Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence

Chapter 666: Chapter 317: Get Some Rich Ladies to Support You!

Every industry has its own hidden "rules."

Jiang Tao had heard his aunt An Mingrong, who had run a lottery shop, talk about this before.

When they opened a book of scratch-offs for sale, they would keep an eye on how many prizes the book yielded.

How many 50 yuan, how many 100 yuan, and how much total prize money was won.

A book of scratch-offs sold for 1000 yuan, if it could yield a total prize of about 500, that’s considered pretty good.

If a book of scratch-offs sells more than half and the prizes have already reached four or five hundred, then the remaining tickets are likely duds.

If a book is almost sold out with only two or three hundred in prizes given out, then the remaining tickets might yield larger amounts.

Almost every lottery shop owner who has been in the business for a while follows this practice.

Some go even further.

Some more "crooked" lottery shop owners would reapply the coating on already scratched-off tickets.

This practice is obviously illegal, but it’s lucrative and very hard to detect.

Low risk, high profit.

Hence, there are many people who take the risk to earn this shady money.

Tian Mingrong told Jiang Tao, when buying scratch-offs, it’s best to choose those that are still together in a sheet.

If you see those that have been ripped off one by one, it’s best to stay away and have no high expectations.

Qiu Lizhen noticed that the prize rate for the book of scratch-offs was very low, and the prize money was minimal.

So she kept the remaining dozen tickets due to her professional intuition.

Today, if Jiang Tao hadn’t come over personally and if Qiu Lizhen weren’t his fan, she wouldn’t have shared this with him.

"Sis, I appreciate your goodwill, but no need to give them to me."

"It’s not easy for you to earn money, let’s stick to the price."

Jiang Tao felt it wouldn’t be right to take so many scratch-offs for free.

As he spoke, he took out his phone and scanned the payment code on the counter himself.

As for whether his action disrupted any chance for Qiu Lizhen,

that’s not the case.

According to the introduction from the Daily Intelligence System,

this special scratch-off will only trigger the grand prize if scratched by him, the host bound to the system.

If scratched by Qiu Lizhen, at most it might yield 500 or 1000 yuan.

So Jiang Tao didn’t feel guilty about it.

"Bro, since you’re saying that, I’ll keep the scratch-offs myself, you can buy elsewhere."

Qiu Lizhen crossed her arms, showing a stance that if he didn’t accept her goodwill, she wouldn’t give him the scratch-offs.

"..."

Jiang Tao felt a bit helpless seeing this, it was the first time he’d encountered such an enthusiastic lady from Beijing like Qiu Lizhen.

"Okay, okay, I won’t be polite, it’s fate that we met here, let’s add each other on WeChat."

Seeing Qiu Lizhen’s persistent demeanor, Jiang Tao had to compromise, showing her his WeChat QR code.

"That’s more like it!"

Qiu Lizhen cheerfully took out her phone to scan Jiang Tao’s QR code, adding each other on WeChat.

Once they became friends, Qiu Lizhen stopped talking and went behind the counter.

She took out the dozen or so "So Close, So Beautiful, Weekend in Hebei" scratch-offs she had kept secured in a locked drawer.

"Here you go, Brother Xiao Jiang, now that we’ve met, come visit often."

As she spoke, Qiu Lizhen handed the scratch-offs to Jiang Tao.

"Thanks, Sister Qiu, I’ll come by often when I can, but I have something to do today, so I won’t hang around."

Jiang Tao took the scratch-offs graciously, smilingly said goodbye to Qiu Lizhen, and prepared to leave.

"Alright, if there’s anything, reach out on WeChat~"

"By the way, Brother Xiao Jiang, are you streaming tonight?"

"I’ll gather some good sisters to give you gifts and support your stream."

"Seeing such a handsome brother with a great figure and charisma, they’re really willing to spend."

Qiu Lizhen humorously said while watching Jiang Tao, thinking he looked even more handsome and charismatic in person than in his streams.

Indeed, Qiu Lizhen felt there was a certain aura about Jiang Tao!

This kind of aura can’t be felt through the screen.

"Hahaha, thanks for the kind offer, Sister Qiu, I appreciate it, but I’m usually busy, I rarely stream."

"I don’t stream often and it’s not regular, it’s not my main job."

Jiang Tao laughed and thanked Qiu Lizhen.

If someone else had Jiang Tao’s luck, they would definitely strike while the iron is hot, streaming 24/7 to earn gifts.

But Jiang Tao wasn’t too interested in the gifts from the livestream.

Streaming for a day, receiving tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, wasn’t that appealing to him.

"Brother Xiao Jiang really has integrity."

"If others had this opportunity, they’d stream all day to earn enough for a lifetime."

Qiu Lizhen gave him a thumbs-up in admiration.

She firmly believed she didn’t misjudge him.

Treating money like dirt, not driven by profit, not money-oriented.

This is the kind of good brother she wanted to follow and like.

Of course, the main point was that he was handsome and had a great figure, fitting her aesthetic perfectly.

If Jiang Tao looked like Xiao Ah Giao, Qiu Lizhen wouldn’t bother with him.

"Hahaha, I’m just lazy, too lazy to stream."

Jiang Tao laughed heartily, seeing someone entering the shop, he waved to Qiu Lizhen again:

"Sis, you take care, I’m off, let’s keep in touch."