Since he had weapons and ammunition on his body and in his backpack, for safety reasons, Xiao Ran did not enter the Red Building to visit, but explored through perspective on the street outside.
After he got out of the car, he took a quick look at the situation on the street.
The Eighth Arrondissement, where the Red House is located, is considered a relatively good neighborhood in Paris, with acceptable security and a relatively prosperous market.
Moreover, it is close to Monceau Park, with good scenery. There are many galleries, antique shops, and museums around, and there are many people visiting.
Just because it is relatively prosperous and crowded with pedestrians, there are also many thieves here.
Within Xiao Ran's field of vision, there were four or five gypsy female thieves, as well as a group of Arab thieves and black thieves.
These guys are either standing on the street or wandering around on the street, constantly looking at the people coming and going, looking for targets and waiting for opportunities to strike.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ran couldn't help but shook his head.
"They say Paris is a paradise for thieves. It seems that this legend is absolutely correct."
In the blink of an eye, he had grasped the surrounding situation.
Then he crossed the road and walked towards the red building across the road.
At this moment, the thieves on the street noticed him.
As soon as he crossed the street, two or three black thieves quickly walked to his car and looked inside through the car window.
No need to ask, these thieves are ready to see if there are any valuables in the car, such as computer bags and high-end luxury goods.
If there is something in the car that makes them excited, they will immediately smash the window glass and loot everything in the car.
Even though Xiao Ran was standing at the opposite intersection, these black thieves didn't care.
It's a pity that Xiao Ran already knew how bad the public security in Paris was, so how could he put his bag in the car.
As for this half-new Citroën, those thieves may not be interested in it.
Seeing that there was nothing valuable in the car, the black thieves cursed angrily, then walked aside and looked for other targets.
Xiao Ran, who was standing across the street, saw this scene and shook his head angrily.
"Fuck! So damn unscrupulous!"
After cursing secretly, he moved the backpack behind him to his chest, and then looked at the Paris Red Building in front of him.
This is a five-story Chinese-style building with cornices, brackets, carved beams and painted pillars. It has extremely distinctive features and stands out among the many Western-style buildings around it.
It is called the Red Building because the entire exterior of the building is painted Chinese red, which has been the case for decades or hundreds of years, hence the name.
Xiao Ran first admired the appearance of this historical building, then turned on his clairvoyance ability and began to explore the inside of the building.
In an instant, his sight had penetrated the outer wall of the building and penetrated into the building.
What then appeared in Xiao Ran's eyes was a purely Chinese-style lobby, and then Chinese-style exhibition halls.
In the lobby and those exhibition halls, there are many Chinese antiques and cultural relics on display, as well as some antiques and cultural relics from India and Southeast Asia.
Although there were a lot of these antiques and cultural relics, there were only a few exquisite ones, and Xiao Ran didn't like them at all.
The reason for this situation in the famous Red Mansion is that it completely fulfills an old saying.
I don’t feel bad for selling my field!
After Lu Qinzhai built the Red Mansion, it used to display countless top-notch antiques and works of art from China, and countless treasures were also resold!
After Lu Qinzhai died, no one of his descendants inherited the antique business, nor did they have the ability.
In order to maintain a superior life, Lu Qinzhai's descendants began to sell antiques and cultural relics.
After decades or hundreds of years, many of the top antiques, cultural relics and works of art originally displayed in the Red Mansion have been sold off.
Instead, some antique cultural relics of relatively average quality and value that were originally stored in the warehouse are displayed here for exhibition.
As for these antiques and cultural relics, given Lu Qinzhai's collection level, they would not be displayed in the Red Mansion.
But his descendants are far behind him in terms of business ability and appreciation.
Nearly a hundred years have passed, and this red building has long lost its former glory.
The Red Building has five floors in total, plus a basement.
Part of the first, second, fifth and basement floors has long been listed as a protected cultural heritage by the Paris city government.
No matter who buys this red building, it cannot be renovated casually, it can only be repaired, and it must be approved by the relevant competent authorities.
On the third and fourth floors of the Red Building, the decoration style can be changed according to the needs of the owner of the Red Building.
But it is only decoration, not decoration.
For Xiao Ran, this was undoubtedly a very troublesome thing.
If he makes a major discovery in the red building and finds a way to buy the red building.
But if he wants to explore and hunt for treasure in the Red Mansion, he faces many difficulties. He has to pass many levels and may not be able to obtain relevant permits.
With that in mind, let’s look at it from his perspective.
He did not hope to make major discoveries in the Red Mansion. Instead, he hoped to make discoveries in other properties owned by Lu Qinzhai's descendants.
In that case, the next step of exploration and treasure hunting can be carried out smoothly.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran had quickly looked through the first floor of the Red Building.
In addition to antiques and artworks of relatively average quality, he also saw two very secret secret compartments, located in two different exhibition rooms.
Unfortunately, both dark rooms were empty, with nothing in them.
It can be seen from the relatively clean situation of the secret compartments that these two secret compartments are no longer a secret and have been discovered long ago.
The things originally stored in the secret room were probably taken away or even sold long ago.
After looking through the first floor, Xiao Ran looked up at the second floor of the red building.
The second floor of the Red Building is arranged into a Chinese-style gallery, which mainly displays some paintings from China.
Occasionally, paintings from India, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries are also displayed.
At this time, a Chinese ink landscape painting exhibition was being held in the gallery, which was basically the work of modern and contemporary painters.
The level of these paintings is relatively average. Most of the painters are unknown and have long been reduced to a pile of loess.
However, when Xiao Ran's eyes swept across a splash-color freehand landscape painting, he couldn't help but pause.
The next moment, a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
"I didn't expect that there would be a splash-color freehand painting by Zhang Daqian here. It was really an unexpected gain."
While secretly happy, Xiao Ran also made a decision.
He then sent one of his employees over to take down this splash-color freehand painting by Zhang Daqian.
You know, Zhang Daqian's splash-color freehand landscape paintings are basically worth more than 100 million yuan, or even more expensive.
His splash-color freehand landscape painting was mixed in a bunch of mediocre paintings, and the price must be very low.
Xiao Ran couldn't bear to miss such a big leak.
He quickly admired Zhang Daqian's splash-color freehand landscape painting, and then looked at other paintings.
Next, he found no other surprises in the second-floor gallery.
Just like the situation on the first floor, there are also some hidden compartments and walls on the second floor, but they are all empty and have been cleared out long ago.
After scanning the second floor, Xiao Ran's eyes moved up to the third floor, which was filled with antique furniture.
The moment his sight penetrated to the third floor, his eyes suddenly lit up.
At this moment, two gypsy female thieves suddenly walked towards him.
One of the female thieves also held several bracelets woven with ribbons and colored glass.
The production process is extremely simple and rough, but this crap is famous throughout Paris and even Europe.
Zhang Daqian's freehand painting of Peach Blossoms
