War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 191 Ralph and His Grandpa
In the early morning of the second day after Wei Ran and Jima blew up the building, in the bitter cold wind, the two of them worked together to fix the two door frames wrapped in parachute cloth on the inverted desk that served as a sleigh cart.

"Victor, let's set sail!" Jima sat on the sleigh, holding a paracord with both hands.

Hearing this, Wei Ran stretched out his hand and untied the parachute cloth fixed on the door frame.Under the blowing of the cold wind, the two huge umbrella cloths were instantly swelled by the wind. Immediately afterwards, the writing desk under the two of them also began to move slowly on the frozen river.

Try to pull the rope fixed on both sides of the simple sail to change the angle, and the simple sled under the buttocks also slightly reduces the speed and changes the direction a little.

"Victor!"

As Ji Ma yelled, Wei Ran immediately used the steel pipe in his hand to push hard on the snow-covered ice, easily changing the direction of the sled.

"It's a bit fast." Ji Ma shouted a little nervously, while Wei Ran quickly pulled the rope to put the umbrella cloth back a little.

With the cooperation of these two people, the sleigh cart pushed by the wind ran faster and faster along the river, and when the forest on the bank showed a gap, the two immediately lifted it ashore, almost clinging to the foot of the Ural Mountains , Dodging the overly dense virgin forest and heading towards the abandoned military base.

Although from time to time, this simple sled car would be rolled over by the wind or hit something, but it was undeniable that its forward speed was much faster than walking.Therefore, although the two of them were bruised and swollen from the fall, they still climbed into the sleigh car time and time again, yelling and manipulating the two simple sails to move on.

That afternoon, after the two passed through a lake, the scene in front of them became more and more familiar. Even under the setting sun that was partially blocked by the Ural Mountains, they could clearly see the observatory on the top of the mountain behind the abandoned military base.

"The next step is to go through this forest!" While speaking, Jima had already picked up two long wooden boards wrapped in deerskin, and tied them to the shoes with paracords.

At the same time, Teacher Dalia, who was on the top floor of the abandoned military base, put down the binoculars with satisfaction, and said to Alili who was standing behind him with a smile, "Go and start the plane, we will set off when they come back."

Alili looked at the two figures in the distance, secretly heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and ran downstairs.

Almost at the same time that Wei Ran and Jima stopped at the door of the aircraft cabin on simple skis, teacher Dalia also came out of the abandoned military base.

"How was the game?" Teacher Dalia asked with a smile after taking the camera from Wei Ran and the flag from Jima.

"Teacher Dalia, that bottle of wine"

"I put some diet pills that I used before." Teacher Dalia gave the answer without waiting for Jima to finish speaking, "How does it taste?"

Ji Ma showed a stiff smile with a weeping face, but he didn't dare to say anything cruel after all.On the contrary, Teacher Dalia, seeing Wei Ran's hesitant questioning expression, said directly, "Don't think too much, it's just a lesson and a reminder for you, and you will be clean in the future." Some."

Wei Ran froze for a moment, then quickly nodded silently, while Ji Ma looked blank, "Is this a fart lesson?"

"Then only fart will know, come up quickly."

Teacher Dalia got into the cabin first, "By the way, Victor, there seems to be someone waiting for you in your studio these days."

"Is someone looking for me?" Wei Ran, who entered the cabin second, took the mobile phone handed over by the other party, and asked curiously, "Who is it?"

"How do I know?" Teacher Dalia replied irresponsibly, and then pushed Alili away from the driver's seat, "Go and sit in the back."

Seeing this, Wei Ran and the others changed their expressions, quickly fastened their seat belts, and firmly grasped the handrail on the bulkhead.

At the end of the one-hour flight, the old An-2 plane landed violently at the Inta Airport under the driving of Mr. Dalia, and the three young people in the cabin were all in a panic when the plane just stopped. He rushed out of the cabin and vomited.

"Rubbish"

Teacher Dalia threw the key and a thick wad of cash to Alili, and then walked to the terminal hall not far away and said, "Arili, half a month later, on April 4th, I will Bring the two of them over again, and then remember what I said to you."

"Well done, Ms. Dalia!" Alili finished speaking quickly, and then turned his head and spit out some food that he had eaten in his stomach at noon.

"Ariri, what's the matter?" Jima asked nervously.

"Ms. Dalia won't let me tell, but you two had better buy an aviation accident insurance each."

Before Alili finished his sentence, Dalia, who was walking in front, urged, "Hurry up, you two, the flight back to Kazan will take off in half an hour."

"I won't go back," Jima said holding the cabin door, "There should be a group of tourists coming in a few days."

"Here we come!" Wei Ran took the suitcase handed over by Alili, made a phone call gesture with Jima and Alili, and followed quickly.

"Teacher Dalia, you just said that we will come here next month?" Wei Ran asked step by step.

