Chapter 1991: The Ransacking of the Metropolitan Museum

In the exhibition hall of the king and knight, there were crowds of people everywhere, and exclamations continued to sound one after another, and the scene was extremely lively.

Many visitors in the exhibition hall are wandering in this unique exhibition hall, admiring the antique relics displayed in the display case or placed on the exhibition stand, and feeling the legend of medieval knights.

In a mid-sized conference room in the Metropolitan Museum's office area, negotiations between Intrepid Discovery and the Met have reached a climax.

In the midst of the bargaining and bickering back and forth, the air in this medium-sized conference room was already vaguely filled with a choking smell of gunpowder.

"I'm very sorry, gentlemen, but I can't accept your terms, and to tell you the truth, I don't have a lot of eyes on the Chinese antiques that you have come up with for trading.

It is undeniable that those Chinese antique artworks are indeed worth a lot of money, and they also have a certain historical research value, but they are not enough to exchange those medieval antique relics in my hands.

If you want to exchange the treasures in my hands to make up for the shortcomings of the Metropolitan Museum in its collection of European medieval antiques, then you should be more sincere."

Ye Tian shook his head lightly with a smile on his face, looked at the high-level officials of the Metropolitan Museum opposite and said, his eyes were full of disdain, and he did not hide it.

Hearing his words and seeing his expression, the faces of the high-level officials of the Metropolitan Museum of Art changed, and the roots of their teeth itched with hatred.

After suppressing the anger in his heart a little, Thomas continued:

"Steven, everyone knows that you guy is extremely greedy, and never misses any opportunity to ransack the negotiator, it seems that if we want to make a deal today, we are bound to be slaughtered by this guy.

The trading conditions of our Metropolitan Museum are already on the table, and obviously, you are not satisfied, in that case, let's talk about your trading conditions, what you want this guy to get, we will listen to you!"

Ye Tianchong, an old friend, nodded lightly, smiled and said:

"Okay, Thomas, let's talk about my terms and conditions, if you Metropolitan Museum wants to make this art deal, there are two antique Chinese works of art that must be included.

Your Metropolitan Museum has a collection of some picture scrolls and scriptures from the Dunhuang Cave, although the number is not very large, but many of the scriptures can be called high-quality and have great research value.

There is also the masterpiece of the famous Tang Dynasty painter Han Gan, "Illuminating the Night White Picture", which is one of the pinnacle works of ancient Chinese painting art, with extremely high artistic value, not to mention market value.

All the Dunhuang scriptures and the White Picture of the Night must be included in the transaction, without them, there is no need to talk about this art transaction, for them, I am determined to win!

In fact, I would like to take the priceless treasure from Guangsheng Temple in Hongdong County, Shaanxi Province, the mural of "The Transformation of the Medicine Master", but the mural is too fragile to withstand the toss, so I can only give up.

In addition, the bronze ban of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Qin bronze bell of the Warring States Period, the gilded dragon head of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the four stupas painted by the Northern Qi Dynasty, the bronze gilt Maitreya Buddha statue of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the two three-color Arhat statues of the Liao Dynasty.

There are also the Northern Song Dynasty Huizong Zhao Ji's "Bamboo Bird Map", the Northern Song Dynasty Mi Fu's "Wujiang Zhongzhou Poems", the Southern Song Dynasty Li Tang's "Jin Wen Gong Restoration Map", the Yuan Dynasty Ni Zhan's "Autumn Forest Wild Xingtu" ,......"

Before Ye Tian finished talking about his trading conditions, the high-level officials of the Metropolitan Museum on the opposite side had already completely exploded, and their eyes were wide with anger, and they couldn't wait to pounce directly and beat Ye Tian.

Steven, you're such a greedy bastard, I can tell you that you're going to loot our museum's collection of top-notch Chinese antiques!

In the previous art transactions between us, you have exchanged a lot of top-notch Chinese antique artworks from our museum, and now you are ready to eat more, which is too greedy!

Each of these Chinese antiques you have listed is a top-notch item, and if you agree to the terms of the deal, half of the sky will collapse in the Asian art department of our museum."

Thomas said loudly with his eyes rounded, and the electric shock rushed straight out of his seat.

When he said this, his tone was extremely firm, his face was red, and his eyes were full of anger, and it was estimated that he had eaten Ye Tian's heart raw.

