Chapter 1242: Being Entangled by PETA
William is not feeling well!
Besides Abby, he has three daughters, all of whom are huge panda fans, often going to Amsterdam to see the pandas. They were the most excited to hear about the arrival of two pandas in The Hague!
Even if those two pandas were here for "scientific research," so what? If others can't see them, can't they? They're princesses after all! And isn't Xiao Peng a good friend of their father? The house they live in is ours!
Then they looked at the news and were like, "What the hell? Xiao Peng is leaving? Going to Rotterdam to see the pandas again?"
Although Rotterdam is much closer than Amsterdam, what better way to see it than at home? So they made trouble for William with one goal: to keep the panda!
What a rotten rule! Why can't we move into the Eikenhorst villa? They wanted to install solar panels, but they weren't allowed! People were fined for cultivating land to grow vegetables, and now they can't keep pandas? No! We must protest!
Others would protest by going online and lashing out, but the three of them naturally wouldn't do that. Their way was to hug William's neck and shake him hard: We want pandas!
A vigorous "Retain Pandas" campaign has begun in The Hague, in sharp contrast to this, a vigorous "Welcome Pandas" campaign has begun in Rotterdam.
When William arrived at Villa Eikenhorst to find Xiao Peng, the mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Abotalib, also arrived at the door. He directly offered Xiao Peng several suitable pieces of land around Rotterdam.
As the name suggests, the mayor of Rotterdam is not a pure Dutch. He has dual citizenship of Morocco and the Netherlands, but this does not affect his political career here.
As he was a journalist, he knew very well how much impact bringing pandas to Rotterdam would have on his political status. Although Xiao Peng said it was "preliminary consideration", he also expressed great enthusiasm for this matter and came to him directly.
After seeing William, he expressed his most friendly condolences to William, and at the same time made it clear that he would not back down and would do his best to get the pandas settled in Rotterdam.
Although William is the king, the royal family in the Netherlands cannot be involved in politics.
Although William has a good relationship with all the officials, if he really turns against Ahmed, his career will definitely become much more difficult. But he is not worried that William will turn against him because of this matter: the people of The Hague are your citizens, but the people of Rotterdam are not?
However, when the two of them planned to enter the Eikenhorst Villa together, they were turned away by Alfred.
William was almost confused by his anger. "I am the King of the Netherlands! This is my home. How could you turn me away?"
But when Alfred told him the reason, he really couldn't get angry: Xiao Peng was not at home.
As for asking where Xiao Peng had gone, Alfred simply shook his head: I don't know. And calling Xiao Peng—well, his phone was turned off again!
William is going crazy! Can't you come up with something new? Is it always the same thing?
By the way, this trick is really useful!
What he is worried about now is whether Xiao Peng has gone abroad again?
What to do now? Wait!
But this time he really wronged Xiao Peng. Xiao Peng didn't go out to harass others like he did before. Instead, he was really doing business.
Xiao Peng was currently sitting outside at the famous Palm Leaf Restaurant in The Hague, eating a steak. He put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth, took a sip of red wine, and said, "Have you finished your demands?"
A man and a woman in suits were sitting opposite them. They frowned slightly after hearing what Xiao Peng said.
They knew that this time the talks would not be easy, but they did not expect that Xiao Peng did not even have the slightest respect for them. He just ate and drank without even looking at them.
The most annoying thing is that he insisted on sitting at the outdoor dining table in the middle of winter. He was dressed like an Antarctic researcher, while the man and woman were both wearing suits that cared more about style than warmth. They must be freezing.
And after they talked for a long time, Xiao Peng replied with this sentence.
Are you going to kill us?
Xiao Peng didn't know what they were thinking, and that wasn't his fault: "Who told you not to tell me? How can I guess what you're thinking if you don't tell me?"
If Xiao Peng knew what you were thinking, he would answer without hesitation: Yes! I want to kill you!
The man couldn't help but say, "Mr. Xiao, as a professional lawyer, I have a piece of advice for you. If this really goes to court, it will be extremely disadvantageous to you. I know you're a billionaire and have a professional legal team, but our PETA legal team is also top-notch. If both sides go to court, it will be a fierce war of attrition, which will waste a lot of your time and greatly affect your reputation. As a billionaire, your time is more precious than anyone else's. At the same time, if your reputation is affected, it will have a huge impact on your future development. These are all things you need to consider."
The woman continued, "PETA is the world's largest and most recognizable pet organization. We have six million supporters worldwide. That's just those who have actually provided us with financial support. As for those who don't, simply support us through action. The number is countless! If you bring PETA to court, you'll suffer more than you imagine."
The man and woman before Xiao Peng—the woman was the head of PETA's European branch, the man was his lawyer. What were their names? Never mind. It didn't matter. They were just two clowns.
"I'm not Slater-Street!" Xiao Peng said with disdain. "And you think I'm afraid of suing you? Even if I do, do you think it would be a waste of my time? Would I personally attend such a crappy trial? It's even questionable whether the court would accept it. After all, I don't have a monkey to click the shutter for me!"
The Slater-Street that Xiao Peng mentioned was an unlucky British photographer.
While working on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, he set up his camera in the habitat of the crested black monkey. A curious monkey came over and he snapped a few photos. He subsequently published a book titled "The Personality of Wild Animals," which included a series of animal photos and received a huge response. And then...
He was sued by PETA.
The reason is that the copyright of the photo should belong to the monkey, not Slater: it was the monkey who pressed the shutter. Regardless of whether Slater set up the camera, the copyright should belong to the monkey, and they are claiming compensation on the monkey's behalf.
In the end, Slater lost the lawsuit and almost went bankrupt.
The woman said, "You publicly stated that you found the treasure with the help of Nightingale. This is an unavoidable fact. Nightingale should get what she deserves..."
Xiao Peng stretched and interrupted her; "Stop talking nonsense and just tell me how much you want!"
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