War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1779: Flags cannot be sent to museums

In Hangzhou, a large group of girls who were quite famous in some sense boarded a bus, carrying various souvenirs they had bought, talking and laughing.

"Where should we go next?"

In the bus, Dao Feng first kissed Aniya, and then, while wiping his saliva, he asked Wei Ran, who was sitting with Sui Sui across the aisle.

"Let's go eat. The two of you should be more moderate and don't eat too much before you even get to the place." Wei Ran reminded helplessly.

Although he was surrounded by beautiful women, he felt no happiness at all and just felt like he was in a daycare center.

It’s okay for Kajianka, Koko and others, and even the two groups of Hela girls.

But before leaving Shencheng, Ninel stuffed his partner Aniya and his daughter Daofeng, who seemed to have been forgotten by Cha Xifeng, to him as if he was throwing away trouble.

That’s not all. Olga, who was planning to live a life of her own with Ninel, also felt relieved to leave her sister Olena to him and Su Su’s care.

That would have been fine, but just yesterday when they arrived in this city, those pink little girls from Baba Yaga also spontaneously formed a group to travel here, and vowed to follow the Queen to eat the delicious food.

Although he spent the whole night trying to figure out what other delicious food there is in this food desert besides McDonald's, it did not stop these noisy girls from having a great time, and they even praised a certain sour and fishy fish.

“You are jealous”

As Aniya said this, she kissed Daofeng, who was sitting next to her, as if to show her protest.

"Why don't you care about them?" Sui Sui muttered softly, "It's just to save her from harassing us."

"That makes sense!" Wei Ran nodded in agreement.

"Has your scumbag friend arrived?" Su Su asked, changing the subject.

"Here I am." Wei Ran patted the armrest. "He arranged this car."

"Will I come and talk then?" asked Sui Sui.

"You should be the one to discuss your business." Wei Ran answered as a matter of course.

The main reason they came to Hangzhou this time was to take this car full of beautiful girls to visit tourist attractions and do team building, but there were other things as well - they were all Su Su's business.

After all the girls were seated, the bus started slowly and finally drove out of the bustling city center and stopped in front of an unremarkable office building not far from the distant green hills.

At this time, on the first floor steps of this glass-walled office building, Qin II and his cousin Qin Qi were already waiting.

"get off!"

Before Sui Sui finished speaking, she was the first to get out of the car and enthusiastically hugged Qin Qi, who had already become her friend.

After all the other girls got off the car, Wei Ran slowly walked down.

"If you don't come down, I'll find someone to carry you up," said Qin II, handing over two cigarettes.

Taking one of the cigarettes and lighting it, Wei Ran looked up at the building and asked, "Tell me about it?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or excuses?" asked Qin II.

"Forget it, it's just an excuse." Wei Ran said.

"This is a piece of junk I found for free," said Qin II. "This whole building was found for free."

"Where did you pick it up?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"On the main road"

Qin II said nonchalantly, "I shouted for a long time to ask who it belonged to, but no one paid attention to me. If I didn't pull it down, no one would want me to give it to my good brother."

"Can you make it more realistic?" Wei Ran shook his head helplessly.

"I can't help it. I've always been honest and I won't tell lies."

Qin II paused, and said casually, "I picked up the burning penny from the same street where you did."

"Don't you think your mouth is too hot?"

Wei Ran's heart skipped a beat. He had guessed this would happen, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly and suddenly.

"I don't know shit, I just burn my mouth"

Qin II stopped and looked around, "This is also to support your and the Queen's business."

"specific."

"We need to discuss the details"

Qin II said with particular disdain, "How can you be so unskilled in this kind of thing?"

"Say that bullshit," Wei Ran said sarcastically, "I don't even know how to breastfeed a baby, do you know how to do it?"

“No, the hardware doesn’t support it.”

Qin II spread his hands, and then the two scumbags standing at the door burst into laughter.

"Since we are a family, tell me the truth." Wei Randanfei said after taking three or two puffs of his clean cigarette.

"This office space is the base, accounting for one quarter, and this cannot be changed."

Qin II pointed behind him and said, "There is a chance that Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Fleece will take up a quarter of it. That's the upper limit."

