Chapter 2 Chapter two

A year has passed. In worldwide, respectable magazines, large advertisements appeared again, and the advertisements were related to this kind of safe. In the middle of the year, the list of customers who bought this kind of safe included several heads of state, famous world tycoons, diamond dealers, chiefs of Middle Eastern tribes, and secret organizations of many countries. He also pointed out that in the past year, the world's theft groups dared not even touch this kind of safe. Finally, he said humorously, fortunately, in the past year, the owners of the safe can remember the password they chose, so So far, it has not been found that there is something in the safe that cannot be taken out.

As soon as this advertisement was published, there was another sensation among rich people, as if they were not qualified if they did not have such a safe. A new safe of this type. Madrid, the capital of Spain, has many new buildings, but there are still many old buildings with narrow streets paved with stone slabs, lined with ancient houses with chalk peeling off.Children are running and playing on the stepped streets, the stalls selling cooked food are ringing intermittently, and the gray doves are flying up and down, looking peaceful and peaceful. On the third floor of an old house that looked exactly like hundreds of other old houses, there were several people gathering around a round mahogany table.

Everything, or anything, in this dark room, if a good antique dealer saw it, he might faint instantly.Let’s talk about the five-and-a-half-foot-diameter round table, and the kind of carvings on the side of the table can be seen by an insider at a glance. It is an official masterpiece of the Valoa Dynasty in France.And if someone with knowledge of archaeology saw it, he would know that this table was a gift from France to the Spanish royal family during the heyday of the Spanish navy. If a police officer, especially Interpol or an antique theft detective, had seen this table, he would have known that it was one of several priceless antiques that mysteriously disappeared from the museum six years ago. A mystery, how a large round table with a diameter of five and a half feet could be stolen by someone through the strict guards.Although this table has such a history, the five people sitting around the table completely regard this table as an ordinary table. The fat man sitting near the window clenched his fists with both hands and even slammed on the table. Banging, every time he knocked, his fat face trembled, and his expression was very excited. Although the light in the room was dark, with the movement of his hands, there were still several dazzling lights.

That brilliance came from the diamonds and precious stones set in the ring on his hand. The fat man wore seven rings in total, three on his right hand and four on his left. Opposite him was a well-dressed man with a neat moustache, his eyes were fixed on the fat man's hands. The thin man is a famous jewelry connoisseur and a world-renowned jewelry thief. Forgot to say, among the five people here, any qualified police officer will faint if he sees one of them. They are from Italy. Count Chittawi. Count Chittavi is a real count, indeed, in the mountains of northern Italy, he also has a very magnificent old castle, and the annual maintenance costs of this old castle make him have to steal it from time to time. A bit of jewelry came back and changed its original shape to sell.

Earl Chitavi looked at the fat man's hands and sighed inwardly. The reason why Earl Chitavi sighed secretly was definitely not because he fell in love with the diamonds and gems in the fat man's hands, he was just sighing, as time passed, people would change beyond recognition. The fat man's fingers are short and bloated, and they look clumsy. Looking at such hands, who would have imagined that these hands were the most dexterous in the world twenty years ago, fifteen years ago, or even ten years ago. A pair of hands, once recognized by thieves all over the world as incomparably great hands?Who would have thought that this fat man with such bloated and clumsy hands would have the nickname Exquisite Hands?

Earl Chitavi sighed again. With his rich knowledge of jewelry, he could naturally name the diamonds and gemstones in Linglong's hands one by one.The slightly pink-green diamond on the right middle finger of Linglong's hand is the second largest among the three diamonds of its kind in the world, and its correct weight is 7.34 carats.The ruby ​​on the ring finger of the right hand is called the Egyptian beauty, and its history can be traced back to seven hundred years ago.The pink diamond on the little finger of the right hand is the famous sister diamond of the Pink Star. Although it is much smaller, it is equally rare.

On the index finger of his left hand was a strange-looking emerald ring. Of course, Earl Chitawi knew that this emerald was so green and complete that no flaws could be found with a microscope. It was not a real ring, but should be worn on a large The ring on the thumb is the earliest used by the Chinese to pull the bowstring. The origin of this ring can be traced back to He Shen, a courtier of Emperor Qianlong. If you want to list the ten people who have the most treasures in the world since ancient times, Mr. Niu Hulu, who is deeply favored by Emperor Qianlong, can undoubtedly be at the top of the list.

