The 102nd day of being eavesdropped on
Professor Xu and his friends finally did not let Sun Zhiping pay for the meal, because the university paid for the lunch, but Sun Zhiping had no appetite from beginning to end.
Professor Bai was very happy. When they returned to the guesthouse, he patted Gu Jinshui on the shoulder and said, "Little Gu, you did a great job today. That's how it should be."
Gu Jinshui picked up the kettle and poured water, saying with a smile, "Don't laugh at me. I was just being sloppy today. I understand what everyone asked. If you asked something else, I might not be able to answer it."
"Don't be modest. You are really capable."
Professor Bai shook his head and said, "We have to go to the conference room in the afternoon. You should have a good rest first so that you can be energetic in the afternoon."
Gu Jinshui thought so too. He had seen a lot in the past few days here. These professors are really capable. It is estimated that they also took advantage of the exchange between the two schools this time and did not hide anything. Each of them explained things clearly and logically. The gains from these few days alone were more than what Gu Jinshui could have learned by studying hard for a month.
The second day of the meeting was to visit the local museum.
The museum was a bit far from the school, so the group took the bus. The Shandong Museum has quite a few collections, but unfortunately, there are still only a few people who like antiques these days, so the museum can be said to be deserted.
At the entrance of the museum, Gu Jinshui and his group just arrived and saw the dean and a few people getting out of the taxi.
"Hey, who's the one in the middle?" Someone asked in a low voice, "Isn't he some kind of leader?"
The old man in the middle was wearing a neat suit and had his hair combed neatly. He looked quite impressive, especially with a few people surrounding him, one carrying a briefcase and one standing behind him.
"I hope you've been waiting for a long time, teachers,"
Dean Zhang came over to greet them shyly.
"No, we just got here." Professor Bai said politely. He looked at the old man and asked, "Who is this?"
"Oh, let me introduce you to Professor Yamamoto of the University of Tokyo. Professor Yamamoto, and this is Professor Bai."
Dean Zhang quickly introduced each other.
Gu Jinshui saw the young man standing behind Yamamoto whispering and translating, and then he realized that he was Japanese. No wonder he looked different from the Chinese.
Professor Yamamoto extended his hand and greeted in Japanese.
Although Professor Bai didn't understand, everyone understood the body language. After greeting each other, Dean Zhang invited everyone to enter the museum.
Professor Xu and others looked at Yamamoto and couldn't help muttering, "This is really strange. We are here to visit the museum, why did Lao Zhang bring this Japanese here? We don't know him."
A professor from the school was afraid that everyone would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Teachers, our dean has no choice. Originally, our dean planned to arrange for you to come to the museum separately, but who knew that Yamamoto heard that so many people came and insisted on going together, saying that it would be lively with more people."
"Hey, no wonder Lao Zhang came so late."
Professor Bai nodded in understanding, "This can't be blamed on Lao Zhang. We have to be polite to foreign friends."
Although this is the case, many people still have some resistance to the Japanese.
Dean Zhang probably understood it, so he used the excuse that there were too many people and let everyone visit on their own.
Anyway, everyone here is in the archaeology industry, so there is no need for introductions.
Shandong has conducted a lot of archaeological excavations in recent years, so the cultural relics in the museum are not only diverse, but also very rich.
Just a quick look is enough to make people feel overwhelmed.
Gu Jinshui also saw a lot of first-class cultural relics that he had only heard of but never seen. He couldn't help but look at them again and again, and even took pictures with his camera.
Professor Bai stood beside him with his hands behind his back, watching with a smile.
But when Gu Jinshui walked to a display stand, there was an octagonal candlestick with blue and white flower patterns from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. He collected a lot of porcelain, but this one was so exquisite that it was rare. But Gu Jinshui took a look and felt that something was wrong.
He couldn't help but stop, frowning, and looked at the octagonal candlestick.
After checking several times, Gu Jinshui said nothing, just said something to Professor Bai, and then he checked around faster.
Professor Bai saw that he was in a hurry and his brows were getting deeper and deeper, so he suspected that something was wrong.
