred thousand or so.

The profits from the cattle farm haven't been settled yet; the money is all in the joint account of several shareholders.

When the money is settled, Jiang Tao can use the multiplier of the "Sharing Fortune" task to increase it.

Based on his investment ratio, his profit would be between 150 million and 170 million.

Five shareholders can provide a five-fold leverage ratio.

A conservative estimate is around 800 million!
At that time, Jiang Tao's personal assets will swell to around 2000 million!
We're not far from being able to buy a detached villa in the Walden Pond area with cash.

Jiang Tao looked away from the payment confirmation message on his phone and quietly deleted it.

It wasn't that he intentionally concealed his personal assets from Xu Li.

However, explaining where this money came from was rather complicated, and he didn't want to create trouble for himself.

"By the way, after my friendship with Du Ennan reached the level of best friends last night, I think I gave her something special."

Jiang Tao suddenly remembered the task prompt that triggered the reward when he saw Du Ennan off downstairs last night.

On a whim, he opened the [Warehouse] interface on the system panel.

Sure enough, there was a cool-looking yacht in a backpack slot, similar to those in online games.

【Item Name】：Friendship Boat!

[Item Description]: Collect 10 Friendship Boats to synthesize a luxury yacht that will never capsize and can be materialized.

"Luxury yacht!"

Upon seeing the system notification, Jiang Tao couldn't help but swallow hard.

The poor play with cars, the rich play with watches, and for the most high-end, it's private jets and luxury yachts!
Many of the world's most famous and wealthy people own their own yachts.

It's like Microsoft founder Allen's "Octopus".

The "koru" account of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

These luxury yachts cost three to four hundred million US dollars, which is equivalent to two to three billion yuan!
This thing costs tens of millions of dollars to maintain every year; it's really too expensive for the average person with a modest income!
"To have 10 little boats of friendship, you need at least 10 close friends. It's not an easy thing to gather them all..."

Upon seeing the conditions for exchanging the "Friendship Boat," Jiang Tao gave a wry smile, realizing that this task was quite difficult.

Up until now, he only obtained one ship under completely inexplicable circumstances.

However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

As long as you start to intentionally push forward with this matter and do it with intention, you will eventually complete it.

crunch~
The bedroom door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Xu Li appeared in the doorway.

"Honey, you're awake! The bread will be ready soon. Come out and wash your hands so we can eat."

Xu Li stood at the door, her smile as bright and cheerful as a peach blossom in spring.

"okay."

With a thought, Jiang Tao closed the panel in front of him, turned around, and began to get dressed, picking up the clothes that Xu Li had prepared for him and placed on the bed.

After getting dressed, Jiang Tao went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face before sitting back down at the dining table.

His gaze shifted somewhat mischievously to the third brother sitting opposite him, who was munching on bread.

"Third brother, did you sleep well last night?"

"It's fine, what's wrong?"

When the topic of sleeping last night came up, Jiang Bing's expression became slightly unnatural.

"It's nothing, I was just asking casually."

"By the way, you can take a taxi to Cui Village later. I have some business to attend to with your sister-in-law this morning."

"Oh."

Jiang Bing didn't ask what was going on. Anyway, her second brother was very busy these days and she rarely saw him. She was already used to it.

finish breakfast.

Jiang Bing took a rideshare to work.

Jiang Tao and Xu Li also went downstairs together and drove to the nearest ICBC branch to the community.

With the help of the teller, Jiang Tao deposited the 100 million yuan check that Zhang Chao's biological mother had brought the day before into Xu Li's account.

With the addition of the 100 million yuan that came in today, Xu Li's savings have officially reached 386 million yuan!
Furthermore, this does not include the 60 yuan she previously lent to Jiang Tao to invest in the cattle farm!
If the profits from the cattle farm are distributed, her savings will exceed 500 million!
That's enough to buy an apartment in Beijing outright!

Of course, she no longer needs to consider buying a house in Beijing.

In his will, Old Sun left three houses to Jiang Tao's family of three, plus 100 million yuan in savings.

At this moment, Jiang Tao, Xu Li, and Jiang Xue each own a property that is fully paid for.

The family of three came to Beijing for about a month.

They have already obtained resources that others could not obtain even after a lifetime of struggle.

Xu Li's happiest moment now is watching the savings in her bank account keep increasing.

This made her happy, and also made her feel at ease and blessed.

Money can make a man stand taller.

