The two groups of people who were arguing in front of the Golden Inlaid Knife turned their heads when they saw soone had purchased this item.
A Korean girl from the Korean side walked over swiftly and said in English, "Hello sir, did you buy this work by our Korean artist? What do you think of this piece?"
"Yokka, daa," Chen Yiyang praised in Japanese first, then switched to English and said, "It’s a very nice product, I really like it. One million Korean won was totally worth it."
"See, even if he is Japanese, he thinks this is a work by our Korean artist."
After getting confirmation from Chen Yiyang, the Korean girl imdiately lifted her head proudly.
The group of people from Huaxia were so irritated they almost started swearing.
But soon enough, Chen Yiyang finished the paynt and got the Golden Inlaid Knife, nicely packed in a box, in his hands.
With the item in hand, Chen Yiyang retreated imdiately.
He had to move quickly.
It’s not just Huaxia that has antiquities laws, South Korea has them too.
And South Korea’s are even stricter.
South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Protection Act of 1962 states that smuggling, damaging, or hiding any Korean cultural heritage is prohibited.
All cultural heritage transactions must involve officially certified items, and those without official certification must be handed over for certification, otherwise, it’s considered privately hiding cultural heritage.
And without approval from the Cultural Heritage Administration, no cultural heritage can be exported or taken abroad.
Violating these laws could result in a minimum of two years of imprisonnt.
This is an antique from the Xinmang period. If the Koreans suddenly decide that this Golden Inlaid Knife is Korean ancient currency and cultural heritage,
it wouldn’t matter whether Chen Yiyang is jailed or not; he definitely wouldn’t be able to bring the item back ho.
That’s why Chen Yiyang disguised himself as Japanese earlier.
He just wanted to leave quickly with the item now.
When he returned to the hotel, the accountant had already gone out.
Chen Yiyang placed the Golden Inlaid Knife along with the certificate and receipt provided by the store in his backpack.
This way, when he goes through Korean customs, the item would be considered a legally purchased piece of art, allowing him to pass through smoothly.
Once this was taken care of, Chen Yiyang left again and took a cab to the competition venue.
"Boss," the accountant waved to Chen Yiyang.
"Are we sitting here?" Chen Yiyang looked at the open-air venue seats with a bad feeling looming.
"Yeah, today’s final in Incheon is in a semi-open-air venue, so the audience seats aren’t indoors."
"It’s freezing," Chen Yiyang wrapped his clothes tightly around him.
"I had a ton of delicious food this afternoon. Too bad you weren’t here," the accountant showed Chen Yiyang her phone with all the food she had taken pictures of today.
There were local specialties from Incheon like cold noodles, soba noodles, sashimi, and a bowl of black bean noodles.
No way would Chen Yiyang dare eat sashimi; who knows if it has parasites.
But black bean noodles.
"Since when is black bean noodles also Korean?" Chen Yiyang asked the accountant, pointing at the picture of the noodles.
"I bought this at Chinatown in Sunneung-dong; it’s our Chinese food," the accountant quickly explained.
"Oh, oh," Chen Yiyang finally relaxed.
Although the announced start ti for the competition had arrived,
today’s Incheon finals not only had the matches but also a show to promote a virtual girl group made up of ga characters.
So there was a long performance ti before the match started.
Honestly, aside from the long legs, there wasn’t much to see, and Chen Yiyang was dozing off.
Finally, when the match started, he found himself hungry.
"Boss, there’s food for sale over there. What do you want? I’ll get you sothing," the accountant, sharp-eyed, noticed so vendors setting up stalls around the venue.
Chen Yiyang turned and saw a hot dog stand and said to the accountant, "Get a hot dog, will you?"
"No problem." The accountant ran off swiftly despite her usual limp, except when it ca to food.
Soon enough, the hot dog was in hand.
Cold and hungry, Chen Yiyang took a big bite, swallowing half of the hot dog in one go.
With the hot dog sustaining him, Chen Yiyang could finally endure a bit longer.
And today was very fortunate; the Extre Path Team won the match with a three-to-zero sweep.
At last, there was no need to freeze out there anymore.
This was Chen Yiyang’s first thought.
Imdiately followed by the joy of collecting several million in the victory bonus!
Besides, after today’s finals, the value of the five players under him would skyrocket.
If next season really goes as the head of Tengxu Entertainnt said, with Tengxu buying all the shares of the Dota Alliance and restructuring the dostic competition, these players’ values would exceed the normal market value significantly.
This investnt of his is going to pay off.
So Chen Yiyang, with the accountant, made their way through the crowd to the backstage of the venue and had Zeng Hai co out to bring them in.
"Hahaha, congratulations," Chen Yiyang patted Zeng Hai on the shoulder. "Didn’t expect the team to actually win in the end."
"Thanks to your investnt, boss. Without it, the team might not have made it."
Zeng Hai’s eyes were red and filled with tears.
Bringing the Extre Path Team this far wasn’t easy for him either.
"This year you get a bonus, and next season, a pay raise," Chen Yiyang promised imdiately.
"Boss, I forgot to tell you sothing. My parents’ health has been poor lately, so I don’t plan to stay with the team. I’m planning to go back ho to take care of them. Next season, perhaps soone else can take my place."
"So sudden?" Chen Yiyang was caught off guard.
"I’ve been thinking about it for a while. But I didn’t say anything because I never imagined the team would reach the finals."
"Alright, family cos first," Chen Yiyang patted Zeng Hai’s shoulder.
With Zeng Hai leaving, he really considered selling the team.
"But boss, could you promise one thing?" Zeng Hai suddenly asked.
"Go ahead."
"Can you keep the team playing with the current lineup for another season? I feel this team has unlimited potential, and they might win even more championships with this roster. Please keep them together."
"But you’re leaving, and I don’t have confidence in finding soone to replace you."
"I know soone in the industry, a club manager nad Su Luo. He’s currently at ho and free; maybe you could give him a try." Zeng Hai recomnded soone.
"Alright then," Chen Yiyang nodded in agreent.
Just then, the Extre Path Team mbers, having just received their trophy, entered the lounge.
Seeing both Zeng Hai and Chen Yiyang there, they quickly gathered around.
"Co on, everyone, let’s take a picture together! I’ll post it online in a bit," Zeng Hai called out loudly.
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