The closure of museums is not uncommon in Europe.

Especially in recent years, it has become very common.

It is only surprising that there were so many cultural relics from various countries flowing into Europe at that time that if any museum went bankrupt, a large number of rare cultural relics would flow into the market.

Although tourists who visit the British Museum may not know this, they may also think that they are lucky to have caught it.

But this method of using Chinese to attract business in Europe is a little too targeted.

Just like selling roses on Valentine's Day, it's clearly a scam.

To the extent that, as long as the tourists who see the poster are not too stupid, they can realize that the organizer’s purpose is not pure.

Before Zhang Yang had time to talk to Li Zi, he heard the uncles in front of him talking:

"Don't be fooled by the name of this museum, the Royal Collection Art Museum. In fact, as long as the word "Royal" is in front of the name, it must be a wild chicken among wild chickens..."

"The item looks pretty good, but I don't know if it's a scam..."

"It's obvious that they want to rip us off during the National Day holiday. They think that when we return home from our trip, we won't be able to find them even if we find out the items are fake..."

"They're also selling porcelain, which is the coolest thing. Don't we know that their porcelain is made in Jingdi Town?"

"Alas, these Europeans are all so mean now. I just bought a souvenir at the door, and I scanned it on TB. It turned out to be made in Yiwu..."

The discussion of the people in front was very interesting. Li Zi was so amused that she blinked her eyes and winked at Zhang Yang.

When most of the tourists had left, she quickly whispered in Zhang Yang's ear:
"Let's go to the sale, shall we? With you here, we won't be fooled. We won't buy anything, we just want to see who got scammed."

"If they do something too extreme, we can expose them in person. It will be a very interesting scene then."

"Expose it to their faces?" Zhang Yang waved his hand in denial: "Go to their territory and reject them, are you going to risk your life? What if they are gangsters?"

"It's okay, we can bring bodyguards with us." Li Zi answered as a matter of course.

This was the first time in Zhang Yang's life that he heard of hiring a bodyguard in a foreign country.

In my impression, this is the treatment only available to bosses at the level of “Two Ma and One Wang”.

I guess there was a Boss Xu in the past, but now he has too many bodyguards, and they don’t charge any money.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he was getting better and could now afford to hire foreigners as bodyguards.

Although I may seem like a gigolo, this feeling... is really good!
"Okay, let's go join in the fun."

Neither of them was the type to hesitate. Once they made a decision, they acted immediately. They changed their return tickets on the spot and decided to wait until they had attended the exhibition and sale of the closed-down museum before leaving.

Then, the two spent several more hours hiring high-end bodyguards from a local security company. The two of them claimed that they could beat ten people.

For a bodyguard of this level, each person's daily salary is 500 pounds, not including tips after the mission is completed.

But Li Zi felt it was worth it, because she had basically already thought it through in her mind. She would be a lone hero at the sale.

……

Coming to the UK, Zhang Yang was about to find some fun, but he didn't forget his business.

He invited Higgs out again, this time in a park by the river. Li Zi was feeding pigeons nearby, and the two grown men sat on a bench and communicated.

When Higgs heard that the item was to be replaced with another one, he was a little surprised at first, and he was about to say no. But when he heard that the Shuangyang Zun was to be replaced with Kanghou Gui, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees.

I agreed very readily.

Because he agreed so decisively, Zhang Yang began to doubt whether he had been fooled. Could it be that the Kanghou Gui in the museum was actually a replica?

After repeated questioning, Higgs told Zhang Yang hesitantly:
"Actually... this matter... I hope you won't reveal it to anyone, Mr. Zhang. After all, few people know about it. If it gets out, I might be suspected."

"We are currently preparing for a cross-border cultural relic exhibition, and one of the exhibits is the Kanghou Gui. We should have many opportunities to make a move then."

"The Kanghou Gui is going to cross the border? Where is it going? It's not going to China, is it?"

Zhang Yang thought that if he were to return to China to exhibit his works, he would better plan the time to change the items so as to avoid being discovered by the old hands in China.

His craftsmanship seemed as easy as drinking water to the British, but in front of the top masters, it was still possible to be exposed.

Especially this kind of bronze ware with inscriptions.

But Higgs shook his head and said he was not going to China. He mentioned the name of a country that was entirely made up of islands - Neon.

It’s okay, it’s not the name of a country on the peninsula, otherwise Zhang Yang would really doubt where the Kanghou Gui would have been exchanged.

After all, the country on the peninsula is known for "stealing", especially when it comes to Chinese things, they are simply addicted to stealing.

But Higgs' next words made Zhang Yang unable to sit still.

"We went to Neon this time at the invitation of the cultural relics department there. I heard that they wanted to study the relationship between traditional Chinese characters and their own characters."

"Recently, they unearthed a bronze tablet from more than 2,000 years ago. The amount of text recorded on it broke the record in the entire history of Neon archaeology..."

A record number of words?
!!!

This angle was something Zhang Yang could never have imagined in his dreams.

I guess even Zhu Ruyan, the instigator of this, couldn't have imagined this. After all, she was clamoring for Zhang Yang to make more copper sticks and add a few more names, wishing that all the archaeologists on the scene would become Xu Fu's grandchildren.

Zhang Yang took into consideration that Xu Fu might not want to have so many descendants from island countries, so he did not agree to Zhu Ruyan's request.

But he never expected that even so, those bronze sticks would still become a small achievement in the history of Xiaori archaeology?

We're even going to hold an academic seminar? We're even inviting people from the British Museum?
Interesting, very interesting.

"When is this seminar and exhibition?"

"In the middle of next month."

"OK, if it's the middle of next month, there's still a month and a half left. We'll try to replace the items within a month."

"So rushed?" Higgs didn't expect Zhang Yang to be so anxious. He thought such things would take at least half a year or even a year or two to plan.

It takes time to prepare a fake bronze ware.

"Time waits for no one. Once the goods are returned to the country and the exhibition hall, we won't have a chance to take action."

Zhang Yang gave a seemingly very convincing reason, but only he knew the real reason - since it was for Xiao Ri to see, it didn't matter whether it was real or not, and even the top experts there couldn't understand it.

And how could he be absent from such a grand event? (End of this chapter)