Chapter 412: Underground Rumors

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Before, when this guy came back from Naples, he promised Jin Muchen to help him deal with Jesse's affairs, but after that, he and Andy disappeared without a trace.

If he didn't know what they were busy with, Jin Muchen would definitely think that he had encountered a group of swindlers.

Before saying that, I promised Jesse that Capote and they promised to help her, but it's been a month, and the guys still haven't heard anything at all, so it's time to ask.

But this time, Jin Muchen was not disappointed, and soon the number that Capote left for him was connected.

"I'll come looking for you in the evening."

Before Jin Muchen could say anything, Capote's side just said a short sentence, and then hung up the phone, Jin Muchen could only look at the phone with a wry smile and shake his head helplessly.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Capote appeared at the back door of Jin Muchen's antique store on time, opened the door and let him in, and then Jin Muchen took him to the basement.

gave Capote a glass of wine, and then Jin Muchen asked, "How are your affairs handled?" Is it going well? ”

Capote shook his head with a gloomy face: "The previous incident has aroused the vigilance of the other party, and we encountered a little trouble some time ago. Andy was also a little injured because of this, and now we have to postpone our plans and keep a low profile for a while. ”

Jin Muchen's heart was also tense when he heard it, although he didn't have much contact with Andy, but after all, he was Candace's own brother. His future uncle. I heard that he was injured. He's nervous, too.

What's more, what he is even more nervous about is the situation of the loss of Capote's team, if they have serious casualties, then how can he take them to help Jesse.

"Is Andy serious? How many people have you lost? ”

He asked, and Capote looked at him and shook his head, "It's not very bad, it's just a shot, and now he's recuperating from his wounds in Tennessee." As for the rest, it's fine. Slightly injured two, hung one. ”

Jin Muchen's heart sank, it seemed that Capote's opponent was still quite ruthless, and it seemed that they had already prepared.

It's no wonder, after all, it's not an ordinary person, so many friends on the line have had 'accidents' before, if people don't raise their vigilance, it's really in vain.

"Are you alright?"

"Nothing? They didn't catch up with us, and their losses were even worse. Those guys were frightened by what we were doing, so they're cautious now. We've had to keep a low profile lately as well. Just time to help your friend and solve her troubles. ”

Capote shook the wine in his hand and said to Jin Muchen, who hesitated for a while.

"Capote, if you have a serious loss, I think this time, forget it."

"Hey, what's that? We said yes before, and besides, we just haven't had anything to do lately, so it's not okay to hold it back like this. ”

Seeing that Capote's attitude was so sure, Jin Muchen didn't say anything more.

"By the way, Capote, you used to be in the underground antique business, have you heard of anyone who specializes in smuggling antiques from China?"

"How did you remember to ask this?"

Capote raised his eyebrows when he heard this question, looked at Jin Muchen and asked, Jin Muchen scratched his head with a wry smile.

"It was also me who bragged a few more words, and it happened to be heard by a friend in China, who happened to be in charge of antique smuggling inspection in China, so he asked me if there were any clues here."

Jin Muchen said casually, but most of what he said was true.

"Well, I don't know anyone like that, but I've heard about them in general. Most of the guys who are responsible for smuggling antiques from China are Xiangjiang people, Baodao people and Japanese, and Xiangjiang people needless to say, they are triad guys, and after they smuggle antiques out of China, they are generally transported to LA to sell to those rich Chinese billionaires. And the guys on Treasure Island are smuggling antiques out of the country, selling them to the Japanese, and then the Japanese take these antiques, some of them are auctioned in China, and some are shipped to the United States, sold to those museums, or private collectors with preferences, but their main scope of activities is also in LA, and San Francisco, it is said that their underground business is quite large, and they have a lot of connections over there. I advise you not to provoke these guys, these guys are not easy to mess with, the triad guys, don't look at it easily and don't go out of Chinatown, but if you annoy them, I think you know better than I know the ferocity of those guys. The Japanese are a little weaker, but they have a lot of friends who will help them on the bright side. And their roots are mainly in Japan, and you also know that there are many auction companies in Japan, in fact, they are manipulated, if you want to go to Japan to provoke them, then I advise you to think twice. ”

Capote gave Jin Muchen a general introduction to the situation of the underground gang that smuggled antiques.

