"Mr. Palermo, thank you very much for thinking of us as soon as possible at this time. It's just that your quantity is a little less. This number is divided among the three of us. This seems a bit not enough, right?" A person with a full face said
The hairy guys said dissatisfiedly that the relationship between their group and Palermo is actually not that good, but this guy often has a lot of good things. This time it is because this guy emphasized it many times that he came here.
, otherwise they would not come here. After all, this place does not mean anything to large jewelry companies like them. Their main suppliers are all in South Africa, and the diamonds produced there have always been
They are much better than the ones here, but I didn’t expect that this time it would give them such a big surprise. There is no problem with the goods worth 600 million US dollars. This guy Palermo is not a fool, so naturally from them
He could see what was going on in his eyes, so he immediately increased the price by 100 million US dollars. This time he made more money. He really lamented that his previous life was in vain. Why didn't he meet Li Cong so long ago?
As for this guy, if I had met him earlier, he might have made a fortune long ago. Why would he still be running this hotel here?
"Mr. Sharon, as for the amount, I can only take out so much at the moment, but in the near future I will have a large number of such first-class goods, but I need you to leave me a 30% deposit.
, a week should be no problem." Palermo thought for a while and said, even if he completed this transaction, it would only be worth 600 million US dollars at most, and he was still a small customer with Li Cong, so he also
I can see that Mr. Li won't talk to you about friendship. If you have money at his place, you are a guest. If you don't have money, then don't do business. Even if you add the things you mortgage with him, the maximum is
Being able to sell goods worth a billion dollars is not a big deal. Of course, this was already a big deal for Palermo in the past, but now people are much more discerning, and they are no longer what they used to be.
Palermo, now people don't pay attention to billion dollar transactions. Now they have to compete with companies like ALROSA. Of course, the rising tide will raise their own horizons.
Thirty percent deposit? In the jewelry industry, there is a term for paying a deposit, but it is not a lot. They looked at each other and then at the best diamond in their hands. If only one person comes
If they didn't, they would definitely not pay any deposit, but now that the three of them are here, it's different. If they don't pay the deposit and the other two guys do, then this guy from Palermo will definitely give it to those two.
If you are the one who paid the deposit, you may have problems like this when selling in the future, and your customers may go to them.
"No problem, we pay a deposit of one billion U.S. dollars. Next time we hope to get goods worth three billion U.S. dollars. Mr. Palermo, you will always be our best friend with Cardia Diamonds. You will definitely do it next time you come to Europe."
You want to come to our place and have a look." One of the guys said. With this guy, the other two people immediately opened their mouths and paid a deposit of one billion US dollars. At this time, Palermo was dumbfounded, 3.6 billion US dollars.
The U.S. dollars were directly deposited into his account. Before the guy was stunned for ten minutes, he remembered what he should do. At this time, he had to order goods for Li Cong. Three billion U.S. dollars of goods would be no problem, as long as he could get them
Just stagger the delivery times, one every two days, then you will have enough funds to order for the next person. Of course, your profit plus what Li Cong obtained will reach an astonishing 17%.
, if these three transactions are completed, Palermo's net worth will immediately rise from 4 to 5 billion US dollars to nearly 2 billion US dollars. This is all completed in just one week. To be honest, Palermo is a little bit crazy at this moment.
Stupid, he is not a daydreamer, but now he feels like he is really daydreaming, because everything is not so real.
Two weeks later, everyone in the city discovered that Palermo was obviously different from before. First of all, this guy's car was changed. It used to be just a Volkswagen Tiguan, but now that car has been given away.
Man, this guy drives an extremely hot red Ferrari, and the beautiful woman in the car has been seen in magazines. She is the supermodel who is very popular in Paris. It is said that this woman costs everyone a meal.
One hundred thousand euros, and now she is willing to become this guy's woman.
