After dealing with the American Ambassador and the French Deputy Minister of Culture, Xiao Ran and the others returned to the hotel not far away.
The first time he returned to the hotel, Xiao Ran immediately looked through the entire presidential suite for safety reasons.
In fact, before they came back, the security personnel staying at the hotel had already checked the presidential suite.
They found several surveillance and listening devices installed just today outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the presidential suite, as well as in ventilation ducts and other places, and all were dismantled.
When Xiao Ran looked through it again, he found nothing.
After making sure it was safe, he walked into the study with the treasure map of Louis XVI and Queen Mary, and went to study it alone!
Elaine, Fang Yufei and the others did not follow, but chatted with Pierre and Caroline in the living room.
About fifteen minutes later.
Xiao Ran came out of the study and walked into the living room.
Seeing him coming out, Elaine immediately asked curiously:
"My dear, what happened? Does the treasure of Louis XVI and Queen Marie really exist?"
Following her inquiry, Fang Yufei and Pierre all looked over with expectation.
Especially Pierre and Caroline wanted to know the answer, but they couldn't ask directly.
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, and then gave a positive answer.
"It is certain that Louis XVI and Queen Marie did hide something before they were executed."
"In other words, this treasure does exist and has not been discovered for more than two hundred years."
"But unfortunately, the place where this treasure is located belongs to the French government, and it is impossible to buy it!"
"This means that if I want to find this treasure, I must cooperate with the French government and share everything in the treasure equally."
Hearing this, several people at the scene immediately beamed with joy and excitement.
"Wow! This treasure actually exists, it's incredible!",
"What is hidden in this treasure is probably the various gold and silver treasures that Queen Mary bought out of the treasury!"
"After the outbreak of the Revolution, many of the jewelry, diamonds, various high-end jewelry, etc. that Queen Mary had purchased before disappeared!"
"It hasn't appeared for more than two hundred years since then. It seems that she buried it."
Everyone agreed with Caroline's speculation and nodded.
Then, Fang Yufei smiled and said:
"If the location of the treasure cannot be purchased, it would actually be a good idea to jointly explore it with the French government."
"Use this opportunity to ease your relationship with the French government and change the way ordinary French people view you!"
"The eyes of those guys who gathered at the door of the apartment building today were all red. They looked really scary!"
As the words fell, everyone laughed.
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
"I think so too. We should really ease the relationship, otherwise it will be too hateful."
In the blink of an eye, it was already around 8:30 pm.
After dinner, Pierre and Caroline left and returned to their respective homes.
For safety reasons, Xiao Ran assigned two security personnel to each of them to guard them downstairs.
After returning to the presidential suite, everyone joked and chatted for a while, then Xiao Ran called David and Liangzi over.
In the study.
Everyone sat down on their chairs and began to discuss the next work arrangements.
Xiao Ran looked at Liangzi and then went straight to the topic.
"Ryoko, tomorrow you will send a request to Madam Henyard to acquire the Red Mansion in Paris and officially start the work of acquiring the Red Mansion."
"The Paris city government and the French Ministry of Culture now know that I want to acquire the Red Building, so there is no need to hide it anymore."
"I'm not sure whether that guy Carlin will reveal this news to Mrs. Henyal, but I can't rule out the possibility."
"Today I told Carlin that if they want to exchange for those precious historical documents and top-notch antiques and artworks, they must agree to my acquisition of the Red Mansion and keep it strictly confidential."
"Tomorrow is a good time to test it. If Mrs. Henyal knows my intention, it means that Carlin and the others have leaked the secret."
"In that case, the next acquisition strategy will have to change, and the method of cooperation with the French will also have to be adjusted. I will make them pay for it."
"If Mrs. Henyard doesn't know yet, it will be much easier to handle. It means that the French government has accepted my conditions and will soon nod and agree to let me acquire the Red Mansion."
After the words fell, Liangzi immediately nodded excitedly and said:
"Okay, Xiao Ran, after many previous contacts, Mrs. Hengyal and her family have a high degree of trust in me."
