Chapter 1447 The British Museum
Section 1447 The British Museum
"Mr. Palermo, thank you very much for thinking of us at this time, but isn't your number smaller? This amount is divided among the three of us. It seems a bit insufficient, right?" a man with a full face The guy with all the hair said dissatisfiedly that the relationship between their group and Palermo is actually not very good, but this guy often has a lot of good things. This time he came here because this guy emphasized it many times Otherwise, they would not come here. After all, this place means nothing to large jewelry companies like them. Their main suppliers are all in South Africa, and the diamonds produced there have always been But they are much better than the ones here, but I didn’t expect to give them such a big surprise this time. The goods worth 600 million US dollars are not a problem at all. This guy in Palermo is not a fool. He saw what was going on in his eyes, so he immediately added a price of 100 million US dollars. This time he made more money. He really lamented that his previous days were wasted. Why didn't he meet Li Cong? As for the guy, if he had met earlier, he might have made a fortune long ago, and still use it to run this hotel here?
"Mr. Sharon, I can only take out the amount at present, but in the near future I will have a large number of goods of this level, but I need you to leave me a 30% deposit , One week should be no problem. M" Palermo thought for a while and said that even if he made this transaction, it would only be worth 600 million US dollars at most. Li Cong was still a small customer, and he I can also see that Mr. Li doesn't know how to talk about friendship with you. If you have money, you are a guest at his place. If you don't have money, then don't do business. It is not a big deal to be able to produce goods worth one billion dollars. Of course, this was not small for Palermo in the past, but now people's eyelids are much higher, and it is no longer what it used to be. That Palermo is gone, and now the billion-dollar business is no longer in the eyes of people. Now they are going to compete with companies like ALROSA, and of course they will improve their horizons.
Thirty percent deposit? In the jewelry industry, there is a saying of paying a deposit, but there are not many of them. They glanced at each other and at the best diamond in their hands. If only one person came, they would definitely not pay a deposit. Yes, but it’s different now that all three of them are here. If I don’t pay the deposit and the other two guys pay, then Palermo will definitely give the two guys who paid the deposit, then in the future When I am selling, there may be problems of one kind or another, and my customers may all go to them.
"No problem, we pay a deposit of one billion dollars, next time we hope to get three billion dollars in goods, Mr. Palermo, you will always be our best friend at Cartier Diamonds, next time you come to Europe, you will definitely You want to come to our place to have a look." One of the guys said, with this guy, the other two immediately paid a deposit of one billion US dollars, and Palermo was dumbfounded at this moment, 3.6 billion The U.S. dollars went directly to his account. Before this guy became stupid for ten minutes, he remembered what he should do. At this time, he had to order Li Cong. The three billion U.S. dollars in goods are no problem.
As long as I can stagger their delivery time, one every two days, then I have enough funds to order for the next person. Of course, my profit plus what I got from Li Cong has reached an astonishing Seventeen percent, if these three transactions are completed, Palermo's net worth will immediately rise from four to five billion US dollars to nearly two billion US dollars. This is all completed within a week. To be honest, at this moment Palermo is kind of silly, he's not a daydreamer, but now he feels like he's really daydreaming, because everything isn't so real.
Two weeks later, people in this city noticed that Palermo was obviously different from before. First of all, this guy’s car was changed. It was just a Volkswagen Tiguan before, but now that car has been given away. Damn, this guy is driving a very hot red Ferrari, and the beauty in the car has been seen in magazines, that is, the supermodel who is very beautiful in Paris, it is said that this woman wants to eat a meal with someone 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. Well, a city is only that big, so of course such a rare thing will be guessed, and soon everyone will understand what's going on. It turns out that this guy made probably the largest diamond transaction in the history of this place in a week. , this guy has earned more than a billion dollars, no wonder he spends so much money like water.
This place 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 can only manage diamonds worth tens of millions of dollars a year, their The number is very large, and there are many people who do not do this, but they have huge capital in their hands, and their strength cannot be underestimated. What Palermo is doing now is like what Fatty Zhou is doing in Asia The things are basically the same, but the difference is that Fatty Zhou had Li Cong's support at the beginning, and now Palermo relies on itself for everything.
