Chapter 30 A shocking bad news
The "PAZ" they mentioned is the French abbreviation for "Paris Zoo", but it does not refer to the actual Paris Zoo, but the name of an animal protection organization. Although it is called "Paris Zoo", it is a very powerful animal protection organization throughout Europe.
It’s not that animal protection organizations are bad, but some of the things this PAZ did are really speechless.
If you ask a foreigner what their most profound impression of France is, it's definitely the rats scurrying through the streets. When the Black Death ravaged Europe, France was hardest hit, and for good reason! Later, advances in science and medicine revealed that the plague was spread by rats, but even today, rats still roam the streets of France!
On Xiao Peng's first day in Marseille, he encountered a large-scale protest march. At the time, he didn't understand French, so he had no idea what the protesters were protesting. He did notice that the signs they held up almost all had pictures of rats on them. Later, after asking around, he found out what was going on.
It turns out that Marseille was planning a large-scale rat genocide to combat its rat infestation, and animal rights activists were furious, with thousands of people taking to the streets in protest. However, compared to similar protests in Paris, where tens of thousands of people marched, the protests in Marseille were child's play! These protests were organized by PAZ.
This organization was large and wealthy. Back then, their posters were plastered everywhere, from subways and trams to roadside walls. Their message was essentially the same: Rats have the right to live, they shouldn't be treated violently, they have feelings too! Humans have human rights, rats have rat rights! Rats are so adorable, why kill them?
They won in the end, and the rat control issue was eventually abandoned. As a result, humans and rats coexist. If you haven't seen rats, you haven't been to France!
The Paris region has a population of 2.2 million and at least 4.4 million rats. The Marseille metropolitan area has a population of about 800,000, but even more rats—at least 5 million! Throughout Marseille, humans and rats live in harmony.
Such a thing is hard to imagine for Chinese people, but in France? It's the most normal thing!
Why did a mouse become a French chef in the Disney animated film "Ratatouille"? Because it could only happen in France!
Some people are saying, "Are the PAZ people stupid? Don't they know how harmful rats are? They're even protecting rats. Are they crazy?"
Anyone who thinks this way is truly out of his mind!
Why do they do this? It’s to expand their influence and attract more people to join. The more people join, the greater the influence, which means more wealth!
Just like there are so many young and handsome stars in China, who have few works and thousands of people criticize them, yet their net worth is extremely high. They don’t care whether their reputation is good or bad, they just want traffic! With traffic, everything else matters!
PAZ is the same way, flocking to wherever there's a hotspot, as disgusting as a fly. Xiao Peng sincerely doesn't want to be associated with people like them: Animal protection is good, but animal protection with impure motives is a joke! From now on, I must give PAZ people a wide berth!
Xiao Peng calmed down and decided to stop thinking about random things and focus on reading. The library at Aix-Marseille University had so many books! It would take forever to finish reading them all!
He was still reading a book when the door of the cafe suddenly opened and someone walked in.
Xiao Peng didn't pay much attention to it. After all, Michelle's cafe was close to the university, so business was pretty good. Then, a voice called out from behind him: "Xiao! You're here! Damn it! What the hell do you need a phone if it's not turned on?"
"Pascal? Why are you here?" Xiao Peng was stunned after seeing who it was.
"Why am I here?" Pascal said angrily, "Of course I'm here to see you!"
Xiao Peng quickly waved his hand and said, "Dude, calm down. I have two questions now: First, how did you know I was here? Second, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Pascal said angrily, "Didn't you say we were friends? Can't friends come to you?"
Xiao Peng nodded seriously. "Of course, but I hope you'll think it over before you answer. If you really say you came to me because you missed me too much, then from today on I will keep my distance from you. Although I don't discriminate against homosexuals, my awareness is too low to accept that kind of love."
Pascal was stunned: "Xiao, I admire your sense of humor, but I will only admire you if you can still be humorous in a while."
Xiao Peng asked in confusion: "What happened?"
Pascal smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if you know PAZ."
Xiao Peng blinked. "I know. Just now, Michel... Oh, that's the handsome owner of this cafe. He was saying that the people in PAZ are crazy!"
Michelle at the bar almost spit out: "Hey, Xiao, that's what you said!"
Xiao Peng waved his hand. "Michelle, don't be nervous. This guy is a good friend! He's one of the producers of the Channel 5 program you mentioned. He won't betray you. Give my good friend a cup of coffee. He needs it!"
After saying that, he picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.
Pascal watched Xiao Peng still leisurely sipping his coffee and said with a look of resentment, "PAZ has sued Channel 5 and the program team. According to their lawyer, you're also on their list of accusations, but it's not your turn yet!"
"Puff!" The coffee that Xiao Peng had just drunk was sprayed out. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and turned his head to spray it to the other side, otherwise Pascal would definitely wash his face with coffee.
"What did you say? Are you kidding? Even if you want to sue, you need a reason at least! What is their reason?" Xiao Peng asked.
Pascal said tearfully, "They said Channel 5 and the program crew used the nurse shark's image for profit without permission. They want to sue the program crew for compensation on behalf of the nurse shark."
Xiao Peng opened his mouth wide, not knowing what to say. "Today is not April Fool's Day, right? Pascal, are you sure you're not kidding me?"
Pascal shook his head. "I'm trying to tease you. Fabian is in Paris right now, working with the lawyers from TV5 and the PAZ people to discuss how to resolve this matter."
Xiao Peng pointed at himself and asked, "What are they going to accuse me of? What does this have to do with me?"
"You said you forced animals to engage in business activities with you against their will for your own profit," Pascal said.
Xiao Peng really couldn't laugh anymore this time. It turned out that PAZ's people were hyping themselves up online in order to gain more fame and then take action!
What is this? Do you think you're a pig? To be fattened up and then killed?
"What qualifications do they have to sue us on behalf of sharks?" Xiao Peng widened his eyes.
Pascal said: "The lawyers from TV5 asked them the same question, and they said they are an animal protection organization and speak on behalf of animal rights!"
"Fuck you big blood B! I'm going to kill those bastards!" Xiao Peng was so angry that he even spoke in Chinese.
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