But because Gu Jinshui didn't say anything, Professor Bai pretended not to know, and helped Gu Jinshui cover up, saying with a smile: "This little Gu is really young, he can't sit still after seeing so many good things, we don't have his energy, let's take our time to look."
Everyone smiled and said yes.
Professor Xu also said: "It seems that little Gu has gained something again today, and we have to ask him to write a few more articles later."
The group talked and laughed.
On the other side, Yamamoto had already noticed Gu Jinshui's strange behavior, and a trace of thought flashed across his eyes.
"Mr. Yamamoto, the coin you want to see is on it." Dean Zhang greeted with a smile.
Dean Yamamoto Oki said hi, nodded, and led everyone upstairs.
Gu Jinshui only took a quick look at one floor, and his face changed completely.
He came back to find Professor Bai and made up an excuse, "Professor Bai, why don't we go outside to smoke?"
Professor Bai was stunned, and before he could answer, Professor Xu said, "Just go to the corner to smoke, why go out, it's freezing outside."
Gu Jinshui waved his hands and smiled, "That won't work. There are cultural relics in here. We dare not act rashly. Although there is glass between us, we will be guilty if we damage them."
"Yes, you guys continue to watch, Xiao Gu and I will go out to smoke one and come back."
Professor Bai also whitewashed the situation and walked out side by side with Gu Jinshui.
Sun Zhiping showed a suspicious look on his face, his eyes turned around, and he followed quietly.
"Professor, there might be a thief in the museum."
Gu Jinshui lit a cigarette, but didn't smoke it. The spark flickered in the wind, and the smell of nicotine spread.
Professor Bai's face changed slightly, and he lowered his voice, "Did you find something wrong?"
Gu Jinshui flicked the cigarette in his hand, "There are seven or eight counterfeits in there, mostly porcelain, and I haven't looked at them yet, but this rat can't just steal from one warehouse."
His eyes were deep, and his words were meaningful.
Professor Bai suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Dean Zhang had told them before that this museum has more than 100,000 collections. Although only a small part of them have been displayed, these few are the treasures among the collections!
"We can't talk about this for now." Professor Bai's throat was tight, he coughed and covered his mouth with his hand, "There are foreigners here today, and we are guests. Let's go back and quietly tell Dean Zhang and let them investigate internally."
"I'll listen to you."
Gu Jinshui said.
He still understood the principle that family shame should not be made public.
Even if he did a good thing, he had to consider the host's face and not let him lose face in front of the guests and the Japanese.
Gu Jinshui and Professor Bai discussed and decided, then turned around and went back.
As soon as he entered the museum, Gu Jinshui saw Dean Zhang and Yamamoto and his group hurried down. Dean Zhang's face flushed red. He walked over quickly with anger and asked in a low voice, "Professor Bai, Comrade Gu, what are you doing?"
"Dean Zhang, you..."
Professor Bai was confused by the questioning. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, Sun Zhiping shouted, "Gu Jinshui, you are so capable. You said that all the cultural relics collected by the museum are fake. It seems that everyone is blind, and you are the only one with sharp eyes, right?"
Professor Bai didn't need to ask.
Gu Jinshui also guessed what was going on. He looked at Sun Zhiping, who was very proud, obviously very proud of eavesdropping and giving Gu Jinshui face.
"Little Gu, you can't say that. Are you kidding us again?"
Professor Lin stroked his beard, stretched out the last syllable, and said with sarcasm in his tone, "It's a good thing that this young man has ability, but he can't be arrogant and talk nonsense."
"Yes, this young man just can't keep his temper and dares to say anything."
"Little Gu, apologize to Dean Zhang quickly."
The professors around him, either out of good intentions or because they have some opinions about Gu Jinshui's "impulsiveness", all spoke up to persuade him.
Gu Jinshui just wanted to curse at his mother at this moment.
This matter should not be said casually. Once it is said, it must be thoroughly investigated, otherwise it will be a surprise. I have discussed it with the professor, but I happened to run into Sun Zhiping, a bastard who hurts others and does not benefit himself.
