Chapter 235: Museums
"Mr. Chen, you dissipate your anger, my granddaughter has a strange temper, she came to the Louvre for an internship, and she is offended by her words, Mr. Chen, you don't care about the villain, don't worry about her." Curator Peter smiled and said, "I'll make her apologize to you." In his heart, he secretly scolded himself, how could he know that this granddaughter had sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, and her speech was easy to hurt, but she also promised to let her accompany Chen Pi and his party, isn't this asking for trouble for herself.
"Curator Peter, you don't have to say anything, it's okay to make this bet, like your granddaughter, who thinks that it is me Chen Pi who takes advantage of the danger of others, and there are not a few people who rob your country's cultural relics, and now it is just right for everyone in the world to know how your country's cultural relics are obtained."
In the end, Director Peter reluctantly invited Zhang Wenzheng and Zhou Tianxue over, and the three of them persuaded Chen Pi together, and this Chen Pi reluctantly agreed with an unhappy face, but Director Peter also paid a great price for this, in order to apologize, he will let Chen Pi take ten pieces of collection from his private collection, this old guy is a famous private collector in Lanxi country.
It's just that the stubborn Chrissy said nothing and didn't apologize to Chen Pi and them, so anxious that old Peter was on fire, and he was so anxious and angry that he was like thunder, if it wasn't in the private room, this was a big news in the news media.
Chen Pi stood up and said coldly: "Forget it, it's not a big deal if she doesn't apologize, but I don't want to hear her keep scolding me in my ear, you'd better change my guide." With two old scholars present, he didn't want to be too embarrassed for Curator Peter.
"I, Chen Pi, just took back the national treasure that originally belonged to my country, and I didn't ask you Lanxi people to compensate for property and mental losses, nor did I ask you for the exhibition fees over the years, and some people even pointed at my nose and scolded us as robbers." Chen Pi waved his hand and said categorically, "Counting it, this gambling on your country will not suffer, if I Chen Pi looks away, you can not only leave these tens of thousands of cultural relics, but also save trillions of transfer fees, this gambling chip is not less." ”
Old Peter only felt that his head was extremely big, how could this gamble seem to be that it was indeed the Lanxi people who took advantage, but he himself knew very well in his heart, there was definitely a deal to lose money and not make money, not only to empty the Louvre, but also to completely lose the face of the Lanxi people in front of the world.
"Mr. Chen said with a smile, how can you take her words seriously, she is still a child, she is not sensible, please bear with Mr. Chen if she offends, I want her to apologize to you, let's forget about the bet, besides, your time is so urgent, how can you spend so much time on such a trivial matter, if you delay the work of inspecting and returning cultural relics in other countries, it is not our sin." Old man Peter racked his brains to persuade Chen Pi to dispel this idea.
Although the West is no longer a theocratic era, the influence of the Holy See is still distributed in all aspects of everyone's life.
Seeing the grateful and excited eyes of Francisco and Ophelia behind Lord Iago, Chen Pi couldn't help but feel a little headache, although he had expected that Lord Iago could easily guess his identity, and he could also know through the embassy, but he didn't expect him to catch up with him when he knew that he had no intention of seeing each other, but he still had to do enough superficial work and greet Lord Iago affectionately.
Lord Iago casually pulled over a chair, sat down opposite Chen Pi, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, we are really fateful, it seems that it is the will of the Lord that has led me to your side, and here, I would like to thank you for your help to the two of them last time. ”
"Good, good, this natural." Curator Peter breathed a sigh of relief, and the tone of his conversation with Chrissy eased.
At this moment, a person hurriedly ran in from outside the café, and seeing his sweaty appearance, he obviously ran over: "Curator, Curator, why are you hiding here, the Sacred Heart Great Mantis's Iago Master has already arrived at the door." ”
Chrissy watched in surprise as Lord Iago of the Sacred Heart Great Mantis walked into the café accompanied by several entourages, as if he had not seen an old friend for many years, he greeted Chen Pi with rare enthusiasm, you must know that although the Great Mantis of the Sacred Heart is not a top mantis in Bali, nor is it the highest clergy of the Holy See in Bali, but Lord Iago also has great influence in the Bali comprehensive religious community.
"Oh, this is really unbearable, adults have a lot of affairs, shouldering the safety of the people, how dare I worry about this little thing, besides, I don't have any big things, but I came here to see the cultural relics transfer work, turn around the beautiful scenery of the west, and open my eyes, this little thing, there is no need for the Lord to worry about arranging for us."
Chrissy looked at Lord Iago a few times in surprise, she didn't expect that this Lord was actually the Demon Exterminator sent by the Holy See, and now the Eastern Demon Clan is raging, it is a well-known thing, and the Demon Race in the West has always been ready to move, in order to avoid the Demon Clan once acting, causing panic in people's hearts, so the Divine Court recently announced the existence of the Demon Race to the entire west through the mouth of the Vatican, and at the same time, it also announced the existence of the Paladins and the Lord Warriors who were originally secretly responsible for cutting off the Demon Clan.
