Chapter 336: Generosity
Xiao Peng stood at the hotel window, phone in hand, gazing at Kiev's Independence Square. "Brother Chen, you must hold steady. I'm saying this for the last time: I'm lending it to the museum, not donating it. If someone really sets their sights on me, I'm done. Also, don't try to trick me. I'm still in the Black Sea. If anyone in China really gets impatient and leaks the news that I can't leave the Black Sea, don't blame me for turning against them. I'll just sell the boat and retire!"
Chen Zetao on the other end of the phone had a dark look on his face: "Retire?"
Xiao Peng nodded. "That's right, retirement. I have enough money to last a lifetime, so why would I want to fight for it? If someone really sells me out, I won't go back. What's the point of going back? I'm helping you guys, and you're targeting me? You want those little gadgets, right? Okay, I'll give them to you. From now on, I'll buy a mountain in Europe and live in seclusion with my grandfather! No, I want to make a will now and tell you everything that happened this year, so that I don't die inexplicably and no one knows what happened!"
Chen Zetao covered his face after hearing this. "Xiao Peng, why are you getting more and more outrageous? Why are you talking about death again for no reason? There are all kinds of people these days. Who can care what they say? Don't worry, I'll beat him up for you someday! If I can't beat him up, I'll bring Zhang Cuijian here so you can beat him up! I can't go back to China now, otherwise I'll go back and beat him up!"
The identities of the items Xiao Peng had asked Wang Ran to bring back had been confirmed. Setting aside the other items, the "seal bag" was indeed Queen Night Rose's personal seal bag. Several other items were also confirmed to be from that era, most likely belonging to the Ottoman Imperial Palace.
Then the appearance of these things made people in domestic museums jealous.
Dou Wenran, who had smashed the "cloisonné basalt paperweight" that year, jumped out again and proposed that these cultural relics should be preserved in the National Museum forever, and this proposal was actually echoed by many people.
Dou Wenran does have the ability, otherwise he would not be allowed to participate in this appraisal work, but his habit of being generous to others is a disease and needs to be treated!
What’s even more infuriating is that they are now proposing to hold a ‘Middle Eastern Cultural Relics Exhibition’. Originally, there were many Middle Eastern cultural relics in China, but there had never been any that could hold the fort. Now, finally, there is one!
"You're holding a cultural relics exhibition now, aren't you setting Xiao Peng up for a fight? They still have to go through the Turkish Straits back to the Mediterranean! If the Turks really detain them for this, who will Xiao Peng complain to?"
Originally, Chen Zetao called to tell him that it was a good thing that the identities of those things were recognized, but after hearing the subsequent developments, Xiao Peng was so angry that he wanted to curse.
Chen Zetao coughed twice and said, "Alright, Brother Xiao, what they say doesn't count! None of this can happen. I told you this as a joke, why are you so angry?"
"How can I not be angry?" Xiao Peng said, "Brother Chen, do me a favor. I'll send you the video of Dou Wenran smashing the 'cloisonné basalt paperweight' that day, and you can help me claim compensation!"
Chen Zetao was silent for a moment after hearing this. "Okay, I'll take this on. If something is broken, you have to pay for it! This is a matter of course, there's nothing to argue about!"
Dou Wenran had dropped the Emperor's 'cloisonné enamel basalt paperweight' back then, and Xiao Peng hadn't bothered with him just to get rid of him. Now he's bringing it up again to cause trouble for him? Then, no more words, just pay the money!
Chen Zetao was one of the people present at the scene. He knew Dou Wenran had truly pissed Xiao Peng off. He really wanted to scold Dou Wenran. "You have so many collections at home, why don't you donate them? Why are you always thinking about other people's good stuff?"
Xiao Peng sneered, "What's wrong with this guy? I heard he has quite a collection at home, right? I also heard he even held a private exhibition of his collection. Just tell him to donate it all! If he does, I won't ask him to pay me! Otherwise, I'll settle the score with him for destroying the national treasure! That 'cloisonné enamel basalt paperweight' he smashed counts as a 'national treasure,' right?"
"It must be counted!" Chen Zetao finally understood Xiao Peng. This guy was just a donkey that went along with the flow.
However, he didn't think that Xiao Peng was joking. What he said seemed to be very impulsive, but if he was not impulsive, would he still be a young man?
He also came from a young age!
Moreover, Chen Zetao was even angrier than Xiao Peng! At that time, Xiao Peng believed that he could bring these things back to China.
Why did Xiao Peng bring the goods back to China? Wouldn't he bring the goods back to France to sell them?
If this thing really goes wrong, who will Xiao Peng blame first? It must be himself! Then will we still cooperate in the future?
He didn't believe the country would follow Dou Wenran's suggestions. They knew the stakes better than anyone else. What was a national think tank? They were a group of the smartest people in a country! How could they do something so foolish?
But it's better to be safe than sorry. If this gets leaked, it'll be troublesome. The National Deep Submarine Base and the military are still counting on Xiao Peng's cooperation. What would you do if Xiao Peng really breaks off the relationship? Kill Xiao Peng? That's unrealistic!
Besides, Xiao Peng's worries were not without reason. Turkey controlled the exit from the Black Sea. If Xiao Peng really fell out with Turkey, what would he do if he couldn't leave the Black Sea?
Even if Xiao Peng could leave his ship, he couldn't leave!
"Brother Xiao, don't worry," Chen Zetao said, "This matter will definitely not turn out like that."
Xiao Peng said, "We should always plan for the worst and make the best preparations, right? Brother Chen, I'm a little scared now."
"What are you afraid of?" Chen Zetao asked puzzledly.
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "They treat me like this while I'm still useful. What will they do to me if one day I'm no longer useful?"
"How can you think so?" Chen Zetao said hurriedly.
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Brother Chen, I won't talk to you for now. I haven't had enough fun in Kiev! I will be back to sea to suffer in a few days. I have no time to waste!" After that, he hung up the phone.
Chen Zetao wanted to speak again, but a dead tone came from the phone.
This is really troublesome.
Um?
What a trouble!
Dou Wenran and other idiots, don’t you know that Xiao Peng is not only helping the National Deep Submarine Base, but even the military is keeping an eye on him!
Don’t you ever think about why the country gave the Mediterranean Support No. 2 ship and its crew to Xiao Peng?
Dou Wenran is certainly not a fool, so why did he do this? To put it bluntly, it's all for fame!
Just think about it, if he could guide the return of the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace to China, he would go down in history.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that the cultural relics from the Old Summer Palace had already returned to China, but it was not yet time for them to be displayed.
What's that saying? If you don't commit suicide, you won't die! The military and the government can't kill you!
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