Of course, this is not the most important change. The most important thing is that the time from Palermo to his lifeblood, which is the hotel, is getting shorter and shorter. This illustrates a problem, that is, this guy no longer values that deal very much.
Well, a city is so big. Of course, people would speculate on such strange things. Soon everyone understood what was going on. It turned out that this guy made probably the largest diamond transaction in the history of this place in one week.
, this guy has made over a billion dollars, no wonder he spends money like this.
This was originally a place for diamond sales, and soon most of the diamond merchants here began to visit Palermo's house. Although each of them could only sell tens of millions of dollars in diamonds every year, their
The number is very huge, and there are many people who are not doing this, but they have huge capital in their hands, and their power cannot be underestimated. What Palermo is doing now is like what Fatty Zhou is doing in Asia.
The things are basically the same, the only difference is that Fatty Zhou had Li Cong's support at the beginning, but now Palermo relies on itself for everything.
Two weeks later, a private jet from Raytheon Company worth 95 million US dollars arrived here. It was Mr. Palermo’s new car. Although many people have their own private jets, most of them are helicopters.
, such a large aircraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars is still very unfamiliar to them. It can be said that Palermo is ahead of the rich in this aspect, because there are many people who want to get involved with Mr. Palermo.
Because of his connections, his hotel business has been getting better recently. There are often some wealthy people who eat and drink here directly in order to please Palermo. Palermo will not dislike that he has too much money and immediately requests the hotel.
Some fees are increased by 30%, but these rich people don't care whether a meal costs 10,000 US dollars or 20,000 US dollars. What they care about is how to get in touch with this new diamond king. Then
That's the most important thing.
The reason why Li Cong pushed Palermo to the front desk was because he wanted him to replace him and let all the light shine on this person. Although you have made a lot of money relying on me, you still have to bear this risk.
Looking at Palermo now, he probably wouldn't have guessed what Li Cong was thinking, because the order worth billions of dollars has stunned this guy. Originally, the share of five billion dollars was thought to be sold within a year, but now
It exceeded 15 billion US dollars in one month. It was really unbelievable, so this guy took his new plane and flew directly to Li Cong. He wanted to thank Li Cong properly.
Construction of the airport started on the day Li Cong came back. Although some people from the central government came to see it, they didn't say anything about Li Cong's red envelope of 100,000 US dollars. It seemed that coming here was a big deal for them.
The job is not to check but to get red envelopes. This is the most important thing. Although the airport is only a prototype, there is still no problem in landing the plane from Palermo.
"Welcome to Mr. Palermo." Li Congken asked this guy to come here and naturally wanted to accept him. Although Fatty Zhou felt uncomfortable watching this guy get rich, on the surface he still wanted to follow him happily.
People who ask questions are like old friends whom they haven't seen for many years.
"It's so grand. Mr. Li came to pick me up at the airport in person. I'm really flattered." This guy's Chinese is getting better and better.
"Haha, Mr. Palermo is now the big financier of our group. In this month, you have helped us sell 15.435 billion US dollars of diamonds. If such a person can't work and I personally come to pick him up, then what?
What kind of person has such qualifications? It's windy here, Mr. Palermo, please." Li Cong got in the car first after saying that. As for opening the door for this guy, he will definitely not do it. We
Not that far yet.
Obviously Palermo doesn't care about this now. He came here this time to discuss an important matter with Li Cong. He knew that the energy group had dealings with some international mercenary groups.
So this guy wants to hire a group of mercenaries to give Erosa some strength. Now that he has so much money, although he can't injure Erosa, it's okay to cause him pain for a while.
"Mr. Li, this is a cashier's check from Hua Xia Bank worth US$7 billion. It is also the goods I need in the future. I hope it can arrive at my place within ten days. I wonder if Mr. Li can help me do it?" This guy also brought the goods.
He came here with a big purchase order. Now his business was different from before. Among the seven billion US dollars, he had one billion US dollars. He thought that some small jewelers were asking for goods worth tens of millions.
