There are thirteen paintings, eight oil paintings, and five sketches.

These oil paintings are all spread on the big bed in the hotel room. Because they can't be put, there are also several paintings that have been unfolded on the tables and chairs in this room.

Among all the oil paintings spread out on the big bed, the painting in the middle made Lin Dan’s eyes unable to move away.

"This... God, don't tell me that this painting is that painting!" Lin Dan was a little at a loss, and even spoke incoherently.

Yang Jing nodded with a smile and said, "If I had not identified the wrong way, this painting should be that painting!"

"Wow..." Lin Dan screamed strangely, and almost pounced on him, but he stopped his foot by the bed.

"Brother Yang, can I touch her?"

"Yes, but you'd better wear gloves first. You know, the value of this painting is now at least over $300 million!"

It was an oil painting. In a slightly dark room, a man was sitting with his back facing away from the front. On the left and right sides of the man, there were two girls. The girl on the left and the girl on the left and right was standing, as if she was talking to the man.

Lin Dan hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Forget it, I still won't touch it anymore. I'm so sucking my heart. I'm afraid I'll touch her..."

Yang Jing smiled without saying a word.

In fact, when Yang Jing first saw these paintings, he was shocked. After he used the holy ring to identify these paintings, even he was a little at a loss.

Only Yang Jing and Lin Dan know about these paintings so far, even Chris Patton and John Bruno didn't know about them. As soon as they returned to the room, Yang Jing asked them to rest, and didn't come to him if they had nothing to do.

The two bodyguards naturally knew why this was, and they were very consciously not coming to Yang Jing.

It’s not that Yang Jing believed these two bodyguards, but these thirteen paintings are too involved.

Nothing else, these thirteen paintings are stolen goods! And they are stolen goods known as "the biggest theft case in American history."

March 17, 1990, that day was the biggest carnival in Boston, USA - St. Patrick's Carnival.

March 17th of each year is St. Patrick's Day in the West, also known as "Cuckold Festival". This festival originated in Ireland in the late 5th century. In 1737, some Irish gentlemen and businessmen gathered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA to commemorate St. Patrick and established an Irish charity club. Since then, the United States has celebrated this festival every year. On St. Patrick's Day in the United States, people usually hold parades, church services and dinners.

On this day, Boston also fell into a carnival.

But no one noticed these carnival people. Next to Boston's famous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Art, two sneaky figures were sitting in a red Dodge Daytona, waiting for the carnival people to finally disperse.

It was soon after the early morning, and the citizens of Boston who were having fun slowly dispersed, and at about one o'clock in the morning, two guys in police uniforms got out of the Dodge Daytona.

The two guys in police uniforms pressed the sirens at the entrance of the museum and told the security staff in the museum that they heard a strange noise in the park and needed to enter the museum to check.

The museum's security staff understood that uninvited guests should not be allowed to enter the museum late at night, but they did not know whether this regulation was valid for the police. So security staff Abart decided to open the door. After opening the door, the "police" suddenly said that he looked familiar and looked like a wanted criminal, so he was asked to show his ID. The "police" ordered him to face the wall and handcuffed him.

Abate originally thought this must be a misunderstanding, but later he realized that the two "police" did not search him before handcuffing him. In addition, he found that one of the policemen's beard seemed to be made of wax...

That night, the museum had only two security personnel. After another security personnel arrived, they were handcuffed by two "polices". When they asked the "police" why they were arrested, the "police" was very honest:

"You are not arrested. We are just here to rob."

So two security personnel were taken to the basement of the museum.

Eighty-one minutes later, the two pretended policemen walked into multiple exhibition halls, took off the famous paintings hanging on the walls one by one, and then selectively snatched up to 13 famous paintings.

