area51novel Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Seeing that it was Consul Chen's phone, Xiao Ran immediately got up and left the reception area and went into the depths of the antique shop to answer the phone.
As soon as the phone was connected, Consul Chen's voice came.
"Good morning, Xiao Ran, is it convenient to talk?"
Xiao Ran immediately smiled and replied
: "Good morning, Uncle Chen, I'm in the antique shop on Brighton Road, come and see the situation here
" "There is no one else in the store, it's convenient to answer the phone, you can say
anything" Then, Consul Chen continued:
"It's not a big deal, tell you, in two days I will return to China to report on my duties, and I will leave Los Angeles for a while
" "Do you have anything to bring back to China, I can help you bring it back, piggyback things
" "If you have time in the past two days, come to the Consulate General, let's have two drinks!"
Hearing this, Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, his eyes suddenly lit up and shone brightly.
In an instant, he thought of a word.
Diplomatic parcel!
At the same time, he also figured out the real purpose of Consul Chen's call.
Obviously, the relevant domestic departments already know that they now have many national treasures in their hands and urgently need to send them back to China.
For example, the three-legged bronze ding in the middle of the Shang period, the three-party seal of Emperor Huizong of Song, the fragment of the stone tablet of Dingwuben's "Lanting Collection Preface", and the fish intestine sword, as well as the phoenix bird pattern jue in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and so on.
These antique cultural relics are all proper national treasures and their value is immeasurable.
The value of each of them is no lower than those six Tang Chijin Walking Dragons, or even higher and more precious.
With Xiao Ran's ability, it is not easy to use private jets to transport these priceless treasures out of the United States and safely back to China.
He wants to transport relatively ordinary antique artifacts and works of art, and perhaps no one cares.
But to transport these national treasures is another matter.
What's more, he has now been targeted by the FBI, and when transporting these national treasures out of the United States, the possibility of being seized and examined by the FBI cannot be ruled out.
If the FBI wants to make excuses, it couldn't be easier.
An excuse to restrict the departure of works of art can detain these national treasures.
In that case, whether Xiao Ran can get back these treasures is a matter of two things.
Even if they get it back, they can only collect or sell these priceless treasures in the United States in the future, and they don't want to send them back to China.
Even if Chinese collectors buy these priceless treasures, they face the same situation.
To avoid this, you must find a way to get these treasures out as soon as possible before the FBI reacts!
The safest and quickest way is to be brought by Consul Chen, who returned to China to report on his duties, in the name of diplomatic parcels, to break through the customs and safely return to China.
Even Consul Chen's return to China to report on his duties was also caused by this incident, which was a random solution.
Although these top antique artifacts are priceless, they have nothing to do with national security, unlike previous top-secret research materials from NASA.
Even if the Yankees disregard diplomatic etiquette and practice and forcibly search the diplomatic parcels carried by Consul Chen and others, it will not cause much trouble.
Another point is that because these national treasures are not auctioned or sold, they naturally cannot be added to the value, and there is no value-added tax on art.
In this way, you only need to pay a customs duty, you can smoothly bring out the United States, and no one can fault it!
In an instant, Xiao Ran had figured out all the joints.
"You're going back to China to report on your duties? This is a good thing, Uncle Chen, congratulations
" "It's better to choose the day than to hit the sun, just today, I'll go to the Consulate General when I'm done here
" "I still have a lot of 82-year-old special yellow sauce Maotai, just take a few bottles over, let's drink some together
" "As for the things I brought back to China, I really have a little, let's meet and talk about it"
The meaning of his words, Consul Chen also understood in seconds.
The next moment, this one laughed.
"Okay, to your boy's blessing, I will also taste the taste of the 82-year-old special yellow sauce Moutai" "I will
instruct the chef to let them prepare it, and they can't live up to the wine!"
After chatting a few more words, Xiao Ran hung up the phone and ended the call.
He then returned to the reception area.
Sit down on the couch and continue to chat.
......
In the blink of an eye, it was ten o'clock in the morning.
On the second floor, the company meeting room.
The conference room has been renovated and briefly set up for today's interview.
Today's interview is divided into two parts.
The first was the interview of the management staff, and there were only a few recruitment places.
