Picking up Leaks in live broadcast: There are Treasures Everywhere in my Eyes - Chapter 306
Chapter 306
In the blink of an eye, it was already two o’clock in the afternoon.
After lunch, another meeting began.
The location is still a small conference room on the top floor, but the number of participants in the meeting has changed.
The director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the director of the Library of Congress finally arrived at the Plaza Hotel.
With their arrival, the exchange of 40 volumes of the “Yongle Classic” with the triptych of “Dante’s Ark” also officially began.
In fact, it has been some time since the librarian of the Library of Congress and his party arrived in New York.
But they did not rush to the Plaza Hotel immediately, but were left by Thomas at the Metropolitan Museum to discuss countermeasures.
After discussing and negotiating, they rushed to the Plaza Hotel.
Because of this, the meeting was delayed by nearly two hours.
As for those guys from the Pelosian family, they had already finished their first meeting with Xiao Ran and left the conference room.
But instead of leaving the Plaza Hotel, they opened a few rooms downstairs and settled here.
At this time, they were probably reporting to the crazy old woman and asking about the direction and strategy of the next negotiation.
In the conference room, a new round of negotiations has begun.
“Sean, although the triptych of Dante’s Boat is the pioneering work of the Romantic school of painting, it is a very important work of art
” “However, in terms of the value of historical and cultural research, they cannot be compared with the value of the 40 volumes of the “Yongle Classic
“” “I believe you are very clear about this, so we cannot agree to your conditions, and I am afraid that this deal will be difficult to achieve,”
the director of the Library of Congress said, shaking his head.
Xiao Ran just laughed softly, and did not take the other party’s words seriously.
I’m afraid the deal won’t go through?
If that were the case, you wouldn’t have traveled all the way from Washington to New York to participate in this negotiation.
Your presence in this room is enough to show that you very much want to win the triptych of Dante’s Ark.
The reason for saying this is just greed and not meeting the trading conditions.
Since you have the will to trade and the greed, then it is easy to do!
Xiao Ran looked at the Yankees opposite, and then said with a smile:
“Jonathan, you are right, the Yongle Canon does have high historical and cultural research value, which is why I want to collect them
” “But I’m sure that your library definitely has an electronic version of the Yongle Classic, and in this transaction, I don’t ask you to destroy the electronic version
of the book” “In other words, even if you trade the Yongle Canon to me, It will not affect your research on any content recorded in
the “Yongle Classic”” “In other words, you have nothing to lose, and all academic research related to the “Yongle Classic” will not be interrupted because of this transaction
” “Through exchange, you can also get the triptych of “Dante’s Ark”, antique artworks such as paintings, but there is no electronic version of this
” “Ah!”
Jonathan, Thomas and the others exclaimed in unison, all stunned.
For a moment, they didn’t know how to respond.
In the case of electronic books, the reason why the Library of Congress still wants to leave the 40 copies of the “Yongle Classic” is nothing more than two points.
First, because of the value of those ancient documents themselves, each volume is priceless!
Another reason is that it is a little off the table.
That is to maintain the authoritative position of the United States in the field of relevant academic research fields, and to prevent Chinese experts and scholars from contacting those “Yongle Dian” in an all-round way,
so that the right to interpret the various knowledge and information recorded in the 40 volumes of the “Yongle Dian” is always in the hands of Americans.
Americans can interpret that part of Chinese history and culture according to their interests and needs, and even wantonly distort and belittle it!
If they trade those 40 copies of the Yongle Canon to Chinese, they lose this privilege and can no longer hide the truth of history.
The scene fell silent, and several Yankees were all lost in thought.
Xiao Ran chuckled and exchanged glances with Counselor Wang who was sitting on the side.
Although Counselor Wang was also in the conference room, he only attended as a third party and did not directly participate in the negotiations.
Seeing Xiao Ran’s confident appearance, Counselor Wang couldn’t help but nod appreciatively.
After thinking for a moment, Jonathan was ready to speak.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Immediately after, a guy from the Library of Congress pushed the door into the conference room, holding a cell phone.
After entering the conference room, this guy walked straight to Jonathan’s side and leaned into Jonathan’s ear and whispered a few words.
