At the end of the Christmas break, Matthew and his team returned to Boston in an Airbus H155, and everything was back on track.

On the first day after the holiday, Ye Tian went to the underground vault of the headquarters of MG Chase Bank, brought out two top paintings by William de Kooning and Andrew Wise, and brought them to Sotheby's.

He came to Sotheby's with David and Anderson, in addition to Matisse, who was in charge of security.

They were received by Robinson, the head of Sotheby's American Department of Contemporary Art, and several well-known art appraisal experts.

After entering the conference room and chatting a few words, everyone quickly got to the point.

"Robinson, you can begin to identify this painting of William de Kooning's Names Written on Water, made in 1975, when he was seventy years old.

At that time, William de Kooning changed his artistic style again, and began to create a series of abstract landscapes with a wide knife, and this is one of them, which is of great artistic value.

Andrew Wise's "Man in the Rye" is a masterpiece of neorealism, created in the sixties of the last century, and it is his peak work, and it is worth a lot!"

Ye Tian raised his hand and compared the two top famous paintings placed in the conference room, and briefly introduced the situation of these two famous paintings.

"Okay, Steven, we're going to start appreciating, these two paintings are so beautiful, worthy of being masterpieces, you're such a super lucky guy!

Robinson nodded excitedly, his eyes fixed on the two famous paintings, very bright and shining!

Subsequently, several art appraisal experts, who were already impatient, immediately surrounded and began the appraisal work with magnifying glasses and other tools.

Everyone was very excited, full of frenzy!

Their performance is easy to understand, William de Kooning and Andrew Wise are extremely important in the history of American art, and they are undoubtedly god-level artists, can you not be excited?

The appraisal will begin.

Regarding the authenticity of these two top famous paintings, Ye Tian knows better than anyone else, and he has no worries at all.

While Robinson and the others were nervous, he looked relaxed and chatted with Matisse while sipping coffee, looking confident!

David and Anderson, who were sitting next to him, began to review the consignment auction contract, very seriously!

Although I have cooperated with Sotheby's many times and there have been no problems, it is time to be cautious and still not be sloppy!

Ten minutes later, the results came out.

Everything was as Ye Tian expected, without the slightest deviation.

"Gentlemen, we have carefully examined these two masterpieces of authenticity, by two great masters, Willem de Kooning and Andrew Wise!

These two famous paintings are indeed the peak works of the two masters, well-preserved, with extraordinary artistic value, and the market value is quite expensive, and they are well-deserved top works of art......"

A well-known art appraisal expert read out the appraisal conclusion aloud, and his excited voice trembled a little.

As soon as he finished speaking, Robinson cheered excitedly.

"Fantastic! With these two top-notch paintings, this New Year's American contemporary art auction will surely make a sensation in the entire field of antique art collection!

Hearing this, everyone in the conference room nodded in agreement, agreeing with him.

The next thing is simple, for both parties, signing the consignment auction contract is a familiar thing, and it will be completed quickly.

In this consignment auction contract, in addition to the standard clauses, it is also clear that the auction reserve price of these two top famous paintings is the current market price!

This is what Ye Tian specially requested, although this time it is to support Sotheby's and support their New Year's special scene, but there should be no less benefits!

As for the date of transfer of the auction money, it is not specifically indicated in the contract, which is tacit and not suitable for writing in the contract!

After signing the contract, Ye Tian and the others stood up and prepared to leave Sotheby's.

"Robinson, happy cooperation, I wish you all a smooth New Year's auction!"

"Thank you, Steven, you've been a great help and a great time working together!"

Robinson shook hands with Ye Tian and expressed his gratitude sincerely.

Subsequently, Ye Tian and the others left Sotheby's and returned to their own company, while David and Anderson returned to the law firm.

Just as they signed the consignment auction contract with Sotheby's, a grand press conference was also being held in Boston, two or three hundred kilometers away!

The press conference was held in the lobby on the first floor of the FBI Boston branch building.

Christmas is over, and those guys associated with the Thompson Art Crime Syndicate are spending this wonderful holiday season with their families!

After the humanitarian care, it's time to close the net!

These guys should only be able to spend Christmas in prison in the future.

The press conference was of course presided over by Joey, the head of the FBI's Art Crime Unit.

When Joey stood on the stage and said 'Ladies and gentlemen, good morning,...... in front of dozens of reporters, a tsunami that swept through the entire field of antique art collecting finally ushered in its climax!

