Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 764 0752 [Alibaba’s treasure house]

Du Yongxiao left Qiangwei Company and still had a headache after getting in the car.

According to William Chen, if he cannot come up with more attractive lots, this event will not be successful.

But at this time, where can he find so many precious antiques, precious calligraphy and paintings?

When Yan Xiong saw his godfather Du Yongxiao frowning, he cautiously asked, "Godfather, are you worried about something? If you tell me, I might be able to help you."

Du Yongxiao breathed out: "It's nothing, it's just..." and simply recounted the conversation with William Chen.

Yan Xiong rolled his eyes and said: "Godfather, this kind of thing is difficult to say, easy to say."

"How do you say this?" Du Yongxiao looked at Yan Xiong.

Yan Xiong said with a smile: "Have you forgotten that we in Hong Kong have a lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and I collected a lot of them back then. Especially in the 1940s and 1950s, many refugees from the mainland came to Hong Kong and brought a lot of antiques; even There are also some rich people in Shanghai who brought treasures from the Qing palace, which were priceless! For example, Shanghai tycoon Du Yuesheng brought emerald watermelons, emerald cigarette holders for faucets, etc. when he came to Hong Kong."

"If you want, godfather, you can bring the national treasures from Hong Kong for auction! To be honest, as long as you give the order, you can get as much as you want! Now in Hong Kong, who dares not to give you face, godfather?!"

When Du Yongxiao saw Yan Xiong shivering with fear, he snorted coldly, stopped looking at him, closed his eyes and leaned on the car seat to rest.

The five returned bronze animal heads of ox, tiger, monkey, pig and horse have been collected in the Poly Art Museum, while the rat and rabbit heads have been collected in the National Museum of China. The dragon head is said to be well preserved on Treasure Island, but it will not appear in the short term. The whereabouts of four pieces including snake heads, sheep heads, chicken heads, and dog heads are still unknown.

In 2007, Stanley Ho purchased a bronze horse head statue for HK$6910 million before the Sotheby's auction and donated it to the country.

Yan Xiong didn't dare to say a word, scolding himself to death for why he kept saying such naughty ideas.

Du Yongxiao frowned and was about to refuse, then thought for a moment and said, "Okay, tell him, I'll leave now!" But in his heart he was guessing what Lei Luo was doing to make him so mysterious.

"He said you'll know if you go there in person."

Rat and rabbit heads appeared in a special auction held by Christie's Auction Company in Paris, France in 2009. The two heads were later bought by the French Pinault family. In June 2013, the French Pinault family officially sold the rat and rabbit heads to the public. The bronze statue of the beast was donated to China.

The bronze statue of an animal head in the Old Summer Palace was cast during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was designed by Italian court Western painter Castiglione, supervised by Frenchman Chiang Youren, and produced by court craftsmen.

The idiot Du Yongshun didn't know what was going on, but he just pestered Yan Xiong to eat roast suckling pig.

Yan Xiong learned a lesson and gained wisdom. At this time, he did not dare to speak carelessly.

In his previous life, he had met countless tycoons and people with lofty ideals who came one after another to redeem lost foreign treasures at high prices and send them back to the country. The most famous one was the bronze horse head of the twelve zodiac signs donated by King He Du.

"What's the emergency?" Du Yongxiao asked impatiently as he was sitting on the sofa thinking about the problem.

"Uh, this-" Yan Xiong was stunned, and then he realized where the mistake was.

at this time--

Jingle Bell.

Yan Xiong was sweating profusely and hurriedly said: "No, I know my mistake! I really know my mistake!"

After Yan Xiong finished speaking, he smiled and waited for Du Yongxiao to praise him.

Du Yongxiao said coldly: "Yan Xiong, I warn you, as a human being, you must not forget your roots!"

But gradually he felt that something was wrong. Du Yongxiao looked at him with sharp eyes, even with a hint of murderous intent.

Yan Xiong shivered again.

The portraits of the Twelve Lives were originally placed on the 12 stone platforms on the north and south sides of the fan-shaped pool fountain in front of Haiyan Hall in the Western Tower of Yuanmingyuan. On the south bank are the rat, tiger, dragon, horse, monkey, and dog; on the north bank are the ox, the rabbit, the snake, the sheep, the rooster, and the pig. These portraits all have animal heads and human bodies. The head is made of copper, and the body is made of stone. The hollow is connected to a water spray pipe. Every other hour, the portrait representing that hour sprays water from its mouth; at noon, the portrait of the twelve students sprays water from its mouth. At the same time, there are fountains gushing out, which is a spectacle. These bronze zodiac statues are 50 centimeters high and are exquisitely carved. They are the finest bronzes of the Qing Dynasty.

In 2000, Poly Group bid for the ox head among the twelve zodiac animal heads at Christie's and Sotheby's auctions in Hong Kong for HK$774.5 million, the monkey head for HK$818.5 million, and the tiger head for HK$1544.475 million.