You should have a batch of goods there, just give them to them directly, and you don't have to go through so many procedures at Li Cong.
"Haha, no problem. In fact, I am the happiest at this moment. Getting the order means that we are alive again." Li Cong said happily. He could tell that this guy was not here specifically to give him this check.
Yes, this guy has other ideas. He just wants to send troops to fight Erosa, but he won't do it. Even if you are very useful to me now, I will never do it.
"Hmm? Mr. Li, it's like this. I have some money in my hands recently, and I want to find some powerful mercenary organizations. Mr. Li also knows that I am just a small businessman, and those mercenary organizations are basically me
I'm not familiar with it. I wonder what Mr. Li would recommend?" Li understood immediately. To be honest, he really wanted his subordinates to get it, but in the end he still had sense. He couldn't do that, otherwise
The rest of the things were enough to give him a headache for a long time. He nodded, Li Cong gave him a phone call, and then went out. He knew that this guy had a satellite phone on him.
"Hello, this is the South African eo company. How can I help you?" When this guy dialed the phone, there was such a message on the other side. They don't just call people, especially those with such a high level.
Telephones are generally only available to some large customers. South Africa is now controlled by energy groups, but this company has never been very obedient. ALROSA is not easy to mess with. Li Cong decided to let both of them use it. If ALROSA
If Rosa suffers a big loss, her diamond business will be fine. If this eo suffers a big loss, then she will uproot them directly.
This Mr. Li is so reliable. In the past, companies like this could only be seen in newspapers. People could just write down their phone number and they could call him. He was not worried that Li Cong had deceived him, because
The phone number stated that this was from South Africa. It seemed that my commission this time was on track.
The logo of eo is "Paladin" - the "knight" in chess. The full name of eo is executive outcomes, which translates to "execution results". The original name of Strategic Resources Co., Ltd. is strategic resource corporation, or src for short.
SRC is actually the parent company of eo. eo is one of the 32 subsidiaries of src. The business of these subsidiaries covers mining, air transportation leasing, security, etc. These subsidiaries are registered in different places, including South Africa.
, some are in the Bahamas, and some are in the Isle of Man (a semi-autonomous region of the Commonwealth). eo’s superficial customers are all internationally recognized legal governments. The most famous customers are Angola and Lyon, but in fact eo’s real customers are
Customers are multinational companies that extract natural resources, such as De Beers, British Resources, Texaco Coal Mines, Gulf-Chevron Transportation, etc.
Take Larion as an example. The interim government at the time had no money to hire EO to fight against the Ruf rebels, but a company called Branch Heritage provided a credit guarantee for the Larion government. EO's
The wages are actually paid by Zhilu Energy, and every time eo recaptures a diamond mine, Zhilu Energy can obtain 60% of its mining rights. Of course, this company is a subsidiary of the Energy Group, which is how the Energy Group has been doing business for decades.
The first diamond mine was obtained in Africa years ago.
The United Nations has been asking the Sierra Leone government to terminate its contract with EO. In 1997, the terms of the peace agreement signed between the Sierra Leone government and RUF included the withdrawal of EO and all other foreign troops. The irony is that
, when eo withdrew, ruf quickly fought back. As for the group of South African mercenaries in the movie "Blood Diamond", some people said that they were alluding to eo. In fact, the time background of this movie was in 1999, when
Ruf has already reached the outskirts of the capital of Lyon.
eo's founder, Eben Barlow, was once the second-in-command of the 32nd Air Reconnaissance Battalion in South Africa. After retiring, he became an employee of the National Cooperation Bureau (ccb), which was specialized in working with the African National Congress (ANC).
anc), a racially oppressive institution whose main activities include intelligence work and assassination operations. When South Africa abolished apartheid in 1989, ANC leader Nelson Mandela disbanded the units that carried out racially oppressive tasks. Faced with unemployment,
, Barrow simply jumped out to start a business and established eo company. The employees were all former comrades and colleagues.
