Running 10 kilometers in 30 minutes.
For ordinary people, this is as difficult as climbing the heavens.
But this wasn't Jiang Tao boasting.
The morning before last, when he went out for his morning run, he personally tested it.
The fitness app "Keep" on his phone had the record to prove it.
"Time: 29 minutes and 49 seconds, average pace: 2:58, step frequency: 188, stride length: 186, my goodness…"
"Jiang Tao, you… you're at the level of a national champion!"
"You could join the national team and compete in world-class events to bring glory to the country!"
"Even the young college students at sports universities might not be able to outrun you!"
Seeing the fitness record on Jiang Tao's phone, Shan Yang looked at him with both shock and admiration!
If he weren't Jiang Tao's college classmate, he would've thought Jiang Tao was some top athlete from a sports university!
If Jiang Tao had achieved this performance during college, he would've been specially recruited to the national track and field team!
Jiang Tao laughed heartily, "Can this performance make a living from running?"
"Absolutely! It definitely can! If you can maintain this performance, you'll make a huge splash!"
Shan Yang was now completely convinced by Jiang Tao, without a shred of doubt.
His old classmate's talent in running was terrifyingly impressive!
But back in college, it seemed Jiang Tao had never shown any athletic talent, had he?
This puzzled Shan Yang a bit, but it wasn't that important.
All he needed to know was that his old classmate, his new boss, was an incredibly strong running god!
That was enough!
Jiang Tao smiled, "From now on, video shooting and account management will be your responsibility. Let's work together and get this account up and running."
"Alright! No problem! With your skills, this will be much easier!"
At this moment, Shan Yang's confidence in Jiang Tao was unprecedentedly strong.
The way he looked at Jiang Tao was as if he were seeing a rising sports star!
After discussing work matters and chatting casually for a bit, Shan Yang said goodbye to Jiang Tao and left with a joyful and excited mood.
The thought of soon leaving his current dull and boring job to start a new, more passionate, and promising career filled Shan Yang with enthusiasm. Even his steps felt lighter, as if he were walking with a breeze.
[Congratulations on completing the [Know People, Use People] task. Rewards are being distributed, please check…]
As Jiang Tao saw Shan Yang enter the elevator and was about to close the door, a notification suddenly flashed across his retina.
"The task is complete? That fast!"
Seeing the task completion prompt, Jiang Tao was quite surprised.
He had thought the task wouldn't be considered complete until he signed a formal labor contract with Shan Yang and completed his onboarding.
He didn't expect that just signing a work agreement would do it.
Buzz~~
His phone vibrated in his pocket.
Jiang Tao closed the door, quickly walked to the living room sofa, and pulled out his phone to check.
Sure enough, it was a notification of a bank transfer.
[Your ICBC savings card ending in XX89 has received 880,000 yuan. Current balance: 13,467,769.66 yuan!]
Seeing the balance displayed in the text message, Jiang Tao felt a surge of secret delight!
Apart from the over 3 million yuan he entrusted to Xu Li for safekeeping, the amount in his personal savings was rapidly growing.
13.46 million!
In just over two months, he went from being 80,000 yuan in debt to accumulating 13.46 million in assets!
Jiang Tao was quite satisfied with this wealth accumulation speed!
And this wasn't even all of his assets.
The money from the Tianjiazhuang cattle farm project was still in the joint account with the other shareholders, yet to be distributed.
Also, the fund he bought on Alipay had matured.
But seeing that the returns were still good, he hadn't rushed to sell and continued holding it.
Besides the 880,000 yuan cash received, Jiang Tao noticed that his salary card's monthly limit had increased from 100,000 to 120,000 yuan.
At the moment, the food factory only had about a dozen employees.
The money in the salary card was more than enough to cover monthly payroll expenses.
Additionally, Jiang Tao's physical fitness had increased by 6 points, and his charisma by 3 points.
[Your current physical fitness is 88 points! (Robust)!]
[Your current charisma is 65 points. (Charming Uncle)]
"88 points in physical fitness! Just 12 more points to reach the human limit of 100!"
Seeing his physical fitness points, Jiang Tao clenched his fist, eager to grind it out immediately to reach 100 points and see what it felt like!
What kind of experience would it be to reach the human limit?
"The probability of gaining physical fitness points from the treadmill is getting lower."
"The fastest way to gain physical fitness points is still through special tasks like today's."
Thinking of special tasks and their generous rewards, Jiang Tao immediately recalled the intelligence he triggered a few days ago related to Jiang Yi.
