Chapter 400 The major case of reselling cultural relics
"Well, besides the golden mask, you should have other treasures in your hands, right? Don't worry, I sincerely want to buy it, and the price is negotiable."
Yang Haoxuan tentatively said.
Hamed waved his hand impatiently: "Boss Yang, to tell you the truth, the Pharaoh's tomb was discovered in March last year. Most of the cultural relics were sold, and now only this mummy remains."
"Hey, isn't it easy for Munayin to take action?"
Yang Haoxuan said doubtfully.
Hamed nodded and did not hide anything: "You Orientals are very unfavorable to Munayin. If we can't sell it anymore, we will have no choice but to find Europeans."
"I'm a little curious. There are many rich people in Europe. Why didn't you go find the people in Europe from the beginning?"
"The reason is very simple. Europas have indirectly killed countless of our compatriots. No one in the entire African continent hates them. Unless it is absolutely necessary, we don't want to deal with them at all."
There was anger in Hamed's tone.
Yang Haoxuan nodded quickly to express his understanding.
But in my heart, I felt that the scene before me was a bit ridiculous. It was simply unbelievable that a tomb robber would have trouble with money and talk about national justice.
Perhaps because he wanted to sell Munayin as soon as possible, Hamed quoted a preferential price on the spot:
"Sixty-five million, this is our lowest price."
"Can it be cheaper?"
Yang Haoxuan pretended to be bargaining.
"No, if it doesn't work out, we can only sell it to Europeans. Maybe we can sell it for 200 million."
Hamed shook his head.
"How about sixty million?"
Yang Haoxuan casually returned the price.
Hamed shook his head again and said nothing.
Yang Haoxuan sighed in sheep's clothing: "Okay, 65 million, I can accept it."
"Boss Yang, happy cooperation!"
Hamed smiled and extended his right hand.
Yang Hao
"no problem."
"You won't run away as soon as you get the deposit, right?"
Yang Haoxuan was a little worried.
"Boss Yang, you can ask around. We are regular customers here. We have been here for more than ten years and we have never broken our trust."
Hamed said with confidence.
"Really? Then I will believe you for once."
After Yang Haoxuan finished speaking, he immediately completed the transfer through his mobile phone. Only by paying the money can the other party be stabilized.
Looking at the payment notice, Hamed nodded with satisfaction: "Boss Yang, the money has been received. We will keep this mummy for you for half a month. If it is finally identified as fake, we will refund the entire deposit."
The other party has an oriental face, and they don't want to cause trouble for the deposit.
"Okay, I will bring someone over for identification as soon as possible."
Yang Haoxuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Before leaving, in order to express his sincerity, Hamed suddenly took out a clay pot with a dog-head lid from the coffin: "Boss Yang, this is the Kanob Altar, also called the Funeral Weng. It was unearthed together with Mu Nayin.
Yes, it contains the stomach of the Pharaoh himself. You can bring it back to someone for identification first."
Yang Haoxuan took the clay pot bravely and said "thank you". This thing was too unlucky.
After coming out of the store, Yang Haoxuan did not leave the black market immediately. Instead, he asked someone nearby to inquire about Hamed's store in order to collect more information.
"Hamed? Is it Hamed who sells antiques?"
Yang Haoxuan nodded: "Yes, that's him."
"Hamad is an old man here. He has opened a shop here since the first day the market opened. Everyone is familiar with him."
"What about his reputation? Is it reliable to do business with him?" Yang Haoxuan asked in a low voice.
"..."
The stall owner remained silent.
Upon seeing this, Yang Haoxuan immediately handed over two hundred-dollar bills: "This is my first time coming to Cairo for business. I don't know much about you, so I would like to ask you a small favor."
The stall owner quickly put away the banknotes and said with a smile: "You have asked the right person. Let me tell you, Hamed likes to bully the locals, but for a big boss like you, the most he can do is cheat a small amount of money, absolutely.
Don't dare to act recklessly, you can rest assured to do business with him."
"Really? Where did he get those antiques? Do you know?" Yang Haoxuan asked immediately.
