War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 275 Lessons on intelligence and door-to-door business
Since returning to Hongqi Forest Farm on August 8th, Wei Ran's original half-month course was unilaterally extended to one month by Teacher Daria.At the same time, she also announced that Gorman, the director of Time Film Studio, the new official, will also join the teaching work.

On the other hand, Wei Ran and Ji Ma's courses were completely separated from this month.According to Teacher Dalia's arrangement, the former's learning focus is almost the same as last month, but the various courses have become more in-depth, and an additional intelligence analysis course has been added.

As for Jima, the focus of his courses has been adjusted to the new acting class this month, the etiquette class and makeup class that need to sit in the same classroom with the girls.

Even if you think about it with your ass, you know that Ji Ma not only has no opinion about this, but his enthusiasm for learning has risen in an instant. Even at noon that day, he couldn't wait to gather at a table with his "senior sisters" and start communicating with classmates friendship.

The changes in Hongqi Forest Farm didn't stop there. On the afternoon when they returned to Hongqi Forest Farm, a lot of people lived in the five-story building that was originally dedicated to him and Ji Ma.

Among these people were Anna, a woman in formal attire that Wei Ran had met once in Yakutsk, and some beautiful girls who had studied at the Hongqi Forest Farm and had graduated.

Of course, there was also Gorman, whom he didn't want to see the most.However, this old guy deliberately chose a dormitory next to Wei Ran.

After a long time of preparation and adjustment, in the afternoon, after all the people who lived in the five-story building listed as "Time Film Studio" gathered together and gathered two tables full of wine, Wei Ran also learned something. new information.

In addition to knowing that Gorman was the director of the factory early in the morning, Anna from Yakutsk actually served as the deputy director of the factory.

That’s not to mention, those girls who have studied in Hongqi Forest Farm are not only employees of the studio, but also small shareholders one by one.However, compared with Wei Ran, who holds 20% of the shares, the total shares held by them are less than 10%.

As for who owns the remaining 70% of the shares, I'm afraid only Dalia and the others know.

However, the operation of the studio has nothing to do with him. After the banquet, Wei Ran put all his thoughts on the new course that is about to start, and began to think about what to do for himself this time. live.

In the early morning of the next day, after completing the basic physical training, Jima was taken to the main building to follow Dalia to class, while Wei Ran was taken to the idle corner of the first floor by the newly appointed deputy factory director Anna. In the conference room.

"For the next month, I will be in charge of the intelligence analysis class in the morning every day, and Mr. Gorman or Mr. Karp will be in charge of the intelligence collection class in the afternoon."

While talking, Anna in formal attire pushed a laptop computer that had not been unpacked to Wei Ran, and then pressed the remote control to turn on the projector, "We have met in Yakutsk before, last night We also had a few drinks together, so I can skip introducing myself and get straight to the point?"

Seeing Wei Ran nod honestly, Anna continued, "Since you have no objections, let's start with the simple ones today. Now take a look at this photo and tell me what you saw."

Hearing this, Wei Ran turned to look at the photo on the wall.

This is a selfie of a pretty caucasian girl in a bathing suit.Behind her, there are not only beaches, lighthouses, and yachts, but there is also a shop in the corner where most of the signboard can be seen, but it is a pity that the recruitment seems to be written in English, and Wei Ran can't read it at all. Understand.

After repeating what she saw, Anna continued to ask, "So, where is the photo taken? When was it taken? Can you tell?"

"Probably yes." Wei Ran replied uncertainly, these things were briefly talked about by Dalia when she taught him and Jima last month.

"Tell me what you think." Anna lit a cigarette and said without haste.

Wei Ran looked at the photo for the last time, and then replied, "According to the content on the half of the signboard in the photo and the number of the yacht, search the Internet, and maybe you can determine the approximate location."

"What about the time? When was it filmed?" Anna continued to ask.