It can also give women a greater sense of security.

Jiang Tao and Xu Li have been married for so many years, and they have been completely open and honest with each other.

He knew Xu Li wasn't the type to squander money, so he felt completely at ease letting her manage the funds.

Jingle Bell--

The two had just finished their business at the bank and stepped out when Jiang Tao's phone suddenly rang.

I took out my phone and saw that the caller ID showed "Director An".

Upon seeing the name, Jiang Tao raised an eyebrow, delighted.

An Menglin took the initiative to contact him, which means there must be progress on the four genetically mutated blueberry plants.

"Hello, Director An, good morning."

"Sure, sure, but I'm not at the greenhouse right now. It'll take about 20 minutes to get there."

"Okay, sure, see you later."

Jiang Tao and An Menglin exchanged a few brief words on the phone before hanging up.

Jingle Bell--

At the same time, Xu Li's phone rang.

I took out my phone and saw that it was Du Ennan calling.

"Hey Nannan..."

"Of course you can! What are you saying?"

"No need, no need, I'll just take a taxi there myself."

"It's alright, why are you being so polite with me? There's really no need."

"I'm not some rich heiress, I'm not that delicate!"

After Xu Li answered the phone, she chatted with Du Ennan for five or six minutes before hanging up. She then looked at Jiang Tao and said:
"Honey, Nan Nan isn't feeling well today and is off work. She asked me to come over and chat with her."

"That's it..."

After hearing Xu Li's words, Jiang Tao thought of the WeChat Moments post that Du Ennan had made around midnight last night.

I guess I didn't sleep well because of insomnia!
Xu Li said, "Who were you talking to just now? Was there something wrong? If you're busy, go ahead and do your thing. I'll take a ride-sharing service myself."

"How about you accompany me to Cui Village first, and then I'll take you there?"

Xu Li's driving skills are passable when there are few people and cars at night.

But Jiang Tao was a little worried about the heavy traffic on the roads during the day.

"No need for that trouble, I'll just take a taxi there myself."

"Go ahead and do your thing, I'm fine, go ahead, I'm not a three-year-old anymore."

Xu Li giggled and kissed Jiang Tao on the cheek, then pushed his back to shoo him away.

"Okay then, call me when you get there."

"Okay! Got it~"

Seeing this, Jiang Tao stopped arguing with Xu Li and drove away.

When Xu Li and Du Ennan had their get-togethers, he, a grown man, would just stand there watching helplessly, unable to get a word in edgewise.

Therefore, every time Du Ennan asked Xu Li out, Jiang Tao would take the initiative to avoid suspicion and go about his own business.

10:18 am.

When Jiang Tao drove to the entrance of the greenhouse he had contracted in Cui Village, he saw An Menglin's red Qashqai already there.

He got out of the car and strode towards the entrance of the greenhouse before pushing the door open and entering.

Good morning, Mr. Jiang.

Good morning, Boss Jiang!

When the workers who were busy working in the greenhouse saw Jiang Tao, they all chatted with him respectfully.

The group had been working here for almost half a month and genuinely liked their employer, Jiang Tao.

When I went to work elsewhere, those bosses always acted superior.

They often acted arrogantly towards them, treating them like cattle and horses.

But when working for Jiang Tao, everyone felt his respect for them.

Since things got busy lately, Jiang Tao has been having Du Jun take everyone out to restaurants for meals every few days to treat them.

When everyone worked for Jiang Tao, they were truly dedicated and never slacked off without supervision.

"Thank you all for your hard work." Jiang Tao greeted the group with a smile and then walked straight into the temporary office with the door open.

"Mr. Jiang, you've arrived."

"I'm sorry to have kept Director An waiting."

"No, no, I just got here less than three minutes ago."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiang Tao and An Menglin began to discuss the four genetically mutated blueberry trees.

"Mr. Jiang, your company's four genetically modified blueberry plants are indeed quite special, and our institute's leaders are very interested, but the price is a concern..."

Is there any room for further negotiation?

An Menglin looked at Jiang Tao, thinking of negotiating the price again.

After all, a regular blueberry plant only costs a few dollars.

Jiang Tao is now asking for 20 yuan per plant.

The prices differ by tens of thousands of times!
Even though the Academy of Agricultural Sciences has a considerable amount of funding, it still takes a lot of determination to spend 700,000 to 800,000 yuan to buy four blueberry plants.

"Director An, the price we've given you is truly the lowest we can offer."

