After explaining, and quietly admiring the bronze elephant for a while, Ye Tian turned to face Martinez and them, and said with a smile:

"Gentlemen, if I choose to exchange with the Guimet Museum of Asian Art, then this bronze elephant must be included, which is necessary for the deal to be concluded.

As you may know, I have a personal exhibition hall in the Forbidden City, and after I get this bronze elephant, I will ship it back to Beijing and display it in my personal exhibition hall!"

Hearing his words, Martinez and the others couldn't help but laugh bitterly, with a painful expression.

"Steven, from the first time you mentioned this bronze elephant in Antwerp, we knew that if we wanted to get those three jewels of Queen Mary, we would inevitably lose this bronze elephant!

Since we can accept your offer and make a deal with you, it means that we are mentally prepared to lose this treasure, even if it is a very regrettable and painful decision!

We have also heard about your personal exhibition hall in the Forbidden City, who would have thought that this bronze elephant statue would return to China in this way and through your hands more than 100 years after leaving China!"

Martinez said with a wry smile, somewhat unwilling.

"This bronze elephant statue is the important weapon of the country in ancient China, and one of the best evidences of the 5,000-year-old splendid civilization history of China.

I am sure that only in that ancient land can this bronze elephant shine the most brilliant light, and only the people who live in that land know how to appreciate it best!"

Ye Tian said emotionally, and looked back at the magnificent bronze elephant again.

"Steven, I don't agree with what you said, countries have national borders, but culture and art have no borders, even in France, this bronze elephant can radiate a brilliant light of civilization!"

Florent continued, shaking his head like a rattle.

Now you can certainly say that, it sounds very lofty, and that's your usual excuse!

But when buddies bring up the Napoleonic treasure buried on the Île de la Cité, I hope you can still say the same and insist that culture and art know no borders, then thank you, buddy!

Ye Tian complained secretly, a look of disdain flashed in his eyes!

Of course, this is his inner activity, but what he says is something else!

"Everyone stands from different angles, everyone has their own opinions, there is no need to argue about this issue, continue to visit, I am also very interested in that group of bronzes from the early Western Zhou Dynasty, "Ling Gui"!"

Ye Tian said with a chuckle, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction where the group of Western Zhou bronzes "Ling Gui" was located.

Before his words fell, the faces of many French people at the scene had changed drastically and became extremely ugly!

Without the slightest hesitation, Florent, who was the director of the Guimet Museum, shook his head very firmly and said:

"Steven, you guy is really greedy to the extreme, the bronze elephant statue and the group of early Western Zhou bronze "Linggui" are the two most important Chinese bronzes in our museum!

It's wishful thinking that you want to catch them all and take them all into your own pocket! It's impossible, this is not the Saint-Tuan thrift market, you can let you ransack them like crazy!

You can only get one of the bronze elephants and the group of bronzes from the early Western Zhou Dynasty, if you exchange both heavy objects, then our museum's bronze collection will be over!"

"Don't worry, Florent, I only said that I was very interested in that group of Western Zhou bronzes "Ling Gui", and I didn't say that you must get it, you don't need to be so angry!

Let's go over and admire that group of Western Zhou bronzes, I am very interested in the inscriptions engraved on that group of "Linggui", and I am even more interested in the ancient history hidden behind it!"

Ye Tian said with a chuckle, calming the many French who were about to be anxious.

He knew very well in his heart that it would be almost impossible to change to the bronze elephant statue and the Western Zhou "Linggui" at the same time, unless these guys in the Guimet Museum were kicked in the head by a donkey!

Florent was right, if the bronze elephant and the Western Zhou Dynasty "Linggui" were lost at the same time, the Chinese bronze collection of the Guimet Museum would completely collapse, and it would be reduced to mediocrity in an instant!

After calming down his excitement a little, Florent spoke:

"Okay, Steven, let's go over and enjoy that set of Western Zhou "Linggui", please come with me!"

After speaking, the Frenchman stepped out and walked towards the display table where the set of Western Zhou "Linggui" was placed.

