Collection of Gods

Chapter 417 Negotiation

After a while, Tang Yuan saw Peng Gang.

The other party was dressed similarly to Dong Wenhui, both wearing a black business jacket and a white shirt. However, Peng Gang's aura was slightly stronger than Dong Wenhui's in the same attire.

"Director Tang, we meet again."

After Peng Gang saw Tang Yuan, his attitude was very easy-going, always smiling and without any airs at all.

"Peng Buchang, I'm really ashamed to make you go through so much trouble because of me."

Tang Yuan took the initiative to hand out his right hand and shook hands with Peng Gang. At the same time, he showed a slightly ashamed expression at the right time and his words were very sincere.

Hearing this, Peng Gang responded with a smile: "If Mr. Tang still has the opportunity to discover national treasure-level cultural relics such as the Twenty-Four Seals of the Ming Dynasty and the authentic works of Daozu, I would rather make a few more trips."

When the two met again, it was natural to exchange pleasantries.

During this process, Tang Yuan was neither humble nor arrogant, and they talked quite harmoniously with each other.

When Peng Gang was chatting with Tang Yuan, he did not forget Wu Shunqing. As a top international cultural relic restoration expert, Wu Shunqing, although his administrative status is not high, is a top presence in the field of cultural relic restoration, so he can naturally gain Peng Gang's respect.

Peng Gang and Wu Shunqing had a brief exchange on the issue of repairing and restoring these water-logged bamboo slips. Then Peng Gang invited Tang Yuan into the VIP room alone, and asked Dong Wenhui to take Wu Shunqing to other VIP rooms to rest temporarily.

Dong Wenhui looked at the closed door, glanced at Wu Shunqing, and said with a smile: "Director Wu, let's find a VIP room to take a rest."

Wu Shunqing knew that the next conversation between Peng Gang and Tang Yuan might be relatively private. He had no emotions and followed Dong Wenhui to find a nearby VIP room to rest.

"Director Wu, this period must be quite hard."

"Our National Museum of China took over the restoration project of water-logged bamboo slips a few years ago. It was really energy-consuming. From extraction to stripping, from cleaning to repair, there should be no mistakes in every process. A little carelessness may lead to dryness. The shriveled bamboo slips fell apart."

The two of them were sitting on a soft single sofa with fresh fruits placed in the middle. Dong Wenhui knew that Wu Shunqing had a dull personality, so he took the initiative to find topics and picked out things that the other party was interested in talking about.

Sure enough, when it came to the restoration of water-logged bamboo slips, Wu Shunqing easily started chatting. The two of them stayed on this topic without any awkward silence.

"Director Wu, have you estimated the quantity of these water-logged bamboo slips brought back by Director Tang?"

Dong Wenhui asked curiously.

"I have estimated it." Wu Shunqing nodded slightly: "The total number is about 1200."

Dong Wenhui unscrewed the bottle of soda and took a sip, and then asked Wu Shunqing: "Director Wu, if the conversation between Director Tang and Peng Buchang goes well, these water-logged bamboo slips will probably be handed over to the Jingzhou Cultural Preservation Center of Beihu Province for restoration and restoration. , you are already responsible for the repair work of the water-logged bamboo slips in the tomb of Marquis Haihun, if you add such a task, will the burden on you be too heavy?"

"We are now almost done with the water-saturated bamboo slips unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Haihun. The high-grade alcohol filling and dehydration method we are using now can replace the moisture inside the bamboo slips and restore the bamboo slips whose structure collapsed like a toothpick to its original shape. But this process is very time-consuming, it can take as little as half a year or as long as one year to make the bamboo slips gradually stronger."

"We temporarily repaired and restored the water-logged bamboo slips in Los Angeles. If we want to make them look like normal bamboo slips, it will take many steps and a long time to achieve. So if Tang Dong's batch of water-logged bamboo slips is handed over to us for repair, we will There won’t be too much pressure, it can be dealt with completely.”

At the end, Wu Shunqing looked at Dong Wenhui with a slightly wary look, because Dong Wenhui's inquiry just now made it difficult for Wu Shunqing not to doubt whether the other party had plans to pry the project.

Although the Beihu Province Jingzhou Cultural Preservation Center is the most authoritative institution in the country when it comes to restoring water-logged cultural relics, this does not mean that the National Museum does not have a team capable of restoring water-logged cultural relics.

As the modern comprehensive museum with the largest single building area in the world, the National Museum is powerful in all aspects and has no blind spots. The team of the National Museum that restores water-logged cultural relics may be slightly inferior to them, but its professional strength is definitely above the standard. Dong Wenhui noticed the vigilance in Wu Shunqing's eyes, and he couldn't help being a little speechless: "Director Wu, don't get me wrong, I don't mean to pry into your project, I just asked casually, such a precious and meaningful water-filled bamboo slip , even if Director Tang is willing to hand it over to the National Museum, we wouldn’t dare to take it!”

Wu Shunqing saw that Dong Wenhui's words did not seem to be hypocritical, and the vigilance in his eyes gradually dissipated. Then he silently picked up the soda water, opened it and took two sips.

Dong Wenhui saw that there was a trend of silence, so he asked again: "Director Wu, how long will it take to restore these more than 1200 water-logged bamboo slips to you?"

"Um……"

"If everything goes well, it will take about a year."

Wu Shunqing thought for a moment and replied to Dong Wenhui.

"Compared to the water-logged bamboo slips unearthed from Haihunhou's tomb, this time it was quite fast."

"The main reason is that these water-logged bamboo slips are well preserved."

"Indeed, the space inside the tripod is completely sealed, and there are very few impurities."

……

On this topic, the two of them chatted for a long time without realizing it, until the door to the VIP room opposite opened again.

When the two saw Tang Yuan coming out, they quickly stood up from the single sofa.

"How was the conversation?"

Dong Wenhui asked with concern.

"It was a good conversation, very good."

Tang Yuan had a slight smile on his face and seemed to be in a good mood.

Just now in the VIP room, Peng Gang wanted to discuss with Tang Yuan the issue of the placement and storage of Dao Zu's authentic works. However, before Peng Gang could start, Tang Yuan directly revealed that he wanted to build the world's largest Taoist palace to house Dao Zu. The idea of ​​​​authenticity was told to Peng Gang.

After Peng Gang repeatedly confirmed that Tang Yuan planned to invest a minimum of 500 billion in this project, Peng Gang, who originally wanted to fight for Tang Yuan to store the authentic works of Daozu in the hands of the state, had nothing to say.

A total of 500 billion, such a large sum of money is just to install the authentic relics of Daozu.

Is it possible that the country will spend 500 billion to install the authentic relics of Daozu?

The answer was naturally impossible, so Peng Gang was not embarrassed to mention this matter to Tang Yuan until the end, because he really didn't know how to speak.

As for whether Tang Yuan is trying to spread the pie, Peng Gang has no doubts about this, because Tang Yuan has just made it clear that within the next 60 days, the project will be officially established and 500 billion funds will be transferred to the project account.

At that time, the state will know if it is true or false, and there will be no way to falsify it.

(End of this chapter)