"Okay, what do you plan to do with this excitement?" Wei Ran asked, "I will go back to China to join you?"
“It’s not that urgent”
Xia Shushi said quickly, "I will first help this recruiter find his great-grandfather's friend, and if he can find it, we will see what is going on.
If things don’t go well, I’ll probably have to go to the Japanese at the end of the Gregorian calendar year or the beginning of the new year to see if there are any clues in the relics left by his great-grandfather. How about you come with me then?”
"Why do you want me to go with you?" Wei Ran couldn't help but ask.
"What's the point of asking the beast to follow me? What else can he do besides poking the girl's thighs?"
Xia Shushi asked matter-of-factly, "Besides, I've already blown my reputation. If I still can't find out, at least you can help me find out."
"I will not do anything that is not beneficial, especially if it is something that involves Japanese friends." Wei Ran said bluntly.
"I will send you an email later," Xia Shushi said abruptly, "Anyway, this matter is not urgent. If you decide to go, just free up the time before and after the year before and after."
"Let's wait until I finish reading the email," Wei Ran said noncommittally.
"I'll send it back to you"
After Xia Shushi finished speaking, he simply hung up the phone.
"Where did Brother Xia get this recruitment friend?" Suisui, who had just listened to almost everything, asked curiously.
"I guess it's probably because the beasts gave injections to Japanese overseas students," Wei Ran joked with a playful smile.
"Nothing formal"
Suisui glanced at Wei Ran, "What are your plans?"
"Go and just watch the fun."
Wei Ran replied noncommittally, but in fact he had already begun to wonder whether he should take advantage of this trip to throw out Ms. Naile who was hiding in the transport truck.
As for the Chinese friends who help recruit nuclear friends to find him, they are looking for nothing. They have no time, so just hang them.
"Let's go together then?" Suisui said immediately.
"We'll talk about it later, it's not urgent." Wei Ran gave an ambiguous response.
Suisui didn't take it seriously at all. She held his arm happily and walked towards the exhibition hall in the hinterland of Fish Island. By the way, she also brought the topic to whether the photos found this time could be hung in the Time Library.
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This is naturally not a problem, and even this matter was brought up by the museum staff on their own initiative after the interview.
During the chat, they returned to the wooden house near the exhibition hall. Suisui had already taken the girls to prepare for tomorrow's negotiations. Wei Ran, who had no time, was assigned the job of chef, chopping alone in the kitchen.
Where did you buy the pig trotters?
In a blink of an eye, the next day came. Suisui took the Katenka sisters and others early and followed Dalia and Olena to the city.
For a time, in addition to Olga, Sui Xin and Chen Luoxiang who played music, the only people left in the exhibition hall were the young genius Korava who needed Wei Ran's care, and the dog Beria who was always by his side.
As for Niner, he is still a guest at his father-in-law's house, and I'm afraid he won't be back for a while.
With nothing else to do, he simply found two sets of fishing rods, wrapped them tightly for Korava, and walked to the dock on the edge of the island with the two of them and the dog to pass the time fishing.
Obviously, the little genius Korava would not take the initiative to chat with Wei Ran. On the contrary, she liked Beria very much.
Wei Ran was rarely left alone, so he simply hung up the fishhook and set it aside. Then he took out the stove, lit it and stuffed it into his arms. Then he took out the cigarette case, pulled out a cigarette, put it on the holder, lit it and took a sip.
"You are so laid-back." A slow voice came from behind.
"When did you come back?" Wei Ran asked without looking back.
"just"
Ninel placed the chair he brought next to Wei Ran and sat down, wrapping the blanket tightly around him and saying, "Olija asked me to come back to help her, so I came back."
"So you are really together?" Wei Ran asked with a smile and put out the cigarette he just lit.
"Thanks"
Ninel thanked her, waved away the remaining smell of smoke, and replied, "Of course we are really together. Maybe we will have children earlier than Jima and the others."
"You guys are developing so fast," Wei Ran said noncommittally, "I thought you would be with your partner Aniya."
"I told you, she is just my partner."
Ninel still had the same slow tone, "Victor, when are you going to investigate the matter I asked you to do."
"Can't you just let me have a good rest?" Wei Ran asked helplessly.
"You've had a full week off."
Niner said dissatisfied, "Uncle Culp actually said that you are a hard-working person, and your Beria is more diligent than you."
"You don't know what I'm doing when I'm working hard."
Wei Ran muttered something that the other party couldn't understand, and then made a nonchalant assurance, "Anyway, don't worry, I will give you an investigation result before Christmas."
"In order to prevent your help from being in vain, I'll bring you a profitable business," Ninel said.
"What kind of business? How much money can you make?" Wei Ran asked casually.
"How do I know? I'm just introducing him to you. If you're interested, you can talk to the person yourself." Ninel asked equally casually.
"You don't even know what the business is?"
"Of course I know"
Ninel picked up the fishing rod originally prepared for Korava, skillfully hung the bait and threw it into the river that was about to freeze. He said to himself, "The person I want to introduce to you is a man in his seventies.
