In the brightly lit studio, Wei Ran walked out of the darkroom carrying a tray full of film.
Seeing this, Ji Ma, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately put down the half-smoked fish with only bones left and greeted the former, asking with eager eyes, "Have you washed it out?"
Faced with Ji Ma's question, Wei Ran put the tray on the table, "These films have never been used at all."
Ji Ma's expression immediately changed from excitement to disappointment, "So what? Nothing has been developed?"
"Nothing has been developed, and several of the films have been scrapped. Now you can only hope that other things can be sold at a good price."
< p> Jima counted with his fingers and said, "Professor Alexei may be able to help sell that signed photo. Principal Nikolai said he couldn't buy those film films. I don't know how much the remaining spy equipment can be sold for." Money...""Those things together may be sold for several million rubles," Wei Ran guessed wildly.
Ji Ma frowned and muttered, "Even if it can be sold for ten million rubles, it doesn't seem to be enough."
"You want ten million?" Wei Ran poured it for himself He took a glass of milk and put it in the microwave, "You dare to think about it."
Jima came back to his senses and said truthfully, "I want to buy that abandoned military base, and even want to build that observatory Repair the telescope and computer."
Wei Ran was stunned, and while the microwave was running, he comforted him, "Jima, you have invested too much, have you ever thought about it? After buying that military base, even if you repair the telescope and computer, how many tourists will you need to attract to recover the cost?"
"Um..." Ji Ma said in hindsight. At first, "That's right."
Wei Ran continued to ask, "Not to mention the military base, have you recovered the cost of your hot spring camp?"
Jima Shaking his head, "How is it possible? We have just received the first batch of tourists."
"So wait until you recover the cost of the hot spring camp before considering the military base. After the cost is recovered, that place It's enough to just serve as a shooting range. When all the bullets there are used up, it won't be too late for you to consider repairing the telescope or something."
"That's right."
It's easy to get caught. After being persuaded, Ji Ma suddenly became happy again, grabbed the car keys on the table and walked out, "Victor, put those things in the safe for me to keep, and also lend me the car."
"Bring it back to me early tomorrow morning. I want to go out." Before Wei Ran could finish his words, Ji Ma had already opened the rolling shutter door and disappeared in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, early the next morning, the locked rolling shutter door banged loudly. Before Wei Ran could push the door completely to the top, Suisui, who had wrapped himself tightly, had already He bent over and ran in.
"Why are you here here so early in the morning?" Wei Ran, wearing only pajamas, walked back.asked.
"I'm not here to find you, where is Ji Ma?" Suisui followed step by step until he reached Wei Ran's bedroom door.
"You went out to fool around last night. Do you have anything to do with him?" Wei Ran glanced helplessly at Suisui, who was leaning on the door frame and peering in. "Can you let me change my clothes first?"
p>"You said it as if no one wants to look at you"
Suisui took half a step back and leaned against the wall next to the door and said, "Didn't my classmate return to China? They organized another A group of classmates and a few teachers, about 20 of them, plan to come over after finishing the exam."
"Wait"
Wei Ran, who had just put on his pants, came out. Half the head asked, "Didn't you say you have failed three subjects? You haven't finished the joint examination yet?"
The expression on Suisui's face panicked when she heard this, "Well. .."
Wei Ran retracted his head and continued to change clothes while reminding, "You'd better tell the truth"
"It's the truth!"
Suisui stood at the door with her hands on her hips and said confidently, "We took the exam in two batches. What's wrong with the two exams being one month apart? If you have any objections, please go to our school leaders. It's amazing to develop abdominal muscles? How dare you threaten? "Me?"
"Don't come here."
Wei Ran put on his clothes and put on his shoes, and said as he walked out, "Are you sure your classmates and teachers can come?"
"I will definitely come," Suisui said confidently, "My husband just needs to communicate with Ji Ma about the reception issue."
"Then you wait"
It was only then that Wei Ran took out his cell phone and called Jima. After the latter learned that another group of tourists would arrive soon, there was a flurry of excitement and complaints from women on the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Suisui had already placed the breakfast she had brought on the table. After the two of them had eaten and drank, Jima also drove Weiran's off-road vehicle to the studio. door.
"Aurora, are there really another group of guests?" Jima jumped out of the car and rushed into the studio without even having time to close the car door. He had no idea that there were still a few traces of anger left on his face. A fiery red lip print.
Suisui rolled her eyes, took out an itinerary plan from her bag and put it on the table.
Ignoring the two money-obsessed money lovers discussing the great cause of making money, Wei Ran took out the piano case and started practicing in front of the instructional video.
However, before the two of them could reach a mutually satisfactory result through discussion, a taxi stopped at the door of the studio.
