Early the next morning after Chanin and Hans sent invitations one after another, Wei Ran and Suisui and the Katenka sisters, who were brought by Suisui, boarded the board with Chanin as the two Makar families sent each other off.
Onward flight to Madrid.
Originally, Suisui planned to stay and entertain Makar and the others, but at last night's dinner table, Makar and the others tried their best to express their intention to go to Moscow and other places by themselves, and made an appointment to wait until the end of the month to come and join them.
Year.
In vain, Suisui could only help the two families arrange for an English-speaking tour guide to accompany them.
"How much is the flag you are planning to take a photo of worth?" Suisui, who was sitting on the outermost side, asked curiously while waiting for takeoff.
When Wei Ran translated the question to Chanin, who was sitting at the back, the latter thought for a moment and replied, "The value of that flag depends on the buyers invited by the auctioneer. It may sell for 10,000 euros.
It might also be sold for 100,000 euros."
Speaking of which, Channing said, "This auction is not just about the flag, there are many unexpected things."
"Do you have a brochure for the auction?" Suisui asked after Wei Ran finished translating.
"Miss Aurora, this is not a formal auction."
Channing explained with a smile, "So there won't be any brochures, but they often have a lot of interesting stuff at their auctions."
"What do you mean, the other party often organizes auctions?" Wei Ran keenly heard the hidden meaning.
"I went with Mr. Henry several times when he was alive."
Channing explained, "That gentleman was always able to get his hands on some weird stuff, and he often organized semi-legal underground auctions."
"Underground auction?"
Wei Ran asked with great interest, "What kind of things are there usually?"
“Very complicated”
Channing explained quite knowingly, "The military collection is just one of them. The more collections are antique furniture and works of art, as well as some things from Africa. Of course, there are also bullfights. He keeps a lot of them."
Bullfighting.”
"What? Bullfighting?"
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, "The bullfighting in Spain?"
"Yes, that's the bullfight."
Channing waited patiently for Wei Ran to finish translating for Suisui before continuing to explain with a smile, "He is also a wrestler. He is...well...I can only say that he is too burly."
"What a unique description," Wei Ran couldn't help but say.
"You'll know when you meet him. My description is very appropriate." Channing said with a smile.
Having said that, Channing, Wei Ran and Suisui also took the opportunity to chat about Spanish bullfighting and wrestling, and of course, the distinctive female gang fighters.
Generally speaking, Channing is a person who is very good at finding topics, so although the journey was tiring, it was still a pleasant conversation.
However, when they left the airport and drove into the city of Madrid in the car Channing had rented in advance, they saw a large group of women holding sticks on the roadside, shouting and beating each other.
"This is..."
"This is the female gangster I told you about."
Channing, who drove the car himself, sneered, "Thanks to the founder of the 'We Can' party, no, to be precise, thanks to the judicial interference by his wife, now even the police dare not control these crazy women.
Local gangs took advantage of this loophole and now rely on these female thugs to resolve their gang conflicts."
"The queen is involved in politics," Suisui mocked in her native language after listening to Anfisa's translation next to her.
"So you just let them fight?" Wei Ran asked in shock.
"This is the right they have earned themselves." Channing shrugged, turned the steering wheel and drove the car onto another street.
After a long detour, the car stopped at the hotel address that Weiyan had obtained from Mr. Hans before departing from the airport.
At this time, Mr. Hans was already waiting for them in the lobby of the hotel, and accompanying him next to him was Ms. Diane, the head of the Edelweiss organization.
"Victor, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
When Mr. Hans saw Wei Ran and others coming in, he immediately greeted them warmly and stood up with Diane's help.
"We haven't seen each other for a long time"
Wei Ran took two quick steps, shook hands with the other party and Diane, and introduced some people he had never met before.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Mr. Hans said, "Let Diane take you to check in. I have already booked a room for you."
"Sorry for the trouble." Wei Ran thanked him politely and pulled Suisui towards the front desk.
