Due to the structure, Xiao Ran could not see the situation deeper in the underground spiral staircase.
After checking the situation at the entrance, he shifted his gaze and looked elsewhere.
He found nothing else in the basement. All he saw was cement and stone.
In a short time, they had checked out the remaining vacant apartments and the basement located inside the fourth entrance door.
In these places, Xiao Ran also found several pieces of antique art, but their value was relatively average.
The most valuable among them is the work of an American rural painter, which is only worth about US$250,000.
The previous owner of the apartment building apparently didn't know the value of the painting, so he kept the landscape oil painting.
If he knew, he would naturally not be so generous.
To Xiao Ran, such a small leak was not worth mentioning.
Both he and Elaine saw the value of this oil painting, but they just looked at each other and smiled without saying anything.
After visiting the vacant apartment and basement in the building, Xiao Ran and the others went to the private garden and garage behind the building to inspect.
Behind the apartment building, there is a private garden of four to five hundred square meters and a semi-underground garage that can park thirty cars.
The private garden and garage are annexes to the apartment building and the land is included in the property.
The garden is well maintained, in French style, with a lot of green plants and flowers.
There is also a fountain and several sculptures, which are full of life and quite sentimental.
Elaine and the others all liked this small garden. As soon as they walked in, they started to look around with bright eyes.
Xiao Ran was secretly looking into the depths of the underground to see if he would find anything.
Unfortunately, it backfired.
There are no secrets hidden deep beneath this garden and garage.
Or rather, as deep as he could see through perspective, there was no secret.
And in deeper places, there may be unknown secrets.
After visiting the garage, Xiao Ran waved to Elaine and the others who were playing in the garden, and said with a smile:
"Three beauties, we can leave now and go to the apartment building at the intersection of Third Avenue."
"That apartment building is of a different architectural style. Maybe there will be surprising discoveries."
After hearing this, Elaine and the others immediately came over.
Since Swift was present, Elaine and Yu Fei didn't ask or say anything more, they just smiled and nodded.
Afterwards, several of them left the luxury apartment building and came to the street outside again.
As soon as they walked out, they saw it.
Many people had gathered in front of the apartment building, completely blocking the sidewalks on both sides of the street.
Most of them are Swift fans who came after hearing the news.
Mainly teenagers in their teens and twenties, and most of them are girls.
There are also many media reporters. These guys have always had good noses and would never miss this opportunity.
As soon as Xiao Ran and the others appeared, the street in front of the apartment building was boiling.
"I love you, Swift. Can you give me an autograph?"
"Swiss, I love your new album, those new songs are great!"
The young fans shouted Swift's name excitedly and raised their mobile phones to take pictures.
The media reporters standing at the front of the crowd focused all their attention on Xiao Ran.
"Good afternoon, Sean, I'm a reporter for the New York Post."
"I heard that you traded the "Dante's Ark" triptych to the Library of Congress. Can you tell us about the situation?"
A beautiful reporter asked loudly.
"Good afternoon, Sean, I'm a reporter from NBC."
"We just received news that you purchased two apartment buildings on 64th Street, setting the record for the most expensive residential transaction in New York this year."
"Can you tell me why you bought these two luxury apartment buildings? Did you discover anything here?"
As these media reporters asked questions, there was an exclamation at the scene, and the scene became more lively.
The tenants who lived in this apartment building and were watching the excitement were all stunned.
They instantly realized that the questions from these media reporters might not be groundless.
Why would Sean, a cunning guy, buy this apartment building? I’m afraid it’s not just as simple as real estate investment, right?
Thinking of this, the guys who rented in this apartment building began to look at the apartment building with suspicion to see if they could find anything.
At the same time, I am also thinking about whether there is something special in the building that may contain unknown secrets or treasures!
But no matter how hard they racked their brains, they couldn't think of anything special in the apartment building.
The only possibility seems to be deep underground.
Several tenants who realized this all looked at the basement.
But they are just renting here. Even if there are hidden treasures here, it has nothing to do with them.
Xiao Ran did not give any response to questions from many media reporters.
