Riding the wind of rebirth

"No matter how busy you are, can you be as busy as you are?" Tang Qi's voice was obviously full of resentment: "It's been a long time since you came to Sichuan and you haven't come to see us. Your wings have hardened?"

"Where is that..." Zhou Zhi hurriedly apologized: "Isn't this a rush to deliver a large font library to Microsoft? We are waiting for the D day to be completed. Do you know what D means? Dead, dead days can't be changed."

"Okay, okay, no need to explain." Tang Qi didn't buy it at all: "Seeing that we are very busy, there is no delay in writing songs for the little girl..."

"That didn't waste any time. Didn't you have a flash of inspiration while eating? Tingting should have told you..." Zhou Zhi laughed.

"I know, great talent, amazing!" Tang Qi teased at the other end.

Zhou Zhi blushed and said, "How about this, Cousin An Xin and Jack Li are coming to Sichuan soon to explain the importance of intellectual property rights to the government and the Bureau of Industry and Commerce. Then I will treat guests, and everyone will gather at Rongyuan Paradise."

"Oh, that's right," Tang Qi said, "The third son of the Li family marries a famous lady from the mainland, but it has shocked Hong Kong Island, and the financial and entertainment pages are all reporting it!"

"Don't! My cousin has nothing to do with famous ladies!" Zhou Zhi shivered in fright. The misunderstanding was too big, and it would be embarrassing to meet her: "She graduated from Jingyang Dongdian Technical School first. , I almost arranged for my uncle to go to the turning class, and the person who can subdue Li Laosan is not a bit aggressive, do you believe it?"

"Hahahaha, be careful what you say!" Tang Qi was amused by Zhou Zhi's little gossip: "If it's what you said, then I'll sue you and see if your cousin won't let you go!"

"Her, she doesn't see me as a younger brother for a long time, otherwise she wouldn't have done such a thing..."

"What's the matter?"

"Forget it, you are not interested in the matter of the cultural relics circle..."

In the blink of an eye, it has been a month since school started, and it is the National Day. Zhou Zhi arrived at the airport early this morning, waiting for the plane from the capital here.

Theoretically, he didn't have the qualifications to connect with people. It was because he insisted on meeting his family first that he stopped the enthusiasm of the provincial government.

"Cousin Anxin! Jack! Here!"

VIPs have a special passage to reach the special parking lot. If it wasn't for the guidance of the airport staff, Zhou Zhi would not have known about it.

"Brother-in-law!" The woman carrying the expensive handbag glared at Zhou Zhi.

"Sister, what's your husband, we are good buddies." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Everyone has their own opinions. When will Brother Le Hai and Professor Le Shan arrive?"

"Hi George!" Li Leshan smiled and said, "Brother has a lot of things to do this time, and the second brother and the second sister-in-law are staying with him in the capital, and they probably won't be here until after the festival."

"I said, are you going too far? If you donate something, donate it. Let me know in advance. I'll come to the capital to touch it!"

"Thank you, Elbow." Xu Anxin smiled and took Zhou Zhi's arm, and asked her wealthy husband to put luggage in the car: "Your idea, father-in-law is satisfied."

There are many national activities before the National Day. In order to consolidate the relationship with the mainland, Li Qiyan also received invitations to participate in many activities.

To come and not to be indecent, Li Qiyan wanted to make a "gift" to show his heart.

But to come up with something that can be famous and praised by the whole country, but also so that the country will not refuse, is quite a lot of brains.

When Zhou Zhi contacted Xu Anxin to talk about intellectual property rights to the Provincial Industry and Commerce Bureau, Xu Anxin mentioned this to Zhou Zhi.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Zhi came up with an idea.

Zhou Zhi smiled and looked at the big screen broadcasting the TV at the airport: "Here, it's on right now!"

On the TV, the pleasant voice of the news announcer is reading aloud in conjunction with the screen.

"From our station, the Yuanmingyuan animal head donation ceremony was held at the Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park a few days ago."

"The animal heads donated this time include bronze statues of ox heads, monkey heads, tiger heads and horse heads. The donors are the family of patriotic businessman Li Qiyan from Hong Kong Island."

"The Bronze Statue of Beast Heads in Yuanmingyuan, also known as the Bronze Statue of Human Body and Beast Heads of the Twelve Zodiac Signs in Yuanmingyuan. It was originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall in Yuanmingyuan. It was designed and built by Castiglione Castiglione, a Jesuit priest stationed in China and Emperor Qianlong's court painter, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty."

"These bronze statues are also the nozzles of the 'Great Water Method' in the original Yuanmingyuan fountain. The full name of the 'Great Water Method' is the 'Twelve Zodiac Timekeeping Fountain'. The bronze statues of the animal heads of the twelve zodiac animals are in the shape of 'eight' and are listed in the On the human body stone platforms on both sides of the fountain. Each animal is a fountain mechanism, and every hour, the corresponding animal will spray water for two hours."

"In 1960, the British and French allied forces invaded China, burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statues of animal heads began to be lost overseas."

"The four bronze statues donated this time were bought back by Li's children in various places overseas. Among them, the head of the cow, the head of the monkey, and the head of the tiger were bought at US$25 each, and the head of the horse at US$40, for a total of US$110 million."

"After the donation is completed, the cultural relics will be kept by the National Museum. During the National Day, they will be exhibited at the Haiyan Hall at the original site of the site for tourists to watch."

"Look, your credit." Zhou Zhi smiled while looking at the screen.

"Unfortunately, based on your reminder, we searched all the auction records in London and New York, and only found these four." Li Laosan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Wanqiu's business ability is admirable. The auction price was paid only two-thirds more and won."

"That's right. Generally, collectors don't just keep things like this for three years after they make money." Zhou Zhi nodded, "Sister Wanqiu can persuade them to let them out. It's really amazing."

Now there is movement in the world, and several big auction houses have started to join forces to speculate that "the era of oriental cultural relics collections has officially come". The big families and big art houses that engage in collections have begun to move from Greece, Egypt, the Renaissance, and island countries all the way. to China.

Zhou Zhi is not in a hurry, his cash cow is still growing, the world economy is booming, and it's not time to search yet.

Some opportunities will inevitably be missed during this process. For example, these copper heads were accidentally discovered by an American antique dealer in a private residence in California in [-], and the final transaction price was only [-] US dollars.

From 25 to [-], these bronze statues of animal heads and monkey heads successively appeared in auctions in New York and London, and almost no one paid any attention to them. At that time, the highest transaction price was a horse head, which was only [-] US dollars.

If there is no thoughtful intervention, these animal heads will reappear in Hong Kong Island Christie's and Sotheby's auctions ten years later, and finally won by the Poly Group. Among them, the cow head is 770 Hong Kong dollars, and the monkey head is 810 at 5 points. 540 Hong Kong dollars, tiger head [-] Hong Kong dollars.

Converted at the exchange rate at the time, it was 400 million US dollars.

But the horse head is quite special. It was not purchased until 900 for 860 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to [-] million US dollars.

It is equivalent to paying ten times more than the current price to get it later, so whether it is economic or political calculations, this is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal.

The Li family didn't pay much attention to the economic account, but returning to the motherland with four Yuanmingyuan animal heads as a National Day gift brought a wide and huge impact. Li Qiyan even called to express his gratitude. Xingwei is really a gun!"