Chapter Seventy-Two: The War of Public Opinion

Shakru hurriedly responded: "Thank you Brother Tasim for reminding me, I'll leave now!" But are you really going to put up with this? ”

Tasim sneered and said: "How is that possible, brother, just wait and see, at most in a day or two, you will be able to see my Tasim's counterattack in the newspaper, hum, I want to let these bastards draw water and get nothing!" ”

For the sake of prudence, Shakru hung up the phone and drove directly into the train station with six swallows, took a random train and left Triplante, and then returned to New Delhi.

In fact, Shakru is too worried, because the Kerala government does not have the time and energy to take care of his little shrimp at present, yes, compared to the treasure found by the state government in the secret chamber of the Padmanaba Swamy Temple, the golden chains that Shakru took are simply a poor little shrimp, even if the state government mobilizes a large number of people and experts to clean up and evaluate, this is not a work that can be completed in just a few days, not to mention, the state government is still continuing the unfinished business of Tasim, If you continue to open the rest of the secret rooms, if you don't open a secret room, it will cause a burst of exclamations, and in this case, naturally no one will pay attention to Shaklu's whereabouts.

And after Shakru fled to New Delhi, he no longer had to worry about the Kerala state government, at least not to flee India as Tarsim said, because India's political system is very interesting, although India is a federal country, each state government has a certain amount of autonomy, but in fact, the taste of centralization is very heavy, and New Delhi is the seat of the central government, so the state government may be lawless in its own territory, but when it comes to the central government, he still does not dare to be presumptuous.

Especially when Tasim's counterattack was used, the Kerala government had no intention of going to Shaklu. Speaking of which, Tasim's counterattack was also very simple, he just made a statement in the newspaper.

"In view of the recent covetousness of the treasures of the Padmanaba Swami Temple under the jurisdiction of the Varma family, and the terrorist attack on the temple on 3 September, in order to ensure the safety of the treasures, the present Padmanaba Swami Temple and the newly discovered treasures are held in trust by the Government of Kerala, so from now until the date of the issuance of the Security Declaration, all antique treasures with the Padmanaba Swami logo on the market are stolen by the terrorists, Please don't be fooled! (Note: The ten golden oil lamps from the Pandya Kingdom period have been purchased by Mr. Shakru Pandeit, a descendant of the Pandya sacrificial family, for the first time, so they are not among the precautions!) )”

Although Shakru has fled to New Delhi, he is still following the progress of this matter throughout the whole process, especially when he learns that Tasim is going to launch a counterattack in the newspaper, so his office is full of various newspapers that come out every day during this time, so he saw the statement issued by Tasim as soon as possible.

Although Priori, who has been helping him deal with various newspapers these days, knows that her boss has been concerned about the treasures of the Padmanaba Swami Temple these days (because the swallows can't read Hindi), but she doesn't know the specific situation, and now after reading the statement, she said very happily: "Boss, now these ten golden oil lamps of yours are the only treasures in the temple treasure that can be put on the public market!" ”

Shakru shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Priori, do you think this is a good thing?" ”

Pu Liyuan nodded and said, "Of course this is a good thing, if you want to sell these golden oil lamps now, you can definitely sell them for a high price!" ”

Shakru sighed: "Things are not as simple as you think, okay, you go down, I want to be alone for a while!" ”

The reason for this is that Shakru doesn't want to talk to the unwitting Pridi, but Tasim's move is indeed very unexpected by him, and it is estimated that it will also surprise the Kerala government.

First of all, the state government can hardly find fault with his statement, because he is completely following the state government's statement. Since your state government says that the terrorists who are coming to attack, well, I will admit that it is the terrorists who are attacking; If your state government wants to hold trust for the temple treasures, then I will openly recognize your status as a trustee.

It's just that, since it's a trusteeship, then your state government is not qualified to sell this treasure publicly. And even if you want to sell it privately, it is impossible for you to sell it privately, because I have already stated in the statement that only the terrorists who sell the treasure of the Padmanaba Swami Temple now are in a state of protection, and the state government in charge of the trusteeship is not qualified to sell, so the only people who can sell the treasure in their hands are the terrorists who come to attack. As for whether the terrorists robbed or didn't steal anything, it's not up to me to say, could it be that your government troops witnessed the whole process from beginning to end? Doesn't that mean you don't confess?

Although I can't get back my own treasure now, I can cut off the back road of your state government so that you can't sell these collections, if you can't sell them, then aren't you working in vain?!

For Tasim's thoughts, Shakru understands and admires it very much, but what he can't accept is that why do you have to add that last sentence, doesn't this trap me in? No wonder you asked me to leave India quickly, let me help you share the pressure! Fortunately, I have already put everything in the bank's vault and have started to sell it one after another, and the income has been deposited into the account of the Swiss bank, so there should not be much of a problem if there is no special reason, and it will be up to the Kerala government to respond to Tasim's statement.

In fact, the Kerala government reacted very quickly, and the next day they began a roundabout counterattack, and they did not come forward directly, but found a few so-called "experts and professors" to come out and make a big statement.

One scholar published an article in a newspaper declaring: "In principle, these treasures are donated to God, so even the descendants of the royal family who have the right to manage the temple should not take possession of the wealth belonging to the gods, but should give the treasure to the state." ”

Then began to calculate that "India has 450 million poor people, and the value of the wealth found in the temple is now more than the annual education budget of Kerala, equivalent to seven months of India's defense spending, or four months of interest on India's loans." Therefore, he believes that these treasures should be auctioned publicly, and the proceeds of the auction should be used to help the poor and invest in social welfare undertakings. ”