Chapter 476: Fierce Bidding
What is even more infuriating is that the person who put this cultural relic up for auction was a Japanese!
As for how this snake head, which was originally snatched away by the British and French forces, ended up in the hands of the Japanese, An Yunxi knew nothing about it.
However, judging from the current situation alone, there is no doubt that this is definitely a huge conspiracy carefully planned specifically against the Chinese people!
Due to historical reasons, the Chinese people have special feelings for certain cultural relics that have been lost overseas, especially those from the Old Summer Palace.
Because it embodies too much historical humiliation and pain.
But some businessmen are taking advantage of this "humiliation and pain" to make money.
The best example is that the price of the animal heads from the Old Summer Palace rose from 1,500 US dollars to 10 million euros later.
Previously, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has clearly opposed "using Chinese money" to buy back "China's own things."
Some people just want to take advantage of the historical background of the cultural relics and the patriotic enthusiasm of the Chinese citizens to raise the auction price.
What's more, the people who planned this time are Japanese.
How can one not be angry when deep hatred and resentment accumulate together?
An Yunxi picked up the phone without hesitation and called Mr. Zhou - Zhou Yanfeng immediately.
"Yunxi, what's the matter?"
Zhou Yanfeng, who was resting at home, was filled with suspicion and confusion when he received a call from his granddaughter-in-law.
At this moment, An Yunxi had no interest in chatting about family matters, and went straight to the point and said, "Grandpa, I saw the Old Summer Palace animal heads being auctioned at an auction in Las Vegas, USA."
"What?"
Upon hearing the news, Zhou Yanfeng, who was originally sitting on the sofa, was so shocked that he stood up instantly.
"It's real, Grandpa. The one being auctioned this time is the snake head that has never appeared."
An Yunxi continued without pausing, "I did some research and found out that the auctioneer of the animal heads has a connection with Japan. I suspect this was a setup by the Kuroda family of Japan."
"The Chinese-American Ming family is also here this time. The Ming family and I have reached an agreement not to try our best to film this. We can't let the Japanese conspiracy succeed."
Just like that, An Yunxi explained the whole story clearly in just a few words.
Zhou Shenghua agreed with his granddaughter-in-law's approach: "Yunxi, you did the right thing."
"Although auctioning is a legal act, if this animal head can be auctioned, it would be tantamount to laundering stolen goods."
As we all know, this was looted from the Old Summer Palace by the British and French allied forces. Whoever buys this animal head is equivalent to selling the stolen goods for the robbers back then.
Although everyone hopes that the Old Summer Palace animal heads can return to the motherland, the opinions of the cultural relics department and industry experts are very consistent: they are against the repurchase.
China's cultural relics were stolen, and now the Chinese are asked to buy them back at a sky-high price. How can this be justified?
Zhou Shenghua's words gave An Yunxi a reassurance.
Of course, this was not the reason she called.
"Grandpa, if I don't auction it this time and use some special means to get the snake head back, will it cause trouble for the country and our family?"
When Zhou Shenghua heard this, he instantly understood the profound meaning of his granddaughter's words.
Special means are those that cannot be mentioned openly.
According to the Zhou family's tradition, they should not support such practices.
But this time the target is the shameless Japanese people, and the situation has become different.
Besides, today's China is no longer the China of the past.
With the increase in China's economic, military, scientific and technological strength, China's comprehensive national strength is no longer the same as before.
Neither China nor the Zhou family are afraid of this little trouble.
However, in order to better deal with what happens next, he still has to report to his superiors first.
So Zhou Shenghua put down the teacup in his hand, straightened his body slightly, stared into the distance, and after thinking for a moment, he responded: "Yunxi, do whatever you want to do, and leave the rest to Grandpa."
He knew his granddaughter-in-law's temperament very well, and no matter what means she used, he believed that she would know her limits.
"I understand, thank you grandpa!"
When An Yunxi made the call, the auction of the snake head had already begun.
At the beginning, there were quite a lot of people participating in the auction, but after the price was bid up to 10 million US dollars, there were not many bidders.
Seeing that the time was almost right, An Yunxi stopped waiting and started bidding in a pretentious manner.
At the same time, the No. 9 private room owned by the Ming family in the venue was also unwilling to be outdone and quickly joined the bidding.
For a while, the sounds of bidding were endless.
With one bid higher than the other, the price was soon driven up to US$68 million.
Such an astonishing figure has far exceeded the value of this cultural relic itself.
But even so, all parties have no intention of giving up, and the competition is becoming increasingly fierce.
At this moment in private room No. 21, the man in his thirties sitting in the main seat was watching the auction price rising continuously with his eyes fixed on it.
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