At the moment when they heard this offer, the faces of several senior executives on NBC TV suddenly turned green and they patted the table angrily, almost blasting him out of the conference room.
If it weren't for the table, those guys really wanted to slap him.
Shameless! How dare he come to rob! It's a robber!
But after listening to Ye Tian's introduction and watching a few related videos, these NBC executives immediately brightened their eyes and quickly turned anger into joy, their faces became extremely smooth, leaving no trace!
They are all old foxes who have been immersed in the media for decades, each with a very keen sense of smell!
In an instant, they saw a huge opportunity and smelled money!
The bastard Steven has to deal with is definitely the largest international art crime syndicate in the history of the United States! Even if it is placed in the world, it is still among the biggest. It is too legendary and too eye-catching!
And these guys were the art thieves who ransacked the Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. This is one of top mysteries in the United States and they can be called legendary thieves!
The number and quality of the stolen top antique artworks hidden in that warehouse are high! It even made every NBC TV executive stunned, speechless and almost bulging eyes!
A large number of valuable stolen top antique artworks, skilled and secretive art thieves, secret hiding places, large quantities of arms, the craziest top professional treasure hunters, the intervention of the FBI and so on.
All the elements of the action are readily available and there is nothing missing! The rich content is absolutely no less than the best treasure hunt movie and even more exciting!
This is the most perfect and explosive news, simply impeccable!
There is no doubt that this case and this treasure hunt will surely cause a sensation in the United States and the world, attracting countless attentions.
Based on the live reports filmed by this treasure hunt and the subsequent documentaries, 100% will set off a wave of ratings frenzy and be chased by countless TV viewers!
Maybe it can also create a miracle of ratings, which is not impossible!
Thinking of this, where would the NBC TV executives refuse and why would they be willing to blast Ye Tian out of the TV station's conference room!
Finally, after some fierce bargaining, the two sides reached an agreement smoothly.
NBC TV station spent 12 million U.S. dollars to exclusively buy out the broadcasting rights of this treasure hunt. It's up to them to make and produce a few episodes, as long as they don't distort the facts!
Although Ye Tian sold the rights to broadcast television, it did not include the rights to adapt movies and TV series. That was a very expensive income and of course he could not easily give up!
And this is not a live broadcast, it can only be broadcast after the fact.
After the FBI officially announces the closure of the case, the relevant live videos and documentaries can be broadcast on NBC TV and the follow up of the case cannot be affected by this.
Regarding the intervention of NBC TV, the FBI did not raise any objections and they even couldn't ask for it!
This is a rare opportunity to show their face, how can they miss it!
In addition to making money from selling TV broadcasting rights, Ye Tian had another intention.
With the intervention of NBC, one of the three major television stations in the United States, the FBI will definitely have more concerns and behave in a lot of ways, so as not to be caught by NBC!
This is a good thing that can make money while protecting one's own interests. Who would refuse? Anyway, Ye Tian won't!
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Soon, Ye Tian and the others came to the front of the special report group of NBC.
Seeing them coming, the reporter leading the team immediately greeted them, with a big smile on their faces.
"Good morning, Steven, good morning, David, it's nice to meet you!"
"Good morning, Kevin, you seem to be in a very good mood, just like the weather today, sunny!"
Ye Tian said hello to the famous NBC reporter, smiling and very relaxed.
David did the same, greeted each other.
Afterwards, the famous NBC reporter pointed to the scene of the banquet hall and said with excitement:
"Steven, I really didn't expect that there are dozens of FBI agents here and your company has a lot of employees. They all look well-trained. The scene is too big, it's incredible.
More importantly, there are so many famous museum curators, billionaires, famous collectors, art brokers, top appraisal experts, etc., absolutely celebrities gather!
I have a very strong hunch that today will be extremely exciting! Personally, I want to thank you for this opportunity to allow me to participate in this treasure hunt!
At this moment, I am very curious, who are these international art thieves hiding in Boston? It's worth making you fight so hard, it's definitely not easy to think of!"
"These guys are really not easy! They are definitely the top international art thieves and they are crazy enough! About their identities, you will soon know!
