That night, Wei Ran and Jima, who were disguised, drove to Kirov City and followed the map’s guidance to successfully find the camera shop run by the target person and a short distance away. Far away hospital.
It took most of the night to sort out all the surrounding situations. After making sure that they had memorized all the routes in their minds, the two of them took a nap in the car and waited until the second day. At dawn, the two checked into a hotel not far from the hospital.
Sleeping until noon, Wei Ran took out the antique Rollei dual reflex camera from the metal book and hung it around his neck. Then he took a taxi and visited several digital camera stores in the city until it was almost time. At four o'clock in the afternoon, we took a taxi and rushed to the camera shop run by the Soviet veteran Leva.
Just like the architectural drawings provided by Teacher Dalia, this camera store, which does not occupy a large area, is just a two-story concrete building with a square shape and no aesthetics. The store on the floor is only a dozen square meters. There are many old-fashioned mechanical cameras in the glass cabinets against the walls on both sides of the entrance, and behind the counter facing the door, there are some outdated digital cameras.
When Wei Ran came in, the one-armed veteran named Leva was sitting behind the counter watching TV. There were various camera accessories scattered on the messy counter.
"What do you want to buy?" Leva glanced at Wei Ran who was passing by in disguise, and then turned his eyes nonchalantly to the old big-ass TV inside.
"Hello, do you have any film here?" Wei Ran gestured to the camera around his neck, "I need 120 size film."
Hearing this, Leva finally He turned his head again, put on his reading glasses and glanced at the old camera around Wei Ran's neck, and said in a loud voice, "It's not easy to find 120-size film, but I do have it here, both black and white and color. It's just that It’s more expensive. Which one do you need?”
“Black and white film will do.” Wei Ran’s face showed a look of joy, “How much does it cost?”
Lewa Fu He turned around at the counter and said while rummaging in the cabinet behind him, "Kodak Professional Roll, 820 rubles, this is the only one I have here."
"Is there a cheaper one?"< /p>
While Wei Ran was talking, he was also looking at the store without any trace. Unfortunately, this small store can be basically seen at a glance. There is only a closed security door behind the counter. In addition, there are surveillance cameras installed at the angles between the walls and ceiling on both sides of the bar.
As for what is behind the security door, as well as the Caucasian dog Dalia mentioned, it is impossible to see it at all.
"I just said, there is only one kind." Leva threw a box of film on the counter, "The most I can give you is 800 rubles."
"Then Just one roll, no, two rolls!" Wei Ran said, taking out two bills from his pocket and handing them to the other party.
"You have a nice camera, where did it come from?" Leva turned around and took out another box of film and handed it to Wei Ran, asking while making change.
"Germany" Wei Ran took advantage of the time to load the film and replied that he purposely brought this eye-catching old camera around in order to attract the other party's attention and find a chance to chat with him.
"How about selling it to me for 150,000 rubles?" Leva asked while handing the change to Wei Ran.
"Old guy, the medal on the camera case alone is more than 150,000 rubles." Wei Ran pretended to show off and said, "The gold melee assault medal, this is not the You can see it anywhere."
"How about 250,000 rubles?" Leva happily added another 100,000 rubles, "I will only buy your camera, not the metal piece. "
"I won't sell it," Wei Ran simply refused. This is a guy who feeds himself. Let alone 250,000 rubles, he may not even sell it for US dollars."
"Forget it, no matter how high the price is, I can't afford it."
Leva was particularly straightforward, pointing to the windows on both sides and said, "Young man , just take a look, if you like it, I can give you a cheaper price.”
Using this topic, Weiran simply didn’t leave in a hurry after changing the film. While observing the old camera in the window, he chatted with Leva and got to know each other in a subtle way.
During the chat between the two parties, Wei Ran was surprised to learn that this old guy with a broken hand not only participated in the invasion of Afghanistan during the Soviet era. Even after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, he participated in the first Chechen War, and his arm was lost in the famous Grozny street battle.
After spending more than an hour chatting with this old guy about the cruelty of street fighting in Grozny, Weiran also took advantage of the situation and bought a Zeiss Ikon Countess camera.
Although this camera is in very good condition, it is actually more for fun than practical. In other words, this camera only looks good, but is not actually very useful. And this evaluation was made by the veteran named Leva himself.
Although the two made a small business, Wei Ran only got the opportunity to go behind the security door in the name of borrowing the bathroom.
However, behind the security door, except for a table with a lot of medicine and a staircase with a Caucasian dog tied behind it, he found nothing of value at all. Harvest, not even the so-called basement entrance was seen.
Conveniently, a cigarette box-sized monitoring device was stuffed into the gap behind the wooden table. Weiran bought a lot of extra film, then said goodbye to Leva and took a taxi back to the center of the city. Location.
"How is the situation?"
After Wei Ran got out of the taxi, he first looked for an opportunity to put the Rollei dual reflex camera back into its metal book, and then he carried it in one hand. He held the camera in his hand and dialed Jima with his mobile phone in one hand.
"I'm already in the hospital"
Jima held up his cell phone to show Wei Ran another patient lying on the hospital bed in the room, and deliberately said loudly in Russian, "I must be I ate something unclean at that girl's house. The doctor said I might have acute enteritis and need to stay in the hospital for at least two days."
"Then you should have a good rest," Wei Ran said. , pinched his nose intentionally or unintentionally.
Getting the signal, Ji Ma also pinched his nose and said apologetically, "It seems that I won't be able to go fishing with you in the next few days. You can drive my car first, and remember to put it in at night." Send me the tablet."
"Wait a little later," Wei Ran said. "I bought an antique camera today and I want to study it carefully."
Said. After that, Wei Ran simply hung up the phone, and Jima on the other side also cursed and used this excuse to complain about his friend with the patient who was admitted because he drank too much.
At the same time, Wei Ran also crossed the road and walked into the hotel, while distractedly listening to the sound signal coming back from the monitoring equipment.
From the afternoon until the sun goes down, the only noise on the other end of the monitor is the noise of the TV and the sound of the veteran Leva opening and closing the door from time to time. Finally, at seven o'clock in the afternoon, he finally heard the sound of the Caucasian panting with its tongue, and Leva's voice telling it to slow down.
After looking at the time, Wei Ran wrote down the start time of the other party's dog walk on the screen of his mobile phone, and then quietly waited for the sound to come from the monitor again.
After waiting for more than an hour, when the sound of the door opening and the dog's panting came from the monitor, Wei Ran, who was almost asleep, quickly opened his eyes and recorded the time again.