Perhaps because of the Polish experience, no one wants to be robbed by the US government.
Early the next morning, Pierre came over to tell him the good news.
The Louvre, the Paris Museum of Modern Art, and the Musee d'Orsay all accepted Xiao Ran's trading conditions and prepared to start transactions with him.
Even Sophie from the Guimei Museum reluctantly accepted Xiao Ran's transaction conditions, but made some adjustments to the transaction list he proposed.
After receiving the news, Xiao Ran immediately rushed to the conference room with Elaine and David, and held another meeting with Falgot and the others to finalize the contract details.
Martinez and Sophie, who were far away in Paris, participated in the meeting via video link.
Also attending the meeting were my sister-in-law, Shan Lao and others from as far away as Beijing.
During the meeting, Xiao Ran and the Frenchman quickly determined all the terms and details of the transaction contract, and finalized a list of all antiques and artworks to be traded.
These include stolen antique works of art brought out by Xiao Ran, as well as top Chinese antique works of art brought out by several museums such as the Louvre and Guimet Museum.
After confirming that there was no problem with the contract, Xiao Ran immediately signed the contract with Falgot and Pierre, and agreed on the delivery method and delivery time.
Next, Martinez and Sophie will pack all the Chinese antiques for trade in Paris and then transport them to Beijing on a chartered flight.
When those Chinese antiques and artworks arrive in Beijing, my sister-in-law and Shan Lao will lead a team to receive them and conduct appraisals at the airport.
After confirming that there is nothing wrong with those treasures, Xiao Ran will hand over the corresponding stolen antique artworks to Falgot and Pierre to complete this series of heavyweight art transactions.
After signing the contract, both Xiao Ran, Pierre and Falgot all breathed a sigh of relief.
After a series of transactions yesterday and today, many stolen antique artworks have been traded.
Xiao Ran will collect some of the remaining stolen antiques and art himself, and the others can be dealt with slowly, so there is no need to rush!
In this way, even if the new U.S. government turns its back upon taking office and tries to forcibly intercept those stolen antiques and artworks, the loss will not be too great!
In addition to the stolen antique artworks already in Xiao Ran's hands, the FBI Art Crime Team will also track down many stolen antique artworks that have already been sold in the coming time.
All recovered stolen antiques and artworks will be handed over to Xiao Ran for processing.
That will bring him constant surprises and huge wealth, and will also enrich his private collection.
After leaving the conference room, Xiao Ran and the others went straight back to the suite.
After returning to the room and tidying up briefly, they were ready to leave the hotel and go to the Philadelphia Museum of Art not far away.
At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, there’s a flurry of business going on today.
At this moment, Sam's voice suddenly came from the intercom.
"Sean, representatives from the Consol Museum and the Triton Foundation in the Netherlands have just arrived at the hotel."
"They want to meet with you to talk about the stolen antique art. Do you want to meet them now?"
“In addition to the Dutch, there were representatives from several museums in Spain and Italy, as well as representatives from the Houston Museum and the Nelson Museum, among others.”
"They all have the same request. They all want to meet with you to talk about the stolen antiques and art."
After hearing the announcement, Xiao Ran immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"Roger that, Sam, tell those guys to go to the Philadelphia Museum of Art."
"I will be meeting with them at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and would be happy to do some deals with them."
After the words fell, Sam immediately responded:
"Okay, Sean."
After ending the call, Xiao Ran took Elaine and the others out of the suite and prepared to leave the hotel.
However, they did not go downstairs, but went to the helipad on the roof.
Today, there are still a large number of protesters and demonstrators gathered in front of the hotel, as well as many media reporters. The situation is quite complicated.
For safety reasons, Xiao Ran and the others planned to take a helicopter to the art museum.
The company employees responsible for doing odd jobs and most of the security personnel will go to the museum in bulletproof motorcades.
While talking, Xiao Ran and the others had arrived at the roof of the hotel.
At this time, a medium-sized helicopter was parked on each of the two helipads on the roof of the hotel, ready to take off at any time.
In the sky above the hotel, there is also a medium-sized helicopter hovering, responsible for aerial security.
The three medium-sized helicopters were driven by Xiao Ran's security personnel, and the armed security personnel sitting in the cabin were also his men.
Even so, when walking towards the helicopter on the tarmac, Xiao Ran secretly turned on X-ray and quickly looked through all three medium-sized helicopters.
Naturally, there are no problems with these three medium-sized helicopters. They are all in top condition and safe.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran took Yi Lian, Fang Yufei and the others onto one of the medium-sized helicopters.
Several other people accompanying him boarded another medium-sized helicopter.
