American Fortune Life

Under the premise that the foot basin people will never sell them, to make these things disappear from the sun completely, there are only two ways to go: open robbery or stealth.

In fact, this is not a big deal, you must know the world's largest art trading market - the United States. Its annual transaction volume is as high as 80 billion U.S. dollars, and the illegal art market has an annual output value of 6 billion U.S. dollars, which shows that art crimes are rampant.

Artwork cases are generally theft, and the second category is fraud, that is, imitation and forgery. Artwork cases rank fifth after drug dealing, arms trafficking, money laundering, and human smuggling.

"There are usually three types of thefts by art criminals. The first is self-theft. 90% of the cases are caused by people inside the museum.

There is also a thief with a weapon, who robs directly and then flees quickly. This method is the most risky.

The last type is when thieves sneak into art galleries or museums in the middle of the night.

Most of these thieves are motivated by greed and desire for money, and few are really interested in works of art. In addition, the most important point is that they are often masters of stealing, but when they make a move, they often Become a failed "seller". "

Martin hands Andy a folder and recites information from corporate intelligence.

Andy nodded slightly, opened the folder, and the first page he saw was a photo of a handsome guy, and the person's detailed information below.

"Stephanie Brett, a Swiss national, was the most successful art robber of all time before his arrest. Initially he made a living as a waiter, and was self-taught as an art historian and traveler. During the year, 239 paintings were stolen, with a total value of 1.4 billion. In November 2001, he was caught stealing from a museum in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Brett's mother frantically burned 60 famous paintings in order to destroy evidence after learning that he was arrested. Brett was eventually sentenced to 26 months in prison for the crimes he committed, with his mother serving 18 months as an accessory. . . "

Good guy, this is an awesome character!

Well, this Brett's mother is also a cruel person!

Andy looked up at his security supervisor, Martin, and smiled, "Okay, you go out first, in an hour, get ready, I'll go back to downtown London."

"Okay boss." Martin nodded back, turned and left the library without the slightest hesitation.

Andy looked at the back of Martin leaving,

After groaning for a while, she continued to look at the information in her hand with a calm expression. It was the intelligence information collected by the intelligence department of the Eagle of Liberty Security Company, and listed some detailed information on world-class thieves.

In addition to that Stephanie Brett who left a deep impression on Andy, another thief who has a "barefoot thief" in the United States made Andy feel that there are some things that are done by bad guys, but it also depends on talent.

The "barefoot thief" named Harris was very young and had stolen 5 planes, many cars and several ships, and also stole cash from many shops. Because he is barefoot every time he commits a crime, he is known as the "Barefoot Thief". Harris, who went on the run in 2008, was charged with more than 100 robberies. He even took off from Indiana in a stolen plane and flew more than 1,600 kilometers to the Bahamas with only the knowledge he learned from the Internet and flight manuals.

In this folder, a total of ten thieves were provided to Andy. Naturally, there would be no petty thieves. Being able to appear in this folder and let him check with Andy Smith has already explained the problem.

"Boom boom boom—"

Touching the table with his fingers, Andy frowned. After thinking about it in his mind, he confirmed that there was no problem. He picked up the satellite phone on the side, turned the antenna, dialed the number, stood up from the chair, and walked to the Bookshelf of antique books.

"After reading the document, No. 1 and No. 3 are more suitable, and what happens after that..."

"OK."

The phone call was extremely brief. Andy would never elaborate or arrange such things. He is the richest man in the world and a world-renowned entrepreneur. How could he be involved in the theft case, especially if it is likely to attract worldwide attention? of theft.

Whether this matter is successful or not, it has nothing to do with Andy himself. I believe that Kenny, his confidant, will never leave any clues that may have a connection with Andy Smith.

What Andy has to do? It’s nothing more than taking out a sum of money, buying things, and then putting them in his private treasure room to make them disappear forever. This kind of thing will not be the first time, let alone the last once.

Once illegal cultural relics and antiques enter the underground market, once they disappear, they will never reappear.

However, Andy didn't feel the slightest sense of guilt about the theft that might happen one day in the future. He didn't like the footbath at all except the footbath woman. Besides, those treasures didn't belong to the footbath. They were all "looted" in the first place, so the foot basin people naturally have to accept the fate of being "taken away" from them one day.

Of course, in order to avoid troubles for Tianchao, and fight with AI, if there is a chance to buy them, Andy decided to "temporarily" help Tianchao save those treasures, to be a good person, just not to cause trouble for others, to be able to Solve the matter and resolutely do not bother others!

Things were arranged, and Andy got on the helicopter and left Highclere Castle.

In the evening, in the presidential suite of the Four Seasons Hotel on Park Lane in London, Andy met super agent Mendes.

There is no doubt that Jorge Mendes has now become the most powerful agent in the football world. Since 2004, he has controlled the European football transfer market. His stars include the football player Jose Mourinho. Ao, Ronaldo, De Gea, Rodriguez and so on. In the summer of 2007 alone, Mendes' transaction volume was as high as 150 million euros, and his commission income was also the highest among brokers in the world. Now the total value of its players has reached 500 million euros.

"Believe me, Jorge, as long as we transfer Ronaldo to Tottenham with the highest price in history, not only will it cause a global sensation, but from now on, you will also become the most powerful agent in Europe."

The secret meeting between Andy and Mendes went very smoothly, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. The main reason is that Mendes has persuaded Ronaldo, and he has the confidence to transfer Ronaldo to Tottenham.

Before meeting Andy Smith, the richest man in the world, Mendes also read the information in detail to understand Andy Smith's character and temper. Of course, Mendes is not interested in Andy Smith's lace news, so he most expects and The main reason for meeting the world's richest man is that the young world's richest man is the kind who is not stingy to let others make money and is willing to win a win-win situation, and the most important point is that he is the kind of person who firmly believes in and upholds the professionalism. It's not like many club owners Mendes has seen.

For example, Abramovich, the curtain-raiser of Jinyuan football, is also very generous and has never been stingy in spending money to buy players, but Abramovich has interfered too much in the Chelsea club, turning a club manager into a megaphone. Executives, have no autonomy at all.

Looking at Tottenham manager David Dunn who was sitting with a smile on his face, he almost got greater autonomy than when he was at Arsenal. After more than a year of operation, Tottenham has grown from a fake giant with media jokes, Overwhelming rivals Arsenal and Liverpool, becoming the second place in the Premier League, there is a great tendency to impact Manchester United's dominance, and in Mendes' view, it is only a matter of time.

"Thank you for your generosity. Cristiano is also very excited about such a price, and he is very touched by your importance. I talked to him on the phone before I came again, and he asked me to greet you on his behalf."

Mendes maintains enough respect and humility for the young and outrageous Andy, and he will not become casual because of his superficial age. He has read Andy Smith's profile, but he is very clear about the young man in front of him. sharp.

To put it bluntly, even if you don't read the information, if you are young, you will become the richest man in the world. If you think about it with your toes, you know how it can be so simple!