Chapter 1099: Luke's Request
The entire Louvre collection has as many as 400,000 pieces, some of which are divided into categories and hidden in six major pavilions, while the Oriental Pavilion in the six major pavilions mainly houses treasures from West Asia, North Africa and other countries, including Syria, Iran, ancient Persia and Babylon, ancient India and a very small number of ancient Chinese treasures......
Only these four people stopped in the empty 100-meter exhibition hall, and the noisy footsteps on weekdays all disappeared today, and in the thick artistic atmosphere, the fat man Luke opened the conversation again.
"Mr. Ye, you see, this is the Great Law of Hammurabi, a representative cultural relic of ancient Babylon, a symbol of kings, which is very in line with your identity. ”
"Ancient Babylon, that's the Iraqi thing, I don't know the words on it, what do you want it for?" Ye Fan shook his head and continued to move forward.
"Ah, yes, yes, let's go to the Ancient China Exhibition Hall...... I have a few bronzes and pottery here, which may catch your eye. Luke set aside the two girls, like a chattering salesman, pulling Ye Fan to promote his collection.
From the ancient Babylonian exhibition hall, through the gorgeous ancient Indian cloister, the two came to the ancient Chinese hall of the Oriental Pavilion.
"Oh, you see, this is a relic from the Shang Dynasty, and a ritual vessel from the Xia Dynasty. Luke introduced the things in the glass display case to Ye Fan one by one, ancient bronzes are indeed things that Ye Fan pays attention to, in case he encounters a Dan furnace again, it will be profitable.
Looking at Luke's courteous statement, Ye Fan knew that he must have asked for himself, so he simply saw if there was anything needed in this Louvre, as long as it was suitable, he might as well make a deal with him.
It's a pity that after going around the entire ancient Chinese exhibition hall, Ye Fan didn't see a single Dan furnace, there were a lot of bronzes, but they were all wineware, ritual vessels, and musical instruments, as for the pottery of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Song and Yuan Dynasty porcelain, Tang Dynasty calligraphy and painting, he was even less interested in taking a look.
It seems that the Louvre collection is really just some ancient relics, nothing that has anything to do with Xiuzhen, Ye Fan was slightly disappointed, and planned to leave to find Lu Qingyu and them.
"Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye, don't worry, there is, and!" the fat man Luke spat and waved his arms loudly, "This is just a part of the collections on public display, and there are still a lot of collections in the Louvre that have never been made public!"
"Is it? Why don't you make it public?" Ye Fan was unmoved, if there were any treasures that could be rarer than Leonardo da Vinci's paintings and Hammura's Codex, they would have already taken them out to show off and earn ticket money.
Luke grinned, "There are many reasons, people always need novelty, take it all out at once, and no one will want to visit it a second or third time." Some artifacts need to be restored, while others we still don't know where they came from or who they are......"
"Okay, go and take a look at your undisclosed collections, I'll only look at the part of Ancient China. Luke's last sentence made Ye Fan think, if these foreigners didn't understand, it might be some rare objects.
"Please come with me!" the fat man bowed, this action made him look very funny, with a big belly, and a fart to be courteous, this guy must have a request.
The two returned from the same way again, and met Lu Qingyu and the three who were observing the ancient Greek sculptures, and said hello, Ye Fan hurriedly followed Luke out of the main entrance, bypassing the magnificent buildings of the Louvre, and came to the low-key low building in the backyard.
"Mr. Ye, this is the Louvre restoration area, please see. Luke opened a door, and it was filled with artists from all over the world working methodically to restore old sculptures and paintings, and some broken works of art would be restored to the world.
Ye Fan glanced at it casually, and most of what he saw were Western cultural relics, and almost no ancient Chinese collections were being repaired.
"That's all?"
"No, no, no, that's less than one percent. Luke wiped the sweat stains from his head and waved vigorously, "Let's go downstairs, go to the basement." ”
The fat man knew that Ye Fan had no interest in Western cultural relics, so he hurriedly dragged him straight to the deepest part of this ancient building, where the Louvre was never open to the public.
When the two stepped out of the ancient hand-cranked mechanical lift, Ye Fan, who was well-informed, was still shocked by the scene in front of him.
