War Photographer's Notebook

On the first Monday of the new year, the day before Russian Christmas, the Time Library, which is still on holiday, also welcomed new visitors—the son of Mr. Mesut Jr. and a team of five people who came with him. business negotiation team.

The middle-aged man, who claimed to be Lothar Zeger, looked about five or sixty years old. His thin figure and serious expression were seven to eight points similar to his grandfather, Captain Mesut.

After an introduction to Diane who came with him, one of Lothar's staff also unpacked a large wooden box and lifted out a particularly delicate sleigh from inside.

"Mr Victor"

Although the expression on Lothar's face was slightly serious, his tone was extraordinarily warm and polite, "This is the sleigh I made according to the notes and last letter left by my grandfather. Its body is made of walnut wood, only For the snowboard part, we specially chose jujube wood from China, and I hope you can accept this insignificant gift."

"Mr. Lothar is very polite, I like this gift very much."

Wei Ran smiled and said, but his heart was unavoidably weird. Although he couldn't tell the difference between wood and wood, he could tell at a glance that the sleigh in front of him was the same color of wood as the sleigh in the metal book. totally agree.

Does that mean that the metal book still has the ability to predict the future?Is this too scary?
Suppressing the doubts in their hearts, the two parties also sat on both sides of the long table prepared in advance after some courtesies. Lola, who specially changed into a professional attire, also brought the temporary waiter Lu Xinda to the people on both sides of the long table. Served with homemade coffee.

There is no doubt that the other party's visit is for the business cooperation that Diane mentioned before, and because of this, Wei Ran also invited Ji Ma in advance to participate in this business negotiation.

But obviously, just like Wei Ran, Ji Ma also pushed all this matter to the Queen of Inta. He didn't even bother to listen in.

Since they couldn't get in the conversation and couldn't help, the two brothers simply carried the sleigh outside and put the dog Beria on it. The snow in the yard that hadn't had time to be cleared circled in circles.

This inevitably attracted the attention of Lothar and the others in the library, but at the same time, it also made them more aware that among these young people, the only one who is really reliable is the beautiful half-race girl sitting across the long table .

And during the ensuing negotiation process, these "old guys" with an average age of over 40 years old also experienced the horror of the young girl and the twins on the opposite side.

"Victor, who do you think will win?"

In the office on the second floor of the library, Jima, who was hiding behind the one-way glass, lit a cigarette and asked gloatingly.

"No one loses"

Sitting on the boss chair belonging to Sui Sui, Wei Ran, who had his legs on the desk at the same time, glanced at the negotiation scene downstairs, and said in a firm tone, "Your Queen Inta has always pursued a win-win situation. So both of them will definitely not lose money. Of course, that Lothar must be very uncomfortable now."

"Little Lola has refilled his coffee for the fourth time," Jima said gloatingly.

"Don't pay attention to them, we can't help anyway."

Wei Ran fiddled with the phone and asked, "Where's Maya? Why didn't she come with me today?"

"I went home two days ago." Ji Ma spread her hands, "Although she really wants to be with me, she always has a holiday. And"

"No and" Wei Ran waved his hand, "I only believe the second half of what you just said."

"The first half sentence is also true!" the stiff-mouthed Ji Ma emphasized with empty teeth.

While flirting with Ji Ma, Wei Ran focused on the constantly refreshing news page on the phone screen.

Because of the time difference, in less than an hour, it will be [-]:[-] p.m. Dongjing time.

At this time, in the downtown area of ​​Dongjing, in a certain KFC store that provided free WIFI, a beautiful girl from France walked into the toilet cubicle with her bag after carefully eating a fairly tasty hamburger.

After locking the compartment door and checking carefully, the girl took out a pair of rubber gloves from her pocket and put them on, then opened her small bag, took out a mobile phone with no SIM card inserted in it, and connected it to the phone that was provided for free in the store. WIFI.

After wiping the phone carefully, she took out the two sanitary napkins and pasted them on the front and back of the phone, and took out a small bottle of diluted tomato juice from her bag and poured it on, before throwing it into the trash can inside.

She took off her gloves and looked at the time. After pressing the flush button, the girl waited for a while, then opened the door and left the bathroom. After washing her hands carefully, she put on lip gloss again, and then left the fast food restaurant with a smile on her face. shop.

At 10:[-] p.m. Beijing time, the mobile phone lying in the stain automatically logged into the social platform account used by the shooter Shrike and several new accounts on other platforms, and posted a video about [-] minutes long on each of them. And after @ some well-known bloggers in various fields in the United States, the process of restoring the factory settings began immediately.

In less than 5 minutes, Wei Ran, who was nestled in the office on the second floor of the Kazan Time Library, finally saw this video on the news.

In this video, which has no editing at all except for the silence, the gunman Shrike, who is still wearing a black suit and a motorcycle helmet, silently uses a flashlight to verify the authenticity of the roll of negatives in his hand.

"Victor, Her Majesty is waving to us!" Jima, who had been staring at the downstairs, hurriedly reminded Wei Ran without waiting for Wei Ran to finish watching the video on his phone.

"Let's go!"

Wei Ran stood up while turning off the screen, and said while walking outside the office, "Let's go to eat. I ordered two tables of big meals at the Chinese restaurant where I often eat."

