"Mr. Victor, it will take us about five hours to get to Bonn, Germany. You can rest for a while on the way."
In the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, Leon reminded him while taking Wei Ran's luggage.
"Are you going to drive by yourself?" Wei Yan asked as he got into the car.
"I can do it." Leon said with certainty, "I will definitely send you to Bonn's airport safely and on time."
"Then it's all your fault." Wei Ran paused and continued: "Leon, if you get tired on the road, just tell me and we can take turns driving."
"I won't be polite if I can't hold on anymore."
Before Leon finished speaking, he opened the passenger door and took out a blanket and a pair of cotton slippers from the seat and handed them to Wei Ran.
After he put on comfortable slippers, covered himself with a blanket and adjusted the angle of the seat back, Leon, who had smoked a cigarette outside the car, opened the door and got into the cab.
A moment later, with the roar of the engine, the car slowly accelerated away from the still-awakening Paris city and drove straight towards Germany.
During the long drive that lasted for more than five hours, Wei Ran chatted with Leon from time to time at the beginning, and in the second half of the journey, he directly put on eye masks and earplugs to catch up on his sleep.
When he was woken up by Leon, the street signs outside the car window had changed to German. Looking at the time, it was already past ten in the morning.
"Mr. Dominic's plane won't land until the afternoon."
Leon paused for a moment, waited for Wei Ran to finish yawning, and then continued to ask: "Mr. Victor, are you hungry? Do you want to find a place to eat first and then find a hotel to take a shower and rest?"
"Let's find a hotel first." Wei Ran yawned again: "I really need to take a bath to wake up."
"Then let's take the one in front." Leon said, already turning the steering wheel and driving directly to the door of the hotel lobby.
"You can also get a room and take a rest." Wei Ran said before opening the car door: "If you are too tired, you can stay in the hotel in the afternoon, as long as you give me the car key."
"I'm not tired." Leon honestly rejected Wei Ran's kindness: "I also want to see Mr. Dominic again."
In this case, Wei Ran said nothing more and allowed the other party to arrange to stay in the hotel room. While filling the bathtub with water, he notified the sad news of Mr. Dominic's death to the people in Kazan who were about to have lunch.
Sui Sui.
This news not only made Suisui lament the uncertainty of the world, but also made the Katenka sisters sitting at the same table glance at each other subconsciously, and each could see a trace of expectation in each other's eyes.
As the saying goes, people's joys and sorrows are not the same. For these two girls, they don't care about Dominic's life or death at all, but at the same time, they also know that after the lonely old man passes away, the HeLa organization will soon
You can get investment from the Elk Foundation.
But for Weiyan, Dominic is definitely more than just a generous boss and customer.
Because of this, Wei Ran not only took a good shower before setting off that afternoon, but also deliberately dug out the custom-made formal clothes from his suitcase that he always brought with him when traveling on business, and put on the rarely used clothes.
That Soviet Wrigley watch... Before the sun set, Lyon drove him directly to the tarmac of the airport. At this time, not only lawyer Carlos was standing on the ramp of the private plane, but also
The new millionaire Kou Kou and her grandfather. Reading book
After not seeing each other for more than half a month, the grandfather and grandson haven't changed much at all. Just like the expressions on their faces, they are neither sad nor happy, but just confused and confused from beginning to end.
The anxiety has not subsided.
Look at the black coffin that has been taken off the plane and put into the hearse, and sitting in the driver's and co-pilot seats of the hearse, the two owners of "Jonas and Okan Brothers Outdoor Products Store", Wei
Ran gently placed a bouquet of chrysanthemums prepared by Leon for him on the coffin lid, and then walked towards Carlos and the others.
"Miss Coco, Mr. Loew, I'm sorry to hear the bad news."
Wei Ranhe
While shaking hands, the grandfather and grandson also nodded slightly towards lawyer Carlos standing behind.