He just raised his hand and waved to everyone present, then took Elaine and the others into the car and drove away.
The media reporters and fans gathered at the door were unwilling to give up and followed them one after another.
Unwilling to give up, there are also agents from the FBI and Major Crime Squad, as well as some other guys with ulterior motives.
Now everyone knows that the other apartment building Xiao Ran bought is at the intersection of Third Avenue not far ahead.
They had just inspected this Renaissance-style apartment building, and they were likely to inspect the Baroque-style apartment building in front of it next.
Because of this, everyone followed suit.
in the car.
Swift looked at the fanatical fans outside, then turned to look at Xiao Ran.
"Sean, are you plotting against me again, using me to attract a large number of fans to provide cover for a cunning guy like you?"
"I just heard those media reporters asking you if you discovered any secrets here, is that right?"
As she said that, she turned to look at Yi Lian and Fang Yufei again, biting her back molars and asked:
"Did you two guys already know the inside story and just hid it from me? That's really bad!"
Xiao Ran, Yi Lian and the others looked at each other and laughed in unison.
Now that media reporters have raised this issue, there is no need to hide it anymore.
Friedrich's treasure buried deep underground now completely belongs to Xiao Ran, and there is nothing to worry about anymore.
More importantly, mold will be used in some of the next places.
To be more precise, she wants to use her to attract a large number of crazy fans and more media attention, and build a barrier around herself to make certain guys more afraid.
Considering this, Xiao Ran decided to reveal some truth, lest the beauty would be upset and even lift the table and leave!
After organizing his words a little, Xiao Ran began to explain.
"Taylor Swift, I don't blame Elaine and Yufei for this matter. I asked them to keep it strictly confidential and not to leak any information to you or anyone else."
"You are a public figure. Countless people are paying attention to you all the time, and you often interact with others on social media."
"If you were to know some sensitive information in advance, it might be leaked inadvertently, and that would be troublesome."
"This time we came to New York for the treasure hidden here. If the news leaked, we would probably fall short."
Before she finished speaking, Swifty rushed over and grabbed Xiao Ran's arm.
"It's true, you cunning bastard, you are so hateful."
"Ever since I met you, I've been like a fool. How many times have I been tricked by you?"
"ah!"
Xiao Ran screamed and quickly broke away from Swifty's clutches.
Elaine and Fang Yufei, who were sitting nearby, were laughing so hard that they were leaning forward and back.
After letting out a sigh of relief, Swift turned into a curious baby again.
"You came to New York this time. It turned out that you came here for the treasure, and you hid it from me!"
"Tell me about this treasure. I really want to know what kind of treasure it is?"
"This is my first time encountering something like this, but I have been taken advantage of by you bastard so many times. You will take me with you on the next treasure hunt no matter what."
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, and then introduced the situation.
"By chance, I got a mysterious treasure map"
"After research, it was discovered that the treasure pointed to by the treasure map is buried deep underground on East 64th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan."
"That's why I brought people to New York to find and excavate this unknown treasure."
"Who knew you would also come here? Considering your popularity and appeal, it can be used as a cover."
"You completed the task perfectly and helped attract a lot of attention, allowing us to smoothly launch the early exploration operations."
Hearing this, Swift clenched her back molars and punched Xiao Ran twice.
Elaine, Fang Yufei and the others fell down laughing.
Next, Xiao Ran continued to introduce the situation of this treasure.
He also promised Swift that after the treasure was found, she would be given some benefits as compensation for being exploited.
Of course, he did not tell the true situation of Friedrich's treasure, nor the exact location of the treasure.
Even so, Swift was still shocked and stunned, and her eyes were shining with excitement.
How has she ever encountered such a thing? Can she not be excited?
While they were chatting, the convoy continued to move forward.
Only four to five hundred meters forward, the motorcade had arrived at the Baroque-style apartment building at the intersection of Third Avenue.
However, this time the motorcade did not stop on the roadside, but drove straight into the private parking lot behind the apartment building!
The reason for doing this is of course to avoid those guys following behind.