Chapter 1300: Best Preparations for the Worst
Xiao Peng turned around, picked up the cigarette he had just placed in the ashtray, took a puff, and said calmly, "Mr. Vanderdale, there are two mistakes in what you just said."
Everyone looked at Xiao Peng. They had not yet recovered from the shock of Xiao Peng slapping Vanderdale in the face.
Xiao Peng continued, "First of all, this is the high seas, not the Netherlands. Of course, if I hit you, it's illegal, but don't say I hit you. Even if I killed you, what would happen? I'm from Daxia, and this ship's jurisdiction is also Daxia. This means that if I break the law on this ship, Daxia will have jurisdiction over me. Now, even if I kill you, as long as I go to a country like Russia, with which you have a less favorable relationship, I can return to Daxia and face legal sanctions. Do you think I'd be afraid to return to my country?"
Everyone was stunned after hearing Xiao Peng's words. William hurriedly said, "Xiao, don't do anything stupid!"
Xiao Peng suddenly grinned and said, "William, don't be silly. Can I kill him? We in Daxia have the death penalty. I can't risk my life because of him... Of course, I really don't mind giving him a good beating!"
He kept his word, kicking Vanderdale aside. "You're threatening me? Now you're targeting my salvage? There are so many people targeting my salvage, who do you think you are? Ask them, has any of them ever succeeded?"
William quickly said: “Xiao, no one is watching your harvest…”
Xiao Peng pointed at Vanderdale, who was coughing violently on the ground, and said, "Didn't you hear what he just said?"
William said, "Xiao, he was probably just saying that to scare you. He didn't say that when we came here, and I don't know why he suddenly said that."
Xiao Peng laughed, but it wasn't a friendly smile. He pointed at Frank Hicks and Famke Dorothy and said, "William, I believe you don't know about this plan, but why don't you ask these two if they know about it?"
William looked at the two of them. They glanced at the gun in Walter's hand and finally nodded.
Xiao Peng said, "They had already thought of this plan when they came here. The three of them were talking quite well together. Why didn't you just perform crosstalk? Oh, as for your second mistake..."
As he spoke, he walked to the bar opposite, took out a bottle of red wine and three glasses, poured two glasses of wine for William and Wim, and got nothing for the rest of the people.
He raised his glass, nodded at the two men, took a sip, and then said, "As for Mr. Vanderdale's second mistake, what did you just say? You want me to make money so I can make money? Otherwise, this shipwreck treasure can't be circulated? Mr. Vanderdale, I want to ask you: when did I say I wanted to sell these things? I have my own museum, can't I keep them for myself?"
"What?" the three council members exclaimed in unison. What do you mean? You're keeping all of them for yourself? They're all our ancestors' things! You're keeping them for yourself? What are we going to do?
Frank Hicks on the side couldn't help but say, "Mr. Xiao, the things on this shipwreck are very important to us Dutch people! We won't let them leave the country and let you take them somewhere else!"
Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this: "Why? Do you still want to rob me? I can't take my things with me."
Frank Higgins said, "Your country also has a list of cultural relics that are prohibited from leaving the country, right? We have one too. Everything salvaged from the Tiaze shipwreck should be on that list! Even if it's yours, you can't take it out of the country! Otherwise, the Dutch people won't agree!"
Xiao Peng applauded. "What a wonderful 'the Dutch people won't agree'. Is it the Dutch people or you big families who won't agree? This is an awkward question, so you don't have to answer me. But Mr. Higgins, you've made another mistake. Even if you add the 'Tiaze' shipwreck and its contents to the Dutch list of cultural relics prohibited from leaving the country, it won't work for me."
Frank Higgins's brows twisted into knots. "Mr. Xiao, do you underestimate the laws of the Netherlands? Are you planning to smuggle it out?"
Xiao Peng shook his head. "You can ask William. My greatest strength is that I abide by the law. I even help you catch criminals in the Netherlands. You don't even know this, do you?"
After hearing Xiao Peng's words, everyone looked at Vanderdale, who lay on the ground. "Damn it! You just beat someone up, and now you're saying you're 'law-abiding'? Do you have some misunderstanding of the term 'law-abiding'? Is your understanding of it different from ours?"
Xiao Peng ignored them and continued, "As for me, I never dare to underestimate others, so I am very serious in receiving you. The most common mistake people make these days is to take others too lightly and themselves too seriously, right? Mr. Vanderdale? I am just an individual. No matter how strong a person is, he is just an ant in front of the state machine. So I dare not underestimate the Dutch state institutions. I believe that when the time comes, you will even have people specifically watching me. How can I do something illegal like 'smuggling'? I think even if my relationship with William is good, I can't do such a thing. I'm not that stupid."
Frank Higgins was about to speak when Xiao Peng raised a finger to silence him. "I said you made a mistake because... those things might have already arrived in Daxia."
"What?" Even William exclaimed.
Xiao Peng waved his hand at them. "Can you please stop getting so jumpy? You're really scary! I always try to plan for the worst and be prepared for the best. Since you all watched my livestream, you should remember that I wasn't live for about an hour. I was talking about the winch connected to the HOV that malfunctioned. I was actually transferring things during that time. After all, I'm a 'billionaire' and the famous 'salvage king'. If I can't even do this, wouldn't it be a joke? Why don't you think about how so many things in my museum got back to China? Even if those cultural relics were on the 'list of cultural relics prohibited from leaving the country', they went to Daxia, not the Netherlands. Mr. Higgins, this is the mistake I was talking about. Do I need to explain anything else to you?"
The entire reception room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Xiao Peng turned to William and said, "William, I'm not lying to you. At that time, someone suggested that I bring this statue of Queen William and Anna back to China. But I rejected it. So, William, do you think it was a loss to give Orange Garden to me now?"
William glanced at Vanderdale lying on the ground and suddenly shouted, "Even a fool knows that if you want to get something, you have to pay for it! I paid for Orange Gardens to get my great-grandmother's statue. There's no better deal in the world! Xiao, just for this, you will be my family's permanent guest of honor! I will definitely do my best for you in the future!"
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