The news that "Angry Man" was sold to UCLA spread throughout Los Angeles and even the entire United States in an instant.
At 10 o'clock in the morning that day, the UCLA school held a press conference to publicly explain the matter.
At the press conference, they also displayed this top-notch work of art with special significance to the public, which caused a sensation.
As a result, many people rushed to UCLA to try to appreciate this top-notch piece of art.
There are also some fanatics of the Black Lives Matter movement who went to UCLA to protest.
For a time, the front of UCLA's main office building became very lively.
Later, the school had to call the police to maintain order at the scene.
Everyone's attention was drawn to UCLA, and Xiao Ran suddenly felt much more relaxed.
The guys who gathered at the door of the villa have all scattered and left.
And this is exactly the result that Xiao Ran wants to see.
As a professional treasure hunter, he doesn't want to be under everyone's attention all the time, as that won't do any good.
What's more, he is still an international student from China, and he still hides many amazing secrets.
The Los Angeles police and FBI agents guarding the door of the villa have also withdrawn, and calm has returned to the area around the door.
However, Xiao Ran did not relax his vigilance.
He wasn't sure whether these guys were monitoring him from a distance. It's better to be careful.
The whole day, he, Elaine and Fang Yufei did not leave the villa for even half a step.
Now everyone in Los Angeles knows that he sold "Angry Man" for $60 million.
In the afternoon, people learned again.
He actually discovered another top antique artifact, the blessed Gerald's knight's helmet.
That top-notch antique was sold by him for nearly 40 million U.S. dollars.
Just these two top antiques and works of art made him a huge profit of 100 million US dollars.
Such an astonishing wealth is enough to drive countless people crazy.
After the news spreads, if the security is not intact, someone will take desperate measures and try to rob it.
Anthony and the others, who were guarding both inside and outside the villa, always stayed at their posts as a precaution.
Fortunately, nothing happened and everything went well.
In the blink of an eye, it was already around ten o'clock in the evening.
Xiao Ran was joking and chatting with the two beauties when Elaine's cell phone suddenly rang.
It was Pierre calling.
After the call was connected, Elaine handed over the phone within a few words.
"Sean, Pierre wants to talk to you."
Xiao Ran shrugged helplessly and reached out to take Elian's cell phone.
The next moment, Pierre's annoyed voice came over.
"Sean, I thought you wouldn't sell that "Angry Man", so I didn't mention the acquisition by the Louvre yesterday."
"But who would have thought that you would actually sell that top-notch piece of art for only 60 million US dollars, which the Louvre can also afford!"
Xiao Ran shook his head and then explained a few words.
"Pierre, from my point of view, I have to sell "Angry Man" and it can only be sold to Americans. UCLA is the best choice I can think of."
"You also know the current situation in the United States. If I keep that treasure or sell it to the Louvre, then I will never leave the house again."
"My company and antique store will be smashed, looted and burned by angry black people. Elaine and I will even face huge personal threats!"
Upon hearing this explanation, Pierre fell silent.
After a while, he said:
"What you said makes sense, Sean. The current situation in the United States is indeed too chaotic!"
"The black community is now like a ignited powder keg and cannot be messed with!"
"From this point of view, your handling method is indeed reasonable, but I still have some regrets!"
After chatting for a few more words, Pierre hung up the phone.
Seeing Pierre's reaction, Xiao Ran thought for a while, then entered the live broadcast room and explained it to the fans in the live broadcast room.
Things were just as he expected.
The fans in the live broadcast room didn't quite understand his approach.
Especially those guys in the collector's live broadcast room, every one of them regretted it.
Rather than $60 million, they want that top-notch piece of art with special meaning.
Helpless, Xiao Ran could only explain again.
After listening to his explanation, combined with the current situation in the United States, everyone understood his approach, and no one said anything more!
After chatting for a while, Xiao Ran ended the live broadcast.
Later, he called his parents again to report that he was safe.
…
It was midnight.
Elaine and the others had all fallen asleep, and the villa was quiet without any sound.
At this moment, a dark shadow suddenly flashed across the viewing terrace.
Immediately afterwards, the black shadow rolled down from the balcony and disappeared in an instant, as if it had never appeared.
When the black shadow appeared again, it was already in the back garden of the villa next door.
Taylor Swift is still in New York, and this top mansion is still empty and dead.
Wearing black clothes, it was Xiao Ran who entered the back garden of this top-notch mansion.
