Chapter 384 Public Opinion and a Broken House with Zero Rent
He declined the invitation to go back to the Hongqi Forest Farm with Culp to rest. Worried about the early start of classes, Wei Ran had to find an apartment the next day, so he found a hotel near Kazan University and stayed.
It wasn't until he watched the car driven by Culp disappear around the corner of the street that Wei Ran, who had been worried about whether the other party would do something wrong ever since he got off the plane, breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the hotel with his suitcase.
Lobby.
While he was sleeping soundly, Culp, who was driving to the Hongqi Forest Farm, had been thinking about Wei Ran asking him to help him buy a house in Kazan, trying to analyze whether there was any reason behind Wei Ran's decision.
What other secrets are hidden?
The next day came in a blink of an eye. Wei Ran, who had had enough rest, rented a car and wandered around Kazan city aimlessly, preparing to determine the approximate location of his new home.
And this is also a rare opportunity for him to wander around the city so comfortably after studying and living in Hongqi Forest Farm for so long.
If you follow the tour guide that Sui Sui opened your mouth to introduce this ancient city, Kazan's most famous title is that it is the well-deserved third capital of Russia after Moscow and Petersburg, and it can rival the first two.
Long history and a series of adjectives.
Of course, it would be much simpler and more unpretentious to introduce this city according to Jima's way - this is a beautiful city rich in beauties.
And this point has been proven time and time again just from the time when he and Ji Ma were "heroic" in this city and guest-starred as the "Scumbag Terminator".
In addition to the beautiful women on the street, the various historical buildings in every corner of the city are also particularly beautiful, such as the onion-roofed church with a very Russian style, the yurt-style round dome with the origin of the Golden Horde, and the
Asian-style lamaseries, a large number of Qingzhen temples coexisting with Orthodox Christianity, and even Stalin-style symmetrical buildings typical of the Soviet era are dazzling.
Correspondingly, it is not easy for Weiran to find a "side dish" that suits his taste and is affordable for his wallet in this beautiful building complex that looks like a table full of delicacies.
To put it simply, if you can’t afford to buy or even rent what you like, but if you can afford to rent or buy it, your eyes will express resistance or even disgust.
All this made Wei Ran completely confused during the week before the start of school at Hongqi Forest Farm, so much so that in the end he was even ready to give up the idea of moving his studio here.
During the period when he was suffering from difficulty in choosing, the interview previously conducted at the Patriotic War Museum in Moscow was also put on the screen in the last few days of February. At the same time, the museum also
Before March, the stories about what happened on the Rzhev battlefield and related relics were on display.
This interview is both good and bad for Weiran. On the good side, his identity as a historian has become more and more valuable and credible. However, at the same time, those controversial interview clips about the Poles have once again been criticized.
He dug it out. At the same time, even a handful of new Nazis who appeared from nowhere began to use his nationality and the previously found photo of the red flag of the Capitol Building to make excuses, and preached some dirty stories in a roundabout way.
thing.
While the discussion about him on the Internet was intensifying, Monica, who was far away on a farm outside Turin, Italy, accidentally saw the news about Weiyan in the pop-up news that recently popped up and recognized him.
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Not only that, even her good friend and bestie Katenka has recently begun to complain to her, complaining that she received countless abuses on the Internet just for saying some justice to a poor historian.
After seeing the vicious private messages and abusive screenshots sent by Katenka who choked several times on the phone, Monica, who was submissive in real life, took a deep breath and opened a record like a warrior.
Text documents of how many social accounts and corresponding passwords are known.
"here we go"
In a single-family house next to Gubijing Pasta Restaurant, Katenka opened a software while talking, "Our good friend Monica has already started, now let's see her real fighting power!"
"Is it okay for us to use our friends like this?" asked a girl who was busy under the range hood in a dark room with the curtains drawn.
"friend?"
Katenka glanced at the gateway address that was constantly changing as Monica switched accounts on the software she had just opened, and asked in a calm tone, "Where did our friends come from?"
"But the boss..."
"If the boss regards Monica as a friend, or Monica regards the boss as a friend, then isn't it appropriate for Monica to say a few words to the boss?"
"You misunderstood, I'm not talking about Monica."
The girl who was busy under the range hood blended the solutions in the two test tubes into a beaker fixed between the ice cubes. After waiting for the reaction inside to be completed, she came up with the rhetoric she had just thought of urgently, "I mean our
Boss, he must be considered our friend, we use him to test Monica's...combat ability? No matter what it is called, do you think this is okay? In case of being discovered..."
"What's so bad? Besides, how could he find out? I didn't do anything at all, right?" Katenka said matter-of-factly, "Besides, it's not a bad thing for him, you'll never forget it...
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"I haven't forgotten. I'll say it again. I haven't forgotten."
The girl under the range hood said while cleaning the used test tubes, "But the so-called helping the new boss gain an advantage in public opinion shouldn't mean helping him speak? Why do you want to provoke conflicts in public opinion?"
