Chapter 603 Are you sure there is no evidence?

Three days later the Calythorpe returned to Norderney.

Friedrich was among the welcoming crowd. He looked at the slowly approaching 'Calythorpe' and felt a lot of emotions in his heart.

Only then did he realize how wrong he was: the 'Calythorpe' really returned all the way to Norderney Island and did not go anywhere else!

All of Friedrich's ideas were based on Xiao Peng not noticing his little trick and leading them to the true coordinates of the shipwreck. In the end, things didn't go as he wished, so things became troublesome.

Does he have a chance of winning now? Actually, he does. To be more precise, he hasn't lost.

After all, as long as he keeps an eye on Xiao Peng for a year and prevents him from salvaging the artifact, Xiao Peng will still have to pay him 1.5 billion in the end.

But how much money would it cost to keep an eye on Xiao Peng for a year? Does Xiao Peng always make such a big splash every time he goes out to sea? That would cost at least hundreds of millions a year!

Heidi was worried that Xiao Peng would go all out and directly disclose the information about the treasure, but that was the least of Friedrich's worries. Regardless of whether Xiao Peng retrieved the treasure or not, he would still be paid 1.5 billion! So Friedrich was actually guaranteed to win.

It’s just a matter of how much you earn.

If he really wanted to target Xiao Peng, would it cost him hundreds of millions a year? He believed he could raise that much money through financing, but wasting so much money just to vent his anger was not worth it. So Friedrich came to Norderney Island to negotiate peace with Xiao Peng.

He was still very confident that Xiao Peng would accept his conditions. After all, he believed that Xiao Peng would not want to go against his money, right?

But when the "Calysop" docked, Friedrich was dumbfounded again: Xiao Peng was missing!

"You're Captain Chen Cheng, right?" Friedrich asked, seeing Chen Cheng directing the crew. "Where's Xiao?"

Chen Cheng asked, "Xiao? Who are you talking about?"

"Your boss!" said Friedrich.

Chen Cheng looked as if he had suddenly realized something. "Oh, our boss is Xiao Peng. Please address him by his given name, or 'Boss Xiao' or 'Mr. Xiao' instead of just the single character 'Xiao'. If you're only looking for 'Xiao', there are three people with the last name Xiao on our ship. I don't know who you're talking about!"

Friedrich was furious, but considering the money, he still said, "I'm looking for your boss Xiao. Where is he?"

But Chen Cheng said, "Him? He went back to France!"

"Huh?" Friedrich was stunned. "He's back in France? He's not salvaging shipwrecks anymore?"

Chen Cheng was even more confused. "Don't you watch the news? We're an ocean exploration company, but we came to Germany to help film a documentary. Our boss made some money and decided to give back to society. He's Chinese, after all. He's been criticized a lot in China for this. We tried to persuade him, but he's the boss after all. We can only let him do what he wants. What's an employee? Isn't he someone who complies with the boss's unreasonable demands?"

Looking at Chen Cheng's serious nonsense, Friedrich said angrily: "Didn't you go out to sea this time just to salvage?"

"How is that possible!" Chen Cheng said, "Our boss was afraid we'd forget we were from the Ocean Exploration Company and was taking us out for an exercise. But we brought a bit too much alcohol this time, so it turned into an outing."

"Your family's outing is such a big deal!" Friedrich couldn't stand it anymore.

Chen Cheng nodded seriously and said, "Our family's outings are just this big."

At this time, Hua Chong walked over and said, "You're quite old, with disabled legs... Hey, buddy, you're the 'Prince of Hedingen', right? Our boss mentioned you! Hey, buddy, have you forgotten that our boss is the kind of guy who'll book the Tuileries Garden for a party whenever he wants to drink? Do you think this outing is going to be big enough?"

One of Friedrich's men shouted, "How dare you talk to a prince like that? Who is your 'brother'? Get out of the way!"

Hua Chong said, "The people on the Calysop are all these rough and tumble people, low-class people in your eyes. You are the ones who came to talk to us, not us!"

Friedrich was stunned. These were clearly the exact words Xiao Peng had said to him. It turned out that these people knew who he was and what he had done.

"Oh, right, that prince!" Hua Chong didn't even bother to say the word 'Hedingen' this time. "I think it's better for you to go to your lawyer instead of my boss..."

"Lawyer?" Friedrich was stunned.

Hua Chong nodded seriously. "Our boss is furious that you installed surveillance equipment on our ship. How could a prince of the German royal family do such a thing? So he's filed lawsuits in the German, French, and European courts. This time, he's not just filing a lawyer's letter, but filing a lawsuit directly. He's also told the Tri-State Marine Salvage Alliance about your experience. You'll have your hands full from now on."

Friedrich was stunned when he heard this - directly filing a lawsuit? Xiao Peng didn't even give him face!

And because they were afraid that the German court would be biased towards them, they also filed lawsuits in France and the European Court of Justice separately? This is really exciting.

What is the European Court of Justice? It's the highest court in the European Union! The laws of each EU country are different, and the European Court of Justice is responsible for adjudicating these matters. Although Xiao Peng can only bring his case to the Court of First Instance of the European Court of Justice, installing surveillance cameras on someone's ship to eavesdrop on commercial secrets is a serious crime in any European country!

Even more terrifying, Xiao Peng reported this to the Tri-State Maritime Alliance. The alliance is backed by three German coastal states. The opposition would undoubtedly support Governor Weil's actions, and the ruling party, seeking to win over the two governing governors, would also undoubtedly support the alliance. So, Germany was now refusing to budge on the arrangement, and now he was about to ruin the whole thing? He would lose his footing in Germany!

Hua Chong wasn't satisfied with Friedrich's shocked expression, so he pulled out the straw that broke the camel's back: "Don't worry, Prince So-and-So. We're not just suing you this time, we're also suing the Dutch IHC Group. This breach of contract and assault is truly excessive! Our boss is kind enough to find someone to take the blame for you and help you take the fall!"

Friedrich was completely stunned after hearing this. Xiao Peng, you are really going to tear your face off without leaving any room for maneuver. This will make the royal families of European countries stand up and add insult to injury!

"You...you have no evidence to prove that I did these things!" Friedrich said in despair.

Hua Chong grinned: "No evidence? Are you sure?"