"The private collection of Yongle's version of "Yongle Encyclopedia" is a waste!"

Sun Lianda has always been quick-witted. She sat upright and looked at Man Jun and said, "Xiaoman, I always think you are different from ordinary antique merchants. I like you to donate this book "Yongle Encyclopedia", which makes its discovery more meaningful..."

Sun Lianda was not telling the Manchu army a great reason. He did this himself. After working in the museum for decades, Sun Lianda donated six national first-class cultural relics and more than ten national second-class cultural relics to the Jinling Museum.

Some of these things were passed down from home, while others were Sun Lianda's private collections. Sun Lianda has always believed that placing these precious cultural relics in museums for the world to visit is far more valuable than locking in a safe at home.

"This... this? Donate??" When Man Jun heard Sun Lianda's words, he was immediately shocked. He didn't expect that Old Sun would actually ask him to donate the things directly, which was far beyond Man Jun's bottom line.

If it is a thing worth more than 100,000 yuan, Man Jun will feel sorry for a while when donating it, but if it is worth more than one million, it will be donated as soon as possible. Even if Sun Lianda says something, Man Jun will not be able to make a decision immediately.

Seeing Man Jun hesitating, Sun Lianda said again: "Xiaoman, don't care about temporary gains and losses. If you donate your things to the country, the country will remember you!"

"Old Sun, please let me think about it..."

Man Jun was a little amused by Sun Lianda's words. Now it is a commodity society, and food, drink, defecation and urination are all money. Even if the country remembers itself, if it fails and goes bankrupt in business, can the country still support itself? Sun Lianda's words meant he didn't say it.

"Brother, it's a bit difficult for you to do this..."

Seeing Man Jun's reluctance revealed from the bottom of his heart, Yu Xuan spoke, "Brother, others are in antique business. What matters is about getting in and out. The things he bought with money will be donated for free. How do you let others live?"

Unlike Sun Lianda who has worked in a museum all his life, Yu Xuan is a miscellaneous appraisal expert who grew up among the people. He understands the hardships and difficulties of ordinary people's lives better, rather than having national guarantees like Sun Lianda. Even if he donates his wealth, it will not affect his life.

"Hmm? I'm not thinking about it..." After hearing Yu Xuan say this, Sun Lianda, who was originally immersed in his own world of thought, suddenly woke up. He forced others to donate things, and his behavior was indeed a bit domineering.

"Xiaoman, how much do you want to sell this thing?"

Considering Man Jun's interests, Sun Lianda asked, since Man Jun was reluctant to donate, he could buy it and donate it to the museum. Anyway, the dollars his son earned was useless in the bank.

"This..." Man Jun looked up at Yu Xuan and said, "I really don't know how much this thing can be worth. Why don't we ask Mr. Yu to estimate the price?"

The reason why Man Jun did not throw the topic back to Sun Lianda was that he was afraid that Mr. Sun would directly order a price of 30,000 or 50,000 yuan for himself. If that were the case, Man Jun would definitely cry to death.

"The most precious one among the rare ancient books is undoubtedly the copybooks of famous artists..."

Yu Xuan thought for a while and said, "Compared with some famous copybooks sold before, this "Yongle Encyclopedia" not only has archaeological value in cultural relics, but also calligraphy value. In addition, it is an isolated version. I think if it is sold, it will be at least more than two million..."

Yu Xuan gave this price a bit low. You should know that as the only remaining version of Yongle's version of "Yongle Encyclopedia", if you meet a collector of rare ancient books, it is probably very common to shoot four or five million.

"Two million, this price is not expensive..." After hearing Yu Xuan's words, Sun Lianda nodded. He could naturally see what Yu Xuan could see, knowing that Yu Xuan's price was actually a bit of a loss.

"Dad, don't look at me? I recently bought a villa in France, but I don't have much money..."

Seeing that his father had finished speaking, he turned his eyes to him, and Sun Chao couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was not the first time his father had done this. Although Sun Chao didn't care about the money, he didn't do it much like his father.

