Chapter 471 Someone is bringing up old issues
Chen Yun and his secretary looked at each other, their expressions a little embarrassed.
There is really no way to deal with someone like Xiao Peng, and in the end he even labeled me as "lacking in quality".
"Director Chen? Are you still calling?" asked the secretary.
Chen Yun shook his head: "Don't fight yet! We need to think of a solution!"
The secretary frowned and said, "Director, this guy is really hard to deal with. If he doesn't want to, there's nothing we can do about him. He's not an athlete at all and has never participated in any competitions."
Chen Yun slammed his hand on the table. "What do you know? Our national shooting team has won the most medals for our country in international competitions, but we won five gold medals in the Olympic skeet event. Men's trap shooting is our weakest event! The other men's events are just average! The best result is a bronze medal! Sharpshooters are made with money, but our results are not good, so naturally our funding is not good either. Those coaches ask me for funds every day, but I steal them for them?"
The secretary thought for a moment and said, "How about we reduce 'official expenses' first?"
Chen Yun got anxious after hearing this: "How can you be a secretary? Don't you know what 'prepare food before troops move' means? Athletes can endure hardships and practice our country's glorious tradition of 'diligence, thrift and simplicity,' but we can't! Without people like us doing our job well, how can those athletes train and achieve results with peace of mind?"
The secretary said, "But the cost of shooting training is too high..."
"Isn't there a free one?" Chen Yun pointed at the phone. "We need to find a way to get him into the competition now. He can win medals without any training costs. If he wins the trap championship, then our trap shooting team won't have to worry about funding in the future."
"But how do we convince him?" The secretary frowned, "This is really difficult to do!"
Chen Yun looked at the computer on his desk, which was playing a video of Xiao Peng shooting a flying saucer. Suddenly, he slammed the table and asked, "Why is this guy covering his face?"
"He doesn't want people to know his identity," the secretary said. "That's quite strange. He's a live streamer, but he keeps his face covered. You know, all these live streamers want to be famous, so why does he cover his face? Maybe it's a gimmick to attract attention. I really don't understand these live streamers! I don't watch their live broadcasts."
"If he doesn't want to be famous, let's help him become famous! Just say he doesn't want to serve the country! Let public opinion crush him!" Chen Yun said.
The secretary said, "Director Chen, is this really okay?"
"What's wrong with that?" Chen Yun said, "We are doing this for the sake of national justice! That's how it should be done!"
Xiao Peng didn't know all this at the time. He woke up from a nap and saw the live broadcast of the ship entering the port.
"You see, this is Norderney Island, one of the Frisian Islands, belonging to the German state of Saxony. The Frisian Islands are quite interesting, like a necklace along the German coast. This is the oldest seaside tourist destination in Germany. The weather is bad right now, with strong winds and heavy rain. If it gets warmer, you'll see many more tourists here. I heard that they receive over 500,000 visitors every year!"
After Xiao Peng finished speaking, he saw the comments and laughed. Someone in the comments was saying, "Is that all? We received nearly 300,000 tourists during the seven days of National Day!"
"Dude, you can't judge Europe by our country's customs. Take Marseille, for example. France's most visited city, which only receives three million tourists annually. That's not even as much as Tieling! Half a million is a lot!" Xiao Peng laughed. "Look! Even in the heavy rain, there are still so many people welcoming us at the port!"
Comments began to flood the screen again: "The anchor is so prestigious! There are really a lot of people at the dock!"
Xiao Peng pointed above his head with a wicked smile: "We have the Chinese flag flying on our ship! Do you know what this means?"
Xiao Peng shook his head at the various bizarre answers in the comments. "Norderney Island is actually very small, about a strip of thirteen kilometers long and two kilometers wide. Most of the island's six thousand-plus residents live in Norderney Harbor and never leave. You could think of it this way: these are the country folk of Germany. Even among Germany's urban residents today, most still have an impression of China from the fifties and sixties. To be more precise, this is true across Europe. For such a large, advanced ship flying the Chinese flag to arrive on Norderney Island is like a wedding—a first for them, so they're all here to watch the excitement."
Many people in the barrage commented: "Just brag, foreigners have seen the world!"
"You said your ship is an advanced large ship? Are you kidding me?"
"To flatter yourself!"
Xiao Peng sighed. "There's a type of person who has a 'vulgar temperament, a hatred of the rich, no ambition, and low income...' We call them D-strings. I thought fewer of them would watch my livestream, but who knew this would be the result? You still think it's the last century? My ship has to pass through the English Channel and the Strait of Dover to get here from Marseille. The British are notoriously petty, and after all, I'm flying the Chinese flag, so they even sent a warship to track me. That frigate was older than me and couldn't keep up with my speed. In the end, I had no choice but to stop and wait for them to continue tracking, otherwise it would be so embarrassing if I lost them! The British Navy currently has only one aircraft carrier, six destroyers, thirteen frigates, and eleven submarines. And four of those six destroyers are grounded due to malfunctions! Come on, let me show you what the trending headlines on British Twitter were when I passed through the Strait of Dover. 'Oh no! The foreigners' ships are at our doorstep again!'"
"Many people's bodies have entered the 21st century, but their minds are still stuck in the old colonial era. Do you think foreign countries are good? Well, let me tell you, even on Norderney Island there are many places without cell phone signals! Do you think they understand what's going on outside? So it's not surprising that they were surprised to see the Chinese ship."
"Then how come there is internet signal on your ship?" someone asked in the barrage.
Xiao Peng grinned and said, "Because I'm rich! I even have a satellite network base station on my sailboat. How can modern people live without the Internet? I can even play online games on the boat!"
"Tsk!" There was a burst of booing in the barrage room.
When the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was good and everyone was having fun, a barrage of comments on the screen caught Xiao Peng's attention. After reading the content clearly, Xiao Peng frowned.
"Yes, you do have money! I haven't seen you contribute anything to China, but when you were in Paris, you donated 300 million euros to charity. What's that? You claim to be patriotic, tricking us into donating to the National Deep-sea Diving Center, but you're giving your own money to foreigners? That's what 'being a scoundrel and a saint' is all about, right?"
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