We had a sumptuous dinner with a group of middle-aged people. When the drunk Wei Ran woke up again, he was already lying in the shabby little hotel in Chita.
Taking out his phone and checking the time, there were less than 20 hours left before he returned to Hongqi Forest Farm for class, but he hadn't even had time to buy a plane ticket.
Shaking his dizzy head, Wei Ran pulled up the screen of his mobile phone. Before he woke up, Culp called him, and Teacher Dalia also called him. Even Ji Ma actually called him. In addition, a completely unfamiliar phone number called me twice.
"Isn't it because the class has been advanced?"
Wei Ran immediately woke up and called Culp. Unexpectedly, the other party turned off his phone. I tried calling Teacher Dalia again, but the other party also turned off her phone!
Finally, he called Ji Ma. Fortunately, the phone was not turned off this time, but he waited for half a minute before the other party answered the call.
"What happened?" Wei Ran asked in a face-to-face manner without waiting for the other party to say anything.
"What...what happened?" Jima Mi on the other end of the phone asked in confusion. He didn't know whether he was still asleep or had drank too much.
"I am Victor" Wei Ran reminded helplessly.
"Oh! Thank God, you finally called me back."
Jima finally realized who was calling him, and immediately said happily, "Dalia The teacher asked me to tell you that the class will be postponed for half a month. "Why?" Wei Ran asked in confusion.
"They said they were going on a business trip, but they didn't say anything else." Ji Ma burped and continued, "In addition, Teacher Dalia reminded us not to waste time, and we will do it after they come back. Assessment."
"So you drank too much?" Wei Ran asked, dumbfounded.
"I'm just celebrating. Besides, didn't you drink too much? And it was Teacher Dalia who told me that you drank too much."
Jima's tone contained Regrettably, "Summer is here, and Yinta's camp can no longer receive tourists. We are finally free, so of course we have to celebrate."
"Are you still in Yinta?"
"Kazan, I'm in Kazan. By the way, Teacher Dalia asked me to tell you to call Principal Nikolai back when you wake up."
"Anything else? "Is it something?"
"No." Before Ji Ma finished speaking, Wei Ran hung up the phone and quickly sat up and called Mr. Nicholas.
“Are you sober?” As soon as the call was connected, Nicholas on the other end asked with a smile.
"Those people are so good at drinking." Wei Ran shivered subconsciously. His memory still stayed in the cafeteria of that power station, being made drunk by those idiots with various excuses and toasts. In the nightmare.
"Can't even drink CulpYou have the guts to drink with those bastards. "
Nicholas did not give Wei Ran a chance to speak and continued, "Now that you're awake, if you have nothing else to do, come back. "
"I checked the ticket and rushed back as quickly as possible. "Wei Ran said quickly.
"No rush, we'll talk about the rest when you come back. ”
Waiting for the busy signal from the receiver, Wei Ran lay on the bed again, wondering whether the sudden business trip of Culp and Teacher Dalia had something to do with the metal box he brought back from Vienna. The phone screen bought a ticket to fly to Volgograd early the next morning.
As for the unknown phone number that he missed, he selectively ignored it because his social circle was so large anyway. , if the other party is really in a hurry, he will have to call him sooner or later.
After packing his few luggage, Wei Ran left the shabby little hotel and found a shopping mall to buy a new set of clothes and clothes. A new mobile phone, and then I filled my stomach, and then I changed to a high-end hotel and got a room.
I soaked off the last bit of drunkenness comfortably in the bathtub, and Wei Ran slowly changed into it. He just bought new clothes, and at the same time, he changed the mobile phone card from the old mobile phone that was "dirty" in his heart to the new mobile phone he just bought, and finally put the old mobile phone that restored factory settings into the food box in the metal book As soon as he was hit, he lay down on the soft big bed and fell asleep again.
Early the next morning, Weiran took the flight and experienced a long flight of 9 hours. After changing flights, he finally made it back to his studio before the sun set. Before he could open the locked rolling door, the unfamiliar phone number from yesterday called again.
“Hello. , I looked for Mr. Victor and found the picture of Mr. Victor, the historian who displayed the first Soviet flag on the Reichstag. ”
When the man on the other end of the phone finished speaking in German, Wei Ran also pushed the rolling shutter door over his head with a clang, and then replied also in German, “Hello, I am what you are looking for.” Victor, what's the matter? "
"My name is Herbert, and I am a friend of Mr. Noah. The man paused and continued, "Mr. Victor, I would like to ask you to investigate an oil drum." ”
“Oil barrel? "
"World War II German standard 20-liter oil drum." The man who called himself Herbert stopped and continued to ask, "If it is convenient, can we meet?" I'm in Volgograd. "
"How about I get back to you later? "
"Of course," said Herbert, and hung up the phone.