"Mr. Victor, do you need me to share some information about the auction in three days?" Diane, who led them to the bar, asked directly in Russian.
"Of course if it's convenient," Wei Ran replied equally straightforwardly.
"The flag in this auction is not the highlight of the auction."
Diane obviously knows more inside information than Channing, "so there shouldn't be too many people interested in that flag."
"Can I ask what the key auction item is?" Suisui asked curiously.
"It is said to be an oil painting left by Juan Gris." Diane lowered her voice slightly, "Mr. Hans came here just for that oil painting."
"Mr. Hans, does he still have this kind of hobby?" Wei Ran said seemingly casually.
"It's like he's going to give you that flag."
Diane also seemingly unintentionally explained, "Mr. Hans has no interest in oil paintings. He plans to buy the painting and give it away as a gift."
"Thank you for providing the key information," Wei Ran said seriously.
"We are friends"
Diane smiled, and after Wei Ran checked in and got the room card, she said, "Mr. Victor, Mr. Hans wants to talk to you alone."
"Now?" Wei Ran asked.
"It won't take too long," Diane said with a smile.
"You guys go upstairs first"
Wei Ran turned his head and said to Suisui, Katenka sisters and Chanin, while looking at Anfisa with deep meaning.
The latter nodded imperceptibly, and at the same time touched her handbag without any trace, where were the weapons that Weiran gave to the sisters before leaving the airport - the two small PSS pistols.
"Should we rest first later..."
"If Miss Aurora is not too tired, you can go change your clothes first."
Diane answered the question on behalf of Wei Ran, "Mr. Hans has already booked a restaurant, we can fill our stomachs later."
"In that case, let's go upstairs and change clothes first."
After Suisui finished speaking, she looked at each other with her man, then pushed her luggage, took the Katenka sisters, and walked to the elevator with Channing.
"Don't be nervous, I'm just taking you to meet someone." Hans waited for Wei Ran to come over and said with a smile, "It's a Jewish friend of mine."
"I've caused you trouble," Wei Ran said apologetically.
"No, no, no, this is not a problem."
Hans smiled, refused Diane's support, stood up with a cane, and asked as he walked out, "Victor, you know everything about my parents and what they went through during World War II, so I want to
Let me ask you a question."
"What's the problem?" Wei Ran asked as he followed the other person out.
"Do you think I'm a descendant of Nazu or a wartai?" Hans asked casually with a smile.
"You are Mr. Hans"
Wei Ran gave the answer almost without thinking, "I am a Chinese, and I don't have the habit of labeling people by skin color, race, or nationality."
"Where are the recruiters?"
Hans asked with a smile as if he was embarrassing Wei Ran, "Will you treat recruiters as equals?"
"I am a Chinese"
Wei Ran naturally spread his arms, "This reason is enough for me to provide any form of special care to any recruiter."
"The reason why I like you"
Hans laughed and said, "Victor, most of the young people I have come into contact with will become more and more reserved as time goes by, but you are an exception."
"You are different from most Germans I have come into contact with," Wei Ran replied with a smile.
"I like your answer too. Yes, I'm just Mr. Hans."
As Hans spoke, he had already walked out of the hotel door and said in a calm tone, "After you meet my friend, there will no longer be wary businessmen in Europe who will covet your wealth and the girl next to you."
"It seems that you have also received a reward for me?" Wei Ran asked casually.
"In the eyes of others, after all, I am just a poor, wealthy Jewish man."
Hans' pleasant tone contained undisguised sarcasm, "Those people should be locked up so that you can tell them the story of my parents."
"If your parents' story could inspire some people, maybe World War II wouldn't have happened..."
Wei Ran smiled in the middle of the sentence and suddenly changed the hypothesis in the second half of the sentence, "It won't start."
"Although I am not a historian, war is inevitable."
Hans smiled and said, "What you want to say is that maybe there won't be so many warts and dead people during World War II, right?"