Professor Yamamoto tilted his head and seemed to be asking the translator next to him what happened. After knowing the whole story, Professor Yamamoto showed an interesting look on his face, glanced at Gu Jinshui, and then said a few words to the translator.
The translator said to Dean Zhang: "Dean Zhang, Mr. Yamamoto said that since this young man said so, there must be a reason. Why not ask him to explain it clearly so that the matter can be cleared up."
"This..." Dean Zhang's face showed hesitation.
The translator said very firmly: "Professor Yamamoto said that he will not tell anyone about what happened today. You can rest assured about this."
Dean Zhang also felt overwhelmed.
But now that it has come to this, he has to ask clearly. He also holds a position in this museum. He can't just know about the situation and not ask.
Dean Zhang asked, "Comrade Gu, you said that there are fakes in the museum's cultural relics. Which ones are you talking about? I wonder if you can explain it clearly?"
"That's easy."
Gu Jinshui was not a timid person. He had already memorized the names of the seven or eight fakes and read them out directly.
Dean Zhang asked someone to bring out all the cultural relics and put them on the table.
"These are so good, how could they be fakes?" Someone looked at the cultural relics in front of him and couldn't help frowning and wondering.
"Little Gu, you'd better explain it clearly."
Professor Bai gave Gu Jinshui a look.
This matter has become so chaotic, so why not cut the Gordian knot.
Gu Jinshui also thought so.
He picked up a bronze Buddha, "Everyone knows that this is a bronze Buddha from the Song Dynasty, right?"
"Yes, it is from the Northern Song Dynasty." Professor Xu nodded.
Gu Jinshui said, "Who among you is willing to cooperate and put your hand into this bronze Buddha?"
Gu Jinshui saw that the translator quickly told Yamamoto, and he was a little unhappy. To put it bluntly, why should the family shame be made public?
Especially in front of the Japanese.
Sun Zhiping, this grandson, if I don't find an opportunity to punish him later, I will not be called Gu.
"I'll do it!"
Dean Zhang raised his hand in anger.
Gu Jinshui made a gesture of invitation. Dean Zhang put his hand into the bronze Buddha from the bottom and quickly took it out. He clenched his palm and then opened it, "Okay, what do you say now?"
"This is enough to prove that this bronze Buddha is a fake!"
Gu Jinshui said loudly, "The bronze Buddhas before the Ming Dynasty have clips in the chest, which are specially used to place Buddhist scriptures. But if they are later imitations, they can't be so delicate, so this one is undoubtedly a fake!"
Everyone couldn't help but exclaim.
No one thought that verifying the authenticity of the bronze Buddha would be so simple.
Dean Zhang was still a little unconvinced, so he asked someone to bring another bronze Buddha over. As a result, he reached out and touched it, and there was actually a clip.
A cut was made on the back of his hand, and blood flowed out.
"Dean." The other professors were shocked.
Dean Zhang made a stop gesture, his face gradually became serious, looking at Gu Jinshui, and asked: "Little Gu, how sure are you that the other pieces are fakes?"
"Ninety percent." Gu Jinshui casually picked up the blue and white candlestick, "Look at this candlestick, the light is so bright, how can it be real?" After
hearing what he said, everyone also figured out that there seemed to be something wrong with the candlestick.
The blue and white color was a little more floating, and the pattern was a little coarse. It was not noticeable when looking through the glass, but when you take it out and take a closer look, it really makes people feel that something is wrong.
Dean Zhang's face turned pale.
Professor Bai quickly reminded him: "Dean, the most urgent thing now is to call the police, find a way to find out how many are counterfeits, and recover the genuine ones and catch the person who switched them!"
"Yes, yes, you are right."
Dean Zhang came to his senses, and he hurriedly took people to call the police and ordered people to seal off the museum.
It was only because today was not a holiday, and in order to entertain Peking University teachers and students and Yamamoto and others, the museum was specially opened for a day.
Otherwise, this matter would have spread like wildfire.
