In a separate reception room separated from the office area.
Li Xiao sat on the khaki pure cotton sofa with a leisurely expression, legs crossed, and the old god was there.
His eyes were looking through the clear windows at the green and lush tamarisk trees in front of the office building, looking thoughtful.
As a burst of rapid footsteps sounded in the corridor, Charles, who learned Li Xiao's location from Thomas, rushed here in a hurry.
With this glance, Li Xiao was indeed the only one in the empty reception room, and an ominous omen spread in his heart.
Charles stood at the door pretending to be arrogant and coughed.
Li Xiao's eyes shifted from the window, but he still had a leisurely expression, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, with no intention of getting up to say hello to the boss.
Seeing this situation, there was a hint of anger in Charles's sharp eyes. As soon as he walked into the reception room, he said with an inquisitive tone: "Why are you coming back alone? I think you need to explain this."
It is necessary to know what happened during the trip to Hamna Tower."
Because there was no mobile communication equipment, and there was no international long-distance connection between Egypt and the United States at this time. Therefore, after the expedition team received the funds and set off from New York, it was like a kite with its string cut off, and basically lost contact.
, so until now, Charles still knows nothing about the situation of the expedition team, so he is eager to learn the ins and outs of this expedition from Li Xiao's mouth.
After finishing speaking, an angry Charles sat down on another sofa.
"The result is that, except for me, the rest of the expedition team was buried in Hamna Tower!" Li Xiao's tone was calm and indifferent, as if he was describing an ordinary thing.
"What, they are all dead?!" Before Charles could sit down, his fat oval body jumped up from the sofa like a spring, his eyes full of shock, although he had been mentally prepared just now.
But after actually confirming this from Li Xiao's words, he still couldn't believe it.
It was an expedition team he dispatched with an allocation of US$60,000 and equipped with advanced archaeological excavation tools and equipment. In the end, all but Li Xiao were wiped out. He did not have deep feelings for the expedition team members.
The most important thing was that it was a pity that the 60,000 U.S. dollars were guaranteed to be exchanged for real money. He sighed, and his whole expression became depressed.
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"However, I have gained a little bit from this trip." Li Xiao pressed his thumb with his hand and gently explored it, and something traced a shining trajectory in the air and was thrown towards Charles.
After Charles came back to his senses, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to take the object. He took a closer look and saw that it was a bright golden coin. Judging from the size in his hand, it was larger than the American coin.
A little bit. On the front is a bust of a woman wearing a headband and a turban, on the back is a pair of horns in full dress, and the inscription is in ancient Egyptian writing. The erosion of the years has left mottled marks on it, and
There is also a shallow tooth mark left on this gold coin, which seems to have been left by ancient merchants to identify its authenticity.
After placing the coin in front of his eyes and looking at it, Charles' slightly narrowed eyes suddenly revealed a fiery light, and his expression of surprise became more and more intense. In the end, he couldn't help shouting:
"This is an eight-drachma gold coin specially made by Queen Arsinoe II of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. It is worth a lot of money!"
Although Charles was a treacherous businessman, he was not uneducated. He was quite knowledgeable about the valuable treasures of ancient Egypt.
Otherwise, he would not have decisively organized an expedition to Hamna Tower after Benny came to report the clues.
At this time, with his sophisticated eyesight, he also immediately judged the quality of this gold coin, but it was of high value! According to the recent market conditions, such a gold coin can be auctioned for at least 20,000 US dollars!
Two more gold coins like this would be enough to cover the cost of this Hamunata expedition! Then this expedition would not be a total waste.
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Charles held the gold coin as if he had found a treasure, and stared at it for a long time. His greedy eyes, which were almost narrowed to a slit, finally moved away from it, and asked Li Xiao: "Is this what you got from
Did you bring it back from the City of the Dead?"
"That's right." Facing the other party's eager gaze, Li Xiao replied unequivocally. After a moment of pause, he added: "But among the many treasures, this kind of thing is only the lowest."
"Is there anything more valuable than this?" Charles looked at the golden gold coins in his hand and couldn't help but swallowed hard.
Li Xiao's words were like a bomb, instantly detonating the greed in Charles' heart.
As the tomb of pharaohs of all ages, there are naturally many funerary objects buried deep underground in the City of the Dead, and the funerary objects that can be used as the funerary objects of the noble pharaohs are naturally expensive and priceless treasures, which have extraordinary significance.
Any piece taken out would be enough to shock the archaeological world, the collecting world, and the auction house. Charles was convinced of this.
Moreover, this gold coin worth 20,000 U.S. dollars is only the smallest among these treasures. So one can imagine how huge value is contained in those things that Li Xiao has not yet taken out.
"Where did you hide all those treasures? Tell me quickly and don't hide anything!" Charles put the gold coin into his pocket and hurriedly stood up from the sofa, asking impatiently.
"I can give you some treasures, but before that you have to do something for me. I would rather pay you for the treasures in the form of remuneration." Li Xiao's slender nails were propped up on his cheeks, looking well groomed.
"What, you..." Charles's pupils shrank suddenly, his expression was furious, and he was about to get angry. But just a moment later, the expression on his face changed like a chameleon, and he immediately became friendly again, with a hint of flattery.
Authentic: "Okay, please tell me your conditions."
"From now on, all the clues and mission information the company receives about treasure hunting will be informed to me. Special attention should be paid to the treasures containing the three attributes of earth, water, and fire, and a group of manpower must be specially allocated.
, help me inquire about this information, as long as you do it well, your benefits will be indispensable." Li Xiao said after pondering for a moment.