"Herbert has been here?"
Wei Ran looked around and saw that there was only this one thing in the studio, and his doubts became even heavier. Not only does he have the key to this studio, but the aunt next door also has it, and Professor Alexei also has it. It can even be said that the key has not been changed at all since the studio was transferred to him.
But based on my understanding of my aunt, she would never open the door to the studio without her knowledge. As for Professor Alexey, he values these bottom lines more than his aunt Zhou Shujin. .
In this case, how was this thing sent in?
Before he could come up with a result, his aunt came in from behind and asked, "Why didn't you even lock the door when you were in such a hurry the past few days?"
" I didn’t lock the door?”
Wei Ran thought about it and realized that he really didn’t lock the door. At that time, I received Katenka's email as soon as I came back, and then I ran back to the airport non-stop, as if the door was really unlocked.
“You didn’t lock the door”
Zhou Shujin said helplessly, “Even if you don’t lock the door, you still can’t get through the phone. I almost thought there was a burglar in the house that day. ”
“I forgot something urgent that day”
Wei Ran explained vaguely and quickly asked, “Auntie, what’s going on with these things?”
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"On the day you didn't lock the door, I also heard from the front desk that someone who said he was your friend brought it with a translator. He also said that you will know what is going on after seeing these things. "
Zhou Shujin explained helplessly, "You couldn't get through on the phone at that time, and the girl at the front desk said that he waited at the door until it was quite late."
"It was indeed my friend who gave it to me. "Come here."
"Don't make friends like this in the future. That person seems to be a thief and not very reliable." Zhou Shujin gave the final instruction before changing the subject. He said, "Where is Mr. Nicholas? He hasn't eaten at the travel agency for several days, and there is no one at home. Could something have happened?"
"Mr. Nicholas is out. Let's play."
Wei Ran quickly explained that his aunt was a strong woman who never suffered any losses in the business world. But he is definitely a generous person. Nicola has been working at a travel agency for a year, and he has never heard her say that she is not happy to come.
"As long as he's fine"
Zhou Shujin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "The old man is old. I remember you said before that others helped you a lot with your postgraduate entrance examination. You should move around more often."
"I understand, Auntie," Wei Ran responded quickly, "I went out to run errands for him the past two days."
"Okay, I don't have anything else to do. I just want to remind you to lock the door and leave." After Zhou Shujin finished speaking, she simply turned around and left the studio and returned to the travel agency.
After seeing off his aunt Zhou Shujin, Wei Ran glanced at the glasses case on the table, then took out his mobile phone and calledHerbert.
As soon as the call was connected, Wei Ran said directly without waiting for the other party to speak, "Herbert, I will give you two choices."
"Which two choices?" He Bert asked enthusiastically, "My friend, have you agreed to go find the golden treasure with me?"
Wei Ran didn't answer his words at all, and said unceremoniously, "No. One option is that you send me your address within five minutes after I hang up the phone, and I will mail these things back to you. The second option is that I throw these things in the trash now. "
"Wait! Wait, my friend!" Herbert said quickly, "I have re-negotiated the price, 150,000 euros, and if you find it, you will only give me 20,000 euros. Just euros."
"Send me the address within five minutes. I'll throw these things out and you can look for them wherever you like." After that, Wei Ran said. hung up the phone.
It would have been fine if Herbert had not raised the price just now, but it had been raised by 20,000 euros so easily, and even the profit was less, and he became more and more suspicious that there was something wrong with it.
Before he put down the phone, Herbert called again. After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran pressed the answer button to see what the other party was going to say.
"Victor, calm down and listen to me."
Herbert said very quickly, "Mrs. Amanda is a rich man, as long as I help her investigate this time To find out the whereabouts of that treasure, in addition to the expensive investigation fee, we can get to know more rich people through her in the future. This is a rare opportunity to make a lot of money!"
"That's it! ?" Wei Ran asked in a calm tone.
"Um...say...that's it."
"You still have four minutes," Wei Ran said and was about to hang up the phone.
"The last word! Victor! The last word!"
Herbert shouted before Weiran pressed the hang-up button, "How about giving me four days?" ? I'm going to Volgograd in four days. Let me pick up those things personally. Even if you don't want to take this business, you can't just send it to me directly. What if something happens to the package on the way? It's a trouble for you and me, so how about leaving these things at your place for four days? I'll pick them up on time after four days."
