"It doesn't actually matter whether those metal nuggets are gold or not"
After listening to Herbert's translation, Mrs. Amanda said, "Or just think of them as gold, find these gold treasures, or If you find my brother Leo, or his bones, you can get the agreed investigation fee."
"Is the clue just one photo?" Wei Ran looked at Herbert and asked. road.
"In addition, there is a package sent from Norway five years ago."
Amanda explained under Herbert's translation, "But the package There was only my brother Leo’s watch and an IOU written by him, worth 10,000 German marks.”
“IOU?” Wei Ran became increasingly puzzled.
Herbert looked at Amanda, who hesitated for a moment, took out a glasses case from her bag, opened it and handed it to Wei Ran.
In the glasses case, there was a gold watch with a leather strap. On the strap of the watch, there was a word that Wei Ran didn't recognize written in black writing. In addition, there is a pencil and a note inside.
“This watch is a Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar produced by IWC. It was only launched in 1985. It was considered a luxury product both at the time and today.”
Herb Te came over and introduced, "What is written on the watch is the name of a place, Bear Island, Bear Island in Norway. As for the content on the note, it is the IOU just mentioned, which roughly means, no matter who , as long as you find Leo's family with this IOU and return the watch, you will get 10,000 German marks. I believe you can understand the time on the IOU, which is January 1, 1989."
"Have you found the person who mailed these things?" Wei Ran asked as he put on the glasses case.
"No"
Herbert shook his head, "Before I worked for Mrs. Amanda, she was looking for the person who mailed this package, even on Norwegian TV and radio A missing person notice was posted on the Internet. After I worked for her, I have been looking for the person who mailed these things. Unfortunately, there has been no clue for so long."
"You have no clues. Go to Bear Island to look for it?" Wei Ran asked and returned the glasses case to Mrs. Amanda sitting opposite.
"I went, of course I did."
Herbert replied blatantly in German, "The scenery there is nice, but it's too cold. So I put the search destination We moved to Finnmark County in mainland Norway. At least it’s very suitable for skiing.”
“Just say you haven’t been there, there’s no need to go around in such big circles.” Wei Ranpi smiled. He responded.
Bear Island was one of the bases for German weather stations during World War II. Although he didn't know where the Finnmark County in Norway that Herbert was talking about was exactly, he knew that the closest distance between Bear Island and the Norwegian mainland was more than 400 kilometers.
In other words, this Herbert is completely holding OmanThe investigation funds provided by Mrs. Da were spent like crazy. But now that he brought his enemy to find him, he didn't want to make a fortune together at all. He was simply looking for a successor for himself.
"How about it? Do you want to take this job?" Herbert looked at Wei Ran eagerly, "As long as you find that treasure or that expedition team, you can get 90,000 euros. The price is not low."
"I refuse"
Wei Ran unexpectedly stood up and said bluntly, "Herbert, although this is not a low price. The pay for the job is indeed not low, but I don’t want to get myself into a lot of trouble by cleaning up your mess. After all, we don’t know each other very well, right?”
Herbert opened his mouth to say something. , Weiran took the lead and continued, "Okay, your flight is about to take off, and it's time for me to say goodbye and leave. Goodbye, Herbert."
After saying that, Weiran simply walked away. In the engine room, the two people behind them, who looked astonished at all, pulled their suitcases and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The reason why he simply refused this investigation work was actually very simple. Although the investigation cost of 90,000 euros is indeed high, compared to at least a truckload of gold and the precious feelings between brother and sister, what Mrs. Amanda really wants to find seems to be more expensive.
This at least shows that either Herbert did not tell the truth, or Amanda did not tell the truth. Or, what he really wanted to find was worth far more than a truckload of gold. He even suspected that the black and white photo might not have much to do with the real investigation target itself.
If it is just the first two, it may not matter, but if it is the third possibility, too high a value often means trouble.
This trouble is not only reflected in the process of investigation, but also reflected in whether it will cause trouble for oneself after the investigation actually finds something.
Not to mention the distance, Mr. Charlotte a month or two ago is a good example. After he personally delivered the treasure map recording the specific location of the desert well, the other party was How? The old guy had placed many spies around the hotel to keep an eye on him.
Although the two parties almost settled their differences in the end, who can guarantee that Mrs. Amanda in the waiting room, who can put aside the relationship between brother and sister, will do something better than the summer in England? What about Mr. Lott's more outrageous things?
For this reason, based on the principle that making more unnecessary money is worse than having less unnecessary trouble, Wei Ran will of course choose to refuse.
