"What does this email address mean?" Anfiya asked, shaking the note handed to her.
"If Victor plans to buy that photo album, just send me an email!"
As Luke spoke, he had already turned around and started packing up the tent. At the same time, he kept saying, "You guys came back just in time. If it had been half a day later, we might not have been able to meet. I will fly back to Papua New Guinea tonight to change the situation."
The cost of signing a flight ticket is very expensive.”
Seeing that the conspicuous orange tent was about to be put away, Wei Ran winked at Anfiya, who immediately returned to the car, took out his boss's notebook and connected it to the USB flash drive. After some inspections, Anfiya
, clicked on the photo saved inside, then unplugged the screen and handed it to Wei Ran.
"Ask him and the origin of the traded items"
As Wei Ran spoke, he got into the car with the screen that served as a tablet computer and browsed through it.
The first few reproduced photos recorded a city that seemed to be under bombing. Japanese planes flew over, black smoke evaporated directly below the plane, and running figures covered in flames, as well as some people who were crushed under the
The body beneath the rubble.
Continuing to scroll back, the scenes in the photos changed. In these photos that were not very clear, they recorded disgusting war atrocities!
In these photos, there is a military recruiter showing off his power with a Japanese command sword. At his feet lies a headless corpse, and in his hand is a head that seems to be dripping with blood.
In other photos, there are some skinny soldiers in ragged clothes. Some of them are leaning forward as if they are about to fall at any time. Some of them have had their chests penetrated by bayonets from behind. Some of them are supporting each other and seem to be struggling.
progress,.
Continuing to scroll back, in the new photos, he also saw the corpses on the ground, the muzzle flash of the machine gun when it fired, the aunt's flag hanging under the muzzle, and the faces of people holding weapons.
on, either acting recklessly or with a numb expression.
Press the direction key again, and what pops up is a leather book that looks to be as big as an induction cooker in both size and thickness. As if to prove its size, in this photo, two
Place the stainless steel ruler at 90 degrees.
Compared with the previous slightly blurry photos, this one was taken very clearly, so that he could easily tell from the protrusions on the surface of the leather notebook that it should be made of crocodile skin.
Pressing the arrow keys again, no new photos popped up on the screen. When he tried to copy these photos to his notebook, Wei Ran unexpectedly discovered that copying of these photos was prohibited.
After thinking for a moment, he opened the car door again and walked towards Anfiya and Luke, who were still talking.
"I just asked"
Anfiya said before Wei Ran could speak, "He claims to be a rainforest hiking guide, and those photos were found in the house where his uncle left him."
Hearing this, Wei Ran returned the USB flash drive to the other party and said at the same time, "Ask him if he knows which period of history those photos were taken from."
"Air Raid on Darwin Port"
After listening to Anfiya's translation, Luke immediately replied with great certainty, "My uncle used to live in Darwin Port, and his father used to be a soldier. I guess these must have been taken when Darwin Port was attacked by air raids."
of."
"What about the second half?" Wei Ran asked patiently, waiting for Anfiya to finish her translation.
"Maybe the Battle of Kokoda Trail," Luke said without thinking.
"The second half of the photo cannot be of the Battle of Kokoda Trail"
Wei Ran waited patiently for Anfiya to finish her translation and immediately made a positive judgment, "The recruitment battle was not won. The atrocities in the photos are unlikely to have happened on the Kokoda Trail."
"No matter where it happens"
Luke didn't wait for Anfiya to finish translating, and asked impatiently, "Victor, if you are interested in that photo album, if you want to dig out the secrets behind the photo album, just come up with $100,000 to trade with me.
, my return ticket is the night after tomorrow, you only have so much time to arrange it
Take this money."
"The night after tomorrow?"
Wei Ran smiled after listening to Anfiya's translation, and after thinking for a moment, he said with an embarrassed look, "I can't afford so much money at once, and I don't dare to do this with just some remade photos.
For a transaction, you at least want me to see the real thing.
