Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2276: Joining the great event
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At around 11 o'clock in the morning, news came from Lisbon that His Majesty the Pope flew to Lisbon with a large group of people and began his visit to Portugal.
The Pope's arrival immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Many media reporters who originally gathered around the hotel saw that the joint exploration team showed no signs of continuing to explore the Knights Templar's treasures, so they left Tomar and swarmed towards Lisbon.
This is especially true for the locals of Tomar and the many tourists who come here. All eyes are turned to the Pope who comes to Grape, and some people even go straight to Lisbon.
In this way, Ye Tian and the others were at peace, and it was easier for them to act.
At nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, many top collectors invited by Ye Tian had arrived in Tomar and gathered in the banquet hall of the hotel where Ye Tian and the others were staying.
Only two dozen top collectors and some top antique art appraisal experts are qualified to enter the banquet hall and participate in the next heavyweight private auction.
In addition, there were several top art dealers in the banquet hall, representing their employers.
Although the number of top collectors participating in this auction is small, each of them is a super rich man, prince or nobleman worth tens of millions, and has huge influence.
As for their entourage and security personnel, they were all stopped by Mattis and they had to wait outside the banquet hall.
Several senior Portuguese government officials, represented by Deputy Minister of Culture and Mayor of Tomar Barbosa, and several top local Portuguese collectors were also in this banquet hall.
Among them is Ye Tian’s old friend, Belmiro, the Portuguese super-rich man who previously acquired Alfonso I’s sword.
At this time, the banquet hall has been arranged into a temporary exhibition hall.
A total of twenty or thirty tables were placed throughout the banquet hall, and on each table were placed several medieval Arabic antiques from the Knights Templar's treasures.
In order to maintain a sense of mystery and arouse the curiosity and appetite of many top collectors on the scene, these medieval Arabic antiques were covered with white cloth, making their true appearance unclear for the time being.
For safety reasons, an employee of the Intrepid Exploration Company stood next to these tables filled with antique artifacts, and they were also responsible for explaining.
Several important locations in the banquet hall, as well as inside and outside the entrance, as well as the halls, corridors, elevators and stairwells outside, are guarded by numerous armed security personnel led by Mattis.
Even the two floors above and below the banquet hall, the roof and facade of the hotel, as well as several historical buildings opposite the hotel are all under the strict surveillance of Matisse and the others, and the security can be said to be impregnable.
In the hotel lobby downstairs, at the entrance of the hotel, and in the surrounding streets, Portuguese police with loaded guns and ammunition can be seen everywhere.
For the Portuguese government, they extremely do not want this private auction to be held smoothly, which will inevitably lead to the loss of many top-notch antiques, but they do not want to see anything happen here.
The reason is simple. The top collectors invited to participate in this private auction today all have extraordinary identities. If anything happens to any of them, it will cause an uproar.
Especially those oil princes, princes, nobles and super-rich people from the Arab region of the Middle East. If something happens here, Portugal cannot afford the consequences.
You must know that Portugal is only a small country in southern Europe with limited resources, and its oil supply comes from the Arab region in the Middle East.
What's more, this is a private auction held by Ye Tian. The Portuguese don't want to see him go to war with those blind bastards, start a **** fight, and completely destroy the historical town of Tomar.
As we spoke, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
Ye Tian, who was joking and chatting with some old friends, raised his hand to check the time, and then walked towards the stage in front of the banquet hall.
In a few steps, he had arrived on the stage and reached out to pick up the microphone placed on the auction table.
Following his actions, everyone in the banquet hall looked towards the stage. Everyone was full of expectations and secretly gearing up, preparing to fight to get their favorite antiques.
Ye Tian, who was standing on the stage, quickly glanced at the crowd, then smiled and said loudly:
“Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon everyone. Everyone knows who I am, so I won’t introduce myself here. Everyone is welcome to accept my invitation and come to Tomar to participate in this private auction.
The reason why we came to Portugal is to explore the famous Knights Templar treasure. While exploring the Cathedral of Tomar yesterday, we were lucky enough to find a treasure deep underground in the Cathedral!
That is part of the treasure of the Knights Templar. It was buried deep underground by the Knights Templar more than seven or eight hundred years ago. It was not until we discovered it yesterday that the four mottled boxes were able to see the light of day again.
