War Photographer's Notebook

When Wei Ran drove to the medical center with Xiaowei Suisui and Xiaowei's sister Kajianka, Carlos had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"I'm sorry to disturb your play," Carlos said apologetically, "Mr. Capet would like to see you alone."

"Aren't Mr. Love and Ms. Koko here?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

Carlos spread his hands, and explained without answering the question, "I took Mr. Love to do a full set of physical examinations in the morning. Although his physical condition is healthier than Mr. Capet's, it is far worse than mine. In order to ensure that he His health is now undergoing a more comprehensive physical examination accompanied by Miss Kou Kou."

Speaking of this, lawyer Carlos turned his head to look at sisters Sui Sui and Katenka who got out of the car, and said in English, "Sorry, Mr. Dominique only has an appointment with Victor."

"It's okay." Sui Sui quickly waved his hand, "We won't go in, we'll just wait for him here."

Lawyer Carlos nodded, then looked at Wei Ran, switched back to German and said, "Victor, come with me."

"Let's go"

Wei Ran winked at Sui Sui, then followed Carlos up the stairs, and walked into the advanced ward again.

Looking at the door closed by Carlos from the outside, Wei Ran pondered for a moment, and walked behind the old man in the wheelchair.

"Thank you"

I haven't seen you for a few days, and Dominic's voice has become increasingly old, "You did help me find my heir, and he was an heir I didn't expect. Victor, I should have known you earlier. In this way, I and I children, maybe we can spend more time together."

"Happy times always seem extraordinarily short"

Wei Ran put his hand on the armrest behind the wheelchair and said softly, "Looking for your family is actually the motivation for you to live..."

"maybe…"

Dominique looked at the scenery outside the window intently. After a long time, he sighed and said worriedly, "My child and Nadia's child is not much healthier than mine. Years of slaughtering work has caused his lumbar spine and shoulders to rely on pain relief. Medicine can keep him normal, and he has high blood pressure and inherited epilepsy from me, I have even considered letting him inherit my ward."

Wei Ran couldn't help grinning at this little humor. Fortunately, Dominic, who was sitting in a wheelchair, obviously didn't need his opinion, "After I met him yesterday, we decided to let Kou Koo inherit my legacy."

"It's a good choice"

Wei Ran frankly agreed, this is indeed a very sensible choice based on practical considerations, among other things, at least the inheritance tax can be paid less.

After all, that Dominic Loew is now over 70 years old. Neither Wei Ran nor Carlos lawyer, or even Mr. Loew himself, will be optimistic that he can be older than he is now. The dead Mr. Capet lasted longer in this world.

"That is a simple girl who has never seen anything in the world, let alone life experience."

Dominique still looked at the colorful world outside the window, "Before you brought her here, the farthest place she has been to is Paris, and her biggest dream is to buy a latest Fiat sedan.

For this country girl, I fear that the fortune she is about to inherit will ruin the life she has just begun. "

"So you plan to give $5000 to each of the black brothers in the United States to do something big?" Wei Ran asked deliberately with a strong sense of expectation.

This sudden ridicule made Dominic in the wheelchair stunned, and then he laughed happily, "It's really a good proposal. If I don't have an heir, maybe I will really do it. But not now I won't cause such a big trouble for my child."

"It's a pity." Wei Ran sighed pretendingly. "

It's a pity indeed, I was going to do that too. Dominique also sighed, and then asked seriously, "Young man, I want to hire you to do one more thing for me."

"What is it?" Wei Ran asked seriously.

"After I die, bury me and Nadia in the basement of the church in Elk Castle." Dominique said abruptly.

"Let me do this?" Wei Ran looked puzzled at the old man whose back was turned to him from beginning to end.

"There is no one more suitable than you"

Dominic motioned Wei Ran to sit on the sofa opposite him, and continued slowly, "I don't intend to let Nadia's children and I know the existence of that castle, or rather, I don't want anyone to know about that castle." The underground secret. So since you found it, why don't you help me one more time?"

"no problem"

Wei Ran readily agreed, "As long as you can persuade Mr. Love to agree, as long as you don't worry about me stealing the valuable treasure hidden in that castle."

"I will include this in my new will"

Dominic waved his hand indifferently, "And I also believe that you are a young man with a bottom line. Besides, I still have time now, maybe I will change my mind at some point."

Wei Ran spread his hands, took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "You asked me to come here for this matter?"

"Of course not." Dominic smiled, "There is another more important thing."

Before he finished speaking, the old gentleman slowly lifted the blanket on his lap, tremblingly pulled out a check and handed it to Wei Ran, "This is your reward, 300 million US dollars, I'm sorry, because you found my heirs, so I improvised to leave them my coffee plantation and my farm in Ontario."

"It's okay, it's already very good." Wei Ran took the highest commission so far with both hands.

