Chapter 377: Embezzlement
“Da da da…”
The sound came from far away, and along with the footsteps came the fragmentary conversation between two people.
Lin Siqiao was extremely surprised. How could someone come here at this time?
While thinking this, Lin Siqiao held his breath and stepped sideways to the corner of the corridor.
A moment later, two dark figures carrying a box stopped at the door of the director's office.
One of them stepped forward, and Lin Siqiao couldn't see clearly. He could only see that the other person made a gesture of taking out a key.
The moment the lights in the room came on, Lin Siqiao's guess was confirmed.
The man who opened the door was Mr. Thomas, the museum director who had received the delegation a few months ago.
It wasn't hard to guess who was following behind him, judging by the way he was dressed and walked.
Lin Siqiao guessed that the other party should be the small leader in charge of security in the museum.
Anyway, they are not ordinary staff.
Just when Lin Siqiao was curious about why these two people came here carrying a box of things in the middle of the night, the voice of Director Thomas was heard in the room.
When he opened his mouth, Lin Siqiao's jaw almost dropped.
Without having time to organize his thoughts at this moment, Lin Siqiao quickly went to the space and took out the recorder that he usually used to record his inspirations.
At this time, the conversation in the room was still going on.
Thomas tore off his tie and became impatient.
"Jack, is this what you have gained in more than a month? Look for yourself how crude the workmanship of these porcelains and jewelry is. Anyone who knows a little bit can tell at a glance that these things are fakes."
"I don't care what you do, I want to see everything in the catalogue by next week at the latest."
Jack shrugged, his tone embarrassed.
"Director, our people have been to antique shops and flea markets around London countless times. These are the closest things to real photos we can find."
"If you want to find something that is 100% like the original and has fine workmanship, I really can't do that."
Seeing the curator's frightened look, Jack was a little confused.
He and the director have been working in the museum for ten years and they work in perfect harmony with each other.
This isn't the first time I've done this, so how can I still be so impatient?
Jack said disapprovingly, "Director, so what if they are fakes? Who can prove that these things were real when they were brought back?"
"Besides, our warehouse below is filled with millions of antiques, and the inspection team has to go to the other two warehouses to inspect. How can they have the time to look at each one carefully? The most they can do is randomly check a portion of them."
Thomas glanced at him, but he didn't take it seriously.
Just as Jack thought, this was not the first time they had done this. In the past few years, they had resold thousands of antiques.
As their business scale grows, their shipping methods become more and more covert.
But things have been going too smoothly in the past few years, so smoothly that everyone who followed them has made a considerable fortune, and gradually the people under them have become lazy.
Thomas reminded them several times, but no one seemed to take it seriously.
It wasn't until a year and a half ago that they lost a box of goods while transporting antiques, and everyone started to panic.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for them to find out that the box of things was stolen by a habitual thief.
They didn't take the petty thief seriously, but the troublesome thing was that the box of things eventually fell into the hands of a Chinese man named Xie.
After that, there happened the murder case that shocked the whole city.
Although Thomas had modified the numbers of these cultural relics as soon as possible, the problem was that the information of these cultural relics had been uniformly entered into the electronic database several years ago.
Even though Thomas was the director of a museum, he did not have the authority to make changes.
"Jack, this matter may not be as simple as you think. I just received news today that the inspection team will enter the museum at the end of the month."
"The end of the month?"
Thomas looked serious, "Yes, at the end of this month."
Thomas has worked in the museum for so many years that he is already familiar with how to deal with the random inspections every two years.
What made him uneasy was that in previous years, the inspection team would only come after Christmas.
This year, it was more than four months earlier.
Thomas couldn't sleep or eat when he thought about the fact that the box of cultural relics had now returned to China.
It's not like he hadn't considered stopping there, but he had no choice now.
The people below are counting on this to make money, and the buyers behind are also pressing forward.
Just like now, after hearing all this, Jack feels uneasy, but it is impossible for him to give up.
"Director, there's no point in thinking so much now. In my opinion, don't worry about whether these things are real or fake. Just mix them into the warehouse first."
"As for the inspection team, we can only deal with them as they come."
"You know, we don't have any way out now. Even if we want to stop, they won't let us go. We might as well take advantage of this to do a few more big things!"
Thomas sighed, but he knew that Jack was telling the truth.
After taking a look at the things in the box and picking out the pieces that he really didn't like, Thomas stood up and took down the oil painting on the wall.
A safe more than half a meter high was revealed inside.
Some important documents and the keys to the warehouse in the museum are stored here. To open it, you need both a password and a key.
Something this important cannot be managed by one person.
Therefore, the museum has always adhered to the principle that the director is responsible for keeping the password, and the director of the security department is responsible for keeping the key.
This is also the fundamental reason why the two of them can work together.
A few minutes later, the safe was opened and Thomas took out the warehouse key.
Perhaps he thought it was too troublesome to open the safe once, so after taking the key, Thomas did not close the door of the safe, but just left it ajar.
Afterwards, the two men lifted the box and went down the stairs to the warehouse on the basement floor.
When Lin Siqiao heard this, it would be a lie to say she wasn't shocked. It was just that she didn't have much time left, and the recording alone was not enough. She had to find more evidence.
After making sure that the two of them would not be back in the short term, Lin Siqiao tiptoed into the curator's office.
Looking at the mountain of information in the safe, Lin Siqiao wanted to take all of it away for a moment.
But she soon calmed down.
At least now is not the time to alert the enemy.
After thinking about it, Lin Siqiao pulled out the archive file numbered 33. The reason was that the exhibition hall where China's cultural relics were stored had always been numbered 33.
When she opened it, it turned out to be what she was looking for.
Until his hands were sore from holding the camera and dozens of rolls of film had been used, Lin Siqiao had only finished shooting half of the photos.
This shows how many cultural relics they looted.
Fortunately, the two men had been staying in the warehouse downstairs for several hours, and Lin Siqiao luckily completed her mission and took pictures of all the evidence she wanted at the last minute.
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