The next day, Zhu Yu took Ran Jie and others to the presidential suite of the Hilton Hotel.
Although Old John endorsed it, Zhu Yu thought it was better to be cautious.
Tauris saw Qin Fei behind Zhu Yu holding a box, and a smile bloomed on his face.
In a room in the suite that was set up as a conference room, there were five people on Tauris' side.
In addition to the two black-clad bodyguards he saw that day, standing behind the chairs with their hands on each other's lower abdomens, there were two men on both sides of Tauris.
One was about sixty years old, wearing glasses, dressed casually, and with messy hair.
He also stared excitedly at the box in Qin Fei's hand, without even looking at the others.
The other one was about forty years old, a little bald, slightly fat, more elegantly dressed, wearing a suit, more formal, and his expression was more reserved. He only glanced at the box occasionally, and then his eyes fell on Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu and Qin Fei sat down. Ran Jie and Cao Dalong stood behind them, keeping alert at all times.
"Mr. Zhu Yu, let me introduce these two gentlemen to you."
Tauris pointed at the old man in his sixties who was still staring at the box in Qin Fei's hand and said:
"This is Mr. Motoni Konla, a famous archaeologist from our British Empire.
Mr. Motoni is not only an archaeologist, but also teaches at the University of London and is a famous graduate tutor.
In addition, Mr. Motoni has been studying the history of Wales. The restoration work of the Welsh gold shawl was completed by Mr. Motoni's teacher. "
This introduction is more important. Zhu Yu guessed that this was also the reason why Tauris invited Motoni over.
Although it has been authenticated in the video, who can guarantee that the things Zhu Yu brought over are authentic?
When Motoni heard Tauris introduce himself, he nodded politely to Zhu Yu, and then looked at the box again.
Qin Fei has placed the box on the table in front of him, but it is relatively close to him. He can put things away at any time if needed.
"This is Mr. Tresselis. He has worked at the British Museum for six years, three of which were responsible for caring for and explaining the Welsh Mold shawls."
Triserys smiled politely at Zhu Yu.
"So," after the introduction, Tauris looked at Zhu Yu, "can we now display that rare and precious thing in front of us?"
Zhu Yu nodded and said:
"sure."
After hearing what he said, Qin Fei carefully opened the box, picked up the golden battle dress, and placed it on the table.
Almost the moment after seeing the battle dress, Motoni stood up, and then rushed over to hold the golden battle dress in his arms.
Qin Fei was startled and immediately pulled the thing back. Motoni jumped away and looked up at Qin Fei in surprise.
Tauris was also startled and shouted:
"Mr. Motoni! Please be careful!"
Only then did Motoni realize his gaffe, and he hurriedly said:
"I'm really sorry - but just by looking at it, I can basically confirm that this war skirt and Molde's golden shawl are from the same era and made from the same craftsmanship! This one is even more perfect!"
Zhu Yu didn't believe it. Wasn't this old man exaggerating? It feels like I'm trying to steal it!
He ignored the old man and looked at Tauris:
"Mr. Tauris, you should know how fragile this golden war skirt is! If this causes the war skirt to be deformed or damaged, I will not only cancel the possible transaction, but also apply for compensation from you!"
Tauris was also startled just now. He hurriedly said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu Yu, it was an accident just now! Mr. Motoni was born in Wales and is very knowledgeable about Welsh history!
He has also been working hard to study the origins of the gold shawl and gold war skirt, and find the past glory of Wales - Mr. Motoni has always guessed that there must have been a very glorious ancient civilization in ancient Wales..."
"It's not a guess, it's true! It must exist! Otherwise, the existence of this battle dress and that shawl cannot be explained at all!" Motoni's voice was full of enthusiasm and determination.
"That's not the reason for you to snatch my war skirt!" Zhu Yu said coldly.
It's civilized but useless? What evidence exists besides the shawl and the war skirt? Found nothing!
Even if foreign countries do not recognize the existence of the Xia Dynasty, at least there are a large number of things suspected to be Xia Dynasty ruins such as the Erlitou Culture.
What does Wales have? For more than a hundred years, nothing has been excavated!
When Zhu Yu said this, Motoni was a little embarrassed, his face turned red, he endured it, and finally managed to say:
"This golden war dress belongs to Wales! As a Welshman, I have the responsibility to take it back!"
