Chapter 598: The Priest is Still the Devil (Asking for Subscriptions, Asking for Monthly Tickets)
Everyone in the banquet hall looked at Ye Tian in front of them, and everyone's eyes were full of curiosity.
The mystery is finally about to be revealed, who will these two top art thieves be?
On the stage, Jason next to Ye Tianchong nodded his head.
In the next second, Andrew's photo and related personal information immediately appeared on the projection screen and appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
At the same time, Ye Tian's voice also reached everyone's ears.
"This guy's name is Andrew, a native of Boston, who runs a shipping agency on Liverpool Street in East Boston, which is a small company with operations all over the world.
He is the number two man in this art crime syndicate, and the stolen antique art from all over the world is supposed to be smuggled into the United States through his shipping agency.
Compared with air freight, which has strict security checks, it is obviously safer to use a ship to smuggle antique artworks into the United States by sea and hide them in the middle of other goods, which is a very good way!
This shipping agency has been established for more than 20 years, and you can imagine how many stolen antique artworks have been smuggled, and the number must be incalculable, and there is definitely more than what we see!"
"Hissββ!"
There was a gasp at the scene, and everyone was frightened by these words.
Using a shipping agency as a guise to smuggle stolen antiques from all over the world for more than 20 years, these guys are so crazy that who has ever seen it?
Of course, Ye Tian's words were somewhat exaggerated, even alarmist!
But that's what he wants, and since they're opponents, why not describe them as a little more evil?
While saying this, he was also observing the people at the scene to see if there was a particularly violent reaction.
The results were not bad, everyone's reaction was similar, nothing particularly conspicuous.
There should be no Andrew acquaintances here, and these Bostonians on the scene don't know Andrew, or don't know him.
After a pause, he continued:
"After some careful investigation and repeated confirmation, I can say with absolute certainty that Andrew is one of the two founders of this international art crime syndicate.
The starting point of his art crime should be the Gardner Museum robbery more than 20 years ago, in which they ransacked a total of 13 top antique artworks.
The heist was so sensational that they didn't sell the 13 top works of art to be on the safe side, but kept them all in the underground warehouse.
Although they didn't make any money in their first operation, they found that it was a promising business, and since then, they have been out of control and have been looting antiques and art all over the world!
I would like to remind Mr. Blanton, the director of the Gardner Museum, that Andrew has some connection to your museum, and one of his distant uncles was once the deputy director of your museum.
In 1990, his distant uncle happened to be working at the Gardner Museum, where he was responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the museum, including security, but now he is dead!"
Hearing this, Blanton's face suddenly changed drastically, becoming extremely ugly, and he was even angry and cursed.
"Fake! Damn bastard, how dare you guard and steal!"
Brandon naturally knew who the deputy curator was, but just to save face, he didn't say the other party's name.
Ye Tian didn't care about these at all, he just chuckled, and then continued:
"When arresting Andrew, please be careful with the FBI agents on the scene, don't damage any antique artwork you see, and the same is true for suspected ones!
There may be theft of top-quality antique artworks, and damage to any point may cause irreparable losses, so be careful!"
The reason why he said this was, of course, for a purpose.
The famous French painter Millet's "Girl with a Goose", he is determined to get it, and he is ready to hang that painting in his bedroom to decorate his life!
It was an ownerless painting, and because of the existence of the "Girl with a Goose" at the Walters Museum in Baltimore, everyone would think that it was a fake, and no one would have taken it seriously.
Since you all think it's a fake, do you need to be polite?
"Don't worry, Steven, this is different from other cases, I will tell every case officer to avoid damaging any antique artwork, or suspected antique artwork!"
Joseph spoke up, and Joey nodded.
Next, Ye Tian continued to introduce Andrew's situation, picked up this guy cleanly, and hung it in front of everyone.
And everyone in the audience listened to his introduction, and everyone felt a chill in their backs, and they were terrified!
Steven, this bastard is so ruthless! Even the eighteenth generation of human ancestors is about to be dug out, as for it?
If you run into this bastard in the future, you must hide as far as you can! If you really can't dodge, then you must not provoke it, if you are targeted by this bastard, you will not be able to live that day!
After introducing Andrew's situation, Ye Tian stopped again.
After a few seconds, Kenny's voice came through the headphones again.
"Steven, that Thompson guy has opened the shrine and is ready to enter the tunnel!"
"Great! Keep watching! Walker, Raymond, you can undisguise, we'll be there soon, the rest of the guys pay attention, get ready to act!"
Ye Tian clenched his fists excitedly and quickly issued an order.
"Roger, Steven"
There was a response sound from the headphones, and each voice was very excited and full of fighting spirit.
It's time, Thompson, from now on, you will present a different face to the world, ready to be remembered for 10,000 years!
Ye Tian secretly complained to himself, and then looked at everyone in the audience and said loudly:
"Ladies and gentlemen, this international art crime syndicate, which has been hidden in Boston for twenty or thirty years, and has ransacked countless museums and collectors, will be completely destroyed today!
At the head of this international art crime syndicate is Thompson, a pastor of the Old North Church in Boston, a historic landmark in the United States, who has been in the Old North Church for 30 years!
And that underground warehouse, located more than 20 meters deep in the apartment building of the Old North Church, was built in 1723 at the same time as the Old North Church, and is a huge underground palace that has never been known!"
After saying this, Ye Tian stopped, letting the people in the banquet hall digest this passage, and at the same time preparing for the storm!
There was a dead silence!
Except for Matisse and David, the rest of them were completely stupid, looking at Ye Tian one by one dumbfounded, looking at Thompson's photos and related information on the projection screen!
Everyone was in a daze at this point, and they couldn't believe what they had just heard.
It is incredible that a pastor who has been a dedicated minister for 30 years is the head of the world's largest art crime ring!
Is he a pastor or a devil? or both!
The dead silence lasted for about four or five seconds, and people gradually began to wake up.
Immediately after, the banquet hall completely exploded.
"Oh my God! It's a priest, who would have thought!"
"Reverend Thompson of the Old North Church, how could he be the head of an art crime syndicate?
There was a lot of discussion, which was quite reasonable.
Someone could no longer keep his senses and directly cursed loudly in anger.
"Steven, you are a shameless rumor! Pastor Thompson can never be a criminal, he is the one who officiated my wedding, you must explain it clearly, or I will be done with you bastard!"
"That's right, Steven, you're a fucking bastard! Reverend Thompson is my son's godfather, and he can't be the head of some bullshit art crime syndicate!"
There were four people who roared in anger, all of them agents from the FBI's Boston office.
In addition to them, the rest of the Bostonians also had fire in their eyes, glaring at Ye Tian through gritted teeth, hating to rush up and beat him up! Only then can they get rid of their hatred!
These also include Blanton, director of the Gardner Museum, Isaac, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Robert Robert, director of the Harvard University Museum.
You know, these museums have been ravaged by Thompson's gang, but Blanton and they have shown this attitude!
Even Judge William stared at Ye Tian with a gloomy face, and he almost scolded!
It can be seen that Thompson's old guy has a deep influence in Boston, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is deeply rooted!
At this moment, Ye Tian was extremely glad that he had been holding back until now to reveal the answer, if it was even half an hour in advance, it would be 100% leaky.