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Chapter 2774 Night Pearl

Being forced to donate is normal.

It is only natural that the rich should donate money.

Zhou Buqi had already prepared for this.

And he felt this was the right thing to do and had been doing it all these years.

In his opinion, those who criticize forced donations are no different from forced donations. They are all poor people at the bottom who harm each other.

To force people to donate is to stand on the moral high ground and ask others to donate; to curse people to force donations is to stand on the moral high ground and ask others not to ask others to stand on the moral high ground.

It's just that one group of people seems to have more style and a sense of justice than the other group of people.

But the problem is that Zhou Buqi really doesn't have much money now.

He had promised a long time ago that he would donate all his personal stocks held in Ziweixing, and all of them would be donated to the country.

But it would be too difficult to cash out all these stocks. He would have to borrow money and donate money.

And the most important point.

If you want to donate, to whom?

Zhou Buqi's money is not printed by running a money printing machine. People who can print money never feel bad about spending money. They can do whatever they like and squander how they want.

He is different.

His money was earned through hard work in the fierce competition in the market.

He has to put his money to good use.

The most troublesome thing is that he lacks a high-quality charity project that can be carried out. Small projects don't cost much at all.

For example, to resettle victims in a disaster area, there are 100 million people in a disaster area, and the average expenditure on each person after being affected by the disaster for one month is less than 1 yuan.

A donation of 20 billion is enough.

But in fact, once such a natural disaster occurs, various large companies and wealthy people will rush to the rescue, as well as countless caring ordinary people. At least 100 billion in donations can be raised, and sometimes even hundreds of billions can be raised.

With so much charity, it is never the victims of disasters who receive relief.

Just like Zhoubuqi Management Company, Ziweixing's IPO this time is very large. In order to share the dividends of the listing with more people, Ziweixing launched the "Friends and Relatives Stock Plan".

That is, every employee can let their relatives and friends subscribe for stocks at the issue price. But in fact, those ordinary grassroots employees simply do not have the ability to digest so many stocks.

Zhou Buqi will definitely become a philanthropist, but he doesn't want to just spend money and do nothing in order to gain fame. He wants to actually spend money on those in need and on some very important things.

For example, it is almost impossible to make money by inheriting traditional Chinese operas such as Kun Opera, Peking Opera, Yue Opera, and Huangmei Opera. This is also a charity project in itself.

Another example is this time when I went to find cooperation with Shanghai Bo.

Bringing back antique cultural relics lost overseas is also a cultural charity project. Although it is bound to cost a lot, this is actually buying something back, and you will not throw money into it without even seeing a shadow.

Went to Shangbo... Wow!

Very solemn!

Not only the leaders of SIBO, but also many leaders of the Cultural Affairs Bureau were also present, all looking forward to it and excited. They heard about it a few months ago!

Surprisingly, Mr. Zhou really chose to cooperate with Shanghai Bo and settle this major cultural and charity project in Huangpu Beach, which naturally attracted great attention from all aspects.

A deputy mayor in charge of culture was also present, and more than a dozen media outlets of different types were invited.

Zhou Buqi walked over and saw a female reporter waving to him from a distance.

It's not that she's good-looking.

But the microphone in her hand is very special, with a "Weibo" logo clipped on it.

She is a reporter for Weibo and an employee of Ziweixing.

This is of course something to focus on.

Zhou Buqi walked over with a smile. Since he couldn't keep a low profile, he simply let out a big thunder to let people all over the country realize the style of Boss Zhou, the richest man in the world!

This is a bit American.

Seeing many leaders greeting him in front, he was not in a hurry to shake hands and greet them. Instead, he first dealt with the media reporters on both sides.

Many microphones were handed over.

"Mr. Zhou, I heard that you purchased a batch of precious cultural relics overseas and want to donate them to Shanghai Bo. Is this true?"

The reporters asked a lot of questions. Zhou Buqi picked the question he liked to answer, and smiled at the reporter who asked the question, "This is indeed true. This acquisition transaction has been basically completed, involving more than 3000 extremely precious cultural relics, many of which are This is a national treasure. Because it is a private collection, it has never been released to the public in the past few decades. This is a huge regret. I will donate these cultural relics to the Shanghai Expo and hold a big exhibition for these private collections. Hidden cultural relics are brought to light again.”

