Xiao Ran and the others did not leave the Philadelphia Museum of Art until the museum closed in the evening.
Xiao Ran did not reach a cooperation agreement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art to track down the stolen artworks from their museum.
The senior management of the Philadelphia Museum of Art needs to meet and discuss before they can decide whether to cooperate with him.
During the visit, Xiao Ran found an opportunity to set out his own conditions for cooperation.
He gave the Philadelphia Museum of Art two options, either one would be fine.
The first option is the same as the Gardner Museum, which demands half of the art stolen from the Philadelphia Museum of Art as payment if he recovers it.
The second condition of cooperation is that the Philadelphia Museum of Art uses its collection of Chinese antiques to exchange half of the artworks as a reward for cooperation!
Not surprisingly, Timothy and the others were shocked by this cooperation condition, and kept lamenting Xiao Ran's greed.
However, they did not close the door to cooperation and only said that they would have a meeting to discuss it carefully.
The reason is simple. It is much better to recover half of the stolen art than to get nothing back at all!
When Xiao Ran and the others walked out of the museum, it was already evening and the sky was getting dark.
After hearing the news, there were many more media reporters waiting at the entrance of the museum than a few hours ago.
In addition to many media reporters, there were many people watching the excitement, including some with ulterior motives.
Seeing Xiao Ran and the others coming out of the museum, there was a commotion at the scene.
In particular, many media reporters rushed to ask questions loudly, fearing that they would miss any major news.
Just like at noon, Xiao Ran still used the excuse of visiting Philadelphia to fend off these media reporters.
As for whether these reporters believe it or not, he doesn't care at all!
Believe it or not!
After answering a few simple questions, Xiao Ran took Elaine and the others and left the Philadelphia Museum of Art under the protection of Sam and others.
This time he left by car instead of walking!
Now many people know the news that he is coming to Philadelphia, so naturally they have to be careful!
In the blink of an eye, the group of them had returned to the hotel.
As soon as he entered the suite, Xiao Ran immediately called Marvin over and said to this guy:
"Marvin, arrange for a few guys to secretly keep an eye on these two guys, Myles Connor and McCann. Don't let them find out."
"These two guys must have known about my arrival in Philadelphia. They might become suspicious and even flee Philadelphia. We have to be careful!"
"Before I was in Boston, I went to the Gardner Museum several times. There are many people who know about this matter. These two guys may also be able to get some information."
"They have all lived in Boston for a long time, and they must have many friends and relatives there, and there are many channels for getting information."
"Even the employees of the Gardner Museum, as well as the FBI and CIA, may leak information about our cooperation with the Gardner Museum."
Before he finished speaking, Marvin immediately nodded and responded:
"Understood, Sean, leave this matter to us. Those two guys will never escape our sight."
"In order to track their whereabouts, we have focused on those two guys, installed some monitoring and tracking equipment, and are keeping an eye on those two guys at all times."
Xiao Ran nodded and then continued:
"While you are keeping an eye on those two guys, you should also be careful of those guys from the Philadelphia Police and FBI."
"If those guys knew our true purpose of coming to Philadelphia, they would definitely get involved."
"If nothing else, the $10 million reward posted by the Gardner Museum is enough to drive those guys crazy!"
"Especially those bastards from the FBI Art Crime Unit. They have probably arrived in Philadelphia and may be hiding in secret and watching us!"
"I don't want to work hard in vain, making wedding clothes for others!"
After a few more instructions, Xiao Ran ended the conversation and asked Marvin to leave.
The truth was just as he expected!
In another hotel not far from the Four Seasons Hotel, several old friends from the FBI Art Crime Unit were discussing how to stop the scam halfway!
"Boss, there is the latest news from the Philadelphia Museum of Art."
"After Sean left, Timothy immediately called a meeting with all museum executives to discuss cooperation with Sean."
"At the meeting, Timothy told the rest of the senior management that Sean said there were probably two art thieves hiding in Philadelphia!"
"It is very likely that these two art thieves ransacked the Gardner Museum 30 years ago and stole the 13 top-notch works of art!"
“The thefts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1998 and 2005 may have been committed by these two art thieves!”
"The conditions for cooperation proposed by that guy Sean are very harsh. They are the same as those of the Gardner Museum. He wants half of the stolen art."
An FBI agent in his early thirties said while holding a cell phone, which obviously contained the intelligence he had just received.
Before he finished speaking, several other guys in the room started exclaiming.
"It's true! This guy Sean really came here for the top-notch artworks in the Gardner Museum. I wonder what this guy found?"
"This bastard is still as greedy as ever. He actually tried to eat half of the stolen art, and he didn't even pay attention to the high reward!"
"We must not let this bastard succeed. He looks down on the $10 million reward, but that money is a windfall for us!"
