War Photographer's Notebook

In the night, the tranquility of the sheltered harbor pier in the west of Pinos Island was broken by the roar of the engine, and a small dilapidated fishing boat sailed into the depths of the sea covered with stars.

On the empty pier, Santos, who was sitting in the cab of the pickup truck, lit a cigar slowly and asked, "Are you not satisfied with this partner?"

"Not much interest," said Lazalo, who was sitting in the co-pilot, and lit a cigar as well.

"Why?" Santos asked with great interest.

"The war of public opinion requires a population base, and individual behavior plays little role in the war of public opinion."

Lazalo lowered the car window, looked at the stars outside and said, "And that young man is very cautious. I won't rush to cooperate with him until he reveals enough information to me."

"So you don't like him?" Santos turned slightly, leaning against the car door and asked.

"Just the opposite"

Lazalo gave an unexpected answer, "Although I only chatted with him a few words, I am very optimistic about him. The young man from China has enough ambition, madness and self-confidence in his eyes. If it weren't for him Hiding these emotions deep enough, if he hadn't been reasonable enough in the conversation, I even thought you had sent a new friend to my church."

After a short pause, Lazalo took a big puff of his cigar, and waited until the thick white smoke drifted out of the car window, then he continued in Russian with regret, "Frankly speaking, I am very optimistic about him. But with such a young man If you don’t have enough confidence and self-protection ability, you may risk your life in it.”

Hearing this, Santos smiled, "In this case, my old friend, let's officially predict what that young man wants to do."

"I can't predict"

Lazalo finally turned his head to look at Santos, "If I could predict something, I wouldn't refuse his invitation."

Hearing this, Santos showed a calm smile again, sat up straight and turned the key, and drove the dilapidated pickup truck to the other end of Pinos Island.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon on the third day, and Wei Ran followed Niniel out of the Las Vegas airport.

From a long distance, he saw Anfeiya who came alone to pick up the plane.

"What are Aurora and the others doing?"

Wei Ran politely declined the other party's offer to help him push his luggage, but just took an unopened Huaxia brand mobile phone from her.

"They are participating in the Las Vegas Knife Show. My sister and Tantu are following them, and Ania is also there." An Feiya answered while walking out with Wei Ran and Niel.

"Knife show? Why didn't you go to the casino?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.

"Everyone lost at least a thousand dollars the day we were here"

Anfeya spread her hands, "Sister Aurora and Kou Kou, who are distressed about the money, decided not to waste money on the casino on the spot, so we have visited most of the attractions in Las Vegas these days except the casino. Once again, I also went to experience driving a car at the racing track where Ninel works.”

"How do you feel?" Neil asked slowly.

"Except for the race track, the wedding dresses in Ania's store, and today's knife show, everyone doesn't like this place very much. It's too hot in this damn place. If you live here for a long time, you may get skin cancer."

An Feiya said mercilessly and immediately looked at Wei Ran, "If we hadn't waited for you to come back, we would have left here, and, boss, what's the matter for you to ask me to pick you up alone?"

Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, Niel asked directly, "Get in the car first."

"come with me"

Anfeiya quickened her pace a little, led the two into the parking lot, and got into an inconspicuous black off-road vehicle.

Let Ninel drive the car away from the airport and then out of the city, until a winding river appeared directly in front of him, and then he stepped on the brakes.

Seeing this, Wei Ran and An Feiya pushed the door open and got out of the off-road vehicle in no particular order, walked towards the rear of the vehicle for a distance of tens of meters, and finally stopped under the shadow of an unknown tree on the side of the road.

Looking at the desolate scenery distorted by the high temperature in the distance, Wei Ranlue pondered, and explained in detail the cooperation intentions mentioned by Santos during this trip to Cuba, as well as the changes that may need to be made by the Hela organization. Fan.

At the end, Wei Ran asked, "You and Anfesa are in charge of Hella, so you have the right to make decisions. After you go back, you can discuss this matter with your sister and give me a result as soon as possible."

"no negotiation"

Anfeya was unexpectedly straightforward, "It would be great if the Hella organization could become a hacker organization. In this way, both the Hella organization and the madhouse run by Ninel and the others will be safe when we don't cooperate." would be a perfectly legitimate organization.