Are you ready? If you are ready, take a video camera and follow me to the front of the banquet hall. The show is about to start!"
Ye Tian raised his hand and pointed to the front of the banquet hall, ready to leave here!
"We are ready and can start shooting at any time!"
Kevin nodded in response, very excited.
"Well, come with me!"
Having said that, Ye Tian and David stepped forward.
Kevin took a cameraman and an assistant who turned on the lights and followed them.
Coming to the front of the banquet hall, Ye Tian directly approached Joseph and Joey and whispered to them:
"Gentlemen, let me tell you about the situation. When the time comes, let's start acting immediately!"
"Okay, finally waited for this moment!"
Joseph responded excitedly and Joey was equally happy.
"Introduce, this is Kevin, a famous NBC reporter, who will follow us to record the entire process of the treasure hunt; this is Joseph, the deputy director of the FBI Washington DC, and this is Joey, the head of the FBI's art crime team!"
Ye Tian pointed to Kevin and the others and introduced them to both parties.
"Good morning, I'm Kevin, nice to meet you!"
"Hello, I'm Joseph!"
Several people shook hands with each other and greeted each other.
After a few words of greeting, everyone started to be busy.
Kevin commanded the two subordinates, found a suitable location, quickly set up the camera, turned on the lights and was ready to start shooting!
Joseph negotiated a few words with Joey in a low voice, then turned and boarded the half-meter-high table in front of the banquet hall.
Seeing his actions, the attention of everyone on the scene was immediately attracted and excited discussions sounded.
"It looks like action is about to begin! The suffering is about to end!"
"Yes, this guy is an FBI senior from Washington, he should be the commander of this operation, great! We can finally get back the top art that has been stolen for a long time!"
After standing on the stage for a few seconds, Joseph said with excitement until Kevin gave a sign that the filming had begun:
"Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, it is a great honor to meet with you all here. Let me introduce myself. My name is Joseph. I am from the Washington FBI Directorate and serve as deputy director. Art crimes are under my jurisdiction!"
"Clap Clap"
There was a round of applause at the scene, very warm.
"The reason why everyone is here today is clear to some people and not clear to some other people. I will explain it later, but before explaining, there is one more thing to do.
For the sake of confidentiality, please take out your mobile phone and give it to us for safekeeping. After the operation is over, we will return it to you immediately without any damage.
The same goes for all FBI agents at the scene. Please give your mobile phones to colleagues in the art crime team. In addition, please turn off your walkie-talkies and keep the radio silent!
Before the operation officially starts, I will announce a new communication frequency specifically for this arrest operation. Please understand and cooperate!"
Before the words were over, an exclamation immediately sounded in the banquet hall, basically from those FBI Boston branch agents!
"It's too exaggerated! Who are we arresting? It's such a big scene! Why doesn't it look like arresting art thieves, it's more like arresting terrorists!"
"The radio is silent. I haven't encountered this kind of thing for several years. It must be a terrifying case and it is worth looking forward to!"
Although a little confused, these FBI agents were very cooperative and soon handed over their mobile phones and turned off the intercom.
Of course the others had no objection and handed over their phones very happily.
Even the many employees of the Brave and Fearless Exploration Company, as well as several Raytheon security guards, gave their phones to Pique and Miller and kept them separately.
The same goes for the people in the special report team of NBC TV, sticking out their tongues secretly and handing their phones to the agents of the FBI's art crime team!
Seeing this situation, the NBC guys suddenly became more excited and everyone's eyes were shining brightly!
The mobile phone seizure was quickly completed and the channel for external communication in the banquet hall was suddenly interrupted!
So far, only Ye Tian, David, Joseph and Joey in the entire banquet hall have not turned in their mobile phones and they still carry them in their pockets.
There is no objection to this point.
If the four of them would leak secrets, they would definitely not wait until now!
Next, Joseph began to enter the topic, introducing the causes and consequences of this action.
Jason turned on his laptop and used the projection equipment in the banquet hall to show everyone related videos and pictures! The cooperation is very tacit!
Soon, the entire banquet hall was completely overwhelmed by bursts of exclamation!