Chapter 2222: negotiation

It was another day in the blink of an eye, sunny, but the weather was very cold.
Just after ten o'clock in the morning, Ye Tian and his team had arrived at the Hermitage Museum, ready to negotiate with the Russians and exchange the Amber Room for many of the top Chinese antique artworks in the Hermitage collection.
At this time, a large number of media reporters had gathered in front of the Hermitage Gate.
Among them, there are from various Russian media and from major news media in the world, all waiting for the press conference after the negotiation.
Even on the Winter Palace Square, countless Russians who heard the wind gathered, rubbing shoulders, and looking at it, the entire square was full of black people's heads. The scene was very lively and exaggerated.
These Russians are very excited and full of expectations. Everyone wants to witness with their own eyes the historical moment when the magnificent Amber Room returns to Russia and St. Petersburg.
Although it was very cold in St. Petersburg in the early morning, the gusts of north wind blowing from the Baltic Sea could not match the enthusiasm of many St. Petersburg citizens and many Russians.
Especially those Russians with wine bottles in their hands, as long as they have vodka, even knives in the sky can't stop them.
As Ye Tian and his team arrived, there was a commotion in the Winter Palace Square. Everyone looked at this huge team and talked a lot.
"The guy Steven is here, and the scene is really exaggerated. Like every time he appeared on the stage, he will always be so high-profile, public and unbelievable!"
"Whether he is high-profile, it has nothing to do with us, and there is no need to care about it. What I am most concerned about now is whether the subsequent negotiations go smoothly and whether the Amber Room can return to Russia!
If the deal is concluded and the Amber Room is successfully exchanged, it would be great! If Hermitage can avoid the bad luck of being ransacked by the Steven, it would be even more perfect! "
When people in the square were talking about it, Ye Tian and David, who were sitting in the bulletproof SUV, also looked at the outside through the car window.
"Wow! Today's scene is really exaggerated. There are so many people here. These Russians are like coming to the carnival."
Watching the crowds on the Winter Palace Square, David couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.
Ye Tian looked out the car window, then smiled and said:
"This is not surprising. For the Russians, the meaning of the Amber Room is too special and too important. Before the Second World War was over, they began to look for the Amber Room.
In the past seventy years, both the former Soviet Union and Russia have never stopped their efforts to find the Amber Room, and a special department directly under the highest leadership has been established for this purpose.
Surrounding the search for the Amber Room, the former Soviet Union’s KGB and East German secret police fought CIA agents and West German agents all over Europe. I don’t know how many times, but Mao did not find one.
Now the Amber Room has reappeared in the world, and it has fallen into our hands, and there is hope to return to Russia and St. Petersburg. Can the Russians who have been thinking about it for a long time not be excited? "
Hearing this, David couldn't help nodding his head in deep agreement.
While they were talking, Ye Tian and his convoy drove past the edge of the Palace Square and drove straight to the internal parking lot of the Hermitage Museum.
Seeing this scene, many media reporters guarding the entrance of the Hermitage Museum couldn't help but sighed in disappointment, but helpless.
Also disappointed, there were also some unpredictable guys in the crowd. They looked at the convoy driving into the museum's parking lot, and their eyes flashed with greed and hatred.
But how do these unpredictable guys know that their every move has already fallen into the eyes of others.
Those who are staring at them either pretend to be tourists and mix in the crowd, or they hide in the high-rise buildings around the Palace Square, condescendingly, staring at them through binoculars or sniper scopes.
As long as they take the initiative to attack Ye Tian's motorcade, they will immediately encounter the deadliest blow, and they will be killed directly and fall into hell!
Ten minutes later, Ye Tian and the others were in the Hermitage Museum, and they were still Mikhail and several other old friends who met and accompanied them.
As soon as he entered the museum, Mikhail said to Ye Tian:
"Steven, there is still half an hour before the agreed start time for the meeting. Are you going to visit a certain exhibition hall in the museum for a while? Or go directly to the meeting room where the meeting is held?
The President’s special envoy from the Kremlin, several officials from the Ministry of Culture and the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg are on their way here, and they will be able to reach the museum in ten minutes."
Ye Tian looked at this old friend, then smiled and said:
"Mikhail, we won't visit the exhibition hall anymore. Half an hour is too short, and I can't see a few antique works of art. It is not troublesome enough. Maybe I became the object of the visit.
Let's go to the safe of the box of golden amber siding that I brought. I am going to bring the box of golden amber siding. We will show it later when we talk. It will be more intuitive! "
"Well, Steven, you guys are so cunning and do everything you can. This is obviously aimed at the President's special envoy! Trying to impress the other party and grab more benefits!"
Mikhail nodded helplessly, and at the same time his teeth itch with hatred.
"Hahaha, Mikhail, it seems that my thoughts can't be hidden from you. Yes, I just want to create a powerful visual impact for your presidential envoy and the president himself.
With the dazzling golden amber siding of the Amber Room, this effect can be achieved. As you know, I am a businessman and it is only natural to pursue the maximization of profits."
Ye Tian said with a chuckle, without concealing his purpose.
"Of course I know that your fellow is a businessman, and the most greedy and cruel businessman in the world"
Mikhail said irritably, and raised his hand in a please gesture.
Next, Mikhail took Ye Tian and the others towards the direction of the vault.
On the way, Ye Tian continued to chat with this old friend.
"Mikhail, I already sent you a list of Chinese antique artworks that I want to exchange in the Amber Room last night. After reading that list, what do you think, can you tell me? I'm very interested!"
"Don't worry, Steven, you will know our thoughts when the negotiation starts later."
Mikhail continued and said, although his tone was relaxed, his facial muscles twitched involuntarily, all falling into Ye Tian's eyes.
While they were talking, the group of them had arrived at the stairway leading to the underground vault, stepped up the stairs one after another, and walked towards the vault located on the ground floor of the museum.
Soon, half an hour passed.
Ye Tian and the others are already in the conference room where the negotiation is being held. They are standing at the conference table at this time, watching the antique artworks on the table intently. Everyone looks intoxicated!
The antique works of art that dazzled them ~EbookFREE.me~ are the golden amber siding from the Amber Room. They are placed on the conference table, reflecting the magnificence of the entire conference room, just like a palace. !
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.
Immediately afterwards, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Mikhail led a group of Russians into the conference room, including familiar old friends and strange faces.
Without exception, as soon as these Russians came in, they were completely attracted by the golden amber siding on the conference table, and even shocked!
Even Mikhail, who had seen and identified these golden amber sidings, was obsessed with it, let alone the other Russians.
"Wow! This is the golden siding of the Amber Room. It's so brilliant and dazzling! It's unparalleled and fascinating!"
A rather exaggerated exclamation sounded at the scene from a Russian who was about forty or fifty years old.
Following his remarks, the rest of the Russians at the scene immediately became sober.