The reason why he came here was to retrieve the two hard drives and memory cards buried here.
In a moment, he had entered the grove in the back garden and came to the big tree where the treasure was buried.
Everything here is as before, the big stone under the tree is still there and has not moved at all.
Xiao Ran took a quick glance at the scene and took action immediately.
In a matter of moments, he dug out the black bag containing the mobile hard drive and memory card from the ground.
He didn't open it to check, but he knew what was inside the bag.
All three items in the bag were present and nothing was damaged.
After getting the things, Xiao Ran restored the scene to its original state and erased all traces.
Then he left here and disappeared quietly without a trace.
The small forest shrouded in darkness became quiet again.
Only two birds squatting on the tree saw everything that happened here.
…
The next day, at noon.
Los Angeles Airport, parking lot.
Xiao Ran and Ma Ming were standing next to the car, laughing and chatting, very relaxed.
The reason why they appear here is to handle the consignment of goods.
At noon today, an Air China cargo plane will take off from this airport and fly directly to Beijing.
In this cargo plane, some positions belong to Xiao Ran.
Using this position, he plans to ship the treasures photographed by fans to China.
To ensure safety, he personally led the team today to escort the treasures to the airport.
The next customs clearance matters will be handled by David's assistant lawyer Michael and the staff of the consulate general, so there should be no problem.
Xiao Ran and Ma Ming stayed outside, laughing and chatting while waiting.
"Xiao Ran, you were very smart in selling that piece of "Angry Man" to UCLA."
"Otherwise, many black people in Los Angeles will target you, and you won't be able to open your business."
"I heard that someone went to UCLA to protest again today, demanding that UCLA return the statue to the black people."
Ma Ming whispered with admiration.
Hearing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle.
"It was in anticipation of this situation that I sold the wood sculpture to UCLA to avoid becoming the target of public criticism."
"UCLA has a way to solve this problem. For the so-called political correctness of color, they support the Black Lives Matter movement."
"Under such circumstances, a group of black people who come to protest cannot make any big splash."
After chatting for a while about "Angry Men" and the Black Lives Matter movement, Xiao Ran suddenly changed the subject.
"Brother Ma, there are too many people staring at me these days. I won't go to the Consulate General for the time being, so as not to make a fuss about it by some people."
"In this case, I can only treat everyone to the special yellow sauce Maotai later."
Ma Ming smiled and nodded.
"You can drink wine anytime, safety is the most important thing!"
"The speed at which you make money is so scary. It's only natural that you'll be targeted. You should be more careful."
As he was talking, Michael and two consulate general staff arrived at the parking lot.
Coming closer, Michael immediately reported the situation.
"Sean, everything has passed customs smoothly and been sent to the Chinese cargo plane. All procedures are fine."
"That cargo plane will take off soon, and you can see it from here."
With that said, the guy pointed towards the airport runway.
"Good job, Mike. Once that cargo plane takes off and leaves Los Angeles, we can go back!"
Xiao Ran nodded appreciatively and said.
As he was talking, the Air China cargo plane began to taxi on the runway in the distance.
After taxiing forward for a while, the Air China cargo plane took off, rushed into the sky, and flew straight to Beijing on the other side of the ocean.
Looking at the Air China cargo plane soaring into the sky in the distance, Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
The set of Liling Mao porcelain that they plan to collect at home is among the goods shipped back to China. Grandpa and dad are waiting eagerly in Beijing.
In addition to the set of Liling porcelain, the knight's helmet of Blessed Gerald was also included in this batch of goods.
In addition, there are several other antique artifacts and works of art, as well as high-end brand watches and other luxury goods.
All these treasures combined are worth more than $100 million.
This is the largest batch of goods that Xiao Ran has shipped back to the country, so he is inevitably a little worried.
Fortunately, everything went very smoothly without any accidents.
Xiao Ran didn't look back until the Air China cargo plane disappeared from the northern sky.
Then, he looked at Ma Ming and the others.
"Sorry to trouble everyone, let's go back."
"When the limelight passes, I will bring good wine to the Consulate General and treat everyone to a good meal."
"You're welcome, Xiao Ran, this is what we should do."
Ma Ming nodded politely and said.
After chatting for a few words, everyone got in the car.
The moment he opened the door and got into the car, Ma Ming paused and then sat in the car as if nothing had happened.
Soon, several cars left Los Angeles Airport and headed straight to the city.