Among them are five sketches by Edgar Degas, a representative figure of French Impressionism; the same is Edward Manet, a representative figure of French Impressionism; the works of "A French Gentleman" by Rembrandt Halmanson Van Rein, the works of "The Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee" and "Portraits of Men and Ladies in a Black Background" and a self-portrait of Rembrandt. Among them, "The Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee" is the only seascape painting in Rembrandt's known paintings.

In addition, three works by Peter Paul Rusbon, a famous Dutch Flanders painter in the 17th century and representative of the early Baroque painting school were also stolen by these two brave guys.

Among these thirteen lost paintings, the most precious one is the representative work of "Concert", a famous Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the 17th century. Among Vermeer's only 34 remaining paintings, this painting is definitely the most valuable painting. Some say that the painting is worth 200 million US dollars, and some say that the painting is worth as high as 250 million US dollars. Anyway, no matter what, this "Concert" is definitely the most valuable painting in history.

In that "robbery case", a total of 13 famous paintings were stolen. The estimated price given by later generations was that these 13 famous paintings were worth up to 500 million US dollars!

These two bold robbers did not use any offensive weapons, and even took away the videotape from the monitor before leaving. Since there was no sirens connected to the police station on the back of these paintings, by dawn, the two robbers had already escaped.

But before the two guys left, they came to the basement and said to the two security officers, "You will see us in a year."

But they never showed up again.

That's right, from 1990 to now, more than 27 years and eight months have passed. Not to mention that these two robbers have not appeared again, even the thirteen lost famous paintings have never been found.

The FBI in the United States has been searching for this case for twenty years, but there has been no news.

The stolen Gardner Museum of Art even offered a reward of 10 million dollars, but nothing happened.

Everyone thought that these thirteen famous paintings would probably never make a name for themselves, but now they appear in the room of the hotel where Yang Jing lives...

In fact, Yang Jing didn't know about this famous theft before. After all, this case happened in Boston, the United States, and it has been a long time ago. When the case occurred, Yang Jing was not even born.

However, when he identified these thirteen paintings with the holy rings, he immediately searched the Internet for these thirteen famous paintings, and he got a result that made him feel very distressed.

As for Lin Dan, although he is a Chinese, he was born in the United States and grew up in the United States, especially Vermeer's "Concert" is so famous. He has seen photos of this famous painting several times, and of course he also heard of the case that happened that year, so when he saw this painting for the first time, he recognized the origin of the painting at first.

Of course, just one "Concert" almost made Lin Dan lose his soul, and when he saw the remaining twelve works, he actually resurrected...

"Brother Yang, don't tell me that these thirteen works are hidden in the warehouse I took today."

Yang Jing shrugged and said, "Then where do you think these thirteen paintings come from? They flew from themselves with wings? Or did they fall from the sky? Yes, these thirteen paintings were found in that warehouse..."

Lin Dan touched his head, "Brother Yang, how do we deal with these paintings?"

Yang Jing smiled bitterly and said, "What do you think should be done? I'm worried about this."

After a pause, Yang Jing asked Lin Dan: "These thirteen paintings are stolen goods, and they are sure that they are sure. Although they were not stolen by me, they are now in my hands. You said, if the FBI knew about it, would they take them back?"

Lin Dan also smiled bitterly and said, "I am not very clear about this when you ask me, but this involves the legal provisions stipulated in the United States' Unified Commercial Code regarding 'good-intentional acquisition'. The Unified Commercial Code clearly stipulates the conditions for good-intentional acquisition. As far as I know, if the stolen goods that are deceivable or fraud are obtained in good faith, the police have no right to recover the things that are obtained in good faith. For example, these thirteen paintings were not stolen, but obtained through fraud or fraud. As a result, I have obtained these thirteen paintings now, so the police have no right to go back. But these thirteen paintings were not obtained through fraud and fraud, but stolen goods. Although I have obtained them in good faith, I don't know whether such stolen goods are protected by the Unified Commercial Code."

Lin Dan said this, Yang Jing understood a little. The laws of the United States are different from those of China, especially the regulations on getting stolen goods are very different.

