War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 467 The Fisherman of Three
A few days before returning to Hongqi Forest Farm for class, the yard by the Kaban Lake was transformed into a construction site again, and at the same time, like last time, there were more gangster supervisors with hair of various colors.

Reassuringly handing over the work of building the garage to these people, Wei Ran brought the formal suit that was ordered at a high price in Moscow in the early morning of May 5, and drove to the Hongqi Forest Farm on time.

"I heard that Gorman told you about this month's course content in advance?" Teacher Dalia asked with a smile after Wei Ran got off the car.

"Indeed." Wei Ran honestly sold Gorman, and he would not play tricks with Dalia at this time.

"It's pretty honest." Dalia nodded in satisfaction, "Come with me."

Taking a deep breath, Wei Ran followed Teacher Dalia into the main building step by step.

"Teacher Daria, what's the matter with Jima?"

Wei Ran looked curiously at Ji Ma who was practicing his gait in the dance classroom, "Shouldn't he have finished his lessons for this month yesterday?"

"He stayed here on his own initiative," Dalia said dumbfounded. "He's been very serious recently."

"For that Maya?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"Probably." Teacher Dalia obviously knew some inside information, but at the same time, she obviously didn't want to tell Wei Ran what she knew.

Seeing this, he didn't ask any more questions, and followed the former to the second floor obediently, and got into an office.

It wasn't until the door was closed that Daria said with a smile, "This half-month class should be the easiest but also the hardest since you took classes at Hongqi Forest Farm. Victor, don't let us down."

"What do I need to do?" Wei Ran couldn't help becoming nervous.

Dalia smiled when she heard the words, picked up an itinerary pinned with the ticket from the table and handed it to Wei Ran, "In half a month, just meet with these people separately. Some people may be very enthusiastic about you, but some may not necessarily have a good impression of you, it all depends on your own performance.

But no matter what their attitude is, only with their consent can you go to see the next person.Once you've met them all, your course for the month will be over. "

"That's it?" Wei Ran raised his head and asked.

"that's it"

Dalia reached out and flicked the itinerary that had been handed over to Wei Ran, "Remember to follow the above order. If there is no problem, you can start at any time."

"Let me take a look first." Wei Ran found a chair and sat down, and carefully looked at the itinerary with only one piece of paper.

To put it simply, there are only three people he needs to meet, but these three people are not only located in different places, but also have various occupations.

The first person to meet is located on the shore of Lake Onega in Petrozavodsk. There is no name, no gender, just a phone number, and a "fisherman" occupation.

The second person I want to meet is located in a resort in Sochi, who also has no name or gender, and only has a phone number and a job as a "janitor".

The third person to meet was even more outrageous, and he was located in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. This time, his occupation has also become a "dealer".

Apart from this information, there is nothing else on this itinerary.

Seeing Wei Ran's tangled face, Dalia said with a smile, "Call me when you get close to your destination. If you have nothing else to ask, let's go now. The flight I booked for you is less than two hours away." It took off."

"Are they all shareholders of the studio?" Wei Ran asked before the other party turned around.

"It doesn't matter if they are shareholders or not"

Dalia turned around again, looked at Wei Ran and said, "The important thing is that these people can decide whether you can graduate from Hongqi Forest Farm. Of course, you will not be in any danger this time, so don't worry too much."

"I have nothing to ask." Wei Ran said dryly.

Watching Teacher Dalia leave the office, Wei Ran glanced at the itinerary for the last time, then put it in his pocket, left the main building with the unopened suitcase, drove away from the forest farm alone, and drove straight to The direction of the airport is not too far away.

Although he still doesn't understand Dalia's intention of asking him to meet those three people for the time being, Wei Ran has to admit that the job of running errands is indeed much easier than attending classes at Hongqi Forest Farm.At least you don't have to be urged to jump in the water by rubber bullets, let alone face the silly dog ​​Mr. Gorbachev who seems to be on drugs every day.

With this only consolation and more and more doubts, Wei Ran rushed to the airport on time and boarded the flight to Petrozavodsk, and in the afternoon, more than half an hour earlier than the expected time, he stabilized Landed at a not-so-big airport.

Wei Ran really came to Petrozavodsk for the first time. It is no exaggeration to say that the last time he heard this name was in a professional class in college.

According to Russian historical records, the so-called Petrozavodsk simply means "Peter Factory". The so-called "Peter" must be Peter I, the only one of the two great emperors in Russian history. one.As for the "factory", at first it was just a cannon foundry.

In general, before 1917, this "Peter I's Cannon Foundry" was actually a Maozi version of "Ninggu Tower" for exiled prisoners.