You should know that the work of recovering cultural relics must be led by the state, and the power of the state is used to retrieve cultural relics lost from some foreign museums, and in addition, put pressure on some large auction houses abroad so that they can no longer auction those precious items unscrupulously.

Although these methods may not work, they are definitely much more reliable than buying cultural relics in person and donating them to the country. After all, a person's power is too small. Sun Chao can only draw two works at most a year. How much money can he support his father in doing this?

"Boy, I haven't spoken yet, why are you anxious?"

When Sun Lianda heard his son's words, his old face turned red. Over the years, he took almost ten million from his son's hands, all of which were used to purchase cultural relics and donate them to the country.

"Ahem, Xiaochao, two million is not much, I think you can buy this thing first..." After thinking about it, Sun Lianda seemed to have no better way to keep this book "Yongle Encyclopedia", and finally spoke to his son with shamelessness.

"Dad, are you thinking about it again? Besides, Xiaoman didn't agree to sell it..."

Sun Chao was speechless to his father. He was really afraid that his father would go abroad to attend an auction one day. If he took a fancy to the auction items that cost tens of millions of dollars, wouldn’t he be bankrupt all at once?

"Xiaoman, do you agree to the price of two million?" Sun Lianda turned his gaze to Manjun.

"Old Sun, yes, I can accept this price..." Compared to the previous donation, the price of 2 million is not very high, but it seems to have experienced the two-way sky of ice and fire for Man Jun, and he agreed immediately.

Moreover, Man Jun also thought about it. If this thing was sold at the auction house, even if it was sold at a price of three to five million, then the commissions of the auction house, deducting the preliminary publicity fees and taxes, the money he could get was probably more than two million. It would be better to sell it to Mr. Sun who was preparing to donate it to the country, and he could also gain a good reputation.

"Xiao Chao, look at what happened, Xiaoman agreed..." Seeing that Man Jun agreed to his offer, Old Sun looked at his son proudly.

"This..." The person in distress is no longer Man Jun but Sun Chao. Although he can afford to spend the two million, he really does not want to indulge his father in order to buy cultural relics.

"Teacher, you don't have to make things difficult for Sun Chao..."

At this moment, Zhao Hongtao interrupted and said, "Teacher, in recent years, the country has attached great importance to returning cultural relics. Each museum has some special funds and can spend money to purchase some collections depending on the situation. I think this book "Yongle Encyclopedia" meets the conditions for purchasing the museum..."

"Huh? When did this regulation be made?" Sun Lianda was stunned when he heard the student's words. He had worked in the museum for so many years, but he had not seen the state allocate a penny to buy cultural relics.

"Teacher, it was a regulation last year that our museum will have 10 million yuan in funds every year. I think it is appropriate to spend 2 million to buy this "Yongle Encyclopedia"..."

Seeing the teacher's puzzled look, Zhao Hongtao explained: "This money is a special fund, and it must be signed by the director to use it. Otherwise, I will apply first and discuss it together when the meeting is held on Monday. I feel that the director will not disagree..."

If you can spend two million, just leave this lonely book "Yongle Encyclopedia" in the museum where you work. Zhao Hongtao still feels that it is worth it. After all, "Yongle Encyclopedia" has unusual significance for Jinling, which can also make the Jinling Museum's foundation deeper.

"The current curator is Xiao Qian, right?" Sun Lianda thought for a while and said, "No need to wait until Monday. I will call Xiao Qian immediately. You can hold an emergency meeting to finalize this matter..."

Sun Lianda actually understood his son's idea. As a father, he didn't want to always use his son's money. However, when he saw these national treasure-level cultural relics lost, Sun Lianda could not control his behavior and bought them back several times.

But now that there is a better solution, Sun Lianda naturally won’t be stubborn. Sun Lianda, who has been the director for nearly twenty years, knows very well that if the so-called special funds are not spent, they will eventually disappear inexplicably. It is better to use them to buy cultural relics for them to spend them-
Chapter completed!