"How are you going to put the museum's cultural relics back into the warehouse?" Li Zi asked quietly in Zhang Yang's ear.
She was the only one who came to the UK this time, because when applying for a visa, the person in charge of applying for visas under Li Zi "accidentally" forgot to apply for Shen Yiyi's visa.
Moreover, this matter was not "temporarily" remembered until everyone was preparing to go through customs.
Shen Yiyi had no choice but to stay in the country.
And so the original threesome became a world of two.
"Actually, I haven't figured out how to do it yet." Zhang Yang replied in a low voice.
"I didn't expect this guy to react so strongly. He seems to be really resistant to changing the things in the exhibition hall. If I keep forcing him, I'm afraid we'll end up quarreling today."
"I can only try this method of giving him a slap in the face and a date to test his attitude and see where his bottom line is."
Zhang Yang’s idea was correct. Higgs actually did not have a particularly firm bottom line on the issue of exchanging collections.
His bottom line is that it can be adjusted flexibly, as long as others are fine.
After the translator relayed Zhang Yang's words, the British man fell silent, with a look of struggle on his face.
When Zhang Yang saw him like this, he knew that something might happen, so he quickly asked the translator to add a condition:
If the other party can help exchange the Shuangyangzun, and Zhang Yang can bring the things back to China successfully, then they will pay Higgs an additional 30% of the fee.
30% reward is not a small amount. Zhang Yang wanted to spend money to buy peace of mind, so that the person in front of him would not call the police as soon as he exchanged the items.
"30%? Are you sure? That's not a small number." Higgs frowned and looked at Zhang Yang and Li Zi carefully.
Zhang Yang looked like an ordinary Chinese. Apart from being fair-skinned, he was no different from any other foreigner on the street in Higgs' eyes.
But Li Zi is different.
She was wearing designer clothes from head to toe. The bag she was holding was obviously a new model from Hermès, and she was wearing shiny jewellery on her wrists and neck. It was only because Higgs’ skin colour was not right, otherwise I would have been unable to resist buying it for free.
International antique dealers are still rich, Higgs sighed in his heart, nodded and replied:
"OK, I agree with your suggestion."
"But, let me make it clear in advance that if you are unable to put the Shuangyangzun in the warehouse, I will not refund the previous deposit."
"No matter what reason you give me, as long as the Shuangyangzun remains in the exhibition hall, you will never let me replace it. Do you understand?"
"No problem." Zhang Yang nodded with a smile, shook hands, stood up and watched the other party leave.
Now, the first thing I did when coming to the UK was done.
But this was actually the easiest thing on this trip to the UK.
Higgs is a foreigner who is in urgent need of money. Even if there is trouble, it is nothing more than bargaining. The real difficulties and complications are still to come!
After sending the translator away, Zhang Yang sat down again, and Li Zi fell into his arms.
"What are we going to do now?" Li Zi raised her head slightly and asked with anticipation.
"Two things."
"Which two things?"
"First, we need to find out how to get to the British Museum. Before we came, I heard that it would be best to find a tour guide..."
Zhang Yang was holding his phone and was about to show Li Zi the tour guide he had contacted, but he didn't expect the other party to snatch his phone away and stuff it into her bag.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"There are many tour guides looking for work in front of the British Museum. Don't waste your energy on something that can be solved by spending money." Li Zi pouted and said confidently.
Zhang Yang thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.
He was used to living without money and never thought that the tour guides waiting to receive tourists at the entrance of the scenic area were there to provide convenience for those who were not short of money.
"Okay, then there's a second thing." "What is it? Tell me quickly!" Li Zi was already a little unhappy.
"Don't worry, it's not even dark yet. We need to think about how to get the Shuangyangzun back to the warehouse."
"Ah?" Li Zi sat up immediately after hearing this, because this was not an easy problem to solve: "Do we have to come up with a solution now?"
"I think it's better to think about it while I'm in the UK. If there's anything to arrange, it would be more convenient to act now." Zhang Yang said thoughtfully.
“When I return to China, even if I have a good idea, I don’t know if it can be realized!”
"That makes sense..." Li Zi nodded, slowly stood up, and then sat directly in Zhang Yang's arms: "Okay, then you think about it slowly, I'll take a rest first."
"Ah, how can I rest like this..."
Zhang Yang had no choice but to hold Li Zi and slowly stand up and walk towards the hotel elevator.
……
The next day, Zhang Yang, who had not come up with any good ideas, decided to go to the British Museum with Li Zi first.
What if you get inspired when you get there?
There is a saying on the Internet: No Chinese person can walk out of the British Museum with a smile.
Zhang Yang felt that this statement was somewhat exaggerated, but many of the Chinese people around him were indeed frowning when they were visiting.
Even Li Zi, who was always careless, was not spared.
Originally, she came here with the intention of happily seeing the treasures, but as soon as she entered and saw the huge treasures in the exhibition hall, she frowned instantly.
He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "How come such a good thing was snatched away by the British?"
Zhang Yang did not have the same idea as Li Zi. Under the world situation at that time, no country could guarantee that it would not be robbed by the British.
It's just that China's traditional cultural relics are too numerous and too good, which is why they appear so shocking in the exhibition hall of the British Museum.
Of course, although he was mentally prepared before entering, the number of cultural relics in the exhibition hall still far exceeded Zhang Yang's expectations.
This is too much.
There are so many that one would think they are shopping in a mall!
The Huaxia exhibition hall has been rearranged once before, and now the cultural relics in the hall are arranged in chronological order.
The artifacts that rank first, of course, are from the Neolithic period.
"Why are there no ones from the Paleolithic period?" Li Zi asked Zhang Yang in a low voice.
The two of them had agreed before coming here that if they had any questions, just ask and don't hold them back, just think of this as giving Li Zi extra lessons.
But her voice seemed a little loud, and the auntie who was taking pictures nearby heard it.
The enthusiastic aunt put down her phone and said to Li Zi before Zhang Yang could speak:
"Sister, you still overestimate the British. Even if we put the things from the Paleolithic period of our Chinese culture here for them to see, can they understand it?"
"Look at these bottles and jars from the Yangshao culture. None of them have any labels or anything. This shows that they haven't done any research on them at all. They are just placed here as decorations!"
"If you look at the other cultural relics around, most of them don't have the identification of a single cultural relic, but each one is very beautiful."
"What does this mean?"
"What does it mean?" Li Zi blinked curiously, and she started interacting with the aunt.
"This shows that they are just pure robbers. They enter other people's homes, see what the owner's treasures are, and then take them to their own homes. They don't even consider whether the items are valuable or whether they can appreciate them!" (End of this chapter)