Two weeks later, a Raytheon company's private jet worth 95 million US dollars arrived here. He is Mr. Palermo's new car. Although many people have their own private jets, most of them are helicopters. , Such a large plane 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 respect, because there are many people who want to get in touch with Mr. Palermo Because of his relationship, his restaurant business has been getting better recently. There are often some rich people who eat and drink here directly in order to please Palermo. Increase some fees by 30%, but these rich people don't care whether a meal is 10,000 US dollars or 20,000 US dollars. What they care about is how to get in touch with the newly promoted diamond king. is the most important.
The reason why Li Cong pushed Palermo to the foreground was to let him replace him and let all the light shine on this person. Although you have made a lot of money by relying on me, you have to bear this risk. Looking at Palermo now, he probably couldn't guess Li Cong's thoughts for a long time, because the order of billions of dollars has already stunned this guy. The original share of five billion dollars was thought to be sold for one year, but now It broke through 15 billion US dollars in a month, which is really unbelievable, so this guy flew directly to Li Cong in his new plane, and he wants to thank Li Cong very much.
The airport started construction on the day Li Cong came back. Although some people from the central government came to see it, they didn't say anything about the price of Li Cong's red envelope of 100,000 US dollars, as if it was important for them to come here. My job is not to check but to get red envelopes, which is the most important thing. Although the airport is only a prototype, there is no problem for Palermo's planes to land.
"Welcome to Mr. Palermo." Li Congken called this guy here to accept him. Although Fatty Zhou felt uncomfortable watching this guy get rich, on the surface he still wanted to happily follow him. People with question marks are like old friends who haven't seen each other for many years.
"It's so grand. I'm really flattered that Mr. Li came to pick me up at the airport in person." This guy's Chinese is also getting better and better.
"Haha, Mr. Palermo is now the big financial backer 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, I will personally pick up the plane, so what What kind of person would have such qualifications? It’s windy here, Mr. Palermo, please.” After finishing speaking, Li Cong got into the car first, as for things like opening the door for this guy, he would definitely not do it. It's not there yet.
Obviously, Palermo doesn't care about this right now. He has an important matter to discuss with Li Cong this time. He knows that the energy group has contacts with some international mercenary groups. So this guy wants to hire a group of mercenaries to give Alrosa a little more power. Now that he has so much money, although he can't hurt Alrosa, it's okay to make him hurt for a while.
"Mr. Li, this is a $7 billion cashier's order from Huaxia Bank. 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?" He came here with a big purchase order, and now his business is different from before. Among the seven billion dollars, there are one billion dollars of his own. He thought that some small jewelers are asking for tens of millions of dollars. There should be a batch of goods in my place, just give them to them directly, instead of going through so many procedures in Li Cong's place all the time.
"Hehe, no problem. In fact, I am the happiest at this moment. Getting the order indicates that we are alive again." Li Cong said happily. He could see that this guy didn't come here specially to give himself this check. Yes, this guy has other ideas, but he will not do things like sending troops to fight Alrosa, even if you are very useful to me now, I will definitely not do it.
"Huh?? Mr. Li, it's like this. I have some money recently. I want to find some powerful mercenary organizations. Mr. Li also knows that. I am a small businessman, and those mercenary organizations are basically my own. I’m not familiar with him, so I wonder if Mr. Li has any recommendations?” Li Cong understood right away, to be honest, he really wanted his subordinates to fetch them, but in the end he was rational, and he couldn’t do that, otherwise The rest of the words would be enough for him to have a headache for a long time. He nodded, and Li Cong gave him a call, and then went out. He knew that this guy had a satellite phone.
"Hello, this is the South African company. May I help you?" When this guy dialed the phone, a message came from the opposite side. They don't call people casually, especially such a high-level phone , generally only some big customers have. South Africa is now controlled by the energy group, but this company has not been very obedient. Alrosa is not easy to mess with. Li Cong decided to let both of them consume it. If Sha lost a lot, her own diamond business would be fine. If the loss was too big, then she would directly uproot them.