After 1917, because of its unique geographical location, it has been vigorously developed, and at the same time, because it is next to Finland next door, everything here does not look like a city in Russia.But I have to admit that the scenery here is unexpectedly beautiful.

Not to mention the deep blue Lake Onega and the surrounding dense forests, just the various Nordic-style buildings in the city, as well as the direction signs in both Russian and Finnish, and of course, those girls with pale blonde hair who are too white , all of which can give people who are new here the illusion of being in a small Nordic country.

Not in a hurry to meet the fisherman on the itinerary, Wei Ran first chose a hotel with a decent environment to stay in, and tasted all kinds of local river delicacies by the way, before the sun set, and asked all the way After looking for a place to rent a car, he drove back to the hotel where he was staying.

In the early morning of the next day, Wei Ran changed into clothes suitable for activities, and drove early to a fish market recorded on the itinerary.

The area of ​​this aquatic products market by the lake is not small, and the fish sold in it are all caught by local fishermen from Lake Onega. Big whitefish.You don't even have to step out of the market to find vendors who can help cook the fish.

Randomly bought a few skewers of charcoal-grilled perennial fish, Wei Ran ate and searched all the way, and finally saw a wooden sign in front of a not too big stall.

After comparing the mobile phone number on the wooden sign with the itinerary, Wei Ran looked at the old man in front of the booth.

This old man with a fishy smell seems to be about the same age as Gorman and others. The large plastic basins lined up in front of him are filled with strips of perennial fish, and a plastic basket next to him is filled with There are some plastic bags and a strainer, and on another upside-down plastic basket, there is an electronic scale. What is funny is that there is a long-haired big white cat eating fish lying on the weighing pan.

Clearing his throat, Wei Ran squatted opposite the dozing old man, and said through the big plastic basin between the two of them, "That... Dahlia asked me to"

Before he finished speaking, the old man opened his eyes.Glancing at Wei Ran casually, he yawned unhurriedly, and asked listlessly, "Are you Victor?"

"It's me," Wei Ran quickly responded.

"Show me the booth"

The old man stood up, touched the white cat lying on the weighing pan and said, "If someone comes to buy fish, just sell it at the marked price. Remember to keep an eye on Sasha, and don't let this little guy steal fish from other stalls." .”

"I"

Wei Ran opened his mouth, but before he finished speaking, the old man had already tied the white cat's leash to the plastic basket, and then he just left!
"Your uncle. I came all the way to help you sell fish?"

Wei Ran muttered to himself, and finally sat down honestly in the seat where the old thing had just sat and started his fish selling experience.

As for being uncomfortable, that's not enough.As the saying goes, money is hard to make and shit tastes bad, although Wei Ran doesn't know if money is really hard to earn, and shit is really bad to eat.But I know that if I want to learn something, I can't be wronged, so I'd better go home and hide on the kang to be an uncle.

Besides, although the old man didn't even tell him his name, he just asked him to help sell a fish, which was much more comfortable than taking classes at Hongqi Forest Farm.

With a calm mind, Wei Ran became interested, Lu rolled up his sleeves and got ready, stretched out his hand to grab a fish from the basin and teased the big white cat on the weighing pan.

Since it was less than eight o'clock in the morning, Wei Ran never moved again, guarding the small stall patiently.Speaking of which, apart from being more tasteful, this job really does not require any technical content, but because there are too many fish sellers, the sales volume is not very good under the competition.

But even so, by noon, all the fish in those large plastic basins had been sold.

Unfortunately, just when he was thinking about whether to close the stall, the old man who had left in the morning actually brought several big buckets full of perennial fish with a small cart!
"Sell these too"

While the old man was speaking, he also took out a sponge to wipe off the price tag, and wrote a relatively higher price on it again with a marker.

It's not over, is it?
Wei Ran gritted his teeth, opened his mouth and asked, "Can I buy these fish?"

"You want to buy it?"

Seeing that Wei Ran nodded, the old man immediately erased the price he had just written, and re-wrote the price at least doubled, and then simply replied, "Of course!"

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Wei Ran gritted his teeth and asked, even his eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.

"You don't take the initiative to ask, why should I say?"

The old man spread his hands, "Weigh yourself, and I will help you figure out how much you need. Also, for the sake of buying so many fish, I will treat you to dinner tonight."

"Thank you so much!"

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he picked up a strainer and picked up a group of fish and put them in a plastic bag. In the splashing water, he could clearly see the gloating expression on the face of that old thing whose name he didn't even know. .

(End of this chapter)