Chapter 790: Accident
The opening of the museum was a huge success that surprised everyone, and Mo Jinxuan was the happiest. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info Although she hadn't communicated with anyone before, she also thought that a museum with so many top-notch collections should not be crowded, but she was still under great pressure.
Well, now there is nothing else to say, but the statements of the two ministers are enough for her to see the incomparably bright future of the museum. Even if the promises of the last two ministers are discounted, or they are not really implemented at all, she is not afraid at all, because this statement alone is enough!
The bustle of the museum's opening has also attracted some real visitors. When they walked into the museum with curiosity and inquiry, soon, round after round of new surprises and surprises spread rapidly, which also made every museum staff feel a great honor, according to this trend, this museum is impossible to succeed!
To be able to get such a good start, Li Yi is of course very happy. It's just that, compared to the surprise of these people, what he is looking forward to more is another bigger surprise. Moreover, what made him excited was that before enough publicity, he already felt that this surprise would come soon, because, George, actually recognized the holy plate!
As an expert in Chinese antiquities, George understands the significance of the museum's collections far better than collectors such as Arnott and Earl Bob. However, for him, the biggest surprise was not these, nor the stunning "Mona Lisa", but the bone china holy plate.
When he saw the bone china sacred plate that was no different from an ordinary ancient bone china plate, his mind was instantly occupied by a legend he had once heard.
"Lee, you ...... on this plate," he looked at with an expression of disbelief in his eyes.
"yes, it's supposed to be the plate you think it is!"
"Oh buy ga!" George prayed immediately, he was a devout believer, he never thought that there would be such an unexpected discovery this time.
"What's wrong? What's going on? "Compared to George, the businessmen who came with him didn't have such a good eye. Even Rogov was the same, he was still immersed in the huge surprise of discovering that the "Mona Lisa" was actually the real work, but suddenly saw George's strange behavior, and couldn't help but catch Li Yi for the first time.
"Hehe, you better wait a while and ask George in person, I think he should be more convincing than I said."
A few minutes later, the whole delegation knew the meaning of this seemingly ordinary bone china plate, and suddenly, everyone's breathing involuntarily became heavy, and some people's eyes even unabashedly exposed greed and jealousy. No, it's more precious than a mountain of gold!
"Boss, since you know that this is the holy plate, why do you still put it on display here? Don't you know? There is absolutely no way that the Church will allow it to be left out. Rogov was so surprised, he really couldn't understand why Li Yi chose to do this. In his mind, no matter who got this holy plate, the first thing to do should be to contact the church, could it be that this guy is still ready to collect it himself?
"No, Rogov, you're just too excited, so you didn't figure it out, and when you go back and calm down, you should be able to understand my intentions."
In front of so many people, Li Yi didn't mean to explain to him, but he believed that Luo Guofu should soon understand his distress.
"Oh, okay. It's just the boss, I hope you have something in the future, it's better to communicate with me in advance, otherwise I'm afraid of my heart...... Although my heart has always been good, too many surprises can sometimes turn into fright......"
"Hehe, no problem, then, there is one thing to communicate with you now, I said before, this opening is to exchange an important cultural relic from Europe, I think it should be possible to announce the mystery now, everyone please come with me."
Li Yi motioned for Gu Feng to call Arnott and the others, and then walked into the small conference room with the people who were still reluctant.
"This is the letter I'm going to exchange for this time, so let's take a look at it first." Li Yi did not say what kind of letter it was, but he believed that someone here should be able to recognize it.
"A letter? French? "Several antique dealers from France gathered around.
"Oh buy ga! This was actually Napoleon's letter inviting Eugène to help him regain control of the empire. Oh God, damn it, there are so many surprises today! Soon, there was a scream from among them.
Hearing this exclamation full of surprise and disbelief, Li Yi, who had been paying attention to their reactions, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, could it be that he didn't realize the importance of this letter?
The reason why Li Yi chose to trade this letter was because he felt that this letter should be a little less weighty than those famous paintings, but now, he found that he seemed to be wrong.
