After resting for two days in Volgograd, Wei Ran, who had seen enough of the first half of the drama between his aunt, husband and godson, also loaded all his personal belongings into an off-road vehicle and planned to drive to Kazan to move there in advance.
The reason is that the strange look that his aunt Zhou Shujin looks at his son-in-law every day is too penetrating, and the fact that he comes to work from time to time makes him have no time to work on his graduation thesis.
"Good boy, come back often in the future." Zhou Shujin reluctantly put a pressure cooker filled with braised pork ribs and a big red plastic bag filled with meat buns into the back of the off-road vehicle. On the passenger seat.
Wei Ran nodded dumbfounded, "I will definitely come back often in the future. Don't worry, auntie. Besides, the house over there is big enough. When you are not busy, you can always go to Kazan for a few days." ."
"That's what you said," Professor Alexei immediately took over, "I will go to help you decorate your new house in a few days."
"Sui. If you dare to leave Volgograd before Sui graduates, I will break your legs!"
While speaking, Zhou Shujin poked the alcohol detector hanging on the former's waist with her finger, "Since then! From now on, do a video alcohol test every six hours! As long as there is one milliliter of alcohol in your body, go ahead and marry the bottle!"
"Look at the good things you have done, you bastard! !" Professor Alexei, who was beaming just a second ago, glared at Wei Ran fiercely.
“For your own good”
Wei Ran gloated and patted the boxes of gin in the trunk, “Professor, since you don’t drink anymore, I’ll give you these. Just take it away, and don’t worry, I checked the studio carefully yesterday and even took away the empty wine bottles.”
“You are really my good nephew!” Professor Alexei gritted his teeth and praised Wei Ran, then looked at Zhou Shujin with a pleading look on his face, "Wine to accompany the meal..."
"Change to milk"
Zhou Shujin The arrangement was made without waiting for the former to finish speaking, and then he stuffed a suitcase full of various snacks into the trunk of the off-road vehicle, "Give us a call when you get there."
Wei Ran nodded when he heard this, and turned to look at the old guy sitting on the Harley motorcycle, "Mr. Nicholas, are you really not going to live with me in Kazan for a while?"
" I will never leave Volgograd again, and I will never leave here again in this life."
Mr. Nikolai was particularly kind at this moment, pointing to the studio where the sign had been removed. "In addition, I plan to rent this place, and when the weather gets warmer, I will run a bookstore here, called... Shudong Bookstore?"
Wei Ran was stunned when he heard this, and then turned to Smiling and nodding, "That's a good name."
"It's really good."
Professor Alexei said pitifully, "The historical files I collected were also used by you. My aunt rented it to Mr. Nicholas."
"I believe that Mr. Nicholas will not allow you to hide any alcoholic beverages here like Wei Ran."
Zhou Shujin glared at Professor Alexei again, turned her head and smiled and spoke in Chinese Said, "And this will also make it easier for us to take care of Mr. Nikolai, so you can rest assured here. Weiran, I wish you all the best in your career in Kazan."
You? Wei Ran grinned, the hint was already obvious enough, but now that it was revealed, Suisui herself thought it was perfectly concealed.
"Okay, if we continue talking, you will stay for lunch."
Professor Alexei angrily picked up the alcohol detector hanging on his belt. After blowing hard, he continued, "Victor, let's go quickly."
Farewell to the three people who saw him off, Wei Ran started the car and slowly left the studio full of memories, walking along the We followed the sparkling Volga River all the way north to Kazan.
"It's time for me to go to work." Professor Alexey deliberately blew the alcohol detector again in front of Zhou Shujin. Without waiting for the other party to say anything, he bent down and got into his car. inside.
"Mr. Nicholas, remember to come to the travel agency for dinner at noon." Zhou Shujin was too lazy to talk to the demonic Alexei, and said politely to Mr. Nicholas, who was still riding his motorcycle.
"Are there those scrambled eggs with tomatoes today?" Nikolai asked with interest in Russian mixed with the Chinese name of the dish.
"No, you have eaten it for four days in a row, you can't eat that dish anymore."
Zhou Shujin decisively refused, "If you can catch fish today, We’ll eat braised fish, and if we can’t catch it, we’ll eat beef dumplings.”
“Then let’s eat braised fish!” Nicholas smiled and started the pot under his butt. Harley motorcycle, "I'm going to catch the fish right away."
"Then I'll leave it to you." After arranging a leisurely job for the old man, Zhou Shujin turned around and walked into the travel agency next door.
Almost immediately, a taxi slowly stopped near Nicholas. Immediately afterwards, Diane, a German woman who had visited Weiran two days ago, carried a briefcase and pushed away The car door came in.
Nicholas, who had already started the motorcycle, was not in a hurry to leave when he saw this. He turned the handle and hit the accelerator, and asked proactively, "Who are you looking for?"
Diane looked at the studio that had taken off the sign and the locked rolling shutter door in shock, and then looked at Nicholas who was wearing a leather jacket and his sparse white hair was tied into a pigtail, he looked like a veteran gangster. , asked tentatively, "Hello, this studio..."
