Chapter 411: Civil Forces

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Wang Xueming said it very vaguely, but Jin Muchen understood it as soon as he heard it.

Presumably, it was Wang Xueming's recent show off in China that attracted the attention of the relevant departments above, especially the fact that he organized a group of relatives and friends in China to buy national treasures and artworks overseas, so that a large number of national treasures returned to China, which aroused the interest of some people.

And these people see that Wang Xueming can contribute to the return of so many national treasures, and they obviously pay more attention to him, especially after understanding the process of his return of these national treasures, they think that he must have a very strong relationship network overseas.

After all, he was the first person in China to know about the Italian auction, and even before the tycoons of his country received the notice, he had already received the news and began to organize a group of relatives and friends to participate in the auction, and he was even the first to notify the national team.

So some people above are very suspicious that he has any connection with the bold gang of thieves, after all, the gang that dares to move the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and finally escapes with his whole body, the people above are also very interested.

On the national side, there has been no relaxation in the recovery of cultural relics lost overseas.

You must know that although the Palace Museum claims to be the largest museum in the country, the treasures in its collection, whether in terms of quality or quantity, are incomparable with those well-known museums abroad.

Needless to say, the world-famous museums in Britain and France cannot be compared. Even the museums in the United States have a large collection of Chinese antiques. None of them can compare.

Such a situation. But it has always been a pain in the hearts of domestic archaeological and cultural personnel, and it is also a pain in the hearts of some important leaders above.

So this time, seeing that Wang Xueming was so well-informed, and he was able to lead the team to get back so many high-quality national treasure-level cultural relics, the people above were not only happy, but more concerned about the line behind him.

In recent decades, especially after the reopening, the rate of loss of cultural relics in China is actually not slower than before. Especially in recent years, with the heating up of the domestic antique market, the speed of the loss of antiques overseas is almost crazy.

Many foreign consortia and some shadow companies have become thieves after seeing the domestic antique boom, and they have contacted many domestic tomb robbers and thieves gangs to dig and buy and sell antique cultural relics overseas.

Then, a special auction of Chinese antiques was held overseas, attracting domestic tycoons and enthusiasts to actively participate, which caused considerable economic losses to the country and disrupted the order of the domestic economic market to a great extent.

You have to know those Chinese antique auction sessions. The turnover can easily be hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars. There are also many ill-intentioned guys who take advantage of such an opportunity to engage in small actions such as money laundering.

Therefore, the above has long been dissatisfied with such an atmosphere, and after the new leadership group came to power, they let people take charge of this area, and in recent years, the country has smashed several domestic bandit gangs that specialize in doing this kind of work.

But the real mastermind behind the scenes has never been found.

And this kind of thing is not a secret in foreign antique circles, Jin Muchen heard Uncle Fang talk to him as early as the beginning of his career.

For example, the auction of the 12 zodiac bronze heads in the Old Summer Palace that made a lot of noise a few years ago, those zodiac bronze heads, in fact, the real value is not so high at all.

However, it was hyped by Christie's and the French to the point that it could easily cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, and many domestic archaeologists called on people not to be fooled into participating in the auction.

However, I can't help the coaxing and fooling of some people in China who like to follow the trend or have ulterior motives, and in the end, there are still many rich people, and they give hundreds of millions of dollars for nothing.

In recent years, it has vigorously cleaned up the chaos in the domestic antique market, but for the smuggling of antiques, it has been a headache for the people above.

After all, the leaders of such criminal gangs and their roots are abroad, and if they can't be caught for a day, such things will be banned.

And when Uncle Fang and Jin Muchen talked about those things, they could only shake their heads and sigh helplessly, although in our country, there are so many people who are stupid and have a lot of money.

In addition, behind these antique smuggling cases, in fact, Uncle Fang told him that it is inseparable from the shadow of those major auction companies and those major museums.

As mentioned earlier, most of those museums in the United States are basically private, and in order to ensure financial balance, they must eliminate a batch of collections every year and introduce some new collections.

But if new collections are to be introduced, it will often be hundreds, or even thousands, and how can these museums have so much money to buy new collections?

