438: Could we have fallen for a scam?

Thump—

After the two of them chatted for a few moments, the door to the reception room was suddenly pushed open.

A woman who looked to be in her thirties, whose figure, appearance, and Charm were all top-tier for her age, and who radiated the mature aura of a young married woman, walked in from outside with elegant steps.

Click, click, click—

As she walked, the high heels on her feet tapped against the ground, causing Ye Su to glance at them subconsciously.

Beneath her professional suit skirt, a pair of semi-sheer black stockings revealed her legs, outlining their slender and long shape.

Paired with a pair of high heels with heels about the length of a little finger, her overall Charm was even more outstanding.

In a bank's financial department, finding someone ugly is clearly much harder than finding someone beautiful.

"Mr. Ye, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I am Wu Yufang, the manager of the branch's Investment Management Department."

Apparently, when notifying Wu Yufang just now, Lin Yichu had already told her Ye Su's name.

That was why, upon entering the room, Wu Yufang was able to greet Ye Su so quickly and enthusiastically.

With just one glance, Ye Su withdrew his gaze and greeted Wu Yufang with a smile:

"It's fine. I just happened to be catching up with my Older Female Cousin."

Although they hadn't been in much contact since growing up, that didn't change the fact that the two were blood relatives.

Therefore, Ye Su specifically pointed out his relationship with Lin Yichu.

He believed that as a client, he carried some weight and should be able to bring some professional help to his Older Female Cousin.

"Haha."

While Wu Yufang chuckled, she also cast a subtle glance at Lin Yichu.

Besides the clothes he was wearing, Wu Yufang had already noticed that the watch Ye Su was wearing was in the million-dollar range.

With a relative like this, Lin Yichu had investment value.

"I heard from Yichu that you want to open a stock account at our branch, right?"

"Yes, I have my eye on a stock and plan to open an account here, then buy two million worth in batches this week."

Hearing Ye Su nonchalantly mention using two million to trade stocks, Wu Yufang was secretly shocked.

Among the clients she had handled, there was no shortage of high-quality clients who could pull out two million for stock trading, but those were all successful middle-aged people.

She had never encountered someone at Ye Su's age who was so capable.

Generally speaking, someone at this age who could produce two million must have a very powerful family background.

However, in the few months Lin Yichu had been in the department, Wu Yufang had never heard her mention that she had a relative whose family was so wealthy.

Or perhaps, this young man had started from scratch, which was why Lin Yichu had never mentioned it?

Regardless of which possibility it was, it made Wu Yufang full of curiosity about Ye Su.

"No problem. We will open the account for you first, and then we can negotiate the agency fees."

"Alright."

While arranging for Lin Yichu to open the stock account for Ye Su, Wu Yufang and Ye Su settled on the commission rate for the bank's agency services.

Ye Su calculated that for this transaction, the total commission charged by the bank was only 0.3%.

Selling when the two million grew to twenty million would only cost 60,000 yuan, a fee Ye Su could accept.

After agreeing on the commission rates and other matters, Lin Yichu, under Wu Yufang's arrangement, brought the drafted agency contract documents to Ye Su.

He believed Lin Yichu wouldn't collude with the bank to leave any traps in the contract for him, but Ye Su still read through the contract content. Only after confirming there were no hidden clauses did he sign his name.

Seeing how readily Ye Su signed, without the slightest hesitation despite the contract involving 2 million, Lin Yichu was once again shocked by her cousin's current wealth.

Watching the scene before her, Wu Yufang became even more curious about Ye Su.

Young and promising, handsome, and with extraordinary bearing, he possessed a calmness and reserve not typical for someone his age.

Even Wu Yufang, who was never interested in younger men and only liked mature, steady men, was captivated at this moment.

"Manager Wu, I've signed the documents. Could you check if there are any issues?"

"Oh?"

Hearing Ye Su's voice, Wu Yufang finally snapped back to reality. She subconsciously took the file he handed over, using the act of checking the documents to cover up her recent lapse in composure and nervousness, while simultaneously sneering at herself internally:

I'm already in my thirties, how could I get so mesmerized looking at this young man?

Although she was curious about Ye Su, and even had a bit of a favorable impression, that was all it was.

Relying on her work ability, Han Lin had climbed step by step to the position of Investment Management Department Manager, and with her harmonious relationship with her husband, she wasn't the type to be swayed by a wealthy handsome man.

After adjusting her mindset, Wu Yufang returned to her professional state, ensuring there were no loopholes in the documents.

Subsequently, Ye Su transferred 2 million to the account on the spot, instructing the bank to buy Shangwei New Materials stock at an appropriate time this week.

At the same time, Wu Yufang automatically became Ye Su's exclusive financial advisor.

In the future, whenever Ye Su needed to purchase financial products or make large transfers, he could have Wu Yufang quickly handle them for him.

"Mr. Ye, given that you are a valued client of our branch, you can participate in our branch's internal lucky draw event this time. The lucky draw event is genuine and valid."

"If you are lucky enough to win the first prize, you can receive a tri-fold mobile phone worth 20,000 yuan. If you are interested, I can send you the link to the lucky draw."

"Sure." Ye Su didn't think much of it.

In his view, a bank wouldn't go so far as to hold a fake lucky draw event to scam clients like them who made large deposits.

However, he didn't dare to dream about the first prize, the tri-fold mobile phone worth 20,000 yuan.

If he could win a small household appliance like a microwave, he would already be grateful.

After receiving the lucky draw link sent by Wu Yufang and authorizing his personal information, Ye Su didn't even check what other prizes there were besides the tri-fold mobile phone, and clicked the [Draw] button in the middle of the turntable.

Whoosh—

As the sound effect played, the turntable began to spin rapidly.

A few seconds later, the speed of the turntable gradually slowed down, finally coming to a slow stop in the first prize area.

Just when Ye Su thought the turntable would definitely be like other lucky draw programs—like shuddering after using the toilet—and jump to the "Thank you for participating" area behind it, the turntable unexpectedly actually stopped right there.

Ding, ding, ding—

The phone played a winning sound effect, and a winning message popped up on the screen.

[Congratulations user [Ye Su] for winning the first prize. The prize is one tri-fold mobile phone. Please fill in your contact information and shipping address. Our bank will ship the prize within three working days!]

"Uh, I won?"

Surprised that his luck was off the charts and that he had actually won a mobile phone on a lucky draw program,

Ye Su's first reaction was to think of a scam that had emerged a few years ago.

It was when certain mobile phone stores, in order to sell phones, specifically had someone make a lucky draw program and then let employees go out on the street to find random people to participate in the draw.

No matter who participated in the draw, they would all win a mobile phone.

Then the employee would put on an exaggerated performance, acting shocked at how good your luck was, coaxing you until you were dazed, and then dragging you into the store to collect the prize.

Once you arrived at the store, the store manager would cooperate with the employee, giving you another round of brainwashing, tricking you into believing that you only needed to pre-pay a few thousand yuan in phone bills, or sign up for a few thousand yuan plan, to take home the prize phone.

But in reality, the price of the prize phone was only one-third of the pre-paid phone bill.

It was equivalent to you needing to spend several times the money just to get the prize phone.