Chapter 2774
In the banquet hall, many experts and scholars were watching and studying the public video materials, all excited, their eyes shining brightly.
Especially those experts and scholars from the major Italian museums, the Ministry of Culture, and various universities are acting like crazy.
Their behavior couldn't be more normal. In the eyes of the Italians, Da Vinci is the greatest artist that each of them can be proud of, and the national idol of the Italians.
Such a treasure that is closely related to Leonardo da Vinci and hides many of his inventions and creations, even his paintings, can the Italians not be crazy about it?
Not only them, on the streets outside, in the whole of Milan, and even the whole of Italy, it was completely boiling at this time!
Everyone was very excited and turned their attention to this historic building on Via Vincenzo Monte. Everyone was looking forward to the birth of this shocking treasure!
However, when people thought that this astonishing treasure was about to fall into Ye Tian's hands, all the Italians felt extremely depressed and even heartbroken!
In a lounge next to the banquet hall, Ye Tian was meeting with the mayor of Milan, Giovanni and others to discuss the follow-up exploration and clean-up operations, as well as how to distribute this treasure.
Also present at the scene were David, Bishop of Kent, the U.S. ambassador to Italy and the cultural counselor, as well as the deputy minister of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the curator of the Sforzesco Castle Museum.
"Steven, when are you going to launch a follow-up exploration operation to clean up the treasures of the Sforza family hidden in that underground palace, Da Vinci's inventions and other works?
This discovery is so important, as you just said, the discovery of this treasure will definitely cause a huge sensation, and even rewrite part of Western history and art history!
The Sforza family used to be the rulers of Milan, and Da Vinci also lived in Milan for a long time, where he lived and created art, leaving behind many immortal top art works!
Among them is The Last Supper, a great work of art! In view of this, we strongly request to participate in the follow-up exploration and cleanup operations, and this request is reasonable!
We will recruit the top archaeologists, identification experts and cultural personnel from major museums and universities in Milan to form an archaeological team to assist you in your work! ..."
The mayor of Milan said excitedly, but a trace of greed flashed in the depths of his eyes from time to time.
He was about to go on,
But Ye Tian interrupted him directly.
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Mayor, I'm afraid I can't accept your request, and I can't allow archaeological teams other than us to participate in the follow-up exploration and clean-up operations, as that will cause unnecessary disturbance and even bring danger.
I say that, of course, for a reason! This afternoon, although we completed the preliminary exploration and basically figured out what is hidden deep underground in this historic building, all risks have not been ruled out.
From the stone gate to the rotunda where the statue of the Virgin Mary is located, all the organ traps carefully set by Leonardo da Vinci still exist, and they are very deadly. People who don't understand the situation will surely die if they enter it!
When I finished the preliminary exploration and left the underground space, for the sake of safety, I reopened all the traps and restored them to the previous state. I also closed the stone door, leaving only some lamps for lighting.
Without my leadership, other archaeological teams would not even be able to open the stone gate, let alone go in to explore the treasure of the Sforza family. For them, the arched passage behind the stone gate is a road to death!
Even with my leadership, due to language barriers, unfamiliarity with each other, and emotional rebellion, there will definitely be problems of one kind or another in cooperation, and even act without obeying orders, thus endangering the entire operation.”
"Ah! You restored all the organs and traps? Why did you do this?"
There was a burst of exclamation at the scene, and everyone was shocked by Ye Tian's words and his behavior.
While exclaiming, the eyes of the Italians headed by the mayor of Milan and Giovanni were full of anger, and their teeth were itching with hatred!
"You damned bastard! For this astounding treasure, you really did everything! The reason why you restored the traps set by Da Vinci is to prevent us from intervening and snatching this treasure from you!"
All the Italians at the scene knew what Ye Tian was planning.
While secretly cursing and complaining frantically, these Italians also felt a deep sense of helplessness.
No way, who let this historic building belong to the greedy bastard in front of him, and it was this extremely lucky but extremely cunning guy who discovered this shocking treasure!
With today's live broadcast, the whole world now knows the news of the birth of this shocking treasure, and also knows who owns this treasure, without any doubts!