In this way, everyone will be much safer, but for Hela, just being online is not enough, we must have offline tentacles. "

"step by step"

Wei Ran withdrew his gaze, "If you have no other concerns, then you can talk to Ninel about the specific cooperation issues. As for the offline tentacles, what do you think of using the name of Succubus Company to develop tentacles?"

"Highly Feasible"

Anfeiya nodded bluntly, and at the same time added, "The succubus itself is also legal."

"Of course, what we will do in the future will be legal business."

Wei Ran smiled when he said this, and asked as he walked back, "Okay, is there anything else?"

"Have"

An Feiya quickly took two steps to catch up with Wei Ran, "Kou Kou is going back to France to prepare for her university life, so she has been asking about the investigation progress of the destroyer captain in the past few days, and she has even prepared It’s time to invite reporters, and after learning about the incident, Carlos’ lawyer even helped Ms. Tantu prepare a speech. Simply put, they hope to finish this matter before Koko University starts.”

"They are in a hurry." Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, "Is there anything else?"

"Attorney Carlos sent someone to send you a non-disclosure agreement that needs to be signed by you. The other party has been waiting for you at the hotel."

Anfeya said as she walked, "Besides, Sister Aurora is going back to Kazan. We have been out and playing for long enough this time. If we don't go back home, our business will be in trouble."

"I will investigate as soon as possible." Wei Ran reluctantly responded, beckoning the other party to get into the off-road vehicle.

"Have you made a decision?" Neil, who was sitting in the driver's seat, asked while controlling the car to turn around.

"We'll talk to their sisters in the future." Wei Ran once again became the hands-off shopkeeper.

"I'll contact you when I think about it," Anfeiya said with her usual expression.

"We have plenty of time"

Ninel seemed to be in no hurry either, he just stepped on the accelerator to increase the speed of the car to the highest speed, and rushed to the door of a bridal dress shop in the urban area.

"Come with me, and I'll have one last talk with you, too."

While talking, Ninel pushed open the glass door of the bridal dress shop, and greeted several young girls in the shop warmly in English.

This bridal shop in a good location covers an area of ​​only about [-] square meters. As far as the eye can see, except for the full-length mirrors and hangers full of various styles of wedding dresses and dresses.

There are also fitting rooms next to each other in this shop, as well as some girls who are busy trying on wedding dresses with their male or female partners, plus sweet-looking white shop assistants in uniform clothes.

Before he had time to take a closer look, Ninel took Wei Ran to the second floor. There was no wedding dress here, but there were different sets arranged in four directions near the wall, which were obviously used for auditions.

Continuing to climb up to the third floor, a particularly spacious living room finally appeared here.However, when Ninel opened a door, there was another living room of almost the same size but with a very simple layout.

"Outside that door is Ania's home, and this is my home, so sit down wherever you want." Before he finished speaking, Ninel had already opened the double-door refrigerator next to the door.

However, Wei Ran, who came with him, was dumbfounded that in this astonishingly large refrigerator, there were all kinds of long and short guns and bullets stored in different categories.

Even in a tray originally used to hold eggs, there are American grenades neatly placed!

And on the shelf inside the cabinet door, there were blackberry phones next to each other, and two big boxes full of calling cards!
Ignoring the sluggish stares behind him, Ninel took out a new phone card and stuffed it into the BlackBerry, then pressed the power button to turn it on, and kicked the refrigerator door naturally.

Immediately afterwards, he took advantage of the time when the phone was turned on to open another refrigerator next to him, took out a can of cold Coke and handed it to Wei Ran.

"You invited me here, probably not to show off your double-door refrigerator, right?" Wei Ran opened the Coke and took a sip, and asked jokingly.

"Of course not." Sitting opposite Wei Ran, Ninel said straightforwardly, "Aunt Santos asked me to transform into a mental hospital."

"You're done with your underground business?" Wei Ran asked casually, he knew about this a long time ago, but the two of them really didn't have time to talk about this topic all the way back.

"Do it, of course." Nie Nie paused, and added, "But I will avoid the United States."

