Hearing that Zheng Xudong was going to take the Code of Hammurabi to the Middle East for auction, all the people in the room looked at the French expert Lelouch sympathetically, and they all understood in their hearts, "This is the consequence of offending this young man, it could have been said well, spend a lot of money to plug this young man's mouth, you can secretly buy things back, and replace the fake ones, but this time it's good, now the people of the whole world know that your Louvre actually deceived its own people with fakes." This man is a big disgrace!"

Zheng Xudong saw that no one in the room spoke, including Lelous, "Mr. Scardario, don't you also think that the Declaration of Independence should also be returned to you in the United States?"

"Of course not, this is your personal belongings, and I will call home immediately, and then ask the state or consortium to pay for the purchase of the Declaration of Independence. Please give us a few days. Said the American expert Scardario.

"Well, you're smart! unlike some people. This Declaration of Independence will be kept with me for a few more days, and you will get it as soon as possible, or as the other sentence, the one with the highest price will get it. After a pause, he said, "Okay, I see that everyone is tired today, so let's stop here." ”

In order to curry favor with Zheng Xudong, Scardario said to him: "Mr. Zheng, the collection you showed us today is all national treasure-level antiques and oil paintings. I see that you still have two oil painting tubes in your box, which must be rare paintings, I wonder if you can take them out for everyone to see? I think everyone wants to see them too, and besides, we are not tired, do you say?" Several experts were looking forward to seeing what those two oil paintings were, so they all nodded and said, "Yes, we are not tired at all!"

Zheng Xudong thought to himself, "It's still this old American guy who can talk." Seeing that everyone was looking at him expectantly, he took the two painting tubes, pulled the oil paintings out of them, opened them and put them on the table.

When the first painting, Edvard Munch's "Na Shout", was unveiled, "MY GOD!" exclaimed Ferrard, an Italian seller.

This is Edvard Munch's "Na Shout", which was lost during World War II, and the original painting was placed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, and is a national treasure of Italy. It should be returned... Ferrard suddenly remembered something when he said this, and looked at Zheng Xudong, and sure enough, the young man was looking at him with a sneer, and he quickly closed his mouth.

Zheng Xudong sneered and said: "Mr. Ferrard, if I remember correctly, the painter Edvard Munch should be Norwegian, so do you want me to return this painting to Norway, how did Norway get to Florence, Italy, the southernmost point of Europe? Can you explain?"

What is the explanation for this, it is all a disgraceful thing, and Ferrard knows that this matter can not be continued, "Mr. Zheng, I have no other meaning, now it is your private collection." ”

Zheng Xudong saw that he was still sensible, so he said: "I will take it to the auction for auction, and if you want it, you can buy it back in the light!"

The happiest person here was undoubtedly Sotheby's president of China, Kuhn, who immediately said, "Yes, can we compete fairly in the auction!"

Seeing that several experts were looking at him with contempt, he was not moved at all, if he didn't have this bit of cheek, how could he be the president of the auction house in China. "Let's see what the next work is, to see if it's worth going to auction, Mr. Zheng, I will prepare an auction for you, mainly to auction your collection, Sotheby's will find a first-class auctioneer, I guarantee that your collection can be auctioned for a sky-high price, and will charge you a very low commission, as the basis for our first cooperation." What do you think?"

"I don't want people to know that I sent it for the shoot. Zheng Xudong said.

"Of course, we'll keep your information confidential. Kuhn thought to himself that the day had not been in vain.

At this time, a second painting appeared in front of everyone's eyes, showing the Virgin Mary sitting peacefully in front of the jagged blue mountain, the Holy Child on her lap holding a wooden scroll, the picture shows the young Jesus and the Virgin together, implying that neither the Virgin nor the world can change the fate of Jesus' future suffering.

Kuhn, who was gloating just now, stood up immediately after seeing the painting, "Is this Leonardo da Vinci's... ”

"Yes, you're right, this is Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Virgin Mary and Arnwind," said the Italian expert Ferrard, "it was lost in the British Museum during your Second World War." ”

"How could it be here, in your hands, Mr. Zheng?" Kuhn was not calm this time.

