After most of the day's filming, the two teachers and the actors headed by Ji Ma returned to the camp dejectedly, escorted by numerous security vehicles, as if they had lost a battle.
"What's going on with you?" Wei Ran asked after stopping Ji Ma.
“Forget it”
Ji Ma, who was wearing a World War II German uniform, said angrily, “Those amateur actors are more suitable to act in comedies or even to be president than to come here to participate in a movie shooting. Okay”
“Shut up”
Culp nudged the back of Ji Ma’s head gently but not harshly. “They have only received less than four months of performance training. How can they do it?” It’s already very good to achieve this. Besides, you didn’t seem to be much better than them when you first made a movie.”
“But”
“It’s nothing.”
Anna calmly took the signal receiver from Weiran, "We have enough supplies to last here for two or three months, and you may have to partner with them often in the future. Acting, so be patient. If you think their acting skills are not good, use your experience to teach them how to act instead of complaining like a bitch here."
"Work hard. "
Wei Ran patted Jima on the shoulder. Although he did not follow the first day of filming, he had already seen through the brief contact that the other actors had little experience.
“Aren’t you always a very talented actor?”
Maya, whose voice was slightly hoarse, also came over, half stimulating and half encouraging, “In that case If you have talent, it shouldn't be a problem for you to teach others."
"Of course it's not a problem." Ji Ma, who was dejected a second ago, immediately patted his chest and made a promise, "I'll go there right away. Teach them how to act."
"This idiot" Anna shook her head helplessly, "Victor, come on."
Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately followed the former. His armored pickup truck, and the rest of the group got into the car again at Culp's greeting and drove to the camp two to three hundred meters away.
It wasn't until the car door closed that Anna, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the sunset outside the window and asked, "How is the situation?"
"He stared at me for most of the day. "Time"
Wei Ran spread his hands and guessed what he had guessed about Edward before, and then pointed at the signal receiver in Anna's hand, "I drove the pickup truck around a few times in the afternoon, and I was there the whole time. Within sight of the camp, the old guy has been looking at me, so although I don’t know where he is, he is basically coming for me.”
Anna lit up a cigarette. He said in a tired tone, "Solve your trouble as soon as possible."
"If we don't need him here, maybe I'll take him away first," Wei Ran said in a temporary uprising.
"Take it with you wherever you go." Teacher Anna became interested at this time.
Hearing this, Wei Ran took out his laptop and retrieved the scanned images stored in the USB flash drive that Edward had given him. He pointed at the contents and said, "This is a scanned copy of the work notes left by his grandfather. Mr. Edward used 50 For a price of 10,000 euros, please ask me to find the remains of his grandfather Mr. Rouse’s other colleagues.”
“It’s really easy to make money in your job.” Teacher Anna casually flipped through the pictures on the computer. teased.
"It's not easy at all"
Wei Ran spread his hands in a helpless manner, "These work notes are all written in English, and they must contain important value. I just put them It has taken almost a week to translate them into understandable Russian."
"Do you need my help?" Anna asked with a smile.
"I won't cause you any trouble."
Wei Ran waved his hand, "If you are interested in the contents of these notes, I can give you a copy to kill your time. Time."
"Forget it, I won't waste my time on such boring things."
After saying this, Anna had already returned the laptop to Wei Ran. , "Well, you haven't decided where to take Mr. Edward."
"Of course, go to some of the places mentioned repeatedly in these work notes"
Wei Ran closed the notebook and threw it aside, took out the map left by Edward, pointed to the red circle on it and said, "And according to Mr. Edward's description, his grandfather Mr. Rouse was on the border between Libya and Egypt today, close to Egypt. The location not far from here was captured by the British.
That location is only about a hundred kilometers away from our camp. I plan to invite Mr. Edward to come and take a look.
p>Here, Wei Ran spread his hands, "Not only will this not cause you any trouble, I can also make some extra money along the way."
"Let Saleh and his son come with you. ”
Anna took the map from Wei Ran’s hand and looked at it, then continued, “In addition, Jima’s off-road vehicle will also be lent to you. These 100 kilometers are almost entirely in the depths of the desert. You and Edward are cycling Accidents were easy to happen in the past, and Saleh also speaks English. Let him drive Edward and see what he wants to do."
