War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 652 An unexpected harvest in the workshop
During more than a week in Kirov, Wei Ran took some pictures with almost all types of film cameras in Leva’s camera shop. The content of the shooting was also at Leva’s request, covering various light intensities Angle conditions, but also take into account the composition and other aspects as much as possible.

Although there were less than ten pictures that Leva thought were pretty good, Wei Ran was extremely satisfied.

After all, his original intention was to learn how to operate and use various film cameras. This goal has been successfully achieved in this week. As for the remaining composition skills and so on, it is completely unplanned, so there is What can't be satisfied?
On the other hand, although Leva finally accepted the expensive camera that Wei Ran gave him as a gift, he also rejected the consumables paid by Wei Ran in the name of a friend.

Even when he was parting, he gave him a set of original close-up lenses that can be used for Rollei SLRs, several filters of various colors, and a lens hood as gifts.

Of course, what was also given to him as a gift were the two group photos in the darkroom on the second floor of the camera store, and the electronic version of the negatives of these two group photos—even though Wei Ran did not win the hunting competition back then.

As a thank you, before parting, Wei Ran used a pressure cooker to make a large pot of pork knuckles for the old guy.

Saying goodbye to this year-end friend who was obsessed with photography, Wei Ran took the flight back to Kazan alone.

When he drove back to the shore of Kaban Lake in the off-road vehicle that already belonged to Jima, he saw that the yard attached to the workshop he bought had been re-enclosed with a new yard wall, and it was close to Dali next door. Ya used the yard where she lived to connect them together completely, except that an extra door was added on the side of the workshop near the lake shore.

Not in a hurry to go home, Wei Ran parked the car on the side of the road, and looked at the construction site full of Chinese faces with great interest.

Today, the roof of the workshop and most of the three-story windows that have been peeled off have been removed. Even the gantry crane in the workshop has been transported outside the workshop and covered with a transparent plastic sheet.

Now, only a four-meter-high concrete wall is left in Nuoda's workshop, and a steel structure that is poured into the concrete wall and extends upwards is seven or eight meters high. Of course, there are The first floor sunken space is also poured out of concrete in the workshop.

At this time, the workers were busy derusting and strengthening the steel structure, and applying layers of protective paint.

“The action is pretty fast”

Wei Ran muttered to himself, but he didn't get out of the car, but drove directly into the yard next door.

When he opened the door and walked into the room, he found that both Sui Sui and Katenka sisters were busy with a laptop.

Even the two little foxes and the puppy Beria, who had grown up again, were lying on the floor with their buttocks pouted, each biting a teething stick.

"What are you busy with?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"In less than half a month, the first batch of tourists will come."

Sui Sui looked at the computer and said, "During the National Day holiday, there were three batches of guests. Although there are less than a hundred of them together, it is enough for us to keep busy."

"Do you need any help from me?" Wei Ran sat down on the sofa, and picked up the Belial puppy who took the initiative to come over.

"If you really want to help, then you can help me as a tour guide." Sui Sui said jokingly.

"Boss, car, we need a car." One of the Katenka sisters whispered.

"Yes yes yes yes!"

Sui Sui patted his forehead, and leaned over to Wei Ran with a flattering expression while holding the notebook, "How about you help us get a car? It's better to have a car with more space."

"My pickup is not good?"

"Your broken car is quite big, but how many people can it hold?"

Sui Sui tapped the keyboard a few times, and after sending out a PPT, he said, "We need a car with a larger interior space, preferably a car that can seat five or six people."

"That's easy, is there anything else?"

“Buying a car is enough”

Sui Sui looked at the two sisters who were busy on the other side of the other table, rubbed their hair again and said, "Anfeya said we'd better get a server, although I don't know what it's useful for, but last time I bought the next door In the workshop, all the information she found was of great help."

"Speaking of this"

Among the Katenka sisters, the one with long hair in a floral dress sat up straight and said, "Boss, a few days ago in the workshop next door, a few people were found on the north and south walls of the part of the sinking part. A sealed room."

"It's right below our yard and the one next door," another short-haired girl in denim overalls took up the conversation.

"If we get a server, we can pick one from those rooms," the one with the long hair paused, "but it needs to be dust-free, which will cost a lot of money."

"Wait a minute" Wei Ran had to call a timeout, and asked helplessly, "Who are you two?"

"Anfeya" the girl with long hair in a long skirt responded bluntly.

"Anfisa" The girl with short hair and denim overalls spread her hands, "I am my sister"

"I'm my younger sister," Anfeiya added, as if saying one word less than the other would be a disadvantage.

"Are there any good things in those rooms?" Wei Ran changed the subject again.

"At present, only some casting molds, some mechanical equipment and a set of power generation equipment have been cleared out, and the rest are nothing."

