Chapter 1063 Seems to Have Found a Treasure

Although the various decorations inside the special train are top-notch, the railways in the 1980s were indeed inferior to later generations, and it was really annoying to stay on the train for a long time.

Fortunately, the special train did not need to stop all the way, so it took 18 hours, and the train arrived at Guodu Railway Station at 12:00 noon the next day.

As soon as Xia Yu got off the train, he was warmly welcomed on the platform by Director Liu Zhihe and others who had been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Xia, welcome to the capital again, the train is bumpy all the way and you have suffered, please forgive me!"

Xia Yu shook hands with Liu Zhihe, and said with a light smile: "No matter what you suffer, you are all from a poor family. The train is much more comfortable than the boat I took when I was a child."

"It's also me who wants to say sorry. I'm really sorry to ask you to transfer to pick me up."

Liu Zhihe said quickly: "Mr. Xia, you are our VIP, and we should give you the highest reception. Now the conditions here are poor, so it's fine if you don't blame me."

"No no..."

After a few simple greetings, the unfamiliar feeling that I hadn't seen in two years gradually melted away.

Liu Zhihe asked Xia Yu to get in the car, and the convoy went to the Diaoyutai State Guest House where Xia Yu stayed two years ago.

After Xia Yu enjoyed a delicious lunch, Xia Yu took a walk in the garden of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse to digest food, and Liu Zhihe accompanied Xia Yu the whole time.

"Mr. Xia, the meeting time is set for 9:30 tomorrow morning. Do you have any plans for this afternoon? If so, please tell me, and I will do my best to arrange it."

After walking around for a while, when he reached the pavilion, Liu Zhihe said to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu was the VIP of the mainland's VIPs. During Xia Yu's time in the capital, Liu Zhihe had only two tasks. One was to be a liaison officer, and the second was to accompany Xia Yu so that he could stay in the capital. Be comfortable.

As mentioned above, as long as Xia Yu's request is not against the principle, he will do his best to meet it, and he has obtained special approval, and he can ask other departments to cooperate with him at any time.

Xia Yu thought about it and said, "Director Liu, can you take me out for a walk around the imperial capital?"

Liu Zhihe said without hesitation: "Of course there is no problem!"

"Go now?"

"Yeah!" Xia Yu nodded in response.

After that, Liu Zhihe immediately arranged a vehicle to carry Xia Yu and started wandering around the imperial capital.

The imperial capital of 1981 is very different from the later generations. There is no steel jungle of later generations. There are basically several-storey houses on both sides of the road. There are basically no cars on the open roads, and motorcycles are also very few. The streets are basically full. It's twenty-eight bars.

Unlike Pengcheng in the south of the mainland, there are already many cars on the road.

Xia Yu can understand the status quo of the imperial capital. Although it has been three years since the announcement of reform and opening up, the imperial capital is a special existence. This is the center of political power in the whole country. There are too many people who hold different positions on the issue of economic development. More, the concept of the older generation has been deeply rooted, and it is not easy to change.

"Hey, is this approaching Tiananmen Square?"

Looking at some familiar roads, Xia Yu looked at it from a distance and said in surprise.

Liu Zhihe, who was sitting next to him, said immediately, "Yes, it's time to reach Tiananmen Square, Mr. Xia, do you want to park there?"

Just as Xia Yu was about to say yes, he suddenly saw a somewhat special building, and he immediately asked Liu Zhihe, "Director Liu, where is that place?"

"Oh, there is the Huaxia Revolutionary History Museum, which was formed by the merger of the Huaxia Revolutionary Museum and the Huaxia History Museum in 1969."

Liu Zhihe followed Xia Yu's gaze and replied immediately.

Xia Yu suddenly became interested and said to Liu Zhihe, "Director Liu, let's go there and take a look."

"OK!"

“Park in front of the museum!”

Liu Zhihe responded and immediately instructed the soldiers who were driving.

Soon, the red flag car stopped in front of the Huaxia Revolutionary History Museum.

After Xia Yu got off the bus, he entered the museum under the leadership of Liu Zhihe.

At the same time, Liu Zhihe also invited Yan Sihai, the owner of the museum, an old man in his fifties with eyes, to introduce the museum to Xia Yu.

Under the introduction of Yan Sihai, Xia Yu learned about the Huaxia Revolutionary History Museum. This national museum in front of Tiananmen originated from the National History Museum, which was built in 1912, and later changed its name to the Huaxia Research Institute Beiping History Museum in 1929. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was renamed the Imperial Capital History Museum. In 1958, the state decided to establish the Huaxia History Museum on this basis, and then merged with the Huaxia Revolution Museum in September 1969, which is what it is now.

As a national museum in front of Tiananmen, it represents the face of Chinese culture to a large extent. After all, when foreigners come to the imperial capital, Tiananmen is almost a must-visit place.

Therefore, the collection in the Huaxia Revolutionary History Museum is very rich. In addition to the historical relics related to the revolution, there are also very rich historical relics. In Xia Yu's view, there are many national treasures, which can definitely surpass his current Kowloon Culture Museum.

While walking, he stopped in front of a door and looked at the words hanging on the door, he was a little surprised.

I saw five words written on it - Foreign Guest Service Department.

Seeing Xia Yu stop, Yan Sihai took the initiative to introduce: "Mr. Xia, Director Liu, this foreign guest service department mainly receives foreign guests and sells some painters' paintings."

Xia Yu was a little surprised: "The museum still sells paintings, are they ancient paintings or modern paintings?"

Faced with Xia Yu's unintentional question, Yan Sihai was a little embarrassed, but Liu Zhihe was here, and he also realized that this was an opportunity to ask for funds to improve the museum's current situation, so he immediately said: "Mr. Xia, we are a museum, ancient paintings. It will definitely not be sold here, mainly modern paintings are sold here, providing a place for artists from the Academy of Fine Arts and the Fine Arts Association to sell calligraphy and paintings.”

"Artists also have to live, and the foreign guests who come to visit don't know the situation in our country. Many foreign guests will propose to buy some culture to bring back, so we cooperate with the artists, so that the artists can make a living and the museum can also make some money. The funds are used to receive foreign guests.”

When Yan Sihai said this, Liu Zhihe's expression was a little embarrassed. He glanced at Xia Yu subconsciously and found that Xia Yu didn't care, but showed an interested look on his face.

At this time, Xia Yu really became interested. There were quite a few masters among the artists at this time.

Masters such as Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong are no longer there, but masters such as Zhang Daqian, Li Kuchan, and Li Keran should still be alive. I wonder if there are any of their calligraphy and paintings here!

If so, what is the current price?

Thinking that the paintings of these masters in later generations will be as high as tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, he is a little bit eager to move, will there be a treasure in it?

Thinking of this, Xia Yu immediately said to Yan Sihai, "Director Yan, can I go in and take a look?"