The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 370 Are you worried that if the church and the dark forces fight, we won’t be able to protect ourselves?

"I do not know!"

“I don’t understand this!”

“The professionals are here, talk to the professionals!”

When the trilateral talks began, Shen Le sat calmly in the corner of the negotiation table, facing the young member of the Special Affairs Bureau from a distance. At first glance, he looked marginalized.

But he was still very content, flipping through a booklet of cultural relics in his hands, reading slowly page by page, occasionally pricking up his ears to listen to lectures by cultural relic experts and trying hard to take notes.

His bad look made it impossible to tell that he was the initiator of the negotiations and, in theory, the final decision maker and the one with the greatest contractual obligations.

This horrible look made Father Campbell and Patriarch Allen anxious and angry, and they tried to cue him several times. Shen Le either ignored him or pressed three buttons at a time:
"I don't know, I don't understand, I don't care..."

No, can you dare to be more irresponsible?

You let the professionals discuss everything, so we...we can't take advantage of you!!!

Shen Le didn't care what they thought. If the foreigners got the upper hand, wouldn't that mean we were at a disadvantage?
The professionals present obviously did not want the country to suffer any loss.

Especially the middle-aged man from the Special Affairs Bureau, the deputy director - or perhaps a cadre enjoying the treatment of a deputy director - who was in charge of his duties and was firing on all cylinders:

"Repair a holy artifact and return a first-class cultural relic! No negotiation!"

"What? You think a first-class cultural relic is not worth a holy artifact? Then you don't have to repair it! According to what Shen Le said before, compensate the difference in the price of the Buddha head, and we will leave after the repair!"

"You stole all these cultural relics from our country! You stole them! With your life spans, you might have stolen them yourself!"

"I didn't!" X4. Two vampire princes and two werewolf princes said in unison.

They really don’t!
In that era, the gods of that ancient land were still very powerful. Dark creatures like them would be asking for trouble if they went there to rob.

On the contrary, some of the weaker descendants can go there to make a fortune! The things they collected were all contributed by their descendants, or bought, or stolen from others...

I really didn’t steal it myself!
The deputy director gave them a look that said, "Haha, you can experience it yourself." Then, he continued to spit:

“Even you yourselves, you are exhibiting these cultural relics less and less. Don’t you know why?

Let's be clear, what we want to exchange back is our own things. We didn't add the Mona Lisa's Smile, Napoleon's sword and crown to the exchange list! "

He was justified, and after he criticized the blood prince, he criticized Father Campbell. His voice became louder and louder, and his momentum became stronger and stronger:

"Has your God ever taught you that it is an honor to go to other people's homes and rob other people's things? By the way, you are still a Campbell——

I remember Campbell was a French noble family name? The things you are exchanging are not stolen by your ancestors, right? "

"Sir, I remember that your country has not made any formal negotiations asking us to return these cultural relics." Father Campbell was calm.

God has not allowed us to rob our brothers, believers and compatriots. But for pagans, haha...

He folded his hands and sat upright on the other side of the negotiation table, his demeanor and manner were full of style:
"Since you have made this request, can we assume that your country's position in this regard has changed and you have begun to claim ownership of cultural relics outside the country?" I knew you would dig this trap! The deputy director smiled calmly. The emergency meeting before going abroad and the emergency consultation of the think tank have fully prepared for these arguments.

He was confident and spoke in a calm tone:

“Of course our country’s basic position has not changed. Otherwise, we would have come here today to ask for it directly instead of offering to repair the holy vessel in exchange.

Or do you want us to ask for it by name?"

"But for a first-class cultural relic, the price is too high!" Father Campbell was a little annoyed. He was not like the vampires, who had many good things hidden in their hands, but they were all in private hands;
The good things in the hands of the church must either be approved by the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Paris, or they must be coordinated with those large museums.

Whatever the plan, it’s going to be a hassle!

Especially the first-class cultural relics. The number of first-class cultural relics in the hands of the church is almost zero...

"The cultural relic value of those holy artifacts is at most level three, and some are not even level three. Even if you add in their spiritual value, they are at most level two!"

"I understand. You don't want to make a deal, right?" The deputy director nodded calmly. He turned to Prince Allen, his face a little warmer:
"Well, let's talk about it, shall we? The sooner we can do it, the sooner we can start repairing—"

"Wait!!!" Father Campbell and the two clergymen on his left and right spoke at the same time:
"You said you wouldn't interfere in local conflicts!"

"Then we can't force you to trade... If we can't reach an agreement here, we'll prioritize that..."

The director spread his hands innocently. Shen Le turned his head quickly and tried hard to hold back his laughter:

Well, if we talk about thick skin, the boss is thicker. He can't pretend to be so confident and calm...

The director was not only justified, he also added fuel to the fire. After he finished arguing with Father Campbell, he pressed the table and stood up:

"Everyone, let's go to another place to talk? The previous three-party talks were to enhance mutual trust among you and avoid unnecessary conflicts. Now that the church doesn't want to talk anymore—"

Is the most convenient way to raise the price to hold a trilateral meeting?
Definitely not!
To make it easier to raise the price, the two buyers should be placed in meeting rooms at the two ends of the corridor, so they can see each other and don’t know what conditions the other party has proposed...

Under this chain of suspicion, both sides can raise the price upwards!
"Wait! We don't want to talk!" Father Campbell really stretched out his hand to stop him:
"We just think that a first-level artifact is too much! For every holy artifact that is repaired, we are willing to pay a second-level artifact!"

You sound like you have the right to bargain. The director continued to walk out. When he got to the door, Father Campbell stopped him:
"Don't worry! Don't worry! We can talk about this! We can talk about this!!!"

We can talk instead of holding a three-party meeting. The deputy director turned and walked towards the meeting room at the end of the corridor, followed by a group of vampires and werewolves.

Father Campbell looked gloomy, lowered his head and said nothing, quickly sending a message. With a ding-dong sound, the phone screen lit up, and Shen Le immediately stopped:

"how?"

He raised his phone and said:

"Are you worried that the situation in Paris will be out of balance and we will not be able to protect ourselves - and our cultural relics?"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　Asking for a monthly ticket!
　　During the double period, I am begging for monthly tickets~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)