War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 462

On the second day after arriving in Hawaii, Wei Ran boarded the Time Lapse sightseeing yacht again accompanied by Kajianka.

Even if the other party gave a [-]% discount, it is still not cheap to rent this yacht.

But correspondingly, the services provided by these four old men who enjoyed retirement in advance were indeed worth the price, so Wei Ran took advantage of it with peace of mind.

Although Wei Ran only splashed around in the swimming pool when he was in Hongqi Forest Farm, he also learned how to dive with Karp, so he had a lot of fun this day.

From relatively simple snorkeling, to deep diving where you can almost touch those beautiful corals, and under the guidance of Turner, you can catch fish from the sea by yourself, and even at dusk, the whale that turns into a fountain in the sunset, There is also a seafood feast prepared by the black Dooley for the two of them, all of which have been unanimously praised by Wei Ran and Kajianka, who is eating, drinking, and playing.

It was not until the crescent moon rose into the night sky that Wei Ran and Kajianka waved goodbye to the four handsome old men, left the pier and got into the car.

"Remember to send this photo album back to Makar when you have time, and ask him to send it to the gun shop with other things. Remember not to let him mention us." Wei Ran took it out of his backpack before the other party started the car. bought a photo album in a brown paper bag.

"No problem, I will rush over tomorrow." Kajianka took the paper bag from Wei Ran while speaking.

"And this," Wei Ran said, and took out another file bag from his bag and handed it to the other party.

"What is this?" Katenka subconsciously took the file bag.

Wei Ran smiled and said, "It's hard work for you to come to Hawaii with me, and these days, no matter the air ticket or the hotel, you pay for it, I have to express it."

Hearing this, Katenka unceremoniously opened the file bag, and then raised his eyebrows in surprise.

There are five stacks of euros in this file bag. Based on the thickness and the denomination of the banknote on the top, it is estimated that this stack is worth [-] euros.

The money was nothing to Kajianka, but she could get a bonus of [-] euros just by accompanying her boss to Hawaii, which made her subconsciously think about whether she was implying something behind it.

The first thing she thought of was how Wei Ran bypassed the customs and brought so much cash to Hawaii.

Bring it yourself?That's simply not possible.Whether it was when she picked up the plane in Texas, or when she flew to Hawaii later, she was responsible for all the procedures in the whole process. If Wei Ran really brought so much money, she would have known it a long time ago.

In other words, the money could only be brought over by others for Wei Ran, and handed over to him under his nose.

But if this is the case, it just means that my translation is not necessary at all, and even this trip to Hawaii does not seem to be necessary!

So is he trying to imply to himself that even "katenka" is not necessary for him?Implied that as long as he obeyed orders, even if he just went out for fun, he would be rewarded?
Thinking of this, Katenka's back couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat. She had to consider whether Wei Ran gave her the cash at this time, was it really just a bonus, or was it out of some kind of warning.But no matter how she thinks about it, she can only come to the conclusion that the latter possibility seems to be more likely!

"What do you think?"

Wei Ran, who was also staring at the yacht in the distance just now, saw that Kajianka was in a daze, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand and shaking it in front of her.

Compared with Kajianka, who was frightened by wild thoughts, the reason why Wei Ran gave bonuses to the only employee under him was actually very simple.In fact, he had prepared this bonus in the food box long before he set off from Kazan.

The reason is that although Katenka sent Makar's neighbors to prison without saying hello last time and secretly monitored Amanda, I was really taken aback.

But after all, she also helped, and after she rushed over, she also warned what should be warned, and the other party also recognized the mistake and made a guarantee, so naturally the sweet date had to be arranged immediately.

Although the sweet dates worth [-] euros were indeed so big that he felt a little pained, but Wei Ran knew that if he really paid [-] to [-] euros to send the other party away, it would be better not to give them.

"No, it's nothing! It's just a surprise that you actually gave me a bonus. I was just joking before." Katenka suppressed the fear in his heart, put the hot bonus aside in a hurry, and started After getting in the car, I drove to the hotel where I stayed yesterday.

After watching Wei Ran walk into the room, Kajianka entered his room holding the photo album in one hand and the bag of bonuses in the other. He frantically turned on the computer he had brought, tapped on the keyboard, and shared He kept his own guesses and asked for useful opinions at the same time, so much so that he forgot to follow the agreement with Sui Sui to give the other party all the photos taken today.

Wei Ran, who didn't know that he successfully used the bonus to scare the employees, looked relaxed at this moment. Although the money spent on this trip to the United States was far more than what Sui Sui could earn on this trip, he was still very special. I was so happy that I completely ignored the small problem of how Katenka should bring the cash back.

In addition, I have seen that the descendants of those friends are doing well, even if there is no chance to relieve this burden through Guqin Yaoguang, it has already been relieved a lot at this time.

