The Story of the Seventh World (54)

The specific ruby necklace storage time, the person who registered the warehousing, and how many people escorted the gemstone necklace, these things that happened that day, and the detailed investigation, including the home address and phone number of the owner who had contact with the gem necklace that day, were all found out, and they almost wrote down the color of their underwear that day.

Su Hang glanced at it simply, and roughly skipped this information, which was basically useless, and continued to read it later, anyway, the man with glasses hasn't come back yet!

Intelligence shows that in the afternoon of the next day, a staff member of the bank took advantage of the off-duty time to secretly come to the underground vault, during which what happened could not be investigated, but it lasted 10 minutes, and after leaving, he went straight home from work.

On the evening of the third day, the staff member met a man in a plaid shirt at a street bar not far from the apartment, and the details of the chat were unknown. The man was investigated as a domestic slave of the executive secretary of the House of Commons, who had just arrived in office. Walker.

After Archibald, there were several people who sent their subordinates or house slaves to the bank to find out about the ruby necklace, but so far no one has really implemented the plan.

Barclines Bank's head office in London has super strong security measures, and the vault is made of the world's most advanced metal, Hengjin, which appeared after a meteorite from outer space fell to the ground, and is so strong that even if the entire bank is blown to pieces, the vault cannot be damaged. Hengjin was built at a great cost by Barcline Bank and only provided to the treasury of the capital headquarters of large countries.

The vault was the last line of protection, and Barcline Bank's head office in London also hired several mercenaries to secretly take turns guarding it. The weapons and equipment are all the most advanced at present, and all of them are purchased from abroad at high prices. Of course, there are also rumors that these mercenaries were actually trained by Barcline Bank at their own expense, but the bank never admits it.

On the surface, Barcline Bank applied to the Metropolitan Police Department to be stationed at the station, and the head office in London spent money to build a police station near Barcline Bank, which was taller than other police stations in the city. Not only is the place large, with many personnel and strong weapons, but also police dogs are specially trained. It is a unique police station in the whole of the city of London and one of the few in the entire British Empire.

The entire Barcline Bank London head office can be said to be "impregnable", and the level of defense is simply desperate. There have been many thieves who have gone to the bank for the sake of treasures and in order to justify their own name, but the result is that more than half of the thieves have paid the price for their impulsiveness. Thieves with excellent luck and skill add endless trouble to those who come after them, and provide a wealth of experience for the upgrade of bank security. This also discouraged more and more latecomers from taking a step beyond the thunder pool.

Su Hang believed that someone must have planned a plan of action against the ruby necklace in secret, and it can be seen from the information obtained from the intelligence that several forces have begun to investigate the head office in London, and the reason why there is no action is only because everyone is waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Underground vaults can only be opened if valuable treasures are stored. However, every 48 hours, the head of the bank will lead the security personnel of the security department to conduct routine inspections, and there will be mercenaries to monitor the entry and exit of people, and even everyone including the president must take a weight measurement before and after entering and leaving the underground vault, check everyone's physical condition, and prevent anyone from taking the treasures out of the underground vault.

The underground vault is not the only vault at Barclines Bank, and no other items are allowed except for valuable treasures that need to be stored. There are also two vaults in the bank, one for goods and one for money.

The opening and closing times of the head office in London, how many entrances there are, the security situation at the entrances, the armament, etc., are clearly displayed in the newspaper.

In terms of intelligence, even the personnel scheduling arrangements for the last week, the names, home addresses, and dates of birth of the personnel have been investigated.

When Su Hang carefully flipped through the papers that recorded the information, the man with glasses who had left not long had quietly returned, and the other party did not disturb Su Hang, but Su Hang still knew from the footsteps that the other party was back.

"Sir, this is your £500." The man with black-rimmed glasses sat back on the sofa, took out five brand-new 100 yuan pounds from his body, and put them on the coffee table in front of Su Hang.

"Sir, this is a secondary card of our Shadow, and every customer who spends more than pounds in our Shadow for the first time will be given a secondary card. In the future, all purchases in the Shadow will be waived for 20% within 5 times. The black-rimmed man smiled and placed a gray card next to the hundred pounds again.

