That year, I won the lottery

Let's talk about the numbers first, so as not to misunderstand and be hated.

I was the second prize of the two-color ball of Lucky Lotto, not the jackpot of several millions.

The time was in the summer of 2008. That day, I was shopping around, and I happened to buy a ticket for ten yuan and five bets at a lottery shop on Huquan Street in Optics Valley.

At that time, I was the editor-in-chief of a private company. After I left the public institution magazine, I was freelance for a year, and I was invited to work by a local private boss. I wasn't tired anyway, so I agreed.

I went to work that day, spread out the "Chutian Metropolis Daily" of the day, and took out the lottery tickets I bought the day before. I thought I was dazzled and counted carefully twice. Oh, and really hit six numbers. That is, the second prize.

The second prize was originally only a few hundred thousand, but at that time, it was engaged in "bonus", which doubled.

The lottery won, I first checked the information on the Internet, where to collect, but the online information is messy, some say to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau, some say to go to the Welfare Lottery Center, the crowd is different. I just called and asked. The answer was that the Agricultural Bank of China, which was originally in the horse parade, collected the prize.

My home is in Wuhan, so it is convenient to get there by taxi.

Frankly speaking, I was still a little nervous in my heart, and I felt quite unreal. After all, it was more than ten years ago, and it was common, and everyone's income was not high. Suddenly winning hundreds of thousands of lottery tickets is still quite cool.

Go to the designated redemption bank point and there is a redemption counter. I looked at the doorway, sneaking around a few people. So be vigilant. After entering the door to inquire, they lined up to claim the prize. The second prize or above is only here.

The process of collecting prizes is simple, just get your ID card and lottery ticket. The counter staff checked the lottery ticket and ID card and went through the procedures for collecting the prize. Bonuses are deducted directly from tax and then deposited into your account.

Of course, the ABC was designated. I opened an ABC account, met the basic VIP qualifications, and got a silver card.

Ten minutes to finish.

The tax stamp for personal income tax is a networked printer that prints it to me on the spot. After a long time, I lost it.

More than 420,000 is a little bit, more than 80,000 taxes are deducted, and there are more than 340,000 left.

Two interesting episodes were encountered at the time. After I finished receiving it, I was still a little excited, and I wanted to see the other winners. After all, I haven't seen a 5 million jackpot winner, curious! Just sat down in the chair of the counter for a while.

At this time, the bank staff wrapped up, first congratulated me, and then strongly recommended me to handle the money. The staff made a sales pitch, and the familiar reader friend estimated that he guessed that it was actually a bancassurance product. My bonus was not much, so I bargained and only bought a 30,000 yuan capital-protected and dividend wealth management product. In fact, it is the ten-year participating insurance of New China Life. By the time I realized, the surrender period had passed.

So I only had 310,000 left. The staff pointed out to me, a man in a hat, said that it was the winner of the 5 million grand prize, and bought a lot of products! It was before me that I collected the prize.

I'm not sure if it's the current winner.

Looking hard, I didn't see the man's face clearly. He pulled his hat down. Real name envy ah!

I thought to myself, Oh, what a pity, one step away! I can change my destiny.

The second prize and the first prize are one number apart. I'm so grumpy.

In the middle, at the window of the prize counter, there was an old man and staff with a loud voice. I went over again to see the hilarity. It turned out that the old man said he had won the jackpot, but the staff told the old man that the ticket in his hand was fake and he had been deceived.

The old man raised his voice: How could it be, my ticket is true.

The staff laughed and said to the old man, if you don't believe me, I will help you call the police.

The old man was suddenly discouraged, muttering, cursing and grinning away.

The bank manager who pulled me to buy wealth management products laughed and explained to me that they had seen this situation a lot, either because they had over-fantasized about it, or they had been deceived by the set-up, and there was a scam specially designed for this.

I thought to myself, that's the way it is.

With my insurance policy and bank card, I left.

Because it is not the jackpot that won, I received the prize and came back and continued to work. It didn't take long for me to quit my job and continue to write freely.

I spent more than 100,000 pieces of sightseeing for a few months, Beijing, Hong Kong. Go and see the house. I would have had hundreds of thousands of my own savings. Add up, you can buy an old and broken one in Beijing. But after I hesitated, forget it.

Later, I bought a small apartment in Wuhan. I later thought about it, in fact, I regretted it, even if I didn't buy it in Beijing, I should buy a house. The apartment is not worth much and there is not much room for appreciation.

The money came and went, and it was clean. Like a cloud in the sky, it is very ethereal.

Overall, small prizes are not enough to change the fate of life, but they leave good memories. There is no regularity in buying lottery tickets. Some people have kept the number for many years, won the jackpot, and some people have studied hard, and the biggest is that they have won five dollars.

Small probability event, don't expect to get rich on this.

When I think about it, I want to have fun, buy a dozen dollars, and send a little kindness. After all, the welfare lottery has also helped some poor areas.

For me, there is a rare experience in life. The day you collect the money, it feels amazing. There was a little bit of light footsteps, fluttering, and a pleasure.

Looking back, I still continue to concentrate on writing, and my serious career is important.

(Source: Shen Jiake WeChat public account)

(Author: Shen Jiake, famous writer, independent scholar, critic, member of The China Education Society, member of the China Miniature Novel Society, representative work "Life Ferryman" (People's Daily Publishing House) and so on.) ）