area51novel Chapter 834
Chapter 834
Things went as Xiao Ran expected.
Following Bernard's art dealer, several old friends soon called to buy Lautrec's "Love-Hate Memories."
Among these old friends are the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the director of MOMA, as well as Joshua and others.
Xiao Ran gave the same answer as Henry and Lawrence.
Anyone who wants to buy the painting can only exchange it for China's top antique art, and those Chinese antique artworks must be visible to Xiao Ran.
For this trading condition, those old friends could only nod and agree, saying that they would find a way to meet Xiao Ran's conditions.
Seeing that this "Memories of Love and Hate" was so popular, the rest of the Frenchmen at the scene, except for Elaine and Pierre, were a little anxious.
Carlin, in particular, was full of worry, lest this important painting flow out of France.
Later, he told Xiao Ran directly.
This situation will be reported to the superiors as soon as possible to discuss the acquisition of this painting.
This is undoubtedly the result that Xiao Ran wants to see the most.
His real goal was to collect looted Chinese antiquities from the Old Summer Palace at the Palais de Fontainebleau in France.
In addition to this painting by Lautrec, there are several other Western antique artifacts found today, and Henry they are also interested in acquiring them!
Among these few Western antique cultural relics, all of them related to religion, Xiao Ran did not plan to stay, and was ready to dispose of them all on the spot in Paris!
For example, the Merovingian silver cross, etc.
This small appreciation session lasted for more than an hour before it ended!
Later, Xiao Ran invited all the guests to dinner in the restaurant on the top floor, enjoying the night view of the Seine while discussing the antique works of art found today.
After dinner, Henry and Lawrence left one after another and went back to their respective homes!
Xiao Ran took Elaine and Fang Yufei back to the presidential suite.
To be on the safe side, Pierre and Caroline did not go home tonight, but stayed in the hotel.
In the blink of an eye, it was around nine o'clock in the evening.
Pierre and Elaine sat on the sofa in the living room, laughing and gossiping.
Xiao Ran walked into the study and prepared to listen to the reports of the three exploration groups.
After a while, the representatives of the three exploration groups had already come over and walked into the study.
After entering the door and sitting down and saying hello, everyone immediately got to business.
"Guys, tell me about your performance today" "
Are there any surprises while performing?"
Xiao Ran said with a smile.
Before the words fell, everyone laughed.
After the laughter fell a little, Matthew, who led the first exploration group, began to report first.
"Sean, we arrived at Montmartre at half past nine, and then launched an exploration show in some public areas
" "Due to the leakage of the news by the reporter who followed, we quickly revealed our identities, and have been under everyone's attention since then
" "Using the pulsed metal detector we carried, we did find some metal objects buried deep underground in the depths of Montmartre and under some historic buildings"
The number of
metal objects is small, and by analyzing the signals detected, the possibility of treasure can basically be ruled out" "Even if those metal objects have a certain value, because of the location where they are buried, it is difficult to carry out excavation operations, and you must first buy those buildings and land
" "I have sent the relevant data to your mailbox, you can take a look, go back to Montmartre for field research can also be
" "In the process of exploration, We didn't leak any information, and we have successfully hung everyone's curiosity
" Xiao Ran nodded, and then said with a smile:
"Good job!" All I need is for you to put on a good show and confuse others!
"I'll look at the data you sent me and analyze it!"
"Montmartre is a famous art mecca in Paris and a very important antique art market, I will go there in a few days!"
After that, he looked at the representative of the second exploration group.
The guy nodded and then began to introduce the situation.
The second exploration team was responsible for exploring several popular locations in the forest of Fontainebleau, including several historic buildings next to the Fontainebleau Palace.
Like the first small exploration group, their main purpose is to attract the attention of the media and many treasure hunters, and cover for the third exploration group.
Of course, it would be perfect if there were surprising discoveries.
Upon arrival at the forest of Fontainebleau, they immediately began their exploration and attracted the attention of all the treasure hunters on site, as well as the attention of the media.
While performing, they also made some discoveries.
In different parts of the forest of Fontainebleau, they have detected many metal objects buried deep underground.
After some analysis, most of the metal objects were ancient weapons and agricultural tools, not the expected Napoleonic treasures.
From ancient times to the present, as a strategic place near Paris, the Forest of Fontainebleau has suffered numerous wars, large and small.
It is normal to find a large number of ancient weapons buried deep underground in the forest of Fontainebleau!
The only metal object that is more numerous and buried is deep underground at a historic site.
The historic site was owned by the French government, and it was almost impossible to buy it for excavation.
Unless the French government agrees to cooperate with the French government, it is possible to figure out what the metal objects are.
Although the second exploration team discovered the site, it did a good job of concealing the past and did not reveal the secret.
After listening to the report of the representative of the second exploration group, Xiao Ran thought for a while, then nodded and said:
"Good job!" I will look back at the data you have detected and decide what to do next
" "I will also go to the forest of Fontainebleau to see the situation there
" "If the place you found may really be a treasure, we can consider exploring it in cooperation with the French government!"
The representative of the second exploration team immediately nodded and replied:
"Okay, Sean, we will explore it again tomorrow to try to get more detailed detection data!"
"Or we can take the deep ground penetrating radar over and see if there is a secret underground space there"
The next moment, Xiao Ran shook his head slightly.
"Don't go to that location tomorrow to explore, it's easy to reveal your intentions
" "Explore another place tomorrow, as if nothing happened!"
"After I have visited the field, let's move on to the next step,"
he said, and looked at the representative of the third exploration team.
"Ryoko, tell me about your gains
" When the words fell, Ryoko immediately nodded excitedly and said:
"Sean, we have found out that the current owner and manager of the Red House in Paris is Lu Qinzhai's great-granddaughter
" "In addition to the Red Chamber, there are two buildings built in the same period nearby, which are also under the name of the Lu Qinzhai family" "Unlike Lu Qinzhai,
his descendants are not enthusiastic about the antique business and are not good at it"
"Decades have passed, the good things left by Lu Qinzhai have almost been sold by future generations, and there are not many good things left in the Red Chamber, and there are very few fine antiques!"
"And they are ready to sell the Red House and several other buildings, as well as a few villas in Paris and Cannes, for cash,"
Xiao Ran couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this.
"Lu Qinzhai is an internationally recognized and rare antique genius, once the world's largest antique dealer!"
"He worked hard for most of his life, and the huge wealth he accumulated with great difficulty was defeated in just a few decades!"
"I still died in another country, and I didn't dare to return to China until I died, and I ended up empty!"
Listening to this emotion, Ryoko and Matthew did not understand very well.
The next moment, Ryoko began to introduce the situation again.
"In the Red House and another building of the same period, we had some unexpected surprises!"
interior view of the Red Building