Picking up Leaks in live broadcast: There are Treasures Everywhere in my Eyes - Chapter 663
Chapter 665
Half an hour later, in an exhibition hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
This is an exhibition hall on the first floor of the museum, which was specially vacated for this identification and clean-up work.
At this time, Xiao Ran asked Nick and them to move some of the stolen antique artworks into this exhibition hall, preparing to carry out further cleaning.
This time it was mainly those paintings that McCann himself created.
Some of them are nothing out of the ordinary, just some mediocre oil paintings.
But other paintings, underneath which are stolen art, are hidden.
Which paintings hide secrets underneath, Xiao Ran knew in his heart.
But he didn’t point it out, but was ready to put it on a show to make everything seem more reasonable.
In addition, he has some careful thoughts.
It is to use these hidden stolen works of art to make prices to museums and negotiate terms of trade.
In addition to Peggy and Timothy, there are Thomas and Pierre.
Although Thomas and they do not belong to any of the partners, they are all from the top museums in the United States and are heavyweights in the field of culture and museums.
Whether Xiao Ran, or Peggy and Frank, they have to give these guys some face.
What’s more, they are still Xiao Ran’s main trading partners, and they can’t be turned away.
And Pierre and them, it is completely because of Xiao Ran’s relationship that they can enter this exhibition hall.
Of course, the influence of the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay, as well as the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, cannot be underestimated.
As for the representatives of some other museums and various people, including the Polish ambassador and the Italian cultural counselor, they can only wait in the public lounge of the museum!
While speaking, Xiao Ran and Timothy walked into this exhibition hall with the last batch of paintings.
As soon as they entered, Sam immediately leaned over, and then whispered:
“Sean, there is news from the Major Crime Unit, the idiot who drove the heavy truck to try to storm the convoy swallowed his breath before he reached the hospital
” “That guy said a name and phone number before he swallowed, it was the person who paid him, and the Major Crime Unit has launched an investigation”
Next, he whispered the name.
Coincidentally, this is the same as the name of the guy Xiao Ran saw in perspective at the intersection before.
Obviously, the guy watching the wind at the intersection is the one who hired the truck driver.
Behind that guy, there must be an invisible black hand hidden.
After a pause, Xiao Ran said in a low voice:
“Go back and tell those guys in the serious crime team that I will pay 500,000 US dollars to hunt down this guy” “If those guys in
the serious crime team can find out the black hand hiding behind the scenes, I will add another 500,000 US dollars reward”
Before the words fell, Sam was already laughing.
“Wow! A $1 million reward, those guys in the serious crime team will definitely be crazy about it,”
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
“What I want is this effect, anyone who dares to secretly calculate Lao Tzu, even if he chases him to the sky, I will dig him out
” “Tell those guys in the serious crime team, I will only give them a week, if they can’t complete the task, I will publicly offer a reward!”
“Got it, I’ll inform those guys,”
Sam replied, and then began to report something else.
“Sean, when are you going to meet the Polish ambassador and cultural counsellor and the others?”
“Just for a while, those guys have asked several times” Xiao Ran smiled softly
, and then said in a low voice: “Let those guys wait in the public area for a while, about half an hour later, I will go to the public area to meet them
” “Okay, Sean, I’ll let the guys outside inform them”
Sam nodded and replied, and then walked out of the exhibition hall.
Next, Xiao Ran instructed Nick and them to take McCann’s paintings out of the painting bag and place them on easels.
After a while, the first batch of paintings taken out had been placed.
The crowd at the scene immediately rushed forward and began to examine the paintings, trying to discover something.
Elaine and Fang Yufei also went to see the painting, and kept whispering to Pierre and the others.
Xiao Ran stayed behind, preparing for the next clean-up and identification work.
At this moment, the director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum suddenly walked over.
Coming closer, this guy immediately whispered:
“Sean, what you said yesterday, about
the transaction, we went back and discussed” “We consulted the lawyer’s opinion, and the lawyer suggested that we choose the transaction and get back the half of the stolen antique art
” “In that case, we decided to trade with you, we can find time to sit down and talk about the transaction”
In addition to a few stolen antique artworks that originally belonged to our museum
, we also plan to acquire several ownerless stolen artworks” “There are a lot of ownerless stolen antique artworks that fell into your hands this time, and you also plan to take out some of them to trade, we don’t want to miss this opportunity”
Before the words fell, a hint of joy flashed in Xiao Ran’s eyes.
