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This is Zhou Buqi's first time at Shangbo and he has a very good impression.

Because he found out that admission is free.

It is indeed a magical city!

It is the closest place in the country to the world.

Also, he found that Shanghai Expo is big enough, with four large exhibition halls and ten exhibition areas. Let him secretly chuckle. If it is spacious enough, we can build a special large exhibition hall directly here, and there is no need to donate money to build a new building.

A museum-level building is not an ordinary residence. Not only does the construction and design need to be artistic, but it must also be very safe. Plus, with the land in the Magic City... it might not even cost hundreds of millions to build it.

The curator's surname is Chu. He wears a pair of glasses and looks elegant.

Boss Zhou was invited to see the two treasures of Shangbo first.

They are two bronzes from the Western Zhou Dynasty: Dake Ding and Jin Hou Su Bell.

After Zhou Buqi saw it, he was a little surprised, "Is it gone?"

Director Chu still didn't understand what he meant, "Yes, these two pieces are the treasures of the museum. They are very precious and have extremely important cultural and archaeological value. The Dake Ding was excavated in the 1980s. It was unearthed in the 1990s."

Zhou Buqi shook his head and said strangely: "Director Chu, I don't know much about these cultural relics, but in the batch of cultural relics I bought in the United States, there were at least twenty or thirty things like this... Well, maybe I should say less, there are hundreds of bronzes, they should all be from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and there are dozens of large ones."

"hiss!"

Director Chu's expression changed drastically.

Many of the accompanying museum researchers behind him were also surprised.

How can this be?

Each of the large bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties can be said to be a national treasure, and they are prohibited from being exhibited abroad... It is because of the fear that during the transportation and exhibition process, one ten thousandth of an error will occur, resulting in the loss of a national treasure. damage.

What a great result, the big boss came up with dozens of items this week?

Could it be that you were cheated?

The one you are talking about is not from Shang and Zhou Dynasty, but from last week, right?

Are they all fakes?

Curator Chu has a background in archeology and has a rich cultural heritage. The most important thing is that he has heard some inside information. In order to buy this batch of precious cultural relics overseas, Boss Zhou invited more than 20 senior experts in the industry from China. He also received invitations, but he didn't go because his schedule couldn't accommodate them.

With so many industry experts, you can’t just ignore them all, right?

Curator Chu tried to analyze and said: "All ancient bronzes can be preserved to this day because they are kept underground. Ancient etiquette and laws strictly restricted tomb robbing. So much so that countless wealth in ancient times were actually hidden underground. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Etiquette was lost, foreigners came to China...the situation changed."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, there was no concept of collecting cultural relics at that time, especially the lower class people, who completely lacked education and understanding in this area. But foreigners understand the value of these cultural relics that record thousands of years of history."

Director Chu said: "At that time, the most valuable domestic cultural relics were lost overseas. Moreover, our country has a vast territory, rich resources, and a long history. It has inherited so many dynasties, and there are countless treasures buried underground that have lasted for thousands of years. Foreigners come to buy them. They don’t care about ordinary things at all. They must be eyeing the most precious things, and then take them away from the country one by one.”

That makes sense.

At that time, there were no archaeological excavation projects. Coupled with population explosion, infrastructure growth and lack of ethics, many old farmers could often dig things.

It was dug out, what should I do?

If you report it to the court, the court will confiscate it. If you tell foreigners secretly... you can receive a large sum of money. In other words, at a time when there were the most treasures and it was easiest to dig out, and you could dig out treasures with just a shovel, foreigners had priority!

This is not a robbery, but a purchase of real money.

Nor does it violate the laws of the Qing Dynasty.

Then they took away all the good things in China one by one. Many people went to visit overseas museums and felt very sad. They hated the plunder that came to China during the Anglo-French War and the Eight-Power Allied Forces... However, they only had 1,800 in total. There are only a few warships in total. Let them free their hands and rob them. How many can they rob?

More cultural relics were lost because of the uneducated people of that period. Foreigners came to China relying on information, bullied the ignorant Qing government, and legally bought some of the most precious things in the country at low prices.

Especially the underworld weapon.

The Old Summer Palace is a royal garden, so it is impossible to grab the underworld weapon from here.

At that time, there were many collectors and antiques enthusiasts in China. Due to traditional culture, all they played with were antiques from the underworld, and no one would take the underworld artifacts home to display on the kang.

Foreigners don't care about this.

As a result, almost all the artifacts unearthed during that period were bought by foreigners. The country did not pay attention to them at all and could not even hide them. Only a few of them were lucky enough to survive, and without exception they are now important national treasures and national treasures among national treasures.

Among those foreigners who come to China to buy cultural relics, who is the first?

Of course it was Rockefeller, the richest man in the world at the time.