"Brother Victor, the next step... is up to you." Kou Kou said, somewhat at a loss.
"Don't worry, I will treat Mr. Capet seriously." Wei Ran promised gently, while seriously nodding towards the old gentleman named Dominic.
"I actually have no feelings for him."
Koko's grandfather said regretfully, "Although I know he is my father, at my age, I really have no need for the father's love I lacked when I was a child. After all, even my mother only lived in those few pictures.
It’s just in a small photo.”
"I understand how you feel, and I also understand the loneliness of Mr. Dominic Capet."
Wei Ran paused and continued to reassure, "So you don't have to blame yourself. I guess even Mr. Cappe was well prepared mentally before meeting you."
"yes!"
The old man who had already walked to the hearse gently touched the coffin lid: "To me, he is indeed a strange father, but I have to admit that he is a good friend.
In the high-end hospital in Hawaii, I lived in the same ward with him. He told me about his childhood experience, and I told him about my experience growing up in a monastery. I don’t know how to describe it, but it felt like
Just like he and I became good friends when we were young, we have good friends who have endless topics to talk about."
"Mr. Dominic Capet probably has no regrets." Wei Ran murmured to himself.
"He said he was very satisfied."
Koko's grandfather, Mr. Loew, helped slowly close the trunk door of the hearse: "Young man, my father said that on the day I die, if I want, I can leave the burial to you. If that happens,
If you are willing to do this, you can bury me in the sarcophagus he prepared for my mother."
"Although it's still early for this matter."
Wei Ran paused for a moment, then turned to look at Kou Kou, who was standing next to him at a loss, and lawyer Carlos, who was standing a few meters behind Kou Kou, and then said in a very formal manner: "But if that day comes, as long as Miss Kou Kou is willing,
I'll come to help."
"Take him away..."
Dominique Loew gently patted the carriage of the hearse: "Send this lonely old guy home, send my father and mother home."..."Victor"
Lawyer Carlos in the distance said before Wei Yan got into the hearse: "We will wait for you at the airport."
"I understand," Wei Ran said, already bending down and getting into the carriage of the hearse, sitting on the edge of the coffin.
"Sit tight"
Okan II, who was in charge of driving, whispered instructions, then slowly stepped on the accelerator, followed a ground service vehicle out of the airport, and drove straight to the long-forgotten Hürtgen Forest.
Under the fiery red sunset, the black hearse drove further and further away, finally completely throwing away the steel jungle behind it.
In the quiet carriage of the hearse, I also remembered the song "Astigoe***y" played on the blues harmonica.
I don’t know when Wei Ran put away his harmonica. I don’t know when he started. Outside the car window, he could already see acres of farmland and forests, as well as the starry night sky.
But this black hearse never stopped from beginning to end - until it arrived at the mill town in the Hürtgen Forest, until it walked along the gravel road on the side of the mill, in the dark night
Driving deep into the forest, passing through the passage on the barbed wire fence, and finally stopping outside the moat.
"We're here." As he spoke, the old man named Jonas had already pushed open the car door, walked to the back of the car, and gently opened the trunk door.
"Can you just carry it in?" Wei Ran asked, who also pushed the door and got out of the car. "Yes"
Okan II responded hoarsely, and he and Jonas grasped the sterling silver handle on the coffin one by one.
Seeing this, Wei Ran quickly grabbed the two handles at the end of the coffin, followed the two of them, and carried the heavy coffin across the moat, then onto the platform, and finally into the brightly lit room.
A very clean church.
At this time, not only was a dark red carpet laid in the church, but an entrance and exit that was more than two meters long and one meter wide was also opened on the floor in the center.
Looking down from here is the basement of the church. Next to this temporarily opened entrance, there is a tripod made of wooden cubes with an electric winch and a universal wheel.
"Young man, please go down first."
Little Jonas pointed to the door on the right side of the icon: "Climb up to the bell tower from there, and then go down along the stairs inside the other door."
