C335 There's Nothing Krypton Can't Solve
C335 There's Nothing Krypton Can't Solve
"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore. Let me introduce you to someone. This is Ye, Specialist Ye." Director Wang introduced.
"Hello, Uncle Chen." Ye Lee said.
An old friend is an old friend, but if you think about his artifacts, that's another matter.
From Chen Bohan's point of view, these artifacts were all historical deposits. They were valuable property, and could not be casually lent out to be spoiled by others.
Besides, what young people nowadays would take cultural relics seriously?
Seeing this, Ye Lee knew that this Old Man Chen was a stubborn person. He was a little old-fashioned, and the older generation always did this.
"Uncle Chen, rather than standing here, why don't we take a look at that cauldron?" Ye Lee laughed.
"That won't do. I won't lend it to you anyway. What are you looking at?" Chen Bohan shook his head stubbornly.
"Ah, Old Chen, you …" Director Wang couldn't help but ask as she pulled his face down.
Back then, his grandfather also had this kind of personality, giving in to his emotions and trying to reason with him, "Uncle Chen, just treat me as a spectator today. I am also very interested in the history of cultural relics, why don't you at least tell me more about them so that us juniors can gain some knowledge?"
When Chen Bohan heard this, he could not hold it in anymore. Today, his old friend had brought him here. Although his purpose was not pure, it was impossible for him to chase them away. Plus, his museum had not seen anyone for a long time.
The artifacts, one by one, were left there alone, unknown and of no interest to anyone.
These words of Ye Lee, could be considered to be pleasing to the ears.
"Alright then, come with me." Chen Bohan could only nod.
Walking into one of the viewing rooms, he saw a green cauldron about half the height of a person. The outer layer of the furnace had an exquisite sculpture, and there were dragons, tigers, plants, and all sorts of other things on it.
"In terms of alchemy furnace, I have to start from the Eastern Jin Taoist scholar Ge Hong. He is known as Pu Zi, a famous alchemist in ancient times and also a medical scientist …" The moment Chen Bohan opened his mouth, he exuded the strong aura of an old scholar.
"Wait, wait!"
Ye Lee could not hold it any longer and asked, "Could this be the pill refining furnace that Ancestor Ge left behind?"
Chen Bohan glanced at him and bluntly replied, "Of course not."
"Cough, cough …" Ye Lee was a little embarrassed.
"Therefore, the earliest alchemy technique in history was passed down by Ge Hong. The origin of this alchemy furnace was actually 300 years ago, and the Qing Dynasty was very highly valued. According to the ancient records of the Ming Dynasty, it was bestowed with the title of a Taoist Master. This furnace was created by the 52nd generation Taoist Master, Zhang Yingjing, after imitating Ge Zu, and has refined pills for the emperor." Chen Bohan spoke confidently without even looking at the description, and was able to recount the history of the pill furnace in front of him. Although he was a little stubborn, his knowledge of history was not something ordinary people could compare with.
Chen Bohan pointed to the furnace, "Although this furnace is not some precious artifact, it still reflects the symbol of Taoism flourishing in the Qing Dynasty, and it has a different historical meaning."
Ye Lee looked at the green cauldron, it was indeed a perfect furnace for the conditions, but Uncle Chen was clearly a little stubborn, how was he going to lend this thing to him?
But in the next second, Ye Lee saw some dried up marks on the walls and ceiling of the museum.
Seeing Ye Lee falling into silence, Chen Bo Han suddenly had the thought of educating him. "Now that you know the meaning of cultural relics, you should understand why this cultural relic can't be lent to others. The purpose of national recovery and preservation of these things is to preserve history!"
Ye Lee did not hear it at all, and instead asked: "Uncle Chen, what about it, do you accept any donations from me?"
Chen Bohan was startled by the interruption, "What do you mean?"
Director Wang was also stunned, "Ye, you …"
"Cough, cough …" Ye Lee coughed dryly, "It's like this, I am now prepared to donate three million to the Artifact Storage Hall, would you accept?"
Chen Bohan's face sank, "Young man, if you want to use money to move me, that's impossible. I refuse to use cultural relics for any commercial purposes!"
Director Wang watched as she made the wrong move. She knew her old friend's personality too well.
"Listen to me. The money I donated is for the Artifact Storage Hall, not for you." Ye Lee pointed to the ceiling of the museum.
"Even if you don't think for yourself, you should think for the Antiquities Hall. This ceiling should be quite old, right? If there's a leak in the rain, shouldn't it be refurbished? If the Ancestral Artifacts are corroded by the wet air from the rain, that wouldn't be good."
"There are also exhibition rooms of various sizes. You should be the only one to maintain them. If there are any problems that are delayed, do you need to hire some staff to help out?"
"And this screen …"
"This wooden sculpture …"
Ye Lee pointed a few times, and the more he pointed, the darker Chen Bohan's face became, because all of these pointed to his sore spots.
"All of this needs to be renovated, so the renovations need money!" Ye Lee said.
Chen Bohan was silent, his thoughts unknown.
When Director Wang saw this, she was surprised in her heart.
If he thought about it carefully, it made sense. Although this Old Chen might be stubborn, this Artifact Storage Pavilion was also his life. Seeing that the museum was falling apart just like that, his mood could be imagined.
"That's good then. I'll donate five million to help you renovate it." Ye Lee said.
Five million!
Only he himself knew how difficult it was to maintain a museum for cultural relics. Since he had been losing money for a long time, even though there would be some subsidies from the state, it was only to quench his thirst. If there really were 5 million dollars, he could restore the museum to its former glory.
This uncle was actually so stubborn? As expected of Director Wang's friends, they couldn't even hit five million.
Ye Lee looked and thought, what's going on, he immediately set his price, "Ten million, Old Uncle, that's all that I can offer, if you still don't agree, then I'll be leaving!"
Chen Bohan felt his heart tremble. 10 million, he could even take back some of the cultural relics he rented from other museums!
"Wait, I agree!" Clenching his teeth, Uncle Chen Han gave in.
"The pill furnace can be given to you as a private collection!"
Ye Lee laughed, his heart was at ease, look, such a stubborn person like him, isn't he moved?
At this moment, he had the feeling that the rich players in the real world could not solve anything for him. If they could, it would be that he didn't have enough krypton!