pappabearbooks Chapter 2594: The twisted culture of tomb robbing
Chapter 2594: The twisted culture of tomb robbing
China couldn't explain the sudden appearance of these ancient tombs in a few words, so they claimed that it was because they had a long history and there were many left behind.
At the same time, private archaeological teams began to be encouraged to go to the tomb on their own. The only requirement was that they were not allowed to engage in private fights in the ancient tomb, such as killing members of the other team. Instead, multiple teams were encouraged to collaborate. As long as they could bring something from the ancient tomb, You can get very high rewards by finding ancient books or ancient treasures.
Lin Ran had a hard time imagining the occurrence of this situation, because it was like gradually losing control, which would have been unthinkable before.
This also proves that fantasy cannot actually create a world that is perfect and exactly the same as reality, it is just a simulation.
This feeling cannot be explained clearly in a few words, but Lin Ran knew that if he wanted to break the illusion, he must find the support point of the illusion, which was the main tomb chamber of King Lu's tomb.
The tomb of King Lu had collapsed previously, and the roads to the tomb were blocked due to the stupid actions of those tomb robbers.
Although Meng Xing said that this kind of ancient tomb is usually very strange. No matter how damaged it is, it will return to its original appearance after a while, unless the treasures in the main tomb are removed.
Moreover, Meng Xing is also very interested in the tomb of King Lu. She can feel that there is "The Secret Art of Treasure Appraisal" in it. This is an indescribable intuition.
They did not immediately set off to explore the tomb of King Lu, which was what Laifei called the royal tomb.
On the one hand, it is because the ancient tomb has not been repaired yet. On the other hand, after Laifei has experienced the incident just now, he will definitely strengthen his vigilance and will not let anyone else enter the tomb near the manor for the time being.
Lin Ran came to his senses and Fang Yuan asked, "Mr. Wang, what do you think of this museum?"
"It's simply amazing." Lin Ran replied, "A museum like this will definitely not lose money even if it is replaced with cultural relics in the National Museum."
Lin Ran didn't mean to be flattering, because this museum contains all aspects of porcelain, ancient books, and accessories. It is already quite complete. This is only the result of a cursory glance.
It is outrageous that this museum exists underground in the slums of Poreton State.
Lin Ran was even more curious about what Fang Yuan's so-called tribe did. It was not easy to train martial arts masters with skills and collect so many unique cultural relics.
"Maybe." Fang Yuan smiled dryly, as if he had thought of something.
Lin Ran simply asked the housekeeper who led them directly, "Mr. Hans, are you specialized in smuggling cultural relics?"
Hans, who was still chatting and laughing with Fang Yuan, suddenly changed his expression to one of humiliation.
"Do you think we are in this dirty business?"
Lin Ran was a little confused by his rhetorical question.
This stone chamber, which can be regarded as a museum, was built underground in the Poreton slum. No other people will visit this place. Unlike the state museum I visited before, there were many ordinary tourists visiting it.
Tourists not only pay admission fees, they also enjoy delicious food and purchase peripherals in museums. Nowadays, museums have begun to transform into commercialization.
Just sitting like this, there is a museum open underground and there are people guarding the door. What else can they do besides smuggling cultural relics to make money?
Lin Ran felt that since they were going to talk about cooperation, they might as well be open and honest.
He is indeed doubtful about the collection of so many Chinese cultural relics and the construction of museums abroad.
If you want to support such a large organization, only illegal means are the most reasonable.
"Mr. Wang, right?" Hans stopped, turned around and looked at them, and said seriously: "Do you know how much a random cultural relic here is worth? If we specialize in this business, what do you think? How many cultural relics will be left?”
Not even the state museum has as many cultural relics as here.
But museums actually don’t just rely on ticket fees and peripherals to support themselves. The reason why they openly display Chinese cultural relics in the largest exhibition hall is to promote their influence.
Even if you lose money, you still have to build a reputation among the people. In this way, you can attract more tourists to visit the museum. On the other hand, you can also get better donations from the upper class.
Yes, in Eagle Country, the museum’s main source of income comes from patronage from the upper class.
After rich people in Asia make money, they usually choose to do charity. On the one hand, they can whitewash themselves to a certain extent. After all, if you want to become big, you need to use some means, and most of them are not very clean.
In Eagle Country and some countries in Europe, it's just the opposite.
They will not do charity, but they will donate to organizations such as museums and universities, and also set up their own special foundations to recognize people who have excelled in these cultural aspects.
In fact, this seemingly inconspicuous decision affected the spread of the two cultures to a certain extent.
One is only for domestic civilians to see, and the other is to commend elites and show it to foreign countries.
Although the purpose of both is the same, the channels and effects of dissemination are completely different in the end.
Facing Hans's accusation, Lin Ran smiled and said, "I'm just asking, if you are really a company that smuggles cultural relics, why would you call me here?"
"Who are you?" After hearing this, Hans looked at Lin Ran suspiciously.
It seems that this young man is engaged in cultural relics-related work in China?
In this era, there are very few people engaged in cultural relics work in China. Basically, they are in some logistics positions, because those who are truly ambitious and ambitious have already entered the front line of tomb robbing.
Any movies and TV series related to tomb robbing are prohibited because it has been classified as a technology.
After Lin Ran heard this, he felt a little bit amused. No wonder Wang Lei felt that people who knew the art of tomb robbing were all charlatans.
This kind of thing was originally a subculture, but it has developed into the mainstream. There are many technologies in ancient tombs that have no use in reality.
Hans next wanted to ask Lin Ran more about his job. Originally he was only responsible for leading the way, but Lin Ran's words inadvertently angered him.
Fortunately, Fang Yuan was nearby and deliberately brought the topic to the clan leader, "Is the clan leader in good health now?"
"It's okay, but he's old and can't move around much. He should have come out to pick you up personally." Hans glanced at Lin Ran and decided not to dwell on this issue any longer.