Chapter 1349: The comrade who came to the door and the missing child
Under the attention of Wei Ran and many girls, the Ural motorcycle with a sidecar stopped steadily in the yard next door. Immediately after, the man on the motorcycle also lifted his legs and got off the car, leisurely.
He took off his helmet and hung it on the rearview mirror, then picked up a huge travel bag from the sidecar.
At the same time, Lola, under Wei Ran's signal, called on Lu Xinda to help muzzle Beria, the dog who was chewing bones.
Before he could finish speaking, Greva put down his glass and stood up after Wei Ran nodded. He walked to the electromagnetic door in the middle of the two courtyards. While greeting him warmly, he swiped his card to open the electromagnetic door and invited him.
Came in.
"Hello, Comrade Victor, I am Channing, Channing Brando, one of Henry Spear's best friends during his lifetime."
Far away, the blond middle-aged white man proactively and enthusiastically extended his hand to Wei Ran and greeted him in proficient French mixed with a Chinese word "comrade" with a particularly standard pronunciation.
"Hello, Channing...Comrade Channing."
Wei Ran shook hands with the other party in a decent manner, "Please sit down. Also, why do you call me comrade?"
"Is there anything bad about this title?"
After Channing finished speaking, without waiting for Wei Ran's response, he raised his left hand and showed off the conspicuous tattoo on the back of his hand.
Gears, sickles, hammers, and a series of capital letters "CPUSA" on the hammer head are all tattoos that cover almost the entire back of the hand and extend from the hammer handle to the wrist.
"Is this reason enough?" Channing said proudly, "I am a party member."
“Of course it’s enough”
Wei Ran nodded immediately after recognizing the tattoo. The other party did have a reason to use the title "comrade". Even though he was not one of them yet, he was an honorable Communist Youth League member.
What's more, Channing, who has a tattoo of the party emblem, claims to be a friend of the late Henry.
Even if it is temporarily impossible to tell whether the above information is true or false, let alone whether the person's intentions are good or evil, at least enough goodwill must be shown on the surface.
Because of this, his attitude became much more enthusiastic, "Please sit down, Comrade Channing. Would you like a glass of fruit wine? It's a gift from Henry's family."
"Thanks"
Chan Ning spoke another word in Chinese before sitting down at the dining table. At the same time, Wei Ran also asked Lola to help him pour half a glass of fruit wine.
Through the wine in the cup, Wei Ran and Chan Ning finally learned about each other's origins after some exchanges.
According to Channing's self-report, his brother was Henry's comrade-in-arms, and both of them participated in the Gulf War in the 1990s. Unfortunately, his brother did not return from the battlefield alive.
This is the first level of relationship between him and Henry. In the second level of relationship, Channing's cousin and Henry were not only college classmates, but also his first wife - the American woman who died on 911.
In a third-level relationship, Channing and Henry also jointly run an antique weapons auction company in the United States.
Not long ago, Henry's 40% stake in the auction company was inherited by Henry's youngest daughter, a girl also named Kate.
In the fourth level of relationship, in addition to being the "cousin" of Henry's youngest daughter Kate, Channing is also her godfather and de facto adoptive father.
According to Channing's explanation, after Henry's first wife was killed, their youngest daughter had not yet been weaned, and Henry alone could not feed the child.
In short, he and his wife raised the girl named Kate until she reached adulthood before returning it to Henry.
"So Comrade Channing is here this time..."
"first"
Channing, who had finished his third glass of fruit wine accompanied by Wei Ran, explained, "First of all, I want to thank you for helping Henry and completing his regret.
To tell you the truth, I only learned of your existence after I accompanied Kate and her brothers and sisters to France to visit the grave of Ms. Vanessa, and chatted with Henry’s second wife Kate.
I have been eager to meet you since then."
Having said this, Channing shook the wine glass in his hand, "And I actually helped deliver these fruit wines to Kazan."
“So that’s how it is”
Wei Ran sighed as if he suddenly realized something, but in fact he was waiting for the other party to continue to tell other real reasons for wanting to see him.
"The second reason why I came to visit you is to hope that you will agree to send one of the military antiques collected by Henry to my auction company for auction.
This was something that Henry had promised me and had already publicized it. The most important thing was that the auction was at the end of May and I had no time to find a replacement.
Frankly speaking, many people are willing to participate in the auction at the end of this month because of that collection."
As if afraid of Wei Ran's rejection, Chan Ning hurriedly said before he spoke, "Of course, as long as you are willing to let the auction item go up for auction, no matter what the final transaction price is, our auction company will not charge any commission.
In short, you can definitely go to an auction in the United States at the end of the month and buy that collectible.
I am willing to bear all transportation costs and travel expenses for you and your accompanying friends.
