Chapter 409: Visitors from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
After hearing Xiao Peng's answer, Fairman Douglas was even more confused: "You don't know me?"
Xiao Peng lit a cigarette and said, "Your head isn't printed on a banknote, so why should I know you? You have such a good self-image, don't you?"
A young girl nearby said, "Dr. Feldman Douglas is a professor of marine geology research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States! He's the director of the Marine Geology Department."
Xiao Peng clicked his tongue and said, "I thought it was the American president. Anyway, I don't even know the American president!"
Although he said so, Fehrman's background is indeed not small. Who in the marine research circle doesn't know the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution?
It's the world's largest independent oceanographic research institution, comprised of five departments and four interdisciplinary faculty: marine biology, ocean climate change, deep-sea exploration, and marine geology. Their research is extensive, and it's no exaggeration to call them global leaders in ocean exploration. And as the department's director, Fehrman Douglas is undoubtedly qualified to make this claim.
After all, Xiao Peng and his crew also had marine research work on board, right? He was confident that Xiao Peng must know him.
Xiao Peng spread his hands and said, "I still haven't heard of it."
He is not the one doing scientific research, so how could he know what this old man does?
Just as Feldman Douglas was about to speak, Xiao Peng interrupted him: "Are you a professor? Look at the two beauties on your left and right. If you don't know, you might think you are an old hooligan!"
"How can you talk like that?" asked the girl who was speaking.
Xiao Peng asked back, "Why? Are you unhappy when I say you're beautiful women?"
"That's not what I'm talking about! We are Professor Douglas's students!" the girl explained.
Xiao Peng curled his lips: "A professor who specializes in teaching female students?"
"You..." The girl was furious.
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Walter, send him away! No, such a strange person is not my guest. This matter today is my fault. Don't let such people in next time."
"Wait!" Seeing that Xiao Peng was not joking and was really going to leave, Douglas became anxious: "Mr. Xiao, I really have something to talk to you about."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng said, "First, tell me what you want to do by sneaking onto my boat!"
"I'm not sneaky!" Douglas retorted.
"Did I agree to let you get on my boat?" Xiao Peng snorted coldly, "Getting on my boat without my permission is sneaky! Don't want to admit it? Walter, get out!"
Douglas said hurriedly: "It's sneaky! It's sneaky!"
Xiao Peng nodded in satisfaction after hearing this: "Then explain to me why you sneaked onto my ship!"
Once you let go of your shame, you'll be ready to go. Douglas said, "This is what I mean, Mr. Xiao. Professor Xu Xingde from the Huaxia Deep Sea Base is on your ship, right?"
Xiao Peng nodded and then shook his head: "Xu Xingde is on my ship, but he has nothing to do with the Huaxia Deep Sea Base now. He is my employee. Is there any problem with that?"
Xiao Peng guessed that this matter might be related to Xu Xingde, and was not surprised to hear Douglas mention Xu Xingde.
Douglas hurriedly said, "He has nothing to do with the Huaxia Deep Sea Base? Then why did he recently co-author a series of papers on the Mediterranean seabed geology in the core journals of China, including Acta Oceanographica Sinica, Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology, and Marine Environmental Science, with the Huaxia Deep Sea Base?"
Xiao Peng laughed when he heard this and said, "It's very simple. I don't have any more equipment here, so he went to the deep-sea base to find some. You may not know that, thanks to the unified sanctions imposed by the West, all French scientific research institutions have closed their doors to my people, forcing them to return home. That's not right. The three journals you just mentioned are all core journals in our country. Why would you read our core journals? Don't you look down on them?"
Douglas said hastily, "Science knows no borders!"
Xiao Peng nodded after hearing this: "That's right. You guys are just reading the paper, right? If you have any questions, go to Huaxia and find him. Why are you looking for me here? You'll be fine after getting beaten up."
Douglas said hurriedly: "I went to Huaxia, but I didn't meet Professor Xu."
"You came to my ship to look for him? He's not with me!" Xiao Peng said, "He's still in the country."
Douglas said after hearing this: "I know he is in the country. He is in the laboratory of the deep sea base."
Xiao Peng asked curiously, "Then why did you come to France? I'm not a scientific researcher. I publish my findings in core journals. If you've already read them, what's the point of coming to me?"
Douglas said hurriedly, "Well, I'm looking for Xu Xingde because of the seabed soil samples. I've read Professor Xu's paper, but I still need to verify it. And verification requires samples."
Xiao Peng frowned. "Verify? What do you mean? Are your scientific research results correct? Should we question ours?"
Douglas said hurriedly: "Mr. Xiao, science can only progress through constant doubt!"
Xiao Peng didn't say anything after hearing this, but instead lit a cigarette. The girl who started the conversation frowned, "Mr. Xiao, you're a person of status and position, how can you be so uncultured? Don't you consider the feelings of the ladies present when you smoke?"
"Me?" Xiao Peng nodded after hearing this: "What you said makes sense, Walter, send this lady out!"
"Huh?" The girl who spoke was stunned: "I'm a girl, how can you talk to me like that? Are you a gentleman?"
Xiao Peng asked back: "What's wrong with girls? If you don't tolerate your bad habits, you're not a gentleman? Haven't you watched too many movies and TV shows like 'The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me'? Everyone has to give in to you and coax you? Okay, I won't talk nonsense with you, Walter, send her out! You still talk so much nonsense in someone else's house? From now on, if anyone tells me that Westerners know etiquette, I will fight him to the death!"
Walter coughed twice and said, "Boss, please don't kill everyone with one stroke. Our family is very polite. Madam, please?"
The girl looked at Walter with anger and her face turned green. Is it really true that he can just kick people out as he says?
She looked at Douglas, but the latter said, "Well, Sophia, you go out and wait for me."
The girl named Sophia glared at Xiao Peng, snorted coldly, and left behind Walter.
Xiao Peng looked at Douglas with a smile: "Very good, Professor Douglas, I like your attitude. Now you can tell me the reason why you came to see me."
Douglas coughed twice and then stated his purpose: "I'm guessing you might have some Mediterranean hydrothermal vent soil samples. Could you share some with me?"
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