no?
I'm just asking.
You called me a dog right off the bat, didn't you?
What's wrong!
You really don't want me to say it!
Bai Meng: "Um... there really is something..."
Qin Jiang: "Look at you, still being so polite with me... Just say what's on your mind!"
Bai Meng: "Do you remember those tomb raiders we encountered when we rescued Wei Biao last time?"
Qin Jiang: "I remember!"
He certainly remembered: if it weren't for the fight between the two groups of tomb raiders, Sijiu might have been in danger.
Theoretically speaking, one group even saved Si Jiu, and in return, he gave those tomb raiders a considerable amount of money and made a promise.
Bai Meng: "When we arrested those criminals, we also caught a few tomb raiders. We didn't expect them to be Class A wanted criminals involved in the theft of many large and precious ancient tombs. We have recovered a lot of important lost cultural relics through them... The higher-ups have praised us highly for this. I specifically reported your name to them, and they said you would be rewarded."
Qin Jiang: "Get to the point: Don't tell me you came here just to give me a reward." He knew that if it were really about that, Bai Meng would have told him on the phone that coming in person meant he had something to ask for and would have specifically mentioned the strengthening of the system, so the request was probably not something simple.
Bai Meng: "There is something else: this group of tomb raiders once emptied an important ancient bamboo slip in a Qin Dynasty tomb: it contained many important documents, including even the Qin Shi Huang's secret to immortality."
Qin Jiang's expression froze for a moment, then he said with immense surprise, "You mean Qin Shi Huang's secret to immortality?"
Bai Meng: "Yes!"
Qin Jiang: "The kind that can prolong life or even grant immortality..."
Bai Meng: "Ah..."
Qin Jiang: "What the hell! No, Bai Meng, are you sick?! It's the 21st century and you're still a government official, and you're talking to me about immortality? What?! You've been reading too many fantasy novels lately... immortality... hehe... do you believe I'll report you for feudal superstition?"
Bai Meng:...
"I did not mean that.."
Qin Jiang: "Stop beating around the bush and just say what you want to say. Don't try to pique my interest; you wouldn't understand my interests..."
Bai Meng: "We were all shocked for a while when we heard this news, and you just... You're so rich, aren't you really curious about Qin Shi Huang's secret to immortality...?"
Qin Jiang: "Let's put aside the fact that that thing is definitely fake, otherwise Qin Shi Huang wouldn't have died so young, and no emperor throughout history would have failed to achieve immortality." He calmly took a sip of his wine and continued, "Besides, even if it were real, what is my little bit of money? I can't even touch the edge of it. Daring to get involved would only be courting death..."
Bai Meng: "Clear and transparent!"
Although Qin Jiang's words made sense, and although many people understand these principles, understanding them doesn't mean they can put them into practice.
Who doesn't know that immortality is a lie!
Who doesn't know that's pure nonsense!
But faced with this situation, how many people can resist asking questions, trying to understand, and seeing if they have a chance...?
What if!
What if it works?
It's truly admirable that someone like Qin Jiang can show absolutely no curiosity.
Qin Jiang: "Get to the point!"
Bai Meng: "It's like this... The most important thing about this artifact is that it records many events from the pre-Qin period, which is very important for archaeological research on pre-Qin history and can also be used to verify many historical records. However, this artifact has already been sold by them, and we have just received news that this artifact will be auctioned at the Pudi Century Auction!"
"The higher-ups are taking this very seriously!"
Qin Jiang: "And then..."
Bai Meng: "It's like this... My superiors assigned this task to me, and I hope you can help me this once."
Qin Jiang: "How can we help?"
Bai Meng: "We'll auction off this artifact and bring it back to China! Then we'll have experts analyze and study it... Don't worry, we can return it to you after the experts have done their research. It'll be a decent collectible. Of course, you can donate it if you want..."
Qin Jiang touched Bai Meng's forehead.
Bai Meng: "What are you doing?"
Qin Jiang: "He doesn't have a fever? Why are you talking nonsense..."
Bai Meng: "What do you mean?"
Qin Jiang: "This is an artifact from the pre-Qin period. How much do you think this antique will fetch at auction..."
Bai Meng: "Will it be very expensive? I saw the starting price is only 100,000!"
Qin Jiang: "You said it yourself, it's the starting price? Pre-Qin Dynasty! The very dynasty represents the value of this artifact, plus it records the secret to immortality. Although I don't care, there are always rich people who do... It'll easily fetch tens of millions, even hundreds of millions..."
"Tell me... why should I take the photos back for you? And donate them..."
Bai Meng: "So expensive?"
Qin Jiang: "You think..."
Bai Meng's expression immediately turned troubled.
after all:
He originally thought the artifact would only fetch a few hundred thousand at auction, which was nothing to Qin Jiang. Besides, he didn't want the artifact itself, just wanted to study it for a while.
Qin Jiang will still be able to control the cultural relics at that time!
And you can get credit for it!
You can also apply for other honors and awards to compensate Qin Jiang!
.....
etc.
But now the price is as high as hundreds of billions, and even if he has the nerve to ask Qin Jiang for help, he can't bring himself to ask for that amount.
"Why..."
Bai Meng couldn't help but sigh.
Qin Jiang: "Isn't what you want the contents? Don't those tomb raiders have rubbings of the contents?"
Bai Meng: "No! These tomb raiders had no idea of the importance of this artifact or could not read the characters on it. It was given to them directly as a substitute for other artifacts... There was no rubbing at all."
"For tomb raiders, the truly important items are bronzes, porcelain, and calligraphy and paintings. Books and bamboo slips they can't understand are unimportant; they're often not even taken out, usually just used as bait. The reason that important artifact was discovered this time was because other bamboo slips were found in that tomb, recording the artifact's existence, which led to the subsequent investigation..."
Qin Jiang: "...."
Is that outrageous?
That's outrageous!
But it's also very realistic!
The only important thing about this artifact is that it contains the information recorded above and there is no rubbing of it. Otherwise, its value would be negligible and incomparable to that of bronzes and porcelains.
Qin Jiang: "They are trafficking in cultural relics. How can these illegal cultural relics be auctioned? Why don't you just send someone to pick them up? Why make me bid on them? It's unnecessary!"
Bai Meng: "Easy for you to say! First of all, the buyer is not Chinese. Secondly, the auction location is a cruise ship off the coast of Po Ti and will only start in international waters. According to the law, we are not qualified to enforce the law there. The best way is to buy it with money."
As for why I chose you...