The [Guide] special task triggered by Jiang Yi was even more rewarding than the [Know People, Use People] task triggered by Shan Yang.
If he could guide Jiang Yi to become a singer, besides earning 5 million yuan in cash, he would also gain 10 physical fitness points, 5 charisma points, and 5 health points.
Recently, Jiang Tao had been busy accompanying his mother-in-law's family on a trip and hadn't made progress on this task.
"The food factory needs a live-streaming account, and I need to start an account to complete the sports star series tasks, plus guiding Jiang Yi to become a singer…"
As Jiang Tao sat on the sofa smoking, a new idea suddenly struck him.
Start an MCN company to specialize in discovering and developing influencers!
With his [Talent Scout] cheat-level skill, finding talent in this area would be a piece of cake, right?
"Plus, if I open a barbecue restaurant in the future, I'll need an influencer for online live-streaming promotion."
The more Jiang Tao thought about it, the more promising starting an MCN company seemed.
And he already had a few signing targets in mind.
For example, his sister-in-law Xu Sha, himself, Jiang Yi, and her niece Jiang An'an!
Jiang An'an had already shown great talent in acting, with limitless future prospects.
Once the short drama she was filming wrapped up and went online, she would surely become a hot commodity for many MCN companies.
Then there was Jiang Yi!
However, at the moment, Jiang Tao only had the food factory under his name. He couldn't exactly poach Jiang Yi to sing at the factory, could he?
Starting an MCN company would give him a legitimate reason to recruit her!
With this in mind, Jiang Tao grabbed his car keys and headed out, driving straight to the food factory.
In less than 10 minutes, his Mercedes GLS pulled up at the entrance of Jiang's Food Factory.
After parking, Jiang Tao got out and walked into the factory courtyard.
The once quiet factory, which only had him, his dad, and his mom, was now bustling after hiring a few workers.
As soon as he entered, Jiang Tao saw several workers in dust-proof suits busy at the workstations in the production workshop.
Some were weighing the marinated Jiang's Eight Treasure Pickles.
Some were filling jars, some were labeling, and some were boxing and stacking.
Boxes of Jiang's Eight Treasure Pickles were neatly stacked on pallets in the warehouse.
Due to the price increase, sales had dropped, and there was now quite a bit of inventory.
This was one reason Jiang Tao wanted to expand online sales channels.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Jiang!"
"Good afternoon, Mr. Jiang!"
Two workers loading a small truck in the courtyard saw Jiang Tao and greeted him respectfully.
They were both from Jiangjiazhuang, somewhat related to him.
They were genuinely grateful to Jiang Tao for providing them with this well-paying job.
"Good afternoon, everyone's working hard."
Jiang Tao smiled, greeted the two, and headed straight to his office.
He had barely sat down when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in."
As soon as Jiang Tao spoke, the office door opened.
Jiang Jiaqi, wearing a wool cardigan and a white dress, walked in.
At Jiang's Food Factory, there were no dress code requirements or uniforms.
Employees could wear whatever they wanted, whatever was comfortable.
"Uncle Tao, you called for me."
Jiang Jiaqi greeted Jiang Tao with a cheerful smile.
At the moment, their family of three was earning over 20,000 yuan a month from Jiang Tao.
Whether it was Jiang Jiaqi or her parents, they were extremely polite to Jiang Tao.
"Jiaqi, I'm planning to start an MCN company. Can you help me handle the paperwork? You're the expert in this area."
Jiang Tao got straight to the point, explaining why he called her.
"Start an MCN company?"
Jiang Jiaqi was slightly surprised by Jiang Tao's words.
Jiang Tao smiled, "Yes, take care of it. If you do it well, I'll give you a bonus."
"Okay! Don't worry, Uncle Tao, I'll get it done! What's the name of the company?"
"Jiang's Entertainment Co., Ltd.!"
"Got it! And also…"
Jiang Tao and Jiang Jiaqi talked about starting the MCN company for about an hour before wrapping up.
Jiang Jiaqi left excitedly to start preparing.
Jiang Tao glanced at the green Rolex Submariner on his wrist.
It was just past 4 p.m., still early.
So, he drove out again to several large nearby supermarkets to buy a batch of raw materials for making delicious barbecue sauce.
By 6 p.m., when he returned from shopping, the food factory had already closed for the day.
Only Jiang Jianjun and Yang Wenyan, his parents, were left on duty.
After they helped Jiang Tao unload the car, he drove home.
