The experience of Yinzhuang made him most familiar with the exchange business, so he went to several gold shops in Wenxian East Street, such as Kingsley, and began to buy and sell foreign exchange and gold. At that time, Macau had the exclusive right to gold, so Lee Shau Kee cooperated with some influential people in Macau, such as He Xian, and finally got the first bucket of gold.

With funds, he began to do hardware business and import and export trade. Money snowballs, rolling more and more.