The police also took the matter of cultural relics swapping very seriously, and sent people over in less than half an hour.
Since it was difficult to determine whether the cultural relics were real or fake, they specially asked Gu Jinshui to help.
Gu Jinshui didn't mind, and besides, these were national property, and he had an obligation to help.
Professor Bai and others could not help, so they left for the time being.
After leaving the museum, Professor Bai glanced at Sun Zhiping calmly, "Sun Zhiping, I will report your actions today to the leader after I go back."
Sun Zhiping was stunned and asked angrily, "On what basis? What did I do?"
"Don't you know what you did?"
Professor Bai frowned, his face was more serious than ever before, "Because of your mess, our plan was disrupted. If the thief ran away, you have to take responsibility!"
Sun Zhiping was speechless and felt guilty.
Originally, the two schools had planned to visit the folk antique market, but after this happened, no one was in the mood.
Gu Jinshui ran around for five days, and finally, thanks to the quick response of the police, the museum security guard was captured and two-thirds of the cultural relics were recovered, but the remaining cultural relics had long since disappeared.
"This security guard is such a scumbag!"
Professor Bai was so angry that his hands were shaking when he heard Gu Jinshui's story. "Those are all national first-class cultural relics. Besides, the country has not treated him unfairly. How could he do such a thing!"
"Professor Bai, one word is greed."
Gu Jinshui shook his head and said, "The security guard only gets 30 yuan a month, but he made 3,000 yuan by reselling a cultural relic. This man has lost his conscience because he is blinded by money."
"This kind of thing will definitely not be rare." Professor Bai stood up suddenly and said, "I have to unite with other professors and report to the higher authorities. Museums everywhere must check cultural relics more and be vigilant."
Cultural relics are no different from other things, especially now that the staff in museums seem to have no idea whether they are real or fake. Yuan blue and white porcelain and Ming blue and white porcelain are all the same to them. They don't even know if something has been swapped.
Like this time, the security guard said that he started swapping antiques two years ago. At first, he swapped one antique a year, and he was timid. Later, he found that no one noticed, so he became bolder and even took photos of many antiques for people to choose from.
If it weren't for Gu Jinshui's sharp eyes, it would have taken a long time for the security guard to be discovered.
By then, who knows how many cultural relics would have quietly flowed into the collection world.
Professor Bai went out for a while, and Gu Jinshui leaned on the bed in the guesthouse, flipping through the photos taken a few days ago and taking notes.
When he was absorbed in the photos, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside, followed by a knock on the door: "Little Gu."
Gu Jinshui recognized the voice of Dean Zhang and hurried over to open the door.
In addition to Dean Zhang, there were also several professors and Yamamoto and his group at the door.
"Xiao Gu, you've worked so hard this time." Dean Zhang held Gu Jinshui's hand with great strength. He had been so busy these days that he had no time to rest his feet, and his eyes were full of bloodshot. "Thanks to you for discovering it in time, otherwise the loss would be immeasurable."
"Dean, you're too polite. This is what I should do."
Gu Jinshui was humble for once. If others encountered such things, they might be criticized later. He shouldn't be in a hurry to take credit. "It's our fault this time. This matter should have been handled quietly."
"You don't have to tell me. I know that day had nothing to do with you. Lao Bai has already told me the whole story. It's not your fault." Dean Zhang waved his hand.
He took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Gu Jinshui, "This is the bonus given to you by our school, museum and police department. Although it is only 500 yuan, it is a small token of our appreciation." "
I can't accept it."
Gu Jinshui refused.
500 yuan is a small amount for him, but it is a lot of money for them.
"No, you must accept it."
Dean Zhang said, "Otherwise we will be embarrassed. Do you think it is too little? If you think it is too little, I will give you
some money privately." He said humorously.
Seeing that the conversation had come to this point, Gu Jinshui thought that if he refused, he would look like a fussy person, so he said, "Okay, I'll accept it, but before we leave, you have to let us treat you to a meal. We have troubled you a lot this time, so you have to show us your kindness."
