pappabearbooks Chapter 536 Delivery, authenticated!
Chapter 536 Delivery, authenticated!
Inside Reddy's rental house.
Bill has been in China for a week and is already a little impatient.
Frowning, he said, "Reddy, you know I'm very busy. It's been a week now, and there's not even any news from them. They just keep asking us for money. Have you been cheated?"
"Of course not." Reddy said with a smile, "Yesterday my people learned that Lin Ran took something away from the museum. And this morning, the stand where the rose purple glaze water-water fairy basin originally appeared has appeared Technical failure, under maintenance."
"Are they so magical?" In fact, Bill also visited the Palace Museum yesterday, but due to his special status, he was not allowed to enter the Song Porcelain Museum.
"I don't know how they did it, but Mr. Lin is a disciple of Director Tang, so he does have an advantage in this regard." Reddy took a long puff of his cigar and puffed out a smoke ring coolly.
At the same time, the phone in his room rang!
It was Yang Jianlong who called. When he received the call, Reddy frowned subconsciously, thinking that he was here to ask for money again.
In just one week, he had already asked for money five times. In total, the preparations before the theft cost him 6000 to [-] yuan!
If he didn't get it done, he would have to spit out the money.
However, what came on the phone this time was good news.
"Mr. Reddy, the things have been received."
"Really?" In fact, in the morning, Reddy had already learned about the disappearance of the flower pot through his own spies.
I originally wanted to test whether they took it away and didn't want to hand it over, but I didn't expect Yang Jianlong to contact me.
"Great, when will you give me the stuff?" Reddy asked anxiously.
Bill and he couldn't wait. As long as they could bring back the matching rose-purple glazed water fairy basin, their status in the family would be improved.
"It's like this. In order to get this narcissus basin, one of our members injured his hand."
"What does that have to do with us?" Leidy didn't understand what Yang Jianlong meant. In their culture, they always emphasize speaking directly and not being subtle.
"I want to know how much money you plan to pay for the narcissus basin?" Yang Jianlong asked.
"Didn't we agree on [-] yuan before?"
"I'm afraid [-] yuan is not enough. I have to give [-] yuan at least. The cultural relics stolen this time are very expensive. We are taking a lot of risks, and some team members are injured... so you see." Yang Jianlong said reluctantly. said.
It's simply a price hike.
Reddy was unhappy at the time and said, "Why don't you have any spirit of contract?"
"Contract? You can't make a contract when you steal something. Just tell me whether you want it or not. If you don't want it, I think the Paris Museum will be interested."
The Paris Museum is their biggest competitor, and no one wants to lose to them!
Leidy asked Yang Jianlong to wait a moment. He covered the phone and asked Bill for his opinion.
Bill was straightforward: "Don't just look at the small money in front of you. If you can take it back, the glory it will bring to us will be priceless."
The implication is that the price is acceptable.
"But." Bill stood up with a fierce look in his eyes, "If we find that they are fooling us, then..."
Then, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Leidy understood, put down the microphone, and agreed to Yang Jianlong's request for a price increase.
It was agreed to trade in the afternoon of the next day.
It was time to do business with Reddy again. Although it was not the first time, Yang Jianlong still seemed a little nervous.
He checked the flower pot in his hand again and again, asking questions.
"It's no problem, don't worry." With Lin Ran's assurance, he felt a little relieved.
Carrying a three-legged water fairy basin with rose purple glaze, they sat in Reddy's temporary residence.
His temporary accommodation is also quite luxurious, like the two-story villas of wealthy people during the Republic of China, with a sense of the times.
Lin Ran knocked on the door and was led by the servant to sit on the sofa on the first floor. Reddy and Bill walked down from the second floor with smiles.
"This is what you want." Lin Ran smiled and pointed to the cultural relics covered with red cloth on the table.
"Really?" Bill couldn't wait to lift the red cloth, but Yang Jianlong stopped him.
"What about our money?"
Reddy smiled and clapped his hands, and another servant came in carrying the two bags of money. The bags looked heavy.
"Mr. Reddy, I didn't know you had so many servants at home." Lin Ran didn't rush to receive the money, but laughed.
In fact, he could see that these servants had strong muscles and fierce faces, and they did not look like service personnel.
They should be similar to bodyguards or thugs. Once something goes wrong, they may be in danger.
"Mr. Lin is laughing. As long as you become our business partner, you can have such a life." Reddy said, "Now, can we check things?"
"Please!" Lin Ran made a please gesture, and Bill couldn't wait to tear open the red cloth.
A colorful round basin with a diameter of fifteen centimeters and a height of five centimeters appeared in front of them.
Bill was obviously an expert in identification, more so than the graduate students I had seen at the embassy earlier.
He took out a magnifying glass, fiddled with it gently with gloves, played it for a while, then put it next to his nose and smelled it.
Then he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, squatted down, and used a magnifying glass to carefully examine the details.
Lin Ran couldn't help but remember that on the day of the exhibition, there were many foreign tourists watching closely and recording things with pens and paper.
It seems that this piece of paper should be the details written down by one of them!
However, Bill's unsmiling tone made the originally quiet atmosphere a bit solemn. They were sitting on the sofa and could hear the ticking of the clock.
Half an hour passed.
During this half hour, they did not move or talk at all. It was like a video tape that had been frozen, without saying a word.
After a long time, Bill stood up straight.
Reddy quickly asked: "Mr. Bill, what are the results of the appraisal?"
Yang Jianlong was obviously a little nervous, but in order not to show it, he deliberately closed his eyes and pretended to be sleeping.
But if something happened, he would take Lin Ran out even if he risked his life!
"Well..." Bill said in a deliberately officious drawl, "It is indeed the real thing! Mr. Lin and his partners are so amazing! They can do such a thing under the nose of the National Palace Museum, I admire them!"
Reddy also breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled with relief.
He winked at his men, and they all retreated.
"Mr. Lin, I'm going to open a bottle of champagne to celebrate. Do you want to drink it together?"
"No need." After learning the final result, Lin Ran motioned to Yang Jianlong to raise the money, "We will not participate in your celebration banquet. We hope to have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."
"Definitely!" Reddy respectfully sent them to the door.
It wasn't until he got in the car that Yang Jianlong breathed a sigh of relief. His shirt was completely soaked!