The others followed, Ye Tian and Betty, admiring the other Chinese antiques displayed in the exhibition hall as they walked towards the Western Zhou Dynasty's Linggui.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was six o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time for the closing time of the Musée Guimet.

After visiting, Ye Tian and them, accompanied by a group of Frenchmen, left the exhibition area and returned to the first floor hall of the Guimet Museum.

In the past few hours, Ye Tian and his family have been visiting the three exhibition areas of the Guimet Museum that display Chinese antique art, Ancient China, Classical China, and Buddhist China!

Next, led by Florent, they went to the underground antique art warehouse of the Guimet Museum to admire the museum's inventory of Chinese antique art.

Due to the rush of time and the sheer size of the Guimet Museum's collection of Chinese antiques, it is impossible to look at them one by one, but only to skim them roughly!

Some of them were packed in boxes of antique artworks, Ye Tian and they didn't even see the real thing, they just browsed the inventory catalog and knew that there were those antique artworks!

During this period, Ye Tian secretly opened the perspective many times, and looked at all the Chinese antique artworks in the Guimet Museum, but none of them were left behind!

In just a few hours, he has become very familiar with the collection of Chinese antiques and artworks in the Guimet Museum, and his understanding is very thorough, far beyond the antique art experts in the Guimet Museum!

And, of course, the director of the Musée Guimet, Florent!

Back in the lobby on the first floor of the museum, after a few small talks, Martinez immediately asked:

"Steven, you've seen the collection of Chinese antiques at the Guimet Museum, and you must have chosen a target to exchange for Queen Mary's jewelry, can you tell me about it?"

As his words fell, everyone at the scene looked at Ye Tian, expecting his answer.

Ye Tian glanced at everyone at the scene, then nodded with a smile and said:

"Indeed, during my visit to the Guimet Museum's collection of Chinese antiques, I did choose the antique artworks that were exchanged and that appealed to me, and I can tell you about them.

Before I do that, I must say that the Guimet Museum is the largest collection of Chinese antiques outside of China, and the exquisite and beautiful Chinese antiques are simply breathtaking!

To be honest, among the tens of thousands of valuable Chinese antique artworks, it is a very difficult thing to choose 20 favorite treasures, and it is also very difficult to choose, but fortunately I completed the job!

Next, I will talk about the 20 Chinese antique artworks selected, the first treasure, you must have guessed, is the bronze elephant statue of the late Yin Shang period, it is also the most important one.

In addition to the bronze elephant, there are two bronzes from ancient China, which also made my heart flutter, one is a four-legged square tripod with inscriptions cast in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, and a mustache cast in the Spring and Autumn Period!

Let's talk about the artworks of calligraphy and painting, from the Tang Dynasty in Dunhuang, representing the two masterpieces of the Tang Dynasty art that influenced the Buddhist world, "Fuxian Bodhisattva Riding an Elephant" and "Statue of a Walking Monk", which also made me quite tempted!

Also from Dunhuang, the painting "Water Moon Guanyin" painted in the Five Dynasties period, I also want to include it in my bag, that painting on paper with color ink, a collection of different cultural factors, very valuable for research!"

Hearing this, the faces of many French people at the scene were already dark, as black as the bottom of a pot! Everyone's eyes were spurting with anger, and they couldn't wait to rush up and beat Ye Tian and vent their evil anger!

There is no other reason why they are so angry, just because these treasures listed by Ye Tianluo are all fine Chinese antique artworks in the collection of the Guimet Museum, and each one of them is truly priceless!

Although the anger was abnormal, Martinez and the others forcibly suppressed the anger and did not attack immediately!

They also want to see how greedy this crazy bastard in front of them can be, and how much appetite can be amazing!

Martinez's reaction, Ye Tian saw it all.

He also knew very well why these Frenchmen were so angry that they were no one else!

However, he did not take all this to heart, and still listed the valuable Chinese antique artworks one by one, showing his amazing appetite to the fullest.

"There are also a few works in calligraphy and painting, which also make my heart move, the famous poet and painter of the Tang Dynasty in China, Wang Wei's "Snow Creek Picture", Jing Hao's "Autumn Forest Twilight" ,......"