Chapter 617: 2 The best way

When Ye Tian and the others returned to the Bartley Hotel, it was already past four in the afternoon.

After entering the hotel, Ye Tian first went to the banquet hall and took a look at the situation, then returned to the presidential suite upstairs and began to prepare for the evening activities.

David and Anderson also returned to the room, gathered the other paralegals together, and intensively prepared relevant legal documents.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, in the banquet hall, Ye Tian will start a series of transactions with many museum curators, famous collectors, and major art insurance companies to draw the most successful conclusion to this treasure hunt.

In the past four days, various museums and many famous collectors have shipped all the antique artworks for exchange to Boston.

Without exception, these antique works of art are all from China, and each of them is top-notch goods, many of which are national treasures.

After these antique works of art arrived in Boston, they were basically stored in the Bartley Hotel, in the rooms of museum curators and famous collectors, and they could be taken downstairs for trading at any time.

The current security level of the Bartley Hotel is very high, and coupled with the accompanying bodyguards of many museum curators and famous collectors, it can be said to be very safe, and theft is basically impossible.

Some antique works of art are not in the hotel, but kept in the vault of a bank not far away, which is more secure.

On the way back from the FBI Boston branch, Ye Tian asked Jason to notify all museum curators and famous collectors to tell them to trade tonight.

After receiving the notice, these museum curators and collectors immediately took action and took out the antique artworks used for exchange from the bank, took them back to the hotel, and waited for the evening to arrive!

The Chinese antique artworks were taken out of the bank vault and arrived at the Batley Hotel without any surprises.

The team escorting these antique works of art is composed of FBI Secret Service and Raytheon armed security. The vehicles used are Bearcat armored vehicles and Chevrolet Saabban bulletproof SUVs, very powerful! indestructible!

No art thief or Boston gangster would be stupid enough to find trouble with such a convoy, it is no different from finding death!

These Chinese antique artworks shipped from various places are only part of the subject of exchange, and those unowned antique artworks from the underground palace of the Old North Church are the subject of exchange.

In addition, cash transactions are the most important and the most convenient way of transactions.

Dinner was enjoyed in the hotel restaurant, everyone was very happy and full of expectations.

The time soon came to seven o'clock in the evening.

When Ye Tian walked into the banquet hall with Betty wearing a formal suit and a tuxedo, the place was full of people and it was very lively.

All the museum curators and collectors who lived in the Bartley Hotel had gathered in the banquet hall and waited for Ye Tian to show up to announce the start of the transaction.

Several local people in Boston, such as Brandon of the Gardner Museum, Isaac of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Robert of the Harvard University Museum, also came here, and everyone was looking forward to it!

Accompanying these professionals in the field of antique art collection, there are also a large number of top Chinese antique art works, which are basically the essence of Chinese collections in various museums!

The stolen top antique artworks originally arranged in the banquet hall from the underground palace of the Old North Church were moved to both sides of the hall to make room for the middle.

Jason took many brave men to explore the company's employees fearlessly, standing beside these stolen top antique artworks, guarding these priceless treasures.

Mattis and the agents of the FBI's art crime team are distributed in every corner of the hall. Everyone is fully armed and maintains a high level of alert.

Seeing Ye Tian and Betty appear, the atmosphere in the banquet hall immediately became more enthusiastic.

"Steven, you guy has finally appeared, hurry up and start trading, I can't wait, we have waited for this day in the museum for more than 20 years!

I heard that there was a transaction tonight, and none of our employees left after get off work. Everyone was waiting at the museum to witness the moment when the 13 top antique artworks returned! "

Brandon, the curator of the Gardner Museum, said loudly, lest Ye Tian might not hear it.

The old man's excitement made people a little worried about his heart. Don't just pass over at once, it would be extremely happy and sad!

Ye Tian smiled and nodded, then said:

"Good evening, Brandon, it seems that your museum must have a celebration, and the scene is not small, although rest assured, once the transaction starts, the Gardner Museum will be the first.

It’s now at night, and it’s about 20 minutes’ drive from Gardner Museum. Isn’t it too safe to transport these top antique artworks back at night? "

"No problem, the safety director of our museum is taking people downstairs to wait. Everyone is fully armed and drives an **** vehicle. Safety is not a problem.

Just in case, we also borrowed a team of SWAT police from the Boston Police Department to assist us in the escort. Their armored vehicles are also in the parking lot downstairs."

"Hey! The **** force is indeed strong! But if you don't worry about going overland, you can also choose to leave from the air. My helicopter is on the top of the hotel building and can take off at any time! Free service!"