This Mr. Li is so reliable. In the past, such a company could only be seen in newspapers. People can just write a phone number and let him call in. He is not worried that Li Cong lied to him, because It says on the phone that this is a call from South Africa. It seems that my commission this time is on track.
The symbol of the game is "Paladin" (n) - the "knight" in chess. The full name of ve mes translates to "execution result". The former name of Strategic Resources Co., Ltd. is e n, abbreviation. In fact, it is the parent company of China, one of the 32 subsidiaries of China. The business of these subsidiaries covers mining, air transport leasing, security and so on. These subsidiaries are registered in different places, some in South Africa, some in the Bahamas Islands, also in the Isle of Man (semi-autonomous Commonwealth region). The superficial clients are all legal governments recognized internationally, the most famous clients are Angola and Larion, but in fact the real clients are those multinational corporations that extract natural resources, such as De Beers diamond conglomerate (Debeers), the United Kingdom Resources, Texaco Coal, Gulf-Chevron Transportation, and more.
Take Larion as an example, the provisional government at that time had no money to hire the rebels to fight against Ruf, but a company called H Tage provided a credit guarantee for the Larion government, and the salary was actually paid by Branch Road Energy pays, and every time a diamond mine is recaptured, Branch Road Energy can obtain 60% of its mining rights. Of course, this company is a subsidiary of the Energy Group, which is the first diamond mine that the Energy Group obtained in Africa decades ago.
The United Nations has been demanding that the government of La Lyon terminate its contract with the club. The terms of the peace agreement signed between the Larion government and Ruf in 1997 included the withdrawal of Jean and all other foreign troops. Ironically, after withdrawing, ruf quickly fought back. For the group of South African mercenaries in the movie "Blood Diamond", some people say it is an allusion. In fact, the time background in this movie is in 1999, when ruf has attacked the suburbs of the capital of La Lyon.
The founder of Ibin? Barrow (eeben w) used to be the second-in-command of the 32nd Air Reconnaissance Battalion in South Africa. After retiring, he became a staff member of the National Cooperation Bureau (b). The main activities are intelligence work and assassination operations. When South Africa abolished apartheid in 1989, ANC leader Nelson? Mandela disbanded units that were tasked with racial oppression. Facing unemployment, Barrow simply jumped out to start a business and set up a company with former comrades-in-arms and colleagues.
Some materials say that he is the ancestor of modern times, and Barrow's book also brazenly says that he created the first of modern times. But in fact, it was established in 1989, but it was established in 1987. The predecessor of the Armored Group, Defense Systems Co., Ltd. (DSL), started operating in 1981. DSL is also very active in Angola. Deyang Group has a longer history. Its predecessor was established in 1946. Although the aviation service company established at that time only contracted the maintenance of combat aircraft of the US military, it was also a serious "military contracting business".
They are always able to win more with less, and with very few casualties. Compared with them, the number of enemies killed by them is simply disproportionately high. On the one hand, this is because Chinese soldiers are well-equipped. They have armed helicopters, armored vehicles, and howitzers, as well as big killers such as fuel-air bombs, while most of their enemies only have light weapons and not many heavy equipment; on the other hand, it is also because Chinese soldiers They are veterans from South Africa and other countries. They are well-trained and have high military quality, but most of their opponents, such as Ruf, do not have enough training. It is similar to the plot in the movie "Blood Diamond". There are quite a few children, issued a rusty AK and a bunch of bullets, and they are sent to the front line as soon as they learn how to shoot a gun. They are used to deal with ordinary people or the Larion government army of the same level, but they are well-equipped and well-trained The mercenaries are far behind. Once in a mine in Kono Province, only 60 soldiers withstood the attack of thousands of rufs for a week. During this period, the soldiers always adhered to one principle: never enter the combat area without helicopter fire support.
Many experienced foreign veterans can be attracted, on the one hand, because of high wages, and it is not easy for veterans to find a good job—especially those from the special forces, who have no other skills that can make a lot of money except fighting. On the other hand, it is also because of the good benefits. The "full drug guarantee" mentioned in some articles including "World Military" actually means that if there is a "work-related fatal accident" during the battle, the drugs and medical care will be free, and the insurance company will pay if you die. Up to now, if there is any company that dares not to buy insurance for the "temporary workers" below, it is estimated that no one is willing to sign a contract with them.
