This rain was very strange. It didn't end in a day or two, but it rained intermittently for nearly half a month. Li Mo originally wanted to keep the same pace as the expert team and set off for New York on May 10th to perform antique maintenance tasks. But because of the rainy season, the rain almost never stopped, so Li Mo simply asked everyone to stay in Seattle and have more fun.
When I woke up on the morning of May 20th, the sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly. The whole city seemed to wake up from its slumber and become full of life again.
"Mr. Qin, the work of the expert team is progressing very smoothly. It is expected that the work there will be completed in five days. The person in charge of the team wants to know how you arranged it?"
"Meet them and try to return to the country together. We will leave today."
"Yes, I will notify everyone immediately."
From Boston to Washington, and from Washington to Seattle, we all drive. This time, we can only take a plane from Seattle to New York. Otherwise, we have to drive for more than 40 hours to get there. No matter whether we are driving or taking a car, it is unbearable. Long bumps.
The flight only took five hours. When Li Mo and the others walked out of the New York Airport, the sky had not yet darkened.
"It truly is a world-class city."
This was Li Mo's first feeling after leaving the airport. It directly affects the global economy, finance, media, politics, education, entertainment and fashion. Many of the world's international institutions, multinational companies and banks, including the United Nations headquarters, are headquartered here. You can imagine how much influence it has on the world.
"In May, has the consulate here in New York been contacted?"
"We have already contacted you. The person in charge knows that you are coming and has promised that he will give you full support as long as you are in need."
"Oh, that's good."
"Mr. Qin, you left a huge sum of 30 million U.S. dollars as activity expenses while visiting the Washington embassy. This matter has been spread to the upper levels. Director Gao even contacted me alone a few days ago and asked me Do you need to send more people to help you?"
"They shouldn't be so vulgar, right?"
"In front of money, you just have to be an ordinary person. Who has a grudge against that thing?"
The people who came to pick up Li Mo and the others were the life staff of the expert group, and they chartered a bus.
"Mr. Qin, please get in the car."
Li Mo smiled and nodded at him. This man looked familiar. After thinking about it for a moment, he remembered that he once worked under Qin Yali. After Aunt Qin was promoted, he was also transferred to an important position. Although he came with the expert team this time to serve them, in fact, it was the trust of his superiors in him that made him responsible for all the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the expert team. .
"Steven, which auction company in New York do you work for?"
"Kimberly Auction House, but I am an art trader. My main job is to find resources and serve the top wealthy people well. As long as I can seize the opportunity to close three transactions every year, my income of two hundred thousand dollars that year will definitely not be question."
Steven said this, thought for a moment and then said: "Mr. Qin, New York is a world-class city, it can be said to be a world-class financial center, where money can form a flowing river. Because of this, the art here The antique trading market is very prosperous. There are also many antique markets. I think the probability of finding something missing is higher here, and the probability of finding top-quality antiques is also higher.”
"Follow me for a month. You and Gulishi both go home first. I will call you if I need anything."
"Okay, we're on standby."
The hotel has been booked long ago, so Li Mo and the others can check in directly when they arrive. As soon as his luggage was packed, Professor Huang, Professor Zhang and others came to look for him. They had been busy in Boston and they didn't know what good things Li Mo had found during this time.
"Expert Qin, tell us what good things you found later?"
"Yes, you can even find the Grand Reading Sword made by Emperor Qianlong, and there will definitely be many other antiques. Unfortunately, we haven't heard from you in this period of time. We are all waiting for you to give us some unexpected surprises. "
"Expert Qin, if you have found too many unique antiques, just pick a few antiques that we are all familiar with and talk about them."
A group of experts urged Li Mo to speak quickly. Everyone was in a high mood, which was because they were full of expectations for Li Mo.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, I'll talk to the experts and professors slowly. But what I'm talking about is only my own identification results. Later, I need to organize seniors to conduct secondary identification research for me." Li Mo gestured to everyone with cupped fists. .
"Expert Qin, if you can even spot him, our identification will be meaningless." Expert Huang suddenly asked in a low voice, "But I seemed to have seen a somewhat familiar person with you just now."
Li Mo knew who he was referring to as soon as he heard it, and couldn't help but chuckle and said: "The one who used to be the chief appraisal expert of the Bay Island Palace Museum, Sima Haotian."
Professor Huang suddenly slapped his thigh: "No wonder he looks familiar to me. It turns out to be him. He is a great talent, but he is arrogant and difficult to get along with."
"Those who have the ability usually have the spirit."
"Forget it, let's move the topic away. First, tell us about those rare national treasures you found again."
Li Mo motioned for everyone to find a place to sit down. A group of experts and professors in their forties and fifties couldn't just stand and listen to what he said.
"I will choose a few to talk about, including the masterpiece "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes" from the Southern Song Dynasty, the ink painting "Lu Yu Cooking Tea" by the Yuan Dynasty painter Zhao Yuan, and the "Pine Breeze in Ten Thousand Valleys" by the Song Dynasty painter Li Tang. "Picture", including the gilt bronze Vairocana Buddha of the Liao Dynasty. There are also the ivory carved thumb rings of Qianlong, the jade immortal horse of the Han Dynasty, the "White Picture of Shining Night" by the famous Tang Dynasty artist Han Gan, and the auspicious Ruyi Ear of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. Gourd bottles, Ming Jiaqing colorful fish and algae pattern lid jars, etc. The others are all foreign antiques and works of art, so I won’t go into them one by one.”
The experts and professors in the room all looked at each other in shock. There is such a god in the world. Everything he just said is a heavyweight national treasure.
"No, something is very wrong."
Expert Huang suddenly waved his hand and said he was wrong.
"What does Expert Huang mean when you say something is wrong?" Expert Zhang next to him couldn't help but bump him with his elbow. "You're talking nonsense. We don't even understand what you mean."
"Mr. Qin, if I remember correctly, the "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes", "Lu Yu Cooking Tea" and "Wanhe Pine Wind" you just mentioned are all collected in the Wandao Palace Museum. How could you possibly find so-called authentic works in a ghost place like the United States?"
"Professor Huang, after hearing what you said, I'm a little impressed. These three authentic paintings are all collected on the other side of the strait."
Everyone in the room started talking about it. Finally, Expert Huang asked everyone to quiet down and listen to what he had to say.
"Expert Qin, I have never doubted your ability to detect treasures, but we can't understand what you are saying."
"Professor Huang, when was the last time you saw the three masterpieces I just mentioned?"
"Probably seven or eight years ago."
"In seven or eight years, so many things that we can't even imagine will happen during this period. Have you ever seen those three famous paintings again?"
Professor Huang thought about his words, and a look of horror gradually appeared on his face.
(End of chapter)
