Chapter 27: High moral character? Su Yuan has his own calculations

"Ding!"

The system prompt sounded suddenly:

"The host is now facing a dilemma, and the system has also triggered the selection mechanism!"

"Option 1: Sell the two artifacts to someone who can afford it!"

"After selecting this option, the host will receive at least 75 million, but will also gain a bad reputation for being profit-driven, and his reputation among the live broadcast audience and in the cultural relics community will be damaged!"

"Choice 2: Donate these two artifacts to the Magic City Museum free of charge!"

"After selecting this option, the host will gain a good name, and his reputation in the live broadcast room and the cultural relics community will be improved. The host can also gain praise from people like Director Xu and Professor Chen, and gain certain connections in the cultural relics community!"

"Moreover, the popularity these two artifacts gain during the exhibition will be accumulated for the host!"

"The system will also compensate you, the compensation amount is 20 million!"

Hearing a series of prompts from the system, Su Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

As long as you are not a fool, you should know how to choose.

If he chooses the first option, he will gain a bad reputation and will also offend Professor Chen, Director Xu and other famous figures in the cultural relics circle. He will then be branded as a profit-seeker and may run into obstacles everywhere in the cultural relics circle.

If he chooses the second option, he will gain a good reputation and also be appreciated and favored by Professor Chen and others.

Moreover, one can gain certain connections and power in the cultural relics circle.

After all, these days money is easy to repay, but favors are the hardest to repay.

Giving these two cultural relics to Director Xu and his team is equivalent to making these two famous cultural relics masters owe him a favor.

Currently, Su Yuan is just a rookie in the cultural relics circle. Apart from Zixuan, he only knows a few neighbors nearby, including Xu Wenliang.

Xu Lieguang is the director of the Shanghai Museum, and Professor Chen is a well-known figure in the ancient cultural relics circle in Beijing.

With the connections of these two people, Su Yuan will have a much easier path in this circle in the future!

What's more, the system compensated him!

Including the previous rewards, he received a total of 30 million!
Although this amount of money is much lower than the bid offered by Xu Wenliang and others, it is already a windfall for Su Yuan!

After paying off the foreign debts his father owed before his death, he still had a lot of money left as start-up capital.

Thinking of this, Su Yuan already had a plan in mind.

He then smiled at Professor Chen and Xu Lieguang and said:

"Professor Chen, Director Xu, don't worry. How about I donate these two cultural relics to the Magic City Museum for free?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Su Yuan's words.

Give it to the Magic City Museum?
Eighty million!

Even Professor Chen and the director of the Magic City Museum Xu Lieguang couldn't believe their ears!

Su Yuan actually wants to give two cultural relics with a total value of 80 million to the museum?
"Did we... hear correctly?"

"Are you really going to donate these two national treasures to the Magic City Museum for free?"

Xu Wenliang and others were completely stunned.

Although they also understood that this matter had become somewhat difficult due to the involvement of two famous figures in the cultural relics world, Xu Lieguang and Professor Chen.

But Su Yuan gave up 80 million and chose to donate the two cultural relics directly to the Magic City Museum, which still made them stunned for a moment.

The live broadcast room was instantly quiet.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, all the audience suddenly saw a barrage of comments that almost took up the entire screen:

"Eighty million, Brother Su just gave up like that?" "Oh my God, I'm numb!"

"Brother Su doesn't seem to have much money. He spent one million to buy these two things. Is he just giving them away like this?"

"Ordinarily the museum would have compensated him for the loss, but the difference is too great!"

"Oh my god, he just gave up the chance to get rich overnight..."

However, many knowledgeable people quickly responded with comments:
"You are looking at the problem too simply. The country attaches great importance to these national treasures. If Brother Su really sells these two cultural relics at a high price, the relevant authorities will definitely make him pay the price!"

"That's right, this money is not easy to get!"

"I think this choice by Brother Su is very rational and wise. At least he will gain a good reputation and a favor from Professor Chen and Director Xu!"

"Some money is not easy to earn. I believe Brother Su must have a plan!"

"Yes, if he really made this money, I'm afraid he will be very uncomfortable in the future, and it will be very troublesome for the relevant departments to investigate!"

"Sometimes it's like this. Even though you got 80 million, the consequences will make it difficult for you to take every step forward!"

"But... that's 80 million!"

"Eighty million is a lot, but compared to the reputation, status, and connections in the cultural relics community that I'll get after the donation, it's like the difference between a watermelon and a sesame seed!"

"Oh my god, I don't understand. Maybe Brother Su's choice is right, but I still feel very uncomfortable, as if I lost 80 million!"

"Don't feel bad for Brother Su. Just look at his expression and he remains calm. You can tell he has something on his mind!"

At this time, Su Yuan's expression was still as calm as water. He looked at Professor Chen and the other person with his mouth wide open in shock with a warm smile on his face:
"Two old gentlemen, you heard me right. If these two national treasures were to become private objects after passing through my hands, it would be a huge loss to the country and the cultural relics community, so I decided to donate them to the Magic City Museum!"

Only then did Professor Chen and Xu Lieguang confirm that they had heard correctly.

Suddenly, the two of them were so excited that they almost simultaneously grabbed Su Yuan's hands and shook them up and down excitedly:

"Okay!"

"Comrade Xiao Su, you are truly a man of high moral character and have done a great thing for the country's cultural relics community!"

"To be honest, if you ask us to take out 80 million, we really can't do it. But we are unwilling to watch such a national treasure being lost among the people..."

"But we are so moved by your free donation... I don't know what to say!"

"Don't worry, although we can't give you 80 million, we will definitely compensate you for your losses in other areas!"

"Besides, we two old guys owe you a big favor! Good boy..."

The two men held Su Yuan's hands and shook them continuously, almost shaking Su Yuan's arms apart.

But what the two said made Su Yuan feel certain that he had done nothing wrong.

If he sold the two cultural relics in this way, he would not only leave a bad reputation, but also completely offend the cultural relics community!

By then, many people will find ways to make themselves suffer the consequences.

But now it’s different. Professor Chen and Xu Lieguang said in person that they owed me a huge favor.

As the saying goes, money is easy to repay but human favors are hard to repay.

His path in the cultural relics world will definitely become wider and wider because of this!

What's more, there is system compensation.

At this moment, the system prompt sound rang again in Su Yuan's mind.

(End of this chapter)