Chapter 187: Making Julia’s Deeds Public
"My friend is a computer genius who got into MIT as exceptions and won an international award for a programming system she wrote at the age of 10. I’d like to ask how many of your so-called expert panels are at her level? How many of your so-called expert panels are at her level? Aren’t they still being beaten by little girls like me? You are not even as good as a little girl like me, so what qualifications do you have to mock others?"
Those people were really surprised by Shirley Quinn’s background.
But soon, they started to say without shame, "Humph, we’re in this business, it’s not like we’re in the business on paper. It’s about having real-world experience."
"That’s right, you think you can read a few books and write a few codes and be in our line of work?"
In short, before they knew your degree, they called you unprofessional, and when they found out you were more professional than them, they called you inexperienced.
In short, as long as you’re young and a female, people took it for granted that you just couldn’t do anything.
Yvonne was now furious and scolded them right away, "You guys don’t want to do it, then don’t do it and hurry to get out, a few big useless men saying useless things like this, standing here and being chatter than women, so annoying!"
The bunch of people weren’t really police either, after all, police were very dedicated.
This group of people was all jerking from nowhere. Every day, they were just waiting to be fed relying on their so-called "profession".
Many of the people in that group were in their 40s and 50s. When they were taunted by a young girl, they all felt embarrassed.
They still wanted to retort, but were warned to shut up by a cold glare from Zachary.
Zachary didn’t say anything, but that look seemed to say, "If you dare to annoy my wife again, watch out for all the consequences!"
The crowd then fell into silence.
This couple, one crankier than the other, couldn’t be messed with.
Yvonne looked at the camera, then spoke to Zachary and the other guards.
"I saw a technique used in crime when I was a kid where the cameras failed, not because someone had tampered with the footage, but..."
Yvonne said and took out a photo straight away.
"The criminal gang use photos to block the cameras.
"If I surmise correctly, the person who stole Sleeping Beauty used sixteen
photographs, tightly masked for each of the sixteen cameras."
"The angle and framing of the photo fit the original camera very closely, which is why it looked visually like the painting was gone in a flash after the removal of the photo."
In the security footage, the painting was still there at 32’40", but at 32’41" the painting instantly disappeared!
It looked like it disappeared instantly, but in fact, the painting in 32’40" was actually just a photo, meaning the real painting was stolen long before that!
This was what Zachary’s phrase "see through the appearance to perceive the essence" had inspired her.
"Actually, the painting disappeared a long time ago, it’s just that the sixteen photos from the room at different angles blocked their crime, and then when they finished their crime, the photos masked on the camera were removed at the same time, that’s why it looks like it disappeared in a flash!"
A few people were still a bit baffled.
Yvonne looked at them with a bewildered face and said impatiently.
"It’s just that someone covered the camera with advanced photos taken at the same angle, so all the views we see of the painting still in place during this time are photos, not live. Otherwise, why do you see that all these frames are still? No movement at all?"
...
The photos might be able to be falsely similar to the real thing, but the photos were still.
So those few frames were all exactly the same motionless.
It had to say that this painting-stealing gang was quite professional.
The photos were purposely picked to cover up when there were no people or objects moving in the shot, because as soon as something moved, even a bug flew by, a shadow moved, it would be revealed.
Evidently, they also waited all night for the right time to get this ten-second opportunity.
They took action when there weren’t five watchmen inside any of the 16 cameras.
It was only ten seconds in total, but the ten seconds were long enough for a professional criminal gang like theirs to steal Sleeping Beauty away.
Immediately, someone said incredulously, "That can’t be right... If it’s true that the photos are used to cover the camera, how can you not see the difference between the photos and the real thing?"
What a stupid question!
Yvonne gave him a contemptuous look, not bothering to explain this retarded question.
"What the truth really is, just look at the cameras and the surrounding area for anything different."
After all, they must have been in this room a long time ago if they were going to take pictures that looked exactly like the images captured by the cameras to fake it.
According to normal thinking, one would only focus on the seconds of the video where the painting disappeared.
But those few seconds must be the most seamless. If they focused only on those few seconds, they would never catch the criminal.
The most important and most overlooked part of catching the criminal’s real break was not the few seconds of stealing the painting, but the process by which they took these fake-masked photos!
*
Finally, it was 12 o’clock.
There’s no movement over there. The guests probably knew in their hearts that Yvonne was really going to embarrass herself this time.
Not only was she embarrassed, but the Leinster Family was also disgraced by her this time.
Listening to the various discussions, several elders of the Leinster Family who had come to Zachary’s birthday banquet today also frowned unpleasantly.
They all felt that Yvonne had been too rash this time, actually dragging the entire Leinster family along with her to lose face.
Julia Watkins was even more complacent.
This birthday party was not a waste of time.
