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There are thirteen paintings in total, eight oil paintings and five sketches.

These oil paintings were all spread out on the big bed in the hotel room. Because they couldn't fit, there were also several unfolded paintings on the table and chairs in this room.

Among all the oil paintings spread out on the big bed, the one in the middle made Lin Dan unable to look away.

God, don't tell me that this painting is that painting! Lin Dan was a little at a loss, even speaking incoherently.

Yang Jing nodded with a smile and said, If I'm not wrong, this painting should be that painting!

Wow. Lin Dan groaned strangely, and almost jumped on him, but stopped abruptly beside the bed.

Brother Yang, can I, can I touch her?

Okay, but you'd better put on your gloves first. You know, the value of this painting is at least over 300 million dollars now!

It was an oil painting. In a slightly dark room, a man was sitting with his back facing the front. On the left and right sides of the man, there were two girls. The girl on the left was playing the piano, and the girl on the right The young girl was standing, as if she was talking to the man.

Lin Dan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, Forget it, I still won't touch her. My little heart is thumping, and I'm afraid I'll spoil her.

Yang Jing smiled and said nothing.

In fact, when Yang Jing saw these paintings for the first time, he was taken aback, and after he used the holy ring to appraise these paintings, even he was a little at a loss.

Up to now, only Yang Jing and Lin Dan knew about these paintings, not even Chris Barton and John Bruno. As soon as they returned to the room, Yang Jing told them to rest and don't come to him if they have nothing to do.

The two bodyguards naturally knew why, and consciously never came to find Yang Jing.

It's not that Yang Jing can't trust these two bodyguards, it's that the thirteen paintings are too involved.

Without him, these thirteen paintings are stolen goods! And it was also a stolen goods known as the largest theft in American history.

On March 17, 1990, that day was the most grand carnival in Boston, the United States-St. Patrick's Carnival.

March 17 every year is St. Patrick's Day in the West, also known as Green Hat Day. This festival originated in Ireland at the end of the 5th century. In 1737, some Irish gentlemen and businessmen gathered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA to commemorate St. Patrick and established the Irish Charity Society. Since then, the United States has celebrated this festival every year. On St. Patrick's Day in the United States, people usually hold activities such as parades, church services and dinners.

On this day, Boston also fell into the carnival.

But none of these revelers noticed that just next to the famous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Art in Boston, there were two furtive figures sitting in a red Dodge Daytona, Those who waited for the carnival eventually dispersed.

Time soon passed the early morning, and the reveling Boston citizens slowly dispersed, and then at about one o'clock in the morning, two guys in police uniforms got out of the Dodge Daytona.

These two guys in police uniforms pressed the siren at the entrance of the museum and told the security staff in the museum that they heard abnormal noises in the park and needed to enter the museum to check.

The museum's security staff understand that uninvited visitors should not be allowed into the museum late at night, but they don't know if this policy works against the police. So security guard Abate decided to open the door. After opening the door, the policeman suddenly said that he looked familiar, like a wanted criminal, so he was asked to show his ID. The police ordered him to face the wall and handcuffed him.

Abate thought it must be a misunderstanding, but later he realized that the two police officers did not search him before handcuffing him. Also, he discovered that one of the cops had a beard that seemed to be made of wax...

There were only two security personnel in the museum that night. After another security personnel arrived, he was handcuffed by two policemen. When they asked the police why they were arrested, the police was honest:

You're not under arrest. We're just here to rob.

The two security guards were then taken to the basement of the museum.

Eighty-one minutes later, the two posing as police officers walked into multiple exhibition halls, leisurely took down the famous paintings hanging on the walls one by one, and then selectively snatched as many as 13 masterpieces .

Among them are five sketches by Edgar Degas, a representative figure of French Impressionism; A French Gentleman by Édouard Manet, a representative figure of French Impressionism; .Harmansson van Rijn's works The Tempest on the Sea of ​​Galilee and Portrait of a Man and a Lady on a Black Background and a self-portrait by Rembrandt, among them, The Tempest on the Sea of ​​Galilee It is the only known seascape by Rembrandt.

