Chapter 2005: The Return of Civilization
Not surprisingly, the reporters who swarmed were stopped by the security guards and had to stay outside the cordon and ask questions loudly.
"Good morning, Mr. Ye Tian, I am a reporter from CCTV, can you tell us what are the things in these escort cars? Is it an antique art?"
"Good morning, Steven, I'm a reporter for The New York Times in Beijing, and we received an invitation that says it's a donation ceremony and a press conference about it.
From the current situation, it seems that you should be the donor, and I would like to ask, what are you going to donate, is it an antique art, how much is it worth, and who is the recipient?"
Hearing the questions of these media reporters, Ye Tian immediately turned his head and looked over.
He glanced at the many media reporters who were stopped outside the cordon, as well as the ordinary tourists who were watching the excitement, and then said with a smile on his face:
"Hello everyone, I'm Ye Tian, I'm very happy to see you here, it's about to be the New Year, here I give you a New Year's greeting in advance, Happy New Year, I wish you all the best in the new year, the spirit of Ryoma"
As he spoke, he clenched his fists and arched his hand to everyone at the scene, performing impeccably.
Seeing his performance, almost everyone at the scene had a flash of appreciation in their eyes, and many of them who didn't know Ye Tian well even felt very surprised.
This guy is very different from the legends.,It's not a fierce god.,On the contrary, it's very amiable.,It seems that those legends can't be trusted.,It's just a rumor.。
Whether they understand Mandarin or not, whether they are tourists from China or other countries, many people at the scene have followed suit, and they have bowed their hands to Ye Tian with their fists, which can be regarded as greeting him.
After greeting everyone at the scene, Ye Tian continued to say aloud:
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's donation ceremony and press conference are indeed because of me, and I am today's donor, thank you for coming.
However, about the content of this donation ceremony, such as what I donated and who is the recipient?
That's all, that's all I have to say, please be patient for a while, the donation ceremony will start soon, and I'll answer your questions and see you later!"
After speaking, Ye Tian waved his hand to everyone at the scene, and then took David and Jason and turned around and walked towards the escort car.
On the other side, Shan Lao and the others also got out of their respective cars and walked over to Ye Tian's side together, everyone was full of spirit and excitement.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides came together.
After a few whispered words, the transshipment began.
The doors of several escort cars were opened one after another, and the sealed boxes were moved out of the cars one after another by the Forbidden City cultural museum personnel, and carefully placed on those hand-pushed luggage carts.
When the number of boxes on the luggage cart reaches a certain number, the luggage cart will be slowly pushed into the temple by the staff of the Forbidden City, and there will always be heavily armed policemen to follow around.
During this period, those media reporters who were stopped outside the cordon raised their long guns and short cannons one after another, and kept pressing the shutter to shoot, recording the scene in front of them.
Brave Explorer's own film crew, the Forbidden City, and the National Library are also filming to preserve the video material.
It didn't take long for many boxes packed in those escort cars to be moved down and all transported into the Working People's Cultural Palace.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian and Shan Lao checked a few escort vehicles, and after confirming that nothing was missing, they walked into the Taimiao with a smile and disappeared from the field of vision of many tourists.
Soon, more than half an hour had passed.
It's close to 10 a.m., the donation ceremony is about to begin, followed by a press conference.
In the main hall of the Taimiao, many media reporters gathered here, and they had already set up long guns and short cannons, waiting for the donation ceremony to officially begin.
Five or six meters in front of the press area, in the center of the main hall of the Taimiao, a temporary rostrum was arranged, on which several tables and chairs were placed in a row.
The tables were filled with flowers, drinks, and other items, but the chairs were empty, and the protagonists of the donation ceremony had not yet appeared!
Two or three meters behind the rostrum, there is a tall mahogany screen, on which is inlaid with an ink landscape painting, which is huge in size, and is used as the background board of the rostrum.
Above this mahogany screen, a red banner is pulled, and a line of large characters is written on the banner 'Let Civilization Shine' Donation Ceremony, which is very eye-catching.
This line of text is very general, neither specifying the donor and the recipient, nor the items and quantities of donations, which made many media reporters at the scene confused.
The boxes that had just been moved into the temple were stacked in an open space not far from the side of the rostrum, guarded by several Forbidden City cultural and museum personnel and several heavily armed policemen.
Since the outside of those boxes are covered with sealed bags, the specific situation of the boxes and what they contain is not clear for the time being, and we can only secretly guess.
But every media reporter at the scene knew very well in their hearts that those boxes contained the items that Ye Tian was going to donate, and those items must be worth a lot of money in this case!
