Some people chose to accept Ye Tian's conditions, while others held different opinions.
The head of the National Gallery of the United States stood up and said solemnly:
"Steven, I still can't accept this condition and let you take away 50% of the stolen antique art from the video, although the list of stolen goods you mentioned is very attractive.
Those stolen antique artworks not only belong to our gallery, but also belong to all the public. If they are successfully recovered, some of them will fall into your hands. We may not be able to explain to the public!"
Obviously, this person is afraid of taking responsibility, afraid of being unable to face the accountability of the media and the public.
This is indeed a very real problem. The media and the public will not consider the probability of the stolen antique artwork being recovered. They will only look at the stolen antique artwork itself.
In their opinion, as long as the stolen antique works of art are recovered and the public reward is paid, then all the antique artworks should be recovered and one cannot be missing!
If they were to know that some of the stolen antique artworks were swallowed by Ye Tian, the museum would indeed have to bear a lot of pressure and even be held accountable!
There are elements of stolen antique artworks as public property and there are also elements of jealousy!
Of course, private museums and those famous collectors are a different story! They have no such troubles.
The remarks made by the head of the National Gallery of the United States are a problem faced by many museum curators present. There was a sound of discussion in the conference room and everyone began to discuss in low voices!
For this problem, Ye Tian has already figured out a coping strategy, so he is not surprised, someone will always raise it, sooner or later!
He stretched out his hands again and pressed it down to signal everyone to be quiet.
When the discussion fell slightly, he immediately smiled and said:
"Gentlemen, I have considered this problem a long time ago and found a more suitable solution. You can listen to me and I believe that everyone should be able to accept this solution!"
"Okay, let's talk about it, how to solve this problem?"
The head of the National Gallery of the United States said, with a bit of curiosity.
The others were the same, looking at Ye Tian curiously, looking forward to his answer.
Ye Tian smiled and nodded and then began to talk about his solution.
"I know that everyone is not willing give up of some stolen antique artworks. I can understand that they are all top antique artworks with extraordinary artistic value and market value. Who can afford it?
After the case is successfully solved and some of the stolen antique artworks are obtained, everyone is welcome to come to me to trade privately. The goods traded are of course the stolen antique artworks and the price is the current market price!
In this way, everyone can smoothly retrieve all the stolen antique artworks, put them back in the exhibition hall and display them in front of the public. In the face of this result, what excuses do the media and the public have to hold them accountable?
In addition, through the stolen art robbery list, you will be able to retrieve more stolen antique artworks. By then, the media and the public will not be harsh and will only praise!"
"Steven, you are such a greedy bastard, you only have money in your eyes!"
Isaac, the curator of the Gardner Museum, grinned and cursed, his eyes bright and excited.
At this moment, he saw the hope of recovering all the stolen artworks. If all 13 stolen top artworks could be recovered, it would be perfect!
Of course, repurchase funds are not a small problem.
In addition to the museum's own funds, they can find the billionaires who support the museum and many trustees to find a way!
If it doesn't work, they can still find a bank loan or sell some inventory of antique artworks. he believe there will always be a way! How to recover all the stolen antique artworks!
As soon as Isaac finished speaking, the curator of the Art Museum of Chicago immediately continued:
"The solution is good, but where does the repurchase funds come from? Those are all top antique works of art, each of which is worth a lot. You guys are going to sell them at market prices. Where do we raise such a large sum of money?
Ye Tian nodded at the other party and replied calmly:
"As far as I know, except for the 13 top antique artworks that were stolen at the Gardner Museum more than 20 years ago, all other stolen antique artworks have been covered by art insurance.
After these antique artworks were stolen, the stolen museum must have received the corresponding insurance compensation. The amount may be more or less, but it should be the market price at the time. Am I right?"
"Yes, our insurance company is indeed paying the compensation at the market price at the time, and it is very timely, and there is no default!"
The representative of AXA Art Insurance Company nodded in response and the representatives of several other insurance companies also nodded to confirm.
Even museums cannot deny this and the compensation has indeed been put into their pockets.
Only Isaac rolled his eyes unhappily, this bastard who really doesn't open the pot or lift which pot! He is using us as a negative teaching material! It's not authentic!
After glancing at everyone's reaction, Ye Tian continued to say:
"When these stolen antique works of art are retrieved, if your museums want to retrieve these treasures, they must return the insurance indemnity they received. Everyone knows this!
At that time, some of the stolen antique artworks should have belonged to me. If you want to get these treasures back, the corresponding insurance indemnities should be converted into repurchase funds.
There will be more or less premiums here and the funds for these premiums can only be borne by the museums, I believe it will not be too much! For museums, it shouldn't be a problem.
In addition, there are some things that need to be coordinated between various museums and art insurance companies. I believe it is not difficult for you to reach an agreement and get a happy result!"
Hearing these words, the eyes of many museum owners on the scene suddenly lit up! Shine!
Steven is right! There are also insurance claims that can be used. In this way, the cost of repurchase will definitely be greatly reduced, not unbearable.
Thinking of this, the owners of the several museums that had only been stolen in recent years immediately smiled, seemed particularly excited and even almost cheered.
Because their museum was stolen very recently, the premium of the corresponding antique artwork is naturally relatively small!
This means that they don't need to spend much, just return the insurance compensation and basically get back all the stolen antique artworks and the loss is almost negligible! Can they not get excited?
Those museum owners who have been stolen for a long time have relatively low excitement.
Because their stolen antique artworks have a lot of premium, the cost of repurchase is relatively high.
Even so, it can save a lot of repurchase costs and they are also very excited.
They were not the only ones who were excited. Several private museum owners, several famous collectors and art brokers who came on behalf of their clients were all overjoyed and extremely excited at this time!
"Steven, you guys really worked so hard to make money! It's so cunning!"
Julian said jokingly, smiling very brightly.
"Hahaha"
There was a hearty laughter in the conference room and every voice was very excited.
Of course, there are also those who feel uncomfortable, that is, those senior art insurance companies!
The laughter fell and the representative of AXA Art Insurance Company said with a wry smile:
"Steven, you're so unremarkable. After all only our insurance company is spending a lot of money!"
"Hahaha"
There was a burst of laughter at the scene and everyone was amused by the words.
Ye Tian shook his head lightly, then smiled and said:
"Who said that you are being taken advantage of? You know, these art thieves have existed for more than 20 years and they are so crazy, they must have accumulated a very surprisingly huge fortune!
There are also those immoral collectors who collect stolen goods. Since they are obsessed with collecting top antique art, they must all be rich and have dollars in their hands!
You can sue these guys to make up for your losses. The losses mentioned here include not only the capital costs such as interest and inflation, but also the manpower and material resources you have expended!
In this way, what will you lose? Maybe you can make a lot of money! It's even more cost-effective than keeping your money in the bank. What a great thing!"
Everyone at the scene was completely stupid, staring at Ye Tian dumbfounded.
How did Steven think of this? It's a monster!
It's like a hornet's nest and it's worthy of being mixed on Wall Street, really shrewd to the extreme!
After the shock, the eyes of the representatives of several art insurance companies immediately shined and became extremely bright.
That's a good idea! They can give it a try, the probability of success seems very high!
FBI's Joey and the deputy director were annoyed and they both gritted their teeth and stared at Ye Tian.
What a bastard! It's horrible to instigate others to grab food from our jobs!