"Lee! You're finally going to get to the bottom of the mystery, and while I know it's unlikely, I hope it's the Mona Lisa......."
There was a burst of laughter, and Arnott, Earl Bob, and Senna, John Caroo's butler, walked into the conference room together, and saw the group of merchants gathering around to read what seemed to be a piece of letterhead, Arnault couldn't help but be a little disappointed, "That's what you call an important artifact?" Oh Lee, you can't do this, you're so insincere! β
Li Yi shrugged his shoulders helplessly, you better take a look at things first, perhaps, I am too sincere this time!
Soon, Arnault got the letter, and just stared at it for a while, and his breathing gradually became heavier, "You, old Bob, and you, Mr. Senna, you are not allowed to rob me, this is our French thing!" β
"Oh no, Napoleon was once our Emperor of Italy......"
"But he's French, he's French in the truest sense of the word!" Arnott simply gritted his teeth, seeing his expression, Li Yi knew that he definitely underestimated the value of this letter.
"Well, friends, thank you again for your support, and thank you for the gift. I declare that from now on, you can start quoting this letter, the deadline is two, and two days later, at 5 p.m., I will announce which friend finally took this precious letter, what do you think? β
Li Yi was glad that he chose to trade this letter in this way, otherwise, if he still did the same as before, he only traded with one of them, maybe he would suffer a big loss!
"Oh, the offer! Damn, Lee, I need more time! Unlike the others, Arnault had already been looted by Li Yi last time, and to make sure that the letter ended up in his pocket, he would need more time to collect new antiques.
Li Yi didn't expect Arnott to be so ambitious, so he couldn't help but hesitate. Compared to those antique dealers, it was obvious that he was more interested in the price that a rich man like Arnault was prepared to pay, so he thought for a moment and said, "Then a week, a week is enough, right?" β
"But...... Well, that's a week. β
Although a few businessmen had opinions, they were not familiar with Li Yi, and secondly, they had more important overall goals, so they didn't say much, and the matter was settled.
After everyone left the conference room, Mo Jinxuan and Tan Moxuan walked in, "Curator, do you know how many congratulatory gifts we received today?" β
"How much? Is there 13 million? Although Gu Feng had already told Li Yi that he had received 11.92 million, the next few big heads were antiques, so Li Yi estimated that the amount of money should not increase much.
"Hehe, you underestimate your charm too much, let me tell you, so far, we have received a total of 28.27 million! In addition, not counting the Dunhuang ancient scripture sent by Guan Lao, other cultural relics should be worth more than 8 million! Mo Jinxuan shook the list in her hand proudly.
"How can there be so many?" Li Yi was taken aback, this result was really unexpected, not only the amount of money was unexpected, but even the value of antiques was beyond his expectations.
"Your senior brothers, each of them is 100,000, and there is another 10 million, one is 2 million, and two big households of 1 million, and Chang Lao, Ma Lao, and Gao Lao are all valuable antique ......"
"Who gave the money?"
"They should all be your acquaintances, but none of them came here in person this time. Let me see, 10 million was jointly given by Lin Xuanzhi and Ye Qinghua, 2 million was the brother Hong who opened the jade mine, two 1 million, one was Chen Yingtong, and the other was Zhong's jewelry, in addition, Mr. Shi of Van Cleef & Arpels and Mr. Lu of Jinyu Oriental were both 200,000 ......"
Li Yi couldn't help but groan. groaned, okay, this is full of human favors, keep it and pay it back slowly!
He took the registration book in his hand, looked at the dense names on it, and couldn't help but have a headache, many of these came for the sake of the faces of several masters, how to return this gift, and I have to discuss it with a few masters when I go back.
Just thinking about it, the phone rang suddenly, he glanced at the call, and found that it was actually an international call, so he couldn't help but pick it up curiously.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Li Yi?" An unfamiliar voice.
"Yes, I am, who are you?"
"Hello Mr. Li Yi, I am Jorge of the Catholic Church. Mario. Belgoglio ......" (To be continued.) )