Chapter 675 The Sheep of the Bronze Head of the Twelve Zodiac Signs

Zhao Ding took Zhou Yunyao to Fanjiayuan Taobao. What he didn't expect was that he really found a big leak, but this big leak was caught first by others.

Zhao Yue was called out by Annie when he was reading a magic book from Yasai Planet in the study: "Come out to answer the phone. Your son called. It seemed that there was something urgent. I asked him what it was. He said that I didn't understand. It's really annoying that he dared to talk to me like this."

Zhao Yue put down the book, came out of the study to the table, picked up the phone and said, "Son, what's the matter?"

Zhao Ding's voice came from the phone: "Dad, I just took Yunyao to play here in Fanjiayuan. Guess what I encountered?"

Zhao Yue smiled and said, "Can't you pick it up?"

"I found a leak, and it was a huge leak, but I didn't pick it up, and someone else took the lead!"

Zhao Yue was surprised and said, "A big leak? What is it?

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the sheep in the bronze head of the twelve zodiac animals. At that time, when I held it in my hand, I felt that something was wrong with the weight. After careful exploration, someone had a layer of mud on its bread. Later, I asked the hawker how much it was. The hawker said that this thing had been ordered by someone else and paid a deposit. And the man paid all the money within the specified time. I could only watch this thing be taken away by the man, but I found that the man didn't know it was that thing at all. He just felt that it was very imposing and wanted to buy it and put it at home as a decoration.

Zhao Yue lost his voice and said, "Is it the sheep in the bronze head of the twelve zodiac animals? Are you sure?"

"Dad, I'm sure! I have visited the monkey head, and the copper in the mud fetus is exactly the same as the bronze statue of the monkey's head!"

Bronze statue of the head of the beast in Yuanmingyuan, also known as the bronze head of the twelve zodiac animals in Yuanmingyuan and the head of the twelve zodiac animals in Yuanmingyuan. The bronze statue of the beast's head in Yuanmingyuan was originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall in Yuanmingyuan. It was a red bronze statue in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The head of the beast was designed by Lang Xining, a Jesuit priest in China. He represents the twelve zodiac animals of the head of the beast for 24 hours a day. Each bronze statue takes turns spraying water, which is a spectacle. After burning the Yuanmingyuan, the bronze statue of the beast's head began to be lost overseas, and only a small number of them have been recovered, so it has become a symbol of the loss of cultural relics in Yuanmingyuan.

Zhao Yue thought for a time and asked, "Who is the one who bought the sheep? How much did you buy it?

"It's a foreigner who spent 4,000 yuan. According to him, his grandfather used to be a shepherd on an English farm, so he was very interested in sheep's head carving. Yunyao and I just followed him and found that he was now living in Room 1106 of the Sihua Hotel."

"Foreigners? No wonder he doesn't understand. If it's a domestic er, this thing may not be hidden from their eyes. Where are you two now?

Zhao Ding said, "It's in the lobby of Sihua Hotel."

Zhao Yue thought for a moment and said, "You find a teahouse or other place nearby. Wait a minute. If he comes out, you can follow him. Don't let him take things out of the customs. I'll come right away."

"Okay, I know!"

It is not so easy to take a cultural relic out of the country. The cultural relics leaving the country should be reviewed by the cultural relics entry and exit examination agency designated by the cultural relics administrative department. The cultural relics purchased in the cultural relics store should be taken out of the country. They must hold a national unified "Invoice for the Export of Cultural Relics and Ancient Books". The cultural relics need to be marked with "A" on the bell. If the cultural relics purchased in the cultural relics supervision market leave the country, they must hold a national unified "Relics Exit Permit" and a "B" fire paint logo.

But it is very simple through special channels. Now the non-sheep copper head is wrapped with a layer of mud tires. The other party can find any store to issue a handicraft invoice and take it out of the country, and the foreigner did buy it at the price of handicrafts. .

When Zhao Yue was still halfway, he received a phone call from his son Zhao Ding. Zhao Ding told him on the phone that the foreigner went to a nearby handicraft shop after coming out of the hotel. After the man came out, they went in and asked the store. The store said that the foreigner came in and opened a handicraft business. Tickets.

After listening to it, Zhao Yue said, "Keep following him! Don't let him disappear from your sight. I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yue speeded up and rushed to the capital more than ten minutes later. "Where are you now?"

