Xu Yun originally wanted to go back to the Dragon Brigade and relax for a few days. However, he didn't expect that there would be an accident waiting for him when he returned to the army.
This was something that no one expected. Shadowless's daughter, Xia Qiuyu, was in trouble.
Shadowless Xia Fan was also a legendary figure in the underground world.
The most impressive thing he had ever done was to steal the head of the snake from one of the twelve zodiac statues. As for where he stole it and who he stole it from, no one knew to this day.
Everyone on Earth knew that the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals in Huaxia were originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall in the Imperial Garden. They were made of red copper during the Qing Dynasty and were priceless national treasures for Huaxia.
When the British and French forces invaded Hua Xia and burned the Imperial Garden, the bronze statues were taken abroad by the shameless bandits.
So far, the ox, monkey, tiger, pig, and horse statues had been returned to Hua Xia through various channels and were all collected in the Poly Museum of Art. Later, the Pinot family in France made a wise decision to donate to Hua Xia the bronze rat and rabbit statues of the 12 water techniques of the Old Summer Palace that were lost overseas.
Although it was a donation, it was actually returning something that belonged to Hua Xia.
The Pinot family was actually a major shareholder of Christie's Auction House and also owned a luxury goods group with a series of well-known brands.
They had caused an auction storm because of the animal heads. Some people even found out about the brands under the Pinot family and called on Hua Xia consumers to boycott them. The Pinot family's image in China was greatly damaged.
Gucci Saint Roland, Sai Chao Luo Xi, Bao Shi Long, Parisian Kirin Jewelry, these were all their brands.
Thinking about the current love of Hua Xia consumers for luxury goods, how big of a market was this?
One-fifth of the world's population was Chinese.
Although Hua Xia wasn't the richest country, Hua Xia was definitely a place where the rich gathered.
With the global consumption of luxury goods slowing down due to the economic downturn, Hua Xia consumers bought nearly half of the world's luxury goods in a year, and more than 70% of them were spent overseas.
What kind of ratio was this? Less than 20% of the world's population bought 47% of the luxury goods. That was more than 100 billion USD worth of spending.
Of course, this was a fat piece of meat in the eyes of businessmen.
That was why the Pino family had returned the item. They wanted to win the favor of the Chinese.
This meant that they could gain more benefits in the luxury market.
The Wealth Research Institute had long calculated that Hua Xia's average overseas spending was more than 1,500 Euros. Their spending power was the highest in the world!
With the rapid economic growth of Hua Xia, the wealth of the Chinese continued to accumulate, their spending power continued to increase, and their demand for luxury goods increased day by day.
Let's not talk about luxury goods. Let's talk about what ordinary people wear now.
Twenty years ago, very few people cared about brands. Ten years ago, only the rich people in big cities cared about brands. But now?
Even an ordinary family in a small county with an average monthly income of a few thousand yuan would start to pay attention to brands.
Let's talk about sneakers. When they were in primary school in the 80s, they wore Twin Stars, Huili. When they were in primary school in the 90s, they would at least wear Anta or Special Step. When they were in primary school in the 2000s, they would directly wear international brands, Adidas.
Now, it was even more impressive. Caterpillar shoes for learning to walk were Nike. 450 pairs of shoes was enough for a child in the 80s to buy a basket full of shoes.
This was the growth of Hua Xia's economic power. When these children grew up, Adidas and Nike would probably not be in their eyes anymore.
With only luxury goods in their eyes, they might be the main customers of the Pino family.
That was why the Pinot Family had returned the item for the sake of more benefits.
Speaking of which, although these animal heads had been found, there was no way to collect all 12 of them.
This was even more difficult than collecting the work dedication card during the New Year. It was not a joke at all. If this thing could be collected, who knew how many patriotic tycoons would be willing to pay for it.
Xia Fan was definitely the number one thief in the past. He had done too many incredible things.
Generally speaking, thieves had a bad reputation. However, Xia Fan was different. He was able to obtain the title of 'Shadowless Thief' and was respected by so many people because he 'stole' the snake head back.
He did the same thing as Wu Xie, which was to hand the snake head back to the country.
When this matter was spread out, his name was completely known in the underground world.
It could be said that he was definitely a legend of his generation. Xu Chen and Xia Fan were close friends in the past.
Now that Xu Chen was locked up, Xia Fan had also left this world.
This time, it was not Xia Fan who was in trouble. Even if Xia Fan was still alive, the only place that had the ability to trap him was probably the place where Xu Chen was locked up.
The person who was in trouble was Xia Qiuyu, Xia Fan's daughter.
Xu Yun had met Xia Qiuyu once last year, but she said that she wanted to travel back to China. After that, there was no news of her.
In fact, Xia Qiuyu was not traveling. She was doing something that her father did not complete.
Xia Fan had collected a lot of clues and information about the copper heads in the past. That was how he got the snake head. He also had other clues, but he had not been able to get them.
Xia Qiuyu took the clues that Xia Fan had collected and started to search for the dragon head, chicken head, dog head and sheep head.
Once this kind of thing started, it was a road of no return. Once embarked on it, there was no turning back.
Xia Fan was like this in the past, and Xia Qiuyu was the same.
She only had one thought, and that was to finish what her father did not.
As for other things, she did not think much about it. She only hoped that she could complete this task. However, she had never told anyone about this.
This seemed to be a goal and motivation for Xia Qiuyu in life.
Even if her father had told her that she could not trust anyone in this world, she could only trust Xu Yun, Xu Chen's son, Zhang Jianzhi's godson.
When she met Xu Yun, she did not mention this matter to Xu Yun.
It was obviously very dangerous for a girl to do this kind of thing, even if it did not sound scary.
However, if she thought about it carefully, how could this kind of thing not be dangerous?
These "disappeared" animal heads obviously did not really exist. The earth was only so big, so they must be on this earth. They could not have been taken away by aliens.
Therefore, someone must be "keeping" them. After all, these things were priceless. Any animal head was priceless!
The person who could hide them was definitely not someone to be trifled with.
This was where the danger lay.
Once these animal heads were stolen, the person who kept them would definitely not dare to say anything. It would definitely cause a huge uproar and they would not be able to get it back. After all, these were national treasures.
Not only would they not be able to get it back, but their reputation would also be severely damaged.
This was what the person who kept these treasures had to worry about. Therefore, they would never let anyone steal them from their hands.
No matter who the culprit was, if they found them, they would use the cruelest means to solve the problem.
It was obvious how dangerous it was for a girl like Xia Qiuyu to do such a thing.
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