After admiring the painting "Girl in the Big Bath" for a while, Xiao Ran suddenly said:
"Gentlemen, the situation in this vault is a bit beyond my expectation."
"I never expected to find another painting of Ingres' "Girl in the Bath" here."
“I didn’t expect that there would be so many stolen antiques and art hidden here.”
"In view of this, I think it is necessary to adjust the action plan and deal with the immediate matters first."
Everyone at the scene was stunned for a moment, a little surprised.
Immediately afterwards, Timothy asked curiously:
"Sean, how do you plan to adjust your action plan? Tell me."
Xiao Ran nodded and then explained.
"It's getting late now and it will get dark soon. For safety reasons, it is not appropriate to carry out exploration operations at night."
“So I decided to pack everything in the gallery and transport it to the art museum to store it.”
"The key point is naturally that these valuable stolen antiques and artworks can be transported from the air by helicopter for safety."
"It seems that the in-depth exploration of Miles Piano Shop can only be postponed to tomorrow. We must send people to guard the place tonight."
"Everyone has worked hard all day and has been busy and running around. It's time to take a rest and relax."
"Wait until tomorrow morning, let's go to Miles' music store. There may be some bigger surprises hidden there."
Hearing this, Peggy and the others thought for a moment, and then nodded.
"Okay, Sean, this is a good arrangement. Everyone is really tired!"
"You didn't tell me that I still can't feel it. Now I suddenly feel exhausted. I really want to take a good rest."
Timothy and the others nodded and said.
After chatting for a while, Xiao Ran picked up the walkie-talkie and started making arrangements.
After a while, Nick led several company employees and art museum staff into the vault and began to clean out the many paintings stored here.
Under Xiao Ran's guidance, they first picked out the paintings with stolen art hidden underneath, and carefully put them into each painting bag.
Then the rest of the paintings were also packed up, not a single one was spared.
As for Ingres's "Girl in the Bath", it was put into a black painting bag and carried by David.
Peggy and Frank, who were standing nearby, looked at the painting bag with envy.
The eyes of these guys were a little red, and they wished they could rush up and snatch the "Girl in the Bath" as their own.
But they also know that this is unrealistic!
At least not yet!
It took more than half an hour for Nick and the others to clean out the vault.
All the paintings stored in this vault have been packed in boxes and moved to the lobby on the first floor.
Afterwards, Xiao Ran pretended to be serious and quickly checked the situation in other places in the basement.
There are no secret underground chambers or secret passages here, and the only two secret compartments have been discovered long ago.
Naturally, there are no missing antiques and artworks here, and Nick and the others have already looted them all.
After exploring the basement, Xiao Ran took Peggy and the others back to the first floor of the gallery.
After returning upstairs, he quickly checked the situation at the scene, and then said to Marvin and the head of the FBI Art Crime Team:
"Guys, we can start the transfer. Let the two medium-sized helicopters fly over and hover above the roof of the building first."
The two guys immediately nodded and responded:
"Okay, Sean, leave it to us to transport these things."
After saying that, they took action.
After a while, a huge engine roar suddenly came from the sky outside.
Two medium-sized helicopters flew quickly from the art museum and flew directly over the building where the gallery was located.
Also flying in were an FBI helicopter and a police helicopter to serve as aerial security.
With the arrival of several helicopters, the transfer operation began immediately.
The painting bags and boxes placed on the gallery floor were transported out of the gallery one by one and loaded into the armored escort vehicle parked outside.
Paintings suspected of concealing stolen art were moved to the roof of the building to be transported by air.
At the same time, the streets outside became more lively.
Looking at the many painting bags and boxes being transported out of the gallery, everyone at the scene was a little jealous and also talked about it.
"You can see it! That bastard Sean and those guys from the FBI completely ransacked this gallery, scraping the floor to the ground!"
“Those painting bags and boxes may contain priceless stolen antiques and artworks, but it’s a pity that they don’t belong to us.”
At the same time as they were discussing, many media reporters gathered outside the cordon raised their cameras and video cameras and kept pressing the shutter to record the scene in front of them.
It took about twenty minutes to load the packed painting bags and boxes in the gallery into the escort convoy and two medium-sized helicopters.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran and the others walked out of the gallery and prepared to go to the art museum not far away.