"Well, Mr. Ye, there must be something you like here. Luke smirked and was proud.
As far as the eye can see, this vast underground space is full of all kinds of ancient cultural relics, disorganized, like a large pile of children's toys, piled up like a mountain, quietly dormant in the hazy light, all year round, no one tidying up.
From the magnificent columns of the ancient Greek temple and the sculpture of Zeus dozens of meters high lying on the ground, to a treasure box and an ancient jade, in this space of nearly 10,000 square meters, there are artistic treasures everywhere, which can be picked up by leaning over.
"All of this was plundered by you French from elsewhere?" Ye Fan walked along a long and narrow passage and stepped into the great world of this treasure.
Stepping into this place is like stepping into Alibaba's treasure cave, where there are countless treasures, and each item can be written into a story.
Luke laughed and said, "Almost, you know, most of the things in the world's museums are all from the wrong source, black market transactions, looting by the invading army, and black box purchases, which are all normal means. During the reign of Napoleon the Great, the Louvre plundered countless works of art, 80% of which were the products of that era. Take a closer look, do you have a favorite one or two?"
Ye Fan shook his smile: "Fatty, tell me first, if you need my help with something, in case I pick something and can't help you, it will be too embarrassing." ”
"You can definitely help! You can!" Speaking of his own affairs, the respectful and modest color on Luke's fat face became stronger, rubbing his hands, and said cautiously: "That's the case, Mr. Ye, it's about my uncompetitive son......"
"What's wrong with your son?"
Luke sighed, and his tone became serious: "Half a month ago, this idiot Hunt organized an expedition, saying that he was looking for a big treasure and adding a world-class art treasure to the Louvre. ”
"Oh, what treasure, where did he go to find this treasure?" Ye Fan talked to Luke as he searched.
The fat man swallowed, "I don't know what he's looking for, the place he went to is the western part of your country, this unlucky bastard, he only went for a week, he was caught by the police there there, and now he is being held in prison on ...... charges Grave. ”
It turned out that this fat man wanted to fish out his son by himself, Ye Fan was secretly happy in his heart, this little thing was naturally easy to catch, and it was just a phone call, but for the fat man, across the ocean, he couldn't find a way to support the relationship.
"Which tomb did he steal?" Ye Fan asked casually.
"I heard, I heard that it was your country...... The first emperor...... The mausoleum of the Qin Emperor. Luke stammered.
"Hey, your son is so fat! Even the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang dares to touch it, isn't this death!" Ye Fan didn't expect that this guy Hunter would dare to steal and dig the Qin Tomb, and the local tomb robbers would not dare to do this kind of thing.
Luke lowered his head and couldn't speak, this thing is really embarrassing, there is no way, since it has happened, he can only find a way to wipe his son's ass under the trust, and now is the best opportunity!
"It's not impossible to ask me for help, it's up to your luck, fatty. If you can find something I'm interested in, I'll do it for you. "Luke's matter is not a difficult matter, Ye Fan estimated that his unlucky son might not even touch the edge of Qin Ling, and was arrested by the police. That place, not to mention foreigners, the most senior tomb robbers in China have avoided it, and the security protection measures in all aspects are extremely strong, and it is impossible for a layman to touch the core secret.
"Okay, okay! Mr. Ye, you can take a look at it, look at it at will. Got the promise, the fat man nodded his head, his heart was full of excitement, he felt that he had not found the wrong person, with his words, it was just an object to communicate the cooperation between the two sides.
The collection in this underground storage room is easier to operate in the dark than the things on display in the Louvre, and there is no need to consider the influence of public opinion at all.
Ye Fan smiled, strolling through this messy underground space, every time he took a step forward, Luke felt his heart beat faster, if he came to the end, he hadn't picked out the eye-catching artwork, then this matter would be blown up.
With so many priceless ancient artworks, any antique starts at tens of millions of dollars on the black market, but in Ye Fan's eyes, they are just some broken copper and useless stones, he is not only looking at them with his eyes, but also sweeping them with his divine sense, sweeping a large piece, and there is no possibility of missing it.
But until the last pile of cultural relics was inspected by him, he still didn't find anything valuable, and seeing Ye Fan shaking his head and waving his hand to leave, the expression on Luke's face was extremely depressed.