At around 12 noon, Xiao Ran finally received the call he had been waiting for.
He first glanced at the display, then immediately turned off the miniature microphone he was wearing, and then connected to his cell phone.
"I have good news for you, Xiao Ran. We have successfully won the red building in Paris, and the price is US$5 million lower than the previous quotation!"
"Just now, Mrs. Henyard and her family's lawyer have signed the contract. The Red Mansion in Paris now belongs to you."
Ryoko's voice came from the phone, and she was so excited that she almost flew into the air.
Xiao Ran was the same, his eyes full of excitement.
This time he led a team to Paris, France, and his main goal was the Red House in Paris, which was the large number of antique cultural relics smuggled into France by the traitor Lu Qinzhai.
Now that he has successfully completed the Red House in Paris, how can he not be excited!
"Great, Ryoko, this is well done."
"Everyone who participates in this series of acquisitions will receive a heavy reward!"
Before he finished speaking, a burst of excited cheers came from the mobile phone.
"That's great, that sounds so happy."
Xiao Ran smiled softly, and then continued:
"You will be responsible for the subsequent reception work."
"The Red Building will be closed immediately and all staff will go home to rest and their wages will continue to be paid."
"The security affairs will be taken over by our people. No one is allowed to move any items in the Red Building. Everything remains as it is..."
Next, he gave a few more instructions before ending the call.
As soon as he hung up the phone, Carlin and the French Deputy Minister of Culture came over.
Coming closer, Karin whispered helplessly:
"You guys moved so fast, Sean, you actually captured the Red Building so quickly."
"Now that the Red Mansion has fallen into your hands, can you tell me why you insist on buying the Red Mansion?"
"Are there some unknown secrets or treasures hidden in the red building or deep underground?"
Xiao Ran looked at the two French guys, thought for a moment, and then smiled and explained a few words.
"Gentlemen, since you want to know the reason, it doesn't hurt for me to tell you."
"According to my investigation, in the early 1950s, Lu Qinzhai ended his antique business in the United States and when he came to France, he took away many stolen Chinese antiques and cultural relics smuggled overseas."
"After those Chinese antiques were shipped to France, they disappeared and never appeared again. They must have been hidden by Lu Qinzhai!"
"I wanted to find those Chinese antiques, but I didn't know where they were hidden, so I acquired all the real estate of the Lu Qinzhai family."
"The Red Mansion is the most important target. I want to use this stupidest method to find those Chinese antiques and display them in my private museum."
"As for whether those Chinese antiques are hidden in the Red Building or hidden in other buildings, I'm not sure!"
Carlin and the French Deputy Minister of Culture looked at each other quickly and nodded slightly.
as expected!
Sean, a cunning bastard, really came here for the antique cultural relics hidden by Lu Qinzhai.
Carlin and the others didn't even believe a word of what he said that they didn't know the exact hiding place of those antique artifacts!
After a pause, the French Deputy Minister of Culture said with emotion:
"Sean, you are so scary. You are going to dig out all the treasures in Paris!"
"Now I can't even imagine what unknown and shocking treasures you will discover next."
Xiao Ran smiled softly and was about to say a few words of courtesy.
At this moment, there was a sudden roar of a helicopter engine in the sky outside.
Immediately afterwards, Anthony's voice came from the intercom.
"Sean, the U.S. Ambassador to France is here"
Xiao Ran immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and responded.
"Copy that, Anthony, please arrange for someone to pick you up and I won't go there."
"Got it, Sean"
Anthony responded.
After ending the call, Xiao Ran turned on the live broadcast microphone again and started the live broadcast again.
In the blink of an eye, the American ambassador to France had entered the apartment building and then came to the garden.
After everyone met, they all treated each other with false politeness.
Next, Xiao Ran pointed to the big pit in the garden and briefly introduced the situation.
After more than three hours of excavation, there was a deep pit about six meters deep, more than four meters wide, and six meters long in the garden.
The soil and rocks excavated from the deep pit have been transported out of the apartment building and piled in an open space not far away.
While the excavation was going on, Matthew and the others were constantly detecting the situation deep underground and constantly adjusting the direction of the excavation.
Before Xiao Ran could finish introducing the situation, a surprised voice suddenly came from the bottom of the pit.
"Sean, we should dig to the entrance of the underground tunnel."
"There is a wall made of red bricks here, which should be used to block the entrance to the corridor."
As the news came out, there was an immediate commotion at the scene and in front of countless live broadcasts.
The exploration operation that had been mediocre finally made waves.
After hearing the report from his employees, Xiao Ran immediately walked towards the entrance of the pit.
The rest of the people followed, everyone looking forward to it.
When Xiao Ran came to stand at the entrance of the pit, he immediately looked towards the bottom of the pit.
In addition to the small excavator, there were several disgraced employees at the bottom of the pit.
At this time, the excavator has stopped.
The guys standing at the bottom of the pit used engineering shovels to scrape away the soil covering the bottom of the pit.
What appeared at the bottom of the pit was a wall made of red bricks. Although it was mottled, it was very strong.
Seeing this scene, everyone at the scene was filled with joy.
The guys who are watching this exploration live broadcast are also very excited.
At this moment, no one doubts it anymore.
Deep underground in this apartment building, is there an underground palace, is there any unknown secret or treasure hidden?
The only thing that is uncertain is whether the legendary Napoleon treasure is hidden in that underground palace.
Xiao Ran stood at the entrance of the pit to check the situation, and then said with approval:
"Good job, guys, we finally dug this tunnel hidden deep underground."
"By digging out this sealed tunnel, we should be able to follow the tunnel and enter the palace deeper underground."
"For safety reasons, the next excavation work can only be done by manpower, and we will dig while exploring."
"The first thing to do is to use a metal detector and ground-penetrating radar to scan this red brick wall and see what's going on."
After the words fell, the guys standing at the bottom of the pit nodded in unison.
"Understood, Sean, we will complete the next exploration and excavation work."
Next, the small excavator slowly retreated from the bottom of the pit and returned to the ground.
Afterwards, the guys at the bottom of the pit began to dig manually and clean up the soil outside the red brick wall.
After a while, an arch sealed with red bricks took shape.
Inside that arch is the tunnel that leads deep underground.
After the soil at the bottom of the pit was almost cleared, the exploration team members who stayed on the ground hoisted the pulse metal detector and ground-penetrating radar one after another.
After getting the two detection equipment, the guys at the bottom of the pit immediately started exploring.
In a matter of moments, the results were known.
Behind the red brick wall, there is indeed an arched tunnel that slopes downward, leading directly to the depths of the ground.
Not only that, there are some metal objects in the corridor.
But what those metal objects are is currently unknown.
This result makes everyone excited.