He was scolded just now, and now that Lei Luo is pretending to be a fool, he might also be taught a lesson by his godfather. Hahaha, so enjoyable.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the general helm, Du Yongxiao realized that something was wrong. The general helm in front of him seemed to be more heavily guarded than before. There were seventeen or eight big men at the door, each with a kid in their arms, their eyes wary, and they seemed to treat everyone around them as thieves.

Yan Xiong hung up the phone, feeling happy in his heart.

Du Yongxiao returned to the hotel and was still having a headache about the auction.

Du Yongxiao rushed to Vancouver again with Yan Xiong and his younger brother Du Yongshun, the leader of the Huaqing Gang.

For Du Yongxiao, this is a kind of national humiliation. Now Yan Xiong has come up with the idea and asked him to resell the national treasure. Isn't this looking for death?

Over the years, countless people have worked hard to return the animal heads to China. Currently, 7 of the twelve zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace have returned to China.

In 1860, the British and French allied forces burned down the Old Summer Palace. Since then, the twelve zodiac bronze statues in the Old Summer Palace were lost overseas, becoming a microcosm of the loss of Chinese cultural relics. In the more than a hundred years after the Opium War, many Chinese cultural relics were lost overseas due to wars, looting, theft, etc. Up to one million pieces. In all well-known foreign museums, there are a total of more than 160 million Chinese cultural relics in collections. Including other Chinese cultural relics collected by the private sector, the total number of Chinese cultural relics scattered overseas is more than 1700 million. This number greatly exceeds the number of domestic museums and private collections in China. Collection volume.

"Remember, we are Chinese! The Eight-Power Allied Forces burned, killed, looted, and robbed many of our national treasures in the Old Summer Palace. Many treasures are still on display in the British Museum, the Louvre in France, and other national museums. Do you still want to Become a sinner and continue to sell national treasures to those ghosts?"

The phone rings.

In 2003, the American owner of the pig's head transferred the bronze statue to China's Special Fund for the Rescue of Lost Overseas Cultural Relics. Macau entrepreneur Stanley Ho donated to the special fund to buy back the bronze statue of the pig's head.

Yan Xiong's head hurt. While coaxing Du Yongshun, he carefully observed what Du Yongxiao needed.

"Hmph!" Du Yongxiao glared at Yan Xiong with murderous eyes.

……

Upon seeing this, Yan Xiong hurriedly ran over to answer the phone. After a moment, he raised his head and said to Du Yongxiao: "Godfather, it's Lei Luo calling. He said he has something urgent to do with you."

Du Yongxiao's heart was churning at this moment.

"No, godfather, I don't understand what you mean. Did I really do something wrong?"

"No, I just want to help you solve your problems, nothing else."

Yan Xiong trembled with fright and said hurriedly: "Godfather, why do you look at me like this? Did I say something wrong somewhere?"

Du Yongxiao said: "You have said it yourself, those are national treasures! Since they are national treasures, how can you sell them to those ghosts?"

Du Yongxiao was surprised. Could it be that something happened to the Huaqing Gang?

Among those big men, there was a confidant promoted by Lei Luocai, named "A Biao".

A Biao used to belong to the "Eight Great Vajra", and his status in the Huaqing Gang was second only to the "Four Guardians".

However, A Biao is very principled in his conduct and work. King Luo Tian likes to do bad things, which many A Biao disapproves of, so his status has always been the lowest among the Eight Vajras. Although he is very capable, he is always inferior to others and cannot hold a job.

If King Luo Tian hadn't been worried about A Biao's prestige in the gang, he might have demoted him to a minion. Now Luo Tianwang has been arrested for coal mining and reconstruction, and the Huaqing Gang has undergone a huge change. The other seven of the eight Vajras were demoted and expelled by Lei Luo. Only A Biao did not rise but was demoted, and became the Great Protector of the Huaqing Gang. His status is second only to the two elders Lan Gang and Han Sen.

Therefore, A Biao is grateful to Lei Luo and thinks that Lei Luo has been kind to him. Now he is even more obedient to Lei Luo.

A Biao saw Du Yongxiao arriving and knew that this man was his boss's boss.

He immediately did not dare to neglect, hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his fists and said to Du Yongxiao: "Hello, Mr. Du! Brother Luo has been waiting for you inside for a long time, please come this way!"

Du Yongxiao frowned and looked around again.

A Biao hurriedly explained: "A big thing happened in the gang. Brother Luo asked us to be prepared to prevent accidents."

"Something big happened?" Du Yongxiao originally wanted to ask, but then he wanted to know later, so he was full of doubts and walked towards the head of the Huaqing Gang.

The security inside the main helm was tighter than outside, and many disciples were highly nervous, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Du Yongxiao was even more confused.

