Call a meeting with the leaders of the Cultural Relics Bureau right away?
Look at the level of importance this shows; this is why Zhang Yang is willing to communicate with Professor Li.

I really like bronze ware, I’m not pretending.

Zhang Yang’s trip to the UK to bring back the documents was really taken as a big deal.

Professor Li did not even ask Zhang Yang whether he was sure he could get the genuine article, and he completely trusted Zhang Yang’s judgment.

The next day, Professor Li, who was resolute and efficient, stayed up late to report the results of the meeting to Zhang Yang.

Eight experts from the Qingzhou City Cultural Relics Bureau, two bronze ware experts from the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, and several leaders, after a three-hour emergency meeting, concluded:

Zhang Yang’s top priority is to get one of the two bronze artifacts first. It doesn’t matter which one it is. Just let him know if you have any needs. As long as it doesn’t require money, they will do their best to cooperate.

If you want money, you have to apply for funds, which is a bit troublesome.

“Professor, although I am very satisfied with your attitude, you still haven’t given me an accurate answer this time!” Zhang Yang said with a smile to the person on the other end of the phone.

“Ah, who says it’s not true?” Professor Li sighed, “But I really can’t give you a correct answer. Your question is like debating which one is better, the Kanghou Gui or the Shuangyang Zun.”

“We old guys argued so hard that our faces turned red and our necks became thick. We have never been so angry in our lives, but we just couldn’t reach an agreement.”

“The Shuangyangzun is a national treasure, and the Kanghou Gui is a cultural relic. There are ten thousand reasons to choose either one, but there is no reason not to choose one. How can you let me choose?”

“But, Zhang Yang, I heard there’s a very fashionable saying on the Internet: Only children make choices, adults want everything. Is it possible for you to…”

“Absolutely impossible.” Zhang Yang answered firmly: “Professor Li, people are greedy and want more. If I try to do two things at once, I’m afraid I’ll end up with nothing!”

In the eyes of Professor Li and the leaders of the Cultural Relics Bureau, being able to find an insider to exchange for a bronze artifact was already an incredible thing. If they could get two, Zhang Yang would probably have to be investigated when he returned.

Why are you so awesome?
Do you have super powers?

A tree that stands out in the forest will eventually be destroyed by the wind. Li Zi reminded Zhang Yang of this truth many times, and he always kept it in mind and never dared to forget it.

“That’s right, you have a point, I just thought too simply.” Professor Li took a deep breath on the other end of the phone and gave his final advice: “If it really doesn’t work, you can draw lots.”

“Two pieces of paper with the names of two bronze artifacts written on them. Whichever you grab is the one you get. There’s no need to worry about it.”

Zhang Yang laughed out loud when he heard this.

Professor Li and he thought the same thing:
“In fact, I have already caught it. It is Shuangyangzun.”

“Shuangyangzun… OK, then Shuangyangzun! Zhang Yang, I’ll wait for your good news. Once you get Shuangyangzun, I’ll make arrangements right away.”

“What arrangement?”

“Arrange to clean it up. I have already contacted the experts from the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau and the Provincial Museum. As soon as the Shuangyang Zun gets off the plane, I will arrange for an appraisal.”

“As long as the items are fine, the Qingzhou Cultural Relics Bureau, the TV station and the farmers have made arrangements, and the entire plan is clearly laid out.”

Zhang Yang had a picture in his mind of Professor Li’s introduction.

When a farmer was cleaning his ancestral home, he accidentally discovered a bronze artifact buried in the cellar of the house.

After digging it out, he immediately contacted the local cultural relics department and accepted an interview with a TV station.

The farmer’s surname was Zhang, and the item was handed over to his nephew Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang himself was the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of bronze restoration technology, and he was very conscious and willing to hand over the ancestral bronze item to experts and professors for research…

“You can prepare your suit for the handover ceremony now.” Professor Li said jokingly, “If nothing goes wrong, I will be in charge of the handover with you, and CCTV reporters will come to interview you.” “You can even take this opportunity to promote your store.”

“Awesome, my beloved Professor Li, your arrangement is perfect.” Zhang Yang praised sincerely.

Lending the bronze artifact to experts for research is essentially no different from a free donation. Zhang Yang was mentally prepared for this. Keeping such a thing in his own hands would be a hassle in itself, and he did not bring back the Shuangyangzun just to keep it for himself.

The main purpose is actually to seek fame.

Add some fame to the Tukeng section.

A bronze replica craftsman with some fame handed in a national treasure-level bronze ware, and this incident itself became a hot topic.

With the help of the media arranged by Professor Li, it is estimated that after the matter is over, Zhang Yang can go to the prison to visit his master and tell him:
Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and have made my master’s school famous all over the country.

In the future, I can even sell the bronze ware of Shuangyangzun at a high price openly and legitimately, and no one can criticize me.

Just thinking about it makes me excited.

“Okay, Zhang Yang, if you have no objection, I will arrange it this way.” Professor Li laughed heartily on the other end of the phone: “Now, I will wait for your good news at home.”

“Don’t worry, professor. If I hadn’t been 100% sure, I wouldn’t have called you yesterday.”

“But there is still one more problem. How do we get the stuff back? What if it’s detained by customs?”

“That’s okay. I’ve already thought about it for you.” Professor Li chuckled and said, “I’ll give you a contact later. He’s a staff member of our embassy in the UK, and he’s also the nephew of an old friend of mine.”

“He’ll take care of everything for you.”

“Okay, thank you, professor. I’ll go get ready then.”

“Okay, I wish you success!”

……

In fact, they had already obtained the Twin Aries Zun. In order to make it look more realistic, Zhang Yang and Li Zi had to live a shameless life in London for a few days, pretending that they were exchanging the Twin Aries Zun.

Five days later, the genuine Double Ram Zun was transported to the airport customs.

Since it is common knowledge to almost all British people that the “genuine Double-Ram Zun” is in the British Museum, the staff of the relevant British departments who handled it did not think there was anything wrong with this “replica”.

You have to let people buy tourist souvenirs!

The Chinese actually bought imitation bronze ware from Britain. Don’t they know that these are imported from China?
The British customs staff were already giving Zhang Yang face by not laughing out loud.

Zhang Yang didn’t mind, as long as these people didn’t cause him trouble, it didn’t matter if they made fun of him or were sarcastic, he didn’t understand English very well anyway.

For him, the real drama is in Qingzhou.

After a full 12-hour long flight, Zhang Yang and Li Zi finally arrived at Qingzhou Airport.

Professor Li brought a large group of people to pick him up at the airport. If you didn’t know, you would have thought that a senior official from some country was visiting China.

After leaving the airport, Zhang Yang was directly stuffed into a black van, and the experts who were in place in advance began to appraise the Shuangyangzun on the spot. (End of this chapter)