Around nine o'clock in the morning. Fairmont Hotel Presidential Suite.
Xiao Ran and the others were packing their luggage and preparing to leave San Francisco.
Just like when they came to San Francisco a few days ago, they were preparing to fly back to Los Angeles by helicopter.
The two helicopters that picked them up were parked on the tarmac on the roof of the Fairmont Hotel.
At this moment, Anthony suddenly knocked on the door and walked in.
"Sean, a guy who claims to be the lawyer of the Pelos family is here and wants to see you."
"There is another guy with him, and that guy seems to be the leader."
"The general manager of the Fairmont Hotel is accompanying those two guys, so there should be no problem with his identity."
Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, then a playful smile appeared on his face.
The next moment, he smiled and nodded and said:
"The lawyer of the Pelos family? Another character who may be a mafia strategist, which is interesting!"
"Have Mike come here. My lawyer must be present during the meeting to prevent these Italian guys from playing any tricks."
"They can be let in, but these Italian guys have to be inspected. I don't trust them."
Anthony smiled and nodded.
"Understood, Sean, leave it to us."
After saying that, the guy exited the presidential suite.
Xiao Ran immediately told Yi Lian and Fang Yufei to stay in the bedroom and not come out.
The Pelos family lawyer and the other guy may have mafia backgrounds, so be careful.
After a while, Mike knocked on the door and walked in, ready to participate in the next meeting.
Before David returned to Los Angeles with the priceless antiques, cultural relics and works of art, Mike, an assistant lawyer, stayed in San Francisco.
He has been following Xiao Ran for the past two days to deal with possible troubles.
No, trouble is coming!
After entering, Xiao Ran briefly introduced the situation.
Then the two of them looked at the door together, waiting for the arrival of the Pelos family.
Two or three minutes later.
Anthony walked into the presidential suite with two men in their forties, wearing suits and ties.
The hotel general manager who accompanied the two guys upstairs only nodded and said hello at the door and did not come in.
This man is obviously a smart man, and he is afraid of hearing something he shouldn't hear and getting into trouble.
The two Pelos family representatives who entered the suite felt their eyelids twitching when they looked at the pistols under Xiao Ran's left and right armpits.
They immediately understood that the boy from China in front of them was not easy to mess with.
Xiao Ran looked through them instantly and quickly grasped their identities, including social insurance numbers.
When the other party came closer, he immediately said hello with a smile.
"Good morning gentlemen, I'm Sean, nice to meet you"
"Good morning, Mr. Sean, I am Alejandro, here on behalf of the Pelos family"
One of the Italian guys introduced himself, obviously the leader.
Upon hearing this name, Xiao Ran's eyes immediately flashed with a knowing smile.
The natal family of the Pelos family is the Alessandro family.
The Baltimore Mafia Godfather family also has the surname Alejandro.
Based on this relationship, no one would believe that the Pelos family has nothing to do with the mafia!
After introducing each other and getting to know each other, the two parties sat down on the sofa and started talking.
These two Italian guys were very straightforward and got straight to the point.
"Mr. Sean, when you purchased all the goods from Songshizhai three days ago, Ryan happened to take people there."
"And Ryan stayed in that antique shop for a long time, talked about some things with the Wang family, and also had a few words with you."
"As far as I know, there was surveillance in Songshizhai, which recorded everything that happened at that time. Afterwards, you took away the hard drive that stored the surveillance video."
"If possible, I hope you can hand over that hard drive to us. We would like to know what Ruian told the Wang family at that time."
Alejandro said in a deep voice, explaining his purpose.
Hearing this, Xiao Ran completely understood.
These two Italian guys are here to help Ryan wipe his ass!
They were afraid that the video of Ryan extorting money from the Wang family and asking for donations and black money would be circulated, making the crime worse!
Without any hesitation, Xiao Ran shook his head firmly.
