Under the leadership of Mrs. Miley and the other three, they returned the same way and left the two buildings left by Mr. Zak. Wei Ran followed Knife Bee and got into the back compartment of the car driven by Zha Xifeng, while Mrs. Miley,
Got into lawyer Judy's car.
"Any clues?" Zha Xifeng asked curiously as he started the car.
"Hard to say"
The mysterious Wei Ran shook his head. Naturally, there would be no valuable clues until he saw the "revenue" that met his expectations.
"I have always believed that there are spies in VN15."
Zha Xifeng said to herself, "Both the death of Mr. Zac's daughter and the death of his assistant are too strange."
"It's not my job to investigate murders," Wei Ran promptly reminded him with a smile.
Why can't he see that the VN15 organization has an eye in it? But it's none of his business?
"That's the FBI's job, but they probably want all the people in VN15 to die."
Daofeng, a young girl sitting next to Wei Ran, said sharply, "Maybe the tipping off and murder were done by the FBI. For them, this kind of thing is better than investigating crimes."
"Knife Bee, you should probably consider talk show as your main career." Wei Ran reminded with a smile.
He was really not joking. Despite her young age, this little girl's mouth was as sharp as her newly acquired last name.
"never mind"
Knife Bee rolled his eyes, "There are no good people who talk about talk shows. Most of them are just a group of flies who only dare to talk and sensationalize.
So I’d better concentrate on learning how to grow Inuma, hehe, just watch! In ten years at most, I want all foreigners to be able to buy the Inuma I grow for the same price as buying discounted carrots.”
"Why carrots?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.
"Because in American supermarkets, carrots are almost one of the cheapest vegetables."
Cha Xifeng, who was driving, helped explain with a smile, "It's like Chinese cabbage."
"When you officially start your dog hemp cultivation business"
Wei Ran looked at Knife Bee beside him half jokingly and half seriously and said, "You can come to me then and I will invest some money for you. How about one million US dollars?"
"One...one million?!"
Knife Bee's eyes widened instantly, "Are you kidding or are you serious?!"
"Of course I'm serious"
Wei Ran smiled, "If it's not enough, you can have more. It doesn't matter even if you don't have a planting site. I have a good friend who has a large farm in Texas, and another friend of mine also has one on Lake Superior in Canada.
Large farm.
In short, as long as the local laws allow it, I am confident enough to persuade them to grow inuma."
At this point, he snapped his fingers and said, "Maybe I can give you a million dollars now, and you can use the money to buy one first... No, go to those states where canine marijuana is legal."
A small farm first..."
"Wei Ran, my good friend."
Cha Xifeng, who was driving, had to say, "She has been hoping that I would invest in a farm for her recently. Please stop encouraging her."
"Dad, this is a business between me and Mr. Wei Ran." Daofei reminded dissatisfiedly.
"Even if he invests a million dollars in you."
Zha Xifeng reminded patiently, "Even if you use this million dollars to buy a farm, will you have time to run and manage it? Or do you plan to drop out of school?"
Obviously, Zha Xifeng, as a father, knew his daughter very well, so before she could speak, he continued, "Don't expect A Ming to help you. He will not only be in charge of the demining school, but also the demining company."
Things. Also, if you drop out of school, where will you learn planting technology?"
"All right"
Knife Bee instantly felt like a deflated rubber ball. He stretched out his hand towards Wei Ran and said, "Say yes, you will invest one million US dollars in me when the time comes."
"no problem"
With a smile on his face, Wei Ran shook hands with this little girl who was almost ten years younger than him in a very formal manner, "When you finish your studies, if you really want to grow dog hemp, I will invest 100 for you."
Ten thousand U.S. dollars."
"Then it's settled!"
Daofeng said excitedly, but she didn't ask at all, or in other words, she didn't even think of asking what the return needed for the US$1 million invested by Weiran was.
"Aren't you kidding her?" Cha Xifeng seemed to have realized that Wei Ran was serious until this moment.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the scene described in her heroic words.”
Wei Ran smiled and reassured the other person, "If you only use one million US dollars to support a young man, you can make all foreigners addicted to Inuma. This business is simply a bargain."
Hearing this, Zha Xifeng shook his head in confusion and wisely did not continue the topic, lest the "joke" he still insisted on become a "promise".
Regardless of whether it was a joke or a promise, at least the little girl Daofeng's attitude towards Wei Ran was much more "flattery", so much so that Wei Ran felt for a while that he had a good-looking Captain Jia beside him.
