After a while, Xiao Ran and the others returned to the hotel.
Like many days before, there were still many media reporters inside and outside the hotel.
Seeing Xiao Ran's return, these media reporters were reluctant to miss the opportunity and began to ask questions.
What they were most concerned about was naturally what treasures Xiao Ran and the others discovered today, the donations promised to Avenue Saint-Michel, and the disposal of Napoleon's treasures and Robespierre's treasures.
Xiao Ran did not refuse these guys' questions, but briefly introduced the situation.
He not only explained today's discoveries, but also talked about the upcoming transactions with France and the United States, but he did not mention the details of the transactions.
From his point of view, he hopes that more media reporters will know about this series of heavyweight antique art transactions and report on it.
In this way, both the French government and the Americans will have some restraint.
The French government, in particular, is more concerned about media supervision, or in other words, it wants to save face.
Relatively speaking, the French government is not as rogue and arrogant as the U.S. government.
After briefly introducing the situation, Xiao Ran took Elaine and the others upstairs.
The media reporters guarding downstairs quickly spread the news they had just obtained.
It didn't take long for the news to appear online.
After seeing this news and learning that Xiao Ran would soon start transactions with the French and American governments, the European countries that had previously made claims suddenly became anxious.
They issued public statements expressing strong protest.
He reiterated once again that the antiques, artworks and gold and silver treasures stolen by Napoleon more than 200 years ago belonged to their country, and strongly demanded that Xiao Ran return them immediately.
But these European countries can only protest and can do nothing else.
Everyone knows it, including the top leaders of these European countries.
These protests are of no use, and even a piece of antique art and gold and silver treasures will not be returned.
Although I knew it was useless, I still had to do the gesture, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain it to the people of the country.
As for snatching back these astonishingly valuable antiques, artworks and gold and silver treasures, no one dares to think of such an idea anymore.
The bloody massacre that occurred yesterday was enough to scare countless people away and alert countless others.
Everyone knows it now.
Anyone who wants to snatch the treasure from Xiao Ran will have only one outcome, and that is death without a burial place.
Xiao Ran didn't bother to pay attention to the claims and strong protests issued by European countries again.
He had more important things to do, and that was what he was really focused on.
After returning to the presidential suite on the top floor, he, Elaine and the others washed and disinfected as usual.
Immediately afterwards, he watched Matthew's exploration progress through the surveillance video.
The exploration operation on the Avenue Saint-Michel is progressing very smoothly.
Unfortunately, there were no major surprises.
Of course, this is for Xiao Ran.
Henry and Cornell, who were at the scene, didn't see it that way.
Not to mention anything else, the discovery of those Jacobin francs alone could make them write a lot of books and dig out many stories from them.
After confirming that everything went well with the exploration operation, Xiao Ran was too lazy to pay attention anymore.
Next, he took out his mobile phone and started making calls to prepare for the next action.
The first call was to Lawrence, the director of the Musée d'Orsay, and the call was answered in the blink of an eye.
"Good afternoon, Lawrence, I'm Sean"
"Good afternoon, Sean, why did you remember to call me?"
Lawrence responded.
Xiao Ran smiled and then went straight to the point.
"That's right, Lawrence. The French government and I have agreed on a transaction time. It will be the morning of tomorrow. You will probably receive the news soon."
"I will need your museum's cooperation at that time. According to the agreement we reached before, I plan to use the hall of your art museum as a trading venue."
"Of course, I will also fulfill my previous promise. When selling works by some modern art masters, the Musée d'Orsay has the right of priority to acquire them."
"If nothing else happens, my series of transactions with the U.S. government and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other cultural institutions will be completed at the same time the day after tomorrow."
After the words fell, Lawrence did not respond immediately.
He was silent for a moment, and then said with emotion:
"I have to say, Sean, your work efficiency is so high. It's incredible that you managed such a large-scale antique art transaction so quickly!"
"If it were any other professional treasure hunter or museum, a much smaller antique art transaction could drag on for a year and a half. It's hard to say whether the transaction can be completed in the end."
"I like your resolute style of doing things. Since we have an agreement in advance, our art museum will fully cooperate with your transaction. We will start preparations tomorrow."
Xiao Ran smiled and continued:
"That would be great, Laurence, are you at the Musée d'Orsay?"
"If you are here, come to the hotel and I'll invite you to have dinner with me."
"While enjoying dinner, we can just talk about the layout and security of the venue, and we can also talk about the transaction."
Lawrence thought for a moment before responding.
"I'm very sorry, Sean. I'm not at the Musée d'Orsay right now, and I have an appointment with someone for dinner. I will go to the Marais district to attend the appointment later."
"How about tomorrow at noon? I'll meet you at the hotel tomorrow at noon. Let's have lunch together and talk about what you just said."
Xiao Ran smiled and responded:
"Of course, no problem, Lawrence, you can also do it at noon tomorrow, just give me a call then."
"You can try the skills of my personal chef. He is the top Chinese chef and will definitely wow you."
“That’s great, I’m really looking forward to lunch tomorrow”
Lawrence said politely.
Next, they said to each other that they would see each other, and then hung up the phone.
Later, Xiao Ran called the U.S. Ambassador to France and Max respectively to talk about the transaction.
Since Americans mostly use cash to buy valuable antiques, artworks and gold and silver treasures, there is basically no preparation problem.
When they heard that Xiao Ran was determined to start the transaction in the morning the day after tomorrow, several Americans nodded in agreement without thinking.
He also said that he would prepare enough funds and strive to complete all transactions at once.
After confirming the transaction time, Xiao Ran hung up the phone.
Next, he called Joshua, Antoine, and some other buyers to inform them of the transaction.
While he was busy, David suddenly knocked on the door and walked into the suite.
Then he gestured to Xiao Ran to go to the study, saying that he had something important to report.
Xiao Ran immediately stood up and left the living room, took him into the study, and closed the door behind him.
The next moment, David whispered:
"Sean, just this afternoon, there were several assassinations in some places on Avenue Montaigne, and there was also a street fight."
"All those who were assassinated were Eastern Europeans. To be precise, those who died were all Poles. Among them were restaurant owners and tourists who had just arrived in France."
"A fire broke out in the dining area outside a cafe. The deceased were two Poles in their thirties. They were beaten to death in the street, but the gunman disappeared in the blink of an eye."
Hearing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but flash a smile on his face.
He instantly understood why these Poles died and at the hands of whom.
But he said nothing and continued to listen.
David smiled and continued to introduce the situation.
"According to Anthony's analysis, the assassination methods of those killers are very similar to those done by CIA agents."
"Just now, Turner called and said that they had targeted several Polish former special police officers lurking in Paris."
"They will launch an operation to get rid of those former Polish special police officers, and also lock in a big shot in Krakow..."
While he was talking, Anthony's voice suddenly came from the intercom.
"Sean, the Chinese Ambassador to France and the Cultural Counselor are downstairs."
After hearing the announcement, Xiao Ran immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"Roger, Anthony, bring Mr. Ambassador and the others up."
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