Victor, how about just pretending to be on vacation in the United States?"
Hearing this, Wei Ran looked at Marta, and while Anfisa was translating the conversation just now for Suisui and others, he asked in Russian, "Marta, please come to those antique weapons that Mr. Alexander brought back."
Where is it?"
"We arrived at the Petersburg port yesterday and prepared for customs declaration."
Marta, who was specifically responsible for keeping an eye on this matter, immediately said, "It is expected to be loaded onto the freight train tomorrow night and will be delivered to Kazan at noon the day after tomorrow at the earliest."
Hearing this, Wei Ran looked at Channing again, explained in French, and then asked curiously, "Channing, I wonder what collection makes you so anxious?"
"a rifle"
Channing said, "To be precise, it's a prototype gun, a Stoner 63A rifle that fires 6mm XM732 steel-cased bullets."
As if talking about a topic he was interested in, Channing took the initiative to explain, "That was not a successful rifle, and the ammunition it used was not successful ammunition. Otherwise, there would not be anything more chaotic than the British royal family today."
AR series rifles and 5.56 NATO series ammunition.
But precisely because of this, that prototype gun is extremely precious and has collectible value."
"In principle I have no objection"
Wei Ran tried his best to make his perfunctory sound more sincere, "But as I said just now, those weapons will not be delivered to Kazan until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, and I am not sure whether the prototype gun you mentioned is in those containers.
So if you can wait and are willing to take a gamble, you might as well wait in Kazan."
"No problem! No problem!"
Channing immediately responded excitedly, but seemed not to hear the uncertainty in his words - "Is the prototype gun in those containers?"
For Weiran, before verifying the identity of Channing who came to the door, let alone whether the gun would appear in the container, whether those containers could reach Kazan was another matter.
After talking about the business, Wei Ran also took advantage of the situation and asked about the small flags on the other party's car.
The answer was surprisingly simple. He borrowed the motorcycle from the CPRF office in Kazan by virtue of his party membership.
Naturally, the three small flags were put up by the person who lent him the car on their own initiative to show friendship and solidarity.
When asked by Wei Ran why he borrowed such a sidecar motorcycle, Channing straightforwardly gave an irrefutable reason: "Of course it's because I like motorcycles."
After a pleasant conversation, they exchanged contact information and agreed to contact him after the military collections arrived in Kazan to look for the prototype gun waiting to be sent for auction. Channing also declined Weiran's offer to arrange a hotel for him.
, drove the motorcycle alone and left the courtyard where the library was located, disappearing from everyone's sight.
Before Wei Ran could ask, Anfiya took the initiative and said, "It has been verified that Channing is indeed a member of CPUSA."
"Thank you." Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already taken out his phone and called Carlos' lawyer.
"Victor, let me guess, you called me because of Mr. Channing Brando... no, should you say Comrade Channing Brando?"
As soon as the call was connected, lawyer Carlos asked uncertainly.
"He just said goodbye and left." Wei Ran tactfully admitted his intention of making this call.
"I know what you want to ask"
Lawyer Carlos took the initiative to introduce, "Comrade Channing was the most trusted person of the late Mr. Henry, but he was also a weirdo."
"Weird?" Wei Ran repeated a key phrase in the other party's words in confusion.
"At least in the eyes of Americans, he is indeed a weirdo."
Although lawyer Carlos said this, there was no sarcasm in his tone, "He openly worships Mao and Castro, opposes war, especially the United States' export of war, and has organized anti-war demonstrations more than once.
Once arrested and investigated.
When Mr. Henry was alive, I accepted Mr. Henry’s employment more than once and used legal channels to get him out of various troubles time and time again.”
"So you're an idealist?"
Wei Ran asked bluntly, such red faith represents patriotism, pragmatism, innovation and hard work in China.
But on the other side of the ocean, in the United States, he can only be an idealist - even though he may also love his motherland deeply.
"At least in the American context, that's true."
Lawyer Carlos agreed with Wei Ran's description, "Isn't a person who wants to transform the United States into socialism an idealist?"
Hearing this, Wei Ran glanced at the Katenka sisters subconsciously, and the latter two's eyes lit up at the same time, and they looked at each other.
Obviously, these three non-staff members with the prefix K have thought of the same thing - this person is suitable for Hela to try to get in touch with, maybe they can accidentally realize that distant dream?
"He wants to take away one of the collections that once belonged to Mr. Henry and send it to the auction." Wei Ran said bluntly.
"It does happen"
Lawyer Carlos also brought the topic back, "I even gave him your address, and he took the initiative to deliver the fruit wine.
As for whether you are willing to comply with Channing's request, Victor, that is your own business, and now the collection is yours."
