"What a coincidence..." Wei Ran said dryly, while he was already wondering how much it would cost to renovate such a large house.
"Just... just think of it as a favor." Before Culp finished speaking, he had already walked up to the second floor again.
Compared with the empty first floor, the space on the second floor is not much better. Except for a few broken tables and chairs that have long since decayed, there are not even a few glass windows that remain intact. The floor under the feet is also mostly broken.
Mold grew, revealing the concrete floor hidden underneath.
I walked up to the third floor in silence. Apart from a few fewer rooms and two more sunrooms with floor-to-ceiling windows that could see Lake Kaban, there were not many changes compared to the second floor. It was still rubbish.
All kinds of obscenities were written on the walls everywhere, and the glass of all the windows had been smashed. Even things like radiators seemed to have been removed a long time ago.
I specifically went to the two sunny rooms designated by Dalia to check. Unfortunately, except for the bones of some unknown wild animals, no personal belongings related to her were found in these two rooms.
Climbing up the stairs to the attic, Wei Ran saw at a glance that this triangular space was filled with a large amount of bird droppings, feathers, broken eggshells and the mutilated carcasses of various rodents. At the same time, because of the leaking skylight,
More than one-third of the area on the sunny side has completely collapsed, and even the remaining areas are crumbling as if they may be completely blown away by a gust of wind at any time.
"It's not easy to renovate such a big house." Wei Ran came down from the attic and patted the dust and feathers that were accidentally stained on his body while thinking about how to refuse.
"You can just give yourself a headache when it comes to this kind of problem. You don't need to tell me."
Culp didn't give Wei Ran a chance to continue. He turned around and walked downstairs and said, "In addition, Gorman and Dalia have discussed it. In the summer, we will take you and Jima to class."
That five-story building will be completely renovated. Then if your little girlfriend brings tourists to Kazan, she can use the forest farm as a base, and that building can also be given to her specifically to receive tourists. Of course, she has to pay.
Yes, but it is definitely much cheaper than hotels in the city.
After all, it used to be a Soviet sanatorium, and all the equipment can still be used, and the girls in the studio can also provide photo shooting services for the tourists you bring. The most important thing is that it is not far away from the place.
The airport is close enough and can save you a lot of time.”
Wei Ran opened his mouth in astonishment and looked at Culp who was doing his best to sell. After a moment of silence, he asked in disbelief, "Just to let me renovate this house?"
"It seems that you really ate Mr. Gorbachev's dog food."
Culp, who stopped, shook his head helplessly, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it for himself and explained in a puff of smoke, "This is to thank your little girlfriend for helping Gorman's son.
And for Hongqi Forest Farm, it can also make the place more lively while earning more income."
"The forest farm is short of money?" Wei Ran thought he had grasped the details.
The expression on Culp's face became more and more like he was looking at a fool, "Who would think that there is too much money?"
"What about the studio?" Wei Ran, who was successfully led astray, asked curiously, "If that building is used by Aurora, where will the studio go?"
"Of course it's the main building. There are enough rooms in that building." Culp said impatiently, "What else do you want to ask?"
"What about the courses at Hongqi Forest Farm?" Wei Ran continued to ask desperately, "No girls will go to classes there in the future?"
"Of course there will be." Culp's eyes were already looking at a dead person. "I told you, the main building has enough rooms. Now tell me, how long will it take you to repair this broken house?"
"Um...I haven't agreed to move..."
"Okay, as you said, one month." Culp didn't wait for Wei Ran to finish speaking, and as always, he hallucinated the answer he wanted to hear in advance.
"When did I..."
"Or half a month?"
"One month, one month!"
Wei Ran gritted his teeth and looked at Culp who continued to walk out. At this time, he completely realized that even though the Soviet Union was gone, these old KGB bastards who survived were really more arrogant than the last. He has grown so big.
I have never seen someone beg so arrogantly when asking for help.
"You said it yourself for a month." Culp walked out of the house as he spoke, "Now there is one last thing."
"What's the matter?" Wei Ran looked at the other party warily.
"Your class is on the 15th of March. In other words, you have now had half a month to think about how to renovate this house."
Looking at Culp with a smile on his face, Wei Ran's expression became even more ugly, "Culp, is this too much? Are you so eager to let me live in this shabby house?"
"This matter has nothing to do with the house."
Culp explained while dusting himself off, "In a few days, I will accompany teachers Anna and Dalia to Egypt to inspect the film shooting locations, and Gorman will guide Jima to handle interviews after the filming. In other words
By the way, we really don’t have time to give you lessons at the moment.”
