In the blink of an eye, it was already around 12 noon.
After sleeping for seven or eight hours, Matthew and the others finally woke up and immediately went into work full of energy.
With their joining, the problem of manpower shortage was immediately greatly alleviated, and the speed of cleaning and moving antique artworks was also much faster.
Ryoko and others, who had replaced Matthew and the others, had retreated to the apartment building. After washing up, they all went to rest.
Located deep underground in a Gothic palace.
Xiao Ran returned to the underground palace again, and Henry and Pierre came down with them.
The reason why they came back here was to guide the moving of the "Hercules and the Nemean Lion" by Michelangelo, one of the three masters of Renaissance art and a top sculptor, placed in front of the altar. statue.
At this time, most of Napoleon's treasures hidden in this underground palace had been moved to the surface.
In this underground palace, only this sculpture by Michelangelo has not been moved to the ground.
In addition, there are the stone murals, statues, various ancillary facilities, and traps that are integrated with this underground palace.
These things cannot be pried off and transported away, they can only be left here, and cannot be destroyed at will, otherwise it is against the law.
Xiao Ran was going to package them together with the underground palace and the apartment buildings on the ground and sell them to the French government.
During previous talks with the French Presidential Envoy and the Minister of Culture, they expressed their desire to take back this historical building on behalf of the French government and prepare to transform it into a historical museum and tourist attraction.
Xiao Ran did not refuse their request, but agreed. He agreed to sell this historical building to the French government.
The only and biggest disagreement between the two sides now is how much the historic building is worth.
The Frenchman said he couldn't accept the offer made by Xiao Ran and said he was robbing.
The purchase price offered by the French government was so low that Xiao Ran didn't even bother to counteroffer.
Fortunately, there is no rush on this matter, and there is plenty of time to negotiate slowly.
As most of the treasures in Napoleon's treasure were moved to the surface, the underground palace suddenly became emptier and more gloomy.
In order to move Michelangelo's Hercules sculpture, Matthew and the others brought a small combination winch here and assembled it in front of the Hercules sculpture, preparing to hoist this priceless treasure.
On the outside of this Hercules sculpture, they wrapped seven or eight layers of anti-collision sponge, and then used an aluminum alloy combination box to cover the sculpture.
The trolleys and other auxiliary tools used to transport the Hercules sculpture are all in place.
All the steps and corridors from this underground palace to the ground were paved with thick wooden boards to facilitate the dragging of flatbed trucks.
The rest of the safety ropes, ground protection measures, etc. have been done and nothing is missing.
Even so, Xiao Ran still felt uneasy.
He thoroughly looked through all these equipment and floors, as well as the Hercules sculpture itself.
After making sure there were no omissions, he nodded and said:
"Guys, let's get started. First move Michelangelo's Hercules sculpture onto a flatbed truck, and then transport it to the ground."
"This is the last treasure in Napoleon's treasure, and it is probably also the most valuable top-notch antique. Everyone must be careful."
"After moving this priceless treasure to the ground, the cleaning and transportation of Napoleon's treasures will be completed. I hope everyone can bring this work to a successful conclusion."
Following his order, Matthew and the others immediately responded in unison:
"Don't worry, Sean, we will be extremely careful to transport Michelangelo's Hercules sculpture to the ground intact."
"Okay guys, let's get started"
Xiao Ran nodded.
The next moment, Matthew and the others took action.
They first tied a few cables outside the statue of Hercules. They were all in a mess and almost turned into rice dumplings.
Then a small winch was used to hoist the statue of Hercules, and two layers of extremely strong rope nets were placed on the statue.
Then the Hercules sculpture was hoisted on a flatbed truck, then reinforced and tied with countless safety ropes.
It is connected with another combined winch and a small excavator on the ground, with several pulleys set in the middle to reduce friction and resistance.
After a lot of fiddling, the statue of Hercules was completely wrapped, and it would be fine even if it fell to the ground.
After confirming that all safety measures were in place, Xiao Ran told Matthew and the others to carry this priceless treasure upwards.
Matthew and the others immediately took action, dragging the flatbed truck towards the entrance of the underground palace.
When they reached the steps below the door, they stopped immediately.
Then he returned to the altar, disassembled the small combined winch, transported it to the door of the underground palace, and assembled it again.
Then a cable was pulled from the winch and tied to the rope net outside the Hercules sculpture.
Then, using the traction force of the two combined winches and the small excavator, the statue of Hercules was slowly lifted up and gradually moved toward the stone gate above.
The process was slow but smooth.
In a short time, Michelangelo's sculpture of Hercules had been successfully lifted out of the underground palace and into the corridor above.
Seeing that the most difficult level was successfully passed, everyone, including Xiao Ran, breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little.
Afterwards, Xiao Ran and the others also entered the corridor above and followed the Hercules sculpture up step by step.
Ten minutes later, this priceless top-grade antique cultural relic was finally dragged out of the underground tunnel.
The moment this sculpture of Hercules returned to the ground after more than 200 years, the garden immediately burst into excited cheers.
In the lobby on the first floor of the apartment building, on the street outside, and in front of countless live broadcasts, the same cheers came one after another, and everyone was extremely excited.
Amidst the cheers, Xiao Ran led Pierre and the others out of the underground tunnel.
As soon as they came to the ground, they were greeted with even more enthusiastic applause and cheers.
"Sean, you are the best professional treasure hunter in the world. We found the Napoleon treasure."
"Awesome, Sean, this is truly an incredible discovery. I'd love to help you."
While applauding and cheering, all company employees and security personnel present bowed slightly to Xiao Ran.
Seeing this scene and listening to what Matthew and the others said, Henry and the others at the scene, as well as everyone watching the live broadcast, were moved.
People could see very clearly that everyone under Xiao Ran was convinced of him and even worshiped him a little.
For some people with ulterior motives, this is obviously not a good thing.
Xiao Ran, standing at the edge of the pit, casually took off his mask and gloves and threw these things on the ground next to him.
Immediately afterwards, he glanced at the many employees and security personnel on site, then smiled and said loudly:
"Guys, thank you for your hard work. The cleaning and transportation of Napoleon's treasure has been successfully completed. Everyone's performance is outstanding."
"You are right. This is an unparalleled exploration operation. It is the result of everyone's joint efforts and is worthy of being recorded in history."
"In view of everyone's outstanding performance, I am here to announce that after the end of this exploration operation, each of you will receive a reward of at least 500,000 US dollars..."
Before he finished speaking, the scene was completely fried.
"What? Everyone can get at least 500,000 US dollars in rewards, did I hear that right?"
"Wow! This is definitely the most beautiful sound I have ever heard, like the sound of nature!"
"Oh my God, a $500,000 reward, that's crazy!"
Many company employees and security personnel at the scene danced and cheered wildly.
Everyone else was completely dumbfounded, and they all froze in place.