After the black-rimmed glasses man finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, and said to Su Hang in front of him: "Sir, in addition to the discounting effect, the Shadow Card also has a side benefit, and you can enter the black market auction with this card. ”

Su Hang learned from Bird that in order to participate in the black market auction, you need to have an invitation, and if you don't, of course, a deposit of 500 pounds will be charged for 50 pounds for auction tickets. If a customer spends more than £0 at the auction, the entrance fee will be waived.

"Interesting! No wonder your shadows are so famous and forward-thinking! Su Hang said.

"Sir, I hope you come again!" The man in glasses smiled and said goodbye.

"Goodbye!"

Su Hang returned to the original atrium, Bird was gone, and it was obvious that this tour guide had ended the moment he walked into the inner reception room of the shadows.

Walking aimlessly through the streets of the black market, thinking in his heart how to make Barcline Bank mess up first, and lure out those who were plotting against the ruby necklace to act in secret.

Soon I had a rough plan in my heart, but the cash I was carrying was obviously not enough, and there would definitely be expenses in the future.

Fortunately, before coming to the black market, I went to the bank and extracted a bracelet of gemstones, and in the center there was a rare blue diamond, shaped like an eye, and its shining brightness attracted people's eyes like moonlight.

Its origins can no longer be traced, and it is called the Eye of the Moon by the people in the bank. This is also the relatively low estimate of the jewelry. Even if it is a piece with a low valuation, the staff in the bank who have a faint glint of money in their eyes are extremely reluctant to take it out and give it to Su Hang.

The best way to deal with jewelry like the Eye of the Moon is to auction it, and it's relatively safe for banks to deal with it. But this time you can't go through the bank, you can only go through the black market auction house, the only thing that Su Hang is not sure about now is whether the auction price will be lower than the bank, but in order to get the ruby necklace that seduces people's hearts, he can only do nothing.

Black market auction house

The office building of the "Mob Party", which is also the black market auction house today, is constantly in and out of the building, and people of various colors of robes and masks are walking towards the auction, and people are almost silent to each other, and even if someone speaks, they are close to each other and whisper softly. The only sound of shoes rubbing against the ground can be heard between them.

Needless to say, if you can remove the sound of shoes rubbing against the ground, people are like a group of ghosts in the night constantly shaking, wearing a cloak adds to the mystery, and with the terrifying sound effects, it is a living thriller.

Su Hang, who walked out of the door of the intelligence broker, kept wandering around, thinking about how to combine this information to obtain the ruby necklace.

Unconsciously walked into the crowd, accompanied by people walking towards the black market auction, at this point in time, it was already the beginning of the black market auction house, many people who came specially for a certain item have already walked into the auction house in advance, as for the others are purely to try their luck, maybe there will be useful items for themselves will be auctioned.

Black market auction houses are different from auction houses in the outside world. The world's leading auction houses are able to store customers' items, conduct valuations, verify authenticity, and other related matters related to the lots. No one cares about the consignment of the consignment and the provenance of the items, and the auction house will only charge a one-tenth of the final price of the consignment items.

The fee is not inexpensive, but few people who can come to the black market will care about the mere one-tenth of the fee, but it does not mean that everyone has to pay the tenth. In the large chambers of commerce that cooperate with the black market, some items similar to discount cards will be issued according to different situations, and these discount cards have the effect of reducing the handling fee in the black market auction houses, the only difference is the amount of reduction.

The secondary card from the shadow in Su Hang's hand can be reduced or reduced, but it can only be reduced once, only in this black market auction, if this auction is not used, then the shadow card in the next auction will be useless.

An old intelligence agent like Shadow has a long-term cooperation in the black market, even if the other party comes very few times, but they are famous! It has attracted a lot of customers, which has to make the black market co-opt, so the black market and the famous chamber of commerce jointly issued a reduction card, all similar to Suzhou and Hangzhou such cards are collectively referred to as reduction cards.