"It won't cause any harm to you here. "Is it affected?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously, he didn't expect Teacher Anna to be so generous.
"No"
Anna returned the map to Weiran, picked up the signal receiver again, weighed it in her hand and explained, "The reason why we chose this time is I am willing to bring Mr. Edward here because I want to use his influence to do something. It would be a good thing if I can take this opportunity to find out his background."
"Find out Mr. Edward's background"< /p>
Wei Ran frowned, but he remembered clearly that Katianka traced the surveillance virus back to a small financial company. Obviously, a red flagThe forest farm was definitely not interested in that financial company.
But it was obvious that Anna did not mean to explain in detail. She just opened the car door and asked, "How about leaving early tomorrow morning"
"I can do it at any time"
Wei Ran quickly responded. He suddenly wanted to take Mr. Edward away because he simply did not want to cause trouble to Teacher Anna and others.
As for the search for his grandfather Mr. Rouse’s colleagues, it was natural to have enough fun in the desert first. This is a rare trip to Egypt. Since he has no chance to see the pyramids, he has to let him wander in the desert. Is it possible to waste time in the shooting camp every day?
"Clean up this place and move it back to the camp." Anna jumped out of the car, "This damn place is not safe at night."
"I'll drive you back first," Wei Ran asked before the other party closed the door.
"No need"
Before she finished speaking, Teacher Anna had already closed the heavy car door, holding a cigarette in her mouth and walking slowly towards the camp alone.
Looking at the setting sun that was about to be blocked by the sand dunes, Wei Ran honestly dismantled the tent and canopy he had set up during the day, rolled them up randomly, and threw them into the armored pickup truck along with the tables and chairs he had moved down. In the cargo compartment, only watermelon rinds and cans were left on the floor.
Driving slowly back to the camp, Wei Ran got into the shower car and took a comfortable bath. On the way, he grabbed a hearty meal and walked into the big tent in the center of the camp.
"Isn't Mr. Edward here for dinner?" This time, Wei Ran took the initiative to sit next to Mr. Charlotte and asked.
"He seems to have high blood pressure and is a little dizzy, so he doesn't plan to have dinner."
Mr. Charlotte, who was still wearing outdoor clothes, said with a look of disgust. , "I suggested him to do some outdoor activities as early as ten years ago, but he always shuts himself in the office and wastes his life. Look, he is only fifty years old, not as good as me. I have been on the shooting scene. It’s fine all day long.”
He is not suffering from high blood pressure
Wei Ran secretly laughed, holding up the binoculars to peek for a whole day, and it was not like Charlotte. He had an accompanying Matt by his side to help him. It's strange that Edward wasn't dizzy.
"What a pity"
Wei Ran spread his hands in a helpless manner, "I have just recently finished translating the work notes left by Mr. Edward's grandfather Rouse, and I am planning to go there tomorrow. Let’s take a look at the location of his prisoner.”
“We have a clue,” Xia
Lot asked in surprise, but then a flash of light flashed across his face. hesitate.
“There are no clues.”
Wei Ran spread his hands in a helpless manner, “It’s because I haven’t found any valuable clues in those work notes yet, so I’m going to work there. Take a look around the place where Mr. Si was held captive."
After hearing this, Charlotte turned to Matt who was sitting next to her and said in English, "Forget it."< /p>
Charlotte looked at Wei Ran again and said in the Italian they used to communicate, "Victor, how about we go sit in Edward's tent and have dinner together"
"Of course" Wei Ran nodded happily.
"Matt, go get some food for Edward and send it over." After Charlotte finished speaking in English, she immediately stood up, picked up the plate full of food, and was the first to walk out of the large restaurant that served as a restaurant. tent.
He smiled discreetly at Teacher Anna, who had been paying close attention to this place, and Wei Ran also followed out with Egyptian pancakes rolled with various meats.
Led by Charlotte, the two entered Edward's tent one after another. Compared with the sanitary tent, Edward's tent is obviously much more spacious. Not only does it have a kerosene heating stove, it even has an electric fan that is still rotating slowly and a small refrigerator. There is even a light hanging above the head. lighting.
The electric wire half-buried in the sand outside the tent extended all the way to the generator car at the edge of the camp. Obviously, this is a special treatment only for guests.
"Why are you here?"
Edward, who was lying on the bed, asked in English quite tiredly. For most of the day, he had been secretly staring at Wei Ran with his binoculars. , I was already dizzy at this time.