"More importantly, they have a strong desire to sell the Red Building in Paris, but they have been blocked by the French government."
"As long as the French government nods, they will sell the red building in Paris in a minute. I will find a way to get it at the lowest price."
"If Mrs. Hengyal knew that you were the one who bought the Red Building, that would be trouble! What should we do?"
Xiao Ran smiled confidently, and then said:
"Even if Mrs. Hengyal knew about it, I believe that as long as I give enough, Lu Qinzhai's prodigal sons will never be able to resist the temptation."
"As for the French government and the Paris city government, I have a way to make them agree to my acquisition while paying the price. I still have my trump card!"
Hearing this, David and Liangzi's eyes lit up with excitement.
Next, Xiao Ran warned Liangzi a few more words, and then let this guy leave.
After he left, Xiao Ran called Anthony and Matthew in again to prepare for tomorrow's work arrangements.
When everyone arrived, he immediately said:
"Everyone, get ready. Tomorrow we will go to a new place to explore treasures. The discoveries may be even more amazing than today, and the sensation may be even greater."
David and Anthony were stunned for a moment, and then cheered excitedly.
"Ah! Another bigger treasure, how great!"
"This is so cool! Sean, where is this treasure and what is it?"
Xiao Ran smiled and shook his head, giving it up.
"When you uncover this treasure tomorrow, you will naturally know the answer. I can't tell you right now."
"Before launching the operation, we still have some preparation work to do to avoid another unexpected incident."
"The public security in the neighborhood we are going to tomorrow is very bad. Security must be strengthened to ensure safe operations."
"Anthony, hire a group of armed security personnel. The number will be doubled. They must be trustworthy."
"David, please contact those French lawyers and ask them to join us in the operation tomorrow..."
Just when Xiao Ran was arranging tomorrow's exploration operation, the French were not idle either.
Several senior officials from the French Ministry of Culture and the Paris City Government were gathering in a conference room of the Ministry of Culture, discussing with gloomy faces.
"That guy Sean's goal is very clear, which is to buy the Red Mansion in Paris, and he has secretly bought all the rest of the Lu Qinzhai family's real estate."
"It can be inferred from this that one of the purposes of bringing people to Paris this time should be the things that Lu Qinzhai hid back then, which are probably a large number of Chinese antiques."
"The question now is, should we notify Mrs. Henyal? Should we agree to that bastard Sean's acquisition of the Red Mansion? Should we start exploring the Red Mansion?"
"If we do this, it will be very difficult to get those historical documents and top-notch antiques. That guy Sean is famous for his revenge."
"If we do nothing and agree to let Sean acquire the Red Mansion, we may lose an amazing treasure. This is really a dilemma."
Karin said helplessly, with unwilling eyes.
As his words fell, the conference room suddenly became quiet.
After a while, the Minister of Culture suddenly said:
"Can we send an exploration team into the Red Building, explore it secretly, and then decide whether to agree to Sean's conditions?"
Upon hearing this, Karin immediately shook his head.
"This will definitely not work. That guy Sean said that from today on, the situation of the Red Mansion must not change in any way until the relevant transaction is completed."
"Otherwise, it will be regarded as our breach of contract. With that bastard's cunning, he must have monitored the Red Mansion and prepared a backup plan."
While talking, Henry suddenly interrupted.
"I think I can accept Sean's conditions. The Chinese antiques and cultural relics hidden by Lu Qinzhai were all stolen and resold from China!"
"In the current international environment, even if we find those Chinese antiques and cultural relics, they cannot be publicly displayed or sold. They can only be left in warehouses to gather dust, or even be pursued back by China."
"In this case, we might as well be a favor and let Sean buy the Red Mansion to pave the way for us to exchange those precious historical documents and antiques. That is French history."
Following Henry's words, the conference room became quiet again.
The French guys in the conference room all showed expressions of excitement.
