War Photographer's Notebook

"What's wrong?" Carlos asked in fluent German as soon as the phone was connected. "Where are you now?" Wei Ran asked.

"I just passed Pearl Harbor," Carlos said, and then he said "Stop" in English, and then Wei Ran heard the sound of the car door being opened.

"Now we can talk," said Carlos lawyer as he walked down the street to the front bench.

"I have a few questions to ask"

Wei Ran paused for a moment before continuing to ask, "Mr. Carlos, when did you become Mr. Dominique's personal lawyer?"

"1990"

Carlos replied without thinking, "At that time, I had just celebrated my 30th birthday, and in the second month of my birthday, the law firm I worked for closed down, and I also ushered in a new life. Unemployed for the first time in

the year 1990. ． ．Mr. Dominique's uncle has been dead for at least five years. ． ．Wei Ran thought for a moment, then asked following the topic, "Then Mr. Dominique hired you?"

"Indeed it is"

Carlos' tone was full of memories, "But at that time I was not his personal lawyer, but his driver. Then I accidentally discovered that there was a serious legal loophole in an investment contract he was about to sign."

"What happened later?" Wei Ran's inquiry seemed to be more of a curiosity about the past.

"Mr. Dominique then avoided a big loss and I lost my job as a driver."

Carlos paused deliberately when he said this, and then continued, "But on the day I lost my job, I was sent to the Law Center of the University of Houston by Mr. Dominique to start a two-year study. During this period, I still get the $[-] salary offered by Mr. Dominique every month, which was already more than the average wage in the United States at that time.”

"Mr. Dominique is such a nice guy"

"yes"

Carlos said with emotion, "Everything I have now is inseparable from the help of Mr. Dominique. In the summer of 1994, after I finished my studies at the law center, I became Mr. Dominique's personal lawyer."

"So, since 1994, you have been by Mr. Dominique's side?" Wei Ran asked following the topic.

"Of course not. I'm just his personal lawyer, not his personal butler."

Carlos replied with a smile, "In fact, after becoming Mr. Dominique's lawyer, I can only get a basic salary of one thousand dollars a month from him.

But besides this job, Mr. Dominique also helped me introduce a lot of business.Frankly, from 1994 to 2000, I spent more time in court than with my wife.

After I became famous, Mr. Dominique gradually let me take over his legal affairs, and I helped him set up a lawyer team. "

"What time is this?"

Wei Ran interrupted the other party's memory and asked, "I mean, the time when you started helping him build a lawyer team."

"2001" Lawyer Carlos replied without hesitation.

"Since then, have you been by Mr. Dominique's side?" Wei Ran asked the same question again.

"of course not"

Carlos still tried his best to answer, "I'm just his personal lawyer, not his personal butler. Most of the time, I need to go to work in the company."

"So Dominic's butler has been by his side?" Wei Ran asked.

"That's true," Carlos asked in bewilderment, "What's wrong?"

"This involves the content of the investigation, and I can't explain it to you."

Wei Ran, who successfully defeated the magic with magic, continued to ask without a pause, "Mr. Carlos, do you know when Dominique's butler followed him?"

"In 2005," Carlos replied, "when he joined the job, I drafted the employment agreement."

"Before then?" Wei Ran asked again
road. "before that?"

Carlos thought for a while, and said uncertainly, "Mr. Dominique didn't seem to have a housekeeper before that. Later, when he was getting older and began to need someone to take care of him, I suggested that he hire a housekeeper."

"Where's your personal doctor?"

"Private doctors are provided by a medical company, and it is not fixed which doctor." Carlos paused and added, "Mr. Dominique is one of the shareholders of this company."

"Does he not have any lovers?" Wei Ran asked again.

"Victor, is this really related to the investigation?" Carlos couldn't help asking.

"Of course it is," Wei Ran replied righteously.

"He does have some lovers, I can only tell you that some are even female stars you may have heard of. But sorry, I can't tell you who they are."

"It's ok"

Wei Ran decisively changed the subject, "The last question, when did Mr. Dominique start looking for his family?"

"Actually, I only found out about this after I came back from China to visit Mr. Chen Qi."

Carlos explained, "Mr. Dominique was preparing to write a will due to physical reasons. While I was communicating with him, I talked about the story of my father and Mr. Chen Qi. After listening to him, he said that if someone could help find His family will be fine."