"What about the remaining half?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"The rest will be decided on their own merits at the negotiation table."

Qin II said, "The Queen and my sister Qin Qi talked about it. Ideally, it will be split in half. These are actually not important. The main thing is the division of labor."

"In this case, I won't get involved." Wei Ran decisively made the wisest decision.

“That’s what I thought too.”

Qin II said with a playful smile, "How about I take you around this building?"

"Okay," Wei Ran responded indifferently.

“It’s not far from the high-speed rail station, so transportation is quite convenient.”

Qin Ershi led Wei Ran inside and said, "The lower part is for offices, and the upper part is a hotel. The former hotel owner was stupid enough to go in and learn how to operate a sewing machine. My aunt bought this place a few years ago and collects rent."

"So that quarter belongs to your aunt who loves you even when she beats you and scolds you?" Wei Ran said without comment.

"I guess so," Qin II answered ambiguously, "I didn't ask."

"Okay, go on." Wei Ran said as he followed the other party into the sightseeing elevator.

"No, what else to continue?"

Qin II spread his hands and said, "Oh, oh, oh, the transportation here is convenient, the scenery is pleasant, and the surroundings are well equipped."

"Can you tell me something practical?" Wei Ran asked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Gone"

"This is just an office space. What's practical about it?"

Qin II changed the subject and said with a grin, "This time my sister plans to cooperate with Her Majesty the Queen to enter the film and television production industry. The meat is all here, but to put it bluntly, it's basically the same as the Red Flag Forest Farm in which you hold shares."

"That's a far cry."

Wei Ran muttered to himself, and asked calmly, "Shall I provide the story?"

"Domestic Stories"

Qin Ershi added, "Like the Wild Man Mountain we have already filmed, like the Long March predecessors you and Xiaoxia found, or the descendants of Yang Minhua, and even the International Brigade soldiers you found in Shanghai this time and Xiaoxia's grandfather, and so on and so forth."

"No problem," Wei Ran nodded happily.

"My sister will provide the technology and actors," said Qin II, "Your Majesty the Queen and you will set the standards." "Is this an ideal situation?" Wei Ran asked without comment.

"Don't worry, this is a family game, no other players will come to the table."

Qin II said bluntly, "This matter is cleaner than you think. I can guarantee it with my character."

"You might as well use your foreskin as a guarantee."

As Wei Ran walked out of the sightseeing elevator, he said, "If this pancake turns out different from the one I drew, I'll use your foreskin to make you a leather bag."

"You guys are all obsessed with my skin, right?" Qin II cursed angrily.

But then he also said, "Don't worry about this matter."

"Why are you so angry when I'm joking with you?"

Wei Ran patted the other man's shoulder and said, "After the incident of picking up money on the street last time, I trust you. We are half brothers."

"Thank goodness you still remember that you have a half brother like me."

Qin II teased, "There's actually nothing to see. I don't think you guys will come here often. My sister, Xiao Xia, and I don't come here often either. The people who stay here for a long time are basically the staff."

"Then why are you taking me to see this?"

Wei Ran sat on the sofa by the French window, looking at the mountain view outside. After a moment of silence, he said, "Everything else is imaginary. Those stories need to be filmed well. If they are not filmed well, they will be re-filmed."

"Do not worry"

Qin Er Shi relit a cigarette, and then placed a lighter with the words "Every man has a duty" on it firmly on the coffee table. "We are also at war, how can we fool around? I have remembered everything we talked about back then, and this lighter is my witness."

"Um"

Wei Ran responded vaguely, then took a deep breath and patted his knees.

“No matter what they talked about”

Wei Ran said as he opened the briefcase he was carrying, "Let's hang this flag here."

"I thought you should donate it to the museum," said Qin II.

"Once they enter the museum, they are truly entering a pile of historical documents."

Wei Ran said with some stubbornness and compassion, "Hang it here, hang it here, the International Brigade is still here, and there are still people fighting."

"Then hang it here."

Qin II exhaled a cloud of thick smoke and muttered to himself, "I have finally made it. I have the opportunity to be a qualified internationalist fighter."

"If this flag is lost"

"Gah foreskin, I understand."

