"Thank you, Director Dou, for recognizing this charity gala on behalf of the city government. Now let's take a look at the total amount of donations."
"Wait a moment!"
A sudden shout appeared, and everyone involuntarily looked in the direction of the sound.
"Wait a minute, I have another item that I hope to bid on tonight." Xu Qian raised his hand, as if he was asking to answer a question in class.
If it were another occasion, it would be difficult to break the rules for a person. Once it's over, it's over. But this is charity, showing love and donating money. As long as we can raise more donations, what if we spend a few more minutes?
Huang Jiajia looked at Ma Yuan and smiled after receiving the affirmation: "I wonder what you want to offer for bidding?"
Huo Mingwei and the others were also puzzled. Xu Qian said he wanted to sell books, but he didn't see Xu Qian carrying a bag or anything. Although the book was not big, Xu Qian couldn't take it out with empty hands.
Xu Qian reached into his clothes and took out a book from his stomach.
Everyone present turned to look at Xu Qian's action, and several people let out moderate exclamations.
Who is this person, hiding a book in that place?
Lin Qiaoni and Li Yuanxi both knew that Xu Qian had a space spiritual weapon, so they naturally knew the inside story, but being able to take out a book from his clothes still seemed very strange visually, let alone others.
The hostess brought the book to the stage, and the camera projected the book onto the big screen.
"The Chronicles of Yu"
When the three big words appeared on the cover, there was no special reaction from the audience. Overall, it was quiet.
Two seconds later, an old voice sounded in the crowd, "Is this... the lost Yu Benji?"
"Professor Shen seems to recognize this book..."
Xu Qian learned the identity of the old professor from some people's discussions.
"We invited Mr. Xu to come on stage to introduce the bids he provided." After taking the most expensive bid in the room, Huang Jiajia naturally remembered the young Mr. Xu. In fact, everyone remembered him.
Xu Qian quickly walked onto the stage, followed the procedure, and shook hands with Ma Yuan.
Ma Yuan patted Xu Qian's shoulder in a friendly manner, expressing an elder's encouragement to his younger generation.
"Indeed, this is the long-lost "Benji of Yu". It mainly records Yu's words, deeds and activities during the flood control period, and also records the mountains, rivers and lakes at that time."
Not all those here tonight are wealthy businessmen, there are also a few experts and scholars. Whether from the perspective of donation or bidding, experts and scholars in certain fields are better providers and buyers. The person who asked the question just now is a history professor who retired from the capital and returned to live in Nanhai. He is quite famous throughout the country.
"But this is clearly a modern book, or... this... published by Royal Academy Press." The old professor raised his glasses and stared at the screen intently.
"Yes, it was published not long ago. I didn't say it was an ancient book." Xu Qian explained with a smile: "But the origin of this book is rather mysterious. It is possible that this book exists in our world at this moment."
When the wealthy people saw on the screen that what Xu Qian took out was just a newly published book, they were a little puzzled. How could such a thing have auction value? When they heard about this book, they seemed to have caught something. But how could there be only one book published by a publishing house? What the hell is Royal Academy Press and this publishing house?
"Can I have a look at it?" The old professor didn't want to care about anything else. He only cared about the content of the book.
"Of course." Xu Qian picked up "Yu Ben Ji" and handed it to the old professor.
Under normal circumstances, the provider of the bidding item would return to the stage after a few words of introduction, but in view of the special nature of this item, Huang Jiajia very much welcomes Xu Qian to respond on the stage. Otherwise, she does not know how to deal with it.
The old professor opened the book with trembling hands and read the contents carefully. The people next to him also leaned their heads over, their eyes full of curiosity.
Others whispered among themselves and discussed. There are also books that appear at auctions, but they are all ancient books in the antique category, even single copies, or books collected by ancient celebrities, which contain personal annotations by an ancient celebrity, etc. But there has never been a brand-new book published in the contemporary era. Most of the people present have participated in regular large-scale auctions. Seeing such strange things, they regarded it as a joke.
