People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

Chapter 170 We must take it down!

The relationship between Su Cheng and the Charter King is the best among them. After all, the two have cooperated many times.

Therefore, before the auction started, Su Cheng also had a chat with the charter king.

It turns out that a charity auction of this scale is the largest in Hong Kong in recent years.

Except for the rich people who are not in Xiangjiang, basically all the billionaires who are in Xiangjiang are here.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "officials and businessmen are not separated." The meaning of "no separation between government and businessmen" is actually very simple. If you want to make your business bigger and stronger, you must have a good relationship with the officials.

The invitation issued by the Hong Kong Governor's Office, everyone still has to give the Governor face, after all, he is still living within his jurisdiction.

In this era of Xiangjiang, the only one who could gather so many rich people was the governor-general MacLehao.

Su Cheng looked around and found that more than 100 people had come to the entire venue.

The number of Chinese and foreigners is almost evenly divided.

From this aspect, we can also see how high the proportion of wealthy foreigners is in Hong Kong.

You should know that the population of Hong Kong as a whole was approximately 1978 million in 477.

The vast majority of people are Chinese, and foreigners only account for about 8%.

Among these 8%, there are not only Westerners, but also many Easterners, such as those from the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan and other places, accounting for more than half of them.

Therefore, there are not many real Westerners.

But there were almost half of the wealthy foreigners present.

It can be seen that much of Xiangjiang's wealth is in the hands of Westerners.

Su Cheng silently withdrew his gaze.

This situation cannot be changed in a short while.

However, with the rise of Chinese-funded consortiums and the withdrawal of some British-funded consortiums, this situation will gradually change.

Of course, it is inevitable that the evacuated British consortium took away much of the wealth acquired in Hong Kong.

At the venue, each invited guest can bring a companion.

Just like the charter boat king next to him, he brought one of his sons-in-law over.

Lin Boxin, on the other hand, brought a son over.

Those who can be invited are basically middle-aged and elderly people, and there are very few young people. After all, they have worked hard for the huge wealth for at least more than ten years.

There are even fewer young people in their early 20s like Su Cheng.

Therefore, most people choose to bring a junior here to increase their knowledge.

At Su Cheng's age, there are naturally no juniors.

So he chose to take Zhong Chuhong with him.

For every main position, there is a deputy position next to it.

This also allows people at the scene to tell who is in charge.

If anyone is interested, they can also find out that Zhong Chuhong previously worked as a secretary in Su Cheng.

There would be no problem bringing her to a charity auction.

The time was almost eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time, the place was already full of people, waiting for the auction to begin.

A hostess handed out the auction signs and tonight's auction list to the guests present.

Su Cheng handed the number sign to Zhong Chuhong next to him.

As for the auction list, he stayed to take a look.

Although, the main reason for participating in this charity auction is to do good deeds.But Su Cheng still needed to see what he was going to take.

You can’t just take pictures of nothing, or take random pictures!

Su Cheng took the auction list and read it carefully.

There are actually more than 50 items in this auction.

Basically, on average, every two people can take a photo of one item.

Of course, some people might take a few more pictures in order to show off in front of the Governor.

Judging from the list of items, most of them are works by some teachers in the art museum. In addition, there are also some paintings by children in the disaster-stricken areas.

Of these, 100% of the funds auctioned will be used to rebuild the disaster areas, because it says 100% of the funds are donated at the back.

But when he scrolled through the last ten, Su Cheng discovered that the proportion of donated funds for the items was not 100%, but between 10% and 50%.

After reading the note next to it, Su Cheng understood.

It turns out that these 10 items themselves were consigned to be auctioned at the Royal International Art Auction in Hong Kong.

With the consent of the owner, the items were auctioned at a charity auction.

The donation ratio between 10% and 50% is determined by the owner of the item.

That is, if the auction price of this item is 100 million, and the owner of the item promises to donate 20% of it, then 20 will be donated to the reconstruction of the disaster area.

These 10 items include antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jades, and jewelry.

Su Cheng took a look, and an item caught his attention.

Bronze dog head statue!

The bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace were originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace. They were red bronze statues made during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In 1860, the British and French allied forces invaded China and burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze animal head statues began to be lost overseas.

The dog-head bronze statue is one of them. The cultural relics originally belonged to the Old Summer Palace, Western-style Building, and Haiyan Hall.

Su Cheng asked Xiao Ai to reveal the final situation of the bronze statue of the twelve zodiac animal heads decades later. He was surprised to find that the whereabouts of the bronze statue of the dog head was unknown even decades later.

In other words, after this auction, this cultural relic that witnessed the humiliation of Chinese history will disappear.

The loss of the twelve zodiac bronze statues in the Yuanmingyuan overseas has become a microcosm of the loss of Chinese cultural relics. In the more than a hundred years after the Opium War, as many as one million Chinese cultural relics were lost overseas due to wars, looting, and theft.

It must be taken down!

This is what Su Cheng has in mind.

When he was a child in his previous life, he learned about this history of being invaded.

How many Chinese people hope that one day, the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads can once again gather in the imperial capital and the Old Summer Palace!

Su Cheng guessed that if he did not take a photo of this cultural relic this time, there would be a high probability that it would be taken away by foreigners.

Because if it was taken by a Chinese boss, it would be impossible for his whereabouts to remain unknown decades later.

However, Su Cheng also knew that the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads did not receive too much attention in this era.

At best, they are just regarded as one of the millions of antiques lost overseas.

Therefore, the cost of taking it should not be too high.

However, as people around the world discovered that the Chinese people seemed to attach great importance to the return of the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads, so the price became higher and higher with every auction, until the funeral was worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions.

Why do Chinese people attach so much importance to the bronze animal head statues in Yuanmingyuan?

During the prosperous period of Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty's national power was strong and its craftsmanship was at its peak. This was particularly reflected in the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads in the Yuanmingyuan.

More importantly, they are the cultural inheritance of our Chinese nation for thousands of years, and they also symbolize the prosperity of our motherland back then.

Therefore, Su Cheng wants to take advantage of the fact that no one pays attention to it, and first get this antique cultural relic whose whereabouts are unknown in the future. As for the rest, we will talk about it later.

(End of this chapter)