After bidding farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Gorman, Weiyan took off alone in the old An-6 transport aircraft and took off again. He first flew along the valley at low altitude to the west side of the Ural Mountains, then followed the mountains all the way north, and finally landed slowly.

On the airport runway next to the hot spring camp.

Compared with the last time I came here, this runway, which was abandoned during the Soviet era, has undergone many changes. The most obvious one is that the trees on both sides of the runway have been cleared, making the field of vision much wider.

Not only that, before he controlled the plane to land, he noticed that the road leading from here to the hot spring camp had also been expanded, and street lights that had not been there before were installed on both sides of the road.

The plane was parked on the tarmac on the side of the runway. When he opened the door and came down, a van was already parked outside.

"Mr. Victor" the young man who drove over greeted warmly.

"Hello" Wei Ran shook hands with the other party, "Have you seen Aurora?"

“At the hot spring campground”

The young man shook hands with Wei Ran and replied, "They came here more than three hours ago. Let me take you there."

"Thanks"

Wei Ran thanked him politely, and while bending down to get into the van, he asked, "Who is here today?"

"A lot of people"

The young man got into the cab and replied, "In addition to the local TV reporters and representatives sent by the mayor, there are also the safety directors of various mines, the police chief of Inta, the person in charge of the education department, and even the forestry department

The emergency and disaster prevention departments have sent people here.”

"So many people?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows in surprise, "What did they talk about?"

"Mr. Victor, how do I know this kind of thing?"

The young man driving the car scratched the back of his head honestly, "I was responsible for helping Aurora and the others transport their luggage, but the TV cameraman gave me a shot."

Knowing that there was nothing he could ask about this matter, Wei Ran looked at the surrounding tarmac and asked a question that the other party could definitely answer, "Are all the big shots gone now?"

"gone"

The young man driving the car quickly replied, "They left about an hour ago. Alili flew Jima's plane to send them back. Now only Queen Aurora and the others are still at the hot spring camp."

Queen Aurora...

Wei Ran twitched his lips and stopped asking any more questions, letting the young man drive and pull him along the spacious road that he had just noticed from the air to the hot spring camp not far away.

Through the car window, he could clearly see that this road was paved with the slag that can be seen everywhere. In addition to the street lights that can be powered by their own small wind turbines, there are also lights at regular intervals on the roadside.

You can see a crawler bulldozer and a road roller parked in a shed on the side of the road.

Compared to these old machines with a strong Soviet style, he even saw more outrageous objects.

An agricultural tool with Chinese characteristics that is dragged by a crawler bulldozer - "Luqi".

This oversized bucket is made from local materials. It is two 200-liter oil drums welded together in series, and then a thick enough shaft is made in the middle, and then filled with concrete mixed with gravel.

There was no need to ask, he knew just by looking at the calligraphy written in bright red paint on the iron shell of the Luqi: "A smooth journey, a broad road."

This poorly maintained thing was a road construction tool that was casually built by one of Davari's uncles when he came over on a business trip to provide technical support.

Seemingly noticing that Wei Ran's eyes were following the oversized road, the young man driving the car also slowed down slightly and explained, "That is a road construction tool made by my uncle for us. It is very easy to use and cost-effective."

It’s less than two thousand rubles.”

When he said this, the young man's "uncle, comrade" was still pronounced in correct Chinese.

"Do you speak Chinese?" Wei Ran asked in surprise, switching to his native language.

"You really like to joke"

The young man also replied in Chinese, "People who work here and can speak Chinese can almost double their monthly salary. Who would have trouble with money?"

Before Wei Ran could say anything, the young man said with a longing look on his face, "And we have recently been selecting ski instructors to work in Austria this winter. The salary for business trips there is higher, and the basic requirement is that you can communicate in Chinese.

"

"Going to work at the ski resort behind that castle?"

Wei Ran muttered secretly, then asked with a smile, "Do you have any other requests?"

"Yes, there are many requests."

The young man continued to answer in Chinese, "Being able to speak Chinese is only the minimum requirement. You also need to be a local from Inta, and you must have married a local girl from Inta and have children. You must also have enough experience in skydiving."

.”

"parachute?"

"Those who can skydive can hope to stay in Austria's ski resorts and work as paragliding instructors in the summer."

