In the office of the President of the University of London, in addition to Malcolm, there were about a dozen foreigners sitting at the conference table in the office. The atmosphere in the whole room seemed a bit solemn.
"Mal, you really have to agree to let the other party pick an item in the collection. You must know that the school collection has been in existence since the school was established. There has always been a precedent of putting things in it and not taking things out."
"Yes, you have to know that there are many very precious cultural relics in the collection. Isn't it too casual to just pick one for him?"
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Listening to the objections of other members of the board of directors, Malcolm frowned deeply and asked: "When we asked Mr. Qin to help, we had negotiated terms. We can't break our promises now. Tell us.
, where can we put the face of our London University?"
"What's the matter? We can just give Mr. Qin some money." A member of the board of directors said casually.
"James, this is not a question of money, it is a question of credibility. Besides, I don't think Mr. Qin will be short of money." Malcolm stood up from his chair and looked at the man who spoke with a mocking look, "
You all have forgotten what you saw yesterday. Yesterday you all praised the miracles and said that Mr. Qin is not an ordinary person. Today you will not admit it. You are not afraid of angering Mr. Qin. Again
Ruined the aura of our school? Will you be responsible for solving it then?"
"If any of you feel that you can take over this mess when the time comes, just say so directly. As long as you open your mouth, I will do what you ask."
Malcolm looked around the audience and saw that the members of the board of directors were silent because of his words, and even avoided his sight.
Sir, go to the collection hall to select a cultural relic."
"Even if he is asked to choose, we still have to hide the most precious collections. We just agreed to let him choose a collection at will in the collection, but we did not say that we cannot hide the collection in the collection.
Put the collection away." Just when Malcolm was about to make a decision, a member of the board of directors suddenly stood up and said.
This member's words were recognized by other members, and they all opened their mouths to reconsider. Although Malcolm felt that this was a bit unfair, he did not dare to offend the entire board of directors, and finally nodded in agreement.
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"Mr. Qin, according to our agreement, I will now take you to the school's collection to select an item."
In the principal's office, Malcolm received Qin Yu warmly, without mentioning the previous dispute on the board of directors. Qin Yu had no idea that there had been a fierce debate just a few dozen minutes ago.
Malcolm led Qin Yu, Meng Yao and Anna out of the school leadership office building and walked towards the collection hall not far away. The collection hall of the University of London is not open to the public, only on some special days, or
The collection hall will be opened only when certain important guests come to visit.
While Malcolm opened the door to the collection, Qin Yu and Meng Yao looked at each other. Just a few years ago, a national leader came to the University of London for an interview and specifically visited the collection of the University of London.
Confirm whether the He's Bi is really in the collection.
However, the leader failed to discover it in the end, because on the day he visited the collection hall, the University of London had collected all the cultural relics from China with erroneous origins, so the leader's visit was cancelled.
significance.
But this time, Qin Yu and Meng Yao entered the collection hall. If they didn't find He's Bi, they could also provide useful information to Meng Yao's second uncle and others, telling them that He's Bi was not in the collection, so that they would keep watching.
Collections are a waste of time.
"Mr. Qin, only you and I can enter this collection." After opening the door, Malcolm turned to look at Qin Yu and said.
"Only one person can go in?"
"Yeah." Malcolm spread his hands and made a helpless expression.
"Qin Yu, then you can go in alone." Meng Yao glanced at Qin Yu. Qin Yu nodded, said nothing more, followed Malcolm into the gate, and then there were people from the collection hall.
The employee closed the door.
The collection hall of the University of London only has one floor, but it covers a very large area. It is a huge exhibition hall divided into several categories. Qin Yu followed Malcolm to the middle of the exhibition hall.
"Mr. Qin, the things here are all the things in the school collection. The ones on the left are collections related to the East, while the ones on the right are collections related to the West."
"Mr. Qin, you can choose as you like, and then tell me after you have made your choice." Malcolm said to Qin Yu.
"OK."
Qin Yu didn't hesitate, said hello to Malcolm, and walked directly to the exhibition hall on the left.
Walking through the middle passage, a staff appeared in front of Qin Yu. In the front display cabinet, there was a staff. There were some patterns and words carved on the staff. Judging from the style of the words, Qin Yu
Yu was sure that this thing was not Chinese because the writing was not ancient Chinese characters.
In front of the staff, there was a plaque with a lot of English words written on it. After a cursory glance, Qin Yu discovered that the staff was from Egypt and was unearthed from a pyramid in Egypt.
