Although he can't dig treasure now, it doesn't mean that Xiao Yifei has nothing to do in Paris.

Since he knew the contents of the treasures, Xiao Yifei knew what to do, he wanted to use these treasures, plus the Chinese cultural relics collected by Hans himself in the Osiris space, and then acquire some Chinese cultural relics to establish a museum.

In Xiao Yifei's view, there is no more suitable place than the Tong Pavilion in Paris, which is the only building with Chinese characteristics in Paris, and what better place to open a Chinese museum than to open a museum in it?

Others may not be able to find a good use for buying Tongge, and the property tax maintenance fee alone is a lot of money, but Xiao Yifei is different, Chinese-style architecture, with Chinese cultural relics, this museum is more authentic than Jimei.

Buying the Paris Tong Pavilion involves a large amount of money, although the rooms in Paris have declined, but in the 8th arrondissement, how can it be 9,000 euros per square meter, Paris Tong Pavilion is a 5-storey building with 1 floor underground, with a construction area of at least 1,000 square meters. That is to say, the purchase price alone will cost 10 million, and the cultural relics in the building and the Lu family will be bought, which is another amount of money, in addition to renovations, funds to increase anti-theft equipment, and operating expenses. The entire budget is estimated at 30 million euros.

Although the museum has a large investment, Xiao Yifei is sure that he can maintain this museum, because there are killer features in this batch of treasures. As the country became richer and stronger, more and more wealthy people came, and more and more people came to Paris for tourism. Xiao Yifei can guarantee that as long as the killer feature is revealed, his museum will become a must-stop for Chinese tourists, like the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Naturally, the benefits are rolling in.

After calculating his own funds, plus the 2 million euros just given by Nagao, that is, 3 million US dollars, Xiao Yifei's cash is 19 million US dollars. It is definitely not enough to complete the entire museum plan, but the museum cannot be opened in a day or two, but there is only one Tong Pavilion in Paris, and Xiao Yifei decided to take it down immediately.

Xiao Yifei had already seen it last time, just opposite the Red Mansion, there was a hotel, and it was also Hilton's, called the Hilton Arc de Triomphe Hotel, which was the only Hilton hotel in the city.

Xiao Yifei did not know that this hotel was the property of sIhPm Hotel Real Estate. In 2003, sIhPm commissioned Hilton to operate the hotel. In 2012, sIhPm accused Hilton of not fully exploiting the hotel's potential, resulting in a four-star rating when the hotel could actually be rated five-star.

After recovering the management rights through a lawsuit, it was handed over to Preferredhotelgroup, which quickly became a five-star hotel. And with Ready China, the hotel also has a Chinese website: HotelDu Collectors Paris Arc de Triomphe

collectionneurarcdeTriomphe）。

In order to direct the acquisition nearby, Xiao Yifei simply moved to the Hilton Hotel. He opened a conference room and called across the street from Grange and Didier, the head of KPMG, as well as Dan, who had worked with him some time ago.

"Hello everyone, last time we cooperated more happily, everyone's cooperation is also more tacit, this time I convened everyone, because I have another plan, I need everyone's help."

Xiao Yifei paused for a moment before he said slowly:

"I want to buy the Paris Tong Court ...... opposite"

As long as there is an honorarium, these guys will definitely not give up the opportunity to make money, and when they heard Xiao Yifei's plan, they were all shocked.

"Attorney Grange, you are the acquisition lawyer and are responsible for this acquisition. Didier, I would like your firm to act as the accountant for this acquisition of Tong Ge. ”

"No problem, we know Madame Héngyar, the current director of the Tong Pavilion in Paris, and I believe that we can successfully acquire it, after all, they have not sold it for three years, and they still have to pay maintenance money and taxes, I believe they will be happy to sell."

Xiao Yifei also made a promise: "Okay, as long as everyone cooperates happily, there will definitely be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

Everyone quickly got into the working state, and the acquisition team took shape.

Paris Tong Pavilion has indeed become the heart disease of the Lu family. The location of Paris Tong Court is indeed very good, only 200 meters away from the famous Paris park Parc Monceau, and 1 km away from the popular attractions Arc de Triomphe, 2.2 km from the Eiffel Tower, and 2.7 km from the Louvre. It is only 200 meters from the famous shopping boulevard Haussmann and 1.5 km from Printemps and Galeries Lafayette on the boulevard, all within walking distance. And there are subway stations, bus stations and other convenient transportation conditions nearby.

But it was harmed by the name of the Parisian cultural heritage. At the beginning of the listing, there were people who inquired about the price, and these people planned to change the Tong Pavilion to commercial use, but they learned that only the 3rd and 4th floors could not be changed because they could be changed as warehouses before, and they were not interested. People who have long known the inside story have no interest in buying, so no one has bought it for 3 years.

Now at last someone has come to inquire again, and Madame Henjar, who is now in charge of the matter, is very pleased, and offers 10 million in one bite. To be honest, this location, this price is really not expensive, after all, Paris Tong Pavilion has an area of more than 1,200 square meters, and now the house price in the 8th arrondissement of Paris is 8,000 euros per square meter, which is a conscience price. But there is nothing that can be bought and sold without bargaining.