"Maybe it can be seen from the plants in the background"

Wei Ran's tone became more and more uncertain. He picked up the speech pen on the table, pointed to the plant in the corner of the photo and said, "As long as you know the species of this plant, check when it blooms, and combine the address you found with the previous information , you can probably know the time when the photo was taken."

"Then the last question." Anna asked in a cloud of mist, "Who is the boyfriend of the girl in the photo?"

"This." Wei Ran didn't expect the other party's question to jump up so fast.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be able to answer, Anna squinted her eyes and exhaled smoke, "In our next intelligence analysis class, let's see how to use this photo to find out the girl's boyfriend.

Now take the computer apart, our course does not require too much professional knowledge of computer operation, but it needs to keep your mind moving, so if your mind is distracted, I will ask Mr. Gorman to come over and give you an hour of information first Collect courses. "

"Don't bother Mr. Gorman, what should we do first?" Wei Ran hurriedly opened the packing box and took out the laptop inside.

"Follow your idea just now, and try to see if you can find out where to shoot."

Anna gave instructions indifferently, and led Wei Ran step by step to find the boyfriend of the girl in the photo.

This sounds troublesome and clueless, but it is actually not difficult to do, and it is not as complicated as Wei Ran imagined.Just with the help of a paid image search engine, under Anna's guidance, he easily found the account that first posted this photo on a certain social platform.

With a social account, the rest is much easier. After looking through some content posted before and after this account, the photo of the girl and her boyfriend in the photo, and the social account used by his boyfriend were also easily found out .

This is not over yet, according to Anna's guidance, Wei Ran also used some content posted on social platforms by the boyfriend of the girl in the photo, and with the help of some strange websites, he successfully found the other party's address, contact number and even number plate.

Seeing that Wei Ran has been aroused by this small success, Anna, who seems to be addicted to cigarettes, pressed the speech pen and called out the second photo.

In this photo, a group of soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms and weapons are sitting around a sandy field and eating heated rations.In this photo, the weapons of these soldiers and the environment behind them have been coded, and it can only be barely judged from the blurry outlines revealed by the mosaic that the opponent is using a weapon similar to a submachine gun, and there seems to be a weapon behind them. building.

But Anna's request to Wei Ran is to find out what kind of mission these soldiers are performing without the help of a search engine.

With the background of the photo just now, Wei Ran, who has already grasped the general routine, briefly analyzed the troops of those soldiers, and after combining the outlines of the weapons they used, the surrounding environment and the garbage abandoned on the sand in the photo, finally gave I came up with my own analysis results - CQB operations, CQB operations in the desert, considering that the opponent is wearing American military uniforms, it is likely to be in the Middle East battlefield.

"Middle East battlefield?"

Anna smiled strangely, controlled the speech pen to shoot a red light beam, pointed to the window glass of a Hummer exposed in the corner of the photo, and reminded, "Use the software I just used to zoom in on this position."

Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately used the software downloaded for half an hour to enlarge the photo on the laptop screen, and then vaguely saw that behind the window of the Hummer, there seemed to be a peaked cap , and on the peaked cap, there seems to be a logo composed of letters, but because of the reflection of the window glass, the logo is not very clear.

According to the method taught by Anna not long ago, Wei Ran used the software to repeatedly adjust the brightness of this area, and finally vaguely distinguished that the logo was four blue letters "IDPA".

"Practical competitive shooting?" Wei Ran was dumbfounded. He knew this sport very well, not to mention, Mr. Alexander on the other side of the Volga River was very keen on this sport.

In other words, this is not a mission at all, and even the people in the photo are not soldiers at all.

"Actually, if you zoom in on the sunglasses on the forehead of the second person on the left, and adjust the contrast of the photo, you can see through the reflection of the sunglasses. On the other side of his lens, in the direction they are facing, there should be many targets and a barbecue. From that alone, combined with the hats in the window, their identities can be deduced."