"good."
Wei Ran nodded, walked into the room next to the icon, and climbed up the stairs to the bell tower with familiarity.
At the same time, Young Jonas and Okan II, also witnessed by the bronze statues around them, connected the wooden coffin and the iron chain hanging from the winch on the top of the tripod together and started the winch.
Once the wooden coffin was off the ground, they immediately pushed the tripod hanging the wooden coffin to the temporary entrance and exit cut out on the floor.
Just as the two of them were getting ready, Wei Ran had entered the basement again. But this time, bright lights were also lit in the basement, allowing him to easily see the extra stone tablet.
The names of Dominic and Nadia are written side by side, as well as the completely opened sarcophagus behind the stele.
With the cooperation of three people on the ground and underground, Dominic and Nadia's burial coffin was placed into the sarcophagus, and then the heavy stone coffin lid was pulled up with the help of a winch... As the iron chain was untied by Wei Ran
, the billionaire’s simple funeral finally came to an end. The lonely old man was finally reunited with his companions.
Wei Ran secretly sighed, and took out a photo from his pocket of the young Dominic and the equally young Nadia with the ruins of the castle as the background, and gently placed it between them.
On someone's tombstone.
"Don't worry, I will be your gravekeeper."
Wei Ran stroked the lid of the sarcophagus and muttered something in German, then turned around and returned to the church on the surface.
After a while, Okan II and Jonas Jr., with the help of a tripod, had used the two stone floor tiles to re-block the temporary entrance and exit to the basement.
After everything was packed up, the two old men called on Wei Ran to help carry the heavy tripod and the dismantled electric winch and left the church and returned to the other side of the moat.
"Drive the hearse away."
Okan II took the tripod carried on Wei Ran's shoulder and threw it directly into the dry river. At the same time, he kept explaining, "Tomorrow Leya and her gardener husband will bring people over to renovate this place.
Full of pine trees.
In the spring, the moat will be filled with water and stocked with rainbow trout. In the summer, there are a lot of mushrooms in the surrounding forest. Léa and her husband, a gardener, visit the castle every summer.
There are many dried mushrooms drying on the roof.
In autumn, the rainbow trout raised in the spring have grown large enough. The rainbow trout here and the dried mushrooms that Leya dried are Uncle Dominic's favorite foods."
"What about winter?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.
"He doesn't like winter here," little Jonas continued, "in fact, he doesn't like winter anywhere."
"He will no longer call us in the middle of the night and ask us to get him some rainbow trout or dried mushrooms and fly them there immediately." Okan II sighed heavily.
"That's not bad," Wei Ran said abruptly, "He's finally back here."
"maybe.."
Young Jonas also sighed: "Young man, leave here. Unless Leia or Sebastian are ready to stop maintaining this castle, we will not trouble you. Correspondingly, you don't have to come again."
This castle."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay. So...goodbye, gentlemen."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he turned around, opened the door and got into the empty hearse. He started the engine and turned the front of the car.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he left the castle tomb where everyone was already present.
When he drove back to the airport, it was already around one o'clock in the evening.
After handing the car to Leon, who was waiting in advance, Wei Ran walked straight into the terminal hall with Carlos' lawyer, who was still waiting for him.
"After this plane flies this last flight, it will be sold to a stock tycoon in the United States."
As lawyer Carlos walked away, he said with nostalgia: "It will be difficult to meet a generous boss with such charismatic personality as Mr. Dominic in the future."
"really."
Wei Ran followed the other party and asked, "Will you continue to provide legal services to Kou Kou and her grandfather in the future?" "Of course"... Lawyer Carlos nodded matter-of-factly: "I have already
I have received my salary for the next fifty years in advance. Even though I may not be able to live that long, I don’t want to retire so early.”
"Speaking of which, where are Miss Koko and Mr. Loew?"
"They have already gone to Paris first, and I will join them later."
