Financial freedom starts with the daily intelligence system!

We finished breakfast chatting and laughing.

Xu Li and her mother went to wash the dishes and pots and pack their luggage.

After the Qingming Festival, the Jiang's Food Factory in Beijing has already resumed operations.

Jiang Wen and Tian Xiaomei, who possess the core secret formula, must return to the factory as soon as possible to take charge of the work.

While Jiang Tao and his father were smoking in the yard, his uncles Tian Xiaoguang and Tian Mingrong arrived.

This morning, the third brother drove the 7-seater Mercedes-Benz GLS back to Beijing with everyone; the place was quite spacious.

Jiang Tao has already given the keys to the apartment in Building 62 of Baigezhuang Community to his mother.

After everyone returned to Beijing, Tian Xiaoguang and Tian Mingrong simply moved in with their bags.

I chatted with my dad and uncle at home until about 8:40 a.m.

Jiang Tao still remembered his meeting with Bai Yulan, so he left first.

I arrived at the Magnolia Hotel at exactly 9 a.m. in my Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

Good morning, Mr. Jiang!

"President Jiang, you've arrived!"

The security guards in the parking lot already recognized Jiang Tao's car.

They all greeted him with respectful smiles.

After all, there aren't many guests that Mr. Bai would personally see off.

"Good morning, here are two packs of cigarettes for you to smoke."

Jiang Tao smiled and greeted the two security guards, then tossed an unopened bag of Da Tian Ye to one of them, showing no arrogance whatsoever that of a wealthy person.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang!"

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang!"

The security guard accepted the cigarette from Jiang Tao and thanked him again.

From truck driver Mr. Jiang to now CEO Jiang driving a Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

Hearing others calling him "General Manager Jiang" repeatedly.

You know what, it actually feels pretty good, and my emotional value is off the charts!
After saying goodbye to the two security guards, Jiang Tao walked straight towards the hotel entrance.

After watching him walk away, the two security guards picked up the traffic cones and used them to block the parking spaces on either side of Jiang Tao.

To prevent people from parking too close to Jiang Tao's car and affecting his ability to get in.

A pack of cigarettes instantly boosted the two men's goodwill towards Jiang Tao, and his treatment of them improved significantly.

"Good morning, Mr. Jiang! Mr. Bai said that since you've arrived, he asked me to take you straight upstairs."

As soon as Jiang Tao entered, Wu Xiaolan, the account manager who had previously received them, came forward to greet him with a warm smile.

"Thank you for your help, Manager Wu."

Jiang Tao responded to Wu Xiaolan with a smile.

Yesterday, when he came to the hotel to look for the Moutai bottle mentioned in the intelligence report, Wu Xiaolan helped him a lot.

"Mr. Jiang, you're too kind. This is all part of my job. Please come this way, Mr. Jiang."

Wu Xiaolan smiled and gestured to Jiang Tao, leading him toward the internal elevator.

Take the elevator up to the office area on the 5th floor.

After Wu Xiaolan led Jiang Tao to the door of Bai Yulan's office, she gently knocked on the door.

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

"come in."

After hearing Bai Yulan's voice inside, Wu Xiaolan quietly pushed open the door and entered.

Jiang Tao followed closely behind into the office and saw a man and a woman talking to Bai Yulan.

"Hey, Jiang Tao, you're here! It's like speaking of the devil and he appears. We were just talking about you."

"Come on, come on, let me introduce you."

"Xiao Wu, you can go ahead and get busy. There's nothing for you to do here."

"Okay Mr. Bai."

When Bai Yulan saw Jiang Tao following Wu Xiaolan into the room, she stood up with a smile, her smile becoming even brighter.

The man and woman sitting on the double sofa to her left also got up from the sofa and looked at Jiang Tao at the door.

Wu Xiaolan turned and left, gently closing the door behind her.

"Haha, is Sister Bai praising me or making fun of me?"

Jiang Tao chuckled and joked with Bai Yulan as he walked a few steps to the large coffee table in the office.

"Of course I'm praising you. Xiao Huo and Xiao Peng can vouch for me. Don't wrong me."

Bai Yulan smiled and said, pointing to the man and woman on her left, introducing them to Jiang Tao:

"Jiang Tao, let me introduce you. This handsome guy is Huo Chenyang, the leader of our Pingxian Running Club."

"This beautiful lady is Peng Xiaotong, the vice leader of the running group."

"I'm just a hands-off secretary of the Youth League, I don't care about anything."

"Xiao Huo and Xiao Peng usually organize the running group's activities, such as regular runs."

"This is Jiang Tao, the mysterious expert we encountered during our regular run this morning."

"Hello, Commander Huo and Commander Peng. It's a pleasure to meet you both. I look forward to your guidance in the future."