Those four boxes were filled with Arab antiques from the Middle Ages or even earlier periods, coming from the courts of major dynasties in Arab history. Each antique was valuable.
Among them are antique artifacts from the Abbasid dynasty, the Fatimid dynasty, the Ayyubid dynasty, the Zanji dynasty, the Seljuq empire, and other Arab dynasties, too numerous to mention..."
Next, Ye Tian briefly introduced the process of discovering the treasure. When it came to some places that needed to be kept secret, he either passed them by or used some Spring and Autumn brushwork.
During the introduction, he emphasized one point in particular.
Those medieval Arab antiques were once the trophies of the Knights Templar. After being seized by the Knights Templar through various means, they were buried deep underground in the main church of Tomar.
According to the agreement reached between Intrepid Exploration Company and the Vatican, and later the agreement reached with the Portuguese government and the Jesuits, all secular property in the Knights Templar's treasures is owned by the company.
In other words, those four boxes of priceless medieval Arabian antiques all belong to the Brave and Intrepid Exploration Company. There is no doubt about this, and no one else can covet them.
After yesterday's press conference, the governments of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Iran issued public statements claiming that those Arab antiques were simply a daydream with no possibility of realization.
After hearing what he said, the senior Portuguese government officials at the scene felt extremely depressed, and they all felt itchy with hatred.
The oil princes and princes and nobles from various Arab countries looked very bad. Everyone was chewing their teeth secretly, but there was nothing they could do!
Each of them knew very well that if they wanted to take down those top-notch antiques that were closely related to the history of their country today, they would have to stick out their necks and be stabbed by the extremely greedy guy on the stage!
There is no other way!
After introducing the discovery process of the treasure, Ye Tian got to the point.
"Each of these medieval Arab antiques is valuable, and can even be said to be a rare and priceless treasure in the world, such as the great Saladin's Mamluk golden cavalry helmet.
Many of the friends invited here today are mostly from Arab countries in the Middle East. The Middle Eastern Arab antiques and cultural relics I discovered are more or less related to the countries you are here.
I have no intention of collecting these top-notch medieval Arabic antiques, but intend to auction them off. If I can bring them back to the Muslim world, that will undoubtedly be the best result.
Because of this, I invite you to come and participate in this auction and participate in this grand event! Contributing to the long-standing Islamic civilization, I hope everyone can bid enthusiastically and get what you want."
Listening to Ye Tian's words, everyone at the scene rolled their eyes angrily and complained secretly.
What you say is so beautiful! Steven, this bastard, really has a good mouth. It is no exaggeration to say that he has a eloquent tongue!
Contribute to the long-standing Islamic civilization? Do you, you bastard, believe this high-sounding nonsense? Even if you believe a word!
After a pause, Ye Tian continued:
“Next, everyone can appreciate and identify these valuable medieval Arabian antiques. Our company’s employees will explain it, and I will also answer your questions.
After the appreciation is completed, we will enter the next stage, which is the highlight of today, my private auction. All Arab antiques and cultural relics that appear in this exhibition hall will be auctioned today.
I would like to emphasize here that we found a total of four boxes of medieval Arabic antiques, but not all of them will be auctioned. Some of them will remain in my hands for other purposes.
That’s all I have to say. I believe everyone is already a little impatient with the waiting, so I won’t say any more, lest some friends secretly curse me. Please keep your eyes open and witness the miracle! ”
As the words fell, the employees of Brave and Fearless Exploration Company standing next to each booth reached out and lifted up the white cloth covering the booths.
Following their movements, the banquet hall immediately flashed with a dazzling golden light, illuminating the entire banquet hall with splendor!
"Wow! These antiques are so beautiful, ten times more beautiful than the pictures I saw in news reports!"
"The golden helmet placed next to the auction table should be the Mamluk cavalry helmet of the great Saladin, right? We are bound to get this priceless treasure!"
The banquet hall immediately burst into flames, and many top collectors, princes and nobles from the Middle East and Arabia, as well as their entourages, exclaimed.
Some of the guys acted even more exaggeratedly, their eyes instantly turned red, which looked a bit scary!