As the car door opened, a slovenly old man with a beard who was shorter than Professor Alexei walked straight into the studio with a shiny forehead. door.
"Who is Victor or Ji Ma?" While asking, the old man also revealed a golden denture and sprayed out a strong smell of alcohol.
"I am" Wei Ran and Ji MaThey stood up in unison and said, "What do you want?"
The old man glanced at Suisui, who was sitting aside and watching the excitement, and the latter simply stood up and said, "You guys chat."
p>Watching Suisui disappear at the stairs leading to the bedroom, the old man said seriously, "I came at the invitation of Mr. Nicholas. He told me that you are on the east side of the Ural Mountains. Found an astronomical observatory and want to repair the astronomical telescope and a ternary computer there?" Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, Ji Ma hesitated for a moment and nodded, "That's true. But you came a little early, and the power has not been restored yet, and I may not be able to raise the cost of repairs for the time being."
The visitor smiled casually. He pulled up a chair next to the long table and sat down as if he was familiar with it. "Five thousand dollars, how about taking me there to take a look? If there is something I am interested in, maybe I will give you a price that is satisfactory to you." After buying it, you can also check out the astronomical telescope and computer in advance to evaluate whether they can be repaired."
"You will give us five thousand dollars?" There were still several lip marks. Jima's eyes immediately widened.
The visitor smiled, reached into his pocket and took out a wad of green cash and pushed it directly to Jima across the table.
Ji Ma grabbed the banknotes and smelled them vigorously. After he counted them one by one, he immediately said enthusiastically, "My God, when do you want to leave?"
< p>"Please wait a moment"Wei Ran said before the other party spoke, "Sir, what should we call you?"
The little "Galkin" The old man grinned his big gold teeth and said, "Maybe you can teach me Galkin Bosch."
Wei Ran shook hands with the other party without being humble or condescending, "Galkin Bosch, we need to ask Mr. Nicholas first. , to decide whether to take you there."
"Of course, of course," Galkin Bosch replied with a smile.
He winked at Jima, who immediately put the banknotes in his hand on the table, picked up the car keys again and ran away quickly.
"I heard that you also found some spy equipment there?" Galkin Bosch took out a small silver flask from his pocket, took a sip happily, and calmly lit it towards Wei. asked.
"You are very well-informed"
Galkin Bosch smiled, "Mr. Nikolai told me this. Young man, take out those spy equipment. Maybe I'll be willing to buy it."
"Wait a moment." Wei Ran put away the guqin on the table and walked to the bedroom on the second floor with the case in his arms.
"Who is that person?" Suisui, who was hiding in Wei Ran's bedroom, asked curiously.
"I'm here to buy the things I found," Wei Ran explained in a low voice. He put the piano case on the bed, then opened the safe on the bedside and put all the contents inside together with the signed photo.All taken out.
"How come you have so much money here?" Suisui asked in surprise. While Wei Ran was taking the bag, he also pulled out a pistol from it, "You even have a gun?"< /p>
Wei Ran took things out and said, "I earned the money myself, and your father gave me the gun. It has bullets inside. Be careful."
Suisui rolled her eyes, deftly removed the magazine of the desert-colored CZP09 pistol and the bullets in the chamber and replied, "When I was playing with guns, you were still in elementary school."
"Yes, you have rich experience, so you destroyed the ceiling and signboard of the travel agency with one shot." Wei Ran teased the other person and at the same time re-locked the safe lid.
Suisui punched Wei Ran angrily, "Can you not mention this? How did I know that there were bullets in that shotgun?"
"Yes, it was a shotgun. "It's your fault." Wei Ran took the canvas bag and the tin box and walked out, "Wait upstairs, don't come down yet."
"Mysterious" Suisui muttered to herself. , having seen enough, he threw the fresh pistol and the magazine on the top of the safe, and then looked at the piano case lying on the bed.
Downstairs, Jima had also driven back from Nikolai. After seeing Wei Ran come down, he immediately said, "Principal Nikolai said he can be trusted, so he took him there. It seems that there is no problem, and he can sell him whatever he wants. In addition, Teacher Culp and Dalia are also here, and they seem to be taking Principal Nicholas out for a few days."
Wei Ran. Hearing this, he nodded and handed all the things in his hands to Ji Ma, "Go and talk to Galkin. He said he wanted to buy these things."
"It seems we don't have to go to Prague." ”
Jima took the canvas bag and the iron box with a smile, and strode towards Galkin Bosch who was still sitting at the long table.
After carefully inspecting the things Ji Ma displayed one by one, Galkin Bosch finally put down the signed photo and asked, "Young man, please give me a price. How much do you plan to sell these things for?"