"Dad, the foreigner has returned to the hotel. We are now in the lobby of the hotel."

Zhao Yue drove the car to the parking space in front of Sihua Hotel. After getting out of the car, he went straight into the lobby. Zhao Ding and Zhou Yunyao saw Zhao Yue coming in and quickly stood up from the sofa in the lobby, "Dad, are you here? He just went up not long ago."

Zhou Yunyao shouted sweetly, "Uncle."

Zhao Yue smiled and said, "Okay, did you have a good time today?"

Zhou Yunyao nodded shyly, and Zhao Yue said, "Since you are also here, go with me to see it."

The three of them took the elevator to the 11th floor and looked at the number plate on the door and found room 1106. Zhao Ding stepped forward and rang the doorbell. After a while, a middle-aged foreigner with a thin face and a beard opened the door and was surprised to see Zhao Ding and Zhou Yunyao among the three people of Zhao Yue, "Oh, two children, are you? Do you have anything to do with me?"

Zhao Ding said, "Sir, I'm sorry to bother you. Please allow me to introduce you. This is my father!"

Zhao Yue stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Sir, my surname is Zhao. I want to talk to you about the sheep carving. Is it convenient for you?"

The foreigner quickly stretched out his hand and shook hands with Zhao Yue and said, "Of course, my name is Cowell. Please come in!"

After Zhao Yue and the other three went in, Cowell closed the door, then asked Zhao Yue and the other to sit down and asked, "What do you want to drink?" There is juice, coffee, and tea"

Zhao Yue said, "Then three cups of juice!"

After Cowell brought three cups of juice and put them down, Zhao Yue said, "Thank you! Mr. Cowell, can I have a look at that sheep carving?

"Of course, to be honest, I like this thing very much!" With that, Cowell took out the bronze head of the sheep from the bag on the table and put it on the coffee table.

Zhao Yue pretended to take out a magnifying glass from his pocket and looked at it carefully. Although someone wrapped a layer of mud tire on the bronze head of the sheep, the mud tire was also very shaped. It was completely a work of art.

Zhao Yue looked at it for a while and said, "It's it, it's it!"

Cowell said curiously, "Do Mr. Zhao know it? This sheep carving is very well carved!"

Zhao Yuehu boasted, "Mr. Cowell, to tell you the truth, this thing is the work of my ancestors. It was lost during the turmoil, and our family has been looking for this thing. Today, I received a phone call from my son. He said that he found it, but he was bought by a foreign friend, so I was in a hurry. Come on, sir, can you buy this for me? I know you bought it for 4,000 yuan. Well, I'll pay 10,000 yuan. What do you think?

Corwell looked at Zhao Yue, Zhao Ding and Zhou Yunyao, and then said to Zhao Yue in embarrassment: "Mr. Zhao, to be honest, I like this thing very much. I told your son that my grandfather is a shepherd, and I grew up in the sheep. My grandfather is now I'm in my nineties, and I want to give this to him as a life gift, so..."

Zhao Yue nodded and said, "Yes, I understand your grandfather's feelings very well. I know it's embarrassing for you to resell such a thing as a gift for your life to me. Although this sheep carving is not worth much money, its significance to our family can't be measured by money. I added it to 30,000 yuan. What do you think? How is it?"

I bought it for 4,000 yuan. Now Zhao Yue pays 30,000 yuan. If Cowell is sold to him, he will earn seven times in a blink of an eye, which is really a huge profit. But Cowell doesn't seem to be short of money. He still shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhao, I understand your feelings, but my grandfather is too old to live for a few years. If he sees this sheep carving I will definitely be very happy, and I just want to make him happy, so there's really nothing I can do."

Why doesn't this guy get in the oil and salt? Can he see the true nature of this thing? It's impossible! How can he, a foreigner, have such a deep study of cultural relics in China? What's the idea of this guy? Zhao Yue pretended to be in pain and said, "Mr. Cowell, this thing is really important to me and my family. I will pay 50,000 yuan. In addition, I will help you find a similar sheep carving for you. We can sign the agreement. I will definitely find it within three days. I will be responsible for all your consumption during this period! What do you think?

