After the two parties reached an agreement, the Saudi deputy consul wanted to conduct the transaction immediately, but Xiao Ran refused.
He asked the two Saudi diplomats to stay here and wait patiently.
After you have cleaned up everything in this warehouse and completed the division, complete the transaction at once instead of one transaction at a time.
During this period, both parties also need to make some preparations for the transaction.
For example, Saudi Arabia needs to prepare sufficient funds, and David and his assistant lawyers prepare art transaction contracts and so on.
In fact, Xiao Ran's real purpose is.
Temporarily tie the Saudi government to itself to form a community of interests to prevent the Americans from playing dirty tricks.
Since the initiative of the transaction was completely in his hands, the Saudi deputy consul and cultural counselor had no choice but to nod in agreement.
They made two calls to Riyadh and the Saudi Consulate General to explain the situation, and then stayed here honestly and continued to watch Xiao Ran hunt for treasures.
After receiving the confirmed news, the Saudi government immediately took action to ensure its own interests and ensure that the Saladin Saber could return to Saudi Arabia.
In addition to the Saudi government, many people also received the news and took action.
Fortunately, Xiao Ran was prepared and took some precautionary measures, so it was relatively safe for the time being.
In the warehouse.
Under the eager gaze of David and the others, Xiao Ran picked up the last and largest portable safe and placed it flat on the coffee table.
The guys in the live broadcast room were all staring at this portable safe, wondering what kind of treasure it contained.
“This portable safe is the largest, and the thing inside may be the most valuable, but I don’t know what it could be?”
He said hopefully that he would be fine as long as she was there.
"We just discovered a Saladin sword worth 200 million US dollars. It's impossible to find an even more expensive antique artifact or work of art, right?"
"It would be crazy if such a miracle happened!"
Rumeng Xinghe said with emotion.
Amidst the murmurs of discussion, Xiao Ran entered the password and opened the sturdy portable safe.
What appeared in front of everyone was a beautiful landscape oil painting, approximately 100 by 80 in size, placed quietly in the safe.
The painting is an idyllic scene, which is charming but not clear, giving people a hazy and abstract feeling, but it is beautiful and harmonious.
The distant view of this landscape oil painting is a stretch of rolling mountains, and the middle ground is a patchwork of houses and fields, as well as a few working farmers.
In the close-up view of the painting, there are several leafy fir trees.
In this landscape oil painting, the sky is a chaotic color patch and the mountains are just vague outlines.
The houses, fields, flowers, plants and trees under the mountains cannot be clearly identified at all, leaving only the shapes and colors that support the essence of things.
At first glance, it is as if we are seeing the bones and muscles of a person, but there is no clothing or physical support in the middle.
The moment they saw this landscape oil painting, Xiao Ran and Elaine were stunned.
David couldn't quite understand it, and his face was confused.
Looking at the Saudi Vice Consul and Cultural Counselor again, the muscles on their faces were twitching with distress.
In a moment, Xiao Ran woke up first.
"Wow! It's actually "Monte Saint-Victoire" by the post-Impressionist master Paul Cézanne. What a huge surprise."
he exclaimed with excitement.
Although it was mostly a performance, he was indeed very excited.
With this exclamation, Elaine also woke up.
Relatively speaking, she knew a little more about the post-impressionist painting in front of her.
She grabbed Xiao Ran's arm and jumped up excitedly.
"You are absolutely right, Xiao Ran, this is indeed "Monte Sainte-Victoire" by the post-impressionist master Paul Cézanne."
"To be precise, this is one of the more than thirty "Monte Saint-Victoire" painted by Cézanne."
"About three or four years ago, Monaco once auctioned a Cézanne's "Mont Saint-Victoire". It was probably this one."
"If I remember correctly, it was an anonymous buyer who bought this painting at that time, and the transaction price was 65 million euros."
At this moment, the Saudi deputy consul nodded helplessly.
"Sean, Elaine, your vision is very sharp and admirable!"
"Yes, this is the "Mont Saint-Victoire" taken in Monaco."
"The anonymous buyer who bought this top-notch work of art is indeed from our country."
When saying these words, the Saudi deputy consul was full of bitterness.
He really didn't want to say that, let alone admit it.
