Chapter 1445 'Good Faith Acquisition'
When Renault woke up, he found several people carrying him onto a stretcher.
"What happened? Why am I lying here?" Renault asked in confusion.
At this moment, two policemen approached. A crowd of people gathered in the distance, flashing cameras. Why did they all seem to be reporters?
There were also people shouting there, and Renault almost died of anger after hearing what they were saying:
"Director Renault, why are you molesting women in public?"
"Why did you tear her clothes?"
"Are you coveting that girl's beauty?"
"Do you tease girls like this at work?"
"You can still do this at your age, what's the secret?"
After hearing this, Renault sat up and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
At this moment, the two policemen came over and said, "Mr. Renault, we have a case of molestation against a woman and need your assistance in the investigation."
"Molesting women?" Renault's eyes widened. "Do you know who I am?"
The police officer said, "Of course I know, Director Renault of the Louvre. Several witnesses just saw you grab a woman's hand and refuse to let go, tearing her clothes in a public place. If Mr. Xiao hadn't restrained you, the consequences would have been disastrous. Mr. Xiao has already called the police. How are you feeling now? If there's nothing wrong, please come back to the police station and assist us in the investigation!"
Renault was stunned after hearing this. What had just happened came to his mind. He was stunned for a moment and then screamed and lay on the stretcher pretending to be dead.
Damn, my reputation is ruined! No, I need to find some connections and make things right!
But thinking of Xiao Peng's punch, can he coordinate with himself?
In fact, he doesn't need to look for it, as there are people helping him coordinate.
"Xiao, Director Renault is very prestigious in France. After all, he's the director of the largest museum in France. He's very capable!" Hubert said, "It's really not good for you to continue making trouble like this."
"Was it me who was causing trouble?" Xiao Peng said as he walked out of the police station.
Kasin came forward and handed Xiao Peng a USB flash drive. Xiao Peng directly handed the USB flash drive to Hubert: "Here are photos of all the French cultural relics in my collection. You French people are welcome to go to Daxia to trace your roots! What are you talking about with me about 'good faith acquisition'? I am the real 'good faith acquisition', okay! Hubert, I respect you. We are old friends. I don't want to make things too awkward with you, so let's talk about this later. I've asked a lawyer to follow up! This matter is non-negotiable! Forget it, I don't want to mention this matter. It's disgusting to talk about it! If you hadn't stopped me just now, I would have beaten him to death!"
Yu Beier said helplessly: "Is it really an accident?"
"Accident?" Xiao Peng asked back, "Yu Beier, so what you're saying is that I committed a crime by assaulting someone, right? From the moment he mentioned the term 'acquisition in good faith' to me, it meant that the conflict between us was irreconcilable."
Yu Beier was stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile. There was no way to say this. If Renault was not guilty, then Xiao Peng would be held responsible for the assault. Similarly, if Xiao Peng's assault was legal, then Renault was definitely guilty.
"Xiao, several of us told the police what happened in the restaurant truthfully." Yu Beier said.
Xiao Peng said, "That's enough! Will this matter affect your job?"
Yu Beier shook his head and said, "Of course not. I'm just attending a dinner party. By the way, Xiao, when is your party? Can you invite me over?"
Xiao Peng said, "Hubert, I have decided to return to the Netherlands. France is too unfriendly to me."
Hubert said hurriedly: "This is really an accident."
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Let me think about it. I'm leaving first!"
"This incident happened because of my inconsideration." Yu Beier said, "I apologize to you again!"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "The one who made the mistake was that old rogue. What does it have to do with you?"
Hubert's face was filled with black lines. Renault could no longer take off the hat of "old rogue"!
Xiao Peng exchanged a few more pleasantries with him and then got into the car.
"How is Ilka?" Xiao Peng asked Kaxin.
Kasin replied, "Bruch has taken her clothes shopping. I have the jewelry set."
Xiao Peng nodded.
After starting the car, Kasin asked curiously, "Boss, what exactly does 'acquisition in good faith' mean? Why do you seem so angry when you hear this term?"
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "You know that many of our country's cultural relics are in France, right?"
Kasin nodded. "Of course I know that. France is the country with the most Daxia cultural relics in the world. There are also quite a few in the UK."
Xiao Peng snapped his fingers: "Most of this was looted from Daxia during the war."
Kasim said disdainfully: "A bunch of dirty warmongers."
Xiao Peng said, "But they clearly looted so many cultural relics during the war, yet we are unable to recover them. Their excuse is the principle of 'good faith acquisition'."
"What does this mean?" Kasim asked curiously while driving.
Xiao Peng explained, "It's very difficult to explain this term. Let me give you an example: suppose you have a treasure at home... well, let's say this set of jewelry. One day, Bruch comes to your house and steals it. Then it should be considered stolen property, right?"
Kasim nodded: "This must be stolen goods!"
Xiao Peng continued, "At this time, I met Bruch, and then I bought this set of jewelry. So let me ask you - what is it called?"
Without thinking, Kasim replied directly: "This is called 'selling stolen goods'. What's the problem?"
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "You're wrong. You overlooked a very important point. I own a museum, the 'Xiao Museum.' I can say that I bought this set of jewelry to protect it. This was 'in good faith,' so I can obtain ownership of this set of jewelry according to the legal principle of 'good faith acquisition.' Many of the cultural relics that were stolen from our country have been around for hundreds of years and have long since changed hands. The current holders of the cultural relics are definitely not the same people who originally acquired the cultural relics, and many of them are now in the hands of museums. Those museums will say that they acquired the property in 'good faith' at the time, and according to the principle of 'good faith acquisition,' they are legal owners of these cultural relics. So even if we want to reclaim these cultural relics now, it's impossible! They enacted such laws back then to legalize the wealth they plundered through war and other means. That's why I was particularly angry when he mentioned this term. Now do you understand?"
"Hiss... they're quite shameless! But Europeans are good at being shameless." Kasim said cheerfully, but suddenly he was stunned and said, "Hmm? Boss, something doesn't seem right!"
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