Collection of Gods

Chapter 908 I Believe

Back in Conference Hall No. 3, the noisy and heated atmosphere subsided a little, but the number of people did not decrease at all. Many experts from the National Museum who had completed their work gathered around those exquisite jade scrolls and books.

"Director Huang, have the relevant statistics been compiled?"

Dong Wenhui called a middle-aged man over and asked him directly.

"Director Dong, Director Tang, the relevant data has been compiled. I wanted to give it to you just now, but I couldn't find you after looking around."

The full name of this curator surnamed Huang is Huang Zhiwen. He is the deputy director of the National Museum of China and the highest-ranking leader on this overseas trip except for Dong Wenhui. However, his position and Dong Wenhui's position seem to be only one letter apart, but the two are actually two levels apart. It is even very difficult to say whether he can reach Dong Wenhui's position in this lifetime.

"We just went out to smoke a cigarette." Dong Wenhui said with a smile: "Now that the data has been compiled, let's take it to Director Tang to have a look."

"This is the list we made temporarily. Please take a look, Mr. Tang."

Upon hearing this, Huang Zhiwen quickly handed the paper in his hand to Tang Yuan. His words were extremely polite, without any leadership airs at all.

"Director Huang, thank you for your hard work."

Tang Yuan took the list from Huang Zhiwen and said with a smile.

"Director Dong worked the hardest. He was already feeling unwell due to seasickness, and today he hiked with us for more than six hours. Director Dong's perseverance and persistence are really worth learning from."

Tang Yuan, who was standing next to Dong Wenhui, never expected that Huang Zhiwen would start licking wildly when he got the chance. This made Tang Yuan's eyebrows slightly raised. Although he did not look abnormal on the surface, he muttered in his heart: Are you studying? I think you are too eager to improve!

"Alright, alright, stop flattering me!"

If it was in private, Dong Wenhui would have been quite pleased with Huang Zhiwen's flattery, but now with Tang Yuan, an outsider, present, Dong Wenhui was more or less embarrassed. He immediately glared at Huang Zhiwen and said, "Hurry up and organize those people who don't have work to do, so that they don't stay here to join in the fun. Let them go back to their rooms and sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow to go to the island again."

"Okay, okay, then I'll let them go back to their rooms and rest."

Huang Zhiwen smiled twice and said nothing more. He gestured to Tang Yuan and quickly left, doing as Dong Wenhui had instructed.

"Hey……"

"These old guys are all quite old."

"If you stay up all night, the three highs will definitely exceed the standard tomorrow."

Dong Wenhui looked at the National Museum experts who were in high spirits and excitement in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh, and said with a little helplessness.

"I feel that most of these masters have pure minds. They are really passionate about the fields they are good at, and can even be said to be obsessed with them. Sometimes they are really like old children."

Tang Yuan smiled slightly, with some emotion in his words.

"Director Tang, we are at the National Museum!"

"Every expert who can enter our unit is a person with profound attainments in a certain field. If they are not sincere, how can they achieve what they have today? To use a popular saying among young people today, if you don't step into this industry, your view of me is like a frog in a well seeing the bright moon. If you step into this industry, your view of me is like an ant seeing the blue sky!"

"Some of them are even the founders of their own schools in certain fields. It is a great honor for ordinary people to have the chance to meet them and ask them a few questions, let alone hire them." Dong Wenhui couldn't help laughing when he heard Tang Yuan's sigh. He pointed at the old experts in front of him, and his eyes unconsciously revealed a bit of respect.

"Director Dong, after hearing what you said, I suddenly feel so proud of myself!"

At this point, Tang Yuan pretended to be a little skeptical: "Eh? Director Dong, you told me so much, you don't want me to give you more money, do you?!"

"What extra money?"

"I'm the kind of person who raises the price!"

Dong Wenhui said with a smile when he saw Tang Yuan's reaction.

Upon hearing this, Tang Yuan laughed twice along with Dong Wenhui, then he turned his attention to the piece of paper that Huang Zhiwen had just handed him, where the names of precious cultural relics were listed densely.

《历圣图像》4轴、《穆宗实录》74册、《历圣翰墨真迹》31册、《宁寿鉴古》18册、《长白龙兴纪念》4册、《发逆玺印》1本、宋版《后汉书》、宋版《后唐列传》、宋版《神宗正史》、明武宗正德皇帝亲书《二十一史小咏》……

In this list, there are also many extremely precious single and ancient historical books. The history contained in them is of great significance to the archaeological and historical circles.

Tang Yuan did not ask Dong Wenhui how much these things were worth, because it was meaningless. To the barbarians, these things were like worn-out shoes, and they were even too hard to use to wipe their butts. But to the descendants of Yan and Huang, these were just a thin page in the heavy history book of five thousand years.

It is the inheritance of civilization!
It is the continuation of culture!
Tang Yuan read the list carefully from beginning to end. When he saw the names of the dozen or so books at the bottom that were marked as severely damaged, he suddenly felt mixed emotions.

"Hey……"

"If those disasters hadn't happened, even if our National Museum had expanded tenfold, it would still be difficult to accommodate all the cultural treasures of our prosperous China."

"According to UNESCO statistics, during that period, more than 160 million national treasures of China were lost overseas. They are now collected by more than 200 museums around the world. The number of precious cultural relics collected by the public is ten times that of the museums, totaling nearly 2000 million precious cultural relics that belong to us. The whole world knows that those things belong to us, but we can do nothing but watch them."

"Besides that, these are only the things that were looted from us. There are many more precious cultural relics that were destroyed in the war. Those are the things our ancestors left us. Sometimes I really dare not think about it, because just thinking about it makes me feel heartbroken!"

When Dong Wenhui saw the look in Tang Yuan's eyes, he couldn't help but sigh softly. As he spoke, his tone became heavy, and his eyes also revealed a somewhat complicated look.

"Take it easy……"

"I believe that one day, those people will return the things themselves!"

Tang Yuan took a deep breath and his eyes suddenly became firm.

Dong Wenhui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then the corners of his lips slightly raised, and then a smile quickly spread across his face. He raised his hand and placed it on Tang Yuan's shoulder, nodded heavily and said:

"I believe too!"

"There will definitely come a day!"

(End of this chapter)