fog city detective

Chapter 199 Cool (Part [-])
"Is the butt okay?" Bobby and Liang Xi stretched their heads to look at Chris's butt from left to right. They were curious about the shape of this guy's butt now.

Chris dodged left and right, and put one hand on the wound: "It's okay, it's okay, a small injury, a small matter. Let's go in and take a look?"

The three entered the museum.The collection of physical evidence has ended, and the exhibition hall on the first floor is blocked. Visitors can go directly to the second floor to enjoy the famous paintings.However, the famous paintings of Bi Vinci on the second floor have all been replaced with fakes, and only the works of Bi Vinci's contemporaries are of artistic value.

The first floor is empty, all the exhibits have been removed, and there are guards standing guard at the entrance and exit.The museum has two deputy curators, one male and one female. The female curator is about 50 years old this year, leading the three of them on foot to the temperature-controlled vault in the basement.

This temperature-controlled vault was purchased by the Clement family as a gift to the museum. It has a large area and is divided into seven areas, each of which can be adjusted to a different temperature.As for safety, there is definitely no problem. It is said that it can withstand the impact of nuclear bombs.

The three of them entered the oil painting storage area, and Chris gave full play to his chatterbox characteristics, and gave amazing explanations on each authentic artwork.From this point of view, Chris's identity as a painter is not so clear. He can tell the author of the oil painting from the oil painting, and even the story of the work itself.Like a tour guide, introduce the oil paintings to two tourists.

Liang Xi focused on the picture frame, and brought an empty picture frame, without screws, but with buckles.Uncover the eight buckles and separate the frame.The deputy curator brought a fake and placed it flat in the frame. There were plastic tapes on the four sides of the frame, which were pressed down and pressed against the four sides of the oil painting.

Liang Xi asked, "It seems very unstable."

The deputy curator replied: "This is to level the oil painting, not to prevent theft. If it is firmly fixed, it is likely to damage the canvas. We regularly take out the oil painting from the frame for repairs, so as to avoid the elastic necrosis of the canvas fibers caused by prolonged pressing." Oil painting The canvas material is very strong, and the material used is similar to that of a sail.

Liang Xi stretched his fingers lightly, and the oil painting was pulled out of the fixing bar. The deputy curator was asked to continue.The deputy curator sorts out the fake oil paintings, puts the outer frame with glass on it, and fastens eight buckles after aligning and installing.

Liang Xi turned the oil painting frame over, and the back was a layer of glass, which fit perfectly with the frame.Liang Xi thought that if a thief wanted to replace an oil painting that was on display, it would take at least 20 seconds, regardless of the alarm system and guards.

Open the eight buckles, remove the outer frame, remove the oil painting, replace it with a fake, flatten the fake with a tape, install the outer frame, and fasten the buckle.

Judging from Bobby’s description, there is a guard about two meters away from Junku, and a vibration alarm system is installed behind the painting frame. Visitors can only enjoy the oil painting two meters away.Stealing paintings during exhibition hours is difficult, but not impossible.

Liang Xi asked Bobby: "Did anything unusual happen in the exhibition hall yesterday? For example, someone fainted, someone fought, someone attacked a portrait, etc., which can cause some order and chaos, and even remove the guards?"

Bobby thought for a while: "I'll ask back."

Liang Xi said again: "We also need the financial information, personal information, and information of immediate family members of Junku's left and right guards."

Chris heard some tricks and asked: "Do you think the thief teamed up with the guards to create chaos and steal the real product? First of all, you have to avoid the surveillance. The hall uses wired surveillance, and you have to cut into the line to control the surveillance. Or just cut off the power directly. As far as the light at the location is concerned, as long as the hall is powered off, the surrounding area will be plunged into darkness." This level is not good.

Bobby said: "When the power is cut off, the emergency lights will turn on instantly."

Chris said: "It doesn't necessarily turn on. The emergency light is always connected to the power supply, and the emergency light will turn on when there is no power supply. The thief can cut off the power supply of the light without cutting off the power supply of the socket. In this way, the emergency light will not know that the power supply of the light is off, Naturally it won't open."

Poppy wasn't sure: "Emergency lights on a separate line?"

Two rookies!Watch some movies about pretending to be an expert.Liang Xidao: "I want the information to rule out the possibility of the oil painting being stolen during the exhibition time. To steal the oil painting during the exhibition time, there must be several factors. It is very easy to check. Once the theft of the exhibition time is ruled out, it is likely There are inside thieves. In art theft cases, [-]% of the cases have inside thieves. There are many cases of fraudulent insurance.”

Poppy said, "You mean, when the oil painting was transported from Saudi Arabia to the museum, it was already a fake?"

