Chinese Millionaire Withdrew Rs 6 Crore, Asked Bank To Count It Manually

The bank said the disagreement happened because the millionaire wasn't following the Covid-19 protocol.

A millionaire in China once withdrew Rs 6.5 crore from bank and ordered them to count the money by hand after a disagreement with the staff. The incident happened at a branch of Bank of Shanghai in 2021 (at the time of Covid-19) after the man had an argument with the security staff, according to a report in Insider. The news was widely covered by Chinese media and became a trending topic on Weibo and other social media platforms in the country, the outlet further said.

The man, who goes by username 'Sunwear', wrote on Weibo that he withdrew about five million renminbi ($783,000 at the 2021 exchange rate) from the Bank of Shanghai branch after receiving the "worst customer service". He also complained about the "terrible attitude" of the security staff.

'Sunwear' said he then took out the maximum he could withdraw in a day and also mentioned that he had plans to take out the rest "tens of millions" to be deposited to other banks.