"Do you want to listen to the truth?" Wei Ran helped the other party open the door of a commercial van.
"It seems I guessed wrong"
Hans said, bending down and getting into the carriage, "Young man, come and sit in the back. What did you originally want to say?"
Hearing this, Wei Ran got into the car and closed the door, "What I originally wanted to say was that maybe there wouldn't be so many warts who died in the war during World War II."
"Is there any difference?" Diane, who had been listening just now, asked curiously as she closed the driver's door.
"There is a difference, a big difference."
Hans let Wei Ran help him fasten his seat belt, "Diane, let's drive, it's time for us to meet that friend."
"Please sit tight," Diane said, slowly stepped on the accelerator, and drove the car away from the hotel.
However, contrary to Wei Ran's expectation, although the car left the hotel, it did not go far. It just drove through an intersection and stopped at the door of another hotel.
"Come with me, you won't waste much time." Hans said, already pushing open the car door.
Although he didn't understand what he meant, Wei Ran followed the other person out of the car, walked into the hotel leisurely with him, took the elevator to a certain floor, and finally walked into a room filled with the aroma of coffee, cigars and wine.
in the conference room.
At this time, there were almost 20 men and women sitting in the conference room in twos and threes. The youngest among these people was probably around 40 years old.
Almost as soon as Wei Ran walked into the conference room, everyone looked over and seemed to notice him at first sight, and then they saw Mr. Hans.
"Friends"
Hans slowly walked to a seat with his cane and sat down, then motioned Wei Ran to sit down next to him, and said in a casual tone, "He is Victor, the one who tore off the United States and the chair and soaked it with tears."
A Chinese historian who wears shitty pink lace panties.”
After this unique introduction, Hans waved his hand, and Diane immediately took out a few photos and distributed them to everyone.
"This is the Spanish International Brigade flag that will appear at the little auction three days later."
Hans knocked on the table roughly with his cane, "I'm going to buy it for my friend Victor, but my pension is only 365 euros a year, so friends, I hope you can lend me some money.
Let me take the picture of that flag smoothly."
After saying that, Hans put away his cane again and started to call names with a smile, "Do you have any opinions? Ms. Alonna, how much are you willing to lend me?"
"No matter what the total price is, I am willing to pay 100,000 euros." Ms. Alonna, who looked to be about 50 years old, stood up quickly and said.
"Rabbi Reutz"
Hans raised his hand and patted a fellow of the same age who was sitting on the other side with pigtails and a black top hat, "Would you like to borrow... I forgot, Rabbi Reutz doesn't seem to have much savings.
."
"I'm just a rabbi"
The old man said quickly, "But I am willing to buy that flag for you and give it to Mr. Victor."
"Then it's up to you to come forward."
Hans said with satisfaction, "What about you?"
"We are also willing to lend you 100,000 euros," the other dozen people said quickly.
"In this case, let's go to the auction together in three days."
Hans said with a smile, "Rabbi Reitz, it will be up to you to help buy it when the time comes."
"It's my honor," the old man wearing a top hat said quickly.
"Then one last question"
Hans knocked the table roughly with his cane again, directly pointed out the topic and asked, "Who else is interested in Victor's business or women? I will help you ask this young man now if he is willing to share."
"Mr. Hans, we were talking about that as a joke."
An old man in his fifties sitting diagonally opposite said quickly, "We all have our own properties, and..."
"And your industry can be run by someone else at any time," Mr. Hans said with a smile, "Is that just a joke?"
"Please give them a chance to repent," Rabbi Reutz said apologetically.
"I am not God, and I do not sell indulgences."
Hans knocked on the table with his cane again, "Okay, gentlemen and ladies, I wish you a pleasant holiday in Spain."
"I also wish you and Mr. Victor a happy holiday," Reutz said as he stood up.
"I'll see you in the wrestling ring in three days."
As Hans said this, he stood up with a smile and greeted Wei Ran and Diane to leave the conference room.
