Chapter 1916: Asking for a High Price, Pay Back on the Spot

Addison stretched out a finger and smiled.

Yang Fei couldn't make any assumptions. After all, the other party also knew that this Buddha statue was the most precious among all antiques. What if the other party opened his mouth? Or is your offer far higher than the other party’s expectations?

Therefore, Yang Fei just looked at Addison and did not take the initiative to tell the price.

Addison said: "Ten million!"

Yang Fei frowned and said, "RMB?"

Addison laughed and said: "Of course it's euros, but U.S. dollars are also fine, the exchange rates should be about the same!"

Yang Fei said: "It's too expensive. Mr. Addison, this Buddha statue is just carved from wood and is not worth that much money."

Addison said: "I know it's carved from wood! But it's painted and coated with gold powder. It's a golden Buddha."

Yang Fei said: "If it were made of pure gold, for 10 million euros, I would buy it without hesitation. For 10 million euros, at the current price of gold, I can buy more than two thousand kilograms of gold! It can make ten million euros. Several such large solid gold Buddha statues.”

He knew that Addison didn't understand antiques, only gold and money!

Therefore, he deliberately used the price of gold for comparison.

The price of gold around 2000 was indeed very cheap, costing 70 to 80 yuan per gram.

But this bargain is compared to the price of gold twenty years from now.

And the labor force at that time was also low. If you think about it, the price of gold at that time was not cheap.

Addison thought for a while and agreed. Maybe he really wanted to promote this transaction. Maybe these so-called antiques were really junk that took up space to him. So, he asked Yang Fei: "Mr. Yang, what about How much do you think it’s worth?”

Yang Feidao: "Not long ago, I bought a precious cultural relic at Christie's auction in New York. It was an antique from our country more than 3,600 years ago. I only spent 9.5 million US dollars. At that auction , there is also a Buddha statue at auction, also gold-plated, larger than this one, but it only sold for one million US dollars. If Mr. Addison agrees, I am willing to buy it for one million US dollars. Get off this Buddha statue.”

"One million?" Addison obviously thought the price was too low, "You have to know, this is the most valuable treasure in the antique room!"

Yang Fei smiled and said: "It's hard to say the value of an antique. If you like it, you can pay a high price for it. If you don't like it, then it is not worth that much money. In fact, the market price of the bronze I took a photo of before is not that high. It’s not high, similar bronzes only fetched one or two million dollars at auction. But I like it, and I’m willing to pay a higher price for it. Just like you like Alice, you think she is a priceless treasure, and you are willing to do it for her. Pay a higher price.”

Addison said: "Mr. Yang, you also like this Buddha statue very much! You should be able to pay a higher price for it?"

Yang Fei shook his head and said: "No, I just heard from Alice that this Buddha statue is very unlucky. She saw it open its eyes, and then several people died in the fort that night. That's why I wanted to invite it back to the country. I’m helping you.”

Addison glanced at Alice.

Alice said coquettishly: "Addison, sell it! We are all really afraid of it! You have so many antiques, what does it matter if one is missing?"

Addison said: "One million euros? This is really too low."

Alice said: "One million is a lot, let's sell it! Most people don't like this kind of antique. It's rare that Mr. Yang is willing to buy it, so just sell it to him! I think it's not good to keep it in the castle. I feel very bad."

Addison said: "Okay, one million euros, the deal is done! This Buddha statue belongs to you!"

Yang Fei smiled and said: "Thank you Mr. Addison.

I came in a hurry today and didn't bring so much money. I'll come back tomorrow to complete the transaction! "

Addison said: "Okay. Mr. Yang, don't you like other antiques?"

Yang Fei said: "There is a long way to go. I think we still have a chance to cooperate."

Addison suddenly said: "Mr. Yang, have we met before? I think you look familiar."

Yang Fei thought to himself that the oil fields and refineries he invested in Africa were once under Addison's management. If the other party remembered that there had been a huge investment in the refinery, things would be in trouble.

So, Yang Fei smiled and said: "Ashamed, I often appear in various news. Maybe Mr. Addison has read my relevant reports?"

Addison didn't think much about it. In fact, when he was in Africa, Avlica and others were responsible for all the investments. He himself was not good at management, so he couldn't remember where he had invested. .

Yang Fei's explanation is also very reasonable.

Addison smiled and said: "I'm glad to meet the richest man in China!"

Yang Fei said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. I'm just the richest man in China. There are many people in the Chinese world who are richer than me."

This time, Yang Fei and the others did not stay long. They declined Addison's banquet and went down the mountain.

Return to the B&B.

Yang Fei, Fu Heng and others had another small meeting.

Fu Heng said: "Eighty percent of the antiques in the castle are from our country!"

Wang Yuanzhi sighed: "The previous owner of this castle probably stole a boatload of antiques from our country!"

Yang Fei said: "We have a relationship with Addison, and it will be easier to enter the castle again."

Fu Heng said: "But they already know us. If we act, we will be easily discovered by them."

Yang Fei said: "We don't need to enter through the main entrance. We need to go through the sewer."

Hu Xuanlin said: "I checked today. There is a sewer outlet near the basement of the castle. If you go up from there, you only need to walk thirty meters to enter the basement."

Yang Fei said: "There are many traps in the basement, can I go in?"

Hu Xuanlin said: "When Alice took us in, there were three levels of access control in the basement. The key must be a no-brainer. We can't get it. We can only find other ways to enter."

Yang Fei asked: "Is there a sewer in the basement?"

Hu Xuanlin said: "No."

Li Juan said: "Or, we can directly create a passage from a suitable location in the sewer to the basement of the castle and transport the antiques away without anyone noticing?"

Yang Fei said: "Is this possible? It will take a long time to dig a tunnel."

Hu Xuanlin counted with his fingers and said: "There is a distance of fifty meters from the sewer to the nearest basement. We don't know yet whether the ground in the basement has been specially treated. If so, it will be even more difficult."

Yang Fei said: "This plan won't work. It would be too difficult to hollow out a fifty-meter distance under their noses, and it would probably be in vain, because the basement of this kind of castle must have a very deep foundation and the hardening of the ground will be difficult." It will be very powerful. If you work hard to dig through it but fail to break through, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?”

Hu Xuanlin said: "We have to find a way to break the basement door!"

Li Juan said: "The risk factor is higher if you do this. And how are you going to transport so many antiques? There is a distance of thirty meters from the basement door to the sewer entrance! There are guards patrolling here!"