Chapter 146: The Gift
With the boom of the world oil market, the wealthy Russians, who had puffed up their pockets by selling large quantities of oil and gas, began to collect Russian art that had been scattered abroad during the turbulent period of many years ago, in order to brush up their style and earn the title of patriotic businessmen. The world-famous Fabergé Easter egg is one of the most important targets.
Business-minded sellers in Europe and the United States have taken a fancy to the wealth of the Russian billionaires, which directly caused the prices of these easter eggs to soar like a rocket. The price is no longer measurable by a work of art.
When Pavlyuchenko asked the British Museum to buy the eggs, the Englishman with the lion's mouth was clearly marked as not for sale. In private, the price of each easter egg was 50 million US dollars. It is also a secret transaction, and if it is closed, it will be 'gifted' in the form of a diplomatic notice.
In the face of the sharp butcher's knife raised by the British, even the wealthy Pavlyuchenko was distressed. It's a pity that the British refused any form of counteroffer, and even pretended that they were not willing to sell at all!
Not only Fabergé's easter eggs, but also some other precious works of art that have been explicitly asked to be brought back to Russia are also sky-high!
Faced with this situation, when the promise appeared to express his willingness to get these national treasures for Pavlyuchenko, Pavlyuchenko did not hesitate to accept it.
If he could do what he promised, he would pay hundreds of millions of dollars to take a stake in his bioengineering company. Although it sounds ridiculous and ridiculous to spend $600 million to invest in a company with assets of only $80 or 90 million, and still get only 10 percent of the shares, it is much better than being stabbed a few times by a British.
Of course, if the promise is not fulfilled, then he has nothing to lose.
Late at night, after a long day of playing, the exhausted Kim Tae-yeon quickly fell asleep after washing. And the promise was that Kim Tae-yeon slowly got up and went to the bathroom after he fell asleep. After simply changing his clothes and some special equipment, he disappeared into the hotel bathroom with the promise of teleportation.
British Museum, Russian Gallery.
The British Museum went into a state of security after it closed. After carefully inspecting the museum for no hidden visitors, all the exhibition halls were closed with alloy sealed doors. These sealed doors are all dynamic passwords and have solid time locks. If you don't get to the specified time, even if you have a password, don't even think about opening the door, it's absolutely unusually safe.
The corridors between the exhibition halls are filled with night guards, cameras and security equipment, all of which are among the best in the world. Not to mention the large number of police patrolling the perimeter. Theoretically, it would be almost impossible to enter here in such a heavily guarded situation.
However, these precautions of the British are set up to deal with ordinary people. They are strong on the outside, but almost undefended on the inside. Because the British thought that after closing the alloy door, it could only be opened the next morning, in which case who could enter?
However, the promise is to be able to enter.
The silver-white moonlight shines on the ground through the clean tempered glass, bringing a hazy color to the entire exhibition hall. In the dark air, there was a fluctuation of space, and a sturdy figure appeared in the bathroom of the exhibition hall.
"Good." Wearing a mask and a special hat with a sweatshirt on his head, he walked out of the bathroom and came to the exhibition hall, and nodded with satisfaction as he looked at the many Russian artworks placed in the large-scale exhibition hall. After looking around, Xu Yu's hand turned over and took out a pistol, and Shi Shiran fired at the surveillance cameras around him one by one.
'There's a Tottenham game today, so it's a shame I can't watch it.' In the monitoring room of the museum, Johnson, a security guard on night duty tonight, took a cup of coffee and looked at dozens of huge surveillance screens in front of him. The monitoring room is responsible for several exhibition halls, one of which is the Russian exhibition hall.
"White Hart Lane can't win against Manchester United." Another bearded security guard on the side took a big bite of the burger and expressed his opinion with a mouth full of oil: "Stamford Bridge must have won this evening!" ”
There are so many top teams in the London region, and the fans here are full of happiness and don't know who to support. Arguments and attacks between different fans of different teams have become a part of the daily life of Londoners.
It's a nice thing to do security at the British Museum, and for those on the night shift, the time is just bragging and chatting, eating hamburgers and drinking coffee. But today is completely different from the peaceful and peaceful days of the past.
"What's going on?!" Suddenly, as the screens lost contact, the staff on duty in the monitoring room were all dumbfounded.
"Pull the alarm!" The officers on duty soon saw a figure appear in the Russian exhibition hall, shooting surveillance cameras everywhere with a pistol!
