Chapter 299 Continue to buy sailboats
This time, Godan's visit to him was a wake-up call for Xiao Peng. His salvaging speed was truly astonishing! It had already attracted the attention of others.
After Chen Zetao told him the purpose of Godan's visit, Xiao Peng began to think about how to deal with it. Just as he was about to doze off, someone offered him a pillow. Ivan's visit to Xiao Peng gave him a way out, allowing him to find a way out.
His purpose of coming to the Old Port of Marseille this time was simple: to buy a boat!
However, the person who received them this time was not the young man with face blindness who received Xiao Peng last time, but a young girl who looked like a "Moorish" from her dress.
Xiao Peng knew the name "Moor" thanks to a girl in Shanghai.
At that time, a "black man" was caught by the police for stealing things in a computer mall in Shanghai, but he was unable to produce his passport. The Chinese girlfriend of this "black man" was anxious. Not only did she hinder the police from arresting him, she also kept saying shocking words such as "He is a Moor, you have no right to arrest him".
When Xiao Peng learned about this, he was completely bewildered, deeply aware of his lack of knowledge. What exactly were these "Moors"? Could it be that their numbers were so small that they could commit crimes with impunity in countries around the world?
This shouldn't be the case. Even if you're a Martian and break the law in China, you can't get away with it! Chinese law is based on the 'territorial principle', meaning that as long as a crime is committed within Chinese territory, it will be handled according to Chinese law. How could they not be held accountable?
Even if you see some foreigners being deported in the news, they will only be deported after the main sentence is over. That doesn't mean that if foreigners break the law in China, it will be okay as long as they are deported.
Could that Moor be a diplomat?
Diplomats do have diplomatic immunity, but can diplomats go to a computer mall and steal things?
It was only after arriving in France that Xiao Peng finally understood what the "Moors" were.
In fact, the word "Moor" itself is a derogatory term. It was the name used by the ancient Romans to refer to the Islamic North Africans who were not under Roman rule. The black general in Shakespeare's "Othello" was a Moor. The Moors were very powerful back then, directly occupying Spain and ruling it for 800 years!
Today, the term "Moor" generally refers to North African blacks or mixed-race people who speak Arabic and practice Islam but are not Arabs. The "black man" who stole things at the Shanghai Computer City computer mall belongs to this category.
What were the Moors most famous for? Their slavery.
As history developed, the Moors were divided into "white Moors" and "black Moors". The "black and white" here has nothing to do with skin color but refers to paternal bloodline. The white Moors are the ruling class of the black Moors. The black Moors have to serve the white Moors, grazing, farming and taking care of housework for them. Although the black Moors are slaves of the white Moors, they have deep hostility and contempt for African blacks.
The West African nation of Mauritania is primarily inhabited by Moors. Many white Moors still keep black Moorish slaves. However, for international reputation reasons, these slaves are specifically referred to as "my students," though everyone knows what "students" refers to.
Should I call her stupid or stupid or stupid?
The girl serving them looked like a mixed race of black and Arab people from North Africa. Such people were very common in Marseille. Although she was wearing a suit and skirt, she was wearing a headscarf and dressed in Islamic style. At first glance, she looked like a flight attendant of Iran Airlines.
And such girls are considered typical "Moors" in the eyes of Europeans.
Xiao Peng came to the yacht club naturally to buy a boat, of course not to buy a yacht, but to buy a sailboat.
The Red-Headed Boat Burned Down? No Problem! Buy a New One!
Why is that young man gone? He quit his job!
The last time Xiao Peng bought Chen Zetao's sailboat, the young man earned a commission of 15,000 yuan, and then he resigned and went traveling.
This is also a characteristic of many young people in the West: spend all the money first and then worry about it.
There is one thing that is true about young people in the West: most of them live for today and never think about saving. This has become a social trend.
Having said that, this is also the situation in China now. Many young people spend as much money as they can and are even willing to become "debtors".
Of course, many people will say: This is because they make too little money and it is not enough to spend.
In fact, it has nothing to do with how much money you make. No matter how much money you make, you will find a way to spend it all.
Even if Xiao Peng's money arrived, what would it matter? If he bought a few more 'Calyssops', he would have no more money left...
Of course, Xiao Peng couldn't be so wasteful, as he still wanted to buy an ocean-going sailboat.
However, this time he finally chose not 'X-YACHS', but the French brand 'La Goulet'.
The brand 'Lagoon' is a new sailboat brand in France. The boats of this brand have very distinctive features: they are all catamarans.
The advantages and disadvantages of this catamaran are equally obvious: the advantages are fast speed, good maneuverability, strong stability, and comfortable living for people on board; but the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the hull is not strong enough to withstand collisions and has poor anti-sinking properties.
Xiao Peng is based in the Mediterranean, where the seas are mostly calm, thus minimizing the shortcomings of catamarans. Therefore, Xiao Peng chose the Lagoon 450S. Although this boat is 10 feet shorter than his original "Red Head Boat," it has a significantly larger cabin.
Now Xiao Peng is no longer the sailing novice he was back then. He only chooses the most correct one, not the most expensive one.
He ordered five "Lagoon" 450S ships at once. When the people from Lagoon learned about it, they came to meet Xiao Peng and listened to his modification requirements. They guaranteed that the three ships would be delivered in three months. After Xiao Peng finished his work here, he contacted the Toulon Ocean Center and ordered five multi-beam acoustic scanners.
After this round, I paid eight million in deposits alone!
Where did Xiao Peng get the money?
Ivan gave it to me!
Russia, with its deep pockets, offered him a €5 million reward, with an additional €10 million if he found Doroshenko's sunken ship.
Much better than Spain! They don't play the game of getting something for nothing. That's called the magnanimity of a great power.
It's said that Russia's economy hasn't been doing well in recent years, but that's because Russia's territory is so vast! If we only look at the part west of the Altai Mountains, Russia is a developed country. Their economy is being dragged down by the Far East: although the Far East is rich in mineral resources, developing there is too difficult!
Fifteen million may not sound like a lot, but according to the agreement between the two parties: if Xiao Peng discovers other shipwrecks while searching for the Doroshenko shipwreck, Xiao Peng can carry out salvage activities after the working period agreed upon by both parties.
These conditions are too friendly. It is no exaggeration to say that they are waiting for Xiao Peng to rob money!
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