Glancing at the other party's slightly red and swollen eyes, Wei Ran saw that although there was no expression on his face, he was already smiling in his heart.
No matter how powerful Edward is in the city, in this desert, no matter who he wants to monitor, he can only do it himself. It is obvious that Mr. Edward is not qualified for this job.
"Victor plans to visit the place where your grandfather Mr. Laws was captured tomorrow, and he also wants to invite you to go with him."
Charlotte sat on a folded table Sitting on the stack of chairs, he explained the purpose of their visit in English, and then asked, "Edward, do you really plan to continue hiding this from Victor who works for you? This will not help in finding the truth."
“I don’t trust him”
After Edward finished, he directly switched to German and changed the communication partner to Wei Ran, “Victor, listen to Mr. Charlotte, are you going to kill me? Did you find any valuable clues at the place where my grandfather was captured?"
"No clues."
Wei Ran spread his hands and replied matter-of-factly, "That's exactly what happened. Because there are no clues, I am going to go to the place where he was captured to see if I can find anything. I originally wanted to invite you to go with me, but your physical condition seems to be right now."
"I have no problem." Edward sat up as if nothing was wrong, "When will we set off?"
"How about tomorrow morning?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, "According to the map comparison, that place is in It's more than a hundred kilometers away. We will set off tomorrow morning and we will definitely arrive before the sun sets."
"Let's do it tomorrow morning"
Edward agreed without thinking, then switched back to English and asked Charlotte, who was sitting opposite the folding bed, "Can I, Mr. Matt, go with me?"
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested."
Edward's response was Matt, who came in with a plate of food. This silent old man said straightforwardly, "I can I'm not Charlotte's servant, and you and I are not friends."
"Matt, you can't be more polite." Edward reluctantly accepted the food handed to him.
"Of course"
Matt replied perfunctorily as he turned around and walked out, "I'm going to have diarrhea starting tomorrow and I can't stop it, so I'm sorry Mr. Edward , I can’t go for a ride in the desert with you. I’m going to find a quiet place tonight that won’t be disturbed, and I’ll get myself a field toilet where I can defecate safely.”
Edward shook his head helplessly, losing his appetite for the sumptuous dinner on the plate. He raised his voice and said to Matt, who had already walked out of the tent, "Forget it, I take back what I just said, Mr. Matt, you will still be here from now on." Just express your thoughts directly."
"No problem, I just don't want to work with you, having diarrhea is just an excuse."
Matt, who had already walked out of the tent, also raised his voice. Obviously, for some reason, he has an undisguised prejudice against Mr. Edward.
Charlotte glanced at Wei Ran, who had a confused look on his face, and shook her head helplessly, "Edward, how did you provoke Matt? Why do you two just stay together for more than 24 hours at a time?" It will look like this"
"How do I know?"
Edward looked at the fragrant Solyanka soup and Russian kebabs on the dinner plate, and then Thinking about Matt's excuse just now that didn't seem to be disgusting, he suddenly lost any appetite.
"Forget it"
Charlotte stood up as usual, "Whether Matt is willing to follow you or not, Edward, believe me, Victor is a trustworthy young man. Regardless of whether you are willing to tell him what he really wants to investigate, at least he can definitely take care of you."
"Why do you trust this young man so much?" Edward glanced at the confusion on Wei Ran's face. Quan asked as if he didn't exist.
After hearing the news, Charlotte, who was about to walk out of the tent, stopped and said, "When he helped me investigate the treasure left by my father, in order to prevent the French liar from seeing the treasure map he found, He even took the initiative to find England and stayed there until Matt brought the treasure back."
Charlotte patted Wei Ran on the shoulder and continued speaking in English with a smile. , "I had the same concerns as you at the time, but this young man was very smart. Not only did he guess that the French liar was not the real employer, but at that time he also did not know that the so-called treasure was actually just some worthless relic, but he also chose to hand over the treasure map. Isn’t that enough?
Edward, look at the staff outside the tent. These are all given back to me by this young man. You can do it without me. You know, the value of this movie has already exceeded the commission I paid. ”
At this point, Charlotte had already stepped out of the tent again, leaving only one sentence: “This is why I am willing to believe him.” "
"If I can praise you, just praise me a few more times."
