War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 373 Reporting on Investment Contacts (Updated Two in One)

"Victor, what's the matter?" Sauron looked at Wei Ran strangely and asked.

"It's nothing." After recovering, Wei Ran smiled and shook his head, "I thought Mr. Olaf would be very concerned about this so-called noble blood."

"Victor, it is already the 21st century." Sauron greeted Wei Ran and joked with a smile as he walked out, "Even the skin color of the British royal family may change day and night in the future, who cares about such things now?"

"Day and night change?" Wei Ran didn't react for a moment.

Sauron shrugged, and explained more and more darkly, "I used the wrong word. I don't mean that there may be a black queen in Britain in the future. I'm not a racist. I just want to express that those nobles The old man likes to bask in the sun."

"I understand, you just used the wrong words." Wei Ran echoed, dumbfounded, and followed the other party away from the cemetery.

When they came out of the forest, Olaf and Mr. Hans had already left in the car, not waiting for them at all.

Sauron seemed to be used to this kind of thing for a long time, and he got into a commercial vehicle following with Wei Ran, and returned slowly to the Kraken Tavern.

"I'm going to bury Ms. Mia in that cemetery tomorrow." Sauron asked Wei Ran after getting out of the car, "Are you going to attend her funeral?"

"certainly"

Wei Ran nodded his head as a matter of course, "But after the funeral, I will be leaving, and soon our Chinese New Year will be, which is a very important festival for us."

"Is the Spring Festival right?" Sauron asked, and unexpectedly said "Gong Xi Fa Cai" in out-of-tune Chinese.

Seeing Wei Ran's surprised face, Sauron walked into the tavern and explained with a smile, "I was lucky enough to go to China to participate in a sailing league a few years ago. Although I didn't get any good rankings, I was there. I spent a Spring Festival with the locals and took a few photos with the pandas.”

Speaking of this, Sauron took out his mobile phone and flicked for a while, and found a photo of him standing outside the glass wall, holding sugar cane and opening his mouth, and a panda holding bamboo shoots and opening his mouth inside the glass wall. Wei Ran looked at it, and then said regretfully, "It would be great if this charming little guy didn't protect animals, I will definitely raise one!"

"This idea is very criminal," Wei Ran muttered in Chinese, and changed the subject by using the panda in the photo, and chatted with the other party about his trip to China.

Continue to spend the night in this seaside town. The next morning, the bright sunshine dispelled some of the cold wind blowing from the sea. A hearse was also escorted by the convoy and rushed to Fairfield again. A cemetery outside the village of Mu.

It's only been a day, but the weeds in the deserted cemetery have been cleaned up, and even the torn apart sculpture of the cavalry has been found with all the parts except the head of the cavalry.

Next to Juliet's tombstone, under the witness of Wei Ran, Sauron and his son, a pastor invited from nowhere presided over Mia's funeral.

After the coffin was buried in the earth, Wei Ran, along with Sauron and his son, placed a bouquet of flowers in front of Mia's and Juliet's tombstones, marking the end of this trip to Keir.

Saying goodbye to Sauron and his overly arrogant father, Wei Ran took the train to Hamburg alone, and met Mr. Hans who was waiting here in advance in a cafe with a decent environment.

"How's the harvest?" Mr. Hans asked with a smile after Wei Ran sat down.

"Thanks to you, I made a lot of money." Wei Ran said politely, "Is Mr. Hans looking for me to investigate something?"

"No no no" Mr. Hans waved his hand, "I don't have so many basements worth 30 euros for you to investigate, I came to see you to discuss a business with you."

"Do business with me?" Wei Ran looked at him suspiciously.

"Time Movie Studios"

Mr. Hans said with a smile, "Recently I saw this studio established in Russia on the news, and I saw you in it."

"Do you want to make a movie about the historical truth of the last investigation?" Wei Ran became interested.

"Making a movie?" Mr. Hans was taken aback for a moment, apparently he hadn't thought of this at all.

But soon, the old man waved his hand, "I didn't have this idea before, but you reminded me, but I didn't come here to make movies. Victor, I want to know how to become this Shareholders of movie studios."

"Do you want to invest in Time Film Studio?"

"It's not just me"

Mr. Hans smiled kindly, "Although that arrogant old guy Olaf always has a bad face, he has a good investment vision. At the last auction, we accidentally chatted about this movie Studio, Olaf predicted that it would be a good investment project, so we had this meeting."

"So it was actually Mr. Olaf who wanted to invest in a film studio?"

"You can think so"

Mr. Hans explained with a smile, "He wants to invest in this film studio, but he can't find much information at all. I happen to know you again. So this investigation is just incidental, otherwise Olaf's It is absolutely impossible for a stingy businessman to pay such a high investigation fee."