"President Zhou! President Zhou! Rumor has it that you bought these cultural relics from Rockefeller's house. Is this true?"

There were many questions, but this reporter from Dragon TV was favored by Boss Zhou.

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "Sellers don't like to speculate on this matter. In line with the principle of integrity, I will not disclose the details of the transaction, nor will I reveal who the seller is."

This means that there are no more than three hundred taels of silver here.

There are so many questions, why did you choose this one to answer? He said he didn't want to hype it up, so he got in on it himself.

At this time, the female reporter on Weibo finally asked the question that everyone was most concerned about: "Mr. Zhou, how much are the cultural relics you donated worth?"

This is indeed the focus of everyone's attention.

The reporters immediately unified their thinking.

Not to mention reporters, the leaders of the cultural centers and museums also came over and stood behind him, and they were also very concerned about this topic.

In the art auction market in recent years, the value of domestic antiques and antiques has increased rapidly, reaching a jaw-dropping level.

These are more than 3000 cultural relics...

How much does it cost?

Zhou Buqi said solemnly: "I don't think what we care about is money. Culture is priceless. Today, these cultural relics are worth 100 billion U.S. dollars, but for the Chinese nation, these precious cultures may Valued at US$500 billion! US$1000 billion! Their preciousness cannot even be measured in terms of money. Now these cultural relics are being packaged by cultural relic experts and will be available to everyone soon. It is truly a collection of extremely rare cultural relics, including hundreds of important artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, which have immeasurable cultural value. They are the historical records of the great Chinese civilization!”

"100 billion U.S. dollars?" The reporters caught the word immediately and ignored Boss Zhou's impassioned cultural beliefs. They all couldn't believe it. "Mr. Zhou, this batch of antiques cost you 100 billion U.S. dollars." Dollar?"

Zhou Buqi avoided talking and said to himself: "You may have heard a historical story. In the late Qing Dynasty, the warlord Sun Dianying blew up Cixi's mausoleum and found that Cixi's body was not rotten. A huge luminous pearl was found in his mouth. This luminous pearl was later given away and never found again. This time, this batch of cultural relics I donated included this luminous pearl!"

"boom!"

The atmosphere at the scene exploded immediately.

Antiques, after all, must be combined with historical stories to make them more moving and compelling.

The luminous pearl in Cixi’s mouth?

That’s really priceless!

It seems that Mr. Zhou spent 100 billion US dollars. This is really not just a casual talk, he really did it. If he hadn't spent so much money, how could he have brought back and donated a legendary national treasure like the Pearl of the Night?

Speaking of this luminous pearl, I feel helpless.

Because Wen Zhixia, Shi Jinglin, Aunt Xue, and Ning Yaxian have all seen it, they all like it, and they are not willing to donate it. Women all like these jewelry-like things.

But Wu Yu stopped him.

The night pearl is quite beautiful, but it is a ghost artifact that was placed in Cixi's mouth after her death.

According to ancient funeral traditions, the orifices on the body should be blocked after death to prevent the soul from flying out through these holes. Women have to plug ten holes, seven on the top and three on the bottom; men have nine holes blocked, seven on the top and two on the bottom.

This is of course a superstitious statement.

However, it is true that Cixi's body does not rot. Because modern medicine also has evidence that blocking these holes can reduce bacteria and gas exchange, thereby slowing down the rate of corpse decay.

Although this night pearl is beautiful, it is an evil thing used in the underworld, for corpses.

Who dares to display it at home?

It’s better to donate it to the country and put it in a museum!

This also produced an extremely sensational effect.

The public simply doesn’t understand the important artifacts of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, such as Han jade and Tang tricolor. But when it comes to the luminous pearl in Cixi's mouth, it is very interesting to talk about, and the sense of topic comes out.

This story is so famous!

It has been filmed so many times in movies that almost everyone knows it.

Now, Boss Zhou has bought the most important treasure in this well-known story from abroad, allowing it to see the light of day again after a hundred years.

This kind of abstract concept with a story has been filmed so many times, and Cixi's body is not rotten, and there are even random plots in Hong Kong movies about warlords defiling Cixi's body... all of which are added together, this is too ridiculous. It's popular.

Let’s see who dares to say that Mr. Zhou is a cash-strapped capitalist!

This luminous pearl is the greatest example of Zhou Da’s charity!