"Hello, Director Wang. I am Fujita Chuuji, a reporter from Japan's Asahi Shimbun. I would like to ask you a question." The short middle-aged man stood up and spoke in fairly fluent English, his eyes behind the black-framed glasses flashing with an inexplicable light.
Wang Jiazan nodded and signaled the reporter to continue.
Fujita Chuuji asked: "Director Wang, your museum now has a collection of so many Western artworks, many of which are rare treasures. Can you tell me about the origins of these treasures? Because as far as I know, when Mr. Yang found the three bronze sculptures, he found them on a sunken ship in the Sea of Japan. The name of the sunken ship was Daiichi Shinshin Maru, which was a Japanese ship. So the three bronze sculptures and other treasures found by Mr. Yang from the sunken ship should belong to Japan according to relevant laws and regulations. Because according to the judgment of the US government after the salvage of the Odyssey a few years ago, the Odyssey was a frigate belonging to the Spanish Navy, so all the materials on the warship It should belong to the Spanish government. In other words, anything found on a warship should belong to the country that owns the warship. The Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru was a special gunboat built by Japan in the middle of World War II. It was a Japanese warship, so the treasures Mr. Yang found on the Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru should belong to Japan. Moreover, your museum cannot provide the exact coordinates of the salvage of the Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru. It is still impossible to determine whether the sinking site of the Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru is within Japan's exclusive economic zone. If, I mean, if the sinking site of the Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru is within Japan's exclusive economic zone, then the ownership of this batch of treasures should belong to Japan. I wonder if Director Wang has any explanation for this?"
As soon as Fujita Chuuji said this, the whole audience fell silent.
Foreign journalists accounted for about 70% of all journalists in the venue. Although they were journalists, they were Westerners first and foremost, so they certainly did not want to see these extremely precious Western antique artworks being collected by a private Oriental collector and displayed openly.
However, they did not ask about the ownership of the treasures before, because according to international practice, the salvage of shipwrecks is "whoever salvages it will benefit", as long as the shipwreck is not salvaged in the exclusive economic zone of another country, but in the high seas, then the proceeds of the shipwreck will belong to the salvager. So they did not ask such a question in such an occasion.
But not asking does not mean that they do not want to know the exact origin of the treasures. Now someone suddenly asked this question, and asked it quite sharply, and the reporters were immediately delighted. They immediately turned into spectators, and they wanted to bring a small stool to watch how the young curator of the Grand Canal Museum answered this sharp question.
Wang Jiazan was also stunned after hearing these words. He obviously did not expect that the reporter from Asahi Shimbun would ask such a question. To be honest, Wang Jiazan really did not know how to answer this question.
But he couldn't not answer. This was a press conference broadcast live to the world, so after thinking for a moment, Wang Jiazan answered directly: "First of all, I want to say that there is no problem with the origin of these precious antique artworks. As for the three bronze sculptures that the reporter mentioned, they were found in a shipwreck called Daiichi Shinshin Maru. I personally don't know about it, and I can't judge the authenticity of what the reporter said. So, I won't give any answer to the ownership issue that the reporter mentioned later."
Fujita Chuuji obviously didn't want to let Wang Jiazan go, so he immediately said: "I have definite evidence for what I said about the Daiichi Shinshin Maru. This evidence came from the intelligence department of a certain country. It was handed over to the intelligence department of that country by the mysterious Mr. Yang himself to prove Mr. Yang's innocence."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Reporter, I haven't seen the video myself, so I don't know the truth of what you said. I still refuse to answer questions about ownership."
"Is Director Wang deliberately avoiding it? Or is Director Wang or Mr. Yang guilty?" Fujita Nakaji asked with a sneer.
As soon as this question was asked, the whole audience burst into laughter. It was obvious that these reporters who were eager to see the world in chaos were not satisfied with Wang Jiazan's answer.
But at this moment, a clear voice suddenly rang out. Even without a loudspeaker, the voice was still heard by all the reporters in the audience.
"Jia Zan, let me answer this reporter's question!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Jing stood up suddenly and immediately attracted the attention of everyone. Under such gaze, Yang Jing walked to the front desk in a few steps, nodded slightly to the dozen or so appraisal experts sitting at the front desk, picked up the microphone on Wang Jiazan's table, turned around and looked down at the Japanese reporter.
"A reporter from Asahi Shimbun, right? I will personally answer the questions you just asked." Yang Jing said in a cold tone.
"First of all, some antique artworks, including three bronze sculptures, were indeed found on the sunken Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru. Unfortunately, Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru was not a warship of the Japanese Navy. It was just a special gunboat converted from some cargo ships rented by the Japanese Navy during World War II because of the lack of Japan's coastal defense capabilities. Therefore, in a fundamental sense, Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru is not a warship, so it cannot be compared with the Odyssey. At the same time, even if you Japanese say that Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru is a warship, I am Chinese. Our country does not have any legal provisions that the things on the sunken warship belong to the country that owns the warship, so I don't need to comply with your Japanese laws. In other words, please don't impose your own assumptions on others. It's the 21st century now, not the World War II period. As a Chinese, I can confidently say 'NO!' to you and your country."
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