April 1, April Fool's Day:

The sun has just risen.

On Pedder Street in Central, at the headquarters of Hang Lung Bank, countless people are anxiously lining up, tiptoeing from time to time, looking at the dark crowd in front of them, calculating when it will be their turn.

Since three days ago, Hang Lung Bank was exposed to huge losses, and countless depositors rushed from all over Hong Kong to withdraw their deposits in the bank.

On the first day, because there were too many people, not only the inside of the bank hall, but also the streets outside, were blocked by water, and after the Xiangjiang Police Department learned about it, it immediately sent hundreds of patrol officers to maintain order, and in the end, everyone lined up in a long line according to the S-shape.

There are too many people who come to withdraw money, and the banking business is very slow, and in the end, every day, the depositors who can withdraw cash are only a small part of the group who come to withdraw money, in order to be able to enter the market as soon as possible the next day, many people stay up all night to stay here, some even prepare tents, or the whole family takes turns to line up.

In short, in order to withdraw money, everyone has their own powers.

Ah Wei is one of them, he has deposited 50,000 Hong Kong dollars in Hang Lung Bank, which is all the family property that the family has spent a few years saving.

In recent years, the average salary in Xiangjiang has risen rapidly, in 75 years, the average salary of Xiangjiang workers is almost 400 Hong Kong dollars, and in 81 years, it is almost close to 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is also the fundamental reason why Ah Wei's family can save enough 50,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Buying a house is what Awei's family dreams of, but at the same time as wages are rising, housing prices are rising even harder, and what's worse is that he is an ordinary person who doesn't know how to invest.

Seeing that they couldn't even afford a down payment, more than a year ago, Ah Wei's family decided together that saving all their money for a fixed term and earning some interest was the only choice for the poor.

Although interest can't keep up with the pace of rising housing prices, what can ordinary people do?

Eventually, after choosing a number of banks, he deposited his family's life savings in Hang Lung Bank because the interest rate here was much higher.

After saving money and feeling at ease, Ah Wei, who was ready to continue to work to make money, was suddenly told by his colleagues that Hang Lung Bank had lost hundreds of millions of dollars and was likely to go bankrupt.

Hundreds of millions is an incomprehensible number for Ah Wei, but he knows that if something goes wrong with his tens of thousands, he will definitely not be able to bear the consequences.

The line had been moving slowly, and after a few hours, Ah Wei finally approached the door, and saw that the next batch could go in and withdraw the money.

"Ah Wei. A familiar voice came from behind, and Ah Wei turned around and asked, "Ah Fang, why are you here now?" Why don't you sleep for a while. ”

"It's okay, we have been in the Chinese New Year's Eve class for so many years, we have long been used to it, besides, I can't sleep for such a big thing!" said Ah Fang with some fatigue.

In order to be able to withdraw their savings as soon as possible, the husband and wife both queued up overnight, Ah Fang stayed up until dawn last night, and waited until Ah Wei came to replace him, and then went back to sleep for a while.

But his life may not be guaranteed, where can Ah Fang sleep, after sleeping at home in a daze for 2 hours, he can no longer sleep.

One is that the day is not as good as the night, even if you have not slept all night before, although you are sleepy during the day the next day, it is difficult to have a good quality sleep many times. The second is constantly worrying about the 50,000 deposits in the bank, and I can't sleep even more after turning it over.

When it was noon, I had a little lunch, and I was in a hurry to come to the bank and buy some lunch for my husband on the way.

"Hurry up and eat. Ah Fang put the two meat buns in Ah Wei's hands and said, "It's too troublesome to bring food here, so let's eat two buns first." ”

"It's enough to have buns to eat. Ah Wei devoured two bites, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, in order to withdraw his own savings, their family has been tossed to death in the past few days.

The husband and wife work in an electronics factory, 12 hours a day in two shifts, the factory business is good, but there is a shortage of personnel, there is no leave at all, but the deposit is too important, the two of them are directly absent from work to withdraw money, it is estimated that if they get the money, they will also be punished.

As for not being able to get it, Ah Wei didn't dare to accept this ending at all.

In order to be able to withdraw the money, the husband and wife came to line up after dark yesterday, Ah Fang was responsible for guarding here at night, and Ah Wei took over during the day. Although people are tired at night, the team will not move forward, and it is completely possible to sleep, and as for safety, there are many patrol officers patrolling next to it, so there will be no danger.

The real hard work was during the day, standing outside in line, no one replaced, not even going to the toilet, fortunately, the weather was good, and it didn't rain.

After eating, Ah Wei felt a little more comfortable, looked at the team in front of him, and then looked at the worn-out electronic watch in his hand, and said, "Look at it like this, I can take out the money today." ”

"Just take it out, I'm worried to death. Ah Fang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's keep the money in HSBC, although the interest rate is low, but don't worry about problems." ”

"Good. Ah Wei nodded in agreement.

After a long time, the shadows of Ah Wei and the others grew a foot, and finally entered the bank.

According to the prompts of the internal security guard, after waiting for another half an hour, Ah Wei Ah Fang finally came to the counter.

"Hello, withdraw all the deposits here. Ah Wei cautiously handed over a passbook.

The counter lady was also accustomed to this kind of operation, and asked: "Sir, are you sure, your deposit has been saved for 2 years, and the interest alone is more than 10,000 yuan, and now you can take it out, but only the principal!"

"Take!" Ah Wei said toughly, but his heart was dripping blood, in recent years, the interest rate in Xiangjiang has been particularly high, the interest rate of many banks is as high as 10%, and his this is even higher, as high as 12%, the principal of 50,000 yuan, and the interest has exceeded 10,000 yuan in more than 2 years.

Once forcibly withdrawn, the interest is naturally gone, and this loss makes him feel heartbroken when his monthly income is barely 1,000, but if he doesn't take it, if Hang Lung Bank really fails, the money may never be recovered.

"Okay. The counter lady didn't ask much, and immediately started to operate, and soon, Ah Wei got 50,000 cash and hurriedly put it in the leather bag that had been prepared.

Walking out of the bank gate, Ah Wei couldn't help but feel refreshed for a while, although he lost 10,000 yuan in interest, he got his principal back, and he was much happier than the people in the dense team in front of him now.

"Bang bang ......" Ah Wei and Ah Fang were just about to leave, when they suddenly said that someone seemed to be beating the gong inside the bank. The two of them wanted to go in and have a look, but if they went in again, they had to queue up, and they couldn't get in when they came out.

It doesn't matter to hang high, and the two of them just walked out of the road when they heard a noisy sound behind them, and suddenly it sounded, and it seemed that many people were cheering, mixed with some people's crying and yelling.

"What's the situation?" a big question mark hung in the hearts of the two.

The noise became louder and louder, and the people in line around began to discuss, and everyone immediately burst into laughter when they heard the news, and even some people danced with their hands.

Ah Wei had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately walked to the team and asked, "Big brother, what happened?"

The middle-aged man who was called Big Brother said with a smile: "Brother, there is no need to withdraw any more money, I just got the news that the Bank of East Asia has wholly acquired Hang Lung Bank, and promised to assume all the debts, and the interests of our depositors will be fully protected in accordance with the requirements of the law."

The Bank of East Asia is one of the largest banks in Hong Kong, and the boss behind it is Xu Sheng, the richest man in Hong Kong.

"No......" Ah Wei's eyes darkened and he almost fell.