"Haha!" Zhu Yu retorted: "There are tens of thousands of Chinese cultural relics in the British Museum. You can ask them to return them to China, and then talk to me about returning the war skirt to you!"
With one sentence, he blocked the rest of Motoni's words.
Tauris hurriedly smoothed things over:
"Mr. Zhu, don't get excited. I promise that this will not happen again. Also, please believe me, this is an accident!"
Zhu Yu saw that Tauris was more sincere, so he didn't pursue the matter further.
Seeing that Zhu Yu was no longer angry, Tauris turned his head and said sternly to Motoni:
"Mr. Motoni, I have warned you before coming here. I hope you will stop getting excited! If you do anything like this again, then I will have no choice but to ask you out!"
When Tauris said this, Motoni could only nod although he was a little reluctant.
"Okay, we can continue now." Tauris said with a smile, "I hope the accident just now will not affect our mood."
Zhu Yu nodded and said:
"Now you can identify it. But I hope you can exercise restraint."
After speaking, he gestured to Qin Fei.
Qin Fei pushed the golden war skirt to the center of the table again.
Motoni took out a magnifying glass, and Triserys stood up next to him and looked carefully at the golden dress.
Zhu Yu was not worried at all and just drank tea leisurely.
On the contrary, Qin Fei was very nervous and kept paying attention to Motoni, fearing that the old man would suddenly rush up and take away the golden dress, which would cause big trouble.
Fortunately, Motoni was really only excited for a moment before, but now that he saw the gold dress in his hand, he calmed down and looked at the patterns and craftsmanship on it with a magnifying glass with concentration.
It was said before that it was the same as the golden shawl, but when he was actually asked to identify it, he didn't hesitate.
Triserys also looked at it very carefully. He mainly looked at the patterns on the war skirt.
After watching for a while, he returned to his original sitting position, sighed and said to Zhu Yu:
"It is very similar to the pattern on the Molde shawl. Of course, because it is purely handmade, there must be some slight differences. But it can be seen that it is the same pattern.
in addition……"
When he said this, he turned to look at Tauris, hesitated and said:
"I can basically confirm that the specifications of this war skirt should be higher than that of that shawl! If it was unearthed from a tomb, then the level of this tomb should be higher!"
When he said this, he was obviously suspected of funding the enemy.
After all, the higher the value of this golden battle dress, the more money Tauris will have to pay Zhu Yu.
At this moment, Motoni suddenly said "Hey", and his hand had already reached out to the battle skirt.
Qin Fei moved the battle skirt over, not wanting Motoni to see it.
Having learned from the past, this old man is obviously very difficult to reassure people.
Qin Fei was wearing gloves and his movements were very steady, so Zhu Yu was not worried.
"Be careful!" Motoni reminded anxiously. He was also afraid that Qin Fei would deform the war skirt.
Then he realized the reason for Qin Fei's actions and hurriedly explained:
"I saw a small scratch on the inside of the war skirt. The scratch was relatively complicated. Just now I was trying to determine whether the scratch was unintentional damage or whether the text symbols from that time remained..."
"What?" After hearing this, Tauris and Triserys both stood up!
If it really had text symbols, then the value of this war skirt would be much higher!
Modern British people are the descendants of the Celts who crossed the sea from western Europe to the British Isles three thousand years ago.
The ancestor of modern English is Old English, which only began to appear in the fourth century AD. It was only sixteen hundred years ago.
If something similar to writing dating back more than 3,000 years ago were to be discovered on the British Isles, given the adequacy of the Western archaeological community, the entire world of archaeology would probably be shocked!
Zhu Yu smiled and said:
"Of course we have to take a good look. Qin Fei, let Professor Motoni take a look. But Mr. Motoni, please don't get excited, otherwise, it will be difficult to keep the skirt intact."
The meaning of Zhu Yu's words was very clear. Motoni was so thick-skinned that he pretended not to hear it. When Qin Fei pushed the golden war skirt back, he immediately took advantage of it, turned it over, and looked carefully at the notch.
In fact, Zhu Yu had seen the scratch a long time ago, but he didn't think it was any writing. It may be the traces left by the craftsmen at that time when they were striking patterns.
Of course, it is also possible that the war skirt was left behind due to a scratch after being worn on the tomb owner.
Zhu Yu had graduated from university after all, and had done some research on the inheritance of Chinese writing.