Taking out the harmonica again, he played the song full of too many memories, and Wei Ran couldn't help humming the lyrics adapted by Will in his heart.

On the morning of the third day after arriving in Hawaii, Wei Ran boarded the flight to Kazan under the escort of Kajianka.

Watching Wei Ran's flight take off smoothly, Kajianka let out a long breath, then took out his mobile phone and notified Suisui of Wei Ran's itinerary in time.

After repeated landings, takeoffs and landings, Wei Ran finally landed safely at Kazan Airport.

When he drove the car back to his house by Lake Kaban, it was no surprise that Gorman, who had received the news in advance, was already waiting for him at the door.

"Why don't you go in?" Wei Ran stepped on the brake and asked.

"How can I get in when the door is locked?" Gorman said angrily with a cigarette in his mouth.

"That broken lock can stop you?" Wei Ran shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and handed the door key to the other party through the car window.

"I'm a civilized person." Gorman took the key, opened the door, opened the door and sat in, making it clear that he could take as few steps as possible.

When Wei Ran stopped the car in front of the door, Gorman said abruptly, "Thank you, Victor."

"What?" Wei Ran looked at the other party in confusion.

"Thank you for letting Makar call me daddy"

Gorman's calm tone was full of undisguised gratitude, "Although the language is in Chinese, Jima said that's what Dad meant. He said that he was tricked by you to call him several times during the Chinese New Year at your house. .”

"Is there such a thing?"

"When you make a video call and let me watch my grandson."

Gorman said dissatisfiedly, "You won't forget, right? This is a very meaningful thing to me, and you actually forgot?"

Wei Ran raised his neck and thought for a while, it seemed that such a thing really happened, it seemed that it was covered by Gorbachev's stupid dog.It's just that he stayed in the battle of Guam for so long that he couldn't remember it for a while.

“There will be many opportunities like that in the future”

Wei Ran said and pushed open the car door, "Gorman, you must not just come to me this time to thank me, right?"

"Thank you just incidentally." Gorman didn't rush on, "I'm here to get a photo of my grandson."

"I sent it to you before, wait for me." Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already opened the door, trotted upstairs and entered the attic on the top floor, turned off the remote monitoring switch, and then went downstairs to signal Gorman helped bring in his luggage.

"I took some photos of them with an old-fashioned film camera, would you like me to develop them for you?" While speaking, Wei Ran opened the laptop, called up the folder storing photos and videos, and handed it to the other party.

"Of course, please hurry up, I will take it away later."

After taking over the computer, Gorman pointed to the coffee cups on the long table, "By the way, make me a pot of coffee, add more milk, no sugar."

"Waiting" Wei Ran, who was pissed off by the long journey, rolled his eyes, and honestly picked up the coffee pot.

After serving Gorman, Wei Ran walked into the darkroom and locked the door, then took out the metal book, and took out the negatives taken during the Battle of Guam from the paper bag on the side of the photo on page 19.Then he took out the film in the Rollei SLR camera.

He is busy developing photos, while Gorman is flipping through the photos and videos taken by Wei Ran one by one. The old face is finally no longer as excited as before. .

By the time he had read all the photos related to the Makar family that Wei Ran had taken during the week at the farm, the former had already finished drying the photos that had been developed, and by the way, matched them with photo frame, and bound an extra copy into a photo album.

Nowadays, as Wei Ran has more and more experience in various battlefields of World War II, the techniques and skills of shooting and developing photos have long been memorized, and this work is naturally done with ease.

Pushing open the door and looking at Gorman who was still staring at the silly video playing on the screen, Wei Ran went up to the third floor with the photos taken in Guam, found a new room, and fixed them Frames of photos hung on the wall one by one.

The only thing that makes him a little regretful is that even at the last moment, the negative of the photo taken with Marshall and others in the bar also does not have his shadow.

In other words, the only thing left of him is the photo on the helmet.Although this was somewhat inexplicably cruel, Wei Ran was extremely satisfied.

"In the future, there will be photos related to the Pacific War here," Wei Ran muttered with his hands on his hips, before returning to the first floor contentedly.

Today, the stories of those friends in Guam and their descendants may have come to a fairly satisfactory conclusion.

But the lonely old man staring at the computer screen in a daze in the lobby on the first floor still had no choice but to hide in the shadows where the sun couldn't reach, and with the help of Wei Ran's camera, he took a sneak peek at his wife and children from a distance.

What is the difference between them that made their families have such completely different life trajectories?
Maybe it's just because behind Marshall and others there is a powerful country that does all kinds of evil.Maybe it's just because Gorman, who can easily kill most people on this planet, has become a rootless duckweed decades ago.
　Try to update one more at night, I will try my best, but don't wait.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)