Wei Ran looked around and saw that there was only one more thing in the studio, and his doubts became more serious. Not only did he have the key to the studio, but the aunt next door also had it, Professor Alexei also had it, and even
He said that since the studio was transferred to his own hands, the key has not been changed at all.
But based on my understanding of my aunt, she would never open the door to the studio without her knowledge. As for Professor Alexei, he values these bottom lines more than his aunt Zhou Shujin.
In this case, how was this thing sent in?
Before he could come up with a result, his aunt came in from behind and asked, "Why didn't you even lock the door when you were so anxious the past few days?"
"I didn't lock the door?"
Wei Ran thought for a while, and it seemed that the door was really unlocked. As soon as he came back, he received an email from Katianka, and then he ran back to the airport non-stop. It seemed that the door was really unlocked.
“The door is not locked”
Zhou Shujin said helplessly, "Even if you don't lock the door, the phone still can't be connected. I almost thought there was a burglar in the house that day."
"I forgot something urgent that day. I was on the plane when the phone couldn't be reached."
Wei Ran explained vaguely and quickly asked, "Auntie, what's going on with these things?"
"I also heard from the front desk that on the day you didn't lock the door, someone who said he was your friend brought it with a translator. He also said that you would know what was going on after seeing these things."
Zhou Shujin explained helplessly, "You couldn't get through on the phone at that time, and the girl at the front desk said that he waited at the door until it was quite late before leaving."
"It was indeed sent by my friend." Wei Ran pinched his nose to recognize such a so-called friend.
"Don't make such shady friends in the future. That person seems to be a thief and is not very reliable." Zhou Shujin gave her final instructions before changing the subject and asked, "Where is Mr. Nicholas? Is this the case?"
He hasn’t eaten at the travel agency for several days, and there’s no one at home. Could it be that something happened?”
"Mr. Nicholas went out to play."
Wei Ran quickly explained that despite being a strong woman in the business world, she was definitely generous as a person. Nicola had been working at a travel agency for a year.
I didn't even hear her say she wasn't happy to come.
"As long as he's fine"
Zhou Shujin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "The old man is old. I remember you said before that others helped you a lot with your postgraduate entrance examination. You should move around more."
"I know, Auntie," Wei Ran responded quickly, "I went out the past two days just to help him run errands."
"Okay, I don't have anything else to do. I just want to remind you to remember to lock the door and leave." After Zhou Shujin finished speaking, she simply turned around and left the studio and returned to the travel agency.
After sending away his aunt Zhou Shujin, Wei Ran looked at the glasses case on the table, then took out his cell phone and called Herbert.
As soon as the call was connected, Wei Ran said directly without waiting for the other party to speak, "Herbert, I'll give you two choices."
"Which two options?" Herbert asked enthusiastically, "My friend, do you agree to go with me to find the golden treasure?"
Wei Ran didn't answer his words at all, and said unceremoniously, "The first option is that you send me your address within five minutes after I hang up the phone, and then I will mail these things to you.
Go back. Second option, I throw these things into the trash can now."
"Wait! Wait my friend!" Herbert said quickly, "Mrs. Amanda and I have renegotiated the price. It's 150,000 euros. If you find it, you only need to give me 20,000 euros in the end."
"Send the address within five minutes. After five minutes, I will throw these things out and you can look for them wherever you like." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he simply hung up the phone.
It would have been fine if Herbert didn't increase the price just now, but it increased so easily by 20,000 euros, and he even got less of the profit, and he became more and more suspicious that there was something wrong with it.
Before he put down the phone, Herbert called again. After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran pressed the answer button to see what the other party was going to say.
"Victor, calm down and listen to me."
Herbert spoke very quickly, "Mrs. Amanda is a rich man. As long as we help her investigate the whereabouts of the treasure this time, in addition to a lot of investigation fees, we can get to know more rich people through her in the future."
Man, this is a rare opportunity to make a lot of money!”
"Are you done?" Wei Ran asked in a calm tone.
"Um...say...finished."
"You still have four minutes," Wei Ran said and was about to hang up the phone.
"The last word! Victor! The last word!"
Herbert shouted before Weiran pressed the hang-up button, "How about giving me four days? I'm going to Volgograd in four days, and then let me take those things away myself, even if you
If you don’t want to take this business, you can’t just send it to me directly. If something happens to the package on the way, it will be a trouble for you and me, so how about leaving these things at your place for four days? Just four days.
