Ground floor of the Louvre, Napoleon III Restaurant.

After a moment of small talk, Martinez got to the point.

"Steven, the management of the Musée Guimet has consulted, and with the consent of the Louvre and the French Ministry of Culture, to exchange the collection of Chinese antiques for the jewels of Queen Mary.

Of course, there are conditions for this art deal, and you can't be allowed to ask for a lot of money! If that happens, I'm sure you're going to loot the Guimet Museum!"

"Hahaha, that's an exaggeration! Martinez, how can I be as greedy as you say! That's just some rumors that are false, and I can't believe it!

I have always paid attention to fair trade in business, and I am not a bully! It can be said that everyone knows this point, and the kind of situation you are worried about will never happen!"

Ye Tian said with a chuckle, his expression was slightly helpless, and he looked like he had been wronged.

Do you believe this nonsense? Anyway, we don't believe it!

Several Frenchmen on the opposite side rolled their eyes in unison, and no one believed Ye Tian's nonsense at all.

Betty and the others all forced their laughter and struggled.

Martínez didn't dwell on the issue and continued:

"The conditions of the Guimet Museum are that no more than twenty pieces of Chinese antique artwork can be exchanged, including the bronze elephant from the late Shang dynasty that you named.

If this number is exceeded, the transaction will fall through, and we will carefully select the Chinese antiques to be traded, not all of which can be traded!

Depending on your conditions, you can go to the Guimet Museum to pick up and exchange Chinese antiques, both in the exhibition hall and in the warehouse!"

When the words fell, the scene immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Ye Tian, expecting his answer.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Tian nodded and said:

"The Guimet Museum is only willing to take out twenty pieces of Chinese antique art! To be honest, this amount is indeed a bit small, but it is not unacceptable, and I can accept this exchange ratio!

However, this art transaction must be based on the market value of the jewelry and the corresponding Chinese antique art, and the sum of the values of the two parties must be equal in order to be fair.

We are all insiders, and we all know very well what the value of Queen Mary's jewelry and those Chinese antiques used for exchange is.

As for works of art whose value is difficult to estimate, such as the famous diamond necklace, we can negotiate again to determine a mutually acceptable price before exchanging it.

In case the value can't be matched, then I'm sorry, this art transaction can only fail, I am a professional treasure hunter, this is my business, I must not lose money to make money!

One thing I must emphasize in advance is that the Chinese antiques and works of art used for exchange must be selected by me at the Guimet Museum, and everyone has their own interests, and I am no exception.

If the transaction is successfully completed, you, the Louvre and the Musée Guimet, as well as the French Ministry of Culture, will have to issue a legal departure certificate for the Chinese antiques I have traded, and it will be tax-free!

It is understandable that I found out that the location of Queen Mary's jewelry was not in France, but in Brussels, Belgium, so I was not obliged to pay taxes on France.

If nothing else, the place where we trade is not in France, either in Antwerp, Belgium, or on the high seas, so as to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

I would like to tell you that as soon as the transaction is completed, I will immediately ship away the Chinese antiques, and their destination is Beijing, China, which is where they should be there!

That's why I'm asking for a certificate from both of your museums and the French Ministry of Culture in order to pass through EU customs and to prove the ownership of those antique works of art!"

After finishing speaking, Ye Tian looked at the French people opposite with a smile on his face, waiting for their response.

This time, the silent people were replaced by the French people opposite, all of whom had very solemn faces and eyes full of jealousy.

At this time, Martinez and the others had already secretly cursed wildly.

"Fake! Steven, this damn bastard, is cunning and cautious to the extreme!

After a moment of silence, Martinez gritted his back molars and said:

"Yes, Steven, I agree with what you just said, that the transaction must be based on market value, on a fair basis, so that it is beneficial to both parties.

We can also agree to the conditions you put forward, you can control the art transaction, and we will also issue legal certificates for those Chinese antique artworks.

As for the question of taxes, I can't give you a clear answer for the time being, judging from the current situation, you should not have to pay taxes in France, and we don't care what the Belgians do!

Now only one last question remains, when are you going to go to the Guimet Museum to pick up Chinese antiques for trading? If possible, I hope the sooner the better!"

Ye Tian shook his head lightly and gave an answer that Martinez didn't want to hear.

"Don't worry, Martinez, although you Louvre and the Musée Guimet nodded and agreed to the exchange, there is no news from the Fontainebleau Palace yet, and I would like to hear their terms.

After the Fontainebleau Palace has made a deal and carefully compared and weighed it, I will decide to make a deal with that museum, since it is a business, of course I will choose the best one!"

Hearing these words, the French people on the other side were so angry that one Buddha was born and the second Buddha ascended to heaven! They were about to jump to their feet and scold loudly, and they all gritted their teeth with hatred!

It's so fucking unauthentic, what an out-and-out bastard, simply greedy to the extreme!

Ye Tian turned a blind eye to Martinez's anger, and he smiled to himself and said:

"Besides, I've got a lot of schedules these days, and tomorrow I'm going to visit the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Champs-Elysées.

Notre Dame Cathedral, the Palace of Versailles, and several other famous museums are not to be missed, and who makes this a city that is dazzling and unforgettable!"

With all that said, what else can those French people say on the other side?

They could only hold back their anger and continue to talk to Ye Tian about the details of this transaction, striving to keep those jewels of Queen Mary in the Louvre!

Time passed quickly, more than half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, and it was past the closing time of the Louvre.

At the end of the negotiations, Ye Tianwan declined Martinez's invitation to dinner with him, and was ready to get up to say goodbye, leave the Louvre, and return to the Regina Hotel.

While getting up to shake Martinez's hand, Ye Tian said jokingly:

"Martinez, there's one thing I've been curious about, I've always wanted to know the answer, I wonder if you can answer it, what is buried under the spire of that upside-down glass pyramid on the basement level?

I've seen Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, and I've seen the movie of the same name starring Tom Hanks, which says that the Holy Grail is buried under the spire of that upside-down pyramid!

Is it true that the Holy Grail is the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene, the companion of Jesus, according to Dan Brown?

Hearing this, Martinez immediately smiled helplessly.

"You're not alone, Steven, and at least hundreds of people have asked me the same question before you, which shows the impact of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code!

But that's just a bestseller, Dan Brown is just a best-selling author, not an archaeologist, not an expert in antique art, and what he's saying is not to be believed!

I can tell you very clearly that the ground floor opposite the spire of the inverted glass pyramid is the warehouse of our Louvre, which houses some sculptures and works of art, which are not open to the public.

As for the Christian relic, the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene, I would have liked so much to discover it, and even more so to have it in the Louvre, but alas, it was only a hope, and it did not come true!"

The authenticity of Martinez's words, Ye Tian naturally knew very well in his heart.

When he entered the Louvre in the morning, passing through the basement level, he secretly opened the perspective and saw through the ground as the spire of the inverted glass pyramid was viewing!

Underneath that ground is indeed a huge warehouse, which stores a lot of valuable and dazzling sculptures and artworks, a very large number!

As for the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene, what the Holy Grail, there is no such thing as this!

Next, under the leadership of the head of security at the Louvre and several security personnel, Ye Tian and the others went down to the basement floor again and left the Louvre through the main entrance of the glass pyramid!

Looking at Ye Tian's back as he left easily, Martinez and the others, without exception, all hated the root of their teeth, and everyone's eyes were full of jealousy.