Consulate General in New York, in the reception room.
Seeing Xiao Ran's sudden visit, Consul Zhao and Counselor Wang were all surprised.
"Aren't you leaving New York today? Why aren't you leaving?"
"Did something happen? Tell me."
Consul Zhao asked in surprise.
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, and then explained:
"Something did happen, but it was not a bad thing, it was a good thing."
"That's right, just now, several senior CIA agents came to the Plaza Hotel to look for me."
"They said they found a batch of top-notch Chinese antiques and wanted to sell them to me privately and make a fortune."
"I met with those guys and saw the two treasures and high-definition video pictures they brought."
"Guess what? Those antiques and artworks are all smuggled cultural relics, and they are all on the domestic police's list of stolen cultural relics."
"ah!"
Consul Zhao and Counselor Wang both exclaimed, and their expressions changed.
Immediately afterwards, Consul Zhao said worriedly:
"A CIA agent came to you and wanted to make a deal with you. Could this be a conspiracy?"
"Both the CIA, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies in the United States all like fishing for law enforcement."
“I don’t know how many international students, experts and scholars have been cheated over the years. You have to be careful.”
Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, Consul Zhao knew it well.
The violent explosion that occurred in midtown Manhattan a few days ago, and the subsequent storm, were all caused by Xiao Ran!
He had already viewed the computer hard drives and data sent by Xiao Ran in an absolutely safe environment.
In those hard drives and data, there is a lot of very sensitive and important information, which can even be said to be of great strategic value.
He was determined as soon as he discovered the strategic information.
The violent explosion that shook the entire Manhattan was caused by Xiao Ran.
The black material about the United States and the CIA that was posted on the Internet was also spread by Xiao Ran.
The purpose is to confuse the public and completely muddy the waters, thereby hiding and protecting oneself.
Consul Zhao also knew the identities of the four CIA agents who were killed in the violent explosion.
Because of this, he was worried when he heard that CIA agents came to Xiao Ran to sell top-quality antiques.
Over the years, he has seen too many fishing and law enforcement incidents by US law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, Immigration Service, Agriculture and Forestry Department, DEA, and CIA.
Even the hairy crabs that Chinese people love to eat will be used by these guys for fishing and law enforcement.
Things like this don't happen dozens or hundreds of times a year, and it's no longer strange!
However, Xiao Ran smiled and shook his head.
"Uncle Zhao, you don't have to worry, this time it's definitely not fishing for law enforcement."
"From the beginning to the end, I will never come into contact with that batch of smuggled antiques and cultural relics, and I won't even meet them face to face."
"According to my plan, it is best for the Cultural Office of the Consulate General to come forward and contact the CIA in an official capacity."
"The Consulate General came forward to recover the batch of smuggled cultural relics. I was only responsible for the funding and was not involved in the specific affairs."
Next, he introduced in detail the agreement reached with Turner and the others.
Of course, he also expressed his demands.
After recovering these smuggled antiques, he hopes to display them in his private museum.
He did not mention the reward for hiring Turner and the others to trace the smuggling chain of these antiques.
This matter needs to be kept strictly confidential and not allowed to be known to too many people, so naturally it cannot be mentioned here.
After listening to his introduction, Consul Zhao and the others were completely dumbfounded.
It took them a while to react.
Immediately afterwards, several people at the scene immediately looked at each other, and everyone's eyes were filled with joy.
The next moment, Consul Zhao nodded with emotion and said:
"Xiao Ran, you really have an exquisite heart with seven orifices! You can even think of such a method."
"I think this method will work. The CIA is not the cultural relics authority in the United States, but a very powerful intelligence agency. If they want to make extra money, no one can stop them!"
Before he finished speaking, Counselor Wang continued:
"I also think this method is feasible, so that we can get back the batch of smuggled antiques as quickly as possible."
"Instead of going through a long judicial process for recourse, which would be too variable and may not be able to recover the corresponding antique cultural relics in the end."
"In the past, cases of pursuing smuggled cultural relics through judicial procedures have been fruitless for more than ten years, and some smuggled cultural relics have even been stolen by Yankees."
Upon hearing this, Consul Zhao nodded immediately.
"This is a good idea, but you must notify the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the case-handling unit to explain the situation and obtain legal authorization."
"Old Wang, please call the relevant domestic departments to explain the situation and let the Cultural Relics Bureau and the case handling unit discuss it as soon as possible."
"After obtaining permission from the superior department and authorization from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, we can contact the CIA."
"Okay, I'll call China to report the situation."
Counselor Wang nodded in response.
Then he got up and left the living room, and went to the office to make a phone call to report the situation.
Next, Consul Zhao turned to look at Xiao Ran.
"Xiao Ran, come to the office with me and let's discuss this deal."
