Chapter 691
Chapter 691
The next day, in the morning.
Just after nine o'clock, Xiao Ran led people out of the hotel and went straight to the financial district not far away.
His dealings with the Harvard Museum and the MIT Museum will take place this morning, as he prepares to go to a bank vault to pick up antique art for trading.
Meanwhile, in Washington after the riots.
The election results of the new US president are confirmed to be held today, but a little later.
Under U.S. law, once the election result is confirmed, no one can change it, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
From another point of view, before the election results are confirmed, it is the last chance for the king to turn around.
If he can't turn the tables before this result comes out, then he can only admit defeat and wait four years to fight again!
By January 20th, the old coffin and the new government led by him will officially come to power!
As soon as they came out of the hotel, Xiao Ran found out.
Today's streets of Boston are full of heavily armed military and police, as if they have entered a state of high alert, and the atmosphere is quite tense!
For Xiao Ran, such a situation could not be better!
Today, the security pressure on these two heavyweight art deals is bound to be much reduced.
During the convoy, Xiao Ran also discussed with great interest.
"Look at this situation, a nationwide manhunt in the United States will soon begin
" "Those guys who participated in the riot yesterday, it is estimated that none of them can escape, they will be thrown into jail,"
Elaine said, looking out the car window.
Hearing this, Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
"That's for sure, and this big manhunt will come very quickly, how can those guys in the Capitol swallow this evil breath!"
"It is estimated that within these two days, the US Department of Justice will issue an order to investigate this riot
" "When January 20th, the new government with the old coffin will come to power, and all the guys who participated in the Capitol Hill riot will be arrested
" "By then, it is estimated that we have finished dealing with the affairs of the United States and returned to Beijing to prepare for the New Year
" Elaine nodded, and then continued:
"As the search and arrest operation begins, the United States is expected to become more chaotic."
"Will the king who stepped down also be prosecuted or even arrested?"
"In the morning, I read on the news that Nancy's crazy old woman said that she would sue King Zhi for sedition!"
Before the words fell, Xiao Ran and Fang Yufei had already laughed.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran nodded lightly and said:
"The United States will become more chaotic, that is inevitable, and the situation of American society and ethnic divisions will also become more serious
" "As for whether Wang Wang will be prosecuted or even arrested?" Not really!
"This is the United States, not South Korea, there is no tradition of turning former presidents into prisoners, and the donkey party does not dare to set this precedent!"
"Even if they sue King Ming, they are just scratching their boots and making appearances, the purpose is not to send King Zhi to prison, but to weaken his reputation!"
"For King Zhi, this Capitol Hill riot is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe it will have unexpected effects!"
"If the new US administration wantonly arrests those guys who participate in the riots, it will definitely intensify the contradictions and make those guys more firmly support the king of understanding!"
"When the next election in four years is held, when King Zhi comes back again, the odds of victory will be greater"
Listening to his analysis, Elaine and Fang Yufei were stunned for a moment before nodding.
As he spoke, the motorcade had come to a slow stop under the JPMorgan Chase Bank building.
After determining the safety of the scene, Xiao Ran and they got out of the car and walked into the bank building.
About half an hour later.
They came out of the bank building again, took a few antique artworks and got into the bulletproof SUV.
The convoy immediately started and headed straight for MIT across the Charles River.
It didn't take long for Xiao Ran and them to arrive at MIT smoothly.
At this time, Martha and her party from the Harvard University Museum had come to the MIT Museum with Chinese antique artworks for exchange.
Harvard is close to MIT, and the campuses of two top universities are connected.
Because of this, in order to save time, Xiao Ran asked Martha and them to come to the MIT Museum to trade.
Of course, the MIT Museum is also ready for trading Chinese antique art.
After the three parties met, they exchanged a few polite pleasantries, and then walked into a medium-sized conference room at the MIT Museum together, ready to start the deal.
As soon as she entered the conference room, Martha, the director of the Harvard University Museum, couldn't wait to say:
"Sean, take out Veronese's painting of The Birth of Venus!"
"We all want to admire that painting well, and we want to get that treasure
" Xiao Ran looked at the old friend, then smiled and nodded and said:
"Of course, no problem, Martha, but Veronese's painting is very large, and it needs a large temporary drawing board and easel to display
" "And this painting is quite old, and the paint on the surface of the painting has been a little cracked, so it needs to be handled very carefully"
That said, you'll have to wait patiently for a while to see the painting, and my men need to do some preparations,"
Martha and the girls nodded in unison.
"Okay, Sean, we can still wait for this time
" Immediately after, the director of the MIT Museum continued:
"Sean, you don't have to worry about the temporary drawing board and easel, we are all prepared
" "Our museum staff can also assist your staff to work together and display"
Xiao Ran looked at this and then nodded.
Next, some MIT Museum staff moved in some easels and blank drawing boards.
These easels and artboards come in different sizes and are just right for display.
Xiao Ran looked at the artboards, then nodded at Nick and them, indicating that they could start working.
After receiving the instruction, Nick and they immediately opened the several painting tubes and bags they had brought.
Remove the paintings contained in them one by one, either on an easel or nailed to an artboard.
