Started from Hong Kong Island

Chapter 3 003 [Making money in an instant]

"Sir, are there any antiques you could ask for?" As soon as Li Wendi stepped into the antique shop, the owner with a Mediterranean hairstyle came up to him with a very enthusiastic expression.

"I want to find an antique to give to someone." Li Wendi naturally would not tell the truth to a stranger.

Places like antique shops test one's eyesight, and there are some fakes that can deceive the eyes and experience. Li Wendi just wanted to try his luck.

"Gifts should be good. I wonder what price range of antiques you are looking for, sir?" The boss wanted to know what to serve according to the person's situation.

Li Wendi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter how much it costs. What matters most is that you like it."

After hearing this tone, the boss thought that Li Wendi was a rich second-generation and quickly led Li Wendi to the porcelain area.

Li Wendi was unmoved. He picked up a small seal and asked with a smile, "I heard that the smaller the antique, the more valuable it is. How much does this thing cost?"

"This will cost 3 yuan," the boss said, holding up three fingers.

Li Wendi looked at the side of the seal and said with a smile, "The carving skills are not bad, but it is a modern imitation. What? Your store sells fakes?"

"Sir, take another look. This seal is not from modern times. It is definitely authentic."

"100 yuan, I'll take it." Li Wendi said with a smile.

"Sir." Before the boss could finish his words, Li Wendi interrupted and said, "I'm just a gangster. I can give you 30,000 yuan, but if it's a fake, I'll kill your whole family. How about that?"

At this moment, the boss knew that the young man in front of him was here to take advantage of him. However, the boss was also a person with a background, so he sneered and said, "So he is a gangster. I can open a store here. Don't you think I don't have any connections?"

"What's the matter? I'm with Liansheng, and I buy things according to the rules. It's just that it's a bit against the rules for you to sell fake goods. Thirty thousand yuan is enough to buy your life." Li Wendi said with a smile. Members of gangs should also be reasonable with each other.

"Can you guarantee that it's worth the price?" Li Wendi asked again.

"Please leave. I don't want to do business with you anymore." The boss's face twitched, and the more he looked at Li Wendi, the more he disliked him.

"Okay, then I'll go back and promote it for you. I'm a regular in this area anyway." Li Wendi laughed.

The boss originally wanted to make a fortune by relying on the flow of people in this area. If the business was publicized by Young and Dangerous, wouldn’t he even lose money on the rent of the shop?

And he thought this seal was a fake.

"Wait! Okay, I'll sell it to you for 100 yuan, and don't come over next time." Seeing that Li Wendi was really about to leave, the boss quickly told him to stay.

"Thank you, boss." Li Wendi said with a smile.

Li Wendi had just paid the bill and was playing with the seal when a man in a suit walked in with determination. He noticed the seal in Li Wendi's hand and the boss thought it was a big business opportunity and wanted to step forward to greet him.

Unfortunately, the man ignored the boss and stared at the seal. He smiled at Li Wendi and asked, "Young man, can I see what you have in your hand?"

Li Wendi thought about it, and handed over the seal, saying, "Yes, please!"

The man in the suit looked at the seal, and the boss encouraged him, "Sir, there are many seals there. You can go and have a look. I can give you a lower price."

The man raised his palm, signaling the boss to shut up, "Wait a minute, I'll talk to this young man first."

"You should have bought this seal." Seeing Li Wendi nodded, the man continued, "I am willing to buy it for 10000 yuan. What do you think?"

Li Wendi shook his head. "This is the seal that Emperor Qianlong carried with him. 1 yuan is too low. How about 3 yuan?" "So you are familiar with seals." The man thought for a few seconds and nodded, "Okay, 3 yuan!"

Seeing the man take out his checkbook, Li Wendi stopped him and said, "Old man, it's not that I don't trust you, but there are too many scammers these days. To be on the safe side, I want cash."

When the boss saw that he sold a 100 yuan item for 300 times the price, he regretted it so much.

The man glanced at Li Wendi, then at the seal, and still couldn't bear to give it up. He sighed and said, "Okay, then you need to wait a while."

The man turned to the boss and said, "Boss, can I borrow your phone?"

The boss was a mercenary man. Knowing that the man was a wealthy customer, he naturally would not offend the man with a phone call, so he politely asked the man to make the call.

The man chatted for a few words and then hung up the phone. He first returned the seal to Li Wendi, then picked up a seal on the shelf and said with a kind smile, "My friend, do you think this seal is authentic?"

Li Wendi took the seal, looked at it, and shook his head slightly, "I can't tell, but the boss said that everything in his store is real."

Li Wendi was reluctant to ruin someone else's job. He had already extorted a seal from his boss, and now he was saying that other people's antiques were fake. It was too bullying.

But the man was a smart guy. He knew the answer from Li Wendi's expression. It was obviously a fake. Of course the man also saw that. He was just testing Li Wendi's eyesight.

Half an hour later, Li Wendi got 3 yuan in cash and left the antique shop happily.

Carrying the huge sum of money, he immediately went to HSBC and invested it in the stock market to make money, for he was also afraid of being robbed by thieves.

HSBC Trading Floor
There are a lot of people here, most of them are stock investors. In today's bull market, everyone wants to make money by sitting back and doing something.

Li Wendi also thought about it, but he believed it was impossible. He even scoffed at the rumor in the market that "money is not as good as stocks."

Five minutes later, a staff member in a yellow jacket ran over to Li Wendi and asked, "Sir, do you want to invest in stocks?"

Li Wendi looked at the boy in front of him who was about the same age as him and nodded seriously. He thought he had to find a trader himself. "Well, I want to buy Hutchison Group's shares."

Trader Wu Xiong looked at Li Wendi and asked with a smile, "What's your name, sir?"

"Last name: Li, first name: Wendi!"

"Mr. Li, the current share price of Hutchison Group is 3.8 yuan. How much do you want to buy?" Wu Xiong said after thinking for a while.

Hutchison Group is one of the four largest trading companies in Hong Kong and the only public company. Therefore, the person in charge of Hutchison Group is the current head Boss John C. Desmond, not any shareholder or family.

Li Wendi knew that Qi Dezun was keen on securities investment and that the share price of Hutchison Group would soon surge. He could take the opportunity to increase his capital and obtain more funds for the listing of the Chinese real estate company next year.

"3!" said Li Wendi.

The average worker now earns only a few thousand yuan a year, and white-collar workers in Central earn just over ten thousand yuan a year. 3 yuan is enough to buy a small apartment.

So, Wu Xiong invited Li Wendi into a very small conference room and asked Li Wendi to wait for a while.

Li Wendi also signed several contracts, and it was an hour later that he received the stock certificates for 7894 shares of Hutchison Group.

(End of this chapter)