Zheng Xudong ignored it, and then Sean said next to him: "When you didn't come just now, my client said, and I repeat, my client has the right not to give any explanation for the provenance of his collection." ”

"But this painting... It is ... The British Museum's only ... A Leonardo da Vinci is one of the treasures of the museum. It belongs to ... Speaking of this, Kuhn also stopped, he saw how Professor Inoue Seito was "pushed" out, although he would not be "pushed" out by the security guards, but it was definitely impossible to stay, and it was even very likely to lose the opportunity to auction off this young man's collection, which was a lot of money! As for this painting, he believed that he could reach a "friendly understanding" with this young man in private, isn't it money, "The problems that can be solved with money are not problems! Besides, the sun never sets in the past, and the British Empire is short of money? Jokes!"

The three experts of the United States, France, and Italy, who were angry just now, all smiled and looked at Kuhn's embarrassed expression, to see how he could explain?

"Okay, Mr. Zheng, I understand, this is your private collection, and I think the British government or individuals will take this painting of the Virgin Mary and Arnwende back. It was a period of disgrace to us in Britain, and we will never let it go abroad again. Kuhn swore an oath.

At this time, the American expert Scardario spoke, "That's not necessarily, our major museums in the United States are also very interested in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, and even our National Museum of the United States does not even have a single work of Leonardo da Vinci, which is seriously inconsistent with the identity of our National Museum, and I think our American people and government are also interested in such rare paintings." Then we can compete fairly at auction, do you say, President Kuhn?"

His words made Kuhn's face blush and turn white, "It's just a slap in the face in public, you wait, you old American bastard!" he thought to himself.

"Yes, there is a great deal of interest in this painting in our country!" said the French expert Le Luch.

"So is our country. Ferrard, an Italian seller, said that he wanted to avenge Kuhn's vengeance for his hard work on the painting "The Scream". It just so happened that the opportunity had come, and the retribution was so fast, how could he let it go.

"Alright, gentlemen, I think we can finish our appraisal for today. Thank you all for your hard work, your fees will be paid by Citibank on my behalf, and I would like to thank you again for your professionalism!" Zheng Xudong bowed slightly to several experts, and then turned to President Ou Zhaolun and said: "Mr. President, don't forget to pay the fee to the Japanese benzene expert Makoto Inoue just now, although I don't like or even hate him, but this is not a reason why I don't pay." I'll trouble you with this!" He nodded at him as he spoke.

Zheng Xudong's behavior left a very good impression on several experts, after all, no one flew tens of thousands of kilometers to do love and dedication, the most important thing is that this young man did not forget to pay the fee of the Japanese benzene expert who was "mixed" out just now, which shows that this is still a clear grievance. They all have collections in their own countries that they want to take back from Zheng Xudong, so it is much better to deal with such a person than those black-hearted old fritters.

Before leaving, Zheng Xudong shook hands with these experts one by one and said goodbye.

"Mr. Zheng, I would like to speak with you alone. President Ou Zhaolun said to Zheng Xudong.

"Okay. Zheng Xudong knew that he would definitely talk to him after the appraisal was over.

"JANE, TAKE ATTORNEY SEAN ON A TOUR OF OUR CITIBANK HEADQUARTERS. ”

Lawyer Sean glanced at Zheng Xudong, Zheng Xudong nodded, and he left with the beautiful secretary JANE.

Sitting in the conference room, drinking the remaining half bottle of more than 200 years of red wine just opened, President Ou Zhaolun said: "Mr. Zheng, how do you plan to keep so many valuable cultural relics. He gestured with his hand to the contents of the chest next to him and the Code of Hammurabi standing on the ground.

In fact, for Zheng Xudong, of course, it is the safest in the space, but he can't say that, so he has to say: "What does the president mean... ”

"I suggest you open a safe deposit box at our Citibank headquarters and keep these things with us, although the cost is a bit high, but the most important thing is security, isn't it?"

Zheng Xudong smiled and said, "It seems that President Ou Zhaolun never forgets to promote his bank's business at any time!

"Thanks for the compliment, it's as it should be. ”

"Is it safe to store it with you?" asked Zheng Xudong.

"Needless to say, the three basement floors of our Citibank headquarters have an independent power supply system with a thickness of 100 centimeters. Can withstand small nuclear bombs... Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Xudong interrupted him.

Ou Zhaolun didn't understand what Zheng Xudong meant, and looked at him suspiciously.

"I'm not worried about this kind of security, but these things, like the Code of Hammurabi, if the French government wants to go back through your U.S. government, and then the U.S. government asks your Citibank again, can you stop it? That's what I'm worried about. ”

"It's impossible, our bank has our credit guarantee... The voice of the voice is getting quieter and quieter, and he himself thinks that this is more likely.