Although the headquarter of the company has always been in South Africa, since 1993, the business of the head office has been moved to the UK. There are two main reasons for this: first, London is an international arms trading center and defense trading center; second, it helps to get rid of the interference of the ANC government in South Africa in their business.
The South African government has always looked down upon it because many of its employees had previously fought against the ANC. When South Africa signed into an international law against mercenaries in 1998, it forced its operations to end. But it was only superficially closed, and many former high-ranking staff established many similar enterprises in South Africa and other countries, both private military companies and security companies. They also have a common leader, still.
Since the 1990s, the company's business has been booming. In 1999, it sent a small, rapidly deployable, well-protected and armored mercenary force to quell the crisis in Rwanda in a matter of days, easily earning tens of millions of dollars. Since the civil strife broke out in Larion in 2009, the armed forces of the Communist Party have been aggressively attacking, and the government forces have been retreating steadily. In desperation, the government signed a two-year contract in 2010. Send famous mercenaries to assist the government forces in combat. Within a few months, the Kuomintang armed forces were defeated and had to sign a peace agreement with the government forces. Of course, the company paid a lot of money, not only receiving ten thousand dollars a month, but also getting the right to mine diamond mines. Soon, Papua Newnea came to the door again, asking for help in besieging and suppressing the anti-government armed forces that had been fighting for independence for a long time. This time, due to the subsequent coup d'etat by the Pakistani government, the contract was interrupted, but a high profit of 10,000 US dollars was still obtained from it. In March 2019, the company spread the "good news" again: its great assistance to the Angolan government in the past two and a half years finally made the armed forces agree to negotiate. The Angolan government paid tens of thousands of dollars for this, and the price paid was only the death of one mercenary.
Palermo naturally doesn't know what Li Cong is thinking. It's really interesting for this guy to think about Li Cong at the moment. He just said it, and he gave himself such a result without asking anything. This result is definitely what I want, even beyond my expectations.
"Sir? May I help you?" It's the third time I've asked this question over there. Their receptionists are all of good quality. Even if you don't speak for a day, they won't call you. Hang up, because any call may cause people to lose more than tens of millions of dollars, and such a thing must never happen.
"I want you to send an army to help me attack a warehouse with billions of dollars worth of diamonds in it. You can take all those things away, and even if you can't take them away, you have to destroy them. I don't know about you guys. Do you dare to pick it up, by the way, the warehouse I mentioned belongs to Alrosa." Palermo thought for a while and said, he should not lie, for these hiring companies who want to verify whether their words are lies or the truth It's too simple. At that time, people may feel that they are not reliable. It is better to be honest.
"Okay, this is no problem. I will give you our contact email address later, and then send us the address and the information you know in our way. Is it okay? What I need to remind you is that the The more detailed the information, the higher the chances of us completing the task, and we will contact you again after we estimate the cost later.” The voices on the other side of the phone are very sweet, and for Palermo, what they express is even better I thought they were the same as the mercenary groups I knew before. When I heard Alrosa's reputation, I was so scared that I couldn't find Bei. I didn't expect these people to have no reaction after hearing Alrosa. , Don't they know Alrosa's reputation or something?
Palermo was still wondering when he hung up the phone, damn, I didn't even give you a call, how did you contact me?
How can the people of Alrosa think that someone has already started to plot against them at this moment? In the past month, they just felt that the jewelers in the past were very flattering to them, but now their attitude towards people like themselves seems to be the same as It was different in the past. If I called them before and said that I had a lot of good products here, I would like to come here one by one. Now those people actually ask me to send them a picture and it's over. It doesn’t seem to be their style. The reason for this must be that they have new sources of goods, but it seems that there are no redundant diamond suppliers in the world except themselves and Asian resources. Asian resources supply energy group jewelry stores and some in Asia. The diamond sellers can’t take it anymore, it’s impossible to get over the world, and besides, those Yankees are all regular customers here, and they haven’t come here recently, it’s really evil, and Alrosa’s high-level executives are not all Fool, I quickly guessed that Li Cong's diamond mine started to shoot their customers, but then I thought that those European jewelers had no contact with Li Cong. How did they get online? At this time, Ba Le Mo appeared in their eyes. This guy is a Russian, and he actually helps those Chinese people.
