Zhuang Rui had not been to his museum for more than two months. When he walked into the museum, he found that there were many unfamiliar faces, but there were still some old employees saying hello to him.
Today happened to be Friday, the last day of business every week. Zhuang Rui checked the customer flow and it seemed that it was much worse than at the beginning of the opening. While greeting the staff, Zhuang Rui walked into his curator's office.
"Mr. Zhuang, you were arrested by the owner of the black coal mine to dig coal? How did it become like this?"
As soon as Zhuang Rui sat down, Huangfu Yun, who heard the news and came, opened the door of the office. When he saw Zhuang Rui's appearance, he immediately shouted in a fuss.
Zhuang Rui's current skin color is wheat-colored at best, and black at worst. It may be due to the sun peeling in the first few days on the island, and he has never recovered from it.
"Okay, stop talking so much. You have called me more than 10 times a day urging me to come. What on earth is going on?"
Zhuang Rui waved his hand and threw a cigarette over. This was brought by his uncle to the courtyard yesterday. It was an elongated panda. The filter tip alone was longer than the cigarette.
"Oh, it's so smoky..."
Huangfu Yun took out a lighter and lit cigarettes for Zhuang Rui and himself, then his face became a little serious and said: "Mr. Zhuang, these two students are on winter vacation, plus the New Year holiday, the museum's business should be better.
But now there has been a decline, and I want to report this situation to you.
In addition, without you, I can’t make the final decision on how much money will be spent. In the past two months, many good things have appeared in the auction market, but they have all been snatched away by others..."
When Zhuang Rui left the ***, he gave Huangfu Yun 20 million in cash, but this amount of money was nothing in the antique market, and there was not much left after an auction.
Although the museum still earns millions every month, the money must be signed by Zhuang Rui before Huangfu Yun can embezzle it. Therefore, for more than two months, the deputy director Huangfu Yun has not had a penny in his hands.
controlled wages.
Fortunately, Zhuang Rui had stipulated that the salary of museum employees should be issued after the signatures of the two deputy directors and the financial director. If not for this, the museum would have been out of business during the two months that Zhuang Rui was missing.
"Have you found the reason for the decline in passenger traffic?"
The reason why Zhuang Rui came to the museum right away after finishing his work at home was because he had something in mind.
"The main reason is that there are relatively few exhibits in the museum. Although the types are rich and there are attractive highlights, compared with state-owned museums, our heritage is too shallow. We still need to replenish the collection and develop unique attractions..."
Zhuang Rui nodded slightly. He knew that the Dingguang Museum currently has less than 10,000 items in its collection. Not to mention compared with the collections of state-owned museums, which can easily cost hundreds of thousands, even some private museums have far more cultural relics.
My own, this is indeed the weak link of the museum.
"Brother Huangfu, look at this..."
Zhuang Rui took out the gold coin from his pocket, flicked it with his hand, and the gold coin made a crisp sound, was thrown in a high arc, and rolled towards Huangfu Yun.
After looking at the gold coin over and over for a while, Huangfu Yun showed a look of astonishment on his face and asked hesitantly: "This... is this a gold coin? This should be a commemorative coin issued abroad, right?"
The front of this gold coin is a chrysanthemum, and the back is a general on horseback with his horse's hooves raised and a sword in his hand. The gold coin is not damaged at all and shines with the unique luster of gold. The characters and plants are all lifelike.
Huangfu Yun has been abroad for many years and has seen many auctions of foreign gold and silver coins in the Middle Ages. However, the gold coin in his hand is far superior to those he has seen in terms of quality and appearance.
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You know, the color of pure gold is yellow, very bright, but in ancient times, whether it was China or foreign countries, when making money from gold, it was always necessary to mix some copper in it according to a relative proportion. This is the so-called karat gold.
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After such a gold coin has been placed for a long time, whether it is a gold coin or a gold ingot, you can see an obvious light black color on its surface. However, the one Huangfu Yun holds in his hand does not have that color. It is obviously
Made of pure gold.
Therefore, Huangfu Yun prefers that the gold coins in his hands are commemorative coins issued in modern times. Only this type of gold coins are made of thousands of pure gold and are used to commemorate ***.
"Brother Huangfu, you are mistaken. This is a gold coin from the Eastern Roman Empire in the 14th century. Well... it is also commonly referred to as a gold coin issued by the Byzantine Empire. It is absolutely genuine..."
Zhuang Rui smiled proudly. He spent a lot of effort yesterday, specially finding absorbent cotton balls dipped in soapy water and absolute alcohol to scrub, and then he cleaned up a batch of gold coins that were not seriously oxidized and discolored. Today he brought them to
When Huangfu Yun took a look, he was also fooled.
