Chapter 380 The Dust Settles
Even though they knew the situation in advance, when Fang and his group hurriedly rushed to the museum, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them.
The acting curator had finally managed to get out of there, but before he could even complain, Minister Carmel glared at him fiercely.
“Didn’t you say it was only Chinese?”
The acting curator had no idea what was going on. When he made the call, there were indeed only Chinese people outside.
But when he finished the call and came out, he found that the number of protesters had more than doubled.
As for these new arrivals, you can tell from their skin color that they are not Chinese.
"Minister, the problem may be with those banners."
Following the direction of the secretary's finger, Minister Carmel noticed the content on the banner. There was a sentence in Chinese written in black and white on it.
[If you stand by and watch coldly today, no one will cheer for you in the future! 】
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it, the content on the banner has been translated into multiple languages.
It's just that the languages are relatively niche, such as Arabic, Greek, Amharic...
But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that these are by no means coincidences.
Because these countries, like China, their cultural relics are now also on display in this museum.
On this matter, everyone's position is unprecedentedly unified.
As the banner says, if they don't stand up and fight for it today.
What chance will they have in the future to bring these things back openly?
So they stood up spontaneously, because they knew very well that while helping China, they were actually helping themselves in disguise.
As long as we set this precedent, there will be no shortage of opportunities in the future.
Seeing the situation developing in an unpredictable direction, Minister Carmel's face suddenly darkened.
With the help of security personnel, the group successfully arrived at the museum's gate.
"Ambassador Liao, we clearly agreed yesterday to hold consultations on this matter at the City Hall early this morning. I don't quite understand why you are making such a big fuss today."
"Please allow me to remind you that this is the country. Any demonstrations must be reported to us in advance!"
"Your actions seem to violate international law conventions and undermine the friendship between our two countries."
Ambassador Liao has been dealing with the other side for a long time. These words are just to scare those young people who have just entered the industry. He will not fall for it!
"Minister Carmel, what you said is too serious. It shouldn't be so."
"Also, let me make it clear that these people here are not organized by our Chinese Embassy. They gathered here spontaneously. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."
If you want to throw dirty water on China, there is no door and the windows will be sealed shut.
As soon as Ambassador Liao finished speaking, Lin Siqiao took out the loudspeaker and translated Ambassador Liao's words.
These people at the scene have some basic knowledge of English.
Without waiting for Minister Carmel to ask, he answered him spontaneously.
"Yes, we all volunteered."
"Minister Carmel, did you hear everything?"
As Ambassador Liao spoke, he clenched his fists and bowed to everyone.
"Thank you all for coming to our aid, but I believe Fang will never shield those two suspects. Am I right, Minister Carmel?"
Because there were so many people at the scene, Carmel finally endured it.
"Of course, we will not let any bad guy go, nor will we wrongly accuse any good guy. As long as the evidence is solid, we will never let him go."
"With Minister Carmel's words, I feel relieved."
Ambassador Liao saw that his goal had been achieved and did not want to waste time.
"I'm sure you haven't heard yesterday's recording. It's okay. I brought it today. You can listen to it first."
After the recording was played, the faces of Fang's representatives were so ugly that they looked as pale as death.
No matter how shameless they are, they cannot say that this recording was forged or edited.
Because with existing technology, it is not possible to achieve such smoothness.
Little did they know that the Fei-brand voice recorder used by Lin Siqiao, which was manufactured by HKUST, had built-in noise reduction and sound pickup technology, and the sound reception was perfect.
This also meant that when she copied it using a tape recorder, every word was clear.
There were also many museum staff members at the scene, and they knew immediately whether the voice in the recording was that of the director and the security minister.
The people on the other side had nothing to say about this, they had nothing to say, but Ambassador Liao did.
He didn't want to make things so embarrassing, but he felt that what Lin Siqiao said made sense.
Yes, a few hours ago, Lin Siqiao told Ambassador Liao his speculation on the phone.
