War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 165 Still Alive

"Don't shoot!"

Alili and Jima shouted in unison, stopping Wei Ran, who had already put his hands on the class, and Sui Sui, who had just put on a new magazine.

Under the nervous gaze of the four, one of the strongest wolves, like a small steam train diving, exposed its big wet nose in the thick snow enough to completely bury them, exhaling white mist while struggling ran towards the distant forest.

And in the snowy ditch that was hard-earned behind it, more than a dozen members of the wolf pack that were slightly smaller were like carriages hanging behind the buttocks of the locomotive, one by one, following the odd one. Come out of the trench and move fast.

At the end of the team, four wild wolves jumped onto the roof of an abandoned truck, bowed their bodies, and whimpered threateningly at Wei Ran and the others.

Under the watchful eyes of Wei Ran with their guns in hand, the snow trench extended into the dense forest at an extremely fast speed, and then amidst a deep howl of wolves, the four remaining members of the wolf pack moved vigorously. Jumping off the roof of the car, he ran along the trench that had been leveled by his partners, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Until this time, Alili explained, "It's not easy to form such a large pack of wolves, let them go!"

Wei Ran and Sui Sui glanced at each other. The former turned off the safety of his rifle, picked up the shovel, and followed Alili and Jima who had already started to clean up the snow around the plane and on the wings.The latter climbed directly onto the roof of the truck where the wolf was squatting just now, observing the surrounding environment vigilantly.

Under the bustle of everyone, the two skids of the An-2 plane were dug out first, and then Alili also climbed onto the wings to clean up the snow on them.

While he was getting into the plane to warm up the engine, Wei Ran, Sui Sui, and Jima hurried back to the building behind them. After extinguishing the bonfire, they put their luggage and the film reels, projectors, etc. they found two days ago. The sundries were all moved back to the plane.As for the supplies that have not been used up, they are left directly.

Not long after, amidst the roar of the engine, An 2, which was freed from the wire rope, glides smoothly on the dense snow-covered open space for a short time, and then flies into the sky smoothly. At the same time, there are cheers from everyone in the cabin.

After a long flight of nearly two hours, Alili landed the plane at Inta Airport smoothly.

Before the door opened, Jima had already bought a plane to fly to Kazan in two hours.The four of them called Misha who had returned from Kazan yesterday, and after having a sumptuous lunch near the airport, the three of Wei Ran boarded the plane again, and bought a flight from Kazan to Volga by the way. Galleria airfare.

That afternoon, when they returned to Wei Ran's studio, Sui Sui immediately dropped the suitcase and threw herself into Zhou Shujin's arms yelling, and after Jima made an appointment with Professor Alexei, Pulling the old suitcase and ran to Nicholas' house.

While Wei Ran followed his aunt and professor to organize a welcome banquet for Suisui, Jima also reported the military base he discovered this time, as well as the package of spy equipment and Wei Ran's speculation, to Nicholas one by one. .

Nicholas, who was sitting by the fireplace, stood up after pondering for a moment, walked into the bedroom alone, took out his mobile phone and dialed a series of numbers.

After more than half an hour, he came out of the bedroom, sat on the sofa again and said, "That military base was abandoned in the winter of 1972."

Jima asked hesitantly, "Then we?"

Nicholas nodded, "As long as you don't dismantle the telescope and supporting computer you mentioned, use the remaining two buildings. I can even find someone to go there with you to see, maybe we can Get that computer and telescope working again."

"Really?!" Ji Ma stood up abruptly, "Is it really possible?"

"It's not too difficult"

Nicholas said with a smile, "But you have to find a way to solve the supporting power. Whether it's the computer or the telescope, without power supply, they are all useless."

"I'll think of a way!" Jima gritted his teeth and said.

Nicholas nodded and continued, "Don't worry about the others. The military base exists only to guard the astronomical observatory. If you have enough money, you can even buy it."

"Speaking of which, why was it abandoned?" Jima asked curiously.

Nicholas hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head, "I don't know about it, but it should have nothing to do with the spy equipment you found. If you are interested, you can ask me when you decide to repair the telescope there. The person you found for you may know something."

"Then can I sell these things?" Ji Ma pointed eagerly at the objects on the table.

"Give me this audio amplifier"

Nicholas picked up a black box the size of a cigarette pack and fiddled with it, then said in a firm tone, "This should be an American product. If it still works, it can be used as a hearing aid."

"What about the rest?"

"If you are short of money to spend, sell it!"

Nicholas said indifferently, "But you can take those microfilms to look for Victor first, maybe there is something in it, sometimes photos are more valuable than other things. In addition, although those film films Very valuable, but best not to sell."