After a while of exclamation, several members of the FBI Art Crime Team all looked at the team leader.
Without exception, every one of them is full of greed and ready to make a move!
"Boss, should we take some measures to monitor and monitor that bastard Sean and his men?"
"As long as we can monitor the names of the two art thieves, we can take the lead and arrest those two guys secretly."
"Once those two guys fall into our hands, I believe there is nothing we can't dig out!"
Another agent said with bright eyes, unable to wait.
The team leader shook his head slightly.
"It is simply unrealistic to monitor Sean and his men. Those guys are too vigilant, and they are all masters!"
"Just keep an eye on that cunning bastard Sean. When they take action, we can forcefully intervene."
"Don't forget, we are the FBI Art Crime Team, and we have the right to intervene in all art crimes that occur in the United States!"
"As long as we intervene in time, we can get what we want..."
After hearing this, the FBI agents on the scene suddenly became more excited.
At this time, they seemed to have seen a huge bounty of tens of millions of dollars falling from the sky and hitting their heads.
Next, these guys continue to discuss various courses of action, trying to stop the whole thing halfway!
Meanwhile, in a villa in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Two white men in their fifties and sixties were discussing what happened today with great concern.
Xiao Ran suddenly brought people from Boston to Philadelphia, which put a lot of pressure on these two guys and made them restless!
Such a situation has never happened before in the 30-year pursuit of the Boston police and the FBI Art Crime Team!
The reason why they behave this way is very simple!
The image of Xiao Ran as a miracle worker is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!
…
In the blink of an eye, it's a new day.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, Xiao Ran and the others left the hotel and prepared to go sightseeing.
Like yesterday, they walked today instead of taking a car.
Of course, several bulletproof SUVs were always following them, ready to pick them up and leave quickly at any time.
After coming out of the hotel, Xiao Ran quickly took a look at the surroundings, and then led Elaine and the others towards the Swan Memorial Fountain.
Some media reporters who were guarding the door of the hotel immediately followed, ready to capture breaking news at any time.
Now all reporters in the United States know that as long as they follow Xiao Ran, they will not have to worry about breaking news.
While they were joking, Xiao Ran and the others had passed through the Swan Memorial Fountain and entered the street on the northwest side of the fountain.
At this moment, Sam suddenly came over and whispered:
"Sean, as you expected, the guys from the FBI Art Crime Unit followed."
"Two of the guys were fifty meters behind, pretending to be tourists and following us."
After hearing the report, Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle.
"Obviously, the Philadelphia Museum of Art leaked the news, so it attracted these old friends."
"Since they like to follow, let them follow!"
As he said that, he looked back and nodded slightly at the two FBI agents pretending to be tourists.
Looking at the two FBI agents, they were stunned on the spot, with embarrassment on their faces!
They didn't react until Xiao Ran turned around.
"Fake! That bastard Sean's men discovered us, it's too damn fast!"
"Boss is right, this bastard Sean and his men are all masters!"
"These bastards probably know the identity and appearance of each of us, that's why they discovered us so quickly!"
While the two FBI agents were discussing in low voices, Xiao Ran came to the door of an antique store and stopped immediately.
This is a medium-sized antique store, antique and quite unique.
In front of the antique store, stands a woodcarved statue of an Indian chief. It is lifelike and very vivid!
In the windows on both sides of the antique shop, there are several landscape oil paintings hanging on one side, and several sculptures on the other side, with different artistic styles.
After standing still, Xiao Ran glanced at the door of this antique store before opening the door and walking in.
At this time, the owner of the antique shop also heard the noise outside and was walking towards the door.
The two clerks were busy wiping display cabinets, coffee tables and other places.
Seeing Xiao Ran coming in, the owner of the antique shop and the two clerks were stunned, as if they couldn't believe their eyes!
At this moment, Xiao Ran smiled and said hello.
"Good morning, gentlemen, I saw that your antique store is open, so I came in to take a look."
"I'm not disturbing you, or should I come back later?"
Before he finished speaking, the antique shop owner said hurriedly:
"Good morning, Mr. Sean, welcome to my antique store, I am Jones"
“I would be honored to have you come to my antique store!”
With that said, the antique shop owner stepped forward and bumped elbows with Xiao Ran.
At this time, the antique shop owner was in a very complicated mood, both excited and worried.
What excites him is that the visit of a top collector and super rich man like Xiao Ran may bring a lot of income to this small shop!
In this special situation, he really needs this kind of income, so that the small shop can survive.
What worries him is that he is afraid that Xiao Ran will pick up a big leak here and ruthlessly rob him!
This kind of thing has happened so many times before!
Those antique shop owners who had been picked up by Xiao Ran were all miserable and became the object of everyone's sympathy!
After a few words of greeting, Xiao Ran began to look at the situation of this antique store.
Tang Dynasty Guanyin statue in the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection
