"Benoit, can the garden we want to build for the Qing Emperor be combined with European style? I want to use the sculpture of Luo Nv to make the water magic equipment!"
Jiang Youren, formerly known as Benoit Michel.
Castiglione's original name was Giuseppe Castiglione.
After coming to China, they all no longer used their original names. After all, it was difficult to remember such a long name, and the Qing Emperor wanted all these foreigners to be used by the Qing Dynasty, so he gave them the name of China.
"Giuseppe, I think we need to go to the Qing Emperor with a complete plan, and in addition to the European style, it is best to incorporate some Chinese architecture!"
In this way, the two worked together on a plan, and then went to find Emperor Qianlong.
Emperor Qianlong didn't have any objections to the design of the entire Western-style building, but he was not satisfied with the fountain machine shaped like a prostitute.
"Two gentlemen, our Chinese nation is a reserved nation, and this lascivious look is an insult to elegance!"
In the end, Emperor Qianlong killed the entire fountain machine plan.
Castiglione could only go back and continue to think about the plan. When he returned home, he saw a set of photos, which gave him an instant inspiration.
Twelve zodiac signs, yes, that’s right.
What he saw was a set of bronze statues of the twelve zodiac signs. The artist's skills were better than his own, and they looked very realistic.
At this time, Lang Shining's mind opened up.
Emperor Qianlong didn't like Western statues of luo women, so he would definitely be able to accept the twelve zodiac signs.
So, he redesigned the plan and took it to Emperor Qianlong for instructions.
Emperor Qianlong immediately agreed.
The twelve zodiac signs are indeed a very representative concept for the Chinese people.
And he also discovered some of Lang Shining's little thoughts. The shape of the horse's head was more delicate than other bronze statues of the Chinese zodiac.
Emperor Qianlong was born in the year of the Horse. When he saw Lang Shining's attentiveness, he immediately agreed.
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Bay Province.
The home of a collector, Chen Miao.
The Old Summer Palace Dragon Head has been in his collection for many years, but he has no intention of selling it so soon.
In recent years, with the rise of mainland China, the need for cultural self-confidence has become stronger and stronger.
The value of some of China's cultural relics spread abroad is also getting more and more expensive.
The Yuanmingyuan dragon head in his hand was also sold at a niche auction abroad a few years ago.
At that time, the value of the Yuanmingyuan animal head was not that high, and only Chinese people could take pictures of it. Even if other foreigners wanted to take pictures of it, they would eventually find a way to sell it to Chinese businessmen.
Judging from its own value, it is actually not worth much. It is only 100,000 yuan when it is exhausted. This is still based on the value of it as an antique three hundred years ago. If you calculate it based on its material and craftsmanship, it is estimated that Really, even if you throw it on the street, the rag collector will take it away.
Chen Miao originally spent almost 4 million to get this dragon head. As for donating it, he never thought about it.
After so many years, it shouldn’t be a problem for this value to increase 10 times, right?
As long as he reveals the news and is willing to sell this dragon head, many patriotic businessmen will definitely want to buy it.
They spent tens of millions to buy it and then donated it to the mainland.
This can be regarded as a precious sword that can increase a lot of popularity.
Therefore, Chen Miao feels that he can take action in the near future. There has been no news about the beast heads in the Old Summer Palace for many years. If we wait a few more years, many people may have forgotten about it.
He felt that the time was just right. If he, the leader of the dragon, took action now, he would definitely attract a lot of attention.
Moreover, the dragon head has been a totem of China since ancient times, and its meaning is even more extraordinary.
"You're going to get rich now!"
Chen Miao thought to himself, and then he opened his safe with many layers of locks.
The dragon head is hidden in this safe. After so many years, no one knows that the dragon head is in his hands now.
But, the next second,
His face suddenly turned pale from excitement.
"Where are my things?"
Chen Miao panicked.
The safe at this time was empty.
The dragon head of Old Summer Palace is missing! !
He suspected that he had remembered it wrong. Didn't he put it here?
No, no.
I was pretty sure that it was placed in this cabinet.
And for security reasons, he put on many layers of locks, including the most basic combination lock, and several mechanical locks on the outside.
The mechanical lock showed no signs of damage, and the combination lock showed no signs of damage.
this,
What the hell?
Chen Miao patted her face hard.
pain!
This is not a dream.
The dragon head is really missing.
At this time, Chen Miao panicked.
This thing worth tens of millions disappeared under his nose.
And no one in his family knew that he had collected such a thing.
what to do?
Call the police?
But there didn't seem to be any robbers in the house. Except for the disappearance of the dragon head, nothing else was lost.
Did his family take it away while he wasn't paying attention?
Not possible either.
They are not allowed to come in casually in my collection room, let alone the safe that I have hidden, and even my family members don’t know about it.
Watch the surveillance.
Chen Miao suddenly remembered that his collection room was monitored, so he quickly turned on the computer and started reading bit by bit.
Looking back from today, I have been looking at the monitoring records for about a week.
No one has ever entered his own collection room.
I have been seeing on the surveillance camera that I opened the cabinet ten days ago. I am the only living person in the surveillance video.
He was pretty sure that the last time he opened the safe, the dragon's head was still inside.
But this time, it disappeared.
No one has come in.
So why?
If I call the police, will the police believe me?
He doesn't have any hope for the police in Wanwan. They can do nothing but say, "We will continue to investigate."
But what to do?
Chen Miao didn't believe that such a big dragon head would disappear for no reason.
He would rather believe that he remembered it wrongly.
Yes, that's for sure.
It was because he had memory confusion, so the dragon head must still be in this house.
He began to rummage around and looked through all the boxes and cabinets that could store cultural relics.
No corner was spared.
It even came close to prying the ceiling open.
But the ending is the same.
did not find.
The dragon head of the Old Summer Palace simply disappeared.
Now, he had no choice but to call the police.
Call the police.
I can only hope that the police can help me find some clues.
What is lost now is not the dragon head of the Old Summer Palace that he spent 4 million to buy, but the dragon head that is now worth at least 40 million or even more than 50 million.
After waiting for so long, I finally had the opportunity to cash in this cultural relic.
But it simply disappeared.
Chen Miao, collapsed~
