golden escape

Seeing Wang Lao and the others unreservedly choose to believe in themselves and support themselves, Fang You's heart warmed up, and his peaceful state of mind trembled uncontrollably.

In the face of enemies, he can be ruthless, but in the face of those who support him and believe in him, his heart is only warm.

"Old Wang, thank you very much. I will definitely not disappoint your expectations and let Christie's auction house get the punishment they deserve." Fang You said firmly.

Elder Wang smiled immediately, "Your friend Fang said, I believe we will learn a lesson from Christie's auction house."

"Old Wang, when they learn their lesson, you will understand that this plan is very simple and easy, and I won't disclose it if it is too much." Fang You said with a smile. A few days ago, Tang Jinmo and Li Jianguo, together Having finished making the animal head, he naturally used the escape technique to enter the treasury. Now that all the plans have been completed, what awaits is the auction at Christie's Auction House.

Afterwards, Dean DuPont contacted Fang You again to ask for his final opinion. Fang You smiled, told him to act according to the original plan, and expressed his gratitude to him.

Dean Du Pont agreed, and Fang You's kindness for saving his life cannot be repaid through this incident alone.

It's just strange to him that with his power, coupled with the current French people's recognition of Chinese culture, the auction can be suspended without any effort, and it will not arouse protests from others at all.

If the auction is suspended, then Christie's Auction House will not be able to bring China's shame. It can be said that Christie's Auction House is definitely doing a waste of work and will not get any benefits. On the contrary, it will offend all the people of China.

From this point of view, suspending the auction is undoubtedly the best solution to this matter, but Fang You asked him to reject the appeal of the lawyer team and let the auction continue, which made him somewhat unable to understand.

Could it be that Fang You has his own plan, but whether it is to participate in the auction or not to participate, it is not the most suitable way.

When another animal head was auctioned before, a Chinese private collector chose to auction it, but when he auctioned it, he did not pay, which caused a lot of controversy in China. Some people thought that this collector's behavior It is correct, but most people think that this is undoubtedly fueling the arrogance of Christie's auction house and achieving their goal.

Christie's Auction House is undoubtedly using national feelings to hype the price of animal heads. As long as they participate in the bidding, participate in the auction, and raise the price upwards, this is their victory. Even if they don't pay in the end, their reputation will be spread. , the value of the animal head has also increased.

Regarding Fang You, the savior, Dean Du Pont has learned something through these days. Fang You is not short of money, and a few tens of millions of euros are nothing at all. The purpose of the auction house has been achieved, and it will also bear the infamy.

He had persuaded Fang You before, but Fang You politely refused. No matter what, he chose to help Fang You complete this matter, just because this was his savior.

In other words, he also had some expectations in his heart, looking forward to what kind of method Fang You would use to teach Christie's auction house a lesson. In his opinion, Fang You was not a person who would be caught without a fight.

In the morning of the next day, the much-anticipated issue of whether the animal head auction was suspended or not was heard in a Parisian district court, and the final result made the Huaxia lawyer team and all the people in the country, including some people in France, very upset. disappointment.

The result was naturally the same as last time. The legal team had no direct connection with the animal head, and they had no qualifications or rights to suspend the normal auction at all.

The Huaxia government expressed regret to the French government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for this result, and will carry out the previous proposal to restrict all transactions of Christie's auction house in China.

And some people in France also gathered in front of the court and the government building to hold protests and demonstrations, protesting that this move seriously hurt the feelings of the French and Chinese people, which would seriously hinder the cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Christie's auction house expressed satisfaction with this result, and explained that this is a normal auction and has nothing to do with national sentiments. They just accept items from their employers and conduct auction transactions.

They announced again that the auction originally scheduled to be held in the evening will be held on time. Friends from all walks of life are welcome to come to participate in the auction. The collection value of Huaxia animal heads is very high.

Many overseas Chinese and some French people immediately gathered in front of Christie's auction house, protesting constantly, but Christie's auction house was completely indifferent.

Things are going on now, even if something big happens, Christie's auction house will choose to auction, otherwise, they will probably lose face in the auction house, and the Huaxia government and people will be offended. If they don't auction, then it's not Is it thankless, even if it is to hug the thigh of the world's largest diamond company, they have to conduct an auction.

If you lose the Huaxia market, you will lose it. The person in charge of the First Diamond Company has promised them that as long as the auction is held, a large part of their company's diamond auctions will be handed over to their Christie's auction house auction.

Everyone in the world values ​​profit. If they hold a diamond auction, people who hate or support their auction house will probably come to participate in the auction and gain benefits. This is what their auction house has nothing to fear.

In the evening, the special animal head auction of Christie's auction house officially opened. Many French and foreign media reporters gathered at the auction site of Christie's, ready to spread the live news of the scene at any time.

