Early the next morning, as soon as it was dawn, Ye Tian and his convoy left the Vatican and headed straight for Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome.

The journey went smoothly and the convoy arrived at the airport in no time.

About half an hour later, Ye Tian's Bombardier Global Express 8000 took off into the air, roared into the sky, and flew to New York with Betty and the others.

The reason why Ye Tian asked Betty to return to New York, instead of continuing to stay by his side and follow him to explore treasures and enjoy the beautiful scenery across Europe, of course, had his own considerations.

At a press conference to be held this morning, the intrepid and Vatican will jointly explore the treasures of the Knights Templar.

Don't think about it, once this news is announced, it will definitely cause a sensation in the whole world and attract countless attention.

In particular, the Knights Templar's treasures are related to several famous religious relics, as well as some mysterious religious groups that have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years, which may trigger some more extreme reactions.

Under these circumstances, it was clearly not a wise choice for Betty to stay with her and explore the Templar treasures together.

It was for safety reasons that Ye Tiancai asked Betty to leave Rome and return to New York.

In addition to this, there is another reason.

They have been away from New York for a long time, and the company has accumulated a lot of affairs that Betty needs to go back to deal with, such as settling accounts with major auction houses in New York after the New York autumn auction season is over.

Soon after Betty and her departure, Anderson and several security guards began to officially clear customs with a large number of valuable antiques and artworks, subject to joint inspection by customs and the Italian gendarmerie of antiquities.

As Ye Tian expected, although these antique artworks are worth a lot of money, they do not meet the threshold of restricting departure.

After careful inspection by the Italian cultural relics gendarmerie, they could only let them go, and watched as the boxes full of antique artworks were sent to the charter plane one by one and then transported to New York on the other side of the ocean.

Of course, Ye Tian did not lose a cent of the customs duties that should be paid, and all of them were handed over, which can be regarded as a contribution to Rome, but this contribution is negligible.

At about half past eight in the morning, the American Airlines charter plane carrying Anderson and a large number of antique artworks took off smoothly and rushed into the sky and flew directly to New York on the other side of the ocean.

After seeing the American Airlines chartered plane fly into the sky and disappear out of sight, Ye Tian retracted his gaze, and then led the team out of the airport and returned to Rome again.

By the time their convoy arrived at the Vatican, it was about a quarter past nine in the morning.

At this time, St. Peter's Square is already bustling with people!

In addition to countless tourists from all over the world, there are many media reporters in the square, carrying long guns and short cannons, scattered all over the square.

The arrival of Ye Tian's heavy convoy naturally couldn't escape the eyes of these guys.

The moment they saw the convoy, these guys suddenly felt like they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they immediately ran wildly, and the tide rushed straight to Ye Tian.

Ye Tian and the others had just gotten out of the car, and before they had stepped into St. Peter's Square, they saw such a scene.

Fortunately, the Vatican police, who had been prepared and patrolled the square, had already received orders to keep an eye on these uncrowned kings who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

In the blink of an eye, there were two more cordons around Ye Tian and them.

The outer one was made up of Vatican police, and the inner one was made up of Cole, and they stopped the reporters who were rushing in.

However, where are these uncrowned kings willing to let go of this opportunity, otherwise they would not have to do this job.

Before they could gain a foothold, several media reporters couldn't wait to start asking questions out loud.

"Good morning, Steven, I'm a reporter for the Washington Post, and at the press conference that will be held later, will you announce your plan to explore the treasure with the Vatican? Can you tell me what kind of treasure it is?"

"Good morning, Steven, I'm a reporter for Italian national television, can you tell us about your public offer on the Internet for collecting the fragments of the statue?

There was just a message on social media that you supposedly collected a few pieces of a statue from an antique dealer for 200,000 euros last night, but what kind of statue is it that is so valuable?"

Hearing these questions, Ye Tian immediately stopped, and quickly put on a bright smile and turned to look at the media reporters who were full of expectations.

He quickly glanced around the scene, then smiled and said aloud:

"Ladies and gentlemen, journalists, good morning, I'm Steven, it's a pleasure to meet you here, the weather is very good today, the sun is shining, I hope you are in the same mood.

The upcoming press conference will indeed announce the plans of our company and the Vatican to jointly explore the treasure, which does not need to be concealed, and there is no need to do so, as you must have guessed.

But what kind of treasure is it, let me sell it, it's not convenient to reveal it for the time being, it still needs to be kept secret, and after the press conference is held later, everyone will know the answer, don't worry!"

"Hey——!"

There was a sigh at the scene, and those media reporters were somewhat disappointed and could only continue to suffer.

When the scene calmed down a little, Ye Tian immediately continued:

"Let's talk about the fact that I publicly offered a bounty on the Internet for the collection of statue fragments, and the news circulating on social media is true, I did spend 200,000 euros last night and received a few statue fragments.

This is the first batch of statue fragments I received after the bounty announcement, and I am very happy that I hope more people will see this news and work hard to collect the statue fragments.

As long as the statue fragments you have collected are okay and exactly what I want, then rest assured that all your hard work and efforts will be rewarded in the richest, but don't think about fishing in troubled waters!

As for the theme of the statue, who is the character or story, who is the creator, and what is the value?

I can tell you that it was an ancient Greek sculpture with a long history, and when I found it and bought it, it was a pile of broken statue fragments, and the damage was worse than that of "The Broken Body".

Once I bought the fragments, I took them back to my home and tried to put them back together, and in the process, I became interested in the ancient Greek sculpture and wanted to recreate it.

For me, it's a jigsaw puzzle, and it would be a lot of fun to put this sculpture back together and recreate it, so I'm offering a bounty for the rest of the statue pieces!"

"Wow! Jigsaw puzzles, is there such an expensive jigsaw puzzle? I've never heard of them anyway!"

"Steven, this guy is really crazy as always, spending hundreds of thousands of euros to buy a few statue fragments, just to play jigsaw puzzles, this kind of thing is only he can do, who else can be willing to do it!"

There was a discussion at the scene, and everyone was shocked by Ye Tian's words.

Of course, many people do not believe these high-sounding words.

They knew very well in their hearts that this was a guy in front of him who was unprofitable and could not afford to be early, and would never do a loss-making business, since he spent such a large price to collect the fragments of the statue, the ancient Greek sculpture must be extraordinary!

Needless to say, it's likely to be a priceless piece of top-notch art.

However, even if these media reporters want to break their heads, they will never imagine that it is actually the statue of Athena of Phidias, the god of classical carving, a priceless treasure that only exists in legends!

Next, Ye Tian answered a few more questions before saying goodbye and leaving, and returned to his residence with David to prepare for the press conference later.

After they left, they saw that the time was almost up, and those reporters from the world's major news media also walked to the place where the press conference was held, and everyone was full of anticipation.