"I didn't expect you to have such a side," Wei Ran sighed with a smile.
"It's just a matter of leaving each other with some dignity."
Hans replied as he walked out, "We have been old friends for many years. They will treat me with dignity, and I will also treat others with dignity next time when they are in trouble."
"So this is dignity," Wei Ran made a little joke.
“You don’t have to be so decent.”
Hans walked into the elevator with Wei Ran and said wistfully, "I dealt with them when I was as young as you. At that time, they were still called Zionism."
"It wasn't as respectable as it is now?" Wei Ran asked with interest.
"It wouldn't be so decent back then."
Hans shook his head, "At that time, they would just knock on the door of the house and then collect funds for the restoration of the country. If they were unwilling to give money, they would not even mind kidnapping."
"So you..."
"My father is a very gentle man, but my mother, Ms. Mora, is not."
Hans couldn't help but have a nostalgic look on his face, "I still remember that she asked the clinic nurses to arrest all the people who came to raise money, and asked them to generously donate 450cc of blood, and stuffed it into
Mark let them leave only after their blood was worth the same amount. The blood was used by the clinic to rescue the injured.
Because of this incident, some people called my mother, Ms. Mora, the vampire Mora."
Having said this, Hans walked out of the elevator and said casually and matter-of-factly, "Although I didn't know about my parents' experience in the war until very late, I inherited my mother's nickname very early."
"I learned it," Wei Ran said sincerely, he had even considered giving it a try.
"Okay, let's go back."
Hans took the initiative to end the conversation in the elevator, walked out of the hotel slowly, and got back into the business van.
After taking Wei Ran back to the previous hotel, Mr. Hans excused himself as tired and safely handed over the task of entertaining Wei Ran and others to Ms. Diane.
"Diane, I have a question."
Wei Ran asked curiously while waiting for Suisui and the others to go downstairs, "Mr. Hans' business should be more than just dental clinics, right?"
"certainly"
Diane brought Wei Ran a cup of coffee, "Mr. Hans's dental clinic has been losing money almost all the time."
"so..."
"He also runs a medical blood business." Diane lowered her voice slightly, "Vampire Hans, this is other people's impression of him. Although it is not very pleasant, the description is very accurate."
"Doesn't this sound good? This sounds much better than being a veterinarian..."
Wei Ran grinned secretly and wisely did not continue this topic. What he just said was enough. If he wanted to satisfy his curiosity, he could ask Anfeia.
As for whether the "respectability" that Mr. Hans helped him find was decent enough, although favors are favors, Wei Ranke would never place his hopes on others.
Soon after they tacitly moved the topic to the auction three days later, Suisui, Katenka and Chaning, who got the news, also took two elevators and went downstairs one after another, joining Wei Ran and Dai who were waiting for them.
Ms. An.
"Sister Diane, what delicious food are you going to take us to eat?"
Suisui asked in an especially sweet tone, because she and Diane were already very familiar with each other from the previous filming of the movie. It could even be said that they had met more times than Wei Ran had seen Diane.
As expected, Diane, who was probably 20 years older than Suisui, was particularly satisfied with this title. She immediately led everyone out enthusiastically and introduced, "Spanish paella, Madrid stewed tripe and braised vegetables, of course.
There are also the must-have Iberian ham and sangria.
I will take you to eat roast suckling pig tomorrow. In short, I have arranged the meals for the past few days to ensure that you have an unforgettable holiday."
"It seems I can save some money," Channing said with a smile after listening to Anfiya's translation.
"Comrade Channing"
Wei Ran was a few steps behind and asked, "Besides the flag, is there anything else you plan to take pictures of this time?"
“Then we’ll see what happens next.”
Channing said as if he was sure of winning, "Of course, it also depends on how much money I have left after taking the picture of the flag."
"If you could take a picture of that flag this time, you wouldn't have to drag us into economy class..."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, but what came out of his mouth were all kinds of sincere blessings.