In front of the black market auction house, everyone walked into the building one after another in the queue. There is no so-called membership channel in the auction house, almost everyone here hides their identity, and no one is stupid enough to report their home with great fanfare, attracting everyone's attention. Quietly and slowly, they lined up in a long line, paid the fees in turn, and walked into the auction house.

From the beginning of Su Hang's queue, he looked at the people who lined up in front of him and walked into the auction house, Su Hang found that not everyone paid the fee, some people took out a card from their bodies, and the short jacket man who was responsible for registration at the door would register the card in detail, and after the registration, the two men in the plaid shirt behind him who were as strong as cattle checked whether they were carrying prohibited items, and after the inspection, there was no problem, and the other party was allowed to enter the auction house.

In the advancing crowd, Su Hang carefully observed the people in front of him who had cards, and he found that these cards seemed to be very similar to the secondary cards given to him by the Shadow Auction House, and after these cards passed through the hands of the people of the auction house, they would use a pincer-like eyer to punch holes in the lower right corner of the card, as if to prove that the card had been used.

In the slow queue, it was Su Hang's turn, and Su Hang followed the example of the person in front of him, and handed the secondary card from the shadow to the man in the jacket in front of him.

After taking Su Hang's Shadow Card registration, he made a hole in the lower right corner, looked at Su Hang and said expressionlessly: "Sir, your second card is only available for this black market auction, but this does not affect your consumption in Shadow." ”

"Sir, this is your secondary card, please keep it!" The man in the jacket said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you!"

Su Hang walked to the door of the building, and the two big men stood in front of Su Hang, one of the big men signaled Su Hang to open his arms to check whether there were weapons attached to his robes, and the other big man walked behind Su Hang and patted the back of the robe to check whether there were weapons hidden behind him.

The office building of the "Mob Party" is five stories high, and the black market auction house occupies the entire building, and the first floor is responsible for sending auctions, whether it is a merchant who comes to the black market to set up stalls or customers who come to the black market to shop, they can send a lot of auctions on the first floor.

Generally, auction houses have treasure connoisseurs to identify the authenticity of the consignment items, and porcelain needs to be checked for minor defects. The big and well-known auctions have different types of connoisseurs to carry out targeted inspections, and they are as responsible to the customer as they are to themselves. However, the black market is different from the outside world, the black market has the rules of the black market, and the treasure connoisseurs of the auction house are generally miscellaneous and can identify anything, but they cannot be meticulous.

The top management of the black market also thought about recruiting treasure connoisseurs, but the vast majority of treasure connoisseurs looked down on the black market as a hidden force in the shadows, saying that they could not see the light and could only survive underground like ground rats. As treasure connoisseurs, they are generally invited by the aristocracy, valued by wealthy families, and look down on the power of the black market at all. A small number of treasure connoisseurs are generally not guaranteed in terms of ability, or they are unwilling to stay in their home country and go to a foreign country to develop.

This leads to the difficulty of recruiting treasure connoisseurs in the black market, so they have to train treasure connoisseurs by themselves, but most of the treasure connoisseurs cultivated are miscellaneous, and it can also be said that they are all good and not refined. However, in general, a black market auction house connoisseur cannot go wrong.

The second floor is a low-level auction, the highest transaction price will not be higher than 50,000 pounds, most of them are not treasures, can be sold on the stalls, and there are few buyers who know the goods, so they have to take it to the auction house to auction, looking forward to selling at a good price.

The third floor is different from the second floor, and the minimum price is not less than 50,000 pounds, and there are only two ways to participate in the auction on the third floor: first, the total auction amount is more than 100,000 pounds in the black market auction house, and you are eligible to participate in the high-level auction; Second, owners of treasures valued at more than £50,000 by a treasure connoisseur on the first floor can participate in the premium auction on the third floor.

The fourth and fifth floors are forbidden to enter, and no one knows what's on it?

The stairs leading to the fourth floor were blocked by a group of black-robed people, prohibiting anyone from climbing the fourth floor, and Su Hang didn't hear any relevant news. Bird knows a little about the entire black market, but he doesn't know much about black market auctions, and his position in the black market is far from having access to high-level insider information.