On the surface, Zhao Yue is very sincere. He not only made Cowell earn more than ten times, but also gave him a sheep carving. In addition, he was also responsible for his expenses in the past few days. It can be said that Cowell has made a lot of money, but his appetite does not seem to be small. Now it is obvious that this thing is so important to Zhao Yue's family, no How can I kill more?

Corwell shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhao, I want to keep this for my grandfather, and I don't lack this money, so I can only apologize."

? It seems that they are blindly soft. These foreign devils have milk and are their mothers. For the sake of profit, they can even sell their own fathers, and they can kill a little more. Zhao Yue scolded in his heart, his face changed, and he said, "Mr. Cowell, you should know that this thing is not a handicraft in the pure sense. It has a history of more than 80 years. It can be regarded as a cultural relic. You bought it from the free market. There are no cultural relics exit documents and certificates, and you can't bring it through conventional channels. If you go out of the customs, unless you smuggle, you will be in a very bad situation."

At this time, Cowell scolded in his heart. First, he was tempted, and now he threatened. Shit! This is the advantage of the ground snake! I'm alone in China. How can I be a local snake? His face became very ugly. He thought about it and said coldly, "Mr. Zhao, you don't have to scare me! This is not a very valuable cultural relic. It is not difficult to let it out of the country. If you really want to buy this thing back, please pay a reasonable price!"

Sure enough, I still want money! At first, Zhao Yue really thought that this guy was going to give this to his grandfather as a life gift! It's not difficult to buy such a sheep carving. It's already very expensive to make more than ten times if you can change hands. After doing it for a long time, you still think it's too much money.

Zhao Yue took out a cigarette box and handed it over. Cowell shook his head to say that he didn't need it. Zhao Yue clicked one himself and took a sip and said, "Okay! I'll add another 100,000 yuan, a total of 150,000 yuan."

Cowell smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, is such a thing of great significance to your family only worth 150,000 yuan?"

Zhao Yue glanced at Cowell and said, "Yes, it is indeed more than 150,000 yuan in the hearts of our family, but if the price is too high, we can't afford it. Even if you take this thing back and sell it to others, I'm afraid you won't get the cost back. People who like to collect it in my country will only buy it for 10,000 yuan at most, and I have now made 150,000 yuan, sir! Compare the great disparity. You have gained a lot from selling it to me. If you don't sell it to me, you can't take it out. If you sell it to others, you will lose money. If others compete with me, you can also raise the price, but now I am the only one who is willing to pay such a high price to buy it. If you want to raise the price again, are you not afraid of beating chickens and eggs?

Cowell thought for a moment and said, "Thirty thousand!"

Zhao Yue almost laughed. He was not happy, but angry. This guy's appetite was too big. He said coldly, "Mr. Cowell, you are doing this to blackmail!" Knowing that this thing is the ancestral thing of our family and deliberately raising the price, this is not blackmail. What is it? I'll give you 10 million. Do you dare to take it?

This guy is completely crazy about money. He still wants to kill a knife when his personal safety can't be guaranteed. He really wants money and doesn't want to die!

It's not that Zhao Yue is reluctant to give up such a little money. He doesn't want to be deliberately blackmailed, and Cowell obviously thinks that Zhao Yue must buy this thing back to raise the price unscrupulously. The external value of this thing is worth 10,000 yuan, but Cowell opens his mouth, if Cowell sees through the true face of this thing. That's another matter, but this thing is obviously not worth so much money and paying such a high price is extortion.

As soon as Zhao Yue's words came out, Cowell knew that Zhao Yue was angry. This is the threat of Chi Guoguo, which means that even if you take so much money, you will not spend it!

Cowell quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, I'm kidding. Don't take it seriously. Just as you said, 150,000 is 150,000! Do you want to pay in cash or transfer money?

This guy is not too stupid. He knows how to accept it. If he continues to bear it, it is definitely himself who suffers losses. Zhao Yue immediately smiled, picked up the juice and took a sip and said, "Cash!"

"But I didn't see you carrying so much cash!"

Zhao Yue stood up and said, "Let's go to the bank immediately!"

Corwell hesitated and said, "This?"

Zhao Yue smiled and said, "Mr. Cowell doesn't think that I will be unfavorable to you in broad daylight, right? I can't do anything illegal for just 150,000 yuan. What do you think?

Cowell nodded when he saw that Zhao Yue did not want to be unfavorable to him, and said, "Okay!" (

(to be continued)