Early the next morning, Wei Ran, who was sleepy-eyed, was dragged by his aunt from department to department in the city, and successfully put the studio under his name. Even the name was given under her insistence.
From "Alexei Studio" to "Time Studio."
After completing all the procedures, Feng Fenghuohuo's aunt was not idle at all. She went directly into the travel agency next door and started working. Wei Ran also returned to the studio to continue thinking about the plan. In addition to the various licenses and certificates originally hung on the wall
I got a new one, but the rest doesn't seem to have changed much from before.
But in the afternoon, as the sound of horse hooves clattered from far to near, a polished old Harley stopped steadily at the door of the studio.
"Mr. Nicholas, why are you here?"
Wei Ran looked at the old man sitting on the motorcycle in surprise and asked. Behind this old guy, there was a dirty Ural truck, and the one who jumped out of the cab happened to be the one who separated yesterday.
Ji Ma.
"I received the photo of the monument from you yesterday, and I was ready to come and take a look."
Nikolai took off his flashy helmet and hung it on the handlebar, looking at the Mamayev Hills not far away with emotion, "When I left here last time, this city was still in ruins. I didn't expect the changes.
So big."
"You rode here from Kazan all night?!" Wei Ran's eyes widened.
"It was only after I drove all night that I brought Principal Nikolai's motorcycle from Kazan." Jima, who had dark circles under his eyes, yawned. "Mr. Nikolai arrived after I arrived at noon today.
Came by train.”
"Come in and sit down." Wei Ran quickly greeted the two of them into the studio. When he made the coffee and served it, Nicholas said slowly, "I've been to see that monument. There are a lot of them nearby.
of flowers.”
Wei Ran smiled, "So there are still many people who think they are heroes."
“Stalingrad is no longer there, so what’s the point of being a hero?”
Nicholas murmured stiffly, and before Wei Ran could say anything, he took out a Lenin Medal from his leather jacket and pushed it to Wei Ran, "Young man, how about you do me a favor?"
"You said" Wei Ran looked at the medal lying on the table, then turned to look at Nicholas with an expectant look on his face.
Nicholas glanced at Ji Ma, who was yawning profusely, and then calmly made a gesture towards Wei Ran.
"Jima, do you want to go to my bedroom and sleep for a while?" Wei Ran turned around and asked.
"It would be great if possible." Ji Ma, who was already sleepy to death, was not polite and allowed Wei Ran to lead him into the bedroom.
After helping the other party close the door, Wei Ran sat down at the table again, quietly waiting for Nicholas's next words.
Picking up the Lenin Medal and shaking it, Nicholas lowered his voice and said, "This medal should have been awarded to a former colleague of mine. He was sent to West Germany in the early 1970s and came from the other side of the Berlin Wall.
He passed back a large amount of valuable information. But before the collapse of the Soviet Union, he suddenly disappeared, and I have never seen him again since then."
"So...you hope I can find this person?" Wei Ran's eyes widened, "Are you overestimating my ability?"
"Overestimating your abilities?"
Nikolai glanced at Wei Ran, "You can find me from an anti-tank gun, and maybe you can find his current location from a Lenin medal."
Wei Ran, who was speechless, opened his mouth and changed the subject dryly, "Not everyone has a good body like you. Maybe he has..."
Nicholas's old face showed unconcealable pain and hatred, "As long as we can find it, it doesn't matter even if it's a corpse."
"Can I...ask why?"
Wei Ran asked hesitantly. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to help. Even if he thought about it, he knew that if he found a person who could not be found by KGB in the Soviet era, it would inevitably cause him trouble.
But the painful expression on the old Nicholas' face made him unable to say no.
"He killed my wife and children."
Nikolai's eyes turned red and he said in a low voice, "For a long time, we all thought that it was Americans or West Germans who did it. But it was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union that I came from a retired German
Intelligence agents know the truth from their mouths."
Wei Ran hesitated, "If you can't find it..."
Nicholas sighed, "Young man, a KGB without a Soviet background is not much different from a stray wild dog. His only advantage may be that he can hide himself well."
"let me try"
Wei Ran picked up the medal vaguely, turned on his computer, and entered the official website of the Ministry of National Defense according to the number on the back to search. However, no matter how he searched, he could not find the existence of this medal at all.
"Is there no record of him anymore?" Nicholas obviously did not expect this result.
"Do you have anything else that can help you find out his identity?" Wei Ran declined, "If not, I'm afraid..."
"Yes!" Nicholas stood up decisively, "There are many more, but they are all in Kazan. Victor, if you have nothing to do, how about you go back with me now?"
"Mr. Nicholas, you should know that my hope of finding him is actually very slim. Even if this medal contains his detailed information, it will be very difficult to find this person who is still alive after so many years.
And most importantly, it was really an accident that I found you last time."
Nikolai's expression froze and he sat back in his chair, "After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, I have been looking for this person for almost the entire second half of my life. I had already given up, but I didn't expect that you would be able to find me.
Although I don’t know how you did it, I’m not that curious. Victor, no matter what method you use, for an old guy like me who may die at any time, you may be the only hope to find him.
Already."
"I...let's try..." Wei Ran looked at Nikolai who was looking forward to it, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed. He had no idea whether he could find it, but he didn't say anything anymore.
Not a single word of rejection came out.
"Then let's go back to Kazan now?"
Nikolai suggested impatiently. He originally wanted to mention this matter to Wei Ran yesterday, but he didn't want him to go back to Volgograd directly after going to the Red Flag Forest Farm in a hurry.
"Aren't you going to continue shopping here?"
"I've already walked around today." Nicholas shook his head. "If I can really find clues about that person, maybe I will move back here to live in the future. Then I will have plenty of time to hang out."
