Ashley was completely stunned by the sight of Morgan Manor, and the special service driver finally drove the car down the main building just as he was about to go crazy.

Ashley didn't have time to wait for John and Dani, and as soon as the car came to a stop, she couldn't wait to get out of the car and run towards the hall.

In the hall of thousands of square meters, people stand in it very small, standing on the soft carpet like stepping on the clouds into a heavenly palace.

"Here it is... Be... The legendary Phantom Manor!"

Ashley stood in the middle of the hall and covered her mouth in disbelief at the sight of the logo embroidered on the blue carpet, which she recognized, the symbol of the Phantom Group, a legend.

"Miss Ashley, welcome to Morgan Manor. ”

John smiled as he came in later, and his words confirmed what Ashley had seen.

"Let's go to the living room and take a break!" Dinie patted the sluggish Ashley and led her towards the living room, people who came to Morgan Manor for the first time would be confused, and Dinie was used to it.

When they arrived in the living room, the maid brought two cups of coffee and one cup of tea, and John preferred to drink tea when he was at home.

"Miss Ashley, my coffee is good, try it. John smiled.

"Thank you!"

Ashley took a sip of his coffee cup, and John picked up his teacup too, he was a little thirsty after not drinking water for a long time.

"Wait!"

John picked up the teacup and was about to drink the tea, when Ashley, who was sitting across from him, suddenly stopped him, staring at the teacup in his hand with a pair of eyes.

"Mr. JK, may I see the teacup in your hand?" Ashley got up and walked over to John.

"Alright!" John handed over the teacup.

Ashley took the teacup and carefully held it in her hand to look at it, this teacup is very beautiful, it belongs to the Chinese bowl, there is a plum blossom painted on the white background, delicate and gorgeous, and there is a five-character poem on one side, but Ashley doesn't know the Chinese characters, so she doesn't know what to write.

"The mug is delicate and textured, not like a modern craft. Ashley said as she placed the teacup on the table, quickly picked up her cup and drank it all, then poured all the tea in the teacup into her own cup and turned it over to the bottom of the cup.

Turning over the bottom of the cup, Ashley saw the words "Yongzheng Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" written in blue color letters on the bottom of the foot.

She didn't know the Chinese characters, but she knew the characters, and some Chinese porcelain in the Metropolitan Museum had such characters on the bottoms, and she had seen them.

And she listened to the people in the porcelain group, all the Chinese porcelain with such words, most of them are special porcelain for the Chinese royal family, and some are even used by the emperor, which is very precious, and the words on it indicate the emperor's year name.

"Don't you know the Chinese character, look at what is written on it?" Ashley excitedly handed the teacup to Dani, she wanted to see which dynasty the teacup belonged to.

But unfortunately, although Dini knows Chinese characters, she is limited to simplified characters, and she does not know traditional characters.

"It reads: Yongzheng year system of the Great Qing Dynasty. John replied for Daini.

"Mr. JK, do you know?" Ashley looked at John in surprise.

"I have some research on Chinese culture. ”

"Great, you must know about this cup! ”

"Okay, but I'm thirsty, let me have some tea first. ”

Ashley poured John's tea away, and John had to ask the maid to make it again.

After the servant brought the tea, John took a sip and then opened his mouth.

"The teacup in your hand is Yongzheng enamel porcelain, the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China, that is, from 1722 to 1735 BC, at least 259 years ago. And the teacup I'm using now is a little later than the one in your hand, it was made in the Qianlong year, but its specifications are higher than yours. John said and picked up the teacup on the table and explained: "The teacup in my hand is a yellow ground enamel flower and bird cup, according to the regulations, the color of yellow is exclusively used by the emperor or crown prince in the Qing Dynasty, and after Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty has never set up a prince, so this teacup should be a special porcelain for Emperor Qianlong, so it is higher than the specifications in your hand." ”

After John finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and was about to enjoy Ashley's worship while drinking tea, but he was snatched by Ashley as soon as he picked up the teacup.

"You can drink tea from this cup so well! It's a work of art, it's a precious work of art. ”

Before John could speak, Ashley roared, poured out the tea from the teacup, took a handkerchief from his pocket and carefully wiped it, and as he wiped it, he thought, "It's a crime for you to treat these works ......of art like this." ”

"These teacups are made to make people drink tea. ”

John was ready to use everything he could to convince Ashley, but as soon as she spoke, Ashley immediately retorted.

"These things were made for practical purposes, but now they're not, they're works of art, they're very few works of art that have survived, and you can't treat them that way. ”

Ashley's eloquence and pitiful, aggrieved look made it difficult for John to refute, and John had to ask the maid to make him a new cup of tea in a glass.

"Mr. JK, let's go take a look at your collection!" Ashley wiped the teacup clean, Ashley was worried about John's collection.

"Okay, no problem, Dani went to my studio and took out the Water Lilies. John commanded Dani.

"Mr. JK, aren't you going to take me to the storeroom?" said Ashley to the storeroom.

"I'm sorry Miss Ashley, the Morgan's storeroom is not allowed to outsiders, but I will arrange for someone to prepare a maintenance room for you, and I will send you the artworks that need to be maintained when the time comes. "John wouldn't have taken Ashley into the storeroom.

"No, no, no, you're not professionals, what if you accidentally damage it when the time comes, I'd better go to the warehouse myself!" Ashley said and looked at John and asked, "How can I get into the warehouse, as long as I can do it." ”

"To enter the Morgan family's treasury, you have to be a full-time member of the Morgan family, and you have to be specifically authorized to do so. John explained.

"Then I'm going to be a full-time staff member of the Morgan family. Ashley blurted out without even thinking about it.

John looked at her in surprise: "Then you don't want to work at the Met?"

"Didn't you say that the Metropolitan Museum is not too much for me, and there is no more for me!"

"It's not easy to become a full-time employee of the Morgan family, you need to pass the political review and then sign a full-time contract. ”

"I'm open to investigation. ”

"But you have to know that a full-time contract is for life, and once you sign it, you can only be a member of the Morgan family in this life, and even if you die, you will die in the Morgan family, so you have to think about it carefully. ”

"I thought it through, no problem. ”

Ashley had already sold herself to the great and glorious art business, so she decided to save the Morgan family's art.

"Alright, Dinny ordered Ashley to be put on trial. ”

Now that Ashley had decided, John no longer persuaded the Morgan family to have an additional professional maintainer, which would be of great benefit to the Morgan family's collection.

It will take a while for the political review, and during this time Ashley will continue to work at the Met.

At the beginning of the political trial, the NSA will also secretly supervise Ashley, listen to all her telephone communications, monitor all her travel and communication, in other words, who Ashley will call in the future, what she has talked about, what dance party she attends, what dance friends she knows, including what she talks about with her lover or husband in bed, the NSA will be clear.

And this kind of supervision will last a lifetime, and it will not stop until she dies, and if she is found to have leaked secrets or other illegal operations during the supervision process, the NSA will initiate a removal order to erase all traces of her in this world.

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