"I understand!" Ji Ma stood up respectfully, "I'll go find him now!"

Nicholas waved his hand, put the audio amplifier into his pocket, then squinted his eyes, and waited until Jima helped him close the door from the outside, then sat up immediately, went into the bedroom again with his mobile phone and dialed number.

Jima, who didn't know about this, wandered happily to the door of the studio, took out the key Wei Ran gave him, opened the shutter door, and patiently waited for Professor Alexei and Wei Ran to come back.

After more than two hours, Wei Ran drove the exaggerated off-road vehicle and returned to the studio with the drunk Professor Alexey.Although this old guy has given up drinking in name, but for Suisui's sake, his aunt Zhou Shujin made an exception today and let him drink to his heart's content.

However, after seeing the various objects placed by Jima, Professor Alexey sobered up in an instant, put on cotton gloves very formally, picked up the signed photo and asked, "Where did you find it?" of these things?"

"In an abandoned military base." While talking, Jima proudly showed off the wrist watch that was still on his wrist, "This was found together with that photo."

"If those so-called espionage tools want to sell a lot of money, you can find a way to try it in Prague, Czech Republic. There are many rich people who like to collect such things."

Professor Alexey sat down at the long table, hiccupped and continued, "As for the commemorative coins, forget it, they only commemorate the 20th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Fasus, the 50th anniversary of October's death and the 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth." There are only three kinds of anniversary.

Although there are a lot of each kind of quantity, and the color is also very good.But it's not a complete set at all, so it won't sell much.But this photo is different.I'm sure the signature on the back of the photo must be genuine.And most importantly, the astronaut is still alive. "

"Alive?" Wei Ran and Jima asked in unison.

"Of course I'm alive!"

Professor Alexey gave an affirmative answer again without thinking, "He lives in Moscow, but his health is not very good. When I was your age, I heard his live speech."

"Professor Alexei, how much can this photo sell for?" Jima almost trembled with excitement.

"I can help you ask who is interested." Professor Alexei paused, and Jima began to nod frantically.

At the same time, Wei Ran who was sitting next to him secretly said in his heart, "But if the transaction is successful, I will charge 20% of the referral fee."

Sure enough, only less than two seconds behind him, Professor Alexey said as promised, "But if the transaction is successful, I will charge a 20% referral fee."

"20%! So much?" Ji Ma, who was still grateful last moment, immediately widened his eyes.

"It still depends on Victor's face, otherwise at least 30% of the referral fee will be required."

Professor Alexey once again spoke Wei Ran's heart, and then patted his chest and assured, "But you can rest assured that I can definitely sell it at a higher price than the auction."

Ji Ma glanced at Wei Ran who was sitting on the sidelines staring at the wood grain on the piano case without looking up, and finally said painfully, "20% is 20%, but if the price is lower than I expected, I won't sell it. go out!"

"Don't worry, it will definitely sell at a price that satisfies you."

Before Professor Alexey finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone, pointed the camera at the front and back of the photo still held in his hand, and pressed the shutter respectively.

"Is that watch in your hand for sale?" Professor Alexei asked after returning the photo to Jima.

The latter shook his head decisively, "Not for sale!"

Professor Alexei smiled strangely, and didn't say anything else. He got up and greeted Wei Ran to send him home.

Winking at Jima, Wei Ran helped the professor get into the car, stepped on the accelerator and disappeared in a flash.

After waiting for an hour, when Wei Ran came back, Ji Ma had already drank half of the bottle of gin, and even opened the box of snacks Sui Sui brought back from China on his own initiative I had a great time eating a few packs.

"Have you asked about the military base?" Wei Ran asked after locking the shutter door behind him.

"Half of the question is clear"

Jima stuffed the spicy strips with red oil into his mouth, and after taking a sip of wine, he briefly repeated the news that Nicholas had received.

"It has nothing to do with that spy?"

Wei Ran muttered to himself and didn't think too much, but asked curiously, "Listen to what you just said, are you going to repair the telescope and the computer in that observatory?"

Ji Ma sucked his greasy fingers one by one in disgust, "It depends on how much these things can be sold in the end, and how much it will cost to electrify that damn place, and before your Chinese New Year, How many tourists Aurora can send us, if everything meets the goal, I certainly don't mind electrifying there."

"I wish you success in your career." Wei Ran endured his nausea and perfunctoryly said, "Are you going to sleep on the floor in the studio tonight or go to Mr. Nicholas to rest?"

"What time is it?"

Jima pointed to the plastic box not far away, "How about trying to develop those films for me? Mr. Nicholas said, maybe there are some interesting things in there."

"Now?"

"Of course!" Ji Ma nodded of course.

(End of this chapter)