Chapter 217: Poor performance
Not long after Sean finished talking to the young counselor, he saw a man in a white security uniform come from the mall, this man was about forty years old, with a rubber baton pinned to his waist, and when he walked, out of habit, he held his belt in his right hand, and his belly was quite big, but he looked quite strong elsewhere.
"These two are looking for you, detectives of the Bureau!" After seeing the security captain Buck coming over, the consultant introduced.
"What's the matter with me, two?" asked Triple Buck, with his right thumb hanging from his belt, suspiciously.
"My name is Sean, and this is Inspector Theresa. Sean flashed his ID again and said, "We are at the entrance of the mall, and we see that there is a monitor outside the third floor of the mall, if it is good, we want to check the video from a few days ago!"
"Oh, that's easy to do, come with Lou!": Buck tilted his head, no nonsense, and led two people to the inside of the mall: after passing the boutique of women's bags, and the jewelry area, the three of them went up the escalator of the mall to the second floor.
As soon as he reached the second floor, Sean smelled a very fragrant smell of food, turned his head and said, "Ha! It's a French pie!".
"You're hungry again, we just had breakfast!". Theresa said with a smile.
"You know, it might take a long time to watch the footage, and we can take some pie with us when we go. It smells great!". Sean said.
"This opinion can be considered!". Theresa said.
Several people talked, and under the leadership of security captain Buck, they walked through a porch in the corner to the office area of the mall staff. After that, he didn't go far before he came to a double-opening black iron door.
Buck knocked on the door with his hand, there was no sound inside, knocked on the door again and there was still no sound, Buck saw this, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, and wanted to open the door, but at this time, only heard a "click", and the door was opened from the inside.
The person who opened the door was dressed in about the same clothes as Buck and was in his twenties: Buck said with some complaints: "Why did it take so long to open the door?" Are you secretly watching A-level movies again!".
"Hehe, Captain, the new ...... this morning." This security guard is small
As soon as the guy said this, he found that the captain was followed by two people, so he stopped talking and said, "Who are these two?"
Buck gave an introduction, and then walked with Sean and Theresa into the surveillance room, where there were eight monitors, each with one or more windows showing the situation in various parts of the mall.
"What time are you going to watch the footage? I couldn't watch it from a month ago, it's all deleted!"
"Within a week!". Sean said.
"Oh, that's fine!" said Barke, then turned his head to the other security guard and said, "Jerry, help the two detectives ...... in a week."
"I'm sorry, I'm talking about the surveillance across the street from the mall!" Sean interrupts Buck and says, "It's best to be able to see the gallery diagonally across the street!"
"Oh!" Captain Bark nodded and said, "Jerry, I heard and found out the footage from a week!".
"No problem!". This young man named Jerry said yes, and then he operated in front of one of the monitors and found the No. 1 surveillance at the door, and said in the video of a week: "That's it, each one represents a day, and the date is marked at noon!".
"Okay, thank you, let's just see for ourselves. Theresa said, sitting down in a chair.
"Then you can take your time!". After the security guard Jerry finished speaking, he sat down in a chair next to him and began to work on his own rate.
Sean also sat down next to Theresa, who clicked on video number one and played it again, and at twice the speed, she was looking back from the farthest away, a week ago.
Sean said, "Quadruple speed!".
Theresa glanced at him, then clicked the mouse to adjust the speed to four times, but after only twenty minutes, Sean felt that his reflexes and the excellent observation of the black detective system could be improved again, so he said, "Try eight times!"
"Can you see that?". Theresa said this, but she still clicked eight times faster with her hand. The cars and people on the screen immediately moved quickly. All of them are like supermen, speeding forward.
Sean still uses the black detective system, observing the situation of the face painting, and feels that he can still adapt to this speed. So he nodded and said, "Yes, at this speed!"
"Okay!". Theresa said this, and began to look at it seriously, although the picture flickered relatively quickly, but she was still very serious about distinguishing the suspicious situation.
In this way, the two of them began to look at the situation on the screen, watching nearly three in the morning, and by noon, Sean bought back the French pie from the place he had seen beforehand. Shared a meal with Theresa, nice foreign style.
Then move on to the video. It's just that there's nothing to note for the whole morning.
In the afternoon, nearly halfway through the fourth video, Theresa's cell phone rang, and she pulled it out of her pocket, while Sean continued to watch Superman's performance on the screen with a pair of scanner-like eyes.