"If this variety of blueberry can be widely promoted, its economic value will be beyond what money can measure."

Jiang Tao believed that Tongzi's price estimate must be based on evidence, so he stuck to his price and wouldn't budge.

He doesn't lack 700,000 to 800,000 yuan right now.

Even if we can't reach an agreement with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences this time, we can still negotiate with other institutions and wait for the best offer.

Seeing Jiang Tao's resolute attitude, An Menglin gave up the idea of ​​bargaining.

In fact, her funding application had already been approved; she just wanted to test Jiang Tao.

Since we can't negotiate the price, we'll have to buy it at the current price.

An Menglin looked at Jiang Tao and said, "Then let's go with the price you mentioned, Mr. Jiang. You can draft the contract here; I need to take it back to go through the procedures."

"Okay, Director An, please wait a moment."

Jiang Tao smiled and nodded, then turned to look at Jiang Bing, who was processing orders on her computer:
"Vice President Jiang, prepare the transaction contracts for these four blueberry plants."

In front of outsiders, Jiang Tao still gave Lao San a lot of face, always addressing her by her title.

"Okay Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Bing had been listening intently to their conversation, and she was secretly delighted to hear that the deal had been struck.

Four blueberry plants sold for a high price of 800,000!
It’s incredible!
My second brother has incredibly sharp eyes!

It's incredible that they were able to pick out four such valuable pots from 100,000 pots!
It’s just that!

In less than five minutes, Jiang Bing drafted a simplified version of the transaction contract.

She studied accounting in college, and in addition to managing accounts, she can also draft various contracts.

Two copies of the printed contract.

Jiang Tao and An Menglin are Party A and Party B, respectively.

The two signed where they needed to, stamped where they needed to, and pressed their fingerprints where they needed to.

The company was a shell company that Jiang Bing set up himself to open an online store.

Each of the four genetically mutated blueberry plants costs 20 yuan.

The total value is 80.

but……

People from government agencies like An Menglin's don't give money as readily as individuals.

The payment of 80 yuan will be paid to Jiang Tao in four installments over four months.

Although it was a bit of a hassle, Jiang Tao readily agreed.

He doesn't have any projects that urgently need money right now, so four months is fine!

This deal is now complete.

After finishing their business, An Menglin didn't linger any longer.

After saying goodbye to Jiang Tao, she drove away with four potted blueberry plants with genetic mutations.

"Second brother! Such expensive blueberry bushes, people actually buy them!"

Watching An Menglin drive away, Jiang Bing finally showed a look of surprise and delight!
Although she was very happy and excited because An Menglin was there, she had to pretend to be nonchalant.

After all, if people saw me looking overjoyed, they might think I'd been ripped off.

Jiang Tao said, "It's fake. That person was a plant I arranged."

"Do you think I'm stupid?! I never asked you for a share! I know how petty you are!"

Jiang Bing stepped forward and punched Jiang Tao on the arm, giving him a huge eye roll as a bonus.

"Ouch! Hammer Sister, go easy on me."

"How dare you call me Iron Hammer! Take this!!"

"..."

When the eccentric brother and sister duo returned to the greenhouse laughing and joking, they instantly switched back to normal.

The sales of blueberry bonsai are now in their final sprint.

The number of blueberry plants stored in the greenhouse is decreasing rapidly every day at a visible rate.

In return, Jiang Bing received the balance in his distributor's account.

This blueberry bonsai project, with an investment of 80 yuan, is expected to bring Jiang Tao a net profit of around 100 million to 120 million yuan.

Jiang Bing, as a partner, can also receive a share of nearly 30 yuan.

This collaboration between the brother and sister is another win-win situation.

Back in the greenhouse, Jiang Bing continued processing the orders that kept coming in through the merchants' back-end system.

Jiang Tao sat on a chair to the side, scrolling through his phone, his eyes scanning over his WeChat contacts.

"Best friend..."

How can I enhance friendships and develop more close friends?

Last night, after reaching the level of best friend with Du Ennan, I received a huge reward of 999999.

Furthermore, the instructions for using the "Friendship Boat" clearly remind him to make more friends in the future.

After all, you need to collect 10 "Friendship Boats" to redeem a real luxury cruise ship.

Jingle Bell--

Jiang Tao was pondering how to make friends when his phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID showed the name "Zhang Chao".

Jiang Tao smiled slightly.