Liang Xi said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

The deputy curator disagreed: "Our curator personally picked up the plane at the airport, and the oil painting was escorted to the museum by a London security company. The curator, another deputy curator, two university professors and a British Museum deputy curator agreed. Junku conducted an inspection, not only checking the authenticity, but also checking whether it was damaged in transit. After confirming that it was correct, the staff and I sent the oil painting to the vault."

The deputy curator pointed everyone to see that there was a glass cabinet against the wall of the vault, covered with a layer of black cloth to avoid direct light on the oil paintings as much as possible.The deputy curator lifted the black cloth, and more than ten oil paintings were displayed in the glass cabinet.Poppy introduced the glass cabinet: "Explosion-proof glass, retinal certification. Only the retinas of the curator and the two deputy curators can unlock the lock."

Liang Xi questioned: "Then there should be a record of the unlocking time."

Bobby nodded: "Yes."

Liang Xi asked: "Is there any record of unlocking at abnormal time?"

Bobby replied, "No."

Fuck!Things were not stolen from the vault, not during the exhibition hours, but on the way from the vault to the exhibition hall?
Liang Xi said: "Ask again if there is any abnormal situation. Also, can the monitoring of the vault be used?"

Bobby replied: "Yes, there are almost no dead ends. However, there are a lot of monitoring, and the police have not yet sorted out this part of the information. The technicians are checking whether there is a possibility that the monitoring has been invaded. It is estimated that there will be results this afternoon." After all, it depends on how many Several days of surveillance recorded by ten cameras.

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After understanding the basic situation, in order not to disturb the order of the museum, the three left the museum and drove to a nearby coffee shop.Chris has been waiting for Liang Xi's opinion. In order to get Liang Xi to express his point of view, he spared no effort to explain the whole case.After all, it is also his nature, which is brought into full play.

Never thought that Liang Xi's being cited for analysis made Chris feel chills.

Liang Xi said: "Artworks, especially such high-value works of art, are very difficult to sell. There are usually two ways. The first way is that someone steals the work of art and is looking for a buyer. The second way is that the buyer finds someone Stealing art."

Bobby looked confused, "Is there a difference?" The scarf killer saved Dai Nu, which made Bobby proud for a day, but was finally killed by Liang Xi, which made Bobby very unhappy.

Liang Xi explained: "The first way is usually by the way. For example, I am a museum worker and I find a security risk, or I accidentally discover that there is an opportunity to steal artworks easily. In this case, because of the artwork's High value, it may tempt him to sell. There are also professional art thieves. There are many European works of art, and there are many valuable ones. Every year, billions of stolen works of art are bought and sold around the world. In the professional art thieves industry, they There is an unspoken rule: do not touch the top artwork. Like the Mona Lisa's smile. One reason is that it is difficult to sell, because the whole world knows that the woman's smile is stolen. Many daring collectors can't afford it Such a high price. Because of the characteristics of art, bold and wealthy collectors may not like to smile very much."

Liang Xi said again: "There is another reason why the police will intervene with a high profile, and the whole society will also pay attention to this theft. It is definitely not a good thing for art thieves. In addition, the ceiling-level artworks like Smile have very strict security. Stealing is very difficult, and professional art thieves will not touch ceiling-level artworks when there are many uncertain factors, and it may not even be possible to get rid of them.”

Liang Xidao: "Based on this case, I think it should be the second way. Some collectors want Junku and find professionals to steal Junku. Why do you say that? Let's look at the list of artworks, there are many Valuable works of art are not as valuable as Junku. But the risk and difficulty of stealing them are much lower than Junku. If Bifenda’s oil paintings are the first-level security, then the works of art exhibited by Bifenda’s contemporary masters in museums are the most important. Mostly only level two security."

Liang Xi continued: "A 3 million pound oil painting is enough for greedy people. If only this oil painting is lost, the insurance company and the police will not intervene on a large scale, and the news media will not report it. The media still don't know It was the theft of Junku, and once it is announced, I guarantee that the news will spread all over the world within an hour. To sum up, regardless of whether the ghost is inside or outside, I think there must be a collector contacting a professional team to steal Junku.”

Liang Xi said: "The target is the handsome collector, the target is the handsome theft team, their grade must not be low. Such a high-level team will definitely want to find an insider. At the same time, they also have to worry about one thing, Many people working in the museum have great love for artworks. Once they contact the other party, if the other party refuses to do anything, they will probably explain to the police or the museum. The insurance company will definitely take tough precautions after receiving the warning. Therefore, the theft gang It is necessary to understand the three views and financial situation of museum staff."

