Chapter Ninety-Six: Cruise Journey
In the end, Ji Kaicai instructed Lina:
"Lina, you can contact the international community later, focusing on the most famous historians and archaeologists in China, and come to the manor after summoning them. Of course, you have to explain the reason to them, you can take a picture of this jade seal when the time comes, and then show it to them after they sign a confidentiality agreement. I am sure that they will come. At the same time, do a good job of confidentiality, and you can ask Benjamin to do the specific agreement. ”
After Lina recorded Ji Kai's request, she raised her head and asked Ji Kai:
"Boss, what the hell is this treasure? Why do you have to be so careful? Even if it's a valuable thing, it's not so exaggerated, right?"
Ji Kai laughed:
"Haha, Lina, do you need to do this if Jesus wrote the Bible by his own hand, or if King Arthur's sword was in the world? The thing on the table is called the jade seal in China, which has been a symbol of the country's imperial power since more than 2,000 years ago.
Unfortunately, it disappeared more than 1,000 years ago, and the jade seals that appeared later were all remade. For this jade seal, there were many wars back then. In the eyes of the Chinese people, this is as precious as the Bible of Jesus and the sword of King Arthur. I can't help but be careless!"
Lina was still a little puzzled and continued:
"Boss, although I don't understand how important this heirloom jade seal is to the Chinese people, but can you be sure that it is the one that disappeared more than 1,000 years ago? ”
Although Ji Kai was a little dissatisfied with Lina's suspicions, he didn't care about her for the sake of caring about herself.
"Don't worry, Lina. This jade seal was found in the Indian Buddha statue I photographed at Sotheby's Spring Auction. Originally, I wanted to move the Buddha statue and put it in the basement, but I accidentally dropped the Buddha statue to the ground. The Buddha statue was originally a little cracked, and this fall was completely broken. I found the jade seal from the Buddha statue.
The Buddha statue was made about 1,000 years ago, not far from the time when the jade seal disappeared, and I don't know how it ended up in India. But this is not important, the important thing is that much of the evidence on it is the same as in the historical record. I believe it is the heirloom jade seal in Chinese history. ”
"Well, I'll contact the relevant experts right away. It's just that, Boss, what are you going to do with such a precious treasure? If Jesus' Bible and King Arthur's sword are present, it is estimated that the Holy See and the entire British people will strongly demand that they be sent back.
If this is true, that is, the heirloom jade seal you are talking about, then both the Chinese government and the Chinese people will ask you to send it back. Don't you want to keep it hidden or auction it off, and you don't worry about being threatened or anything else?" Lina thought more, still a little worried.
"Don't worry, if this jade seal is confirmed to be genuine, then I will personally send it back to Huaxia and donate it to the Rongcheng Museum. It can be regarded as a small contribution that I, a Chinese-American, have made to the motherland. As for exchanging it for money or something, I don't care. ”
Ji Kai said with a very patriotic expression.
"Well, since you say so, I'll get in touch with Benjamin, and we'll need him to do something we haven't considered. Then I'm going to contact those experts first, I don't know when you need them to come to the manor?"
Ji Kai thought about it, and he was going to join the cruise in two days, and it was estimated that it would be two or three days.
"Let them come to the estate five days later, after the Sotheby's cruise. I'm not free these days!"
Orrick and Wilson, perhaps recognizing the importance of the matter, went down to make arrangements.
In the following days, Ji Kai left the manor and went to Los Angeles to wait for the cruise to begin.
Finally on the day of getting on the ship, Ji Kai took Yoko Kitagawa and Keiko Duanki and others to the Los Angeles Yacht Club and saw the cruise ship.
The length of this white cruise ship is about 300 meters, and the width is more than 60 meters, and the people watching from the side say that the cruise ship cost nearly 1.2 billion US dollars, can take more than 8,000 people, and there are many places to play, such as opera houses, cinemas, casinos, and even high-end shops.
After Ji Kai boarded the cruise ship with his group, he was led by the service staff to the room where he stayed. Ji Kai brought a total of 12 people this time, in addition to Yoko Kitagawa and Keiko Duanmu, there was also a 10-person security team led by Mark.
Except for Yoko Kitagawa and Keiko Duanmu who lived in the same room with Ji Kai, the rest of the security team members lived on both sides of Ji Kai's room.
After putting away the luggage, Ji Kai took the second daughter to visit the entire cruise ship, and he didn't finish the tour until the cruise ship sailed. Later, Ji Kai felt that it was boring to go on like this, so he came to a sightseeing restaurant on the deck to sit down and rest.
Yoko Kitagawa and Keiko Duanki watched excitedly as they watched each other, and from time to time let out a burst of light laughter.
"Ji, it turns out that you are hiding here! I haven't found you for a long time, if the crew hadn't told me that you were here, I would have thought you wouldn't have come!"
Philip's voice came from behind him, and Ji Kai stood up and walked towards Philip, hugging each other.
"Philip, I'm interested in this cruise, of course I'll come. It's just that I'm just a momentary interest, and I didn't find anything interesting when I went around the cruise, so I could only sit here and look at the scenery on the sea. ”
"Haha, Ji, my friend, there's a lot to do on the cruise. It just takes a pair of eyes to discover. Okay, when we get to the open sea after a while, let's go to the casino inside for a little fun. That's where men get excited and women scream. ”
"Forget it, I haven't won much since I was a kid, so I don't have that luck. However, it's still okay to play a little bit, and no matter what, you can't lose much. Big deal, I'm going to play slots, I just haven't played them before!"
Philip saw that it was still early to arrive on the high seas, so he invited Ji Kai to go to dinner first. Ji Kai called back Yoko Kitagawa and Keiko Duanmu, and after introducing Philip, Philip said with a smile:
"I've always wondered if you are not interested in women, so I've been worried for a long time, and I don't dare to come and meet you. Now seeing these two beauties, I am finally relieved. It turns out that you still travel with beautiful women, since everyone is a fellow practitioner, it will be easy to do. Next time, when I have a fun party, I will definitely invite you to it. ”