Chapter 161: No Danger, But Things Were Stolen
After calling the embassy, Chen Yanguang felt that this was not enough insurance.
He dialed Lawyer Fang's phone again:
"Uncle Fang, haven't you studied in Neon? Do you know anyone from the Yamaguchi-gumi? β
"I'm in Kyoto right now, and I'm in a little trouble......
On the other end of the phone, lawyer Fang Tangjing couldn't hear it crying or laughing.
He told Chen Yanguang: "If it is really like what you said, the antique shop is suspected of smuggling cultural relics, then the embassy will not be able to help." β
"For this kind of thing, the domestic cultural relics bureau has to send official documents to their embassy in China, and the approval layer by layer can make it possible for the cultural relics to be returned to China."
"Don't worry about it, what to do, what to do."
In the room, Daisuke Tokugawa's statement was exactly the same as that of lawyer Fang.
He told Zhang Yang very politely:
"I bought this bronze from another collector at my expense, and I paid for it."
"I understand Zhang Sangling's enthusiasm for the protection of cultural relics, but you have no evidence to prove that there is a problem with the origin of this item in my store."
Zhang Yang shook his head: "There is evidence." β
He flipped out a picture from his phone and showed it to everyone.
It was Zeng Gong who came from China, and the original lid of the bronze piece just now.
The previous tomb robbers had too rough work on their hands, and they dug up the lids.
That's why this broken piece was sold abroad.
"The things are in the museums in Guangdong Province, and if you don't believe it, you can take them to a third-party organization for appraisal to see if they are a set."
"Do you believe this thing is the stolen goods of a tomb robber?" Zhang Yang said very confidently.
If there is no solid evidence, how can he make a move!
"I can't believe it." Daisuke Tokugawa smiled awkwardly.
"This thing is now in my private collection."
"But seeing that you are very sincere, I can make a little profit."
He stretched out a palm and expressed his willingness to sell the bronze piece to Zhang Yang at a 50% price.
"Damn, isn't his inexplicable discount just the meaning of believing?"
Chen Yanguang, who had already returned to the room, whispered in Zhang Yang's ear.
"yes, but this guy wants to make some money."
"Shall we say yes? A 50% concession is not bad. β
Chen Yanguang remembered Lawyer Fang's words, and on the official channel, it is estimated that he can't count on it.
What's more, whether people are willing to pay it back or not.
"Not bad fart, this is stolen goods, we have to hand it over when we buy it back."
Zhang Yang's thinking is very clear, the white ticket is okay, and he doesn't do anything that is purely a loss.
But you can't refuse directly, then there's no need to talk about it.
Confirming that Chen Yanguang had called the embassy, Zhang Yang nodded.
He asked Boss Gong to translate his words:
"It's great to cut the price by half, and Mr. Tokugawa has a great conscience, so I agree to buy it."
"But can all other stolen goods from the same source as this bronze stolen goods be sold to me at a fifty percent discount?"
"I want to bring them all back home."
After listening to Boss Gong's translation, Tokugawa Daisuke was a little unconvinced at first.
There was no way, Zhang Yang could only let Chen Yanguang show his money ability.
Seeing the balance on Hedong Group's overseas account, Neon people were overjoyed.
The expression was like saying:
Brother, you have so much money, why didn't you say it earlier!
Tokugawa Daisuke didn't hesitate much, and immediately said: He still has a lot of such good things in his hands.
His statement and Zhang Yang's ideas just corroborate.
It is impossible to sell a broken piece of cultural relics at a time to do such a dangerous thing as transporting stolen cultural relics out of the country.
This Tokugawa Daisuke, I didn't buy less!
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"Zhang Sang, you are the most patriotic Chinese I have ever seen since I opened the shop for so long."
Daisuke Tokugawa complimented Zhang Yang as he took out an album from the bookshelf behind him.
The size is about the same as the collection brochure of the auction at the time.
Zhang Yang took it and roughly flipped through a few pages, and he was a little numb.
The cultural relics on it are not only bronze, but also ancient jade, pottery, bone products, etc., and the number is amazing.
If it is calculated according to the market price, even if it is discounted, the tens of millions of dollars in the account of Hedong Group are estimated to cost all the money.
Even if you make money by robbing tombs, you don't earn it like this.