"Really?" Wei Ran looked at Culp suspiciously.
"Or you can go to Egypt with us," Culphun said nonchalantly, "then we can teach you some things on the way."
“No need to”
Wei Ran ended the topic decisively. According to what Dalia said at the time, he had completed the course almost a year ahead of schedule. Now it really doesn't matter if he is half a month early or half a month late, but he doesn't want to follow the three
A teacher goes out to be a bag-carrying boy, otherwise wouldn’t it be his job to serve tea and pour water?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Besides, if one of these three old bastards gets mad and gives himself another impromptu assessment, it will be a surprise that the special code cannot refuse.
"What a considerate and good student"
Culp nodded with satisfaction and led Wei Ran through the waist-high grass and left the dilapidated house. Then he took out a new padlock from the car and handed it to Wei Ran in a serious manner, "Victor
, I wish you a happy life here."
"Thank you so much." Wei Ran thanked the other party with a fake smile, and then reluctantly took the lock and locked the simple broken door on the colorful steel tile wall himself.
It wasn't until Culp restarted the car and drove towards the hotel that Wei Ran suddenly said, "Teacher Culp, I suddenly discovered that there is a profession that is particularly suitable for you."
"teacher?"
Culp asked in anticipation, "When I was teaching in Jima's small village, those children liked me very much."
"No no no"
Wei Ran waved his hand seriously, "It's a pity that you don't do real estate sales. I even firmly believe that there is no house in Russia that you can't sell."
"So you want to buy a house?" Culp smiled and turned to look at Wei Ran.
"If you don't buy it, you have no money."
Wei Ran, who was on the verge of suicidal and frantically testing, decisively stopped teasing the other party about the dangerous behavior, and instead asked about various plans for the first movie to be shot by Time Film Studio.
"Well, the studio's affairs have nothing to do with you."
After explaining the journey, Culp parked the car in front of the hotel and finally said, "In the half month we are away, in addition to repairing the dilapidated house as soon as possible, you must also remember your graduation thesis. If you don't understand anything, just write it down."
Go to Kazan University and find your advisor, he is the only one who can help you in this regard."
"Only for thesis?" Wei Ran asked pointedly, unwilling to give up.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Culp asked with a smile as he looked at Wei Ran, who was ready to jump out of the passenger seat at any moment.
"forget it!"
Before he finished speaking, Wei Ran, who had already unbuckled his seat belt and opened the car door, immediately jumped out, ran into the car door and ran into the hotel lobby.
"Smart little guy"
Culp, who seemed to be in a particularly good mood, muttered something noncommittal, slowly stepped on the brakes, turned around and drove in the direction of Hongqi Forest Farm.
Watching Culp's car go away, Wei Ran, who was hiding in the hotel lobby, immediately ran into the parking lot and drove the rented car back to the almost abandoned shabby house on the shore of Lake Kaban.
Only this time, he did not go in. Instead, he walked carefully around the colored steel tile wall and took in the surrounding environment.
To put it simply, there is not only a wall between this house and the historic winery next door that seems to have been discontinued long ago, but there is also a deserted dirt road in the middle that is enough for a car to turn around. However, maybe it has been here for too long.
Because of its use, this dirt road, which is only 50 to 60 meters long, has also been occupied by weeds and various construction debris.
After carefully walking around the wall and finding nothing else, he drove away again, planning to find a cheap and useful construction team in Kazan that could take over the renovation work here.
Although this shabby house was almost forced to live in by Culp and the faceless teacher Dalia, the house was forced to live in by coercion and inducement, but in any case, those teachers were willing to lend the Hongqi Forest Farm to Suisui as a fat sheep.
The slaughterhouse is already here, so there is really no need for me to continue to refuse.
And on the other hand, he could also see that whether it was the dilapidated house or the Time Film Studio established earlier or even the Inta Camp that Suisui took over, he and the Hongqi Forestry Farm were already locked in a certain way.
They are firmly tied together and have become a community of interests.
The only defense between the two is that Hongqi Forestry Farm, headed by Mr. Nicholas, does not understand Weiran's true plan, and Weiran also does not understand Hongqi Forestry's true purpose.
But fortunately, this only estrangement does not have a big impact, at least it will not affect the unconditional trust between the two parties to another degree. Otherwise, let alone Gorman will not let him help find his wife in the United States.
Son, not to mention that Dalia would not cheat to let him help take care of this house full of sad and happy memories. Even the earliest Mr. Nicholas would not let him help investigate the cause of death of his wife and children.