The young man driving the car became more and more hopeful, "We have calculated ourselves that if we can go to Austria to work for a whole year, our income will be almost three to five times that of working in the camp for a whole year, so now everyone is struggling.

I’m not afraid of your laughter, many people are busy getting married and having children in order to meet the conditions.”

"What about you?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Are you married?"

"certainly!"

The young man replied proudly, "I got married last year. My wife is an attendant at the cabin camp. We met here. In a few months, our child will be born."

"Congratulations," Wei Ran said sincerely.

"Thanks"

Before the young man finished speaking, the van he drove drove into the mineral deposit along this flat and solid road that seemed not to be affected by the melting permafrost.

Not much has changed here. The hot spring workshop is still there, as is the landmark step-by-step excavator, as are the glass starry sky houses and the greenhouse beyond that has been blocked by a small piece of birch forest.

The only things that didn't match the ones in my memory were a few more roads leading to unknown places, and some trucks and loaders loading slag.

When the car stopped, he also noticed that Suisui, sisters Katenka and Lola were drinking juice and eating fruits in a gauze tent at the entrance of the hot spring workshop. There were also scattered on the table between the four of them.

Pile of mahjong and two binoculars.

"You're finally here"

When Suisui saw Wei Ran get out of the car, she waved and said happily, "Come in! We've been waiting for you for a long time."

"What good news is this?" Wei Ran got into the gauze curtain as he spoke.

"Of course there is good news"

Suisui responded proudly, "All the problems have been solved. We are just waiting for you to come back and fly back on the plane you piloted."

"Tell me what good news there is," Wei Ran said indirectly and took the watermelon juice from Lola.

"We have invested in a vocational school. In exchange, local industrial and mining companies will invest in a museum of prehistoric biology in Inta."

Suisui gave a simple and direct answer that made people hesitate for a while.

"Invest in a vocational school? Exchange for a museum?"

Wei Ran looked at the other party in confusion, "Is there any direct connection between these?"

"Of course"

Suisui snapped her fingers and explained proudly, "As the saying goes, it's better to block than to dredge, and to dredge is better to monopolize. So I talked with the local people and decided to set up an excavation team supported and guided by local officials."

"WTF?"

"Excavation team, an excavation team that excavates mammoth tusks or other ancient biological fossils or remains."

Suisui explained with a smile, "The official will delineate the excavation scope and formulate excavation requirements and backfill requirements. All excavated ancient biological remains, including fossils, will be purchased by the official."

"Then what?" Wei Ran couldn't help but ask.

"A part of the valuable samples will be sent to scientific research schools for research, and the rest will be sent to industrial and mining enterprises for display in the Museum of Ancient Biology invested by Inta. In addition to maintaining operations, the rest of the ticket proceeds will be used to support the local community in Inta."

Benefits will be provided to disabled employees of the forest ranger team and the police force.

Ah, and those disabled miners will also be given priority to work in the museum."

Suisui picked up a glass of freshly squeezed watermelon juice and clinked it with Wei Ran, took a sip and continued to explain, "Those that have no scientific research value will be repurchased by the schools we invest in, and the price will be higher than the official purchase price from the excavation team.

A little higher."

"What next?" Wei Ran asked like a mindless repeater.

“In addition to teaching Chinese courses, the schools we invest in also offer courses such as Oriental bathing culture, greenhouse cultivation technology, field trauma first aid, bone and tooth carving, and video editing. They are all serious courses certified by the local education department and awarded with certificates.

.”

"What the hell is Eastern bathing culture..." Wei Ran twitched the corner of his mouth.

Suisui rubbed her two fingers together and said with a smile, "Especially the bone and tooth carvings, the few local officials who came here today made promises in front of the camera.

Once the school is completed, they will help me invite master carving masters from the three primitive tribes of Komi, Nenets and Yamal to come over and accept apprentices and teach while taking orders to work."

"You...just keep talking," Wei Ran, who no longer knew how to ask, stammered.

"Anyway"

Suisui snapped her fingers, "The mammoth tusks we purchase from the government will be carved by craftsmen from primitive tribes into small objects that have local cultural styles and meet our requirements, and then placed in the facilities invested by local industrial and mining enterprises.

The museum sells them to tourists at a flat price.

We can definitely ensure that there will be no vendors selling mammoth ivory products in the camp, and the museum’s investors and local gangs will also ensure that no one is selling them around the museum.”
To be continued...