Reborn in 1994, escaping from marriage and going sea fishing, I won!

Liu Meilan was stunned. "Then what? What is Mrs. Green's purpose?"

Tang Xiaoyu replied, "To be precise, Mr. Green wants to buy the scepter and give it to the duke's descendants."

"How do they know this scepter was given to the Duke?" Liu Meilan touched her chin. "Is it valuable?"

Tang Xiaoyu relayed Mrs. Green's words: "Mr. Green is good friends with the descendants of Duke Tiger. He often attends banquets at Duke Tiger's home! Foreigners like to paint oil paintings, depicting their ancestors! The scepter Duke Tiger holds is exactly the same as the one in the Museum of Ancient and Modern Times."

"Do they know that we fished these things out from the bottom of the sea?" Liu Meilan asked.

Tang Xiaoyu nodded, "I think they should have investigated it!"

Liu Meilan touched her chin. "I'm really worried that after they buy the scepter, they'll claim that the things we caught belong to Portugal. What if they sue us?"

"This..." Tang Xiaoyu was stunned. "That's clearly ours. Why are you suing us?"

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "Many salvage companies abroad have been sued because they believed the items they salvaged were theirs. But once the original country of the priceless antiques on the ship is confirmed, they will claim the items as theirs, and then the lawsuits will begin."

Tang Xiaoyu frowned, "Didn't they steal so many antiques from our country back then and never return them to us?"

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "That's because they're robbers! I think they stole it, and now it's theirs in their museum. We're now open to the outside world, and many things are highly dependent on the outside world. This won't benefit us."

Tang Xiaoyu thought about it carefully and said, "Then I won't sell it! I'll tell you it's a museum exhibit that's not for sale!"

Liu Meilan nodded. "Besides, how much can it be worth if sold now? Let's talk about it later!"

"Okay, I'll reply to Mrs. Green when I get back!" Tang Xiaoyu replied, "Since these things are not for sale, don't display them!"

Liu Meilan agreed, "I'll tell my second brother later!"

I originally thought that this matter would be over soon, but I didn't expect that the other party was unwilling to give up the purchase, and even alarmed the senior management in Shenzhen.

Director Wang of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, who has a very close relationship with Liu Yiwen, was entrusted with the important task of communicating with Liu Yiwen.

Director Wang asked, "Is there a scepter in that museum?"

Liu Yiwen was filled with questions. "My museum has so many things in it, all fished up from the bottom of the ocean! Most of them are exotic! They've been categorized, but I can't remember them all. Uncle Wang, why are you asking this?"

Director Wang smiled and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Green from across Hong Kong Island want to buy it, but you said you don't sell it!"

Liu Yiwen scratched his head. "Uncle Wang, wait a moment. I'll call Sister Meilan first!"

Director Wang nodded, "Okay! Ask!"

Liu Yiwen called Liu Meilan and told her what happened. "Meilan, did you refuse?"

"I refused!" Liu Meilan replied. "There are often cases of people being sued for antiques salvaged by salvage ships. I don't want to get into any disputes, so I plan to seal up all the antiques and put them on display when we become stronger. By the way, second brother, how did you know?"

Liu Yiwen replied, "Someone has reported this to the higher-ups in Shenzhen City. Director Wang is discussing this with me right now! He hopes I'll sell it!"

Liu Meilan thought for a moment and said, "This thing can't be sold easily! Since they really want this scepter, let's use the cultural relic exchange method and let them exchange it for our country's precious national treasure!"

They had no interest in the scepter at all. Liu Meilan had seen a photo of it and didn't think it was attractive.

After testing, it was found that the scepter was made of copper inside and gold-plated outside. There was an eagle totem on the top. This eagle was made of pure gold, and its eyes were made of gems.

However, as a family inheritance and an important cultural relic from Portugal, this thing has special meaning to them.

In this case, we should exchange cultural relics through national cultural exchanges to prevent future troubles.

Liu Yiwen immediately understood what his sister meant. "Okay, I'll talk to the leaders. We'll ask the experts at the Beijing Museum for help. We'll donate any valuable items we can retrieve to the National Museum. I'm sure those veteran experts will do their best to retrieve the valuables!"

Liu Meilan smiled. "Okay! We don't know the exact situation of the cultural relics in our team, but some cultural relics workers must have counted them over the years. They know more than us."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yiwen told Director Wang the whole story.

Director Wang just wanted to make the deal happen, but he didn't expect there was such a series of hidden meanings behind it.

"That method of buying and selling with funds is indeed inappropriate. After all, those Western treasure ships not only carried antiques, but also a lot of gold. We sold that gold a long time ago, shared the profits with us, and then paid taxes. There's absolutely no way we're going to return it to them!"

Liu Yiwen nodded. "So we can't sell this stuff at all. If they want it, we'll have to exchange it. And they have to exchange it with valuable antiques! We don't want ordinary broken plates and bowls! I don't want the antiques we get back, I'll donate them all!"

"I'll donate part of it to the National Museum and part to our Shenzhen museum. It can be considered as my small contribution to the country!"

Director Wang's eyes flashed with admiration. "Yiwen, I don't envy your father's career, but I do envy him for having four wonderful children! Every time your father mentioned you before, he always said you were unmotivated and reckless. But now, there aren't many people in Shenzhen who can surpass you and your siblings!"

Liu Meilan sells ornamental fish all over the world, earning a significant amount of foreign exchange each year. She has now expanded into seafood and pearl farming, which have become specialty industries, enriching many people and even becoming a Shenzhen specialty.

Deep-sea fishing is also gradually maturing and will generate more revenue in the future.

Needless to say, Liu Yiwen's real estate company is a major taxpayer to the government and has driven many industries.

Among them, the inconspicuous underwater salvage company pays an average of 1.5 billion yuan in dividends to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission every year and pays even more in taxes to the country.

I thought Liu Yiwen would become arrogant after becoming rich, but I didn't expect him to be so low-key and well-behaved.

He focuses on investing in high-tech and Internet industries and is almost unsparing with his money.

Like Liu Yiwen, Liu Meilan can still think about exchanging cultural relics for the country.

They earn the money they deserve, but don't take a penny of what they don't deserve.