But what can we do if we don’t admit it?
Xiao Ran and Elaine recognized it at a glance as "Mont Saint-Victoire" by the top art master Cézanne, and knew when it was auctioned.
In this way, all escape routes were completely blocked, leaving no room for them to operate.
Helpless, he could only admit this fact.
"This is actually Paul Cézanne's "Monte Sainte-Victoire", worth 65 million euros. Oh my God! Is this true?"
David exclaimed belatedly, and his eyes instantly turned red.
As for those guys in the live broadcast room, they have already gone crazy.
"Fuck! 65 million euros, that's 4.5 billion yuan!"
"With how evil-minded and ruthless a guy like Xiao Ran is, that would have to be doubled. It's really a win!"
The big dog said loudly.
Before he finished speaking, someone jumped out to do some popular science.
"Paul Cezanne is a French post-Impressionist art master and one of the three masters of Post-Impressionism. He is as famous as Van Gogh and Gauguin and is known as the father of modern art."
"His oil painting "The Card Players" was sold for a sky-high price of US$250 million a few years ago, and "Mountain Saint-Victoire" is one of his representative works."
Hearing this, Xiao Ran suddenly interrupted with a smile.
"This popular science is very timely. Let me tell you one more thing. "Mont Saint-Victoire" and "The Card Players" were works created in the same year."
"In other words, the artistic level of these two oil paintings is basically the same, no difference between them."
"It's just that there are more than thirty paintings in the "Mont Saint-Victoire" series, and only five paintings in "The Card Players"
"Things that are rare are more expensive, so the market prices of the two are different."
Following his words, there was another commotion in the live broadcast room.
"I'll go! Listen to what this means, Xiao Ran is going to kill the Saudis again!"
"You still need to ask, it must be like this, everyone just waits and opens your eyes!"
The facts are as expected!
In the following time, Xiao Ran carefully appreciated and studied the painting "Saint Victor Mountain" and explained it to everyone.
He briefly introduced what Post-Impressionism was, and then began to introduce the life of Paul Cézanne and his lofty status in the history of Western art.
In addition, he also introduced the creative background of the "Mont Saint-Victoire" series of oil paintings.
Mont Sainte-Victoire is a mountain range in Cezanne's hometown and his favorite scenery in his life. He created more than thirty paintings of the same name.
Just as he was introducing this painting, Shangbo Lao Li suddenly sent out several barrages.
As the administrator, Fang Yufei immediately relayed the explanation.
"Xiao Ran, Lao Li just posted a barrage on Shanghai Bo saying that the famous collector named Liu also wants to collect this painting "Mountain Saint-Victoire" and asked you to quote a price."
"The other party also asked if he could join the live broadcast room. He wanted to have fun with everyone and discover some top antiques and works of art."
Xiao Ran smiled softly and was ready to respond.
At this moment, the Saudi deputy consul suddenly asked curiously:
"Sean, I would like to ask, how much do you want to pay for this painting of Cézanne's "Mont Saint-Victoire"?"
"We would like to take back this top-notch work of art and keep it as a national art collection and display it in the National Museum in the future."
Xiao Ran looked at the Saudi diplomat, pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile:
"You Arabs really admire Cézanne's art very much. That record-breaking painting "The Card Players" was taken away by the Qatari royal family."
"Several Cézanne works that appeared later were also photographed by wealthy Arabs, and now you are interested in this "Mountain Saint-Victoire""
"This is indeed a top-notch piece of art, a rare one. Based on the current market conditions, I am offering a price of US$150 million for it..."
As soon as he gave the quotation, Fang Yufei's voice suddenly came from the earphones.
"Xiao Ran, Lao Li and Lao Jintou of Shangbo sent several barrages one after another, telling you not to rush to sell this post-impressionist oil painting to the Saudis."
"In addition to the famous collector named Liu, there are several top collectors in the country who want this oil painting, including a real estate tycoon named Wang."
Xiao Ran paused, a little helpless.
It seems that I am still too kind and the offer is still too low!
However, the guys in the live broadcast room obviously didn't think so.
"With 150 million US dollars, this guy really dares to show his teeth!"
"If it were me, I would be afraid of being beaten to death by the Saudis!"
