"Brother Huangfu, I'm sorry to trouble you, but I still need you to pick me up at the airport..."
After Zhuang Rui's private plane stopped at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Zhuang Rui got off. The weather in Paris has been very bad these days, with thin raindrops floating in the sky. Huangfu Yun held an umbrella and stood in a black car.
In front of the car.
"Haha, brother Zhuang, you are quite impressive. Is this my younger brother and sister? Damn it, why did you bring a lion here?!"
Huangfu Yun came up to greet him. When he saw Qin Xuanbing behind Zhuang Rui, he opened his shoulders and was about to give him a hug. However, he saw a white lion scurrying down from the cabin. Huangfu Yun was so frightened that he quickly threw away the umbrella in his hand and was electrocuted.
He jumped back a few steps.
The white lion raised his head and glanced at Huangfu Yun. He shook off the rainwater falling on his body and followed Zhuang Rui. After staying on the plane for more than 10 hours, the white lion was exhausted.
"This is a white lion. It's a snow mastiff, not a lion. Brother Huangfu, it's okay. White lions won't bite..."
Zhuang Rui couldn't help laughing when he saw Huangfu Yun's behavior, but the white lion was really eye-catching. Zhuang Rui pulled away the car Huangfu Yun drove and let the white lion sit in the passenger seat.
Zhuang Rui's original intention of buying this plane was to take the White Lion out for a walk. Although the White Lion missed the first flight, Zhuang Rui decided to take the White Lion with him this time when he came to England and France.
"Zhuang...Brother Zhuang, you still have to drive this car. I...I can't..."
The sudden sight of the huge size of the white lion made even Peng Fei feel weak in his legs and feet, let alone Huangfu Yun. Now that he didn't sit down on the ground, even he was brave.
When they were at the Capital Airport, the appearance of the white lion frightened Tianya and Liuli into screaming. Even He Shuang and Ding Hao were frightened when they saw the white lion.
However, the white lion was definitely very docile as long as it was around Zhuang Rui. It lay there quietly all the way. Tianya and Liuli fell in love with this big guy, but their actions of feeding the white lion several times were...
It ended in failure. Except for Zhuang Rui, Qin Xuanbing and others, the white lion now only accepts food from Peng Fei.
"Let me drive, I'm very familiar with Paris..."
Qin Xuanbing smiled and sat in the driver's seat. However, Huangfu Yun only drove a car. Zhuang Rui could only let Peng Fei and the crew go to the hotel together, while He Shuang still had to discuss the shutdown with Charles de Gaulle Airport.
There are some matters that need to be dealt with.
Paris is the capital and largest city of France, as well as the political and cultural center of France. It is one of the four world-class cities, alongside New York in the United States, Tokyo in Japan, and London in the United Kingdom.
Paris is also the largest city on the European continent and one of the most prosperous cities in the world. As soon as Zhuang Rui got off the plane, he felt that the temperature here was slightly lower than that in Beijing, probably less than 10 degrees.
After the car drove out of the airport, we got on a highway. After about 20 minutes, we entered the city of Paris along the beautiful Seine River.
Driving on the streets full of culture in Paris, you can see various museums, theaters, gardens, fountains and sculptures everywhere. The artistic atmosphere is extremely strong. Along the way, Zhuang Rui saw more than one couple hugging each other on the street.
Couples kissing each other, and passers-by seemed to be used to it, and no one stopped to watch.
"That's Notre Dame, right?"
As the car drove through the center of Paris, Zhuang Rui saw a Gothic-style Catholic church. Although he was a geography idiot, he still knew about Notre Dame de Paris in Hugo's novel.
Qin Xuanbing nodded and said, "Yes, Zhuang Rui, let's go there together tomorrow..."
Paris is a city full of romance and sensibility. No matter which country you come here, you will be infected by this atmosphere. Qin Xuanbing is no exception. She also wants to hold hands with Zhuang Rui and walk slowly in Paris.
In the streets and alleys.
French cuisine is as famous as Chinese food, and the Champs Elysées is the shopping destination. When Qin Xuanbing was working as a jewelry designer in London, she would come to Paris for two days every week. Compared to the rainy and humid London, Paris
It is undoubtedly more attractive.
"Okay, let's go take a look tomorrow. Brother Huangfu, it seems that the auction will be the day after tomorrow, right?"
Ever since Zhuang Rui figured out that link, he no longer has much interest in this auction. Taking out the treasures snatched from China and selling them to the Chinese at high prices is a kind of banditry.
Before Zhuang Rui came to Paris, relevant state departments had protested and condemned the auction. However, the French side used private business practices to cover up this ugly auction. Zhuang Rui naturally had no intention of resisting something that the country could not resist.
I figured it out, but my interest in this auction has waned a lot.
With this realization, Zhuang Rui felt that it would be better to accompany his wife to have fun in Paris. This ancient city with a very rich cultural heritage also has many things worth exploring.
