Hardy Empire 1945

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Hardy came to the security company, and Henry excitedly told Hardy what happened.

Gray took Victor to the Gironde province. Debrand Hill was originally the curator of the Saint-Palais Museum in the small town of Gironde. His family was also in Saint-Palais, so the group came here.

A straightforward investigation will definitely be suspected. They forged several documents, saying that they belonged to the investigation committee, and asked someone to understand the situation, and told them that the person they were looking for must be kept secret, and they must not say to outsiders that someone asked them to understand the situation.

that's it,

In two days, they collected a lot of information.

Debrand Hill is really famous locally, especially for helping Germans collect art, which is hated by everyone. When Victor learned about the situation, many people gnashed their teeth and cursed at Hill.

He took the Germans to search from house to house, like a mad dog raised by the Germans, not only in the nearby cities, but also in Bordeaux. Many wineries spoiled his murderous hands, and he swept away all the art of those families.

You must catch him, hang him and shoot him, said a Frenchman whose property had been plundered through gritted teeth.

After the recovery of France, France began to hunt down, try and execute the French traitors who had helped the Germans. Many people were directly shot to death. It is only in 1947, and this work is still in progress, which may be the reason for the complete occupation. The processing power far exceeds that of other countries.

Is there anyone else in the Hill family? Victor asked.

Hill has no children, he's a flirtatious guy, he's had a lot of women but he's never married, but he has a nephew, who has left Saint-Palais and went to Bordeaux because of his uncle's affairs. Working in a winery over there.

Gray and Victor pondered for a while, and felt that they should investigate Hill's nephew, in case the two sides had contacts.

They came to Bordeaux to investigate the situation of Hill's nephew, Louais, who is now a winemaker at a winery. They found that in recent years, Louais had not had letters, telegrams, or economic exchanges with the outside world.

The winery where Loue is located is called Red Leaf Winery. Although it is in Bordeaux, it is far less famous than other big wineries. At most, it is a tertiary winery. It is very inconspicuous and can produce tens of thousands of bottles of red wine and champagne every year.

Nothing was found on Hill's nephew. When Victor thought the investigation was about to be interrupted, Gray discovered one thing,

The owner of this red leaf winery is now American.

The two continued to investigate further.

During the war,

These wineries in the Bordeaux region were all occupied by the Germans, and the red wine was transported to the front lines to meet the needs of officers and soldiers. The situation of the Red Leaf Winery is similar. The original owner here was Jewish, and the whole family was killed.

In the latter part of the war, many wineries were deserted, overgrown with weeds, and the wine cellars became empty.

After the war, the French government checked these wineries, returned those with owners, and auctioned off those without owners, with the funds used for national reconstruction and resumption of production.

After World War II, both France and the United Kingdom were exhausted, and even a little money was good.

At the auction, an American lawyer from far away raised a placard to buy the Red Leaf Winery. Someone was competing with him at the time, but the lawyer was very firm. In the end, all the other competitors who were pressed withdrew and finally won the winery.

At the time of registration, the American lawyer said that he was entrusted by a company to buy it. The company opened a winery in Napa Valley, California, so Red Leaf Winery was registered under that name.

So far, things are working fine.

However, when Red Leaf Winery was recruiting managers and workers, the lawyer not only posted the recruitment, but also contacted Hill's nephew Loue and asked him if he would like to come to the winery to be a winemaker and offer him a high price. .

Loue is indeed a winemaker and has certain abilities, but he is far from being tapped as an excellent talent.

It seems a little weird here.

After that, everything was normal for Luai, and there was no contact with the people in the United States. It was working normally, but this still caught the attention of Gray and Victor.

Who called him Hill's nephew?

Gray told Henry the news, and Henry immediately sent someone to investigate the situation at the winery in the Napa Valley.

The owner of that winery is Jack Goodwin.

The winery is called Ace of Spades, and it mainly produces champagne.

Coincidentally, this Jack Goodwin came to the United States in 1944, claimed to be a French refugee, and applied for American citizenship. Within a few months, he purchased a winery in the Napa Valley and renamed it A of Spades Wine. village.

And just over a year later, when France liquidated the estate of the winery for auction, this person sent a lawyer to buy it in time, and the goal was clear, that is, Red Leaf Winery.

At that time, the Red Leaf Winery was similar to an abandoned manor. It had been abandoned for more than 2 years, and there was not a drop of wine in the wine cellar, but he was very determined to buy it.

Henry felt very suspicious, there must be something here.

He drove people to the Napa Valley area of ​​San Francisco overnight, and entered the winery pretending to be a wine merchant. Because the amount was relatively large, he had to talk to the owner. Jack Goodwin came out to receive them.

