Start with an antique shop and become rich overnight

Chapter 10 Donate Tea Set
Shen You looked at the pale green glaze, simple and exquisite porcelain behind the glass. He thought for a long time and finally made up his mind.

Without modern technology, she wouldn't be able to buy the seeds whose yields shocked the ancients.

Since we are already here at the museum, we might as well get the job done.

She found the staff at the service desk and explained her purpose. The staff was stunned at first, then opened their eyes wide and asked uncertainly,

“Are you going to donate your collection?”

In the past, those who donated cultural relics to the museum were all famous collectors and wealthy people in Jiangcheng.

The girl looked young. She was wearing a long dress with a plant ash dyed print and her hair was tied up with a sandalwood hairpin.

Standing in front of the service counter, she was so white and glowing that people couldn't help but take a second look.
But, he doesn’t look like a big collector.

You know, there are not many people who can tell whether the collections are real or fake. She didn't quite believe it and even thought the other party was joking.

"Yes." Shen You nodded.

"Excuse me, what is it?"

"It's a porcelain piece. It looks a bit like the Ru kiln celadon porcelain plate in the exhibition hall. There are three 'sesame nail' marks on the bottom." Shen You answered slowly.

"Where do your collections come from?" The staff members all expressed disbelief in their voices.

Shen You remained calm: "It was inherited not long ago."

Upon hearing this, the staff member was stuck and couldn't respond for a while.

Being able to say "sesame nails" means that you at least understand something about it.

When porcelain is fired, supporting nails are used at the bottom to separate the porcelain body and the kiln. The supporting nails used in the Ru kiln are very particular, so the nail marks left behind are as small as sesame seeds.

Is this really happening?!

As they reached the side of the service desk, a man wearing thin-rimmed glasses happened to hear their conversation. He quickly put down what he was doing and looked up at Shen You.
"Hello, I'm from the research group at the museum. Do you have time to chat now?"

Shen You nodded, and a few minutes later, she sat in the reception room of the museum.

On the way here, the man introduced himself. His name was Xu Jiayan. He was a graduate student from the Imperial Capital University and had just arrived in Jiangcheng last year.

The old man in front of you who rushed to the reception room in a hurry is Tu Guangsong, the deputy director of the museum and also a professor at Jiangcheng University.

When he heard that someone wanted to donate Ru kiln porcelain, he put down what he was doing and came over. He felt like the time he was waiting for the elevator was a year.

"Little girl, you said it was a collection from an antique shop left by a relative? Just put it in an old box in the warehouse?"

Shen You nodded.

Tu Guangsong looked at the photos so hard that he almost made a hole in her phone.

There is only one Ru kiln porcelain in the entire museum, but she actually has five, and they look like a set!
So well preserved and in beautiful shape.

If it's true, it would be terrible.

Not to mention the shocking Jiangcheng Collection Museum, even the major collector Linshi Museum wanted to borrow it for the touring exhibition.

"Where is the thing?" Tu Guangsong couldn't hide his excitement. After asking, he added,
"Whether you decide to donate or not, our collection can help you identify it. Don't worry, the whole process will be carried out in front of you."

"It's at my house. I can go back and get it now." Shen You said.

"How about letting Jiayan drive you there?" Tu Guangsong suggested.

He was afraid that it would be difficult to pick up a girl and that she might bump into someone else on the way, which would be such a pity.

"Okay." Shen You did not refuse.

Even if she didn't tell others, the address of the antique shop would be known. If she could openly let the people in the museum see that her shop was being renovated, it would also prove that what she said was true.

Shen You followed Xu Jiayan to the parking lot reserved for staff and came to a low-key-looking car. After getting in the car, she gave the address.

"Ms. Shen, I just heard you say that you are also studying cultural relics restoration?" Xu Jiayan glanced sideways at Shen You.

"Yeah." Xu Jiayan smiled, "No wonder."

Knowing how valuable the things he had were, he still chose to donate them to the museum.

Those who study this are truly passionate about it.

During the conversation, he also felt that her professional level was good.

When they got there, Shen You opened the car door and said, "I'll just go in and get it. The decoration inside is a bit messy."

"Okay." Xu Jiayan put down his hand that was unfastening the seat belt.

She probably has other collections in her shop, so it's understandable that she doesn't want to let others in.

Shen You went into the house and looked around. He had cleared out all the old things a few days ago, but there was really nothing suitable to put it in.

Finally, she found a cloth bag and carefully packed the tea set using the clean anti-collision foam pad she had unpacked from the express delivery, and kept the incense burner for herself.

She felt a little reluctant to donate all of them at once and wanted to keep one for herself.

She didn't dig it out of the ground, nor did she obtain it through illegal means.

There is no problem as long as they don't sell it. This donation can also be regarded as a way to clear the way for the inherited antiques.

When Shen You got into the car holding the cloth bag, Xu Jiayan's heart began to lift as he looked at the crude protective measures.

He has never driven so carefully. The car can be damaged, but nothing can go wrong!
The journey was smooth and we returned to the museum safely.

In addition to Professor Tu, there were two other professors doing research and the curator was also there, all waiting for Shen You.

These were the people she wanted to compete for spots to attend the lecture. It was her first time seeing this scene, and she was a little nervous.

Even more nervous than Shen You were the professors who were wearing gloves and holding tools to appraise the porcelain.

"It's real Ru kiln porcelain!!!" Tu Guangsong carefully put the cup away before daring to speak.

"Although there are slight differences from the collections in the museum, the firing techniques are the same." Another professor was equally excited, "This is a set!"

In ancient times, it was impossible to find two completely identical finished products from the same batch of hand-fired porcelain.

"Ms. Shen, are you sure you want to donate?" The curator confirmed with Shen You again.

"determine."

Shen You took the pen and the document, and was stunned when he saw the 100 million yuan bonus written in black and white.
“There are still so many bonuses?”

She knew there was a bonus, but she didn't expect it to be so big.

"Yes, now our Jiangcheng Museum gives bonuses according to the value of donated cultural relics. This is the highest reward stipulated and also the highest reward approved since the museum was founded." Tu Guangsong explained kindly.

People who can donate cultural relics generally don't care about this bonus. It's up to the individual whether to accept it or not.

Of course Shen You wanted to, so she picked up a pen and signed the card number, and asked, "When will the money arrive?"

"At the latest before the end of get off work tomorrow." The curator answered with a smile, looking at the porcelain on the plate.

The first thing this little girl does is produce porcelain that is at the national treasure level, so the reward must be guaranteed.

Otherwise, who will believe in Jiangcheng Museum in the future?

"When the cultural relics are exhibited, we will write on them that they were donated by you."

After the curator finished explaining the collection procedure, he asked, "Do you have any other requests?"

Shen You thought about it and said, "Don't disclose any information other than the donor's name and place of origin."

"no problem."

This request is nothing.

(End of this chapter)