Chapter 1685 This time it’s my turn to open your eyes

Desarev and his men were confused. They had complained about their mission more than once, and they had also reported this incident to their superiors as soon as possible, but their superiors only said one sentence: no matter who the other party is, Desarev and his men must stand on Xiao Peng's side.

This was a strange order. Although the superiors did not tell Desarev and others why, they were not fools and they came to the conclusion directly: Xiao Peng was more important than Il-Smirnov!

Il-Smirnov was a member of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament. He was one of the thousand most powerful people in Russia (175 members of the upper house, 450 in the Duma, plus a few military and political figures in other houses). And he just gave up for Xiao Peng? They were all curious about what Xiao Peng had done that was so important!

But after all, they were soldiers and their duty was to obey orders, so they did whatever they were told. Therefore, they stood firmly on Xiao Peng's side.

Il-Smirnov was completely confused. He was an oligarch, and it was no exaggeration to say that he had absolute power in Novgorod Oblast. But how could the FSB abandon him just for a Daxia man?

He is not a fool. The fact that Russia can do this only proves one thing: Xiao Peng has made extremely important contributions to Russia and Russia will need to cooperate with him in the future!

Now he knew he was in trouble!

However, Il-Smirnov is also a smart man: although today's incident seems to be a big deal, in fact, nothing has happened. There has been no direct conflict between the two sides, and it has not reached a situation where there is a fight to the death.

The only direct conflict between the two sides was that Alex had offended that man named Fabian! This was the root of the problem!

Il-Smirnov is also a flexible person. He apologized directly.

Of course, the apology must be made with an apology attitude. In addition to beating Alex with a belt in front of everyone, Fabian also got his first property in Russia: an old house in Kaliningrad Oblast.

Fabian didn't care about Xiao Peng's rolling eyes and happily wanted to leave the old house. He forgave Alex just like that!

As for Xiao Peng? He didn't care about the compensation the Smirnovs offered. He'd rather watch Il beat Alex! As for their compensation? His only request was: Stay away from me! I don't want to see you!

And Il was also a ruthless person. He quit his job in the Duma and took his family back to his hometown in Novgorod Oblast - "The city is too complicated, I want to go back to the countryside."

Alex certainly didn't want to leave. He'd invested in a film distribution company, hoping to import movies from Daxia and win awards for them to make a killing. And now it was over right at the start? Was his investment going to go down the drain?

Actually, he did this himself!

He used to work in the media, so of course he knew the relationship between Fabian and Xiao Peng. Even Fabian's invitation to participate in this film festival as a jury member was the result of Alex's operation.

However, he was not operating this out of kindness, but because he had been ignored by Xiao Peng in Europe, and he had always wanted to get revenge. Since it was difficult to find Xiao Peng, he tried to find a way to get Fabian over and give him a beating. In St. Petersburg, he embarrassed Fabian and felt very satisfied.

In his imagination, what does it matter if Xiao Peng knows? This is Russia!

I didn't expect that Xiao Peng was in Russia. I didn't expect that even in Russia, he was not as strong as I imagined. After being beaten by Old Yil, I felt like I was worse than death!

He was regretting it so much now. Why did he provoke Xiao Peng? Yi Erna really beat him! He was even carried out of the hotel!

But he was lucky, because his mother's four pretty boys were gone - his father sent them to Oymyakon to experience life in temperatures as low as minus seventy degrees Celsius.

Well, whether to experience the low temperature or have a close encounter with wolves is still a question...

The Smirnov family left angrily, and Xiao Peng was also in a bad mood.

He had originally made an appointment to go out with Desarev, but this matter wasted his time and affected his mood. Xiao Peng was stuck in the hotel again, playing squash in the gym every day - this is one of the few sports that Xiao Peng can play, because his biggest opponent in this sport is himself.

When Xiao Peng couldn't stand it anymore in the hotel, Fabian came to him: the Moscow-Daxia Film Festival had finally begun, and it was held at the hotel where Xiao Peng and his friends were staying, and there would be a red carpet ceremony in the evening.

Fabian now has to dress up carefully, then leave the hotel, get in the car, and then return to the hotel entrance to walk the red carpet and enter the venue.

No matter how Xiao Peng listened, it felt like - taking off pants to fart.

"Hey, what do you think of me wearing this?" Fabian adjusted his tie to Xiao Peng. "How do you like the color combination of this tie?"

Xiao Peng said with disdain: "Brother, come on, it's so cold and you're wearing so little? Aren't you afraid of freezing to death?"

Fabian shook his head and said, "It's only a few dozen meters of red carpet. We can get there if we hold on!"

"You want grace over warmth! It's so cold, you'll freeze to death without cotton!" Xiao Peng complained. "By the way, what do you want that shabby house for? You're forgiving them so easily? Do you even know where Kaliningrad Oblast is?"

The old house where Il apologized to Fabian was in Kaliningrad Oblast. Xiao Peng really suspected that Fabian was crazy to want that house!

Kaliningrad Oblast is the smallest oblast in Russia. It is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea and is also a Russian "enclave".

An "enclave" means it's not connected to mainland Russia. To reach Kaliningrad Oblast, one must first pass through Belarus or Latvia, then enter Lithuania, before finally entering Kaliningrad itself. Although it's Russian territory, Russian goods entering here by land must pass through both Lithuania and Belarus. Belarus is relatively easy, but Lithuania is far more challenging. Russians in Kaliningrad Oblast who wish to return to mainland Russia must undergo two inspections by Lithuanian border police, and Russian goods entering Kaliningrad must also pass through Lithuanian customs. Even Russians seeking to enter Kaliningrad require an EU visa.

Fabian was sent away in a shabby house over there? Xiao Peng felt that Yi Er was deliberately throwing his burden onto Fabian.

But Fabian smiled mysteriously and said, "Xiao, I want this house for you!"

"Ah? For me?" Xiao Peng was confused.

Fabian took out his phone and said, "You think you're the only one making progress? You think I've been sitting there doing nothing all this time in Germany? Come, let me open your eyes!"