So the two sides started a game, the seller said that the area was large, and the buyer said that there were only two floors that could actually move; The seller said that the price was low, the buyer said that it still needed to be renovated, the seller said that the surrounding conditions were good, and the buyer said that the use was limited, in short, after a struggle, the price was cut to 7 million, this price made the Lu family very uncomfortable, they said that the price was too low, but the other party said that if they did not sell it as soon as possible, their annual tax and maintenance fees were more than the price difference.

After all, this is the property of the Lu family, and Madame Hénjar can only meet with all the co-owners. Everyone hasn't arrived yet, Xiao Yifei has added conditions here, they can consider adding 1 million, but they must add the existing cultural relics of the Lu family, including cultural relics such as the diary book related to Mr. Lu Qinzhai.

In fact, the Lu family now has very few cultural relics, and they are all worthless cultural relics, and other valuable cultural relics have been donated or sold. Now it's not bad to sell these bits and pieces to the other party for 1 million.

Mrs. Hengyal quickly summoned several rights holders with inheritance rights, and briefly talked about the matter, although everyone was not very satisfied with the price of 7 million, but as the other party said, the usable area is small, and it is a loss to use it for yourself, and it is better to cash out if you stay in it and pay maintenance funds and taxes.

After this article was passed, the next one, the sale of family cultural relics, including the diaries of ancestors and other materials, aroused the opposition of the following people, but the opposition was only a few people, and finally the power of money defeated them.

Xiao Yifei did not stop to wait for the other party's response, he first made a phone call to Leonard Nagao.

"Xiao, what do you care about us? We will definitely give you more favorable conditions this time. ”

This old man is still haunted by the last time he gave Sotheby's so much oil painting.

"There's nothing left, all the good stuff is sold out."

"It's okay for you to fool others, but I know about those oil paintings."

"Well, I'd like to ask you to do me a favor."

"Say, you are my honored guest, if you can help me, you will definitely help you."

"I know that there are a large number of Chinese cultural relics in Europe, and you are well-informed about auctions, if anyone is willing to sell or put up for auction, you can help me pay attention to it."

"That's fine, but why don't you let Sotheby's pay attention?"

It seems that the people in this industry are quite well-informed, and they actually know the relationship between Xiao Yifei and Sotheby's. However, he reminded Xiao Yifei that he could indeed use his identity as a shareholder to ask Sotheby's to help keep an eye on it.

It is no problem for Xiao Yifei to have no shares on Nagao's side, and it is even more okay for Sotheby's where Xiao Yifei owns shares. Jensen readily agreed to help him keep an eye on this.

The next day, there was a knock on the door of Xiao Yifei's hotel, and someone gave him a large envelope and left. Xiao Yifei opened it and saw that there was an invitation letter inside, and when he opened it, he saw that it was Nagao who invited him to participate in an auction, and the time was the day after tomorrow. Xiao Yifei made a direct phone call to Leonard:

"Leonard, why are you letting me participate in the auction?"

"You didn't look at the auction catalog?"

Xiao Yifei took out a booklet from the envelope, he just thought it was a magazine, but it turned out to be an auction catalog.

"I haven't had time to rush yet."

"Don't you want me to keep an eye on Chinese cultural relics, there are some of them in this auction."

So far, Xiao Yifei has only participated in one auction with his own clock, but he still knows that he has to pay a deposit to participate in the auction.

"Oh, if I'm going to participate in the auction, who should I give the deposit or something?"

"You're a billionaire, and you're our guest, so you don't have to pay a deposit."

Yo, I accidentally was able to swipe my face card in Nagao.

"Well, I'll see it then."

"Then we'll see you then."

"Are you coming over too?"

"I'm in Paris, and this auction is our regular auction, so I'd better go to the scene and have a better idea."

Xiao Yifei hesitated:

"Leonard, we're all so familiar with each other, there's a saying I don't know whether to ask or not."

"We're old friends, just ask."

"I think you also know that I basically don't have much knowledge of cultural relics, and I can't distinguish between the real and the fake, and now that time is so tight, I can't find an expert in cultural relics identification for a while. This ......"

Xiao Yifei hadn't thought about the wording yet, and Leonard on the other side immediately knew what Xiao Yifei meant:

"You can rest assured that what we auction will never be fake, the lot is in hand, you can find someone to identify it, if it is a fake, we will refund the transaction money in accordance with the laws of our country."

After speaking, the old man kindly pointed out a path to Xiao Yifei:

"Xiao, you are the director of Sotheby, and Sotheby has a team of experts in Chinese art in Paris, so it is perfectly fine for you to say hello to the headquarters and rent them for a few days. And many museums in Paris have East Asian art, and their experts will also identify these, as long as you have the money, what kind of experts can't be hired. ”

This is a good way, isn't it money, Xiao Yifei still has some pocket money.