Collection of Gods

Chapter 976: The Rich Collector! (Finale)

"My dear bosses, the exhibition hall we are entering now is the Seal Exhibition Hall, which houses a total of 217 seal cultural relics, including 46 national treasures and 171 first-class cultural relics. The Twenty-Four Seals of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure of the museum, are in this exhibition hall..."

The staff of Zhiyuan Capital Secretariat led Penguin Ma and others to the Seal Exhibition Hall, which was filled with various seals. They were placed in glass display cases and looked extremely exquisite.

"This is the Twenty-Four Seals of the Ming Dynasty, which symbolizes the supreme imperial power of the Ming Dynasty!"

"It's hard to believe that Tang Yuan actually found these seals in Panjiayuan. His luck is so good!"

Jingdong Qiang accompanied Penguin Ma and others to stand in front of the central glass display case. Looking at the Twenty-Four Seals of the Ming Dynasty arranged in an orderly manner inside, he couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

"This incident is indeed legendary."

Penguin Horse nodded and smiled, "When I first heard him mention this matter, I thought he was exaggerating, but I never thought it was really the case."

The crowd chatted while admiring. They had known about the Twenty-Four Seals of the Ming Dynasty in the Seal Exhibition Hall for a long time. It was just the first time they saw them, so they were not too surprised. They stopped to admire these seals that symbolized the supreme imperial power of the Ming Dynasty for a while and then continued to walk towards other exhibition halls. As for the other seals, they just passed by and took a look and then walked on.

Next, they came to the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall.

As we all know, Penguin Horse has a special liking for calligraphy and painting. He has collected many famous paintings and calligraphy over the years. So after entering the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall, everyone clearly felt that Penguin Horse's pace slowed down a lot.

"Ouch!"

"Mr. Ma, does this painting look familiar to you?"

Not long after they walked into the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall, Jingdong Qiang glanced at somewhere and suddenly laughed twice. He first patted Penguin Horse on the shoulder, then pointed somewhere with a slightly teasing tone.

Upon hearing the voice, everyone subconsciously looked in the direction of Jingdong Qiang's finger, only to see that the painting on display there was Xu Beihong's "Three Horses in Autumn Forest", which had been collected by Penguin Horse and was later bought by Tang Yuan at the Zhonghe Charity Auction.

"Hahaha……"

"Mr. Qiang, you know how to hurt someone's heart."

When Meituan Wang and others saw this, they all burst into laughter, while Penguin Horse shook his head with a slight smile on his face.

“Happiness shared with others is worse than happiness alone.”

Penguin Horse was very open-minded and measured: "Putting this painting of "Three Horses in Autumn Forest" here is not a pearl covered in dust."

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and they stopped for a moment in front of the "old lover" Penguin Horse, then continued walking forward until they arrived at the center of the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall.

"what?"

"Why is there a copy of the Lanting Preface here?"

"Didn't Mr. Tang hang a copy of the "Lanting Preface" in the Qixiang Studio of his private estate?"

When Didi Cheng saw the calligraphy hanging in the center of the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall, he couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise, and then immediately expressed his doubts.

"Yes."

"Could it be that Director Tang dug out the calligraphy from Qixiangzhai temporarily?"

Jingdong Qiang also felt very strange. While he was saying this, his eyes fell on the staff in front of them, hoping to get an answer from them.

Facing the attention of many bigwigs, the staff member smiled and explained: "Dear bosses, the "Lanting Preface" you saw at Mr. Tang's home two days ago was based on the copy by Zen Master Biancai, while the "Lanting Preface" you see now is the original work of the calligrapher Wang Xizhi, the real best running script in the world."

"what?"

“Is this an authentic work of Wang Xizhi?”

"How can this be?!"

Even business giants like Penguin Horse could not help but show surprise on their faces after hearing the news, with a hint of disbelief in their eyes. It was really that the reputation of Wang Xizhi, the calligrapher saint, and the best running script in the world was too famous, and was known to everyone.

"Dear bosses, this is what happened..."

This staff member was assigned by Tang Yuan to act as a guide for Penguin Ma and others. Naturally, she had some prior knowledge of many exhibits in the museum. She might not know everything, but she definitely knew the museum's treasures like the back of her hand.