"Hey, I'm Theresa. Theresa picks up the phone and says "What did you find?...... Okay...... Yes, you can apply for a search warrant...... Sean? He's there! you wait!".
Speaking of this, Theresa handed the phone forward and said: "It's Frank, he said that he found the motive of Guffy's crime, his Guffy art investment company, has been losing money for the past two years, and a month ago, he had contact with a French Jew, that guy is an international collector, named Chirac." Frank suspects that Guffy is a prison guard and steals, and uses that "curtain color"
to fill the company's shortfall!".
Sean nodded, took the phone, and said, "Hey, Frank! I'm Sean!".
Frank on the other end of the line said, "Sean......!
"Theresa introduced me to me, say, what do you want me to do?" Sean said.
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"Oh! That collector Chirac said that when he saw Guffy, he was just talking about collecting art! I was now going to go with Cristina to Guffy and interrogate him, do you have anything to build?". Frank said.
You "Of course you have, hehe! It's up to you to make or fail!". Sean teasingly glanced at Theresa across from him and said.
"Hearing you say that, I feel a lot of pressure. 、,。 Frank said on the other end of the phone.
And Sean could still hear Christina's laughter.
Find "Don't be nervous, you and Tina can go to Gao Fei, of course, he won't admit anything."
And then at the end of the conversation, remember, it's like inadvertently mentioning that yesterday's Indian ceremony, and it's better to say two more sentences that the city government is going to start working there, and the surveyors will be over in two days, or something. ”。 Sean said.
"How could I not know!". Frank said.
"Actually, I don't know, you can mention it first, just say that you see an engineering team,
I was going to clean up the place. That's it!". Sean said.
"Ugh...... Okay!Sean, I'll try. Frank said.
"OK, if that's true, we'll be able to leave tomorrow!". Sean said, "Alright, you guys go!".
After putting down the phone, Theresa said, "What are you talking to Frank?"
"I'm teaching him how to find the answer!" Sean said mysteriously: "Actually, from the very beginning of this case, we all know that this is just a very simple case, the main problem is that the painting is there! If you can't find the painting, you can't sue anyone." ”。
"And now?". Theresa asked.
"Now?". Sean repeated and said, "I can't solve the case yet, but I'll give you a piece with the thief!" Now contact Maguire and ask him to find someone to pretend to be an engineer at the police ......."
Gao Fei's home is still quite magnificent, a three-story small building, and there is a large lawn in front of it.
It is about a 20-minute drive from the private art gallery.
Frank and Christina drove here.
After knocking on the door, Gao Fei, who was slender, let the two of them into his living room.
Then he sat down and said, "Two detectives, have you found it?"
"Not yet!". "We're here because we've found something!" Christina said.
"What?". Gao Fei lit a cigarette and asked calmly.
"Your art investment company has a million-dollar deficit ......." As soon as Christina said this, she was interrupted by Gao Fei, who seemed impatient, and said, "You guys are here to check where the curtain is." And not anything else! Also, you're the Bureau of Investigation, not the Economics Section. ”。
"Of course!". Frank sat down and said, "We're going to have to get rid of everything." ”。
Gao Fei looked at him, spread his hands, and said, "Okay, what's the matter?"
"Did you insure the painting called 'Curtain Color?'" asked Christina.
"Yes. Gao Fei smoked. Smoke, said.
"What is the sum insured?". Christina continued.
"Four million!". Gao Fei said.
"That means that if the painting is lost or damaged, the insurance company will pay you four million dollars, right?" Frank asked.
"Yes!". Gao Fei frowned and said, "You say that, it seems that I stole my own painting in order to defraud the insurance money?"
"We didn't say that!". Frank looks a little kind, and although he is a man, Christina looks a bit of a queen, so she is much stricter. He continued: "You went to meet a French collector named Chirac a month ago, what did you talk about?".
"Some of the collections that are valuable in the current society!!Ceramics from the East, oil paintings from the West, and so on. ”。 Gao Fei seemed to regain his composure and continued to smoke his filter cigarette.
Frank nodded and said, "Did you talk about the painting "Curtain Color"?".
"Of course, it's one of my best collections, but it's just a discussion of art forms. ”。 Gao Fei said.
"Didn't talk about the economic value of the curtain color?". Frank then asked.
"Mentioned once!". Gao Fei said briefly.
"Tell me more!" said Frank.
"When I was talking about the potential of unsigned paintings to be collectible, I mentioned Curtain Color, and I said that it was worth millions of dollars!" Gao Fei still said briefly.