" Take it away, and you can go to the garbage collection station to find it yourself in an hour. "Besides, there is no need to contact you again." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he hung up the phone again, and at the same time, he was also worried about this in his heart. Herbert's disgust grew. He could even predict that in four days, Herbert would come up with new conditions to try to convince himself.
Once you get entangled with such a "black intermediary" who only talks but does not do anything, you will definitely be in trouble in the future, so it is better to strangle the contact with him from the beginning and blacklist him forever. .
Directly adjust the phone to airplane mode again, WeiranHe locked the rolling shutter door and carefully checked the entire studio inside and out. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief until he was sure that there was nothing extra or missing in the studio during the two days he was out.
Sitting down at the long table, Wei Ran took out a pair of rubber gloves that he had habitually carried with him from his pocket and put them on. Then he picked up the glasses case on the table and took out the contents. come out.
The pencil and the IOU written in French that I can’t understand naturally have no value. The black and white photo does not appear, and the only remaining clue on the watch is also of no value. There was only "Bear Island" written in French on the strap, a word that Wei Ran couldn't understand.
Putting everything back into the glasses case and fastening it, Wei Ran locked it in the safe, opened his laptop and prepared to search for relevant information about Bear Island.
He was not prepared to take over this investigative job, but simply to satisfy his curiosity, because when he first met Mrs. Amanda, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong. This feeling didn't just come from Mrs. Amanda and Herbert, it felt more like I had missed something unintentionally.
"Fuck! There is indeed a problem!" Wei Ran finally discovered the problem after looking at the real-life photos of Bear Island displayed on the screen and the introduction on one side!
In the introduction to Bear Island, this island located in the Arctic Circle, more than 400 kilometers away from the mainland of Norway, not only has no bears, but the vegetation on the entire island is mainly moss and lichen.
This can also be verified through the real-life photos he searched for. To put it simply, this small island, which was used by the German army to establish a weather station during World War II, is a complete desert of ice and snow.
In this case, the problem arises. In the black and white photo that Mrs. Amanda showed, there was a dense coniferous forest around it!
Obviously, as long as you think a little longer, you will definitely find this obvious flaw. So did Herbert find out? A sneer appeared on Wei Ran's face, he must have noticed it!
Now that I have found out, I have taken over the business and asked myself to cooperate. This is obviously using myself to deceive.
"Herbert, Herbert, you are really damn good at choosing people. The birthday girl is not as appetizing as you when he eats arsenic."
Wei Ran said silently. After muttering something, he began to think about how to teach the other party a lesson that was still fresh in his memory. Not only did I encounter this kind of thing, but Professor Alexei also encountered it several times in the past few years.
The routine here is simple. A "black intermediary" like Herbert takes the client to meet with someone like Wei Ran or Professor Alexei. These intermediaries then secretly negotiate deals with clients under the latter's banner.
Those who have a slight bottom line will give an explanation like Charlotte did last time. If they meet those who have no bottom line, I am afraid they will take the money and run away.
I am lucky, what happened in CharlotteIt was only when I was more thoughtful and met the original customers directly that there were no surprises.
But Professor Alexei was in a miserable situation at the beginning. The old man was far less astute than his wife. Once, he was almost locked up by the police as an accomplice of a fraudster.
To deal with these black intermediaries, you definitely won’t kill them directly. Not only will that be useless, but it will also easily cause trouble. The best way is to ruin the other party's reputation. And right now, Wei Ran just has the most suitable person on hand to do this.
After carefully reviewing his inner thoughts, Wei Ran took out the food box from the metal book and took out the authenticator that Katianka had given him.
I logged into the 404 webpage with my laptop and completed the identity authentication in sequence. Wei Ran uploaded the photos taken in the Tyumen Library, and then asked about the other party's current situation.
At the end of the email, he highlighted Herbert’s mobile phone number and what happened with the French woman Amanda a few days ago. In the name of checking Katenka's working ability, I asked her to try and see if she could find out anything.
Less than two minutes later, Katianka sent a reply email.
In this simple email, the other party only replied with three short sentences: "Thank you", "We are moving and expected to arrive in two days" and "I will message you as soon as possible".