The sirens of the London Metropolitan Police were deafening, and many police officers who were busy cheering for their teams rushed to their police cars in a panic and sped away in the direction of the British Museum. And many of the security guards in the museum have also flocked to the door of the Russian Hall at this moment.
"Can't open it!" A security guard slammed the alloy door hard, but to no avail.
"Password! Hurry up and give me the password! The head of security shouted to the hall director who had hurried over.
"It's useless to have a password!" The supervisor, who has a Mediterranean hairstyle, is thin and wears gold-rimmed glasses, but he is not so flustered: "The doors here are all time-locked, even if there is a password before the time, don't even think about opening them!" ”
"What now?" The security supervisor asked eagerly.
"Don't worry." The director of the exhibition hall sneered, raised his hand and held his glasses, "We are fully enclosed here." There is no exit other than the gate, and even the ventilation ducts cannot pass through people. Just hold on to the surroundings until the time lock opens tomorrow morning and rush in to arrest someone. ”
The director's words immediately made the surrounding security guards stunned. All the buildings in the British Museum are very sturdy and have no extra entrances and exits. Even if the people inside didn't know how to get in, but since the only exit was sealed by the alloy door now, then he didn't want to get out. When the time is up tomorrow, just open the door and rush in to arrest people.
"Seal everything around." The director shouted, "Not even a fly is allowed to fly out!" The people inside have guns in their hands, and tomorrow let the riot police rush in and arrest people. Double-check all the exhibition halls again, do you understand?! ”
"Yes!" Numerous security personnel shouted in unison.
The head of security had a smile on his face, "When you catch someone, you have to treat him well, you have the courage to come to us." ”
"You're right." The director of the exhibition hall snorted with a cold face, "Talk to the people at the police station, and send them to suck after they are caught. Pink and gay cells go inside, and you have to be well 'entertained'! ”
The British were relieved that they were very confident in their buildings. There are no other exits in the fully enclosed exhibition hall, and these buildings are all made of extremely strong materials, even if you come in a tank, you may not be able to penetrate it! And now there are people all around, and even if a fly comes out, it will be shot and killed.
"Can you see what's inside?" The exhibition hall supervisor, who was still a little uneasy in his heart, came to the monitoring room.
"All the cameras are broken." The security guard, who looked a little flustered, hurriedly responded, "Even the hidden camera was found and broken, this is a veteran." ”
"Veteran." The director of the exhibition hall frowned, holding his chin with one hand, "Since you are a veteran, why do you want to do such a self-defeating thing?" ”
The director of the exhibition hall always felt that something was wrong, but in this situation, he had no choice but to wait for the time lock to come to light before the truth could be revealed.
"Do you sleep soundly?" In the early morning, the bright sunlight shines into the room through the clean glass and screen windows, as if draping the room with a faint golden veil. After a good night's sleep, Kim Taeyeon, who was in her sweet dream, sniffled and was promised to wake up from her sleep.
"It smells so good." Kim Tae-yeon's words made Xu Yu suddenly smile, "Although I am a man, I will not refuse if you say that I am fragrant." ”
"I mean breakfast!" Kim Taeyeon, who sat up, raised her hand and pulled her cloud-like hair from her ears, wrinkled her small nose, "I want to eat!" ”
Breakfast was plentiful, authentic English style. Roasted tomatoes, scrambled eggs, mushrooms, sausages, cereal, milk, toast and jam fill a large table. This is simply not good for South Korea, which has little output because of its small size and land poverty.
In Korea, because of the small size of the country and the small output, the people are rarely able to eat the dishes that are not very rich in the real big country. This is the main reason why Koreans often eat miso soup and tofu. Korean food is salty because it can be served with rice. When you have enough food, you will naturally be full.
"Did you go out last night?" Kim Tae-yeon, who was drinking milk, seemed to remember something and asked out loud.
At this time, there was a long howling siren outside the window, and a large number of police cars continued to howl violently, waking up the city. Kim Taeyeon looked out the window curiously, "What's wrong?" ”
"I don't know, maybe there was a fire somewhere?" Xu Promise shrugged his shoulders indifferently, picked up the toast in front of him and began to spread the jam.
"You're stupid to me." Kim Tae-yeon gave a promising look, "This is the voice of a police car." ”
"Maybe their Majesty's puppy was lost, who knows." Promise narrowed his eyes and took out a beautifully decorated box from his pocket and handed it to Kim Taeyeon.
"What is this?" Kim Taeyeon put down the milk cup in her hand and looked curiously at the very beautiful box in front of her.
"Fabergé's Easter egg." The promise made Kim Taeyeon stunned for a moment. (To be continued.) )