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1. In the Prologue, who is Eddie Cheng?

Eddie is a banker who is famous in Hong Kong society pages for his lifestyle, wardrobe, wife Fiona, and his photogenic children. His mother is Alexandra Young of the Singapore Youngs.

2. In the Prologue, why does Eddie have to go to London?

Eddie has to go to London on short notice. One his clients, the Bao family, for whom he has spent the past eight years managing their offshore accounts, has a son who has been injured in London. Eddie is sent to London to escort Mrs. Bao. He is also going to mitigate rumors in the press about the automobile accident Carlton Bao was involved in.

3. In Part 1: Chapter 1, what is found in an attic in London in 2012?

In 2012, a brother and sister clearing out their late mother's attic in London, find a cluster of old Chinese scrolls at the bottom of a steamer trunk. The sister knew someone at Christie's, so she took the scrolls there. The senior specialist of Chinese Classical Paintings discovered the the scrolls were paintings thought to have been destroyed. They were The Palace of Eighteen Perfections created in 1693.

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