Chapter 5187 Visiting Bourbon
Monkey bronze head!
Sarkozy was stunned. He didn't expect Lin Feng to come here for this.
"Is this thing in the Louvre?" Sarkozy asked.
Lin Feng nodded.
Sarkozy frowned. This is a bit difficult. Things in the Louvre are hard to get out once they are in. Although he is the president of France, it does not mean that he can make decisions for the things in the Louvre. He is not that powerful.
The Louvre, located on the north bank (right bank) of the Seine in the center of Paris, France, was originally the royal palace of France. 50 French kings and queens lived there. Now it is the Louvre Museum, with more than 400,000 art collections, including sculptures, paintings, fine arts and crafts, and seven categories such as ancient oriental, ancient Egypt and ancient Greece and Rome.
Its construction began in 1204, when it was just a castle of the palace of Philip Auguste II. In 1204, during the Crusades, in order to defend the Paris area on the north bank, Philip II built a castle here leading to the Seine, mainly used to store royal archives and treasures, as well as his dogs and prisoners of war. It was called the Louvre at the time.
In the next 350 years, as the royal nobles' demands for pleasure became higher and higher, they continued to build gorgeous towers and chic rooms. The Louvre became larger and larger. Later, in the middle of the 16th century, after Francis I inherited the throne, he forcibly demolished the Louvre. After the entire palace was demolished, a larger palace was rebuilt. Later, during the reign of Henry IV, he spent 13 years building the most spectacular part of the Louvre - the Grand Gallery, a 300-meter-long gorgeous corridor.
Then, when Napoleon ascended the throne, he built more houses on the periphery of the building, strengthened the two wings of the palace, and built arches in the arena courtyard. The first group of carved horses on the arch was taken from St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. Napoleon decorated the Louvre in an unprecedented way. He moved the best artworks that other European countries could offer into the Louvre. Napoleon continued to expand outward and dominated Europe. So thousands of tons of artworks were transported to Paris from the palaces, libraries and Catholic churches of all conquered countries. Napoleon renamed the Louvre the Napoleon Museum, and the huge corridors were also filled with artworks he looted.
After Napoleon stepped down. Under the coercion of European countries, France returned more than 5,000 artworks from various countries. However, when it came to Napoleon III, he began to build palaces crazily and the family tradition of collecting artworks. And it was also in the hands of Napoleon III that the Louvre truly became one of the most magnificent palaces in the world.
Later, after the French Revolution, the Louvre no longer housed kings and nobles. It was no longer a lewd place for nobles to seek pleasure. It became a special palace dedicated to collecting various collections, or it should be called a museum.
All the collections in this palace belong to the French government and the French people. He has no right to do anything with them. The collections in the Louvre have never been sold. At most, the collections were sent out as a friendly relationship between countries to establish relations. But if you want to sell it to Lin Feng, that's impossible. The proud French will definitely not sell it.
"Mr. Lin, about this matter. I... can't do anything!" Sarkozy said helplessly. It's not that he is unwilling to make a deal with Lin Feng, but that he can't make a deal with Lin Feng. Things in the Louvre can only go in and not out. Even during the Napoleonic period. After Napoleon's defeat, Britain, Germany and other countries forced France to hand over all its collections. The French also relied on their pride, of course, and most importantly, their diplomatic means to mediate between countries and eventually returned more than 5,000 collections.
During the same period, Napoleon looted at least 20,000 collections from European countries. The returned ones are only a few thousand pieces, accounting for only a quarter of the total loot.
This war was lost. The French refused to return the spoils. What's more, now Lin Feng said he wanted to take the monkey bronze head, so he took it away. Those people in France would not agree.
"What should I do?" Lin Feng scratched his head. He looked embarrassed.
At this point, Sarkozy was also worried. What if Lin Feng got angry and left? By then, France's investment in Africa would be wasted. Although the two parties signed the contract at the beginning, and Lin Feng also invested money and held shares, if the nuclear power industry collapses now, Lin Feng will also suffer a lot of losses. But the problem is that Lin Feng has money and he can bear the loss, especially Lin Feng also has solar energy technology. Once it is popularized, the money will flow in. Lin Feng doesn't care about this loss and can bear the cost of tearing up the contract. But he can't.
Although this nuclear power plant was signed during the tenure of President Chirac, he has been vigorously promoting the process of nuclear power Africanization in the more than one year since he took office. Now it collapses, and his presidency is over.
