In addition to several top museums in France, Xiao Ran received calls from several old friends on the way to the gallery.
They are the directors of several top museums such as the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, and the British Museum.
These top museums are also paying close attention to the progress of the joint operation to see what stolen antique artworks Xiao Ran can find this time.
Although they didn't say it explicitly, Xiao Ran could still hear it from their words.
Antique artworks have also been stolen from these top museums, but I don’t know if it was McCann and Myers who did it.
They also didn't know whether the stolen antiques and artworks were still in the hands of McCann and the others, or even whether they were still in the world.
During the call, they also expressed their willingness to trade with Xiao Ran.
In this joint operation, there will definitely be some or even a large number of unowned antique artworks.
If the quality of the unowned antiques and artworks is good, they are willing to acquire part of them, or exchange them with the Chinese antiques and artworks in the collection.
Naturally, Xiao Ran would not refuse such a request and agreed wholeheartedly.
After a while, the motorcade they were riding in returned to the gallery again.
At this time, more people gathered in front of the gallery, almost completely blocking the street, and the scene was very lively.
Moreover, an armored convoy was parked in front of the gallery, ready to transport away all the paintings and some antique artworks in the gallery.
Seeing Xiao Ran and his convoy returning to the gallery, there was a commotion at the scene.
"Look! That bastard Sean is back with his men. I heard that this guy has raided several places."
"I have to say, this guy is really cruel and ruthless. McCann and the others are completely finished!"
Just as people were talking about it, the motorcade slowly stopped.
After confirming that the scene was safe, Xiao Ran and the others got out of the car and walked quickly into the gallery.
As soon as they appeared, many media reporters at the scene immediately started shouting questions at the top of their lungs.
"Good afternoon, Sean, Director Frank, Director Scott, may I ask, what did you find in other locations?"
"Hello, Director Frank, Director Scott, I'm a Philadelphia TV reporter."
"Have you caught the two killers who shot and killed Miles in the hospital? Have you identified the two killers?"
Xiao Ran ignored these questions.
Under the protection of Marvin and others, he quickly walked into the gallery with David and Peggy.
Frank and Scott stopped and had to deal with the media reporters.
Miles was assassinated in the hospital and they were responsible for their poor protection.
Moreover, this assassination caused quite a stir, and some media have begun to attack the FBI and the police.
Because of this, they had to step aside.
After entering the gallery, Nick, who led the team to clean up the gallery, immediately greeted him.
Coming closer, this guy reported in a low voice:
"Sean, all the paintings on display in this gallery, as well as the antique artworks you specified, have been packed up."
"The escort convoy outside the door is here to escort these things. The Philadelphia police and FBI will send people to protect the escort convoy to the art museum."
"Braque's "Olive Trees near Estac" and Degas' "Ballet Studio" will be transported from the air using medium-sized helicopters."
"While cleaning the paintings and various other items, we scanned every corner of the gallery with metal detectors..."
While he was introducing the situation, Xiao Ran quickly took a look at the situation in the gallery.
At this time, all the display walls in this gallery were empty and quite messy.
All the paintings originally displayed in the gallery, as well as several antique pieces of art, have disappeared.
They were packed into painting bags and boxes of different sizes and placed on the floor of the hall, waiting to be loaded onto trucks and shipped away.
Even McCann's small safe was moved down from upstairs and prepared to be transported away together.
Every other place in the gallery was thoroughly searched by Nick and the others, and no one was missed.
Unfortunately, they found nothing surprising.
Under perspective, the paintings and other items that had been packed into boxes appeared in Xiao Ran's eyes one by one.
Among those paintings, including some forged by McCann, were hidden pieces of stolen art.
What Xiao Ran cares about most is these valuable treasures.
Fortunately, all these treasures are there, and none of them are missing.
They include "Ballet Studio" and "Olive Trees near Estac", each in two painting bags and guarded by two company employees.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran had grasped the situation in the gallery, and then smiled and nodded.
"Well done! Great work everyone!"
