Ms. Li, who lives in Yunnan, recently encountered a strange incident, the art she kept in the bank worth hundreds of millions of dollars, disappeared overnight, could it be that these golden camellias really ran away? The repeated sideways attitude of the bank involved, coupled with the court's decision, also makes people suspicious, and it all starts with an incident in 2001...
Ms. Li is a well-known local female entrepreneur in Yunnan, and is also the former chairman of Yunnan Asia-Pacific Dragon Gold Business Company, born in 1956, she also has her own ideas in design, and her work Camellia has appeared in the news pages of major newspapers that year many times.
Ms. Li designed a total of 4 Camellia trees, which were valued at hundreds of millions of RMB after appraisal by a professional appraisal agency. One of the largest golden camellia trees, called "Golden Camellia that Never Withers", was listed at the Kunming World Horticultural Exposition in 1999 and caused huge discussions in all walks of life.
In 2001, Ms. Li rented a house in the Shilin branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Yunnan, and she also paid out of her own pocket to convert the house into an exhibition hall for the exhibition of these golden camellia artworks.
Unexpectedly, in 2005, the Shilin branch and Ms. Li had a dispute over the lease of the house, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sued Ms. Li in court, and in 2007, the court enforced it, and the four golden camellia trees were also handed over to the bank for safekeeping, and there was no news of the golden camellia tree after that.
These four golden camellia trees were originally designed by Ms. Li in order to improve the company's popularity, and the largest one of them was carved with 64 tons of Burmese mahogany as raw materials, and it took more than a dozen workers to work hard for three years before it was successfully carved.
The gold leaf on the Camellia tree alone has 40 catties, the weight of the Camellia skeleton on it has reached 999 kilograms, and 56 Camellia flowers are staggered, symbolizing 56 nationalities and a family.
Since 2007, Ms. Li has embarked on a long treasure hunt for more than ten years, during which she has negotiated with the Shilin Branch many times, but has not received satisfactory results.
On May 8, Ms. Li broke the news to reporters: "In order to find these 4 golden camellias, I am now penniless!" Looking at Ms. Li's current situation, it is really difficult to associate her with the high-spirited female entrepreneur before.
In 2007, the local court in Shilin sentenced to enforce the housing contract, at this moment the four golden camellia in the room have been packed, in addition, there are some daily necessities in the room, at that time, the court counted the number of items, and handed over these things to ICBC for storage, written in black and white into a record, and signed and handed over to ICBC staff, and the transcript also mentioned that these things will be returned to Ms. Li after Ms. Li appears.
However, Ms. Li did not receive the four Camellia trees in the future, and she continued: "Even the two ICBC staff who were present at the time could not be found, and I have been suing this matter for more than ten years, but there has been no new progress." ”
Ms. Li had a trace of sadness on her face: In the past ten years, my company has also had an accident, and due to the difficulty of capital turnover, the company finally went bankrupt. If these 4 trees are still there, they can still get a mortgage from the bank, and one tree was worth more than 20 million yuan back then!
Ms. Li only hopes to find these four Camellia trees, and if she can't return them, she hopes to compensate at the same price, she said: "You only need to follow the assessed price of the raw materials and manual costs for making Camellia that year, and take into account factors such as price increases." ”
Ms. Li said: In fact, in November 2023, the legal staff of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Kunming proposed that compensation could be made according to the assessed price, and Ms. Li provided relevant materials and documents, but it didn't take long for the bank to backtrack, saying that it could not be compensated according to the assessed price.
Some netizens said: In 2001, gold was 88 yuan per gram, and by 2024, the price of gold has risen to 536 yuan per gram, a full 5 times!
Ms. Li said: "If I had survived the financial crisis at that time, I would not be so embarrassed now, my children and relatives at home have stopped contacting, and the cost of a lawsuit is as high as 2.5 million yuan, how can I afford such a high cost?" ”
In 2016, Qiu Pingshun began to represent Ms. Li in her case, and Mr. Qiu said: "Over the years, Ms. Li has communicated with the Shilin Branch and the local court many times, but she still has not found these four golden camellias, and Ms. Li's current financial situation is also stretched, and now she can only live in a rented and cramped house." In April this year, Ms. Li sued again, but was eventually deterred by the high legal fees. ”
So, what is the attitude of ICBC, which has played a key role in this matter?
Lawyer Qiu continued: "ICBC only asked Ms. Li to sue, but they also knew Ms. Li's current situation and could not afford millions of legal fees. ”
A reporter contacted the president of the Shilin branch about the incident, and the president only said that he had only recently come to work in the branch, and that this matter was more than ten years ago, and the court had already made a verdict. Subsequently, the governor also said that the bank has no power to respond to this matter.
Subsequently, a reporter continued to ask the staff of the local court in Shilin, but the court staff only said that the matter was being promoted, and the specific progress would be communicated with Ms. Li.
As soon as this incident came out, some enthusiastic netizens discovered that the golden camellia on display in the Xi'an Expo Park seemed to be very similar to Ms. Li's lost items.
However, some netizens questioned that the Camellia tree in Xi'an seems to have a lot of branches and leaves compared with Ms. Li's original item.
However, there are also comments at the bottom: If you look closely, the base is the same, and this must be one of them.
According to the pictures provided by netizens, the golden camellia in Xi'an Expo Park was donated by the Yunnan Provincial Government and Kunming World Horticultural Expo Park, aiming to build a friendship bridge between Kunming Expo Park and Xi'an Expo Park.
Some netizens joked: "The golden camellia was picked up by the Expo Park." ”
In response to this matter, some lawyers on the Internet also expressed their opinions.
The lawyer said that there are actually many doubts in this case, and if you think about it carefully, you will find that there should be hidden secrets.
Ms. Li sued many times, but withdrew the lawsuit because she could not afford the litigation costs of 2.5 million.
However, the follow-up bank said that this incident is a historical event and that there has already been a verdict, is this inconsistent?
Whether the court really has a judgment should be the focus of everyone's attention.
The lawyer also said that another suspicious point in this matter is the issue of calling the police.
It stands to reason that Ms. Li lost hundreds of millions of items, and they were lost when they were kept in the bank, and Ms. Li has the right to report to the police, but why is there no relevant information to call the police?
The reason for this incident is also confusing and confusing, and it is still unknown how much information we don't know, and whether Ms. Li and ICBC have concealed key information.
This incident also makes people think deeply, personal assets in the bank, but can disappear, which inevitably makes people worry about whether their rights and interests can be protected?
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