"Don't shoot!"
Alili and Ji Ma shouted in unison, stopping Wei Ran who had put his hands on the class, and Suisui who had just put on a new magazine. .
Under the nervous gaze of the four people, one of the strongest wolves was like a diving steam train, revealing its big wet nose in the thick snow that could completely bury them. Breathing out the white mist, he ran hard towards the distant forest.
In the snow trench dug out behind it, a dozen slightly smaller wolf pack members were hanging next to each other like carriages behind the butt of a locomotive. Quickly move forward along the ditch created by the leader.
At the end of the team, four wild wolves jumped on the roof of an abandoned truck, hunched over, and kept making threatening whimpers at Wei Ran and others.
Under the watchful eyes of the four guards holding guns, the snow trench extended into the dense forest at an extremely fast speed. Then with a low howl of wolves, the four of them stayed behind and cut off. The members of the wolf pack jumped off the roof of the car with vigorous movements, followed the trench that had been flattened by their companions, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Until this moment, Alili explained, "It is not easy to form such a large wolf pack, let them go!"
Wei Ran and Suisui looked at each other, The former turned off the safety of the rifle and picked up the shovel. Following Alili and Jima who had already started, they started again to clear the snow around the plane and on the wings. The latter climbed directly onto the roof of the truck where the wolf had just been squatting, observing the surrounding environment vigilantly.
With everyone's busy work, the two skids of the An-2 aircraft were dug out first, and then Alili climbed on the wings and cleared away the snow on them.
While he was getting into the plane to warm up the engine, Wei Ran, Suisui, and Jima hurried back to the building behind them. After extinguishing the bonfire, they took their luggage and the movies they found two days ago. Films, projectors and other sundries were all moved back to the plane. As for those supplies that have not been used up, they are kept directly.
Soon after, with the roar of the engine, the An-2, which was freed from the restraints of the wire rope, glide briefly in the snow-covered open space and then smoothly flew to high altitude. At the same time, people also heard from the cabin. cheers.
After a long flight of nearly two hours, Alili piloted the plane and landed smoothly at Inta Airport.
Before the cabin door opened, Jima had already bought a plane to Kazan in two hours. The four of them called Misha, who had returned from Kazan yesterday, and had a sumptuous lunch together near the airport. The three of them boarded the plane again and bought a flight from Kazan to Volga. Air tickets to Grad.
That afternoon, when they returned to Wei Ran's studio, Suisui immediately threw down her suitcase and threw herself into Zhou Shujin's arms, while Jima and Alexei After the professor made an appointment, he ran to Nigeria with his old suitcase.Gula's home.
While Wei Ran was organizing a wedding reception for Suisui with his aunt and professor, Ji Ma also shared the military base discovered this time, the package of spy equipment and Wei Ran's speculations one by one. The report was given to Nicholas.
Nicholas, who was sitting by the fireplace, stood up after pondering for a moment, walked into the bedroom alone, took out his mobile phone and dialed a series of numbers.
More than half an hour later, he came out of the bedroom, sat on the sofa again and said, "That military base was abandoned in the winter of 1972."
p>Jima asked hesitantly, "Then let's..."
Nicholas nodded, "As long as you don't dismantle the telescope and the accompanying computer you mentioned , just use the remaining two buildings. I can even find someone to go there with you and maybe make the computer and astronomical telescope work again."
"Really. "?!" Jima stood up suddenly, "Is it really possible?"
"This is not too difficult"
Nicholas smiled. Said, "But you have to find a way to provide supporting power. Whether it's that computer or that telescope, they will all be useless without power supply."
"I'll think of a way! Ji Ma said through gritted teeth.
Nicholas nodded and continued, "As for the rest, you don't have to worry about it. The purpose of that military base is only to guard the astronomical observatory. If you have enough money, you can even Buy it."
"Speaking of this, why was it abandoned?" Jima asked curiously.
Nicholas hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head, "I don't know about this, but it should have nothing to do with the spy equipment you found. If you are interested, wait until you decide to repair the telescope there. When you get there, you can ask the person I helped you find, maybe he knows something."
"Can I sell these things?" Jima pointed at the table with eager eyes. objects on.
"Give me this audio amplifier."
Nicola reached out and picked up a black box the size of a cigarette box and fiddled with it, and then said with certainty, "This should It's an American product. If it can still be used, it can be used as a hearing aid."
"What about the rest?"
"If you are short of money, just sell it. Drop it!"
Nicholas said nonchalantly, "But you can take those microfilms to find Victor first. Maybe you can capture something in them. Sometimes the photos are better than others. The things are more valuable. In addition, although those film films are valuable, it is best not to sell them." "I understand!" Ji Ma stood up respectfully, "I will go find him now! ”
Nicholas waved his hand, put the audio amplifier into his pocket, then squinted his eyes, and waited until Jima closed the door for him from the outside, then immediately sat down.He got up, took his cell phone and got into the bedroom again and dialed the number just now.