After listening to Bai Yulan's introduction, Jiang Tao took the initiative to shake hands with the two of them.

"Hello Jiang Tao, welcome to the Pingxian Running Club."

"With a runner like you joining the Pingxian Running Club, the chances of bringing glory to the club in the future are even greater!"

Huo Chenyang and Peng Xiaotong greeted Jiang Tao with warm smiles.

Judging from the tone of Bai Yulan and Jiang Tao's conversation, and the scene of the two chatting happily this morning.

Huo Chenyang and Peng Xiaotong can conclude that their relationship is more than just that of ordinary friends.

Anyone who can become good friends with Sister Bai must have a remarkable background!
Although they are the leader and deputy leader of the running club, they have a certain status and prestige among the other runners in the club.

You can show off your superiority in front of ordinary group members, and subtly put on airs.

But in front of Bai Yulan and Jiang Tao, they dared not overstep their bounds in the slightest.

After a brief introduction, everyone sat down again to drink tea and chat.

Peng Xiaotong added Jiang Tao to the running group's group chat and registered his identity.

The Pingxian Running Club is more formal than other running clubs, as it has connections with the Pingxian Sports Bureau and Culture Bureau.

The positions of regimental commander, deputy regimental commander, and secretary are all filled through a rigorous selection process.

After registering his identity information, Jiang Tao is now a legitimate member of the Pingxian Running Club.

The prerequisite for the task of "Striving for Glory for the Team" is to first become a member of the Pingxian Running Team.

"I have already received the registration information for this fun run."

"Although there are no foreign athletes, there is a very famous running streamer and his apprentice in Shijiazhuang."

As they chatted, the conversation turned to topics related to the fun run event.

Although Huo Chenyang, the regimental commander, was not a member of the system, he had many connections within it.

Getting information about the contestants in advance isn't too difficult.

"Is it Fang Yunpeng and Jia Feng? If they come to participate, our chances of winning a prize will be even smaller."

Upon hearing Huo Chenyang's words, Peng Xiaotong's expression immediately turned somewhat depressed.

Huo Chenyang also said somewhat dejectedly:
"It would be too embarrassing if we didn't get a single place in our first health run in Ping County." Improving running performance is a long and slow process, and it is extremely difficult to make rapid progress in a short period of time.

While it cannot be said that there are none at all, they are certainly extremely rare.

Huo Chenyang was still self-aware.

He knew he could never outrun Fang Yunpeng, not even Fang Yunpeng's apprentice Jia Feng.

These two are well-known marathon bounty hunters in Shijiazhuang, and they often participate in marathon events all over the country.

Running races and doing live streams at the same time, he's doing quite well.

Fang Yunpeng's personal best in the full marathon is 2 hours and 23 minutes, which makes him one of the top runners in the domestic marathon field.

His skill level is about the same as that of Da Zheng, the running streamer on Kuaishou that Jiang Tao follows.

His apprentice, Jia Feng, also achieved a personal best in the full marathon in 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Huo Chenyang's personal best in the full marathon is only 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Among casual runners, those who can run a full marathon in under 3 hours are considered the elite of the elite.

But compared to professional athletes like Fang Yunpeng who make a living from running, this result is not impressive.

Peng Xiaotong's full marathon personal best is not only over 3 hours, but he is still striving to break 3 hours.

The mentor-student duo of Fang Yunpeng and Jia Feng put tremendous pressure on the Pingxian running team!
However, there's nothing that can be done about this.

To embody the Olympic spirit of fairness and impartiality, all marathon events are open to all running enthusiasts worldwide.

There are no restrictions on the nationality of the participants.

You can't just prevent contestants from other provinces from participating in your competition just so you can get first place!

"Hehe, with Jiang Tao joining us this time, we might be able to get a ranking."

"By the way, Jiang Tao, what's your personal best (PB) for 15 kilometers?"

Bai Yulan looked at Jiang Tao and asked with a smile.

“I ran a long-distance LSD run in Beijing a week ago. I ran a little over 15 kilometers and my caliper timed 43 minutes.”

Jiang Tao looked thoughtful as he opened his phone's exercise records to find the previous record.

"How much... how much?"

"43 minutes?? Is it... is it 15 kilometers? Are you sure it's not 10 kilometers?!"

"15 kilometers in 43 minutes? An average pace of less than 3 minutes per kilometer!"

Upon hearing Jiang Tao's words, Bai Yulan, Huo Chenyang, and Peng Xiaotong all turned to look at him, completely dumbfounded!
When they saw Jiang Tao running this morning, they already concluded that Jiang Tao was an expert.

But the group of people really didn't expect him to be this outrageous!

