Chapter 1038 Palladium Card (1/2)
In the afternoon, Li Du, together with Brother Wolf, alighted from a cab and entered a JP
Morgan branch in Los Angeles.
They took a queue number and waited for the counter clerk to announce their turn.
Then Li Du walked up to the counter and passed over a pale gold card. He said, ”Hi, I
would like to check the balance.”
The clerk smiled and said, ”Sir, you can check your balance at the ATM… oh, please
accept my apologies. I will check this for you right now.”
Halfway through his speech, the clerk noticed the card and straightened his back. He
took Li Du's card at once, turning around and mumbling at the same time.
He typed furiously, half-hidden behind the computer screen, and said to Li Du, ”Please
enter your passcode.”
Li Du said, ”There should be no passcode on this card.”
The clerk looked at him with sluggish eyes.
Li Du said again, ”There is not supposed to be a passcode for this card.”
The clerk nodded and said, ”That's right, sir, it has no passcode. The… the balance is,
is, is, if I'm not mistaken, it's 401 million dollars… God!”
The clerk could not help but let out a moan.
Although seeing long strings of numbers was common in the bank, they were all
numbers from general ledgers. However high the amount of money, the staff was
mentally prepared and would rarely be shocked.
Li Du's card was different. That was a personal banking card. As it had a few million or
more belonging to it, the regular counter clerks would not be the ones handling it. That
card would belong to a VIP client and there would be special personnel in charge.
Seeing that the card he was handling contained so much money, the clerk was giddy.
He was a regular run-of-the-mill worker, and never interacted with such a rich client
before.
Besides, he had never come across so much money either. Regular employees had
never even seen a fraction of such a sum.
Having confirmed the balance in the card, Li Du felt more relaxed at once.
Initially, he had some misgivings. Tang Chaoyang had casually pulled out a card and
transferred a few billion just like that. That seemed impossible.
This could, perhaps, happen on television or in the movies, but in real life, transferring
more than four billion US dollars would not be easy for most banks. It would require an
entire slew of processes, some of them involving the ministry of finance.
Li Du had interacted with many rich people. Even for Cole, if the amount added up to
tens of millions, the transfer would require at least half an hour.
Yet here they were dealing with hundreds of millions. In Tang Chaoyang's hands, that
transfer was almost instantaneous.
Now, Tang Chaoyang and his partner were still in their hotel rooms. Big Quinn and
Godzilla were guarding the door to keep them under surveillance. According to the
agreement, they could only leave after Li Du completed the transfer to his account.
After confirming the balance, Li Du was just about to inquire about transferring the
money into his account when a white-haired middle-aged man hurried over under the
guidance of the lobby manager.
The man wore a smart suit, had neatly parted hair and walked with quick but steady
steps. One could tell that he was a calm person able to deal with any situation.
The two of them stopped in front of Li Du and the white-haired man held out his hand.
”How are you, Mr. Li?”
Li Du was stunned and said, ”Do we know each other?”
The man grinned and said, ”We received a call from our main branch. They gave us
your key information. Please follow me so that we can assist you in the transfer.”
JP Morgan Chase Palladium card. That was one of the best cards. Li Du had heard
about those but had never seen one before. When Tang Chaoyang passed him the
card, somehow that had slipped his mind.
Hence, when he received the card, he saw the name of the bank and its logo and