In the basement of the main house, when it was under construction, a large pit was dug directly in the mountain rock, and then the water was discharged, forming a completely enclosed space with an area of nearly 200 square meters and a height of nearly five meters.

There are two entrances to the basement, one is located on the hillside outside the main house, and you can drive a car directly into it, but you have to go through three iron gates.

The outermost room is used as a pantry, with two levels of iron door keys, one in the basement and one in the bank's safe.

And Zhou Nan usually enters and exits through the mezzanine between his bedroom and study on the second floor. This mezzanine borrows a part of the ventilation ducts of the fireplace, which is very private and sturdy.

If there is a burglar or robber in the house, Zhou Nan and Audrey can hide directly in the basement through this mezzanine. In fifteen minutes, it would be difficult for anyone to break through the defenses here.

Fifteen minutes was enough for the town's police and Hilton security to come and rescue them.

The steps of the secret passage go down to narrow concrete stone walls on both sides. Thanks to the development of science and technology, it is also possible to draw wires and electric lights for lighting here, without the need to light torches.

After passing through two inlaid track gates, it sinks directly from the second floor to the bottom of the main house. In the basement, like the collection room in Jean Nord's house, it is filled with three-tiered shelves made of wood, and on top of the shelves, there are sealed wooden boxes.

There are separate air outlets in the basement, so the air is not dirty. In the corner, there is also a crucible for electricity and a few bags of low-temperature oil wax.

After the new house was built, these antiques from the Orient were transported here. When Zhou Nan is fine, he always likes to follow the index on the list to observe these antiques.

Most of them are genuine antiques, and although most of them are not national treasures, there are many good things.

However, because of the need to protect these cultural relics from corrosion, except for some porcelain and gold and stone antiques, most of the calligraphy and paintings, and manuscript antiques, Zhou Nan still has no chance to see them.

Those paper-like antiques can corrode even in the air. Before the museum was built, before there was no vacuum pumping facility, Zhou Nan's heart was itching, and he could control himself not to destroy the wax seals on the outside of those boxes.

However, in addition to those antiques, there are more than 400 antiques Zhou Nan has carefully observed, and some jade antiques, Zhou Nan also took them out to furnish his bedroom and study.

Jade antiques are not better placed in a closed environment, and some jade stones even need to be rubbed frequently to protect them better.

Zhou Nan opened a box of jade collection today, Westerners are not very clear about the types of jade, in the catalog, let Nord register a box of jade, nephrite eleven pieces, what is the color, thirty-five pieces of jadeite, what is the color, but there is no name of various jade.

In a box of jade that Zhou Nan once opened, there was a precedent for bloodstone and Hetian jade and Dushan jade to be put together.

In addition to jadeite, which is jade, Rang Nord does not know which is more valuable, bloodstone or Dushan jade. At most, his ancestors recorded the origin of each antique and how much money it spent.

Therefore, even Zhou Nan himself does not know the value of these antiques, but he can know the texture, and some can also know the age and origin. At least it won't be as ignorant as Rang Nord, which makes people feel like a pearl is secretly cast.

Using a knife to scrape off the wax seal on the outside of the box, Zhou Nan opened the box. This box is divided into three layers, each layer is like a nine-square grid, there are sixteen small grids, but this box is not full, only forty-six trinkets.

Most of these ornaments are jade pendants and jade pendants, with only two quaint hostas. Most of them are Dushan jade, but there are also a few pieces of milky white Hetian jade, which seem to be of very high quality.

However, what excites Zhou Nan the most is not these jade pendants, but on the bottom layer, there are three almost all-red top-grade bloodstones and a piece of Tianhuang jelly.

Zhou Nan took the lead in studying these pieces of bloodstone and Tian Huang Jelly, but he had very little research in this area, and he could not accurately judge the origin of these seals.

Judging by the two seals that have been engraved, the original owner of one is Xiang Zhong during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. This minister was not well known in later generations, and Zhou Nan knew a little bit of his history, but it was a bad history. It was at his suggestion that the Ming Dynasty gave up going to the West and gave up a valuable development opportunity in the early days of the Great Voyage.

Another seal comes from Zhang Taijiao, the governor of Zhejiang during the Kangxi period, and Zhou Nan only knows his name for this minister, but is not familiar with his experience.

However, knowing these two people, he also knows the origin of these two pieces of bloodstone, and Zhou Nan registered these two pieces of bloodstone in the book.

has already been engraved, Zhou Nan will not make up his mind, after all, this is a cultural relic of historical significance.

