There were so many cultural relics in the cultural relics exchange catalog provided by Fuso this time. Li Aiguo was always worried about the fact that he could only exchange three items and felt quite regretful.
Unexpectedly, Tang Ping immediately sent another big gift.
Then he took out his phone and called Dr. Inoue.
"Inoue, I remember you said last time that Dr. Tanaka has done very in-depth research on Buddhist statues from the Asuka period, right?"
"Ah, it's nothing. I just saw a Buddha statue recently. It seems to be the bronze statue of Thinking Bodhisattva that was lost in Horyu Temple."
"Ask Dr. Tanaka if he has time to come to our place for identification. If he doesn't have time, forget it."
What Li Aiguo said was so arrogant and very happy.
He and Inoue were the main players in this exchange of cultural relics, and they had many confrontations.
I have never been so happy.
Then, without waiting for Inoue to answer, he hung up the phone.
With the lessons learned from the "San Jing Yi Shu", he did not believe that the other party would not come.
Sure enough, not five minutes after hanging up the phone, an unknown caller appeared on the phone.
"Professor Li, photos, I want to see the photos." An excited cry came from the other side.
"Who are you?" Li Aiguo asked knowingly.
"Ah, hello, Professor Li, I am Tanaka Health from the University of Tokyo. I heard that you have found the bronze statue of the Bodhisattva of Thought, our country's national treasure. Can I take a look at the photo first?"
"Okay!" After Li Aiguo sent the photo he just took, it only took three minutes for Dr. Tanaka to contact him again.
"I will go to China tonight."
Li Aiguo hung up the phone with satisfaction, and then said to Tang Ping: "If I had known that you still had such good things, we could have used the "San Jing Yi Shu" in exchange for more things."
Because there is a difference between having only one national treasure and several national treasures. After all, if you don’t agree to my price, I can give you even a few national treasures in exchange.
But now that he has the second one, he will be at an advantage when negotiating again. Who knows if he will have a third one?
After all, Japan is holding something that was snatched from us, and what it can prove is our history, and these in Li Aiguo's hands are important cultural relics that prove and study the history of their own country.
They will still compare which one is more important.
"Okay, then leave it to Professor Li. I will be there on time for tomorrow's press conference."
After Tang Ping dropped off his child the next day, he came to the museum dressed appropriately. After all, he was representing the country and couldn't be too casual.
"Xiao Tang looked really handsome in what he wore today." Li Aiguo smiled and shook hands with Tang Ping, and then whispered: "Tan Zhong arrived last night. Now it seems that the bronze statue of Thinking Bodhisattva is probably real."
Of course Tang Ping knew it was true. He had originally moved it back from Horyuji Temple, and used time energy to make it last more than a thousand years.
Again, after Xiaozhi’s appraisal, they wouldn’t dare to say it was fake. In that case, they would never be able to get it back.
The two had tea in Li Aiguo's office and waited until it was time for the press conference before heading to the venue set up next to the museum.
In addition to the expert teams from both sides, those coming today are reporters from China and Japan.
The expert teams from both sides first introduced the national treasures and cultural relics of the two countries to be exchanged from all aspects, and then it was time for reporters to ask questions.
The first few questions were normal, but when a Japanese female reporter was asked to ask a question, her question made Li Aiguo frown.
"Your country has always lied that our country has plundered a large number of cultural relics from you. But this time the "San Jing Yi Shu" was discovered in your country, does it prove that your country has actually plundered many precious cultural relics from our country?"
The "San Jing Yi Shu" was handed over by Tang Ping. The Japanese side has been asking Li Aiguo about its origin, but Tang Ping did not tell the other party. Li Aiguo also kept telling the other party that it was the collector's personal privacy and would not be made public.
Now that Japan has raised such a pointed question, it is indeed difficult to answer it.
Tang Ping took the microphone and said, "I can answer this question."
As soon as he spoke, all the cameras were focused on him, and everyone who came here knew that he was the collector of "San Jing Yi Shu".
"As we all know, during the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese country always admired the Tang Dynasty, so they sent many things that you think are precious to the Tang Dynasty as gifts. So in the end they stayed in the Tang Dynasty."
"You can't even figure out the relationship between unsolicited gifts and plunder, right?"
"How is that possible?" The reporter looked at the other Japanese experts: "This kind of national treasure-level cultural relic was worth a lot of money even at the time. How could it be given to you casually?"
Many experts from the Japanese expert team also agreed. They studied that period of history, but it was not so easy to get them to recognize that period of history as a vassal country.
Many experts claimed that the two countries had always been on equal footing at that time.
The Japanese reporter’s question now means that he does not acknowledge history and is deliberately trying to disgust people.
"Haha." Tang Ping smiled slightly: "Of course I can't provide direct evidence for this kind of thing. After all, your stuff was not a good thing in the Tang Dynasty at that time. There is no need to record it specifically, but I have something to prove it."
As he said that, he turned to Li Aiguo and said, "Please wait for me for a moment. I'll go get a few things."
Li Aiguo was a little surprised. Tang Ping didn't drag a suitcase with him today. Could there be any good things? He wouldn't just throw it in the trunk of his car, would he?
But of course he had to cooperate with Tang Ping's request, so he said, "Mr. Tang is going to get something. We can move on to the next question first."
As soon as he finished speaking, a Chinese reporter stood up and asked questions.
And Li Aiguo guessed correctly. Tang Ping actually put something in the trunk, which was the certificate of credence in which the emperor presented Mount Fuji to Duke Ping of the Tang Dynasty.
He didn't take this seriously at first. Could it be that he really took it to Japan to collect the tickets? Regardless of whether the other party admits it or not, I can't say that I am Tang Ping, the Duke of Ping.
He just brought it back to show off to Young Master Gou and the others. When the time comes, throw this thing in front of the two buddies, and then say: "Look, Mount Fuji belongs to my buddies, how respectable are they?"
But now that the Japanese reporter wants to disgust people, let's see who is more disgusting.
Fortunately, in order to show off, the clerk also took a photo frame to put it in. He returned to the venue with the photo frame.
Seeing Tang Ping come in, everyone turned their attention to him, and everyone was very curious about what the evidence he said was.
Tang Ping directly showed the credentials in his hand and said, "Everyone can see what this is!"