Finally, if you only have one photo album, it is not worth so much money at all, but if you can take out the corresponding negatives, although the price is relatively expensive, it is not unnecessarily negotiable."
After hearing Anfiya's translation of the first part of this sentence, Luke's face showed disappointment and even despair, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, his face immediately changed.
He showed a look of surprise again.
"I need to contact my family to check," Luke said, suppressing his excitement, "but I want this deal to be completed before I get on the plane."
"Unless you take the photo album and the corresponding negatives with you, even if I can come up with so much money, I won't be able to trade with you."
As he spoke, Wei Ran walked around the dismantled tent and walked towards the gate of the yard while saying, "Also, why did you insist on setting up your tent in front of my house?"
"It looks safe enough here, and it's close enough to you, doesn't it?"
After listening to Anfiya's translation, Luke said matter-of-factly, "And the public information on the Internet can only find that Mr. Victor built a library here, but he can't find you or the library's contact at all.
Way.
Otherwise, I would not come to you in person. To be honest, I spent almost all my savings to buy a round-trip air ticket, so sleeping in a tent is almost my only option."
"Our people seem to have promised to arrange food and accommodation for you before" Anfiya asked before translating.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "That's true"
Luke spread his hands honestly, "But I don't think it's necessary. I'm used to living in tents, and I don't want to accept your gifts before a deal is concluded."
After Anfiya finished translating, Wei Ran thought for a moment and said, "What follows is not a gift, it is just a cost investment that I am willing to bear in order to complete the deal as soon as possible."
After a short pause, he turned around and said, "Tell Mr. Luke that he can choose to continue setting up a tent here, or he can choose to stay in the hotel we arranged.
I can even help him buy a new ticket for a later departure. Likewise, he also needs to verify the photo album, negatives, etc. as soon as possible. Of course, the most important thing is, when can he take out the photo album and negatives for trading? . ”
After Anfiya finished translating, Luke shook his head decisively, "I must take a scheduled flight to leave tonight. Secondly, if you are willing to give me your contact information, I will contact you immediately after verifying it.
Finally, if you want to see the actual photo album, you can only go to Darwin Port in northern Australia or Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea."
"Give him his contact information"
Wei Ran snapped his fingers and said with a normal expression, "Give me a message after you verify it, and then I will consider whether to buy the photo album and the corresponding negatives, and find a car to take him to the airport. "
“Good boss”
After Anfiya finished speaking, she translated it in English and gave it to Luke who was busy unpacking the tent. Wei Ran opened the door and walked into the yard, hugged Beria, the dog who had risen by force, and comforted him. Looking at the big guy who kept whimpering.
After the kind-hearted Beria washed his face carefully with saliva, a van with a red and black thorn pattern also drove from the library parking lot next door to the entrance of the alley, pulling up all the luggage in mountaineering bags. Luke, who had all his belongings, roared towards the airport outside the city.
"I can't find the library's contact information on the Internet?" Wei Ran, who had been waiting at the entrance of the courtyard, asked after Anfiya drove the armored pickup truck into the courtyard.
"can be found"
Anfiya opened the car door and replied without hesitation, "Whether it is the Time Library or your Time Studio, no matter the phone number, fax or email, they are all public information that can be found on the Internet. I even Almost a year ago, I also gave time workers separately
Studio and Time Library created the website.”
"There is no way to copy the photos on his USB drive."
While carrying his luggage out of the car, Wei Ran guessed with interest, "This guy named Luke is very cautious. It seems that he doesn't even want me to get the reproduced photos, so he cautiously chose to come here in person. .”
Anfiya nodded, "I'm afraid this guy doesn't stay in the hotel because he doesn't want to leak his identity information. Generally speaking, he is very cautious, but the method he uses is really childish."
"Don't hold your standards to ordinary people," Wei Ran said with a smile, "I have nothing to do here. Those children will trouble you sisters."
"Do not worry"
Anfiya pushed her suitcase to Wei Ran, then carried her notebook and walked to the office in the library next door while saying, "I'm going to work for Sister Aurora. I'll wait until there is news from Mr. Luke." I will tell you later."
