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Make My Own Luck

Writer's picture: Peter K F Cheung SBSPeter K F Cheung SBS
  1. FADE IN.


  2. Act 1


  3. INT. STUDY - 15:50


  4. Mobile in hand, PETER looks anxious.


  5. PETER (V.O.): Should I place a market order for Macau's casino stocks? The price is all time low.


  6. Pausing.


  7. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But the investment risk is high and trading time will end in 10 minutes.


  8. Pausing.


  9. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've placed a number of buying orders today, but only one has been fulfilled so far.


  10. Pausing.


  11. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As I've waited for decades before coming onto the stock market, I might wait a little longer in the falling market.


  12. Pausing.


  13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The decision reminds me to place a bet on the Mark-6 lottery, or I'll forget.


  14. Act 2


  15. INT. STUDY - 16:00


  16. Having tapped the Hong Kong Jockey Club icon and a few others on his mobile screen, Peter looks bewildered.


  17. PETER (V.O.): How come I've got around $100,000 in my betting account?


  18. Wondering.


  19. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The balance should be in two digits.


  20. Thinking.


  21. PETER (V.O.): Have I won a 3rd prize of the Mark-6 lottery?

  22. Peter taps the mobile screen a couple of times. It's obvious he doesn't know how to check the transaction records.


  23. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me check the result of the last draw and see if the 3rd prize is about $100,000.


  24. Checking.


  25. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): No, the 3rd prize credit was just $39,320.


  26. Wondering.


  27. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I regularly do e-transfer of funds to my betting account. But my practice has been to transfer $100 each time.


  28. Pausing.


  29. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Could I have transferred $100.000 believing it was just $100?


  30. Pausing.


  31. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): That's possible but is improbable. I'd confirm the amount to be transferred.


  32. Pausing.


  33. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): For the past couple of days, I've been opening stock trading accounts in banks. Could I have transferred $100,000 into my betting account instead?


  34. Pausing.


  35. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I can't believe I was that stupid.


  36. Pausing.


  37. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Could somebody have deposited money into my account by mistake?


  38. Pausing.


  39. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, I must find out, or my using of the balance in my betting account may amount to theft.


  40. Pausing.


  41. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Shall I call the Help Desk?


  42. Checking.


  43. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I should check again how to access to my transaction records.


  44. After taping on his mobile screen a couple of times, Peter finds something.


  45. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, the Mark-6 lottery drawn on 9/11 ie the draw before the last one, an amount of around $100.000 was credited to one of my bet-units.


  46. Pausing.


  47. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I first won a Mark-6 3rd prize in 2005. It has been a lapse of 16 years.


  48. Peter punches the air.

  49. Act 3


  50. INT. STUDY - 16:30


  51. Researching with his mobile, Peter finds something.


  52. PETER (V.O.): The probability of winning a Mark-6 3rd Prize is 1/55491. I bet a total of 3 bets on 9/11 and won a 3rd prize alongside other 55 winning units.


  53. Pausing.


  54. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The random-generated unit matches five drawn numbers, missing one. The 2nd prize goes to units matching the 5-drawn numbers and an extra number.


  55. Pausing.


  56. PETER (V.O.): The amount of good luck coming one's way depends on one's willingness to act. I've been supporting the charitable Hong Kong Jockey Club since 1975.


  57. Pausing.


  58. ETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While luck isn't in my hands, decision is. I make my own luck.


  59. On his mobile, Peter places a Mark-6 bet.


  60. FADE OUT.


  61. THE END



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