Without waiting for Wei Ran to open his mouth, Mr. Hans continued frankly, "correspondingly, I helped him find a channel to invest in a film studio, and he helped open my private hospital to Denmark. This is a big deal for the three parties. Nice deal.

Of course, if I could afford it, if Olaf eventually chose to invest in that film studio, I would put some money in it too. "

Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "I will communicate with the director of the film studio about this matter. If he thinks he can accept the investment, how about I contact you again?"

"Of course." Mr. Hans nodded happily.

"I'm curious, why is Mr. Olaf interested in Time Film Studio?" Wei Ran asked the doubts in his heart.

Mr. Hans spread his hands, "I don't know, but I trust Olaf's vision. His investments rarely fail."

"No wonder you're so arrogant." Wei Ran shook his head dumbfoundingly, "Mr. Hans, you can just call me for this kind of thing."

Mr. Hans smiled, "In addition to that arrogant old man Olaf, I also want to introduce a young man to you."

"young people?"

"To me, she is indeed a young man." Mr. Hans smiled, "If you want, I will let her come here now?"

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded without even thinking about it. He would only refuse this kind of contact that came to his door unless he was out of his mind.

Mr. Hans waved to the assistant who had been standing beside him, and the latter immediately walked out of the coffee shop. Not long after, a fat woman in her forties, whose figure was comparable to that of Teacher Dahlia, came in. .

"This is Ms. Diane"

Mr. Hans did not get up while introducing, but waited for Wei Ran to shake hands with the other party and sat down again before continuing, "Diane, introduce yourself."

The fat woman named Diane nodded, handed Wei Ran a business card with both hands, and introduced herself in proficient Russian, "Mr. Victor, I am the executive director of Edelweiss, an organization for the recovery of missing German soldiers from World War II. , I have wanted to get to know you since you discovered the Soviet red flag on the Reichstag."

Organization for missing German soldiers from World War II?You don't go to the Eastern Front to buy corpses, why are you looking for me?

Wei Ran suppressed the doubts in his heart, and politely accepted the business card handed over by the other party.Although he had never heard of the so-called Edelweiss organization, he was no stranger to the organization for the recovery of missing German soldiers from World War II.

This so-called World War II missing German soldier recovery organization, at least in Russia, is actually a collective name for some kind of semi-public welfare organization.However, without exception, the funders behind these organizations with various names are basically rich and even politicians in Germany.

As for the recovery organization, you can tell what it does just by its name. Not to mention, at least half of Russia’s earth-digging parties maintain cooperation with various similar recovery organizations.

As for the content of the cooperation, it is natural to package and sell the remains of German soldiers from World War II to these organizations in exchange for money.As for whether this business of selling dead people is moral, it is not within the scope of consideration at all.

After all, selling the corpses of German soldiers dug up for money can make a considerable income for the earth-digging party. Occasionally, they are lucky enough to dig up mass cemeteries that are not in the existing records. Sorrow may be exaggerated, but at least spending a month drinking and drinking is not a big problem.

At the same time, the remains of those forgotten German soldiers also avoided the fate of exposing their corpses to the wilderness, and the relatives of those missing soldiers who were alive were somewhat comforted.Even those who fund such organizations can gain a wave of prestige through this matter.To put it simply, this is a "dead man's business" for hello, me, and everyone.

Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, Mr. Hans spread his hands, "I'm just helping to introduce you, you can discuss the details yourself."

"Ms. Diane, what do you need from me?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Ms. Diane said straight to the point, "Mr. Victor, I wonder if you would like to cooperate with us?"

"How to cooperate?"

"In order to send more missing soldiers home, we need to have some popularity in Russia." Ms. Diane paused and continued, "So Mr. Victor, we would like to hire you as the honorary investigator of the Edelweiss Organization .”

"What do I need? What can I get?" The other party was so straightforward that Wei Ran didn't bother to beat around the bush and asked the most important question directly.

"You don't have to do anything, you just need to occasionally cooperate with us to do some publicity as an investigator. Correspondingly, after each publicity, you can get a commission."

Diane handed Wei Ran a brochure with both hands, and continued, "Of course, there is a second way of cooperation. During the period after the establishment of the Edelweiss Organization, we have found some people whose identities cannot be confirmed, let alone confirmed. The corpses of unknown soldiers in which battle they participated in, and even the earth-digging party that cooperated with us used the corpses of the Soviet Red Army to fake the corpses of the German soldiers. It happened more than once.

