Blood, Sand & Gold Page #2

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Leave it to the professionals.

I do have one thing.

I stole his phone.

Look at the last

number dialed.

Hong Kong.

Haven't heard

a lot of mandarin

around here, have you?

- So?

- So...

A billion dollars of gold

is worth nothing

until you sell it.

Skip the lecture, Jack.

What's your plan?

Go to the biggest

black market in the world,

find your gold,

steal it back.

That's what I paid you

$750,000 to tell me?

My accounts are frozen, Jack.

Look, we do this my way.

I've got some contacts.

I can set us up for a bit.

And this black market of gold

is in Hong Kong?

The middle of the middle east.

Golden city.

- Dubai.

- Ms. Adams?

The company is recalling us.

Plane leaves in 20.

We'll be outside.

Well, I guess

you gotta choose, mave.

One thing, we do this,

I'm gonna need a gun.

I just go word

the plane is back

and your sister

wasn't on it.

Well, she's making

it easy for us then.

I guess she'll be

missing the meeting.

First we're gonna meet

with my friend sheik Ali.

He's a bit of an eccentric,

but he's the biggest artifact

collector in all of Dubai.

Jack, habibi.

- Salaam alaikum.

- Alaikum salaam.

Let me get

a good look at you.

I figured it

was only a matter of time

before you came calling.

You've arrived just in time.

There's a sitting room inside

for your wife.

There's only 20

of these in the world.

I won him in a poker

tournament in marrakesh.

Impressive, eh?

Come.

So, how's business?

Business? What business?

Governments are ambushing

any new digs, any findings.

They're suing private companies

for their treasure

because of this new

salvage law.

Well, I guess I got out

at a good time.

Yeah, which is why I'm surprised

you're even back here.

You know ever since that whole

black swan investigation

I haven't bought anything

for my trophy room.

- No one has.

- No one?

Well, there's word of

a gentleman from Hong Kong,

the only one is stupid enough

to pay cash

for black market items.

They say he speaks Japanese.

That's just a rumor.

Enough business. Come.

His name is arrab.

He's an accipiter.

Look at these birds.

Accipiters, they always kill

their prey the same way--

ambush.

You can never be too careful

when dealing with

the sovereign nations

of the world.

I'm throwing a party,

and anyone in who's anyone

this side of the Gulf

will be there.

You must come.

I'm not sure

if that'll be a good idea.

I know your weakness.

- Where do we go next?

- I don't fly.

I'll drive. I ride bikes.

- Of course.

- Are you coming?

I'm fine here.

Well, suit yourself.

I'm so glad my money

is going to good use.

Follow me. There's someone

i want you to meet.

Are you here

to talk history or money?

Because you know

i won't talk about

one of them.

History.

When I first met this young man,

Jack was quite impressive,

both in his research

and in his pursuit

of fellow colleagues.

We're not here to talk about

the past, Charlotte.

We're here to talk

about the future.

The past is

all around us, Jack.

That was always your problem,

both as student

and as an archeologist.

Always the vision,

never the Patience.

Well, I guess

that's why I'm here.

I'm trying to correct that.

So what's the treasure

this time?

We're looking for late

16th century, elizabethan.

I heard rumors about this.

I'm not so

out of the loop, Jack.

Whitman's red books,

top shelf.

I thought your boy

was lost to me.

Because of prison?

Because he forgot

the golden rule of archeology.

The work is about the history,

not the person

who uncovers it.

But Jack was so

easily distracted,

both by fortune and glory.

That can come later.

But you seem to bring

something out in him.

I don't know about that.

Got it.

A column of gold

as far as the eye can see,

minted coins,

bracelets, and jewels

all taken from

the tombs of the inca.

The mysterious haul of Drake.

Even my nephew today

brings his little prospect pan

to the beach

in search of Drake's gold.

The gold we found was incan.

It had an engraving,

a Spanish symbol.

Something like this.

Oh, my god.

It is Drake's.

But why would it be

in Western Sahara?

Because he was taking it

to the canary islands.

He knew the Spanish

would search his ship.

Knowing that, he leaves his

treasure across the channel

in the Western Sahara,

hoping to come back for it.

And that's where I found it.

You think it's okay

to come here like this?

Huh? After work?

You know I hate that.

You're just wasting

my f***ing time.

You understand?

You understand me?

Oh, goddamn it.

What did I tell

you about no calls?

Tell me.

Don't tell me

she's in Dubai.

What does she know?

Goddamn it.

Ernest, you said

we would cut her off,

that she would come home.

The last thing

we need right now

is my sister blowing

this whole thing

out of the water.

Hey.

What's your name?

Xiu.

You work out of town?

So why are we changing hotels?

In this city, every hotel,

every concierge, every driver,

they know what you're doing

and when you're doing it.

Like that car that's been

tailing us since the airport.

Hi.

The only thing they had

was a one-bedroom.

They're sending a roll-out

couch for you.

You give them my name?

- Should I have?

- Well, it's not my tab.

Here's your key.

I'll be at the elevator.

You wanna tell me

why you've been following us?

Get his car.

- Sir, will you be driving?

- No.

No, madam will be...

Driving.

What the hell was

that back there?

His name is assam.

Look, last place

he went on his GPS.

The gold souk.

Largest gold market

in the world.

Seems like a good

place to start.

I told you, we can't trust

anyone in this city,

especially your driver.

Which is now me.

It's a burner. There's only

one phone number on it.

Stay with the car.

We're doing this my way.

Wait! Stop! Stop!

Who is assam?

Who are you working for?

Just give me a name.

I need a name.

Japanese.

No, I need a name.

Can you give a name?

- Japanese, Japanese.

- I'm not gonna hurt you.

I just need a name.

Didn't I tell you

to stay in the car?

Just give me the keys.

Give me the keys.

Come on.

Someone out there

is purchasing large amounts

of black market artifacts,

and all we know

is he's Japanese.

Our friend back there

was gonna tell us more

when you decided--

I was just trying to help.

If I had known

what was going on,

it wouldn't have happened.

You know why I work alone?

No accomplices.

Well, you could use one.

You might need this tonight

at the sheik's.

Is that for warmth

or are we going undercover?

Well, I thought

we'd make an entrance,

but I like how quickly you've

embraced the life of crime.

I learned from the best.

They have valets

for this thing?

They have valets

for everything.

Yeah, they'll be here

in five minutes.

These are the high rollers

on the black market of gold.

Twenty billion

for just this compound.

Drug dealers, murderers,

warlords, terrorists...

Are you trying to impress me?

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