Plug-in Players In Marvel

Do you still remember the trophies seized from the vampire lair on Niihau Island?

In addition to the Stradivarius violin prepared for Kangna, Shi Xiaolei also received a dozen antiques from China. Among them, one of them was complained by Stark, "It's too big for a faucet." Ugly copper sheep head.

Let’s not discuss Stark’s aesthetics first, let’s just talk about this copper sheep’s head.

In Shi Xiaolei's opinion, this thing is definitely important enough to earn him a face that is 'big enough for Kangna to get close to the panda'.

After all, several bronze beasts have been put up for auction in the past few years, and every time they appear, they cause quite a stir in the country. Both the public and the public opinion media, large and small, have paid great attention to them.

"Are you sure? It's really three pieces?"

A few days later, I received a report from Natasha. When he heard the quantity mentioned in her words, Shi Xiaolei was really surprised and couldn't believe it would be such a result.

In fact, in the past few days, Shi Xiaolei himself also checked some information online.

So far, including the sheep head in Shi Xiaolei's hand, a total of eight bronze animal heads have appeared. Among them, cows, tigers, monkeys, pigs, and horses have been rescued by patriots in recent years. After returning to China, the rabbit head and rat head were still living outside for the time being, held by two foreign collectors respectively. As for the other four pieces, namely the four bronze animal heads of a dragon, a snake, a chicken, and a dog, there is no news yet, and no one knows where they are.

The reason why Shi Xiaolei was so surprised was this - the only bronze animal heads that had been born and whose whereabouts could be traced were rat and rabbit. But in Natasha's report, she mentioned three things.

"Yes." Natasha on the other end of the phone replied calmly: "What we found are rabbit heads, dragon heads and snake heads. Among them, the rabbit head is in the hands of a French collector. The dragon head and snake head are in the hands of a collector from an island nation."

Hearing this, Shi Xiaolei became even more surprised - among the three items, the rat head that had already been born was not included. Instead, there were two more dragon heads and snake heads whose whereabouts had never been known.

"Nice job~~~!" Shi Xiaolei shouted happily, regardless of whether there was any hidden agenda behind it: "Natalie, I really belong to you, you are simply amazing~!"

"Thank you for your compliment. It's an honor to serve you." After thanking him, Natasha continued to ask: "Mr. Locke, I have to report to you about the other party's quotation. The collector in France, for him The first asking price of the rabbit was 14 million euros, and the collector from the island nation..."

"You don't have to tell me, the price doesn't matter, as long as I can get these three copper animal heads." In his excitement, Shi Xiaolei didn't bother to listen to the price. In contrast, he was more concerned about another thing: "Natalie, as far as I know, there is another rat head whose whereabouts can be traced. Have you contacted him? What did the collector say? ?”

"Unfortunately, he did not agree to our request."

"What's the reason?"

"The collector is a shareholder of the auction house, and he has already made up his mind to put the rat head at the auction in August." After a pause, Natasha explained: "How much is the rat head itself worth? He doesn’t value money. His purpose is to use the rat head to gather popularity for that auction, so even if we directly offer a high price of 20 million euros, he is not willing to sell it in advance.”

"……I see."

As a Chinese, Shi Xiaolei was indeed a little dissatisfied with the collector's arrangement.

However, there is one thing that Shi Xiaolei understands very well whether he is angry or not - it cannot be said that these things were taken away by the other party. Now, he can take advantage of the righteousness and ask the other party to return them in vain. After all, those dark and depressing years are themselves part of history and must be acknowledged and faced squarely.

It was a war between countries at that time!

Its nature is completely different from smuggling and illegal trading, and it cannot be generalized.

"Well, Natalie, help me keep an eye on the auction."

"Okay." Natasha agreed: "Do you need me to contact the organizer for you and ask them to prepare an invitation letter for you?"

"Emmm, okay, you can get one for me." Nodding, Shi Xiaolei said: "Be prepared. I have the invitation letter in my hand, and I have the final say whether to go or not. If I don't have that thing, I won't be able to go when I want to. That would be a headache.”

"Okay, I took note of it."

"Yes. As for the rabbit head, dragon head and snake head mentioned earlier, help me get it done as soon as possible." After taking a look at the table on the cabinet, Shi Xiaolei ordered: "It's best to get it done within a week, I mean. Yes, can you deliver the items to me within a week?"

"If nothing else happens."

Instead of directly answering 'no problem', he said this...

Is it really because there are still some uncertainties in the matter that we dare not be 100% sure?

In fact, it was not the case. Natasha deliberately left a leeway. In fact, when she answered 'As long as nothing unexpected happens', she was thinking about whether to arrange some accidents.

It turns out that the two bronze animal heads that have never appeared in the world, namely the dragon head and the snake head, have always been in the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D. The collector from the island country that Natasha was talking about was just a front arranged by SHIELD.

As for why dragon heads and snake heads, which are not considered 084 items, were hidden by SHIELD...

Because Nick Fury calls the shots for S.H.I.E.L.D. now. With his ability to catch toads and squeeze out the oil, things like dragon heads and snake heads that might be exchanged for some benefits at the therapeutic level, of course cannot be taken out easily.

Such as now.

The reason why Shi Xiaolei was able to hear the report about the dragon head and the snake head from Natasha was because Nick Fury thought it would be profitable - he didn't know that Natasha's identity had been exposed long ago, and he thought that Shi Xiaolei was not Knowing that Natasha is actually an agent. According to common sense, Nick Fury naturally believes that Natasha can gain further trust from Shi Xiaolei with the help of the emergence of dragon heads and snake heads... Maybe there are no practical benefits yet, but With trust, you will definitely find opportunities in the future.

Play the long game and catch the big fish. Nick Fury has long been familiar with this basic routine.

What's more, if someone is sent to pretend to be a collector to conduct a transaction, Shi Xiaolei, as the buyer, still has to pay. To put it bluntly, dragon heads and snake heads are not given away for free. When SHIELD pays for these two things, it will receive a real amount of funds.

Tens of millions is also money.

With cash as a guarantee, you may get more benefits in the future. Why not do such a transaction?

Anyway, SHIELD won't lose money. With this premise, it is not difficult to understand why Nick Fury arranged this.