Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 845 Disposal of the Ruins
After completing the first alchemy, Liang En could feel that he was obviously a little tired. After all, this kind of work was very exhausting, especially when he was not proficient.

So after a brief wash, he quickly greeted Jeanne and went to rest. For him, a good sleep is the most important thing now.

The night passed like this. Because it was located on the island in the lake, the whole castle was very quiet. Only the lights used by the archaeological team outside would shine on the windows from time to time.

By the time they got up the next day, the two of them had fully recovered, and had lunch with those sent by the Italian side, and at the same time discussed the issue of ownership of the cave.

"—Yes, sir, now we can basically confirm that these caves belong to the owner of this island, that is, you." While having breakfast together, the Italian team leader talked about this discovery to Liang En future arrangements.

"However, from my personal point of view, I do not recommend that you keep this relic. This is mainly because the cost of cultural relic protection is much more expensive than imagined."

Because Liang En returned the two sculptures to their original place, which was the center of the cave, they are now regarded as part of the ruins, rather than separate cultural relics.

As for the reason why the Italian archaeologist made such an opinion, it is because as a historic site, all maintenance must be handed over to the designated cultural relics protection department, and this will naturally cost a lot of money.

What's worse is that the maintenance process is very complicated. It is possible that someone will repair it in the fall after you report in spring, and in many cases it will completely delay the situation.

For example, Liang En once met an Italian nobleman at a Golden Dawn gathering. He once described how troublesome the maintenance of his old castle was.

According to the aristocrat, the last time their castle was just a broken door handle made of bronze and wanted to replace it, they were charged 1530 euros, not counting the 150 euros for the installation fee.

To make matters worse, his roof leaked for two months, and it rained a few times in between.The result turned what could have been a small project that required only refilling of the tiles into a full room renovation.

Therefore, a building like this, which is far superior to an ordinary castle in terms of historical value and archaeological value, must be of great value if it is to be maintained, but it will also bring a series of expensive expenses.

As for such a problem, it is very simple. After all, the cultural relics bureau tends to pay attention to those relics belonging to the state first, and the order of maintenance of such private relics will naturally come later.

To make matters worse, after spending such a large amount of expenditure, the gains that can be obtained are extremely small, because this place is located in a relatively remote location, so the number of tourists will definitely not be many.

In other words, the method of building a museum similar to Liang En's before is completely unfeasible here, because the number of tourists here simply cannot support a museum.

According to Liang En's simple analysis, the cost of opening a museum here to attract tourists is more than the money earned from tourists. It can be said that it is a complete loss-making business.

And unlike those large relics, although the quality level of this relic in the cave is not low, it is difficult for most tourists to attract them if the content is only enough to visit for 10 minutes at most.

For the vast majority of people, it is obviously not worthwhile to run in the mountains for more than an hour just to watch 10 minutes of content. It is more comfortable to squat at home and watch pictures or videos with a mobile phone.

And the more important point is that although the two very precious sculptures do not need to be taken away, the metal books found before do need to be handed in.

This also means that the most valuable things in the entire ruins may not be preserved locally, but will be preserved in Rome or other places with better conditions.

This is a good thing for cultural relics, but it may not be the case for this relic, at least the attraction of the relic will naturally decline after the most attractive cultural relics are preserved off-site.

"——The situation is like this now." After finishing breakfast, Liang En quickly returned to the tower, and talked to Mary and Elizabeth who had just gotten up to eat, what happened just now and the communication with them.

It may be because of the living habits of the nobles in the past, so both Marie Antoinette and Elizabeth Bathory got up late every day, so this time just happened to hit them for breakfast.

"If it's normal, I would suggest you donate this ruin." Elizabeth Bathory said after wiping her mouth with a silk handkerchief.

"Anyway, you have obtained the most important thing in this ruins for you, and even if you own the rest, it is only beneficial to you in name, and holding it in your hand is not a good thing."

"So in this case, it's a very smart way to exchange something that doesn't make much sense, or even bring negative value, for prestige."

"Yes, I understand that too." Liang En nodded, and then asked. "But what do you mean by the precondition you just mentioned? It's the normal situation—"

"Because we have an unusual way now." Elizabeth raised her eyebrows, and then said, "My lord, have you forgotten the group of people from the Rose Cross?"

"Rose Cross—ah, yes, Rose Cross!" After hearing what Elizabeth said, Liang En immediately realized that since this thing was the core base of Rose Cross, they should be willing to be here with him. cooperation.

This is also the case. After making a phone call with President John the Rosicrucian, the other party immediately expressed his desire for this relic, and said that he would arrive soon.

Sure enough, more than half an hour later, the president and two other members arrived at the nearest town by helicopter, and then took a speedboat to the island.

The next negotiation turned into a three-party negotiation. All parties recruited professionals to try their best to obtain more benefits for themselves, so they did not reach a final agreement until two days later.

According to the agreement, the ownership of this relic will belong to Liang En, and Liang En will rent this relic to the Rose Cross for free, and the corresponding Rose Cross will bear a series of repairs and taxes.

As for the other party, the Italian archaeological department has obtained the right to study the ruins for free, and what needs to be paid is to give priority to repairing the ruins under the same circumstances and keep those metal books locally.

Of course, there are prerequisites for keeping these precious cultural relics here, that is, the cultural relics will not be placed here until suitable facilities are built.

In this cooperation, what Liang En obtained was the modern application of commercialization of these cultural relics without destroying them.

Leaving aside such common things as peripherals or postcards, these two sculptures alone, especially a replica of a sculpture that has never appeared before, have a high commercial value.

(End of this chapter)