"All right"
Wei Ran, who had clicked until now and got the answer he wanted, changed the topic again, and the two parties ended the call after chatting about the current situation of Mrs. Kate and Henry's other descendants.
It was only then that Suisui said in amazement, "Only now do I know that there are still our people in the United States!"
"Of course"
Wei Ran said in a joking tone, "Isn't the Golden Retriever Lion King one of ours? I still have a photo of him in military uniform when he took the oath."
"I testify that it is true"
Suisui followed up with a smile and joked about the United States, and then asked, "What's going on with that prototype gun that Comrade Channing wants to send for photos?"
"I don't know about this either," Wei Ran replied frankly. He really didn't know.
After all, he is a historian, but not a collector like Alexander or Henry, let alone Wikipedia.
Thinking of this, he turned to look at Marta, who also took the initiative to tell the truth without waiting for him to ask, "Those collections were sent to Kazan last night, and now they have all been sent to Jima's house.
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This was also Wei Ran's arrangement when he gave this job to Marta. For the sake of his own life, and also to prevent the hair of the metal quill from being worn out, he would not collect those things under any circumstances.
Put the items in your own home.
As for why he sent it to Jima's home, on the surface, he planned to learn from Suisui and use those weapons to invest in a shooting range for Jima and his village, so as to attract people in their village to have a side job.
In fact, it was just to make it easier for him to purchase World War II ammunition in the future. If not, he could have sent those weapons to Hongqi Forest Farm, where there is a ready-made shooting range. Of course, there are also more detailed and strict records of ammunition use and procurement.
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"Come and look for me?" Wei Ran took the initiative to send out an invitation.
"Now?"
Suisui immediately became interested, "While the weather is nice, how about we go camping by the lake at night? Let's go together!"
This time, without waiting for Wei Ran to agree or refuse, the other girls cheered and discussed what to bring with them. They ran into the villa shrouded in the sunset in groups, each going back to his own place.
Room to change clothes.
"Fine"
Wei Ran reluctantly added a meaningless response. Unfortunately, Suisui, who also ignored him, was already busy asking Anfisa to call her other international student employees who did not come to the dinner to go camping together.
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Lao Tzu's last habitat...
Wei Ran twitched the corner of his mouth and watched helplessly as the girls who had changed their clothes quickly picked through various camping equipment in the garage, various ingredients stored at home, and even various cans in the basement.
After loading into the car, I even picked up a few extra large barrels of fruit wine that I had been drinking for most of the day. It was obvious that I had not had enough fun just now and was ready to continue in the evening.
Not only were these playful girls, but even the gangster leader Greva took the lead and greeted his younger brothers, preparing to go to the campsite in advance to deliver some tropical fruits that they had recently flown back, as well as enough to burn.
Burning firewood all night.
When the setting sun was blocked by the buildings in the distance, seven other employees of Suisui also rushed over in a van, and they took over the driving job without hesitation, carrying including Weiran and three pets.
, everyone except the wizard Mrs. Samantha who saw it rushed to Jima's house.
When a group of more than 20 people, three pets, and a dozen gangsters who came to help rushed to Jima's home, Jima's parents had already received the news in advance and turned on the lights in the yard.
After greeting the old couple and giving them gifts brought back from France, Wei Ran looked at the several sealed containers lined up side by side in the yard.
Fortunately, thanks to the detailed filing records when loading the container, there was no need to open it all. With the help of Marta and Lu Xinda, Wei Ran found the container containing the prototype gun.
She personally cut the seal and opened the padlock. When he opened the cabinet door, Suisui immediately called on the girls and the gangsters to rush forward. One by one, they moved all the wooden boxes out of the container.
"Box No. 36"
Marta took the tablet handed over by Lucinda and shouted, "Who has box 36?"
"Me! Here I am!"
A pink-haired gangster immediately waved his hands happily as if he had won the lottery and shouted, "Boss! Here I am! Ouch!"
In the exclamation of the little gangster, Greva slapped him on the back of the head, not lightly or hard, and said dissatisfiedly, "Call sir, Mr. Victor, we are not a damn street gang."
,Don’t use such vulgar names!”
"Yes! Boss! I remember it!"
The pink-haired gangster immediately made a promise, and Greva nodded with satisfaction, "Wait a while and bring a box of dragon fruit to your parents."
"Thank you, boss!" the pink-haired young man immediately shouted gratefully.
Looking at Greva, who didn't feel anything was wrong at all, this tropical fruit merchant who had become prosperous recently waved his hand nonchalantly, took the crowbar handed to him by his subordinates, and rushed to Wei Ran who was speechless and suffocated.
Suisui, who was smiling, came over and pried open the sealed wooden box.
