Chapter 1 Yongan Dang Huanyan Non-professional Writing
Jia Wenyan is a senior archaeology graduate who is about to enter her senior year. At this moment, she is working hard on her graduation project every day.
As graduation approaches, it should be a time for everyone to rush towards the future together, but at this moment the School of Archaeology is overwhelmed by the dual pressures of graduation thesis and employment.
Whether it is the increased level of paper duplication checks or the narrow employment opportunities in archaeology, these college students who are about to enter society are under unprecedented pressure. At this time, Jia Wenyan can't help but doubt the decision she made when she applied for the exam.
As a lucky person who performed exceptionally well in the college entrance examination, four years ago, Jia Wenyan relied on luck that seemed to be as if smoke was coming out of her ancestors' graves, and used her almost incredible good luck on multiple-choice questions in various subjects to raise her college entrance examination score from the bottom of a first-tier university to the edge of a key university.
On the day when the results were announced, not only Jia's parents, but even her head teacher was so excited that they wanted to fast and chant Buddhist scriptures for three months to thank the exam god for his blessing.
That was the hottest topic in the class at the time. No one expected that Jia Wenyan, a student with a weak academic record, would make up for her shortcomings in English scores by relying on her good luck in multiple-choice questions. But at the same time, this also made Jia Wenyan face another very difficult multiple-choice question. That is, her score was just on the borderline between a key university and an ordinary university.
Choosing a first-class university would allow one to choose a major with good employment prospects; choosing a key university would allow one to have a better learning environment and network of relationships, and one could even show off to relatives and friends. This was the Jia family's happiest "trouble" at the time.
The family finally left their fate to "God". Since their daughter's results were achieved by luck, they might as well let nature take its course.
So, with her mother representing the heavy book and her father representing the small book, Jia Wenyan's mother decided Jia Wenyan's fate with the international practice of "punching" the stone to decide the winner. At the same time, Jia Wenyan's archaeological journey at Luojiashan University was also opened.
Archaeology was a path that Jia Wenyan had never imagined in her three years of high school. But perhaps because of her longing for a prestigious school, Jia Wenyan did not think too much about it when she first entered university.
Her original plan was to pass the postgraduate entrance examination and get a doctorate, as her parents expected, to stay in school and become a university teacher, or to work in a museum. However, perhaps because of the particularity of archaeology, Jia Wenyan, who had never been exposed to this field, actually had a high talent in the "Cultural Relics Restoration Major" next door.
Compared with the boring historical research of archaeology, Jia Wenyan seems to prefer the "manual work" of cultural relics restoration.
At that time, Jia Wenyan even consulted about the possibility of changing her major, but her teacher did not recommend her to do so.
Changing majors is not uncommon in archaeology. But if Jia Wenyan's goal is to restore cultural relics, then there is no need for her to really leave archaeology.
Because archaeology and cultural relic restoration are closely related and intertwined in many aspects, many people even think that cultural relic restoration is a branch of the "big category" of archaeology. As a result, she received a graduation project jointly selected by professors from both majors in her senior year.
That is to reproduce and restore the "dragon-patterned jade pendant" recently unearthed in northern Shaanxi Province.
This is the first time since the founding of Luojiashan University that a dual degree program has a combined and tailor-made graduation thesis.
It turns out that during her years in college, Jia Wenyan had become a well-known handmade UP host on Station D by taking double courses in cultural relics restoration.
Her starting point was a Taishi jade pendant that was a replica of a Ming Dynasty artifact. As a girl who loves beauty, she was deeply attracted by those exquisite jewelry artifacts as soon as she came into contact with the field of cultural relic restoration.
But the cost of studying in this direction was far beyond her imagination, so she originally wanted to use the income from making videos to buy more materials for learning and training.
At that time, she spent a whole semester in her spare time to officially complete the work, and the video of the replica of the Taishi jade pendant also received over a million views on D Station. At the same time, it also made many laymen aware of the work of cultural relic restorers.
However, due to the time required for cultural relic restoration, Jia Wenyan, who became famous overnight, was unable to seize the opportunity to rise to prominence by updating frequently like other UP hosts. Her fans continued to lose due to the long-term interruption of updating.
Later, as time went by, after Jia Wenyan learned a lot of other skills with the money she earned, she gradually forgot that she had been a D station UP host.
But what was unexpected was that her mentors not only remembered her previous video, but even wanted her to make a comeback as a UP host through her graduation project of a dragon-patterned jade pendant.
"So, teacher, you want me to go to northern Shaanxi and cooperate with the scientific expedition team to restore the latest unearthed dragon-patterned jade pendant."