Wei Ran, who had been pretending not to understand English, muttered to himself, then turned to look at Mr. Edward.
"I will think about it"
Edward first loudly responded to Charlotte who had left in English, and then switched to German and said to Wei Ran, "Victoria. Ke Duo, do you need me to make any preparations before setting off early tomorrow morning?"
"There will be a truck following us as a support vehicle tomorrow."
Wei Ran replied carefully with his expression and tone. , “In addition, I have prepared a separate off-road vehicle for you, so you can bring more things you think you need. Of course, if you feel unwell, I can go by myself, or you can go a few days later. "
"My body is fine," Edward replied with great certainty, "Let's do it early tomorrow morning."
We had agreed on the itinerary with Edward, so Wei Ran didn't delay too much. Carrying the big cake without even having time to take a bite, I strolled to find Saleh and his son at the edge of the camp.
"Ana has already passed by me." Saleh waited for Wei Ran to sit down. Then he immediately said, "I will prepare supplies in advance tonight. "
"Don't worry too much."
Wei Ran picked up the big cake and took a big bite. While chewing, he explained vaguely, "First, take Mr. Edward with you." Just spend a few days in the desert and get there slowly. "
"Should I play with Mr. Edward, or with you?" Saleh asked with a half-smile.
"Is there any difference?" Wei Ran said. He took his second bite of the pie.
"It really doesn't make any difference," Sa
Lihe grinned, his old face full of mischief. < /p>
Early the next morning, before the sun jumped over the horizon, Edward was woken up by Wei Ran. Carrying the luggage he packed last night, he boarded the waiting camp at the edge of the camp wearing his ridiculous pajamas.
At the same time, Saleh's son, a young man named Soliman, had also attached a canvas hood to the rear of an Ural truck for wiping.
"Do we need to set off so early?"
Edward asked with a yawn. It was just before five o'clock in the morning, and he was guarded. When Ran woke up, he even thought the camp had been attacked by Kongbu elements.
"Start early and arrive early"
Wei Ran explained seriously, adding two words at the same time. The hot lunch box was handed to Mr. Edward in the off-road vehicle., "Take it with you and eat it on the way."
"Thank you." The sleepy Edward took the lunch box helplessly and let Wei Ran close the car door for him.
"Let's go when you're ready." Before he could finish his words, Saleh, who was responsible for driving the off-road vehicle, had already raised the window and stepped on the accelerator.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately got into the armored pickup truck next to him and followed the ruts left by the opponent.
Behind them, a young man named Soliman also started the truck and chased it along the ruts. At the same time, he also used the long wooden board pulled by the rear of the truck to scrape it easily. Smoothing out the traces in the sand.
The three vehicles drove for more than half an hour at a 90-degree angle to their destination. Saleh, the leader, slowly stepped on the brakes next to a sand dune that was not too high. By the way, the double flash was turned on.
"Why did you stop?" Edward asked warily.
"Nothing, just pee." Saleh responded in broken English and opened the car door as he spoke.
Seeing this, Edward closed his eyes again, but after a moment, he opened them again, bent over and got out of the carriage, chose the opposite direction to Saleh, and pointed at a piece of desert. The stones inside urinate into parabolas dyed golden by the rising sun.
rSoon after, Wei Ran, who was following far behind, also stepped on the brakes. Soliman, who looked at the rear of the team through the rearview mirror, skillfully removed the wooden planks from the rear of the truck and fixed it on the truck. on the side of the cargo compartment.
It wasn't until Soliman also flashed twice that Saleh called Edward to get back in the car and stepped on the accelerator.
From here, the three cars started to drive straight towards their destination, but Saleh, who was leading the way, made the car slow down a lot. Along the way, he enthusiastically introduced Edward to the desert. The scenery and all kinds of stories that can't be distinguished from the true or false.
Doing the same thing as him, there is also his son, Soliman, who is responsible for driving the truck. However, Soliman's listening object has become Wei Ran on the other end of the radio.
"Soliman, do you often come to the desert?" Wei Ran asked curiously, holding his hand, "It sounds like you are very familiar with things in the desert."
"Of course," Soliman responded in Russian, "When I was 12 years old, I started driving a car to help my father take guests to the desert."
"Take guests to the desert." Wei Ran was stunned and asked novelly, "Are you a tour guide?"