While Anna was summarizing, she repeatedly pressed the speech pen in her hand, showing all the details that were just mentioned and not mentioned one by one.Then without waiting for Wei Ran to speak, he continued, "However, if you search for pictures on the Internet in the way of searching pictures by pictures, you will get this account number."

Anna manipulated the projector to take a screenshot, "According to the statement on this account, they are indeed doing security work for oil merchants in the Middle East battlefield. So you see, what can really help you is the details. It’s just time for the correct answer. Conversely, it’s the details that can destroy you, and the convenient network can also mislead you.”

"It seems that this class is not as simple as I thought," Wei Ran sighed.

"But more boring than you think"

Anna said and pressed the speech pen again, "Now let's try the third photo, be careful, don't rush, effective information is obtained with care, time and brains, so take your time."

Under Anna's guidance, Wei Ran quickly integrated into this intelligence analysis class, and in the next few days, as the effective information hidden in the photos provided by the former became less and less, the difficulty of analysis also increased geometrically. Scrolling up, even after a week, what he needs to analyze is not only photos, but also some seemingly unrelated messy information.

For example, the surge in electricity consumption and suddenly congested traffic in a certain city, and even the prices of daily necessities that have started to rise, and bridges that have begun to be repaired and maintained, and so on.

If the intelligence analysis in the morning required him to rack his brains and look forward to observing the photos pixel by pixel, then the intelligence gathering class in the afternoon would be much easier and more exciting.

Mr. Karp or Mr. Gorman was in charge of this course. Compared with sitting in the conference room in the morning, the afternoon course was moved to the downtown area of ​​Kazan by the two teachers, and they walked the streets and alleys to collect information about the city. Valuable information, or sneaking into a company to steal a disposable water cup, or helping some cheating scumbag men and women put an end to their apparently happy relationship.

In the midst of tension and busyness, the time of half a month passed by in a flash.On the night when Jima finished his half-month course and rushed to Finland, Teacher Daria also secretly brought back two tightly tied drug dealers for Wei Ran.

It was also from this day that the torture and anti-torture course that brought Wei Ran countless horrific memories a month ago was once again added to the schedule that could not make ends meet.

With the help of these two unlucky people who are not worthy of being pitiful at all, Gorman used the few hours before going to bed every night on the second floor of the basement of the main building to take the reluctant Wei Ran to learn all the things he learned last month. This torture technique has been reviewed, practiced and further studied more comprehensively and thoroughly.

When Gorman, who was half supervising and half guiding, took Wei Ran to endlessly ask the two drug dealers how many times they had talked with their girlfriends and the detailed information about each girlfriend, Xiao Chuang just didn't know what to do. A month later, Time Film Studio also received its first business—shooting a promotional video for a company that a certain girl helped to contact.

At the same time, Herbert, the French archaeologist who had recommended Wei Ran to meet Charlotte, also rushed to the Volgograd studio again with a woman who seemed to be around 50 years old at most.

"Herbert, are you sure this place is still open?" The old woman, who still looked charming, took off her sunglasses and asked while looking at the locked shutter door.

Putting away the mobile phone that still couldn't be dialed, Herbert replied solemnly, "Mrs. Amanda, I assure you, this place is definitely still open, it's just that the person we are looking for is not here."

Mrs. Amanda looked at Herbert suspiciously, and continued to ask in French, "So, when will he come back?"

"I don't know this"

Herbert spread his hands, "But I can guarantee that Mr. Victor will definitely be able to help you. Not only did he find the photo of the flag that the Soviets planted in the Reichstag during World War II, he also helped another client of mine find it not long ago. The treasure of my father's generation, and I heard that the story about that treasure may be made into a movie in the near future."

"All right, all right Herbert"

Mrs. Amanda quickly waved her hand to stop the other party from continuing, "You have already talked about these things from France to Russia, so let's talk about the most important thing, when can I see this Mr. Victor?"

"Forehead"

Herbert spread his hands, "I don't know either."

　Let’s update one first. There may or may not be another chapter tonight. Let’s see how much I can write. It’s late to go home.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)