Liang Xi said: "The news of Junku's exhibition in the museum should have been released early, and the thieves have plenty of time to check out the site and get to know the people in the museum. Bobby, your bodyguards are also idle, let them watch the surveillance. The museum closes at [-]:[-] p.m. Ten days to three days ago, whether there are suspicious people and cars appearing near the museum this week. Those who check the spot should observe the people in the museum, and getting off work is a good opportunity. To get in touch with quasi-inner ghosts, They may drive to follow the quasi-inlaw, looking for opportunities to contact the quasi-inlaw. Even by calling the quasi-inlaw, the thieves will watch the quasi-inlaw and call, so that they can know whether the quasi-inlaw is reliable."

Bobby: "Got it, we will arrange it later."

Chris' palms were sweating, but he remained calm. Fortunately, he had Sierra, who had already processed a few minutes of video from the surveillance camera.

"Now we have to look at the situation at the vault monitoring side." Liang Xi said: "I suggest that the insurance company send people to focus on people who can enter the museum vault, not to find clues and oil paintings, the purpose is to scare them from going here. Shot during the period. The insider should have no criminal record and has a bad criminal mentality. As long as he finds someone following him, even if he knows that the other party is an insurance company, he will have concerns and dare not act rashly. Before the insider steals, he should find A safe place to stash. All we can do now is stop the transaction. Or maybe the transaction has been done, it was done before yesterday."

Before the museum closed last night, the curator discovered the fake, and then all the staff gathered in the museum for investigation.The police sent personnel to take notes overnight. There was no chance last night, or the chance was not great.All the staff are at work today, and as long as they send someone to watch, they can stop the transaction.But if it was stolen before yesterday, the oil painting may have reached the buyer's hands by now.

For now, Liang Xi believes that the information and clues are too complicated, and most of the information has other possibilities.For example, the oil painting may have been transferred during the day yesterday to an accomplice pretending to be a tourist.

The case is urgent, the sooner the ghost is found, the lower the theft rate of Junku will be.The longer the delay, the greater the chances of the collector completing the transaction.

Analysis by Chris: "The ghosts are divided into three categories, museums, insurance companies and security companies..."

Fuck, I came to you to give you opinions on the artwork, and to take you out as a friend, not for you to reason and add confusion.People from insurance companies and security companies dare to touch artworks?Putting your fingerprints on it could get you fired.However, it is not ruled out that the security company may drop the package during the escort.However, before the artwork is put into the vault, it is appraised by several experts.

Chris's analysis is reasonable, but it is biased. The biggest problem is that there is no core focus.Chris classified the possibility of people stealing Junku from three departments, and nine times were classified from the three departments.Nine times, three departments, and two locations, Chris proposed 5 possibilities within 54 minutes.What's amazing is that this guy spoke for 7 minutes in one breath, the sentences were fluent, and he didn't even swallow his saliva.

It's a pity that this time it's the gangster Wen, otherwise Chris might lose his tongue.

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The information is collected one after another. The first part of the information: the surveillance has not been invaded, there is no problem with the two full-time Junku guards guarding the exhibition hall, the camera has never been blocked, and there has been no accident in the exhibition hall.This means that it is impossible for someone to steal Junku from the exhibition hall during Junku's exhibition.Basically, it can be determined that it was done by the ghost.

The second part of the information, the vault monitoring found some suspicious problems.

According to the plan, Junku will participate in the exhibition on the first day, but the insurance company received unconfirmed early warning information from the police.Considering safety issues, under the persuasion of the insurance company, Junku was replaced with a counterfeit two days ago.At seven o'clock in the morning on the first day, the deputy curator, the curator and four staff members were all preparing the exhibits in the vault of the oil painting exhibition area.Because the exhibits have been in the warehouse for more than four days, they have to remove the frame to restore the elasticity of the edges of the canvas, because during the next seven days of exhibition, the exhibits will not return to the vault and will be hung in the exhibition hall for seven days.

At around [-]:[-], the curator, who was in charge of Junku together with the deputy curator, was called to the door of the vault by the person in charge of the insurance company, and had a discussion with the person in charge of security.The person in charge of security told the curator that he had received some unreliable information that someone might sabotage and attack Bifenda's oil painting.It is proposed not to exhibit three high-value oil paintings by Bi Vinci including Junku on Thursday and Friday.The curator agreed to the proposal and ordered someone to go to the storage room next door to get three fakes.

The fakes in the museum have very obvious characteristics, and even the museum's 'hot dog' is directly printed on the front of the oil painting, which is given to celebrities who visit the museum and sold to tourists.

(End of this chapter)