War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 392 Diane's Values
In the waiting room of Kazan Airport, Diane saw Wei Ran staring at the satellite map on the tablet computer screen in a daze, wisely she didn't make a sound, but got up silently, and brought two cups of coffee from not far away.

"Thank you" Wei Ran took the coffee and at the same time pulled back his wandering thoughts.

"Did you find anything?" Diane asked with a cup of coffee.

Hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head, "Not yet, we'd better go to the scene to see the details."

"About the commission."

"Let's talk about the commission when I'm sure I can help you."

Wei Ran said in a flat tone that before confirming the commission, he had to see if he could find some valuable clues on the spot.And this also determines whether he will take over the investigation.

Seeing this, Diane no longer continued this topic, but instead talked about Wei Ran's studio and Time Film Studio, which had always made her quite curious.

The time before boarding was passed by chatting. After the broadcast sounded, the two each took a small amount of luggage and lined up to board the flight to Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

Taking advantage of the five-hour long journey, Wei Ran once again put all his energy on the graduation thesis that gave him a headache, and when Diane saw this, she didn't bother her anymore, and instead began to plan how to deepen her relationship with Wei Ran. burning cooperation.

At five o'clock in the afternoon that day, Wei Ran, who was tormented by his graduation thesis, dragged his suitcase, followed Diane out of the airport, boarded an off-road vehicle, and went straight to Liuban, more than [-] kilometers away.

"Mr. Victor's first visit to Belarus?" Diane, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, looked through the rearview mirror curiously at Wei Ran who was sitting in the rear compartment and kept looking at the scenery outside the window.

"the first time"

Wei Ran replied with a smile, "I have always heard that only Belarus still maintains the shadow of the Soviet Union. But it seems that there is not much difference from Russia."

Diane smiled and responded, "I had the same expectation when I first came to Belarus. Although it looks similar to Russia, if you live here for a long time, you will find that it is actually more comfortable than Russia."

Hearing this, Wei Ran finally withdrew his gaze from the window, "So Ms. Diane is very familiar with this place?"

Diane smiled and nodded, "It should be considered familiar. About six years ago, a similar public welfare organization found my great-grandfather here and told our family the battles he participated in during World War II, the medals he won, and Sent back some of the relics found on my great-grandfather."

Having said that, Diane turned her head to look at Wei Ran who was sitting in the back row, and said with a smile, "You would never have imagined that six years ago, I was a stock trader with pretty good grades."

"It's really hard to imagine," Wei Ran said with emotion, and at the same time, he had secretly made up his mind to find a chance to ask Kajianka to help, and carefully check whether what Diane said was true.

"I can't believe it myself"

Diane sat up straight again, "Over the years, I have worked with that organization in Belarus to send many Germans or Soviets who disappeared in the war to find their relatives and descendants, or to rebury them, and to explore the The war they went through. Although this process is difficult, it is more meaningful than those constantly jumping numbers on the stock exchange."

"Where is Edelweiss?" Wei Ran asked abruptly, "What's the matter with Edelweiss? I remember the brochure you showed me before. The Edelweiss organization was established less than two years ago."

Diane sighed and went on to explain, "Edelweiss was founded out of some irreconcilable differences between me and the organization that sent my great-grandfather home."

"How about explaining in detail?" Wei Ran asked with great interest.

Hearing this, Diane turned her head again and asked Wei Ran a question, "Mr. Victor, what angle do you think should be used to look at soldiers who disappeared in the war? It doesn't matter whether they are Germans or Soviets."

"The bottom line of interpreting history is objectivity and truth." Wei Ran simply gave his answer.

"This is the irreconcilable difference between me and the previous organization"

There was a wry smile on Diane's collagen-filled face, "It took me a long time to volunteer in that organization before I realized that they sent my great-grandfather home just because I was a stockbroker with good grades. Traders, and I know quite a few rich men.

Even I wondered whether those so-called relics of my great-grandfather were discovered with his bones.Or was the man buried in the cemetery not my great-grandfather at all? "

Seeing that Wei Ran didn't speak, Diane sighed and continued, "During my years as a volunteer in that organization, I've seen too many times that they used the excuse of comforting the living to put unspeakable pain on those mutilated corpses. Know whose bone it came from, put the same relics that don't know who it belongs to, and then just rely on that oval metal piece, dare to tell the living that it is their ancestor.

