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It is not a magic item, and the purchase price is not very high. However, because of its historical significance, in Shi Xiaolei's heart, the bronze beast heads he is about to acquire still carry a heavy weight.

Such an important thing must be treated seriously.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a day, Shi Xiaolei decided to revise his previous idea, gave up the idea of ​​letting Natasha do it for him, and decided to go out in person to welcome back the three bronze beast heads.

Considering that he had never been seriously involved in a similar situation, he might not be able to adapt to the atmosphere of the trading scene and make some jokes. Shi Xiaolei also called Colson specifically, hoping that he could spare some time. When the time comes, he can act as a temporary consultant for himself, and by the way, he can accompany him to the meeting with the holder of the Bronze Beast Chief as his deputy.

Because the collector from the island country who holds the dragon head and the snake head was pretended by someone from SHIELD, so to SHIELD, Shi Xiaolei's invitation to Coulson was tantamount to taking the initiative to send a Opportunity to rip off.

Should we be diplomatic and let the island agent posing as the collector cooperate with Coulson to get more benefits from Shi Xiaolei?

After careful consideration, Nick Fury decided to endure it.

After all, the value of the copper beast head is not that great, and the total capital flow involved in this transaction is only tens of millions of euros. You may not be able to get much profit by cutting the knife at this time. In comparison, selling the favor to Shi Xiaolei first so that he can remember it, and in exchange for a promise of "I will help you if there is any difficulty in the future", is actually more beneficial. Somewhat valuable.

In short, S.H.I.E.L.D. did not set up obstacles for the transfer of the dragon head and snake head, and these two copper animal heads were smoothly collected by Shi Xiaolei.

And the rabbit head collected by a French collector...

He is just an ordinary collector, and he doesn't have much to hide his identity. Shi Xiaolei had given him enough money and face, so of course he wouldn't cause any trouble.

Two transactions, one first and one later, took a total of about half a month.

By the time this was done, it was already late June, and it was almost July.

"Hmm~, it's really clean." Looking at the four bronze animal heads placed on the shelf (four in total, including the copper sheep head that was already in his hand), Shi Xiaolei nodded with satisfaction.

He had watched a documentary before traveling through time. Although he didn't learn any techniques, Shi Xiaolei firmly remembered that 'without that technique, you should never clean up easily'. Therefore, after getting these bronze animal heads, he didn't just clean them up because the rust marks were annoying.

For example, the rag Shi Xiaolei was holding at this moment was only used to clean the glass cover.

Speaking of which, after the copper beast heads were delivered two days ago, Shi Xiaolei originally planned to call Stark and ask him to help make some strong and safe covers.

Unexpectedly, before he could take action, Kangna had already told the story and revealed it to the minions playing with her.

"Boom~."

Lifting his fingers and tapping the cover made of bulletproof glass, Shi Xiaolei raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "It's quite strong. It seems that those little guys are not completely unreliable."

"Locke." As he was admiring it, 2B opened the door and walked in: "The people from the consulate are here."

"So fast?"

He took out his cell phone and looked at the time. It was only a little over an hour since he made the call.

I originally thought that the other party would not be able to come over until at least the afternoon, but it turned out...

To put it bluntly, Shi Xiaolei was a little surprised that people from the consulate arrived so quickly.

Putting down the rag, he quickly checked his clothes. After making sure that there was nothing unsightly, Shi Xiaolei left the study and returned upstairs.

"Locke, this is the Consul General of the Consulate General in New York, Mr. Zhong Shaotang."

"General Zhong, this is..."

"I'll do it myself." Although he often interacts with compatriots, this is the first time he has seen someone who can represent the motherland at the official level. For a moment, Shi Xiaolei couldn't help but feel a little excited: "General Manager Zhong, I am Shi Xiaolei. You can just call me Xiaolei."

There was a slight accent in Shi Xiaolei's words, and his words were far from smooth.

But it is this Mandarin with a local accent that proves his identity.

"Hello, Mr. Shi." He originally came with a good impression. After greeting each other, Consul Zhong's good impression of Shi Xiaolei increased even more.

"No, you should call me Xiaolei. If you feel it's inappropriate, you can call me Xiaoshi." While reaching out to shake Consul Zhong's hand, Shi Xiaolei asked, "I can't afford to be called that in front of a big shot like you. Besides, in terms of age, I am also a junior.”

"Then..." Looking at each other with the accompanying adjutant, Consul Zhong laughed: "Brother Shi?"

"Hey, this is fine too." Shi Xiaolei nodded repeatedly, with a full smile on his lips: "It sounds cordial."

"Come on, Commander Zhong, and this big brother, uh, I haven't asked for advice yet, are you..." When he asked Commander Zhong and the adjutant to sit down, Shi Xiaolei remembered that he hadn't said hello to the adjutant yet, and quickly looked a little embarrassed. added.

"This is Consul Peng, in charge of the cultural section."

There are a total of six Chinese embassies and consulates stationed in the United States. They are the embassy in Washington, the capital, and five consulates general in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Houston.

In addition to the embassy, ​​the Consulate General in New York is responsible for the largest number of areas. Related business in a total of ten states, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont, is concentrated at the Consulate General in New York.

Therefore, in order to fulfill its responsibilities better and more comprehensively, various ‘departments’ have been set up within the Consulate General to take charge of the work of each section.

General Administration Department, Information and Public Diplomacy Department, Consular Protection and Overseas Chinese Affairs Department, Education Department, Cultural Department, Science and Technology Department, Economic and Commercial Department, Consular Documents Department, etc. Each department is responsible for different scopes of work. Among them, the Cultural Division is responsible for people-to-people exchanges in the fields of culture, sports, tourism and other fields.

Matters such as ‘returning important cultural relics’ also fall under the jurisdiction of the Cultural Department.

This is why General Zhong brought Consul Peng with him instead of anyone else.

"Hello, Consul Peng."

"Hello, Brother Shi." After saying hello, Consul Peng smiled and added: "Maybe you didn't pay attention, but we have actually met once."

"Eh?"

"A few months ago, at a party hosted by Stark." Consul Peng said with a smile: "At that time, you were chatting with Stark while busy cooking barbecue. It didn't look like you could spare time. It looked like that, so I had to give up the idea of ​​talking to you and didn't come forward to disturb you."

"Really..." Shi Xiaolei scratched his head and smiled naively: "Sorry, I didn't pay attention."

"It's okay, didn't we meet again today?" Consul Peng laughed and gave a thumbs up: "Speaking of which, I have to thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to eat such authentic Chinese barbecue."