Chapter 555: The Biggest Robber (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Recommendation)
Ten minutes later, the video screens of the stolen antique artworks at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Harvard University Museum were played one after another.
After the two video materials were played, a good show of burning top artworks was also staged, which still caused an exclamation.
Like Blanton's reaction, Isaac and Robert were almost crazy with excitement after watching the video!
Joey and Kelton were even more excited, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, these two guys would have been cheering!
At this time, they no longer had any doubts about Ye Tian's words, there was indeed a huge international art crime syndicate in Boston, there was no doubt about it!
And this art crime is a shocking case that I have never encountered before, and even unprecedented, which will surely shake the entire field of antique art collection and sensation the world!
Not to mention, just the three videos I just witnessed are already amazing, and the value of the top antique artworks involved in them!
With more than 20 pieces of stolen top antique artworks and a case value of nearly one billion dollars, this is definitely the largest case in the history of art crime, and there is no other choice!
Not to mention that this is just the tip of the iceberg!
Listen to Steven's bastard, that warehouse also has a lot of top-quality antique art, and the amount is huge!
The edges of the frames that occasionally show up on the video, but don't know what they are about, are a strong proof of this!
What can be looked up to by these international art thieves is definitely top-quality antique artworks, each of which is worth a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Joey and Kelton were excited, almost crazy!
They know very well in their hearts that as long as they solve this case, their spring will come, and it will be sunny and smooth in the future!
Of course, there are some small regrets here.
The pity comes from Steven's bastard, who is so cautious that he is simply invulnerable!
If you get the video materials, you may be able to find some clues, and then you may be able to find those art thieves, which is undoubtedly the most perfect result!
Who knew that Steven's bastard actually burned after a reading, and turned off all monitoring and listening equipment, leaving no chance at all, so fucking hateful.
Even if you want to be hard, the Wall Street lawyers on the other side are afraid that they wish they had made a mistake on their side!
The major law firms on Wall Street don't even care about the White House, so how can they care about the FBI!
In this case, you can only be led by the nose by the bastard Steven, and there is no initiative!
In addition to them, two representatives of art insurance companies were also very excited.
The Gardner Museum's 13 top artworks are uninsured and have nothing to do with them, but they do insure the stolen antiques from the Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard University Museum.
Now that these stolen antique artworks have suddenly surfaced and are about to be recovered, they are naturally ecstatic!
That's why Ye Tian called them and asked them to come here, the insurance company is the owner of the money, of course they can't be absent.
After the last video, Ye Tian closed the laptop and put it away, and one of David's assistants removed the portable projector.
The conference table was emptied, and the time for bargaining had arrived.
The first to speak was Joey, who is the head of the FBI's Art Crime Unit, and he should have spoken first.
"Steven, you're a brilliant professional treasure hunter, and you've done a great job discovering such a well-organized and well-hidden international art crime syndicate in Boston!
Your work is over, hand over the relevant evidence to the FBI, and our art crime team will take over the processing, uproot this art crime syndicate, and bring all those bastards to justice!
We will find the top antiques that are hidden in that warehouse, and we will keep them in a safe place, and when the case is over, we will return them to the museums and collectors!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Ye Tian eagerly, expecting his answer.
The rest of the people on the other side were the same, all staring at Ye Tian, each pair of eyes full of anticipation, looking forward to hearing the most beautiful answer.
While Joey was talking, Ye Tian listened with a smile all the time, neither interrupting nor interjecting, and behaved very decently!
After Joey finished speaking, he immediately replied with a smile:
"Thank you for the compliment, Joey, I'm ashamed! I was able to discover these international art thieves by sheer chance, thanks to my good luck!
Discovering the existence of these guys is just the beginning, and the subsequent follow-up investigation has cost us a lot of manpower and material resources, and the whole process can be said to be very hard, even arduous!"
Hearing this, Joey and Kelleton's noses were almost crooked!
It's very hard!
Fool you, you bastards live in one of Boston's best five-star hotel suites, and the wind doesn't blow or rain!
If you want to say it's hard, those FBI guys who follow and spy on you are probably hard, and they are all tired of being played as monkeys by you bastards all day long!
Although they were very annoyed and even a little aggrieved, Joey and Kerton could only forcibly suppress it, and did not vent it out, nor did they interrupt Ye Tian's words.
After a pause, Ye Tian continued:
"As you just said, I'm a professional treasure hunter, and I don't dare to be outstanding, but I do have some self-confidence, and I'm doing a good job in the field of professional treasure hunters!
For you FBI, it's a couple of art crimes, but for me, it's a business, and the antique art on the video is just a commodity to be sold, and it has its value.
I had just started an exploration company, and I had to pay salaries and bonuses to a large number of employees, and the cost of keeping the company running was not low, and the fees of these Wall Street lawyers were very high!
