Chapter 353 Laying Mines
What Fang Hexuan and Dayanming discussed was, of course, the task of bringing (stealing) the national treasures that had been lost overseas back to Hong Kong.

This idea has become stronger and stronger since he met Raphael Lucy at the Lafite estate in France last month.

In the past, he had dreamed of spending money to buy back as many Chinese cultural relics as possible at low prices in Europe and the United States. However, after learning that the Lucie family in France was actually the descendant of the French officers who participated in the looting of the Old Summer Palace, a crazy and bold plan began to linger in his mind for a long time.

If Fang Hexuan was just an ordinary person, he might not care about things other than the daily necessities, but since he is extremely wealthy and has enough "power" in his hands, he cannot control the urge to make some small changes on his own.

He was not like those colonialists in later generations who advocated "aristocratic superiority". His belief that kings, princes, generals and ministers were all born with different species was deeply rooted in his bones.

Therefore, although he did not explode on the spot when he was humiliated by a small French nobleman, it did not mean that he would swallow his anger.

Well, since you are so arrogant, and since your ancestors have plundered China, then I will teach you a lesson, is that okay?

Therefore, the next task he gave to Dayanming was to organize a group of martial arts masters again to see if there was a chance to take back the national treasure of the Old Summer Palace from the Luxi family.

Moreover, if we expand on this a little bit, since we are targeting the French, it doesn't seem too much to go after the Chinese as well.

Don't think this sounds ridiculous or impossible.

Many things that have happened or are happening in this world are crazier than what are described in movies or novels.

That is to say, "art comes from life, but is higher than life."

In his previous life, he had seen news many times about treasures and cultural relics being stolen or lost in European and American museums.

Among them, the British Museum has frequently made headlines.

For example, we often see news reports of environmentalists destroying exhibits.

After reading too much of this news, Fang Hexuan found it extremely absurd and ridiculous.

The colonialists say that the developed countries in Europe and America protect the cultural relics they looted, but why do incidents of theft or destruction of cultural relics still occur frequently?

To put it bluntly, don't think too highly of these countries' abilities to protect cultural relics. If the above news were really like what is shown in the movies, would it really happen?

Therefore, after figuring this out, Fang Hexuan became bolder.

Anyway, he had money, and it would be a shame for his restless heart if he didn't do something in the early 80s when there was no large-scale installation of cameras.

Big Eyes Ming was also a little confused at first. Damn, Master Xuan is playing bigger and bigger games each time. The last time he went to Ballack he entered a snake's den, and this time he went to Europe to cause trouble. It really felt like stepping into a tiger's den.

But what can I say? He is not a peaceful person now. He left hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to his family. Even if he was caught stealing treasures in Britain and France, he would not have any worries.

Moreover, he also believed that Young Master Xuan would definitely save him. This alone was enough to make him willing to take the risk.

If he successfully brought back the cultural relics, Xuan Shao promised that he could get 20% of the market valuation of the cultural relics.

The first is the inner desire for adventure, the second is having backup, and the third is the huge rewards that can be obtained.

These three points made Da Yanming more determined after his initial surprise and worry.

As for how to take specific actions, Dayanming is not too worried.

Since he joined the society when he was a teenager, he has made friends with many people from all walks of life.

In order to survive, all kinds of people use various means, including stealing, robbing, kidnapping and cheating.

It is not difficult for Da Yanming to hire good tomb robbers and find some talents who are good at breaking into houses, opening doors and picking locks.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you have money!
And this most important point is not worth mentioning to Xuan Shao.

Moreover, this time when they went to Europe to bring back Chinese cultural relics, Xuan Shao directly gave them a bank account with 1 million US dollars to facilitate their expenditure of the operation funds.

So, technically, Dayanming is very confident in himself, and Fang Hexuan also has confidence in him.

After the two of them confirmed the task, Dayanming began to prepare, and Xuan Shao did not set a deadline for him.

In the following days, Jiu Wenlong was also arranged by Fang Hexuan to go to New York after his vacation. His task was to liaise with the Zhi Gongtang and urge them to get rid of Zhang Xiaomin as soon as possible.

Fang Hexuan made his fortune from gold futures, but to say that he really figured out the pattern of gold price fluctuations is a joke.

If he wasn't hanging on the wall and wasn't the son of the plane, he would lose everything if he were asked to speculate in gold.

Because of his experience of reading books and studying for an MBA in his previous life, he had some memory of Hong Kong's financial history, especially the major events at key points.

For example, the sharp rise in gold prices in early September 1982 caused the closure of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, which in turn led to a run on several branches of Hang Lung Bank.

To this end, Fang Hexuan started to go long on gold in large amounts on August 8. Then, he quietly bought shares of Hang Lung Bank in the secondary market through multiple overseas accounts. Finally, he asked the financial team to deposit a total of more than HK$30 billion in Hang Lung's several branches.

On September 9, the gold price in Hong Kong soared by HK$3. Based on the international gold price, the closing price of the day rose by US$272 per ounce compared with the previous day.

This was just a one-day increase, but it exceeded the increase in one or two months in the past year, causing many Hong Kong citizens who invested in gold to want to sell at high prices.

Since you are speculating in gold futures, you naturally do not have physical gold in your hands, but gold deposit certificates.

However, at this time, that is, on September 9, the century-old Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, which bought and sold gold, suddenly closed down, causing panic among citizens holding gold certificates of deposit.

So, the next day, these people took their gold deposit certificates to Hang Lung Bank to request cash acceptance, but were rejected by the counter clerk.

When the news came out, many people suspected that Hang Lung Bank had a close relationship with Xie Liyuan Gold Shop.

If the latter goes out of business, the former must also have cash flow problems.

As the concerns spread, even Hang Lung depositors who had nothing to do with the matter were frightened and flocked to Hang Lung's branches in many places in Hong Kong to withdraw their deposits.

In the original time and space, Hang Lung Bank successfully calmed the crisis the next day by mobilizing funds from the head office to various branches.

However, Mr. Fang, the richest man who made a fortune from selling gold futures on that day, took action.

When a large number of small depositors were rushing to withdraw money from Hang Lung, Fang Hexuan asked his financial team to join the crowd with deposit slips.

(End of this chapter)