Jonathan paused for a moment, then stood up and said:
“Gentlemen, I have a very important call to answer, I want to go out”
Xiao Ran instantly understood, and then nodded.
“No problem, Jonathan, you can go out and call, or go to the lounge next to you to call” “We can wait for you, take this opportunity, everyone can rest for a while”
Jonathan
nodded, and then went to the small lounge next to the conference room.
The talks were suspended, and the atmosphere at the scene was temporarily relaxed, and everyone immediately started talking and laughing.
“Sean, before I came here, I saw on the news that you sold those pop art to Griffin, right?”
Thomas asked curiously.
Xiao Ran did not hide it, smiled and nodded.
“Indeed, Brown, who collected those paintings before, was friends with Griffin and Steve
” “With this relationship in mind, I sold them those four pop art works”
Hearing this, Thomas couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
Say it as if you are more compassionate!
Even if you have the slightest sympathy, you will not slaughter those two Wall Street bigwigs for nearly 300 million US dollars!
Although he secretly complained, Thomas said a different set of words.
“Your guy’s movements are so fast, before others can react, you have already dealt with those top works of art!”
“As far as I know, there are a lot of top collectors who want to buy those four pop artworks, but unfortunately it’s too late,”
Jonathan finished his phone call and came out of the lounge.
When he returned to the conference room, his face was a little unpleasant, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes, but more helpless.
When he returned to his seat and sat down, he immediately looked at Xiao Ran and said in surprise:
“Sean, I don’t know how you did it, you can actually let that big man ask about this art deal
” “Okay, I promise your conditions, let’s talk about the details of the transaction, and the specific transaction time”
Before the words fell, Xiao Ran’s eyes flashed with ecstasy.
Counselor Wang next to him was the same, instantly ecstatic, even a little unbelievable, his eyes full of incredulity.
After a short period of excitement, Xiao Ran joked and said:
“I didn’t do anything special, maybe because the triptych of “Dante’s Boat” is so precious, so it alarmed a certain big man!”
“For both of us, this is originally a win-win deal, and it is naturally better to reach it smoothly”
Hearing this, Jonathan and they rolled their eyes, but they were also very helpless.
Next, the two sides began negotiations on the details of the heavyweight art deal.
With the general direction agreed, the follow-up negotiations went very smoothly.
It only took about half an hour for the two sides to reach a preliminary agreement and sign an agreement of intent.
In this agreement of intent, the parties agree:
The Library of Congress immediately began sorting through the 40 volumes of the Yongle Canon, and then brought those ancient documents to New York to trade.
During this process, the Cultural Affairs Department of the Chinese Embassy in the United States will send personnel to supervise the whole process to ensure that the transaction is fair and transparent.
Once the 40 copies of the Yongle Canon arrive in New York, the two parties can start a deal to complete this heavyweight art deal.
Before the deal, the Metropolitan Museum was responsible for organizing a top team of experts to verify the authenticity of Dante’s Ark triptych.
Next, the Library of Congress and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and how the mad old woman handled the triptych of Dante’s Ark, is their business.
At that time, Xiao Ran would no longer ask about the whereabouts of the triptych of “Dante’s Boat”.
What he had to consider was how to transport 40 copies of the “Yongle Classic” back to Beijing as soon as possible, so as not to dream more at night!
The Met, which participated in the art deal, also received a privilege.
Next time, if Xiao Ran finds any heavyweight antique relics and works of art and is willing to sell, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has the right of first refusal.
However, this pre-emptive right is only three times, and it is exhausted.
After signing the agreement and making small talk, Thomas and Jonathan left with their farewell and returned to the Metropolitan Museum.
After seeing them off, Xiao Ran and Counselor Wang returned to the presidential suite.
As soon as he entered the suite, Counselor Wang could no longer contain his excitement and cheered directly.
“Fantastic! Xiao Ran, this thing is really beautiful!
“Once these 40 copies of the “Yongle Classic” are shipped back to China, they will definitely shock the domestic cultural circles,”
cheered, and he also reached out and patted his waist and patted several times in succession.
After his mood calmed down a little, he began to tidy up his coat again.
After sitting in the conference room for so long, the coat was already folded.
When the palm of his hand caressed over his right pocket, he was suddenly stunned.
At this moment, Xiao Ran smiled and shook his head slightly.
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