Under such circumstances, even if the Italian government and the Milan city government want to play some shady tricks and forcibly intercept this shocking treasure, they can't find a reasonable excuse!
Even if the governments of Italy and Milan don't care about the criticism of the media, the US government, which has long been red-eyed, will not agree!
What's more, this bastard Steven will launch a crazy and bloody revenge. With this bastard's no-holds-barred style of behavior, once revenge is launched, who can bear it?
Can such a situation not make people feel helpless and have a headache!
The performance of the mayor of Milan and Giovanni was within Ye Tian's expectation, but he didn't seem to see it.
He just smiled softly, and then went on to say:
"More importantly, in order to prevent someone from violently destroying the stone gate and the arched passage without knowing the password, and then looting the hidden treasures in the underground palace, Da Vinci also made other arrangements. .
Once someone violently breaks through that stone gate, no matter what method he uses, it will trigger the corresponding mechanism trap, causing a collapse, killing the intruder, and directly destroying everything hidden in the underground palace.
Even this historic building on the ground will collapse, bury those archaeologists who broke into the underground palace alive, and completely bury the treasures of the Sforza family, smashing everything to pieces. Neither you nor I can face the result!
Because of this, I will oppose your proposal and prevent other archaeologists from intervening in subsequent exploration and cleanup operations! As I said before, for this level of exploration, I only trust myself and my company employees.
To put it bluntly, we are the top treasure hunting company in the world. No one can surpass us in treasure hunting. Your experts and scholars in Milan may be very good, but they may not be more qualified for this job!
Of course, you can send representatives to witness and supervise on the spot, and the follow-up exploration and clean-up operations will also be broadcast live, and video data will be kept to ensure openness and transparency. I believe this is enough to reassure everyone!
Given that this treasure is very important and has caused a huge sensation, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, I plan to launch a follow-up exploration operation overnight to clean up the treasures of the Sforza family and Da Vinci's works hidden in the underground palace.
Before that, there is still some preparatory work to be done, such as the steel plates covering many flap traps, etc. After all the preparatory work is completed, I will lead the team into the underground palace again to start further exploration and cleaning operations! "
"Ah! So fast!"
There was another exclamation at the scene, and everyone was startled by Ye Tian's resolute action.
Pay attention to the official account: the base camp of book friends, pay attention to get cash and coins!
Immediately afterwards, the curator of the Sforzesco Castle Museum asked expectantly:
"Steven, what are you going to do with this astounding treasure? Do you want to deal with it in Milan, or ship it back to New York?"
Before his words fell, Giovanni continued to say:
"Steven, many things in this treasure are top-level antique works of art that are restricted from leaving the country, such as the Da Vinci cryptex and the bronze statue of the Virgin Mary carved by Donatello! I believe you Also clear!"
Ye Tian looked at the two, then smiled and said:
"Gentlemen, according to the agreement I reached with the Italian government before, if all the treasures and antiques we found in Italy this time are sold, the Italians have the right of first refusal.
All the gold and silver treasures found in this treasure will be processed in Italy first, and sold or auctioned based on the valuation I gave, and the parts that cannot be digested in Italy will be shipped to New York for processing!
And the antique works of art found from this treasure, with a strong religious color, will also be processed locally in Italy first. Also based on the valuation I gave, I will ship the rest to New York!
Those antiques that have nothing to do with religion, I will collect them myself, and I will display them in my private museum for everyone to appreciate, of course, this also depends on the situation, I only collect top-notch items!
According to the agreement I have reached with the Italian government, these antique works of art that I plan to collect can be shipped out of Italy after paying the relevant taxes. The specific destination is up to me!
Here I would like to make a special statement, all the inventions and works of art of Da Vinci found in this treasure, I will collect non-religious things, and at most one or two of them will be put up for public auction!
I will deal with other antique works of art with strong religious overtones created by Da Vinci on the spot. The distribution of these things depends not only on me, but also on the attitudes of the United States and Italy! "
Speaking of this, Ye Tian immediately glanced at the Mayor of Milan, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Italy, as well as the US Ambassador and Cultural Counselor to Italy!
Without exception, these guys all nodded and agreed with Ye Tian's words!
Of course, their moods are different, even very different!