On the middle finger of Linglong's left hand is a sapphire, on the ring finger is a long blue pearl, and on his little finger is another diamond. In the eyes of everyone present, that diamond should be regarded as Second-class goods. Earl Qi Taiwei sighed secretly again, it seems that Linglongshou's situation is not as good as before, otherwise, in his capacity, he should not be wearing such inferior goods.Linglongshou himself obviously understands this, so his movements, whether intentional or not, always cover up the little finger of his left hand. Linglong shouted with a strong French accent, clapped her fists on the table, and said: This is simply an insult, an unforgivable insult!This situation must not continue!

The rest of the people were silent, a tall middle-aged man with a Turkish-style turban on his head, with a dignified face, took out a snuff bottle from his coat pocket, opened the lid, sucked it vigorously, and let out a snuff. With a scoffing sound, Linglong glared at him with her hands, and said, "Emperor Turkey, I don't believe you can endure such insults forever!" The man called the Emperor of Turkey raised his head. He has deep eyes, high nose, and bright eyes. He is obviously a Turkic man of orthodox blood. He carefully placed the snuff bottle. He must be careful. On the snuff bottle carved from only a large piece of sapphire with a hardness of nine degrees, there are seventeen lifelike Turkish beauties carved on it. He once boasted that this snuff bottle can be compared with the one in the Istanbul Museum. Any treasure.

However, judging from his overly cautious expression and actions, his situation may not be as good as before. He shouldn't be so careful. Of course, the Turkish emperor is not a real powerful emperor, but if it weren't for Turkey. Kemal's man, and this man actually kicked the Turkish emperor from the throne in 1920, so the Turkish emperor sitting in this room is truly a true Turkey Of course, even judging from the royal family system he stated, he would have to work hard to become the Turkish emperor, for example, he had to kill several of his cousins ​​first. The Emperor of Turkey has impressive expertise. He is proficient in various ancient characters and has extremely deep research on Islamic culture. Naturally, he also has extremely rich knowledge on all ancient relics within the scope of Islam.The Islamic world, including the current oil world, is the richest world that produces gold directly from the ground. This is undeniable.

