The deal with the French government has been completed, and today's marathon antique art fair is coming to an end.
Next, Xiao Ran reached several art transactions with Lawrence and transferred several pieces of Western antique art to the Musée d'Orsay at a 15% discount on the market price.
This was agreed upon before and was one of the conditions for the transaction using the Musée d'Orsay venue.
For Xiao Ran, these pieces of Western antique art were simply for nothing. They would make a profit no matter how much they sold, but they would only make a little less, so they were not worth mentioning at all.
After completing the transaction with the Musée d'Orsay, the trade fair officially came to an end.
The sculptures that are difficult to move and other heavy antiques are stored in the vault of the Musée d'Orsay.
According to the relevant agreements reached between Xiao Ran, the French, and the Americans, the handover will not take place until tomorrow.
The three parties are very relieved about this.
After completing the transaction, everyone got busy.
The French packed up the Western antiques and gold and silver treasures they had acquired and moved them out of the Musée d'Orsay one by one.
Then it was loaded into the escort convoy parked at the entrance of the art museum and transported to the Louvre Museum on the other side of the Seine River.
They plan to store these treasures in the Louvre and wait a few days before proceeding with the next step of processing and distributing them to major museums and libraries.
Xiao Ran directed his staff to pack the large quantities of Chinese antiques and artworks exchanged one by one, and prepare to escort them to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and transport them back to China overnight.
At his special request, all the Chinese antiques and artworks shipped here for trading today were packaged in advance and put into boxes of different sizes.
In this way, after taking these antique Chinese works of art, you only need to check whether the packaging is secure and whether there is any danger.
If you find that there is a problem or danger in the packaging, immediately reinforce or repackage it, and then you can transport it directly to the airport.
At this time, this is what Xiao Ran asked Matthew and the others to do.
After careful inspection, they found many problems.
Once these problems are discovered, they will be solved on site to avoid leaving any safety hazards.
While we were busy, it was completely dark.
During this period, everyone had dinner in the hall. After dinner, they continued to be busy.
In the blink of an eye, it was already half past eight in the evening.
Matthew and the others dragged a flatbed truck and slowly walked into the front hall of the art museum.
On this flatbed truck, there is a large and extremely heavy crate, which is covered with safety ropes and cushioning sponges.
The contents of this crate are none other than Michelangelo’s masterpiece, “Hercules Killing the Nemean Lion.”
In addition to this top-notch work of art, the rest of the Western antiques that Xiao Ran planned to transport to Beijing have been moved into the front hall of the museum.
At this time, many of his employees are packing these Western antiques and preparing to transport them to the airport later.
Most of these Western antique artworks are oil paintings, some small sculptures, and other antique cultural relics. It is not difficult to pack and transport them!
The most difficult pieces of antique art are sculptures including this masterpiece by Michelangelo.
Fortunately, there are not many of these sculptures and they are not difficult to deal with!
Seeing Michelangelo's Hercules sculpture being moved into the front hall, the eyes of the guys from the French government and the Louvre instantly turned red.
Max and others who were still at the scene performed similarly.
The next moment, Henry, Lawrence, Antoine, Max and Joshua all walked towards Xiao Ran in unison.
Coming closer, Henry said expectantly:
"Sean, even though I know the hope is slim, I still want to try again."
"Can you trade Michelangelo's Hercules statue to us? The terms are whatever you want!"
Before he finished speaking, Antoine immediately continued:
"Our family wants to acquire Michelangelo's Hercules sculpture. Sean, can we talk about it?"
"You sold Raphael's "Lorenzo Medici" for 600 million US dollars. I am willing to pay 700 million US dollars for this sculpture of Hercules!"
"This price must be very high, do you want to consider it?"
At this moment, Joshua suddenly interrupted.
"I also want to buy this Hercules sculpture, Sean, how about 800 million US dollars? This offer is hard to come by!"
Before Xiao Ran could respond, Antoine snarled angrily.
"Joshua, you are really annoying sometimes..."
With that said, this guy is going to make a new offer.
But Xiao Ran suddenly spoke up, directly interrupting his words.
"I'm very sorry, gentlemen, I don't intend to sell this masterpiece by Renaissance art master Michelangelo, so you don't have to bid!"
"I have said before that I will use this sculpture as the centerpiece of the Renaissance art exhibition hall of my private museum, and this idea has not changed."
Hearing what he said, Henry and Joshua immediately looked disappointed.
Knowing that it was impossible to win this top-notch piece of art, they all shut up and then stepped aside.
At the same time, several of Xiao Ran's live broadcast rooms were completely blown away.
Those guys who still insisted on watching the live broadcast exclaimed after understanding the quotations of Antoine and Joshua.
"Fuck you! The price of 800 million US dollars to buy this sculpture is too exaggerated. Why doesn't Xiao Ran sell it? If you miss this opportunity, I'm afraid it will be difficult to encounter such a bully again."
"That's right, if it were me, I would sell this sculpture of Hercules immediately. Isn't it just a marble sculpture? I can just copy it and put it in a museum!"
"What do you know? Someone is now offering an offer of US$800 million. If Xiao Ran wants to sell this sculpture in the future, the price can only be higher than US$800 million."
"More importantly, if he sells this sculpture of Hercules, he will have to pay a heavy tax. By keeping this treasure in his hands, he can perfectly avoid taxes, and it will not be a problem to liquidate it in the future."
While many fans were talking about it, Xiao Ran had already approached Ambassador Lu and began to discuss the upcoming escort operation in a low voice.
In the blink of an eye, it was already around 11:30 at night.
At this time, Paris finally became quiet.
The streets and major scenic spots, which were extremely noisy during the day, became deserted, with almost no one in sight.
There are also very few vehicles driving on the streets, and it takes half a day to see one.
This situation is perfectly normal. Due to extremely poor security, Paris is basically a ghost town late at night, and no one dares to take to the streets.
Nine out of ten people taking to the streets at this time are not good people, most of them are gangsters or gangsters.
At this time, in Paris, there were only red light districts and many nightclubs, which were still very lively and crowded.
At this moment, from the parking lot of the Musée d'Orsay, two medium-sized helicopters suddenly took off and roared into the night sky.
Immediately afterwards, two more medium-sized helicopters flew from the directions of the Louvre Museum and the Luxembourg Gardens, flying directly over the Musée d'Orsay.
The next moment, a huge heavy-duty escort convoy left the square in front of the Musée d'Orsay and drove onto Avenue Saint-Germain.
In front and behind this heavy escort convoy, there is a US armored personnel carrier, each with a heavy machine gun mounted on it.
In addition, there were more than a dozen bulletproof SUVs escorting the convoy at the front and rear, as well as a large number of Paris vehicles, including several special police armored vehicles.
In the center of the convoy were a dozen armored escort vehicles and two specially-made container trucks.
There is no doubt that this is a convoy armed to the teeth.
No matter who it is, if they plan to escort this convoy, there is only one result, and that is death!
As soon as the motorcade drove onto Avenue Saint-Germain, Xiao Ran's voice came from the intercom.
"Anthony, let the convoy cross the Pont de la Concorde, go to the other side of the Seine, and then take the route of the Eighth Arrondissement."
As soon as the words fell, Anthony responded immediately.
"Copy that, boss"
Pont de la Concorde in Paris
