"What a coincidence..." Wei Ran said dryly, while he was already wondering how much it would cost to renovate such a large house.
"Just... just think of it as a favor." Before Culp finished speaking, he had already taken steps to the second floor again.
Compared with the empty first floor, the space on the second floor is not much better. Except for a few broken tables and chairs that have long since decayed, there are not even a few glass windows that remain intact. . The floor beneath the feet was mostly broken and moldy, revealing the cement floor hidden underneath.
I walked up to the third floor silently. In addition to having fewer rooms and two more sunrooms with floor-to-ceiling windows that can see Lake Kaban, there is no room compared to the second floor. There have been too many changes, there is still rubbish everywhere, all kinds of obscenities are written on the walls, the glass of all the windows has been artificially smashed, and even things like radiators seem to have been dismantled a long time ago. Got clean.
I went to the two sunny rooms designated by Dalia to check. Unfortunately, except for the bones of some unknown wild animals, no personal belongings related to her were found in these two rooms. .
Climbing up the stairs to the attic, Wei Ran saw at a glance that this triangular space was filled with a large amount of bird droppings, feathers, broken eggshells and the mutilated corpses of various rodents. At the same time, due to the leakage of the skylight, more than one-third of the area on the sunny side has completely collapsed, and even the remaining ones are crumbling as if they may be completely blown away by a gust of wind at any time.
"It is not easy to renovate such a big house." Wei Ran, who came down from the attic, patted the dust and accidentally stained feathers on his body while thinking about how to refuse. .
"You can just give yourself a headache when it comes to this kind of problem. You don't need to tell me."
Culp did not give Wei Ran a chance to continue and turned around to go downstairs. While walking, he said, "In addition, Gorman and Dalia have discussed that in the summer, we will completely renovate the five-story building where you and Jima have classes. By then, if your little girlfriend brings tourists When you come to Kazan, you can use the forest farm as your base, and the building can be given to her specifically to receive tourists. Of course, you have to pay, but it will definitely be much cheaper than a hotel in the city.
After all, it used to be a Soviet sanatorium, and all the equipment can still be used, and the girls in the studio can also provide photo shooting services for the tourists you bring. The most important thing is, there It's close enough to the airport, which can save you a lot of time."
Weiran opened his mouth in astonishment and looked at Culp who was doing his best selling. After a moment of silence, he asked in disbelief, "Just for this. Let me renovate this house?”
“It seems that you really stole Mr. Gorbachev’s dog food”
Culp was helpless when he stopped. Shaking his head, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it for himself, and explained in a puff of smoke,"This is to thank your little girlfriend for helping Gorman's son, and for Hongqi Forest Farm, it can also bring in more income and make the place more lively."
"The forest farm is in short supply. Money?" Wei Ran thought he had grasped the details.
The expression on Culp's face became more and more like he was looking at a fool, "Who would mind that the money is too much?"
"What about the studio?" Wei Ran was successfully led astray. Curiously, he asked, "If that building is used by Aurora, where will the studio go?"
"Of course it's the main building. There are enough rooms in that building." Culp didn't agree. He said patiently, "What else do you want to ask?"
"Where are the courses at Hongqi Forest Farm?" Wei Ran continued to ask desperately, "No girls will go to classes there in the future?"
"Of course there will be." Culp's eyes were already looking at a dead person at this time. "I told you, there are enough rooms in the main building. Now tell me, how long will it take you to destroy this ruined building?" The house is repaired?"
"Um...I haven't agreed to move yet..."
"Okay, as you said, it will take a month." Culp said no. When Wei Ran finished speaking, he hallucinated the answer he wanted to hear in advance as usual.
"When will I..."
"Or half a month?"
"One month, one month!"
Wei Ran gritted his teeth and looked at Culp who continued to walk out. At this time, he completely understood. Even though the Soviet Union was gone, these old KGB bastards who survived were really more arrogant than the last one. He has grown so big. , I have never seen someone so arrogant in asking for help.
"You said it yourself for a month." Culp had already walked out of the house as he spoke, "Now there is one last thing."
"What is it?" Wei Ran was alert. Look at each other.
"Your class is on the 15th of March. In other words, you have now had half a month to think about how to renovate this house."
Look Looking at Culp with a smile on his face, Wei Ran's face became more and more ugly, "Culp, is this too much? Are you so eager to let me live in this shabby house?"
"This thing It has nothing to do with the house."
Culp explained while dusting himself off, "In a few days, I will accompany Anna and Teacher Daria to Egypt to inspect the filming locations. Gore Man wants to teach Ji Ma how to handle interviews after filming. In other words, we really don’t have time to teach you.”
