"One, ten, hundred... ten million, thirty-five, twenty-six hundred, thousand, heh heh."
Li Shi looked at his balance, counted it twice, and couldn't help but chuckle towards the end.
After a long time of signing a commission contract with The Dejia Auction House, today, he was finally able to "secure the bag".
He counted the balance again, opened Alipay, and tried to transfer a hundred thousand yuan over, but he quickly discovered that the single transaction limit was 30,000. So he tried this lower amount, and it succeeded swiftly.
Seeing thirty thousand more in his Alipay balance immediately made Li Shi feel the reality of it.
Money which can be used, is real money.
Just as he was about to transfer more money into his WeChat wallet, the general manager of the auction company, Ge Yun, called him.
Ge was calling to inform and congratulate Li Shi.
After some business pleasantries and hanging up, a few seconds later their senior business manager, Zhou Ya Juan who had been liaising with Li Shi, also called.
"Boss Li, if you have more collections like this to sell, be sure to contact me first! You are now our company's super VIP customer and my personal top customer. I will provide you with the best and most intimate service. I will keep my phone on 24/7 for you."
She was quite direct.
According to her experience, like Li Shi, a "master" who produces top-level collections in one shot, must have many more good items.
The commission from this deal is too substantial. She hopes there will be more deals like this.
"Alright, sure thing; I thank you for your service this time too."
After hanging up, Li Shi thought for a moment and found her on WeChat, sending her five red envelopes worth two hundred each.
For sure there will be a next time.
"Next time, should I sell jade, or switch to diamonds?"
This happy predicament quietly came into Li Shi's mind. He laughed and shook his head; thankfully, he wouldn't have to make this decision in the short term. He could leave it for a couple of months.
He pulled up the learning panel —
Physique: 11.8
Wealth: 0.888 [Do you want to exchange?]
Currently learning: Chinese (Proficient+)
Completed Learning Store: None
Apart from Chinese (Proficient) advancing to Chinese (Proficient+), his physique also increased by 0.3 points.
Over the past two months, besides studying, he paid particular attention to exercising regularly and ensuring good nutrition and sleep. His physique improved by 0.3 points. That was a pleasant surprise.
According to his guess, before breaking the limit of normal human physique, that is, before breaking 15 points, maintaining health and exercising would have an improving effect. However, once it broke 15 points, attribute points could only be added through the learning panel.
"In at most one month, I would have advanced to 'Master-' in Chinese learning, and my wealth attribute points would then be 1.888... Typically, auction houses organize autumn auctions and year-end auctions which present good opportunities to sell."
Li Shi gave a small smile, setting a small goal for himself to become a billionaire as soon as possible.
He replied to Zhou Ya Juan who sent him many "Thank you, boss" emoticons: "You're welcome. I enjoyed working with you. Next time your company is collecting auction items, you can contact me. I'll bring out some good items to increase your performance."
"Sure, Boss Li, I'll thank you in advance! Actually, there's something I wanted to ask you. We are internally organizing an autumn auction. Would you like to participate?"
Li Shi chuckled, surprised. This Zhou Ya Juan was really seizing the opportunity.
However, that's just what he had hoped for. He asked, "When's the autumn auction?"
"End of October. We are collecting auction items until early September."
"I see, let me think about what items to bring out. I'll get back to you over the next few days. If I forget, do remind me."
Zhou Ya Juan, who was far away in Shanghai City, was even more sure that Li Shi was not ordinary. She quickly replied, "Alright, I'll contact you again in a week."
After chatting with Zhou Ya Juan, Li Shi put the auction matter aside for the time being and continued transferring money from his Construction Bank account to WeChat Wallet and the Bank of China.
However, only a million was transferred before a transaction limit was hit.
It suggested that he should visit the bank counter to increase the daily consumption and transfer limit.
After checking the time, Li Shi left with his identification and arrived at the nearest Construction Bank, the branch where he had originally opened his account.
When he'd used the internet before, he'd seen users share their experiences of receiving extravagant privileges at the bank based on how much money they had in their accounts.
Li Shi wondered as he entered the bank if he, with millions in his account, would enjoy such privileges.
Forty minutes later, after finishing his business, he left with mixed emotions.
It was his first time handling matters in a bank's VIP room. Despite the bank's employees being as professional as always, their demeanour was much more pleasant. They even wore brighter professional smiles. A bank leader also came over to greet him specifically. After realizing Li Shi was transferring money to another bank, he tried to dissuade him.
He added several of them on WeChat.
Li Shi transferred ten million to both his Construction Bank and the Bank of China.
This way, more than thirty million was distributed in three different banks. After the transfers, his accounts in Construction Bank and the Bank of China had 10.22 million and 10.10 million, respectively, and his Construction Bank account had 14.26 million.
Also, there are over eight hundred thousand in Alipay and WeChat Wallet.
He moved the money out of the Construction Bank, not only due to wanting to spread his eggs in different baskets, but also because he considered that he would continue co-operating with the auction company and would have large sums of money transferred to this account in the future.
When he returned to his place, he received three financial sales calls from the three banks including the Construction Bank, all asking him if he wanted to purchase financial products.
Hangs up the third call, he smiles. He finally feels a bit like a wealthy person; the people who used to call would always ask him if he wanted to take out a loan.
However, buying financial products was out of the question. It wasn't necessary.
As his mood had been too ecstatic today and in celebration of becoming a millionaire in cash, Li Shi decided to take a break from studying and have a day off!
He lay back on the sofa, played with his phone for a while and daydreamed, before beginning to think about how to spend his money.
"Better buy an apartment first; this has been my dream for many years."
He had housing qualification in Tanzhou City. After searching online, he discovered the price of real estate in Tanzhou was still over ten thousand. It hadn't risen. So he decided to go all out and consider villas or large duplex apartments or flats.
Such a matter as buying a house should be handled with a professional intermediary. He found a female agent, Zhong Xia Xia, on WeChat.
"Hey beautiful, are you there?"