Hearing Ye Tian's words, Brandon's eyes lit up, and then he continued:

"That's great! It's undoubtedly safer to return to the museum from the air. Let me think about it. The top priority now is to complete the transaction as soon as possible. I can't wait for a moment!"

After dealing with Brandon, Ye Tian took Betty and walked forward.

Next, many museum curators and collectors greeted them.

"Steven, good evening, we have the check ready, just wait for you guy to announce the start"

"Good evening, Mr. Frank, what I like best to hear is yours! It's full of temptation and beautiful!"

"Steven, we have all shipped the antique Chinese artworks you named to this hotel. There are a lot of them. We hope to get back two masterpieces by Utagawa Hiroshima as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Suzuki, as long as those Chinese antique works of art are in front of me, they are sure to be authentic, then you will get what you want soon!"

Ye Tian nodded and greeted everyone, and walked to the front of the banquet hall with Betty, not hurriedly nor slow, responding very decently, and demeaning quite freely.

Soon, the two came to the front of the banquet hall.

But Ye Tian didn't immediately board the half-meter-high platform in front of him to start the transaction. Instead, he took Betty to a couple standing nearby, with a smile on his face.

This is Matthew and Evelyn, the future father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ye Tian naturally did not dare to neglect.

It was the third time that they had come to this banquet hall. The two of them came to appreciate these top antique works of art. Today just happened to be the time, so they stayed.

The next night after the arrest, Ye Tiancai told Matthew the details of the whole thing.

After listening to his introduction, Matthew and the others were naturally stunned, and could hardly believe everything they heard.

Although they don't know Thompson, they have all heard of his name and know that this is a very good Anglican pastor. His reputation is not low and he is respected by people!

But this pastor turned out to be the craziest art thief in the history of the United States. How can we not let them be shocked? It's incredible!

Moreover, this guy was actually the robber who ransacked the Gardner Museum back then and left himself the culprit of painful memories. This shocked Matthew and the others, but also felt resentful!

The day after Ye Tian explained the situation, the old couple came back to their senses and accepted the fact that sounds a bit weird!

Afterwards, the old couple came here to admire the top antique works of art. Once a day, they would come to some Mao after get off work and didn't leave until late at night. They both wished to live here!

My brother-in-law Logan was the same. He had been here twice before, but he didn't come here today if something happened.

After coming closer and chatting for a few words, Matthew immediately asked in a low voice:

"Steven, what's the matter with the extra Chinese antique art? It doesn't seem to be the stolen antique art from the underground palace of the Old North Church?"

There is nothing to hide, Ye Tian immediately gave the answer.

"Really not! According to the practice of the treasure hunting industry, I, as the discoverer, can get a not low share of the stolen top antique artworks hidden in the underground palace of the Old North Church.

How can museums and collectors give up these top antique works of art? I also like Chinese antique works of art, so I came up with a solution that everyone can accept.

Use Chinese antique art plus cash to replace the top western antique art. The Chinese antique art you see in front of you is what they used to trade! "

"Oh-! This is too much!"

Matthew took a sharp breath and exclaimed in a low voice.

Ye Tian chuckled, then explained in a low voice:

"This kind of bartering method is based on the principle of equivalent exchange ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ Although Chinese antique art is very hot in recent years, there is still a big gap in market value compared with Western top art.

At present, the highest auction record of Chinese antique works is the Qianlong famille rose hollow "Jiqing Yuyu" revolving bottle sold by the British auction house Bainbridge. The price of the hammer is 43 million pounds.

But even at this price, there was no transaction in the end, and the buyer did not pay! This is priced in pound sterling. If it is priced in gold, there has been a higher record before, and it does not exceed 100 million US dollars.

The market value of Western top antique art is different. There are many antique art with sky-high prices of more than 100 million US dollars. Not to mention other people, several pieces have flowed out of my hand.”

"I know, in the New York autumn auction, you sold several top art pieces worth over 100 million yuan, even two to three billion yuan."

Matthew took it, his eyes full of envy!

Ye Tian nodded and continued:

"Because of this, there are so many Chinese antique works of art here, and often the value of several Chinese antique works of art combined makes it worthy of a top western antique art.

This is just the market value. In terms of artistic value, any of China's top antique artworks here is extraordinary, and it is by no means inferior to these Western top antique artworks.

From this point of view, I should be regarded as taking a lot of advantage. Naturally, I would not refuse this kind of replacement method, but rather willingly accept it. The others are just the opposite! "

"So, this is obviously a way to get the best of both worlds!"

Matthew said suddenly, fully understanding Ye Tian's intentions.

"Yes!"

Ye Tian nodded in response.

After a few more conversations, Ye Tian turned around and boarded the table next to him, ready to start trading.