Ashley nodded. “Yep.”
Joseph couldn’t help but be wary and feared Paul would issue a job invitation to Ashley.
Paul invited Ashley to work at the National Museumst time, so he mighte for the same purpose this time.
Ashley replied in the affirmative, which made Paul visibly excited.
“I came to watch the auction today. | stayed here for a while after the auction. As | intended to leave, | heard about your porcin
repair techniques, which greatly benefited me.
“We have a lot of broken ancient porcin in the National Museum. Cultural relic restorers are trying their best to repair it, but it
is still difficult to restore it. Could you please show me the repair techniques you just mentioned?”
Ashley was willing to do it, smiled lightly, and said, “Okay.”
Joseph looked at Noah on the side and suggested. “Well, I''ll repair the porcin you just mentioned. Where is it?”
“It''s in the backyard. This way, please.” Noah hurriedly led the way.
They followed Noah and walked into a clean and quaintly decorated warehouse in the backyard.
There were several cultural relic appraisers and several cultural relic maintenance and restoration personnel in the warehouse,
who were all staff specially hired by StarGavel Auctions.
“Make way, please,” Noah shouted loudly.
They all felt surprised when they noticed Ashley, Joseph, and Paul behind Noah.
They were all experts in this field.
Noah put on gloves made of special materials and then picked up the porcin on the table. “Here it is, Ms. Ramos. A crack
stuck after being broken, which is very conspicuous.”
Joseph stretched out his head and looked over. He found the crack
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indeed conspicuous, and it was easy to tell it had fallen before.
Paul was very familiar with this situation.
More than three hundred thousand porcin sets were preserved in the National Museum. After thousands of years, some were
still intact, but some had been damaged by war. The staff needed to repair the broken porcin to disy and protect the value
of cultural relics.
Ashley put on her gloves and took the porcin from Noah’s hand.
She looked at it carefully for a while and said, “Take the pieces apart and glue them again with a mixture of egg white:”
Hearing this, Noah immediately had someone to make preparations.
Ashley glued the pieces together with the concocted mixture, then carefully sanded the cracks with a brush and applied a coat of
lead.
Paul watched Ashley’s repair process intently.
After applying the lead, Ashley checked it several times under different lights and then applied some rust on it.
Finally, she applied ayer of wax to the crack.
“Well, the cracks are perfectly covered that way.” Ashley put the porcin under the light.
Paul immediately looked over eagerly, showing great surprise in his eyes. “What an amazing skill it is, Ms. Ramos! It can restore
the original appearance of porcin as much as possible.”
Joseph widened his mouth in shock. He didn’t expect the porcin to be restored so perfectly.
In an instant, the value of the cultural relic was reflected.
He felt honored to be part of Ashley’s family.
Faced with Paul’s admiration, Ashley smiled modestly and then looked at Noah aside. “If you will auction the porcin, tell the
buyer in advance that it has been broken before.”
Noah nodded repeatedly. “We''ll make it. Honesty is the best policy. The StarGavel Auctions adheres to professional ethics”
Paul stared at the porcin several times. He felt so excited that he even
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walked back and forth in the room. Suddenly, he stopped before Ashley and asked, “Do you really not consider working at the
National Museum with the top appreciation and restoration, Ms. Ramos?”
Ashley blinked and replied, “Sorry, | hadn’t nned it right now.”
Paul felt sorry but still insisted, “In addition to porcin restoration, will you restore ancient paintings, Ms. Ramos?”
Ashley nodded. “Yes.”Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.
“Great!” Paul’s face flushed with excitement, and he added, “Hanson Murray from Yaloria will visit our country next week. He
likes thendscape oil painting very much. We will disy an ancientndscape oil painting at the state banquet. However, the
painting got damaged during the war, and it is difficult for us to repair it. Many restorers couldn’t make it. May | invite you to
participate in the restoration of the painting, Ms. Ramos?”
Hearing Paul’s words, Joseph was dumbfounded.
He didn’t expect Hanson from Yaloria to visit here.
Paul''s words echoed in his ears.
He knew the painting would be difficult to restore.
The restoration of this ancient painting was difficult, and so was the state dinner. If anything went wrong, Ashley couldn''t afford
the consequences.
Moreover, the state dinner would be held next week, leaving almost no time for Ashley.
Ashley pondered for a moment and then asked, “Did many restorers fail?”
“Yeah,” Paul looked gloomy and hesitated for a while before saying, “I have heard about you and Charlie. Charlie is also a top
cultural relic restorer and has been invited to participate in the restoration of this ancient painting. But he didn’t know how to
restore it yet.”
Joseph sneered and had already guessed Charlie’s predicament.
“Are you willing to participate in the restoration of this ancient painting, Ms. Ramos?” Paul looked directly at Ashley and looked
forward to her reply.
Joseph looked at Ashley nervously. It was none of his business, but he still felt nervous about Ashley.
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Noah aside, and the other appraisers all looked at Ashley.
If Ashley could fulfill Paul’s request, she would get a valuable national.
honor.
It was an unprecedented honor for her.
Everyone present held their breath in unison, not daring to make a sound.
In silence, Ashley calmly took off the gloves on her hands. She showed a charming smile and replied, “I’m willing to participate in
the restoration of this ancient painting, Mr. Walker.”
She preferred to take on challenges.
Hearing her reply, Joseph almost fainted from fright. He didn’t understand why Ashley agreed to such a difficult request.
But he thought Ashley''s reply was in ordance with expectations for not
reason.
Ashley agreed with it, which made Paul overjoyful. He couldn’t suppress his pleasure, walked aside, and called the one in charge
of the ancient. painting restoration team.
“Hello, this is Paul. | have invited a professional to participate in the restoration of the ancient painting. It’s Rita, whom you have
been asking me about the other day. There are a lot of restorers who want to meet Rita in person. I’ll take her there tomorrow
morning.”
After hanging up the phone, Paul walked up to Ashley and said, “Ms. Ramos, I''ll take you to check the ancient painting tomorrow
morning Many restorers who participated in the restoration want to meet Rita.
Ashley nodded. “Okay.”
Joseph immediately raised his hand and asked, “Can | go with you, Ashley?”
Paul smiled heartily and said, “Sure!”
The next morning, restorations got there early.
They gathered in a spacious and bright room, with several tables put together in the middle, on which a damaged ancient
painting was.
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discreetly ced.
More than a dozen top cultural relic restorers stayed in the room, and they nced in the direction of the door from time to time.
“When will Ritae? Mr. Walker said she woulde this morning, right?”
“Yep, it''s this morning. | can finally meet Rita in person.”
“Rita is said to be a young girl. She can identify the authenticity of cultural relics and repair them at such a young age. How
awesome she is!”
Charlie, who sat next to them, felt extremely nervous as he heard others’ discussion.
He went to StarGavel Auctions several times to meet Rita but was rejected.
He didn’t expect Rita to be invited to participate in the restoration.
He could finally meet Rita in
person.