War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1685: Jia Xu's Rebirth
“We have to go back early tomorrow morning.”

Before dinner on the day she returned from St. Petersburg, Sui Sui informed Wei Ran and everyone who was dining with her of her decision.

"So urgent?" Olena asked subconsciously, "How many days have you been here?"

“I can’t relax any more”

Sui Sui poked a large piece of fish scale jelly with her fork and said, "I'm going to go back as soon as possible to have the studio start preparing to shoot a movie about that island."

"Where are you going to shoot?" Daria said, and she did not forget to serve a bowl of borscht she made to every young person present.

"Inta, of course it's Inta."

Sui Sui answered without thinking, "Let's find a frozen lake there to shoot. If necessary, I can even mobilize most of the Inta people to act as extras. This will not only bring income to the locals, but also avoid making too much noise on Lake Ladoga."

At this point, Sui Sui took her bowl of beetroot soup, scooped a spoonful with a wooden spoon, blew on it and put it into her mouth, then continued, "Only by filming there can I have the confidence to release the movie before spring."

"Good boy, go ahead and do it." Dahlia said gently, "I'm looking forward to this movie."

"Do I need to credit you as the director?"

Sui Sui handed the bowl of soup to Wei Ran beside her, and also took the tissue handed to her by the other party. While wiping the remaining soup from the corner of her mouth, she asked Daria with a smile on her face.

"I don't mind, but if it's convenient, let Olga produce the theme song for this movie." Daria suggested with a smile, "Also, Olena plans to complete a sculpture based on that cannon before spring, and it will be placed on the island."

"When the time comes, I'll ask the filming crew to go over and take a scene to put at the end of the movie." Sui Sui understood the other party's hint without even thinking about it.

"Let's eat, kids." Daria ended the topic to everyone's satisfaction before Olga and Olena were about to say anything.

"Can I compose a theme song for a movie?" Olga asked her sister sitting next to her somewhat unconfidently.

"I don't care about your troubles"

Olena grumbled pitifully with a sad face, "I finished the group sculpture for Grandma Galina two months ago. When did sculptors become so busy?
Didn’t mom say that this major would give you a lot of free time in the future, and you might even have to rely on going fishing with dad to make a living? "

"Can I compose a theme song for a movie?" Olga was also too lazy to care about her sister's troubles, and turned to ask the question to Ninel who was sitting on the other side.

"I suggest using piano music," Ninel gave his answer concisely.

"Then use piano music!" Olga, who had been lacking confidence just now, suddenly became confident again.

"This love-brained person is so bad that even dogs won't eat him," Olena muttered a description she learned from Sui Sui.

"Help me get the script out as soon as possible after we get back," Sui Sui and Wei Ran were also whispering, "I want to personally direct the filming this time."

"You came in person?" Wei Ran looked at him suspiciously, "Have you studied directing?"

“Of course I haven’t learned it.”

Sui Sui shook her head, "But I have to be the director this time."

After a little thought, Wei Ran understood the other party's plan, and then nodded happily, "I will help you write the script when I go back tomorrow."

"Tomorrow I will go to Kazan with you"

Ninel unceremoniously joined Wei Ran and Sui Sui's private chat, "I'm going to make sure you finish the task I'm helping you with as soon as possible."

"I will help you," Wei Ran said with a headache.

"Almost a third of this month has passed," Ninel reminded slowly.

“Aren’t there still two thirds left?” Wei Ran said perfunctorily without commenting.

"Victor, please help him if it's convenient."

Daria, who was sitting opposite, said with a smile, "That matter is indeed very important to him."

“I’ve actually been investigating.”

Wei Ran smiled and said, "Please rest assured, I will give him a result on time."

“Is that how you investigate?”

Ninel poked a piece of fish scale jelly with a fork and asked unhappily, "This afternoon, Wei Ran spent almost all his time in the kitchen. As a result, in addition to the fish scale jelly with various Chinese and Russian dipping sauces on the table, there were also Chinese delicacies such as braised fish, sweet and sour fish, chopped pepper fish head, fish head pancake, and fish pies baked by Olga herself."

"Just tell me whether it tastes good or not, that's all."

Wei Ran said as he picked up a large piece of meat jelly, dipped it in the garlic chili sauce and took a big bite. "When I finish eating what I made, you will definitely come to me crying and asking me to make you some more."

"Are all historians so unworthy of a beating?"

Ninel muttered with twitching lips, and while eating the piece of jelly on the fork fiercely, the young people at the table and the only elder burst into laughter.