Just when Palermo was targeting them, Alrosa was also preparing to kill Palermo. They thought that the loss of this billion-dollar deal must be the reason for Palermo, and this guy sold I have gone to so many diamonds, not to mention this month, even in the past six months, no one will come to buy diamonds, so tell them to go drink the northwest wind? This guy can't keep it. I heard that this guy has recently contacted several jewelers in the UK. They used to get hundreds of millions of dollars in goods from ALROSA every month. If it is in the hands of that guy, I will Another loss, I have to make this kid disappear, if this guy dies, then there is no need to talk about anything, those customers 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, they also called back to Palermo. Their people had already detected the address provided by Palermo. According to the guards, there is no problem. It is indeed a place where diamonds or other valuables are stored, but the defense there is also very strong. There was a thorough investigation of this operation, and there were clearly armed personnel there. But there are more than 300 of them, all of them seem to be veterans, their fighting qualities are not low, and there are a lot of heavy weapons inside. If they fight on Russian soil, they will not have any air support. And the other party may have air support. Many people inside originally wanted to give up this operation, but the billions of dollars in diamonds directly hooked their hearts. The target is those diamonds. Palermo doesn’t care. You can destroy it or take it away, as long as it is not in their hands, and Palermo will pay 150 million US dollars in remuneration, let alone those diamonds, even this remuneration is also their annual reward. The highest employment bonus that I know, the big deal is to stick bombs around it. It’s no problem to kill it, but there must be no fewer people going in, at least two hundred people, and the weapons of these people need Palermo. It was resolved, and the corresponding price was reduced by 10 million US dollars to Palermo. Palermo is still very satisfied with this, and spent millions of dollars to buy a lot of large weapons. This channel Palermo There are still some, after all, they can be regarded as local tyrants, and there are still many rioters in the army. Palermo can afford the money, and they just report the loss. Such things have been done before.
"Sir, the investigation department has just sent news that Palermo has already discussed with us, and our people are already in place. It seems that our oriole is destined, and our people have also found out an important piece of news. Even ALROSA is going to attack Palermo because of the diamonds." The people under Karelina have already made an understanding of the actions of both parties, and the diamond library is not only worth billions of dollars. For US dollar diamonds, the latest news obtained by the investigation department is that there are diamonds worth nearly 100 billion US dollars and hundreds of tons of gold. These things are the foundation of ALROSA, so Li Cong's people must get them. For these things, it is impossible for Elosa to kill Palermo. This person is Li Cong's seller, and Li Cong still needs this person to contact him with more European jewelers, so he must keep looking at this guy.
"Hehe, that's good. It's best to bring back the things we need as soon as the battle starts, and let them fight to the death. I thought that a large force would be dispatched. If they suffered heavy losses, we were in Africa. The army just got rid of them, and now it seems that losing these hundreds of people is not hurting them." This is the part of the whole plan that Li never likes, if the other party can send one-third of the troops People have absolute certainty when they come. It is not the same as this kind of company vs. country. They have a total of more than 3,000 people, and they must be wiped out. Otherwise, I will have some worries in the future. These people come to me every now and then. Terrorist attacks are no wonder.
"Sir, we have also checked this point. Most of the troops seem to have received an escort mission. It is rumored that some antiques in the British Museum will be sent to the Broadway exhibition in the United States. In addition to dispatching some military police and special forces , They also hired a protection team, they are very good at these things." Karelina knew that this was the most useful news today, Li Cong didn't like antiques very much, but as long as it was back then Li Cong had to take back the things that the foreign devils stole. The British Museum is no joke. It is a temple of world art. According to Li Cong's character, these goods must be obtained. What should I do.