Hundreds of years passed.

Under Zhou Buqi's operation, these national treasures, which had not seen the light of day for hundreds of years and had never even been heard of by domestic experts and scholars, finally had the opportunity to return to China.

Director Chu was so shocked that his mouth went dry.

If all this is true, then this young and over-the-top boss in front of him can really be called a national hero! If there are really dozens of large bronzes, they may have more treasures than all the museums in the country!

In comparison, what does the luminous pearl in Cixi's mouth count?

Shang and Zhou bronzes are the symbol of Chinese civilization!

Zhou Buqi was aware of the sensational nature. After being shocked, he quickly restrained himself and said calmly: "Well, it's not necessarily true. We are very good at making fakes, and it was the same in the late Qing Dynasty. I heard that foreigners like to collect bronzes. If there are big items, maybe someone will forge a lot of them and sell them to foreigners to make a lot of money."

Director Chu nodded, "Really, I have gone to all these big museums abroad. Even the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, some of the things in the Bronze Hall are not very accurate. It is very likely that some foreigners have been deceived. I bought a fake one and donated it to the museum."

Zhou Buqi was very surprised, "No way? With today's technology, isn't it possible to detect carbon 14? If we test it, wouldn't we know if it is from Shang and Zhou?"

Curator Chu explained with a smile, "Besides the objects themselves, the greatest value of Shang and Zhou bronzes is the inscriptions on them. Carving inscriptions on bronzes is even more difficult than firing bronzes. So many bronzes are just objects without inscriptions. Technology Testing can tell whether the characters are from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but it is difficult to tell whether the characters on them were carved by modern people or by people from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Many times, these characters are not quite right. Foreigners don’t understand Chinese characters, let alone oracle bone inscriptions.”

Zhou Buqi said very cautiously: "Well, when these cultural relics are shipped back to China, you can organize more experts to distinguish the authenticity."

Next, the two parties discussed the handling of these cultural relics after donation.

Zhou Buqi said that there should be a special exhibition area, but Director Chu was in a dilemma because the museum's current space has been used up and there is no extra exhibition area.

Moreover, with so many valuable cultural relics, it cannot just be a small exhibition area, it must be a large exhibition hall!

Zhou Buqi explained his reasoning, "I don't want to do anything. I don't want fame or profit, and I don't want to cause trouble to the museum. I just want to take advantage of this opportunity to cooperate with SIBO to bring more overseas visitors to the museum." Collectors should see clearly and set an example for them so that they can donate back those precious cultural relics that have been lost overseas."

Director Chu was in awe as soon as everyone was waiting.

In the past few decades in China, the reputation of this field has not been very good. Many large overseas collectors would rather donate their works to foreign museums than bring them back.

With Zhou Buqi’s status and international reputation, if he takes the lead and sets an example... I believe more big collectors will be willing to follow.

Since it is a donation, to whom is it not a donation?

Why not donate it back to your country?

Boss Zhou even brought back precious cultural relics worth 10 billion US dollars at once. What else do others have to worry about? This can form a follow-up effect.

A person's power is limited.

More importantly, many precious cultural relics are kept privately and have not been seen for hundreds of years. Outsiders have no idea about them. You don’t even know it exists, so you can’t spend money to buy it.

Zhou Buqi sighed, looked around the magnificent Shangbo, and said thoughtfully: "If this place is not suitable, I think we can build a smaller museum nearby, affiliated with Shangbo. Name I also thought about it and called it the "Wanderers' Homecoming Museum". I will take the lead and call on collectors from all over the world to participate. Therefore, the cultural relics donated from overseas belong to this "Wanderers' Homecoming Museum" and have A special written record expresses gratitude to the collectors who donated. Not only Chinese collectors, but I believe many foreign collectors will also return the items to their original owners."

Director Chu was deeply moved.

I really understand the structure and ambition of world-class entrepreneurs. No wonder they can become rich and achieve such great achievements.

It’s really incomparable!

People's focus has never been on Shangbo. What they value is the city's status as a city close to the international community. What they focus on are the big international collectors!

However, approving land to build a new sub-library is a big deal.

It's not something that can be determined by his authority.

In particular, Shanghai is located in a place where land is at a premium. If you want to build a museum nearby, the city will have to plan it yourself. This may require changes in the planning and construction of the surrounding cities.

"This is a good thing and of great significance." Director Chu took a deep breath, "Mr. Zhou, I very much support your idea. I will definitely do my best to support the implementation of this project!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It shouldn't be that difficult. I'll go tell the city."

"Yes ha!"

Director Chu laughed, feeling a little embarrassed.

His level is not quite enough.

Boss Zhou is different. He has donated cultural relics worth 10 billion US dollars and wants to donate a new museum. Who dares to interfere with this kind of thing?