Chapter 592

After just a short while of looking, Fang Yang already had his own judgment.

While the person on the other end of the phone was still waiting in suspense, Fang Yang had already dialed back.

"This book of yours is an authentic work; it is the Song Dynasty historical text *Libu Yunlue*, which has been missing for at least a thousand years."

"Historians have been searching everywhere for this book, and it is also an ancient text of truly shocking significance."

"This book was published by the Ministry of Rites during the Northern Song Dynasty."

"It is similar to our modern Xinhua Dictionary."

"Have you heard the well-known saying? 'A single page of a Song edition is worth an ounce of gold.'"

Hearing Fang Yang say this, the person on the other end of the phone nodded immediately.

One could tell from the other party's voice that they were extremely excited.

"I know that saying; they all say the price of Song edition books is calculated almost by the page."

"If it's a complete book, then it's an astronomical price."

As they said this, the other party's voice clearly became hurried.

Fang Yang could know for certain that the other party was truly excited.

He did not interrupt their excitement either.

Only after the other party had calmed down did he slowly continue: "Actually, back in the year 2000, an auction house once auctioned off a single page of a Song Dynasty book."

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"That page of the book sold for 80,000 at the time."

When Fang Yang finished this sentence, he clearly heard a clattering sound suddenly come from the other end of the phone, and even the sound of a woman trying to suppress a scream of excitement.

Hearing this, Fang Yang knew clearly that besides the man who made the call, his wife must also be there.

Upon hearing this, Fang Yang did not feel any surprise.

A book bought for 10,000 yuan, which could be resold for dozens or even hundreds of times that price—for this family, it was likely a matter worth rejoicing over.

Regarding this matter, Fang Yang was very certain.

And precisely because he was so certain, he did not say anything more.

He could not exactly ask them to donate it to a museum when they clearly wanted to resell the cultural relic.

Donating it to a museum would bring no help to this family other than glory, and they would even directly lose 10,000 yuan.

On this matter, Fang Yang understood their attitude clearly, so after confirming the authenticity of the relic, he hung up the phone.

After he hung up, the Cameraman was a bit confused.

"Brother, that's a Song Dynasty ancient text. Even I know it's extremely precious. Why didn't you persuade them to just hand it over?"

"Although they didn't state it explicitly, from those few sentences in our chat, I could judge that they have no intention of handing over the relic."

"Brother, you didn't even try to persuade them; how do you know they aren't willing? Maybe if you stepped in..."

"If I stepped in, the situation would be the same. Between money and me, which one do you think most people prefer?"

Fang Yang made this comparison, leaving the Cameraman unable to answer.

He looked at the picture displayed on Fang Yang's phone and found it incredible.

"Just such a tattered, broken book, and it's actually worth so much."

The Cameraman's exclamation sounded a little funny to Fang Yang's ears.

He shook his head helplessly.

"This is the greatest discovery in the field of Chinese ancient texts in the last 200 years; how could it not be valuable?"

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——【I can actually understand Fang Yang's meaning. If it were me, I would definitely take nothing and hand it directly to a museum. Don't ask me why; I can only say that because the one who obtained it isn't me, I can pretend to be a saint first.】

——【What a coincidence, the person above, I'm the same.】

——【Me too.】

——【I would hand it over directly, without any hesitation, because I truly don't have this book.】

——【I think not handing it over is the standard operation. To those who play the 'moral high ground' by handing it over for free, I hope your moral standing rises another level, but don't post it online to be annoying.】

——【Actually, those willing to hand it over for free are either doing it for the publicity or their family is truly very wealthy and doesn't rely on this relic at all.】

——【If they don't hand it over, I guess this ancient text will probably be auctioned.】

——【I find it a little strange. Doesn't the law forbid the auctioning of items from the Ming Dynasty and earlier?】

——【It's not that they can't be auctioned. Actually, as long as the source of the item is legal, it can be auctioned.】

——【How do you judge if the source is legal?】

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——【Passed down through generations, with no trace of theft.】

——【If you bought it with your own money, how is that not legal?】

——【Items from before the Ming Dynasty are basically unearthed from grave robbing.】

——【Regardless of whether this relic was originally circulated due to grave robbing, as long as it can be proven that it was indeed bought at a street stall, then that is already enough.】

——【I really find it incredible. Why are these old books so valuable?】

——【Actually, whether this book is sold or not, the final result will be its return to a museum. If it were you, which would you choose?】

——【Everyone posting here chooses the certificate, but in reality, if you really encountered such a situation, you would definitely choose the money.】

——【Why can everyone just casually find or buy relics at street stalls or other places? But every time I go to these places, I always get scammed.】

——【To the person above, you must understand that there are many people like you, while those who find or buy relics are few and far between.】

——【I just heard Fang Yang say that one page of a Song book can sell for 80,000 at auction. This is a whole book; the value might be terrifyingly high.】

——【That 80,000 was the price back in 2000. If it were today, it would probably have risen again.】

——【The price of a whole book is definitely much higher than the price of a single page.】

——【When some people's luck arrives, it really cannot be stopped.】

——【I just don't understand, why did the Song Dynasty value scholars so much, yet the number of surviving books is so low?】

——【They were destroyed during the Yuan and Qing Dynasties.】

——【If some people really don't understand, just search on the website so you don't appear so ignorant. The 'Southern Song Han stupidity' is for uncultured people like you. 70% of Northern Song books were destroyed by the Southern Song's own relocation. The Yuan Dynasty actually only destroyed 20% of the Southern Song's, and the rest were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty peasant uprisings. I guess you read very few history books, which is why you would say such things.】

——【Actually, later generations have updates, and the earlier books are eliminated. For example, the '95 Xinhua Dictionary, now there's the '05 edition. Who still uses the eliminated one? Many times it's just hyped up.】

——【I'm really fed up with some ignorant people. Can ancient times be compared to modern times? Back then, when dynasties changed, even something like the Xinhua Dictionary became a rare edition.】

——【I always thought relics belonged to the state, so they couldn't be auctioned.】

——【I have stamps from 100 years ago. I wonder if they are valuable?】

——【I'll take them for 50 cents.】

——【They said 10,000 yuan, but I think it shouldn't have been 10,000. Maybe it was bought for 10 or 100 yuan.】

——【Yes, I think so too, because a normal person seeing a tattered book, even if they think it's a good thing, probably wouldn't take out 10,000 yuan to buy it.】

——【Such a thick Song Dynasty book, I guess it could sell for tens of millions?】

——【I don't know what the situation will be, but I'm going to take a look. I plan to start paying attention to major auction houses now. I just want to know what price this book can actually sell for.】

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——【Speaking of which, there's a funny thing. Yesterday I went to an antique shop to play around, and there was a pile of tattered books. The boss opened his mouth and said he bought them for over 100,000. Who is he trying to bluff? Even if I had money, I wouldn't buy them, let alone I don't have money.】

It was clearly just a phone call, and they hadn't even seen the actual book, yet it aroused the curiosity of many people, who kept talking about it.

Fang Yang looked at the people in the live stream talking, his expression very calm.

This phone call was an accident for him.

It would not cause any impact on his life.

Anyway, he didn't take it too seriously at all.

"Brother, what are we going to do today?"

It was already 2:00 PM, and he didn't know if they should go out to play.

The Cameraman was still very curious about the upcoming activities and also full of expectations.

However, Fang Yang clearly didn't take these things to heart at all.

His expression was very calm.

"Let's just act within the hotel."

As soon as he left the hotel, he could sense the existence of relics everywhere.

And as more and more people knew about him. ===== CHAPTER 593 =====