"The targets of this transaction are those guys from the CIA, we must be extremely cautious."
Xiao Ran instantly understood what Consul Zhao meant.
The reason why he called himself to the office was to discuss the details of the transaction. There must be other things to talk about.
"Okay, Uncle Zhao"
Xiao Ran nodded in agreement, and then followed Consul Zhao out of the living room.
After a while, they arrived at the door of the consul's office.
When we got here, Consul Zhao suddenly said:
"Xiao Ran, for safety's sake, it's best to leave your phone outside."
"There is a safe here that can isolate the signals of all electronic products"
As he spoke, he clicked a few times on an LCD screen on the right side of the office door.
The next moment, a small hidden compartment suddenly appeared on the wall, with a small safe inside.
Consul Zhao immediately entered the password and opened the small safe.
"Okay, Uncle Zhao, this is indeed safer."
Xiao Ran nodded in response, and took out the two mobile phones he carried with him and handed them over.
After locking their phones, the two of them entered the office.
The first time he entered the office, Xiao Ran quickly looked through the place as usual.
No need to ask, this place is very safe and very clean, without any surveillance equipment.
"Sit down, Xiao Ran, let's talk about this deal."
Consul Zhao pointed to the sofa in the office.
He walked to a single sofa and sat down directly.
When Xiao Ran sat down, he suddenly whispered:
"Xiao Li went back to China with the deputy consul yesterday evening to report on his duties. He successfully arrived in Beijing this morning."
"Next, he will stay in China for a while, and maybe he will stay and work in China from now on."
“Even if I am assigned again, I will not come to the United States, but go to work in other countries. You don’t have to worry.”
Xiao Ran paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"I understand, Uncle Zhao, actually I have nothing to worry about."
"I absolutely trust you, otherwise I wouldn't bother you."
Consul Zhao nodded and then changed the subject.
"The hard drives and files you sent have been completely destroyed, leaving no security risks."
"The contents of those documents and all the files on the hard drive have been safely returned to China."
"You don't have to worry, kid. Just go ahead and do whatever you have to do next. The country is behind you!"
"call!"
Xiao Ran took a deep breath with an exaggerated expression, then nodded with a smile and said:
"Okay! Now I feel completely relieved."
After talking about these things, they began to discuss the transaction with the CIA.
Meanwhile, inside an office building in Midtown.
Turner is reporting the situation to his immediate superior and discussing contacts and transactions with the Chinese Consulate General in New York.
"Boss, these top-notch antiques and artworks from China are all smuggled cultural relics and cannot be traded in the market at all."
"Most of the things in the Chinese antique store in Flushing are imitations and fakes. They are not worth much at all and cannot be sold."
"If we hand over these smuggled artifacts to Langley, or to the guys in the FBI Art Crime Unit, we will get nothing."
"If we deal directly with the Chinese Consulate General in New York, we can get a high reward of 30 million US dollars, which is a lot of money."
"The guys will get a bonus of $10 million, and the New York branch will get the remaining $20 million. At this time, everyone needs money."
Turner directly dropped a bombshell, preparing to knock his immediate boss unconscious with a high reward.
However, he did not talk about the other 20 million US dollars. It was not the time yet.
as expected!
Hearing that he could earn a huge bonus of 30 million US dollars for nothing, his immediate boss's eyes instantly turned red, full of greed!
"We discovered this batch of smuggled antiques and cultural relics, and they are in our hands now. There is no reason to hand them over to those bastards from the FBI!"
"The same goes for those guys at Langley headquarters. Don't get involved with this bounty. This bounty belongs to our New York branch."
"I can decide this matter. We will contact the Chinese directly and prepare for the transaction. These antiques and cultural relics originally belong to them."
The head of the CIA's New York branch said solemnly.
Upon hearing this, Turner immediately waved his fist excitedly.
"Great, boss, I'll contact that guy Sean's lawyer right away."
With that said, he took out his mobile phone and prepared to call David.
At this moment, the head of the CIA's New York branch suddenly said:
“According to the latest issue of Time Magazine, Sean’s net worth is at least over 10 billion U.S. dollars, but he is a foreigner.”
"Can we use this transaction to make some fuss and get more money from this guy?"
Upon hearing this, Turner quickly shook his head.
"No chance! Sean is too cunning and does everything right. There is no way to catch him!"
"And this is a ruthless guy. He always kills his enemies without any hesitation!"
"If we deal with him, this guy will definitely spend hundreds of millions of dollars and hire countless killers to hunt down all of us."
The head of the CIA's New York branch couldn't help but pause, then nodded.
"I've heard a lot about this guy's craziness. Even the crazy woman on Capitol Hill didn't want to mess with him."
"In that case, forget it, there is no need to provoke this crazy guy!"
