Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 1315

Chapter 1315: Chapter 519: Formidable Opponent Appears_2 Chapter 1315: Chapter 519: Formidable Opponent Appears_2 After reaching an agreement, the Holy See began to utilize its vast influence to gather Chinese Ancient Artifacts that had dispersed in the Western World. A month later, having paid a significant price, the Holy See had collected over ten thousand Chinese Ancient Artifacts in the Western World and secretly transported them to Dream Island. After the Artificial Intelligence “Dream” had examined these Chinese relics without error, Dream Island also returned the bodies of two Cardinals and the Three Holy Artifacts of the Holy See, including the bodies of ten Holy See experts, to the Holy See. At the same time, to save the Holy See's face, Dream Island had to keep the events confidential and not disclose any information about this occurrence to the public.

After several plundering efforts, Dream Island now possessed substantial financial resources. The island was replete with valuable resources purchased from around the world using USD, and there was no shortage of materials. Dream Island had recently made significant technological breakthroughs, and most of their technology had now surpassed the rest of the world, and naturally, technology was not lacking either. Thus, during the negotiations with the Holy See, Yan Fei had desired those Chinese Cultural Relics that had been lost to the Western World.

The Chinese History and Culture Museum on Dream Island had already been opened to the public, but unfortunately, the museum contained only a couple of authentic Chinese relics. The vast majority of the displayed Chinese relics were replicas modeled on artifacts from other museums, rendering the Chinese History and Culture Museum somewhat inauthentic.

Once the Holy See delivered ten thousand Chinese relics to Dream Island, the collection at the Chinese History and Culture Museum finally started to look substantial with some resemblance to a true exhibition of Chinese relics. Seizing this opportune moment, Yan Fei also placed a vast collection of Western precious relics that he had acquired from the French Louvre Museum on display in the museum.

The French Government and the Louvre Museum were shocked to discover the presence of numerous French national treasure-level art and literary masterpieces on Dream Island. After examining these national treasure-level relics and ascertaining that they were authentic, they initially believed that such valuable relics had been washed away on that stormy night, only to discover them unexpectedly appearing on Dream Island.

The French Government and the Louvre Museum then appealed to Dream Island, stating that these relics originally belonged to France and had been stolen by illegitimate means. Hence, they hoped Dream Island would return these national treasure-level relics to the French Government.

Their unreasonable demands were sternly refused by Yan Fei, who asserted that he had purchased these relics from someone else, and now they belonged to Dream Island, having no relation to France whatsoever, and as such, Dream Island would not return any of the relics. When China demanded repatriation of its lost relics overseas in the past, Western governments had used the same excuse to rebuff China's requests. Hence, the French, faced with Yan Fei's reasoning, found themselves somewhat at a loss for words…

Yan Fei then added that if France truly wished to retrieve these national treasure-level relics, it wasn't entirely impossible–it would simply involve a monetary purchase. When the French Government inquired about the price, they found that these relics were exorbitantly priced, and even wealthy French individuals could not afford them.

However, since Yan Fei had slightly relaxed his stance, it indicated that there was a glimmer of hope for France to reclaim their national treasures. Thus, the French began to lower their pride and continuously negotiate with Dream Island. Eventually, Yan Fei further relented, suggesting that if France could not raise sufficient money to purchase their relics, they could also opt to exchange them with domestic Chinese Cultural Relics. Of course, this exchange had to adhere to the principle of equal value without either side incurring a loss.

To reclaim their national treasures, the French Government had no choice but to start searching through domestic museums and collectors' collections, aiming to find Chinese relics of equivalent value to their national treasures. Naturally, this process was quite troublesome, not only involving the acquisition of relics originally owned by museums and collectors but also entailing the valuation of these relics, promising a long and drawn-out process…

During this time, Lu Pingping began executing Yan Fei's plan to expose the Diamond Scam. Under her direction, an astonishing news item suddenly emerged from the world-renowned auction house, Sotheby's–that a massive diamond rough weighing 100 kilograms, equivalent to 500,000 carats, had been discovered. The owner of this diamond rough intended to auction it a month later.

This news immediately shocked the entire world. The largest diamond rough known previously was the Cullinan, which was only 3106 carats. The diamond rough set to be auctioned was 161 times the size of the Cullinan. Moreover, according to the gem certification provided by Sotheby's, this massive diamond rough was of very high quality, its grade even surpassing the previous Cullinan, making this diamond extraordinarily valuable. Once officially auctioned, it was very likely to set a record high for auction houses.

This was only the first step in Lu Pingping's plan to break the Diamond Scam. To achieve her goal, she chose not to sell cheap diamonds herself, which would have driven down diamond prices drastically but instead went straight to auctioning the diamond rough, intending to let De Beers Company fall under the trap. A diamond rough of such monumental size and high quality would greatly enhance the reputation of De Beers Company. They would prevent competitors from entering the diamond market by purchasing this diamond, further monopolizing the diamond rough and keeping the global diamond market pricing power firmly in their hands. Most crucially, as a diamond rough, once the specialists of De Beers Company finely processed it, they could immediately sell it at several times the original price, reaping enormous profits…

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