Chapter 2276: Let's celebrate together
At about eleven in the morning, news came from Lisbon. His Majesty brought a brigade to Lisbon and began his visit to Portugal.
The arrival of the Pope immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The numerous media reporters who originally gathered around the hotel saw that the joint exploration team did not show any signs of continuing to explore the treasures of the Knights Templar, they left Tomar and flocked to Lisbon.
Tomar locals and the many tourists who come here to travel, this is especially true. Everyone's eyes are on the pope who is visiting the grapes, and some people even go straight to Lisbon.
In this way, Ye Tian and the others are quieter and more convenient.
Approaching three o'clock in the afternoon, many top collectors invited by Ye Tian have arrived in Tomar and gathered in the banquet hall of the hotel where Ye Tian stayed.
Only two dozen top collectors and some top antique art appraisal experts who are eligible to enter the banquet hall and participate in the next heavyweight private auction will help them.
In addition, there are several top art brokers in the banquet hall, representing their employers.
Although the number of top collectors participating in this auction is small, every one of them is a super-rich, prince and nobleman with a lot of money, with great influence.
As for their entourage and security personnel, they were stopped by Matisse and they could only wait outside the banquet hall.
Several high-ranking Portuguese government officials represented by the Deputy Minister of Culture and the Mayor of Tomar Barbosa, as well as several top local Portuguese collectors, are also in this banquet hall.
Among them is Ye Tian’s old friend, Belmiro, who had previously acquired Alfonso I’s Sabre, the Portuguese super-rich.
This banquet hall at this time has been arranged as 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 Arab antiques from the treasures of the Knights Templar.
In order to maintain a sense of mystery and suffocate the curiosity and appetite of many top collectors on the scene, these medieval Arab antique relics are covered with white cloth, and they are not clear for the time being.
For safety reasons, beside these tables full of antiques and cultural relics, there is an employee who is brave enough to explore the company. They also have the responsibility of explaining.
Several important locations in the banquet hall, inside and outside the entrance, as well as the outside hall, corridor, elevator and stairwell, are guarded by numerous armed security personnel led by Matisse.
Even the upper and lower floors of the banquet hall, the roof and facade of the hotel, and the several historical buildings opposite the hotel are all under the close supervision of Matisse and the others. The security can be said to be impenetrable.
In the lobby of the hotel downstairs, as well as at the entrance of the hotel, and in the surrounding streets, Portuguese police officers with live ammunition can be seen everywhere, which can be called three steps one post and five steps one post.
As far as the Portuguese government is concerned, they do not want this private auction to be held smoothly, which will inevitably lose many top antiques, but they do not want to see anything happening here.
The reason is very simple. The top collectors who were invited to participate in this private auction today have extraordinary identities. Anyone who has an accident here will cause an uproar.
Especially those oil princes, princes and nobles and super rich people from the Arab region of the Middle East, if something happens here, the result will not be affordable for Portugal.
You must know that Portugal is only a small country in southern Europe, lacking resources, and its oil supply comes from the Middle East and Arab regions.
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 short-eyed bastards, start a **** fight, and completely destroy the small historical city of Tomar.
While talking, it was already three in the afternoon.
Ye Tian, who was joking and chatting with several old friends, raised his hand to check the time, and then walked to the stage in front of the banquet hall.
Within a few steps, he has come to the stage and reached out and picked up the microphone on the auction stage.
Following his movements, everyone in the banquet hall looked towards the stage. Everyone was full of expectation and secretly geared up, preparing to fight in the end and take down their favorite antique relics.
Ye Tian, standing on the stage, quickly glanced at the crowd, then smiled and said loudly:
"Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, everyone knows who I am. I won’t introduce myself here. Welcome everyone 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 treasures of the Knights Templar. Yesterday we were exploring the main church of Tomar, we luckily found a treasure deep underground in the main church!
It is part of the treasures of the Knights Templar. It was buried deep underground by the Knights Templar more than seven or eight hundred years ago. It was only yesterday that we discovered the four mottled boxes.
