The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

Who on earth was this Gu Shengsheng?

’She’s standing up there, acting like she owns the place, with a whole group of experts and people from the Cultural Relics Bureau behind her. And even down in the audience, big shots like Mr. Ryan are here to back her up...’

Seeing that the reporter from the United States had no follow-up, the other troublemakers didn’t dare to speak either. They were still shaken.

’Thank god we weren’t the ones who just got fired...’

Just then, Gu Shengsheng continued, "Even standing here right now, I can still say it."

"The United States’ appraisal laboratory is trash."

"The character of the people at the United States’ appraisal laboratory is trash."

"And the person asking questions just now is trash."

After Gu Shengsheng finished, the now-unemployed reporter from the United States was furious.

’I’ve already been fired, what else do I have to lose?’

He stood up, pointed at Gu Shengsheng, and cursed, "Gu Shengsheng, you’ll be condemned for saying that! You’ll be attacked by all of our people! Do you really want to be blacklisted in this industry?"

"Besides, do you have any proof for what you’re saying? When I mentioned Huaxia just now, it was only something I’d heard. And you’re standing here, righteously cursing people out?"

Gu Shengsheng feigned a look of sudden realization. "Oh, so you just ’heard’ it? You don’t even have your facts straight, yet you’re here spouting nonsense. Dare I ask, are you even a professional journalist?"

"And another thing—I have a mountain of evidence." Gu Shengsheng was just waiting for them to ask.

"Then show it if you’ve got the guts! If you can produce it, I’ll renounce my American citizenship!"

Gu Shengsheng looked troubled. "Even so, we in Huaxia wouldn’t want someone like you for our citizenship."

Then, she plugged in a USB drive she had prepared and played a screen recording of that day’s transaction and dialogue directly on the large screen.

Gu Shengsheng had even adopted Bilibili’s editing style, making it sharp and clear so they could see with a single glance just how foul-mouthed the American lab members were.

Or how spectacularly they had been proven wrong!

The video was only five minutes long, showing the entire live feed, including the American lab’s dialogue and their attempts to argue. It even showed them admitting that they themselves had misidentified the artifact!

It was just that, because their honor was on the line, the director of the American lab had personally pleaded with Huaxia not to publicize the matter.

And Huaxia had indeed allowed them to save face.

But who would have thought the United States would try to backstab them right here at the Imperial Palace Museum?

Gu Shengsheng would absolutely not give them that chance!

’Did they really think their plan was so clever? They were like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.’

Gu Shengsheng smiled. "So, is everything clear now?"

Then, reporters from countries like Japan and Korea started fanning the flames again.

"United States, for you to do something like this... it’s a disgrace to our entire antiquities field!"

"If I had known you were hiding such intentions, as a reporter from Korea, I wouldn’t have said a word! I’ve been keeping an eye on Huaxia, but we don’t take sides!"

The Huaxian side was long accustomed to this kind of fence-sitting behavior.

Gu Shengsheng, Zhao Dehai, and Shang Jinhao exchanged a look.

’It’s time to close the net. This operation wasn’t about winning an argument; it was about making them face the punishment they deserve.’

’They can’t just keep acting so outrageously arrogant, meddling in every other country’s affairs.’

"I know you all are usually so ’concerned’ about Huaxia. Can’t be helped. I get it. You live by the sea, so you think you have jurisdiction over everything. You just have to stick your nose in everywhere!"

Korea: "..."

Japan: "..."

They looked at Gu Shengsheng, speechless. They thought this woman’s words were just too vicious!

’How can someone like this exist?’

Gu Shengsheng said, "Right now, the ones you should be demanding a response from are the appraisal labs in the United States. Coincidentally, we in Huaxia would also like a response."

By now, the American reporter had been dragged out, and by his own people no less.

Because ’utterly disgraced’ was written all over his face.

Next, the Japanese reporter began his attack. "Miss Gu, what happened before was a misunderstanding. But the artifact you’re exhibiting now is the Twenty-four Musicians. I remember it being jointly exhibited at the Hang City Museum and the Hanwu Museum. It looks identical to yours. So which one is real and which is fake?"

After saying this, he continued, "Isn’t this a case of you Huaxians slapping your own faces?"

This, too, had been prepared for.

Gu Shengsheng immediately started a video call.

The directors of the two museums appeared on the large screen to give their statements. They explained the situation with the artifact and unanimously affirmed that Gu Shengsheng’s version was the primary one.

Then, the director of the Hang City Museum, while on the call, looked at the Japanese reporter.

He said, "I recall this particular artifact is one we bought back from the United States. Back then, American museums took thousands of our artifacts, and to this day, they play dead and refuse to return them."

"We even had to buy this one back at a high price. Now that you, from Japan, are helping them, I have to ask: is this a joint conspiracy?"

Gu Shengsheng also said, "I bought this Twenty-four Musicians at a public auction. Yesterday, we in Huaxia authenticated it once over, and recently it has also been circulated to various countries for appraisal."

"It was unanimously confirmed to be the authentic Twenty-four Musicians! There are paintings, and there are murals. Of course, the most important part for us is this mural."

"In light of this, the United States deliberately sold us a fake artifact, and even installed spy surveillance equipment on it. What are we in Huaxia supposed to think of that?"

"And now, Japan, you speak up here. What exactly are you trying to achieve?"

After Gu Shengsheng delivered these words with resounding force, the entire venue fell silent.

Previously, those foreign troublemakers had indeed wanted to escalate this artifact issue to an international level.

But now Gu Shengsheng had directly voiced her own accusations.

Suddenly, they didn’t know what to say.

Moreover, this matter was extremely serious. It could even be said that anyone associated with it would be implicated!

They were just reporters, only interested in sensationalism and sales. They had crossed oceans just to see Huaxia make a fool of itself.

How could they possibly bring disaster upon their own countries!

So, at this moment, they all fell silent. They couldn’t even utter a single word; they were all stunned.

The entire audience remained seated. They were unconvinced, but they no longer dared to ask for proof, because it was clear that Huaxia would only make a claim if they could back it up with evidence.

Gu Shengsheng then said, "If there are no more questions, we will continue with the exhibition."

"At the Imperial Palace Museum, all the artifacts on display are meaningful. Of course, the most meaningful one today is this ’Twenty-four Musicians’."

With that, Gu Shengsheng spread her hands. "This artifact isn’t just something we in Huaxia bought back from the market; it’s also proof of what you in the United States treat as trash, isn’t it?"

"..."

This time, truly no one dared to speak.

Gu Shengsheng then said, "If no one has any more questions, let’s conclude this."

"Enjoy the artifact exhibition, everyone."

"..." A round of enthusiastic applause erupted, but few faces in the crowd looked happy.

Every one of them wore a long face.

At this point, who could possibly be happy...

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