Chapter 13: The Mysterious Organization Behind the World
This vault seems to be a luxuriously decorated room of more than 30 square meters.
There are also sofas and coffee tables for people to rest, and behind the sofas are bookshelves, on which are some cultural relics-level books.
On one side of the room, there are many famous paintings hanging in the window on the wall, except for Picasso's famous painting "Woman of Algiers" mentioned by the system, the rest of the famous paintings are also expensive.
According to the valuation given by 007, all the calligraphy and paintings in the window are worth almost 3 billion yuan.
On the other side, there is a row of glass display cabinets against the wall, which are filled with many top jewelry, which exude a dazzling light under the illumination of the spotlights, so that Li Xiao, a straight man, can't help but be deeply attracted when he sees it.
"I'll go, it turns out that the 60-carat diamond is really the size of a pigeon's egg!" Li Xiao looked at the dazzling diamond with a pink luster in the display case, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
It was the first time he had seen a pink diamond, and he had to say that it was really beautiful, and this pink diamond was probably able to make all girls obsessed.
In the showcase, in addition to the 59.6-carat flawless pink diamond, there are many valuable gemstones, such as rubies, sapphires, agate, jade, etc.
In addition, there are some ancient cultural relics made of gold, placed on solid wood shelves, each worth at least tens of millions of yuan.
According to the calculation of zero and seven, the total value of the collections in this vault is about to be close to 10 billion.
I have to say that the Lancaster family is really strong.
Of course, Li Xiao also knows that this is only part of the wealth of the Lancaster family, whose family is involved in many industries and fields, and many large companies have shares in their family.
For example, the most well-known company in the chip field, Synopsys, a giant chip design software company, and Taijidian, a giant company of lithography machines, all have shares in their families.
However, these treasures are priceless to those who really like and understand them, and may not even be able to buy them with money.
"Now these treasures are mine!" Li Xiao's heart emerged with the greedy nature of human beings.
He quickly removed the calligraphy and paintings, methodically cut them out of the frame, and then put them into the painting tube, and finally put them into the system space.
He then put the jewels and artifacts into the system space, but before he could empty the treasure in the room, the system space was full.
If he needs to upgrade the system space, he needs to spend another 10 points, but he only has 3 points at the moment, which is not enough at all.
"I'll go, I won't be so pitiful!" Li Xiao was a little helpless, he didn't expect that even the system would play this kryptonite routine.
There is no way, obviously my idea of emptying the museum is not going to come true.
However, he would definitely not let go of the contents of this vault, so he would put the rest of the artifacts in his bag and carry them on his back.
Finally emptied all the valuable things in this vault.
"I don't know if these books are worth anything!" Li Xiao came to the bookshelf again, picked up the book on it and flipped through it casually, and found that an ancient badge fell from a book that resembled a scripture.
The badge is composed of a sub-gauge and a curved ruler, and in the middle is a straight eye pattern.
For some reason, when Li Xiao saw this badge, he always felt that the pattern on it was somewhat familiar.
At the same time, Zero Zero Seven also quickly gave a corresponding note.
This coat of arms is the coat of arms of Freemasonry, and it is the same as the Eye of Cruise in the United States dollar, and it is in the same style as the coat of arms when it was first founded hundreds of years ago.
The badge is made of solid gold and weighs approximately 100 grams.
"Freemasonry?" Li Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, he had heard of this name.
He had seen some so-called popular science videos about this mysterious organization before.
It is rumored to be a mysterious and huge organization, with a history of hundreds or even more, as if many major events in history and internationally seem to be related to it.
Many people even think that this organization is like a big man standing behind the whole world, secretly controlling the whole world.
In short, there are many rumors and conspiracy theories about this organization, and no one knows whether it is true or not.
Li Xiao didn't know if Zero Zero Seven would be able to gather enough information about this organization, but he didn't have the time or mood to figure it all out right now.
After all, I still have a task ahead of me.
Li Xiao put the badge away, and then looked through the other books again, confirming that these books had no economic value, so he let them go.
"It's almost time to leave!" Li Xiao glanced around, and after confirming that there were no fish that slipped through the net, he was ready to leave.
Before leaving, he left a note on the coffee table in the vault that he had printed out beforehand.
Written in English was Scott's "wise quote" on Twitter: "Cultural relics should not exist within borders, should not belong to a certain person, a certain country, but should belong to all mankind." ”
Li Xiao didn't know what kind of expression Scott would have when he saw this note, but it was estimated that it would be very colorful.
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At the same time, far away on the other side of the ocean, at the Huaxia Capital Airport, the Huaxia Overseas Pursuit of Cultural Relics Lawyer Group, which had just returned from the United States, stepped off the plane.
Their trip to the United States was fruitless, and all the people were in a very heavy mood at this time.
Especially the trainee lawyer who went out with the team for the first time - Liu Wanqing.
At this time, she was extremely lost in her heart, and her original enthusiasm was slapped on the floor by the ruthless reality.
Although the senior sister told her before she went that the probability of successfully recovering those cultural relics was almost zero, at least she could try to get the other party to terminate the auction and not openly trample on the dignity of the Chinese nation.
Moreover, her grandfather was the president of the first Yuanmingyuan Society, and he has been engaged in the research and protection of the Old Summer Palace all his life, and his lifelong wish is to one day be able to see the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace that were plundered by the Western powers and return to the embrace of the motherland.
Especially the zodiac animal head, in his old man's heart, has an extremely extraordinary significance.
So Liu Wanqing also went with her grandfather's wish this time, hoping that in her grandfather's last life, she could bring him back good news.
Even if he can't get back the head of the sheep and the head of the snake, as long as he succeeds in stopping this auction, he can at least give grandpa a glimmer of hope.
After seeing that the motherland has become stronger, Western countries can re-examine that period of history and can give China the respect it deserves.
However, the fact is that they have been touched by a nose and even suffered very unfriendly treatment in the United States.
During this time, they were kicked back and forth between various institutions and departments like leather balls, and even people were reluctant to give them a cup of coffee, and there was no respect in their words, and they were even full of contempt.
This made Liu Wanqing feel very angry and aggrieved, as if the debt collector was being called around, sneered, and even driven away as a debtor.
At that time, she was very angry, and she studied law, and she actually gave birth to the idea that there would be an international thief in Huaxia who would "steal" those cultural relics back to China.
That must be a very happy event!
After all, the so-called international conventions are used to restrain gentlemen, not hooligans, and hooligans should be used to deal with hooligans.
It's a pity that in reality, there are so many legendary stories.
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