The old guy, he is my friend."
"Keep talking." Wei Ran picked up his fishing rod as he spoke, and he started to catch fish.
"His father served in the USAAF. You know what I'm talking about, right?"
"I know, the U.S. Army Air Force." Wei Ran was stunned for a moment when he said this. He subconsciously thought of some of his friends.
"It's good to know"
Ninel continued to say slowly, "His father passed away in the 1970s, leaving him a pawn shop and some relics. Your fish seems to have escaped."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I did it on purpose, please continue." Wei Ran made an excuse for himself angrily.
"Among his father's belongings was a photo album," said Ninel, "about the bombing of Tokyo."
"What did you say? About the photo album about the Tokyo bombing?" Wei Ran suddenly became interested and even threw the useless fishing rod aside.
"The photo album is also signed by Curtis Emerson LeMay. You must know this person, right."
"I know, I know, Grill Master, of course I know." Wei Ran nodded repeatedly, "Then what? What does your old friend want to investigate?"
"I want to investigate whether his father was really involved in those arson bombings."
Ninier said, "The key point is to find the negatives of the photos in the album. In addition, he also wants to confirm whether a cigar stored in the album is a gift from Li Mei to his father. It also has Li Mei's signature on it."
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"Then what?" Wei Ran asked confused.
"That's all"
"He wanted to auction off the photo album, but he didn't want to make it public without confirming its authenticity, especially since he didn't have the negatives," Ninel said.
"How much money can he spend?" Wei Ran asked, but in fact, what money did he care about at this time?
The suppressed emotions in the Anti-Union dungeon, the pain accumulated on the island in Lake Ladoga, etc., all made him eager to find an outlet.
Li Mei BBQ, at this moment, he really couldn't think of a trick more suitable to adjust his mood than this!
"You can discuss the details yourself," Ninel said slowly. "If you are interested, I can arrange for you to meet."
"The United States?" Wei Ran asked.
"No, no, no, America is too dangerous for you."
Niner said bluntly, "I can ask him to go to Kazan to meet you, or he can go to China, so you will be safer."
"What time?" Wei Ran asked equally bluntly.
Looking at Wei Ran playfully, Ninel said slowly, "Wait until you investigate what I asked you to do."
"Friend, you don't trust me." Wei Ran said dissatisfied.
"Don't doubt the trust between us," Ninel said casually, "I'm just giving you some small motivation."
"Okay, I will investigate and get a result as soon as possible." Wei Ran suddenly lost his temper again. He really didn't have any good impressions of the Afghan battlefield.
"Then it's settled"
Before Niner finished speaking, he had already swung the fishing rod and easily pulled up a salmon.
"Then it's settled," Wei Ran muttered, imitating the other party's tone, and returned to his lazy look.
"Your Uncle Chubb commented that you are very dangerous." Ninel said as if he was looking for something to say.
"He made a mistake"
Wei Ran waved his hand, "I'm just a historian, how dangerous can I be?"
This time, Niner just pursed his lips, took off the fish hanging on the hook, re-hooked it and threw it into the cold lake water. Obviously, he was too lazy to listen to Wei Ran's lies that even dogs would not believe.
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In the still bright sunshine, the brothers Wei Ran and Ninel were sitting leisurely by the pier of the island.
Near noon, Olga even kindly brought them hot fish and mushroom pie and a kerosene heating stove. By the way, she also took away Korava, who was playing crazy with the dog, and also treated Nine.
I highly praised the dozen or so fish I caught in one morning.
As for Wei Ran, the air force guy, he consumed a lot of bait for making nests, but he didn't even catch a single fish scale.
"This means no fish frying is allowed, otherwise you would have to make an appointment in advance to pick up my shoes."
Wei Ran muttered while biting into the steaming pie, completely ignoring the fact that Niniel, who was also holding the pie, pulled up another fish.
At the same time, he couldn't help but think that if Nineel was sent to the island in that time and space, he might be able to feed everyone with just one fishing rod.
After finishing his lunch by guarding the kerosene heater at the dock, Wei Ran simply took out his gravity knife, scraped off the scales and disemboweled all the fish caught by Ninel, and subconsciously sorted the fish scales and internal organs into two plastic buckets.
inside.
"Are you planning to make fish scale aspic?" Ninel asked abruptly, "or some Chinese delicacy?"
"Have you ever eaten fish scale aspic?" Wei Ran asked, stunned.
“Of course I have”
Ninel replied, "Before my mother committed suicide, she would cook a large pot of aspic with fish scales every winter. And she would also collect the fish offal like you. The fish offal in winter is very clean and can be boiled
Boiled fish oil is very useful in treating chilblains.”
"Do you want to eat fish scale aspic?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Ninel swallowed subconsciously, "I haven't eaten for a long time."
"Didn't Mrs. Yana or Olga do it for you?" Wei Ran picked up the plastic bucket with fish scales as he spoke.
"They all just tore off the fish skin, so I never thought about it," said Ninel.
