War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 420 An Uneasy Employee and a Worried Boss
On the evening of the last day in April, Wei Ran drove Jima's car back to the shore of Kaban Lake slowly.

From a long distance, he saw his off-road vehicle and the quarter horse leaning on the hood of the vehicle and waving at him.

"Look at you smiling, did you achieve your goal?" Wei Ran stepped on the brake and asked Jima through the car door.

"Goal? What goal?" Jima asked blankly, obviously forgetting the bold words half a month ago.

"Maya, your Maya." Wei Ran reminded, dumbfounded.

"She has agreed to wait half a month to go to Inta with me." Jima said proudly, "Victor, I will have a formal girlfriend soon."

"What about the informal ones?" Wei Ran teased with a smile.

"Informal, of course." Jima stopped abruptly in the middle of speaking, "Don't frame me, I have never had any informal girlfriends."

"You won't even believe what you say." Wei Ran pushed open the car door and kindly reminded, "Don't underestimate Maya."

I don't know if Ji Ma understood Wei Ran's hint, and this guy neatly got into the cab that the former let out, licked his face and said, "You should remind Maya not to underestimate me."

Watching the guy drive the car away and disappear, Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, opened the door and got into his off-road vehicle.

However, before he started the engine and drove it into the yard, the satellite phone he just took out received a spam text message.

Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately took out the authenticator and logged into the web mailbox. When he clicked on the email sent by Ka Jianka, he immediately frowned.In this email, there are only two photos.

In the first photo, which appears to have been taken in the business class of the plane, only the back of a woman can be seen in the center of the photo.

But the background of the second photo has turned into a huge NASA logo, and in the center of the shot is a woman who looks to be in her fifties, wearing a formal suit and wearing large sunglasses on her face.

Although the face is still not visible in this photo, Wei Ran recognized at a glance that this woman is precisely the Mrs. Amanda who tried to ask him to help investigate the treasure of Xiongdao!
Before he could close the picture he clicked on, the second email was also sent by Kajianka.

In this email, Katenka explained succinctly, "I met her on the flight from Germany to the United States the day before yesterday. When I arrived in Houston, I met her again."

"Is she following you? Or is it just a coincidence?" Wei Ran typed out a string of German and asked.

After a while, Katenka responded, "It should be just a coincidence. On the plane, I vaguely heard her and her colleagues mentioned "NASA" and "new cooperation", but I didn't expect to meet them again just now.

Of course, she and her companions did not notice me.I contacted you just to make sure whether to continue to follow her, if not, I am ready to rush to Dallas to pick up the plane right now. "

After reading the email sent by the other party twice, Wei Ran responded, "That's all about her, don't pay attention to her, don't cause trouble yourself."

"Okay," Katenka responded with a single word.

"How long until they land?" Wei Ran asked while tapping on the screen.

"five hours"

"Do your job well"

After the other party gave a guarantee, Wei Ran frowned after unplugging the authenticator.

It is not a big deal that Katenka met Mrs. Amanda by chance, it can only be regarded as a coincidence at best.What he is really worried about is Katenka. This girl is undoubtedly a good employee, but she is by no means a good employee who is obedient and obedient. This can be seen from the last time she quietly sent Makar's neighbor to prison. .

Of course, on the bright side, it can be considered that Katenka has played a subjective role and actively solved problems for the boss.

But after all, she is not an ordinary company employee in the true sense, and her job is not just a simple copywriting job.

Although since Nikolai "sold" Katenka to himself, he never thought that what Katenka was doing now was the work of an agent or a so-called spy.

But because of his study experience at Hongqi Forest Farm and Katenka's growth experience, Wei Ran subconsciously viewed Katenka according to the values ​​similar to Karp and others.

Just like Karp and the others made an appointment with themselves to start classes at nine o'clock in the morning, but he could only rush to the gate of the main building of Hongqi Forest Farm at exactly nine o'clock.

According to the explanations of those teachers, arriving ten minutes early does not show that you are diligent, on the contrary, it may destroy the entire action plan because of the ten minutes early.

The same is true for Kajianka. To put it simply, what Wei Ran needs is a Kajianka who strictly obeys orders, does not make up his own mind and does not create surprises for himself, rather than an overactive Kajianka.

Of course, it was not a bad thing for her to send Makar's neighbor to prison, but she didn't inform him at all before or after the action, which is obviously unacceptable.

And this is just a success in sending the other party to prison, but what if it fails?What if Katenka accidentally exposes herself?

As the so-called embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an ant's nest, once that happens, I am afraid that not only Kajianka, not only Wei Ran, but even Gorman's wife, children, and grandsons, including Hongqi Forest Farm, will be in danger. will be in trouble.

And this is why Wei Ran never promised to give Ka Jianka a bonus because of the last incident, and he didn't even give verbal praise or even thanks.

But this time, what if Katenka acts on his own initiative again and is going to follow that Amanda?