If you are not afraid of comparing goods, you are afraid of not knowing the goods. The game system will not only take away the cultivation resources brought back by players, but also cultural materials such as books, photos, videos, etc. are not allowed to be brought back, and will be taken away by the system if they are brought back. If Xu Qian had not owned the scrolls, it would not have been possible to bring these two books back. Therefore, Xu Qian believes that there is no other "Yu Ben Ji" on the earth, and there is no possibility of "compare goods". But this book was probably lost in China after the Tang Dynasty. No one knows what is specifically written in the real "Yu Benji". So Xu Qian's only worry at the moment is that there is no one who knows the goods among the people present.
"This... this is" the old professor's hands were shaking violently, and his eyes were filled with tears, "it's true!"
"Come here, let me ask you a question." The old professor seemed to have something to say to Xu Qian privately. Xu Qian did not show any pretense and walked to the old professor happily.
"Does this book come from the Tang Dynasty?" the old professor whispered in Xu Qian's ear.
Xu Qian was slightly surprised that this old professor actually knew about the Tang Empire.
"Yes." Xu Qian nodded.
The old professor closed the book and gently touched the cover before handing it back to the etiquette lady.
How could no one in the academic circle think of using space channels to find some traces of history in the Tang Dynasty? It’s just that the rules do not allow cultural exchange and export between the two worlds. The academic community has asked people to bring books back to the Tang Dynasty several times, but each time it ended in failure. This "Yu Ben Ji" has long been on their list, but they can't bring it back. Don't you think it's annoying?
Huang Jiajia asked Xu Qian in a low voice the low price of the auction. Xu Qian looked at the old professor and replied, "One million yuan."
If he hadn't made a bet with Huo Mingwei and the others, he might have given the book to the old professor directly. He could see that the other party really wanted it, the kind of dream he wanted.
When Huang Jiajia announced the reserve price, as expected, the old professor immediately accepted the price, but no one else bid. There was no suspense. The old professor got the reserve price at the reserve price. This book was very cheap in the Tang Dynasty, but it was priceless in China. "Yu Benji".
The old professor suppressed his excitement, held Xu Qian's hand and said, "Thank you for your contribution to the field of Chinese history."
Xu Qian certainly knew the value of this book to China, otherwise he would not have looked for it in the Tang library.
"You shouldn't default on your debt."
Huo Mingwei and Ning Fei felt that they lost inexplicably because they did not know the value of this book. Like other guests, if they did not know who the old professor was, they would even guess that this must be Xu Qian's request. Son.
Huo Mingwei looked ugly and said nothing.
Ning Fei held it in for a long time before he said: "You are really hard to figure out."
Xu Qian showed a harmless smile, and then told the two of them his bank account number.
Next, in addition to announcing the total amount of donations tonight, Ma Yuan gave a brief speech as the initiator. They are all formal official languages and have little nutrition. Xu Qian simply took Shanshan and continued eating the cake.
After Ma Yuan's concluding remarks, the party was basically over, but no one left because they all hoped to become familiar with Ma Yuan.
"Young gentleman, thank you very much!" The old professor did not circle around Ma Yuan like the others, but found Xu Qian alone who was eating cake.
"It's nothing. If it's not for charity, I can give this book to you directly." Xu Qian brought the book back from the Tang Dynasty, which was actually unintentional. He knew that the book had been lost in China, but he didn't know Who better to leave it to.
"By the way, I'll give you this book too." Xu Qian took out a book from the same position again. This scene was probably the most shocking scene the old professor had ever seen.
"This is..." The old professor adjusted his glasses. When he took the book and saw clearly the two traditional Chinese characters on the cover, his expression was frozen.
"Shang Shu" is a lost book that records the history of the Shang Dynasty and is no less valuable than "Yu Ben Ji". Some of the contents are recorded in "Shang Shu", but the complete "Shang Shu" has disappeared in the long river of history.
"This book is given to you. It will be more useful for you to hold than for me. I won't do your research." Xu Qian's tone was relaxed, as if he was talking about an ordinary book.