On the last night of her visit to Yu Island, Sui Sui asked many questions about the last line of defense on the island while lying on Wei Ran's arm before going to bed. She finally curled up in his arms and fell into a dream that seemed particularly cold.

The next day, after eating the sumptuous breakfast that Daria had helped to prepare in advance, everyone said goodbye to Sui Xin and Chen Luoxiang who stayed as guests, and rushed to the airport in a business van driven by Ninel.

"I won't go to Kazan with you"

Niniel said before Wei Ran got out of the car, "But you have to be quick, this matter is really important."

"I'll be there as soon as possible, don't worry."

After Wei Ran finished speaking perfunctorily, he hurriedly got out of the carriage, pushing the luggage in one hand and pulling the oversized airline box containing Beria in the other. He followed Sui Sui and others into the waiting hall, and just like when they came, they took a transport plane carrying tropical fruits to St. Petersburg and returned to Kazan.

On the way back, Sui Sui chatted with Marta, who was helping her share the work in the studio, about the arrangements after landing.

Seeing that there was nothing for him to do, Wei Ran simply took advantage of the time before the plane took off to log into his email using the authenticator and focused his attention on the email sent by Xia Shushi.

It was not until he saw the content of the email that he finally understood why this scumbag Xia Shushi was so hypocritical in helping to recruit nuclear friends this time.

In short, it would be more accurate to say that it was Xia Shushi rather than this friend who approached Xia Shushi. No, to be more precise, it was Zhong Zhen who took the initiative to approach the other party.

The reason is quite simple. This friend is a cartoonist who is not well-known in the entertainment industry.

About half a year ago, he drew a short comic mocking Mutaguchi Renya and posted it anonymously on the Internet.

Although this incident itself did not cause any stir or attract any attention, it was seen by the little bell that Zhong Zhen kept by his side, and was forwarded to Zhong Zhen as a joke.

Speaking of which, this scumbag Zhong Zhen did not consider himself an outsider. He threw the matter to Hela that day. He wanted to find this anonymous cartoonist and planned to spend a lot of money to hire him to draw a cartoon about the historical truth of the Japanese invasion.

Although Zhong Zhen's ideas are a bit strange, the Hela organization is as reliable and efficient as ever.

Needless to say, Zhong Zhen went to the door and waited there to trigger the plot. It took him half a year to become close friends with the other party and he even put forward his ideas.

What happened next was the scene where Xia Shushi contacted Wei Ran. Although he was a descendant of the Osaka Division, he could hardly get enough food to eat. In the past six months, he had been almost entirely dependent on Zhong Zhen for support.

At one point, he even thought that the other party had taken a fancy to his middle-aged cartoonist with a white and fat butt, and he accepted the offer without much thought.

At the same time, he also hoped that Zhong Zhen could help verify whether the records in his great-grandfather's memoirs were true.

"What are you laughing at?" Sui Sui, who had been planning something big with Marta, asked curiously.

"About Brother Xia's story" Wei Ran threw his phone aside and then roughly repeated what he had explained in the email, omitting the parts that were not suitable for children to hear.

"Your scumbag friends are all better at coming up with ideas than the other one," Sui Sui praised, "This idea is really a bit insidious."

"What do you mean?" Wei Ran pretended to be confused and asked with a smile.

"What else can I say?"

Sui Sui explained as a matter of course, "Given the stubborn spirit of the Japanese, they would definitely not believe the historical truth if someone else told them, so they have to do it themselves.

Isn't it obvious that Brother Zhong is planning to support this Japanese cartoonist and let him tell stories to the stubborn ones? Let me think about it, training Japanese traitors? It seems that this is not impossible, oh! That's about it, as long as you understand it. "

“No wonder they are recruiting nuclear friends,” Wei Ran smiled.

"The title of recruiting nuclear friends does sound better."

Sui Sui nodded immediately and said jokingly, "That's why it's you historians who are good at talking."

"Do you think his bad idea is reliable?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

“I think it’s pretty reliable.”

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Sui Sui agreed. "Just like Hanbang's only good things are kimchi jar bibimbap and stealing other people's things to apply for World Heritage status, it's useless to cut their cabbage. You have to use magic to defeat magic."

"How do you play?"

Lu Xinda also came up and asked curiously. There was no other way, in order to make this little girl who always wanted to be lazy learn the Russian language as soon as possible, which was necessary in the Russian territory.

Under Sui Sui's orders, no one pays attention to her when she tries to chat with people in Chinese and English, which really makes her feel frustrated.

