War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 580

In the early morning of the second day after arriving in Inta, the four uncles immediately took their apprentices and nephews, as well as twenty or so Inta helpers, to start making mud bricks and planks in full swing after having breakfast.

Wei Ran and Sui Sui were not idle either. After confirming that the four uncles could barely communicate with the apprentices by gestures even without an interpreter, the two of them, accompanied by Alili and Misha, boarded an equipment The An-2 plane with its buoys removed rushed to the abandoned military base on the east side of the Ural Mountains.

"What are we going to do at the military base?" Inside the cabin, Wei Ran asked curiously with the help of a communication headset.

"Work hard!" Sui Sui responded loudly against Wei Ran's ear.

"What's the job?"

"You'll know when we get there!" Sui Sui said with a smug face.

"Why do I feel that you are going to cheat me?"

But this time, Suisui didn't respond to Wei Ran at all, and instead chatted with Misha about topics that had nothing to do with the camp's development.

While Wei Ran was waiting with more and more curiosity, Alili drove the plane to a smooth landing on a sparkling lake, and driven by the propeller, it slowly floated to a small pier on the shore that was obviously built recently. beside.

As the hatch opened, the four patrol members who followed in the cabin were the first to board the pier and secured the plane.

"Victor, you'd better load that antique shotgun of yours before you leave the plane."

Alili kindly reminded the double-barreled shotgun produced by the Tula Arsenal in his hand, "This place is different from the hot spring camp. We will have to travel about two kilometers to reach the military base later. During the period, you might encounter wolves or brown bears."

Wei Ran glanced at the four patrol members with AK rifles on their backs on the pier, and after a little hesitation, he honestly opened the aluminum alloy gun case at his feet, took out the shotguns inside, and stuffed one into each of them. A slug and a buckshot, and then took a hard cowhide bullet belt from Misha and hung it diagonally on his shoulder.

"Aurora, this is yours."

While Misha was speaking, she had already pulled out a Russian IZh-27 double-barreled shotgun, which is the most common in Russia, and a bullet belt of the same type from her gun bag.

"Are we going to go hunting?" Wei Ran asked Chao Suisui curiously.

"Hunting can only take up one third at most"

Sui Suo pushed the double-barreled shotgun away and put it on his shoulders, and tied the bullet belt around his waist, saying, "We have more interesting things than hunting."

Glancing at Misha who was also wearing a bullet belt around his waist, Wei Ran finally decided not to ask any more questions, and left the plane behind Alili who was also holding a shotgun.

Under the escort of the four patrol members with AK rifles, Wei Ran and his team walked towards the abandoned military base along a forest logging road with a width of at most three meters.

Just looking at the buds sprouting from the felled trees along the way, it can be confirmed that this road has definitely appeared recently, and when Wei Ran came here several times in the previous winter, Wei Ran didn't remember the existence of this road at all. The road exists.

Walking silently all the way, when the cement buildings of the abandoned military base appeared in sight, Wei Ran's eyes widened. From a long distance, he saw a big red banner hanging on one of the buildings. !
And on this conspicuous banner, there are a few conspicuous Chinese characters written on it - "Three days of hunger and nine meals of hatching base"!
"What the hell is this for?" Wei Ran asked in confusion.

"This is the second source of income, specially prepared for our hunter staff."

Sui Sui held the loose leather bullet belt on his waist with both hands, and explained triumphantly as he walked, "Our hunter patrol team is usually idle, so we simply drag them here to survive in the wilderness and then shoot a video What, this might be more profitable than the tourist business in the future.”

"Just the kind of video that starves nine meals in three days?" Wei Ran finally understood Suisui's plan.

"more or less"

Sui Sui explained vaguely, "Setting up tents for camping, building wilderness shelters, building houses, hunting, fishing, explaining firearms, tanning furs, making various handicrafts, and even flying airplanes. It's a natural craft for those hunters and Arily."

As if he had guessed what Wei Ran wanted to ask next, Sui Sui took Misha's arm and said, "Do you still remember the person who Misha led the team to your film studio for further study in winter?"

"Remember, what's the matter?" Wei Ran asked without knowing why.

"Their shooting training is over and they are back"

Sui Sui pointed to the building that was getting closer and said, "Those people's first job is to cooperate with the hunters. Our hunters are in charge of acting, and they are in charge of finding angles for shooting. After shooting, they will send it to the studio , There are professional people over there who are responsible for editing and producing subtitles in Russian, Chinese and English, and use different accounts to put them on different platforms.”