The four boxes are full of Arab antiques from the Middle Ages and even earlier, from the courts of the major dynasties in Arab history. Each antique cultural relic is of great value.
Among them, there are antiques from the Abbasid dynasty, some from the Fatima dynasty, some from the Ayub dynasty, and from the Zanji dynasty, the Seljuk empire and other Arab dynasties. The list is endless,..."
Next, Ye Tian gave a general introduction to the process of discovering the treasure. When it came to some places that needed to be kept secret, he either just walked through it or used some spring and autumn brushwork.
During the introduction, he especially emphasized one point.
Those medieval Arab antique relics were once the spoils of the Knights Templar. After being captured by the Knights Templar through various means, they were buried deep underground in the main church of Tomar.
According to the agreement reached between the Brave Fearless Exploration Company and the Vatican, as well as the agreement reached with the Portuguese government and the Jesuits, all the secular properties in the treasures of the Knights Templar are owned by the company.
In other words, the four boxes of valuable medieval Arab antiques belong to the Brave Fearless Exploration Company. This is undoubtedly, no one else should covet them.
After yesterday’s press conference, the governments of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Iran issued public statements to claim those Arab antiques. It is simply a daydream and there is no possibility of realization.
Hearing what he said, the senior officials of the Portuguese government who were on the scene felt so depressed, and all of them were itching with hatred.
The oil princes and princes and nobles from the Arab countries, their faces are so good that they can’t see where they are, everyone secretly sucking teeth, but there is nothing to do!
Each of them knows very well that if you want to take down the top antique cultural relics that are closely related to your country's history today, you must stretch your neck and be slapped by the greedy guy on the stage!
Apart from that, there is no other way!
After introducing the discovery process of the treasure, Ye Tian only then entered the topic.
" Each of these medieval Arab antique relics is of great value, and it can even be said to be an invaluable treasure that is rare in the world, such as the great Saladin's Mamluk Golden Cavalry Helmet.
Many of the friends who were invited here today are mostly from Arab countries in the Middle East. The Arab antique relics I found are more or less related to the countries of the scene.
For these top medieval Arab antiques, I don’t intend to collect them. Instead, I plan to auction them. If I can return them to the world of Muslin, it will undoubtedly be the best result.
Because of this, I invite you all to come and participate in this auction for a grand occasion! To contribute to the long history of Islan civilization, I hope everyone can actively bid and get what they want"
Hearing Ye Tian's words, everyone on the scene rolled their eyes in angrily, and vomited secretly.
The words are so beautiful! Steven this **** really has a good mouth, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it is a lotus tongue!
contribute to the long history of Islan civilization? Do you **** believe this kind of high-sounding nonsense? Even if you believe a word!
After a short pause, Ye Tian continued:
"Next, everyone can appreciate and appraise these valuable medieval Arab antiques. Our company employees will explain them~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I will also answer your questions.
When the appreciation is over, we will enter the next link, which is today’s highlight, my private auction, all the Arab antiques that appear in this exhibition hall will be auctioned today.
I want to emphasize here that we have found four boxes of medieval Arab antique relics in total, but not all of the antique relics 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 a little impatient to wait. I won’t say more anymore, lest friends curse me secretly. Please keep your eyes open and witness the miracle! "
At the same time as the voice fell, the brave men standing beside each booth fearlessly explored the employees of the company, and together they reached out and lifted the white cloth covering the booth.
With their movements, a dazzling golden light flashed in this banquet hall immediately, reflecting the magnificence of the whole banquet hall!
"Wow! These antique artifacts are so beautiful, ten times more beautiful than the pictures seen in news reports!"
"The golden helmet placed next to the auction table should be the great Saladin's Mamluk cavalry helmet, right? This priceless treasure is bound to us!"
The banquet hall boiled directly, and many top collectors, princes and nobles from Middle East Arabia, as well as their entourage, exclaimed.
Some of the guys were even more exaggerated, their eyes turned red instantly, and they looked a little scary!
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