He Shouheng faced the approving gaze of the gambling king, looked at Chen Xiu again, and couldn't help feeling a little guilty in his heart: "He treats me so wholeheartedly, but he doesn't know that I get along with him with ulterior motives." ”

He Rongsheng smiled and said: "Mr. Chen, I heard that you have an antique shop in Ansan, so your treasure appreciation ability should not be bad!"

"I don't know the zodiac, how much do you know?"

Chen Xiu trembled and blurted out: "He Sheng, are you talking about the bronze beast of the 12 zodiac signs of the Old Summer Palace?"

He Rongsheng first mentioned the treasure appreciation, and then talked about the 12 zodiac signs, naturally referring to the ordinary annual ring of the zodiac, and the only thing that he could mention was the bronze head of the zodiac that was taken away by foreign coalition forces in the late Qing Dynasty.

The bronze statue of the 12 zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace was originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace, and was a red bronze statue in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Western coalition forces of eight countries invaded Xia and burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statue of the beast head began to be lost overseas.

In addition to the artistic value of the province, these twelve bronze heads also represent the humiliating history of Xia more than 100 years ago, and are the eternal pain of the Xia nation.

Therefore, in the summer collecting world, all collectors with some blood are always thinking about how to bring the zodiac back to Xia from overseas to wash away those humiliations.

"That's right. ”

"In the early years, I bought a horse head from overseas and donated it to the national ......"

"It turns out that the return of the horse head is He Sheng, you will contribute in the back!" Chen Xiu said in surprise.

As early as more than 10 years ago, there were news reports that there were Hong Kong and Macao patriotic businessmen who mysteriously donated the horse heads in the zodiac, but I didn't expect that this mysterious businessman was the gambling king He Rongsheng!

"Now our country has become rich and strong, but the humiliating history of more than 100 years ago cannot be forgotten. ”

"I did everything possible to find the horse's head and give it to the country, but I don't want the young people of our country to forget that history of humiliation!"

Chen Xiu was suddenly in awe of the gambling king in his heart, and at the same time, he also felt that the old generation of wealthy people in Hong Kong and Macao like Guo Yingdong and He Rongsheng were very different from those coal bosses who suddenly broke out in the mainland.

"There's a Sotheby's Spring Auction on Ao Island tomorrow. ”

"There is a dragon head in the auction who will be auctioned, and I want to help me verify the authenticity of this dragon head at the exhibition before the auction starts tomorrow. He Rongsheng said the purpose of inviting Chen Xiu over this time.

"He Sheng, rest assured. This kind of good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, I can't deny it!" Chen Xiu patted his chest and promised.

"Well, there are not many patriotic young people like you now!"

He Rongsheng stood up and said with a smile: "Let's go, I'll take you to see my products and help me appreciate one or two!"

Chen Xiu also stood up and walked out with He Rongsheng, thinking to himself: "He said that he wanted me to appreciate one or two, and he must also have the meaning of studying my vision!"

"Also, the value of the dragon head must be very high, he has not seen my treasure appreciation ability, and he will not dare to easily believe in my ability!"

......

Chen Xiu walked out of the villa with the father and son of the He family, and the two of them took him to a warehouse that looked like a warehouse, and he was wondering in his heart: "He didn't say that he wanted to take me to see the collection, how could he bring me here!"

He Shouheng stepped forward to open the door of the warehouse, and the light inside was automatically turned on.

"Mr. Chen, please!"

"He Sheng, please!"

Chen Xiu followed the gambling king into the treasury and was immediately shocked by the first collection inside, and finally understood why He Rongsheng wanted to use a warehouse for collection, ordinary villas really can't put these things.

It is not the first time that Chen Xiu has visited the collection of a wealthy man, like the collection of his master Zhang Haishan, which uses a garage as a storage room, and the collection is expensive and refined;

Ye Hongfei and Tang Ren used the one-story villa at home as a storage room, and the collection is to pay attention to a lot of words, as for whether it is a boutique is difficult to say;

Gong Changchun's collection is different from the three, he pays attention to the artistic value of the collection itself, regardless of its price.

But the collection of the gambling king here is different from the four of them, and in general it is a "big" word!

What caught Chen Xiu's eyes was a house!

That's right

It's not the kind of pocket house, but a whole house, with white walls, blue bricks, and gray rubble, and a Hui-style ancient building is in front of Chen Xiu's eyes.

He Shouheng saw Chen Xiu's surprised appearance, and couldn't help but smile and said: "This house was built in the Daoguang period of Jiaqing, and it has a very Hui-style architectural style. ”

"This ...... That's a lot of money!"

Obviously, the collection of this house is also the proud work of the gambling king, so many rich collectors, there are not a few who collect blue and white, famous paintings, and calligraphy, but he can say that he is not only summer, but the world is unique.

"I bought this house in the 80s, but it didn't cost much, but it cost 30,000 US dollars to take it!"

"However, I paid more than 10 times the price of buying the house to rebuild it in its original condition and bring it back to Ao Island. ”

"During the demolition, I asked the workers to use a video camera to shoot every brick and tile of the house, and when it was demolished, it took a year to use the 40 largest containers to transport the courtyard back to Ao Island. ”

"Then it took a year and dozens of workers to rebuild the compound!"

Chen Xiu was secretly speechless, this kind of collection is really not something that ordinary people can afford, not to mention the time and cost of buying a courtyard, demolition, and redecoration.

In particular, at least you have to have a piece of land that big to fit such a large "collection"!

Especially in a place like Hong Kong and Macao!

He Rong's most proud collection in his life is this courtyard, seeing Chen Xiuyue is surprised, the more satisfied the vanity in his heart, pointing to the tree in the middle of the yard and saying: "This osmanthus tree was also packed and brought back from the original yard back then, and it has not changed its original charm at all." ”

“......”

Chen Xiu couldn't speak for a long time, he really didn't have any words to express the shock in his heart at this moment, if he had to say what he felt in his heart, there was only one sentence: "It's so cool to be rich!"

If he could, he would like to make such an antique courtyard to collect.

"Let's go, let's go inside, I'll show you the rest of my collection!"

"This ...... This house is still usable, and it's not going to collapse, right?"

He Rongsheng scolded with a smile and said: "It's no problem to live normally, do you think it's just to watch it after spending so much effort to get it back, I often come here to drink tea and greet guests when I have time!"