rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 462 Taking notes

When a person hides a secret, especially if the secret is exposed, it will cause him a lot of trouble.

Then this person must go to great lengths to protect his secret.

Uh~ This seems like nonsense, but it is indeed true.

Because as the importance of this "secret" varies, people actually have different degrees of protection for this secret.

Just like Gurlitt now, although he has not returned to his apartment to confirm whether his works of art are missing, he already has a grudge in his heart against Chen Li and the others who entered the apartment building.

Because he had a ghost in his heart, Gullit would naturally consider the worst-case scenario when thinking about things.

Especially today's fire. No, it seems there was no fire, it was just an accident, and it was probably man-made.

If this accident was man-made, then Gullit would be certain in his heart that it was definitely directed at him.

Uh~ Anyway, in Gullit's opinion, whether it is or not, it is all directed at him.

So Gullit immediately sounded the alarm in his heart.

If the artworks were not lost this time, he would be ready to leave here as soon as possible.

The reason why he still has this fluke in his heart is because he clearly knows the quantity of his works of art, and there is only one exit from this apartment, so Gullit still has a little bit of luck in his heart at this moment.

But compared to this slight fluke, Gullit was actually more worried.

Because even if the property was not lost, there were firefighters and police present at the scene, and Gurlitt was very worried that his works of art would be exposed.

He was very aware of the value of these works of art. With the value of these works of art, as long as they were revealed, let alone causing an accident, it would only take a matter of minutes for him to be kidnapped by Gurlitt.

Of course~ If it is really exposed, Gullit may not even wait until he is kidnapped, and the German government will probably have to deal with him, so Gullit is very worried at this moment.

In addition, Chen Li and others went to the apartment building just now, so in Gulit's mind, Chen Li and others were also suspicious.

Although Chen Li and others came out empty-handed, Gurlitt had every reason to suspect that among the people who entered the apartment building were accomplices of the other party.

Again, those who have ghosts in their hearts look like ghosts to others.

But~ this time, the old guy really guessed it right. Although he was just guessing blindly, his guessing could really lead to a real mouse!

But the problem is, no matter how Gurlitt guesses, he can't have the evidence to find Chen Li.

At this moment, Chen Li, although his heart was frightened by Gullit's gloomy eyes, there was no expression on his face.

However, his reaction would not be surprising. Others thought that Chen Li was tired from going upstairs to save people.

After a while, the smoke from the apartment building dissipated, and the firefighters and police who went up to find out the cause came down.

But at this moment, the firefighters and police were all confused.

The policeman who came to question Chen Li and others went up to talk to them, and then he was confused.

While talking to others, he looked at Chen Li and others, which made Chen Li's heart almost rise to his throat.

Chen Li actually understood why the firefighters and police were acting like this, because their previous exploration behavior was destined to fail to detect anything.

According to common sense, if there was so much smoke coming out of the five-story apartment building just now, it must be a fire in the apartment building.

But it turns out there is nothing going on in this apartment building except smoke!

And because Chen Li closed the door after leaving Gullit's apartment, the appearance of the door lock smashed open with an aerodynamic hammer showed no obvious signs of damage.

Chen Li estimated that the firefighters and police officers did not enter the room to investigate. After all, the smoke in the apartment building had dissipated at this moment.

As long as they didn't find that the door to Gurlitt's apartment was smashed, it would be normal for them to gain nothing.

Unless the firefighters and police discovered that the door lock of Gullit's apartment was broken, in that case, several people, including Chen Li, would actually be suspects.

Of course ~ this is actually a matter of time, but at the same time it is also something that Chen Li can hardly avoid.

After all, he has not activated the thief sub-profession and has no lockpicking skills at all.

Even if he can open the lock, when Gurlitt discovers that the artworks are missing, as long as he calls the police, Chen Li will still become a potential suspect.

But doubting Chen Li and others who had just saved someone is actually morally unacceptable.

Everyone else present just now was praising Chen Li and a few other young men. If they doubted Chen Li and others at this time, it would probably not end well.

At this time, the policeman who had questioned Chen Li and others before came over, and the expression on his face no longer had the same attitude as before.

Chen Li sighed inwardly, knowing that the other party must have discovered that there was something wrong with the door of Gulit's apartment.

The policeman's words seemed to once again prove Chen Li's suspicion.

"Guys ~ thank you very much for today."

"But~ I guess we have to trouble you to go to the police station with us and make a record."

"Don't worry~ There's no problem. I just need you to give me a brief description."

"We need to find out what caused today's accident."

When the policeman said this, it seemed to others that there was nothing wrong with him.

Because this is how the police work. No matter what you do is good or bad, it is normal to go to the police station and make a record.

If you did something bad, you will naturally be asked to explain clearly why you did it and how you did it.

If what you do is a good thing, you also need to explain clearly how you did it.

It's just that the former may not be able to get out after entering the game, but the latter may even get some rewards or something.

Of course, it's definitely not a bonus, but a title like an honorary good citizen is actually pretty good.

Especially in some countries, sometimes this kind of title can even reduce taxes.

So other people didn't have any objections to the police's proposal. Except for a young man who needed to notify his family, no one else agreed, including Chen Li.

But Chen Li also made it very clear that he would leave Germany tomorrow and had to rush to Frankfurt in the afternoon, so he was somewhat pressed for time.

The police actually had a good impression of Chen Li because he already knew that it was Chen Li who took the lead in entering the apartment building to rescue people.

It is actually very easy to develop a favorable impression of a person like Chen Li who possesses moral brilliance, provided that you do not stand against such a person.

So several people here took a police car and prepared to go to the police station, while the original residents of this apartment building had already begun to return to their homes.

When Cornelius Gurlitt returned to his floor, he was stunned for a moment because he found two policemen standing at the door of his room.

