I changed the world.

On the morning of the 17th, Zhang Jing, who had flown back to Linzhou, went straight home to Yunshanfang. As soon as he got home, he received a call from Jin Wang. After chatting for a while about their recent situations, Jin Wang invited him to have tea next Wednesday, January 20th, and introduced him to Mr. Shen.

The Mr. Shen that Jin Wang mentioned is Shen Han Gong, the eldest son of the Shen family in Linzhou. As the most prominent gentry in Linzhou, the Shen family is well-known throughout the city. As the patriarch Shen Bicheng has grown old, he has recently stopped interfering in worldly affairs and has handed over most of the family business to his eldest son, Han Gong. Jin Wang had previously expressed his intention to introduce him to the family when he was in Nanzhao.

Zhang Jing knew that Fatty Jin meant well, essentially wanting to integrate him into the upper echelons of Linzhou society, so he didn't refuse and planned to go with him to see what was going on.

After agreeing on the phone, the two chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up.

In addition, there were a few other matters that required his attention. Firstly, the foundation's first batch of investment projects had been confirmed. While theoretically only investments exceeding 50 yuan needed to be reported to Zhang Jing, projects exceeding 100 million yuan and important personnel appointments and removals required Zhang Jing's approval. As for the other matters, Jiang Shanlin could decide for himself.

However, out of caution, Jiang Shanlin still prepared a detailed explanation and sent it to his personal email address, summarizing the key points of each item and explaining them to Zhang Jing.

The first batch of investments were mostly seed-stage projects, and the amounts were not large. After reading through them one by one, Zhang Jing had a general understanding of these projects. He replied to Jiang Shanlin in an email that he agreed to their project selection and asked them to proceed as soon as possible.

In addition, Jiang Shanlin recently called to report on the foundation's database construction, which Zhang Jing had previously been concerned about. Because the main technical personnel have been recruited, the project is progressing rapidly. Currently, a basic version with simple functions has been reached, but since it is still under development, only an experimental version is currently online.

This version of the database has a simple user login function, with different users having different access permissions. Investigators can upload cultural relic data, including photos, to their respective clients according to different dates and types. Similarly, Zhang Jing, who has full permissions, can retrieve and view these uploaded data on the platform.

So far, all the functions are still relatively simple and rough, but they are already basically usable.

Zhang Jing logged into the database with his ID and found that more than 380 cultural relics had been entered. He nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that the foundation's work efficiency was quite good. The investigators sent to various places had begun to provide feedback.

While thinking, Zhang Jing used the filter function to select the approximate age of the cultural relic as "4000 years ago and earlier" and also checked the option "cannot be accurately dated".

When the database was designed, it included a timeline filtering function according to his requirements. Zhang Jing's consideration at the time was to make it easier for him to operate.

After all, while he ostensibly claimed to be "protecting the memory of the earliest era of human civilization" when establishing the database, it wouldn't be appropriate to force a selection of artifacts from only a specific period—that would be too suspicious. Therefore, to conceal his true intentions, the foundation uniformly includes artifacts dating back 2500 to 3000 years.

As for the dating of cultural relics, it will be handled by appraisal experts specially hired by the foundation. If a cultural relic cannot be accurately dated, it will be marked with a special label.

After setting the time range, the database automatically selected 182 cultural relics within the time range. Zhang Jing then opened the list of cultural relics and began to look at the picture of the first cultural relic.

This is a ceramic jar with a pattern. The information panel below indicates the size and characteristics of the artifact, and even includes a brief commentary from an appraiser.

Of course, none of this mattered to Zhang Jing. He concealed this information, set the photo to full screen, and then a golden flame flashed in his eyes…

Zhang Jing discovered long ago that the "True Fire Refining Eyes" ability could see certain anomalies through photographs or video recordings. The effect was somewhat less than seeing the actual object, but a lot of information could still be discerned. However, if the photographs or videos were processed, then they would become invisible.

According to his speculation, it might be because during photography and videography, certain deep information about the object is recorded, which allows the pupil technique to distinguish it. However, if it is modified, such as by photoshopping, this information will be destroyed, and it will become impossible to distinguish.

Under the observation of the pupil technique, the ceramic patterned jar on the screen showed no abnormalities, so Zhang Jing stopped looking at it closely and turned the page to check the next artifact.

Because of the confirmation effect of his pupil technique, Zhang Jing was able to see things very quickly, which was much easier than him painstakingly searching for items one by one in the market. Of course, it also cost him a lot of money.

In just a quarter of an hour, Zhang Jing had already examined all 182 artifacts. To his delight, he actually found three items that shone with an aura: two jade tablets and a ring. Based on his past experience, the two jade tablets should be two Dharma treasures, while he couldn't yet determine the specific purpose of the ring.

Zhang Jing noted down the numbers of the three artifacts and then emailed Jiang Shanlin, asking the investigator who entered the information to confirm their whereabouts. If possible, he requested that Jiang buy them. Zhang Jing stated that he was personally very interested in the three artifacts and would personally fund their collection after purchase.