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Although Britain's history is far less than that of ancient countries such as China and Egypt, there is no doubt that Britain has been the undisputed hegemon of the world in recent centuries. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This seafaring nation has taken its maritime supremacy to the extreme, with colonies all over the world, and the banner of the British Empire has spread all over the world, plundering countless treasures and riches from countless countries, including China.

The British Museum, built in this context, is the world's oldest and most magnificent comprehensive museum, and one of the largest and most famous museums in the world.

Due to the British plunder, the British Museum has a collection of many artifacts and book treasures from all over the world, and the richness and variety of the collection are rare in museums around the world.

According to the data given by the British side, the museum currently has more than 6 million pieces in the collection, far more than the number of collections in the Palace Museum, due to space constraints, a large number of collections in the British Museum have not been publicly displayed.

The most striking feature of the British Museum is the Oriental Art and Antiquities Museum, which occupies several halls in the Chinese Gallery, with exhibits ranging from bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to porcelain from the Tang and Song dynasties and gold and jade artifacts from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

There are more than 20,000 rare treasures from China alone, most of which are priceless treasures, the most precious of which are the "Female Historical Portrait", the three-color statue of Song Luohan, the Dunhuang scriptures and the famous paintings of the Song and Ming dynasties.

Although Zhuang Rui's Dingguang Museum takes the high-quality route, and the museum also collects a lot of precious cultural relics from other countries, compared with the British Museum, the Dingguang Museum is very different in terms of scale and heritage.

Moreover, there are several Chinese collections in the British Museum, which can be called peerless and unique, which makes Zhuang Rui salivate, even if he can't get it, if he has the opportunity to transport it to domestic exhibitions, then Zhuang Rui is also willing.

Although he was excited, Zhuang Rui still didn't have much interest on his face, and said: "William, you also saw it just now, my pirate hall is all boutiques, and I am not interested in general exchanges......

Although William's status is very noble, he is only a big boy in his twenties after all, and after a few days of getting along, Zhuang Rui is already a brother and sister to him, and the conversation between them is much more casual.

"Zhuang, you are not right, the British Museum is the best museum in the world, and the museum is full of fine products, even more precious than these pirate treasures......"

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, the young William was very dissatisfied, everyone would be proud of their country, and William certainly did not want to be looked down upon by Zhuang Rui.

"But...... William, I want to exchange the British Museum's collections, can you call the shots?"

Zhuang Rui's words made Bill Gates, who was watching from the sidelines, smile on his face, and he was listening to the fire from the side, and he could see at a glance that Zhuang Rui was actually very interested in the British Museum, and what he said just now was just a stir.

Compared with Bill Gates's veteranism, William is still three points behind, and after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, he immediately said: "Of course, our royal family has the right to speak in the British Museum, I think...... With my ability, I can facilitate an exchange of collections between the two ......."

William didn't say much, although the British royal family no longer directly governs the country, but the high status in the United Kingdom is irreplaceable, many Britons are proud to be able to be commended by the royal family, like Hong Kong has not yet returned to China, many Hong Kong Island tycoons, are British knights.

It is almost impossible to say that William can change the British national policy, but promoting non-governmental economic and cultural exchanges, which is exactly the work that the British royal family has always been committed to, William opened his mouth, and the British Museum will definitely treat it carefully.

"Well, William, I'll discuss it with my colleague and give you a list of exchanges, and if the British Museum in your country agrees, then we'll start a negotiation, what do you think?"

Zhuang Rui's words are actually another trick for William, if they go directly to negotiate with the British Museum, they will definitely not be able to get the items they want to communicate, but if they hand it over to William, it will be different.

Anyway, William boasted about Haikou in front of Zhuang Rui, if things can't be done, his face will definitely be gloomy, and the exchange is not an exchange, and the final item still belongs to the original owner, so William will definitely promote this exchange.

"Okay, Zhuang, you write me the list, and I can contact the museum in the afternoon......"

William is even more anxious than Zhuang Rui, as the second heir to the British throne, he is only ranked after his Charles, if there is no accident, he will be the future king of England, and when he is not on the throne, William feels that he needs to do something beneficial to the British people.

When he was a child, William was a very rebellious person, and when he refused to blow out the birthday candles at other children's parties, he would shout: When I became king, I would order my knights to cut off your heads, but as he grew older, William became more and more calm and more like a public figure.

