If I ask you to appraise treasures live, would you appraise Ultraman?

Chapter 26: The director of the Magic City Museum intends to get something for nothing?

When everyone heard that the visitor was Xu Lieguang, the director of the Magic City Museum, they were all shocked.

I didn't expect that the Magic City Museum received the news so quickly, and rushed over before this thing was traded.

When Xu Lieguang walked in, his eyes immediately fell on the two wooden objects.

He didn't pay much attention to the pile of Luban lock modules on the ground. After all, the thing had been disassembled. One could only tell from the wood and mortise and tenon joints that the workmanship was very delicate and the wood was very precious.

Instead, he took the block of wood engraved with the emperor's imperial dragon seal in his hands and took a closer look at it. Then he shifted his gaze to the small agarwood carved building.

After just one look, his eyes began to light up, as if they were attracted by this miniature carved building and could not be taken away.

While watching, I sighed:
"Good stuff!"

"It's really a good thing, a rare heirloom!"

You know, not many things of the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao have survived.
This piece of wood carving is a micro-carving made by him personally, and it is also hidden inside the Lu Ban lock. Its cultural relic value, historical value and material itself can be said to be exquisite.

This made Xu Lieguang unable to let go as soon as he saw it, and he was unwilling to let go for a moment.

After a long time, he raised his head and turned to look at Su Yuan:

"Young man, I was in your live broadcast room on the way here. I watched the whole process of you unlocking the Luban Lock. It's amazing!"

"There is probably no one in the country who can unlock a Luban lock with more than 300 modules. I didn't expect you to be able to unlock it so quickly, and even take out the micro-carvings inside intact. Amazing!"

At this point, Xu Lieguang gave Su Yuan a thumbs up:

"I, Xu Lieguang, have been engaged in cultural relic research for my entire life, but I have never seen anyone as talented as you. I admire you!"

"Please be sure to hand this artifact over to our Magic City Museum. As for the 80 million..."

At this point, his brows furrowed slightly.

The Shanghai Museum is basically a public welfare institution, relying mainly on financial grants to carry out the return and protection of various cultural relics each year. The museum's ticket revenue is actually only enough to cover employee salaries and daily expenses.

In fact, the museum’s annual financial allocation is only tens of millions at most.

It was actually very difficult for him to take out 80 million yuan at once to buy these two cultural relics.

But the reason why he suddenly called out a price of 80 million was because he was afraid that Su Yuan would sell the cultural relics and then they would be put on the market.

In that case, this cultural relic might completely disappear from his sight and might even flow overseas.

How can China's national treasure fall into the hands of foreigners!

Therefore, he shouted out a price of 80 million, intending to stabilize Su Yuan first, and then wait for Professor Chen from Beijing to arrive.

"As for the 80 million, I can't take it out for the time being. Can you wait for me for a moment?"

Having said that, Xu Lieguang looked at Su Yuan with an expression of sincere expectation.

Hearing his words, everyone present was stunned.

Wow, it turns out that the old curator called out a very high and loud price, but he simply doesn’t have that much money!

The audience in the live broadcast room was also stunned for a moment, and then they all sent out barrages:
"Well! It turns out Director Xu is planning to get something for nothing!"

"What a scam! How can a man who is paid by the government come up with so much money?"

"Eighty million is not eighty or eighty thousand. An institution like the Magic City Museum, which is funded by the national budget, really can't come up with that much!"

"This cultural relic is a national treasure. Director Xu seems to be really anxious, so he came straight here!"

"Although we can understand his feelings, someone here has already offered 75 million!"

Here, Xu Lieguang saw everyone's expressions, then smiled awkwardly and said:
"I'm sorry, everyone knows the situation of the Magic City Museum. We are mainly supported by government funding, so we really can't come up with so much money all at once. But Professor Chen from the capital will be here soon, and he should have a solution!"

As he was speaking, he suddenly heard someone outside shouting:
"Professor Chen, this is it!"

Before he finished speaking, a young man wearing glasses walked in quickly. Then, an old man wearing thick glasses with myopia lenses also ran in.

The two people were Professor Chen from Beijing and his student Chu Yu.

After seeing the two cultural relics appearing in Su Yuan's live broadcast room, the two of them took the nearest flight from Beijing and rushed here directly. There were no seats available, so they used their relationship with the Air Traffic Control Bureau to sit in the flight attendant's seat for more than an hour.

As soon as they arrived in the Magic City, they ran over without stopping.

Fortunately, Su Yuan's situation was delayed a lot of time because of Liu Huatou and his gang's interference, Xu Wenliang's bidding, and Xu Lieguang's sudden appearance.

So Professor Chen and his team arrived at the right time!
Professor Chen entered the store and saw that the two items were still there. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, quickly walked over, bent down and began to study them carefully.

I was amazed while watching it.

Seeing that he started researching again, Xu Lieguang quickly patted him:
"Old Chen, don't just look at it, I've already bought the stuff!"

When Professor Chen heard this, he was overjoyed:

"Really? That's great!"

Xu Lieguang twitched his mouth a little awkwardly:
"Don't be so happy. This thing has been sold for 80 million. I don't have that much money..."

When Professor Chen heard this, he took a deep breath:
"Eighty million..."

His expression instantly became somewhat awkward, and he lowered his voice and said:

"We can't afford so much money!"

Xu Lieguang couldn't help but get anxious when he heard this:

"What should we do!"

The two old men stood there, looking at each other, both with embarrassed expressions on their faces.

Turning to look at the two cultural relics again, they both looked annoyed, regretful and unwilling!

As soon as the audience in the live broadcast room saw the two people's appearance, they all understood:
"Well! It seems these two old gentlemen have no money!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. Although professors and curators at state-owned institutions have high status and a great reputation, they may not necessarily be rich!"

"Yes, they are mainly engaged in the excavation, restoration and protection of cultural relics, and they may not have money!"

“Maybe they don’t even have as much money as Teacher Zixuan!”

"That's right, Teacher Zixuan also paid 60 million!"

"Teacher Zixuan is very rich because of his live broadcast and antique collection. The two old professors don't have this option!"

"What should we do then? Are the two old professors going to watch the country's most valuable equipment go to waste?"

"That's a shame. After all, it's a treasure that's passed down from generation to generation!"

The barrage in the live broadcast room kept refreshing like snowflakes.

Su Yuan also saw the barrage, and saw the embarrassed expressions of the two old professors.

He was also hesitating.

Things have now become a difficult problem that is difficult to resolve.

If the 80 million is not given to the museum for free, it will be a huge loss for him.

But if Xu Lieguang and Professor Chen are forced to come up with the money, not only will they not be able to do so, but they will also leave everyone with a bad reputation of being profit-driven and allowing the country's most important treasures to fall into the hands of the people!
what can we do about it?

Su Yuan was thinking, when suddenly a clear reminder sounded in his mind:
"Ding!"

(End of this chapter)