Chapter 237: Bomb Threat

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was half past six in the afternoon, and only half an hour was left before the end of the preview.

Ye Tian took Betty back to Sotheby's again, preparing to withdraw the gold nugget and two famous paintings from the booth and return them to the lot warehouse to end the preview.

David also returned to the exhibition hall. He is a lawyer and needs to be present.

Although the preview is coming to an end, the exhibition hall is still full of people, very lively! There are even people who keep coming, hurry up and visit the last moment.

This is undoubtedly what Ye Tian wants to see most, the more lively the better!

Looking at the lively scene in the exhibition hall, he has already thought of the scene at the auction. It must be an unprecedented grand occasion and the competition must be fierce!

At this moment, he seemed to see a turbulent wave of US dollars coming straight to him, very attractive!

Thinking about it, Betty's voice suddenly came.

"My dear, the preview is over soon, why are there so many people? It's crazy!"

Ye Tian smiled triumphantly and explained softly:

"It's not surprising at all! There is a reason why people are so enthusiastic. For most people, this is probably their only chance to appreciate these babies up close.

After the auction, these treasures will fall into the hands of private collectors in all likelihood, and there will be very few opportunities for public display in the future, so everyone is so enthusiastic."

"Yes! This is not like the artwork in the museum, you can go and see it at any time."

Betty sighed, her eyes a little regretful.

"Let's go in, the preview will be over soon."

Ye Tian said, and then took Betty into the exhibition hall.

As soon as he walked in, Simon greeted him quickly, with an expression of excitement.

"Steven, you are finally here! I will introduce you to someone who is our main customer at Sotheby's, super rich!"

"Who the super rich man? It makes you so excited."

Ye Tian asked curiously as he walked toward the booth.

"Prince Hassan of the Qatar Royal Family, he spent 250 million US dollars before. It is the Qatar Royal Family who won "The Card Players". They are also very interested in these two masterpieces by Paul Cézanne."

"Wow! Petrodollars! I like it!"

Ye Tian exclaimed, his smile suddenly became brighter.

The biggest fat sheep in art auction history is here, can you be unhappy?

While talking, the three people walked to the booth.

At this time, a man in his 30s and 40s wearing a white Arab robe with a beard and face was watching "Mont Sainte-Victoire" through the bulletproof glass, his expression was very focused.

Next to him were four people, an Arab entourage who was in charge of carrying bags; an expert appraisal expert, explaining the painting in a low voice; the other two were bodyguards, staring at the surrounding vigilantly, as if everyone was the enemy!

"His Royal Highness Hassan, this is Steven, the owner of these two top oil paintings; Steven, this is Prince Hassan, from the Royal Family of Qatar."

After the meeting, Simon introduced to both parties.

"Good afternoon, His Royal Highness Hassan, nice to meet you, welcome to New York!"

Ye Tian smiled and greeted him, and stepped forward to shake hands with the other party.

"Good afternoon, Steven, I am also very happy to meet you, a legend in New York, Wonder Boy! I am half a New Yorker and live on Fifth Avenue.

During this period of time, I have heard a lot of stories about you. Each story is very exciting and wonderful, especially your adventures, which are very fascinant!"

Prince Hassan said with a smile, with a curious look.

"Hahaha, thank you for your attention, I am very honored, some of those stories are true, some are inevitably fabricated and exaggerated. Don't take it seriously!"

Ye Tian said a few polite words, a trace of pride in his eyes.

"The best evidence is in front of us! Both the gold nugget and the two Paul Cézanne oil paintings are the top treasures, and they are definitely not something ordinary people can have.

Especially these two oil paintings by Paul Cézanne, I am very interested, and plan to bid for them and to become the private collection of our Qatar Royal Family."

Prince Hassan pointed to the oil painting on the booth and said, his tone was firm, and he looked like he was sure to win.

Now it's right! This is what I are waiting for!

Ye Tian cheered secretly, and suddenly smiled happier.

"You are welcome to participate in the competition. These two top oil paintings are definitely worthy of attention. I hope you can get what you want and get them!"

"I will succeed. After the auction, these two oil paintings belong to the Royal Family of Qatar!"

After chatting for a while, Ye Tian and Simon left and came to the stage, while Betty waited on the side of the stage.

Larry and security supervisor Jack arrived soon, and the four gathered together and began to arrange the closing of the preview.

"Steven, after all the visitors have left the venue for a while, you can open the booth and leave. We will safely return the three exhibits to the lot warehouse."

"OK! Thank you everyone, this is a perfect preview!"

Ye Tian said with a smile, his expression relaxed and relaxed.

He was very satisfied with this preview, almost impeccable throughout, and fully achieved the goal.

While talking, Jack's face suddenly changed, his expression became a bit solemn, obviously, he heard some bad news through the headset.

Don't have an accident, right? This is the last moment! Ye Tian couldn't help but chuckle.

Simon also noticed a change in Jack's expression and asked quickly:

"Jack, what's the matter?"

"The police received a bomb threat, saying that there was a bomb at the subway station not far ahead, and all the lower Manhattan police stations were dispatched. This will be a full investigation.

Now in our office building, the brother on duty downstairs asked me whether to let the police go upstairs? A total of five police officers arrived, fully armed!"

Jack explained in a low voice, his expression a little more relaxed.

"Let them come up, the preview will be over in another ten minutes, there should be no impact!"

Simon whispered, everyone was relieved, including Ye Tian.

"Ok!"

Jack responded, but didn't notify the downstairs immediately. Instead, he called a friend in the police station. If someone took advantage of the situation, it would be a big trouble!

The call was quickly connected, and the police station gave an affirmative answer, and indeed received a bomb threat.

After hanging up the phone, Jack notified the security personnel downstairs and allowed the police to go upstairs to investigate.

At the same time.

Simon took the microphone and said loudly to many visitors:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the New York police will enter the exhibition hall later, please don't be nervous, don't panic, they are just routine investigations and will not threaten your safety."

When the voice fell, there was an uproar at the scene.

"NYPD? What are they doing here? There will be no trouble, right?"

"Who knows! It's definitely not a good thing, I think it's better to withdraw!"

After the uproar, many people left immediately, but nearly half of them stayed and continued to admire the three exhibits.

Ye Tian and Sotheby's didn't care about the visitors leaving the venue, even if they were gone, it didn't matter! The preview will be over in another ten minutes, it doesn't matter!

The exhibition hall quickly returned to calm and the exhibition continued.

Four or five minutes later, five New York police officers walked into the exhibition hall.

Each of them is fully armed wearing steel helmets, brown goggles, body armor, pistols in the holsters on the outside of the thighs, four of them are holding automatic rifles, one carrying a shotgun, The firepower is very powerful.

Obviously, this is a tactical team, which should come from the special police force.

The five policemen have a small age span. Between the ages of 25 and 35, there are four men and one woman, three whites and two blacks.

Everyone looked cold and unsmiling.

After entering the exhibition hall, they kept scanning the numerous visitors on site, as well as the environment in the exhibition hall, of course, including the three treasures on the booth.

And what they are most concerned about is the security personnel around the booth, and they stayed on the side of the security personnel at least three or four times.

As the person in charge of the security of the exhibition hall, Jack had already greeted the police.

The performance of these policemen conformed to the norms, and there seemed to be no doubt.

But in Ye Tian's eyes, the feeling these policemen gave him was a bit awkward, as if something was wrong there.