As soon as he entered, he saw the house was lively.
His mother-in-law's family of three was there, and they were having a hotpot dinner at his place tonight.
His dad and father-in-law had set up a small table on the balcony to play chess.
His mom, mother-in-law, and Xu Li were chatting on the living room sofa, occasionally bursting into hearty laughter.
Jiang Xue's room door was open, and Xu Sha was live-streaming on her phone, showing her audience Jiang Xue's room full of stuffed toys.
"Honey, you're back~"
"Xiao Tao's back."
"We were waiting for you. Why are you so late today?"
Seeing Jiang Tao enter, Xu Li and the others greeted him with smiles before heading to the kitchen to bring out the dishes.
"Mom, you rest. Let my husband help."
"No need, I'm fine."
"Just sit, we'll handle this."
Du Yongmei was gently pushed back onto the sofa by her eldest daughter, glancing at Jiang Tao with a slightly awkward expression.
From her look, Jiang Tao picked up on some information.
It seemed Xu Li had already talked to her and gotten confirmation?
"The third one isn't back yet?"
As Jiang Tao helped carry dishes from the kitchen, he asked curiously.
"Xiao Bing's friend came to Beijing, so she's out with them."
"Oh."
While chatting casually, Jiang Tao washed his hands and helped bring the washed vegetables from the kitchen to the coffee table in the living room.
With so many people eating hotpot tonight, the dining table was too small, so the large coffee table was more practical.
Once everything was ready, they plugged in the mandarin duck hotpot, added Haidilao hotpot seasoning packets, and started cooking!
"Sha Sha, come out already! Stop chatting on your phone and come eat."
Du Yongmei shouted toward Xu Sha in the room.
Xu Sha reluctantly ended her live stream for the night.
The pile of Jellycat stuffed toys in Jiang Xue's room was quite eye-catching.
Her live stream had just surpassed 50 viewers!
And the discussion was all about Jellycat stuffed toys.
Some envied Jiang Xue for having so many Jellycat toys they dreamed of owning.
Others questioned their authenticity, insisting they were fake or counterfeit.
Controversy created buzz, and the live stream's engagement was high, so Xu Sha didn't bother explaining.
"Son, what are you going to do with those beef rolls you put in the factory's freezer? Why can't we eat them?"
During dinner, his mother-in law, Du Yongmei, looked at Jiang Tao curiously and asked.
That afternoon, when Xu Li called to say they were having hotpot tonight, Du Yongmei thought about bringing some beef rolls from the factory.
But after asking Jiang Tao, he directly transferred 10,000 yuan to her to buy fresh ones from the supermarket.
"There's an issue with that batch. I'm waiting for feedback from the influencer who's promoting it."
Jiang Tao looked relaxed, not at all upset or frustrated about getting a problematic batch of beef rolls.
"An issue? What kind of issue?"
Xu Li's interest was piqued by Jiang Tao's words.
Jiang Tao smiled, "I'm not sure yet, but I think we'll have results soon, probably in the next couple of days."
"Oh."
Xu Li nodded, didn't ask further, and continued inviting everyone to eat meat and vegetables.
Dinner lasted from around 7 p.m. to about 9 p.m.
Since Jiang Tao, his dad, and his father-in-law had been drinking, they couldn't drive.
After dinner, Xu Li and Xu Sha went downstairs to drive and pick up Jiang Xue from Jiang Yi's place.
His mom and mother-in-law were engrossed in nostalgic conversations.
His dad and father-in-law went back to their chessboard battle.
Jiang Tao was the only one with nothing to do.
Back in the bedroom, he closed the door.
With a thought, he opened the system's inventory interface.
He reached in and pulled out the [Monopoly Dice] he had received today.
The [Monopoly Dice], such a valuable item, was worth spending 1 million to unlock a third inventory slot.
[Your total business revenue today is 28,600 yuan!]
Seeing the pitifully low revenue, Jiang Tao gave a wry smile to himself.
In the past, he had relied too heavily on the income from the intelligence system, focusing on the tasks it provided.
Now that he had obtained the cheat-level special item [Monopoly Dice], he needed to put more effort into his business and work on increasing his revenue!
Clatter—
With a thought, Jiang Tao tossed the dice onto the dresser in front of him.
After rolling a few times, the number on top was "4"!
[Congratulations, you rolled a 4. Your business revenue has been quadrupled!]
Buzz~~
His phone vibrated in his pocket.
He pulled it out and saw a notification of an 114,400 yuan deposit!