In addition, three works by Peter Paul Rusbon, a famous Dutch Flemish painter in the seventeenth century and an early representative of the Baroque school, were also stolen by these two thugs.

Among the thirteen lost paintings, the most precious is the masterpiece The Concert by the famous Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the seventeenth century. Of the 34 remaining paintings by Vermeer, this painting is definitely the most valuable. Some say it’s worth $200 million, some say it’s worth as much as $250 million. Anyway, This The Concert is definitely the most valuable painting stolen in history.

In that joke-like robbery, a total of 13 masterpieces were stolen. According to the estimated price given by later generations, the value of these 13 masterpieces is as high as 500 million US dollars!

The two daring robbers did not use any offensive weapons, and even took the video tape from the monitor before leaving. Since there was no siren connected to the police station on the back of these paintings, the two robbers had already fled by the time the police called the police at dawn.

But before the two guys left, they went to the basement again and said to the two security guards, You'll see us again in a year.

But they never appeared again.

That's right, from 1990 to the present, more than 27 years and eight months have passed. Not to mention that the two robbers never appeared again, even the thirteen famous paintings that were lost have never been found. .

The FBI in the United States has been investigating this case for 20 years, but there is still no news.

There was even a $10 million reward for the stolen Gardner Museum of Art, which turned out to be nothing.

Everyone thought that these thirteen famous paintings might never see their day, but now they appear in the hotel room where Yang Jing lives.

In fact, Yang Jing did not know about this famous theft case before. After all, this case happened in the distant Boston, USA, and it has been a long time ago. When the case happened, Yang Jing was not even born yet.

However, after he identified the thirteen paintings with the holy ring, he immediately checked the thirteen famous paintings on the Internet, and got a result that made him feel pained.

As for Lin Dan, although he is of Chinese descent, he is an American born and raised in the United States, especially Vermeer's The Concert is so famous, he has seen this famous painting several times Of course, he had also heard about the case that happened that year, so when he saw the painting for the first time, he immediately recognized the origin of the painting.

Of course, just one piece of The Concert almost made Lin Dan lose his soul, but when he saw the remaining twelve works, he came back to life.

Brother Yang, don't tell me that these thirteen works are hidden in the warehouse I photographed today.

Yang Jing shrugged his shoulders and said, Then where do you think these thirteen paintings came from? Did they fly with their own wings? Or did they fall from the sky? That's right bro, these thirteen paintings came from there. found in a warehouse.

Lin Dan rubbed his head, Then Brother Yang, what should we do with these paintings?

Yang Jing smiled wryly and said, What do you think should be done? I'm worrying about this.

After a pause, Yang Jing asked Lin Dan: These thirteen paintings are stolen goods. It has been confirmed for sure. Although I didn't steal them, they are painted in my hands now. Tell me, if the FBI finds out, will they take them away? Want to go back?

Lin Dan also said with a wry smile: I'm not very clear about this even if you ask me, but it involves the legal provisions on 'acquisition in good faith' stipulated in the Uniform Commercial Code of the United States. The Uniform Commercial Code clearly stipulates that The conditions for obtaining in good faith, as far as I know, if the stolen goods of deceit or fraud are obtained in good faith, then the police have no right to recover the things obtained in good faith. For example, the thirteen paintings were not stolen, but obtained through It was obtained by fraud or fraud, but now I have obtained it in good faith, so the police have no right to take back these thirteen paintings. But these thirteen paintings were not obtained by fraud or fraud, but stolen Although I have obtained the stolen goods in good faith, I don’t know whether this stolen goods are protected by the Uniform Commercial Code.”

When Lin Dan said that, Yang Jing understood a little. The laws of the United States are different from those of China, especially the regulations on obtaining stolen goods are very different.