, I will pick it up on time four days later."
"Take your things away within four days. If you are an hour late, you can go to the garbage collection station and find it yourself. In addition, there is no need to contact you in the future."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he hung up the phone again. At the same time, he felt more and more disgusted with this Herbert. He could even foresee that in four days, this Herbert would definitely come up with new conditions to try.
Convince yourself.
And once you get entangled with such a "black intermediary" who only talks but does not do anything, you will definitely be in trouble in the future, so it is better to strangle your contact with him from the beginning and blacklist him forever.
He directly adjusted his phone to airplane mode again, locked the rolling shutter door, and carefully checked the entire studio inside and outside until he was sure that there was nothing extra or missing in the studio during the two days he was out.
After thinking about something, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sitting down at the long table, Wei Ran took out a pair of rubber gloves that he had habitually carried with him from his pocket and put them on, and then picked up the gloves on the table.
glasses case and took out the contents.
The pencil and the IOU written in French that I couldn't understand naturally had no value. The black and white photo did not appear, and the only remaining clue on the watch was the French word on the watch strap.
The word "Bear Island" written in it was a word that Wei Ran couldn't understand.
After putting everything back into the glasses case and fastening it, Wei Ran locked it in the safe and opened his laptop to search for relevant information about Bear Island.
He was not preparing to take on this investigative job, it was just to satisfy his curiosity, because when he met Mrs. Amanda for the first time, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong. This feeling did not only come from Amanda.
Madam and Herbert, it's more like they accidentally missed something.
"Fuck! There is indeed a problem!" Wei Ran finally discovered the problem after looking at the real-life photos of Bear Island displayed on the screen and the introduction on one side!
In the introduction to Bear Island, this island located in the Arctic Circle and more than 400 kilometers away from the mainland of Norway not only has no bears, but the vegetation on the entire island is mainly moss and lichen.
This can also be verified through the real-life photos he searched for. To put it simply, this small island, which was used by the German army to establish a weather station during World War II, is a complete desert of ice and snow.
In this case, the problem arises. In the black and white photo that Mrs. Amanda showed, there was a dense coniferous forest around it!
Obviously, as long as you think a little longer, you will definitely be able to discover this obvious flaw. So did Herbert discover it? A sneer appeared on Wei Ran's face, he must have discovered it!
Now that he has found out, he still takes over the business and seeks cooperation with himself. This is obviously using himself to deceive.
"Herbert, Herbert, you are so damn good at choosing people. Even when the birthday boy eats arsenic, he is not as appetizing as you."
Wei Ran muttered silently, and began to think about how to teach the other party a lesson that was still fresh in his memory. This kind of thing was not only encountered by him, but also by Professor Alexei several times in the past few years.
Speaking of which, the routine here is simple. "Black intermediaries" such as Herbert bring clients to meet with people like Wei Ran or Professor Alexei. Then these intermediaries secretly use the latter's banner.
Negotiate deals with customers.
If you have a slight bottom line, you will give an explanation like Charlotte did last time. If you meet someone who has no bottom line, I'm afraid they will take the money and run away.
I consider myself lucky. During the incident in Charlotte, I had the extra foresight to meet with the original client directly, so there were no accidents.
But Professor Alexei was in a miserable situation at the beginning. The old man was far less astute than his wife. Once, he was almost locked up by the police as an accomplice of a fraudster.
To deal with these black intermediaries, it is definitely not possible to kill them directly. Not only is that useless, but it is also easy to cause trouble. And the best way is to ruin the reputation of the other party. At the moment, Wei Ran happens to have such a person on hand.
The best person to do this.
After carefully reviewing his inner thoughts, Wei Ran took out the food box from the metal book and took out the authenticator that Katianka had given him.
He logged into the 404 web page with his laptop and completed the identity authentication in order. Wei Ran uploaded the photos he took in the Tyumen Library, and then asked about the other party's current situation.
At the end of the email, he highlighted Herbert's mobile phone number and the incident with the French woman Amanda a few days ago. In the name of seeing Katenka's work ability, he asked her to try it out.
Nothing can be found.
In less than two minutes, Katianka sent a reply email.
In this simple email, the other party only replied with three short sentences: "Thank you", "We are moving and expected to arrive in two days" and "I will get back to you as soon as possible".
