Chapter 107 IOU
"No, I will ask an old friend for help. Not only is he a well-known appraisal expert in China, but he is also very good at restoring these rare ancient books. With his actions, he can restore the original appearance of this "Yongle Encyclopedia" to the greatest extent..."
Yu Xuan revealed a strong sense of confidence in his words. In fact, he was worried that Man Jun would not be willing to hand over the "Yongle Encyclopedia" and instead took it to repair it himself. That would be possible to cause damage to it.
"Old Yu, I don't know who the expert you are talking about is?" Man Jun naturally had to ask clearly what was related to his own things.
"Xiaoman, it's not that I won't tell you, it's that I haven't found that person yet. I don't know if he is willing to take action, so I can't say it now..."
Yu Xuan hesitated for a moment when he heard this. Although he was very confident in convincing that old friend, he had always been rigorous in life and was still unwilling to speak too much before things were agreed.
"Xiaoman, don't worry, the restoration work is in Jinling and will not go anywhere else..."
Seeing Man Jun's hesitation look on his face, Yu Xuan quickly gave him a reassurance and said, "As long as Xiaoman, you agree, after the restoration of this "Yongle Encyclopedia" is completed, I will personally issue an appraisal certificate for it. Is this OK?"
Although Yu Xuan does not reject other people's identification of antiques, the identification certificates issued by him are rare, and it can be said that they are very rare. No matter what antique it is, with Yu Xuan's identification certificate, the value of the antique itself will be much higher.
"With Mr. Yu's appraisal certificate, this is not true or true..."
"Yes, Lao Man is so lucky. After picking up such a big leak, Old Yu is still willing to issue him an appraisal certificate..."
"If you want to blame me, blame me for not being able to do anything. Everyone saw the things there, but they didn't buy them..."
"Didn't Lao Xie take action? Why don't you persist? By the way, Lao Man can't beat you in terms of financial resources..."
Yu Xuan's words made the originally quiet restaurant bustling again. While enviing Man Jun's good luck, many people brought their words to Xie Qingyang. This made Xie Qingyang, who was standing there, turn red and white, but after the whiteness, his face turned ashen.
"Old Yu, I wonder if we can still see this book "Yongle Encyclopedia" after it is restored?"
After Xie Qingyang's face changed several times, he suddenly spoke, "The original version of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" is a treasure of our nation, and it is also considered a cultural relic, right? It plays an important role in history and archaeology. I think it should belong to the country. Lao Man, you should not be too selfish, you should hand it over to the country..."
Xie Qingyang is just a mess now. Even if he can't get this book "Yongle Encyclopedia", he still wants Man Jun to beat him up. He understands more than anyone else that if Man Jun handed over the "Yongle Encyclopedia" without making a penny, it would be more painful than cutting his flesh with a knife.
"Damn, Lao Xie is really not a thing. He is so mean..."
"Yes, what others got from being picked up was actually handed over to the country?"
"We are businessmen, and we do business. Why should we hand over the items we bought with real money and silver for nothing?"
What Xie Qingyang did not expect was that his words aroused public outrage. Although no one stood up to accuse him, the low-pitched discussions below had already reached his ears, which made Xie Qingyang suddenly understand.
Antiques and cultural relics are essentially the same, so in antique transactions, many parts of the objects are very vaguely defined. Almost all antique dealers present have resold antiques that can be classified into cultural relics.
According to Xie Qingyang's intention, if he spends money to buy cultural relics, he has to hand them over to the country. I am afraid that no one here would do this. So his words also made everyone disgusted, and they all cursed Xie Qingyang in their hearts.
"Xiao Xie, I can only agree half of your words..."
Hearing Xie Qingyang's words, Yu Xuan frowned slightly and said, "This book of "Yongle Encyclopedia" is indeed a treasure of the country and has great research value to the scientific research department. But if you want to submit it to the country, it depends entirely on the owner's voluntary..."
Man Jun was willing to hand over this book "Yongle Encyclopedia" to himself for repair, so Xie Qingyang naturally had a great favor for him. When Xie Qingyang obviously targeted Man Jun, he didn't mind saying a few words for Man Jun.
"Old Yu, according to regulations, such cultural relics should have been forcibly taken back, right?" Xie Qingyang said relentlessly.
"This is something that has been repatriated. As long as the procedures are complete, the country cannot take it back..." Xie Qingyang replied calmly.
According to national regulations, unearthed cultural relics need to be submitted to the state, but judging from the quality of the inner page, this "Yongle Encyclopedia" must have been passed down and cannot match the unearthed cultural relics even at all.
Another point is that this book "Yongle Encyclopedia" is a cultural relic that has been returned from abroad. When the auction was held, the collection company attached the documents for the customs import of all the cultural relics and handed them over to the auctioneer.
Therefore, no matter how precious this thing from the Manchu army is, the country will not forcefully take it back. Otherwise, there will be no private person who will be willing to go abroad to repurchase the precious cultural relics lost in the past, because doing so will cause the hearts of all patriots.
"Damn it, you guys are lucky..." Hearing Yu Xuan's words, Xie Qingyang could no longer say anything, so he could only curse in his heart.
However, what Xie Qingyang didn't know was that his performance was seen by so many people in the industry today, and it soon spread throughout the antique circle in Jinling. Even some of his old customers were a little ashamed, which made Xie Qingyang lose many old customers.
"Xiaoman, I'll take the things first, let me write you a loan note..." After Yu Xuan explained, he did not pay attention to Xie Qingyang, but looked at Manjun and took other people's things, so he naturally wanted to leave the loan note.
"Old Yu, don't need to borrow money, can I still trust your character?" Man Jun waved his hand carelessly. Since he decided to hand over the things to Old Yu to repair, there was no need to be such a small family.
"This is not possible, let's do it according to the rules..." Yu Xuan shook his head and asked the waiter in the restaurant for paper and pen, and wrote on it: "I have received a volume of the original Yongle Nian copy of the Manjun "Yongle Encyclopedia" and made this note..."
"Ah? Old Yu dares to write this? It seems that this book "Yongle Encyclopedia" must be true..."
Everyone in the venue was shocked when they saw the words on the IOU. Yu Xuan wrote the original work. That is to say, if Yu Xuan lost the "Yongle Encyclopedia" or he made a mistake in the identification, then Yu Xuan would have to make compensation based on the price of the original work.
This IOU also dispelled everyone's doubts. If they were not 100% sure, how could Yu Xuan write such a sure word on the IOU-
Chapter completed!