The twelve zodiac animals in China are world-famous.
These twelve bronze statues were originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace, and were red bronze statues from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
In 1860, the British and French forces invaded China, burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statue of beast-headed animals began to be lost overseas.
It was not until 2012 that the bronze statues of the cow head, monkey head, tiger head, pig head and horse head returned to China and were collected in the Poly Art Museum.
In 2013, the French Pinault family announced that they would return the rat head and rabbit heads in the Twelve Water Methods of the Old Summer Palace for free.
At this point, 8 of the twelve zodiac animals have returned, of which the dragon head is well preserved on the treasure island.
Only the head of a snake, the head of a chicken, the head of a dog and the head of a sheep. More than a hundred years have passed and countless people have searched for it, but their whereabouts are still unknown.
The collectors at the grand auction today are wondering how many people spent decades of incalculable money to find the remaining four zodiac animals.
But even if they are full of energy, they still have nothing to gain.
Chinese collectors such as Cai Ping thought that they would never see the remaining four beast heads again in this life.
The same is true for Chen Xuan.
He doesn't pay attention to cultural relics, but has heard of the famous beast heads of the twelve zodiac animals.
Jackie Chan has a movie about the heads of the twelve zodiac animals.
Therefore, Chen Xuan knew how important the symbolic significance of these twelve bronze statues to China.
If all bronze statues can be returned to the motherland, it will not only mean a major victory in the cultural relics world in China, but also symbolize the historical process of China from a lamb slaughtered by others to a dragon's re-awakening.
When the remaining four beast heads were carried to the ceremony by the organizer, the audience was sensation!
Cai Ping, Yi Zhuo, Bai Fu, and other old Chinese collectors were so excited that their whole body trembled and their eyes were filled with tears!
The two little girls Jiang Yuan and Bai Xiaopei also had excitement on their faces.
Needless to say, Chen Xuan came to get back the national treasure of China!
How could you not be excited about the heads of the twelve zodiac animals when you see them!
Of course, he was better at restraining than others.
And after being excited, Chen Xuan quickly entered a calm thinking stage.
He was thinking that if they were auctioning normally, they would not be able to get the heads of the four beasts on the ceremony stage.
There are so many foreign wealthy people, and at least hundreds of wealthy people present are stronger than their financial resources.
Not to mention the opposite box, Mr. House, who took pictures of all the national treasure-level cultural relics in front.
The heads of the four beasts reappeared in the world, and Chen Xuan believed that Mr. House was determined to win.
Therefore, if you want to send the heads of the four beasts back to China, you must use tough measures.
Chen Xuan thought secretly, but heard the host on the ceremony stage say: "Seeing everyone so excited, I must know that the head of the twelve zodiac animals in China is the national treasure among the national treasures! You must know that the official of China has devoted a hundred years of hard work,
Only eight were taken back, and the remaining four were worth incalculable. The starting price set by our organizer was 400 million US dollars. Now, please start bidding!"
The starting price of four beast heads is 400 million US dollars, which sounds quite reasonable.
But everyone knows that the starting price is only set by the organizer.
The real value of the four beast heads is far more than 400 million.
The organizer knows how much he sets, and the final transaction price will be far beyond that.
When the host announced the starting price, he raised countless arms on the spot.
"Five hundred million!"
"Sixteen hundred million!"
"Eighty million!"
"Billion!"
In less than ten seconds, the auction price of the four beast heads soared to one billion US dollars!
No wonder the host said that today is the biggest auction in the past four sessions.
It's so crazy!
The rich man bidding in the field one after another, his saliva flew everywhere, and his voice was almost hoarse.
But in Jiangyuan's private room, everyone was frowning.
The bidding price soared at such an abnormal speed, how can they afford it?
Cai Ping lamented: "As an ancient country of 5,000-year-old civilization that has never been eradicated, our national treasure-level cultural relics are so popular. The final transaction price of these four beasts is probably more than 2 billion US dollars. Lao Cai, I am
Even if you lose everything, you can't afford it!"
"Oh, I am the same." Yizhuo sighed, "The twelve beast heads are so rare, which means a lot to China. If I can't buy them back, I will really apologize for death!"
"Two, why don't we raise funds to bid for auction. Your property, plus our Bai family, should be enough."
Bai Fu's proposal made Cai Ping and Yi Zhuo's eyes lit up.
Yes, why didn't they think of this method?
With the three rich people working together, can’t they buy the four beast heads?
"Mr. Bai, your method is very good. Let's report how much money each can take out, and then I will be responsible for bidding. Can you?" Cai Ping discussed.
Yizhuo and Bai Fu nodded together, expressing no objection.
So the three of them reported the funds, and after adding up, they felt that they could win the heads of the four beasts, so Cai Ping pressed the bidding button in the box and started bidding.
As Cai Ping expected, the bidding for the four beast heads had reached an astronomical figure of 2 billion US dollars in one minute.
Many people in ordinary seats can no longer afford to follow, so they can only give up bidding and stamp their feet and beat their chests.
The only people who continued to follow the photos were just a few people in the platinum and diamond box.
The private room where Mr. House is located is obviously different from the decoration in Jiangyuan, and it should be a diamond private room.
And he was also one of the few people who continued to follow.
Seeing that fewer and fewer people were bidding, Cai Ping, Yizhuo and Bai Fu breathed a sigh of relief.
“Twenty-one billion.”
Cai Ping reported a new number.
After a few seconds, he found that there was no movement in the other boxes, and he couldn't help but feel happy.
Have you all given up on the offer?
Just as I was thinking about this, the quotation light of the diamond box opposite suddenly lit up.
"Twenty and two billion!"
Mr. House, follow the photo again!
"Who is this Mr. House? I just took several national treasures, but now I am still so rich? Host, are you sure he really has that much money?"
The rich people off the field raised questions one after another.
They were so jealous that everyone came for the national treasure today, but they didn't expect that every national treasure would be taken away by Mr. House.
If the heads of the four beasts fall into Mr. House’s bag, they don’t care whether Mr. House is a diamond member or not, they will definitely have to cause a bloody storm after the auction is over!
"I said, please don't doubt Mr. House's financial resources." The host smiled and looked at Jiangyuan's private room, "Do you still have to follow the photos?"
Cai Ping, Bai Fu, Yizhuo looked at each other, then gritted his teeth and pressed the button.
"Twenty and three billion!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as the lights in the private room were on, the diamond private room opposite was on, as if Mr. House could see Cai Ping's movements.
"Three billion!"
Mr. House suddenly raised the bidding significantly, and the rich all over the audience were upset!