Henry saw this Jack Goodwin at first glance and determined his identity. Victor had a photo of Hill. Although it was a photo from seven or eight years ago, he could still see at a glance that this person was Debrand. Hill.

Where's that Hill? Hardy asked.

It's still in his winery, we didn't touch him, I sent someone to watch, come back and ask you what to do next? Henry said.

Hardy thought for a while, and whispered a few words to Henry, who couldn't stop nodding.

The next afternoon,

Jack Goodwin contacted people to play bridge, and drove out of the winery. On the way, his car was stopped, and a group of people kidnapped him. Goodwin was in his 60s. Pulling off the hood, when he took off the hood, he was already in a dark room.

Click~!

The headlights shone on Goodwin's face, and he kept dodging.

What's your name? asked a masked man opposite.

I, my name is Jack Goodwin, said the old man, trembling.

Hehe, I'm afraid this is not your real name, is it Mr. Debrand Hill? The masked man said with a sneer.

Hill trembled, and fear flashed in his eyes.

No no, my name is not Hill, my name is Goodwin, Jack Goodwin. Hill quibble loudly.

The masked man took out a photo and held it in front of Hill. It was an ordinary four-inch black-and-white photo, but Hill was shocked. He recognized it at a glance. .

Does this picture look familiar to you? the masked man asked.

Hill was sweating with fear.

I, no, I don't know this person. Hill denied.

Hehe, I haven't admitted it yet, I know what you are afraid of, have you read the report, France is now hunting down French traitors, Hill, during the German occupation, you helped the Germans search for antique art, you are now But the fugitives ranked very high by the French government, if you are given to the French government, what do you think they will do with you. The masked man said with a sneer.

Hill's chest couldn't stop heaving. He naturally knew what would happen if he was sent back to France. For what he did, he would probably be tortured to death. Hanging and shooting were all kindness to him.

No, no, I'm not Hill. Hill was still struggling.

The masked man approached Hill and said with a smile, Do you know who we are?

who?

We are not from the French government. The French have nothing to do with us. We are a group of robbers. What we want is money.

You want money, do you understand?

Hill's gray eyes slowly turned bright, and he said anxiously, If you want money, I can give it to you.

How much do you think you are worth? the masked man asked.

Hill hesitated a bit, saying that he was distressed and said that he would die if he was less. He finally gritted his teeth and said, I'm willing to pay $50,000.

The masked man shook his head and sneered twice.

Not enough, far from enough.

We have investigated. After you came to the United States, you spent more than 130,000 yuan to buy a winery. You sold the jewelry for this money. I believe that when you came to the United States from France, you must have brought a lot of good things, Hill, think If you want to survive, hand over all these. Masked humane.

Hill's heart throbbed with pain.

But he knows that these people can find out about themselves, and their energy is conceivable, and they will never let him go easily.

If you want to save your life, you have to go broke.

I have a safe at Wells Fargo in San Francisco with my jewelry in it, and the keys are in a drawer in my winery office. You can take me back to the winery and I'll get the keys for you, Hill said.

Hehe, no need, we'll get the key ourselves, you can just tell us the password. The masked man said lightly.

Hill closed his eyes in pain.

The password is XXXXXX.

a few hours later.

A suitcase was placed in front of Hadi, Hadi opened the box, there were jewelry boxes, opened one of them, and there was a beautiful diamond necklace, with an emerald pendant hanging from the bottom.

Open other jewelry boxes.

Gem brooch.

Ceylon sapphire earrings.

Diamond necklace.

Although Hardy doesn't know much about jewelry, he knows the markings on jewelry, such as Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels, Boucheron, Louis Vuitton, and Sanmei Paris. Just by looking at the styles and brands of these jewelry, he knows that they are valuable.

In addition, there are some unprocessed gemstones, large Colombian emeralds, rubies, diamonds, opal gemstones and so on.

Hardy picked up a ruby, the size of the belly of the thumb. He knew that it should be very valuable. Hardy guessed that the value of this batch of jewelry was probably no less than two or three million US dollars.

Henry smiled and said: I just asked Hill how these jewels came from. He said that when collecting antique art, he would also encounter such jewels. He was very moved by those oil paintings, but it was a pity that they were too big. There is no way to hide them, these jewels are small in size, and he will hide one or two whenever he has the chance, and he will save up these things.”

When he fled to the United States, he only brought this box, sold a brooch to a jewelry company, got more than 10,000 US dollars, paid someone to go through the naturalization procedures, and changed to the pseudonym Jack Goodwin.

“Later on, I sold a few pieces of jewelry, and I spent money to buy wineries in the Napa Valley and wineries in Bordeaux.”

Hardy put down the jewelry, closed the box and said to Henry: Continue to interrogate him, the big head we want is still behind.

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