Lin Siqiao had no idea what these people said in the police department, but she had to be on guard since they could still laugh at this time.
Instead of passively waiting for the other party to make a move, it is better to take the initiative and use the power of public opinion to win this battle of dignity!
Ambassador Liao only thought about it for a few minutes before nodding in agreement.
As a result, everyone in the embassy worked together and began to work together.
While the staff were making the banner, Lin Siqiao also went to Chinatown as soon as possible.
There, she met the new president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Wen Gongliang.
There was hardly any conversation before the other party agreed to the matter.
With the strong support of President Wen, the Chamber of Commerce in and around Lun City soon received the news.
What Lin Siqiao didn't expect was the Chinese who received the news.
Everyone collectively changed their schedule for today, some took leave, some closed their shops.
In less than two hours, thousands of Chinese people gathered around the museum.
Everyone is working hard silently for this moment.
With this in mind, Ambassador Liao made an invitation gesture to Minister Carmel. The next words would be confidential, and they had to find a quiet place to sit down and talk.
Both parties went to the conference room on the sixth floor of the museum.
At the instruction of Ambassador Liao, Lin Siqiao pushed the prepared photos over.
It was she who negotiated with China last time, and this time Ambassador Liao also gave her this difficult task.
After all, he talked for a long time and in the end it was still Lin Siqiao who had to translate.
The moment Carmel saw the archival photo, he knew it was over.
Lin Siqiao did not miss the surprise on his face, but she did not give him a chance to react.
"Minister Carmel, these are just some of the photos. If you want to see them, I have many more."
"Not only from China, we also have archives of cultural relics from other countries."
Lin Siqiao lied, she didn't, but it didn't matter. She can tell you almost exactly which countries’ cultural relics are being compiled.
This alone is enough to shock the other party.
Lin Siqiao pointed to the Yuan blue and white ear vase numbered 3313268.
"This piece of Yuan blue and white porcelain is unparalleled in the world. There is no substitute in the entire country of China. We will know if it is in the warehouse now if we go down and take a look."
"If so, we will be fully responsible for all consequences of this incident."
"If it is not there, combined with the previous recordings, it is an established fact that the party's management is chaotic and the cultural relics are not properly kept."
"Also, I believe you can find out who was behind the murder of the whole family in Chinatown."
As he spoke, Lin Siqiao stood up and said respectfully, "Minister Carmel, please come this way."
Having said that, what difference does it make whether you watch it or not? Minister Carmel had anticipated the outcome.
But Lin Siqiao insisted.
She also found a lot of information on the platform about some reports about the museum.
These looted cultural relics were not actually well taken care of. Most of them were placed in dark warehouses.
Even if it was accidentally broken during transportation, the staff did not take it seriously.
Lin Siqiao just wanted them to see with their own eyes how their faces were swollen.
After a while, both parties went to the warehouse on the basement floor.
Here, they saw a variety of exquisite antiques and cultural relics.
Just as Lin Siqiao expected, on one side of the warehouse, everyone saw countless porcelain pieces and broken pottery jars.
Anyone who sees this will say it is a waste of resources!
Soon, everyone looked for it according to the number, and when they saw the blue and white porcelain bottle in front of them, which was less than half the size of the ear vase, the answer was self-evident.
The facts were before their eyes, and China was determined not to give in. In addition, Fang was also afraid of the archival materials in Lin Siqiao's hands.
The two sides negotiated on this matter for more than ten days, and it finally came to an end in early September.
After unanimous discussion, all parties agreed to return a total of 20,000 cultural relics to China before the end of this month.
These are the collections currently being compiled by the museum, and they all have clear records, so they have nothing to say.
As for the remaining 2,000-odd items, they have a long history and Fang also provided some evidence of data exchanges.
Proves that these things were obtained through legal transactions.
The Chinese side has no objection to this.
The two parties officially signed the document on September 10 and issued a joint statement to the public.
The next day, Inspector Smith and his team came to the embassy. This time they came specifically to investigate the family murder case.
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