Some sources say that EO is the ancestor of modern PMC, and Barrow's book also boasts that he pioneered modern PMC. But in fact, EO was established in 1989, while MPRI was established in 1987, the predecessor of the Armored Group.
Defense Systems Limited (DSL) began operations in 1981. DSL, like EO, is very active in Angola. Deyang Group has a longer history, and its predecessor was established in 1946, although the aviation service company established at that time was only a contractor for the US military.
combat aircraft maintenance, but this is a serious "military contracting business" after all.
EO can always defeat more with less and suffer very few casualties. In comparison, the number of enemies killed by them is simply disproportionately high. This is partly because EO soldiers are well-equipped. They have armed helicopters and armored vehicles.
and howitzers, as well as fuel-air bombs and other big killers, and most of their enemies only have light weapons and not much heavy equipment; on the other hand, it is also because the soldiers of eo are veterans from South Africa and other countries, and they are well-trained.
The military quality is high, but most of their opponents, such as ruf, do not have enough training. It is similar to the plot in the movie "Blood Diamond". Among the strong men captured, there are many children, with a rusty AK and a
Stacking bullets, and sending them to the front line as soon as they learn how to shoot, can be used to deal with ordinary people or the Sierra Leone government and military of the same level, but it is too far behind to deal with well-equipped and well-trained mercenaries. Once in Kosovo
In a mine in Nova Scotia, only more than 60 EO soldiers withstood a week-long attack by thousands of RUF. During this period, EO soldiers always adhered to one principle: never enter a combat area without helicopter fire support.
eo can attract many experienced foreign veterans, partly because of the high wages, and it is not easy for veterans to find a good job - especially those from the special forces. Apart from fighting, they have no other skills that can make a lot of money.
On the other hand, it is also because of the good welfare benefits. Some articles, including "World Military", mentioned EO's "full drug coverage". In fact, if there is a "work-related injury or death" during combat, drugs and medical care will be covered.
It's free, and even if it fails, the insurance company will pay for it. Now, if any pmcpsc dares not to buy insurance for the "temporary workers" below, it is estimated that no one will sign a contract with them.
Although eo's headquarters has always been in South Africa, since 1993, the business of eo's head office has been moved to the UK. This is mainly due to two reasons: first, London is an international arms trading center and defense trading center; second, this
Helps rid South Africa of the ANC government's interference in their business.
The South African government has always disliked eo. This is because many of eo's employees had previously opposed the African National Congress. When South Africa signed the international anti-mercenary law in 1998, it forced eo to end its business. But only
On the surface, EO is closed. Many former EO senior staff have established many similar enterprises in South Africa or other countries, including private military companies and security companies. They also have a common leader, still EO.
Since the 1990s, eo's business has been booming. In 1994, it dispatched a small, rapidly deployed mercenary force with good air protection and armor to quell the crisis in Rwanda within a few days, easily earning several dollars.
Ten million US dollars. Since the civil strife in Lyon in 1991, the anti-government armed offensive has been fierce, and the government and military have been retreating steadily. In desperation, the government signed a two-year contract with eo in 1995. eo dispatched
300 mercenaries assisted the government and fu forces in fighting. Within a few months, the anti-government and fu forces were defeated and had to sign a peace agreement with the government and fu forces. Of course, the eo company was well paid, not only earning US$1.2 million per month,
It also obtained the right to mine diamond mines. Soon, Papua New Zealand came to the door again and asked eo to help it suppress the anti-government armed forces that had been in trouble for nine years. This time, due to the subsequent events of the Pakistani government,
The contract was interrupted due to the coup, but eo still obtained a high profit of US$36 million from it. In June 1998, eo company again spread the "good news": it has provided great assistance to the Angola government in the past two and a half years.
Finally, the anti-government armed forces agreed to negotiate. The Angolan government paid US$60 million for this, and the price paid by EO was only the death of 20 mercenaries.