Whose tomb is stuffed with a lot of things?
Zhang Yang flipped back to look at the bronzes, wanting to determine the identity of the owner of the tomb.
Now, he noticed that something was wrong.
The ornamentation and shape of many bronzes on the atlas cannot reach the Western Zhou Dynasty at all, and some even have obvious Han Dynasty style.
Count the number of tripods, fourteen.
Could it be that in ancient times, there were two princes and kings worth seven tripods who were Nantong and buried together after their deaths? Buried in Brokeback Mountain?
Or is the stuff in this atlas just the same batch of artifacts that left the country, not from the same tomb?
Or is there a fake in the album?
Zhang Yang leans towards the latter two possibilities.
He closed the atlas: "It's fine, but we still have to look at the real thing to be sure." β
Daisuke Tokugawa smiled and nodded: "Understood, after all, it is a big business of more than a billion (yen)." β
"But these things are not in the store, they are in my private warehouse."
"Far away?"
"It's not far, about ten minutes by car."
Zhang Yang searched for the place name translated by Boss Gong, which is a logistics park not far from Hongfa Temple.
Then go check it out.
The crowd walked out of the back door of the antique shop, and just after walking around the street in front of the store, several police cars suddenly drove on the road.
The police car with flashing alarm lights stopped exactly in front of the antique store.
Behind the police car, there was also a black car with a red flag fluttering in the wind.
"It's the embassy's car." Boss Gong was the first to react.
"Really? It's coming so fast! Chen Yanguang said with a smile.
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Ten minutes later.
"Mr. Chen, we will report the matter of cultural relics, but there is really nothing we can do at the moment." The embassy staff patiently explained to Chen Yanguang.
At first, the young staff thought that the rich second generation had paranoia about being killed.
Haven't you been kidnapped? Where did the criminals come from?
But after Zhang Yang's explanation, the staff also realized the seriousness of the problem.
With so many stolen cultural relics suspected of being smuggled out of the country, normal people may have only seen them in the textbooks of the Anglo-French coalition army, and it is not too much to mistake them for transnational criminal groups.
I really met it abroad, "you stomp on you, you are numb".
But it is also because it is abroad, and it is in neon, the kidnapping case can also be called to the police to request the assistance of the local police, who cares about the smuggling of cultural relics!
"So that's it? Damn, didn't I just perform for nothing? Chen Yanguang was quite dissatisfied.
Zhang Yang's feelings are similar, if you miss it today, maybe tomorrow, these cultural relics will not be in Kyoto.
At this time, the police came over and confirmed that if there was no kidnapping, they would call it a day.
Zhang Yang hurriedly spoke up: "Bridge bean sack (wait)!" β
Others: "Huh? β
Zhang Yang pulled over Boss Gong.
"Quick, help tell them that I have a shipment stolen and where the other party stored the stolen goods, I know!"
"Theft?" The embassy staff was puzzled at first, and then their eyes lit up: "Then we can provide you with legal aid." β
"That's great, I've been tracking the thieves from the seaside to Neon and finally seeing the light of day to solve the case."
The flamboyant eyes and tone were full of emotion.
Chen Yanguang walked up and patted him on the shoulder: "Zhang Sang......"
"." Zhang Yang slapped Chen Yanguang's hand away, and showed his identity as the deputy director of the museum in a clichΓ©.
[The story of the theft of cultural relics in the museum's collection and the pursuit of the murderer by the museum for thousands of miles] is displayed in front of everyone.
The only one who questioned the authenticity of the story was Daisuke Tokugawa.
"If that's the case, why didn't you say it sooner?"
"Because I want to find the people who stole cultural relics in China." Zhang Yang replied with a sneer.
Daisuke Tokugawa's face changed, and in the inquiring eyes of everyone, he said that he didn't know anything.
"I just bought a batch of antiques from an antiquities dealer, and I don't know the exact source of the artifacts."
"I want that person's contact information." Zhang Yang pursued the victory.
"No problem, that man, we'll call him Bull Warrior." Daisuke Tokugawa replied cooperatively.
"What's the cow?" Zhang Yang looked at Gong Yonghao: "Brother, is your translation accurate?" β
Gong Yonghao nodded very firmly and added:
"It's just a guy surnamed Niu, who wears a mask every time he trades."
(End of chapter)