If it were really a text symbol, then such a scratch would be comparable to the 8,000-year-old Jiahu bone flute - but this scratch is obviously not that clear, and the location is not so obvious.
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Of course, Zhu Yu would not tell the truth. If you can increase the value of this war skirt, why not do it?
But in the end, Motoni was not sure whether the scratches were writing.
After all, he is an archaeologist, not an expert in philology.
"I now clearly believe that this indeed belongs to the same period as the Molde shawl, a gold product from northern Wales more than 3,000 years ago."
Finally, Motoni came to a conclusion.
Triserys also nodded and said:
"I agree with this view. In my opinion, this golden war skirt is a higher-grade gold item, more exquisitely made and higher in scale!
If the source can be found, it will be a strong evidence that ancient civilization may have existed in Wales! "
After hearing what they said, Zhu Yu and Taotes both laughed.
Qin Fei easily took the war skirt back and put it into the box.
Although he didn't take her away, he just stared at it.
Although Motoni was unwilling, there was nothing he could do. After all, this thing itself belongs to someone else, and it doesn't belong to Taotes yet.
He thought to himself that when Tautus bought this golden war dress, he would study it carefully!
At this time, Tautus's effect came into play. He stood up and said to Motoni and Triceris:
"I troubled you two gentlemen just now. Now I have reserved a table of delicious food in the restaurant, and you two have come all the way to try it. There are also arrangements for you to enjoy the nightlife here."
Motoni was a little dissatisfied and wanted to say something else. Triserys understood human nature better than him and immediately pulled him and said:
"Then let's go. Thank you Mr. Tauris for your kindness."
Obviously, Triserys understood that the environment in which the next price negotiation would take place was not one that two people should be involved in.
Maybe Tauris doesn't want two people to participate in the valuation and has his own ideas.
After the two people left, Tauris asked Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, you and I are relieved now. Then, let's talk about the price."
Zhu Yu shook his head and said:
"I only want to exchange this golden battle dress, but I won't sell it."
"Change?" Tauris raised his eyebrows, not understanding.
"I hope Mr. Tauris can find some Chinese cultural relics, of course of comparable value. Use these things in exchange for me."
Zhu Yu's expression was very calm, but he was very confident in this deal.
There are at least millions of Chinese cultural relics spread all over the world.
But there is only one gold war dress from northern Wales in the world.
It's a seller's market, so it's up to him to decide how to sell it.
Tauris glanced at Zhu Yu and realized that he was not joking. He pondered for a moment and said:
"I'm offering a billion dollars! After you get the money, wouldn't you like to buy those cultural relics? At this price, you can buy many such cultural relics!"
Whether it was Ran Jie or the two bodyguards in black suits behind Tauris, they were all shocked when they heard that he had purchased this golden dress for one billion US dollars!
Just such a golden thing, a billion dollars!
Is it worth it?
Of course, in Tauris's eyes, it must be worth it.
There is only one of this kind in the world, and there may be scratches of text symbols on it!
So no matter what price he quotes, as long as he persists, if the other party wants to buy it, he can only follow his way.
Zhu Yu shook his head: "No, no, no, just exchange it, not sell it. I believe Mr. Tauris can get something that satisfies me."
Even one billion dollars could not impress Zhu Yu, which made Tauris a little surprised and a little disappointed.
His purchase of this gold war dress had a political purpose. Although his father liked collecting, he didn't like it. So basically don't touch it.
Now that I have gone round and round, I have to return to this circle.
However, Taotes found that Zhu Yu had no obvious hesitation when he heard about one billion dollars. Unless he was particularly determined, the young man in front of him was not short of money.
Thinking that the things his father collected were now piled in a basement, and considering that his father also had friends who were collecting them, Taotes felt that this matter was not difficult to handle.
He then said to Zhu Yu:
"You have to at least give me a direction as to what needs to be exchanged. Can porcelain and the like be used?"
"Porcelain is definitely not acceptable. It is best to use precious ancient books, such as those taken from Dunhuang." Zhu Yu immediately spoke loudly, "Bronze ware, at least with inscriptions; bamboo slips and the like... Of course, Mr. Tauris , I think you should know that it is impossible to exchange one or two such things for this golden battle dress."
"I understand. Just wait for my news." Tauris didn't waste any time and stood up to get something done.