So we will conduct investigations on these unnamed corpses from time to time.If you can participate as an honorary investigator, you can also get a handsome reward. "

"Mr. Victor has the right to actively choose and refuse these two methods, and your publicity plan can only be used after Mr. Victor's written confirmation." Mr. Hans, who had been watching the excitement, was abrupt The mouth reminded.

Ms. Diane froze for a moment, then nodded her head in agreement, "Of course, as Mr. Hans said, no matter what, Mr. Victor can refuse to cooperate with the propaganda or investigation at any time, and every time there is a propaganda, we will Confirm in writing and publicize exactly as planned.”

Looking through the brochure provided by the other party, the recovery organization named Edelweiss was only established for less than two years, and Wei Ran had never heard of any Digging Party team that cooperated with them in Russia.

However, for this little-known Edelweiss organization, the introductions of those people on their list of funders seem to be more and more bluffing.In the subsequent display of results, there were many cases where they returned missing soldiers to living relatives, as well as detailed introductions to the battles this soldier participated in and even the crimes he committed.

Generally speaking, although this Edelweiss organization has only been established recently, at least its attitude is relatively objective, and there are no unhealthy things mixed into it.

"Ms. Diane, I have to think about this matter."

Wei Ran closed the brochure and said cautiously, although it seems to be a good thing at first glance, but Professor Alexey has told him many times before that some recovery organizations have dirty buttocks, and some of them even took Qian's organization, by buying and selling corpses, promotes the rat shit of the restoration of Najib, and every time we talk about this, Professor Alexei will always bring the topic to Ukraine, using those stories that Wei Ran doesn't know the truth and falsehood as examples .

"no problem"

Ms. Diane said happily, "If you have made a decision, you can call me at any time. Mr. Victor, we are looking forward to working with you."

"I'm also looking forward to this." Wei Ran smiled and shook hands with the other party again, and then Mr. Hans excused Wei Ran's flight was about to take off, and took him out of the coffee shop.

"Ms. Diane is the reason why you traveled so far?" Wei Ran asked the old man sitting next to him curiously until the car drove up.

Mr. Hans nodded, and frankly stated the most important reason, "One of the sponsors of this small organization is a friend of mine for many years. It just so happens that he also knows what you did for me last time."

"I will take these two things into consideration." Wei Ran gave an ambiguous answer again.

Mr. Hans nodded, changed the subject in a timely manner and asked, "Where are you going next? If there is no arrangement, do you want to go to Berlin for a few days?"

"Although I really want to go, I have already bought a ticket for tonight."

Wei Ran patted his briefcase and jokingly said, "And the most important thing is that our Chinese New Year is coming soon, and now even if another basement worth 30 euros pops up, I have to go back to spend the holiday with my family first Just do it."

"In that case, I'll take you to the airport."

Mr. Hans patted the back of the driver's seat lightly, and then chatted with great interest about Wei Ran's earlier mention of making his parents' story into a movie. As for investing in a film studio and the snow The matter of the Ronghua organization was never mentioned again.

Taking the other party's ride to the airport, Wei Ran bid farewell to Mr. Hans, walked into the departure hall with not too much luggage, and then dialed Gorman's phone while waiting for boarding. A brief description of Mr. Hans and Mr. Olaf's plans to invest in a film studio.

"Of course there is no problem if someone is willing to invest." Gorman replied without hesitation. "In this way, you can give them my phone number, and let me talk to them about the rest."

"Hang up the phone and I'll send it"

Wei Ran paused, then continued, "In addition, that Mr. Hans' father also has a good story, and it can be seen that he seems very interested in making that story into a movie, so you can chat with him then. .”

"Leave all of this to me." Gorman simply hung up the phone before he finished speaking.

"Hang up the phone in such a hurry, won't you disturb him watching a short movie?"

Wei Ran muttered about this old guy who frightened him, and sent his contact information to Mr. Hans.

After finishing the last thing of this trip to Germany, Wei Ran began to think about the harvest this time. Needless to say, the 20 euros in cash and the 10 euros check that have been put in the food box, with this money, absolutely Enough for him to have a fat year.

In addition, although only a pen was given in the metal book, at least he learned how to ride a horse, so in general, it is not too bad.However, even so, he still blacklisted the battle related to Poland in his heart.

Having nothing to do left and right, Wei Ran put his hand in his pocket as a cover, took out the black pen in the metal book and looked it over carefully, then took out his mobile phone to take a picture of it, and carried out a After some searching, it was finally confirmed that this is a 100N produced by Pelikan, which is considered a very old antique.

"But what's the use of this thing?" Wei Ran muttered to himself, put the cap on the pen, and put it back into the metal book by putting it in his pocket.

Instead of giving him a pen, it would be better to give him the cavalry knife, at least that thing can be used to cut people.What can this pen do?Is it possible to sign the surrender document?