David, Peggy, and Timothy each carried a painting bag in their hands.
The three painting bags contained "Girl in the Bath", "Ballet Studio", and "Olive Trees near Estac", these three top-notch stolen works of art.
Seeing Xiao Ran and the others coming out, the crowd gathered at the entrance of the gallery immediately became commotion.
Especially the media reporters started asking questions loudly at the top of their lungs.
"Sean, I'm a Philadelphia TV reporter."
"I heard that you found some priceless stolen works of art in this gallery. Can you tell us about the situation?"
"Hello, Sean, I'm a reporter for the National Geographic Channel."
"Do the painting bags you are carrying contain paintings by Degas and Braque, as well as Ingres's "The Bathing Lady"? Can you show them to me?"
After hearing these questions, Xiao Ran immediately stopped and looked at the media reporters.
He nodded to those guys, then smiled and said loudly:
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, fellow journalists, thank you for your attention."
"In this gallery, we did find some stolen antique artworks that are now inconvenient to display and explain."
"But there is no need to worry. Once we have completed all the cleanup work and determined the number and origin of the stolen antiques and artworks, we will publicly explain the situation."
"After some time, we may hold a special exhibition to display all the stolen antique art found."
"Until then, if you are interested, you can go to the relevant exhibitions and enjoy them all!"
Before he finished speaking, many media reporters asked a lot of questions.
Xiao Ran answered a few questions, then waved, then opened the door and got into the car.
Immediately afterwards, the rest of the people got on the bus one after another.
Many armed security personnel responsible for escorting the convoy, as well as the police and FBI escorting the convoy, also got on board.
A moment later, this huge escort convoy started with a bang and drove towards the art museum not far away.
At the same time, several helicopters hovering in the air roared towards the art museum.
Looking at the huge escort convoy that was quickly moving away, some guys in the crowd were jealous with jealousy, and their teeth were itching with hatred.
However, they are very helpless!
No one is stupid enough to have the idea of this escort convoy, it is purely seeking death!
Ten minutes later, Xiao Ran and the others entered the closed Philadelphia Museum of Art.
At this time, all the things cleared out by Myers Piano Shop have been shipped here.
Boxes, painting bags and other items of various sizes are placed in the lobby on the first floor of the museum, filling the floor.
Seeing Xiao Ran coming in, Sam, who was responsible for leading the team to escort this batch of things, immediately came over to greet him.
When he came closer, he immediately reported the situation.
"Sean, the antique artworks and other items cleared out by Myers Piano Shop have been shipped here."
"Including the small safe in Miles' office, it was also shipped here. Here is the list of items. Take a look."
With that said, Sam handed over the escort list.
Xiao Ran took the list, glanced at it, and handed it to David next to him.
In fact, the first time he entered the hall on the first floor of the museum, he quickly looked through all the boxes and painting bags placed here.
He pointed out before that there are not many things to be transported here.
"Well done, tell me about the situation at the piano store!"
"The vault in the basement of the piano store will not be opened until tomorrow, and security must be stepped up."
Xiao Ran nodded approvingly and said.
Then, Sam began to introduce the situation at the piano store.
Although he took people away from the piano store and came to the museum, the security of the piano store was not reduced at all.
Just now, the FBI and the Philadelphia police each sent a group of people there to strengthen the vigilance.
Coupled with the security personnel staying at the music store, there is no need to worry about safety issues at all.
Just as Xiao Ran understood the situation, many painting bags and boxes escorted from McCann Gallery were also transported into the lobby on the first floor one by one and placed on the floor.
It didn't take long for everything to be shipped in.
Xiao Ran immediately checked it and asked his employees to take the list and check it one by one.
No need to ask about the result.
Nothing is missing or missing, everything is here.
After counting, Xiao Ran immediately looked at Peggy and Frank.
"Gentlemen, please put these painting bags and boxes here, and we will do further screening and cleaning tomorrow."
"Everyone has worked hard all day, now you can relax and go home to rest!"
"My security personnel and lawyers will be here tonight. You can send someone to stay on site to supervise!"
After hearing this, everyone let out a sigh of relief and immediately relaxed a lot.
