Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1781 Fusion

Lin Wanqiu certainly made great efforts in this matter, and Tony Huang and Liang Pingyi also helped a lot, but the former two were only doing so on a voluntary basis, while the latter was even paid.

Lu Lirong mainly collects Buddha statues, Buddha heads, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings. As you can tell from the name, many of his collections, at least the Buddha statues and Buddha heads, have unclear origins.

As a "decent person", these things are like hot potatoes in their hands, which may explode if they are not careful. Therefore, Zhou Zhi had to entrust Lin Wanqiu and Liang Pingyi to sort the collections. Those without clear transaction information will be handed over to Liang Pingyi and returned to the motherland in the form of overseas donations.

In later generations, there is often a type of "self-media news" saying that a certain collector donated his national treasures to a museum, but the museum refused to accept them because he could not explain the origin of the cultural relics clearly.

In fact, this is a joke. The country has carried out several cultural relics collection activities over the years, and has never refused to collect cultural relics because their origins could not be explained.

The real reason is that these collectors are basically the "National Treasure Gang". The so-called "national treasures in their collections" are all fakes. For various reasons, museums are more tactful when rejecting them and do not explicitly say "this is a fake and we will not accept it."

In fact, as long as the museum refuses to accept it, it is a signal that it is a fake. These people deliberately pretend to be confused even though they know the truth, or some of them are really confused. They attract the media to make themselves famous. Their intentions are not worth laughing at.

This world is like this, it is not black and white. Just like Lu Lirong, he really got a chance to exit with dignity. When there is insufficient evidence, he can use "good faith acquisition" to be released, and the laws of any country cannot do anything to him.

Even in a major case like the two Heavenly King statues, the domestic case could only be traced to a Guangdong cultural relic dealer named "Shui Sheng Zai", while Hong Kong Island could only trace back to the fact that Lu Lirong purchased the Heavenly King statues from a cultural relic broker named "Min Asan" in Hong Kong Island.

Now Min Asan has immigrated and cannot be found, and Shui Shengzai is also on the run, reportedly going to Southeast Asia. As for how the Tianwang statue was transferred between the two, there is no way to find out since the two are no longer around.

Fortunately, the Buddha heads and statues collected by the Lu family returned to China, which is a blessing.

As one of the successful lobbyists who persuaded Nitta Toichi, Goro Sakamoto can be considered a contributor to the return of the Sarawakura Lei, and he also accompanied them this time.

"Mr. Sakamoto, long time no see." Zhou Zhi was also very enthusiastic when he saw this little girl: "It's been a while since we last met."

"There is a saying in your country that a dragon can be seen from the head but not the tail." Sakamoto Goro said, "One time when Miss Fujiwara was drinking, she also talked about you and said that you left a very unforgettable impression on her. She also asked when you would be free to visit Sony again, and she even acted as your translator."

"Sony's DVD industry has taken over the entire industrial chain. Ms. Fujiwara is now an important figure in the company. How dare I let her be a translator?" Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "If she has time to come to China, I can be her tour guide."

Sony and Clover have been cooperating deeply in the DVD industry. They have not only launched an industrial agreement but also established an industry forum. Sony has also established an entertainment company. In addition to making its own movies, it has also acquired DVD distribution rights and sold them around the world.

Clover has teamed up with the domestic chip manufacturing industry to launch a low-cost DVD decoding chip.

Not worried about intellectual property protection, Sony and Clover made a compromise under strong opposition from the film industry, especially the North American film industry. They not only established a region code system, dividing the world's DVD distribution areas into six major regions, but also had different compression codes for each region. Discs could only be played on DVD players in the same region.

At the same time, CSS scrambling code was added, which is a secret key mechanism that makes it impossible for individuals to copy and reproduce DVDs. This practice has effectively protected the copyright of the films of the eight major Hollywood film companies. In return, the European and American film industry alliances have also provided strong support for the promotion of DVDs. Of course, when the copyright is effectively protected, they are also one of the main reapers of industry interests.

