<prompt> Human: Im 25 years old and recently put some of my savings into shares with my boss, our sharebroker suggested we buy the IQIYI IPO, which we did and me made 70 profit. He then suggested we put that money into another company plus a little bit extra to bring us up to the minimum buy order. We did this at his recommendation, after he said it would take about three months to see a return on it.x200B;However 10 months later we still havent seen anything back from it and he is callingemailing my boss every day or two asking us for more money...which we dont have any spare. Is there a way to get this money out without needing to put more in? At this point we dont even care about the profit, just having what we put in would be a huge help. This is my first time doing any sort of investment so Im not sure if this is normal behavior or not, is it possible this is some sort of scam? Im really lost and any help provided would be greatly appreciated.x200B;Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit for this...Assistant: Tell him you want to sell all your shares and they can send you the check. The broker just wants to make more money off commissions. Your money. You are in charge.Human: Yea we told him that however he said the buyer wants something dont know the wording he used as it was my boss he was talking to that time that basically amounted to us needing to put in an extra 18,000, think it was similar to a deposit to ensure we would go through with the sale  <response>: Stock purchasing doesnt work that way. Once you put in a sell order there is no backing out for the broker to worry about. Find out the company you bought stock in. Find out the exchange.a deposit to ensure we would go through with the saleDo you have any proof that the broker even bought the IQIYI IPO? Do you have a receipt? The best I can see is that it went public March 2018. When did you buy it? 