"It's useless if you just avoid the United States." Wei Ran reminded with a smile, "The border between the United States and Canada is not fortified at all. Even if nuclear warheads are transported there, no one will know."

"But I do avoid business in the United States," Ninel said seriously, "Aunt Santos said it would make my life safer."

"I think she's right"

Wei Ran and the other party touched the cans in their hands, "We have an old saying in China that rabbits don't eat grass by the side of their nest. If you decide to be an American rabbit, then it's best not to touch the grass by the side of your nest."

"Well, I'll be a rabbit in the future."

Ninel took a sip of Coca-Cola and said as if making a promise, "It only takes a year at the earliest, and our auto repair shop in the United States will gradually transform into a mental hospital."

"My subordinates and I haven't agreed to cooperate with you yet," Wei Ran, who also took a sip of beer, reminded jokingly.

"That's your business"

Ninel hiccupped nonchalantly, "Even if I don't cooperate with you, I have seen profits and advantages that I hadn't noticed before in the matter of running the lunatic asylum."

"Do you need me to invest some money for you?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"Money is unnecessary"

Ninel glanced at Wei Ran, and made another promise in a serious tone, "I will provide you with the manpower you need in the future as required, and it will not cost the 200 million dollars you have saved with me."

"Free?" Wei Ran looked at the other party in surprise, "What is this?"

"It's free." Ninel nodded, "It can be regarded as mutual help between friends."

"Then I won't be polite." Wei Ran happily accepted the friendship benefits offered by the other party.

"you are welcome"

Ninel showed a simple and honest smile, "Of course, the 200 million US dollars will be used to purchase Internet equipment in the future, so you can't take it away at all. In addition, if the 200 million is not enough, you may need to continue to pay, after all, no matter what After all, I don't have that much spare cash to give every mental patient a tablet."

"no problem"

Wei Ran agreed almost as if expressing his opinion, but in fact he also knew that Ninel would definitely not say these few words to Sister Katenka.

"Okay, that's all I have to say." Ninel pointed to the surroundings, "This place is safe enough, you can use it as a safe house at will."

"I won't be polite if necessary." Wei Ran said and stood up, "Send me to the hotel?"

"You're staying at the hotel across the road"

Ninel also stood up while speaking, opened his double-door refrigerator again, casually took out a Glock pistol from it and asked, "Do you need a self-defense weapon?"

"Forget it, I'm a historian." Wei Ran said as he walked out, "It's been said that I can't shoot at all."

"Aunt Sanders is right." Ninel suddenly smiled, "Working with a civilized person like you really feels safe."

"Thank you. I appreciate the compliment"

Wei Ran opened the door while speaking, "Niel, you will become a civilized person in the future, let me think about it, I guess you may become a psychiatrist."

After finishing speaking, Wei Ran went downstairs alone and walked to the hotel across the road without waiting for the other party's response.And behind him, Niniel, who was hiding behind the curtain, watched Wei Ran walk into the lobby of the hotel and meet Anfeya who was waiting for him, then looked back and sat on the sofa again.

"Psychiatrist?"

Ninel looked at the plastic pistol in his hand, and a particularly simple and honest smile appeared on his face.

"This is your room card. Sister Aurora has been sleeping in the same room as us these days."

In the lounge area of ​​the hotel lobby opposite, Anfeiya ignored the white guy who arrived here yesterday and had been waiting for Wei Ran to come over to sign the non-disclosure agreement, handed over a room card and said in Russian, "Your luggage I have already sent it up just now, and I also bought you a bouquet of flowers for Sister Aurora.

Also, she's still feeling sorry for the $1000+ she lost at the casino recently, so you better be prepared for a little surprise. "

"Thank you, I will prepare a surprise for her."

Wei Ran finally took a look at the non-disclosure agreement in his hand and the name "Victor" signed in Russian, and then handed it to the staff sent by Carlos' lawyer, and took it from Anfeya. room card.

"I'm going to pick them up from the knife show now." After finishing speaking, Anfeiya turned around and walked out of the hotel.

Following the room number on the room card to find the room, when Wei Ran opened the door, he immediately saw the box on the luggage rack, the bouquet on the table and an open safety box.

