Chapter 1102 The acting is too awkward
Fabian asked curiously, "Zhang Qikun and Billy are both good friends, why don't you see them?"
He and Zhang Qikun had a good personal relationship. After all, it was under Zhang Qikun's guidance that he entered the capital market and made a lot of money. Unfortunately, his ambition to invest in funds led to the "crash of the century," and he never touched the capital market again. However, he has always kept in touch with Zhang Qikun.
Xiao Peng explained, "Why did they come? It's because we're so close, and I can't bear to reject them face to face! It's better not to meet them like this. Let's talk about it after this matter is over."
Fabian said, "Xiao, this matter has been brewing for so long, it's time for a conclusion. You should understand the attitudes of all parties, right? Otherwise, will it just keep dragging on like this?"
Xiao Peng spread his hands and said, "Just wait. Actually, I've already thought of a way out!"
"Going to your country, right? Then our future focus will be salvaging operations off the coast of Southeast Asia?" Fabian asked. "If we continue to salvage operations in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, or Caribbean, how will we solve the problem of supplying supplies nearby? How will we handle the EU's rogue behavior?"
"Then come!" Xiao Peng said, "The French dared to freeze our company's funds! They must be crazy!"
France's sanctions against Xiao Peng and his team were more than just lip service. The reason their company declared bankruptcy was because France froze their funds for investigation.
In fact, they had reasons to freeze Xiao Peng and his company's assets: after all, Xiao Peng and his team lost the case in Spain and Portugal respectively. Even if those were the domestic laws of the other two countries, France had a "friendly alliance relationship with the two countries and was an important member of the European Union." Therefore, France should cooperate with Spain and Portugal, so it froze the accounts of Xiao Peng and his company.
In reality, Xiao Peng and his company didn't have much money on their books: to avoid taxes, they'd transferred their money between personal accounts, leaving only tens of millions in the company's accounts to cover expenses like employee salaries and port supplies. This amount was a drop in the bucket for Xiao Peng and his team, and they couldn't even feel it. The French understood this, and their actions were intended as a "warning" to Xiao Peng, a warning to him and a way to humiliate him.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Peng used this as an excuse to close his own company!
We were just trying to scare you, why didn't you play by the rules?
After all, Xiao Peng's ocean exploration company is nominally a French company! The French can also proudly say: We French are world leaders in the ocean exploration industry!
Now it’s all gone!
It's true that the arrogant ones are afraid of the stupid ones, and the stupid ones are afraid of the desperate ones!
Fabian stopped talking when he saw Xiao Peng was no match for him. It was pointless to say anything now that things had gotten this far. Just like Xiao Peng had said, the situation had reached a point of no return. Xiao Peng definitely wouldn't back down, so there was no point in them coming.
"Give me a cigarette!" Xiao Peng waved to Walter.
Fabian said helplessly: "You who are recovering from illness should at least look like you are recovering from illness."
Walter smiled and lit a cigarette for Xiao Peng: "Fabian, you should understand better than us how willful the boss is."
Fabian looked at Walter with sympathy: "Compared to you, I'm much better off. At least I don't have to be with this idiot every day. Look at Kaxin and Hua Chong, they went to Africa for several months just for this willful guy! Hua Chong even contracted malaria and had diarrhea while looking for him."
Walter laughed after hearing this and said, "Fabian, you really picked the wrong person to tell us this. Meeting the boss is the luckiest thing for us. We never imagined that we could live the life we have now."
Fabian fell silent after hearing this. "Well, before I met Xiao, I never thought I'd have the life I have now. After meeting Xiao, each of our lives has changed."
Walter said: "So don't talk about Kasin going to Africa. In fact, we all wanted to go there, he just got the upper hand. It's okay, he has plenty of experience in Africa! Going there will be fine. For him, it's like a vacation. Isn't he back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open: "Boss! Do you miss me?"
The people who came in were none other than Cassin and Khedira.
Xiao Peng was stunned after seeing this: "Where are Hua Chong and Kambu?"
Kasin said, "Hua Chong is so petty. Just because he lost to me once in Africa, he just came back and did nothing but drag Kambu back to the boat to train!"
Khedira said from the side: "Kasin caught Hua Chong with malaria and fought him. Hua Chong is also a young and inexperienced man. He was so exhausted that he still wanted to fight Kasin. How could he not be beaten?"
Xiao Peng couldn't stand it any longer: "Kaxin, can you have some shame? Hua Chong has malaria and you're going to fight him?"
Kasim argued confidently: "Can the enemy tell whether you have malaria? A true warrior must be brave enough to face challenges at any time!"
"Well said!" Xiao Peng got out of bed, stretched his body, and gave Kaxin a thumbs up: "Come on, Kaxin, it's been a while since we last practiced together. Let's find a place to practice properly!"
Ka Xin was dumbfounded: "Um, um... Boss, you are recovering from illness now..."
Xiao Peng immediately shut him up with his own words: "What did you just say? 'A true warrior is always brave enough to face challenges'?"
"I'm not a warrior! I'm a coward!" Kashin decisively admitted his mistake and changed the subject: "By the way! Boss, guess who I brought here?"
"Who is it?" Xiao Peng was puzzled.
Kaxin opened the door directly: "Boss! I have a surprise for you!"
Xiao Peng looked at the people outside the door and his smile froze on his face. Standing outside the door were none other than Zhang Qikun and Billy! The two were waving at Xiao Peng.
Kasin took credit for it, saying, "Boss, when I came back just now, I saw Billy and Zhang outside. They heard you were sick and wanted to come visit you, but they were stopped outside along with those reporters and couldn't get in. They're all your good friends who came all the way here. How could I let them stay outside like this? I brought them in!"
The room suddenly became quiet. Walter and Fabian tilted their heads to look at Xiao Peng's expression, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward.
Kasin was confused: "Boss, did I do something wrong?"
Xiao Peng blinked and didn't answer Kaxin's question. Instead, he lay back on the bed and said weakly, "Oh my! I'm so sick! I feel dizzy and weak. Where's the doctor? Where's the nurse?"
Everyone's faces were filled with dismay - you were full of energy just now and wanted to challenge Kasim to a duel, but now you're lying on the bed pretending to be dead?
And don’t you think your acting is too awkward?
Do you think you are one of those popular young actors?
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