Palermo naturally didn't know what Li Cong was thinking. It was really interesting that this guy was still thinking about Li Cong at this moment. He just said it, and others gave him such a result without asking anything.
This result is definitely what I want, and even exceeds my expectations.
"Sir? How can I help you?" This is the third time this question has been asked over there. Their receptionists are all of good quality. Even if you don't talk for a whole day, they will not call you.
Hang up because any one phone call may cause someone to lose more than tens of millions of dollars. This kind of thing should never happen.
"I want you to send an army to help me raid a warehouse. There are billions of dollars worth of diamonds in it. You can take all those things. Even if you can't take them, you will destroy them for me. I don't know.
Do you dare to take it? By the way, the warehouse I mentioned belongs to ALROSA." Palermo thought for a while and said, he had better not lie. For these hiring companies, they want to verify whether their words are lies or the truth.
It is too simple. At that time, people may feel that they are not reliable, and it is better to be more honest.
"Okay, that's no problem. I will give you our contact email later, and then send us the address and the information you know according to our method. Can you? What I need to remind you is that the one you gave
The more detailed the information, the greater our chances of completing the task. We will contact you again after estimating the cost." The voice on the phone was very sweet, and for Palermo, the meaning they expressed was better.
I thought they were the same as the mercenary groups I knew before. When I heard the reputation of Erosa, I was so frightened that I couldn't find the north. Unexpectedly, these people didn't react at all after hearing Erosa.
, don’t they know the reputation of Erosa or something?
When he hung up the phone, Palermo was still wondering, damn, I didn't even give you a phone number, how can you contact me?
How could the people of Erosa think at this moment that someone has started to plot against them? In the past month, they have just felt that the jewelers in the past were very flattering to them, but now their attitude towards people like them seems to be the same.
It was different before. In the past, if I called them and told them that I had a lot of good products here, they would all want to come over immediately. Now those people actually ask me to send them a picture and that's it.
It seems that it is not their style. The reason for this must be that they have new sources of supply, but there seems to be no redundant diamond suppliers in the world except themselves and Asia Resources. Asia Resources Supply Energy Group Jewelry Store and some in Asia
The diamond sellers can't bear it anymore. It's impossible to make a profit. Besides, those Americans are all regular customers of this place. They haven't come here recently. It's really weird. Not all ALROSA's senior officials.
The fool quickly guessed that Li Cong's diamond mine started shooting their customers, but then he thought that those European jewelers had no contact with Li Cong. How did they get in touch? At this time, Bale
Mo appeared in their eyes. This guy is a Russian, and he actually helps those Chinese people. Isn't this a trick?
Just when Palermo was targeting them, ALROSA was also preparing to kill Palermo. They believed that Palermo must be the reason for losing these billions of dollars in business, and this guy sold
We have bought so many diamonds, not to mention this month, even in the past six months, no one will come to buy diamonds. Tell them to go drink the northwest wind? You can’t keep this guy. I heard that this guy has been with several people in the UK recently.
The jeweler also got in touch. He used to buy hundreds of millions of dollars in goods from ALROSA every month. If it falls into the hands of that guy, he will lose another sum and have to make this guy disappear. If this guy dies,
If so, then there is no need to talk about anything, and those customers will still have to come to me obediently.
The conspiracy between the two parties was formed step by step. Just when ALROSA began to formulate a plan to deal with Palermo, EO also responded to Palermo. Their people had already detected the man provided by Palermo.
According to the guards, there is no problem with the address. It is indeed a place where diamonds or other valuables are stored, but the defense there is also very strong. eo has conducted a thorough investigation of this operation, and it is obvious where it is.
There are more than 300 armed personnel. It seems that they are all retired soldiers. Their combat quality is not low, and there are a large number of heavy weapons inside. If they do it on Russian soil, they will not have any air power.
