Chapter 355
With a secret signal from Meng Bai and Lan Chengyong, the younger brothers on both sides were ready to draw their guns at any time.
This business is indeed very profitable, but it also involves walking on a knife edge.
Not only do they have to guard against people in the domestic government, but they also have to guard against attacks from their rivals.
One careless move could lead to eternal damnation.
Therefore, they will never board the other party's cruise ship. Being able to drive the yacht 5,000 meters out of the coast is already a huge risk and shows their greatest sincerity. No matter how far it is, no matter how high the price offered by the other party, they will not do it!
You have to have the life to spend the money.
Of course, Mr. Mike was not willing to follow Meng Bai ashore, and both sides were on guard against each other.
Su Qingci noticed that the person the other party brought had a bulge on his waist and was also carrying weapons.
Luo Husai and Meng Bai gave each other a big hug on the deck, patting each other's shoulders like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.
"Please come in, please come in~" Meng Bai gestured to the other party.
At the same time, he waved towards Su Qingci, "Yuyan, come here!"
After the group settled down in the cabin, the other party looked around the scene and said, "Why didn't you see Mr. Yu?"
Meng Bai looked at Su Qingci with a smile.
Su Qingci said, "He asked why Mr. Yu didn't come?"
Meng Bai said, "Just tell him directly."
Su Qingci nodded and said to the bearded man, "Mr. Mike, he has diarrhea."
Luo Husai was stunned and didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he could only smile awkwardly.
Meng Bai had no intention of playing fast and loose with Mr. Mike. It was safest to settle this kind of deal quickly.
"Let's get straight to the point."
Su Qingci was stunned. How to translate this sentence?
After a while, she said seriously, "Open the door and you will see the mountain."
Meng Bai looked at Mr. Mike's puzzled face and suddenly realized how this foreigner could understand their idioms.
"Okay, okay, let's get straight to business."
As he said this, he waved his hand, and A Biao behind him put a small leather suitcase on the table. He opened the suitcase and found two thick documents inside.
Meng Bai took out two books and handed one of them to Mr. Mike.
Su Qingci looked at the book in Mr. Mike's hand with the corner of her eye.
As Mr. Mike turned the pages, the booklet was filled with photos of various cultural relics and artifacts, as well as brief introductions and prices. All the introductions in the booklet were translated into English.
The booklet in Meng Bai's hand was in Chinese.
Su Qingci suddenly realized that Yu Shengchun had been busy with these things during this period of time locked in the house? It must have taken a lot of effort to organize such a thick book.
Mr. Mike flipped through the booklet in his hand calmly, and stopped to look from time to time with a frown.
The price of the goods this time is nearly 100% higher than the previous price.
This made him doubt the other party's sincerity, and coupled with the fact that the goods were not very good, his face immediately turned unhappy.
They took such a huge risk to cross the ocean because they wanted the best, the best!
Meng Bai, Kong Liu and others were all nervous and observing Mr. Mike's expression. This premium was the result of everyone's unanimous discussion.
Domestic controls are becoming increasingly strict. Previously, when activities were being carried out in various places to pull the landlords down, the people basically rushed in, looting, smashing and destroying things, so that many things flowed into the market.
After so many years, there are fewer and fewer things on the market.
You have to know that there are many people in this world who know what good things are. Those good things are either destroyed or collected by people with ulterior motives.
This time, Liu Saner brought back several large items, which can be called national treasures. The 100% premium on all the items was not much, because the prices of other items themselves were not high either.
Mr. Mike was a man who had seen the world, and although he felt uncomfortable, he still patiently looked carefully at the booklet in his hand.
Finally, when the booklet was almost turned to the end, the other party was shocked and his eyes reflected great surprise.
Su Qingci turned her head slightly and looked at the booklet in the other person's hand. After seeing the photo in the booklet clearly, she shuddered all over and almost forgot to breathe.
It turned out to be the most famous bronze ware in the Freer Gallery of Art in the United States in later generations, called "Zizha Niao Zun". It was a wine vessel from the Spring and Autumn Period two thousand years ago. It is nearly 30 cm high and 15 cm wide. The patterns are exquisite, and there is an inscription inlaid with gold on the neck.
Later, the United States said that it was donated to the museum for free by their compatriots, and the donor claimed that it was a family heirloom. However, all Chinese people who have seen it know that this bronze ware came from China, and they can even clearly know that it was unearthed in Jincheng.
Until Su Qingci traveled through time, this famous national treasure was still placed in someone else's museum, and it was difficult for Chinese people to even take a look at it.
It was obvious that Mr. Mike was an expert. He carefully stroked the photo above and then turned to the next page.
Su Qingci's pupils shrank. What was underneath was actually the lid of a square jar, a national treasure of China that had been lost in the United States.
Later, the country spent 250 million to bring it back and reunite it with the original body of the jar in China. The central news broadcast the entire reunion ceremony, and people across the country watched with tears in their eyes in front of the TV as the national treasure stolen by robbers returned.
Su Qingci felt uneasy, as our country has a long history and culture.
According to later statistics, more than 17 million cultural relics have been lost overseas from China, which is equivalent to the total number of ten Forbidden City Museums. In hundreds of museums around the world, there are countless fine cultural relics from China.
Among them, the British Museum and Library in the United States house more than 90,000 fine cultural relics from China, while the Louvre in France and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States each have collections of more than 20,000 pieces.
Most of these treasures were stolen by the Eight-Nation Alliance during the late Qing Dynasty, while some were lost for various reasons in modern times.
Many national treasures cost the country huge financial and material resources to recover in later generations, but many more treasures were not recovered even after spending tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, which became a regret for the Chinese people and the entire China.
It is obviously a treasure of their own country, but it is displayed in museums of other countries, attracting a large number of tourists from other countries. As a result, if people from their own country want to take a look at it, they have to travel thousands of miles, apply for various visas and buy tickets.
Meng Bai and others really did something immoral.
The most important thing is that when Su Qingci saw the price on the brochure, it was just a drop in the bucket compared to the huge amount of money that the motherland spent in later generations to bring it back.
Many Ming and Qing dynasty porcelains are even priced at only a few dollars.
Su Qingci gritted her teeth. Where are Wang Zhongru and his group of freeloaders who are dragging the team down?
It's already time to strike the hammer here, why are they still hesitating and haven't shown up yet?
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