Soon, the two medium-sized helicopters roared into the sky and quickly rushed into the sky.
Seeing this scene, there was an immediate commotion inside and outside the hotel.
Especially those guys who gathered at the door of the hotel, waiting for Xiao Ran and the others to come out, and then protest in person, were even more angry and stamped their feet!
"Fake! That damn bastard Sean actually left the hotel in a helicopter from the air. How damn abominable!"
"Damn it, I even bought a bag of eggs to entertain that bastard, and now I bought them all for nothing!"
A few guys with ulterior motives mixed in the crowd looked at the three medium-sized helicopters that were flying away quickly, all of them with eyes full of fire, but they were very helpless.
Museum representatives from European and American countries and other places in the United States also looked up at the helicopters whizzing away, and they were all speechless!
"Shaun, this bastard, this battle is too exaggerated, it's like the president is traveling!"
"That's normal. This bastard Sean has looted so many museums and collectors. Do you dare to be careless?"
After gritting their teeth and complaining a few words, these guys left the hotel one after another and rushed to the Philadelphia Museum of Art not far away.
at the same time.
The bulletproof motorcade that Sam and the others were riding in had already driven out of the underground garage and headed towards the art museum.
In the blink of an eye, nearly an hour had passed.
A medium-sized conference room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Representatives from many museums across Europe and the United States, as well as some private collectors and art dealers, have gathered here.
At this time, these guys were very angry and were condemning Xiao Ran and the FBI Art Crime Team.
But this is normal. Anyone who is robbed crazily needs to vent their depression and even anger.
While he was talking, the door of the conference room was suddenly opened.
The next moment, Xiao Ran and Frank walked into the conference room together.
Seeing them coming in, everyone in the conference room immediately stood up and looked at them.
Without exception, these guys' eyes are a little red.
Xiao Ran glanced at everyone present, then smiled and said loudly:
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Sean, welcome to Philadelphia, nice to meet you all!"
"I already understand the purpose of everyone coming to Philadelphia."
"I am willing to sit down with everyone and talk about the transaction. I hope it will be a friendly meeting."
Before he finished speaking, a Dutchman in his fifties suddenly stood up and said through gritted teeth:
"Good morning, Mr. Sean, I'm Fergus, from the Triton Foundation in the Netherlands"
"Our foundation lent seven top-quality works of art that were exhibited at the Consol Museum in Rotterdam and were later stolen. I heard that six of them were discovered by you and are currently in your hands."
"Excuse me, how can we get back those six paintings that originally belonged to our foundation?"
"The missing painting, Freud's "Woman with Eyes Closed," have you found any relevant clues?"
Xiao Ran looked at the Dutchman, then nodded with a smile and said:
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Fergus. I've heard a lot about the Dutch Triton Foundation!"
"That's right, six of the seven top-notch works of art stolen by your foundation from the Consol Museum are currently in my hands."
"As far as the current situation is concerned, you can take back three of the paintings at any time, but you must pay the reward."
Upon hearing this, Fergus's eyes immediately stood up and he said angrily:
"We can pay the reward at any time, but those paintings belong to our foundation. Why can we only get back three paintings? It doesn't make sense!"
Not only him, but also the representative of the Consol Museum felt itchy in his teeth and was ready to refute.
Xiao Ran stretched out his hands and pressed down gently, smiling and saying:
"Gentlemen, please be patient and listen to what I have to say!"
"Based on the market value of the six paintings that have been discovered, I divided them into two parts."
"Some of them include Picasso's "Portrait of a Clown," Monet's "Waterloo Bridge," and De Haan's "Self-Portrait."
"The other part includes Monet's "Charing Cross Bridge", Matisse's "Woman in Yellow and White Clothes Reading", and Gauguin's "Woman at the Window""
"You can choose any one of these two parts. As long as you pay the reward amount, you can take them away."
"The remaining set of paintings will belong to me. If you want to take it back, you can only choose to trade with me."
"We can discuss the specific trading conditions and bargaining chips, and I believe we should be able to reach an agreement."
"As for the missing stolen painting, Freud's "Woman with Eyes Closed," we are currently tracing it, but its whereabouts have not been found yet!"
Before he finished speaking, several Dutch people on the opposite side immediately exploded.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, this is just naked robbery!"
"We cannot be robbed once by those Romanian art thieves and then looted again by you!"
Xiao Ran smiled and looked at the several angry Dutch people, but did not respond immediately.
Behind him, the door to the conference room was slowly closed by Nick.
In the following time, this conference room was like a boiling pot, and all kinds of noises of gnashing of teeth kept coming out!
Monet's "Charing Cross Bridge"
