That night, Wei Ran and Jima, who were disguised, drove to Kirov City and followed the map's guidance to successfully find the camera shop run by the target person and the hospital not far from here.
It took most of the night to sort out all the surrounding situations. After making sure that all the routes were memorized in their minds, the two of them took a nap in the car and waited until dawn the next day.
Checked into a hotel not far from the hospital.
After sleeping until noon, Wei Ran took out the antique Rollei dual reflex camera from the metal book and hung it around his neck. Then he took a taxi and visited several digital camera stores in the city until almost four o'clock in the afternoon.
Then I took a taxi and rushed to the camera shop run by Leva, a Soviet veteran.
Just like the architectural drawings provided by Teacher Daria, this camera store, which does not occupy a large area, is just a two-story concrete building with a square shape and no aesthetics. There are only a dozen or so stores on the first floor.
There are many old-fashioned mechanical cameras placed in the glass cabinets against the walls on both sides of the entrance, and behind the counter facing the door, there are some outdated digital cameras.
When Wei Ran came in, the one-armed veteran named Leva was sitting behind the counter watching TV. There were various camera accessories scattered on the messy counter.
"What do you want to buy?" Leva glanced at Wei Ran who was passing by Yi Rong, and then turned his gaze nonchalantly to the old big-ass TV inside.
"Hello, do you have any film here?" Wei Ran gestured to the camera around his neck, "I need 120 size film."
Hearing this, Leva finally turned his head again, put on his reading glasses and looked at the old camera on Wei Ran's neck, and said in a loud voice, "120 size film is not easy to find, but I do have it here, black and white and color.
They are all available, but they are more expensive, which one do you want?"
"Just black and white film," Wei Ran said with joy on his face, "How much does it cost for a roll?"
Leva turned around while holding the counter, and while rummaging in the cabinet behind him, he said, "Kodak Professional Roll, 820 rubles, I only have this kind here."
"Is there anything cheaper?"
While Wei Ran was talking, he was also looking at the store without any trace. Unfortunately, this small store can basically be seen at a glance. There is only a closed security door behind the counter. In addition, go to the bar.
There is also a surveillance camera installed at the angle between the wall and ceiling on both sides.
As for what was behind the security door, and the Caucasian dog Dalia mentioned, we couldn't see it at all.
"I just said, this is the only one." Leva threw a box of film on the counter, "I can only give you 800 rubles at most."
"Then one roll, no, two rolls!" Wei Ran said, taking out two bills from his pocket and handing them to the other party.
"You have a good camera, where did it come from?" Leva turned around and took out another box of film and handed it to Wei Ran, asking while making change.
"Germany" Wei Ran took advantage of the time to load the film and replied that he deliberately brought this eye-catching old camera around in order to attract the other party's attention and find a chance to chat with him.
"How about selling it to me for 150,000 rubles?" Leva asked while handing the change to Wei Ran.
"Old guy, the medal on the camera case alone is more than 150,000 rubles." Wei Ran pretended to show off and said, "The gold melee assault medal is not something you can see anywhere."
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"How about 250,000 rubles?" Leva happily added another 100,000 rubles, "I will only buy your camera, not the metal piece."
"I won't sell it," Wei Ran refused flatly. This is a guy who makes his own living. Let alone 250,000 rubles, he might not sell it even in US dollars.
"Forget it, I can't afford any higher price."
Leva was particularly straightforward. He pointed to the windows on both sides and said, "Young man, just take a look. If you like something, I can give you a cheaper price."
Taking advantage of this topic, Wei Ran simply left in no hurry after changing the film. Instead, while observing the old camera in the window, he chatted with Leva and got to know each other through insinuations.
During the chat between the two parties, Wei Ran was surprised to learn that this old guy with a broken hand not only participated in the invasion of Afghanistan during the Soviet era. He even participated in the first Chechen War after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and he
His arm was lost in the famous street battle in Grozny.
After chatting with this old guy for more than an hour about the cruelty of street fighting in Grozny, Weiran also took advantage of the situation and bought a Zeiss Ikon Countess camera.
Although this camera is in very good condition, it is actually a product that is more for fun than practical. In other words, this camera only looks good, but is not actually very useful. And this evaluation was made by the person named
The veteran of Leva said it himself.
Although the two made a small business, Wei Ran only got the opportunity to go behind the security door in the name of borrowing the bathroom.
However, behind the security door, except for finding a table with a lot of medicine and a staircase with a Caucasian dog tied behind the door, he didn't get anything valuable at all, not even the so-called
I didn't even see the basement entrance.
Conveniently, a listening device the size of a cigarette box was stuffed into the gap behind the wooden table. Weiran bought a lot of extra film before bidding farewell to Leva and taking a taxi back to the center of the city.
"How is it going?"
After Wei Ran got out of the taxi, he first looked for an opportunity to put the Rolleiflex camera back into its metal book. Then he held the camera he just bought in one hand and his cell phone in the other and dialed Jima.
"I'm already in the hospital"
Jima held up his cell phone to show Wei Ran another patient lying on the hospital bed in the room, and deliberately said loudly in Russian, "I must have eaten something unclean at that girl's house. The doctor said I might have acute enteritis."
, you need to stay in the hospital for at least two days."
"Then you should have a good rest." Wei Ran pinched his nose intentionally or unintentionally while speaking.
After getting the signal, Ji Ma also pinched his nose and said apologetically, "It seems that I won't be able to go fishing with you in the next few days. You can drive my car first, and remember to send me the tablet in the evening."
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"Let's wait a little later," Wei Ran said, "I bought an antique camera today and I want to study it carefully."
After saying that, Wei Ran simply hung up the phone, and Jima on the other side also cursed, and used this excuse to complain about his friend with the patient who was admitted because he drank too much.
At the same time, Wei Ran also crossed the road and walked into the hotel, while distractedly listening to the sound signal coming back from the monitoring device.
From the afternoon until the sun went down, there was only the noise of the TV on the other end of the monitor, and the sound of the veteran Leva opening and closing the door from time to time. Finally, it was not until seven o'clock in the afternoon that he finally heard the Caucasus panting with his tongue hanging out.
The sound, and Leva's voice telling it to slow down.
After checking the time, Wei Ran wrote down the start time of the other party's dog walk on the screen of his mobile phone, and then quietly waited for the sound to come from the monitor again.
After waiting for more than an hour, when the sound of the door opening and the sound of a dog panting came from the monitor, Wei Ran, who was about to fall asleep, quickly opened his eyes and recorded the time again.
