Chapter 5980

David said with a very embarrassed expression:

“Father… the Chinese side disclosed the relevant history of the Sifang Baozhuang,”

“And mentioned the First Opium War, The history of the Second Opium War, and the Eight-Power Allied Forces.”

“Now the whole world knows that the Sifang Baozhuang was stolen along with millions of other cultural relics at that time.”

“If we now go to China to negotiate and let them take out the Sifang Baozhuang it is not only unjustifiable legally,”

“But also unjustifiable in terms of public opinion…”

“Public opinion?” Simon said angrily:

As he spoke, Simon asked him angrily:

“The diamond on the King of Britain’s scepter was cut out of the Star of Africa!”

“The Star of Africa is a diamond from South Africa! Edward VII took it,”

“Cut it into hundreds of pieces of various sizes, and put them all into their own jewelry.”

“Why did he have such a big face? Why can’t he return the diamonds to the people of South Africa?”

“They robbed a whole museum and a whole palace, but it was okay.”

“Dmn it, our ancestors went to great lengths to snatch back a Sifang Baozhu from China.”

“They have kept it at home for two hundred years. Why do you say that? Just return? Did I agree?!”

David bit the bullet and said: “Father, South Africa was a colony of Britain back then.”

“According to the international legal principles at that time,”

“Things in the colony belonged to the mother country.”

Even the people in the colony belonged to the mother country.”

“Not to mention that Edward VII took one Star of Africa, even if he took away all the diamonds in South Africa,”

“No one can say that he broke the law.”

After that, David added: “But our situation is different!”

“China was invaded by the West, it was never colonial.”

“What was theirs was theirs. To put it bluntly, our ancestors took it from them.”

“If we shamelessly went to negotiate with them, we would have no basis for public opinion.”

“There’s no way to support it! Not only will the things not come back,”

“But the whole world will be posting them on social networking sites and scolding him to death.”

“Isn’t that just stealing the chicken but losing the rice?”

Simon became anxious and slapped him in the face and scolded angrily:

“ba5tard! Do you mean to just watch the Sifang Baozhu return to China?!”

David was slapped, and felt extremely aggrieved,

But he did not dare to show it, so he could only say angrily:

“Then…then I’ll tell my brother to come back…”

After that, David turned around and was about to go out.

Not to mention how frustrated he was.

He was just here to report the news, and give objective suggestions by the way,

So as to prevent the old man from getting angry and doing something ridiculous.

But who would have thought that the old man not only refused to acknowledge his feelings,

But also slapped him in the face. What was he trying to do?

It’s better to just follow his words.

If he wants the eldest brother to negotiate, then let the eldest brother negotiate.

When Simon saw him turning around to leave,

He felt a little uneasy and quickly stopped him: “David, wait a minute!”

David turned around and asked respectfully:

“What else does father have to say?”

Simon said: “Contact the public opinion officer and the legal team,”

“And let them analyze the most reasonable way to handle this matter based on public opinion and legal principles.”

David nodded, immediately took out his mobile phone,”

“And called on the Routhchild family’s video conferencing software.

Two heads of public opinion and legal teams.

One of these two people was a top journalist, and the other was a top lawyer.

They were both prominent figures in New York’s upper class.

Later, they were all taken under the wing of the Routhchild family and became members of the Routhchild family’s think tank.

Therefore, they are very concerned about every move of the Routhchild family.

They have long known that the Routhchild family is searching for the whereabouts of the Sifang Baozhu.

They also know that the Routhchilds are very passive in terms of public opinion because of the Sifang Baozhu.

And now, they have all received the news that Sifang Baozhuang has returned to the United States.

When David initiated the video conference, both of them jumped in immediately.

David asked the two of them in front of Simon:

“You two should also know the news that Sifang Baozhuan has returned to China.”

“I wonder how you think it is more appropriate for us to protect our rights now?”

The person in charge of public opinion said: “Sir, please forgive me, the current online public opinion is very unfavorable to us.”

“The previous abuse of lynching of Peter Zhou in order to recover the Sifang Baozhuan has had a very serious negative impact.”

“Now the Sifang Baozhuang has returned to China if we keep silent and pretend that this matter has nothing to do with us,”

“It is estimated that public opinion will no longer pay attention to this matter after a while.”

“However, if we stand up to negotiate and protest at this time,”

“It is estimated that the family will be pushed into another storm again…”

In another video dialog box, the head of the lawyer also said:

“Mr. Routhchild, I think what Jim said is very reasonable.”

“We were looking for the Sifang Baozhuang before,”

“But we did not find the Sifang Baozhuang. His name has been made public,”

“And many of the image materials have been circulated internally by the people responsible for blocking New York.”

“If we don’t make any response, there won’t be much of a problem.”

After that, the lawyer added: “In addition,”

“This matter From a legal point of view, we can’t stand it.”

“First of all, this antique is one of the countless treasures that the West seized from China,”

“And the Routhchild family has secretly hidden it in their home for so many years.”

“This antique does not appear in any asset fair information or asset statistics.”

“In other words, we have no evidence to prove that this Chinese antique is owned by the Routhchild family;”

“Besides, this thing was obtained by Peter Zhou from the Routhchild family.”

“And you just announced the withdrawal of the lawsuit, claiming that Peter Zhou did not steal anything from the Routhchild family.”

“It was all a misunderstanding. The legal logic of the previous theft incident ends here.”

“The self-consistency has been completed, but if you suddenly make representations to Chinese officials over the air and say that the thing is a stolen collection of the Routhchild family,”

“Then the context and logic of the thing will be missing and contradictory,”

“No matter where it is. If we sue, our demands will not be supported by the court…”

Simon heard this and his whole body collapsed!

He never dreamed that his reconciliation with Peter Zhou would be a bad move!

As the lawyer said, he had already admitted that everything was a misunderstanding.

How could he now propose to the Chinese officials from afar that the Sifang Baozhu that had just returned to China was the personal property of the Routhchild family?

If he really did this, wouldn’t the whole family be disgraced by him!