Bab 5: Started Collecting Rent. One Million a Day
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Professor, what's going on?"
Li Li could no longer hold it in.
'Shouldn't it be completely unrelated to Yang Dianfeng?'
'Why are you taking your own sweet time looking? We're all here waiting anxiously!'
"Little Li, don't talk yet. Let me take another precise look."
Professor Gu said without his head raised.
He looked at it for another ten minutes.
Everyone waited anxiously.
'Isn't he just seeing if the names are present?'
'Why is he looking at it for so long?'
"Th-th-this...this is impossible..."
"There aren't any factors that show that it had been later carved on."
"Why is this so?"
At this moment, Professor Gu seemed to have encountered some trouble, as if it was a difficult mystery.
"Professor Gu? Professor Gu?"
Li Li reminded him from the side.
When Professor Gu heard her reminder, he was startled back to his senses.
He glanced at Li Li, stood up, and pushed the crowd aside, directly coming in front of Yang Dianfeng.
"What's wrong, old man? Did you find the name of my Yang family's ancestor?"
Professor Gu's expression was complicated. After a long while, he said, "The names you have mentioned are indeed on the urn."
There was an uproar at the scene.
"Oh my god, how is this possible? The names of modern people have appeared on the urn? An urn that's from thousands of years ago? Could it really be an inherited treasure?"
"What's there to be surprised about? The names were probably carved upon discovery of the urn."
"This kid is so bold. He's destroying cultural relics."
"Then why is Professor Gu so polite to him?"
"Who knows? Let's just watch."
"Since there's my father, my grandfather, my great-grandfather, my ancestor's name and finally my name on it, is it enough proof to show that this urn is mine?
"Can I take it now?"
Yang Dianfeng walked straight to the box, ignoring the old man in front of him.
Professor Gu said with a face full of struggle, "From the looks of it, what Mr. Yang said is true. However, this thing is too valuable. We still have to further confirm it."
"What? What does Professor Gu mean? Could it be that he actually thinks that this box belongs to this young man?"
"That's impossible, right?"
In the face of doubt, Professor Gu said, "There is indeed Mr. Yang's name on it. At the same time, the few names that Mr. Yang had mentioned are also present. All of them are on it, and—"
Professor Gu dragged out his voice. There was a look of struggle on his face, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face.
"And... there are no traces of fraud at all."
Everyone was stunned.
They were all dumbfounded.
After half a day of struggle, this item ended up belonging to someone else?
Even Li Li was dumbfounded.
"Hahaha, this is the only inherited treasure I have from my family. You guys just refused to believe it, but now you do, right?"
Yang Dianfeng had already arrived in front of the box and was about to take it.
Suddenly, a fragrant wind blew in his face and Li Li was in front of him.
"You can't take this box."
"Get lost, your professor has confirmed it. What right do you have to stop me from taking my belongings?
"Are you robbing me?"
Yang Dianfeng reprimanded her rudely.
Li Li's face turned red from the pursuit. She looked at Professor Gu, who was standing behind Yang Dianfeng and asked for help.
"Mr. Yang, I want to discuss something with you. Currently, all the signs have indeed indicated that this item is yours.
"However, this item represents an extraordinary historical significance. China has the right to perform proper research on it. We will return it to you once it's done. What do you think?"
"There's such a rule?" Yang Dianfeng was a little confused.
On the other hand, Old Gu hurriedly took out a document. Yang Dianfeng looked at the words on it.
The words implied that regardless of the kind of treasures, each individual is obliged to cooperate with the country.
However, the next line of small words clearly stated the following.
'In return, the owner of the antique can request compensation for the loss.'
"How much will you pay?"
Yang Dianfeng asked directly.
"Um..."
Professor Gu was stunned, and so was Li Li.
Such a thing had never happened before.
"Also, how long would you be in possession of my treasure for research?" Yang Dianfeng asked again.
Professor Gu said in a low voice, "Ten days is enough."
"Well, I'll let you study them for ten days."
As he spoke, he took out a bank card and handed it to the stunned Professor Gu and said, "This box is currently being rented to you guys. One million a day. You have to pay me five days' worth of rent first."
Professor Gu shivered.
He was too ruthless, asking for five million straight off the bat.
Though, did they have a choice?
Others might not know, but did he know about the box's situation?
No matter how the situation was looked at, this box belonged to the young man in front of him.
Without any preparation in advance, he was able to consecutively name five to six people's names correctly. It was practically impossible.
After ten minutes.
Ding!
Yang Dianfeng took a look at the text message on his phone which indicated that he had received five million. His heart trembled.
He had lived for so long, but he had never seen so much money.
Since the other party wanted to study it, then let them be.
Anyway, the system said that this box was his, so it would be his.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Yang Dianfeng walked out of the building with a face full of pride.
"You all can leave now."
Old Gu said calmly, "Also, delete all your jokes and anything that will leak the information of this box. If you are identified as the source of the leak, you might as well pack up and leave."
The staff in the building shivered and quickly took out their phones.
The two of them came to Professor Gu's private office.
"Professor, what exactly did you see on that box? Are you certain that the box is Yang Dianfeng's?"
Li Li said in confusion.
"Little Li, don't be anxious. Call the household registration department to check on Yang Dianfeng's ancestors."
Ten minutes later.
Li Li was dumbfounded. She collapsed on the sofa.
"What did the household registration department say?" Professor Gu asked.
"Professor, is there really such a coincidence in this world? The few names that the b*stard mentioned just now were really his direct ancestors..."
Professor Gu took a deep breath as if he was trying to calm himself down.
"Little Li, do you know why I gave Yang Dianfeng the money?"
"It's because I didn't see any flaws on the box.
"The names on the box are completely natural. It doesn't look like it had been tampered with after.
"Ah! Is that the case?"
Li Li widened her eyes and said, "Professor, is this really his family heirloom?"
Professor Gu nodded and shook his head, "But I am greatly puzzled by something."
"That is, if this box is Yang Dianfeng's family heirloom, then the names he mentioned should have been carved within a hundred years."
"However, no matter how I look at it, all the names on it were carved at least thousands of years ago, or even longer."
"This is beyond my ability. I have no choice but to form a team of experts."
Professor Gu said.
-- Hadiah diterima