This was followed by interviews with regular company employees, with twenty recruits.
The interviewees were conducted by several consultants from a top executive search firm.
And Mike, the guy, who is in charge of the relevant legal affairs.
Xiao Ran, as the boss, was just a bystander, sitting and watching with Elaine and Davis.
Of course, it was he who made the final decision.
Everything was ready, and the first interviewer was ushered into the conference room.
This is a middle-aged white man in his early forties, wearing a suit and shoes, and a white-collar elite outfit, which looks quite like that.
After entering the door, this guy immediately nodded and said hello to everyone in the room.
When he saw Xiao Ran, he paused slightly, and then sat down in his chair and began the interview.
At the request of the interviewer, he introduced himself as usual, focusing on his resume.
He previously worked in a medium-sized gallery as a gallery manager, and has been working in the industry for more than a decade.
Due to the current special situation, the gallery has been closed and eventually closed.
After losing his job, he had to come out and look for work.
The headhunter's collection is comprehensive, including his work experience in several museums and galleries, as well as the evaluation of him by previous employers.
During the interview, Xiao Ran listened while checking this person's personal information and did not interject.
Until the interview was about to end, he suddenly picked up a strange oil painting from the side and stood on the conference table.
"Mr. Miller, since you have worked in the gallery for a long time
, you should know more about the art of painting" "Tell me what you think about this oil painting, I would like to hear your opinion
" "You are the manager of this exploration company, then you should have a certain understanding of the current antique art
market" "If you know this painting, then talk about the market situation of this oil painting
" "Ah!"
Miller exclaimed in surprise, then turned to look over.
Until now, Xiao Ran has not made a sound, which makes Miller think that the interview is so dull.
But who would have thought that there would be such an unexpected Easter egg in the end.
The moment he saw the painting, Miller couldn't help but frown.
After thinking for a moment, he said:
"This is an oil painting of Dadaist art, to be precise, a bit like the painter Hans of Dadaism. Arp's style
" "But compared with Arp's work, this painting is not so natural, nor so bold and unrestrained,......"
Listening to his answer, Xiao Ran's eyes couldn't help but flash a light.
Elaine, who was sitting next to him, was the same, but Davis was confused and didn't know why.
In a moment, Miller had finished his opinion, and then looked at Xiao Ran expectantly.
Xiao Ran just smiled and nodded.
"It seems that you have a certain understanding of Dadaist art, and your analysis of this oil painting is impressive
" "Today's interview is here, go back and wait for the notice
" "Whether my company decides to hire you or not, someone will call to inform"
Miller can only nod in response.
"Okay, Mr. Sean, I'm looking forward to receiving good news!"
With that, the guy turned and left the conference room.
Then came a young woman in her thirties.
This former working in an auction house is a department manager and a professional in the industry.
After entering the door and introducing yourself, the second interview began.
......
Around noon.
After the interview, Xiao Ran took Elaine and the girls to leave the company and returned to the villa in Beverly Hills.
On the way home, he stopped by the bank vault to pick up something.
When they got home, David happened to rush over.
After the meeting, Xiao Ran immediately said the reason for calling him over.
"David, come with me to the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles to deal with some legal affairs
" "There are several top antique artifacts found from San Francisco, I need to send them to Beijing" "These antique artifacts
are all from China, they are more expensive, for the sake of safety, I want to ask my friends at the consulate to help bring them back
" "Now those guys from the FBI are watching me, and I'm worried that those guys will forcibly intercept them, so I came up with this method"
Xiao Ran briefly explained the reason.
If you want to smoothly transport away those national treasures, you also have to come forward to complete some legal procedures, and you can't hide it at all.
But Xiao Ran did not explain how amazing the value of those top antique cultural relics was!
After listening to the introduction, David thought for a while, and then nodded.
"No problem, Sean, the origin of these Chinese antique relics and works of art is clear and legal, how to deal with them is your
right" "And they are not on the list of restricted departing artworks, you can send them back to China in a legal way, the FBI has no right to detain!"
After explaining the situation, Xiao Ran went upstairs to get those priceless treasures and prepared to send them to the Consulate General.
Of course, there is also the special yellow sauce Moutai of 82 years.