In 2009, two national treasures were auctioned in Paris, France, and collector Mr. Cai Mingchao successfully auctioned them for 270 million yuan, but refused to pay.
The French said he was a great liar and criticized him, but the Chinese said he was a hero and were willing to treat him as a hero. What's going on?
The two antiques that appear in Paris, France, are both national treasures of China and historical relics forcibly taken away by foreigners. These two national treasures are the head of a rat and a head of a rabbit that was once stored in the Yuanmingyuan.
When the Eight-Power Alliance invaded China, barbaric foreigners, like demons, frantically broke into China, burned and plundered everywhere, took away many rare treasures from the mainland, and burned the Yuanmingyuan into ruins with a criminal fire.
The original despicable behavior of the Western powers has left endless humiliation on the mainland, and to this day there are still many treasures on the mainland that have fallen overseas and have not returned for a long time.
China's cultural relics department has been committed to recovering all the historical relics that have been lost overseas, and every time it hears the relevant news, it will immediately take action and find ways to get the cultural relics back.
Before the two beast heads were auctioned, the mainland's cultural relics department received news, and the mainland representatives repeatedly stressed that the two beast heads were Chinese treasures and should not be arbitrarily auctioned, and strongly demanded that France cancel the auction.
It is resentful that the mercenary French capitalists did not consider the position of the mainland at all and insisted on putting two animal heads at public auction.
Knowing that there was no way to stop the auction, Mr. Cai Mingchao took the initiative to participate in the auction, defeated others at a price of 31.4912 million euros, and obtained two animal heads, but he refused to pay France.
The reason was that the two beast capitals were China's treasures, and he didn't want to "buy back" them in this way. The French were furious that he was "deliberately causing trouble", and even shouted that they would punish him severely.
Converted according to the exchange rate at that time, 31.4912 million euros was equivalent to 270 million yuan, which was a huge amount of money for most people. Therefore, some people speculated that Mr. Cai Mingchao could not come up with the money, so he deliberately refused to pay.
This is not the case, Cai Mingchao is a very wealthy entrepreneur, he made a fortune by handicrafts, participated in many auctions, and also set up his own art auction company.
People familiar with Cai Mingchao said that he is a very courageous person, and when doing business with others, he pays special attention to integrity, so everyone is willing to get along with him.
There is an executive in his company who has struggled with him for 10 years, has a special admiration for him, and is willing to work hard for him all the time.
Speaking of Cai Ming's timeout, the company's executives have both admiration and some fear. They said that Cai Mingchao is usually very easy-going and cares about everyone, but he is meticulous about his work and cannot tolerate a single flaw.
Once, the auction items they bought, because of some problems with the packaging, there were some damage during the air transport, Cai Mingchao was very distressed, and immediately increased management efforts.
Since then, every time he buys an auction item, he will squeeze out time to personally check and ensure that the lot is delivered safely.
Because he is seriously responsible for his work, Cai Mingchao's business operation has been very smooth, and he can earn a lot of money every year, and with his financial resources, he can completely take out 270 million yuan to buy the head of the beast.
But he is not willing to give this money to foreigners, he sincerely believes that the two beast capitals are China's treasures, foreigners should return unconditionally, which is also the idea of most Chinese, so after Cai Mingchao refused to pay, he was recognized and praised by many compatriots.
In an interview, Cai Mingchao explained very frankly that he knew that deliberately not paying would be very controversial, it would also affect his reputation, and even be targeted and sanctioned by the French, but he was not afraid, nor regretted, he felt that he had done the right thing. What do you think about that?