If these can still be used as such a poor excuse to comfort the living, how can they explain the crimes committed by the missing soldiers in the war?Let the living only remember the glory of the dead, forgetting or not even knowing the fact that his ancestors were once invaders? "

Wei Ran shook his head and smiled wryly, "I'm afraid this is the reason why the Edelweiss Organization can't develop a situation in Russia?"

"The roots are not in Russia"

There was a trace of fatigue in Diane's tone, "Among those who are willing to support us, there are really too few people who dare to face the facts and expose war crimes.

They are unwilling, or have no courage, or even think that there is no need to tell the living people about the actual acts of aggression and even massacres.Instead, they hope to whitewash how many missing soldiers have been sent home with the money they paid, and then get some ridiculous reputation and votes. There are really too many such people. "

"But what's the point of you doing this?" Wei Ran asked again.

"The meaning of sending those missing soldiers home is not just touching their relatives and descendants"

Diane said very seriously, "Let all living people remember the ugly acts of aggression in the war and prevent such things from happening again. That's the point, isn't it?"

"Although some extreme and idealized"

Spreading his hands, Wei Ran looked at this fat woman who was at least twenty years older than himself and said, "But at least I agree with what you just said, and I also hope that what you do and what you say are highly consistent. "

Hearing this, Diane smiled softly, and did not continue to explain or try to prove anything, but said in a flat tone, "Time will tell."

"Time does tell"

Looking at the rapidly receding scenery outside the window, Wei Ran muttered to himself, but his heart became more and more curious about how much the former was telling the truth.

It took nearly three hours to run the more than [-] kilometers. When the car stopped at the entrance of a hotel with a strong Soviet style in Liuban City, the strange city outside the window was already lit by street lights. .

“Have dinner here and rest for the night”

Diane took the initiative to help Wei Ran open the car door, led him into the hotel and said, "How about we go to the excavation site at eight o'clock tomorrow morning?"

"No problem." Wei Ran said indifferently, "Even if it was earlier."

Hearing this, Diane obviously misunderstood what Wei Ran wanted to express, and hurriedly said, "The excavation site is not too far from our current location, and we won't waste too much time."

"It's okay, it's okay." Wei Ran explained straightforwardly, "I have plenty of time."

Diane smiled and didn't explain anymore. After taking Wei Ran to a sumptuous dinner with local characteristics at the hotel, she even sent him into the room herself.

Through the peephole until Diane left, Wei Ran looked back at the layout of the room, then immediately opened the door and walked towards the safe passage not far away.

He climbed up two floors casually, and checked the safe passage. He immediately took out the authenticator from the food box, and then took out the business card Diane left from his wallet, and took a picture of it. After taking a photo, I sent it to Katenka in Italy by webmail.

Putting the authenticator back into the food box, Wei Ran walked down the stairs slowly and returned to the room, and then began a detailed inspection of the room.

In the blink of an eye the next morning, Wei Ran, who woke up on time under the urging of his biological clock, glanced at the phone screen and saw that Kajianka still hadn't responded, so he took a cold shower unhurriedly, went downstairs and walked along the The deserted street began to jog.

When he arrived here yesterday because it was getting late, he didn't have a clear impression of the city, but at this moment he discovered that it is not so much a city as it is a well-developed agricultural Small towns are more appropriate.

Even in the small town, you can see patches of small but vibrant farmland, which makes the air here extraordinarily fresh.

And to be honest, this was the first time he had visited the work site of the Digging Party up close, which also made him more curious about the itinerary in the near future.

Almost at the same time that he finished his daily physical exercise and walked into the hotel, Katenka also sent an email.Glancing at the familiar spam message on the screen, Wei Ran, who was about to go back to his room, immediately turned around and went into the corridor, and took out the authenticator from the food box again.

After some operations, Wei Ran opened the web mailbox, and Wei Ran glanced roughly at the email sent by Ka Jianka, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.

After downloading the files attached to the mailbox to his mobile phone, Wei Ran simply unplugged the authenticator and threw it into the food box. While taking it back into the metal book, he also turned and left the stairwell.

(End of this chapter)