After completing the renewal of his Macau pass at the self-service machine.
Chen Yiyang withdrew twenty thousand Cash and smoothly crossed the border to arrive at Macau.
The first stop after arriving in Macau: handling an overseas bank card in Macau.
On one hand, if the pocket watch case is sold, it's convenient for receiving payment.
On the other hand, he still needs to give Li Changliang the money from selling his house. But Li Changliang is abroad, so he needs an overseas bank card to transfer money to Li Changliang.
According to the guide he researched earlier, Chen Yiyang arrived at Li Qiao Bank here in Macau to request a bank card.
This is considered one of the banks in Macau where it's easiest to handle a bank card.
Handing over his ID card, Macau pass, entry ticket, and ten thousand cash.
Account opening purpose: investing in US stocks, income situation: monthly income of one hundred thousand.
After filling out the form and signing, he also requested the teller to help him handle a credit card besides the debit card. Conveniently, he opened a securities account as well.
After all, the purpose he wrote for the card was to buy US stocks.
So besides the default three accounts, Chen Yiyang also opened US Dollar and Euro accounts simultaneously.
It took less than an hour altogether, and the bank card was ready.
Chen Yiyang checked on the self-service machine with his card, and the previously deposited money was also credited directly to the account.
After sorting out the bank card, he finally took a taxi to the pawnshop he had arranged earlier: Silver City Pawnshop.
In Macau, taking a taxi is much more expensive than on the Mainland. The starting price is 19, with an additional fee of two for every 240 meters.
If carrying luggage, there's an additional charge of three for each suitcase.
But Chen Yiyang didn't care about these small amounts now, directly asking the driver to take him to the pawnshop and paid the fare in Cash.
"We apologize sincerely." The pawnshop staff kept apologizing after inviting Chen Yiyang inside, "The appraiser we arranged with you before had a flight delay and can only come to Macau tomorrow; you need to come again tomorrow."
"Do you only have one appraiser here?" Chen Yiyang was a bit puzzled.
"That's right," the staff explained, "The item you want to sell involves the area of luxury collection from Europe and America, and an appraiser from abroad must determine the authenticity. Our pawnshop's foreign appraiser happened to go abroad recently. He was supposed to return today, but his flight was delayed."
"All right," since they had said that, Chen Yiyang couldn't say anything else.
"To express our apologies," the pawnshop manager personally said to Chen Yiyang, "We have booked a hotel for you where you can stay for free until the next day."
Hopefully, tomorrow's inside information will be in Macau; otherwise, he'll have to cross customs again.
Chen Yiyang didn't bring any luggage, so he could only take the car arranged by the pawnshop to the hotel.
This is a luxury five-star hotel. The most striking impression is the hotel casino, occupying a large area on the first floor.
In the hotel lobby, there is an entrance every few dozen meters; as long as you are an adult, you can enter and play directly.
But Chen Yiyang wasn't even interested in glancing at these places.
This is not a good place.
"Actually, I recommend you to apply for our casino's card." The staff enthusiastically recommended to Chen Yiyang.
"Once you apply for the membership card, you'll not only receive some free chips but also enjoy a 10% discount at all hotel restaurants when dining."
"I'm afraid if I try to save that 10%, I'll end up on Macau's income report next year." Chen Yiyang replied expressionlessly.
"Haha, how could that happen." The staff understood Chen Yiyang's implication and laughed awkwardly.
After settling in his hotel room, it was already evening.
So he used his phone to contact Zhang Guichen.
"Bro, I arrived in Macau today. Do you know how to order food delivery here?" 'Very much looking forward to' emoji.
"You really wander around, don't you," Zhang Guichen said on the phone with a tipsy voice; it seemed he had been drinking somewhere today.
"There's an app called Hungry Macao that you can download. You can order directly from your phone; it has everything."
Is there an app for such things?
Not surprisingly, the service in this Special Administrative Region is really abundant.
Chen Yiyang excitedly downloaded the app.
Then opened it.
Hmm.
It really is a food delivery app.
Chen Yiyang was a bit speechless. How come Zhang Guichen didn't catch his real intention?
Forget it, he was quite hungry.
Chen Yiyang ordered crab porridge and Bacalhau.
When the food was delivered, it was exactly midnight.
Today's information, the junket operator's relic: An unexpectedly deceased junket operator stored part of his assets in a dock's locker before passing away; once retrieved, you can successfully pick the leak.
The locker password and detailed location can be checked on the second page of the information.
The so-called junket operator is actually a featured middleman in Macau.
Some junket operators work directly with casinos, introducing people to gamble inside and then earning commissions.
Some junket operators are responsible for guaranteeing clients, allowing them to borrow money to continue gambling in the casino.
