Chapter 162 National Treasure
Shen Qianfei took the newspaper in confusion.
Then he was stunned for a moment.
This is not our newspaper at all. Nowadays, the words in our country's newspapers are all in simple characters.
And this newspaper is full of traditional Chinese characters.
Moreover, the layout is different from that of our newspapers.
Then Shen Qianfei saw a photo.
Although it is black and white, it is very clear.
An old man who seemed to be in his sixties was half-kneeling on the ground, in front of him was a pile of irregular fragments of unknown objects.
There was a circle of people around.
The background of the photo is not large, but you can see that the hall seems to be very luxurious.
These people were dressed in suits and looked either rich or noble.
Then Shen Qianfei saw a logo in the upper right corner.
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
No wonder she felt the background looked familiar. Isn't this the first auction hall in a certain city?
She had been there with Aunt Yun in her previous life.
It's not a place that ordinary people can enter.
Even if you have money, but don’t have sufficient identity matching, you can’t get in.
Here we not only look at the net worth, but also the background.
It's hard for nouveau riche to get in.
This is a high-end place for a group of top wealthy people to exchange and auction their collections.
Shen Qianfei read the text introduction next to it at a glance.
At this time, Shaofeng, who had been silent, suddenly had red eyes and wiped away his tears with the back of his hand.
His voice was choked and hoarse.
"...When I was doing my internship after graduating from college, it was Director Lan who taught me. Everything I know now was basically taught by Director Lan..."
"He has a different feeling towards these cultural relics, which many young people today cannot understand, but we students can understand him and have been following him..."
At this time, Shen Qianfei had already finished reading the entire article. Even though her temperament was as cold as it could be at times, at this moment, a rage was burning in her chest.
She didn't know the old man.
But it was introduced in the newspaper, and Shaofeng also mentioned it just now, that he is Director Lan of the Kyoto Museum.
When the war broke out, he was still very young and participated in the mission of escorting cultural relics.
Later I worked in the museum, and I have been working there ever since.
Thanks to his efforts, many national treasures lost at home and abroad were recovered.
It was he who first proposed the initiative of bringing the national treasure back home.
He almost lost everything because of this.
He was the son of a prominent family in Kyoto and could have gone abroad to continue enjoying wealth and glory.
But he took another path.
This is an old man who deserves respect.
Shen Qianfei's eyes were also a little red.
This report does not contain any sarcasm, but is rather factual.
But after reading the whole article, I felt sad and angry.
The pile of shapeless fragments on the ground is one of the national treasures that was stolen by robbers during the war.
During that period, the number of cultural relics that were stolen and lost overseas exceeded 10 million, which was enough to fill more than a dozen Purple Palaces in Kyoto.
It is a history that cannot be forgotten.
High school students like Shen Qianfei are naturally familiar with this history.
She knew this before, but it didn't seem to make such a big difference.
But at this moment, the old man half-kneeling on the ground picking up the fragments in the newspaper made Shen Qianfei feel as if a ball of cotton was blocking her heart.
A month ago, Director Lan learned the whereabouts of the national treasure, the Eight Desolations and Four Mountains Jade Peach Bottle.
This is the only remaining Eight Deserts and Four Mountains Jade Peach Vase in the world today.
It is known as the best blue and white porcelain in the world.
This is a picture of a mythological story.
It tells the story of the battle between the mountain god of Buzhou Mountain and the river monster.
It is the only piece of porcelain that depicts a mythological character.
It was stolen by robbers.
It went through several owners and finally appeared at an auction a month ago.
Director Lan ran around to raise funds and even took out his own savings of many years.
Plus the support from patriots at home and abroad.
I estimated that the money I had was enough to buy the jade peach bottle that was put up for auction.
There were a dozen of us in total.
It was also agreed at that time that our people would take the final photo of it.
But I didn’t expect that a man named Momingshan would hold up a sign.
He actually bought this world's number one blue and white jade peach vase at a sky-high price of 1.2 billion.
This blue and white jade peach vase is extremely beautiful.
The characters and stories in it are lifelike.
Whether it is the steep peaks, lush pines and cypresses, or the rugged rocks, as well as the lifelike mountain gods and river monsters.
All of them demonstrate the most brilliant and shining culture of that era.
This jade peach bottle is the most classic representative of that era full of myths and legends.
It carries the rich historical culture of that period, as well as the countless efforts of craftsmen who made it successfully.
Such a large object is not easy to shape, so once it becomes one, it is extremely precious. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless, because there is only one such piece in the world.
Before this, communication with the owner had actually been completed.
We also gave the other party some preferential conditions.
The price we can afford is around 300 million yuan.
Unexpectedly, an unknown mountain appeared halfway.
The price was directly raised to 1.2 billion.
Is it worth it?
It’s worth it.
But I hate it! This thing is obviously ours, it was stolen by robbers, and we have to spend a lot of money to buy it back.
But, what can we do about it?
There is no other way but to go through this auction process.
Director Lan and his colleagues have actually taken into consideration the possibility of various emergencies.
After all, not every overseas Chinese is full of attachment and goodwill towards our country.
Some of them are full of malice.
I wish this land would be filled with smoke of war again and the people would suffer.
It can be said that the entire country has put its efforts into this national treasure.
I didn’t expect that I didn’t get to take the photo in the end.
Before our people could negotiate with Mo Ming Shan, this person came to Director Lan and said to him...
"Do you really want to take this national treasure home?"
Lan Guan had been through a lot, and when he saw that this man was definitely not a good person, he knew that this matter today would probably not succeed. While feeling heartbroken, he spoke very gently.
"We understand the rules of the auction and will abide by them. Since you have won the bid, it is yours."
Mo Ming Shan looked at Director Lan suspiciously, as he held this priceless treasure in his hands.
Without saying another word, in full view of everyone, before anyone could react, he raised the jade peach bottle high up, then loosened his grip and the priceless jade pottery bottle fell onto the marble floor.
Broken into countless pieces...
Then he said, "My hand slipped and I accidentally broke it."
The scene was dead silent, with only his voice. He said to the bodyguard next to him, "Clean the ground and throw all the broken pieces into the sea..."
(End of this chapter)
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