Lawyer Carlos explained with some gloating, "Although Miss Coco has inherited all of Mr. Dominic's wealth, she still needs to go back to school and re-study at a university that can match her wealth." "So..."
"Until she gets her PhD and has a job, she can only get a maximum of $1 million a year from the foundation."
Carlos spread his hands: "If you get a university degree certificate, you can get up to two million dollars a year. If you get a master's degree, you can get three million. If you get a doctorate, you can get four million dollars a year. Only
Only when she gets her Ph.D. and finds a stable job or chooses to start her own business and start making profits will she be able to receive the full $5 million per year.
Before that, the Elk Foundation will help her save the part of the living expenses that she cannot receive due to insufficient conditions every year. Victor, this requires you to strictly supervise Mr. Sebastian. Also, this year
The living expenses have been paid to her. In other words, the Elk Foundation should now have an additional independent account, and US$4 million has been deposited in it.”
"I will pay attention to this matter. It seems that being a rich man is not so easy..."
Wei Ran, who had passed the security check and customs, also gloated and joked. At the same time, he couldn't help but think of the fear of being dominated by that graduate degree. Not only was it difficult to be a rich man, he, a historian, was also not that easy.
"It's easy to become a rich man, even very easy. But if you want your descendants to always be rich, just having a high degree of education is not enough."
Lawyer Carlos said with deep emotion: "Generally speaking, Miss Koko is a good heir, but she also has many shortcomings.
So maybe the future will not be much easier for her than working as a veterinarian and a slaughterhouse worker in the French countryside. But fortunately, she seems to be happy to study."
At this point, Carlos added rather strangely: "But that girl doesn't seem to have decided on a major yet. Victor, do you have any suggestions?"
"At least don't major in history or law," Wei Ran said subconsciously.
"You're right!" Lawyer Carlos laughed and repeated: "You're right, at least don't choose history or law."
"Let's not talk about her anymore, Carlos, how much do you know about the Elk Foundation?" Wei Ran took the initiative to change the topic.
"Probably not as much as you."
Carlos pondered for a moment, "Frankly speaking, although I have always known about the existence of this foundation, the only people who know more about it are Mr. Paul and Ms. Lily who often appear next to Mr. Dominic. As for Sebastian , I haven’t even met him.”
"Lily, she..."
"She has been sent to Tent City Prison for life."
Lawyer Carlos greeted Wei Ran and got into the shuttle bus waiting for the two of them. "The man named Butch was sent to the hospital a week ago due to anal prolapse. He will continue to serve his sentence after he recovers. He also died... . Imprisonment."
"Carlos, I thought you were a good person." Wei Ran teased, half jokingly and half seriously.
"I told you when we met for the second time that I am a barely notorious lawyer."
Carlos said extremely seriously, "Everything I did was within the legal framework and would never violate any legal provisions. As for the unfortunate experiences of Lily, Butch and others after being imprisoned, these things can only be dealt with by them." I hired a lawyer myself to sue Mr. Warden."
"Having such an excellent... no, having such a notorious lawyer friend is really something worth celebrating."
"I'm also glad that you accepted the Elk Foundation instead of that greedy woman Lily." After Carlos finished speaking, he took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Victor, maybe I will introduce business to you in the future."
"What is it this time?" Wei Ran asked jokingly, "Is the commission also $3 million?"
"As I said just now, it will be difficult to meet a generous and charismatic boss like Mr. Dominic in the future."
Carlos waited for the shuttle bus, which was just the two of them, to stop. He opened the door and walked out while saying, "I'm not sure whether the other party needs your help, but she definitely can't offer a high price of 3 million."
"She?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows. "It's still early to talk about this matter."
Carlos led Wei Ran into the plane and said, "Mr. Dominic still has a lot of work left for me to finish. After I finish my work, I will go to Kazan to meet you again."
"Welcome to visit you at any time." Weiran responded politely and followed him into the cabin.
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