Chapter 1759 I Want to Earn Commission
Xiao Peng flipped through the photos on Kasim's phone and sighed, "Victor Hugo definitely never visited Stara Zagora when he wrote 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have known how to create the character of Esmeralda..."
Kasim laughed out loud after hearing this.
After Xiao Peng returned Kaxin's phone to him, he said, "The economy over there isn't very good."
Kasim nodded.
Xiao Peng had traveled extensively, and having lived in Europe for a long time, he'd become quite adept at distinguishing the ethnicity of locals by their appearance. And as he traveled more and more, he discovered something interesting: he could tell the economic status of the locals by the way the girls dressed and developed.
There is basically no girl on earth who doesn't love beauty. The most critical factor affecting a girl's beauty is economics. (Lao Yang's uncle was in prison for 16 years and was released in 2019. After he was released, he said: The biggest difference in the outside world over the years is that women have become more beautiful, which actually means that women know how to dress.)
As for the photos of Bulgarian girls Kashin showed me... let's not talk about their makeup skills. The clothes they wore were very rustic...
Gregory sighed and said, "I used to think the clothes women wear here are quite old-fashioned, but compared to those over there, they're actually quite fashionable."
Xiao Peng said, "No, no, no. The most important thing is that they dress conservatively, not as revealingly as you do. Well, you guys are definitely more fashionable here than over there."
What he wanted to say was that the clothes you wear here and in Bulgaria are both pretty much the same, not mainstream, and not from the countryside. But after thinking it over, he decided not to say it.
After hearing this, Kaxin laughed at Xiao Peng: "I don't want to hear what you said! Do you know that you are contradicting yourself a little bit?"
"Why?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.
Kasin said, "Basically, the clothes you can buy there are all brought in by vendors from your country. Look at their clothes, shoes, and hairpins. They are all from your country."
Xiao Peng facepalmed, remembering the girl in the photo wearing shoes. His mother had worn similar shoes seven or eight years ago, when she was still alive. Or was it the Daxia countryside aesthetic of a few years ago—nylon socks with sandals.
OMG!
Are you just keeping these clothes and shoes at the bottom of your closet because you don’t want to wear them?
Phew, happiness is indeed derived from comparison.
Kasim laughed and said, "Girls there rarely have the opportunity to be alone with men before marriage. Coupled with their traditions, they have a strong obsession with virginity. The money they pay for a bride is essentially buying her virginity. If there's no red in the bridal chamber, the bride's family must return all the money to the groom's family. From then on, that family and their daughter will be unable to hold their heads up in public. If something like that really happened, the gypsy family would basically be forced to leave and wander."
"That's not right!" Gregory suddenly said, "Didn't you say that girls over there value chastity? Then what about the trial marriage you just mentioned?"
Kasin said, "Your question is superfluous! Women there have basically no independent living skills. What do they do if they get divorced? They just want to sell themselves again. Of course, the price is much cheaper the second time around—or they're lucky to find someone to buy. Then they can try marriage."
Xiao Peng understood after hearing this: "Oh, this is almost the same as the 'temporary wife' in those South Asian countries, right?"
Kasin nodded. "Yes, yes, that's what I mean. Gregory, are you married? The parents of the brides who attend the bride market are always watching and bargaining. In my experience, as long as you dress neatly and look foreign, you will basically be surrounded by people who hope their daughters will follow you. Oh, no, you also have a 'bride market' here... That's not right! How can you have it here? It's not legal, right?"
Gregory smiled and said, "It's certainly illegal, but it's reasonable. Kashin, we're not Moscow or St. Petersburg. This is the Arctic! We have to consider the Nenets people too. Those Nenets villages have so few people and they forbid intermarriage. Now some places have no choice but to follow the Inuit's example."
The Inuit have a custom of treating guests with their wives. This isn't out of hospitality or ignorance, but rather a desire to avoid problems with inbreeding and to conceive children of new blood. However, encountering strangers is extremely difficult for them. The Nenets are somewhat more tolerant, as they are nomadic and still have the potential to encounter strangers, while some remote Inuit may never see a stranger in their village. This is why they developed this custom.
"Would you like to go over and take a look?" Gregory asked. "Of course, we also have that 'trial marriage' service you mentioned."
Xiao Peng and Kashin both had black lines on their faces. What the hell was this bride market business serving the Nenets people? This was clearly just another name for the erotic industry here.
"Let's just forget it." Xiao Peng said directly.
Gregory asked again: "So are you going to the casino?"
Cashin answered the question directly: "None of us like gambling."
Gregory's smile froze after hearing this. "You don't look for women, and you don't gamble. Oh my God, have I met the last two saints in the world?"
Xiao Peng asked, "Why are you so disappointed?"
Gregory smiled bitterly and said, "Let me tell you the truth. We get commissions for bringing guests here. And don't worry about you laughing at us, this damn place doesn't get more than twenty foreign tourists a year. If we can attract foreign tourists to spend money here, the commission will naturally be higher. Dragovich brought a few foreign tourists to stay here at the train station a week ago. His commission this week was higher than his annual income. I also want to earn more. Especially you..."
He looked at Xiao Peng and said.
Xiao Peng asked in confusion: "What does this have to do with me?"
Gregory said, "There were four people here. Three of them had the same skin color as you, but they were from Korea. They were really extravagant with their money. I initially thought you were Nenets, but the way you dressed... Nenets don't dress as elegantly as you do. I thought I'd earn as much commission as Dragovich. Sigh."
Kasim patted his shoulder and said, "Gregory, this is fate. Just accept it. It's better to have a commission than no commission, right? Didn't you say four? What about the other one?"
Gregory, however, looked disgusted and said, "Humph, it's the Turks! I don't have to serve the Turks. This is probably the only thing that can comfort me."
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