Therefore, in terms of introduction, it is natural to use some crooked brains and use some shady means, so there is a deformed status quo of domestic tomb robbery and smuggling of antiques.

As for those auction companies getting involved, the reason is even simpler, it is nothing more than profit.

This point, in foreign antique circles, in fact, everyone is well aware, and many high-level domestic officials also know it, but because of the other party's clever means, they have not been able to catch their handles, so they can only be helpless.

And this time Wang Xueming found his head and asked for help, which was obviously entrusted by the above, maybe this guy, in order to befriend a certain high-level, boasted about Haikou in front of others, otherwise how could he find his head at this time?

After all, this should have been done by the state, but considering that some time ago, the people of the 'fox hunting' team sent to the United States in China had just been warned by the Americans, so the people in charge of this area in China must be restrained.

At this time, it would be a little unwise to send people to the United States, so it may be appropriate for them to come to a 'non-governmental force' like themselves for help.

Jin Muchen was not in a hurry to agree, but he was not in a hurry to give a negative answer, he was still weighing whether to help with this favor.

If you help, you may inevitably stand on the opposite side of those people again, which is not good for you.

In the matter of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, I have already offended those people once, but fortunately, I am hiding in the shadows, if I help Wang Xueming and them this time, if they are known by those people, I will be put in the light.

When the time comes, those guys will be able to use any means.

But if you don't agree to Wang Xueming's words, it doesn't seem to be very suitable, I have a good relationship with him, and this guy may have already bragged with someone, if he can't find out any news, it's not easy to go back to this guy.

Although he is overseas now, he doesn't need any high-level birds, but after all, his roots are still in China, and his parents are still in China, so he can't help but give Wang Xueming face.

Thinking about it like this, Jin Muchen was really in a dilemma for a while.

Wang Xueming also saw Jin Muchen's embarrassed expression, and hurriedly said: "Brother Jin, I'm just helping to ask, if you have any difficulties, then forget it." ”

However, when he spoke, he still couldn't hide the little disappointment in his heart, and Jin Muchen basically made a decision in his heart at this time.

"Huh! Brother Wang, where did you say this, I will definitely help if I can, but you know, you are busy...... Isn't...... After all, there are many things and people involved behind this, and they are not easy to offend. I'm just an ordinary businessman, and if I get too mixed up in this, it won't do me any good, so I have to be cautious. ”

When Jin Muchen said this, Wang Xueming also expressed his understanding, in fact, everyone knows who is behind the whole thing, but they can't tell it.

But he also knows that the real meaning of the above is not to engage those real masterminds behind the scenes, but just to knock out a few of the other party's leaders and give the other party some warnings.

But it's not good to say this to Jin Muchen directly, at this time, Jin Muchen seemed to have figured it out: "That's it, Brother Wang, what about this smuggled antique auction, I'll help you pay attention to it, and if you can find out the news, I'll try to help you inquire." But if you want further accurate information, then I can't do anything about it. ”

This is said to stop at the point, but the meaning is already very clear, you can help you, but there must be a degree, what is the specific degree, it depends on my own grasp.

Wang Xueming was very satisfied with this answer, and nodded busily and said: "That's good, that's good, this is enough, Xiaojin, you can do your best, if you really can't inquire about anything, it's nothing." ”

And Jin Muchen looked at Wang Xueming with a wry smile, you guy is really going to give me a problem!

Are those people so easy to provoke? Forget it, I'm just hiding it, just find out a little bit of skin, there are too many truths and insiders, I don't want to mix it.

Both sides have their own calculations, but today's meeting is still a successful end, Wang Xueming got Jin Muchen's promise, and Jin Muchen can be regarded as dealing with him first, as for whether to give him any exact news in the future, it depends on the situation.

At noon, the two of them took Uncle Shang to a nearby Chinese restaurant for a big meal, and then returned to Jin Muchen's house, carefully tasting the treasures that Jin Muchen had recently received, and Wang Xueming did not leave until the evening.

As soon as he left, Jin Muchen picked up the phone, found the number left by Capote before and dialed it out, looking for someone to inquire about the news of the antique underground world, who else is more suitable than him? (To be continued......)