Listening to the little girl Daofeng's vision and plan for the future of dog hemp cultivation, the car driven by Zha Xifeng followed the car of lawyer Zhudie in front and drove to the parking lot of a bank.
"I still won't follow you in," Zha Xifeng said while pulling on the handbrake, "I'll wait for you outside."
"See you later"
As Wei Ran spoke, he opened the car door and left the car with Dao Bee in no particular order.
"He won't really invest a million dollars..."
Zha Xifeng, who stayed in the cab, looked at Wei Ran's back and muttered to himself, but soon, he relaxed his brows again, "It seems good, I can't stop her anyway, at least it's better than fighting with Wall Street."
It is much safer to cooperate with those hungry wolves."
Not to mention the old comrade in the car recuperating himself, Wei Ran outside the car continued to walk into the bank under the leadership of Mrs. Miley and the other three.
After a series of somewhat tedious identity verification, signing of agreements, security checks, and other security measures, a group of four people finally entered the vault under the leadership of two bank managers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What follows is much simpler than the plot in the movie. Judy and the two managers jointly opened three large safes with their own keys and passwords.
There are three locks on each of them.
With the cooperation of Mrs. Miley, Knife Bee, Judy and the two bank managers, all the items in the two refrigerators were taken out one by one. After checking with the storage list, they were placed one by one.
on a long table covered with a velvet blanket.
“Everything is here”
After Mrs. Miley finished speaking, she, Knife Bee, Lawyer Judy and the two bank managers each signed their names on the list.
It was only then that Wei Ran took off his suit jacket and placed it on a chair, then rolled up the cuffs of his shirt, then took out his white silk gloves and put them on, and began the inspection in the same manner.
In order to prevent the people around who had not left from seeing anything, Weiran first fiddled with the four cameras that Mr. Zak had used on the battlefield.
A Nikon Big F, a Leica M3, a Minolta SRT-101 and a waterproof Nikonos.
These four cameras were packed in camera bags, each with a sealed bag and desiccant in the bag. The outer casings of the cameras all showed signs of wear and tear, and there was no film inside.
"Please help me, can I find a place to try these cameras?"
Wei Ran asked Mrs. Miley, "I have prepared the film in advance. In addition, I may need a photo model."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Miley translated Wei Ran's request into English and conveyed it to lawyer Judy and the two bank managers.
Fortunately, the two bank managers were particularly easy to talk to, and they even volunteered to serve as models.
Upon seeing this, Wei Ran opened his briefcase on another smaller table, took out a roll of film, loaded it on the first camera, and took a few photos of the two managers sitting on the sofa.
"What's the point of doing this?"
The Knife Bee watching the excitement asked curiously, "How are your photography skills? Can you take some pictures for me?"
"The main thing is to try to see if there are any defects in the lenses of these cameras."
As Wei Ran pressed the shutter button for the second time, he said nonsensically, "After all, it is a camera and lens that survived the battlefield. If there is any damage due to the environment on the battlefield, it may have some impact on the exposure when taking pictures, or even
It may leave a unique light spot, which can be an important help when looking for photos taken with the same camera.
In addition, you can also check whether there are any malfunctions in these cameras by taking pictures, which is also a very important but easily overlooked detail clue."
Obviously, the few people present did not know much about film cameras, so they were all easily fooled by Wei Ran, and they all showed expressions of "Oh - so that's it".
Each of the four cameras was loaded with film prepared in advance, and each of them took half a roll of film using the people present as models.
Wei Ran took out the film that had been rewinded and said, "At least judging from the shooting just now, these cameras with serious exterior wear can still be used normally, and both the lens and the shutter are very smooth, which shows that they have been carefully maintained.
.”
"Mr. Zack, after all..."
"No, he won't take care of these cameras."
While Wei Ran was talking, he picked up the Leica M3, pointed at the remaining yellow mud dot the size of a match head at the edge of the lens, and said, "Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a big stain."
Immediately afterwards, he picked up the waterproof camera, pointed to a one-centimeter-long scratch on the waterproof glass in front of the lens, and said, "And here, such a scratch can be repaired by simply replacing the waterproof cover.
If Mr. Zack was really maintaining these cameras, how could they have these flaws that make photographers uncomfortable?”
After saying that, he put the camera in his hand into a sealed bag again, put it into the camera bag and put it back on the table. Witnessed by one of the bank managers and lawyer Judy, he put the four pieces of film he had just taken out into another box.
In his own briefcase on a table.
After checking the four cameras, he slowly turned his attention to the two huge Pentax cameras that seemed to be designed for the Hulk, and the lenses of different models placed around the two cameras.
"These lenses are very valuable, it would be a pity not to put them in a moisture-proof box."
