Chapter 405: Asking the State to Help Sell the stolen goods
The theft from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York triggered the media around the world. However, Zhou Qingfeng was thinking about how to sell the gems and works of art every day. He didn't pay much attention to the outside world. He didn't even know that 'god' was looking for him behind the scenes.
trouble.
And if you want to sell the good stuff on hand, you have to sell one or two diamonds instead of selling them in the past. Zhou Qingfeng tentatively picked out some of the tens of thousands of carats of gems in his box, including rubies, emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, and tourmalines.
etc.
As a result, the sample was sent to Mr. Ma, who was helping to sell gems. The old man Ma was almost frightened. He grabbed Zhou Qingfeng's hand and asked: "Did you rob the vault of that bank?"
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Zhou Qingfeng smiled bitterly and thought to himself: Teacher, are you so excited? I only got less than 1%. How can I have a whole box? He asked: "Teacher, can you help me sell it?"
Mr. Ma shook his head like a rattle, "Don't be kidding me. If I sell so much, others will blackmail me if I can't keep it all. At most, it will come in a steady stream. A dozen or so carats a month will be enough to top the sky."
Ten carats a month? Where can I sell a box of tens of thousands of carats for how long? Now Zhou Qingfeng shook his head like a rattle. He said dejectedly: "Is there no other way?"
Mr. Ma firmly refused and said: "Those who do black market jewelry business are not good people. If he sells a small amount, he will accept it with a smile on your face, and he will also tell you to continue selling to him next time when you have goods. But if you sell a large amount like this,
If you don’t have a good background, you will definitely be hacked, and you won’t even be left a scumbag.”
This makes sense! No one in the black market business is a good person. As long as there is profit, he will do all kinds of evil things. Zhou Qingfeng could only push the various gems of more than ten carats and said in frustration: "Teacher, these
Let’s consign the gems to you.”
Coming out of Mr. Ma's pawn shop, the night was dark and there was no starlight. Zhou Qingfeng slowly walked out along the street lights, wondering where he could find a safe and secure high-roller to give these things to him.
Eat it. After thinking about it for a long time, it’s not easy to come up with a suitable idea!
Two days later, we visited the Imperial Capital and the National Palace Museum.
Researcher Jin, who is over sixty years old, strolled into his office. They are very particular about the office environment in places where they study antiques. Every table, every chair, every stroke of ink has its origins. Not to mention how precious it is, but it is important.
An elegant one.
"Teacher Jin, there is a package for you on the table." The concierge on duty reminded Researcher Jin when he saw it.
The package was not big, but the packaging was strong. Researcher Jin looked at the sender and saw that it was Zhang San. The phone number was fake. He was very strange and opened the package with a pair of scissors, only to find that it was full of stuff.
plastic foam.
Finally, the plastic foam was removed, and the true appearance of the internal object was revealed - it was a white porcelain bottle. The bottle had a slender mouth, slender neck, slippery shoulders, drooping belly, and ringed feet. The surface was smooth, with smooth white glaze and slight stripes.
Yellow, unique shape and fine production.
Ouch…….
Old Man Jin's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He took a closer look and took a small magnifying glass to confirm again. Finally, he determined that it was a Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln jade pot and spring vase, which was worth a lot of money. It was recently sold at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong.
If you buy a similar bottle, that’s tens of millions!
Hiss...who would just send something worth tens of millions of dollars over here casually? It would be a huge loss if it was smashed.
Researcher Jin looked over the package list again and again, and saw a note inside the package box. On the note, words from the newspaper were cut out and pasted into one sentence and an email address. The sentence was 'In my hand'
There are even more valuable national treasures that I am willing to donate to the country. But I hope the country can also give me some help, okay?'
Ouch, hey..., this is incredible! It feels like the matter is quite serious.
When Researcher Jin saw this, he didn't dare to neglect, and quickly called the director and security personnel of the Palace Museum, and also called the police. At this moment, the Imperial City Police Department was paying attention to the New York Police Department's joke. When he heard that the Palace Museum called the police,
A bunch of policemen were so scared that they peed.
The director almost lost his mind and led the team over personally. He was thinking to himself along the way: Don't let anything big happen. If the Forbidden City is stolen, the whole country will be shocked, and my official will be in trouble!
Waiting for the director to see Researcher Jin, he saw that the room was packed with people with solemn faces. His heart sank, and his head was buzzing and he was going to faint. This must be something serious. "Is some national treasure stolen?"
Already?"
"Stealed? We were not stolen." Researcher Jin was an eyewitness to the incident. He took the initiative to tell the story. "Someone sent us a cultural relic."
It sounds like it was not stolen, but someone sent the precious cultural relics over. The police chief of the imperial capital just breathed a sigh of relief, "Then why did you call the police?"
"Because the Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln jade pot and spring bottle we received is stolen goods in a sense. Of course, we will never admit that it is stolen goods. It is a treasure of our country." Researcher Jin turned on the computer and said,
Enter the email address that came with the package. There are a lot of photos in this email address.
"We have just identified it ourselves. The things in these photos should be the Chinese cultural relics that were stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York not long ago. The jade pot and spring vase at the moment is just the lowest-end one among them. Some of the other things can even be said to be national treasures.
!We thought it was the thieves who broke into the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York who found us."
The people who could squeeze into Researcher Jin’s office were all old experts and scholars from the Palace Museum. They agreed very much with what Researcher Jin said. Even the curator of the museum stood up and said seriously: "Look at this picture, the Northern Wei Dynasty
Gilt bronze Buddha statue.
This is one of the few gilt-bronze Buddha statues left in the world. The statue is well preserved and is still dazzling after thousands of years. It is a true national treasure and priceless. If it can be recovered, it will be a blessing to future generations.
To explain, it can be said that the merit lies in the present generation and the benefit lies in the future.”
Upon hearing that it was actually related to the theft of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States, all the police officers who entered the room became serious. After hearing the ins and outs of the matter again, the chief felt his head was heavy.
This matter is no longer a small case. The director cannot handle it and must report it to the Ministry of Public Security. The National Security Bureau may even intervene. The only thing he can do now is to find out where this mysterious package came from? Secondly, he needs to find out where these precious cultural relics are from.
How did you come to China from the United States on the other side of the world?
But before the investigation, what is more important is how to deal with the request of the person who sent the package. You must know how the Chinese go to large museums abroad and see their country’s national treasures being appropriated by others and displayed publicly.
It’s uncomfortable!
Now some people are bringing back Chinese cultural relics that have been lost abroad in the past one or two hundred years. Although the methods are not very impressive, it is an out-and-out patriotic act. Who dares to say that sending these national treasures back is definitely a traitor!
A bunch of old men in the museum strongly stated that no matter what the police thought, since there was a possibility of returning these national treasures to China, nothing could go wrong with them. But what exactly did the mysterious man who sent the package want?
Researcher Jin had a troubled expression on his face. He seemed to have been holding back his energy for a long time as if he was constipated before he said, "He wants us to help him sell the stolen goods."
What? Asking the state to help you sell stolen goods, it’s a shame you can think of it!