After Anfisa finished speaking, Anfeya also responded, "Mr. Jima sent a few members of the gang gym to watch those rooms 24 hours a day, and they didn't lose a single screw."

"You can go there and have a look"

Sui Sui, who was intentionally silent just now, picked up the tablet computer on the sofa and handed it to Wei Ran, "Also, these are some renderings sent by the person in charge of the construction, you can choose one to see which one to use. .”

Hearing this, Wei Ran took the tablet and turned it over, got up and walked out while asking, "Do you have any other requirements for the car?"

"There is no requirement," Sui Sui said nonchalantly, "Just be more serious in color, and besides, no Watts bread."

"understood"

Wei Ran gave an OK gesture, and led the dog at his feet, walked through the iron gate between the two courtyards to the workshop where the sky cover was lifted.

His arrival naturally attracted the attention of Jima's younger brothers and the contractor. The contractor who spoke the same local accent as himself was at most about 40 years old. Yuan blew the whistle hanging around his neck.

When the whistle stopped, everyone who was busy on the steel frame above their heads also stopped their hands.And the contractor had already handed a helmet to Wei Ran's side.

"Uncle Li, I didn't bother you, did I?" Wei Ran asked rather flattered.

"It's nothing, just call me Lao Li, it looks young!"

The contractor waved his hand and said with a smile, "I didn't ask everyone to stop to greet you, but because I was worried that the thing in their hands would accidentally fall and hit you. Brother Wei must have come to see what we dug out. Those rooms, right?"

"really"

Wei Ran nodded, greeted the gangsters sent by Ji Ma, and then asked, "Can I go in now?"

"Wait a second"

The contractor surnamed Li signaled Wei Ran to wait at the door of the workshop for a while, until the workers above him quickly descended to the ground along the rope, and then said, "Go in now."

"Your procedures are really strict," Wei Ran couldn't help sighing.

"As long as the customer enters the construction site, all construction workers must stop and return to the ground." The contractor surnamed Li added with a smile, "This is good for everyone."

"makes sense"

Wei Ran didn't delve into this topic, and walked to the center of the workshop under the guidance of the other party.

Although the inside of the workshop is said to have sunk one floor down, in fact this floor is almost four meters deep.

On the contrary, the width of this floor is a bit smaller, so between the ground surface on both sides of the sunken floor and the concrete wall, not only the steel rails of the gantry crane were laid, but also a corridor about three meters wide on each side .

But the last time he came here, the walls on the north and south sides of the sunken floor were not only painted with green dados and white wall paint, but also had many posters with very distinctive characteristics of the times.

But now, the paint on the two walls has been removed, and there are four more entrances and exits with a square of two meters on the north and south walls.

"How did you find out?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"We were going to test the structural strength of the wall to see how much weight the steel frame on it could hold."

Lao Li, the contractor, pointed to the entrances and exits on both sides and said, "As a result, the workers knocked all the way through with a hammer and found that the sound was wrong. We thought it was empty because of the foundation settlement, but we tried to drill a hole and found that there were all is empty."

Old Li paused, motioned the workers next to him to turn on the power, let a high-power lamp illuminate the nearest room, and then continued, "After we broke open, we found that these entrances and exits It was covered by a layer of bricks, and then the rest were discovered one after another."

Pass through this two-meter-square entrance and exit and walk up a few more steps. However, apart from the residual smell of oily sludge in the [-]-square-meter space, as far as the eye can see, there are only a lot of things neatly placed. Large and small casting molds, and a machine that seems to be a lathe.

Continuing to look at one room after another, Wei Ran's face has already shown a sudden look.

There is no difference in the size of these eight rooms. Except for two adjacent rooms that house an oil storage tank and a set of fuel-fired power generation equipment produced in the 80s, the remaining six rooms are all of their own. A variety of molds, and equipment like lathes, milling machines, and boring machines.

Although Wei Ran couldn't see the reason for the machining equipment wrapped in thick sludge, he recognized in one of the rooms that the two sets of molds were used to cast the T-34 tank turret and the T-64 tank turret. [-] tank turrets.No way, it was clearly written in red paint.

After walking around, Lao Li, the contractor, said, "Although these equipments are out of date, I think they are in good condition. Brother Wei, why don't you give them to me as a project payment?"

"Are you interested in these things?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

Old Li smiled honestly, "I have an auto repair shop in Volgograd, maybe it can be used."

Hearing this, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment but shook his head, "Uncle Li, I plan to keep these things for myself. If you are willing to help, you can help me repair them together with the gantry crane outside and wipe them clean. I plan to put them away in the future. They are used as decorations. Of course, the money that should be given must be from you."

"Use this thing as a decoration?" Lao Li looked at Wei Ran with a strange face, four large characters were clearly written on that face-are you sick?
"I bought this workshop just to display things." Wei Ran gave a natural response that made the other party wonder how to continue the conversation.

(End of this chapter)