Chapter 1304 Receiving Friends
Orange Garden, a centuries-old building, exudes a sense of age from the outside. On this day, a motorcade arrived at Orange Garden, and two lines of people stood at the gate to greet them. Xiao Peng, dressed in a suit, stood among the welcoming crowd, shaking hands with those exiting the vehicles and inviting them inside. Many reporters outside captured this scene.
After William and Xiao Peng shook hands, he whispered with a jealous expression: "Xiao, I have never been treated like this in your house."
Xiao Peng rolled his eyes at him: "You want this kind of treatment? Do I treat you like this every time I come?"
William shook his head: "No!"
Xiao Peng shook hands with the person next to him: "Ambassador from Yangzhou, you are here too?"
Yangzhou smiled bitterly and said, "Can't I not come? To be honest, I really don't want to come. I feel so ashamed of Mr. Xiao."
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Ambassador Yang, I believe in Dutch law."
They were talking about two people, either internet celebrities or scammers, who had tried to defraud Xiao Peng. Yangzhou, as Daxia's ambassador to the Netherlands, had approached Xiao Peng, hoping to resolve the issue. Instead, Xiao Peng resorted to lawyers, much to Yangzhou's displeasure. Xiao Peng then donated Villa Eikenhorst to Daxia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which became the new Daxia Embassy in the Netherlands.
Yangzhou was so excited when he heard the news that he couldn't sleep for several nights. However, because the embassy needs to provide assistance to overseas citizens, they are now providing legal assistance to those guys, so he and Xiao Peng are now in a state of "litigation." This is why he said he felt "guilty towards Mr. Xiao."
Of course, Xiao Peng didn't care about this matter. Those people, whether they were scammers or internet celebrities, were breaking the law. They were bound to lose the case. The difference was how the judge ruled.
Yangzhou said, "Mr. Xiao, you must attend the opening ceremony of the new embassy in a few days."
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly and said, "Can I not participate?"
The Yangzhou ambassador said, "You should go and take a look."
Xiao Peng didn't say anything final: "I'll see what happens. Please come in first."
He still has to greet others...
Xiao Peng personally welcomed the group into the reception room inside the house. After everyone sat down, the maid served them tea and snacks, but no one spoke. Everyone was looking at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng was looking down at a document. After reading it, he put it aside with a strange look on his face. Finally, he couldn't help but said, "William, are you kidding me?"
The room was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst into laughter. Everyone except Xiao Peng was laughing.
Xiao Peng was stunned: "What are you laughing at?"
William laughed so hard he almost collapsed. After finally suppressing his laughter, he said to Xiao Peng, "Xiao, we made a bet before we came here. I said you'd read this document and say, 'William, are you kidding me?' And it doesn't even have the title of 'King'. They didn't believe you could talk to me like that. Well, it turns out I was right! You said you're wearing a suit to greet guests, it's really unlike you. Why are you making it so grand?"
Xiao Peng's face was filled with gloom. "Do you think I'm showing such high courtesy to greet you? I'm here to greet Principal Heintje Hahn. I want to thank Principal Hahn for his help with my renovation project."
A white-haired old man nearby smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao, you're too polite. If you really want to thank someone, it shouldn't be me. The one who should be thanked is Mr. Nemanja Stroman, the dean of our BK Academy."
He is the president of Delft University of Technology, and BK College is the School of Architecture and Built Environment of Delft University of Technology. They have made great contributions to the transformation of Orange Garden.
Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this and said, "I'm not thanking him. Nemanja is such a big drinker, and he knows how to drink! He can always find the best and most expensive wine in my wine cellar! I'm almost putting a sign on the door saying 'Nemanja, no entry!'"
After hearing Xiao Peng's words, everyone in the room laughed again, and the atmosphere instantly changed from the depressing atmosphere of no one talking at the beginning to a happy and relaxed one.
Xiao Peng didn't let William go. He held up the document and said, "William, I beg you to tell me: what's said here is just a joke! How could there be such flattery?"
Although Xiao Peng had returned to the Netherlands, the two pandas hadn't arrived yet for some reason, so the entire country launched a vigorous "naming campaign." Xiao Peng had promised to let the Dutch people decide for themselves. The final result was revealed, and it was in the documents Xiao Peng held.
As a result, Xiao Peng didn't know what to say after seeing the names: one of the two pandas was named "Guoning" and the other was named "Koningjin", which means "king" and "queen" in Dutch.
Is this a name chosen by ordinary people? Isn't it too much of a flattery?
William said, "Xiao, I can swear to God that this name was not tampered with. It was truly the result of a public vote."
The Yangzhou Ambassador said, "Xiao, you haven't heard of what's been happening in the Netherlands these past six months while you've been in China. Thanks to the salvage of the 'Tiaze,' the Netherlands has launched a vigorous historical review. National unity here is unprecedentedly high, and the individuals who brought the 'Tiaze back' are also incredibly strong. They're now considered strong contenders for the next Dutch Prime Minister, or even the next Prime Minister. Darwin van der Dahl has already expressed his intention to run for Prime Minister, while the other two's stances are still unclear."
Xiao Peng suddenly became a little annoyed when he heard this and asked, "Why didn't Mr. Vanderdale come today? I was looking for him! Why are Yulia, Natalia and the others at Delft University of Technology?"
William coughed twice beside him.
Heintje Hahn was stunned when he heard this. "Mr. Xiao, what's the matter? Are you unhappy about your friend attending our school?"
Xiao Peng said with a slight embarrassment, "Of course not. I just think it's not suitable for girls to go to a science and engineering university... No, no, no, just pretend I didn't say anything and you didn't hear anything. I don't mean to be sexist at all."
After he finished speaking, he looked depressed, but he was actually smiling in his heart.
At the time, he had promised Lukashenko that he would find a way to get the girls into TU Delft. He was still worried about how to get them in without arousing suspicion, but then Vanderdale, to make things difficult for him, took it upon himself to send the girls there. This, in turn, solved Xiao Peng's problem!
If I had known this, I would have charged them less.
Of course, Vanderdale and his team did not get the coordinates of the "Tiaz" for free. They paid 30 million for these coordinates.
The remaining items on the sunken ship that Xiao Peng salvaged in a destructive manner were definitely not worth 30 million, but Vanderdale and his team did not really pay any compensation.
After knowing their operating methods, Xiao Peng couldn't help but sigh: You guys really know how to play!
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