Wei Ran regretfully said that although these lenses were also put in sealed bags with several packs of desiccant in the bags, they were still a bit wronged after all.
"If Mr. Victor can find Mr. Zach's friend, these cameras and lenses will be yours."
Lawyer Judy, who had never expressed an opinion before, said with a smile after listening to Mrs. Miley's translation.
"I still have no way of confirming whether I can find them, so I can only let them continue to lie in the safe."
Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he heard Mrs. Miley gently stroking the two Pentax cameras and saying, "When Mr. Zach was young, he used these two cameras to take a lot of photos of children who were poisoned by Agent Orange.
photo."
"Where are those photos?" Wei Ran asked while checking the gifts on the table that were sent to Mr. Zach from Yue Yue, "and where are the negatives of those photos?"
"It's getting harder," Mrs. Miley replied, "He didn't bring those photos back to the United States."
"This is probably the only good news."
While Wei Ran was talking, he picked up a gilt-engraved copper bowl the size of a cantaloupe and looked at it. This thing was slightly rusty, and the "carcass" was not too thick, but the carved patterns on it were exceptionally beautiful and delicate.
Moreover, just when he turned the copper bowl over and was about to take a look at the bottom like an expert, he discovered that the bottom of this thing was completely a fired primer!
It was only then that he realized belatedly that this thing was made entirely of half a cannon shell.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I took a look at the matchbox-sized label next to this "primer model". The date and year are written in neat English, as well as a word in the more difficult language.
Write the address.
After putting this exquisite war artifact back in its place, he picked up the second "gift".
Looking at them one by one, he also discovered that these things were all labeled with different dates, years, and addresses that had never been repeated before. However, the last designated addresses were temples in various places.
.
Keeping this small detail in mind, Wei Ran, after checking the last gift, reached out and picked up a souvenir Buddha statue that Mr. Zaka bought when he was looking for a friend.
Just like before, the base of this bronze Buddha statue is also labeled with a date and a general address.
And he remembered that the date of one of the gifts he had just seen was not that long apart.
Looking at them one by one, he finally picked up the headless statue of Mazu carved from mutton-fat jade.
With just one glance, he was sure that the statue of Mazu had the same origin as the one he found in the safe left by Yukio Sometani in the basement of the love-letter apartment.
Touching the stains accumulated on the broken neck of the statue of Mazu, he turned it over and looked at the label attached to the bottom.
The date written on this label is February 4, 1980. At the end of the date is written the general place name "Da Nang" in English. On the edge of the base covered by the label, there is also an inconspicuous "Chen".
"Character.
Without looking further, he put the statue of Mazu back in its place, and then picked up another statue of Guanyin that seemed to be made of jade without raising his head.
Taking advantage of the time to calm down while checking the other souvenirs, Wei Ran took two steps back, took off his gloves and raised his head and said, "Put these things in the safe first, and then we will change places to chat."
Hearing this, Mrs. Miley nodded, and after some exchanges with Lawyer Judy in English, the two of them greeted Knife Bee and the two bank managers, and compared the storage list, they took out the full table they had just taken out.
The things were put into the three large safes by category.
After Lawyer Judy locked the safe and everyone left the safe, they wisely did not go to the conference room provided by the bank, but opened the door and left, joining Cha Xifeng who had been waiting for them.
This time, Wei Ran followed Mrs. Miley into the passenger seat of the car driven by Judy's lawyer, and followed him into the car. Crowded in the back seat with Miley, there was also Knife Bee who obviously wanted to listen to the excitement.
"Let's go to the studio," Mrs. Miley said.
"Okay" Lawyer Judy nodded, started the car and left the bank parking lot.
Along the way, the three women tacitly kept quiet when they saw Wei Ran's thoughtful look.
Of course, they didn't know that Wei Ran, who was wandering around in the world at this time, was actually thinking about the headless statue of Mazu.
When the car stopped again, they had returned to the roadside of Mr. Zaka's studio.
Not only that, Cha Xifeng, who drove over a little later, also brought a few cups of coffee bought on the way before everyone entered the alley. Of course, he still did not follow them in this time.
The three of them walked through the studio again, and moved the two cars away in a somewhat cumbersome manner just like when they came here in the morning. When they walked into the first floor of the house on the corner of the street again, and opened the curtains again, it was just right.
They saw Cha Xifeng parked on the side of the road, holding a cup of coffee and gesturing towards them through the bulletproof glass window.
He also raised his coffee cup and said hello to the other party. Wei Ran also greeted Mrs. Miley and sat on the sofa with the dust-proof plastic sheet lifted.