In the VIP waiting room, after a brief moment of astonishment, Herbert turned around with a happy expression and said to Mrs. Amanda, who had not yet recovered, "Don't get me wrong. , Victor is such a person, he just said that there are clues, Mrs. Amanda, if you want to entrust Victor to continue the investigation, how about paying half of the investigation fee first? This is Victor's rule. ”
“Those are his rules, but not my rules.”
Amanda stood up with her bag, "Herbert, I give you the last three months, before Christmas. If you and your partner don't find any useful clues, all our cooperation will end here." . If you find out the whereabouts of the expedition team, I will pay the full investigation fee of 180,000 euros as agreed."
"Wait a minute, Mrs. Amanda."
< p>Herbert stopped the fat sheep who had already walked out of the waiting room, "Three months may be a bit tight, but other than that, can you keep the photos and the contents of the glasses case? Maybe we can get there Some clues were found above. ""Forget the photo, it is of great significance to me," Amanda said, taking out the glasses case from her bag and handing it to the former, "Give it within a month. I'll send it back, Herbert, this is the last time I believe in your ability."
Watching Mrs. Amanda walk through the security checkpoint, Herbert was not in a hurry to leave and returned to waiting for the flight. He sat down in the room, played with the glasses case in his hand, and began to think about how to persuade Wei Ran to continue the investigation.
After all, as long as he can find out the whereabouts of the expedition team, he can earn himself a real price difference of at least 90,000 euros, and all Herbert needs to pay is just a touch of upper lip. Just touch your lower lip.
At the same time, Wei Ran, who had already forgotten about this matter, also found his off-road vehicle in the parking lot. After connecting the battery that was disconnected when he left last time, he started the car and drove slowly. Went to his studio.
However, what he never expected was that just as he stepped on the brakes in the parking space in front of the studio, his mobile phone received a spam text message.
This itself is naturally not a big deal, but what this spam message represents is that Katenka from Vienna, Austria, sent him an email.
He opened the rolling shutter door of the studio as quickly as possible and got into the studio. Wei Ran ran into the bedroom and locked the door. He checked the room habitually and confirmed that there was no problem before removing the metal He took out the food box from the book and took out the authenticator placed inside.
Following the steps Katenka gave him at that time, he logged into the web mailbox. After clicking on the email, he found that there was only one sentence written in it, "She arrived at 4:19 this afternoon local time. "Died."
That old Katenka who had Alzheimer's disease died?
Wei Ran looked at the email interface in astonishment. After hesitating for a moment, he immediately rushed out of the room. He didn't even have time to lock the rolling shutter door, and drove the off-road vehicle that had not been turned off. He rushed to Nikola a few hundred meters away. house.
When Nicholas opened the door, Wei Ran looked around and saw no one else, then he closed the door and said, "Mr. Nicholas, she passed away, old Katenka."< /p>
Hearing this, Nicholas raised his eyebrows. After a moment of silence, he slowly walked to the sofa and sat down. He asked without raising his head, "When did it happen."
"Local time, today at 4:01 pm9 points. "Wei Ran paused and continued, "But I just received the email. "
"That's it..."
Nicholas responded absently, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and lit it. But he didn't speak for a long time.
It wasn't until the cigarette burned out that Nicholas stood up on the sofa and walked upstairs and said, "Wait for me here. ”
Wei Ran, who had been standing at the door, nodded and watched Nicholas walk up to the second floor step by step, and soon after, watched him slowly walk down.
Waving his hand for Wei Ran to go to the table and sit down, Nicholas took out a palm-sized jewelry box from his pocket and pushed it to Wei Ran, "Go and put it on her, then bring her ashes back and send them to Tyumen, I will wait for you at the airport then. "
Picking up the jewelry box on the table, Wei Ran nodded, "I'll leave now. "
"Victor"
Nicholas stopped Wei Ran who had already stood up. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "There is a line about five centimeters long on her right arm. As for the scar, there is a mole about two centimeters directly below the scar. Check it carefully when the time comes. "
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, "I understand"
"Watching her being cremated with my own eyes" Nicholas added additionally.
"Also Is there any? "Wei Ran simply turned around and asked.
Nicholas finally said, "Inform the new Katenka to leave Vienna and find a new address. It can be anywhere, as long as you know the location. , and she knew what to do with the rest.
In addition, no matter what the other party asks for, they all agree to it. That's it, remember to close the door for me. ”
Heaving a long sigh of relief, Wei Ran quietly left Nikolai’s house and drove his off-road vehicle straight to the airport he had just left.
Waiting while waiting on the way. At the traffic light, he bought a plane ticket for that night. It was only then that he opened the jewelry box that Nicholas gave him.
Contained in this slightly old small box was a jewelry box. There is a Soviet-era KGB badge, and on the inside of the lid of the jewelry box, there is a small yellow card with the word "Karenina" written in dark blue pen.