Jin Muchen nodded and his previous expectation was correct, sure enough, it was the triad and the Japanese mixed in it, and as for the people on the treasure island, it was really the miscellaneous pieces at both ends of the snake and rat.

In fact, Jin Muchen has heard of their names for a long time, and it can even be said that in Japan, the law that allows legal auctions of cultural relics two years after they are lost is actually specially prepared for smuggling Chinese antiques smuggled into the country.

In fact, Japan has always been an outpost for smuggling Chinese antiques overseas, and every year, after a large number of Chinese antiques are smuggled out of the country, the first place to arrive is Japan.

It's often refrigerated by the Japanese guys for two years, and then they are auctioned off, and the most people who participate in that auction are the Americans, and the big museums in Japan.

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that the Japanese are the biggest culprits in the theft and smuggling of antiques in China, and those American bigwigs are inextricably linked with these Japanese.

Japan is the largest whitewashing base for Chinese antiques smuggled overseas, and Jin Muchen didn't want to get involved in these things, but because of the rejection of Japan in his heart, he felt that if he had the opportunity in the future, he should still go to Japan.

But forget it now, after all, I have done Wang Xueming a great favor and found out some basic information, and the rest is to find out the names of some leading brothers who specialize in these things in the United States, and tell Wang Xueming.

As for what the domestic reaction will be next, I can't control it.

He asked Capote about some information he wanted to know, and Capote knew everything about him, but when he asked about the name of the big triad who was in charge of smuggling antiques on the West Coast, and the name of the Japanese, Capote said that he didn't know it now, and he had to go back and find out.

After that, Capote asked him some more about Jesse's condition, and Jin Muchen told Capote about the general situation, and then told him to go back and wait first, and when he contacted Jesse, he would call him back as soon as possible.

As soon as Capote left on his front foot, Jin Muchen took out the phone and called Jesse, when she contacted her last time, she was not in the country, she actually ran to Egypt, and I don't know if she is back now.

The phone was quickly connected, and Jesse's slightly tired voice came from there: "Hey, Mu Chen, what's the matter with me?" ”

"What else can it be? You forgot what you asked me for help with? Where are you now? I'm looking for you. ”

"Haha, I'm afraid it's not convenient for you to come over now, so let's do it, you fly directly to LA tomorrow, and I'll pick you up."

"You're in LA?"

"That's right, you can come over tomorrow! Also, are Capote's ready? ”

"Just waiting for your news!"

"Okay, you come over tomorrow first, I'll pick you up, and we'll talk about it when we meet."

Jin Muchen scratched the phone helplessly again, shook his head with a wry smile, this little girl can really toss, and now she is actually in LA.

But what I promised to others before, I must do it, not to mention that I still owe her a lot of favors, anyway, Capote, they are already in place, so let's go to LA, by the way, it would be great if I could find out about the gangs that smuggled antiques.

The next day, Jin Muchen said hello to Candace and Uncle Fang and flew straight to LA, Uncle Fang didn't care, Candace was now very familiar with his situation, and he didn't say anything.

After all, in her opinion, as an antique dealer, there is nothing abnormal about running around the world and buying treasures, otherwise how could she have her current life?

When I came out of LA Airport, I saw Jesse standing at the door of the pick-up hall with a smile, still dressed in black clothes and black pants, dressed as a cool royal sister, wearing sunglasses to support the aura of being unapproachable, only when I saw Jin Muchen, I took off my sunglasses and smiled at him.

It's been two or three months since the last trip to Boston, and this time Jesse feels a lot stranger to him.

After getting into the car, Jesse drove straight to the city and took him directly to a high-end apartment in the city center, and as soon as he entered the room, Jin Muchen was stunned by the situation in the room.

There are scraps of paper everywhere, and on the display board on the wall, there are photos of a person everywhere, as well as all kinds of materials, timelines, etc., and it seems that in recent times, Jesse's work has been focused on the man on the display board.

Jin Muchen came to the front of the display board and looked at the man in the photo, tall, with short gray hair, he looked like he should be in his fifties, but he was very well maintained, his figure was not out of shape, and when he went in and out of various occasions, he was also dressed decently, and there were often bodyguards by his side, so it seemed that he should be not small. (To be continued......)