After putting away the snuff bottle, the Turkish emperor stretched out his hand to pat his pocket uneasy, as if he was not answering Linglongshou's question, but talking to himself, he said: Yes, what an insult, Chief Adeba, made the biggest one. No one knows who Chief Adeba is. In the Arab region of the Middle East, there are many small tribes. The chief of a small tribe may only have a few hundred naturalized people, or there may be more than ten oil wells. That is enough. When Western oil companies saw him, they had to regard him as their ancestor. The Turkish emperor grunted a few more words, glanced at another handsome Western man in Lido, and said: Goye, you should have the least loss, no one will put the painting in the safe! The handsome man who was called Goye suddenly became excited, waved his hands, and wanted to say something, but he just sighed and said: No fool would do this before, but it's different now, since someone That kind of safe, oh, forget it!The handsome man has blond hair, a height of six feet two inches and a true artist demeanor. The emperor of Turkey called him Goyer. In fact, his official name should be Goyer IV. According to him, he is the great painter Goyer And the illegitimate son of the stunning beauty who was painted nude by Goyer, therefore, his body is full of artistic, romantic, noble, mysterious blood and so on. Goyer IV is indeed an artist. Goyer IV's appreciation of artworks, especially oil paintings, seems to be innate. When he was sixteen years old, he wrote an article to refute the appraisal of three experts in the British Museum, and he is universally recognized as the A genius in oil painting identification, he can judge the authenticity of a famous oil painting in the most subtle way, which is amazing.Naturally, there are some so-called subtleties that are ignored by people. After he pointed out, they were noticed by art connoisseurs all over the world. They did not exist at all, but were only his masterpieces. Goye IV's masterpiece has always been a collector's dream treasure, but one thing that makes him sad is that he can't sign his own name on the work, but someone else's, to put it bluntly, he specializes in fake paintings . He not only sells fake paintings, but also real paintings, and the source of his real paintings lies in his ingenious means. The museums that collect famous paintings all over the world have a respectful and fearful attitude towards Goye IV.What I respect is his ability to appreciate works of art, but what I am afraid of is his ingenious technique. Maybe at some point, the real painting that he has appraised will become a fake painting, and the terrible thing is that no one can see the fake painting. Come out, because the authority to judge the authenticity of this painting is Goje IV. Goyer IV has a large-scale gallery in Argentina. When news of the theft of any museum comes out, collectors from all over the world will naturally gather in Buenos Aires to wait for Goyer. The fourth king made a price and made transactions openly or secretly. Goje IV's life has always been very good, but at this moment, it seems that he can't help but feel a little downcast, because in his mouth, he actually said such words. Only an old man would say such discouraging words, and Goye IV was only forty years old, and he was an out-and-out handsome man. Count Chitawi sighed again, this time, he did not sigh secretly, but sighed loudly.He is the owner of this house and the convener of this meeting. These few people are all top figures. Linglong, who was about to explode again, made a gesture to signal him to speak slowly, then tilted the chair back, and looked at the fifth person who looked very leisurely. It was a Chinese, very young. This young Chinese, Earl Chitavi, Linglongshou, the Emperor of Turkey and Goye IV, are all strangers to him. It is simply unbelievable, but it is true. However, we are no strangers to this young man. He was the youngest of the two at the press conference when the new type of safe was launched a year ago. When Count Chitawi looked at him, he flattened the chair and sat up straight. Count Qi Taiwei shook his head a little dissatisfied, and said, "The Chinese shouldn't not come to such an important gathering!" The young man smiled at him and said: I am Chinese! Linglongshou was a little angry at the young man's answer, and said: I know that there are tens of millions of ordinary Chinese, but there is only one Chinese we want to see, and he should come! The Emperor of Turkey made a gesture of reviewing the army, raised his hands high, and said: The whole world is watching us, and we are looking at the Chinese! Goye IV said coolly and authentically: The Chinese did not come, maybe this gentleman brought his opinion. Goje IV called the young man this gentleman, as if the young man was not Chinese.In fact, in the minds of several of them, Chinese is only a synonym for a single person, not referring to other people. The young man straightened himself up again, and said, "My uncle said He said four words, paused for a while, all eyes in the room immediately focused on him. The young man lowered his head, shook his head first, and said: My uncle said that things must end, everyone, his advice is, end it, we are over! The four people's reactions were different, the fat flesh on Linglong's hands and face trembled, and the pair of small eyes sunken in his fat flesh stared so angrily that the eyeballs seemed to pop out of them. Goye IV clapped his hand on his own forehead dramatically, making slapping noises continuously. Earl Chitavi groaned, stood up, sat down again, and then stood up again. Judging by his expression, he seemed to be about to speak, but no sound came out, and sat down again. The Turkish Emperor snorted and waved his hands aimlessly. It seemed that he was in extreme disappointment. The young man waited for half a minute, and continued: "When this kind of safe was first introduced to the public, my uncle and I studied it carefully, and we came to the conclusion that we cannot beat this kind of safe, so this For a year, my uncle was completely retired. The young man paused for a while before he added, saying: Me too! Linglong raised her fist, slammed it on the table, glared at the young man very bluntly and said: "Young