Professor Gu: "Yes, Wen Yan, I think you should have known something about this dragon-patterned jade pendant. Although what we have seen so far is only a fragment of a cultural relic unearthed from the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, it is estimated that the history of this jade pendant may be earlier than the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum. So the scientific expedition team hopes that you can help complete the restoration of this cultural relic."
"And our school also unanimously agreed that this restoration work can be used as your graduation project."
"Okay, professor, I understand, but if I may, I would like to ask why the expedition team chose me?"
Jia Wenyan asked her doubts.
Although he is confident in his jade restoration skills, there are always people who are better than him. Not to mention the archaeological team in Xian'an, as the origin of Lantian jade, one of the four famous jades of Donghuang, Xian'an cannot be short of skilled jade masters.
Could it be because she once created a video about restoring cultural relics that grossed over a million dollars?
If it was three years ago when she just made that video, she might have still fantasized about it, but now... she felt that there must be other explanations. Sure enough, before she could figure it out, Professor Gu pulled out a folder from the bookend on the table and handed it to her.
"This is what Director Zhen Yuandao, the curator of the Xian'an Museum, asked me to give it to you."
"Zhen Yuandao, I remember he is..."
"Yes, it's me and your Professor Su's teacher."
Professor Gu said as he motioned Jia Wenyan to look at the document and continued:
"Back then, Professor Su from your school, Su Chenghe, and I were both students of Teacher Zhen. I majored in historical research, while Professor Su focused on the restoration of cultural relics. Originally, we both hoped that you would continue to study for our graduate degrees at the same time after you were admitted to graduate school, but not long ago, Teacher Zhen contacted us and said that he hoped you could become his last disciple. At the same time, he also prepared interview questions for you."
Jia Wenyan: "Is it the Yong'an Museum mentioned above?"
"Yes, the Yong'an Museum was originally the largest pawnshop in Xian'an City during the Republic of China. However, after the reform and opening up, Yong'an Pawnshop followed the trend of the times and transformed from a pawnshop to a museum. My teacher, Mr. Zhen Yuandao, was the successor of this generation of Yong'an Museum."
"Originally, the teacher hoped to make Yong'an Museum the world's number one history museum, but later with the establishment of Xian'an Museum, he was invited to become the director of the museum and chose to donate the collections in Yong'an Museum to Xian'an Museum for exhibition, and Yong'an Museum officially ceased operations."
"The teacher wants you to take over this museum and create a new image for it that is different from traditional museums."
"If you can successfully restart the Yong'an Museum and get it into positive development, then the teacher will give the entire Yong'an Museum as a gift to his last disciple."
"The entire Yongan Museum?"
Upon hearing the news, Jia Wenyan couldn't believe it and looked at the donation contract on the last page of the document.
Although the Yong'an Museum was rebuilt from the former Yong'an Pawnshop, as the largest pawnshop in Xian'an City during the Republic of China, its predecessor was the official treasury of northern Shaanxi Province during the Qing Dynasty.
After repeated renovations by Yong'an Pawnshop during the Republic of China period, it has become a house that can be exhibited to the public as a scenic spot.
This was a fortune that Jia Wenyan had never dared to imagine in her twenty years of life.
And now she actually...
"Brother, you don't need to say anything. We will set off immediately."
Professor Gu: "You haven't even become my disciple yet, and you're already thinking about upgrading your seniority and calling me senior brother? You should wait until you become my disciple."
"Don't forget the premise of all this. It depends on whether you can perfectly repair the newly unearthed dragon-patterned jade pendant."
"The assessment period is only during the winter vacation. Don't let the teacher send you back before you even start your business."
"Don't worry, Dean. I know what I'm doing. If I really back off because of a jade pendant, Dean Zhen won't arrange any more challenges for me."
"And if I'm not mistaken, the purpose of President Zhen setting this first question is not to test me at all, but to hint that I should turn Yong'an Museum into a heritage medium focusing on the restoration and reproduction of cultural relics."
Professor Gu: "Not that stupid. But running a museum is not easy. If you really find it difficult, come back quickly. I still have a graduate student quota for you."
"Thank you, Professor, but I have one more thing before I go. I hope you can help me solve it."
"What's the matter?" Gu Yuan raised his head and met Jia Wenyan's sparkling eyes.
Jia Wenyan: "It's you and Professor Su... who is the senior and who is the junior?"
"Brother..."
Jia Wenyan: "Get lost~~~~"
Jia Wenyan left Professor Gu's office with a smile.
Xian'an...here I come!
Yongan Museum... prepare to welcome your new owner!
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