Chapter 700 - The Huaxia Museum (2/2)

Shi Jianying was the chief appraisal expert of the Huaxia Museum.

Secretary Liu said, “Director, you forgot that Dr. Shi is hosting an expert exchange meeting right now.”

Chen Dongxu said, “Oh yes, I forgot about that. Hurry and invite all the experts in the meeting to come over here. There’s something important that they need to look at.”

“Okay, Director, please wait for a minute.”

Secretary Liu turned around and left. Chen Dongxu began to check the Animal Heads once again. But he still couldn’t find any flaws.

About seven or eight minutes later, they heard hurried footsteps and Secretary Liu came over with a dozen people behind her.

The leader was Shi Jianying, chief appraisal expert of the Huaxia Museum. The others behind him were also experts from all over the country. They came to the capital for a meeting.

Chen Dongxu stepped forward and said, “These are the six sculpted heads, will the experts please check them out.”

“Little Qin!”

“Brother Qin!”

Two men stepped out of the group with surprised cries. One was Liu Qigong, the professor of cultural appraisal at the University of Shanghai and the other was Guo Feng, the director of the Jiangnan Antique Appraisal Center.

Qin Haodong was also surprised to see them. He immediately walked forward and greeted them enthusiastically.

Liu Qigong said, “I haven’t seen you for a long time. Why are you here in the capital? Su Hui was not happy since you left and please call her whenever you’re available.”

Qin Haodong didn’t know how to deal with Su Hui. He had been messing around with too many girls recently and didn’t dare to get involved with this little girl. So he left Shanghai without even saying goodbye.

Guo Feng took Qin Haodong’s hand and said excitedly, “Brother Qin, we haven’t seen each other for a long time. What a coincidence!”

Chen Dongxu came over and said, “I didn’t expect that the two of you know Mr. Qin. Mr. Qin is a promising young man and all these six sculpted heads were donated by him. Please have a check.”

Now his impression of Qin Haodong had completely changed. He had thought that he was just a good-for-nothing rich man who was stupid and innocent. But he was wrong and this was not the case at all.

Guo Feng asked, “Director Chen, did Brother Qin donate all the six sculpted heads?”

Chen Dongxu nodded and said, “Yes!”

The sheep head was handed over to the Museum of Overseas Chinese by Guo Feng some time ago, so Chen Dongxu respected him greatly.

Guo Feng said, “If all of them were donated by Brother Qin, there’s no need to identify them. They must be real.”

“What…”

Chen Dongxu was dumbfounded. If this was not a free donation, he would really think that Guo Feng had been hired by Qin Haodong.

Seeing his expression, Guo Feng explained, “Director Chen, Brother Qin is a doctor, but he is proficient at antique appraisal and I’m no match for him.

“The sheep head I donated some time ago was won by Brother Qin from the Japanese. He’s the actual donor.”

Everyone present looked at Qin Haodong with awe after learning that the sheep head had been donated by him. Anyone who donated such antiques which were worth tens of millions of yuan to the country for free, was admirable.

Chen Dongxu said with embarrassment, “But Mr. Qin is donating six Animal Heads and we already have eight here in our museum. There’s one in T Island. So there must be three fake sculpted heads, right?”

Guo Feng said without hesitation, “I believe that the six Animal Heads donated by Brother Qin must be real.”

“Director Guo, let’s do the appraisal first.”

It was Shi Jianying who spoke. If Qin Haodong’s Animal Heads were real, there must be at least two sculpted heads stored here that were fake, which indicated that he, the chief appraisal expert was not a professional at all.

Qin Haodong said, “No problem. Just feel free to check them.”

When they heard what he said, all the experts present took out their magnifying glasses and white gloves and began to evaluate the six Animal Heads carefully.

Qin Haodong didn’t care about it at all. He sat next to Ye Qing and chatted with her while drinking tea. After half an hour, the experts had done a thorough check on all the six Animal Heads.

Chen Dongxu asked, “How’s it going? What’s the final result?”

Shi Jianying licked his dry lips and said with some difficulty, “Director, the initial identification results show that there are no flaws in these six Animal Heads. They are very likely to be the genuine ones.”

Even though he did not want to admit it, but they could not find any flaws in these six bronze heads. He could not lie.

Liu Qigong said, “We need special tools to further evaluate them and find out whether they are fake.

“But one thing is certain. Even if these six Animal Heads are fake, they are definitely valuable.”

When he heard what they said, Chen Dongxu did not dare to make any hasty decisions. He said to Qin Haodong awkwardly, “Mr. Qin, we need to do a further examination to confirm if they are real or fake.”

Qin Haodong said, “It doesn’t matter. Anyway, I’ve donated these Animal Heads to your museum. Can I have a look at the other sculpted heads first?”