nine in the morning.
Xiao Ran and the others left the hotel and drove to the Philadelphia Museum of Art not far away.
Compared with yesterday, whether it was in front of the hotel or the art museum, there were more media reporters and melon-eaters, several times more.
These guys all came here to watch the fun, or come here to report and report.
In addition to the people and media reporters, there are also people with ulterior motives in the crowd.
Xiao Ran ignored these guys and turned a deaf ear to the loud questions raised by many media reporters.
Under the protection of Sam and others, he took Elaine and the others straight into the art museum.
Since they were a little bored staying in the hotel, Elaine and the others followed out today, planning to go to Miles' music store with Xiao Ran and participate in the subsequent cleanup activities.
There was no danger in today's action, so Xiao Ran took them with him.
As soon as they entered the museum, Timothy and the others greeted them.
After a night's rest, these guys were fully resurrected, in good spirits, and very excited.
After meeting and greeting, everyone immediately got down to business.
"Timothy, several experts from the Louvre, as well as Fargot, the director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, and others will come to Philadelphia today."
"After arriving in Philadelphia, they will come directly to your art museum to see if there are antiques stolen from their respective museums."
"Among these people, there is an appraisal expert from the Sculpture Art Department of the Louvre. He has a special status. Can you help make arrangements?"
Upon hearing this, Timothy and the others immediately laughed.
"No problem, Sean, I will arrange for someone to pick him up at the airport and bring Falgot and the others to the art museum."
"The special person you are talking about must be Pierre, right?"
"He is the father of your girlfriend Elaine, and I also know him, so naturally I won't neglect him."
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, and then continued:
"Yes, that would be troublesome!"
After saying this, they talked about today's actions and discussed their work arrangements.
While they were talking, Frank and Scott also arrived here with people.
The faces of these two guys were not very good-looking, their eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes, and they were also a bit angry.
Xiao Ran knew why they behaved like this!
Last night, their men were about to pry open McCann's mouth and get the most valuable bank list and account information, but they were secretly plotted!
After receiving the warning, McCann simply chose to shut up and never explain anything again!
Next, no matter how hard the detectives from the FBI Art Crime Team and the Philadelphia Police Major Crime Team tried, they could no longer pry McCann's mouth open!
Can Frank and Scott, who are full of expectations, not feel disappointed and angry with such a result?
After meeting and saying hello, Xiao Ran asked pretending to be curious:
"Frank, Scott, that guy McCann is currently in your hands."
"It's been one night. I wonder if you guys have found out any valuable information? Tell me."
Before he finished speaking, Frank's and his others' expressions had changed and became quite ugly.
However, they could only endure it.
After a pause, Frank shook his head and said:
"We did interrogate that guy McCann overnight, but unfortunately we didn't get any valuable information!"
"That guy has a very strict mouth and refuses to confess anything."
"It seems like it will take a little time and energy to pry open that guy's mouth."
You're such a tough talker, so don't try to flatter yourself!
Xiao Ran complained to himself with disdain, then smiled and nodded.
"Now that he has fallen into your hands, it is only a matter of time before he opens his mouth to confess. It will only take some time at most!"
"Based on the current evidence, it doesn't actually matter whether McCann confesses or not!"
Frank and the others paused for a moment before nodding in response.
"That's true. Even if McCann doesn't confess anything, the evidence found so far is enough to convict him."
"We can dig out the money he and Miles have stored in the International Offshore Financial Center one by one, but it will take more time!"
"We still hope to pry open McCann's mouth, which will undoubtedly save a lot of trouble..."
After chatting about this matter for a while, everyone returned to the topic and began to discuss today's actions.
In the blink of an eye, the time has come to about half past nine.
Xiao Ran and the others left the Philadelphia Museum of Art and drove straight to Miles' piano store.
In a short time, the motorcade arrived at the street where the music store was located.
As soon as the motorcade entered this street, Xiao Ran and the others saw it from a distance.
A large number of spectators and media reporters gathered in front of the music store, and the area in front of the music store was almost blocked.
Within the cordon, a large number of heavily armed FBI agents and Philadelphia police officers were standing guard here, watching the surrounding situation vigilantly.
As the motorcade arrived, there was an immediate commotion at the scene.
Everyone turned to look at the slowly approaching motorcade and started talking curiously.
"Look! Those guys from Sean are here. I wonder what they can find today. Can they find some priceless antiques and art?"