But the above two types of "dyema zai" have certain entry thresholds, not everyone can do it.
So there are some bold "dyema zai", in addition to introducing casinos to clients and arranging various takeaways.
They also help customers exchange large amounts of Macau Coins for gambling.
This type of "dyema zai" usually has a large amount of Macau Coins in a suitcase. If a client needs it, they carry the suitcase and rush over.
Then they exchange the client's assets from the Mainland into Macau Coins and pay them to their client on the spot.
Of course, this type of "dyema zai" is also highly prone to accidents.
Because clients who laughed and chatted with you last time very politely.
Might have lost everything when you see them the next time.
And then you show up with a suitcase full of money to meet him.
The result can only be that the person is gone, and the money is taken by the client to gamble in the final round.
Chen Yiyang looked up recent news from Macau.
Sure enough, he saw a piece of news about a criminal case.
A female "dyema zai" took a suitcase full of money to meet a client. Ended up being strangled by the client on the spot and placed in a bathtub.
The client took the "dyema zai's" money to the casino, lost it all, and only after returning to the Mainland and being arrested, did the incident come to light.
He wondered if the things in the locker mentioned in his intel belonged to that "dyema zai".
The next morning.
The Silver City Pawnshop sent a message saying the appraiser had arrived, and Chen Yiyang could come over at any time now.
Chen Yiyang thought for a moment, deciding it wasn't urgent to visit the pawnshop and should first retrieve the "dyema zai's" belongings from the locker.
If there was something convertible into cash inside, it would be convenient to sell it all at once later.
Took a taxi to the locker at the pier.
The crowd was not large, after all, those who came here were mainly tourists who typically carried their belongings with them.
Only a very small group of travelers, suddenly changing their plans to come here, needed to temporarily store their luggage here to pick up when they left.
Chen Yiyang directly located the locker mentioned in the intel, then input the password.
The locker door gently popped open.
It was a small locker, with barely enough space for a suitcase to fit.
Chen Yiyang squatted down to take a look, finding inside a small suitcase that took up only half the space.
Chen Yiyang glanced around, maintaining a normal expression while dragging the suitcase out.
He treated himself like a tourist, naturally lifting the suitcase and then closing the locker door.
Dragging the suitcase back to the hotel.
It was only then that Chen Yiyang opened the suitcase.
Inside was half a suitcase full of Macau Coin cash, some men's clothing for change, a cell phone, a notebook, and various other miscellaneous items,
seemingly indicating that the suitcase did not belong to the "dyema zai" who recently died.
Chen Yiyang took a look at the cell phone inside.
The phone was brand new, but the model was two years old.
There was no SIM card inside, and the phone was not even activated.
After confirming there was nothing hidden inside the clothing or miscellaneous items, Chen Yiyang opened the notebook, discovering it contained a dozen pages of diary entries.
July 1st: Came to Macau for a tour, received a few hundred dollars of chips when checking into the hotel. Might as well go in for a bit, if I lose, then so be it.
July 2nd: Won tens of thousands yesterday. Now it's as if I came here on a free tour. Exchanged all the chips for cash, I'm not foolish enough to keep gambling.
September 3rd: Came again to Macau for a tour. This time I wasn't given any chips, so I'll just exchange one thousand bucks and play casually.
September 4th: Won a few thousand yesterday again, I truly am divinely favored. Luckily, I brought tens of thousands with me, might as well play with it.
September 5th: Lost everything, was planning to head back. But met a beautiful woman, she offered to lend me tens of thousands to exchange for chips, saying she believed in my luck.
September 6th: Lost again. But the woman was still willing to lend me money, although she needed collateral from my assets in the country. I'll give it a try; I can't believe I won't stop losing.
September 11th: Lost for days consecutively, lost all my money including property under my name. Also owe the woman a lot, but she said she was willing to introduce me to work as a "dyema zai". As long as I was willing to bring friends from the Mainland to play, I'd receive a commission.
March 4th: Severed ties with my last friend. I practically have no friends left in the Mainland now. Still owe millions in debt, but I heard foreign casinos are fairer. Just so happens a client asked me to help exchange chips, I'll take the money and try out gambling abroad.
The diary ends here.
Chen Yiyang realized that this suitcase was actually prepared by this "dyema zai" to take abroad.
But before he could set off, he inexplicably went missing, and the suitcase remained forever in the locker.
Having read the diary, Chen Yiyang felt even more convinced with his resolve not to approach casinos.
When you know there's something that leads to a terrifying outcome in the end.
Then your best choice is not to harbor any illusions of approaching.
After finding a garbage bag to throw away the other miscellaneous items in the suitcase, Chen Yiyang took the suitcase to the bank and deposited all the money into his card.
Totaling six hundred thousand Macau Coins.