"So I was brought here by you?"

"It's not as easy as you think"

There was a hint of helplessness in Carlos' tone, "At the very beginning, Mr. Dominique planned to leave all his property to black people with criminal records in the United States. Each person had [-] dollars, which was enough to tempt a Black people get criminal records in the easiest way.

It took me more than a month to persuade him to dismiss this idea, and then I brought you to Hawaii. "

"Okay, my question is over."

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Wei Ran continued, "Mr. Carlos, please make arrangements. I want to borrow Mr. Dominique's private jet and rush to the Ruhr Industrial Zone in Germany as quickly as possible."

"Are you going to Germany?" Carlos asked in surprise after a while of reaction. "certainly"

Wei Ran replied as a matter of course, "Mr. Carlos, you don't think I can find the descendants of Mr. Dominique's family just by sitting in the room and using my brain? Also, I need Mr. Dominic's full German name. "

"Dominique Capet"

"Hoho! You really are a nobleman."

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he did not forget to blow his whistle. Although there is no "Feng" in this name, the surname "Capet" in Europe is a nobleman who originated from the Frankish Yellow Cavalry.

As for why there is no well-known "Feng" in this name, the reason is actually simple-it has declined.

Let's use another example that anyone in China can understand. The eldest daughter of the Ouyang family in the Cultivation of Immortals Continent should be named after Ouyang Wanying or Ouyang Xinyao.

But the Ouyang family of this wealthy family fell for three to 500 years and then broke the inheritance. Even if there is a daughter, I am afraid that they will just choose a random name such as "Osmanthus Osmanthus" or "Ou Xiaolan" to make do with it.

The reasoning is similar. The Capet nobles who originated from the Zhenghuang Banner of France were exiled to the territory of the Third Reich. This "Capet" can only be regarded as a simple surname.The von, which stands for "from such and such", is naturally not used, and there is no need to use it at all.

"Mr. Dominique never thought he was a nobleman," Carlos explained dumbfoundingly, of course he could hear the ridicule in Wei Ran's whistle.

"I didn't mean to mock Mr. Dominique"

Wei Ran explained seriously, "I mean, this is an important clue, Mr. Carlos, after you arrange your flight to Germany, let someone pick me up as soon as possible."

"Okay, I will arrange it as soon as possible." Carlos agreed dumbfoundedly, and then hung up

The call was redialed.

At the same time, Wei Ran also put away his mobile phone, turned around and walked into Mr. Dominique's bedroom, pried open the safe again, took out the Sauer 38H pistol inside, and put it in the lunch box instead.

Clapping his hands to lock the safe, Wei Ran turned and walked out of the room, standing by the French window, calling Sui Sui and others who were wandering around the plantation to come back.

"What's wrong?" Sui Sui ran back in a panic, and asked Wei Ran, who looked up at Wei Ran on the second floor.

"You guys have fun here for the next few days, I'm going to Germany." Wei Ran said apologetically.

"To Germany? When are you leaving?" Sui Suo asked subconsciously. "Leave after Carlos arranges the flight"

Wei Ran rubbed his hands while talking, "It's two hundred and seven hundred thousand dollars, don't hurry up and find out something, I'm worried that Mr. Dominic can't wait.

"It's okay!" Sui Sui waved her hands carelessly, "Shall we go with you?"

"No, I guess I'll be back soon, and then we'll have fun in Hawaii.

While speaking, Wei Ran raised his finger and pointed to the dog who ran back from a distance with a wooden stick, "I'll just take it with me, this time I may go to the Hurtgen Forest, that's Bailey Yanon helped me.

"That's fine, I'll wait for you here." Sui Sui happily agreed.

"One more thing"

Wei Ran pointed behind him, "I borrowed some things from here, so you have to live here until I come back, as long as you live here, that Mr. Dominique will not come back to live, otherwise let I'm afraid he didn't take kindly to the $700,000 when he found out I had smuggled his collection."

"Leave it to me!" Suo Sui immediately patted her chest and made a promise, "We will definitely live here for a few days!"

"Then leave it to you"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he glanced at Anfeiya who was flipping through her mobile phone without a trace, secretly expecting that the girl would find the castle in the photo before she arrived in Germany.

After all, the dying Mr. Dominique made it clear he wanted to take some secrets to his grave.That being the case, he can only do it himself, and get as many clues as possible before entering the historical fragment.
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