“Really?” Wei Ran looked at Culp suspiciously.
"Or you can go to Egypt with us," Karphun said nonchalantly, "We can teach you something on the way."
"No need."
Wei Ran ended the topic decisively. According to what Dalia said at the time, he had already completed the course almost a year ahead of schedule. Now it really doesn’t matter if he is half a month early or half a month late. , but he doesn’t want to followI would accompany three teachers to work as bag-carrying boys. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be my job to serve tea and pour water?
Besides, if one of these three old bastards gets a whim and gives himself another impromptu assessment, it will be a surprise that the special code cannot refuse.
"What a considerate and good student"
Culp nodded with satisfaction, led Wei Ran through the waist-high grass and left the shabby house, and then returned. He calmly took out a new padlock from the car and handed it to Wei Ran, "Victor, I wish you a happy life here."
"I really thank you." Wei Ran said He thanked the other party with a fake smile, then reluctantly took the lock and personally locked the simple door on the colorful steel tile wall.
It wasn't until Culp restarted the car and drove towards the hotel that Wei Ran suddenly said, "Teacher Culp, I suddenly discovered that there is a profession that is particularly suitable for you."
"Teacher?"
Culp asked in anticipation, "When I was teaching in the small village of Jima, the children all liked me very much."
p>"No, no, no"
Wei Ran waved his hand seriously, "It would be a pity that you don't go into real estate sales. I even firmly believe that there is nothing in the whole of Russia that you can't sell. A house."
"So you want to buy a house?" Culp turned to look at Wei Ran with a smile.
"If you don't buy it, you have no money."
On the verge of committing suicide, Wei Ran decisively stopped teasing the other party about his dangerous behavior and asked about Time Movie instead. Various plans for the studio to make the first steps of the film.
"Okay, the studio matters have nothing to do with you."
After explaining the journey, Culp parked the car in front of the hotel and finally said, "We are not here. In the past half month, in addition to repairing the dilapidated house as soon as possible, you must also remember your graduation thesis. If you don’t understand anything, go to Kazan University to find your tutor. Only he can help you in this regard. ."
"Just the paper?" Wei Ran asked pointedly.
“Are you sure you want to know?” Culp asked with a smile as he looked at Wei Ran, who was ready to jump out of the passenger seat at any moment.
"Pretend I didn't say it!"
Before he finished speaking, Wei Ran, who had unbuckled his seat belt and opened the car door in advance, immediately jumped out, hit the car door and ran away quickly. Entered the hotel lobby.
"Smart little guy"
Culp, who seemed to be in a particularly good mood, muttered noncommittally, slowly stepped on the brakes, turned around and drove in the direction of Hongqi Forest Farm.
Watching Culp’s car go away, Wei Ran, who was hiding in the hotel lobby, immediately ran into the parking lot and drove the rented car back to the almost abandoned shabby house on the shore of Lake Kaban. inside.
Only this time, he did not go in. Instead, he circled carefully around the colored steel tile wall and looked around.The environment was reviewed.
To put it simply, there is not only a wall between this house and the historic winery next door that seems to have been discontinued long ago, but there is also a deserted dirt road in the middle that is enough for a car to turn around, but , perhaps because it has not been used here for too long, this dirt road, which is only 50 to 60 meters long, has also been occupied by weeds and various construction debris.
After carefully walking around the wall and finding nothing else, he drove away again, planning to find a cheap and easy-to-use construction team in Kazan that could take over the renovation work here.
Although this dilapidated house was almost forced to live in by Culp and the faceless teacher Daria, but in any case, those teachers were willing to lend it to Hongqi Forest Farm. Suisui was being treated as a slaughterhouse for fat sheep, so there was really no need for him to continue to refuse.
And on the other hand, he also saw that whether it was the dilapidated house or the Time Film Studio established earlier or even the Inta camp that Suisui took over, now he and the Hongqi Forest Farm are actually in the same place. To some extent, they have already been firmly bound together and become a community of interests.
The only defense between the two is that Hongqi Forestry Farm, headed by Mr. Nicholas, cannot understand Weiran’s true plan, and Weiran also cannot understand Hongqi Forestry’s plan. Just the real purpose.
But fortunately, this only estrangement has little impact, at least it will not affect the unconditional trust between the two parties to another degree. Otherwise, don't say Gorman wouldn't let him help go to the United States to find his wife and children, don't say Dalia wouldn't cheat and let him help take care of this house full of sad and happy memories. Even the earliest Mr. Nicholas would not let him help investigate the death of his wife and children.
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