Let's see what kind of astonishing price the zodiac animal head will reach this time. The lowest price of the previous zodiac animal head was the horse head more than 20 years ago, which sold for 400 US dollars. The two animal heads auctioned in the past few years were auctioned for 20 million euros respectively. In the past [-] years, the value of the bronze statue of the animal head has increased by as much as [-] times. The benefits obtained are simply more generous than imagined.

And some cultural relics scholars and experts in Huaxia, through various channels, advised compatriots in China and abroad not to participate in the auction, otherwise they would be caught in the trap of Christie's auction house, using national feelings to hype up the price of the animal head.

As the evening approached, Fang You, Wang Lao and the others had been preparing for a long time, "Wang Lao, it's almost time, we should go." Fang You said with a faint smile on his face. Today, he did not wear the clothes released last time. At the meeting, instead of a neat suit, he was wearing a Chinese tunic suit. It seemed that the whole person's momentum became different.

Wang Lao and the others immediately smiled, and stood up, "Yes, it's time to go. We can't let Christie's auction house wait for us. This time, let's watch a big show prepared by Fang Xiaoyou for us and the people of the world."

Fang You can have such self-confidence, Mr. Wang and those who know Fang You have no doubts, if the plan cannot be completed, or Christie's auction house cannot be taught a lesson, then with Fang You's character, this plan will not be carried out at all .

Although they didn't have any doubts, they were somewhat puzzled and had some deep expectations as to what kind of plan and method Fang You would use to teach Christie's auction house a lesson.

Taking Huaxia's special car, Fang You, Wang Lao and other Chinese experts and scholars came to the site of Christie's auction, a large convention and exhibition center in Paris.

There were already various crowds watching at the scene, including journalists from the news media, people who were still protesting, people who were watching with cold eyes and ready to watch jokes, and some overseas Chinese who kept handing out leaflets to people entering the exhibition center. It is filled with the crimes of British and French allied forces invading China's Old Summer Palace more than 100 years ago. The pictures are also printed with clear photos of the Old Summer Palace before and after it was destroyed, so that some participants in the auction can compare, so that they can give up the auction.

Seeing Fang You and Wang Lao coming, the news media surrounded by others rushed here, "Mr. Fang, are you here to participate in the auction, or to use some way to prevent the normal holding of this auction.”

"Mr. Fang, may I ask why you saved Dean Du Pont and made Chinese culture prevail in France, why did Dean Du Pont not suspend the auction? This should not be difficult for him."

"Mr. Fang, do you think there will be bids for the beast heads in this auction?"

"Mr. Fang, would you choose to bid and refuse to pay like the previous Chinese collector?"

After surrounding Fang You, Wang Lao and the others, a group of journalists kept bombarding them with questions like cannonballs.

The security personnel following Huaxia, as well as the security personnel of the convention and exhibition center, immediately separated the crowd and opened a passage for Fang You and others.

Fang You smiled slightly, and shook a leaflet of the auction, "Everyone, this auction is indeed a big news, it has attracted many people's attention, I just want to tell you one thing, I hope you can truthfully Broadcast the events of this auction on TV or the Internet, I believe you will gain something, this auction will definitely be more popular than all previous auctions."

"Oh, Mr. Fang, can you disclose some information, what will happen in this auction." The eyes of the news reporters from the major media suddenly lit up, and they asked Fang You one after another.

Fang You smiled slightly, walked into the convention and exhibition center under the guard of the security personnel, and then turned around and said, "Everyone, how about the details, I have no comment, you just need to wait and see."

Tickets are also required to participate in this auction, but with the energy of Fang You, Wang Lao and others, it is not a problem to get some tickets, not to mention, those people at Christie's auction house wish that the auctioneers are all Chinese Well, in this way, their interests can be maximized.

Fang You took the animal head auction flyer from Christie's Auction House, looked it over carefully, and suddenly smiled. Christie's auction agreement to guarantee the authenticity really allowed him to reimburse all his expenses for coming to France.

Entering the exhibition center, half an hour before the auction started, there were already scattered people sitting in the venue, chatting in twos and threes.

Most of the people sitting here were foreigners, and there were some Asian faces. Seeing the noise coming from the entrance, everyone looked back with surprise on their faces.

Wang Lao and others may be a little unfamiliar to them, but Fang You, as long as anyone who has been in France recently, will be familiar with it. They make a big impression.

They couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, did Fang You come here to participate in the auction? The people who can come to this auction are all famous people from all walks of life, and only they will not be afraid of the Huaxia government. Ability to buy animal heads.

Fang You, Wang Lao and the others sat in the front row, and then looked at the thing covered by the red cloth on the auction stage. Everyone knew that under the red cloth was the animal head to be auctioned today.