"I want to sell..."
"How about you set a price?" Wei Ran spoke faster, finally not letting Ji Ma reveal his psychological price. .
Galkin Bosch smiled, twirling the beard on his chin and thinking for a moment, "How about fifty thousand rubles together? This is the highest price I can offer."
"Fifty thousand rubles?" Jima stood up with a roar, "Why don't you go and grab it?"
Galkin Bosch gestured with the wine bottle, "Isn't that what I'm robbing?"
Galkin Bosch gestured with the wine bottle. p>
"You just want to see these things and don't plan to buy them, right?" Wei Ran asked pointedly, staring at the other person.
"You are smarter than him." Galkin Bosch seemed particularly satisfied with Wei Ran's reaction. He stood up directly and changed the subject and asked, "So, when can we leave for Inta?"
p>"You want to go now?"Ji Ma asked in surprise.
Galkin Bosch spread his arms, "Who else would be willing to spend five thousand dollars to go to that damn place?"
"But..."
Galkin Wei Ran said confidently without waiting for him to finish, "No need, I just need Ji Ma to take me to see it by myself. A smart young man like you doesn't have to waste time with me."
Wei Ran saw that Galkin Bosch clearly wanted to get rid of him. Ji Ma's expression also made him make an immediate decision. He picked up the car keys on the table and handed them to Ji Ma, "In that case, be careful on the road."
After coming back to his senses, Jima immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously after taking the key, "Mr. Nicholas said, before setting off, can you tell me why it was abandoned?"
Galkin Bosch Rao He looked at Wei Ran and Ji Ma with interest, "Why do you think it was abandoned?"
"Spy?" Wei Ran and Ji Ma expressed their common guesses in unison.
Unexpectedly, Galkin Bosch laughed and shook his head, "The abandonment there has nothing to do with the spies you discovered. The real reason is that in the winter of 1972, several small incidents occurred near the Ural Mountains. Large-scale earthquakes. Although those frequent earthquakes only caused a few avalanches, they had a great impact on the observation activities of that observatory.
The Soviet Union happened to be building it in Circassian at that time. The BTA astronomical telescope was about to be completed, so after there were better options, the observatory discovered by you was gradually closed down. Finally, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it was completely forgotten."
Jima asked suspiciously, "Since you know so much, do you still need me to take you there?"
"Just because I know this, it doesn't mean that I know the astronomical observatory. What location?" Galkin Bosch said, extending his hand, "But if you don't want to take me, just give me back the money."
"Go, of course!"
Ji Ma's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees, and he made a phone call gesture towards Weiran, and then enthusiastically led Galkin Bosch into Weiran's off-road vehicle and drove towards the airport.
Although the annoying guy Ji Ma was sent away, Suisui came to the studio every now and then, and even called a group of classmates who had not seen each other for a long time to take advantage of the spacious space of the studio to have fun. He had two body parties, which resulted in him not only not being able to relax in the last few days of December, but his sleep was also affected.
And all this, along with an interview broadcast on the TV station on January 1st of the new year, also made his studio become unprecedentedly lively.
This time, the ones who came here to make trouble were no longer Suisui and her classmates, but the jealous Professor Alexey and his current boss, Mr. Alexander. However, my aunt Zhou Shujin and Suisui, who had had enough fun, were watching the fun from the side.
"Victor, you make me sad."Professor Alexei said heartbrokenly, "You actually hid such an amazing discovery from me for so long!"
"I'm not..."
"You are indeed not the original one!" Among that innocent good boy, you are now the honorary consultant of the Patriotic War Museum." Professor Alexei said sourly, "Honorary consultant, you foolishly changed only one of such a precious photo. The title of honorary consultant!"
"The professor is right"
Sitting aside, Alexander, who was also heartbroken, continued, "If you were willing to sell it to me at that time, you At least you can get five million US dollars.”
“Keep bragging!” Wei Ran muttered secretly in Chinese, “You guys are bragging that you don’t have to pay taxes? ? Why didn’t you say you would trade all of Moscow with me?”
“Uh...what are you talking about?” Alexander asked blankly.
Suisui, who was eating melon seeds, explained in a serious manner, "He said he regretted donating the photo. He also said that if he had known that Mr. Alexander was so generous, he should have received it at that time. The photos will be sent to you as soon as possible."
"You should really regret it"
Alexander said with a pained look on his face. He had received the news a week ago that someone had sent him the message. The Patriotic War Museum and Mamayev Ridge donated a precious photo, and he even went to see it, but he never expected that the donor of this photo was actually the Chinese student he had dealt with. .
