Shen Le: Repair Notre-Dame Cathedral? Me?!

Have public museums make donations, have private museums make donations, or have someone buy the artifacts and donate them back to the country.

Shen Le was not particularly knowledgeable. If he wanted the artifacts to return home openly and honorably, those were the only options he knew.

Well, theoretically, the other government could donate them too, perhaps? But that would make things much bigger.

As Shen Le recalled, nothing like that had ever happened before. Countries only gave away one or two industrial products or handicrafts, claiming them as "state gifts," with varying levels of craftsmanship depending on the country.

Like the state-gift porcelain and embroidery our country sent out—those represented the pinnacle of contemporary craftsmanship.

Compared with the national treasures in museums, they merely lacked historical depth.

But some countries—like the UAE's golden peacock—looked dazzling and magnificent at first glance. Yet when one examined the lines of the peacock's feathers closely, there was only one impression:

They were just showing off how much money and gold they had...

This level of craftsmanship was only a little better than having none at all...

In any case, Shen Le absolutely could not allow his own country's artifacts—its first-class cultural relics—to return in some murky, inexplicable fashion, without anyone able to explain how they had come back, unable to be displayed everywhere with pride and heads held high.

He had promised Copper Fragment. He had promised these artifacts that he would welcome them home openly and honorably!

"You know that whether it's a museum donation or purchasing them from a museum, both are extremely difficult." Bishop Marshall frowned deeply. "This concerns national standing and national dignity. It isn't something that can be arranged casually. How about we organize a loan exhibition, send these artifacts to your country, and then simply never mention