Without a doubt, this is exactly the result he most wants to see.
The Penn Museum, although only a university museum, is staggering in size, with a collection of millions of items.
It is a top museum, both in the United States and in the world.
More importantly, the Penn Museum has a large collection of national treasures and antique works from China.
These national treasure-level treasures are Xiao Ran’s trading targets.
Pretending to think for a moment, he smiled and nodded and said:
“Siggs, your choice is very wise, only by trading with me can you get back
all the stolen antique art” “Those stolen antique art that fell into my hands, I really plan to take out a part of the transaction and exchange some of China’s top antique art
” “As for which museum or collector to trade with, it depends on the asking price of all parties, I’ll pick a side to trade,”
Seeggs immediately rolled his eyes in disgust.
What a ruthless and cunning bastard, this is a clear stab to slaughter everyone!
Although he knew that he was a pig and sheep to be slaughtered, Siggs could only stretch out his neck and wait for Xiao Ran’s hand to rise and fall!
After calming
down a little, this guy said: “We are a university museum, with limited funds, and we can’t take much money to buy
top antique artworks” “Fortunately, our museum has a lot of top antique artworks from China, and you can take out some of them for exchange
” “You guy happens to be interested in Chinese antique artworks, I believe we can reach an agreement”
The words fell, Xiao Ran immediately nodded and said:
“That’s right, I prefer China’s top antique art to green dollars, that’s my preferred trading condition,”
Siggs nodded, and then gritted his back teeth and said:
“Let’s talk about it, you all fancy those Chinese antique artworks in our collection?” Let’s see if we can reach an agreement
” “Then I’m welcome, Siggs,”
Xiao Ran said with a smile and a nod, and then opened the terms of the deal.
“Let’s first talk about the antique artworks stolen from your museum, as for those ownerless stolen
antique artworks, it’s too early to discuss the transaction” “After the clean-up and appraisal work is completed, the value and quantity of the ownerless stolen antique artworks are determined, and which ones can be determined before we can talk about the transaction
” “The stolen antique artworks that have been found and originally belonged to your museum, if you want to take them all back, you need to take out some Chinese antique artworks in exchange”
“For the two of the six juns of Zhaoling in your museum’s collection, the two important stone carvings of Salu Zi and Fist Mao Qi, as well as the bronze square pot of Chen Zhang in the middle of the Warring States period, I am determined to get
” “In addition, there is also the Southern Song Dynasty painter Liu Songnian’s “Spring Xiaotu”, as long as you take out these treasures, you can exchange them for your stolen antique artworks
” “Ah!”
Siggs exclaimed and froze directly in place.
This guy had round eyes and stared at Xiao Ran deadly, his teeth crunching.
After adjusting his mood slightly, he shook his head firmly.
“Sean, you guy is too greedy and has too much appetite, we will never agree to your conditions
” “These few Chinese antique artworks you want are the most important exhibits in
the Chinese Hall of our museum” “If we exchange these treasures for you, our Chinese Hall will lose a lot of color, and we can’t bear this result”
Xiao Ran looked at the angry museum director and said with a smile
“Siggs, don’t talk so hard, leave leeway, you might as well consider it from the perspective of market
value” “Those antique works of art stolen in your museum, each of them is a top-notch product, the value is amazing
“, “The Mondrian’s painting, and Renoir’s painting, must be worth more than 100 million US dollars” “The
overall value of the four top Chinese antique artworks I want is not so high, or even a lot different”
“In this regard, if we trade, the person who suffers the loss is actually me, not your museum
” “You can think again, whether you are willing to trade with me, the decision is up to you, I don’t force
it” “So much to say, I’ll go to get busy first, and when you think about it, just come to me to talk about the deal”
Said, Xiao Ran picked up the box at hand and walked towards Elaine.
Looking at Siggs again, he was stunned in place.
This guy knows that if it is based on market value, what Xiao Ran said is indeed right.
But the value of an antique work of art must never be measured in money alone.
The market value of some antique works of art is not high, but the value of historical and cultural research is very high.
In particular, the four treasures that Xiao Ran just mentioned, each of which has a high historical and cultural research value.
From this angle, the paintings of Mondrian and Renoir cannot catch up with these four top Chinese antique artworks.
Thinking of this, Sigston fell into contradictions and was difficult to choose for a while!
Chen Zhang’s square pot in the middle of the Warring States period
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