Support, and the other party may have air support. Many people inside originally wanted to give up this operation, but the billions of dollars of diamonds in it directly aroused their hearts. The target was those diamonds, Bale
It doesn't matter whether you destroy it or take it away, as long as it's not in their hands, and Palermo will also pay a reward of 150 million US dollars, not to mention the diamonds, even this reward is
It's the highest employment bonus they know this year. The worst they can do is stick bombs around it. It's no problem to kill it. It's just that the number of people who go in must be at least 200 or more. The weapons of these people need to be large.
The solution was solved by Lemo, which accordingly gave Palermo a price discount of 10 million US dollars. Palermo was very satisfied with this and spent millions of dollars to purchase a lot of large weapons.
There are still some in Lemo, after all, they are considered local bugs, and there are still a lot of prostitutes in the army. If Palermo can afford the money, they can just report the loss. This kind of thing has been done many times before.
of.
"Sir, the Investigation Department has just sent news. Palermo has discussed it with EO, and our people are already in place. It seems that our oriole is sure, and our people have also found an important person.
The news is that ALROSA is also preparing to take action against Palermo because of the diamonds." Kalelina's people have already understood the actions of both parties, and the diamond library is not only worth tens of
The latest news obtained by the people in the Investigation Department is that there are nearly 100 billion US dollars worth of diamonds and hundreds of tons of gold. These things are the foundation of ALROSA, so Li Cong's people must take them.
Seeing these things, ALROSA would not be able to kill Palermo. This person is Li Cong's seller. Li Cong also needs this person to contact him more European jewelers, so he must
Keep this guy.
"Haha, very good. As soon as the battle starts, bring back what we need and let them fight to the death. This is the best. Originally I thought eo would send out a large number of troops. If they suffer heavy losses, we are in Africa.
The troops will just get rid of them. Now it seems that losing these hundreds of people is not a big deal for them." This is what Li never liked in the whole plan. If the other party could send one-third
When people come, they are absolutely sure. It is different from fighting against a company or a country. There are more than 3,000 people in total. They must catch them all. Otherwise, they will have trouble in the future. These people will come to them every now and then.
A terrorist attack would be weird.
"Sir, we have also checked this. Most of EO's troops seem to have taken on an escort mission. It is rumored that some antiques in the British Museum will be sent to Broadway in the United States for exhibition. In addition to Europa, some military police and special forces were dispatched.
In addition, they also invited eo's protection team, who are very good at these things." Karelina knew that this was the most useful news today. Li Cong didn't really like antiques, but as long as
Li Cong had to get back the things that the foreign devils had stolen. The British Museum was no joke. It was a temple of world art. According to Li Cong's character, these goods had to be obtained.
It's up to you how to do it.
The British Museum, also known as the British Museum, is located in Great Russell Square, north of New Oxford Street, London, England. It was founded in 1753 and officially opened to the public on January 15, 1759. It is the oldest and largest museum in the world.
A magnificent comprehensive museum, it is also one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. The museum collects many cultural relics and book treasures from all over the world. The richness and variety of collections are rare in museums around the world. Currently, the museum has a collection of
There are more than 6 million items. Due to space limitations, there are still a large number of collections that cannot be exhibited publicly. After the establishment of Europa, Europa's senior officials once wanted to transport a large number of things to the Louvre in France. However, due to the strong opposition of the residents of the British Isles,
They objected, so they have been kept here. There are about 7,000 cultural relics shipped out from here this time. They are all priceless things, and they basically belong to those valuables. The Americans also paid a high price for this.
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The British National Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Louvre in Paris are among the three largest museums in the world. The British Museum includes the Egyptian Museum, the Greek and Roman Museum, the West Asian Museum, the European Medieval Museum and the Oriental Art Museum. Among them
The collections of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, the Museum of Greco-Roman Antiquities and the Museum of Oriental Art Museum are the most eye-catching, while the Chinese collections account for the vast majority, and its collection of ancient Roman relics, ancient Greek statues and Egyptian mummies are world-famous.