"This kind of thing is much more complicated to explain than the cockroach poison you want to prepare."
Katenka hit the Enter key hard while speaking, and then continued, "To put it simply, controversy can attract attention. Only when attention is attracted, more people will know about our new news."
boss."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But what about those who have brain problems?" The girl under the range hood asked while dripping sweetener and sweetener into the solution just prepared.
Cockroach food attractant.
"Don't we have Monica?"
Katenka pointed to the comments that kept jumping on the screen, "Our good friend Monica is like a filter. She will help us deal with the garbage. This is much more convenient than doing it ourselves."
"I always feel that after the boss finds out..."
"Don't worry, he won't know." Katenka glanced at the animal tooth necklace placed on the corner of the table and said with certainty, "How could he know these things?"
"Anyway, just don't cause us any trouble."
While the girl under the range hood was talking, she poured all the prepared liquid into a plastic spray bottle and sprayed it carefully on the food residue accumulated on the dining table, the gaps in the sofa, and the gaps in the doors and windows of each room.
While the two of them were working together to exterminate the cockroaches, Culp also found Wei Ran two days before the start of classes at the Hongqi Forest Farm.
"Have you been looking for a house these days?" Culp asked with interest. "The interview about you has caused countless controversies. Are you not in a hurry?"
"Is it helpful if I'm in a hurry?"
Wei Ran rolled his eyes and said, "Let them scold you if they want to. The chrysanthemums are growing on their butts anyway. Besides, why don't you ask who deliberately set the question in that controversial interview?"
"I don't know that. I was never responsible for your interview."
Culp decisively shirked the responsibility, and then asked, "Since you are not in a hurry, how about I take you to see a house? Maybe you will be interested."
"Where?" Wei Ran, who was originally studying the house rental information on the laptop screen, raised his head and asked.
"The scenery on the southeast side of Lake Kaban is very good." Culp explained like a conscientious real estate salesman, "and you don't have to pay rent."
"Is there such a good thing?" After Wei Ran was briefly surprised, he immediately shook his head and refused, "Forget it, I won't go."
"Why?" Culp asked in confusion as he looked at Wei Ran who continued to browse the rental information.
"Based on what I know about you, even if there is a house that does not require rent, you will charge some extra as hard money."
Wei Ran said without raising his head, "But since I can let you say that you don't have to pay rent, then the price I have to pay must be more than the rent."
"Victor, it seems that you have learned wisely." Culp smiled, "But this time is different. It is Teacher Dalia, and she is going to lend you her home."
"Teacher Dalia's home?" Wei Ran raised his head and looked at Culp in confusion.
"What the hell is that expression on your face?" Culp asked angrily.
"No, it's nothing, I'm just a little surprised." Wei Ran quickly closed the laptop screen as he spoke, "Teacher Dalia is from Kazan? This is the first time I know."
"She is not from Kazan." Culp sighed but did not explain. Instead, he turned around and walked out of the hotel. "If you want to see her, just follow her."
There was nothing to hesitate about. Just because it was Teacher Dalia’s house, he had to go there and take a closer look. As for whether to use the other person’s house, he would naturally consider it after satisfying his curiosity first.
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After getting into the car driven by Culp, before Wei Ran could get any valuable information out of him, the other party had already driven the car to the roadside on the southeastern shore of Lake Kaban.
The so-called Kaban Lake is actually three connected lakes extending from northwest to southeast in Kazan City. If you are not a local, you may only think that they are a relatively wide river.
However, Wei Ran remembered clearly that just a year before he came to Russia to study, Mao Zi had used this lake water system as a prototype to shoot a crappy movie with only 50 cents of special effects at best.
The location where Culp parked his car was on the southeast coast of the first Kaban Lake in the northwest. However, it was different from what Wei Ran imagined. Although the lake view here was quite beautiful, there was a road behind him.
, what can be seen is a large wasteland surrounded by colored steel tiles.
Looking up, there are lush birch and oak trees scattered behind the colored steel tiles, and not far from this area, separated by a wall, there is a very old-looking
Group of old buildings.
“It’s a very old winery there.”
Culp pointed to the old building complex not far away and explained, "It has existed since the end of the 18th century. Until the Soviet era, the water of Lake Kaban was still used to make wine, but now it can barely be regarded as an attraction."
"Could the house you're talking about be..."
Wei Ran looked blankly at the winery building complex in the distance. The fact that it can be called a building complex shows how large an area it covers. If such a large area and the buildings inside that could almost be regarded as cultural relics could be used for free,
, even if you agree to some conditions from Culp or Teacher Dalia, it doesn’t seem to be a big deal.
"Have you eaten Mr. Gorbachev's dog food?"
Culp saw Wei Ran staring eagerly at the winery not far away. He reluctantly took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and opened the rusty iron lock on a small door on the colored steel tile wall. "Come in and take a look."