"Isn't this...impossible?"
After Huangfu Yun heard Zhuang Rui's words, he quickly put the gold coins on the coffee table, took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on before carefully picking up the gold coins in his hand again.
Not only are calligraphy and paintings more delicate than antiques, but metals also need maintenance. Sweat and oil stains on people's hands will corrode metals and calligraphy and paintings. The harm to antiques is quite great. Huangfu Yun has been working as an antique for more than half a year.
The deputy director of the museum has long been accustomed to putting gloves in his pocket.
"If this were the gold coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, it would be worth a lot of money..."
Huangfu Yun weighed it in his hands. The weight of this gold coin should be between three and five grams. It was not worth much in terms of gold value, but things from six or seven centuries ago could not be calculated this way.
The international gold coin market now has a watershed from the 17th century. Gold and silver coins after the 17th century are based on their fineness and appearance, with an additional 100% to 200% based on the weight of the gold coin. However,
Gold coins before the 17th century would be valued at more than 10 times.
Just like the gold coin in Huangfu Yun's hand now, it has a long history and is in perfect condition. If it were taken to the international auction market, the bottom auction price would be more than 10,000 US dollars, and it would be normal to sell it for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
, after all, it has been a long time, and this kind of gold coin is almost difficult to see.
"Mr. Zhuang, where did you get this thing? You won't go exploring in Greece in the past two months, right?"
After Huangfu Yun took the gold coin in his hand and played with it, he looked at Zhuang Rui with doubts on his face. He had asked Zhuang Rui's whereabouts on the phone before, but Zhuang Rui was vague and never said anything.
Zhuang Rui laughed when he heard this and said: "Brother Huangfu, let people prepare to open a pirate hall. When the pirate hall is established, I will hold a press conference to announce a big event!"
"Damn it, you're not going to dig for pirate treasures, are you? Tell me quickly, which big pirate is it? Is it the sea devil Francis Drake, or the red-bearded pirate Hilton Lacey?"
Huangfu Yun exclaimed excitedly. People who have lived abroad have a kind of fanaticism about the history of pirates.
Because in foreign countries, except for countries with long histories such as ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, the history of other countries can be said to be a history of pirates. In every period, there will be great pirates who are as famous as the kings at that time.
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The reason why "Pirates of the Caribbean", which is popular all over the world, is so popular is that it has aroused foreigners' yearning for that mysterious era full of personal heroism. Pirate treasures have been available for hundreds of years.
These are all things that people talk about.
Zhuang Rui smiled and shook his head and said: "Haha, no, brother Huangfu, have you ever heard of the name Klaus Stoltebecker?"
Huangfu Yun was stunned for a moment when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he suddenly raised his head with an incredible look on his face and asked loudly: "You are talking about the golden anchor?!"
The most famous treasure of Klaus is the golden anchor. The anchor made of pure gold has been circulated in the world for hundreds of years. Almost anyone who knows a little bit about the history of pirates can tell it accurately.
Countless treasure-hunting explorers have flocked to it, relying on some so-called treasure maps to travel to the places where Klaus roamed the ocean at that time. However, for nearly seven centuries, Klaus's treasure has remained just a mysterious legend.
"Yes, it's the golden anchor. I discovered Klaus's treasure. Brother Huangfu, this is a new attraction for our museum. What do you think?"
Zhuang Rui smiled. Although he had gone through a lot of hardships on this trip, which could almost be said to have narrowly escaped death, the harvest was undoubtedly huge. The release of Klaus's treasure was enough to shock the whole world.
"Damn, that's more than just an attraction? That's simply explosive news, Mr. Zhuang, if what you said is true, I can attract all the attention of the world's archaeological exploration community to China and to our museum.
Come……"
After Huangfu Yun heard Zhuang Rui's words, he immediately became excited. With the sharp vision of a businessman, he saw huge business opportunities. Even if these treasures are not sold to the outside world, just with this gimmick and a little hype, they can
Let Dingguang Museum be famous around the world.
Huangfu Yun stood up and walked back and forth in the office. After a while, he calmed down from the excitement. He looked at Zhuang Rui and said, "Mr. Zhuang, you have to come up with something. Just this one
Gold coins are not convincing at all, you must have that golden anchor!"
"Haha, as long as you complete the pirate museum, the items will be on the shelves immediately. Let me give you an overview first, a gold anchor, an ancient Egyptian gold mask, and countless gold coins and jewelry..."
Zhuang Rui thought about it for a while, but still hid the crystal skull. After all, he relied on this thing to upgrade his spiritual energy, and it might have other effects.