She just said it, what qualifications did Yvonne, a stigmatized girl, have to compete with her?
Yvonne had made Julia the laughing stock of the whole Hiltonan, everyone said that she was a top celebrity who was still no match for a small gangster girl, today, she was going to show everyone how incompetent Yvonne was!
But just then, hundreds of rooms actually received a call from the hotel’s main desk at the same time!
On the phone, Yvonne’s voice was clear and bright, "Ladies and gentlemen, the truth that I promised to give you by 12 o’clock is a few minutes late because the other party is very cunning in its methods of operation, so I am very sorry."
"However, evil does not triumph over good. Now that the real people behind this have been found, please proceed to the ballroom now and let me give you an explanation!"
Julia’s entire face blushed when she heard that Yvonne had found it out.
But soon she calmed down again, how could that be?
Even if they did find out, there was no way they would do it this fast!
So, she led the guests to the ballroom.
Seeing the woman who had been standing inside waiting for them for a long time, she directly provoked arrogantly.
"Miss Taylor, did you really find the mastermind behind this? It’s not like you found a random scapegoat to put us off, right?"
"Please don’t worry, Miss Watkins." Yvonne now looked at this woman and had the desire to pick her skin.
Yvonne smiled and said meaningfully, "Not only did we find it, but the result was also unexpected, the perpetrator actually came out in our group today."
"Huh? What?"
Everyone was dumbfounded and talking when they heard that one.
"How is it possible... Who has so many guts? Don’t they want to show up here anymore?"
...
Just a moment ago, at the suggestion of Yvonne, everyone soon saw from other sources that this afternoon, a group of suspicious people pretending to be hotel staff had indeed infiltrated the place where the Sleeping Beauty was stored.
They were not sure what those people did, but being able to target them was close enough.
Now that the city security was well done and the police were very helpful, it really didn’t take long to get all the tracks of the gang of suspects once the big data went up to help.
The gang had now run away from Hiltonan on a ship to another city, but they were still caught and confessed on the spot.
In the end, based on their confessions, Yvonne’s suspicions were proven correct.
They did use the photo masking method.
That was why it make Sleeping Beauty seemed to disappeared in a flash.
*
The ballroom, in front of a large number of guests.
One by one, Yvonne showed all the exhibits and the official findings.
"All the evidence is here, see for yourself, everyone."
She even felt ashamed for Julia. So she left it at that and let everyone see for themselves.
A noble girl from a prestigious family actually did this kind of thing in order to fight over jealousy, there was really no moral limit.
So much for hiring international criminal gangs, how dare she even stole from Mrs.
Travens, shame on her.
Today was Zachary’s birthday, and originally, as long as Julia didn’t act inappropriately, Yvonne wouldn’t do anything.
But since Julia wanted to ruin the party and wanted to ruin her, Yvonne was now completely nonchalant as well.
"I think we’ll all understand who’s behind this after seeing it."
The crowd, puzzled, stepped forward.
Yvonne also prepared another special one and handed it to Mrs. Travens.
"Mrs. Travens, please have a look."
Mrs. Travens took the document and didn’t open it before she looked at Yvonne and said, "Yvonne, you’ve worked hard."
Yvonne shook her head, "It’s okay, luckily, things are coming out now."
Mrs. Travens nodded, then opened the file.
As she read on line by line, her face changed.
Not only her, but the other guests were all stunned when they saw the outlaws give the names of their employers behind them.
"How, how could..."
"How could it be her..."
In the information, the whole process of the group’s crime was recorded.
This included how the painting was stolen and under whose orders.
Julia, who was screaming the loudest just now, was actually the mastermind behind this matter!
The thief cried out to catch the thief, and Julia’s bad deeds were made public all of a sudden!
Just when the crowd was outraged and the police were going to arrest her, it was discovered that Julia had escaped!
"Where’s Julia Watkins? Where did she go?!"
Probably knowing that she was in trouble, Julia did not argue with Yvonne, and when she saw the police coming, she slipped away unnoticed.
Mrs. Travens was also very angry, "This woman, I didn’t think she had the guts to do that! Yvonne, please make sure that your country’s police apprehend her!"
"Please don’t worry, Mrs. Travens, our police officers are very good and will not harbor any criminals," Yvonne said.
"Well, your country is world-famous for its law and order. It’s just that Julia Watkins really has no bottom line! It’s hard to imagine how Helen could have such a friend!"
Mrs. Travens was going to go back and call her favorite young daughter as well and tell her not to make friends with people like Julia.
Yvonne laughed, "Mrs. Travens, don’t be anxious, maybe Julia isn’t Miss Helen’s friend at all, after all, there are so many students at Wycombe Abbey School, it’s normal for Julia to try to win your favor through Miss Helen."