After the initial panic, the people gradually returned to their normal minds, and the people called these masters "demon exterminators" in order to separate them from those who propagated doctrines and preached sermons.
Chen Pi couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly, obviously he deliberately chased after him, but he also pushed it to the will of the master, it was really boring, but on the surface, he still smiled politely: "Lord Ji is really too polite, it just happened to be a meeting, it's just a gesture, adults don't have to take it to heart." ”
At this time, Lord Iago noticed the three women sitting next to Chen Pi, and couldn't help but be amazed, so he believed that what Francisco and the two said was true, this Chen Pi was really a good fortune, but he immediately remembered the report sent back to the Holy See by Lord Drew, and knew that these three women were demon women who were ambushed by Chen Pi, and he didn't look at them anymore.
"Mr. Chen came to Bali without prior notice, I can also arrange for Mr. to do the friendship of the landlord, if it is not for the chance to meet here, I don't know how to find Mr." Lord Iago said with a smile on his face, if he wasn't an insider, he would really think that he and Chen Pi had been friends for many years.
"Okay, okay, then I won't bother Mr. Chen." Seeing that Chen Pi took Francisco and the two of them, Lord Iago's original heart was relieved, he stood up and smiled at Chen Pi: "If Mr. Chen is free in the future, please come to the Sacred Heart Sect to have a look, although the age is not very old, it is still a little famous in Bali." ”
"Lord Zhu is so kindly invited, Chen Pi will definitely go when the time comes." Tangerine peel is handed away.
With the departure of Lord Iago, Peter and Chrissy, who had not been able to talk, sighed with emotion, especially the fact that Chen Pi was invited by the Pope, which gave everyone a great stimulus, you know, in the west, although the Vatican land is sparsely populated, and even the size of an ordinary small city in Lanxi Kingdom, but His Majesty's influence is all over the west, and in the hearts of believers, he is the spokesman of the Lord.
"Mr. Chen, you can't say that, you are a distinguished guest invited by His Majesty the Pope, if I'agu doesn't treat you well, Your Majesty will blame you, and I'll not be able to bear it." Lord Iago shook his head again and again, "That's right, I know that Mr. Chen likes to be quiet, so I'll just let the two of them stay with you, they haven't been in Bali for a short time, and they are quite familiar with Bali, so I'll be the guide I provide for a few." With that, he made a gesture with his left hand, and Francisco and Ophelia hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Chen Pi groaned slightly, this Francisco and Ophelia are called guides, and they are actually responsible for monitoring Chen Pi and his party, but if he forcibly resigns, I'm afraid that Iago will have another branch, besides, this is also human nature.
"Since the adults are so enthusiastic, then I won't refuse." Chen Pi smiled and said, "I'll trouble these two more in the future." "Anyway, Chen Pi didn't plan to cause trouble in the west, and it wouldn't be a big deal to have the two of them, at most he would be careful in what he said and acted.
"Good, good." Curator Peter nodded again and again, "Chrissy, you go back to the office first, and Roque and I will accompany Mr. Chen around." He didn't dare to let Chrissy stay by Chen Pi's side anymore, God knows what else she would say, this troublemaker, ten collections, he felt pain when he thought about it.
"Two old men, after you came to the Louvre in Bali, I'm afraid you didn't have a good turn, it's rare that Director Peter took the initiative to ask to be a guide, and it is not bad for this day and a half day, just come and visit together, and see how big the gap between our domestic museums and international first-class museums is." Chen Pi stood up and smiled at the two old scholars, Zhang Tianzheng and Zhou Tianwen glanced at each other, Chen Pi was also reasonable, this is also a rare opportunity to let Peter, the curator of the Louvre Museum, personally accompany the visit, ordinary people will never enjoy it.
"Okay, we two bad old men will borrow your light from Mr. Chen." Zhang Tianzheng laughed heartily, and the two of them also got up and followed behind Chen Pi.
"Mr. Chen, did you really get an invitation from His Majesty?" Curator Peter asked in a trembling voice, if he hadn't heard it from Lord Iago with his own ears, he couldn't believe that an Oriental who had plundered so many cultural relics from the west could still be invited by His Majesty.
"Well, I'm lucky, I did a little favor to the Holy See, and with the help of a lord of the Holy See, I got an invitation from His Majesty." Chen Pi said indifferently, his appearance couldn't help but make Director Peter, Chrissy and the others feel even more unfathomable, and they couldn't figure out the relationship between him and the Holy See, and they couldn't help but be a little more respectful in their words.
"It's not too early, let's ask Assistant Roque to take us on a tour of the essence of the Louvre's exhibits, but it would be a great loss to enter Baoshan and return empty-handed." Chen Pi looked at the watch on his wrist, which was already pointing to 10 o'clock, and couldn't help but interrupt Curator Peter's words.
