Director Gou Rengui of China Merchants pointed at Zheng Xudong's face and just said the words "little bit cub", Zheng Xudong quickly reached out and grabbed his right index finger pointing at him downward, and then he heard this Director Gou Rengui kneel directly on the ground with a miserable scream, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

Zheng Xudong's actions stunned the other three people in the room, who had never seen the common people dare to fight as officials, and they were all flustered and at a loss.

Zheng Xudong said to Director Gou: "That little cub of yours just now, I just farted to you, I didn't mind, but you still said that you were addicted, right? Get out of my house!" he shouted outside, "Brother Tang." ”

Just listen to the outside "plop, plop... The sound of running came this way, Tang Luoyong pushed open the door and asked, "Boss, what instructions?"

"Throw this old thing out of here!" he said, grabbing Gou Rengui's hand and pointing at Tang Luoyong, only to see Gou Rengui roll on the spot a few times before coming to Tang Luoyong's feet.

Tang Luoyong bent down and stretched out his right arm and grabbed the ground with his armpit, and the white fat man walked out, Gou Rengui held the index finger of his right hand that had been swollen into a carrot with his left hand, and scolded while being dragged away: "**Cub, you wait, we are not done with this matter!"

French Counsellor Eric asked with a confused expression, "Mr. Zheng, what happened?"

"Mr. Eric, the two government officials who have come with you have asked me to voluntarily contribute the Code of Hammurabi to the government. I didn't agree, but I am very unhappy that Director Gou has personally attacked me just now, and it has seriously affected my negotiations with you on how to return the Code of Hammurabi. So please leave, we'll talk about it next time we have a chance, or you can buy it back at auction. Zheng Xudong said calmly.

At this time, before Eric could speak, Director Lin had already learned the content of the conversation between the two from the translator Xiao Zheng, and quickly stood up and said, "Student Zheng, how can you insult the image of our government in front of foreign guests!"

"Am I wrong, Director Lin, please point it out, I apologize! Didn't you ask me to make a sacrifice when you came just now?"

"We can give you money. Director Lin Bo hurriedly said.

"I'll hear how much you give, but you remember, you have to decide how much you say, come, I'll hear how much your government is going to pay to buy the Code of Hammurabi worth 1.5 billion yuan from me?" Zheng Xudong asked rhetorically.

How dare Director Lin Bo talk nonsense, let alone a director, even the director of their investment promotion bureau can't be the master, it can be said that even the mayor of the magic capital does not dare to make a decision, and this matter must be jointly studied by the Standing Committee before it can be decided. He squeaked and couldn't speak.

"Why, didn't you study it before you came! How much money are you going to spend to take it away, or are you not prepared to pay at all!" Zheng Xudong's words pierced Director Lin's heart like a knife, how much he hoped that he would be dragged out by the big black man (Tang Luoyong) just now at this time!

Zheng Xudong saw that he couldn't speak, so he continued: "Director Lin, do you think that on behalf of the government, you will take away my antique Hammurabi Code for nothing, is this appropriate? Now I will give you another chance, you can think of what price to take away the antiques from me, I said, for the sake of all Chinese, I can give it cheaper to the government." Zheng Xudong said to Director Lin with a smile.

In fact, Director Lin's first reaction after hearing the price given to him by the translator was that he was cheated by the people in the Foreign Affairs Office, and no one told him that this thing was so valuable, and no one could let you take it away for nothing.

He immediately changed his attitude, left the back of his chair, and said respectfully: "Mr. Zheng, I think our work is not in place, we don't know that your antiques are so valuable! Our government protects the interests of our own people, and will never allow the French government to oppress our people. ”

"It's good to hear you say that, otherwise I would have thought that Lord Lin and the Master Gou just now had crossed over from the Manchu government, and they came to negotiate with me, a little common man, on behalf of foreigners!" Zheng Xudong's words Director Lin Da's face was white and red for a while, and he smiled awkwardly and did not speak again.

The most anxious here is the French Counselor Eric, whose mission is to secretly buy back the Code of Hammurabi, but he did not expect these government officials to "rob alive", what gave them such courage, which is unimaginable in France.

He didn't care about the translation, anyway, the boy in front of him spoke more French than him, and he hurriedly said to Zheng Xudong: "Mr. Zheng, I think this is a misunderstanding between you and your government officials, I am here to negotiate with you on behalf of the French government, and we are willing to buy back the Code of Hammurabi at a high price, please believe in the sincerity of our French government." ”

Zheng Xudong had already decided to sell the favor of the French government in his heart, and when he heard Eric say this, he pretended to hesitate and muttered for a while.