Facilitating cultural and academic exchanges between the British and China may not seem like a big deal, but it is enough to highlight William's presence and show that the heirs of the British royal family are also contributing to the British people.

William is not stupid, he also knows that Zhuang Rui may have taken a fancy to an object in the British Museum, but it doesn't matter, as mentioned above, it's just an exchange, not an exchange, as long as he can get what he needs from it.

After hearing William's words, Zhuang Rui didn't hide the joy on his face, turned his face to look at Bill Gates, and said: "That's great, Bill, I'm really sorry, let my assistant accompany you to continue to visit the museum, I'm going to discuss relevant things with my colleagues......"

"It's okay, Zhuang, you go get busy......" Bill shrugged, he was a workaholic himself, and when he saw Zhuang Rui's attitude towards work, he only had appreciation in his heart.

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"I said boss, what do you want to do when you brought me here in a hurry?"

Huang Fuyun, who was in contact with several foreign media in Beijing, walked into his office with an unhappy face, looked around, and asked a little strangely: "What about the two of them? Are they leaving?"

As Bill Gates and Prince William, in the museum, only Zhuang Rui was the most suitable to accompany them, so Huang Fuyun thought they were leaving.

Zhuang Rui shook his head and said, "No, I asked Yang Jian to accompany them, I came to you to discuss something......

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Huang Fuyun's eyes widened violently, and after a long time, he said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Hey, Zhuang Rui, don't say it, I really admire you a little now, I can throw those two people away from you, I'm afraid I can't find a few people on this earth......"

Without waiting for Huang Fuyun to finish speaking, Zhuang Rui waved his hand and said: "Don't talk about those useless things, it's like this, William will facilitate an exchange of collections between the Pirate Museum and the British Museum, I came to you to discuss what conditions we offered......"

"British Museum, damn it, you fooled William very lightly......"

Zhuang Rui's words made Huang Fuyun almost not jump, since taking over the Dingguang Museum, Huang Fuyun has been to foreign museums many times to investigate and study, and has also carried out some collection exchange activities with many famous museums, but the British Museum is a difficult bone to gnaw.

As the saying goes, the shop is a big bully, and that's the case at the British Museum.

They have the richest and most complete collection in the world, and they are impeccable in almost every field, not to mention the small Dingguang Museum, even the Palace Museum once wanted to exchange some collections with them, but they were all rejected by them.

"If this exchange activity can be promoted, the influence of Dingguang Museum in the domestic museum system will definitely not be weaker than that of the Palace Museum......

Huang Fuyun was a little excited, what the Palace Museum couldn't do, they could do it, this was a naked slap in the face, but with Zhuang Rui here, those bureaucrats didn't have the slightest way to take the Dingguang Museum.

"Alright, don't talk about those useless things, let's see what kind of things are worth exchanging......"

Zhuang Rui interrupted Huang Fuyun's words, thought for a while and continued: "The bronze statue of the Shang Dynasty must be on the list, and the porcelain wine pot in the Song Dynasty, Gu Kaizhi's "Female History Zhentu" Tang Dynasty facsimile, these three things must be exchanged......"

"Boss, you...... You're too ruthless, aren't you? Can they agree?"

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Huang Fuyun was a little dumbfounded, you must know that these three things can be called the treasures of the Chinese Pavilion of the British Museum, and each of them is priceless.

Just like Zhuang Rui said, the "female history of the Tang Dynasty" facsimile, now there are only two left in the world, one of which is copied by the Song people, which was collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing.

The other is this facsimile in the British Museum, which was originally in the collection of the Qing Palace, is the desk favorite of the Qianlong Emperor, hidden in the Old Summer Palace, in 1860, the British and French troops invaded Beijing, the British army captain Ji Yong stole from the Old Summer Palace and brought abroad.

This facsimile in the British Museum is not open to the public at all, but is stored in the Stein Chamber in the museum, where only special experts can get the opportunity to feast their eyes.

Xie Chengshui, director of the Art Research Office of the Dunhuang Studies Research Center of Nanjing Normal University, saw this facsimile in the secret room by chance in 2002.

At that time, Director Xie found that in the register, there were only records that two Japanese people had come to copy on the spot in the 20s of the last century, which shows how much attention the museum attaches to this collection.