"Are you done?" Dalia asked with a smile as soon as the call was connected.
"I just finished my work," Wei Ran responded.
"Since you're done, come back as soon as possible." After saying that, Dalia simply hung up the phone.
Taking a deep breath, Wei Ran booked a flight ticket to Kazan as soon as possible, and at the same time secretly thought about what new tricks would be waiting for him at the Hongqi Forest Farm.
Speaking of which, the three people he met this time did not use the readings of the famous works that Gorman secretly asked him to read before. This also made him start to wonder whether Gorman was playing tricks on him or Daria.
Plans were temporarily changed.
With these doubts in mind, Weiran boarded the flight to Kazan on time the next morning, and after several transfers, finally landed safely in Kazan.
Without daring to delay, Wei Ran drove his off-road vehicle back to the Hongqi Forest Farm, only to find that not only Dalia and several other teachers were already waiting for him, but Mr. Nicholas and Jima were also there!
"Little guy, you are finally back." Nikolai patted Wei Ran gently on the shoulder, "How is it? Isn't Sochi very warm?"
"It's indeed warm," Wei Ran responded dryly, completely unaware of what the situation was.
"Okay, let's go to the conference room to chat." Culp seemed to notice Wei Ran's confusion and asked him to follow him to the main building.
"Jima, what's going on?" Wei Ran grabbed Jima and asked in a low voice.
"how could I know..."
Ji Ma said with a stern look, "I was watching a movie with my Maya yesterday, and then I was notified to come back immediately."
"Where is Nicholas? When did Mr. Nicholas arrive?" Wei Ran continued to ask while he was going upstairs.
"He was already there when I arrived." Jima glanced at Mr. Nicholas, who was walking at the front. "I heard Gorman say that he seemed to have arrived the day before yesterday."
"You two, get into the elevator quickly." Teacher Anna urged dissatisfiedly.
"Right away!" Wei Ran and Jima responded in unison, and quickly stepped into the elevator.
Led by Culp, the group went directly to the top floor of the main building, passed through two locked security doors, and finally entered a large conference room that had never been used.
This conference room has obviously been carefully cleaned recently, and there are even some bouquets with water drops placed in the center of the conference table.
When everyone was seated, Culp cleared his throat and then said seriously, "Gorman."
"Zai" Gorman stood up in the same serious manner.
"Victor"
Wei Ran, who was not sure why, also stood up.
"Gorman, do you admit to helping student Victor cheat?" Culp's tone was still serious and unseemly.
"Admit it," Gorman replied without thinking, "I revealed the content of this month's course to student Victor in advance and helped him prepare a book list."
"Victor, do you admit it?" Culp asked, looking at Wei Ran.
"Um..." Wei Ran looked at everyone present and finally replied, "It does happen."
"In this case, the following is the penalty decision."
Kapoor cleared his throat again and said seriously, "In view of the shameful cheating behavior this month, teacher Gorman was expelled from the Red Flag Girls Security Training School. Mr. Gorman, do you have any objections?"
"No objection," Gorman replied in a serious tone, "the days spent with everyone in this school will be my best memories."
"So are we"
After Culp finished speaking, he looked at Wei Ran, "Student Victor, in view of your shameful cheating behavior, from now on, you will be permanently expelled from the Red Flag Women's Security Training School, and all teaching materials, as well as the dormitory and car assigned to you, will be recovered.
Victor, do you have any objections?"
"I..."
"Very good, it seems you have no objection."
Before Culp finished speaking, Teacher Dalia had already placed a thick pile of documents on the table.
Wei Ran, who was not far away, could see clearly that those documents seemed to be the test questions that he and Ji Ma had done before.
"Destroy it"
Before Culp finished speaking, the two teachers Dalia and Anna had already opened the paper shredders at their feet and stuffed all the test questions and other things into it.
Amidst the buzzing noise of the shredder, Wei Ran, after a brief period of daze and astonishment, vaguely understood the purpose of these teachers' seemingly unnecessary operations.
"I almost forgot the last thing." Culp patted his forehead, "Victor, although you have been expelled, remember to make up for the last year's tuition."
"I will remember this"
Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded. The so-called expulsion was just an excuse. Simply put, it was just that these old stubborns did not allow a Chinese to graduate from this school.
Feelings? For them, maybe it is, or maybe it is just their remaining persistence and pride. Of course, it is not ruled out that some traces of Wei Ran's study here can be erased - even if it is only in form.
"Now that you two shameful cheaters have been expelled, don't stay here anymore."
Culp said businesslikely, "Jima, go and burn all those scraps of paper, and take back all the things that belong to former student Victor. If you also plan to cheat, you will be stuffed into the shredder next."
It’s you.”
"I thought I would be fired too..."
Jima muttered in a moderate voice, and quickly took out the plastic bag that Gorman had given him more than an hour ago, and poured out all the shredded paper from the shredder, like a waste collector.
As if, he followed Wei Ran and Gorman at a leisurely pace and walked out of this conference room, which was also his first time here.
"Victor, you want to buy me a drink later."
Gorman walked down the stairs and said, "I was fired because of you. If nothing else happens, my salary for this month may have been lost."
"Please, I please."