Nicola glanced at the edelweiss-shaped brooch on Diane's chest without any trace, with a trace of She said in disgust, "It closed down. It closed down yesterday."
"Going bankrupt?" Diane's eyes seemed as round as her body, "How is that possible?"
"Why is it impossible?" Nicholas said with a smile, "The young man who owed money ran away before, and I just rented this place. "
"Really? "Diane asked in disbelief.
"You definitely didn't come to me to buy books. Does it have anything to do with me whether you believe it or not? ”
Before Nikolai finished speaking, he was already driving his polished Harley motorcycle to the Volga River not far away amidst the sweet sound of horse hooves, preparing for the noon braised meal. Fish contributed.
Diane looked at the locked studio again, then took out her cell phone and called Wei Ran. As expected, the call from the receiver was still that the other party was turned off. Tip.
Looking at the briefcase in her hand with a bitter look on her face, Diane sighed, bent down and got into the taxi, "Please take me back to the hotel where I was. ”
Weiran, who had just missed Diane, didn’t know that Nikolai had helped him reject a potential business deal. At this time, he was driving a fully loaded off-road vehicle in the direction of Kazan. I am thinking about my new life in Kazan.
Although the newly renovated house still needs to be smelled, I spend half of my time in the Hongqi Forest Farm. The remaining half had to go on business trips every now and then, so it didn't affect them.
As he was thinking about starting a new life in Kazan, Wei Ran drove the off-road vehicle faster and faster, except for a short break in the middle. He didn’t stop at all except for rest and meals, but even so, by the time he drove the dirty off-road vehicle through Ulyanovsk, a city without any good memories, it was already the afternoon of the next day. .
On this evening, Mr. Hans, who was far away in Germany, dialed his satellite phone again.
He glanced at the caller number on the screen. Wei Ran slowly stepped on the brakes and stopped at the edge of a vast farmland, and then pressed the answer button and the hands-free button.
"Victor, your phone can't be connected again. . Mr. Hans joked with a smile, "If Mr. Gorman hadn't given me your satellite phone number, I would have really believed Diane's lies." "
"What nonsense? ”
Weiran was too lazy to explain why the mobile phone he used to contact the business was not turned on. While speaking, he also leaned over to pick up the pressure cooker placed on the passenger seat and took out the few remaining braises inside. He picked a meaty piece from the ribs and threw it into his mouth.
Mr. Hans suppressed a smile and said, "Diane said your studio closed down and you even ran away. ”
“Going bankrupt? Run away? "Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, and asked in a dumbfounded voice, "Where did she hear that? "
"It is said that an old man who didn't look too serious told her. "Mr. Hans couldn't help but laugh after all.
"Professor, this old bastard, I secretly left a bottle of wine in his car..."
< p> Wei Ran, who had no idea that he had wronged his father-in-law, cursed secretly, threw the bones in his hand out of the car window, and then said, "My studio is not closed down., I just moved to another city. As for the phone not being turned on...""There is no need to explain why you didn't turn it on. I have long been used to it."
Mr. Hans Before Wei Ran could finish speaking, he rushed to say, "Victor, it's not convenient for you to talk to Diane now. She really needs your help this time. ”
“What about the investigator? There was hesitation in Wei Ran's tone, "Mr. Hans, I have thought about that matter, but I really don't have time." "
"No, no, no, it's not the investigators' business this time. ”
Mr. Hans said with a smile, “I already know about your refusal to be Edelweiss’s investigator, but this time Diane is looking for you for another matter. "
Hearing this, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment again, and then said, "If Ms. Diane is around, give her the phone. "
"Wait a moment" Mr. Hans on the other end of the phone finished speaking, and Diane's voice came from the receiver.
"Mr. Victor, this time I want to Please help us investigate a body burial pit we recently discovered. "
"Tell me the specific situation"
Wei Ran picked up the second piece of ribs and stuffed it into his mouth. Although he rejected the previous solicitation of this fat woman named Diane, But I like her straightforward communication habit
"Okay"
Diane paused for a moment before continuing, "The burial pit is in Belarus, a straight distance away from Minsk. Near an abandoned village about less than 100 kilometers away. ”
“Belarus? "Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then threw away the second bone and urged, "Keep talking."
"A digging party team working with us accidentally filled in a hole in this abandoned village. About 20 corpses were found in the well, but these corpses had neither soldier tags nor any personal belongings that could tell their origins, and even no shoes were found. "
"Since there is nothing, how do you think they are Germans? "Wei Ran asked while chewing the ribs.