"Sir, are you the owner of this apartment?"

After the police saw Gullit, he looked at him first and then asked.

"Uh yes!"

Gullit hesitated for a moment, debating whether to admit it or not, but he admitted it after a moment.

Because there is no way to deny this thing, and the police will be able to find it out with a casual search. If he denies it at this time, it will reveal his flaws.

"Oh~ Sir, I'm sorry to inform you of something."

"Your door lock is damaged!"

"After we found out, we checked and found that it must have been destroyed by violence."

"So~ Sir, we need your help."

"First, please check the belongings at home and see Mr. Yi~Mr."

"Call an ambulance!"

Just as the police were explaining what happened, the thin, silver-haired old man first covered his chest and then fell to the ground.

This situation shocked the police. It's not that they had never seen such a thing before, but they were worried that nothing would happen to the old man, right?

If this guy died of a heart attack in this situation, he might get into some trouble.

Although the policeman believed that he had made no mistakes, sometimes it does not mean that you do not need to take responsibility if you make no mistakes.

So the two of them quickly called an ambulance. Fortunately, the ambulance was already on standby, so the ambulance came very promptly.

On the other side, when Chen Li and others arrived at the police station, they did not receive any discrimination or illegal treatment.

After all, Chen Li and others are rescuers, and neither Bars nor Chen Li are ordinary people at first glance.

It is said that the ladies behind the counters of luxury goods are very accurate in identifying people, but in fact, no one can identify people as well as the old police.

With Bals's appearance, he looked like a serious professional elite. Looking at his attitude towards Chen Li, it was not easy to guess Chen Li's identity with just his toes.

And the fact is exactly like this. As soon as Chen Li and Bars entered the police station, the lawyer called by Bars entered the door of the police station.

This lawyer came to the police station not to fight a case or to provide bail. He was simply here to help Chen Li handle this matter.

In China, this kind of situation is actually rare. Most people usually seek help from lawyers when they encounter something.

But in capitalist countries, a private lawyer is almost a must-have for everyone above the middle class.

In fact, Barrs himself has a lawyer's license, but he is not as professional as the lawyer hired by the Lucas family.

Foreign lawyers not only help employers with lawsuits, but in fact foreign lawyers can help employers handle many matters.

It’s just that you need to pay, and the price is very expensive!

Of course~ For a company as big as Lucas's family, this legal fee is only a drop in the bucket, so the other party comes very quickly.

Before Bals got into the police car, he called someone. The other person arrived almost at the same time as the police car.

Well, this is probably the efficiency of capitalist countries.

After the lawyer came in, he first greeted Bals and then started chatting with Chen Li.

The purpose of his trip was actually very simple. Because Chen Li did good things, he was not here to help Chen Li argue, but to prevent Chen Li from being treated unfairly.

This is not unnecessary because Chen Li is an Oriental and a Chinese.

Think about it. Twenty years from now, Chinese people will often encounter unfair treatment in the West, let alone it is still 1999.

These days, some people in the Western world still don’t know much about China even in the previous dynasty.

In a previous life, when a friend of Chen Li's was studying abroad, he met a classmate from a small rural area in the United States.

The other party was very curious about Chen Li's friend, and what he was curious about was why Chen Li's friend didn't have pigtails.

At that time, Chen Li's friend immediately thought that the guy was engaging in racial discrimination and almost got into a fight.

But the other party apologized very sincerely at the time, and finally Chen Li's friend finally understood that the other party probably didn't really mean it.

The reason is that since the other party was a child, his perception of China was still at the time of the previous dynasty.

Because the other person is from a small place, not to mention his understanding of China, he doesn’t even know much about big cities in the United States.

Most of that guy's understanding of China comes from some film and television works and some books published in the West.

It is simply impossible to expect them to know much about China.

Not to mention this guy, even more than 20 years later, when China had completely gone global, there were still many foreigners whose knowledge of China was still decades ago.

The reason is very simple. China's rise is so fast that many people in this world have no time to feel the changes in China, so they can only understand China according to their own inertial thinking.

Of course, the credit of the Western media is indispensable for this.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for Chinese people to be "bullied" abroad these days.

As Chen Li is Lucas's friend, Lucas naturally cannot let Chen Li encounter these things.

Especially since Lucas himself has been to China, he knows very well that even China in 1999 was definitely not what the Western media reported.

So with the help of a lawyer, Chen Li completed the transcript in a very relaxed atmosphere.

It was also in this transcript that Chen Li learned from a policeman who had been at the scene before.

This accident must have been intentional, and the other party's purpose must have been to steal!

Needless to say, the target of the theft was Mr. Cornelius Gurlitt, a descendant of the Communist Party.

Of course ~ At this moment, because Cornelius Gullit is in a coma and is in the hospital, the police still don’t know all this.

They also didn’t know that what Cornelius Gurlitt, a descendant of the Nazis, had lost was not just any ordinary property, but a huge treasure worth up to 1 billion euros.

Uh. Okay~ It's still 1999. Although the Euro has been officially issued, it has not yet been officially circulated, nor has it replaced the original national currency.

Today, the currency of Germany is still the mark, so in total, the value of these lost works of art is estimated to be as high as billions of marks.

If this value is confirmed by the police, it will probably be revealed.

Finally, Chen Li left the police station after completing the transcript.

The police did not even stop Chen Li from leaving. The police officer who had questioned Chen Li at the scene even wished Chen Li a safe journey.

After this incident, Chen Li used this as an excuse to "temporarily" give up the idea of ​​buying an apartment in Munich.

After all, he really doesn't have much money at the moment.

Unless he cashes in these treasures immediately, otherwise.

He really can't afford it!

(End of chapter)