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Chapter 228 A Gift Worth Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Although he complained in his heart, Liao Fan said nothing.

Since the other party mentioned this matter, it must be not without purpose.

"Professor Wang, if you're looking for accurate information, then I think it would be best if you could confirm it with Mr. Tang himself. After all, Mr. Tang and I are just close friends regardless of age.

However, at least as far as I know, I haven't heard that Mr. Tang has returned to the mainland in recent years. At least not in the past two years."

After listening to Liao Fan's explanation, Wang Sizhe thought about it and felt that this made sense, so he didn't dwell on it any further.

The two waited in the restaurant for about 30 minutes, and then Wilson led Tang Zhenguo over.

The four of them briefly exchanged ideas for the upcoming negotiations, then stood up and walked towards the elevator together.

This time, Liao Fan did not bring Yang Xue or any other bodyguards with him. Only Wilson was with him.

The same was true for Tang Zhenguo, who was accompanied by a driver and bodyguard. Liao Fan had heard Tang Shilong mention this bodyguard, saying that he was a retired fighting champion of the Hong Kong Flying Tigers.

It is said that he took the Flying Tigers to participate in many international military competitions.

After meeting Cretia, everyone started with some business exchanging as usual, and then Liao Fan directly stated his purpose.

Taking the tablet computer handed over by Wilson, Liao Fan displayed the photos of several ancient religious books and three oil paintings that had been newly converted yesterday, and asked Cretia to take a look.

After seeing what Liao Fan had just brought out, they were both relatively calm regarding the four ancient books, but they became equally agitated after seeing the three oil paintings.

"Oh my God, is this Odd's white duck? Wasn't it said to be completely lost?

Rembrandt's The Gentleman in Black? Wasn't that stolen in 90?

Oh my God! This is the Nativity of St. Francis and St. Lawrence! This painting actually exists!"

Looking at the other party's inexperienced look, Liao Fan didn't dare to show even a little contempt, not because of anything else, but because Tang Zhenguo and Wang Sizhe were not much better than the other party yesterday.

Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, they will be even more excited once they really figure out the contents of those four books.

Sure enough, when Thompson, who was standing next to Cretia, saw clearly that the contents recorded in one of the four ancient books had been covered, he was so scared that he almost dropped the tablet in his hand to the ground.

"F***k! This is impossible, this book can't be true!"

Now, not only Liao Fan was confused, but even Cretia was shocked by the other party's actions.

But when everyone saw Thompson's expression, they all swallowed their saliva at the same time, even Liao Fan was no exception.

There was no way. Although he knew that books about religious myths were extremely valuable to the churches and countries in Europe that had no historical background, he did not expect that they would cause such a big fuss.

Just as Cretia was about to ask, she saw Thompson's face pale, his lips trembling. He looked up at Liao Fan in panic and asked, "Mr. Liao, please tell me, is that book real?"

After hearing what the other party said, Liao Fan thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Yes, they are all real. We have specially hired someone to authenticate them.

Although we have no way of confirming whether the contents of these books are authentic, we can be sure that the materials of the cover and paper, the binding method and the typesetting style are products from around 700 BC.

Of course, compared to ancient Chinese books, you are more professional in these European historical books."

After kicking the ball back without leaving a trace, Liao Fan stopped talking.

It was obvious that the ancient book that the other party was carefully examining must have some secrets. Perhaps it was very important to the church, or it might affect the stability of the church's faith, just like the legendary religious poetry collection called "Talia".

Sure enough, after listening to Liao Fan's answer, Thompson not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but became even more panicked. He grabbed Cretia and walked away and started talking in a low voice.

Judging from the expressions of the other two people, Cretia seemed a little indifferent at first, then suspicious, but not long after, her expression became a little unhappy, and in the end, they almost had a dispute.

However, I don't know what Cretia thought of. When she was about to explode, she suddenly suppressed her inner anger and nodded to Thompson calmly again, as if she agreed to something.

The conversation between the two came to an end.

Then, Cretia walked up to Liao Fan and said, "Mr. Liao, my friend just told me that although he hasn't seen these things in person, he is confident that they are rare treasures through the photos.

However, I think if we want to exchange all these things for the calligraphy and paintings we brought with us, you probably won't agree.

In this case, you should take out the real thing and let Thompson confirm it again first.

Once everything is confirmed, you and I can go to Italy together.

How about I invite you to visit our manor when the time comes?

I remember the latest batch of wine is almost finished, and we can taste the new wine while you choose your favorite antiques from our treasure trove."

After listening to Cretia's proposal, Liao Fan thought about it and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he temporarily agreed and agreed to go to Liao Fan's museum together the next day to check the authenticity of the cultural relics.

Once it is confirmed that there is no problem, it can be packaged in the museum the day after tomorrow.

Finally, after the two sides chatted for a while, Cretia generously pushed all six paintings and calligraphy in front of Liao Fan, meaning that except for the ones selected by Liao Fan, the rest were all gifts.

Now an alarm bell sounded in Liao Fan's heart.

This Italian guy is too generous. These calligraphy and paintings can be sold for tens of millions of dollars at any time. If a local tycoon who is brainwashed by national sentiments feels that these paintings are too generous, they may be sold for a sky-high price of hundreds of millions of dollars.

In the end, he just gave it to me as a casual gift?

Although he couldn't figure out what the other party was planning, Liao Fan didn't refuse. After all, he had already prepared himself to rob his fellow thieves.

If what the other party brings is too deadly, Liao Fan is prepared to arrange his men to follow them and hit them directly with a club.

After leaving the hotel and bidding farewell to Wang Sizhe, Liao Fan and Tang Zhenguo sat in a business car and began to review the scene that had just happened.

"Liao boy, don't you think something is wrong?"

"Haha, of course. I'm sure that Cretia definitely didn't hold her fart well."

"Then why were you so happy to accept those paintings? Don't you understand that free things are the most valuable?"

"Of course I know that, but there's one thing you seem to have forgotten: this principle only applies to people who both sides play by the rules.

But I don't intend to follow their plan so obediently."

After hearing Liao Fan's words, Tang Zhenguo shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, I hope you're right. Do you really plan to go to Italy with him in a few days?"

Liao Fan also shrugged and said, "What else? Do you expect them to bring back the antiques I selected as agreed after they get the things?"

"Uh... no way? Didn't they just bring the real thing this time?"

Liao Fan curled his lips in disdain after hearing this and said, "This time? This time they're just laying a trap. Whether it's Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy or Tang Bohu's paintings, to be honest, they are indeed precious, but they're not to the point where I'd turn against them and just snatch them away.

The other party obviously understood this as well.

So they brought these things with them, firstly to test whether I had anything else, and secondly to see what kind of person I was.

If I were to just grab them, I wouldn't have seen anything truly good. Otherwise, either I don't have any other treasures, or I'd go with them...

Haha, I see. I think I know what they want to do."