War Photographer's Notebook

"What does this email address mean?" Anfeiya asked, shaking the note handed over by the other party.

"If Victor is going to buy that album, just email me!"

While Luke was talking, he had already turned around and began to pack the tent, and at the same time he continued to say, "You guys came back just in time, if we were half a day late, we might not be able to meet, I'm going to fly back to Papua New Guinea tonight, change Tickets are very expensive.”

Seeing that the conspicuous orange tent was about to be put away, Wei Ran winked at Anfeiya, who immediately returned to the car, took out his boss's laptop and connected it to a USB flash drive. , click on the photo saved in it, then unplug the screen and hand it to Wei Ran.

"Ask him and the origin of the trade item"

As Wei Ran spoke, he got into the carriage with the screen acting as a tablet computer and browsed one by one.

The first few photos of the remake show a city that appears to be under bombing.The Japanese plane flying in the air, the black smoke steaming directly below the plane, the running figures covered in flames, and some bodies that were crushed under the bricks and rubble.

Continue to flip back, but the scenes in the photos have changed the style of painting. In these photos that are not so clear, what are recorded are disgusting war atrocities!
In these photos, there is a nuclear recruiter holding a Japanese-style command knife and showing off his might. There are several headless corpses lying at his feet, and in his hand is a head that seems to be bleeding.

In other photos, there are some ragged and skinny soldiers. Some of them lean forward as if they are about to fall at any time, some have their chests pierced by bayonets from the back, and some are supporting each other as if they are struggling advance,.

Continuing to turn back, in the new photos, he also saw corpses all over the ground, the muzzle flames when the machine guns were fired, the aunt flags hanging below the muzzles, and the faces of people holding weapons on, or recklessly or with a numb expression.

Press the arrow keys again, and what pops up is a leather book that looks as big as the size of an induction cooker in both size and thickness. It seems to prove its size. In this photo, two Put the stainless steel ruler at 90 degrees.

Compared with the previous slightly blurred photos, this one was taken so clearly that he could easily tell it from the protrusions on the surface of this leather book, which should be made of crocodile skin.

Press the direction key again, but no new photos popped up on the screen.Trying to copy these photos into his notebook, Wei Ran unexpectedly discovered that copying of these photos is actually prohibited.

After thinking for a moment, he opened the car door again and walked towards Anfeya and Luke who were still talking.

"Just asked"

An Feiya said before Wei Ran could speak, "He claims to be a rainforest hiking guide, and those photos were found in the house left by his uncle."

Hearing this, Wei Ran returned the USB flash drive to the other party, and said at the same time, "Ask him if he knows which period of history those photos were taken from."

"Air Attack on Darwin Harbor"

After listening to Anfeya's translation, Luke immediately replied with great certainty, "My uncle used to live in Port Darwin, and his father used to be a soldier. I guess these must have been taken when Darwin Port was attacked by air. of."

"What about the second half?" Wei Ran asked after waiting patiently for Anfeiya to finish the translation.

"Maybe it's the Battle of the Kokoda Trail," Luke said without even thinking about it.

"The second half of the photo can't possibly be the Battle of the Kokoda Trail"

Wei Ran patiently waited for Anfeya to finish the translation, and immediately made a positive judgment, "The recruitment campaign was not won, and the atrocities in the photos are unlikely to have occurred on the Kokoda Trail."

"No matter where it happens"

Luke didn't wait for Anfeya to finish the translation, so he asked impatiently, "Victor, if you are interested in that photo album, if you want to discover the secrets behind the photo album, you can trade with me for $10 , my return ticket is the night after tomorrow, and you only have so much time to raise the money."

"The night after tomorrow?"

Wei Ran smiled after listening to Anfeiya's translation, and said with a embarrassed face after a little thought, "I can't afford so much money for a while, and I don't dare to make this deal with only some remakes of photos." To trade, you must at least let me see the real thing.

