Chapter 855 Electricity in the Mine (1/2)

After piquing Li Du's interest, Hans' mood was lifted, and he hung up the phone.

Before he hung up, he left a message for Li Du to check his mailbox. Hans hung up the phone just as he sent it. However, Li Du had no time to check the mailbox in the car. He had just picked up a guest, and it would have been impolite to talk on the phone in front of his guest. Big Ivan, however, did not care. His attention was on Ah Meow and Ah Ow. Looking at those intelligent and clever animals, he was indeed surprised.

Brother Wolf, who was usually quiet, was very excited to see Big Ivan. He became quite talkative and kept telling Li Du about Big Ivan's background. For instance, Ivan's name was really related to the Tsar Bomba, which had been named by his grandfather. The reason was that his grandfather was a Soviet bomber pilot, and his lifelong wish was that his bomber could carry nuclear bombs.

Li Du was puzzled by this desire. The old man was a warmonger, but not a simple warmonger. Of course, his wish could not be fulfilled, so he gave the name to his grandson, instead.

It turned out that Big Ivan's family was a family of pilots. Not only was his grandfather a bomber pilot, but his father and two uncles were fighter pilots. He also had a deceased uncle who had been a test pilot. In addition, his cousins were all currently pilots who served in the military and flew in civil aviation.

Big Ivan was a helicopter pilot. He had originally wanted to join the airforce so he could fly airplanes. However, he ended up being recruited into the army where he could only fly helicopters. The army recruited him because of his impeccable family background in aviation and because during the Chechen war, the army lacked excellent army airmen and thus, needed as many qualified recruits as possible.

The incident still rankled in Big Ivan's mind. ”I was cheated, cheated by so-called patriotism. I wanted to go and fly a plane so I could go into civil aviation after being retired, not like how it is now!”

Brother Wolf asked, ”How are you doing in the Ukraine?”

Big Ivan sighed. ”I'm not in the Ukraine. I'm in Crimea. Just wait, Crimea will be independent soon.” Indeed, Crimea and the Ukraine had been quarreling for two years, but how likely it was that Crimea could become independent, who could say? The Ukraine was, after all, a sovereign country.

They chatted casually. When they reached the mine, Li Du opened the warehouse and showed off the Mi-8. Seeing the helicopter, Big Ivan's face showed sincere joy. ”Ah ha, my small dragonfly, long time no see! Did you miss me?”

He had brought some tools with him, but he still needed some professional helicopter maintenance tools. Li asked him to make a list and said he would try to bring the tools to him as soon as possible.

Big Ivan stayed right there, doing a preliminary check and maintenance on the helicopter. It had been on the ground for so long that it would be not easy for it to take off again.

Overhauling the helicopter became a probationary period for Big Ivan. If he could fix it and fly it, Li Du would keep him and pay him. If he could not fix it, then they would discuss it.

”This guy is such a workaholic. He just came from the other side of the world and did not even need a rest?” said Li Du in surprise, watching Big Ivan throw himself into the work.

Brother Wolf said, ”He is always like that.”

It was too much of a task for one man to maintain such a large helicopter, so Li Du left Brother Wolf with him, and also recruited Holiday and a big man named Crane to help Big Ivan.

Crane was the most powerful of the eight in Aubrey's gang, with a 1.9-meter-tall muscular figure and a nickname that reflected his strength.

”Be careful, boys. It doesn't matter if it's not done well,” Li Du said as he tapped the door of the warehouse.