And the three daughters of Lu Lu, together with Zhao Youcheng and Luo Ke, became another group, they walked casually in the art museum like a horse, looking more interested in letting Luo Ke explain a few words, and skipping if they were not interested.
"Alas, it's better than not knowing, it's more frightening." The old man Zhang Tianzheng sighed and said, "As a world-class museum, the Louvre Museum is indeed far surpassed in all aspects of management and cultural relics exhibition and protection. ”
"Yes, I was surprised when I heard the introduction of Director Peter just now, you see that the entire Louvre Museum covers an area of less than one-fifth of the old museum, and now even after renovation, a service area has been opened up underground, but the total area is still much smaller than that of the old museum, but the cultural relics on display are thirty percent higher than that of the old museum."
Regardless of the origin of these ancient cultural relics, the Ancient Oriental Art Museum of the Louvre Museum has made great contributions to the world academic community, and its rich collection and precious cultural relics provide extremely important information for understanding the life scenes of early humans and studying the origin of human civilization.
The ancient cultural relics stored in this museum are the most, the total amount is as high as more than 80,000 pieces, the ancient cultural relics here are mainly from the Assyrian and Sumerian areas of the two river basins, there are precious cuneiform characters on display here, the clay tablets of West Asia, there is the famous "Hammurabi Code", visitors linger in it, will deeply appreciate the high level of civilization and wisdom of the ancient Oriental peoples.
Chen Pi and his entourage were divided into two groups, Curator Peter, Chen Pi, Zhang Tianzheng and Zhou Tianwen formed the first group, they talked while walking, and often had fierce arguments in front of some ancient relics, Zhang Tianzheng and Zhou Tianwen's French was very poor, it was simply unsatisfactory, but the English of the two was quite good, but it did not affect the communication between everyone. Chen Pi was the most exaggerated, as he communicated with Curator Peter in French, with two old scholars in Chinese, and when they were arguing, he was able to interject in fluent English, and even sometimes even a few words in Arabic.
"Haha, we're both old, both of us have been retired for four or five years, and now we occasionally identify cultural relics in the museum or outsiders, take apprentices, and wait for death." Zhang Tianzheng laughed.
Chen Pi was secretly happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "The two of you probably don't know yet, this time all the cultural relics returned to China will not be handed over to the major museums in China, but will be kept by the next for thirty years, for this reason, I have built more than 20 large warehouses in the oasis in the Taklamakan Desert that go deep underground and meet the strictest requirements for the collection of cultural relics. I wonder if the two old men have the interest to give in for a while? ”
All the cultural relics that returned to China were temporarily kept by Chen Pi for 30 years, because the number of cultural relics returned to China this time was huge, and although the number of Chinese museums was large, the exhibition hall area was insufficient, and the protection of the cultural relics in the library was very insufficient, many unearthed cultural relics not only could not be exhibited in time, but also could not be protected in time and accurately at all, and caused the cultural relics to be destroyed soon after the destruction of this extremely sad thing.
"Yes, after so many years, although our country has developed rapidly in the economy, but there is still a considerable gap between these industries and developed countries, just now Director Peter also mentioned that the Louvre Museum's annual budget, the state appropriation accounts for only 40 percent, and the rest is entirely earned by the Louvre Museum itself, just like that, the Louvre's financial account can still have tens of millions of francs every year, and it can also acquire new collections from the cultural relics auction market."
In the eyes of the old people who have worked all their lives in the identification and exhibition of cultural relics, there are too many places where the domestic museum community needs to learn from abroad.
"By the way, since I've said this, I want to ask where the two old men are now?" Chen Pi's heart moved, and he asked with a smile.
In order to avoid the recurrence of this batch of cultural relics, and in addition, all the warehouses built by Chen Pi on a whim meet the requirements of cultural relics collection, and out of the state's reward for this behavior of Chen Pi, it was agreed that these cultural relics will be collected, kept and exhibited by Chen Pi for 30 years.
Thirty years later, Chen Pi can select three percent of these artifacts and send them to the museum he has set up, and the rest will be sent to museums across the country.
"Really?" The two old men were simply stunned by the news, which would mean that they could get together with the artifacts that had been lost to the world, and for a lifelong artefacturs, there was nothing more enjoyable for the two of them.
"Really." Chen Pi replied categorically, "And I also hope that the two of you can find more talents for me and complete this work as soon as possible, of course, my employee treatment is very generous, which the two of you can rest assured and boldly offer him when recruiting, as long as the two of you think it is worthwhile, it will be fine." "This time, he has made astronomical fortunes from countries around the world, and he will not take Chen Pi to heart about the small amount of money he has made to attract talents.
"Okay, my old man will leave the rest of his life to Mr. Chen." Zhang Tianzheng's old face was almost happy, he patted his chest vigorously and said, "You just wait and see, my old man doesn't dare to say big things, it's nonsense to pull a few hundred people here, but there is no problem with pulling seventy or eighty people for you, Lao Zhou, I said don't be dumb, and make a statement with Mr. Chen." ”