"Thanks a lot"
Wei Ran took the other party's luggage and, surrounded by Beria who was having fun around him, walked alone into the cool and comfortable first-floor hall that was blown by the air conditioner.
He casually found a place to put down their luggage. After some thought, he called Professor Alexei in Volgograd and begged him to help him get a collector's-quality pair.
WWII German paratrooper gravity knife.
This trivial matter naturally did not trouble Professor Alexei. The old guy even had no idea at all, so he patted his chest and promised that when he got off work today, he would first borrow a stock from Mr. Alexander's private museum for use.
With this promise from his father-in-law, Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Naturally, this paratrooper knife was a small gift for Jia Ya, the mysterious woman from the Philippine Monkey Kingdom.
Such a knife is naturally not a worthy gift, but Wei Ran also knows that the other party will not value the gift itself, but if he can't even make such a small promise, naturally he can't even think about it.
What a good impression you left on the other party.
Of course, if you want to leave a better impression on the other person, there are better choices for this gift.
Thinking of this, he also got up and walked into the storage room on the first floor with his dog Beria. After locking the door, he took out the food box from the metal book and put the food inside.
The heavy golden statue of Mazu was taken out.
I found a clean towel, dipped it in water and wiped it carefully. Wei Ran also made a new discovery.
In a gap in the waves on the wave-shaped base of this golden statue, there are two additional small characters about the size of a mung bean carved - Chen Qi
Chen Qi? Who is Chen Qi? Wei Ran placed the golden statue on the table, picked up his phone and searched.
"Movie hero? Movie heroine?"
Wei Ran looked at the search results and shook his head. It was obvious that no one would make such an exaggerated gold statue of a character in a movie.
After much deliberation, he couldn't come up with a reliable guess, so he simply placed the Mazu statue on a display stand in the corner and covered it with a clean towel to block the blinding golden light.
He was not curious about the origin of this Mazu statue, but he knew that this thing was a good gift for professional counterparts. When necessary, as long as he gave this cast statue as a gift to Jia Ya, the other party would be very happy.
Probability will not refuse gifts or help.
Having arranged a second gift for the gentle cheongsam woman in advance, he took out his latest gas mask bag, took out the can filled with jasmine seeds, carefully unscrewed it, and put it on the table.
A dozen seeds were poured on a towel that still contained fine sand from Helen Island.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After putting away the gas mask bag and food box, Wei Ran walked out of the room and planted these seeds in the flower bed outside the window, looking forward to the success of these seeds.
One day it successfully sprouted and grew into beautiful white flowers.
At the same time, a solemn burial ceremony was held at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, USA, for Captain Evans, Vice Captain Sterling and Sailor Moose of the USS Johnston, witnessed by many reporters.
Once again, I went through a round of interviews.
Accompanied by the housekeeper Tantu, the French rich woman Kouko patiently waited until the ceremony was over. After everyone left, she took off the black lace gloves on her hands and took a single handbag that Tantu took out from the bag.
A glass test tube the size of an index finger.
When this test tube was still on the destroyer Halsey, Wei Ran gave it to her privately before leaving, and asked her to plant the seeds inside in front of the graves of the three Evans. Naturally, Kou Kou was interested in this little matter.
Won't refuse.
After looking around, she took a small garden shovel that Tantu took out from her bag, and gently dug a gap no more than ten centimeters deep on the lawn next to Captain Evans' tombstone.
I shook out a few round and plump jasmine seeds inside, and then carefully patted them flat with a spatula until no traces were visible.
Following the same pattern, the remaining jasmine seeds were planted next to the tombstones of Sterling and Sailor Moose respectively.
After everything was done, Kou Kou stood up and looked at each other with her butler Tan Tu, silently took the small bag from the other person's hand, stuffed the spatula inside, and put on the black lace gloves again.
Tantu also carefully placed the three maple leaf-shaped glass bottles in his hand among the bouquets crowded in front of the three tombstones.
Finally, the two people looked at each other, took off their hats in unison, and then turned around and left the endless tombstones.