Qin II said, "If I can lose this, I will just jump down."

"It's good that you have this confidence." Wei Ran zipped up his pants confidently, "Where's Xia Shushi?"

"He is busy entertaining Mr. Downey whom you introduced to him."

Qin II explained, "He asked me to tell you that Mr. Tang Ni has already met the descendants of Comrade Yang Minhua, whom Mr. Tang Ni admired back then. The photos developed from the negatives have also been given to both of them as a souvenir. You can rest assured."

As he spoke, Qin II patted the back of his head and said, "There is one more thing I almost forgot. Didn't you say before that you would build an exhibition hall in Hankou?"

"done?"

“Almost done.”

Qin II said, "The venue and everything else have been confirmed. I went there myself and it will be ready for exhibition after the new year."

"Thank you for your hard work," Wei Ran said with a smile.

"Proud of it"

Qin II said something and pointed to the flag on the table with his cigarette-holding hand.

While these two scumbags were puffing smoke on the top floor, in a meeting room on one of the floors, Su Sui, who only represented themselves, and Koko, the "hair chief" who represented the Golden Fleece Organization, just started a formal round of negotiations.

It is obvious that the negotiations here are far more professional, difficult and lengthy than those between the two laymen on the rooftop.

Because of this, the girls who came here naturally stayed here.

By the second and even the third day, the negotiations between Sui Sui and others were still going on, but Wei Ran had already driven a car prepared by Qin Ershi to Leifeng Pagoda to see his beloved Aunt Bai.

It was during this busy and leisurely period that Sui Sui and the others finally finalized all the details after a full week.

However, by the time she finished her talk, not only had the pink-clad little sisters of Baba Yaga flown to the southern tip of China to chase the sun, but most of the other girls had also flown to various parts of the country like dandelion seeds.

“Finally the talk is over”

At the entrance of the office building, Sui Sui stretched her body to her heart's content, put her arm around Wei Ran and said, "Let's go! Let's go home! Let's go home for the New Year!"

"Walk"

Wei Ran said this, and took Sui Sui and the few remaining girls into a business car prepared for them and rushed to the airport.

"You really left that flag with them?"

It was not until the car arrived at the airport and everyone pushed their luggage into the waiting hall that Sui Sui asked the question she had always wanted to ask.

"Stayed"

Wei Ran nodded, "Stay there."

"I thought you would be reluctant to let go," said Sui Sui.

“I really can’t bear to leave”

Wei Ran said truthfully, "Let's go home. I'll treat you to espresso then."

"That's not necessary, right?" Sui Sui refused with a bitter face, "Actually, the milk tea is quite delicious."

"Aurora, you can't drink milk tea anymore."

Although she didn’t understand Chinese, Anfisa, who understood the word “milk tea”, immediately said, “You’ve been finding all kinds of excuses to drink it every day these days. You’re going to be as fat as Aunt Daria.”

"How is that possible!" Sui Sui immediately began to argue.

Amidst the heated discussion about weight and figure, Wei Ran took the few remaining girls on the flight home.

At almost the same time, Miguel, who was far away in Spain, had also boarded a flight to China with his family.

Of course, they were not the only ones who rushed to China. Just when the plane carrying Wei Ran and others took off, Xia Shushi also picked up a nuclear recruitment friend who bowed frequently at the airport.

"What was the result of this discussion?"

It was not until the plane took off that Wei Ran whispered in Russian to Sui Sui beside him.

“It’s 50- overall, but that doesn’t even matter.”

Sui Sui also bit her ear and answered in Russian, "The other party provides the venue and the team, I am responsible for the operation and management, you are responsible for the story, and Jin Yang Mao is responsible for the money. In general, it is a win-win situation for everyone, and as long as it is well operated, the profit will definitely be more than that of Hongqi Forest Farm."

"So where will the focus be in the future?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"Legally I am a Russian, so I can focus on the domestic situation."

Sui Sui said with a smile, "As a Chinese, you can continue to develop in Russia. You can be right by listening to me!"

That's right.

Wei Ran sighed secretly. Almost none of the things in his hands could be seen in the light.

(End of this chapter)