"Don't be in a hurry to transport these paintings that have been packed into boxes. Wait a moment."
"I'm going to open the vault in the basement and see what's in the vault."
"After cleaning out the vault, we can transport everything out at once to avoid having to go back and forth."
Hearing this, Nick and the others nodded.
"Okay, Sean."
While talking, Frank and Scott walked in from outside together.
The faces of these two guys are not very good-looking, and they are probably being made difficult by reporters.
When these two guys came closer, Xiao Ran immediately got to the point.
"Gentlemen, let's go to the basement, find a way to open the vault, and see what is stored in the vault."
"Okay, Sean, we also want to see what's going on in the vault."
Frank nodded in response.
Afterwards, everyone walked towards the stairs.
In a moment, everyone had arrived at the door of the vault.
The steel door of this vault is still a mechanical code lock, but there are more numbers that make up the code.
For Xiao Ran, there was no difficulty in opening this vault, it was easy.
When I first checked what was going on here, the reason it wasn't open was just for show.
Now that you return here, there is no need.
Xiao Ran quickly checked the condition of the steel door of the vault, then took out the stethoscope he brought, and was ready to take action.
Frank and Scott looked at each other and took a few steps back, waiting for the vault door to open.
The next moment, Xiao Ran gently placed the stethoscope probe on the steel door of the vault, held the password knob with his right hand, and felt the direction of rotation.
Then, he suddenly began to turn the password knob counterclockwise, with extremely smooth movements.
Following his movements, a burst of tapping sounds immediately sounded on the scene, which sounded quite pleasant.
In a moment, there was a sudden click from the vault door.
In the following time, this scene was performed five times in succession.
When the sixth kata sound came out, Xiao Ran also smiled and said:
"This vault has been opened, but I don't know what treasures are hidden inside."
As he spoke, he began to spin the wheel, preparing to open the heavy steel door.
Looking at this scene, Frank and Peggy's eyes were full of shock.
Even though they had seen this scene three times, they still found it strange and like a dream.
In addition to being a top professional treasure hunter and a super rich man, Sean is not a snitch in private, right?
This guy can open the vault faster than he can find the key to open the door himself!
What kind of safes and vaults could stump this guy and keep him out? Probably not many.
Thinking of this, Frank and the others suddenly felt frightened.
At the same time, these guys are determined.
The old-fashioned safes at home must be replaced as soon as possible with new ones that require fingerprints and iris inputs. The more complicated the better!
Even if it were replaced with a new safe with complex functions, it would probably not be safe in front of this amazing guy like Sean!
God knows what other magical abilities this guy has, it seems like anything is possible!
While Frank and the others were thinking wildly, Xiao Ran slowly opened the vault door.
The situation in the vault was immediately revealed to everyone.
The area of this vault is not large, less than thirty square meters.
But the conditions are not bad, it is a small vault with constant temperature and humidity.
There are many paintings stored in the vault, some hanging on the wall, some hanging on several display racks, and some standing against the wall, one on top of the other.
These paintings vary in size, artistic style, and value.
In addition to paintings, the vault also contains items such as canvases and paints, as well as some antique frames.
After opening the vault door, Xiao Ran glanced at the situation inside, and then said with a smile:
"Please, gentlemen, there may be some priceless top-notch works of art hidden here."
"Everyone can screen it first, and then pack the things here into boxes and transport them to the art museum."
Before he finished speaking, Timothy nodded hurriedly and said:
"Let's go into the vault and take a look. Maybe we can find some valuable treasures."
With that said, he took the lead and walked into the vault.
Peggy and the others followed soon after, all of them in high spirits.
Frank and Scott, however, looked at each other quickly before following in. .
Xiao Ran, who was standing at the door of the vault, was the last one to enter the vault.
Not only that, he nodded slightly to Marvin when he entered.
Marvin naturally understood what he meant and immediately stood guard at the door of the vault.
Seeing this scene, several senior FBI and police officers standing outside the door rolled their eyes angrily.
Is that bastard Sean being too cautious? They are treating us as thieves!
