You want to buy back the "Dunhuang Music Score" from me for just 30 million euros?

"I accept!" Ono Kazuo was the first to agree.

Although he didn't get the ancient music score tonight, if he could get the emperor's handwriting, this trip wouldn't be in vain, and it would be enough to report back.

When it came to playing the piano, he was very confident in his own ability.

And Mr. Nan Ye had even less reason to give up.

First of all, this was the Great Xia Country's emperor's handwriting, an opportunity to retrieve it for free, so of course, he couldn't give it up.

Secondly, such a rare cultural relic, even if he couldn't get it himself, he absolutely couldn't let Ono Kazuo take it.

That would be a slap in the face for Great Xia.

So, he took a step forward: "I have no problem!"

Seeing that both of them agreed, Duke Otto was naturally happy.

"Good, good, good! Since both of you have agreed, I will have someone bring out the piano immediately.

If any of you are interested, you can also stay and enjoy it together. I have already had drinks prepared.

So, gentlemen, let's return to the topic we were just discussing.

To be honest, this music score has been in my castle for 200 years, but I still don't know what it is.

Since you are both so persistent about this music score, you must know its origin!

Why not take advantage of the waiting time to talk about it and broaden everyone's horizons?

And also satisfy the curiosity of several generations of my Otto Family."

Since the music score was already in his hands, even if he talked about it now, it wouldn't have much impact on Mr. Nan Ye.

However, he still wanted to hear what Ono Kazuo had to say first.

Ono Kazuo organized his thoughts: "To be honest, I don't know much about this ancient music score either.

We were only able to decipher some things from the photos sent by the noble family.

Because the photos were incomplete, we only deciphered the name of one piece, which should be 'Xi Jiang Yue'.

As for the rest, we can only conduct further research after seeing the actual item."

Duke Otto's eyes gleamed: "Oh, if that's the case, then ancient music is really recorded in that ancient book.

Incredible, ancient music from over a thousand years ago can still be preserved.

Mr. Nan Ye, I think it was worth what you paid!

How about I spend 30 million Euros to buy it back?"

For Duke Otto, money was really just a string of numbers; what was important was the information.

Now that he knew there was indeed an ancient piece of music from over a thousand years ago in this ancient book, he started itching again.

[Bought for 26 million, Duke Otto buys it back for 30 million, this Mr. Nan Ye instantly earned 4 million Euros. This opportunity is truly enviable.]

[Who says it's not? If I had this luck, I'd sell it back to Duke Otto immediately.]

[Tsk tsk, why doesn't this kind of luck fall on me!]

[...]

Just when everyone thought Mr. Nan Ye would sell the ancient music score back to Duke Otto, Mr. Nan Ye finally spoke:

"Thank you for Duke Otto's high regard!"

As soon as Mr. Nan Ye said this, Duke Otto had an expression that seemed to say, "Just as expected."

No one could resist the temptation of money.

North Dust glanced at Mr. Nan Ye again. What was this guy plotting?

If it were someone else, they might have really sold it back.

But this guy, Mr. Nan Ye, was clearly not one of them.

He directly handed over the 1.8 billion bronze turtle to the country without batting an eye.

This music score, worth over 200 million, wasn't even as significant as the bronze turtle!

Sure enough, the next second he heard Mr. Nan Ye tease: "Duke Otto thinks highly of Great Xia's music score, which shows that Great Xia's music is quite good.

I just didn't expect Duke Otto also likes to joke!"

Duke Otto slowly swirled his red wine glass and asked in a thought-provoking tone, "Oh, when was I joking with you?"

Mr. Nan Ye lifted the box in his hand; inside the box was the music score.

"For Your Excellency to want to take back the ancient music score in my hand with just 30 million, that is indeed a joke!"

Duke Otto put down his wine glass, sat up straight, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

A kind of dignity of a superior person, proud and arrogant, suddenly burst forth.

He was truly angered into laughter: "So, you think the value of this ancient music score exceeds 30 million?"

"That is certain!" Mr. Nan Ye said in an extremely affirmative tone.

"Since we've talked about it this far, there's no need to hide it anymore.

In 1908, a Dou Niu Countryman named Paul Pelliot went to explore the Great Xia Dunhuang Grottoes.

While called exploration, it was actually to loot the cultural relics from the Scripture Cave in the grottoes.

In total, over six thousand items were transported away by him.

If I'm not mistaken, this ancient music score was likely brought over by your ancestors from Paul Pelliot's side."

According to Earth's history, Paul Pelliot transported all these over six thousand cultural relics to Paris, where they are all collected in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

At that time, those who participated in the looting included not only Bull Country, United States, Little Japan, Big Stick Country, Russia... but even the host of the exchange meeting, Music Country, was also involved.

However, since this is a parallel world, there will definitely be some discrepancies.

Duke Otto looked at Mr. Nan Ye several more times, not expecting the other party to immediately reveal the origin of this cultural relic.

"That's right, my ancestors were also music lovers, so they exchanged other Great Xia cultural relics with Paul Pelliot."

North Dust, who was standing nearby, gnashed his teeth. To be able to speak so grandly about looting, he had truly underestimated the shamelessness of people worldwide.

Mr. Nan Ye's smile also gradually disappeared: "Following up on what was said, this music score comes from Dunhuang, so it has a name called dunhuang music score, also known as 'Dunhuang Pipa Score'.

But what I want to say is, there is more than just one piece of music inside, there are... 25 pieces!

It also includes tempo, speed, repetitions, expression, mode, dynamics, and playing techniques!

So, Duke Otto, do you think you can buy back the dunhuang music score in my hand with a mere 30 million Euros?

Then I can only tell you, I wouldn't sell it even for 100 million Euros!"

"Hiss~"

"Gasp~"

As soon as Mr. Nan Ye said this, there was a collective gasp of cold air around.

[My goodness, there are actually 25 pieces of music in this dunhuang music score, and they are all music from over a thousand years ago, this is too exaggerated!]

[Unbelievable, too unbelievable! If there are really 25 ancient pieces, let alone 100 million Euros, maybe even several times more wouldn't necessarily buy it, right?]

[That's right, its value has long surpassed the cultural relic itself. It has extremely high research value, whether for history or for ancient music.]

[No wonder these two Daxia and this Ono Kazuo wanted to get their hands on it no matter how much money they spent.

Turns out, we were the ones who knew nothing.]

[...]

Duke Otto's face was very grim. He thought the music score his ancestors exchanged for was just an ordinary music score.

Coupled with the fact that no one could translate it, he simply put it up for auction.

But he never expected that this item actually contained 25 ancient pieces of music.

What a huge loss, a huge loss!

At this moment, Duke Otto was extremely heartbroken.