See, this is where you can use it for free."
Wei Ran, who realized that he was having a sweet dream, shook his head in disappointment, and reluctantly followed Culp into the simple iron door. Compared with the shabby situation outside the iron door, this area was surrounded by colored steel tiles.
Although the wasteland seems to cover a large area, the actual situation is not much better.
Not to mention the nearly waist-high grass, wild birch trees growing wantonly, and the fallen leaves piled under the two oak trees that looked very old, just the roof of the three-story building facing the direction of Lake Kaban
, they all collapsed together with the naked eye.
In addition, a flower wall with iron fences was built around this building. Those colored steel tile walls were tied to this wall with iron wires. And on the rusty gate of the wall
, and there was a tattered sign that read "Caban Lake Candy Company".
While Wei Ran was observing the environment inside through the flower wall, Culp also gave up the futile effort of using the key to unlock the gate of the fence and bent down directly to pick up a broken brick that had fallen from the flower wall and smashed it hard.
With a loud "clang" sound, the broken brick in Culp's hand was shattered into rubbish, but the iron lock, which was as big as a fist, covered in rust and with a half-cut key, was unscathed.
"Wait for me," Culp said. Without waiting for Wei Ran to speak, he lowered his head and drilled out of the small door in the colored steel tile wall. Soon after, he came back with a pair of hydraulic pliers.
Seeing the other party's expression of "I've actually been prepared for this", Wei Ran had to swallow back the words that were on his lips, preparing to see what terrifying conditions Culp would use such a pile of ruins to offer later.
After struggling to open the iron gate, Culp held a hydraulic clamp in one hand and took out a PSS silent pistol from the holster under his arm with the other hand.
"Don't be nervous," Culp said with a smile, "No one has been here for a long time. There might be some small animals or drug addicts hiding here."
"These are enough to make people nervous, okay?" Wei Ran muttered angrily, and while increasing his vigilance, he asked curiously, "Is this really Teacher Dalia's home?"
"To be precise, it should be Dalia's husband's home," Culp explained as if squeezing out toothpaste.
"Teacher Dalia is married?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.
"Of course, remember Leva, the old veteran who opened a camera shop in Kirov?"
Culp gently pushed the wooden door covered with mold on the first floor of the building, but before he could push the door open, the wooden door clanged into the lobby on the first floor of the building.
"Remember" Wei Ran fanned the dust in front of his eyes, squinting his eyes and holding his breath.
Compared with the large yard outside, which is 50 to 60 meters square, this building only covers an area of about 500 square meters at most, and the inside of this door is basically a large empty warehouse. On the slightly cracked concrete floor, except for
Apart from some iron candy boxes packed in wooden boxes and a large amount of faded wrapping paper waiting to be used, there were no personal belongings at all. There were even a lot of inexplicable graffiti on the walls.
"Her husband was Leva's partner at the time and the heir to the candy company. Unfortunately, he did not come back alive from Grozny. At that time, Darya had even..."
Culp stopped abruptly in the middle of his explanation, and instead stepped into the interior of the building. He used the hydraulic pliers in his hand to tap on the concrete wall to inspect it, and at the same time, he said in a sales pitch, "It's not bad.
The quality of this building is very good. As long as we simply repair the roof and redecorate it, we can hold your funeral here."
"Can't you say something auspicious?"
Wei Ran shook his head helplessly, and at the same time thought about how to politely refuse. It was true that he wanted to move the studio to Kazan, but he didn't necessarily have to move there, and even if he had to move, there was really no need to choose a new location.
Such a shabby place.
"Then say something auspicious."
Culp rounded his arms and smashed the hydraulic clamp in his hand onto the stairs leading to the second floor in the distance. Seeing that the stairs did not collapse, he walked up the stairs and continued, "Dalia asked me to tell you
, if you are willing to move your studio here and repair this dilapidated house as much as possible, by the way, leave the two sunny rooms on the far left side of the third floor to her. After she dies, this house will be yours.
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"This is nothing but auspicious words." Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, "Does Her Majesty Dalia want to make me the crown prince?"
"In addition, she also asked me to tell you."
Culp, who was standing at the corner of the stairs, stopped and said with a smile, "Teacher Dalia said that if you plan to refuse, be prepared to double the content of all courses in March."
"Why?" Wei Ran asked in confusion.
"Of course because she is your teacher and has the right to decide your classes..."
"No, no, no," Wei Ran added without waiting for the other party to finish, "I mean, why do you have to give me this place?"
"No matter how good a house is, it will collapse if no one lives in it for too long."
Culp turned around and continued walking to the second floor while explaining, "Dalia has never been here, but at the same time she was worried that this dilapidated house would completely collapse into ruins.
Then you jumped out and wanted to rent a house and live a two-person world with your little girlfriend without parental restraint. So Victor, do you think there is a better candidate besides you?"