Yan Xiong followed behind and muttered: "What the hell is this Lei Luo doing? He has made this place so mysterious. Is there a gang that is going to attack? No, if someone attacks, he should call for reinforcements and ask us to come over and do it." What? Can my godfather and I be worth one for a hundred?"

Soon, Du Yongxiao came to the main helm hall and saw Lei Luo pacing anxiously in the hall with his hands behind his back.

Lan Gang and Han Sen also stood aside, not sitting down, and looking very nervous.

Footsteps are heard.

Lei Luo quickly turned back.

A Biao shouted: "Brother Luo, I'll bring Mr. Du!"

"Ah Xiao, you're finally here!" Lei Luo stepped forward and grabbed Du Yongxiao.

Lan Gang and Han Sen also hurriedly stepped forward: "Yes, you made us wait so hard."

Du Yongxiao was even more surprised when he saw this, and couldn't help it anymore: "Brother Luo, what is going on? I think you are facing a formidable enemy here..."

"Something big, something big happened!" Lei Luo took Du Yongxiao's hand and said, "You will know after you go and take a look with me."

"Uh, where to?"

"The basement!" Lei Luo said, "To be precise, it's a treasure room!"

……

Luo Tianwang has been amassing money since he became the leader of the Huaqing Gang.

For small businessmen and hawkers to extort protection fees, these are the lowest level. Luo Tianwang's biggest hobby is-collecting various treasures.

As a result, for all new immigrants who came to Vancouver from outside, as long as they were in his jurisdiction, the first thing Luo Tianwang asked was whether these people brought any treasures with them when they immigrated.

These new immigrants include Europeans, Asians, and Asians are divided into Japanese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Chinese, etc.

Two-thirds of those who can immigrate to Vancouver are relatively poor, but the other third are rich people who come to Vancouver, Canada to enjoy the blessings.

Unfortunately, they met King Luo Tian.

What Luo Tianwang is best at is "scraping the land," especially the new immigrants. Whether they are ghosts, Japanese, Koreans, or Chinese like himself, he extorts them all fiercely.

As a result, his treasure house became more and more abundant, and in order to hide it from others, he built the treasure house in a secret place in the basement, and usually went in alone to appreciate the treasures.

Like the Four Great Protectors, few people have ever entered the Eight Great Vajra, let alone what is inside.

But this time, Luo Tianwang never dreamed that he would be caught digging coal.

He never expected that Lei Luo would join the Huaqing Gang and replace him as the leader.

Lei Luo didn't expect that he would lead his troops to check the secret underground warehouse of Luo Tianwang. Who knew that when he opened it, everyone was stunned!

Where is the warehouse? It is simply the treasure house of Alibaba's Forty Thieves.

Du Yongxiao followed Lei Luo to the basement. After listening to what Lei Luo said along the way, he still didn't care.

Xin said, no matter how powerful Naluo Tianwang is, how many treasures can he plunder?

In other words, if King Luo Tian really has so many treasures, why not sell them and exchange them for funds to continue to develop and expand the Huaqing Gang?

Du Yongxiao was full of doubts, but he forgot that Luo Tianwang was a man who valued wealth as much as his life. He especially liked to collect antiques and rare treasures. It would be more uncomfortable for him to sell those things than to kill him.

This is the greatest sorrow of collectors. Most of the treasures can only be "taken in but not taken out", so that they cannot make ends meet in terms of funds.

Just when Du Yongxiao was thinking wildly, everyone, led by Lei Luo, had already arrived in the basement.

The basement was brightly lit, and there were four sturdy men guarding the door. When they saw Lei Luo and the others approaching, they hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted: "Brother Luo!"

"Mr. Du!"

Du Yongxiao and Lei Luo nodded towards them.

Lei Luo said: "Bring the iron gate."

"Yes!"

The four big men turned around and pushed the heavy iron door.

The iron door is pitch black, made of fine iron, and is up to ten inches thick.

The heavy iron door slowly opened, making a creaking sound.

As the iron door opened, Du Yongxiao looked inside-——

Yan Xiong followed Du Yongxiao and looked inside, saying, "It's so mysterious. I want to see what good things are in here!"

Before he finished speaking——

Yan Xiong was stunned, his eyes widened, looking at everything in front of him, wondering if he had seen it wrong, he rubbed his eyes hurriedly, and then opened his mouth wide: "Oh my god, no way?!"

Du Yongxiao looked in front of him. Even though he had seen the world and saw the Paramount underground treasure house last time, he couldn't help but be surprised by everything in front of him!

In front of me, there is an underground treasure collection museum!

On the roof, a huge crystal lamp illuminates everything, and in various exquisite display cabinets below, there are various rare treasures——

Those treasures lie there quietly, shining!

Like a beautiful woman waiting for a man to come!

(End of this chapter)