Dean Zhang and others agreed happily. In the next room, Professor Xu was really impressed by what Gu Jinshui said.
This little Gu is only less than 30 years old, how can he be so good at dealing with things?
Think about him, and then think about Sun Zhiping, there is really a world of difference.
Shandong people can drink. When Professor Bai and his group got on the train, their legs were weak, especially Professor Bai. Dean Zhang saw that he could not drink more than Gu Jinshui, so he pulled Professor Bai to play rock-paper-scissors.
Professor Bai lost nine times out of ten bets, and even now when he was drunk, he still felt that the things in front of him were several shadows.
"It's a good thing that we have a soft sleeper when we go back."
Professor Xu couldn't help but say as soon as he lay on the bed
, "If we go back sitting, it would be really unbearable. Little Gu, it's all thanks to you." "Yes, little Gu, how can you drink so much?" Professor Bai was supported by Gu Jinshui and leaned against the pillow. He felt a swollen pain in his head, as if someone hit him hard with a hammer.
Gu Jinshui smiled: "You guys can't compare with me. I came out to make a living when I was a teenager. How can I not drink? I can drink another three kilograms of alcohol without any problem. Okay, I think you should all rest. I'll go get you some hot water. You'll feel much better after making a cup of tea."
Professor Xu and Professor Bai said hello again and again.
Gu Jinshui took the enamel cup to get some hot water and was about to go back when he ran into Yamamoto and his group.
"Mr. Gu." The translator greeted Gu Jinshui.
Gu Jinshui nodded to them, "You guys go back too."
Yamamoto said a few words to the translator, who looked at Gu Jinshui and said, "Yes, Mr. Gu, Mr. Yamamoto wants to ask if you are interested in going to the University of Tokyo for exchange?"
"The University of Tokyo? Not interested."
Gu Jinshui refused without thinking, holding the water cup and went away directly.
The translator seemed a little surprised by his cold attitude, and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Yamamoto.
"Come, have some tea."
Gu Jinshui took out the teapot and brewed tea, and greeted Professor Bai and the others.
Professor Xu struggled to get up, took a sip of hot tea, and sighed comfortably, "Little Gu, you are so thoughtful. Why did you bring a teapot and teacups?"
Gu Jinshui smiled and said, "This is a souvenir for my master. I happen to use it."
"Oh, I thought you brought tea sets when you went out." Professor Xu drank the tea and now he had an appetite. He took out a box of biscuits from his gift bag and shared them together.
They had been drinking all night last night, and had no appetite this morning. Professor Bai asked while eating a biscuit: "Did you meet someone you know outside just now?"
Gu Jinshui said, "No, it was Yamamoto and his group. What a coincidence, they are also going to Beijing."
"Professor Yamamoto." Professor Xu thought for a moment and said, "I remember, he seemed to have said that he was going to the Beijing antique market. Could he be looking for you to show his hospitality?"
Gu Jinshui shook his head and casually said what Yamamoto had just said.
After he said this, Professor Xu and Professor Bai looked at each other.
Professor Bai said, "Xiao Gu, why don't you agree?"
"I hate Japan, and I hate the Japanese even more."
Gu Jinshui said directly, "My store never does business with Japanese people."
The two professors have become accustomed to Gu Jinshui's maturity and stability in recent days. When they suddenly heard these words, they found it funny and thought it was Gu Jinshui's temper.
Professor Bai said, "I understand your feelings, but we have a saying that we learn from the barbarians to defeat them. Yamamoto's university has always been famous for its archaeological achievements. We might as well learn from them. Moreover..."
Professor Bai's expression became very serious. "Japan once looted a lot of cultural relics and ancient books from our country. You have a good eye. If you can find our cultural relics in Japan and bring them back, it will be a good thing."
"Yes, who among us doesn't hate them, but we still do business with them."
Professor Xu said, "Jinshui, our eyesight is not as good as yours. This matter really depends on you."
Gu Jinshui really didn't think so much.
He frowned and said, "Let me think about it."
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