In a short time, Matthew and the others had figured out the general direction of this underground tunnel.
This underground passage exits from the back garden of the apartment building and passes directly through the depths of the street behind it, leading to a historical building not far away.
That historical building was also built in the 18th century. The property rights belong to the Paris City Hall and it is the office space of a department under the city government.
This result made everyone breathe a sigh of relief and relax a lot.
If that historic building is privately owned, it's bound to add a lot of trouble.
Although the direction of the underground tunnel was discovered, Xiao Ran did not immediately reach a cooperation agreement with Carlin to jointly explore this secret tunnel deep underground.
Although Carlin is the deputy mayor of Paris for culture, he has no power to make cooperation decisions.
He must consult the mayor of Paris and even the French Ministry of Culture before he can make a decision on whether to cooperate or not.
At the same time, they also have their own Xiao Jiujiu.
Before deciding whether to cooperate with Xiao Ran, they will organize the team to carry out some relevant exploration and analysis.
Try to determine what secrets or treasures are hidden in this underground tunnel, and determine the distribution and value of the treasures!
The reason why they did this was very simple, they didn't want half of the treasure to be taken away by Xiao Ran in vain!
Xiao Ran was well aware of their plans, but he was too lazy to point them out!
More importantly, he knew exactly what was hidden in this underground tunnel!
Is it worth arguing with the French over these things?
Since there was no joint exploration agreement reached on site, Xiao Ran put the excavation of this underground tunnel on hold and waited for a few days!
This Baroque-style apartment building belongs to him, and the underground tunnel is located very deep. He is not worried at all that anyone will try to take advantage of this underground tunnel!
No one can secretly dig this underground tunnel without alerting the security personnel, except Tu Xingsun!
Regarding his decision, the French Deputy Minister of Culture and Carlin nodded in agreement and said that they would discuss joint exploration as soon as possible!
Xiao Ran just laughed softly and didn't take their words to heart!
Except for this mysterious tunnel deep underground, no one else found anything else in the back garden and garage of the apartment building!
After the three exploration groups completed their exploration, Xiao Ran looked around to check the situation.
After confirming that there were no other discoveries, he announced the end of his exploration here and took everyone back to the apartment building.
Soon, another half hour or so passed.
The door to the apartment building, which had been closed, finally opened again.
Xiao Ran walked out of the apartment building with Elaine, Henry, Carlin and the others.
Behind them are Matthew and other company employees carrying various exploration equipment and portable safes!
Those portable safes contained precious historical documents and top-notch antiques found in the apartment building!
As Xiao Ran and the others came out of the apartment building, the street gathered in front of the apartment building suddenly boiled.
Everyone looked at them, staring at the portable safes, and everyone's eyes lit up.
Especially the eyes of many historians and experts and scholars from all walks of life are a little red, and their eyes are so hot that they may burn at any time.
Then there were the many media reporters standing at the front of the crowd. They raised their cameras and pointed them at Xiao Ran and the others, pressing the shutter quickly!
Before Xiao Ran and the others could stand firm, many guys started to ask questions loudly.
"Sean, what are you going to do with the historical documents and antique artworks you found in this apartment building today? Will you keep them in France, or will you take them away?"
"Excuse me, Sean, will you publicly display these historical documents? They are the history of France. We hope to see these historical documents and carry out relevant research!"
It was not the media reporters who first raised these questions, but the eager historians and experts and scholars from all walks of life!
Xiao Ran looked at these guys, smiled and said loudly:
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media, I'm glad to see you all here, and thank you for your attention!"
"About our exploration in this apartment building, I believe everyone has witnessed the entire process on the Internet. I will not introduce it here!"
"I haven't figured out what to do with the many historical documents and antique artworks we found in the apartment building, and I can't give an answer yet!"
"But one thing is for sure, how to deal with these historical documents and antique artworks requires some coordination from all parties."
"It shouldn't take long before there will be an answer. Please be patient and wait for a while."
After hearing this, the people at the scene could only nod, reluctantly accepting the result.
Next, Xiao Ran answered a few more questions.
Then he waved goodbye to everyone present and took Elaine and the others into the bulletproof SUV.
When everyone got on the bus, the convoy immediately started and left here.
at the same time.
Two medium-sized helicopters originally parked on the lawn of the Luxembourg Gardens also appeared above the streets at the right time to escort the convoy forward!
In addition to Xiao Ran's security team, the Paris police also sent a large number of armed special police officers to escort the convoy straight to the Musée d'Orsay.
Seeing this situation, some guys with ulterior motives can only give up all their unrealistic fantasies!
The return trip went very smoothly!
In just ten minutes, the convoy arrived at the parking lot inside the Musée d'Orsay.
Also arriving here were Henry and Carlin, as well as the U.S. Ambassador and the French Deputy Minister of Culture.
Later, Xiao Ran took David and the others, carrying portable treasure boxes and painting bags, and accompanied by Lawrence, walked straight into the underground vault of the Musée d'Orsay!
About half an hour later, they came out of the underground vault and arrived at the lobby on the first floor of the Musée d'Orsay.
Pierre and Henry, as well as several senior officials from the United States and France, are waiting here.
After meeting and chatting for a few words, Xiao Ran suddenly smiled and said:
"I have to explain one thing. I am the only one who knows the password of the vault that our company rents. Only I can open the vault door!"
"We have set up several security measures inside and outside the vault, including monitoring probes and alarms. We will always keep an eye on the situation in the vault."
"More importantly, we have set up self-destruct devices in some safes. Anyone who tries to force open those safes will trigger the self-destruct device!"
"One more thing, the treasure map of Louis XVI and Queen Mary is in my possession at this time. I am going to go back and study this treasure map carefully."
"If someone wants to hide this treasure map, if I encounter danger, I will burn this treasure map as soon as possible and get rid of it once and for all!"
"ah!"
Following a burst of exclamations, everyone froze on the spot with their mouths wide open, looking at Xiao Ran with wide eyes.
Especially the French Minister of Culture, Carlin and others were so angry that they almost exploded on the spot!
This cunning bastard is clearly trying to guard against us!
Are we a group of robbers who will forcefully open that vault?
While angry, several French guys were extremely annoyed and a little unsure at the same time!
When Carlin and the others looked at Lawrence, Lawrence nodded helplessly.
Seeing his action, Carlin and the others immediately understood!
What Xiao Ran said is absolutely correct, no one can even think about that underground vault!
Faced with this result, the French Deputy Minister of Culture and others were so angry that they almost broke their teeth!
Interior of the Musée d'Orsay