"According to my friend at the police station, Sean said yesterday that this music store may be hiding a huge surprise."
"Because of this, he left this music store to be cleaned up today. There will definitely be major discoveries!"
Many people spoke eloquently to the people around them, as if they understood the situation very well.
As for whether what they said is true or false, no one knows!
In the crowd, there were some guys staring closely at the approaching motorcade, their eyes already red, full of envy and jealousy!
At the same time, Sam was also reporting the situation on the scene through the intercom.
"Sean, there are many strange guys here today, and quite a few of them came from other places overnight!"
"Among these guys are professional treasure hunters, art thieves, a lot of gangsters, and the eyes and ears of certain people and institutions."
"They all come here for the stolen antiques and art that may be hidden in the music store. Some of them must have relationships or business dealings with McCann and the others."
"In the crowd, there are also our guys, pretending to be passers-by and secretly watching these guys."
"I have also placed manpower on the high-rise buildings on both sides of the street so that I can look down at this place."
"The security outside the piano store is handled by the FBI and Philadelphia police, and our people are guarding the inside. There is no problem with safety."
After listening to the report, Xiao Ran immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"Copy that, Sam, tell guys to be on alert."
"We not only want those with ulterior motives, but we also want the local FBI and Philadelphia police."
While saying this, Xiao Ran secretly turned on the perspective and quickly looked through the streets outside.
He didn't even miss the buildings on both sides of the street and took a quick look through them.
As Sam said, there are many greedy guys in the crowd with ulterior motives.
Many of them were carrying weapons and ammunition, including submachine guns, pistols, etc. It was obvious that they were coming with bad intentions.
There are also some guys hiding in the buildings on both sides of the street.
Those guys were standing at the window or hiding behind the curtains, watching the slowly approaching motorcade.
Although there are many gunmen hidden in and around the scene, looking at the state of those guys, they don't seem to intend to take action immediately!
Obviously, those guys are waiting for the results of today's exploration to be released.
If there really is a large number of priceless stolen antiques hidden in this music store, these red-eyed guys may take risks!
Otherwise, they will give up the idea of risking their lives to loot!
Looking at these guys with ulterior motives in the crowd, Xiao Ran couldn't help but have a playful smile on his lips.
"Understood, Sean, I'll remind everyone."
Sam responded and immediately ended the call.
While talking, the motorcade had arrived at the entrance of the music store and stopped end to end.
The FBI agents and Philadelphia police who were guarding the piano store immediately increased their vigilance and were ready to respond at any time.
Sam took the people out of the car immediately and quickly dispersed and alerted them.
After confirming that the scene was safe, Xiao Ran and the others opened the door and got out of the car, landing at the door of the music store.
Seeing Xiao Ran and the others appearing, the media reporters at the scene immediately felt like they had been given a shot of blood, and they rushed to start asking questions loudly.
"Good morning, Sean, I'm a reporter for the New York Post."
"I heard that you discovered several stolen top antiques yesterday, including paintings by several top art masters, including Ingres, Degas, and Braque."
"What will you do with these stolen antiques? Will you return them to their original owners?"
a white reporter in his early thirties asked loudly.
Immediately afterwards, a beautiful reporter asked her question.
"Good morning, Sean, I'm a reporter from Colombia TV"
"There are rumors that there are many stolen antiques and artworks hidden in this piano store. Is this true?"
"Myers, the owner of this music store, was assassinated in the hospital yesterday. Have you found out the person behind the assassination of Myers?"
Xiao Ran seemed not to have heard these questions from the media reporters.
He smiled and waved to everyone present, and then led Elaine and the others towards the piano store.
Peggy and Timothy followed immediately, but Frank and Scott walked towards the media reporters, ready to answer the reporters' questions!
This is the response strategy that everyone has discussed long ago, and it can be implemented as planned.
In a moment, Xiao Ran and the others had entered the piano store.
At this time, the music store seemed quite messy.
The various musical instruments originally displayed here, as long as they had some history, were packed and shipped to the art museum.
The remaining ones are all new instruments that have just been manufactured in recent years. They are also sealed and cannot be moved without permission.
The paintings, posters, etc. that were originally hung on the walls, as well as the suspected antique artworks placed everywhere, were also packed and shipped away, waiting to be screened.
Every place in the music store had been thoroughly searched more than once, and nothing good was left.
While Xiao Ran was taking stock of the situation at the scene, the company employees and security chiefs who were stationed here came over and began to report the situation.