"I deliberately didn't eat this morning!" Jima immediately stood up and followed Wei Ran out of the office.

No matter how much turmoil the latest video will cause on the Internet, which seems like a place outside the law, at noon in Kazan, Wei Ran and Jima brothers, together with Greva, accompanied Lothar who came to the door enthusiastically. The group ate a sumptuous Chinese meal, which indirectly provided them with what they thought was extremely important help for the continued negotiations in the afternoon. The three bastards used a bottle of Huaxia Baijiu, a bottle of vodka, and two bottles of cognac to successfully negotiate a deal. Drunk all guests including Lothar and Diane.

Undoubtedly, the negotiation originally scheduled for the afternoon was postponed until the next day due to drunkenness, Sui Sui also had time to ask sister Katenka to help collect more negotiation information.

Of course, as a price, she also had to take care of Wei Ran, who was almost in pieces, with the help of the little girl Lu Xinda and Lola.

When a certain historian was woken up, fine snowflakes had already drifted outside the window, and the porch lights in the yard had already been lit.

Turning his head and looking drowsily at the source of the noise that woke him up, besides the four-legged snoring dog Beria sleeping under the bed, there was also the buzzing mobile phone on the bedside table.

Picking up the phone and looking at it, it was already around six in the afternoon, but the person who made the voice call turned out to be Chen Guangling, a friend who is both a teacher and a friend.

Before he could connect, the other party hung up the call request.

Rubbing his face and unlocking the screen, Wei Ran noticed that the other party had brought more than a dozen WeChat call requests within half an hour, and there were other WeChat calls besides Chen Guangling. His son Chen Luoxiang.

Seeing this, Wei Ran quickly dialed after belching.

"My God, it's finally connected." Just as the bell rang after Wei Ran dialed, the other party connected immediately and sighed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen." Wei Ran said apologetically, "I drank some wine at noon, so I woke up."

"it's okay no problem"

Chen Guangling on the other end of the phone said apologetically, "Well, are you in Russia or in China now?"

"In Russia, what's the matter, Mr. Chen?" Wei Ran asked after getting out of bed staggeringly while walking to the bathroom.

"There is indeed something"

Chen Guangling paused, and asked a little embarrassedly, "Wei Ran, we are going to Russia for a trip, do you think you have time to pick us up?"

"Are you going to come to Russia?" Wei Ran suddenly regained consciousness.

"Yes," Chen Guangling said after a pause, "and it's going to Kazan, so I have something to ask you."

"Welcome anytime!" Wei Ran asked immediately, "When are you coming?"

"There will be a flight tomorrow morning, I don't know." Chen Guangling added in a hurry, "It will take off in seven or eight hours."

It wasn't until this time that Wei Ran, who drank too much, came back to his senses. It should be midnight in China at this time.If the other party hadn't really asked him to have important matters, he probably wouldn't be in such a hurry.

Thinking of this, Wei Ran immediately said, "Convenience! You send the flight information, and I will definitely pick you up when you land."

After making enough promises to make the other party feel at ease, Wei Ran asked, "Did Teacher Chen encounter any difficulties?"

"Hi!"

Chen Guangling on the other end of the phone sighed, "It's true that I have encountered a difficulty, and I can't explain this matter in one or two sentences. Wei Ran, do you think this is okay? When we arrive, I will explain it to you face to face."

"Okay! Let's talk about it later."

Wei Ran wisely changed the subject, "Will Luo Xiang and Shi Niang come? I will prepare in advance."

"Come on, let's go together as a family, isn't it convenient?" Chen Guangling on the other end of the phone asked rather awkwardly.

"It's convenient, of course it's convenient!" Wei Ran quickly replied, "If you can't get through to me next time, call Sui Sui, she"

"Called," Chen Guangling said with a wry smile, "No one answered Sui Sui's phone."

Hearing this, Wei Ran grinned, "I'll ask her what's going on later, you, Mrs. Shi and Luo Xiang can come here at ease, and I will definitely pick you up when the time comes."

"Hey! Success!" Chen Guangling was visibly relieved.

After chatting a few words about homework and hanging up the phone, Wei Ran washed his face, staggered out of the room with his dog Beria, and successfully found Zhengxiang who was sleeping in another bedroom next door. Spike.

Gently helped the vegetable dog who had only drank a small glass of white wine to close the door at noon. After Wei Ran went downstairs, he found that only Lu Xinda and the witch Samantha were busy in the kitchen.

"Where are Sisters Lola and Katenka?" Wei Ran asked as he slumped on the sofa.

"They went to pick up the plane"

Lu Xinda served a plate of cut tropical fruits with great eyesight, and then helped to make a pot of hawthorn leaf tea that Wei Ran often drank, and at the same time did not forget to explain in detail, "I heard sister Anfeiya Said, sister Sui Xin is back."

"When did you leave?" Wei Ran asked, poking a piece of mango flesh with a toothpick.

Lu Xinda turned her head and glanced at the retro clock not far away, then turned around and replied, "I left half an hour ago, it seems that Olga and Olena are also coming."

“This house is getting more and more lively”

Wei Ran, who was top-heavy, muttered something vaguely, then leaned on the sofa and snored, but he didn't notice the big white eyes of the little girl Lu Xinda at all.