“Forget it, it’s useless to say anything now.” Professor Alexei sighed, “Why didn’t you, bastard, think of calling me on TV together?”
p>“I’m just chasing the ducks to put it on the shelves, okay?” Wei Ran muttered while secretly enjoying himself.
“Let’s not talk about it anymore.” Alexander waved his hand, “Victor, you must still have the negative of that photo, right? How about selling it to me?”
“Five One million dollars?" Professor Alexei, who was still feeling sorry for himself just now, immediately asked with great interest.
Alexander was so reprimanded by this sentence that he almost shook off his beard, and said angrily, "If that photo first appeared in my museum, even if it were two and five million No problem."
"Although this is not the first time the photo has appeared, you bought the only negative." Alexey did not regard Alexander as his boss at all, and he said the price in vain. Another two million was raised.
Professor Alexei, who has fallen in the eyes of money, has a good reputation. Not to mention the headache of Manager Federer, who stood aside and never said a word, even Alexander could hardly resist.
Seeing the quotations swing back and forth between five figures and seven figures in the mouths of these two people, Wei Ran quickly said, "Two, two, can you..."
"Shut up!" Alexander and Professor Alexey shouted in unison.
Seeing this, Wei Ranye was too lazy to talk to these two old guys who thought they could decide everything. He took the coffee from Suisui, sat down and drank it slowly with peace of mind, and also gave it to a distant place. Mr. Nicholas sent a message.
Until the end, when the glaring Alexander and Professor Alexei finally settled on the price at two million and a half million dollars, they both looked at the man sitting aside. Wei Ran.
"Don't look at me, the film is not in my hands." Wei Ran said as he put down his coffee cup.
"Not?!"
"I just wanted to say it, you two told me to shut up." Before Alexander could open his mouth to say something, Wei Ran After one last look at the message Nicola sent back, he turned off the phone screen and said, "Although I don't have the negatives, I do have the electronic version."
Manager Federer, who had been standing behind Alexander, reminded, "The electronic version is not worth two million."
"Of course it's not worth two million," Weiran said unexpectedly, "So I decided to donate it to you for free? As long as my name and the name of this studio appear under the photo."< /p>
Alexander was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Victor, you are smarter than I thought."
"Thank you for the compliment," Wei Ran replied with a smile that was neither humble nor overbearing. , and at the same time, he also noticed Professor Alexei secretly giving him a thumbs up.
After sending away Alexander and the accompanying manager Federer with an electronic version of the film, Professor Wei Ran and Professor Alexei clapped their hands in tacit understanding before the rolling shutter door was completely closed by Suisui.
"Victor, you bastard did it so beautifully!"
Professor Alexei, who was still jealous in the previous lesson, now had only was a sincere exaggeration, while Wei Ran repeatedly expressed his apology for not being able to bring the former.
"Mom, what are they doing?" Suisui asked confused.
Zhou Shujin shook her head helplessly, smiled and cursed, "The little fox and the old fox teamed up to trick Mr. Alexander."
"Huh?" Suisui looked at the other three people blankly. , suddenly felt that these three people who had a tacit understanding seemed to be a real family, and it seemed that he had not followed their channels at all.
Zhou Shujin motioned for her daughter to sit next to her and explained with a smile, "Your father now works for Mr. Alexander, so whether it is that photo or the interview, it is not appropriate to bring him with you."
"Why?" Suisui asked puzzledly.
After hearing this, Professor Alexei sat down next to Suisui and explained with a smile, "First and most important, this bastard not only used that photo to exchange for the title of honorary consultant, By the way, it was the best advertisement for this studio.
Secondly, although he didn’t call me, he just managed to distance himself from this photo and Alexander and his employees, that is, me. relationship. This prevented us from getting into trouble with Mr. Alexander over a photo.able. Even if he felt uncomfortable, he would only think that the decision was made by the young man's hot head.
Lastly, and most importantly. This bastard gave Alexander the electronic version for free, which not only made up for the slight dissatisfaction he had, but soon more and more people would know where he got the license for the photo exhibition.
So wait and see, this bastard will soon be famous in military and World War II history-related museums throughout Eastern Europe. "
Having said this, Professor Alexei saw that Wei Ran was looking at him with dull eyes like his baby daughter, and asked subconsciously, "What are you surprised about?" Did I guess wrong? ”
“No! That’s pretty much what it means! "
Wei Ran came back to his senses and said quickly that he really didn't think of these things, but that Nicholas just instructed him to do this through text messages on his mobile phone.
"You Is he a pervert? Did you plan this in advance? ”
Suisui looked at Wei Ran in disbelief, but she didn’t know that the other person was exclamating the same as her, but the object of exclamation was Mr. Nicholas, who was traveling away from home.