*Ding-a-ling-ling—*
The phone suddenly rang. It was a video call from Xu Li.
Today was one of Xu Li's best friends' birthdays. The three women had eaten their fill, had plenty to drink, and then gone to a KTV to sing for half the night.
Xu Li had already informed Jiang Tao in advance and sent him plenty of photos of them eating and singing.
Jiang Tao knew both of Xu Li's friends well. One was an unmarried woman in her late thirties, and the other was a divorced single woman.
An all-girls gathering, coming home a bit late—Jiang Tao didn't have to worry about any "color" on his head.
Jiang Tao put down the empty wine glass in his hand and swiped to accept the video call.
The phone screen flashed, and Xu Li appeared, wearing a light blue silk nightgown.
The smooth fabric of the nightgown shimmered faintly under the soft light.
Her long hair was casually tied into a loose bun, with a few strands falling over her shoulders, adding a touch of languid charm.
Her fair, delicate shoulders were mostly exposed, and Xu Li was once again staging "The Temptation of Coming Home."
Today's battle attire was even more alluring than yesterday's.
"Honey, does this nightgown look good?"
As she spoke, Xu Li placed the phone on the nightstand to show her full figure.
She even spun around on the spot, giving a 360-degree showcase.
"Eat this old Jiang's stick!"
"No way I'm eating that."
"By the way, honey, have you asked Shan Yifei yet? You know Sun Na, she's really nice. I think they could give it a try."
After showing off her battle attire, Xu Li hugged the phone, flopped onto the bed, and launched into chatterbox mode.
After talking about setting up her friend with someone, she went on about what they ate and drank.
She mentioned running into so-and-so while shopping and what happened when they went singing.
The couple chatted for over two hours on the video call before hanging up.
After ending the call, Jiang Tao glanced at the time on his phone.
Unknowingly, it was already 11:41 p.m.
In less than 20 minutes, tomorrow's intel would refresh.
Naturally, Jiang Tao had no intention of sleeping. He lit a cigarette and waited for tomorrow's intel to refresh.
…
At the same time.
In a small one-bedroom apartment in Ping County.
A woman in fuzzy pajamas, with hair like a bird's nest, was sitting in front of her computer, pulling at her hair.
"I'm going crazy!"
"A whole day, and sales are at zero!"
"What kind of terrible taste does Second Brother have!"
"What do I do, what do I do! Over 60,000 yuan! The manufacturer probably won't even let me return them!"
"Why did I answer his call? Why did I help him do this~~"
At this moment, Jiang Bing deeply regretted helping her second brother find a source manufacturer.
She regretted even more assisting him in placing an order for 10,000 Ultraman hair clips!
After buying the hair clips for her second brother, Jiang Bing followed his instructions and listed them in her shop.
As a result, after a full day, the Ultraman hair clips had zero sales!
Thinking about the 10,000 hair clips she was now stuck with, Jiang Bing felt like her head was about to explode!
How could someone cause such a huge mess!
Jiang Bing no longer cared about the big red envelope her second brother promised. She only hoped that during the New Year, he and her second sister-in-law wouldn't fight.
The time in the bottom right corner of the computer hit midnight.
Jiang Bing was about to get up to brush her teeth and go to bed when her shop manager app suddenly went *ding-dong*, popping up a notification.
"Huh? Two orders sold!"
Seeing the shop manager's notification that someone had ordered Ultraman hair clips, Jiang Bing's eyes lit up.
She quickly grabbed the mouse and clicked into her seller dashboard.
The Ultraman hair clips Jiang Tao had stockpiled came in two styles—one blue, one pink, priced at 19.8 yuan each.
A customer had just ordered one blue and one pink hair clip, with a total transaction amount of 39.6 yuan!
*Ding-dong!*
While Jiang Bing was checking the previous order, another new order popped up.
"Another Ultraman hair clip?"
Seeing the seller dashboard notification was for another Ultraman hair clip, Jiang Bing frowned slightly.
"Could it be that Second Brother, seeing his hair clips weren't selling, started brushing orders himself?"
*Ding-dong!*
While Jiang Bing, the Sherlock Holmes of the situation, was piecing together the truth, another notification popped up on the dashboard.
As expected, it was another order for Ultraman hair clips!
*Ding-dong!*
*Ding-dong!*
*Ding-dong!*
As the order notifications kept popping up, Jiang Bing realized things might not be as she thought.
She opened the dashboard to check the order statistics.
In just one minute, more than a dozen people had ordered Ultraman hair clips.
Total sales: 51 pieces. Total revenue: 1,009.8 yuan!
In her six-plus years of running the shop, this was the first time daily sales had broken 1,000 yuan so gloriously!
It took less than a minute—53 seconds, to be exact—for the shop's revenue to surpass 1,000 yuan!
"What's going on? Why are they suddenly selling like crazy!"
Just a few minutes ago, Jiang Bing was stressing over the Ultraman hair clips' sales.
Now, in just a few minutes, they were suddenly selling like hotcakes!
*Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong—*
Hearing the constant *ding-dong* sounds from the seller dashboard, Jiang Bing was instantly pumped with adrenaline, her sleepiness completely gone!
In her six-plus years of running the shop, she had never experienced a scene like this!
Sleep? What sleep!
Tonight, she was going to witness history!
…
In Beijing, in Jiang Tao's rental apartment in Xiaoshahe City Village.
When the clock struck midnight, Jiang Tao turned off his phone, opened the intel system's panel, and clicked refresh.
**[Today's Intel 01]**: Yesterday, you lingered in the lottery shop in Xiaoshahe Village, obtaining related intel—
Among the half-book of scratch-off tickets currently on sale in the lottery shop, one can win a 20,000-yuan grand prize!
**[Today's Intel 02]**: Yesterday, you and Xu Li talked about the prize Sun Na won at her company's annual meeting, obtaining related intel—
The 10-yuan lottery ticket Sun Na won will hit a 3,000-yuan prize tomorrow!
**[Note]**: Sun Na's winning lottery ticket can be replicated by the host up to 10 times.
Beyond this limit, the winning numbers will change due to uncontrollable factors.
…
"One's a scratch-off, and one's a lottery ticket. Both pieces of intel today are locked in on the lottery!"
Seeing the two latest pieces of intel refreshed today, Jiang Tao's eyes lit up!
Last night, when Xu Li was chatting with Jiang Tao, she mentioned that Sun Na had been pretty unlucky this year.
At Sun Na's company annual meeting, she only won a 10-yuan consolation prize—a ticket for five bets on the Double Color Ball.
Who would've thought that this consolation prize would actually hit, and it was the third prize, no less!
Good thing it was only the third prize.
If it had been the first prize, Sun Na's company would probably sue her to claim it.
"Too bad it's limited to 10 times."
"If there were no limit, this single piece of intel would be enough for financial freedom!"
"Tomorrow, I'll have Xu Li ask Sun Na for her lottery numbers and replicate them 10 times. This money's basically free."
"As for the scratch-off in the lottery shop…"
"I'll have to go early tomorrow morning to scratch it. If I go too late and someone else gets it, I'll be kicking myself."
"Looks like I'll have to take leave again tomorrow! But this leave is worth it!"
After analyzing the two pieces of intel, Jiang Tao had a plan.
He turned off the light and went to sleep!
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