Li Yi was a little moved by Tian Zechuan's proposal, but with these current remarks, he could not be completely impressed. ★

"Director Tian, ​​I understand everything you said. In this way, can I give you a reply after I think about it?"

"No problem, Mr. Li, I will sort out some lost cultural relics that are equivalent to this calligraphy as soon as possible. You can take a look first, even if you choose to trade with private people, it doesn't matter. Anyway, as long as you can bring these cultural relics back to China."

Li Yi nodded with a smile, then looked at Fujisawa, who had been paying attention to the movement here, got up and left, and walked towards the jewelry exhibition hall.

Seeing Li Yi leave, Fujisawa walked to Tazekawa in a few steps. He had just contacted relevant personnel from the Yamamoto family and learned that the theft case was a hundred years old, and many key evidences were not complete. If you want to get this cultural relic back, you may have to go through transactions and official pressure to put pressure on the government. Now he is ready to explore Tazekawa's words first.

As for how Tazekawa would communicate with Fujisawa, Li Yi did not pay too much attention. Of course, it would be best for the Japanese to not be able to provide key evidence. Even if they could take it out, it would be nothing more than spending some money and slowly dragging the lawsuit. Anyway, if you don’t pay enough price, you will have no way to get this thing back!

Judging from the layout of the entire exhibition hall, the location of the jewelry exhibition hall should be the best. Moreover, almost all the exhibitors chose a theme that fits their jewelry based on the overall design and renovated it. With the lighting effect, many booths give people the ultimate beauty of dreamy and mystery.

Although the name of the exhibition is the Antique Biennale, it is obvious that luxurious and magnificent jewelry should attract the attention of tourists more. Therefore, the flow of people here can be regarded as a rush compared to the antique exhibition hall.

Grave, Tiffany, Earl, Cartier, almost every jewelry exhibition hall is crowded, and there are many people lingering in front of almost every jewelry. From time to time, you can see some well-dressed men or women with gorgeous and fashionable clothes being stopped by reporters for interview. Unfortunately, Li Yi didn't know any of those people.

"No one of the so-called top ten brands in China has received an invitation..."

While browsing around the crowd, Li Yi shook his head helplessly and sighed. In terms of luxury goods, due to the economic development, China has a congenital deficiencies and now plays more of a consumer role. I don’t know when I can catch up, or I will never catch up?

"Li, where have you gone? Come quickly. It took me a lot of effort to leave you a dream elf. I think it is very suitable for your girlfriend's temperament..."

Just as he was thinking, Shi Qiba came out from somewhere, and dragged him to pull him forward. Li Yi looked up and saw that he walked to Van Clerk Arpels' booth without knowing it. Then he smiled helplessly and let Shi Qiba drag him into the crowd.

Shi Qiba left Li Yi a necklace pendant. Compared to the pendants Li Yi had seen before, this one is indeed a bit unique.

This pendant is an octagonal card-shaped object. Two blooming flowers are symmetrically carved on the upper right and lower left. The stamens are inlaid with two conical white diamonds. On the other two corners, they are like clouds, and they are like leaves stretched out of Ganoderma lucidum. On top of them are inlaid with white flowers. In the middle of the brand is a square trapezoidal cut sea blue sapphire. What's more magical is that because the platinum on the board is specially treated, the whole look is both simple and solemn, but it is not without the luxury of top-grade jewelry. It is indeed a very beautiful jewelry.

I looked at the label next to the pendant. The weight of the sapphire is 3.72 carats, the total weight of the broken diamond is 4.33 carats, and the platinum used to make the tag is 2o.98 grams. The designer is a designer who he has never heard of before. As for the price column, there is an English word written, which means non-selling.

"These jewelry were priced at the beginning because they had to be exhibited. Even if customers bought it, they could not bring the jewelry out. We would change it to a non-selling label. Do you want this item? If you don't want it, I will exchange the original price tag."

"How much?"

"It's very cheap, only 180,000 euros."

Li Yi looked at the sapphire. Although it was indeed a top cornflower sapphire, it weighed less than 4 carats and was worth up to 40,000 euros. Other broken diamonds and platinum were not worth much at all. Is this still a cheap one?

"Okay, thank you for keeping this tag for me. Should I pay the bill now or wait until the exhibition ends?"

Li Yi shrugged helplessly. Although it was a bit worthwhile in terms of cost, these things were not calculated in this way. What's more, this price is really nothing to him. Compared to Shi Qiba's enthusiasm, well, judging from this guy's posture, it seems that he wants to make all the 50,000 euros back from him...

After paying the bill, Shi Qiba stayed in the exhibition hall, while Li Yi was preparing to go and see other brands. He just looked at the nearly 2O jewelry exhibited at the booth, and half of them had been replaced with non-sale labels. Compared with the remaining half of the jewelry, this tag priced at 180,000 euros is indeed a very cheap one...

"Sir, do you buy the fantasy elf of Van Cleef & Arpels?"

As soon as he walked out of Pusilati's booth, Li Yi was blocked by a burly middle-aged white man.

"Dream Elf? Oh, you mean that card-shaped pendant?"

The man nodded repeatedly. It turned out that his little girlfriend had also taken a fancy to the tag, but unfortunately the tag was already labeled as non-sales. When she was unwilling to return to the Van Clerk Arpels exhibition hall again to inquire about the buyer, Li Yi had just left not long ago. There were not many orientals as young as him in the exhibition hall, so she was soon encountered by this middle-aged man who was pulled out by his girlfriend to find someone.

"Yes, sir, I'm very sorry. I have something to do. Please help me anyway, because Serena really likes that jewelry so much, so...you see, can you transfer it to me?"

Seeing Li Yi hesitating, the man quickly gestured, no matter how much he bought it, he would be willing to add 20,000 yuan!