She bent her fingers and tapped the top of the little girl's head gently. Then, with a smile on her face, she changed to Russian, which made the other party's cheeks puff up in anger, and continued, "The best way is to apply for their crappy kimchi to be listed as a world heritage site. This will really break their defenses.

By the same token, if the Japanese cartoonists draw a cartoon exposing the truth about the history of aggression, the Japanese will also be able to break through the defense. "

"How about I give him some money?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously while rubbing his fingers.

"Vote for your head"

Sui Sui rolled her eyes and said, "This method is good, but it's still too stupid."

"Do you have a not-so-stupid method?" Wei Ran was completely interested.

"How much money do you plan to invest?" Su Su asked, rubbing her fingers.

"I don't know how much money is appropriate to invest in something like this," Wei Ran answered truthfully.

"Then let's just assume we're investing $50, just hypothetically."

Sui Sui snapped her fingers and said, "The smart way is to use the $50 to start a submission contest online, with only Japanese players participating.

They were required to draw comics that were in line with historical facts and of a specified length, and then put them on paid subscription servers of all countries that had been invaded by nuclear weapons. The first, second and third prizes were decided based on popularity, and the 50 yuan was given out as a prize.

It doesn’t need to be too much. At most, two or three issues will recover the cost. If it lasts for three to five years, the Japanese comics industry will usher in a blowout explosion. By then, their history books that look like draft paper will be a joke under these comics.”

"Sui Sui, are you the reincarnation of Jia Xu?" Wei Ran couldn't help but ask in his native language.

"Who is Jia Xu?"

Lu Xinda asked with tears in her eyes. She finally understood a sentence, but she had no idea what the allusion was at all.

"Who is he?" Suo Suo, who didn't want to show her timidity, asked in Russian.

"A great good man"

Seeing Lu Xinda's gnashing teeth but helpless expression, Wei Ran also switched back to Russian and introduced the good people in the Three Kingdoms to Sui Sui, and as expected, he was beaten up in return.

Amidst the chatting and joking, the transport plane finally landed smoothly at Kazan Airport.

Without even taking a break, Sui Sui got in a car escorted by Baba Yaga's pink little sisters and rushed directly to the studio to start an emergency meeting.

"Did you hear what Aurora said on the plane?"

At the entrance of the main building of the studio, Wei Ran, who was sitting on the steps, looked at the dog Beria who was having fun with his good friend Gorbachev in the distance, and asked without turning his head.

"I heard it, do you want to implement it?"

Behind Wei Ran, Anfisa, who was hiding in the shadow of the pillar at the door, asked.

"Try it"

Wei Ran said enthusiastically, "Let those cow urine people we have recently trained come forward to do this."

"No need for Hela or Succubus?" Anfisa asked in surprise.

"of course not"

Wei Ran took out his portable wine flask and took a sip. "What is the name of the spokesperson organization we have raised?"

"Seven-Colored Elephant"

"Yes, the Seven-Colored Elephant, leave this matter to them. Remember to protect that Kshatriya. He is the core figure of the Seven-Colored Elephant. Don't let him get into danger easily."

"When does it start?" Anfisa asked bluntly.

"Let's start now," Wei Ran said casually.

"Don't you need to inform your friends in advance?"

"Wasn't this done by the Seven-Colored Divine Elephant?" Wei Ran asked blankly, "What does it have to do with us? Why did you inform my friends? And where did I get my friends?"

"Sorry, I was distracted." Anfisa said, turned and walked into the main building of the studio.

“What a beautiful sunny day”

Wei Ran squinted his eyes and looked at the two dogs having fun in the distance, then raised the wine flask and took another sip of the mellow cider.

Just as he swallowed the second sip of wine, a call came from an unfamiliar phone number.

"You're lucky. I'm in a good mood today. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy to get through to me."

Wei Ran muttered something to himself, then slowly pressed the answer button.

"You have already arrived in Kazan, remember to help me find out as soon as possible."

On the other end of the phone, Ninel finished his reminder in a slow tone, and decisively hung up the phone without waiting for Wei Ran to say anything.

"I'm in a good mood." Wei Ran angrily drank the third sip of fruit wine, put away his phone in a bad mood, but had to start thinking about the problem of the Afhan battlefield.

Although you can postpone it for as long as you can, this thing is like shit in the intestines, and there will always be a time when you have to pull it out.

Forget it, take a day off today and deal with this matter tomorrow! Wei Ran made a decision while taking his fourth sip of cider.