On the contrary, Ye Tian's face was still filled with a bright smile, calm and unhurried.

He raised his hands and pressed them down gently, then said with a smile:

"Don't be impatient, Thomas, you don't have to talk to death, ask for the price all over the sky, and pay back on the ground! We can talk about the specific terms of the transaction again, we are negotiating no, I didn't force you to exchange with a gun.

I'll put aside the top Chinese antiques I want, and leave them aside for now, but I'll take out those antiques and exchange them with you before I decide.

In Larnaca's Templar treasures, we find many priceless sculptures, such as the statue of Hugo de Pain, the founder of the Templar Order, and the statue of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem.

In addition, there are statues of the founder of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 'Godfrey of Bouillon', statues of the Virgin Mary, statues of St. John, statues of the Virgin Pietà, and many more, each of which is worth a fortune.

With the exception of the statues on display in the 'Kings and Knights' room, I can trade the rest of them, all of them are from the holy city of Jerusalem, and you all know their special significance.

In addition, I can trade the gold altars, the crucifixion, the golden communion cups, the reliquaries, etc., as well as other religious items found in the two Templar treasures.

These religious objects are all from the Holy Land of Jerusalem, and most likely from the cathedral of Jerusalem, which is of a very special significance, and each religious object has a bloody history hidden behind it."

Not surprisingly, the eyes of the Metropolitan Museum of Art executives on the opposite side quickly lit up, and everyone's eyes flashed with greed.

Of course, they were aware of the special significance and great value of the antiques and religious objects from the Knights Templar's treasures.

The antiques and religious objects are all from the holy city of Jerusalem, which was under the control of Christianity during the Middle Ages, which is very special.

Other similar medieval antiques and religious objects are so far from being compared that they can't even be compared together!

If you can exchange those antique artifacts and religious items from the Holy Land of Jerusalem, it will definitely be a huge gain for the Metropolitan Museum!

But can this art deal really be done?

You know, sitting across from him is Steven, a bastard who is extremely greedy and ruthless!

If this art deal is reached, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be ransacked by that bastard, and the damage will be immense!

Thinking about this, the executives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art couldn't help but find themselves in a dilemma.

Their performance was all seen by Ye Tian.

He suddenly became more confident in getting these guys and winning those target top Chinese antique artworks.

After a pause, Ye Tian continued:

"As far as I know, not many of your Metropolitan Museum branches, monasteries, and so-called medieval antiques and religious ritual objects that are collected and displayed are really from the medieval period.

If this art deal is concluded, the so-called medieval antiques and religious objects displayed in the monastery can be removed and replaced by these antiques that are genuinely from the Holy Land of Jerusalem.

At that time, the strength of the monastery will be greatly improved, and when the medieval concert is held every day, you will not have to feel empty, and you will be able to display those medieval antiques with great confidence.

The Met's own shortcomings can also be compensated, and once the deal is made, the Met will be on par with any other famous museum in terms of collecting and researching medieval antiques.

Of course, you can turn down the art deal, it's your right, and in that case, I'll have to find someone else to deal with, like the Freer Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., who has contacted me."

With that, he looked at the Met's higher-ups with a smile on his face, waiting for them to make a decision.

Thomas and the others' eyes became brighter, like searchlights, but instead of making a decision right away, they fell silent and began to weigh their thoughts.

And the abbot of the monastery who was sitting next to Thomas, his eyes were already red from being stimulated by Ye Tian's words, where could he still sit still!

After being silent for a moment, this guy stood up sharply, stared at Ye Tian and said:

"Steven, these terms of the deal you proposed, we need to discuss them privately before we can make a decision, you sit here for a while, and we will be back soon"

After finishing speaking, before Ye Tian could respond, this guy leaned over and whispered in Thomas's ear, his expression was quite excited.

Immediately afterward, Thomas stood up and left the room with the other museum executives and went to another nearby conference room to discuss.

When these guys left the conference room, David immediately said with a low chuckle:

"Looks like there's a play!Steven, you're going to make a lot of money again, and the Met Museum will inevitably be ransacked by you, just like the British Museum before it."

"Hahaha"

There was laughter in the room, and Betty and Jason all laughed.

Ten minutes later, Thomas returned to the medium-sized conference room with a group of Metropolitan Museum executives, each with a different expression, a mixture of joy and sorrow.

Next, the negotiations continued, again with another verbal war, but the future was bright!