So, when you went for your morning run, you weren't using your full strength at all; you were doing aerobic exercise, weren't you?
"Found it. There's a slight error. To be precise, it's 43 minutes and 13 seconds."

As Jiang Tao spoke, he showed everyone the historical sports records he had retrieved from his sports watch.

距离15.03公里，时间43分13秒，平均配速2分52秒！
"Run 15 kilometers at a pace of 2:52 per kilometer!"

"My God, this..."

Huo Chenyang and Peng Xiaotong were stunned once again when they saw the exercise records displayed on Jiang Tao's sports watch!

in case……

If Jiang Tao's results are accurate and the watch isn't broken.

His achievement is among the best in the world!

If he can maintain this level, he might just win the first Pingxian Health Run championship!
"Amazing! I never knew Jiang Tao was such a top-tier player!"

Bai Yulan wasn't as surprised as Huo Chenyang and Peng Xiaotong, but her eyes were full of approval as she looked at Jiang Tao.

Runners naturally feel a fondness for people who share the same interests.

I have an even stronger liking for those who are really good at running.

"Jiang Tao, the task of bringing glory to Ping County this time is entrusted to you!"

Although it's hard to admit that others are better than oneself, Huo Chenyang could only smile and offer his blessings in the face of such a huge gap.

If their scores are similar, he certainly won't let Jiang Tao's prestige diminish his own in front of Peng Xiaotong and Bai Yulan.

But when the two students' scores differed too much, Huo Chenyang couldn't even muster the slightest thought of comparing himself to Jiang Tao.

How can you even compare like this? It's just asking for trouble and making a fool of yourself!
"Amazing! Our Pingxian running club now has one of the nation's top runners! Keep it up, Jiang Tao!"

Peng Xiaotong's gaze towards Jiang Tao gradually began to resemble that of a fangirl looking at her idol.

He's handsome, has a great physique, and his running performance is amazing!

He's practically Suguru Osako from the Heihei Prefecture branch!
"I will try my best."

Although Jiang Tao was very confident, he didn't make any overstatements.

It's better to be safe than sorry; it would be too embarrassing to be surprised when you're celebrating halfway through the game with champagne and then get upset by someone else.

After registering to join the group, we talked about the first annual health run and chatted for a while longer.

Around 10 a.m., Huo Chenyang and Peng Xiaotong said goodbye and left.

After only Jiang Tao and Bai Yulan were left in the office, Jiang Tao took the initiative to speak:

"Sister Bai, there's something I need to say that might offend someone, but given our relationship, I can't bear not to tell you."

"What's going on? Why are you being so secretive? If you have something to say, just say it out loud."

Bai Yulan looked at Jiang Tao with a charming smile, her face saying, "Don't try to play games with me, kid."

"Judging from Sister Bai's face, there are signs that she will suffer financial losses recently."

"Has there been any unusual financial activity at the hotel recently?"

Jiang Tao wasn't afraid of offending Bai Jianfeng, the cousin of Bai Yulan mentioned in the intelligence report.

The two had never met and had no connection whatsoever.

Jiang Tao felt no guilt about exposing him.

"Financial irregularities?"

Upon hearing Jiang Tao's words, Bai Yulan frowned slightly.

When the Magnolia Hotel opened, her cousin Bai Jianfeng came to the hotel with her.

For core positions like finance, you definitely need to assign someone you can completely trust.

As a result, Bai Jianfeng became the financial manager of the Magnolia Hotel, a position he held for more than a decade.

Bai Yulan paid him a monthly salary of 2 yuan, which is definitely considered a high salary in a small, third-tier county like Pingxian!

Over the years, Bai Jianfeng has been able to buy a house, get married, and buy a car, all thanks to his income from the Magnolia Hotel.

Of course, Bai Yulan also knows that it is difficult for the finance department to be absolutely clean.

Even if Bai Jianfeng earns ten or twenty thousand a month, she will turn a blind eye and pretend she didn't see it.

"Could it be that Jiang Tao was referring to this kind of financial loss?"

If it's about that, then Bai Yulan really doesn't care.

"Hehe, thank you for reminding me, Jiang Tao. I'll check it out later."

Bai Yulan knew that Jiang Tao's reminder came from a good heart, so she smiled and thanked him before changing the subject and asking:
"Anything else? Is there anything else? You figured out I was going to lose money?"

"Sister Bai, have you been sleeping poorly lately? I can see that your blood circulation is also a bit sluggish."

Jiang Tao's statement is actually a "jack-of-all-trades" statement, applicable to anyone.

Bai Yulan nodded and said, "I've been having trouble sleeping at night lately, and I often can't fall asleep until after midnight."

[Ding! Congratulations on triggering the special mission [Insomnia Terminator!]] (End of Chapter)