Chapter 67: The Auction Begins
In the face of national righteousness, anything can be infinitely tolerated, even if it is an assassin or a thief.
In ancient times, there were even great Confucians, who set up biographies for the assassins of the country and the people, and named the thieves as chivalrous, named the heroes and thieves, and the legends of the assassins have been passed down through the ages.
Today, netizens are extremely tolerant of the strange thief Kidd, and regard him as a hero who takes risks for the country and the people.
In the midst of the nervous precautions of one group of people, the sound of searching for abuse, and the expectant praise and blessings of another group of people, time passed quietly, and the auction was held as scheduled.
In a box, Cai Yingying sat expressionlessly.
He has also heard about the news about the strange thief Kidd on the Internet, but he didn't take it too seriously, not to mention whether the strange thief Kidd is a farce directed and acted by the French Imperial Auction House, the purpose is to operate, even if it is true, Cai Yingying does not think that anyone can steal anything in the auction house of the French Empire that is so tightly guarded, let alone the most closely guarded thing on the scene today, today's protagonist beast head.
He came today with the intention of making trouble.
Isn't your auction house going to auction?
Didn't you say that it is honor for you to be robbers, and for us to be robbers, we are hooligans?
Then he will auction it at a high price, and then refuse to pay, and let you lose the auction.
This rascal, he Cai Yingying is done today.
Although he is rich and a wealthy businessman, in the final analysis, he is actually a flat-headed little people, but the people are also patriotic, and the little people also have their own patriotic ways, you steal our country's national treasure, I condemn you as patriotic, you auction our country's national treasure, I scold you for being patriotic, and I am patriotic.
Today's rascal, he Cai Yingying is decided, and it is not easy for anyone to speak, and for this reason, he can even give all his reputation and reputation at any cost, reason?
On the other side, the representatives of the lawyer group from Huaxia also entered.
In the back of the auction hall, all of them were full of righteous indignation, and at the same time, their faces were very helpless, their strength was still too small after all.
And at this time, what is our Fang Yi doing?
Fang Yi had actually already entered the market, and he didn't mean to hide at all, so he stood at the back of the auction table.
"Hey sir, this is the workplace. Someone stopped Fang Yi, who was walking behind the auction hall.
Fang Yi's appearance was a little strange, he had a big beard on his face, his height was at least five centimeters taller, and his figure was at least one-third fatter than before.
"I'm sorry, can I borrow your toilet here?" With the help of the ability of the character card, Fang Yi became proficient in multiple languages, including French, in a short period of time.
"Of course, come with me, sir. ”
"Okay. ”
"That's it. ”
"Thank you. ”
"No... Ahh
......
The auction will continue as usual.
Martin Stanley, chief auctioneer of the French Imperial Auction House, personally presided over the auction house.
"Distinguished guests, gentlemen and ladies, good evening. Martin Stanley spoke very slowly, but very steadily, every time he spoke, he paused, and in the interval between the pauses, there was immediately a translator who translated it simultaneously in Chinese.
The audience resounded with sparse applause, this auction, most of the Chinese tycoons came, only a small number of France and other countries, none of the Chinese tycoons applauded, obviously, everyone knows that this occasion, is not suitable for applause, this has nothing to do with civilization and politeness, and there is no humility and etiquette before the major issues of right and wrong.
Martin Stanley didn't care about the sparse applause below, and continued to smile: "What we are going to auction today is just one item, that is, the Kui treasure from the magical East - the beast head. ”
"Mr. Martin. Someone in the audience shouted loudly.
Martin Stanley's ears moved, and he didn't know for what purpose, but he answered the words, "That gentleman, may I ask you something?"
Seeing Martin Stanley looking at him, he stood up excitedly, "Since you know that this is a treasure from our East, shouldn't you return it to its original owner and return it to us?"
"I'm sorry, sir. Martin Stanley smiled happily, "I am a businessman, not a philanthropist, and besides, this object was captured by us in the open, as Mr. Pi said, it seems to me to be an honor, and I am not ashamed." ”
"Martin, shall I draw it up!" the rich man and many others present were furious.
Martin Stanley was not angry at all, he no longer looked at the rich man, took the microphone and continued to speak: " The origin of this beast head, many friends present should know, but there are still people do not know, below, I will make a brief introduction, the beast head, from the ancient Oriental Yuanmingyuan, is one of the 12 zodiac beasts, originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace, is the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty by the red bronze statue, the head of the beast by the Jesuit priest Lang Shining in China design, the animal head of the human body of the zodiac represents the 24 hours of the day. ”
"The body of the bronze statue of the zodiac is a stone sculpture wearing a robe, the head is a realistic style modeling, the casting is fine, and the subtleties such as folds and fluff on the head of the beast are clear and realistic. The material used to cast the head of the beast is the red copper refined by the Qing court at that time, the appearance is deep in color, the inside contains fine light, and it has not been corroded after a hundred years, which can be called a must.
According to research, the bronze statues of the 12 zodiac signs were arranged on both sides of a pool in front of the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace in the shape of eight figures, and were called "hydraulic clocks" by the people of the time. ”
"What is a hydraulic clock?" laughed Martin Stanley, "Every day, the bronze statues of the 12 zodiac signs will take turns spraying water, representing different times of the day, and at noon, the 12 statues will be sprayed at the same time.
The Haiyantang Zodiac Fountain is a fountain clock designed according to the Chinese zodiac, and every hour, the zodiac clock belonging to that hour will automatically spray water.
At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, the 12 zodiac signs spray water at the same time, and the design is extremely exquisite.
The main building of Haiyan Hall faces west, eleven rooms up and down, there are stacked fountains on the left and right sides of the building door, a large fountain is under the steps, the pond is arranged in the shape of "eight" and the bronze statue of the head of the 12 zodiac animals and animals.
Every day and night for 12 hours, the 12 zodiac signs take turns to spray water, so it is called the hydraulic clock.
This beast head, the head of the beast and the human body, the head is copper, the body is stone, and the carving is fine, which is a fine product in the bronze ware of the Qing Dynasty in China......"
Martin Stanley's eyes swept over the auction house one by one, and after he had whetted his appetite, he shouted: "The starting price is one million euros." The latest chapter of "Bai Plating" Global Director Paw Book House" is free to read for the first time.