Sensing the gray air flow he was inputting into it, Fang You shook his head and smiled, looking at the large characters of Christie's Auction House Beast Head Auction written on the big screen in front of him, he sneered, full of disdain for Christie's Auction House.

Afterwards, people in twos and threes entered the exhibition center and sat down. Some were preparing to participate, some were just waiting to watch the auction. To some people's surprise, Dean Du Pont also came to the auction He came up and greeted Fang You, but he didn't sit next to Fang You, but sat far away.

This can't help but make them feel strange, Fang You is an expert on patriotic cultural relics, but Dean Du Pont did not choose to help Fang You in court and suspend the auction. Still saying hello.

Some news reporters at the scene also filmed this scene and broadcast it live. This is also the method adopted by Christie's auction house to expand its influence.

Let some famous news media enter the auction house, film the whole process at will, and allow the live broadcast, which can make their Christie's auction house more famous, and the benefits of this animal head auction will be greater.

"Good evening, everyone. I am a reporter from the Paris Culture column. I am now live broadcasting the situation of the much-watched Christie's animal head auction. Now there are 5 minutes left before the auction. We can see that the venue There are already many people seated, but compared to the previous animal head auction, the number of people in this auction seems to be a little less. On the auction platform of the convention and exhibition center, there is something covered with a red cloth, that is today The protagonist of the Chinese Zodiac, the animal head of the Chinese zodiac."

"Christie's auction house has withstood the huge pressure from all parties this time, the protests of the Chinese government, and the French government's refusal to bear the consequences, as well as the protests of the Chinese people and the French people, these huge pressures, Didn't make Christie's auction house give up, so can this auction be held smoothly, will anyone participate in the auction, and the challenging words of Mr. Fang You, a famous Chinese cultural artist, will he take action in the future? let us wait and see."

Five minutes later, the lights were turned on on the booth, and the auction officially started. The person in charge of the French headquarters of Christie's Auction House came to the stage first, and welcomed everyone to participate in this special animal head auction.

He also introduced the information of the animal head in detail and its considerable appreciation space in the future. Finally, the person in charge turned his attention to the front row, "Mr. Fang You can come to participate in the auction this time, which makes us feel very grateful It's an honor, and I can only thank you with warm applause. Speaking of which, Mr. Fang You and we are both colleagues in the auction industry, and I don't know what Mr. Fang's comment on this auction will be."

"Fang Xiaoyou, keep calm and ignore it." Elder Wang smiled dismissively, he just wanted to use their anger to make this auction even more exciting.

Fang You stood up slowly, with a half-smile expression on his face, "Hehe, I don't dare to be a colleague in the auction industry. What Christie's dares to auction, I, Longyou Auction House dare not auction. For this For this auction, I still have the same sentence as before, I express serious doubts about the real name of the snake head."

"Mr. Fang, you are overwhelmed. This snake head has been authenticated by many experts and modern scientific and technological equipment. It is guaranteed to be authentic. In addition, it has been stated in the auction agreement that if it is really a fake, then our auction will give you The compensation is twice the auction price, so Mr. Fang don’t have to worry.” The person in charge said with a half-smile that at this auction, the other party’s provocation was also from the world’s number one diamond company. ordered.

What's more, Fang You's words to Christie's Auction House had already made Fang You feel disgusted by the auction house. It was definitely a refreshing thing to see his anger, but Fang You faced them. provocation, but without any anger.

"Hehe, that's it, I'm relieved." Fang You smiled, didn't argue with him, and then sat down, but the recorder in his pocket had already recorded the words of the person in charge of Christie's just now. down.

"Everyone, the auction is about to start, and the person in charge of Christie's has already launched a confrontation with Mr. Fang You, a famous Chinese cultural relic artist. It seems that he suspected Christie's before retaliating against Mr. Fang You. However, Mr. Fang You is in a very high mood. The provocative words of the person in charge of Christie's did not arouse Mr. Fang You's anger at all, and we will broadcast live for everyone at any time about the progress of the auction."

And Huaxia, major TV stations, and the Internet are also broadcasting the live broadcast of this Christie's auction. Seeing the half-smile expression on Fang You's face, Wang Hao, Wang Chongyang, Xie Shuyuan, Yang Chuangjun, and even Yu Dong Qilin vowed to the friends or family members next to him: "This Christie's auction house has a big deal, and it will definitely be over."

Everyone was a little puzzled, and then asked, "Once Boy Fang shows such a smile, it means that someone is going to be in trouble. This is a fact we have personally witnessed."

In the Wuyang courtyard, Mr. Chu watched TV and smiled slightly, while Chen Zongyi laughed loudly, "Old man Chu, Fang Xiaozi must be thinking about some bad water."

"Haha, just look at it and you will know that we are lucky to be able to watch this big show live. In other words, Christie's auction house is very lucky." Elder Chu smiled, his face full of anticipation. (To be continued.)