Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 423 Unexpected Commission

Liang En is very happy that the documentary about his last Arctic expedition will be broadcast in September this year, and this season is also the annual broadcast season of various TV stations in the United States.

Although under normal circumstances, this kind of broadcast season generally refers to the broadcast of various TV dramas, but now it has also been derived from the content broadcast by all TV stations, and documentaries are naturally not exempt.

To be honest, Liang En did not expect that it would be aired in September, because in his impression, the documentary broadcast in September is often the documentary that the TV station intends to promote.

Compared with those exploring the pyramid puzzles, the War of the Roses in England, and the Hundred Years' War in France, Liang En believes that the content about the North Pole expedition is obviously incomparable with these important historical events.

But Mr. Skold told him that this is mainly because compared with other familiar content, arctic exploration is obviously known to fewer people, so it is more interesting.

More importantly, the entire discovery process was filmed, which is also very rare in the history of documentaries.So it's only natural that this unprecedented documentary should be focused on.

After chatting for a while, Liang En and Joan of Arc were arranged in a guest room. Through the window of the guest room, they could see a big tent that looked like two to three hundred square meters being set up. Obviously, this should be the venue for the party. .

A lot of people were busy moving things into the tent, and some people who were obviously going to be performing at the party were rehearsing in the venue.

Different from ordinary people's birthday parties, rich people's parties are obviously much larger. A party like the one below is estimated to cost [-] to [-] euros to hold, which is not counted as a prepared gift.

On the second day, Liang En successfully acted as the special guest at the banquet, and presented a copy of the archaeological notes on the North Pole trip that he had re-copied before, and brought it to Mr. Skold's granddaughter. Went to surprise.

But for the adults who came to the party, they naturally couldn't just come for a little girl's birthday party, but took this opportunity to start some social activities.

As a scholar, Liang En couldn't get along with most of the wealthy guests here, so he simply found a corner and got some food with Joan of Arc.

As a result, when the two were sharing delicious food and evaluating today's dishes, a woman in her 60s came over and chatted with Liang En.

Through the woman's self-introduction, Liang En learned that she was a Spaniard born in France and had been living in France since birth.

The reason why Liang En can be recognized is because she is also a friend of Mr. Skold, and not long ago, she just watched the news about Liang En broadcast by French TV and inquired about him.

The reason for coming here is also very clear, that is, after confirming Liang En's identity, he hopes to ask him to help him with one thing.

"Do you want to help you find your grandfather?" After hearing what the other party said, Liang En asked with some uncertainty to the lady whose husband's surname was Arkad who was sitting across the table.

"I'm just a historian, so it's really my job to find something in history, but for people, I think you'd be better off going to private detectives."

"You're right, but the problem is that my grandfather has been missing for more than 60 years, so I think it's better to ask a historian for help at this time." Mrs. Arkad looked at Liang En and said.

"He went to Spain in 1954, before I was born, saying he was going to see an old friend of his, but he never came back."

"Because of his disappearance, we asked many people to look for it, and even asked through diplomatic means, but we have not been able to find any clues about my grandfather. The only official answer we got was that his whereabouts are unknown."

"It does sound a bit strange." Mrs. Arkad's story did attract Liang En's curiosity, so he adjusted his sitting posture and became serious. "Did you ask that friend of your grandfather's?"

"Of course, of course we asked." Mrs. Arkad replied immediately, "But whether it was a direct inquiry or the information obtained from the side, it proved that my grandfather disappeared after visiting him. Not sure."

"I really want to find out the whereabouts of my grandfather, at least before my father died. After all, he is not young anymore." Speaking of which, Mrs. Arkad also offered her own reward.

"If I can find out the exact whereabouts of my grandfather, I will pay you a reward that you are absolutely satisfied with. Even if you can't find it, I will also pay you and your entourage relative living expenses and travel expenses."

At the beginning, Liang En didn't intend to take on this job. After all, he no longer lacked in material and money, and the job of finding people is not as high as the job of finding treasures, so he didn't want to waste it time.

But after learning about the specific reward, he changed his mind, mainly because the generous Mrs. Arkad prepared too much reward.

Naturally, the remuneration is not money. After all, the other party cannot afford to pay too much money, and if the amount is not much, the current Liang En will not look down on him at all, and will definitely not waste time and energy on it.

The reward this time was a 320-square-meter apartment in Barcelona. To be honest, Liang En might not have taken it to heart if it was an ordinary real estate, but this time the apartment given by the other party was located on the third floor of La Pedrera.

La Pedrera is located on Passeig de Gracia in the expansion area of ​​Serona. It is an apartment building with an area of ​​about 1323 square meters and looks like six floors, but actually has an attic, a mezzanine and a basement.

At that time, the wealthy widow Roser Segimon remarried Pere Mila, a prominent businessman in Barcelona. The couple, as local tyrants in Catalonia, excitedly invited the most famous building at that time after visiting the Batllo apartment for their status and fame. Learning from Gaudí, I hope he can build an unparalleled house for himself.

The building was built in 1906, when Gaudí was 54 years old.The new house took 6 arduous years to complete, and it can be regarded as the classic work of the talented architect Gaudí in the middle and late stages.

Although the owner of this apartment felt that the apartment was too large to show the restraint and elegance of the nobility, it was still considered one of Gaudí's masterpieces and was declared a world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1984.

Because of the historical changes more than 100 years ago, the property rights of this building have changed a lot in this world, and the property rights inside the entire apartment are not consistent.

While most of the building is now purchased by a foundation and opened as a museum, several suites remain privately owned.Until now, some residents of this apartment still live here and live as usual.

And Mrs. Arkad's family owned one of the rooms by chance and took it out this time, hoping to use this as a price to ask Liang En to find his grandfather.

In fact, since 20 years ago, Mrs. Arkad has offered this apartment as a reward to find her grandfather. Unfortunately, those people before have returned empty-handed, and no one has been able to obtain the final reward.

(End of this chapter)