Wei Ran responded angrily that the so-called dismissal was nothing more than an excuse. After all, Gorman was only fired from Hongqi Forest Farm, but not from Time Film Studio, and he was still one of the major shareholders of the studio.
Woolen cloth.
"Victor, would you like to buy me a drink too?"
Ji Ma, who was carrying a large bag of waste paper, came up to comfort him and said, "Don't be so depressed. I was..."
"Do you think I'm depressed?" Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded. Ji Ma was also a man, and he was also pretending to be stupid.
"Just a little sudden?" Gorman asked with a smile.
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "It's indeed a bit sudden. This formalism really catches people off guard."
"Sometimes formality is necessary."
Gorman took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit it, "Let's go and sit in my office. I'm sure you have a lot to ask."
"Where's the office?" Wei Ran asked with interest.
"Of course it's the studio director's office."
Gorman naturally gave Wei Ran the expected answer, then glanced at Ji Ma and pretended to say, "My good student, I have been fired, so don't follow me, go and do your work.
.”
"Mr. Gorman, I will miss you."
Ji Ma, who seemed like a drama queen, actually squeezed out two tears, then gave Gorman an almost suffocating hug and winked at Wei Ran.
After sending Jima away, Wei Ran followed Gorman to the area assigned to Time Film Studio on the first floor of the main building, greeted the girls working here and walked into an office in the corner.
It wasn't until Wei Ran closed the door that Gorman put out the cigarette butt, took out a bottle of whiskey from the drawer, and then took out an ice box from the small refrigerator behind him.
"What do you want to ask?" As Gorman spoke, he poured half a glass of wine for Wei Ran and threw some ice cubes into it.
Wei Ran spread his hands and said, "Apart from the fact that I am unprepared for today's performance, I actually don't have much to ask."
"intelligent young man"
Gorman took a sip from the cup and said to himself, "After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Ivan completely gave up his previous career, returned to the village where he grew up, and became a fisherman like his father. Although at first
The past few years have been difficult, but fortunately he managed to save some money before becoming a fisherman.
You probably saw it, right? After breaking away from his job in the Soviet era, he is now a happy ordinary person."
Seeing Wei Ran nod, Gorman continued, "Stepan was a student of the Suvorov Junior Military Academy in the Soviet era, a student with very good grades, and he and Anna had some blood relations.
If the Soviet Union had not collapsed, he would have been recruited into the GKB. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he was admitted to the Krasnodar Police University with Anna's help, and after graduation he became an anti-smuggling policeman in Sochi.
Now his son is in high school, and he is also a happy ordinary person. Of course, it is undeniable that he occasionally does some smuggling."
"Where's the dealer?"
When Wei Ran saw that the other party actually picked up the cup, he couldn't help but ask. In comparison, the dealer in Kaliningrad was the person he had the shortest contact with, which was less than ten minutes.
Gorman sighed, "He should be considered successful to some extent."
"He?" Wei Ran frowned, "The person I met was a woman."
"Beautiful woman?" Gorman asked with a strange expression.
"At least the breasts are big," Wei Ran said, half jokingly and half seriously.
"That should just be his employees."
Gorman put down the cup, "It's normal if you haven't seen him. He lives very carefully, just like a rat in the sewer. But at the same time, he is always enthusiastic and generous to his old friends. But in comparison
, he should be considered the most tiring person alive."
"So..." Wei Ran was silent for a moment and looked up at Gorman, "The same kind of people lead different lives because of different choices?"
"You are right to understand this."
Gorman spread his hands and said, "I have no other intention of letting you meet them. I just want to give you a reference in advance to prevent you from causing unsolvable trouble in the future with what you learned at the Hongqi Forest Farm. As for the people you met.
Will it help you? I personally advise you not to have any hope."
"I'm just a historian." Wei Ran's tone was particularly firm this time.
"I'm glad you think so," Gorman said, raising his glass and saying, "Cheers."
"cheers"
Wei Ran picked up the cup and clinked it with the other party. When his lips touched the rim of the cup, he finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time, "Gorman, what are you going to do?"
"What are you doing?" Gorman asked after draining the whiskey in his glass.
Wei Ran hesitated for a while, then simply told all the questions he had been having, "Including accepting me to study here before, setting up a film studio, and just expelling me, all of that."
"First of all, you are a good partner and an equal partner."
Gorman poured a second glass of wine, "So we don't mind helping our partners learn some useless knowledge about how to live. On the other hand, according to Mr. Nicholas, it seems that you took the initiative to give it to us."
Door-to-door.”
“It was indeed delivered to my door by myself.”
Wei Ran grinned, unable to refute this matter. Although the learning experience at Hongqi Forest Farm was not a good memory, it did teach him a lot.
It can even be said that what I learned here played a vital role when I entered the battlefields of World War II. In fact, the most important thing is that it perfectly concealed the existence of the metal book and the things the metal book taught me.
This is one of the reasons why he refused the so-called talent show in Sochi.
"Firing you is just for your own good. I don't think I need to explain this matter." The smile on Gorman's face became more kind. "As for the film studio, of course it is just to make money."
"This sentence is false," Wei Ran almost subconsciously made a judgment, even though the expression on the other person's face was extremely sincere.