After the staff member recounted in detail how Tang Yuan obtained the authentic copy of "Lanting Xu", Penguin Ma and others were all amazed.

"Mr. Tang is really tight-lipped!"

Penguin Horse said with emotion: "During this period, we have met so many times, but he never mentioned this matter once!"

"It's obvious that Director Tang is planning something big."

"Wouldn't it be boring if all the cards were revealed in advance?"

Jingdong Qiang echoed Penguin Ma and took out his phone to take pictures. The original copy of "Lanting Xu" by the calligrapher Wang Xizhi was such a unique painting that even Jingdong Qiang couldn't help but take out his phone to take pictures. He even wanted to post it on WeChat Moments.

Meituan Wang hugged his shoulders and also sighed: "I originally thought that this calligraphy and painting exhibition hall was a little ordinary, but now it seems that I was just wasting my time. Just this authentic copy of the "Lanting Preface" by the calligrapher Wang Xizhi, even if the other calligraphy and paintings in the exhibition hall are just children's doodles, this exhibition hall is enough to be ranked among the world's top art exhibitions."

"Hey……"

"Director Tang is truly unfathomable!"

"The value of this original copy of the Lanting Preface alone is enough to exceed nearly half of my net worth. Sometimes it really hurts to think about it!"

Didi Cheng sighed softly, and at the end, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Let's go."

Everyone stopped for a long time, and Penguin Horse gestured to everyone, "I feel that there must be other surprises waiting for us in the next exhibition hall. We have limited time, so let's go around all these exhibition halls before the ribbon-cutting ceremony begins."

"Let's go!"

"Mr. Ma is right!"

Everyone agreed, because this authentic copy of "Lanting Xu" raised their expectations to the maximum.

Next, led by the staff, they walked through all the exhibition halls one after another. When they saw that Tang Yuan’s museum even had collections of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" and the "Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature", they were completely stunned.

“Is this a private museum?”

“I feel like the National Museum doesn’t have as much to see as this place!”

After walking out of the last exhibition hall and returning to the gold and silver mountain landscape, Jingdong Qiang made an exclamation that everyone agreed with.

……

Nearing noon, the entrance to the private museum was already crowded with people.

Many bigwigs from both the business and commercial circles gathered together. If you casually threw a brick down, the person hit might be a business celebrity with a net worth of hundreds of billions, or a senior executive from the business world whose rank was no lower than that of a department head. It was a vivid embodiment of the poem "There are great scholars talking and laughing among them, and there is no unlearned person among them."

Facing many guests, Tang Yuan smiled widely and invited those with the highest status to the front of the private museum one after another.

When twelve o'clock struck, countless cannon barrels exploded one after another and countless streamers fell from the sky. At the same time, Tang Yuan and others, amid the applause and cheers of many guests on the scene, took out the scissors in their hands and cut the streamers in front of them.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden mission - establishing a private museum]

[The Great Collector System Task Panel is fully unlocked...]

[The Great Collector System Achievement Panel is officially open...]

[The system is being upgraded...]

[System upgrade completed]

……

In an instant, countless system virtual prompt boxes flashed in Tang Yuan's field of vision.

When he opened the system page again, he saw that the system page had undergone earth-shaking changes. The task panel that was originally refreshed naturally every month now directly listed many tasks, ranging from 2-star tasks to 5-star tasks. In addition, the task rewards were clearly marked behind each task, so that Tang Yuan could choose to complete them at will.

In addition, the system also opened an achievement panel. All achievements were related to collections. Every time Tang Yuan completed an achievement, he would receive corresponding rewards. Moreover, the achievement rewards were more generous than the task rewards, and the reward contents were also varied and comprehensive.

Faced with the crowd's embrace and congratulations, Tang Yuan stood there in a daze for a moment.

Suddenly, he smiled gently.

"perhaps……"

“One day, my private museum will surpass all the museums in the world, and I will become a truly great collector.”

"The years are short, and the rest of life is long."

"Let me enjoy life with half of my leisure and enjoy the pure joy with half of my poetry."

……

(End of the book)

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