Chapter 1249 I also have selfish motives
Sometimes things are truly frustrating. Take meat consumption, for example. NGOs regularly visit China, promoting the idea of eating less meat, claiming you only need 70 grams of meat a day, yet a single Burger King serving contains over 100 grams! The average meat consumption in China is only one-eighth of that in Western countries, or even less!
But even so, Western countries still promote Daxia people to eat less meat all day long. What? Do Daxia people become inhuman?
The key is that there are many celebrities helping to promote the platform. Some time ago, a male and a female celebrity asked a foreign NGO to give them the title of "Vegetable Project Public Welfare Ambassador" and began to promote the slogan "Less meat is my favorite" with all their might.
God knows what kind of title this "Vegetable Project Public Welfare Ambassador" is. It's like Xiao Peng calling himself "the only Andy Lau in Villa 76, La Ciotat Hillside Villa District, Marseille, France". It has no other meaning at all, but celebrities want such a "personality" and fans buy into it.
Of course, the public's eyes are sharp. Take these two celebrities: one owns a hot pot restaurant and boasts on a TV show that he "can't live without meat," while the other's social media posts were exposed for all sorts of food photos featuring "meat, meat, meat, meat." Are you so obsessed with meat that you want others to avoid it?
Sure! If you can really stop eating meat for the rest of your life, I'll eat the portion you don't eat!
Now, they're aggressively promoting artificial meat. If it were just plant-based meat, Xiao Peng would be fine with it. Isn't it just overpriced? It's a matter of willing to fight, willing to fight. Who cares if you're willing to pay a high price for dried tofu? But if it's promoting "cultivated meat"? That's unacceptable to Xiao Peng: How is this any different from those who call for the introduction of genetically modified organisms?
The world is bustling with people seeking profit, and the world is bustling with people seeking profit.
Those experts and professors who suggest the introduction of genetically modified foods basically have backgrounds in international seed companies, and they can make profits immediately after the introduction; by the same token, the artificial meat companies are basically behind the vigorous promotion of artificial meat.
The great director Cameron was filming "Vegetarian Alliance," in which he strongly advocated the benefits of vegetarianism. However, it turns out that everyone behind the film, from the producers to the star director, has invested in artificial meat companies...
Why are they promoting artificial meat so vigorously? To make money, of course!
Money is indeed a good thing. Xiao Peng has deeply experienced the changes in life when he has money or not. Without money, could he be so awesome every day like he is now? However, no matter how good money is, some money can be earned, and some money cannot be earned!
How can he make money by using the common people as guinea pigs?
Xiao Peng can understand if someone is so broke that they want to make money unscrupulously, but those celebrities definitely have high incomes! How can they still make such money?
The way you eat is so ugly!
Xiao Peng put out his cigarette and stood up: "Alright! I'm almost furious now, Walter, you asked Alfred to order another set of sofas. I'm stupid enough to smash my own sofa for such an idiot? After all, I spent tens of thousands to buy it. If I want to smash it, I should smash their sofa! Walter, if I do something stupid like this again in the future, remember to stop me!"
Walter laughed: “Okay boss, I know what to do!”
"By the way!" Xiao Peng asked, "Is Bruch okay handling the issue over there?"
Walter smiled and said, “Of course no problem. In fact…Boss, I also have selfish motives.”
"Selfish motives? What?" Xiao Peng asked in confusion.
Walter said, "First of all, that's Bruch's hometown, and I want him to have a good time. Bruch is a big shot there now, with a check for two million in his hand, and a bunch of people are trying to please him. Secondly, I'm a little worried about Bruch, after all, he did something like that last time, so I let him keep the two million to test him and see if he can do it again. Don't worry, boss, if anything goes wrong, I'll make up the difference."
Xiao Peng laughed. "Tsk tsk, when you have money you have the confidence to speak with confidence! Okay, you are fully responsible for the security matters, no need to tell me. Let's go and see Old William and the others. They must be waiting impatiently!"
"That's for sure!" said Walter.
When they arrived at the guest room, Khedira was chatting with William and Ahmed Abotalib. Seeing Xiao Peng coming over, he quickly stood up to greet him.
Xiao Peng apologized as soon as he entered the room: "I'm sorry, William, I was really a little angry and confused just now. I'm really sorry. Is this your friend? I'm really sorry."
Before William could say anything, Ahmed Abotalib spoke directly, "Mr. Xiao, King William just said that you are a very cultured person, but you just threw us aside because you were angry. I believe King William's words now. Let me introduce myself. My name is Ahmed Abotalib, and I am the mayor of Rotterdam. You can just call me Ahmed. I came here specially to visit you, and I happened to meet King William here, so we will wait here together for you."
As soon as Xiao Peng heard the name "Mayor of Rotterdam," he immediately understood: this was for the pandas. Wow, quite sincere!
"It's better for me to call you Mayor Abotalib," Xiao Peng said directly. "Don't get me wrong, I have a bodyguard named Ahmed. Because it's so common, I call him Kassin. Khedira, where's Kassin? Why don't I see him?"
"The boss asked him to check the surveillance equipment in the yard. We found that some of the equipment is malfunctioning. Do you want me to call him?"
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "No need, let him focus on his work."
"Then I'll go help him and not disturb your conversation." Khedira said, closed the door and left.
Abotalib laughed. "It seems we have something in common: we both have parents who are uncreative in naming."
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "No, no, no. Believe me, this is nothing. We have even more people with the same name than in our country. For example, the combined number of people named 'Zhang Wei' and 'Wang Wei' is greater than the population of Rotterdam."
William saw the two chatting animatedly and said with a dry cough, "Xiao, you didn't even tell me you were coming back from Germany. Aren't you being really mean?"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "William, you're the king! How can you play with me every day when you're busy with important matters? Sit down, everyone. What would you like to drink? Forget tea, you should have had quite a bit already, right? Champagne or red wine?"
Before Abotalib could say anything, William spoke first, "I'm not going to drink anything. I'm here on a serious note. I heard you were going to bring a pair of pandas to the Netherlands?"
"Yes! How dare I go back on my word when the official news has been released?" Xiao Peng nodded.
Abotalib got straight to the point and asked, "I heard Mr. Xiao plans to bring pandas to Rotterdam. Is that true?"
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