Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 420 Exchanging Hong Kong Dollars and Looting the HSBC Bank's Underground Vault

Wang Feng looked at the Hong Kong ID card in his hand, smiled slightly, and walked into a secluded alley. When he came out, he was carrying a large suitcase and a backpack.

The box was full of large gold bars, and the backpack contained some US dollars and British pounds.

These US dollars and British pounds were what he had previously looted from enemy agents. Several leaders he had killed also had some US dollars and British pounds found in their hideouts. The total amount of US dollars was about 100,000 and the amount of British pounds was about 210,000.

Anyway, these foreign currencies are useless in Beijing, so I might as well exchange them for Hong Kong dollars and buy the RV first, so that he will have a place to stay when he comes next time.

In Hong Kong, money talks, and most things can be solved with money. It's much more comfortable than being restricted in Beijing.

After hailing a taxi, Wang Feng arrived at the HSBC headquarters.

"Hello sir, how can I help you?"

Wang Feng, dressed in an expensive suit, had just entered HSBC Bank when a lobby manager in a suit greeted him.

Wang Feng smiled slightly and said, "I have some gold, as well as some US dollars and British pounds, which I would like to exchange for Hong Kong dollars. Could you also help me open an account? I need to deposit some money into the account."

As he spoke, Wang Feng opened the large wooden box, revealing gleaming gold bars inside, and then opened the backpack, revealing bundles of banknotes inside.

When the lobby manager saw so many large gold bars, as well as so many US dollars and British pounds, he roughly estimated that there were at least over 100 pounds of gold and that the US dollars and British pounds should be worth several hundred thousand. The lobby manager's eyes immediately lit up. This was a big customer! His tone became even more polite.

"Okay, sir, please follow me."

The lobby manager welcomed Wang Feng to the reception room, poured him a glass of water, and then went to invite professionals to test the gold. He also found several staff members to start counting the US dollars and British pounds.

It took the testing personnel more than half an hour to finish testing the gold, while the US dollars and British pounds had already been counted.

"Sir, there's nothing wrong with your gold. The current price of gold is six Hong Kong dollars per gram. Is that acceptable to you?"

"You have 115200 US dollars, the current exchange rate is 1 to 5.7, and 218000 British pounds, the exchange rate is 16.8. Is this acceptable, sir?"

Wang Feng nodded: "Okay."

The price of gold here is much lower than on the black market in Beijing. On the black market in Beijing, one gram of gold can be exchanged for eight yuan, and one yuan can be exchanged for 2.34 Hong Kong dollars. Now, one gram of gold here is only exchanged for six Hong Kong dollars, which is several times the loss.

However, this is normal. The official price for buying gold in Beijing is only around five yuan, while it can only reach eight yuan on the black market.

Wang Feng's gold bricks each weigh five kilograms, and there are a total of twenty of them, which is two hundred kilograms.

"Sir, your total gold is 100,000 grams, which is HKD 600,000; USD 115200, which is HKD 656640; and GBP 218000, which is HKD 3662400. Adding all the gold, USD, and GBP together, the total is HKD 4919040. Please calculate and see if there are any mistakes."

Wang Feng mentally calculated it and nodded: "That's right, open an account for me with 490 million and deposit it, and exchange the rest for cash."

"OK."

If he had known that US dollars and British pounds could be exchanged for so many Hong Kong dollars, he wouldn't have taken out the gold. Two hundred catties of gold only got him 60 Hong Kong dollars, which was a huge loss.

Now that Wang Feng has a Hong Kong ID card, and with such a big client as him, the account was opened very quickly.

He put the remaining cash, less than 20,000, into his backpack, and walked out of HSBC Bank with his passbook and checks in hand, under the respectful gaze of the lobby manager.

After leaving HSBC, Wang Feng did not rush to leave. He went to the side of HSBC and began to probe the bank with his spiritual sense.

He quickly discovered HSBC's underground vault.

The underground vault is about thirty square meters in size. The door is made of dark forged alloy steel plate, which is three meters high, two meters wide, and 40 centimeters thick.

When Wang Feng saw the mountain of gold in the underground vault, along with stacks of US dollars, British pounds, and Hong Kong dollars over a meter high, he couldn't help but tremble.

There was just too much gold inside. A rough estimate would be no less than 20 tons. You have to understand, all his gold in the world is only a little over 36 tons. How could he not be excited about 20 tons of it?

The total value of the Hong Kong dollars, US dollars, and British pounds inside is estimated to be no less than HK$200 million.

Wang Feng snapped out of his excitement and, without saying a word, began collecting the gold.

Fortunately, the gold was piled on the ground, and most of them were large gold bars weighing 12.5 kilograms each, much heavier than the gold bars in his space. If these gold bars had been placed in a box and weighed more than 600 kilograms, he would not have been able to collect them.

His current spiritual sense can only collect items weighing no more than 600 jin within a 60-meter range; he can't collect items exceeding this weight or distance.

In less than a minute, Wang Feng had collected all the gold from the underground vault into his spatial storage, and then began collecting paper money.

Even if he received these banknotes into his space, he wouldn't dare to use them recklessly, otherwise he would definitely be investigated. He could only launder the money through underground banks or the black market before he could continue to use it, otherwise he would definitely be investigated.

However, HSBC is a foreign company, so he can't control that much. With nearly 200 million in cash, even if half of it is spent on money laundering, there will still be 100 million left. He can't waste so much money. He either doesn't do it at all, or he does it thoroughly. That's his consistent style.

In less than half a minute, he had collected all the cash into his spatial warehouse, hailed a taxi, and quickly left the scene.

With so much gold, Hong Kong dollars, US dollars, and British pounds stolen from HSBC, who knows what kind of earthquake will strike Hong Kong Island? It's best to leave as soon as possible.

Sitting in the taxi, Wang Feng's excitement hadn't completely subsided. This gain was truly enormous, almost comparable to the gains from the Prince Gong's Mansion.

Taking a deep breath and forcing himself to calm down, Wang Feng carefully examined what he had just gained.

This harvest yielded 23.6 tons of gold, which, combined with his previous 36 tons, brings his total gold holdings to an astonishing 60 tons.

HK$110 million, US$22 million, which is HK$125.4 million; GBP10 million, which is HK$168 million; all converted to HK$, totals HK$403.4 million.

Wang Feng never expected that all these banknotes would add up to more than 400 million Hong Kong dollars; he had previously thought it would only be a little over 200 million.

With so much cash, he doesn't even know where to launder it now, given the sheer volume.