The British Museum (sh museum), also known as the British Museum, is located in Great Russell Square, north of New Oxford Street, London, England. It was established 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 and 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 all over the world. At present, the museum has a collection of more than 6 million items. Due to space constraints, there are still a large number of collections that have not been publicly displayed. After the establishment of Europa, the high-level executives of Europa wanted to transport a large number of things to the Louvre in France, but because of the strong opposition from the residents of the British Isles, they kept it here. About 7,000 cultural relics were shipped out from here this time. Many of them are priceless things, basically they belong to those treasures, and the Americans paid a lot for it.
The National Museum of England, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Louvre in Paris are listed as the world's three largest museums. The British Museum includes the Egyptian Museum, the Greco-Roman Museum, the Western Asia Museum, the European Medieval Museum and the Oriental Art Museum. Among them, the collections of the Egyptian Antiquities Museum, the Greek and Roman Antiquities Museum and the Oriental Art Museum are the most eye-catching, while the collections of Huaxia account for the vast majority, and its collection of ancient Roman relics, ancient Greek statues and Egyptian mummies is famous in the In the past, part of the exhibition that was transported to the United States this time was shipped from the Oriental Art Museum, so Li Congdong's thoughts have passed. According to this guy, it is something from my ancestors. Why can't I got it back?
In 1753, the collector Hans? After Sir Hans ane (1660-1753) passed away, he donated all 71,000 personal collections and a large number of plant specimens, books and manuscripts to the country according to his will. The collection was eventually handed over to the British Parliament. After raising funds for the Museum of Architecture through public fundraising, the British Museum was finally established and opened to the public on January 15, 1759, at the Montague Building (ntague ng) near downtown London.
After its opening, the museum seized 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 north of the Montagu Building, which was completed in the 1840s. The old Montagu Building was demolished shortly thereafter. Soon after the completion of the new building, a circular reading room open to the public was built in the courtyard.
Hall 33 of the British National Museum is a permanent exhibition hall dedicated to displaying Chinese cultural relics. It is one of the few national exhibition halls in the museum, like the exhibition halls of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome and India. The collection of Chinese cultural relics in the museum covers the entire art category of China. In a word, ancient stone tools, Shang and Zhou bronzes, Wei and Jin stone Buddhist scriptures, Tang and Song calligraphy and paintings, Ming and Qing porcelains and other national treasures that mark the pinnacle of various cultures in Chinese history are in the collection. It can be seen here, and it can be said to be complete and beautiful. In fact, according to Li Cong's idea, it would be good if I didn't come here to rob you.
However, this is only a 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 meet them.
Certain collections, such as the Tang copy of Gu Kaizhi's "Admonitions for Nushi" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, are only given the opportunity to feast the eyes of special experts. "Nv Shi Zhen Tu" is the earliest surviving Chinese silk painting and one of the earliest works of Chinese professional painters that can still be seen. It is a milestone in the history of Chinese art and has always been a treasure collected by the courts of all dynasties.
Now there are only two copies left in the world, one of which was copied by the people of the Song Dynasty and was collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing. The brushwork and color are not top-quality. The other is this facsimile in the British National Museum. It was originally collected by the Qing Palace and was the desk favorite of Emperor Qianlong, hidden in the Old Summer Palace. In 1860, the British and French allied forces invaded the capital, and the British captain Ji Yong stole it from the garden 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 town hall". The facsimile is stored in the Stein secret room in the museum. According to reports, Xie Chengshui, director of the Art Research Office of the Dunhuang Study Center of Nanjing Normal University, accidentally saw this facsimile in the secret room in 2002. In the 1990s, two Fusang people came to the scene to copy the records.
There are dozens of square meters of Dunhuang murals on the central wall of the Huaxia Hall. Although the cut marks are still visible, it is difficult to conceal its long-lasting beauty and the grace and luxury of the three "thick, beautiful and fat" Bodhisattvas. There are tens of thousands of national treasure Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures in the collection of the National Museum of England. Except for 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 investigation, each time looting a large number of cultural relics. Among them, in 1907, Hungarian Stein and Frenchman Pelliot looted the most cultural relics in the Dunhuang Library Cave.