"Pack your things and let's go back"
Wei Ran, who had been lazy all morning, suddenly became a lot more "lively", "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll make fish scale jelly for you."
"Can you do it?" Ninel asked suspiciously.
"certainly"
Wei Ran confidently answered in the affirmative, and at the same time poured the small half bucket of fish offal into the river. He did not need to eat these things now.
By the time he put the processed fish into the plastic bucket he had just vacated, Nineel had already put away the fishing rod.
The restless brothers returned to the wood-carved house with the dog Beria, whose water had dripped all over the floor.
While Wei Ran was cooking delicious food for his good brother, in Petersburg City, Aurora, who was wearing a smart formal suit, also brought the Katenka sisters, Marta and others, under the introduction of Dalia, and
Relevant parties have completed negotiations on film shooting.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Happy cooperation, Ms. Valeria."
Suisui stood up and shook hands with the woman across the negotiating table solemnly, "The movie will start shooting after the Christmas holiday. According to my prediction, if everything goes well, by next spring, the birch trees on the shore of Lake Ladoga will begin to bud.
It will be released when the time comes.”
"Aurora, are you sure this movie will be released for free?" Across the negotiation table, a woman also wearing a formal suit asked for the last time.
"Sure, very sure."
Suisui pointed to the cruiser Aurora not far outside the window, "My parents fell in love on that warship, and that's how I got my name. My father can barely be considered a Leningrader."
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So although I am not a Petersburger in the strict sense, I am very willing to do something for this heroic city.
And being able to make this movie is a huge honor for both me and the studio I'm responsible for."
"In that case, let me follow your decision." The woman in formal clothes across the negotiation table took the initiative to shake Suisui's hand again.
"Aurora, this is a rare visit. Next, let Olena take you for a walk around the city."
Dalia, who had been listening in, spoke up at the right time and said, "Now that you have finished talking about business matters, please leave some time for me to chat with my old friends."
"Then I won't disturb you." Suisui politely sent her blessing, "I wish you a peaceful afternoon."
Watching Olena, Suisui and others leave the cafe, which did not seem to receive any other customers today, the woman in formal clothes picked up the coffee cup again and took a sip, without raising her head and asked, "She
Is she your daughter?"
"Which one do you mean?"
"Who else could it be, of course Olena."
The woman in formal clothes put down her coffee cup and said, "She looks exactly like you when you were young. She is exactly the same. Does she know?"
"Probably already know"
Dalia looked at the retreating figure outside the window and said, "But we are all pretending not to know."
“This is already good”
The woman in formal clothes also looked out the window, "What's going on with that beautiful mixed-race girl?"
"The professional manager I hired"
Dalia said with a smile, "We always have to earn some hard-earned money for retirement."
"She is a smart girl," said the woman in formal clothes. "When her free movie is released, all Petersburgers will remember her."
"You don't seem to mind?"
"Why do you mind? I wish there were more people like this."
The woman in formal dress snapped her fingers and said, "Instead of this smart girl, let's talk about the historian who hangs out with women? What's going on with him?"
"One of the original shareholders of my studio, he provided most of the scripts for the films produced by the studio."
Dalia said casually, "He is just a historian, nothing special."
"Where are the beautiful twins just now? There's nothing special about them?"
"Of course not"
Dalia also picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, and said with a smile, "They, like Aurora, are the girlfriends of the Chinese historian who is surrounded by women, but he is a Chinese after all, isn't he?
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As long as he doesn't mess with my Olena, what does it matter to me, a Soviet, if he has a hundred girlfriends?"
"It seems it has nothing to do with me, a Russian."
A bright smile appeared on the face of the woman in formal attire, she picked up the coffee cup and clinked it with Dalia's cup, "Just like that beautiful girl said, I wish us a peaceful afternoon."
"It has indeed been many years since we sat together and drank coffee leisurely like this," Dalia said with great nostalgia.
"I often sit and drink coffee with your brother," the woman in formal clothes said with a smile, "He thinks very highly of the playboy-like historian you trained."
"What did he say?" Dalia asked with a smile.
"He said that the Chinese man made him feel like Beria who had just crawled out of the coffin and was resurrected, a calm and paranoid madman." The woman in formal clothes said casually.
"I asked him to pretend"
Dalia said equally casually, "He is just a historian after all. If he doesn't pretend to be more fierce, he will cause a lot of trouble."
"We are friends"
The woman in formal clothes suddenly changed the subject, "We have been friends since the orphanage. Even if I was adopted, this matter has not changed, so..."
"I'm just used to lying."
Dalia smiled self-deprecatingly and put the cup down casually, "Valeria, stop wasting time testing, even if I tell you everything, you will still keep it a secret for me, so how about keeping it simple?"
“Then let’s go hang out on the Aurora cruiser.”
The woman in formal clothes also put down her cup and stood up, "I will help you keep all secrets, just like we agreed at the beginning."
"Thank you, my friend." Dalia murmured in a daze, as if remembering many past events.