Chapter 4 German Artists in Trouble

That night, the headquarters and strongholds of several gangster forces in Brooklyn were stolen, and some even the entire safes disappeared. The losses ranged from several thousand to tens of thousands of dollars. You must know that at this time, the per capita annual income of the United States was less than 1,000. In US dollars, the salary of a US military pilot is only 150 US dollars a month, and the average soldier is only 50 US dollars. The losses of these gangsters can not be described as heavy.

When a group of gangsters go crazy looking for thieves who stole their huge sums of money, our newest serial thief is "opening a treasure chest" in the hold of a cargo ship bound for Europe.

During this period, the endurance of the aircraft was very poor, and there was no plane that could reach the 5,000-6,000-kilometer journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, so the slow ship became Chen Mo's only choice. Of course, Chen Mo, who had no identification, chose to smuggle.

Chen Mo found that since sneaking into Zhou Tianhao's villa, he has become more and more fond of playing the roles of assassins and thieves, and he has been doing well.

It is close to the limit of human beings, and its strength, agility and perception are many times higher than ordinary people, so that Chen Mo can easily sneak in without being discovered. In addition, it can carry enough tools and weapons, and can easily take away a lot of things, allowing Chen Mo to sneak in. Assassination and carrying supplies have become more convenient.

Of course, these are all objective conditions. In fact, it is mainly because Chen Mo likes to achieve his goals with the least cost. Recklessness is not Chen Mo's style.

After opening the last safe, Chen Mo packed up his tools and began to count the harvest. All the US dollars add up to more than 120,000, as well as a small amount of gold bars and jewelry, and several kilograms of drugs. What surprised Chen Mo the most was the two M1911 pistols.

This pistol has served in the US military for more than 70 years. It is a classic high-power pistol. The large caliber of 11.43 mm brings unparalleled lethality. The magazine capacity is 7 rounds, with high power, long range and stable performance. The failure rate is low, and the disadvantage is that the weight and volume are relatively large, the magazine capacity is small, and the recoil force is large, which will affect the shooting accuracy. However, for Chen Mo, who has amazing strength and has space to change magazines in seconds, these are not problems at all.

After more than ten days, after a long voyage, the cargo ship finally arrived at the port of Liverpool, England. After so many days in the cargo hold, it was only at night that he could quietly go to the deck to breathe. This journey made Chen Mo very hard. Without waiting for dark, with his keen hearing and perception, Chen Mo easily avoided the crew, quietly got off the boat, and stopped a taxi outside the dock to go straight to the hotel.

Chen Mo, who was alone, asked for the best suite, with two bedrooms and a spacious living room. Through the window, he could see the classic and beautiful street view of Liverpool and the vast coastline in the distance. Chen Mo went to the soft and spacious bed, and soon fell asleep.

In the early morning, the fine sunlight sprinkled on Chen Mo's face through the curtains made of white gauze, and the warm feeling awakened him from his deep sleep.

An An slept peacefully and had a rare good night's sleep. Chen Mo only felt refreshed and stretched for a long time. Chen Mo got up and walked slowly to the window, opened the window, and a gust of cold wind mixed with the early morning moisture was blowing. Coming in, Chen Mo's spirit was shocked.

The time has come to January 1942, but Chen Mo, who should have left immediately, wandered the streets of Liverpool leisurely.

When World War II broke out, a group of Germans fled to Britain for asylum. Most of them were German elites, including Jews who were racially persecuted, communists and "degenerate artists" hated by Hitler. Among them were doctors, lawyers, businessmen, artists, but in the UK they were just a group of refugees from enemy countries.

After arriving in the UK, their life was not easy. First, they worked as coolies to help the British build fortifications, and then they were sent to the uninhabited Dartmoor moor, where they lived in thick fog and heavy rain.

After experiencing a period of ups and downs, out of fear of Nazi Germany sweeping Europe, the British government confined all these "unstable elements" to several small islands near Liverpool.

Nearly 30,000 Germans on the island were released only after the Pearl Harbor attack not long ago. Most of them joined the British army, but many remained in Liverpool.

It's just that they are not very popular with the British. Those who can't find a regular job live on the streets and live a very hard life. Chen Mo easily found an old German artist who made a living by painting other people's portraits in the square. .

The old man had gray hair and was wearing a dark gray suit that was somewhat worn but very neat. The hard life did not overwhelm him, but made him more calm and open-minded. There is not the slightest pain and suffering on his face, he only sees through life and underestimates the freedom and indifference of life and death.

The old man was sitting on a broken wooden bench, holding a drawing board on his leg in one hand, a charcoal pen in the other, and an old leather case at his feet, which contained all his belongings.

"Sir, do you want a portrait?" the old man asked with a gentle smile.

"Why not?" Chen Mo walked to the stool in front of the old man and sat down. The old artist carefully observed Chen Mo. The charcoal in his hand quickly drew on the drawing board, and he quickly completed a lifelike sketch of a character.

I have to say that the old artist's painting skills are really superb. With just a few simple strokes, Chen Mo's eyes and expressions are drawn very vividly.

Different from before, Chen Mo's sharp edge is introverted. He has experienced murder, plane crash, and time and space travel. Chen Mo's strength has been continuously improved, and his mentality has also changed. Let go of the bondage, the temperament of the whole person has become sharp, his eyes are bright and deep, and his eyes Sharp, the whole person gives a sense of otherworldly aloofness, as if everything is not in his eyes.

Looking at the portrait drawn by the old man, Chen Mo realized that he had changed so much without knowing it, but Chen Mo prefers the current freedom and arbitrariness, a happy life, and blindly restraining and hiding is not conducive to the growth of strength.

This is the real me, Chen Mo thought to himself when he looked at the sharp and aloof figure on the portrait.

After Chen Mo explained his intentions and offered a daily salary of 10 US dollars for room and board, the distressed old artist quickly put away his drawing board, packed his suitcase, and happily followed Chen Mo into the hotel.

The old man's name is Eddie Albert. He is a painter and sculptor who is not very famous. He is obsessed with artistic creation all his life. He is not married, and has no children. He is still alone in his sixties.

Although the life of living in the wild and living in the wind gave him more creative inspiration and life insights, his body could not support it. Although he looked down on life and death and was ready to die in a foreign land, Chen Mo's appearance still gave him a glimmer of hope, and he chose to seize it.

He can see that Chen Mo is not an ordinary person. His temperament is very special. Although he has read countless people, he has never seen it in other people.

After returning to the hotel and arranging for Albert to stay in the other bedroom of the suite, Chen Mo took the old man to the best restaurant nearby to have a big meal, and he was welcome to join him. The old man's eating appearance is very elegant, and it is completely unthinkable that he is a desolate refugee, but more like an elegant nobleman.

From this day on, Chen Mo began to learn sketching, oil painting and sculpture with Albert. His developed brain and precise control over his body allowed Chen Mo to show his strong artistic talent. It didn't take long for Chen Mo's painting and sculpting skills to reach a fairly good level.

What surprised Albert even more was Chen Mo's language talent. Unlike English, which has a certain foundation, German is completely unfamiliar to Chen Mo, and he has to learn it from scratch, but in just one month, what Chen Mo has already said makes Albert, a German, unable to pick out a single fault. .

If this was only to amaze him, then what happened next shocked him.