However, there are two pieces that are not engraved, and when Zhou Nan is ready, he will find Jinshi to carve two seals for himself.

For other antiques, most of Zhou Nan can't tell their provenance, and can only estimate a rough age according to the style. His main task was to write down the material of the jade pendant so that it could be reclassified later.

The material, color, and approximate age of each antique were counted, and Zhou Nan re-registered it in Chinese.

This job requires care, patience, and an understanding of ancient Chinese history. For now, no one can help him, so he can only take his time.

He also considered waiting for the liberation to find some experts from China to help him identify. But I am afraid that if I bring them abroad, after 20 years, they will be charged with crimes, and I have not yet paid attention to them.

There was a sudden sound of heavy footsteps in the quiet room, and this closed chamber was built in its entirety inside the rock, like a megaphone, and the slightest movement seemed amazing.

Zhou Nan didn't have to guess to know that it was Audrey who slipped down, because only the two of them could come in.

After a while, Audrey appeared at the entrance of the basement, and when she saw Zhou Nan looking at her and smiling, she was a little embarrassed and said: "I'm not lazy, but I just received a telegram from the United States, Mr. Chukor has already determined the start time of "The Diary of Anne Frank" and invited us to the United States. ”

"The Diary of Anne Frank" was all filmed in Europe, but Paramount is an American company after all, and the American film market is larger than the whole of Europe combined. Therefore, the heroine Audrey still has to go to the United States before the filming of the movie, the main purpose is to participate in some promotional activities and warm up for the movie.

"When is the boot ceremony scheduled?"

"They know you're coming back at the end of the month to run for the election, so it's scheduled for April 14, and we'll be in the U.S. for a week and we'll be back in Europe on April 20. Filming began in Amsterdam on April 25. ”

Today is already the 10th of April, and there is not much time left for Zhou Nan and them. Now is not the future, you can travel from Europe to the United States in ten hours, and now the plane will fly for a day and a night in the sky alone.

This can only get to the east coast of the United States, and from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, it takes another ten hours.

Zhou Nan was prepared for this, nodded and said: "Then I can accompany you to come back after the start of shooting in Amsterdam, but in the early days of filming, I can't be by your side every day." ”

She said a little awkwardly: "People are not children anymore, and they don't need you to accompany them every day." ”

For her shooting, Zhou Nan didn't have too many worries. Audrey is still very talented in acting, although she is not a genius, but there is no problem in dealing with a role like Annie that she has been figuring out for more than a year.

However, I can't be by her side every day in the future, and I should arrange an assistant for her.

Originally, Mrs. Hemstra was a very suitable character, but now she is bent on becoming the fashion queen of Paris, where is she willing to come back to work as a nanny for Audrey.

And Audrey's general direction of life is controlled by Zhou Nan for her, Paramount is controlled by the movie, and there is an assistant from Paris to worry about her personal image, and she needs a nanny-style assistant now.

Bringing up this topic, Zhou Nan asked her, "What do you think of Brentany?" ”

Audrey thought for a moment and said, "She is still a child herself, how can she take care of me?" I think Rotentum is good, but she doesn't want to go abroad. ”

Zhou Nan thought about it again and said, "Then arrange Bonita to take care of you for a while, and if you do it well, you will be sure." ”

Bonita is an assistant in Zhou Nan's assistant team, and his daily job is to help Zhou Nan collect information. Her home is also in Weggis, she is the eldest of four children in the family, and she is very good at taking care of people.

The main reason is that she is more curious about the outside world, and she also has the idea of going outside.

Audrey nodded and approved of Zhou Nan's arrangement. "Then Bonita, it just so happens that her academic performance is very good, and the knowledge of high school is not difficult for her at all."

Zhou Nan said: "Don't think about asking Bonita to help you with your homework, everything you are learning now is not to cope with exams, but to enrich yourself." Therefore, only what you learn is your own. ”

She said a little unconfidently: "Why, I do my homework by myself." ”

With Audrey's help, Zhou Nan quickly melted a ball of wax with a crucible, and then placed the opened wooden box on the iron-wrapped workbench.

After the box is covered, the whole melted wax is poured on top of the wooden box to isolate the air from the inside and outside.

Coming out of the basement, Zhou Nan and Audrey found Bonita, explained their arrangements, and consulted Bonita's meaning. As soon as she heard that she would not only be able to go abroad often in the future, but also have additional travel allowances, she immediately agreed.

Zhou Nan also gave her a holiday, and asked her to hurry home to prepare, according to the arrangement, they will leave home tomorrow for Paris, and then stay in Paris for one night, and take the next day's plane to New York.