When Lawyer Judy and Daofeng, who acted as a temporary translator, were seated one after another, Wei Ran said straight to the point, "Regarding the matter of finding Mr. Zach's former friends, I would like to hear any additional requirements you have.
For example, you, I mean the VN15 organization, what criteria do you use to determine that the person I found is Mr. Zach’s friend?
And, what kind of help and restrictions will I get when investigating this matter?
Not to mention it is far away, at least this place is in a sealed state, and some key clues are also kept in the bank's safe. This alone will bring a lot of constraints to the investigation."
When the translator Knife Bee translated it into English, Lawyer Judy and Miley looked at each other, pondered for a moment and then said, "We don't have many requirements, at least in terms of how to judge that the person you found is Mr. Zach."
We have sufficient and accurate judgment methods on the matter of our friends.”
"This is not an accurate answer," Wei Ran said with a smile after Daofeng completed the translation.
"Before Mr. Zach died, he left a safe in the bank."
Miley helped explain, "The donation he planned to give to VN15 and the money he planned to let his friends inherit are all in that safe. Of course, this was confirmed by Judy's lawyer."
After a pause, Miley continued, "But only his friend knows the password to open the safe, and he can guarantee that his friend must know the password very clearly."
This is nonsense...
Wei Ran muttered secretly in his heart.
"As long as you find the right person, the other party will definitely know about those gifts, and as long as you find the right person, you will definitely not receive any more gifts in the future." Lawyer Judy said after listening to Daofeng's translation
, finally gave a relatively reliable "accurate answer".
Also waiting for Dao Bee to finish translating, Lawyer Judy continued, "As for your concern that some of the clue items are in the bank's safe, you can rest assured."
Once again, after Knife Bee finished translating, Miley communicated with lawyer Judy for a few words and said, "After signing the employment agreement, all clues and items you deem necessary can be temporarily brought back to Russia."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing Wei Ran's surprised face, Miley smiled and said bluntly, "We even hope that you can take away everything in the bank safe, so that at least
You can save a lot of money on safe rental fees.
In addition, the reason why VN15 has so much trust in you actually comes from the guarantee Comrade Channing has given you."
At this point, Miley patted her forehead lightly as if she had just remembered something, "I almost forgot that Lawyer Judy asked Channing in advance and learned about your trading habits from him, so if
If you are willing to accept this job, in addition to taking away clues and items, we can also pay part of the investigation funds in advance."
This time, Miley hurriedly added without waiting for Weiyan to speak, "Of course, VN15 basically cannot afford much budget before receiving the funds donated by Mr. Zach.
So the activity funds I just mentioned actually refer to the ‘tractor’ outside and those cameras and lenses you just saw at the bank.
Of course, in this matter, Comrade Channing is willing to hold an auction specifically for those things..."
"No need"
Wei Ran didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, waved his hand, stood up and said in a very formal manner, according to my rules, unless there are special circumstances like Mr. Zha Xifeng, part of the commission and investigation funds must be paid in advance."
Leaving sufficient time for translation, Wei Ran quickly began to show his kindness before Judy and Miley got up and said, "This is a special situation. In any case, this business was introduced by Mr. Cha Xifeng."
.
So for his sake, for Mr. Channing's vouching for me, and even more for the VN15 organization's noble ideals of opposing war and the use of chemical weapons, as well as its selfless help to children with Agent Orange, etc.
For the sake of various practical actions, I can make some concessions."
Once again allowing Knife Bee time for translation, Wei Ran said with a smile, "So just pay the commission and event funds in advance, let alone trouble Mr. Channing to hold the auction.
After we sign the investigation commission agreement, just let me take away the clues and items that may be used and everything in the bank safe. As Mrs. Miley just said, this can also save a lot of money on insurance certificate rental.
With the money saved, how about I hold a party after I find Mr. Zach’s friends?”
As he said that, he raised his finger and pointed at the transport truck outside the door, "Also, since that truck is the symbol of VN15, why not just leave it, leave it to the VN15 organization, and leave it to this house.
Let more people who pass by and see it learn about the Agent Orange used in that war and the long-term harm it caused. This may be far more meaningful than putting it up for auction. Of course, if the party then
It would be even better if it could be placed outside on the basketball court."
"Mr. Victor, you are a kind and very righteous historian, a true gentleman. No, perhaps I should call you a knight of justice."
After listening to Knife Bee's translation, Lawyer Judy said with great emotion, "Anyway, thank you for your generous help. Mr. Victor, I wonder if you are interested in joining VN15 and becoming one of us?"