In the Chinese legal provisions, as long as it is stolen goods, no matter whether you obtain it in good faith or not, the stolen goods obtained in good faith must be returned to the original owner. Of course, you can ask the original owner for the expenses you spent in the good faith acquisition process.

For example, Yang Jing spent 2 million to buy a landscape painting at the auction, but the landscape painting was later proved to be a stolen property. Then Yang Jing had to return the painting to the original owner, but he could ask the original owner for an auction fee of 2 million yuan.

But it's different in the United States.

Before, the United States treated goodwill acquisition the same way as China. No matter what, the stolen goods obtained in goodwill must be returned. However, with the development of society, this method of rough treatment of goodwill acquisition is becoming less and less in line with the process of social development, so the United States issued the "Uniform Commercial Code" to distinguish the stolen goods obtained in goodwill.

Lin Dan grabbed the phone and called out. After talking for a while, Lin Dan put down the phone and said, "I just consulted the lawyer of the company. The lawyer told me that there is a stolen stolen goods. If I have obtained them in good faith, then the original owner and the police will not have the right to go back. The "Uniform Commercial Code" has clear provisions on this. So, if I don't want to leave these thirteen famous paintings, then there is no problem." (PS: Lao Mo will explain here. In fact, the United States "Uniform"

Articles 2-403 of the Commercial Code clearly stipulate that any stolen goods stolen will not be protected by good faith. However, here is YY novel, and these thirteen paintings are too valuable. If the protagonist returns these thirteen paintings, everyone will be very upset to see them. So I changed this legal provision without authorization and allowed the stolen goods stolen goods to be protected by good faith. Then, please do not criticize them if you have a book friend who is proficient in the law. It would be great if everyone can read them.)

Hearing Lin Dan say this, Yang Jing asked in surprise: "What do you mean is that we can keep these thirteen famous paintings?"

"Well, we can really stay, but not in your name, but in my name. After all, the warehouse where these thirteen paintings were taken in my name. The B1 visa you have won cannot conduct such an auction in the United States."

Yang Jing nodded and said, "This is nothing wrong. I can trust you. I am now worried about how to bring these thirteen paintings out of the United States. Although the police have no right to go back to these thirteen paintings, they will definitely monitor you closely, so that you cannot bring these thirteen paintings out of the United States."

Lin Dan smiled and said, "Brother Yang, you don't have to worry about this. There must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain. Don't worry, as long as you can make these thirteen famous paintings appear openly in front of the world, then there will always be a way to get these thirteen famous paintings out of the country in the future. I have to ask the relevant personnel for the specific method. They cannot go abroad illegally, but the process should be quite troublesome."

Yang Jing shook his head and said, "Actually, if it weren't for this thing, I really wouldn't have caused such a big trouble." Yang Jing said, and picked up a bronze ware that looked like a trumpet from the table. "This bronze ware is called "Hu", a bronze ware from our Chinese Shang Dynasty. It was lost with the thirteen famous paintings. Did you see that our national treasure was stolen by the Americans, and they could openly exhibit it in the museum instead of returning it to us, so I felt angry. Since these thirteen paintings are fine, I would also take these thirteen paintings openly and let the Americans taste the taste of seeing but not going back!"

Lin Dan took over the bronze ware and shook his head helplessly.

"Brother Yang, don't worry, I promise that these things will be successfully attributed to your name. Don't forget that I am a Chinese. I live in San Francisco. San Francisco is an important gathering area for Chinese people in the United States. The clubs there have many ways to ensure the safety of these thirteen famous paintings. Even the US police dare not attack the Chinese there openly. After we go back, I will consult the relevant parties and try to transfer these thirteen famous paintings to your name as quickly as possible."

Yang Jing nodded and said, "Okay! When we return to Beaumont tomorrow and deal with the old oil well, we will go back to San Francisco directly!"
Chapter completed!