, part of the items that were shipped to the United States for the exhibition were shipped from the Oriental Art Museum, so Li Congdong thought it over. According to this guy, it was something from my ancestors. Why can't I take it?
came back?
In 1753, after the death of collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), according to his will, he donated all 71,000 personal collections and a large number of plant specimens, books, and manuscripts to the country. These collections were eventually
It was handed over to the British Parliament. After raising funds for the architectural museum through public donations, the British Museum was finally established and opened to the public on January 15, 1759, in the Montague building near downtown London.
After the museum opened, it acquired a large number of precious collections through various activities of the British in various places. The early British Museum tended to collect natural history specimens, but it also had a large number of cultural relics and books, so it attracted a large number of visitors.
In 1824, the museum built a new building to the north of the Montague Building, which was completed in the 1840s. The old Montague Building was demolished soon after. Soon after the new building was built, a circular reading room open to the public was built in the yard.
room.
Exhibition Hall 33 of the British National Museum is a permanent exhibition hall dedicated to displaying Chinese cultural relics. Along with the ancient Egyptian, ancient Greek, ancient Roman and Indian exhibition halls, it is one of the only national exhibition halls in the museum. The Chinese cultural relics collected in the museum
It covers the entire art category of China. In a nutshell, ancient stone tools, bronzes of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, stone Buddhist scriptures of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, calligraphy and paintings of the Tang and Song Dynasties, porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and other national treasures that mark the pinnacle of various cultures in Chinese history can all be seen here, and
It can be said that the categories are complete and beautiful. In fact, according to Li Cong's idea, it's good that I didn't come here to rob you.
However, this is only part of the 23,000 rare Chinese treasures collected by the British National Museum. The other nine-tenths are stored in 10 collection rooms. Unless special permission is obtained, ordinary tourists have no chance to see them.
Some collections, such as the Tang Dynasty copy of Gu Kaizhi's "Proverbs of a Female History" from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, can only be viewed by special experts. "Programs of a Female History" is the earliest surviving Chinese silk painting and the earliest Chinese silk painting that can still be seen.
One of the works of a professional painter, it has a milestone significance in the history of Chinese art and has always been a treasure collected by the palaces of all dynasties.
There are only two copies left in the world. One of them was copied by the Song Dynasty and is collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing. The brushwork and color are not of the highest quality. The other is this copy in the British National Museum. It was originally collected by the Qing Palace and was the product of Qianlong's reign.
The emperor's favorite things on his desk were hidden in the Old Summer Palace. In 1860, when the British and French forces invaded the capital, British Captain Ji Yong stole it from the Old Summer Palace and took it abroad.
It was collected by the British National Museum in 1903 and became the most important oriental cultural relic in the museum. It is no exaggeration to call it the "treasure of the museum". This copy is stored in the Stein Secret Room in the museum. According to reports, Nanjing Normal University Dunhuang
Xie Chengshui, director of the Art Research Office of the Academic Research Center, accidentally saw this copy in the secret room in 2002. At that time, there was only a record in the register that two Fuso people came to the site to copy it in the 1920s.
On the central wall of the Huaxia Hall, there are tens of square meters of Dunhuang murals. Although the cut marks are still visible, they cannot conceal its lasting beauty and the grace and splendor of the three "rich and fat" Bodhisattvas. It is a national treasure collected by the National Museum of the United Kingdom.
There are tens of thousands of Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures, but apart from this mural, other collections are hard to find in the Huaxia Hall.
From 1856 to 1932, a number of so-called "Western explorers" went deep into northwest China more than 60 times in the name of scientific expeditions, and each time they looted a large number of documents and cultural relics. Among them, in 1907 the Hungarians Stein and
The Frenchman Pelliot looted the most cultural relics from the Dunhuang Scripture Cave.