People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

Although Su Cheng had the idea of ​​donating the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals, he had no plans to donate them so soon.

This decision was not made rashly, but was made after careful consideration.

For Suzhou, the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals are not only twelve precious cultural relics, but also carry the weight of history and national memory.

Su Cheng stood in his spacious collection room, his eyes slowly falling on the exquisite display cabinet, inside which were quietly placed the twelve bronze statues of animal heads that he had collected with great difficulty.

His eyes revealed complex emotions, including awe for history, cherishment for national treasures, and thoughts about the future.

The value of these bronze animal heads cannot be measured in money; they represent a country’s past glory and vicissitudes.

You have to find a suitable time.

Su Cheng pondered this question over and over in his mind.

He understood that donating national treasures was not an easy matter and that he needed to choose an appropriate time to achieve the greatest impact.

He began to review his journey, from his initial interest in the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals to now having collected all of them, which took him several years.

Perhaps, this will enable him to further enhance his influence in the mainland.

Sioux City understands the importance of influence.

He has achieved great success in the business field and has huge wealth and extensive connections.

However, for him, this was far from enough.

He longed to play his role on a broader stage. Besides seeking wealth, people are only pursuing fame.

Donating bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

At his position, money is no longer a very important thing, because he has more money than can be spent.

Relying on his identity as a time traveler and Xiao Ai's golden finger, Su Cheng quickly rose in the business field and became a highly-regarded entrepreneur.

However, as his wealth continued to accumulate, he began to think about the meaning and value of life.

With his current identity and status, money is not everything in life, there are many more important things worth pursuing.

At the beginning, the reason why Su Cheng considered collecting all the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals before they became famous was not only because he had a deep impression of this national treasure in his previous life, but also because he hoped to increase his influence through them.

In his memories of his previous life, Su Cheng was full of admiration for the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads.

He knew that these national treasures had gone through countless hardships and vicissitudes, and were later scattered around the world.

Even before he traveled through time, the mainland had still not collected all the twelve bronze statues.

Because of this, after traveling through time and learning the whereabouts of the first bronze animal head statue, he had the idea of ​​working hard to collect all twelve bronze zodiac animal head statues.

He, Su Cheng, hopes that through his own efforts, he can bring them together again and bring them back to the embrace of China.

At the same time, he also hopes that through this action, he can increase his visibility and influence in society and create better conditions for his career development.

Now it is 1985, it is still too early, maybe he will donate it slowly.

Su Cheng looked at the prosperous scene outside the window, his heart filled with emotion.

He decided to take a cautious attitude towards the donation of the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals.

He did not want to rush, but hoped to donate these national treasures to the country at the right time and in the most appropriate way.

Moreover, Su Cheng did not plan to donate all 12 bronze animal head statues at once, but planned to donate them one by one.

He believes that this will allow people to pay more attention to these national treasures and make the donation process more meaningful.

The donation of each bronze animal head statue will become an important event, attracting widespread attention from all walks of life.

He hopes that this method can inspire people's enthusiasm for cultural relics protection, allow more people to participate in the return and protection of national treasures, and most importantly, gradually enhance his influence.

While Suzhou was considering how to donate the bronze statues of the zodiac animals, something happened in Paris, France, far away in Europe that attracted the attention of many people.

This city full of artistic atmosphere and historical heritage has always been an important stage for world art and culture.

On July 7, an item to be auctioned at Drouot, a famous auction house in Paris, France, attracted a lot of attention.

This auction house plays an important role in Paris and its history can be traced back a long time.

Drouot Auction House is located in the heart of Paris, France, surrounded by ancient buildings and bustling streets.

Founded in 1852, it has witnessed countless historical changes and artistic legends.

Over the years, it became one of the largest and most important auction houses in France.

Drouot Auction House mainly auctions paintings, furniture, antiques and artworks, and each auction is a feast of art.

Those precious oil paintings, with colorful colors and delicate brushstrokes, seem to be telling stories of the past; ancient furniture exudes the breath of time and carries the memory of history; and antiques and artworks are even more priceless, attracting collectors, investors and art lovers from all over the world.

The auction hall here is always packed with people, waiting with anticipation and excitement for the appearance of precious items.

This auction also attracted the attention of many wealthy Chinese.

Because, in this auction, a very special item will be auctioned - a bronze statue of a horse and an animal head.

The bronze statues of animal heads, as precious cultural relics in Chinese history, have been attracting much attention since the movie "The Chinese Zodiac" was released.

They not only represent the exquisite craftsmanship level of ancient China, but also carry the historical memory and cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.

Perhaps the auction house deliberately wanted to take advantage of the popularity of the movie "Zodiac" and hoped to fetch a good price.

The release of this movie has made the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals the focus of global attention.

In the movie, the thrilling plots, as well as the pursuit and protection of national treasures, deeply touched the hearts of the audience.

The auction house keenly captured this opportunity. They believed that launching the auction of the bronze statues of horse heads and animal heads at this time would inevitably attract a lot of attention and thus fetch an eye-catching high price.

Moreover, everyone knows now that the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads are treasures that were stolen from China by invading powers.

These bronze animal heads have witnessed the humiliation and suffering in China's modern history.

In that turbulent era, the great powers used force to plunder countless treasures of China, including these precious bronze animal heads.

They were scattered all over the world and became an eternal pain in the hearts of the Chinese people.

Today, with the rise of China and the awakening of national consciousness, people are paying more and more attention to the return of these national treasures.