"Barely so"
Soliman was a little shy Wei Ran shyly gave an answer that made Wei Ran's jaw drop, "I usually receive some tourists, from Asia, Europe, and North America. I've accepted them all."
"This is okay. It’s barely enough”
“You don’t make money as a tour guide”
The content of Soliman’s words became even more outrageous, “In comparison, you still make money from smuggling, whether it’s smuggling weapons to Libya. , or smuggling weapons to Egypt, or other things, just run once, basicallyBasically, I earn more than working as a tour guide for a month. "
"Then why do you still want to be a tour guide?"
"My father, I want to have a serious job"
Soliman replied matter-of-factly, " Moreover, by contacting different tourists, not only can you learn more foreign languages, but you can also learn how to deal with people.
I think it makes sense. Although the job of a tour guide is indeed unprofitable,
I have been dating two girlfriends at the same time through this hard and unprofitable job. One of them is from France, and one from America, and both are beautiful. "
What a departure
Wei Ran was silent for a moment, but his curiosity was aroused, and he asked without saying anything, "Where is that guy of yours? I remember It seems to be called Haba, right? He is also a tour guide or specializes in smuggling with you."
"It's not Haba, it's Baha. He is our driver. Whether he is transporting tourists or weapons, he is the one most of the time. Come and drive. "
Soliman replied knowingly, "Of course, this does not mean that his driving skills are better than mine, it is just because his mother is a nomadic Berber. He can not only speak Berber They speak the Er language and can also get help from some nomadic tribes. ”
“Your smuggling business is dangerous, isn’t it?”
Wei Ran continued to ask, and he admitted that he was really wrong. Originally, he thought this was not something he liked very much. The young man who spoke was an honest boy, but he didn't expect that the other person, who was so humble, was actually more beautiful than Jima's toad.
"It is indeed more dangerous"
< p>Soliman's tone was sincere and helpless as he replied, "Egypt's borders have become increasingly strict in recent years. Our business is not big to begin with. It often takes several months to get a single smuggling business, and at most we can only sell a few. Rifles and bullets and stuff. ”Where the hell did you find this person?
Wei Ran cursed secretly, but in fact, he already had a rough guess in his heart, regardless of the information he had previously obtained from Jima. , or is it that Saleh is as proficient as his native language? Perhaps Russian is Saleh's native language. From this alone, he can basically guess Saleh's identity.
Nothing. There is no doubt that the balding old man is likely to be the abandoned son who was hidden and forgotten during the great changes almost thirty years ago, just like Katenka who once suffered from Alzheimer's disease. p>
But if we push it back thirty years, wouldn’t Saleh at that time be about the same age as himself now? How did he end up living in Egypt and why didn’t he go back?
Instead, he chose to marry, have children, and take root in Egypt, and also started a smuggling business
In the boundless sea of sand dyed golden by the sun, while chatting with Soliman, Wei Ran began to He was curious as to what those teachers at Hongqi Forest Farm, and even Saleh and more people he didn’t know, went through in the 1990s to end up like this.
And, almost 30 years later, theyWhat is the reason why he chose to come back to the world? Not only did he not remain anonymous, but he started making movies with great fanfare.
These doubts are destined to not get real answers from Soliman or his father Saleh. All Weiran can do is just listen to the Egyptian stories on the radio and enjoy them. The dazzling scenery outside the window.
From morning to noon, watching the sun rise to its highest point, Soliman had already stopped explaining. At this time, they were only less than 40 kilometers away from their destination. Straight line distance.
On the radio channel, Saleh asked abruptly, "There is a Berber settlement behind the stone mountain in front of you. Victor, would you like to go there and take a look and take a rest?"< /p>
"What's there?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"A small oasis, a well, and of course, the Berbers and their camels and goats."
Soliman took over the topic and introduced, "We can Have a meal and rest there, and there are some interesting things there that may interest you.”
“What” got up early, and was exposed to the sun through the car window all morning. Wei Ran immediately became energetic.
"A jeep" became Saleh's answer, "It seems to be an American jeep left over from World War II. How about going to see it?"
"Of course. Since it's not far away, of course I have to go and have a look."
Wei Ran agreed without thinking. He was just going out to kill time and take a walk with Mr. Edward at the moment. "New attractions", naturally go there to have a long experience.
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