With their movements, one by one, the top-level artworks of great value immediately appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Looking at these top-level artworks from the hands of masters, Martha's eyes suddenly lit up and shone brightly.
As soon as Nick and they put their first painting on their easel, Martha and the girls chrysalis and began to admire and authenticate the top artwork.
Xiao Ran smiled softly, and then said to Fang Yufei, who was standing on the side: "Yufei
, establish a video connection with a few old men in Beijing
" "Let them help identify these treasures that Harvard and MIT took out to trade
" "Okay, leave it to me!"
Fang Yufei nodded in reply, and immediately got busy.
After a while, Shan Lao and Jin Lao had already appeared on the projection screen in the conference room.
At this time, it was already evening in Beijing.
Several old men have not rested yet, and their spirits look very good.
Seeing them, Xiao Ran first smiled and said hello, and said a few polite words.
Immediately after, he got down to business.
"Several old men, the treasures that I invite you to help identify today are from the Harvard University Museum and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Museum" "These include the early Western Zhou Dynasty duck in the Harvard Museum, as well as the Northern Wei bronze-gilt Buddha statue, the Qianlong pastel nine-peach celestial ball vase,...... Next
, he briefly introduced the Chinese antique artworks that need to be identified today.
With his introduction, several old men in Beijing suddenly exclaimed.
Listening to this national treasure-level treasure that has been lost overseas for many years, their eyes lit up with excitement.
When Xiao Ran finished his introduction, Elder Shan immediately said excitedly: "Xiao Ran,
these antique relics and artworks you mentioned are almost all national treasures!" It's worth a lot! "
It's great that you can get back these national treasure-level treasures that have been lost overseas for many years, you kid can always create all kinds of miracles
" Before the words fell, Elder Jin continued:
"Xiao Ran, the national treasure-level treasures that you sent back to China two days ago have caused a huge
sensation in the domestic antique shop" "When this batch of treasures is transported back to China, it is bound to sensation the domestic antique shop again, and this thing is done too beautifully"
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, and said proudly:
"This is what I should do, in the future, I will collect more national treasures that have been lost overseas and send them all back to China"
Hearing this, several old men in Beijing immediately began to cheer in unison.
"This is beautiful, it should be done, it belongs to the national treasure of our country, if it can be taken back, we must try to take it back"
After a few small talks, Xiao Ran temporarily stopped talking, and then walked towards Martha and them.
Approaching, he immediately smiled and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, let's start trading, we are ready"
Hearing this, Martha and them reacted, and then turned to look at Xiao Ran.
Immediately afterwards, the two museum directors nodded in unison and replied
, "Okay, Sean, let's start trading!"
"These paintings are so beautiful, we can't wait to own them,"
and with that, they led people back to the conference table and sat down in their chairs.
As they sat down, the deal unfolded.
Several Harvard Museum and MIT Museum staff moved Chinese antique artworks used for trading and placed them on the conference table.
These antique Chinese artworks are small in size and have no problem placing them on the conference table.
But there are so many of them that they fill almost the entire long conference table.
When all the Chinese antique works of art were on the table, Martha raised her hand in pain and made an inviting motion.
"Sean, the Chinese antique artworks you named are all here, there are quite a few
" "Every Chinese antique artwork here is the essence
of the collections of our two museums" "To be honest, we really don't want to trade these treasures to you, after this transaction, the collection of Chinese antique artworks in our museum will lose a lot of color"
Xiao Ran looked at this old friend, and said with a smile:"
You may be right, Martha, after this transaction, the collection of Chinese antique art in
your museum will lose a lot of color" "However, the collection of Renaissance art in your museum, as well as Baroque art, will go up a big level
" "In this regard, your museum has not suffered at all, and it can even be said that you have taken a lot of advantage
" "Here is the work of the United States, Renaissance masters and Baroque masters, Obviously more attractive than Chinese antique artwork"
Although I very much don't want to admit it, facts are facts and cannot be denied at all.
The two museum directors looked at each other and then nodded in unison.
"You're right, Sean, that's why we chose to trade with
you" "Let's start the appraisal, we will identify those paintings, you will identify these Chinese antique artworks" "Okay, let's start"
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
As the words fell, he had already taken a walnut box in front of him and gently opened it.
The treasure in this box is a strangely shaped and very delicate bronze.
It is a duck-shaped disc that is about 20 cm high, about 30 cm long and 17 cm wide.
On this duck-shaped cup, it is covered with bronze patina, with a large number of exquisite ornaments, and some inscriptions of dragons flying and phoenix dances.
The moment he saw this duck-shaped cup, Xiao Ran's eyes immediately flashed with surprise.
Several old men in Beijing cheered excitedly.
"That's right, Xiao Ran this is the early Western Zhou duck-shaped lu that was lost overseas, a national treasure among national treasures
" "This Western Zhou duck-shaped lu should be the most exquisite of its kind, including the duck-shaped one in the Henan Museum"
"The inscription engraved on this duck-shaped cup is an important physical material for studying the etiquette system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and has extremely high historical and cultural research value"
Just as several old men cheered, Xiao Ran had already put on gloves.
Then he reached into the box and gently took out this national treasure.
early Western Zhou Dynasty
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