Sui Sui paused, and continued, "For all video and future advertising revenue, hunters and photographers each get [-]%, and camps get [-]%."

"Only [-]%?" Wei Ran looked at Sui Sui who seemed to be glowing all over his body strangely, "This is not like you."

“Already a lot”

Sui Sui said proudly, "All videos will have a 20-second introduction about our hot spring camp at the beginning, which is much more cost-effective than advertising. Moreover, the shooting equipment is provided by the studio. Besides, the studio is originally a The major shareholders of these two camps, they don’t want to make money, what can I do?”

"Then we are?"

"Of course I'm here to experience what it's like to be an Internet celebrity, and I'm here to go hunting." Before Sui Sui finished speaking, she closed the loaded shotgun with a "crack".

"Hungry for nine meals in three days, you're still full." Wei Ran muttered.

"It was originally intended for those who are full and supportive"

Sui Sui said as a matter of course, "Maybe we will organize small-scale wilderness survival competitions among tourists in the future. In short, this is the best way to advertise that I can think of."

Having said that, everyone has already walked to the open space for taking off and landing planes in winter.However, even though it was infinitely close to the Arctic Circle, the weather in August still made this clearing so muddy that there was almost no place to set foot.

However, it was also at the edge of this open space that not only were various target positions placed, but there were also several frisbee launchers that looked very old.

"Try?" Ariri turned on the switch of a transmitter while asking.

After waiting for a while, two ceramic frisbees were thrown into the air, and Wei Ran immediately raised the old-fashioned shotgun in his hand and pulled the trigger.

After two slightly spaced shots, one of the frisbees exploded in mid-air, but the other flew into the forest at the edge of the clearing.

It is enough to be able to hit a piece of Wei Ran. After all, the two bullets in the shotgun in his hand contain a slug. It is not so easy to hit a frisbee with a slug. things.

"Your marksmanship is not good"

Sui Sui taunted Wei Ran, and when the launcher threw two frisbees again, he immediately raised his gun and fired two shots.

Seeing the two Frisbees flying farther and farther away, Wei Ran immediately gave Sui Sui a thumbs-up and teased, "Your marksmanship is good, so you knocked down two mosquitoes so big."

"Get out" Sui Sui rolled her eyes, broke off the shotgun angrily and put it on her shoulder again.

After Misha and Alili experienced it each with a shotgun, everyone continued to walk towards the main building. Sui Sui was no longer interested in bickering, and continued to introduce, "This year our main energy and investment are all on It is a hot spring camp, so it is temporarily used as a shooting base, and when the airport here is repaired next year, we can see the profitability before deciding whether to continue to increase investment."

"Aren't you afraid that those hunters will do it alone?" Wei Ran asked.

"The agreement has been signed, and there is no need to worry about it within five years."

Sui Sui said indifferently, "In five years, there are definitely a lot of videos produced in batches here so that everyone can watch and remember our camp at the same time. At that time, we will have to cut other leeks, even if It doesn't matter if they fly solo."

Wei Ran opened his mouth, and finally decided not to eat carrots and worry about it.Sui Sui's little thing clearly wants to squeeze all the hunters in Inta dry, and then tie them together to work happily in the camp.

They honestly followed the tail of the team into the building they used to avoid the snowstorm. The first thing they saw were boxes of various supplies and different styles of outdoor equipment and clothing. On the wall facing the gate, there is also a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror.

Continue to the second floor. On this floor, there are rooms specially used to charge various shooting equipment, and there are shooting rooms arranged in a log style. Even in a conference room, some local young people in Inta are surrounding Standing at the table, studying the camera position in front of the simulated scene, and the person responsible for explaining to these people is a senior sister from Hongqi Forest Farm!
"Mr. Victor, the historian, do you want to become an Internet celebrity for survival in the wild?" Sui Sui asked in a strange tone after greeting the people inside.

"forget it"

Wei Ran shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he understood that this time Sui Sui insisted on letting him follow, he didn't come here to help translate for the four uncles, and he didn't come here to protect her at all, it's just that this little thing needs someone It's just an audience that shows off its achievements.

"In this case, let's go to the shooting scene to see!"

Sui Sui made a decision on his own, and Alili, who was standing aside, immediately took out a few binoculars from his own bag and distributed them to everyone, while Misha had already taken out a few binoculars from a storage room not far away. I took out several sets of brand new water pants with packaging bags.

(End of this chapter)