The Chinese Art Exhibition held by Wenhua Ministry has come to an end.
Europeans and Americans are very fascinated by China's traditional culture. To this day, many of them cannot understand how clay can be fired into such exquisite porcelain.
Compared with Europeans and Americans who are only obsessed with porcelain, people in Southeast Asia prefer jade and bronze ware, and people in Japan and South Korea prefer Chinese paintings. The Japanese, in particular, are obsessed with ancient Chinese paintings to an extreme degree - you
Can you imagine that a country with its own national culture would regard paintings by ancient painters from other countries as national treasures of its own country?
In any case, whether it is porcelain, jade, or ancient paintings, many foreigners like it, so every time the Wenhua Ministry holds such an art exhibition, everyone likes to come and participate.
Anyway, participating includes food and accommodation, and you can also get gifts every time. This is the same as the Chinese culture that has thousands of years of history.
Only this time, the gift given by Wenhua Ministry was a little different.
What everyone got in their hands, in addition to the normal gifts representing Chinese customs, was also a very exquisite rectangular box.
An impatient official from the Thai Cultural Association opened the box before he even walked out, and then saw a golden DreamPad.
"Huh?...This..."
He muttered, and the nobleman from an African chiefdom next to him, whose skin was darker than his, laughed when he saw this, "What a country bumpkin. Is a golden DreamPad worth making a fuss about? I also gave one to each of my wives."
It’s pink!”
However, the Thai official did not speak. Instead, he sat on the ground in the museum hall. Holding a golden DreamPad, he began to read quickly.
Moreover, the Thai man's expression became more and more solemn, with his hands clasped together, his eyes looking at the DreamPad, and he kept mumbling something, as if he was in their temple in Thailand.
When he thought this, the chief noble didn't pay much attention to it, but a Japanese man next to him became interested.
You should know that there are generally two versions of Buddhist scriptures in this world. The first is the Sanskrit version, which is the ancient Indian version; the other is the national language of the country where the Buddhist scriptures are spread.
Generally speaking, ordinary Buddhist believers can only read Buddhist scriptures in their own country's language. Although the charm is similar, there are still some differences in essence.
Only the most devout Buddhists can read Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit.
It just so happens that this Thai man is a very devout Buddhist, and what he is reading now is authentic Sanskrit scriptures.
What's more coincidental is that the Japanese is also a devout Buddhist. He can also recite the Sanskrit version of the Diamond Sutra backwards and forwards.
"Is this the Diamond Sutra?"
Japanese people are generally very polite. When he was speaking in English, he slowly came closer and looked at the back of the golden DreamPad. What he saw were rows of beautiful Sanskrit scriptures, and he took a closer look at the small words.
It is indeed the Diamond Sutra!
Hearing that someone recognized him, the Thai smiled slightly, but said nothing and continued to recite directly.
The Japanese suddenly became excited and quickly opened their gift boxes. They opened the back of the golden DreamPad and took a look. Sure enough, it was also a Sanskrit "Diamond Sutra"!
He also recited the Sanskrit "Diamond Sutra" softly, and the two voices sang in perfect harmony.
The unique behavior of the two of them here attracted more people to gather around. After figuring out what was going on, almost everyone opened the gift box and looked at the back of their golden DreamPad.
"Oh my God, this is the New Testament? An excerpt from the Gospel of Mark! Oh my God!"
"This is a review of the New Scriptures!"
“Mine is the Old Testament? Pentateuch and Genesis!!”
"Diamond Sutra!"
"..."
A group of people shouted excitedly, and some of the more pious people began to recite the religious scriptures of their own beliefs, making the hall lively.
"Haha, this fairy company really has so many tricks! Look how excited they are!" an official whispered to the minister.
Vice Minister Wu Zhu of the Wenhua Department frowned a little when he saw this.
I used to entrust Fairy Company to make gifts, but now it seems a little inappropriate.
Thinking of this, he walked aside and dialed a number.
…
When Xiao Qi received a call from Niu Ruzheng, he was handling official business in Qiao Guoer's apartment.
When Niu Ruzheng called, he thought it was a good thing, but when he picked up the call, he was scolded by Niu Ruzheng.
"Xiao Qi, what are you doing with those things when you have nothing to do? How can you give gifts that are related to sect scriptures?"
"Uh...this is nothing, right? Uncle Niu, didn't you say that giving gifts would make them happy? Aren't they happy? No way, I specially researched their preferences before ordering it!"
"They were very happy. They were chanting sutras there just now, but that's not the problem." Niu Ru was scolding: "Don't think that I don't know what your intentions are. Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity and use this method to do it?"
Promote your DreamPad? There are several major sects in the world and billions of followers. Your plan is very good!!"
Xiao Qi scratched his head, "Is this a bad idea?"
"What a fart!" Niu Ruzheng scolded him directly, "Is this thing something you, a businessman, can touch? Do you know how involved it is? If you engrave scriptures and sell them on DreamPad, won't there be people?
Do you think you are insulting their scriptures? Won’t someone protest that you are making money by doing this? What will happen to your reputation if you make a fuss? If you do something extreme, your DreamPad might even stink!”
Xiao Qi was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
He was indeed too young. He only thought about the benefits of the scriptures, but did not think about the other fanaticism of faith.
Are there not enough violent incidents caused by these things every year?
Although he himself is not afraid of any danger, he is engaged in global business!
If something extreme happens, then what business is there?
Hearing Xiao Qi's silence, Niu Ruzheng knew that he was thinking, so he paused for a while and said: "I have asked someone to take back the customized version of the DreamPad you gave away. You should quickly find another way to compensate them. Or take it out again.
A customized version of the DreamPad, with some kind of poetry or animal prints on the back, as a compensation!"
"Did you collect these?" Xiao Qi was surprised and happy, almost thinking that he heard wrongly.
"Otherwise, what should I do? After this hole is opened, how will you deal with the rest of the people? You can only bite the bullet and offend others! I will let them say that they took the wrong things. These are just waste products from the trial production and are ready to be destroyed.
"Niu Ruzheng smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, don't say more, hurry up and do things beautifully, so that I won't waste my responsibility for you."
"Uncle Niu, you are such a benefactor!"
Xiao Qi was extremely moved. Niu Ruzheng was not responsible for this relationship at all.
After giving a gift, you have to snatch it back. This is disrespectful everywhere!
If the guests make a fuss, it will definitely make him feel uncomfortable.
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Qi didn't even have time to regret that he was obsessed with money, and quickly thought of how to remedy the situation.
Well, I had their information before. More than 30 of them all like Chinese antiques. It’s really not possible, so I can only give away antiques!
Although it will cost at least tens of millions, but now that I am making an apology, I can't care about that much.
As for whether they would spread the news and whether anyone would be interested in it, Xiao Qi would not admit it even to death, and would directly pretend to fire the erring employee and make a solemn statement.
As Niu Ruzheng said, if a businessman is involved in this kind of thing, he is simply seeking death!
Thinking of this, Xiao Qi quickly dialed Jiang Dahai's phone number: "Mr. Jiang, quickly find me a group of reliable antique experts. Let's go to places like Rongbaozhai and Panjiayuan to scan for goods!... Remember,
I want real experts and I want to buy genuine products, you know?”
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