"Mr. Sarkozy, don't worry. I am determined to get this bronze monkey head. But if I can't get it, I won't vent my anger on our cooperation project. At present, solar energy technology will start with automobiles. It will gradually become popular later. So, you can rest assured for the time being. In the short term, solar energy cannot replace nuclear power!" Lin Feng gave him a reassuring pill.
In fact, based on the technology currently mastered by Lin Feng, within a year, solar energy technology can completely replace all energy sources in many sunny areas and become the preferred energy source for the people. But this involves an issue of interests. The emergence of solar energy technology is a revolution for all energy sources. This is a revolution, a revolution that will completely destroy other old energy sources. As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial resources is irreconcilable.
Lin Feng's launch of solar cars is enough to cause riots among many Arab oil sheikhs, and they have messed up international oil prices to fight against his solar energy technology. If Lin Feng intends to replace all old energy sources at the same time, it is conceivable how much resistance there will be. I am afraid that all the vested interests in the world will come to trouble themselves and will try every means to restrict the development of their solar energy technology.
Therefore, Lin Feng will first launch solar cars. Then slowly revolutionize. Africa's nuclear power industry will not be affected in the short term. Of course, it is hard to say about the future. After all, solar energy technology is indeed a technology that changes mankind.
"That's good, that's good!" President Sarkozy sighed repeatedly. But then, he felt that he didn't know what to say to Lin Feng. He originally wanted to ask about solar energy technology to see if France could get involved. Not to mention a share of the pie, for example, to manufacture some solar panels, or produce some solar energy products, to see if France could get involved. But now Lin Feng wants the monkey bronze head, he has no choice. Lin Feng also guarantees the profits of the African nuclear power industry, so he can't discuss solar energy technology with a thick face.
In the end, President Sarkozy had to chat with Lin Feng for a few words and send him away.
"Boss, what should we do now? Otherwise, let's try to go in again? This time, we will take Christina with us!" Li Rui asked.
Lin Feng waved his hand. The Louvre is not as strict as the British Empire Museum. The British are not as strict as the Louvre. The British have too many collections, more than 8 million pieces. If a few pieces are missing, the British will not be a big deal. On the French side, although there are also many, more than 400,000 pieces, most of them are collectibles, and there is no doubt that those displayed for exhibition are all priceless treasures. Naturally, the security is tight.
To steal? The risk is too great! Especially in the UK, now the whole country believes in William's heroic act. For some small details, such as these robbers are so powerful that they can get rid of the police and the elites of the Air Force, why were they captured alive by Prince William? This is the biggest doubt in itself. After all, although William served in the military, he is by no means a master. Is it possible to capture a terrorist who can make the police elite and the special forces of the Air Force helpless?
At present, no one has carefully analyzed some of the loopholes, but if the Louvre is exposed to theft again at this time, then William's loopholes will be noticed and magnified, and then the play will be ruined. Therefore, the same method must not be used again.
What should I do? Li Rui frowned. He had no choice.
"Let's go and visit friends!" Lin Feng smiled.
Friends? Lin Feng does have friends in France, Sophie Marceau, Zidane, and UEFA President Platini. But can they solve the monkey bronze head? This is impossible!
"No, we're going to visit the Bourbon family!" Lin Feng smiled.
The Bourbon family, the first family in France, is also a member of 'g23. Before, Lin Feng reached an agreement with the European family that all solar energy orders in Europe would be handed over to the European family. He only provided technical support, and the rest were handed over to the European family. The two sides reached a preliminary friendly agreement. This time, since President Sarkozy could not help him solve it, he could only go to the Bourbon family.
Of course, these families are not easy to mess with. If you go to them yourself, you will inevitably pay some price. However, for the reunion of the twelve zodiac signs, for the Summer Palace to reproduce a little of its former glory before the Olympics, and for the twelve zodiac signs to spray water at the same time, this monkey bronze head must be obtained.
Lin Feng's arrival naturally surprised the Bourbon family. Although the two sides have cooperated, they have never met formally. For a family like Bourbon, they are not used to Lin Feng's sudden visit. This family, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, has many rules. They are aristocrats, and aristocrats have the most rules. It's not that we don't welcome you, Lin Feng, but you should at least give us a day's notice and send us a visiting card so that we can prepare.
What's the meaning of your sudden visit? It's so rude! It's so rude!