"This is where we need your help." Diane said with a trace of embarrassment in her troubled tone, "In addition, the stone in this well There is also a sentence engraved on the edge of the well. "
Seeing that the other party stopped here, Wei Ran simply asked in a joking tone, "Ms. Diane is going to let me guess what is engraved on?" "
"This village may become vibrant again in the future, but your actions are like this well polluted by you, which can never be washed clean. ”
After Diane finished speaking, she spoke a little faster and made a request, “Mr. Victor, we want to know if the corpse in the well is from World War II, as that sentence implies. German soldiers, if so, we would rather know who they were and what they did and what happened to them. "
"Just by saying this, it does sound like the place where German soldiers are buried.square. "
Wei Ran paused and reminded in a slightly explicit tone, "But it is not easy to investigate the issues you just mentioned based on just a sentence on the edge of the well. "
"I'm sorry Mr. Victor, we may not be able to spend 200,000 euros to investigate the truth like Mr. Hans did. Diane still said straightforwardly, "But we may be able to pay you the commission in another way." "
"What way? Wei Ran asked with a smile.
Diane suggested, "For example, how about investing in your film studio or studio?" "
"Please allow me to correct two points"
Wei Ran, who had been chewing the ribs, swallowed the meat in his mouth, "First of all, I am only a shareholder of Time Film Studio That's all, I have no interest in whether you or the organization you represent intends to invest in this studio. Secondly, my studio does not accept any form of investment. "
"If commission issues are excluded, are you interested in investigating the body under the well? "Ms. Diane simply put aside the dispute about the commission.
"It's different from your Edelweiss," Wei Ran reminded in a calm tone, "My Time Studio is a for-profit organization, so I Whether you are interested or not depends on the chips you offer. "
"So the only dispute between us right now is just the commission? "
"Of course, it's just a commission," Wei Ran responded happily, while secretly cursing "cheapskate" in his heart.
"I don't know what I am doing. Once the commission issue is resolved, can you be contacted at this phone number? "
"Of course, as long as you are sure that the chips you offer are enough to make my heart move. ”
“I will contact you later,” Diane said, and returned the phone to Mr. Hans who was watching the fun.
We chatted with Mr. Hans. After a few words, Wei Ran hung up the phone, then got out of the car and looked around. When he saw no one in front of or behind him, he immediately took out the gasoline stove from the metal book and lit it.
Pinched the last thing in the pressure cooker. Throwing a piece of spareribs into his mouth, Wei Ran slowly took out the meat buns made by his aunt Zhou Shujin, placed them on the bracket of the gasoline stove and grilled them slowly, patiently waiting for the skin of the meat buns to cook. It became golden little by little.
As for whether Diane on the phone could give him a satisfactory bargaining chip, he didn't care about the organizations that did business with old corpses. , but it has nothing to do with poverty, let alone 200,000 euros, as long as it is profitable, they can take it out even if there is an extra zero at the end.
As expected, before Wei Ran could get those two. The other side of the meat buns was browned, and the satellite phone placed on the driver's seat rang again.
He slowly turned off the gasoline stove and threw away the hot meat buns. After entering the pressure cooker with only a little thick soup left, he clapped his hands and pressed the answer and hands-free buttons again.
"Wei.Mr. Kedo, I think I should be able to pay a commission that satisfies you now. "As soon as the call was connected, Diane said confidently.
"Tell me and listen." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he picked up a meat bun soaked in soup and took a bite.
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“We can only pay up to 50,000 euros in cash.”
Diane paused and continued, “Besides, no matter what the final result of the investigation is, we can pay it in advance. You are authorized to make a movie based on the historical truth you investigated. ”
“Authorization?
Wei Ran smiled and reminded in the same straightforward manner, "Ms. Diane, whether the historical truth finally investigated will be made into a movie does not require your authorization. This happened in Belarus." Even if the story is authorized, it is authorized by the Belarusian official. To put it more bluntly, not only I, the Chinese, but also you and the Germans behind you do not count this matter. ”
“What if we could help the film produced by the film company you hold shares to be released smoothly in Germany? ”
Diane added confidently, “Any movie with positive values, whether before or after. ”
“Although I’m still not interested, your request for film values moved me.
Wei Ran, whose heart was pounding, said in a calm tone, "Okay, Ms. Diane, how about we go take a look at the well and the found body first, and then talk about the commission?" "
"I'm very grateful that you can say that." Diane, obviously relieved, asked, "Which city are you in? I will help you buy a ticket now. "
"Kazan"
Wei Ran, who was still holding a meat bun in his hand, said before the other party spoke, "Buy a ticket for three days from now. I've had some problems in the past two days. Things are busy. "
"Mr. Victor, is your studio really closed down? ”
Diane asked abruptly, “If you are interested, you can actually come to Germany and we can help you open a new studio. "
"Once again, my studio has not closed down," Wei Ran retorted angrily, "I'm just moving, and I don't want to go to Germany. "
"Why don't you move to Moscow..."
"Okay, Ms. Diane, I will send you my ID number later, please leave me the air tickets. You got it. "
After saying that, Wei Ran hung up the phone and then called his aunt Zhou Shujin directly.
"Have you arrived in Kazan? "As soon as the call was connected, Zhou Shujin asked.
"We'll be there soon"
Wei Ran glanced at the endless farmland outside the window and reminded him with a cute face, "Auntie , I suddenly remembered, my uncle, there seems to be a bottle of gin hidden in the glove box of my uncle's car. ”
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