Chapter 1277: Refuge at Sea
"The north wind is blowing, the snowflakes are floating, the snowflakes are floating, the new year is coming..." A sad song came from the bar of "Luna", and the singer was of course Xiao Peng.
He fled from The Hague to Rotterdam overnight, applied for port clearance procedures as quickly as possible, and the two ships arrived in the Atlantic Ocean. However, they did not work, but stayed on the sea every day doing nothing.
Walter walked into the cabin: “Boss, King William’s call.”
Xiao Peng lay on the sofa and answered the satellite phone: "William? What's going on?"
William asked, "Xiao, what are you doing? Why did you suddenly go out to sea?"
Xiao Peng was furious after hearing this. He didn't even lie down on the sofa but sat up. "Why do you say that? If it was your house, would it still be habitable? I came here to seek refuge! The two ships have been at sea for a week! We're just sitting here, enjoying the sea breeze and burning oil! It's recorded on the AIS website. Don't pretend you don't know."
William said, "Xiao, you can't blame me for this. Why don't you just not let them in?"
"I'm not as hard-hearted as you!" Xiao Peng said, "You have the protection of Dutch law and no civilians can bother you, but do I have it? Thousands of people! Even on King's Day, Villa Eikenhorst isn't this bustling, is it?"
William said angrily, "Doesn't that mean you're welcome? It means we Dutch people welcome you!"
"Welcome, what the hell! Are they welcoming me? They're clearly welcoming the pandas, okay? Before I had pandas, I had leopards and people paraded in front of my house!" Xiao Peng protested, "By the way! I got three parking tickets, and you paid them for me!"
"What ticket?" William asked puzzledly.
But he regretted it as soon as he asked the question: This seems to be the wrong question!
Sure enough, Xiao Peng yelled, "What tickets? Good question! One is for fishing in my own yard! One is for shooting down the fishery department's drone! I want to know why the fishery department is so powerful? The police can't just send a drone to my house, but they can? As for the third ticket, didn't my gardener already get one? Your landscaping department gave me one for not properly cleaning the plants."
After hearing this, William coughed twice and said, "Xiao, you should know that we attach great importance to environmental protection here. The fishery department is quite special. They are responsible for all the waters in the world. You said you are the same. Why are you fishing in the middle of winter? If you insist on fishing, can't you just get a license?"
Xiao Peng's face was filled with annoyance. "I need a license to fish in my own yard? William, you're forcing me to list this house on the real estate sales website again!"
"I'm really scared of you." William said, "You should also understand my difficulties..."
Xiao Peng said directly: "William, let me tell you the truth. Now, let alone Villa Eikenhorst, to be exact, I don't even want to stay in the Netherlands!"
William wanted to say something, but Xiao Peng said directly, "William, we have a good personal relationship. I really don't want to fall out with you over this matter, but I don't understand. There are so many celebrities and so many wealthy people in the Netherlands. Why are there so many troubles in other people's families, but mine is so full of troubles?"
William was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "Xiao, let me tell you the truth. The main reason you've encountered so much trouble is because Villa Eikenhorst is a key cultural relic protection building."
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "I know this. How many times have I been punished for this?"
William said, "No, no, no. The most important reason is that it is a key cultural relic protection building, which means it is a state-owned building."
"WHAT?" Xiao Peng exclaimed after hearing this: "So you mean that's not my house?"
"No, no, no!" William said, "That is indeed your house. There is no doubt about that, but because it is a historically protected building and has served as a royal residence, the renovation work was paid for by the state. So in the eyes of the public, it is a building belonging to the state..."
"You're just fooling the people!" Xiao Peng said angrily, "You're fooling me too!"
William smiled bitterly and said, "Xiao, I'm not kidding. How could I have encountered all this trouble when I lived there? You've been in so much trouble lately, with protests and other things. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to keep you, so I went to find Wim Detman. I also wanted to know why they didn't care about your protest. Then I found out that according to relevant building regulations, the police didn't reject their application for the protest, and they couldn't control it until they did something extreme. It turns out that I really didn't think of this when I gave you this house. As you said, the Netherlands has a royal protection decree, but the house is not protected by this decree when it comes to you, so there are so many troubles."
Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines. "William, you're trying to trick me to death! I've always said that Holland and I are incompatible and always clash! The root of this relationship is you? You've caused all these troubles for me!"
William said embarrassedly, "I swear to God, I didn't consider this at all when I gave you the house. I swear to God, everything you are going through now is something I have never experienced! In fact, I also found it incredible at the beginning."
Xiao Peng was not deterred by William's words. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I was looking for a designer to renovate the house! How can I stop now? The penalty for breach of contract is millions! You sent me to the Netherlands just to throw money around? I thought I got a bargain! Forget it, William, please, I won't sell this house anymore. I'll just give it back to you, okay?"
William coughed twice: “Xiao, don’t say angry words.”
"I'm really not saying this out of anger!" Xiao Peng said, "William, let's not talk about anything else but the pandas. When the pandas come, we're going to build a panda house, right? You can't move this or that in your house, and I'm going to take this panda back and put it on my bed? The other day, when Mayor Wim Detmann came to discuss the ownership of the pandas, he kept saying there was land here and there, but he didn't mention the suggestion of renovating Villa Eikenhorst! I knew right then that you were just kidding me! I wonder how much trouble this house will cause!"
William said seriously, "Xiao, I really want to solve your problem, but you know, there are conservatives in the country who strongly disagree with the plan to freely renovate Villa Eikenhorst. They say it is the dignity of the Netherlands. I'm sorry that this house has caused you so much trouble. I'm calling you now because I have a very good solution for you. It can solve the problem here and the panda problem at the same time!"
"Hmm? Tell me how much it's going to cost first!"
"……free!"
“William, why do I hear the sound of you gnashing your teeth?”
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