Chapter 429: No traffic jam on German highways?
Xiao Peng sat in the car with a constipated expression on his face.
"Xiao, why do you look like that?" Fabian asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly and said, "I feel bored after completing the game."
After hearing what Xiao Peng said, Walter came over and asked, "Boss, it's not about the game console, right? What's going on?"
The reason Walter was able to come over was simple: they were stuck in traffic.
The rain stopped, but before we ran far, it started snowing heavily again!
Heavy snow has blocked the highway, and the road conditions are extremely bad. There have been multiple car accidents ahead, and the traffic jam is more than ten kilometers long! I don’t know how long it will take to clear the traffic!
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "I heard back home that Germans have high overall quality and strict supervision, so traffic jams are rare on German highways. And yet, I encountered such a rare thing."
Walter opened his mouth wide: "Boss, what did you say? There is no traffic jam in Germany? Who said that? Let him tell the Germans and slap him in the face!"
"Huh?" Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this, and looked at Walter and said, "Are you guys stuck in traffic here too?"
Diane, who was standing nearby with freshly squeezed juice, smiled upon hearing Xiao Peng's words, "Mr. Xiao, we also hope there will never be traffic jams, but... let's put it this way, a traffic jam of a few kilometers doesn't even count as a traffic jam here! Luckily, we're not on the A40 highway, otherwise, you'd be surprised. Have a glass of juice first, I just squeezed it."
After Xiao Peng and the others accepted the juice and expressed their gratitude, they asked, "What happened to the A40 highway?"
Diane explained, "Every year there's a 'Highway Festival' where they literally block the highway and everyone sings, dances, and shops on the highway. It's a way to complain about how congested the highway is."
"Actually, other roads are similar. Our roads in Baden-Württemberg are among the top three in Germany for traffic congestion. Even on normal days, there's traffic jams here, not to mention the bad weather right now. Fabian, don't say I'm trying to scare you. Given our current situation, we could be stuck here for days!"
"How long will it take?" Fabian's eyes widened. "Are you kidding me?"
Walter took a sip of juice and said, "Why am I teasing you? This isn't surprising at all. The snow on the road ahead also needs to be cleared. The snow here also needs to be cleared. We don't know when the snow will stop, so it's not surprising that it's blocked for a few days."
Fabian covered his face. "Sorry, Xiao, it was my idea. Why ski? Now we're stuck in a rainstorm and a snowstorm. We're trapped here."
Xiao Peng stretched lazily. "What are you afraid of? I think it's pretty good. Don't you think it's romantic? We have food, drinks, and gas in the car. We bought so much food when we left, and now it will come in handy. We can handle being stuck here for half a month! Isn't it nice to just look at the snow-capped scenery around us?"
Walter said, "Okay, I'll go reduce the power consumption and reduce fuel consumption to prepare for a protracted battle. Tom, stop playing video games. We need to use less electricity to reduce generator losses!"
Tom looked regretful after hearing this, but Xiao Peng said, "It's okay, Walter. I want to play too! We're going to play 'Just Dance' later. I want to see how you dance!"
Walter waved his hand hurriedly: “Boss, please forgive me!”
"Didn't you say we should save electricity? Let's dance a little to warm ourselves up." Xiao Peng said with a smile, "Everyone should play!"
Fabian took the juice and said, "Xiao, there's something I don't understand."
"What's the matter?" Xiao Peng asked.
Fabian said, "I don't understand why your country has so many boasts about foreign countries?"
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly, "How the hell should I know? Maybe it's because they have foreign funding, or they're trying to attract attention, or maybe they've been kneeling for so long they can't even straighten their legs. Anyway, these people have spent their entire lives doing one thing: disgusting the Chinese people. We Chinese have a term called 'public intellectuals'. They spare no effort to promote foreign virtues, belittle China, and even affect our country's development."
"It has affected the country's development? So seriously?" Walter said with wide eyes as he walked back.
Xiao Peng nodded. "Of course. For example, our navy hasn't developed in decades. Why? It's because of those so-called 'public intellectuals' who keep stirring up trouble and promoting the 'navy is useless theory'. Look at how many advanced warships our country has produced now. In fact, for a long time, our navy was the worst-official army. In more than a decade, not even a single frigate with a '5' in its name has been commissioned. Our country has such a long coastline, and the navy has only developed rapidly in recent years. It was all caused by these bastards! We feel very aggrieved when we encounter such people. You say we can resist when we are bullied by foreigners, but what can we say when these so-called 'insiders' bully us? They spread fallacies all day long to mislead the public. These bastards deserve to die!"
Fabian coughed dryly after hearing this. "Xiao, don't get excited. If there are many people like this, then we have even more in Europe. You can kill rats over there, right?"
Walter, who was walking back, also said: "Yes, boss, why do ordinary people like us have so many misunderstandings about China? Isn't it because of the propaganda made by some people like this? There are more people here who fool and mislead the public."
Xiao Peng was silent for a moment, then lit a cigarette and continued, "About a dozen or twenty years ago, these 'public intellectuals' who constantly criticized this and that were bad were a powerful force on the internet in our country. Many people considered them 'the voice of public opinion.' 'Public intellectual' was definitely a positive term! Back then, our country was relatively backward, with relatively limited access to education and information. A group of intellectuals who had, or pretended to have, received higher education expressed their 'unique' views."
"What now?" Walter asked.
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Now the word 'public intellectual' has become an insult. After all, China has developed rapidly in recent years, and more and more people have received higher education. Only after leaving the country and seeing the world firsthand do they realize that many of the words of those 'public intellectuals' are nothing but bullshit. They have basically become 'rats crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats them.'"
Fabian asked, puzzled, "What are the characteristics of this 'public intellectual' you're talking about?"
"Yes!" Xiao Peng nodded. "There's no need to engage in double standards. The same thing is always better in foreign countries and worse in China. For example, if a Chinese person runs a red light, it's considered 'Chinese-style crossing the road is a sign of low quality,' while a foreigner running a red light is considered 'daring to challenge authority and live freely.'"
Fabian laughed heartily after hearing this. "The people of Marseille will definitely like you Chinese public intellectuals. Is there anyone in Marseille who has ever obeyed traffic lights?"
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