"I heard from people that Hamed has a very good relationship with Minister Elgabri of the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Relics, but I don't know about the rest." The stall owner did not dare to speak carelessly.
"Are the things in his hands authentic?"
Yang Haoxuan gave the other party two hundred yuan again.
The stall owner nodded repeatedly: "Most of them are true. There are a lot of cultural relics on the market now, and the prices are not expensive. There is no need to fake them."
"Do you know Hamed's background?"
"I'm not sure. Hamed likes to be alone. Unlike us, who often sit together to discuss business, he is not easy to mess with. He is very familiar with the police station. Try not to provoke him if nothing happens."
There was a hint of fear on the stall owner's face.
"Thanks for the reminder." Yang Haoxuan did not continue to ask, but changed the subject and asked the last question: "Is Hamed a member of a gang? Or does he have a gang background?"
The stall owner didn't speak, he just nodded lightly, saying nothing.
Yang Haoxuan showed an expression as expected. In a port city like Cairo, where people come and go, the most indispensable thing is various gangs.
…
At 8:30 in the evening, Zhang Hao had just returned to the hotel when he was blocked at the door by his brother-in-law.
"Brother-in-law, you are finally back."
"What happened? Are you in such a hurry?"
Zhang Hao frowned.
He doesn't want to deal with his brother-in-law anymore, he just wants to live a two-person world with his wife as soon as possible.
"Brother-in-law, come with me and I will show you a big treasure."
After Yang Haoxuan finished speaking, he took the other party's arm and entered his room. As for his wife and daughter, they were chatting with his sister at the moment.
"What's going on?" Zhang Hao asked impatiently.
Yang Haoxuan pointed to the clay pot on the table: "Brother-in-law, look, what is this?"
"This is……"
Zhang Hao had seen this thing in a museum before, but couldn't remember its name at the moment.
This small chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "This is called the funeral man, and it contains the stomach of the Egyptian Pharaoh." Yang Haoxuan quickly introduced.
"Where did you get it? How unlucky."
Zhang Hao said with disgust on his face.
Yang Haoxuan then took out his mobile phone: "Brother-in-law, look at these photos again."
Zhang Hao took the phone and after casually looking through a few photos, he immediately paid attention:
"What's going on? Please tell me carefully."
Yang Haoxuan did not sell out the matter and told the story about Mu Naiyin in detail.
"Are you sure? Mu Naiyin, including this golden mask, are all real?"
"It's almost the same." Yang Haoxuan nodded, and then explained: "I sent these photos to Guo Ji and asked him to find expert professors in history and archeology at their school. They all agreed that it must be the Valley of the Kings.
A new pharaoh’s tomb has been discovered.”
"How is that possible? The Valley of the Kings has not been rummaged through long ago, so how could there be any omissions?"
Zhang Hao expressed doubts.
As we all know, long before the establishment of the Federation, there was a consensus in the archaeological community at that time that all the tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been discovered, and there would be no new discoveries.
The next century proved this conclusion.
Yang Haoxuan quickly reminded: "Brother-in-law, don't forget, the Imperial Valley is undergoing relocation. Maybe you discovered it during the relocation process."
The cultural relics relocation plan has been started for several years, and Egypt is a key area for relocation of cultural relics. In addition to the pyramids and the Sphinx, many cultural relics are being relocated. The task is heavy and the time is tight.
"When you say that, it's not impossible, but the Egyptians shouldn't be so courageous, right? How dare they deceive their superiors and secretly resell cultural relics?"
Zhang Hao felt that it was unlikely.
After all, there are so many staff at the relocation site, so it’s not easy to hide something if you want to.
Yang Hao
"I know it well. Don't go out in the next few days. Leave this matter to me."
Zhang Hao solemnly ordered.
Yang Haoxuan couldn't help but be curious: "Brother-in-law, what are you going to do? Do you need my cooperation?"
"Don't act rashly. I will arrange a special person to take charge of this matter. After we leave, the criminals will relax and they will come again to catch them all." Zhang Hao replied.
"What? How many more days do you have to wait? The case is so clear, why are you waiting? Just bring people over and arrest them. If you wait any longer, they might have run away." Yang Haoxuan looked anxious.
