At 12:30 midnight, the live broadcast just ended.
Elaine and Fang Yufei have left the study and went back to their rooms to wash up and prepare to rest.
Xiao Ran was still in the study, packing up the live broadcast equipment.
At this moment, Sam's voice suddenly came from the intercom.
"Sean, there are three small drones flying towards the hotel from the Boston Common."
"With the cover of night, these three small drones moved very covertly."
"The guys on the roof used infrared night vision devices and portable radar to spot them."
After hearing the announcement, Xiao Ran immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"The person who came here is evil! Tell the guys on the roof to shoot down these three small drones."
"Let everyone be more vigilant. These small drones may be exploring paths. Trouble is still to come."
"Got it, leave it to us!"
Sam responded and immediately ended the call.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran walked out of the study and came to the living room.
He first dimmed the lights in the living room, then turned on the perspective and looked out the window at the night sky.
In an instant, his sight had passed through the curtains and floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and then through the night, looking towards the sky above Boston Common.
The next moment, three small drones flying through the sky appeared in his field of vision.
Those three small drones did not carry weapons or explosives, only a camera hung on the belly.
As Xiao Ran expected, these three small drones were here to reconnoiter, not to launch an attack.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran immediately relaxed a little.
The next second, the leading small drone suddenly paused in the air.
Immediately afterwards, the small drone shook a few times in the air as if it was drunk, and then fell to the ground.
This sudden change obviously startled the guys who secretly controlled the three small drones.
Those guys reacted quickly and immediately began to pull up two other small drones.
Unfortunately, their response was still a step too slow.
The other two small drones could not escape the blow. In the blink of an eye, they lost control and fell to the ground like meteors.
You don’t need to think about the next scene to know!
These three unidentified small drones with ulterior motives quickly hit the ground and broke into pieces.
Seeing this scene taking place in the night sky, Xiao Ran couldn't help but flash a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
He understood that these were the security personnel guarding the roof of the hotel, and they used electronic jamming guns to kill the three small drones.
After the three small drones crashed, Xiao Ran quickly scanned the night sky outside.
After confirming that there were no more drones in the night sky, he approached the window and looked at the street downstairs through the curtains.
The street was very quiet at this time. Apart from the bleak autumn wind, not even a ghost could be seen.
On the side of the Boston Common, about a hundred meters away from the hotel, there were two SUVs parked on the roadside, which was somewhat unexpected.
When he saw the two SUVs, Xiao Ran's sight penetrated the roof and saw clearly the situation inside the two vehicles.
In each of the two cars, there were four white men, all with angry faces.
At this time, those guys were cursing angrily.
Although Xiao Ran couldn't hear what those guys were cursing, he knew it very well.
These guys are coming for themselves and the two top-notch works of art!
Through the documents on two of the guys, he instantly figured out the identities of these guys.
Judging from the names, these guys must be Irish, from some Irish gangster across the river in Charleston.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran left the window and walked straight to the bedroom.
at the same time.
In a car parked on the street, an Irish gangster in his thirties was still cursing angrily.
"Fake! These bastards under Sean are so well prepared, we don't have the slightest chance."
"Who the hell would have thought that these bastards could actually shoot down drones in the night sky?"
"How did these bastards do it? And how did they find those drones?"
After the words fell, a gangster controlling the drone said in frustration:
"Obviously, these bastards have the most advanced electronic interference guns, and more than one."
"As long as you use an electronic jamming gun and a portable radar, you can easily kill small drones."
"I wonder where these bastards got all this equipment? It's so damn good to have money!"
Hearing this, the other guys were stunned and looked helpless.
At this moment, a guy in the back row suddenly said:
"Boss, let's withdraw. Bastards like Sean have obviously been prepared. We have no chance at all."
"Since they have shot down three small drones, they might have discovered us as well."
"If we don't leave as soon as possible, we may be plotted by those bastards. Sean, that bastard, is famous for being cruel!"
As soon as the words fell, the car suddenly became quiet.
Several gangsters in the car looked at each other, panic flashing in everyone's eyes.
Before the boss could respond, two police cars suddenly drove out of the intersection not far behind.
As soon as the two police cars appeared, they immediately accelerated towards this side.
When I turned around and saw this scene, the Irish gangsters in the car still didn't understand.
Needless to say, Sean's bastard's men have already discovered people like him.
Then notify the police and ask them to come and conduct an investigation.
If you don't leave, you will be sent to jail by the police!
"Fake! We've been exposed. Damn it! Get out of this hellish place!"
The gang boss cursed angrily.
Before he finished speaking, the SUV started quickly and rushed out.
Another SUV parked behind saw this, immediately started its engine and followed.
Seeing the two cars suddenly speeding away, the two police cars that were about to come over for investigation quickly sounded their sirens and sped up to chase them.
The sudden and shrill sound of the siren instantly tore through the peaceful night.
From the bedroom window, Xiao Ran watched this scene coldly through the curtains.
At this moment, Elaine, who had just finished washing, walked out of the bathroom.
She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when she saw Xiao Ran standing at the window wearing a body armor and holding an H433 short assault rifle.
"Honey, why are you armed? What happened?"
Elaine asked with concern.