In the end, if there is only one photo album, it is not worth so much money at all, but if you can produce the corresponding negatives, although the price is relatively expensive, it is not negotiable. "

After hearing Anfeiya's translation of the first part of this sentence, Luke's face also showed disappointment and even despair, but when he heard the latter part of the sentence, his face immediately turned Surprised again.

"I need to check with my family," Luke said with suppressed excitement, "but I want to get this deal done before I get on the plane."

"Unless you bring that photo album and the corresponding negatives with you, even if I can spend that much money, I won't be able to trade with you."

Wei Ran walked around the tent that had been dismantled, and said while walking towards the gate of the yard, "Also, why did you choose to set up a tent in front of my house?"

"It looks safe enough here, and it's close enough to you, doesn't it?"

After listening to Anfeya's translation, Luke said as a matter of course, "And the public information on the Internet can only find that Mr. Victor built a library here, but there is no contact with you or the library at all. Way.

Otherwise, I wouldn't come to you in person, and to tell you the truth, I spent almost all of my savings on round-trip air tickets, so sleeping in a tent was pretty much my only option. "

"Our people seem to have promised to arrange board and lodging for you before," Anfeiya asked before translating.

"Indeed it is"

Luke spread his hands honestly, "But I don't think it's necessary, I'm used to living in tents, and I don't want to accept your gifts before the deal is concluded."

After Anfeiya finished translating, Wei Ran thought for a moment and said, "The next thing is not a gift, it's just the cost I'm willing to bear in order to conclude the deal as soon as possible."

After a short pause, he turned around and said, "Talk to Mr. Luke that he can choose to continue to set up a tent here, or he can choose to stay in the hotel we arranged.

I could even help him buy a new ticket for a later departure.Similarly, he also needs to verify the photo album negatives and so on as soon as possible.Of course, and most importantly, when can he take out the photo album and negatives for trading. "

After Anfeya finished translating, Luke shook his head decisively, "I have to take the scheduled flight to leave tonight, and secondly, if you are willing to give me a contact information, I will contact you immediately after verification.

Finally, if you want to see the real photo album, you can only go to Port Darwin in northern Australia, or Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. "

"Give him a contact"

Wei Ran snapped his fingers, and said with a normal expression, "Give me a message after you have verified it, and then I will consider whether to buy the photo album and the corresponding negatives, and find a car to take him to the airport. "

"good boss"

After Anfeiya finished speaking, she swiped on English and translated it to Luke who was busy dismantling the tent, while Wei Ran opened the courtyard door and walked into the courtyard, hugged the dog Beria who was raised by manpower, and comforted him. looking at the whimpering hunk.

After the kind-hearted Beria washed his clean face carefully with his saliva, a van painted with red and black thorns also drove to the entrance of the alley from the parking lot of the library next door, and packed everything with mountaineering bags. Luke, who had a lot of money, roared and drove in the direction of the airport outside the city.

"Can't find the library's contact information on the Internet?" Wei Ran, who had been waiting at the gate of the courtyard, asked after Anfeiya drove the armored pickup into the courtyard.

"can be found"

Anfeiya who pushed the car door replied without hesitation, "Whether it's the Time Library or your Time Studio, whether it's phone calls, faxes or mailboxes, they are all public information that can be found on the Internet. I even A year ago, websites were made for Time Studio and Time Library respectively.”

"There is no way to copy the photos in his USB flash drive"

While carrying his luggage from the car, Wei Ran speculated with great interest, "This guy named Luke is very cautious, it seems that he doesn't even want me to get the remake photos, so he chose to come here in person carefully." .”

Anfeiya nodded, "I'm afraid this guy doesn't stay in the hotel because he doesn't want to reveal his identity information. Generally speaking, he is very cautious, but the method he uses is really naive."

"Don't use your standards to ask ordinary people." Wei Ran said with a smile, "I have nothing to do here, and those children will trouble your sisters."

"Do not worry"

An Feiya pushed her suitcase to Wei Ran, and then she walked to the office in the library next door with her notebook and said, "I'm going to work for Sister Aurora, wait for Mr. Luke to get news I'll let you know later."