Storing the other party's number into his mobile phone, Wei Ran immediately dialed Ralph. Ask about Herbert. In the introduction, the Herbert who just spoke fluent German turned out to be a Frenchman and a well-known archaeologist.
Not only that, For a long time, Herbert also paid to help Mr. Noah investigate his father Yannick.Although his investigation found nothing, he became friends with Mr. Noah because he likes to collect oil paintings.
After figuring out the origin of Herbert, there was no problem. Wei Ran once again asked him to go to Vienna with the help of gallery employee Mark in a few days, and then hung up the phone.
After taking a short break, Wei Ran re-locked the rolling shutter door of the studio and strolled to find Mr. Nicholas who was watching the news at home.
After Wei Ran helped make a pot of coffee, and an old man and a young man sat down on the sofa covered with bamboo mats, Nicholas said with a smile, "Karp told me about you The mistake in completing the assessment mission in Yakutsk, and your sudden disappearance afterwards. Of course, I also arranged for someone to take a look around the lake.
Victor, now I want to. Listen to yourself talk about the entire process of this assessment mission, including the preliminary preparations, the choice of methods to kill the target, and your subsequent judgment on the matter."
Wei Ran was silent for a moment. After taking a sip of coffee, he recounted the preparations, arrangements and plans for each day after landing in Yakutsk in as much detail as possible. In addition to briefly mentioning the method of killing the smugglers, he also hid the impact of the metal book on him. Apart from helping, there is nothing to hide.
"So you have been on guard against Culp following you?" Nicholas asked bluntly after Wei Ran finished speaking.
Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
"In this regard, it's a good job." Nicholas thought for a moment and changed the topic to the smuggler. "Let's talk about the impact of killing the target person on the local area."
“Even if we successfully kill the smuggler, nothing will change at all.”
Wei Ran said truthfully, “We have the ability to smuggle animal products and mammoth ivory from the Far East of Russia and even organize human trafficking. The organization is definitely not a small role. In this case, the person I killed needs to go to Yakutsk to receive the goods, which only means that he is not an important person."
" Is this why you deliberately made the scene so bloody?" Although Nicholas is old, his mind is running very fast, "You want that smuggling organization to wipe your ass?"
"They can't find me anyway, can they?"
Wei Ran said indifferently, "Forget about smuggling mammoth ivory and animal products. There are a lot of people in the Far East and border areas doing this kind of business. , it doesn’t matter even if I say it.
But human trafficking is different. Once this kind of business breaks out, I will definitely not be the first to be unlucky. Maybe the great emperor in Moscow will thank me and give it to him. He found such an excuse to intervene in the Far East gangs and corruption issues.
In this case, if the scene of killing the target person is made more bloody, the only thing that will be afraid of is the smuggling organization and its connections. The people involved will definitely suppress this matter. As I just said, after all, only those who die areIt's an insignificant little role, isn't it? "
"Your assessment task is only to kill the target person. When did you think clearly about what you just said? "Nicholas asked in hot pursuit, but the expression on his face with age spots became more and more satisfied.
"Before taking action," Wei Ran said pointedly. He replied, “I don’t want to be a tool that only needs hands and does not use brains. ”
Nicholas showed that he understood Wei Ran’s hint and promised with a smile, “Don’t worry, young man, the Soviet Union is gone long ago. We are just friends, and you are just a historian.” , what you worry about won’t happen, never will. "
"Thank you for your guarantee." Wei Ran picked up the coffee cup and touched it lightly to the other party's cup.
Taking a symbolic sip of coffee, Nico La changed the subject again and asked, "I heard that you used Chinese Kung Fu to defeat those idiots who got you drunk? "
"It was just a fluke," Wei Ran responded with a smile, making it clear that he did not want to explain in detail.
"It seems that Culp can only get two years of tuition from you at most. ”
After speaking, Nicholas stood up slowly and said, “Okay, go back and rest. If you are not busy these days, remember to go to Vienna for me.” "
"Don't worry, I have made arrangements and will send the things over soon. ”
Farewell to Nicholas who had already walked into the bedroom, Wei Ran closed the door for him, looked up at the sky dyed red by the sunset, and then walked towards the studio while taking out the The cell phone called Herbert.