Li Yi gently rubbed his chin. It was quite interesting. He could earn 20,000 yuan before he got the jewelry. However, this jewelry was specially left for him by Shi Qiba. Their friendship is worth 20,000 yuan? 20,000 yuan is almost the same!

Seeing Li Yi shook his head and refused, the middle-aged man shook his head regretfully. He took out a business card and handed it to Li Yi.

"Sir, if you change your mind, please tell me as soon as possible. Moreover, when you travel to Moscow in the future, you can also make this call. I will do my best to entertain you..."

Moscow? Li Yi took the business card and took a look. Sure enough, he was in Russian and English.

"Luo Guofu, an independent antique dealer? Are you also invited to participate in this exhibition? Oh, I mean, where is your booth?"

According to statistics, China lost about 1.7 million cultural relics overseas, of which about 1.64 million were collected in more than 20 museums in 47 countries, including Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and France. However, in fact, Russia also plundered a lot.

As for why we rarely see Chinese cultural relics in Russian museums, there are two main reasons. One is because of the establishment of the former Soviet Union, the exiled old Tsarist Russian nobles brought them to or sold them to new countries of residence. On the other hand, it is because China and the Soviet Union were in the same camp at that time, and the Soviet government did not allow these "trophys" with obvious imprints of aggression to appear in public, but instead hid them in some research institutions.

In the history of China, there were four time periods where cultural relics were lost more frequently. It was called the four waves of cultural relics loss by relevant experts. The first wave was during the Opium War.

According to records, although there was no Russian army in the Old Summer Palace being robbed and burned, during the Eight-Nation Alliance, it was the first Summer Palace to be occupied by the Russian army, and the occupation lasted for two months!

Later, the Russian, German and Japanese troops successively stole and destroyed rare cultural relics, rare pictures and treasures in the Forbidden City in the name of guarding the Forbidden City. By the winter of 19oo, more than half of the treasures in the palace were lost, and all the valuables were robbed.

This catastrophe, from the palace, the Summer Palace, the Three Seas, the altars and temples, the tombs, the royal palaces, the government offices of various departments to the residential shops, was also robbed without exception. At this point, most of the rare treasures accumulated in Yanjing were taken by the invaders, and most of them were hijacked abroad.

Later, in the plunder of the Dunhuang Sutra Cave and Hei Shuicheng documents, the so-called Russian explorers also played a very disgraceful role. Now, the Chinese even have to go to the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Hermitage Museum to see the earliest woodblock printing originals in the world.

Therefore, Russia has definitely many Chinese cultural relics, but it is more difficult to count than other countries.

These information flashed through my mind, and Li Yi stared at Luo Guofu with a burning look. Perhaps, he could know something from this guy...

When Luo Guofu heard Li Yi ask about his booth, he shrugged a little embarrassedly. This time, he only received an invitation to visit, but did not receive an invitation to move in the exhibition.

"Then... Mr. Luo Guofu, may I ask, are there any ancient cultural relics from China in your collection?"

"this……"

Luo Guofu hesitated for a moment. This question made it difficult for him to answer because he couldn't figure out what Li Yi meant. He didn't know if Li Yi would actively contact him because he owned a large number of Chinese cultural relics, or would he just leave like some Chinese people with strong self-esteem but very fragile self-esteem.

"That's right, I'm a collector, but you also know that because of the cultural relics boom in recent years, there are no many cultural relics in China for me to choose from, so..."

"Oh! Dear Mr. Collector from the East, if you just want to collect some Chinese cultural relics, I think you should have found the right person. In fact, the most common cultural relics from China in my collection are Chinese cultural relics..."

As soon as Li Yi explained clearly, Luo Gof immediately became enthusiastic.

"In fact, this Antique Biennale brought a large number of tourists who love antiques and jewelry to Paris, so this is also an opportunity for us. Although I was not invited to participate in the exhibition, I still brought a large number of antiques, but they are now sold in a friend's store. If you are interested, I can take you over and have a look."

"Oh? Consignment?"

"Yes, you should know that the specifications of the Biennale are too high, and not every antique dealer has the opportunity to participate. But this opportunity is rare, so every time a Biennale, there will be a large number of antique dealers coming to look for opportunities with their collections. These treasures are distributed in the antique shops on the streets and alleys of Paris. If you are interested, I can also introduce you to a few friends. As far as I know, they also have a lot of cultural relics from China."

Li Yi was shocked when he heard this. Is there such a thing? Why didn’t he know?

"In fact, even these antique dealers participating in the exhibition have a lot of Chinese antiques. The reason you can't see is that, first of all, the booth is limited, and secondly, the organizing committee has strict review of antiques. And most importantly, there are not many Chinese people appearing at the exhibition, and even fewer people are able to buy antiques, so they prefer to exhibit antiques from Europe..."

"call……"

Li Yi breathed out a breath of turbid air. It turned out that it was not that there were no Chinese antiques, but because Chinese antiques were not sold well, they did not come to the exhibition! It seems that they still have to ask professionals for advice on these things!

Inexplicably, the scene when he bought "Wulu" passed by his heart, and his heart instantly became hot. Since so many antique dealers brought Chinese cultural relics here, there must be big leaks like "Wulu". But how can we find these cultural relics? And, after finding these cultural relics, what should we do?

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yi took out his business card.

"Mr. Luo Guofu, this is my business card. I don't know when you have time. I want to go and see your cultural relics..."

"Li Yi? Well, although I really want to take you to see now, I must complete the task assigned by Serena first. I promised her to buy her a few jewelry pieces, and now, I haven't grabbed any of the items she likes."

"This is not a problem. Mr. Luo Guofu, as long as I can see those antiques and as long as you are willing to introduce your friends to me, I will be very happy to give that dream elf to you to please your girlfriend..." (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!