“...... Hua Lao, you stop the acquisition of antiques for the time being, make every effort to collect antique information, and then wait for my news!"

After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu's face was cold, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

After thinking for a moment, he made two phone calls successively, calling Elena and Wu Hongyi respectively, and asked the two to help mobilize contacts to assist in the investigation.

Immediately afterward, he mobilized his forces and connections to gather information on Sotheby's and the Eskenazi family.

Although Xia Yu has relevant memories of these two families in his memory, after all, after decades, he can't remember so much, and it is inevitable that there will be some discrepancies, in order to make the most correct judgment and decision, he needs the most detailed information.

In the next day, more and more information came to Xia Yu, and the more he understood, the more cold light in Xia Yu's eyes grew.

......

166 Piccadilly Street, London, United Kingdom, Eskenazi Ltd.

Forty-year-old Giuseppe Eskenazi listened to his subordinates' reports, her brow furrowing.

Giuseppe Eskenazi was involved in antiques from an early age, and after the death of his father Isaac at the age of 28, he took over the family's business in England.

Under his leadership, the Eskenazi family, who fled from Turkey to Milan, Italy, prospered every year, and Eskenazi Ltd. became one of the largest antiques dealers in Europe.

And now the family's focus has shifted to England, and the burden of the family has shifted from the shoulders of his uncle Victoria to him.

As a shrewd Jew, Giuseppe Eskenazi had an extremely keen sense of business and a serpent-like patience, which led him to explore the American art market, the island art market, and the European art market.

After the island artwork, he once again set his sights on a target, that is, Chinese antique art!

As one of Europe's top art dealers, Eskenazi Ltd. is very well informed, so Giuseppe Eskenazi has been learning about the large-scale acquisition of cultural relics and artworks from China.

A few years ago, he happened to have been to Huaxia, visited many museums in Huaxia, and had a deep impression of Huaxia.

However, he also knew the economic level of Huaxia and the limited funds of Eskenazi Co., Ltd., and considering that good steel should be used on the cutting edge, he invested his resources in opening up the art market in the island country.

Until this year, he learned that China has undergone tremendous changes and has announced reform and opening up to develop the economy.

After learning about the news that someone had acquired Chinese cultural relics and artworks in large quantities, he realized that he could start testing the water layout.

From the last century to the present, the Eskenazi family's collection has collected nearly 6,000 Chinese cultural relics.

It is only because of the economic situation of China and the overall economic level of the Chinese that the price of Chinese cultural relics in the market is generally not high, so the Eskenazi family rarely sells them, and mainly focuses on slaughtering the arrogant and wealthy islanders.

However, as long as the price of Chinese cultural relics is raised in the same way as the works of art of the island countries, the 6,000 Chinese cultural relics collected by the Eskenazi family will be a big gold mine.

In order to realize his plan, Giuseppe Eskenazi found a close relationship with Sotheby's, now the number one auction house in Europe and the number one auction house in the world!

The annual Sotheby's Summer Auction is about to begin, and after secret discussions, Eskenazi Co., Ltd. will provide a batch of Chinese cultural relics, which will be handled by Sotheby's auction house, setting off a big wave of speculation about Chinese cultural relics.

As long as the plan is successful, the Eskenazi family will reap huge benefits, and Sotheby's, as the auctioneer, will also open up new markets and be able to obtain even greater profits.

Not only did he do it in this regard, but Giuseppe Eskenazi also asked people to compete with Hua Shengshi for Chinese cultural relics, which could not only buy a batch of Chinese cultural relics, but also raise the price of Chinese cultural relics in the competition.

It's just that he didn't expect that his subordinates now reported that Hua Shengshi had given up competing with them and no longer acquired Chinese cultural relics, which surprised Giuseppe Eskenazi and disrupted his plan to a certain extent.

"According to the original plan, at the same time send people to pay close attention to industry news, if anyone buys Chinese cultural relics, report to me immediately!"

Giuseppe Eskenazi sternly admonished his subordinates.

Then I went to Sotheby's again.

......

"Sure enough...... It's just that I didn't expect him to start doing it at this time, could it be my butterfly effect?"

Jiuding Building, the chairman's office, after looking through the information provided by all parties, Xia Yu's eyes were confused, and he secretly thought in his heart.

Although Giuseppe Eskenazi's detailed plan was not collected, combined with valid information, Xia Yu once again confirmed his guess.

The Eskenazi family wanted to cut the wool of the Chinese, intending to hoard Chinese cultural relics and speculate on their value.

In a previous life, the Eskenazi family did just that, but they were also named one of the most respected Chinese art dealers in the world.

And Giuseppe Eskenazi has set auction records for Chinese cultural relics and artworks many times, thus shocking the world.

For example, in 1999, he auctioned the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup for 26.5 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a world record for Ming Dynasty Doucai utensils.

In 2005, he auctioned the "Yuan Blue and White Guiguzi Descending Mountain Picture Jar" for 15.688 million pounds (about 230 million yuan), setting a world record for Chinese art.

......

In 2009, he auctioned the Qing Qianlong gilt bronze jasper buffalo for 3.4 million pounds, setting a world record for Chinese jade;

In 2015, he sold the Tang Sancai phoenix pot for £2.725 million, setting a world record for Chinese Tang Dynasty ceramics......

Through Giuseppe Eskenazi's repeated lavish efforts, outsiders think that he is a lover of Chinese art and is willing to pay money to collect.

But how many people know that under his handwriting, it is the soaring prices of cultural relics and artworks, as well as the rising revenue of Eskenazi Ltd. and the skyrocketing family assets of the Eskenazi family?

Xia Yu also knows some secrets, which are about the twelve beast heads of the Old Summer Palace.

The cow heads, monkey heads and tiger heads that have been repurchased and placed in the Poly Art Museum were all taken out by the Eskenazi family as early as the 80s and put up for auction in Xiangjiang, bought by a tycoon in Taiwan Province, and then auctioned off by the Poly Group in the millennium.

Even after ten years, they first used public opinion to hype up the patriotic feelings of the Chinese people, and when they felt that the time was ripe, they once again took out the rabbit head and the rat head and put them at auction in Paris, France, but they didn't expect that a Cai tycoon smashed their wishful thinking, and the two beast heads were auctioned at a high price of more than 31 million euros in total, but they refused to pay and wanted to let them be auctioned.

In the end, François Pinaud, the fifth richest man in France and the largest individual shareholder of Christie's, bought it and donated it to Huaxia in 2013.

Because of this, the Eskenazi family still managed to make a lot of money.

Xia Yu will know these secrets, also because there is a British bigwig in his memory who once went to the treasure house of the Eskenazi family and saw these beast heads in the Old Summer Palace.

Apart from these, the dragon head has never appeared in the afterlife, and the most significant dragon head is in the Eskenazi family's collection.

What the Eskenazi family did not only annoyed Xia Yu, but also seriously affected Xia Yu's antique collection plan.

The price of Chinese cultural relics and artworks has been speculated, so the cost of his acquisition will not increase greatly? The future profit will also drop sharply, which is cutting off Xia Yu's financial route!

In this case, guessing the plan of the Eskenazi family, how could Xia Yu be indifferent?

The mastermind of the Eskenazi family, accomplice to Sotheby's!

Don't even think about running away from either of them!

Thinking of the upcoming Sotheby's summer auction, Xia Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a sneer.

Want to hype?

There are no doors!

Lao Tzu smashed the plate directly!