"What did you say?!" Even through the phone, Wei Ran could hear the harsh sound of brakes in Professor Alexei's slightly trembling voice.
"Didn't I ask you to make excuses for me?!" Professor Alexei asked angrily.
"I found it, but my wife doesn't believe it. Anyway, please come back soon, otherwise I'm worried that your knees won't be able to bear it." Wei Ran said happily.
"Shut up!" Professor Alexei cursed in a panic and simply hung up the phone.
Satisfied, Wei Ran put away his phone and walked up the steps to the top of Mamayev Hill. As for Professor Alexei, there was no need to worry at all. When he came back and knelt on the washboard, he probably wouldn't have the energy to look for it.
It's your own trouble.
Walking all the way up the steps, Weiran, who has visited here countless times, felt deeply this time. Perhaps even the Soviet Union’s own historical records are not clear. During the Battle of Stalingrad, in order to recapture this place
On a small plateau with an altitude of only about a hundred meters, how many Soviet soldiers and civilians like Lieutenant Lev and others chose to sacrifice without hesitation.
But this city has gone from more than 800,000 residents before the war to less than 8,000 after the war. Perhaps it can give a tragic enough answer.
After standing at the door of the Fallen Soldiers Memorial Hall for a long time, he finally gave up the futile attempt to find out among the more than 7,000 names of the fallen soldiers whether there were names like Lieutenant Lev and others.
Strolling to the statue of Motherland, Wei Ran placed the sunflower he had been holding on the green lawn. He looked up at the sword in the statue's hand and murmured to himself, "I'll climb Mamayev Hill for you."
...Although it is more than half a century too late."
Fulfilling Lieutenant Lev's last wish, when Wei Ran returned to the studio, a flatbed trailer and a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle were already parked outside the rolling shutter door.
"You are finally back"
After seeing Wei Ran, the visitor immediately opened the car door and stretched out his hand, "We have met before. I am Mr. Alexander's assistant Federer. I received a message from Professor Alexei this morning. He told me that
Has the history of Taiwan’s T-34 been investigated clearly?”
“The investigation is indeed clear”
Wei Ran nodded, declined the other party's cigarette, and said while opening the rolling door, "We also found some key clues. According to the previous agreement..."
"We will buy it at a price that satisfies Professor Alexei." Federer happily said the answer that Weiran wanted to hear most.
"Hold on"
Wei Ran took out the photos developed last night from the darkroom, placed them one by one on the work table, then took out a pair of brand new white gloves from the drawer and handed them to the other party.
This small detail immediately made the other party pay more attention to it. He put on his gloves honestly and then picked up the photo.
"Where did you find this?" Federer asked in surprise as he picked up the photo.
"Polevoy"
"That legendary reporter from the Soviet era?" Wei Ran just mentioned a name, and Federer automatically completed the check, "Is this a photo he took?"
Wei Ran nodded, "To be precise, these are the photos we developed using his negatives."
"Where are the negatives?" Federer asked.
Weiran did not pick up the topic at all, picked up one of the photos and said, "According to our investigation, these people in the photo drove this tank to blow up a German artillery position during the Battle of Stalingrad.
, provided important assistance to the Soviet Union’s combat operation to temporarily recapture Mamayev Heights on September 29, 1942.”
"Have the identities of these Soviet soldiers been found?"
"We found out that the leader is Lieutenant Lev of the 644th Independent Tank Battalion. They were all awarded medals after the war."
As Wei Ran spoke, he took out a piece of white paper from his pocket that was filled with the names of Lieutenant Lev and others as well as the corresponding medal certificate numbers and pushed it over, "As long as they are found based on these medal certificate numbers, it is easy to find them.
combat experience.”
At this point, Wei Ran stopped without warning and just looked at Federer with a smile.
The latter asked again, extremely excited, "I bought all these photos. How much does each one cost?"
Wei Ran gently pushed the photos on the table to Federerli, "There are eight photos in total, packaged and sold. Each... 100,000, 100,000 rubles."
Facing the high price offered by Weiran, Federer smiled disapprovingly and said, "150,000 per picture, but how about selling me the negatives together?"
"We don't have the negatives in our hands. The other party is willing to let us develop these photos, which is the limit. And we can't reveal the other party's identity information to you." Wei Ran first blocked all escape routes, and then knocked again.
Glass tabletop, "so 150,000 rubles per picture, sold in packages, excluding negatives."
"Not 100,000..."
“The price just increased”
Wei Rantian shamelessly interrupted the other party's unfinished words, "According to the previously signed agreement, we are only responsible for finding out the history of this T-34, and the medal numbers of these people in the photos are enough to form a complete chain of evidence.
"
"So?" Federer looked at Wei Ran confused.
"So these works of Mr. Polevoy are sold separately. Professor Alexei will be back in less than two hours. Believe me, if he were here..."
"I bought all eight photos for 150,000 each. As you said, the negatives are not included, but are there electronic versions?" Federer said nervously. He didn't mind paying extra for each photo.
But he definitely doesn’t want to meet Professor Alexei who fell into the money printing machine.
"Yes, of course there is an electronic version. At the same time, don't forget that you also need to pay an additional 500,000 rubles for the investigation fee. As mentioned before, it is a cash transaction."
Wei Ran reminded with a formula-like smile that without the photos he took back, the 500,000 rubles investigation fee and the 500,000 activity funds prepaid by the other party would be all their income.
"certainly"
Federer waved behind him, and the girl in formal wear with big breasts and fat hips immediately put the box she had been carrying on the workbench, opened it, and Wei Ran and Wei Ran each operated a money counting machine to complete the cash delivery of 1.7 million rubles.
Then I put the eight 10-inch photos into the file bag.
Finally, he copied the scanned electronic version of the negatives onto a USB flash drive and handed it to Federer, who immediately called to his men waiting outside the door and took away the tank that had been parked in the studio for more than half a month and disappeared.
Randomly picked up a wad of rubles with the scent of ink and put it to the tip of the pen and smelled it vigorously. Wei Ran had an intoxicated expression on his face. According to what Professor Alexei said last night, the money is all his own.
Satisfied with his money addiction, Wei Ran returned 1.5 million rubles to the safe in his room, then stuffed the remaining 200,000 rubles into his backpack and prepared to go out.
According to the situation I analyzed before going to bed last night, although I can't bring some guns and the like there, I can at least find a place to learn how to use some World War II military equipment, at least not like what happened on the Stalingrad battlefield last time.
The dilemma of not being able to use German military radio.
Moreover, in addition to military equipment, there are also many other things that need to be learned, such as the most important German language, such as life-saving medical self-rescue capabilities, and even one's own physical fitness needs to be improved.
But among all the needs, the first thing that needs to be strengthened is the most basic shooting ability. Although Professor Alexey has taken him hunting every now and then in the past few years, hunting and fighting are completely different things.
But where to learn these things is a problem. First of all, ordinary shooting ranges definitely don’t need to be considered. The help that place can provide is limited, and it can even be said to be a waste of time. But except for the shooting ranges that he often goes to with the professor, he really
He didn't know where else to go. Just as he was worrying, a BMW sedan wrapped in dust had parked in the open space outside the studio.