"Thanks a lot"

Wei Ran took the other party's luggage, surrounded by Beria who was having fun around him, and walked alone into the cool and comfortable hall on the first floor blown by the air conditioner.

He casually found a place to put their luggage down. After thinking about it, he called Professor Alexei who was far away in Volgograd, and begged the other party to help him find a collection-grade one. WWII German Paratrooper Gravity Knife.

Naturally, such a trivial matter can't bother Professor Alexey. Even this old guy didn't think about it at all, so he patted his chest and promised that when he got off work today, he would first borrow a stock in Mr. Alexander's private museum for use.

With this cheap old man's promise, Wei Ran was relieved immediately.This paratrooper knife is naturally a small gift for the mysterious woman Jia Ya from the monkey country of the Philippines.

Such a knife is naturally not a good gift, but Wei Ran also knows that the other party will not value the gift itself, but if he can't even keep such a small promise, naturally he shouldn't even think about it. Make a good impression on the other party.

Of course, if you want to leave a better impression on the other party, there is a better choice for this gift.

With this in mind, he also got up and walked into the storage room on the first floor with his dog Beria on the left and right. After locking the door and checking for a while, he took out the food box from the metal book and put the food box inside. The heavy golden statue of Mazu was taken out.

After finding a clean towel dipped in clean water and wiping it carefully, Wei Ran also made a new discovery.

In the crevice of a sea wave on the wave-shaped base of this golden statue, two additional small characters the size of mung beans are engraved——Chen Qi

Chen Qi?Who is Chen Qi?Wei Ran put the golden statue on the table, picked up his phone and searched.

"Movie hero? Movie heroine?"

Wei Ran looked at the search results and shook his head. Obviously, no dude would make such an exaggerated golden statue for a character in a movie.

After much deliberation, he couldn't come up with a reliable guess, so he simply placed the statue of Mazu on a shelf in the corner, and covered it with an extra clean towel, which kind of blocked the blinding golden light.

He is not curious about the origin of this statue of Mazu, but he knows that this thing is a good gift for a professional counterpart. When necessary, just give this statue as a gift to Jia Ya, and the other party The probability is that he will not refuse a gift, nor will he refuse a favor.

He had arranged a second gift for the gentle cheongsam woman in advance, but he took out the latest gas mask bag, took out the canning bottle filled with jasmine seeds from it, carefully unscrewed it, and put it on the table. A dozen seeds were poured on a towel that still had the fine sand of Helen Island.

After putting away the gas mask bag and food box again, Wei Ran stepped out of the room and planted these seeds in the flower garden outside the window, hoping that one day these seeds would successfully germinate and grow up, and bloom beautiful white flowers again.

At the same time, the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, USA, witnessed by many reporters, held a solemn and solemn burial ceremony for Johnston's Captain Evans, Vice Captain Sterling and Sailor Moose.

Accompanied by the housekeeper Tantu, the rich French woman Koko waited patiently until the ceremony was over, and after everyone had left, she took off her black lace gloves and took Tantu's hand. A glass test tube the size of an index finger was taken out of the bag.

When this test tube was on the destroyer Halsey, Wei Ran gave it to her privately before leaving, and asked her to plant the seeds inside in front of the graves of the three of Evans. For this small matter, Kou Kou naturally Will not refuse.

Looking around, she took a small flower shovel that Tantu took out from her bag, and gently dug a gap no more than ten centimeters deep on the lawn next to Captain Evans' tombstone. A few round and plump jasmine seeds were shaken off inside, and then carefully patted with a flower shovel until no traces were visible.

In the same way, they planted the remaining jasmine seeds next to the tombstones of Sterling and Sailor Moose respectively.

After everything was done, Kou Kou stood up and exchanged a glance with her butler Tantu, silently took the small bag from the other party's hand, stuffed the flower shovel into it, and put on the black lace gloves again.

Tan Tu also carefully placed the three maple-leaf-shaped glass bottles in his hands among the crowded bouquets in front of the three tombstones.

In the end, the two looked at each other, and after taking off their hats in unison, they turned and finally left the endless group of tombstones.