"It is much more convenient than Hongqi Forest Farm"

Teacher Dalia said as a matter of course, "And there are enough correctional camps and abandoned buildings nearby for you to practice demolition training. No matter how loud the movement is, you don't have to worry about being complained by neighbors."

Although I know what the other party is saying is the truth, both Wei Ran and Ji Ma who are chasing after me also know that this is definitely not the whole story. Really follow each other.

At this point before the flight took off, Wei Ran received a call and a series of text messages less than 5 minutes after turning on his phone.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran directly hung up the phone and turned on the airplane mode, and then began to read the dozens of unread messages in the phone.

More than half of these text messages were sent by a person who called himself Ralph, but the content was the same as wanting to meet him.The other half are several media who want to interview him, and some museums who want to get the authorization to display the two photos.

To be cautious, Wei Ran and a passenger next to Teacher Dalia changed places, and showed the other party the text messages that he wanted to interview and obtain authorization, and the latter responded nonchalantly, "Don't worry about it for now. ".

After solving this little trouble, Wei Ran began to become interested in that Ralph who sent him more than twenty text messages, and couldn't help but wonder why the other party wanted to meet him so urgently.

With this curiosity, Wei Ran finally landed at the airport in Volgograd after a long flight and transit.

When he drove back to the studio, he saw a high-end business car parked at the door, and outside the car, there was a young man circling back and forth.

After seeing Wei Ran's iconic off-road vehicle, this person rushed over enthusiastically waving his hands, and a tall woman stepped down from the car behind him.

"I'm Ralph, Mr. Victor, and I want to talk to you." After the polite-looking young man finished speaking in German, he immediately extended his hand enthusiastically.

Without waiting for the tall woman next to him to translate, Wei Ran responded directly in German, "Hi Mr. Ralph, sorry for being away for a few days, I saw your message."

"Do you speak German?"

Ralph, who didn't look much older than Wei Ran, asked in surprise, and then continued to say enthusiastically without waiting for Wei Ran's response, "Mr. Victor, is it convenient for us to chat? I have something to ask you."

"come in!"

Wei Ran opened the shutter door of the studio to let the other party in. As for the female translator who suddenly lost her job, she got into the car again under Ralph's signal.

"Why is Mr. Ralph so eager to see me?" Wei Ran asked while making coffee.

"My grandpa watched the video of your interview, and he wanted to meet you." Ralph said truthfully.

"Your grandpa?" Wei Ran glanced at him curiously, "Is there anything your grandpa wants from me?"

There was a moment of astonishment on Ralph's face, and then he said awkwardly, "I forgot to ask when I came."

"Feel sorry"

Wei Ran handed a cup of coffee to the other party, "My time is relatively tight, if"

Before Wei Ran finished speaking, Ralph hurriedly said, "Mr. Victor, don't rush to make a decision, let me call him first and ask how about it?"

Seeing Wei Ran nodding his head, Ralph didn't care what time it was, just took out his cell phone and dialed it, and turned on the speakerphone by the way.In less than half a minute, an old voice on the other end of the phone asked, "What's the matter? Haven't you contacted Mr. Victor yet?"

"Grandpa, Mr. Victor is right across from me." Ralph said somewhat as if taking credit, "but he needs to know why you want to see him."

"Give the phone to Mr. Victor."

"Hello, I am the Victor you are looking for." Wei Ran hurriedly greeted him in German.

"Hi Mr. Victor, I'm Noah"

After a brief self-introduction, the old voice continued, "Mr. Victor, I saw a video of you being interviewed on TV not long ago, and I read a report on you by that Finnish newspaper last year."

Hearing this, Wei Ran couldn't help but frowned, and after pondering for a moment, he asked, "Mr. Noah, what do you need from me?"

"I want to ask you to help me find out where my father is."

Noah said expectantly, "My father was a German soldier stationed in Norway during World War II, but he disappeared in the last year before the end of World War II. Mr. Victor, you can find the missing Soviet Union in Finland. Zelentsov's teacher, if you can find the photo of the Soviet flag on the Reichstag, then you will be able to find my missing father, right?"

"this."

Wei Ran fell into hesitation when he heard the words, but since the other party's father was stationed in Norway during World War II, it doesn't sound like there will be too much danger. For Wei Ran, who bought an SVT40 semi-automatic rifle to replenish ammunition, it was a good choice.

"Ten thousand euros"

Noah on the other end of the phone said proactively, "As long as you are willing to come to Germany to meet me, even if you just give me some constructive advice on where to find him, you can get a consulting fee of [-] euros. Before I die, help me find my father, and the consultation fee you will get will be [-] euros."

Hearing this, Wei Ran glanced at Ralph who was sitting opposite, hesitated for a moment and said decisively, "Whether it's [-] Euros or [-] Euros, I just want cash."

"Deal!" Noah on the other end of the phone replied bluntly, "Mr. Victor, I am waiting for your presence in Nuremberg at any time."

(End of this chapter)