man, we don't know what brilliant record you have, although we don't doubt that you have participated in our competition." The qualifications for the meeting, but don't mention retirement in front of the old-timers! Linglong's words were very rude, but the young man didn't show any anger, he just smiled, stood up, and walked out. The young man came all the way to the door, and then said: Everyone, originally, our work is not worth boasting about, but Mr. Linglongshou suspects that I cannot mention the word retirement. I would like to know that three years ago, the largest The drug gangs are suspicious of each other because of the loss of a large amount of cash in the vault. The big bosses finally got angry with each other and ended up fighting each other. Who caused this incident? When the young man said this, his attitude was very leisurely, as if what he was talking about was as easy as watching a striptease three years ago. However, when he finished speaking, the four people who were originally sitting stood up together. Among them, Linglongshou was too fat and stood up a little anxiously, so when he stood up, the seat he was sitting on stood up. A chair fell down with a bang. However, no one paid attention to the chair, and the eyes of the four were fixed on the young man.They all know that. Since the 1950s, all black organizations have become much smarter than those in the 1920s and 1930s. Modern economic theories have given them great help. They Learned the company's organizational law and knew how to use and distribute the astronomical funds they had.Therefore, the era of Arkabang is gone forever. The leaders of the black organizations, in the strict modern organization, rarely have fires and mergers. The friction between organizations has also been reduced to a minimum. It is said that black organizations have entered a golden age. However, in the peaceful years of the black organization, there were no exceptions. The largest black organization in the Far East, in the fire three years ago, resulted in the death of seven top leaders of the organization, and two were betrayed by the same party to the police. One committed suicide by swallowing a gun, and the whole organization fell apart. This incident shocked all the black organizations in the world. The four people in this room are of course not members of any black organization, but each of them has a number of subordinates, and what they do may not necessarily be legal. There is a law that allows people like them to act publicly, so they are very clear about the ins and outs of what happened in the Far East. They all knew that the direct cause of this fire was that all the cash and treasures in the safe of this black organization, including two boxes of Spanish gold coins, suddenly disappeared, which aroused mutual suspicion among the big bosses. caused by. What is so fascinating about this incident is not only that the black organization's own people are on fire, but also that a large sum of money, experts estimate it to be around 100 million US dollars, does not seem to have fallen into anyone's hands, but seems to have disappeared in the air. , never appeared again. But now, this young man suddenly brought up this matter, of course they couldn't help being shocked. After the four stood up, Linglong first murmured: Chinese!I have long suspected that this matter was done by the Chinese, and only he has such courage and courage. The young man turned around and said: If you mean my uncle by Chinese, then you are wrong! Linglong's eyes widened again, Earl Chi Taiwei's voice became very sharp, and he yelled suddenly, "It may not be you, young man!" The young man nodded and said, "Your estimate is correct, Earl!" The Turkish Emperor was panting, and said in a hurried voice: "That's impossible, impossible, how did you do it?" The young man was still smiling and said: "This has already happened. It may or may not be possible. It should not be discussed at all. As for how I did it, it is my business secret. I will not say it, just like you You won't tell me how you exchanged the fake for the real green jade in the Istanbul museum, will you, Your Majesty the Emperor? The Turkish emperor was stunned for a while, smiling all over his face, walked over to the young man very happily, reached out and patted the young man on the shoulder, and said: Yes, you are right! Linglongshou still stared and said: I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Goye IV also raised his hands and said: Everyone, please pay attention, our young friend has a very rich imagination, or his mental state is not sound, and he has a special fantasy. The success is on yourself! The young man did not reply, he just said calmly: After receiving the notice from the four, my uncle decided to send me to the meeting to meet the four. Before I left, he asked me to convey his opinion In addition to telling everyone, he also asked me to mention that incident. He also expected that you might not believe it, so he asked me to bring something! Earl Chitavi said: What is it? The young man didn't answer his question directly, but instead asked: What was the most famous thing in the vault of the black organization back then? Hearing the young man's question, the four of them laughed happily. They laughed so innocently, as if they had seen the thing and it belonged to them. Linglong smiled and said: "Young man, you have come to test us. Everyone knows that it is a card issued by the Swiss Bank in 1949 with a denomination of 10 million Swiss francs. It has no time limit and can be withdrawn at any time." promissory note. The young man nodded and said: Yes, before I left, my uncle said to me: Son, in order to convince them that you have done that, take this promissory note with you! The smiles of the four people froze, Linglong's eyes widened again, they all looked at the young man, casually took out a piece of paper from the inside pocket of his coat, and watched him take it out At that time, the expression of indifference, as if he was picking up a laundry list. He took out the piece of paper, shook it open, and handed it to Goye IV.The young man handed the promissory note to Goye IV instead of anyone else, which proved that he had a deep understanding of the specialties of the four people present.