In China's legal provisions, as long as it is stolen goods, no matter whether you obtained it in good faith or not, you must return the stolen goods obtained in good faith to the original owner. Of course, you can ask the original owner for the cost you spent in the process of obtaining it in good faith .

For example, Yang Jing spent two million yuan to take a picture of a landscape painting at an auction. As a result, this landscape painting was later proved to be stolen goods, so Yang Jing had to return the painting to the original owner, but he could ask for it from the original owner. Two million auction fees.

But it's different in America.

In the past, the United States treated bona fide acquisitions in the same way as China. No matter what, the stolen goods obtained in good faith must be returned. However, with the development of society, this brutal way of dealing with bona fide acquisitions is becoming less and less in line with the social development process, so the United States issued the Uniform Commercial Code to distinguish bona fide acquisitions.

Lin Dan picked up the phone and made a call. After talking for a while, Lin Dan put down the phone and said: I just consulted the company's lawyer, and the lawyer told me that if I get stolen goods in good faith Well, then the original owner and the police have no right to go back, and the Uniform Commercial Code has clear regulations on this. So, if I don’t want to keep these thirteen famous paintings, then it’s fine.” (PS : Let me explain here, Lao Mo. In fact, Section 2-403 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the United States clearly stipulates that all stolen goods are not protected from bona fide acquisition. But we are YY novels here, and these ten The value of the three paintings is too high, if the protagonist returns the thirteen paintings, everyone will be very upset, so I am here to change the legal provisions without authorization, to allow stolen goods It is also protected by good faith acquisition. Well, if you have book friends who are proficient in the law, please don’t spray it. It’s good for everyone to read it.)

Hearing what Lin Dan said, Yang Jing asked pleasantly, You mean we can keep these thirteen famous paintings?

Well, we can indeed stay, but not in your name, but in my name. After all, the warehouse where these thirteen paintings are stored was photographed in my name, and the B1 visa you get cannot be used in the United States. conduct such an auction.”

Yang Jing nodded and said: It's not a problem, I trust you. I'm just worried about how to take these thirteen paintings out of the United States. Although the police have no right to take these thirteen paintings back, they will definitely treat you Strict monitoring will prevent you from taking these thirteen paintings out of the United States.

Lin Dan smiled and said: Brother Yang, you don't have to worry about this, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, don't worry, as long as these thirteen famous paintings can appear in front of the world in a fair manner, then there will always be a way to let them These thirteen famous paintings were exported abroad. I have to ask the relevant personnel about the specific method, they cannot go abroad through illegal means, they must be transferred to your name in a fair manner. But the process should be rather troublesome.

Yang Jing shook his head and said, Actually, if it wasn't for this thing, I really don't want to cause such a big trouble. Yang Jing said, and picked up a bronze vessel that looked like a trumpet from the table, This bronze vessel is called Dhu. A bronze ware from the Shang Dynasty in China was lost together with the thirteen famous paintings. Did you see that our national treasure was taken away by the Americans, and they can openly exhibit it in the museum instead of returning it to us, so I feel I am angry. Since the thirteen paintings are fine, I will take them away in a fair manner, so that Americans can also taste the feeling of being able to see but not going back!

Lin Dan took the bronze vessel and shook his head helplessly.

Brother Yang, don't worry, I promise that these things will belong to your name smoothly. Don't forget, I am a Chinese and I live in San Francisco. San Francisco is an important gathering area for Chinese in the United States. The community there There are many ways to ensure the safety of these thirteen famous paintings. Even the American police dare not attack the Chinese there openly. After we go back, I will consult relevant parties and try to get them out as quickly as possible. These thirteen famous paintings are transferred to your name.

Yang Jing nodded and said, Okay! When we return to Beaumont tomorrow and finish dealing with the old oil well, we'll go straight back to San Francisco!

PS: Bow and thank you for the 500 reward of Frozen Octave.