"So you made up a convincing investigation?" Dominique asked with a smile.

"According to the agreement, I will keep the investigation process confidential." Wei Ran gave the answer solemnly while putting away the check.

If it wasn't for pity on the old guy, if he hadn't offered a high enough price, if it wasn't for worrying that he would die at any time and the commission would be wasted, Wei Ran wouldn't have brought Mr. Love and his only little granddaughter, Kou Kou, in such a hurry.

"Then pretend I didn't ask."

Dominic smiled, covered himself with a blanket, and asked without warning, "Young man, are you interested in working for me?"

"What?" Wei Ran looked in astonishment at the old man sitting in the wheelchair opposite.

"I mean, are you interested in working for me?"

Dominic repeated the sentence patiently, and then explained slowly, "I have an Elk Foundation under my name, and I plan to hire a new CEO for this foundation."

"I?"

Seeing that the old guy nodded seriously, Wei Ran asked dumbfoundedly, "Why?"

"Like I just said"

Dominic pinched the oxygen tube at his nostrils, "For Coco, my wealth might ruin her life, so I'm going to let her inherit part of the fixed assets, and hand over the rest of the estate to me. Trusteeship of the foundation.”

"And then?" Wei Ran asked calmly.

"I have hired enough good enough professional managers for the Elk Foundation. The only thing you have to do is to supervise the Elk Foundation to transfer 500 million US dollars from the assets under management into Koko's account every year, and when necessary At this time, it is enough to mobilize the foundation to provide full assistance to Koko and my little Dominic."

"Why me?" Wei Ran became more and more puzzled, "You can ask Carlos lawyer..."

"He will cooperate with you. I have paid his salary in advance for the next 50 years."

Dominic paused, looked at Wei Ran and said, "As for why it is you, the reason is actually very simple."

"What's the reason?" Wei Ran subconsciously asked.

"I like people with secrets"

Dominic gave a different explanation clearly, "From the first time we met, you proved that you are

A bright young man, so you got the job of looking for my heir.

Second, my men have followed you since you arrived in Germany on my private plane, but they lost track of you very quickly, and when you reappeared, it was only a day later.

But in just this day, you took my people directly to Nadia's cemetery and found my son.Frankly speaking, even the CIA in the United States can't do it so fast. "

Seeing Wei Ran's plain face, Dominic smiled and continued, "And I called the store owner of the Jonas and Okan Brothers store, and they didn't remember that anyone asked them about my affairs these days, let alone It can guarantee that no one enters the waterway.”

At this point, Dominique changed the subject and said in a very sober manner, "There are enough reasons. My life experience tells me that young people with such abilities will not be interested in my little wealth.

And I believe that if there is an opportunity to entrust my heirs to the care of someone with such ability, it is the best choice for both my heirs and the assets I left behind. "

"Aren't you worried about what I will do to keep my secret?" Wei Ran asked seriously, looking at the old man sitting opposite.

Dominique is full of confidence, "If you are willing to take over my foundation, it will almost be equivalent to the guardian of my wealth and my heirs. Even if you want to do something for your secret, it is nothing more than that, isn't it?"

"Well, what do I get out of this job?"

Wei Ran changed the subject and asked, communicating with such a sober old man who had obviously put down his life and death, naturally he can and must be more frank.As for the so-called secrets in Dominic's mouth, he didn't care.

Even if it’s breaking the sky, even if the President of the United States came and knelt at his feet and begged him to tell the truth, Anfeya used the Internet to help her find that castle. As for how she found Nadia’s cemetery and her son There is nothing to explain.

To put it bluntly, the only one who is really curious about this matter is Dominic in front of him, but how long can this poor old guy live?
After he passed away, who would care how he helped him find an heir?Lawyer Carlos?Don't be ridiculous, he probably doesn't even know the existence of the castle.

And the reason why Dominic, an old guy, first talked about handing over his affairs to Wei Ran at the beginning of the meeting, probably because of the same reason.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than Dominic, who has a premonition that time is running out, and wants his assets to last forever, so that his son Dominic Love and great-granddaughter Kokolov will have no worries for the rest of their lives.Just like what the old guy said just now, if Wei Ran didn't help him find an heir, before he died, I'm afraid he really wouldn't mind using his inheritance to have some fun for the United States.

"The annual salary is only a symbolic $[-]"

Dominique's conditions interrupted Wei Ran's thoughts, "But you can decide who to invest 10% of the foundation's annual foreign investment, as long as you ensure that the investment does not lose money.

Of course, there are other small benefits. After the person in charge of the foundation arrives, I will let her talk to you in detail. "

"Her?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.

"my lover"

Dominic was very frank at the moment, "Okay, we've had enough conversations, young man, I'm going to rest. I hope that when we meet next time, you will consider whether to work for me."

"I'll think about it carefully." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he simply got up and left the ward.