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Alejandro, it's impossible for me to hand over the hard drive that stores the surveillance video to you."
The expressions of the two Italian guys immediately changed and quickly darkened.
They never expected that Xiao Ran would refuse so simply.
This is in San Francisco!
The family lawyer was about to speak out, but Alessandro stopped him with his hand and asked him to listen patiently.
After a pause, Xiao Ran continued:
"I want to prevent the Wang family from suing and trying to regain those priceless antiques, cultural relics and works of art through legal means."
"That hard drive records everything that happened that day, which is enough to prove the legitimacy of the transaction and is the most powerful evidence."
"Because of this, I cannot hand over that hard drive to you. This is to protect my personal interests."
"But you can rest assured that I will never disclose the contents of the hard drive unless it is used as evidence in court."
The two Italians suddenly fell silent, saying nothing, and fell into thinking.
After a while, Alejandro said in a deep voice:
"Mr. Sean, we understand your concerns."
"What if we can silence the Wang family, for example by giving up the pursuit of those priceless antiques, cultural relics and works of art?"
have to! The Wang family is going to be in bad luck.
A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist!
The Wang family deserved to be punished. Who made them willing to be dogs for white people? Then you need to have the consciousness to be cooked by running dogs!
Xiao Ran looked at the two Italian guys, paused for a moment and then said:
"Of course that's great, but just in case, I still can't hand over the hard drive to you."
"But I can give you a copy of the video from when Ryan entered the antique store to when he left."
"Although the hard drive is in my hands, it will never be made public. I don't want to get involved in some power struggle. That is not in my interest."
Upon hearing this, Alejandro and the lawyer immediately looked at each other.
Then, Alejandro nodded and said:
"We need to discuss this matter and ask for instructions. Please wait a moment."
"No problem, the study next to it is empty, you can use it as you like."
With that said, Xiao Ran pointed to the study room next to him.
Alessandro and the others immediately stood up, walked into the study, and went to ask their boss for instructions.
After five or six minutes, they came out of the study.
When they sat down on the sofa, Xiao Ran suddenly handed over a small USB flash drive.
"Gentlemen, the content stored in this USB flash drive is the video material I just mentioned."
"Although this is not the original video, it is very complete and has not been edited or modified in any way."
"You can analyze it carefully when you go back. Through the timeline of the video content, you can determine the authenticity of the video."
Alejandro paused for a moment, then reached out and picked up the USB flash drive placed on the coffee table.
Soon, half an hour passed.
The two guys, who came on behalf of the Pelos family, took the elevator straight to the underground parking garage and got into their cars.
As soon as he entered the car, Alejandro gritted his molars and said:
"This bastard is so damn arrogant. I just wanted to smash his hateful smiling face and let out a bad breath."
"Tony, did you say that the guy who plotted against Ryan and our family was this bastard?"
The lawyer named Tony shook his head firmly.
"It can't be Sean, the bastard. He just happened to meet Ryan. It can't be done in a few hours to dig up so much dirty information."
"The guy who was hiding in the dark and plotting against Ryan and his family must have been eyeing Ryan for a long time to get so many clues."
"And this Chinese guy is not easy to deal with. Don't make yourself self-defeating. He holds Ryan's hand in demanding bribes."
"One more thing is worse than one less thing. We can't touch this guy now!"
"Okay! Let this bastard be proud for a while first."
Alejandro gritted his teeth and said, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
The next moment, Tony continued:
"There is one thing to do now, and that is to shut up the Wang family and never bring this matter to court."
Alejandro nodded immediately.
"I know what should be done. Leave it to me to handle the Wang family. If I lend them some courage, I won't dare to disobey!"
With that, the two guys drove away from the Fairmont Hotel.
Ten minutes later.
Two medium-sized helicopters suddenly roared from the tarmac on the roof of the Fairmont Hotel and flew south quickly.
Sitting in one of the helicopters were Xiao Ran and Yi Lian.
