"Traitor and traitor? Who is this guy?"
Fang Yufei exclaimed in a low voice, and then asked in surprise.
Xiao Ran looked at the Baroque-style building across the street, gritted his molars and whispered:
"This traitor and traitor is Lu Qinzhai, the largest cultural relic dealer and antique dealer in China and even the world at the beginning of the 20th century."
"Taking advantage of the frequent wars in the country, Lu Qinzhai used various means to sell countless national treasure-level antiques, cultural relics and works of art abroad."
"One of the greatest masterpieces in the history of Chinese art, the Six Horses of Zhaoling, was personally broken into pieces by this traitor and tried to smuggle them all out of the country."
"Fortunately, the Beiyang government at that time knew that public anger is hard to offend, so it did something humane and stopped four of them!"
"The other two horses, Sa Luzi and Quan Maojun, were smuggled out by Lu Qinzhai and later sold to the University of Pennsylvania Museum at a high price."
"Lu Qinzhai smuggled and sold countless Chinese antiques, cultural relics and works of art throughout his life, covering almost all collection categories and fields."
"According to statistics from relevant sources, half of the Chinese antiques, cultural relics and works of art that were smuggled out of the country before 1949 were the work of this traitor!"
“Like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the University of Pennsylvania Museum, the Harvard Museum, the Freer Museum, and the Guimet Museum in France, etc.”
"Most of the Chinese antiques and artworks collected by these top museums were smuggled out by Lu Qinzhai and sold to these museums!"
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Listening to this introduction, everyone took a deep breath.
"This is really a traitor and traitor! Cutting him to pieces with a thousand cuts is not an exaggeration!"
Fang Yufei said through gritted teeth.
At this moment, Elaine suddenly interrupted.
"I know that Lu Qinzhai, the famous red building in Paris, was built by this big antique dealer."
"Part of the Red House in Paris is now a historical and cultural heritage of Paris and is very famous in the field of antique art collection"
Xiao Ran nodded slightly.
"Yes, the Red House in Paris was indeed built by Lu Qinzhai, and it is the location of his antique shop in Paris."
"Lu Qinzhai's antique company has many branches, the most famous and largest two of which are antique shops in Paris and New York."
Next, he briefly introduced Lu Qinzhai, a traitor and traitor.
First of all, it must be admitted that Lu Qinzhai is a genius for cultural relic identification that is rare in a century, and his vision is extremely sharp.
Lu Qinzhai is almost unrivaled in his ability to identify antiques, cultural relics and works of art from all dynasties in China.
His talent is so high that it is said that he can blind everyone's eyes!
It is a pity that this rare talent in the world made him a traitor and traitor that everyone shouted to beat.
Lu Qinzhai was a Huzhou native. He was originally a servant of Zhang Jingjiang, the founding father of the Xinhai Revolution, and went to Paris with Zhang Jingjiang, who was then the Commercial Counselor of the Qing Dynasty in France.
It was in Paris that this guy discovered his outstanding talent for antiquities appraisal.
After the Xinhai Revolution, Lu Qinzhai opened his own antique shop in Paris and established an antique company!
From then on, he officially began his criminal career of reselling Chinese antiques and works of art abroad!
In the following decades, Lu Qinzhai resold countless Chinese antiques and works of art abroad, and resold them at high prices to foreign collectors and major museums.
In those decades, he was the world's largest cultural relic dealer and antique dealer, earning countless wealth.
The two antique stores he opened in Paris and New York are the largest antique stores in the two countries respectively. They contain countless top-notch antiques, cultural relics and works of art from China.
Because of this, Xiao Ran came to this street corner.
The Baroque-style building across the street was where Lu Qinzhai’s antique shop once stood.
There may be some unknown secrets or even treasures hidden inside this historical building and deep underground.
Unfortunately, when Xiao Ran looked through it for the first time, there was no surprising discovery.
He only saw a few empty secret compartments and a small secret room, that's all.
Those secret compartments and secret rooms were relatively clean and had obviously been discovered long ago.
Even if there was something hidden inside, it would have been discovered by others first.
Due to the angle relationship and limited perspective ability.
Xiao Ran didn't see the second half of the apartment building or the underground conditions, so naturally there was no discovery.
If you want to see through those places, you can only find a way to enter the historical building and investigate carefully.
After briefly introducing Lu Qinzhai's life, Xiao Ran said:
"Let's go over and take a look at the condition of this historical building and see if we can find anything."
“It would be great if we could get into this building.”
As he finished speaking, the green light at the intersection just turned on.
Xiao Ran quickly scanned both sides of the street to make sure there was no danger, then stepped out and led Elaine and the others towards the opposite side.
Sam and the others followed around, watching the surrounding movements warily.
In a moment, they had arrived in front of the Baroque-style building located at the southeast corner of the intersection.
As soon as they stood in front of the building, a reporter asked curiously:
"Sean, why are you here? Is there anything special about this building?"
"Is it possible that there is an unknown treasure hidden here? That's why you come here!"
As the reporter asked the question, everyone around them looked at Xiao Ran and the apartment building standing on the corner of the street.
Xiao Ran turned to look at the reporter who asked the question, then smiled and said:
"I don't know if there are unknown treasures hidden here. I hope there are treasures here."
"But I know that before the 1950s, there used to be one of the largest antique stores in the United States."
"That's why I came here to visit, hoping to discover something."
Before he finished speaking, there was an exclamation of surprise on the scene.
"Ah! There used to be a large antique store here. It was the largest in the United States. Is it true?"
"I've lived in this neighborhood for almost 30 years, but I've never heard of it? It's incredible!"
"Wow! If that's the case, there may indeed be a hidden treasure."
While everyone was exclaiming, everyone at the scene was also excited.
Especially some residents living in this apartment building heard such explosive news as soon as they stepped out.
These guys' eyes suddenly lit up with excitement, and they all looked at the apartment building.
They also racked their brains to think about what was special about the apartment building and where treasures might be hidden.
Most people, including them, turned their attention to where the basement was.
Many people take it for granted that Friedrich's treasures are ahead of him.
If there is really a treasure in this apartment building, then the most likely place is deep underground!
In fact, this is the most common sense judgment.
The media reporters who followed quickly spread the news, and in an instant it attracted a lot of attention.
There are more and more people gathering on the street corners to watch the excitement, and the number is increasing rapidly.
Many people driving or walking by stepped on the brakes or stopped and joined the crowd watching the excitement.
At this time, Xiao Ran pretended to look at this Baroque style building seriously.
Because it is located on bustling Madison Avenue and in midtown Manhattan, this historical building is not only well preserved, but also has a luxurious exterior decoration.
More importantly, this building is in an excellent location, guarding the intersection of Madison Avenue and 57th Street. It can be said to be a golden corner!
Because of this, both the first and second floors of this apartment building are rented out.
There are luxury brand stores and jewelry stores, as well as top restaurants and cafes, etc.
The three to eight floors above are the apartment buildings.
As you can imagine, the rents for the shops and apartments here are very high.
Xiao Ran observed for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Dear, Yufei, let's go and have a look inside this restaurant."
"This restaurant looks nice, maybe we can have lunch here later!"
With that said, he took Elaine and the others into a Michelin restaurant downstairs!