Zhang Hao said angrily: "Can you, kid, have some brains? If what we guessed is true, it means that the whole of Egypt is in ruins. You are just trying to scare the snake out of the grass. Are you afraid that others will die?"
"They dare?" Yang Haoxuan said in disbelief.
"Why don't you dare? Selling cultural relics is a serious crime, especially these first-class cultural relics. If you are caught, you will definitely be shot. If it were you, would you be willing to be arrested without mercy?"
"Don't we have Marines?"
"Hmph, you think things are too simple. There are more than one million people in Cairo, and there is really going to be chaos. What use can the Marines do?"
Besides, although there is a military base in Port Su Yinshi, who knows if it has been bribed? As long as these soldiers are deliberately late for a few hours, the day lilies will be cold by then.
When Yang Haoxuan heard this, he was stunned: "Isn't that true? Just for this trivial matter?"
"Have you ever heard that a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall? Your sister and Nana are here, we can't take any chances."
Zhang Hao spoke with great care and sincerity.
"Alas..." Yang Haoxuan sighed helplessly.
Zhang Hao reached out and patted the other party on the shoulder: "Okay, they are local snakes. They may have known your identity by now, and they have already run away."
"No way? I wore a mask the whole time."
"What's the use of wearing a mask? I guess that Hamed will send someone to follow you. As soon as you step into the hotel, won't your identity be exposed?"
The hotel they stayed in was specially prepared for him as the consul. Except for his entourage, no one else was qualified to stay.
Yang Haoxuan slapped his thigh hard: "Oops, why did I forget this? I should have walked around outside a few times, or gone directly to my brother-in-law."
"Okay, you don't need to intervene in this matter, just pretend that nothing happened."
Yang Haoxuan nodded, then patted his head: "Brother-in-law, shall we still visit the pyramids?"
"Where are we going? We can only cancel."
The pyramid is in the western suburbs, far away from the city. You absolutely cannot take risks at this time.
"My sister..."
"I'll explain to your sister." Zhang Hao waved his hand and complained casually: "You kid, just make trouble for me. Don't go out and wander around if you have nothing to do in the future."
"Brother-in-law, where did I cause trouble? I am brave and heroic. I fight against injustice. The federation should award me a medal for bravery in justice."
Yang Haoxuan couldn't help but retort.
"Okay, I won't listen to your nonsense." Zhang Hao waved his hand and warned again: "Don't forget, try not to go out these days, stay in the hotel, I will also speed up the progress, let's
Try to leave as soon as possible."
"I know." Yang Haoxuan was a little frustrated.
…
In the next two days, Zhang Hao and Yang Huaqing worked separately. They completed all the itinerary tasks in less than two days and officially left Egypt.
December 1, the third day after the inspection team left.
With the cooperation of the Marine Corps and the local garrison, Egyptian officials suddenly launched an attack and destroyed the black market where Hamed was located.
At the same time, thousands of official employees were arrested, mainly from the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.
The next day, Zhang Hao, who was on the "Navy One", received the preliminary investigation results of this operation.
Yang Haoxuan couldn't wait to ask: "Brother-in-law, how is it? Has Hamed been caught?"
"I guess I caught it!"
"What does it mean?"
"Tsk, tsk, Hamed was shot dead on the spot by the police. What a killing move." Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and said.
"What about Munayin?"
Zhang Hao threw the investigation report to his brother-in-law, nodded and said: "Mu Naiyin has been recovered, but other cultural relics may have to be found in a haystack."
"Then this is the end of the matter?"
Yang Haoxuan said dissatisfied.
"Of course it's more than that,
In addition, two deputy mayors were dismissed for dereliction of duty and poor supervision. By the way, the black market for reselling cultural relics was also completely shut down, and that’s about it!”
"Hasn't the mayor been removed from office? This matter must have something to do with him?"
Yang Haoxuan said angrily.
Zhang Hao shook his head helplessly: "Cairo is a golden thoroughfare and cannot be messed up. The mayor's family is the largest family in the local area. The best way is to let the other party finish this term and then retire voluntarily."