Unaware of this, Ji Ma happily strolled to the door of the studio, took out the key Wei Ran gave him, opened the rolling shutter door, and waited patiently for Professor Alexei and Wei Ran to return.
More than two hours later, Weiran drove the exaggerated off-road vehicle and returned to the studio with the drunken Professor Alexei. Although this old guy has nominally given up drinking, for Suisui's sake, his aunt Zhou Shujin made an exception today and let him have a good drink.
However, after seeing the various objects displayed by Ji Ma, Professor Alexei sobered up instantly, put on his cotton gloves in a very formal manner, picked up the signed photo and asked "Where did you find these things?"
"In an abandoned military base" Jima said while proudly showing off the watch still on his wrist. , "This was found together with the photo."
"If you want to sell those so-called spy tools for a big price, you can try to go to Prague, Czech Republic. There are many people who like to collect these. A rich man who grows things."
Professor Alexey sat down at the long table and continued while burping from wine, "Forget about those commemorative coins, they only commemorate anti-French smoking. There are only three types: the 20th anniversary of Sri Lanka's victory, the 50th anniversary of the October 1st anniversary, and the 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth.
Although the quantity of each is large, and the quality is also very good, they are not complete sets at all. It won’t sell for much. But this photo is different. I’m sure the signature on the back of the photo is real. And the most important thing is that the astronaut is still alive.”
"Still alive?" Wei Ran and Jima asked in unison.
"Of course he is alive!"
Professor Alexey answered in the affirmative again without thinking, "He lives in Moscow, but his health is not very good. "When I was your age, I heard him give a live speech."
"Professor Alexey, how much can this photo cost?" Jima almost cried with excitement. Shivering.
"I can help you ask who is interested." Professor Alexey paused here, and Jima began to nod crazily.
At the same time, Wei Ran, who was sitting next to him, secretly recited in his mind, "But if the transaction is successful, I will charge a 20% introduction fee."
As expected, Less than two seconds behind him, Professor Alexei said as promised, "But if the transaction is successful, I will charge 20% of the introduction fee."
"20%! So much? "Ji Ma, who looked grateful just a moment ago, immediately widened his eyes.
"This is for Victor's sake, otherwise it will cost at least 30% of the introduction fee."
Professor Alexei once again spoke out Wei Ran's innermost thoughts. , and then he patted his chest and promised, "But you can rest assured, I can definitely sell it.Will sell for a higher price. "
Ji Ma glanced at Wei Ran, who was sitting on the side staring at the wood grain on the piano case without raising his head, and finally said in pain, "20% is 20%, but if the price is higher than mine, If my expectations are low, I won’t sell! ”
“Don’t worry, we will definitely be able to sell it at a price that satisfies you. "
Before Professor Alexei finished speaking, he had already taken out his mobile phone, pointed the camera at the front and back of the photo still held in his hand, and pressed the shutter respectively.
" Do you want to sell the watch you have? Professor Alexei asked after returning the photo to Jima.
The latter shook his head decisively, "Not for sale!" ”
Professor Alexei smiled strangely and said nothing. He stood up and greeted Wei Ran to take him home.
He winked at Ji Ma. , Wei Ran helped the professor get into the car, stepped on the accelerator and disappeared quickly.
After waiting for a full hour, when Wei Ran came back, Ji Ma had already drank more than half of the bottle. Gin, and even the box of snacks Suisui brought him back from China, he took it upon himself to open a few packages and eat them happily.
"That military base. Did you ask about it? "Wei Ran locked the rolling shutter door and asked.
"Half of the question is clear"
Ji Ma stuffed the spicy strips with red oil into his mouth and drank a mouthful of wine. Then he briefly recounted the news that Nicholas received.
“It has nothing to do with the spy? "
Wei Ran muttered to himself and didn't think much about it. Instead, he asked curiously, "From what you just said, do you plan to repair the telescope and the computer in that observatory? "
Ji Ma sucked his greasy fingers one by one in disgust, "Then it depends on how much these things can sell for in the end, and how much it will cost to electrify that damn place. , and how many tourists Aurora can send us before your Chinese New Year. If everything meets the goal, I certainly don't mind having electricity there. "
"I wish you success in your career," Wei Ran said perfunctorily, holding back his nausea, "Will you lay the floor in the studio tonight or go to Mr. Nikolai's place to rest? ”
“What time is it?” "
Ji Ma pointed to the plastic box not far away, "How about helping me try to develop those films? Mr. Nicholas said that there might be some interesting things taken there. "
"Now? ”
“Of course! "Jima nodded naturally.