And Ye Tian and the Brave Intrepid Exploration Company, who are far away in New York, are naturally inevitably affected by this tsunami, and they are on the cusp of the storm, which is extremely eye-catching!

At noon, when Ye Tian and Betty returned to the company after lunch in Chinatown, they immediately felt the tremendous power of this tsunami!

As soon as they got out of the car, they saw the situation at the entrance of Rockefeller Center at a glance.

There are at least hundreds of media reporters and news gathering vehicles, and the number of people is very large, and they are all crowded into the ice rink!

Each of these guys is very excited and scrappy, and they are very dedicated to waiting for the target person to appear in the biting cold wind, just waiting for the target person to appear!

As soon as Ye Tian and Betty got out of the car, they were almost discovered by these guys!

Immediately afterwards, these guys were like hearing the starting pistol for the Olympic 100-meter final, and they immediately rushed over like a tide, and they were all flying fast!

In an instant, Ye Tian and Betty, as well as Matisse, were already surrounded by these media reporters, and they couldn't get through!

The next moment, countless questions immediately began to bombard Ye Tian's ears.

"Steven, I'm a reporter for CBS, tell me about the international art thieves in Boston, how did you find out about those guys?

"Good afternoon, Steven, I'm a reporter for The New York Times, everyone knows that you are a professional treasure hunter, can you announce the results of your treasure hunt?"

"Steven, I'm a reporter for the Washington Post, how did you manage to locate a suspect? That's a respected Episcopal priest! Who would have thought he would be a top art thief!"

While the reporters quickly asked questions, they all stretched out the microphones in their hands to Ye Tian, everyone was extremely excited, and their eyes flashed with crazy colors!

For them, today's news is too shocking and interesting!

Needless to say, in the next few days, this shocking case will surely dominate the front pages of all the news media in the United States.

And Steven, one of the core figures in this case, is naturally the focus of everyone's attention.

If I can dig up the unknown heavy news from him, is the headline still a problem?

That's why these media reporters are so crazy and desperate!

Even those intellectually beautiful female reporters, who were not familiar with men at all, burst out with amazing combat effectiveness and moved forward bravely one by one!

Fortunately, Matisse was in front of him, and Ye Tian was notorious, so these media reporters didn't put the microphone on Ye Tian's face and didn't rush directly into his arms!

In the face of so many surging questions, Ye Tian didn't know how to answer that for a while, so he could only look at the reporters in front of him helplessly.

After a moment's pause, he stretched out his hands and pressed down, and at the same time said loudly:

"Good afternoon, journalists, everyone's hard work! Thank you for your attention, yes, the international art crime syndicate in Boston was indeed the first thing we discovered.

But I'm very sorry, many of these details are still under wraps for the time being, and I can't tell you about it, if you want to know more details, you can pay attention to the information disclosed by the FBI!

As the department in charge of art crime, they have the most authoritative and credible information! In addition, you can also pay attention to the special report broadcast by NBC TV tonight.

In this treasure hunt, NBC TV sent a special report team to follow the whole process, and from their special reports, I believe everyone can find the answers they want!

Okay, now that's all I can say, whether other information can be disclosed, we still need to communicate with the FBI, everyone can disperse, I wish you all a Merry Christmas!"

After finishing speaking, he took Betty's hand and followed Mattis, who opened the way, squeezed out of the circle of reporters, and walked quickly into Rockefeller Center!

Watching their figures disappear, the many reporters gathered at the door of the building couldn't help but let out a sigh in unison, and every voice was full of regret.

"Hey——!"

After the sigh, a heated discussion sounded at the scene.

"I'm sure this guy Steven has made another windfall and got a lot of top antique art!

"Don't you listen to the rumors on the streets of Manhattan in the past two days? This guy gave tens of millions of dollars in bonuses to the company's employees at the company's Christmas dinner, and he is extremely generous!"

"I thought the rumors were false! But now it seems that this is probably true! Tens of millions of dollars in rewards, that's just a company of dozens of people! It's crazy!"

While the reporters were discussing, Ye Tianzheng in the elevator was chatting with Betty in a low voice.

"In the next few days, no matter where we go, it is estimated that we will be surrounded and intercepted by a large number of media reporters, it seems that New York can't stay, let's go to Lexington!

It should be quieter there, and I haven't seen it in a long time, so I miss that little guy a little, so I'm going to take a look at it and relax."

"Great! I'd love to see that little guy too, I've wanted to see that little guy for a long time!"

Betty responded excitedly, smiling brightly!

"Ding!"

A pleasant bell rang, and the elevator reached the floor where the company was located.