Don't forget, that's on the territory of the idiot.Don't forget that the results of Katenka's investigation at the beginning indicated that Amanda's partner was definitely not simple.

Thinking of this, Wei Ran couldn't sit still immediately, took out the satellite phone and dialed Karp.

"Are you in trouble?" As soon as the call was connected, Karp asked with a smile, "Or are you planning to come over and continue the class?"

“A little trouble”

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran finally did not mention the existence of Katenka, but asked, "Karp, if I take a flight from Kazan to the United States, will it be dangerous? I plan to see my daughter Friend, she took some tourists to Mr. Gorman's son's farm."

"Since there was no accident last time, there shouldn't be any problems this time," Karp paused, and continued, "Victor, you are just a historian."

Hearing this, Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and said respectfully, "I understand, thank you, Mr. Karp."

"I wish you a good time, remember to buy some toys for Makar's son as gifts for us." After finishing speaking, Karp simply hung up the phone.

Hearing the busy tone from the handset, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and connected to the authenticator again, and sent a letter to Kajianka in a rare command tone, asking her to go to the airport in Dallas and wait for Suisui immediately, and upon receiving the After the other party, he accompanied Sui Sui's email for 24 hours. After the other party responded, he immediately bought a ticket from Kazan to Dallas the next morning.

Although his plan to take a good rest for a few days fell through, for the sake of his own life and the safety of everyone around him, Wei Ran had to pull himself together.

In the blink of an eye the next morning, before the sun jumped out of the horizon, he drove his car to Kazan Airport and boarded the plane to Dallas, USA early.

After two long connecting flights in Moscow and Los Angeles, he notified Katenka to pick him up by the way. When the plane landed at Dallas Airport, it was already ten o'clock in the evening local time.And Kajianka, who got the news in advance, has already been waiting at the airport for a long time.

"I thought you weren't coming?" Katenka, who wore colorful dreadlocks, teased with a smile, "Worried about your girlfriend?"

Too lazy to explain to the other party, Wei Ran looked at the time on his phone with a tired face and asked, "Where are they?"

“Already back to the hotel”

Katenka explained like a professional tour guide, "During the day, we only went to see a performance at the Dallas Theater, and now we all go back to the hotel to catch the jet lag. We will go there early tomorrow morning."

"Find a quiet place" Wei Ran said without waiting for the other party to finish speaking.

"follow me"

Kajianka mistakenly thought that Wei Ran had something important to do, and immediately took him to drive away from the airport, and drove the car straight to a road next to the wasteland before stopping.

The two pushed the cars towards the front of the car for a distance of about tens of meters, and then Kajianka couldn't wait to ask, "Boss, are you going to do something to that Amanda?"

"Are you ready?" Wei Ran asked noncommittally.

Hearing this, Katenka's face showed excitement, and he said faster, "I wrote down the license plate number of the car she was traveling in, and also the name of the hotel she stayed in, as long as we move quickly."

"But as I said, that's all about her."

Wei Ran interrupted what the other party hadn't finished speaking, and said seriously in Russian, "I said it before I got on the plane, and this matter is over, and you have clearly responded to my words in the email at that time. In addition, I came here this time to remind you.

Comrade Katenka, this is the end of anything related to Mrs. Amanda. There is no need to continue to investigate, and there is no need to continue to pay attention. Even if she plans to blow up the sun, it has nothing to do with us.Need I be more specific, or say it in German? "

Listening to Wei Ran's intentional replacement of Russian and the word "comrade" with an accentuated tone, Katenka shivered subconsciously, and a trace of panic appeared on that pretty face.

After a while, Katenka took a deep breath and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, boss, and what happened to Makar's neighbor last time. I'm sorry, there will be no next time."

Sighing secretly, this girl is really smart enough, and Wei Ran also heaved a sigh of relief, leaning on the road guardrail, switching back to the German they used to communicate, and said, "Katenka, I believe that Ms. Karenina must have taught you the most I also believe that you have not forgotten any of the basic rules of the game, but I also hope that you can strictly abide by the rules of the game. This is about your safety, my safety, and the safety of more people you have never met."

"Will the people above know?" Katenka asked in a panic.

The people above?What is the person above?
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, and then said with a normal expression, "At least I don't know these two times, but I can't guarantee it next time."

Hearing this, Katenka was obviously relieved, "Boss, there will be no next time, absolutely no next time."

"Okay, let's go back to the hotel." Wei Ran simply turned around and walked in the direction of the car.

"here you are"

Kajianka had been prepared and took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Wei Ran, "The key card for Aurora's room, of course, she doesn't know, besides, I will help you in the trunk A bouquet of flowers was prepared for her, and a gift for Makar's son was also bought."

Hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head dumbfoundingly, "For the sake of helping me prepare flowers and gifts, let's pretend that the previous incident never happened."

"Thank you boss!" Katenka ran into the car with a smile on his face before he finished speaking.

(End of this chapter)