Since he decided to cheat Citibank, then there would be no Code of Hammurabi in the bank's vault at all, because the Code was already in his space. But he promised that the French government would return it to them, so the French government would have to get this favor, and then Citibank's inability to get it would be a contest between the U.S. government and the French government, and it would have nothing to do with him at that time.

"Mr. Eric, I want you to know that I don't actually plan to make any money with the Code of Hammurabi, and you can see that I am not short of money, I just see that your French government is so sincere, so I have decided to return your Code of Hammurabi at the price you said. Zheng Xudong said after taking a puff of his cigar.

In fact, his previous had already been filtered by Eric, a politician, and the focus was on the last sentence, which he understood, and stood up happily and said: "Oh yes, long live the friendship between China and France!" He used his right hand to make a V-shape, this is not the scissor hand of the later photo, this is the meaning of "victory"! "Mr. Zheng, when are we going to hand over?"

Zheng Xudong decided to play a big game in order to confirm the matter of Citibank's loss, so he said: "Mr. Eric, although this matter is not suitable for publicity, but I think it is better to be more formal, do you think it is better to invite your French ambassador to China to attend the return ceremony? Of course, there are not many people at the ceremony, but it must be weighty, this is also a glorious thing, and it will paint a strong stroke on your diplomatic career, do you say?" The handover is at Citibank's headquarters in the Magic Capital, and the Code of Hammurabi is stored in the bank's underground vault!"

French Counsellor Eric did not expect this young man to think so fully, and said happily: "Great, just like me, in fact, I think so too." Mr. Zheng, I will go back and call the embassy in Beijing for instructions, and I am sure that Mr. Ambassador will be very happy to participate in such a grand event. After saying that, he stood up, shook hands with Zheng Xudong and left.

Director Lin Da and Zheng Jie, the translator of the Foreign Affairs Office, hurriedly followed behind the French Counselor and left, and both of them sighed in their hearts, "The $250 million business has been negotiated like this, how can so much money be spent?!"

After Zheng Xudong sent them to the door, he was ready to go back to his studio to continue sorting out the classic songs in his mind for the future. But before he could enter the villa, he saw the worker running over again and said, "Mr. Zheng, there is a person outside the door who claims to be an envoy of the Vatican who wants to see you." ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, a middle-aged white man wearing a white shirt and black trousers was led in by the villa workers, and when he saw Zheng Xudong, he walked two steps quickly to him and took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said: "Mr. Zheng, my name is Philippe Novalet, I am the cardinal archbishop of the Vatican, I came to you this time for the fisherman's ring of our previous pope, on behalf of our current pope, I want to ask what price we have to pay to return our ring?"

This person's long list of words made Zheng Xudong a little confused, "You wait a minute, I'll call my lawyer." After saying that, he called Sean from the room to the reception room, introduced him, and then said: "Sean, how can I find out if he is sent by the Vatican, but don't be a liar who cheated the fisherman into taking away the fisherman's ring, it will be a big joke." ”

Sean thought for a while before saying, "Adong, your country does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican now, which means that we have no way to officially confirm his identity. So I advise you not to hand over the ring until you have confirmed his identity. ”

At this time, this Philip Novare smiled bitterly and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Zheng Xudong and said, "Mr. Zheng, this is a letter written to you by the Pope himself. ”

Zheng Xudong did not take the letter, which purportedly was written by the Pope himself, but said to him: "Mr. Philip, with all due respect, I am also unable to determine that this letter was written by the Pope himself. Sean, do you know each other?" Seeing Sean shake his head decisively, he continued: "Until we can confirm your identity, Mr. Philip, I think what we are talking about now is superfluous. Of course, you have to understand that I am also thinking about the safety of this power ring, if this power ring disappears again, I don't know if you will be looking for it for another hundred years. ”

Philippe Novare is also very distressed about this question, in fact, what Zheng Xudong said is not wrong, this question is replaced by the fact that he can't casually hand over the power ring to a person who doesn't know and can't verify his identity, "So how does Mr. Zheng think it is more appropriate to determine my identity?"

Zheng Xudong thought about it for a while and said: "I think so, I will go to New York this weekend, and you will ask an archbishop in the United States to confirm your identity, I have many friends in the United States, and I will verify the identity of this archbishop." The Vatican has diplomatic relations with the United States, so I think this problem should not be difficult to solve, right?" Then Zheng Xudong turned his head to look at Sean again, "Do you think this method is feasible?"

Sean nodded and said, "This is also the best way I can think of other than you to go to the Vatican in person." ”

"Mr. Philip, what do you think of this approach?"

"I don't have any other choice, do I? Okay, I agreed, and thanks Mr. Zheng for taking such a hard time with the safety of our Vatican Rings, then I will take my leave. ”

"Okay, go slowly!"