After spending this time together, Jiang Tao and Zhang Chao have become much closer.

In addition, Jiang Tao helped him "recognize his ancestors and return to his roots," helping his family to reunite.

The two brothers became even closer.

"Hey Chaozi."

After answering the phone, Jiang Tao smiled and greeted Zhang Chao on the other end.

"Your sister-in-law went to visit her friends, so it might not be convenient for her."

"I'm with the third brother."

"What can I do? Sell things, of course. I can't compare to you, Young Master Zhang."

"Haha, okay, okay, of course I have to go since you're treating. I have to give you face."

"Okay, then it's settled."

After exchanging a few brief words on the phone, Jiang Tao casually hung up.

Jiang Bing turned her head from the computer screen to look at Jiang Tao: "Who is it, Second Brother?"

Jiang Tao laughed and said, "Zhang Chao just called and said he'd like to invite us to lunch. Do you want to come?"

"Go! We have to go! Zhang Chao is a big spender now, we have to fleece him!"

Upon hearing that Zhang Chao was treating, Jiang Bing's face contorted with a look of rage, as if she were sharpening a knife to slaughter pigs and sheep.

Jiang Tao laughed and said, "You'd better be careful then, don't scare them."

"Am I that scary?! How could such a gentle and sweet girl be scary? She's more like charming!"

Jiang Bing rolled her eyes at her second brother, speechless.

"By the way, third brother, what do you think..."

"Stop! I think you're a better match for Zhang Chao than I am for him!"

Jiang Bing interrupted Jiang Tao before he could finish speaking.

"What nonsense is this!"

Jiang Tao was amused by the third sister's words, but seeing that she didn't seem to like Zhang Chao, he didn't say anything more.

After a few casual words, Jiang Bing continued working.

Jiang Tao, meanwhile, continued to plot how to develop more close friendships.

You can earn 100 million by developing a close friend.

This is definitely worth trying.

"Teacher Jiang..."

"If we try our best with Teacher Jiang, we should be able to develop a close friendship with her too, right?"

When Jiang Tao scrolled through his contacts and saw Jiang Yi's name, he remembered something.

When he lent money to Jiang Yi a while ago, the system notified him that Jiang Yi's favorability towards him had increased significantly.

"Favorability" and "Friendship" should also be related.

Theoretically, the higher the favorability rating, the higher the corresponding friendship value should be.

Besides Zhang Chao and Jiang Yi, there are also Liu Zhiyuan, Shan Yufei, He Jing, Wang Lianming, He Fang, and Uncle Lü Qian...

Jiang Tao secretly considered some of his close friends.

This will give us a direction to strive for in the future.

To improve friendships, you have to do something.

The simplest and most effective way is to stay in touch and have more contact in the future.

Even the best of friends will gradually drift apart if they don't keep in touch for years.

You can enhance your friendships with friends and also receive certain rewards.

For Jiang Tao, this was a very cost-effective thing.

Time quickly came to noon.

Jiang Tao drove Jiang Bing straight to a restaurant called Sheng Baiwei in Huilongguan to meet Zhang Chao for a banquet.

This restaurant is a long-established business that has been open for over forty years.

The main dishes are those characteristic of old Beijing.

The cost of living is low, less than 300 yuan per person.

But the food is good, and it's a very famous internet-famous restaurant in the Huilongguan area.

Every day at noon, the place is packed with customers.

It's said that you usually need to book a table two or three days in advance to get a reservation here.

Zhang Chao was able to book a private room here because his father is a good friend of the owner of Sheng Baiwei.

After Jiang Tao and Jiang Bei entered, they told the waiter Zhang Chao's name and the private room number.

The waiter led the two up to the second floor, and after arriving at the door of room 206, he turned around and went back downstairs.

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

Jiang Tao knocked on the door and heard footsteps coming from inside.

The next second, the door clicked open, and Zhang Chao appeared in the doorway with a smile.

"Brother Jiang, Xiao Bing, you've arrived! Please come in!"

Zhang Chao looked at Jiang Tao and Jiang Bing with a genuine smile.

He was truly grateful to his elder brother Jiang Tao.

Without Jiang Tao, how would he have had the chance to eat here right now?
Every day, he drives his truck around to various markets, and for lunch he either eats noodles or fried pancakes.

I might not eat out even once a month.

Now, he has been reunited with his biological parents.

Even if I do nothing, I will still have 10 yuan of pocket money every month.

(End of this chapter)