Qin Yu's goal this time was very clear, which was to find He's Bi. Therefore, as long as it was not jade or other collections, he would sweep them all away. The exhibition hall to the east was very large, with hundreds of display cabinets, but Qin Yu's collection was very clear.
Yu walked through almost half of it, but still didn't find any jade-related collections.
"Hey, why is this place empty?"
Qin Yu continued walking inside and found that several display cabinets were empty and there were no collections in them. This was contrary to common sense.
"Did someone from the University of London hide something on purpose?"
Qin Yu quickly thought of this possibility, and the possibility was very high. Those at the University of London were probably afraid that he would pick something precious, so they hid the precious cultural relics in advance.
"Don't forget that He's Bi was also hidden by them." Qin Yu felt infinitely depressed. If He's Bi was really hidden by people from the University of London, then he would have no choice but to take advantage of it.
The loophole in their original agreement was that they only agreed that he could select an item in the collection, but they did not say that they were not allowed to hide some items.
Knowing the trick played by the people from the University of London, Qin Yu gave up hope on whether he could find He's Bi this time and continued walking inside.
"Yuan blue and white, Jun kiln porcelain...his grandmother's, so many national treasures have been lost overseas."
Qin Yu looked at some porcelain in the display cabinet, and the essence of angry youth broke out again. These products, which belong to the pinnacle of ancient Chinese porcelain art, should have been appreciated by the Chinese people, but now they are lying in foreign collections for foreigners.
Use it to show off.
"If it doesn't work, I will take away the most valuable thing in the collection."
Qin Yu thought bitterly, but then he showed a look of helplessness. He was not a collector, and he didn't know much about antiques. With so many cultural relics, he couldn't tell which one was the most valuable.
"Hey, is there another gold nugget here?"
As Qin Yu walked, his eyes were attracted by a square piece of gold in the display cabinet in front of him. This gold piece was square and inlaid with jade surfaces at the four corners. It looked very delicate.
"The famous general Zhongshidao Marshal Seal of China's Song Dynasty..."
Qin Yu looked at the introductory words on the plaque in front of the gold diamond, with a surprised expression on his face. This gold diamond turned out to be a handsome seal, and it was also a famous marshal of Zhongshi Dao in history.
When Qin Yu continued to read and saw the technical appraisal of this handsome seal, Qin Yu's expression became very strange. The appraisal report of this handsome seal was that the handsome seal weighed 4 pounds and the gold purity was as high as
Ninety-two percent, the octagon contains jade, and the six characters "Zhongshidao Marshal Seal" are written on the bottom.
"This time the people at the University of London are going to take a look."
After a long time, Qin Yu chuckled. Although he didn't understand antiques and didn't know how to identify the authenticity of antiques, he was absolutely sure that this marshal's seal was a fake and should be a modern item.
With a purity of 92%, such gold refining technology could not be achieved in the Song Dynasty or the recent Qing Dynasty. How could the handsome seal used by Zhongshi Dao have such a high gold purity?
After Qin Yu finished laughing, he was about to continue walking forward, but just when his body was barely able to step over the display cabinet, a thought flashed through his mind, instantly stopping him.
Qin Yu returned to the fake marshal's seal again, staring at it with his eyes flickering, and he was lost in thought.
"If we talk about counterfeiting, but if we use gold to counterfeit it, the cost is too high. Even if it is just the outer layer, the cost will be hundreds of thousands. And if it is a counterfeiter, it is impossible not to understand the ancient gold refining technology.
Then the biggest possibility is..."
A flash of light flashed in Qin Yu's eyes. He remembered a story he had seen before. It was about a painter in ancient times. He had a famous painting in his hand. The painter was often worried that the famous painting would be stolen, and he was always on tenterhooks.
He didn't even dare to leave the house. Later, the painter's wife found out about her husband's troubles and came up with an idea.
She asked the artist to draw a copy of the real painting, and then mounted the real painting inside using a special mounting method, and then sealed it. Of course, the copy of the copy had the artist's signature on the back. As long as those who know how to paint
At first glance, you can tell that it is an imitation painting and not valuable.
After that, the painter's wife put the painting in the middle of the hall and asked the painter to invite his friends to come and enjoy it. The painter's painting skills were not very good, so the imitation of the painting was only average. The friends invited by the painter naturally recognized it at a glance.
I recognized it as a fake painting, and through the publicity from these friends, everyone knew that the painting in the hall of the painter's home was a fake painting.
Later, the painter's home was really robbed, and even the scrap paintings that the painter kept in his study were stolen, but only the painting hanging in the hall was not stolen. From then on, the painter felt relieved.
Go out and visit friends with peace of mind. (To be continued)