In this waterproof box filled with shock-absorbing sponge, in addition to the shell case, the glass tube sealing the handle of the ax is also fixed, as well as the canning bottle containing the ax and shredded tobacco.

"Let's talk about it when we go back. I guess it will be a while before school starts."

Wei Ran muttered to himself, turned around and checked the room again, then opened the suitcase, took out the small gift that he had bought in advance and put it on the table, after he took a shower and changed into clean clothes, Sui Ran Sui also just opened the door at the instigation of Anfisa.

"When did you come here?!"

Sui Sui let out an exclamation immediately after seeing Wei Ran who was holding flowers in one hand and a small gift in the other, and then threw herself into Wei Ran's arms without thinking, and said pitifully with grievances, "I I lost more than 1000 dollars in this broken hotel, and I have played so many tables of mahjong since I grew up, and I have never lost so much.”

"only one"

"It's a lot." The expression on Sui Sui's face became more and more painful, "It's quite a lot in RMB."

"Just spend it, I have a more profitable business." Wei Ran also changed the subject without waiting for the other party to finish speaking.

"What kind of business?" Sui Sui immediately became interested, "Have you met someone who took advantage of you again?"

"I didn't meet the big guy, but I met a bastard who discriminated against Asians, so the business was not negotiated, and I lost my phone."

Sitting on the sofa with his arms around him, Wei Ran deliberated for a while and said, "But just now I signed the agreement downstairs from lawyer Carlos, and exchanged the evidence that Anfeya helped find in the case of the illegitimate child snatching the family property. Tens of thousands of dollars came in."

"I know about this. Didn't you still deposit the money with Carlos' lawyer?" Sui Sui looked at Wei Ran puzzled, "So what kind of business are you talking about?"

"The business I'm talking about is related to the Katenka sisters," Wei Ran replied with a smile.

"You don't intend to sell them both, do you?"

Sui Sui asked with a smile, "I heard from Aniya that there are really cases of selling beautiful girls for gambling money in Las Vegas."

"Unfortunately, Captain Sui, this is no longer America in the 17th century. The slave trade is now illegal."

Wei Ran, who was also joking, said, "What's more, the two sisters are beautiful Caucasian girls. If you sell white people, you have to cut off their scalps."

"This is not the America I want"

Sui Sui, who was a playwright, turned around and sat on Wei Ran's lap, hugged his neck and sighed with regret, "I'm going to buy a nest of cotton harvesters to help our grandma grow vegetables."

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more confusing, Wei Ran finally took the initiative to bring it back to the topic, "I will talk about the cotton harvester when I have a chance. Let's talk about the business first. I plan to invest a sum of money in sisters Kajianka."

"And then?" Suho asked curiously.

"How about letting the two sisters take the lead and set up a hacker organization?"

Wei Ran tentatively said, and immediately afterwards, he noticed that Sui Sui was sluggish for a moment, and then showed an excited look like watching the excitement and not thinking it was a big deal.

"Go on," Sui Sui said, bringing the distance between the two closer.

"You have also seen the illegitimate child's robbery of family property this time."

Wei Ran paused, "I didn't participate in the investigation at all, just Kajianka, to be precise, we almost found the illegitimate child only relying on Anfeiya, and the emails I sold to Cinderella in the end were actually To her credit."

"Continue," Sui Sui leaned close to Wei Ran's ear and urged.

"And your business needs her cyber intelligence support"

Wei Ran also reminded the other party, "It's not just you, the rich men I have worked with before, even Mr. Alexander from Volgograd, they certainly don't mind."

"no no no"

Sui Sui bit Wei Ran's ear lightly, "I have no objection to investing money in Kamei to set up a hacker organization, but I don't want to share such an exclusive advantage with anyone.

Well, Kou Kou is an exception, she is our ally, Ninel, Ania and other scumbags, even Aunt Daria and the others are exceptions.In short, I selfishly believe that this hacker organization is only for our own sake. "

"So you agreed?" When Wei Ran asked, he had already hugged the other party.

"It depends on your watch."

Before Sui Sui finished speaking, she was carried into the bedroom, and with an exclamation, she fell lightly on the big soft bed, and looked at the luminous watch with Wei Ran under the quilt.