Lifting the wooden cover, Wei Ran slowly put on a pair of rubber gloves, and then took out the only weapon contained in the wooden box.
On the way here, he at least checked the history of this weapon through the Internet.
To put it simply, Stoner 63 and Bandai’s AR15 are half-brothers. The reason why the former failed to replace the AR rifle is not so much a performance issue, but rather the fact that the two guns share the same designer.
There's something wrong with American Little Rock's philosophy and side of things.
After all, although this gun was originally designed to be used as a "Taiwan Balm", but unfortunately, this Tiger Balm is a tiger balm to people who like it, but in the eyes of people who don't like it, it often means nothing.
no.
"Is this gun valuable?" Suisui, who had also put on rubber gloves, asked curiously.
"It's hard to say, but I guess it would be very popular if it could be sent to the United States. They would just like this scorpion shit."
While Wei Ran was guessing, he symbolically checked the bullet chamber full of butter and made sure that there were no bullets inside or in the magazine before handing it to Suisui.
"This gun is really ugly"
Suisui took the greasy gun and commented with disgust, "It's ugly, heavy, and oily."
Before she finished speaking, she placed the gun on the lid of the box, squatted down and rummaged through the remaining items in the box with Wei Ran, and asked with great interest the uses of these items.
"This is a replacement steel stock and a flip-down folding stock that is obviously a copycat of the German World War II submachine gun. This is the matching 40mm under-mounted grenade launcher. It seems to be specially used for shooting this gun. There is also this bayonet.
Yes, this set will probably fetch a lot of money."
Wei Ran picked up the bits and pieces in the box one by one and explained patiently, but soon Suisui lost interest. He stood up and took off his gloves and asked, "So you decided to give that gun to that person?"
Did Comrade Channing send him for a photo?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Here, I can exchange some dollars for some."
Wei Ran said nonchalantly, "Besides, this thing has a special caliber. Even if we want to test-fire it, it's hard to find ammunition. It's useless in our hands."
"Why don't you ask Mr. Alexander first and see how much he is willing to pay for it?"
Suisui came up with a good idea, "I think we can send him the list of collectibles and let him see if there are any particularly rare models."
"Are you coming?" Wei Ran also stood up and asked with a smile.
"Let my dad come!"
While Suisui was speaking, she had already asked Marta to bring her tablet, and with a swipe, she sent the form to her mobile phone.
While she was communicating with her father, Wei Ran also asked two gangsters to help carry the box to his armored pickup truck, and then asked everyone to help repack the other wooden boxes that had just been carried out.
The return container was locked.
He didn't need to remind him that these would be the basis for the village's future shooting range operations. Both Greva's and Jima's parents would guard these containers extremely tightly.
After finding what he was looking for, Weiran's armored pickup truck also magically contained a few half-sized piglets and a little goat that jumped on by itself.
Together with many other girls, they politely bid farewell to Jima's parents, and like a swarm of cars, they left the village and drove to the abandoned logging camp where Wei Ran often went camping.
At the same time, Greva also directed his brothers to go door to door and deliver a basket of tropical fruits that were rare even in Kazan City to every household in the village.
By the way, he didn't forget to bring over all the idle young people in the village, and seriously reminded them not to go into the forest and disturb the interest of the gods of wealth while they were camping.
Yes, it is indeed "God of Wealth", which is a new Chinese word he learned recently.
In fact, even in his office on the second floor of the library, he did not know where he learned to place a porcelain statue of the Chinese God of Wealth and a pure copper incense burner, and he sincerely worshiped three sticks of incense a day.
Every now and then, as if paying protection money, this gangster leader would devoutly burn a few stacks of burning paper bought from Huaxia Supermarket to the statue of the God of Wealth, with the price of a single piece being about the same as the smallest ruble denomination.
Neither Wei Ran nor Suisui knew how devout Greva was to the God of Wealth. He originally gave the statue of the God of Wealth bought from China as a gift to Greva, and even made a nonsense statement about the need to regularly burn paper and hand it over to his brother, the God of Wealth.
Ji Ma also doesn't know about the protection fee theory.
At this time, at the edge of the lake in the abandoned logging camp not far from the village, the girls waited impatiently for Suisui to raise his shotgun and fired into the night sky above his head to scare away the potential wild animals.
The bonfire was lit, and then colorful inflatable tents were set up around the bonfire.
Under this scene, the lively bonfire party officially began amidst the aroma of fruit wine and barbecue. Those white girls who were successfully led by Suisui to deviate from their diet and hobbies also sang and sang.
I brought a small speaker and a microphone and sang happily at Wilderness KTV.
However, just after the Katenka sisters sang "Lily Marlene" in German, Wei Ran received a call from Taxi and heard bad news from him - Matthew was missing!