It's all going to be paid for in green dollars, so I'd like to ask, what do I get if I hand over the video and lead you FBI to those top antique artworks?
If the remuneration satisfies me and meets my expectations, then I will be more than happy to hand over the information I have investigated, so that the stolen top antique works of art can be returned to their original owners, and everyone will be happy!"
After finishing speaking, Ye Tian looked at the opposite people with a smile, and his expression was very relaxed.
Show oneโs true colors in the end!
Dude has already made a move, see how you guys pick it up!
Without exception, Joey and Kkelton, the three museum directors, and the two insurance company representatives, their eyelids were pounding, and everyone had a feeling that something was wrong!
However, Ye Tian's words were also expected, and they didn't feel surprised.
Steven, this bastard has never been a good man or a woman, let alone a bad good person, trying to take advantage of him, it is pure wishful thinking, it is impossible!
Luckily, all three museums have put up bounties for the stolen artworks, and with the bounties attached to the other stolen antique artworks, the total amount is certainly quite large and attractive!
This huge amount of wealth should satisfy the appetite of the bastard on the other side! Let him tell the information he has and find the stolen top artworks!
But where did they think that Ye Tian was not only interested in these huge bounties, but also those stolen top-level antique artworks, and his appetite was almost crazy!
"Steven, most of the top antique artworks stolen have bounties, if this case is successfully solved, these bounties will definitely belong to you, this is your reward, I believe it is enough to satisfy you!"
It was still Joey who spoke first, and when he said this, he had a somewhat painful expression on his face.
That should have been the wealth of the FBI Art Crime Group! It was so fucking unlucky to be swept away by Steven, the damn bastard!
Although he was very distressed, he understood that the ending was decided, and he couldn't change anything at all, who let his subordinates be a bunch of waste, and he could only watch others get rich!
"That's right, Steven, as I said earlier, the Gardner Museum has offered a $20 million bounty, and as long as those top artworks return to the Gardner Museum, we will honor them immediately!"
Blanton chimed in, very sincerely.
"The bounty for the stolen works of art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is $4 million, and it can be cashed at any time!"
It was not Isaac who spoke, but a representative of AXA Art Insurance.
Strictly speaking, the ownership of the stolen top antique artworks of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, now belongs to AXA Art Insurance Company!
Because they've already paid a hefty compensation for the theft of antiques! They are the ones who are offering a $4 million reward, not the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston!
After retrieving the stolen antiques, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, if they want to recover the treasures, must return the previous compensation to the insurance company, as appropriate!
Of course, even if the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston smashes the pot and sells iron, it will also recover the stolen antique artworks.
Not to mention art, but only in terms of market value, the price of top-quality art is no longer the same as it was when it was stolen, and it is even a world apart! No stupid fool will give up this right!
In this way, the insurance company can also avoid a large loss, and in the end it will only pay a large reward!
As soon as the representative of AXA Art Insurance Company finished speaking, Isaac immediately chimed in:
"That's right, Steven, as soon as the stolen antique artwork is returned to the museum, the bounty will be honored immediately!"
"It's the same with our company, as soon as the stolen antique art is returned to the Harvard University Museum, we will pay a $1.5 million bounty immediately!"
The representative of Chubb Art Insurance stood up and said, in a very affirmative tone.
Immediately afterwards, Robert, director of the Harvard University Museum, also expressed his meaning, exactly like the previous ones, hoping to recover the stolen antique artworks as soon as possible, and is willing to pay a gratuity for them!
After everyone on the other side finished speaking, Ye Tiancai smiled and said with a relaxed expression:
"Wow! $25,500,000! What a fortune, very tempting! Here, I would like to thank you for your generosity, you are very gracious gentlemen, and you do what you say!
Again, I'm a professional treasure hunter, not a bounty hunter! Our treasure hunt isn't for the bounty, our goal is the treasure itself.
The reward I am talking about includes not only the bounty, but also the stolen antiques, and according to the rules of the trade, I demand half of the stolen antiques!
There was silence in the meeting room, there was no sound!
The few guys on the other side were completely stupid, looking at Ye Tian dumbfounded, they couldn't believe what they had just heard!
Half of the top antique art stolen! How dare you open your teeth, you bastard! You can't be crazy, right?
After a moment's pause, there was a sudden sound of pushing and pulling chairs in the conference room, and Joey and the others slammed their chairs away and stood up like an electric shock.
Immediately after, the guys began to unleash their anger.
"Steven, you're a scoundrel, greedy devil!"
"Half the share! Don't even think about it, that's impossible! You madman!"
"Ridiculous! It's ridiculous, Steven, you're the biggest robber, more vicious than the art thieves!"