Chapter 1436 Who would get married if there was a PACS agreement?
If Felix said he wanted to marry Camille Thomas, Xiao Peng would definitely object. But if he said PACS, Xiao Peng certainly wouldn't object—it wouldn't hurt either side.
Let’s play!
As for the French, are they romantic? Xiao Peng disagrees. From the perspective of Daxia people, they are just a bunch of LSPs, but the French are really romantic!
Their former president Mitterrand once said: If France pursues scandal X like the United States, all my ministers will resign.
Most of the ministerial-level officials here have lovers, and most of them have more than one lover...this is true for both men and women.
Former President Hollande brought two "first girlfriends" to France, and the current president has a wife 25 years his senior. To say the French aren't romantic? No one would believe it!
Fortunately, the PACS agreement is only implemented in France. Basically, if this agreement is promulgated in any country, it will lead to a decline in the marriage rate: think about it, you can enjoy family life and the benefits of marriage without having to bear the various legal responsibilities that marriage requires - it's beautiful!
Some people say that signing a PACS agreement is like sharing the family debts during marriage, isn’t it?
While that's certainly true, there are two key differences between a PACS agreement and a marriage: first, luxury goods purchases are not considered joint debts; second, whoever purchases something, such as a house or furniture, owns it. There's no need for property division in a divorce.
So who would get married if the French had the PACS agreement?
After hearing that Xiao Peng agreed to let him sign the PACS, Felix was so happy that he wanted to hug Xiao Peng and kiss him. Just when things were getting lively here, Billy, Swan and Marlene came over.
"Billy!" Xiao Peng asked, "How are you handling your affairs?"
Billy said, "We've finished it. Some idiot heard we were selling our shares and came rushing over to take over. Now's a good time to do it, isn't it?"
Generally speaking, a sales boom follows a new product launch. Now is a good time to take over. Shangmei itself isn't a listed company, so privately transferring shares is easy for these individuals.
Xiao Peng said, "You two brothers will receive a percentage point of our company's dividends. Go get a written agreement from Fabian later."
After hearing this, Swan hurriedly said, "How can this be so embarrassing? How much money do we have to pay?"
Although he was polite, he was still quite excited when he heard that he could get shares in Xiao Peng's company.
"Keep the money you make from selling the stocks. This is your share. Thank you Billy for standing up for Kiki, and it's also a wedding gift for you and Marlene." Xiao Peng said calmly, "Of course, don't do anything stupid like checking the company's accounts or trying to get involved in management and operations. Just wait for your share of the money."
"Ah? Oh!" Swan nodded vigorously. "I don't know anything about deep-sea salvage, so how can I possibly go?"
Upon hearing this, Malin looked at Xiao Peng and said, "Such a nice wedding gift? Is this your compensation for breaking up?"
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became awkward.
Xiao Peng coughed twice: "Um, that..."
Marlene smiled slightly and didn't dwell on the topic. Instead, she said, "Well... Xiao, I hope you can come to my wedding when the time comes. What are you guys doing standing here? Come on, let's go in and I'll introduce you to some friends!"
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "No, we're leaving now!"
"Leaving? Why?" Billy and the others were stunned after hearing Xiao Peng's words: "The dinner is just a warm-up, the main event hasn't started yet."
Xiao Peng waved his hand: "This place is boring! I haven't been to Paris for a long time. I'm going out to have some fun!"
Marlene smiled and said, "That's quite your style. Fine then. Swan and I will be staying here for a while. We won't be accompanying you guys."
"Well! Bruch, where is Kasim?" Xiao Peng turned around and asked.
Bruch said, "He's waiting for us outside."
"Outside? Why did he go outside?" Xiao Peng asked in confusion.
Bruch spread his hands: "I don't know either."
"Alright then, let's go. Are you hungry? I'll treat you to a meal!" Xiao Peng said with a smile, "Vincent, I'll be leaving too. We'll contact each other by phone."
Vincent and Xiao Peng shook hands: "Okay, let's contact each other by phone."
He actually wanted to discuss this with Xiao Peng further, but he saw that Xiao Peng was clearly not in high spirits. He could understand that, after all, what he had shown Xiao Peng had been quite shocking, so it would be strange if he was in a good mood right now! It was best not to cause trouble at this time.
Xiao Peng and his companions were about to leave the balcony when suddenly someone else came in. This time it wasn't just one person but a whole group of people. The balcony was originally spacious enough, but after such a large group of people came in, it seemed quite crowded.
Xiao Peng only knew one person in the group, Ruth Birkin, but he didn't recognize the others. Walking in front was a man in his sixties in a suit. Although his hair was silver, his face didn't have many wrinkles.
These people were obviously coming for him, but Xiao Peng acted as if he didn't see them: "Let's go."
Bruch walked over directly: "Make way! We are leaving."
The old man in the suit walked directly to Xiao Peng and asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Xiao Peng, the 'salvage king'?"
"No! You've got the wrong person!" Xiao Peng replied without even thinking, "Let's go."
Everyone at the scene had a frown on their faces. Why didn’t you follow the routine?
The old man in the suit forced a smile and said, "Mr. Xiao, you are quite humorous. Let me introduce myself. I am Jules Delma, the CEO of Shangmei."
"Zhu Er? Second Senior Brother?" Xiao Peng complained in Chinese.
Bruch laughed out loud. He understood Chinese and had just read Journey to the West, so he naturally knew what Xiao Peng meant.
Although everyone didn't understand what Xiao Peng meant, they knew from Bruch's laughter that he definitely didn't mean anything good.
Jules Delma's eyes were fixed on Jelena, Ilka and Kiki, and finally stopped on Kiki. Kiki felt uneasy and hid behind Pascal.
Yelena frowned and said, "Grandpa, are you trying to be a hooligan?"
After hearing this, Zhu Er turned around and asked Xiao Peng, "Mr. Xiao, is the jewelry this lady is wearing also the work of Mr. Niduo?"
"Didn't you all say this was a knockoff?" Xiao Peng said calmly, "It's a cheap product made of plastic and glass!"
Zhu Er said, "Mr. Xiao, you are so humorous. I have been an apprentice in the jewelry industry since I was 14 years old. It has been 50 years now. It would be really strange if I could no longer distinguish between real and fake gemstones and the age of jewelry!"
Xiao Peng pointed at Ruth Birkin and said, "Your company's COO just said it herself that this is a fake. Okay, we should go!"
Ruth Birkin was extremely embarrassed when she saw Xiao Peng pointing at her.
"Mr. Xiao, please stay!"
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