The people in the auction house are also very smart. They deliberately promoted the auction in places like Nanyang and Hong Kong. Obviously, they hope that more wealthy people from Chinese regions will participate in the auction so that they can sell it at a good price. Nanyang and Hong Kong have always been areas where Chinese people live, and there are many wealthy people and collectors.

The auction house is well aware of the people in these regions’ love and attention to Chinese cultural relics. They hope to attract more Chinese people to participate in the auction through publicity in these places.

This will not only increase the visibility and influence of the auction, but also increase the level of competition in the auction, thereby pushing up the auction price.

Naturally, this news also spread to Su City.

When he heard the news, he couldn't help but feel a complicated emotion in his heart.

Because Hong Kong newspapers are also reporting on this incident.

Hong Kong, this prosperous international metropolis, has always been a hub of information.

The newspaper media here is very developed, and reports on major events are always timely and comprehensive.

When the news came out that the Drouot auction house in Paris was about to auction the bronze horse and animal heads, major newspapers in Hong Kong reported on it.

These reports have attracted widespread attention and discussion, and people have different views on the matter.

Su Cheng was holding a copy of Oriental Daily in his hand at this time.

This Suzhou-based newspaper has a wide influence in Hong Kong and is known for its objective, accurate reporting and in-depth analysis.

In the newspaper, the headline read: "Paris Drouot Auction House is about to auction the horse head of the twelve zodiac animal heads!"

Seeing this, Su Cheng couldn't help but frown.

His mind was filled with doubts.

Because the bronze horse head statue is in his home and has been authenticated by many antique appraisal experts and is genuine.

Su Cheng paid great efforts and cost to collect all the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals.

He asked Wu Ge's intelligence organization to look for clues everywhere and communicate and cooperate with collectors and antique dealers from all over the world.

After a long time and hard work, he finally collected some of the bronze animal heads, including this horse head statue.

In order to ensure the authenticity of these bronze animal heads, he also specially invited a number of top domestic antique appraisal experts to conduct appraisals.

After careful research and analysis, these experts unanimously determined that the bronze horse head statue in his hand was authentic.

Then, the bronze horse head statue that appeared at the Drouot auction house in Paris must be a fake!

Su Cheng felt a little angry.

He didn't expect that someone would take advantage of the popularity of the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals to create fakes and auction them off.

This behavior is not only a desecration of cultural relics, but also a disrespect for Chinese history and culture.

He understood that once this fake was auctioned off, it would cause great chaos in the cultural relics market and would deceive more people.

Someone actually wants to take this opportunity to cheat people out of money?

Su Cheng never thought that someone would do this.

In his opinion, Chinese cultural relics are witnesses of history and treasures of human civilization. They should return to the hands of the Chinese people, but they must be authentic, not fakes.

However, reality is always full of helplessness.

In this profit-oriented society, some people will do anything for money.

They disregard the dignity of history and the value of culture and only think about how to gain wealth through illegal means.

But think about it, now that the stories of the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals are so popular, there will definitely be people who will covet them.

Su Cheng realized that he had to take action to stop the auction of this fake statue.

He couldn't let this deception succeed.

On that day, Brother Wu also came to Su Cheng's home.

Brother Wu looked hurried and walked quickly, obviously troubled by the news.

As soon as he walked into Su Cheng's house, he couldn't wait to say, "Boss, have you seen the news? Someone is auctioning a bronze statue of the zodiac animal head in France. That statue must be a fake!"

Brother Wu's tone was full of certainty and doubt, and his mood was somewhat similar to that of his boss Su Cheng.

He understood the importance Su Cheng attached to the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals, so he also understood the seriousness of the matter.

The villa where Brother Wu lives is right next to Su City, so it is very easy for him to get here, he just needs to walk.

This also enabled him to come to Su City quickly to discuss countermeasures as soon as he learned the news.

His arrival provided Su Cheng with more information and ideas.

"I just saw it in the newspaper. Have you investigated it? Do you know who took it to the auction?" Su Cheng asked.

Su Cheng hopes that Brother Wu can bring some valuable clues.
After all, finding out who is behind the auction of fakes is crucial to solving the problem.

He even suspected that the seller behind this was most likely a Chinese!
After all, there are all kinds of shameless people, especially some scum.

"We have investigated through the intelligence cooperation agency in France, but the Drouot auction house in Paris did not disclose who put the item up for auction. In addition, the Drouot auction house in Paris has always been known for protecting the privacy of buyers and sellers, so they are unlikely to disclose the information unless they don't want to lose their reputation."

Brother Wu shook his head and said, with a hint of helplessness on his face, obviously feeling a little awkward about the auction house's confidentiality policy.

"The Drouot auction house in Paris should be able to detect the authenticity of the bronze animal heads, right? Why can't they detect it?" Su Cheng said in surprise.

His brows furrowed slightly, and he began to question the professional ability of the auction house.

"I contacted an antique expert in France. They tested it and found that the material history of the bronze statue is indeed more than 100 years old. Even they couldn't tell whether it was real or fake. In addition, since there are no bronze animal heads on the market now, they naturally have no relevant comparisons, so it is easy to make a false detection."

It was obvious that Brother Wu had made sufficient preparations before he came here.

He explained to Su Cheng in detail why the auction house could not detect the authenticity, allowing Su Cheng to have a clearer understanding of the whole situation.

"Yeah." After listening, Su Cheng nodded and fell into deep thought.

He understood that this matter was much more complicated than he had imagined.

He needs to carefully weigh the pros and cons and come up with a proper solution to protect the reputation and value of the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals. (End of this chapter)