There were only five minutes left before 10 a.m., and several Forbidden City staff suddenly walked up to the rostrum and began to place nameplates on the rostrum.
As these nameplates were placed on the table one by one, and through the names and positions on the nameplates, the on-site media reporters instantly figured out one thing, who the donors and recipients are today.
The donor doesn't need to ask, it is Ye Tian and his brave and fearless exploration company, and the nameplates of him and David are placed in the center and left of the rostrum.
As for the grantee, it is the National Library.
The nameplates of the Director of the National Library and the Minister of Culture speak for themselves, as they are placed in the center to the right of the podium.
Although Dean Duan of the Dunhuang Academy is well-known in his research field, few of the many media reporters on the scene know and know his name.
Seeing the names on those nameplates on the rostrum, a small commotion was immediately set off at the scene.
"Wow! I thought the recipient was the Palace Museum, but I didn't expect it to be the National Library, so it seems that what Ye Tian is going to donate should be some very precious rare books or historical documents!"
The boxes we saw at the gate of the Working People's Cultural Palace just now should contain many rare books and historical documents that Ye Tian exchanged from Europe and the United States, and the number seems to be quite a lot!"
Indeed, I suspect that what Ye Tian donated is likely to be the Dunhuang Canon, and after a series of previous operations in Paris, London, and New York, he has collected tens of thousands of Dunhuang Canons.
It can be said that at present, in the world, Ye Tian is the person who has the most Dunhuang scriptures, and no other museums and libraries, as well as individuals, can compare with him!"
Obviously, these media reporters on the scene are all human beings, and everyone has a sharp eye and is very smart.
Through a few nameplates on the rostrum, the banner hanging high, and those boxes, they basically guessed the theme of the donation ceremony, and they also guessed the scale of the donation.
After the nameplate was arranged, several staff members left the rostrum, and the host of the donation ceremony appeared and walked onto the rostrum.
Immediately after, a side door of the main hall suddenly opened.
Ye Tian and David, as well as the Minister of Culture and Director Rao, walked in through the tall side door one after another, appearing in the field of vision of many media reporters.
While speaking, they walked up to the rostrum, sat down in their respective seats, and nodded lightly to the many media reporters at the scene to say hello.
At this time, it happened to be ten o'clock in the morning.
After they all sat down, the host of the donation ceremony immediately raised his hand to look at the time, and then walked to the right front of the rostrum, officially opening the prelude to the donation ceremony.
"Friends from the media, good morning, welcome to the Working People's Cultural Palace to participate in this donation ceremony and press conference, I am the host of today's donation ceremony, from the Ministry of Culture.
The representatives who attended today's donation ceremony were the donor, the representative and owner of Brave Adventure Inc. in New York, Mr. Ye Tian, and his representative lawyer, Mr. David Kent.
As he spoke, the host raised his hand and gestured at Ye Tian and David, and introduced the identities of the two of them in Chinese and English.
With the introduction of the host, Ye Tian and David stood up one after another, nodded to many media reporters at the scene, and said hello again.
After they sat down, the host of the donation ceremony introduced Director Rao of the National Library, President Duan of the Dunhuang Academy, and the Minister of Culture.
After introducing the people sitting on the podium and introducing the process of the donation ceremony and the follow-up press conference, the host of the donation ceremony entered the main topic.
"As we all know, Mr. Ye Tian has done a series of antique art transactions in Europe and the United States, with several well-known cultural and museum institutions, in exchange for a large number of Dunhuang scriptures that have been lost overseas for a long time, and the amount is extremely large.
Mr. Ye Tian transported all these incomparably precious Dunhuang scriptures back to Beijing and stored them in a vault in the Forbidden City, so that these priceless treasures that had been lost overseas for more than 100 years could be returned to the motherland.
In the history of Chinese culture, the birth of the Dunhuang Canon, with a total of about 60,000 volumes, was a cultural event of great significance, but the ensuing frenzied looting and plundering became a catastrophe!
And Mr. Ye Tian's move to trade a large number of Dunhuang scriptures from Europe and the United States and bring these priceless treasures back to Beijing can be called a return of civilization, and it will definitely leave a strong mark in the history of culture!"
"Bang Bang Bang"
The applause suddenly sounded, extremely warm, resounding throughout the entire Taimiao Hall and the entire Forbidden City.
Many Chinese media reporters at the scene stood up from their seats one after another and gave Ye Tian their own applause.
All the other Chinese who were also in this magnificent hall were also applauding Ye Tian, and each applause was full of enthusiasm and a little gratitude.
In this thunderous applause, Ye Tian stood up again and bowed slightly to everyone at the scene.