Xiao Ran looked back at her, then smiled and shook his head.
"It's nothing serious, I'm just doing it for safety's sake, just in case!"
"The Bathing Venus and Rodin's sculptures are both here. I'm afraid someone will take advantage of them."
"You go to sleep first, don't worry, I can handle it no matter what happens."
With that said, he walked up to Elaine and kissed her.
"Well, dear, you must be careful."
Elaine kissed her back and went to bed to rest.
Xiao Ran then dimmed the bedside lamp and walked out to the living room with the assault rifle.
At this time, the sirens coming from outside the window had completely disappeared.
At night, tranquility was restored again!
…
It was a peaceful night, and in the blink of an eye it was a new day.
Not long after dawn, the downstairs of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel became lively.
A large number of media reporters came from all directions and poured into this five-star hotel.
These guys have the same purpose, they all want to be the first to see the two top works of art that shocked the United States last night.
However, after they entered the hotel, they could only stay in the lobby downstairs and could not go upstairs at all.
The top two floors of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel were taken over by the joint exploration team.
No one can enter without permission, let alone see the two top works of art.
Such a result undoubtedly disappointed those media reporters.
In addition to media reporters, there were also many people watching the excitement at the entrance of the hotel.
Mainly composed of students from art schools of various universities, as well as some professional and amateur painters.
Their treatment was the same, or even worse. They could only stay outside the hotel door and enjoy the cold wind.
Soon, it was already around 8:30 in the morning.
The director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston rushed to the hotel with several top appraisal experts and curators.
The appreciation session in the morning didn't start until nine o'clock, but they got here half an hour early.
As a result, they could only wait in the lobby downstairs.
Seeing their group, the media reporters who were stationed here immediately surrounded them and started interviewing them.
At this moment, a group of people from Harvard University also arrived at the hotel.
These include the vice president of Harvard University, the director of the museum, and the dean of the School of Art.
They were followed by several MIT executives and museum directors.
The deputy mayor of Boston, the director of the Isabella Gardner Museum and others also arrived one after another.
The arrival of these guys immediately made the scene more lively.
At the same time, it also made all the reporters and onlookers at the scene speechless.
At this point, no one can doubt the authenticity of those two top-notch works of art.
Otherwise, these heavyweights and scholars in the field of antique art collection would not gather here.
Soon, the time came to nine o'clock in the morning.
The many professionals gathered in the hotel lobby were finally allowed to enter the elevator and go to the small conference room on the top floor.
Today's much-anticipated small appreciation meeting will be held in that small conference room.
The deputy mayor of Boston and the director of the Museum of Fine Arts and others had just gone upstairs, and the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the director of MOMA and others came hand in hand and walked into the hotel lobby.
The arrival of these heavyweights once again caused a sensation.
Ten minutes later, the small conference room on the top floor of the hotel.
This place has been set up as a temporary exhibition hall, but there are only two works of art on display.
One is a painting on an easel by the Renaissance art master Titian, "Venus Bathing"
Another piece is a statue of the undead by the famous French sculptor Rodin, which is suspended in mid-air on a steel bracket.
The base and left foot of this undead sculpture were now missing, having been sawed off by Xiao Ran himself.
The result is that the sculpture that has been restored to its original shape, adjusted and hung up for display, is even more shocking.
Everyone who walks into the conference room will be instantly attracted and shocked by this sculpture, and will be stunned in place.
This shocking effect alone convinced everyone that this was indeed the work of the master of art Rodin!
The "Bathing Venus" placed on the easel made everyone puzzled.
"Sean, you said this painting is an authentic work by the Renaissance art master Titian. Where is the evidence?"
"The quality of this painting is really high, you can see both Giorgione and Titian"
"The poetic mood and scenery in the painting are very similar to Giorgione's, and the characters are very similar to Titian's style when he was young."
"But based on these characteristics alone, I am afraid it cannot be proved that it is an authentic work by the master of art Titian."
Thomas asked curiously.
Not only him, the others also had the same question and nodded.
Xiao Ran looked at these guys, then smiled and said:
"Gentlemen, don't worry. Next, I will show you the most powerful evidence."
"After seeing this evidence, I believe that no one will have any doubts anymore."
As he spoke, he picked up the handheld ultraviolet lamp placed on the table next to him and walked straight to "The Bathing Venus".
Then, he directly lit the ultraviolet lamp and shined it on the feet of Venus in the painting.
The next moment, the two lines of Latin cursive text hidden in the painting appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The moment they saw these two lines of Latin cursive, Thomas and Matthew were all stunned, dumbfounded.
It took a long time for these guys to wake up.
Immediately afterwards, the scene exploded.
"Wow! Dedicated to dear Giorgio, this is really Titian's tribute to Giorgione!"
"Yes, this is Titian's signature. It is exactly the same as the Titian signature on "The Dedication of the Temple of the Virgin""
"It can be seen from this passage that Titian always regarded Giorgione as an idol and their relationship did not deteriorate!"
Everyone at the scene exclaimed, and everyone was extremely excited.
At this moment, Marvin's voice suddenly came from the earphones.
"Sean, Counselor Wang from the Consulate General in New York is here!"
Titian's painting, "Devotion of the Temple of the Virgin"
