Since Chu Chen had already publicized the museum beforehand, the vast majority of the guests attending the opening ceremony had come hoping to see the museum's collection.
After all, the museum housed the Fish Intestine Sword, one of the Ten Famous Swords; Zhao Mengfu's Ode to the Luo River Goddess; Jing Hao's Autumn Evening in Chu Mountains; the Five Great Kilns of the Song Dynasty; Yuan blue and white porcelain; a complete range of Ming and Qing porcelain; the Cinnabar Stone King; and many other treasures that everyone dreamed of seeing.
Not only that, it even had The School of Athens by the great foreign painter Raphael, a work that even foreign collectors rarely had the chance to see. With so many precious cultural relics, surely no one would fail to care about them—apart from the few guests eager to leave.
Therefore, everyone had already agreed that if Chu Chen suggested going to a restaurant for lunch later, they would firmly insist on viewing the collection first.
But contrary to everyone's expectations, after the opening ceremony ended, Chu Chen, Old Liu, and the others led everyone directly into the museum. This left many uninformed guests puzzled. Surely Chu Chen was not planning to skip even a meal?
As they entered through the main doors, they saw a small display stand covered in red cloth in the center of the museum. Beside it, a girl dressed in ancient-style clothing, resembling a young lady from an old noble family, was playing the guzheng with a steady ding-ding-dong-dong. The girl's playing was superb, and the graceful music intoxicated everyone who heard it.
Of course, that applied to people who understood the instrument. Those who did not know how to appreciate the guzheng were still more interested in what lay beneath the red cloth.