Old Hu glanced at Yang Qi and continued, "Although I don't know the content above, I recognize some of the characters. It will take some time to translate it completely."
Archaeology, especially regarding text, is not something that can be translated as soon as you see it. This is not a modern term. Even Chinese people cannot understand the meaning of ancient texts at the first sight. Moreover, some characters that have been used for a long time, even Mr. Hu cannot understand the content of them when he sees them.
Yang Qi also understood at this moment that translating the words on the mask was not as simple as he thought, and asked, "Mr. Hu, how long will it take to translate it completely?"
"At least three to five days, at most ten days or half a month." Mr. Hu thought for a while before speaking.
To fully translate it, one needs to look through a lot of materials and even verify it before making an accurate translation. Even when encountering some characters that appear for the first time, the translator needs to guess the meaning of the characters himself. Although there are only a few hundred characters on the inside of the mask, in fact, these few hundred characters are a huge translation project.
The longest is no more than ten days or half a month.
Hearing Mr. Hu's answer, Yang Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Ten days or half a month was not a long time, and he could still wait.
"Leave this mask with me for now. Once the contents on it are translated, you can come and take it back." Mr. Hu said calmly.
Yang Qi nodded slightly. He originally thought that Mr. Hu would be able to translate it in a short time, but now it takes so long, so the mask naturally has to be left to Mr. Hu for research.
"Weiwei, are you interested in helping me?" Mr. Hu said to Xie Wei who was standing beside him.
"It's my honor to study with Mr. Hu." Xie Wei agreed without any hesitation. She loved archaeology. Otherwise, with her status, she would be successful in everything she did. There was no need for her to study archaeology and run around all day in the sun and rain.
Seeing that Mr. Hu and Xie Wei immediately began to study the text on the mask, Yang Qi could only smile bitterly and say goodbye and leave. After all, facing two archaeology fanatics, he and this person who knew nothing about archaeology could not do anything if they stayed.
After the exhibition, Xu Jiajia and others have set off back to Qingzhou.
"Yang Qi, Xu Ling just called me and wanted to see you. It should be about Wang Baiyi's matter." When Yang Qi returned to the hotel, Xie Guangyao told him about Xu Ling's appointment.
Yang Qi thought for a moment before speaking, "I didn't expect Xu Ling to speak up for Wang Baiyi. If that's the case, I might as well go meet him."
Although he didn't like Xu Ling's style of doing things, Xu Ling's grandfather, like Mr. Xie, was a founding hero, so Yang Qi had to give face to Mr. Xu.
Arriving at Xu Lingyue's place, Yang Qi was stunned when he looked at the sea in front of him.
"Mr. Yang, Mr. Xie, Mr. Xu and Mr. Wang are waiting for you two." A beautiful woman in a swimsuit came up to Yang Qi and the other man and said respectfully.
"This Xu Ling really knows how to enjoy himself. He actually made an appointment on a yacht." Xie Guangyao couldn't help but curled his lips as he looked at a luxury yacht not far away.
He also didn't expect that Xu Ling would actually make an appointment to meet in such a place, but when he thought about it carefully, in Shanghai, riding a yacht was much more advanced than going to a high-end club.
"If you like, you can buy one." Yang Qi said with a smile.
With Xie Guangyao's wealth, buying a yacht is just a drop in the bucket and nothing in particular.
"Forget it. I often stay in the imperial capital, where there is a lot of sea." Xie Guangyao shook his head. Compared to yachts, he liked cars more.
Generally, people who play yachts live in cities close to the sea, such as Shanghai and Hong Kong, where there are many yacht players. When Yang Qi was in Hong Kong, he once went out to sea on Li Fan's yacht.
Led by the swimsuit beauty, the two came directly to the yacht. As soon as they got on the deck, they saw Xu Lingzheng and Wang Baiyi waiting outside the cabin.
"Mr. Yang, please." Xu Ling invited Yang Qi and Xie Guangyao into the cabin, and at the same time let the yacht leave the port.
"Mr. Yang, the main reason I asked you to come here this time is to resolve the misunderstanding between you and Mr. Wang." Xu Ling glanced at Wang Baiyi beside him and said.
"Mr. Yang, I was blind to his potential before. Please forgive me and don't take it to heart." Wang Baiyi said hurriedly.
"Since Xu Ling has come forward, I am not a stingy person, so this matter ends here." Yang Qi glanced at Wang Baiyi and said lightly.
He had no intention of getting into a fight with Wang Baiyi, of course, on the premise that Wang Baiyi would no longer provoke him.
Seeing Yang Qi agreed so easily, Xu Ling couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, he also understood that with Yang Qi's status, as long as Wang Baiyi didn't take any action, Yang Qi was unlikely to bother with Wang Baiyi. However, he still chose to let Wang Baiyi bow his head without hesitation, because he couldn't gamble even if there was a slight possibility.
"Thank you, Mr. Yang. This glass of wine is my apology to Mr. Yang." Wang Baiyi picked up the wine glass on the table, a glass of red wine, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Mr. Wang, there are not many bottles of 1982 Lafite in the world. You drank it in such big gulps. What should we drink?" Xie Guangyao said with a sneer.
"Don't worry, Mr. Xie. I don't have anything else here, just a lot of wine." Wang Baiyi said hurriedly.
Xie Guangyao's words seemed to be dissatisfied, but Wang Baiyi could hear that Xie Guangyao had no intention of getting angry with him. After all, he had offended both Yang Qi and Xie Guangyao at the time. Although Yang Qi had forgiven him now, he would not be able to get along well if Xie Guangyao caused trouble for him.
"Mr. Yang, this is a gift I prepared, please accept it." Wang Baiyi took out a box from the side.
Golden nanmu
Looking at the wooden box with a hint of golden light, Yang Qi was also surprised. A box made of golden nanmu would make the gift inside even more valuable.
He did not refuse Wang Baiyi's gift, because he understood that if he refused, Wang Baiyi would probably become even more worried, fearing that he had not let go of the previous grudge.
"This is..." After opening the box and looking at the things inside, Yang Qi's expression suddenly changed. For a moment, even his breathing became a little rapid.
"Mr. Wang, I owe you a favor for this thing." Yang Qi retracted his gaze and looked at Wang Baiyi seriously.
"Mr. Yang is too polite. This gift is originally mine..."
Wang Baiyi was about to speak when Xu Ling beside him quickly pulled Wang Baiyi.
Wang Baiyi was slightly startled when Xu Ling pulled him, but he still said, "This gift was originally my apology to Mr. Yang."
"No matter what, this time, I owe you a favor." Yang Qi smiled slightly, as if he didn't see the little actions of Xu Ling and Wang Baiyi in private.
Because the things in the wooden box were worth Yang Qi's favor. There was only half a jade pendant in the wooden box! Yang Qi recognized this half of the jade pendant at a glance. This half of the jade pendant was the other half of the jade pendant he got in Huashan. This jade pendant was related to the cave of a martial arts master! (To be continued)