August 30th.
A cargo plane from London, England, slowly landed at Didu International Airport.
After the plane stopped.
The media reporters who had been waiting here for a long time swarmed up with microphones in their hands and cameras on their shoulders, surrounding the plane.
The reporters' faces were filled with excitement.
In front of the camera, they made comments one after another:
"In the past 200 years, the Western colonists have plundered tens of millions of precious cultural relics from our country. Even though the Z nation is now rich and powerful, and has negotiated with the Western powers many times, they still have no intention of returning them. Instead, they regard them as their legal property, a representative of their past glory. But for the first time, the British Museum has returned 100 valuable cultural relics. The remaining 20,000 or so items will all be returned within half a year."
"This is an event of great historical significance. It is also an important symbol that we have entered the ranks of superpowers!"
"Today is also a day of revenge. Every Z nation should feel proud. The descendants of the bandits have compromised. They have finally given in, not because we are reasonable, but because we are powerful!"
"A wise man submits to circumstances. The British's choice to return the cultural relics is very wise. It has solved the historical problems that have been troubling the hearts of the Z nation for a long time. The Opium War and other grievances after 1840 will be forgotten with a smile. Peace and friendship will be the main theme of the future relationship between the two countries."
"Of course, the role that Xing Hai Technologies has played in this cultural relic return cannot be ignored. It can be said that they are the biggest contributor!"
"How did Xing Hai Technologies convince the British to hand over the cultural relics is still unknown. But there is no doubt that Xing Hai Technologies has played a more useful role than diplomats, more powerful than warships and planes. The British had no choice but to agree to return the cultural relics. This company is the biggest hero!"
"Well done by Xing Hai Technologies! Just for this, I will be your fan for life! "
"Excuse me, excuse me!"
At this time, more than a dozen experts in white coats pushed the reporters aside and squeezed a path. They quickly reached the rear of the plane and asked the staff to open the cargo hold.
Inside the cargo hold, hundreds of square boxes were stacked.
Naturally, the boxes contained valuable cultural relics.
The bespectacled expert with a head full of white hair was called Jin Baochang. He was already over 80 years old and was the chief appraisal expert of the Palace Museum. He was familiar with all kinds of cultural relics and had been immersed in this field for decades. Almost no one could surpass him in terms of identification of cultural relics.
He was known as a "walking dictionary" in the industry.
All the boxes were marked with the name of the cultural relic.
As hundreds of precious cultural relics were carried down one by one, Jin Baochang couldn't help but introduce them to the media reporters.
"This is a Double Ram Bronze Zun from the Shang Dynasty. It's a bronze wine vessel used for sacrificial ceremonies in the Shang Dynasty. It's supported by two rams, and the two rams' heads can be seen on both sides. The design is very realistic, and it reflects the superb craftsmanship of the ancient people of Z country from more than 3,000 years ago … its value can be described as priceless."
"This cultural relic is called 'Cloisonné Porcelain Jar'. It was made during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the craftsmen used the Byzantine craftsmen's cloisonné production techniques and improved this technique in the early 15th century. The production of Cloisonné Porcelain is time-consuming and expensive. The craftsmen used metal wires to outline vigorous dragon and cloud patterns on the bronze vessel, and then filled it with glass paste. The color and luster are extremely gorgeous … Currently, there are only two such covered Cloisonné Porcelain Jars in the world. One is in the British Museum, and the other is in a private collection. "
"This pair of cultural relics is called 'David Vase'. It's one of the most important blue and white porcelain samples in existence, and it's very likely the most famous porcelain vase in the world. They were made for the altar of a Taoist temple. Its value lies in the inscription that indicates the date above the dragon pattern and on the side of the bottleneck. This is the earliest blue and white porcelain with inscriptions that we know of in Z country. "
"This cultural relic is a painting. It's called 'Landscape Painting' by Tang Yin, a painter from the Ming Dynasty. Tang Yin is a very famous person. He's also known as Tang Bohu, one of the Four Great Scholars …"
Jin Baochang introduced each cultural relic one by one. He could talk endlessly about the origin, characteristics, and value of each cultural relic. It was an eye-opener for the reporters present.
For some reason, Jin Baochang's eyes welled up at the end of his speech.
He couldn't help but sigh.
"It's been more than 60 years. I've been involved in the appraisal of cultural relics for more than 60 years. I've been to the British Museum more than 30 times. I've been there almost every two years. The most I've been there was three times a year."
"It's not easy, it's not easy. The arrogance of the British is ingrained in their bones. In the beginning, we couldn't even enter the museum. We were directly rejected by them … At that time, our country had just opened up to the outside world and was still very poor. They looked down on us, not to mention returning the cultural relics. They would chase us away the moment we mentioned it."
"After another decade or so, we could enter the British Museum, but we could only look at the cultural relics through the glass. We were accompanied by security guards and weren't allowed to take photos. We could only visit for an hour at a time."
"After that, we could take photos. There were no security guards around, but the cultural relics still weren't ours. We negotiated with many people, but they still refused to return them."
"Humiliation, heartache. Every time I see the precious cultural relics of my country lying in the museum of another country, I feel terrible."
"But now, they're back. They're finally home! I can touch them and study them. These are the treasures of our nation. They'll never leave us again. That's great, that's great! "
At this point, Jin Baochang was already sobbing uncontrollably.
Clap clap clap!
The reporters applauded one after another. Some emotional female reporters also shed tears.
Looking at the tearful old man, countless viewers in front of their televisions or in front of the live broadcast also had tears in their eyes.
But the hearts of more netizens were filled with doubts.
How did they do it?
How did Xing Hai Technologies do it?
A netizen did some calculations and analyzed, "The British Museum has a total of about 23,000 cultural relics from the Z nation. Every one of them is priceless. Let's set a price. On average, each one is worth 10 million. Multiplied by 23,000, that's 230 billion RMB!"
"Returning all of them now is equivalent to losing at least 230 billion in economic benefits."
"With the shamelessness of the British gentlemen, how could they give up such a huge benefit and return all the cultural relics for free?"
"Mystery, this is a huge mystery. There must be some shady deals behind this!"
Other netizens agreed, "That's right, there must be some secret deals behind this!"
…
Court of Happiness.
At the dining table.
Looking at Chen Jin, Su Yun asked the same question with admiration and curiosity, "Hubby, tell me, how did you do it?"
His mother, He Li, and his father, Chen Gang, also looked at him with curiosity in their eyes.
"The British are very prideful. They asked us to keep it a secret, but …"
Chen Jin shook his head and said, "I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone else."
"I'll definitely keep it a secret." Su Yun nodded like a chick pecking at grains.
"Actually, it's very simple. We set the initial price of the Little Star learning machine at 20,000 pounds per unit. The price of the virtual factory and the Work Assistant was also 10 times that of the domestic market. The British felt that it was too expensive. I said that it was easy to reduce the price. For every cultural relic returned, the price of the learning machine and the Work Assistant would be reduced by 1 pound, and the price of the virtual factory would be reduced by 100 pounds. The more that was returned, the cheaper the price.
So that's how it was!
Su Yun's eyes lit up. She could not help but cover her mouth and laugh.
20,000 pounds per learning machine. Her man was too bad, too smart!
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