Chapter 473 Don’t Be a Peacemaker
What happened next was just as Xiao Peng had thought. His identity could no longer be hidden: the fact that he donated 300 million euros in Paris was reported by many media there. A quick check would reveal who he was: Chinese, in the ocean exploration industry, and a 300 million euro charitable donation. Who else could it be but Xiao Peng?
Xiao Peng is not exaggerating at all. His contribution to the country cannot be measured simply by money.
Forget about the Yuanmingyuan artifacts on the Ansaldo. How can we put a price on the price of allowing China Marine Engineering to enter the Mediterranean? Furthermore, those Ottoman antiques are now stored at the National Museum, awaiting exhibition. With these, China has leverage in negotiations with Turkey! Furthermore, China is currently working overtime on another ship, preparing to work alongside Xiao Peng to reap the rewards.
This was originally a secret, but now it's being made public? What the hell! Now some people want to strangle Chen Yun to death!
But Xiao Peng has no time to take care of them now. He is very busy: various procedures and quarantines for the new ship to enter the port.
The Germans were incredibly stubborn. Even though Xiao Peng had special permission to enter the port, they were incredibly meticulous. Even the food supplies in the cabin had to be checked against the inventory list.
Xiao Peng suffered a significant loss. His company is French, and as part of the EU, it shouldn't have been scrutinized so closely. However, his ship is a Chinese ship, which clearly demonstrates widespread regional discrimination and protectionism. This is also related to his publicized relationship with Chinese officials during his livestream.
Or is there another reason?
They also didn't understand why Fabian and his team came here to shoot a documentary.
You're saying this was a naval battle between Britain and Germany during World War I, so why would you, a Frenchman, have anything to do with it? And we were at a disadvantage in this naval battle, weren't we? Aren't you just opening up our wounds? Anyway, Xiao Peng and his men weren't really welcome here, and they were stranded at the Norderney Island dock for several days.
But Xiao Peng didn't care. The weather was very bad during that period, with strong winds and rainstorms on the island every day. The hotel they stayed in near the pier was very comfortable - it would have been even better if there were no phone harassment from home.
"Brother Zhang, what do you and Brother Chen mean by taking turns calling me?" Xiao Peng said helplessly. Just after he hung up the phone with Chen Zetao, Zhang Cuijian called again.
"Brother Xiao, you have to be a host!" Zhang Cuijian said.
Xiao Peng frowned and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's broadcast or not. Take my last live broadcast, for example. I said there were hundreds of thousands of people watching in the live broadcast room, but how much did I donate to the National Deep-sea Submarine Base? Less than 200,000! They're all freeloaders!"
Zhang Cuijian said, "Brother Xiao, I watched your live broadcast the other day, and you said something very good: 'This is an opportunity for you to contribute to a national project. Whenever the National Deep-sea Submersible Base has a project in the future, you can proudly say, 'I was one of those who supported national marine development back then.' What you're doing now is getting more people to pay attention to the ocean! This is a good deed that will accumulate merit!"
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "Brother Zhang, it's such a shame that you and Brother Chen didn't join the pyramid scheme! You two are really good at talking! But I fell for your tricks, and now I've been completely exposed and trapped at the Norderney Island dock! What's the atmosphere like in Europe? Don't you know what others know? What the hell am I going to do in the future! If this job doesn't work out, I'm going to retire!"
Zhang Cuijian said helplessly, "You too, you were too impulsive that day. If you hadn't said those things, wouldn't we have just dealt with the matter later?"
Xiao Peng's eyes widened. "I'm impulsive? Do you think I'm the one who gets smeared with feces and then wipes my face and says it smells so good? All the powerful countries in the world have been destroyed because of internal problems! You don't look for the problem within yourselves but blame me? If I weren't impulsive, I'd still be young. Brother Zhang, if this is the only reason you called me, do you believe I won't answer your calls in this lifetime?"
Zhang Cuijian's face was filled with rage. "Brother, please don't get angry at me. We will definitely deal with this matter. This is a case of good intentions going badly. The Sports Bureau is hoping you'll bring glory to the country and do something stupid."
Xiao Peng snorted coldly, "What did you say? 'Good intentions lead to bad consequences'? I'm asking you, what will be the result?"
"Ah?" Zhang Cuijian was stunned.
"The result is a bad thing!" Xiao Peng said, "Just because you have good intentions, you can do bad things? Isn't this a gangster theory? In this world, only the results matter, not the process! Besides, Brother Zhang, let me ask you, is invading someone's privacy illegal? And you ended up saying it with a lighthearted 'good intentions, but bad results'? Brother Zhang, if someone sold your or Brother Chen's identity and said 'good intentions, but bad results', would you accept it? It seems that you really don't know how much pain it will cause until it happens to you, right? If someone else was advising me, I could understand, but why are you trying to be a good guy?"
Zhang Cuijian sighed after hearing this: "Alright, Xiao, I won't hide it anymore. The mastermind behind this is the son of my former boss."
"Then what?" Xiao Peng asked.
This stumped Zhang Cuijian: "Then?"
"Does he have anything to do with me?" Xiao Peng asked. "Just because we have a little bit of nepotism, can we cover up all his mistakes? Who will be held responsible for the losses and troubles he caused me? So you're saying that someone like me, who has no connections, deserves to die and suffer misfortune?"
Zhang Cuijian said, "Okay, I did it all myself today, idiot. I shouldn't have mentioned it! I understand what you mean. Let's do what we have to do! I won't be a peacemaker! But we still need to talk about this live broadcast. Didn't you check the live broadcast website?"
"What are you looking at?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.
Zhang Cuijian said, "There's a '10,000-person petition' on the website asking you to continue broadcasting, and the number of signatories has already reached tens of millions!
"Ten million?" Xiao Peng frowned and said, "Damn, aren't they mobilizing students to do this as homework at school?"
Zhang Cuijian didn't know how to answer this question, because Xiao Peng was right. If it wasn't given as homework in school, how could so many people sign it?
"Xiao, you're free anyway, right? Just broadcast something!" Zhang Cuijian said.
Just as Xiao Peng was about to answer, there was a sudden and violent knock on the door.
"Come in!" Xiao Peng shouted.
"Boss, something happened!" Hua Chong walked in anxiously and said.
Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this: "What happened? Don't speak half of your words. Is it us or someone else who is in trouble?"
"Someone else is in trouble!" Hua Chong said.
"Then why are you so nervous?"
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