Ten minutes later......
Frank saw that he needed to cultivate a friendly atmosphere, so he said, "I don't have a cigarette, mind if I ......": as he spoke, he pointed to the delicate cigarette can.
"Oh! of course. ”。 Gao Fei spoke, and then lifted the handle with his hand, and the small silver jar suddenly bloomed like a cigarette: Frank thanked him, and then reached out and took a cigarette from a huā petal. lit it, took a comfortable sip and said, "Yes! What would I do without it?" ”。
"Huh!". Gao Fei chuckled when he heard this, and said, "Yes! ”。
"That's right!". Frank said, "As usual, I have one more question for you. ”。
"Say it!". Gao Fei said as he snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray.
"The day before yesterday, between one o'clock in the afternoon, between two o'clock, where were you?". Frank said.
"Of course I'm at home!". Gao Fei smiled and said.
"Oh! can anyone prove it?". Frank said.
"I'm afraid not, but then I got a call from the art museum staff, and I went to the art museum!
Frank glanced at Christina next to him, who put the notebook away and nodded, Frank got up, stretched out his hand to Guffy, and said, "Thank you very much for your cooperation!"
Gao Fei also reached out to shake him and said, "It should be!"
"Then we're leaving. With that, Frank and Christina walked outside.
Gao Fei was sent to the door in the back.
"Oh! yes!". Frank had just left the house, as if he remembered something, and turned around and said, "Mr. Guffy, I heard that you participated in that Indian ceremony the day before yesterday, I would like to ask, is that the one? Or will it be a second time in the future?"
"Well...... I'm afraid it's only one!What's wrong?,...。 Gao Fei nodded and said.
"Nothing! I'd like to say I'll check it out again, you know, I'm interested in some mysterious tribes!". "But I think so," said Frank, "when I came back again, I saw that there were engineers there who seemed to be measuring things, so I wanted to ask you." ”。 With that, he waved his hand again, turned around and left.
"You say there's an engineer there?". Gao Fei asked in the back.
"Yes. ”。 Frank also learned to stare and talk nonsense, and turned his head and said, "Who knows, they seem to be moving something, and there are surveyors, I guess they are probably going to build some kind of building!"
"Oh, goodbye then!". Gao Fei said with a smile.
"Goodbye!". Frank waved at him, walked down the street with Christina, and got into the black jeep.
"How's my play?". Frank said with a fire.
"Okay!". Christina said, "Why did Sean ask you to mention any engineering?".
"I should call him too!". Frank said, "But I'm driving, can you contact him?".
"Of course!". Christina said......
Sean and Theresa sat in the car, and they also got a telescope from Maguire. To their left, that area, was the site of the Indian ceremony the day before yesterday.
"Are you sure he's coming?". Theresa said, sitting on the sidelines chewing gum.
"Of course! so that we can get it together!". Sean said: "Sometimes you don't have to follow the vine to handle the case, you can also lure the snake out of the hole!"
"It better be!". Theresa said.
"Don't worry, you see, the extras Maguire is looking for have very good acting skills!".
Sean glanced through his binoculars at the field a hundred meters away.
The open space is surrounded by pine trees, which look like a square, and the middle piece of land is nearly 5,000 square meters. It seems that a lot of unique things were used to hold the ceremony on the day.
For example, the Indian altar, some tribal house-style things built of some boards, and these small buildings are very elaborate and staggered, and it is said that the old chief who was invited by the mayor was built according to the traditional level. When you see it, you feel like it has a different flavor.
It's just that now it's interspersed with nearly a dozen workers wearing hard hats, who look a bit like the advance engineering team, some are measuring, and some are tearing down some gadgets, such as makeshift benches. The huts of the tribes and other facilities have not been demolished yet. But looking at them, it's only a matter of time.
"Maguire, what time are they going to load?". Theresa said in the co-pilot's seat, "Show me." ”。
"That's not for sure!". Sean handed her the binoculars and said, "It depends on when Guffy comes! ”。
"You seem to be sure. Theresa said, looking across the binoculars.
"It all depends on Frank's acting skills, and to be honest, I'm a little worried about him!" Sean laughed twice and said, "After all, he's not a professional!"
"But like you told me when you came, whether that guy suspects Frank or not, he's coming, it's human nature, not according to his cleverness!" Theresa said.
"That's right!". Sean smiled and agreed: "Human nature is sometimes more controllable than the mind!".
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