The third party acted in good faith because he didn't know that the transaction between the previous two parties was incomplete.

On the contrary, he legitimately paid money to purchase the account.

Therefore, if the seller later sues the buyer without having received payment, he cannot retrieve the account and password from the hands of the third party.

Because this third party has already paid, the account and password, in name, already belong to him. If the account and password are returned, this third party would instead suffer a loss.

Of course, in the practical application of this law, it's certainly not as simple as it seems.

The specifics need to consider various factors.

But this can only be determined after a lengthy lawsuit.

More importantly.

If the previous contract between Chen Yiyang and Tu Yu goes to court, it's very likely to be litigated in France.

In that case, Chen Yiyang is unlikely to win the lawsuit.

However, if these two boxes of hard drives end up in the hands of the 'Dry Mud Food Factory'.

Regardless of whether Chen Yiyang owns all the shares of 'Dry Mud'.

Legally, Chen Yiyang and 'Dry Mud' are two relatively independent entities.

Therefore, if the French government wants to recover the hard drives, they would have to continue the lawsuit in Shan City against the 'Han Nibai Food Processing Factory'.

But whether they can win or not, such cases generally drag on for several years.

After the first trial, there's a second trial, and after the second trial, there are various delaying tactics for enforcement.

By the time all the lawsuits are concluded, the matter is already stale.

After confirming that the consulate's two staff members had nothing more to say, Chen Yiyang made a call to Li Dingjun.

There was no answer from Li Dingjun's side.

But this was a quietly prearranged way of communication between the two.

This meant that Li Dingjun did not need to stay by the hard drive boxes.

Thus, Li Dingjun decisively left the hard drive boxes, lying on the ground with his hands over his head.

At this point, the personnel responsible for scene management had already received the messages from above.

After confirming there were no bombs in the boxes, they took the boxes away under the pretext of needing further detailed inspection.

At this time, these two boxes belonged neither to Chen Yiyang, nor Tu Yu, nor were they the property of the French Consulate.

Only Liu Xiaoyue, by virtue of the contract, became the owner of these two boxes.

Therefore, apart from Liu Xiaoyue, no one else had the qualification to reclaim these two boxes.

This matter temporarily came to an end just like that.

"The internet is going mad right now, saying someone bought the 3D panoramic model of the Paris Goddess Temple and set it on fire to sell the model data."

In the evening, Chen Yiyang was sitting in the chairman's office of 'Dry Mud' discussing matters with Liu Xiaoyue.

Next to them, Liu Xiaoyue's secretary was briefing Chen Yiyang on the situation online.

Shortly after the two hard drive boxes were taken away by armed police, and after confirming nothing was amiss inside, Liu Xiaoyue led people to retrieve the boxes.

Meanwhile, the President of France also signed a special decree, declaring the transaction between Chen Yiyang and Tu Yu Company illegal and requiring Chen Yiyang to return the Paris Goddess Temple's 3D panoramic model data.

But by then, the boxes were already gone from Chen Yiyang's hands, rendering any decree by the French President ineffective.

"Issue a notice in the name of the Han Nibai Food Factory," Chen Yiyang instructed Liu Xiaoyue's secretary, saying,

"Just state that before the completion of the transaction with Chen Yiyang, the French President's decree had not been signed. Therefore, to protect its legal rights, the factory will not return the Paris Goddess Temple's 3D panorama model."

"What if the French Consulate proceeds to sue our factory?" Liu Xiaoyue's secretary asked.

"Then I will set up another shell company, sign a contract that takes effect before any litigation, and have the factory sell the data to this shell company," Chen Yiyang replied, matter-of-factly.

This move was quite unorthodox but effective.

Now, the fire at the Paris Goddess Temple has been extinguished, and the specifics of the blaze have come to light.

The result is that the Paris Goddess Temple was almost completely destroyed by the fire.

All the buildings must be rebuilt.

And to completely rebuild, the 3D panoramic model of the Paris Goddess Temple is indispensable.

This model contains data from before the fire, detailing the colors of each component and corner of the temple, as well as the degree of wear and aging.

Many modern replicas of ancient buildings are easily identified as fakes at first glance.

This is because they are too new.

Sometimes it's not that the construction unit doesn't want to make it look old to give the building an 'ancient flavor'.

It's that the construction unit simply doesn't have the data.

A brand new beam is universally understood.

But after ten years, a hundred years, or even hundreds of years.

The state, appearance, and color of that beam cannot be imagined out of thin air.

So rebuilding the Paris Goddess Temple will inevitably encounter this difficulty.

If it's merely rebuilt as a new temple, it cannot be regarded as a landmark, at best just a building.

Chen Yiyang hadn't expected that this opportunistic move would hit right at France's vulnerability.

"Mr. Chen, Ms. Liu." At this moment, an assistant knocked and entered. "Mr. Yan and Director Chen are here."

"Then stay here, I'll head to the reception room first." Upon hearing this, Chen Yiyang stood up and moved towards the factory's reception lounge.

"Mr. Chen."

Upon seeing Chen Yiyang push the door and enter, Yan Qi immediately stood and enthusiastically shook hands with Chen Yiyang.

His demeanor, compared to when Chen Yiyang last saw him, was completely different.

"The fire, you didn't actually start it, did you?" At this point, Yang Chengru also had a complex expression as he looked at Chen Yiyang.

He had previously considered countless possibilities for resolving issues between the factory area and Chuanyin.

But he had never imagined such a solution.

"What are you talking about, I don't have a death wish. If it comes out that I started the fire, I'd never leave the country for the rest of my life." Chen Yiyang hurriedly denied.

"That's good, that's good. I didn't really think it was possible." Yang Chengru actually didn't believe the online speculations either.

Especially since Chen Yiyang had only recently purchased the Paris Goddess Temple's 3D model data from Tu Yu.

If the fire was really his doing.

He would have at least waited a few weeks, until all the data was secured before setting anything ablaze.

"In the afternoon, we communicated a bit with the French Embassy." Yang Chengru coughed a couple of times, switching into formal work mode.

Then he said to Chen Yiyang, "Our official stance is as follows: The Paris Goddess Temple is a valuable cultural heritage for all mankind, and the appreciation of culture and love of beauty transcend borders.

Therefore, if France needs it, our country will do its utmost to assist France in rebuilding the Paris Goddess Temple."

The most significant trait of official language is not just about what is said, but also what is left unsaid.

Sometimes the unsaid words are more important than those spoken.

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