However, this resulted in extremely unfavorable distribution of DVDs in the sixth region, namely mainland China, and ultimately led to the film disc market continuing to be occupied by VCDs, while high-definition music MTV and karaoke became the world of DVDs.

The two companies almost monopolized this industry. As the head of the China region, Fujiwara Oka was responsible for contacting and coordinating many DVD-related collaborations. As the industry prospered, her status in the company naturally rose.

"I will tell her about this. I believe Miss Fujiwara will be very happy." Sakamoto Goro said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou is able to donate the Zhafanglei to the country. Nitta and I admire you very much. It is your decision that has become the decisive factor for Nitta to agree to sell it."

"Hehe, these are all decisions made by the top management of the foundation. I am just a representative." Zhou Zhi didn't need to tell Goro Sakamoto the truth. "I still want to thank Mr. Sakamoto for his efforts and Mr. Nitta for his generosity. Please also convey my respect and gratitude to Mr. Ataka."

After the polite words, the customs clearance procedures were almost completed. Mr. Wang and Mr. Ma were of course the appraisers of the cultural relics entering the country this time. They stamped the body of the Fanglei Lei and the Buddha heads and statues with customs wax seals. Then the group pulled their things and came to the National Museum in a mighty procession.

There was a grand ceremony at the National Museum. Senior officials including the General Administration of Cultural Heritage and the director of the National Museum were present. Gao Zhixi and Xiong Chuanxin also brought the jar lid from the Hunan Provincial Museum. All parties came here to witness together that the two parts of the national treasure were reunited after being separated for nearly a hundred years.

However, as in the past, Zhou Zhi did not show up. Finally, after the body of the jar was placed in place, Liang Pingyi, a representative of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Ma Chengyuan, the discoverer of the square jar body, Xiong Chuanxin, a representative of the square jar lid collection museum, and Fang Xintian Dong, the transferor of the square jar body, lifted the lid together and put it on the body of the square jar under the crazy flash lights of the media.

"It's so beautiful!" As a guest of honor, Zhou Zhi stood beside Mr. Wang and Goro Sakamoto, cheering and applauding with everyone else: "The King of Square Lei, it lives up to its reputation!"

After the combination, the height of the Dish-shaped Lei reached 84.8 cm, of which the height of the body alone was 63.6 cm. The lid of the Lei was in the shape of a hip roof, containing the lines of the famous "Mou Box Square Cover", which was quite beautiful in mathematics.

The body of the jar has a rectangular mouth, a straight neck, and a high ring foot. The whole vessel has a cloud-thunder pattern as the base, and is decorated with animal face patterns, Kuilong patterns, and phoenix patterns. The shoulders are decorated with double ears holding rings, and a beast head handle is placed under the abdomen on the front. The four corners and the center of each face are decorated with protruding long hook-shaped door edges.

The vessel is huge, majestic and solemn, with exquisite carvings and magnificence. Just one look at it and you can feel the superb craftsmanship and breathtaking momentum of the heyday of Chinese bronze casting. It is fully worthy of being a representative work of China's late Shang bronzes.

"This is a blessing in disguise, it's God's will." Old Master Wang also clapped beside Zhou Zhi: "How many cultural relics in the world can be reunited after being scattered?"

“Even if ‘The Useless Teacher Scroll’ and ‘The Remaining Mountain’ still exist in the world today, we don’t know when we can hold a joint exhibition. Even if they are put together, they will have to be separated in the end, not to mention the part that was burned?” Goro Sakamoto said on the other side.

Sakamoto was talking about the front and back parts of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". Wu Hongyu, a collector in the Ming Dynasty, wanted to be buried with the painting before his death, and burned the scroll into two pieces. Fortunately, it was snatched out by his nephew, and only a few feet turned into ashes. The front part, "Remaining Mountain", is now stored in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, and the back part, "Useless Teacher Scroll", is stored in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. It will take a long time for the two to meet.

These words made both Mr. Wang and Zhou Zhi silent.