Wei Ran, who was amused by his own imagination, shook his head. If he had the opportunity to sign the surrender form in the future, it would be interesting.

After thinking about it and chatting with Sui Sui through WeChat, after the long wait before take-off, Wei Ran also walked into the boarding gate under the prompt of the broadcast.

When the flight finally landed at Huaxia Capital Airport after many transfers, Anna from Hongqi Forest Farm also boarded the flight to Germany on behalf of Gorman. Mr. Hans and Olaf who were ready to invest with him Sir for an interview.

At the airport pick-up gate full of people, Wei Ran with a tired face hugged Sui Sui who rushed forward, and let this little gadget hang on his body unscrupulously, and gave him a half-minute long kiss.

It wasn't until this little thing got enough of his mouth addiction that he got off his body, Wei Ran then asked with a smile, "Look for a place to eat first or go home first? Or find a hotel first?"

Sui Sui rolled her eyes, pretending she didn't hear the last option that was a bit exciting, she took the former's arm and said as she walked towards the parking lot, "Let's find a place to eat first, we may have to wait for two days to get home. "

"Is something wrong?"

"There is something to do, but it's not something to do with me." Sui Sui hurriedly picked everything up, "Mr. Chen is looking for you."

"Ms. Chen? Which Mr. Chen?" Wei Ran didn't react for a while.

"Chen Guangling, the one who plays the piano." Sui Sui explained concisely, "He said you couldn't get through on the phone, so he called me. It happened the day before yesterday."

"Oh oh oh!"

After reacting, Wei Ran quickly kicked out the image of Mr. Chen who loves to take pictures with the camera, and asked curiously, "Why does he want me?"

"It seems that I want to borrow your 80 yuan to participate in a competition or something."

Sui Sui thought for a while, "Or it's his son. My classmate wants to participate in the competition. He didn't explain the specifics. He just said that if it's convenient for you when you come back, he wants to see you."

"Why is there another borrower?" Wei Ran couldn't help muttering.

"Anyone else borrow from you?" Sui Sui asked curiously.

"Sui Xin, you should know her, right?"

"The one who plays the zither?" Suisui asked while making gestures with both hands to turn the wheelchair, "The Sui Xin whose father runs the supermarket? Isn't she playing the zither? How could I borrow the zither from you?"

"It's a long story"

Wei Ran followed Sui Sui into her toy-like car, and explained the previous things in a simple and unhurried manner.

"So you bought another piano?" Sui Sui grasped the details keenly.

"It's not much worse than the 80 at home." Wei Ran said with a smile, "It's also a leak. It didn't cost much, but I didn't bring it back."

"shit luck"

Sui Sui snorted, stepped on the accelerator and drove the car out of the parking lot, and at the same time kept asking, "Then will you borrow it this time? If not, I will find an excuse to help you refuse him." .”

"His business is not in a hurry"

Wei Ran yawned, "Find a place to eat first, then rest and talk about it tomorrow. My lay down is not at all easier than coming back from the United States."

"Speaking of which, I have good news for you."

Sui Sui's small face showed excitement, "The farm owner Makar sent me a message two days ago, he has already talked with several farmers around who are also flooded with hares and wild boars, when we go in summer , the area that can be hunted will rise from less than 50 acres to 230 acres!"

"So many! Almost five times?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"It's almost five times the size!"

Sui Sui became more and more happy, "You must remember his nasty neighbor, right? According to Makar, that rich man was recently reported for tax evasion, and he sent the evidence directly to the National Taxation Bureau. He's going to jail, and even a lawyer can't help him this time."

"His neighbor has been reported? Or tax evasion?" Wei Ran subconsciously began to wonder if Gorman did this.

"Speaking of which, our luck is really good." Sui Sui re-emphasized gloatingly, "According to Makar, his neighbor is likely to be imprisoned, and he won't be able to get out for a short time."

"Yeah, luck is really good." Wei Ran echoed, "And your luck is also good, almost all the troubles are solved now."

"that is not!"

Sui Sui proudly took out the scratch pad from the instrument panel and shook, "I also feel lucky, so I bought the scratch pad for three days in a row."

"Win?" Wei Ranhun asked indifferently, but he was already thinking about whether he should ask Gorman.

"Of course I won!" Sui Sui said happily, "I won 50 yuan!"

"A lot, how much did you pay for it?"

"Eh..." Sui Sui's complacency immediately turned into frustration, "It took three hundred."

"So it's a loss of two hundred and five?" After Wei Ran finished speaking, he finally stopped holding back his laughter and mocked Sui Sui unscrupulously.

(End of this chapter)