"The day after tomorrow, brother Zhuang, I have decided to withdraw from this auction..."
Huangfu Yun's words made Zhuang Rui stunned for a moment. If he didn't want to participate, then why did this guy come to Paris?
"Is it because of the domestic statement that you saw the essence of this matter clearly?"
Zhuang Rui asked with a smile, "Huangfu Yun is a good friend and he is very honest. More importantly, although he has a green card, he still thinks he is Chinese in his heart."
"This batch of cultural relics was provided to the auction house by the Frey family of France. I asked a friend to investigate and found that this batch of cultural relics from China is not the most precious among the Frey family. The most precious jade seal of Qianlong and the emperors and ministers of the Qing Dynasty
Their portraits are still kept in their homes..."
Huangfu Yun did not answer Zhuang Rui's words, but told a piece of news that shocked Zhuang Rui.
"Damn, it's this bastard again..."
Zhuang Rui couldn't help but curse. He was no stranger to the name "Frey". Frey was the top general of the French army when the "Eight-Power Allied Forces" invaded Beijing in 1900.
In recent years, the name of this plunderer has repeatedly appeared in the art market related to Chinese art, and has been linked to many precious Chinese cultural relics.
The "Portrait of Concubine Chunhui" that Zhuang Rui saw in his mailbox, which was promoted by the auctioneer, had only one sentence in its origin, which was "from the collection of the Frei family" as stated in the auction catalog.
"By the way, Brother Huangfu, how do you know these things?"
The auction house has always kept strictly confidential the seller's information of the auction items. Even if Huangfu Yun's friend is a staff member of the auction house, he may not dare to disclose it. This is illegal.
"Let's talk about it when we get back..."
Huangfu Yun shook his head and did not continue the topic. Instead, he introduced the cultural landscape of Paris to Zhuang Rui. As soon as he mentioned this topic, Zhuang Rui was not very interested in these things. After arriving at the hotel, there were many
Some are absent-minded.
Although Zhuang Rui is not the kind of young angry young man who is passionate, he feels very uncomfortable when the cultural relics left by the country for thousands of years are publicly auctioned by a bandit family.
After entering the hotel room that Huangfu Yun had booked for Zhuang Rui, Zhuang Rui asked eagerly: "Brother Huangfu, stop hiding it. What is going on? How many cultural relics of our country do the Frey family have?
ah?"
"It's like this. I have a junior student in Paris who is very keen on this matter. However, he did something as soon as he was a student, so I hired a private detective to investigate these things and found that the Chinese artworks in Paris are basically
It’s all passed down from the Frey family…”
Huangfu Yun's words startled Zhuang Rui. This guy looked so inconspicuous that he even used a private detective behind his back. However, as Huangfu Yun's story deepened, Zhuang Rui's expression gradually changed.
He became serious. Huangfu Yun's investigation was more detailed than the history that Zhuang Rui knew.
When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing, the French military headquarters was stationed in the Shouhuang Hall in Jingshan. According to the ancestral regulations of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial portraits and seals of the late emperor and his concubines must be enshrined in the Shouhuang Hall.
Frey, then the major general commander of the French army, and his subordinates naturally would not let go of the treasures in the Shouhuang Palace. It is said that Frey himself had good artistic accomplishment, and many of the Chinese artworks he looted are recorded in the Shouhuang Palace archives.
Frey returned to France with a full load, and he and his descendants enjoyed a very comfortable life from these "trophies."
In recent years, they have achieved great success in the auction market, including the twelve sets of "Peiwenzhai" seals used by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the "Treasure of the Supreme Emperor" belonging to Qianlong, the Qing court paintings "Qianlong's Southern Inspection. Volume 1" and "
Qianlong's Southern Inspection. Volume Seven" are also from the Frey family.
In addition to the artworks flowing to the market, Frey donated a total of 18 important Chinese cultural relics to the French government in batches from 1925 to 1934 during his lifetime, including the fourth volume of "Mulan" painted by Castiglione.
and four other portraits of Emperor Qianlong and his concubines.
Among the four oil paintings, "The Half-length Portrait of Emperor Qianlong in Court Clothes" has been recognized as painted by Lang Shining. Its origin, as Frey said in a letter to the Guimet Museum in 1914, comes from "the main hall of the Longevity Emperor in Beijing where ancestors of the emperor are worshiped."
The location of the expeditionary force headquarters.”
And this auction is another big move by the Frey family. I really wonder how many precious cultural relics these bandits stole from China back then?
"Damn it! This bastard doesn't know what it means to return things to China or to a fucking French museum?"
Zhuang Rui stood up angrily. Hearing this, it was really suffocating. The feeling of watching a national treasure being auctioned was really uncomfortable.
In fact, this is also the reason for the different positions. If Zhuang Rui robs Little Japan's imperial palace, he will not return it even if he is beaten to death.
