Chapter 734: Arrogance from the Bones
Victoria didn't understand what Sommeret meant. She said angrily, "Listen to what he said. It's vulgar! Obscene! Before he left, he even hugged our Chinese porcelain evening dress and our little silver hammer! It has our family emblem on it! And he is Chinese after all..."
It's said that Sweden is the place that values human rights the most. In reality, their so-called "equal rights" only apply to Swedes, and discrimination against people from other places is ubiquitous, especially against Chinese people.
The largest TV station here once made a program in which they openly emphasized: We are doing very well in racial equality. Blacks, Jews, and Arabs can all be treated equally in Sweden, except for the Chinese.
Xiao Peng watched that program when he was in France. It was a female host who weighed about 180 pounds and was talking nonsense. At the beginning, she said seriously: "Dear Chinese tourists, welcome to Sweden." But then the tone changed: "In order to avoid cultural conflicts, there are the following suggestions: for example, 'We don't poop outside historical buildings'", 'You have to wash your hands after defecating in Sweden', 'If you see someone walking a dog on the street, it's not because he just bought lunch'... After that, she said: "The biggest cultural difference is that you Chinese are racist, but we Swedes are not."
Even though Xiao Peng was used to seeing all kinds of overt and covert discrimination in Europe, the blatant discrimination on a national television station like this opened his eyes. Xiao Peng almost smashed the TV.
This kind of discrimination among Swedes is in their bones. After all, they are rich and feel that no one in the world lives better than them. It is like a community where only rich or noble people live, and suddenly an ordinary person moves in. Those rich neighbors look kind on their faces, but no one knows what they are talking about behind their backs.
In fact, there is a reason why the Swedish TV station made this program. An incident happened a few years ago that caused a great sensation in China. A family went to Sweden for a trip and had a dispute with the hotel. In the end, they were thrown into a "cemetery" by the police.
At that time, Chinese netizens were outraged and had a lot of fun.
And what is the truth of this matter?
A family was staying at a youth hostel. They had originally booked a room at 12:00 the next day, but they arrived at midnight. The hostel was full and couldn't accommodate them. They started making a scene in the lobby, asking, "We have money, so why aren't we allowed to stay?" They were still crying and yelling when the police arrived. Perhaps the Swedish police didn't understand the Chinese habit of throwing a tantrum and throwing a tantrum while filming something happening, so they assumed they were drunk and dragged them to a subway station three kilometers away, leaving them to cry on their own.
As for the "cemetery"? The actual area we were pulled to is called "Church Gardens," a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994. Because of the church, there was a cemetery there, but it's now surrounded by residential areas!
As a result, the incident quickly caused an uproar in China, but those Chinese tourists who had caused such a tantrum were enjoying themselves in other European countries.
Sometimes things are ridiculous. Every time something like the "high-speed train seat hogging" incident occurs in China, a group of people stand up to protest the Chinese police's lack of impartiality and serious handling of the case. But when they do handle it seriously, it's labeled "racial discrimination." The worst hit are the Chinese living in Sweden, who are ridiculed in every possible way. Swedish television even filmed a similarly mildly offensive but highly insulting TV show.
This isn't an excuse for Sweden; it simply illustrates the inherent arrogance of the Swedes: Shouldn't the correct approach to such a situation be to first investigate the truth, disclose it, and then explain it? And what did they do? They directly implicated all Chinese people!
There are tourists with poor manners everywhere in the world, but by comparison, Chinese tourists are considered quite well-mannered! After all, most people who can travel abroad are well-off and have relatively high manners. Of course, there are certainly some who act like this and have poor manners, but no country would publicly elevate the behavior of a few individuals to the level of a nation or a people! And that's what Sweden did!
Why do they do this? Isn't it because of their inherent arrogance and discrimination against China?
Sommeret and Victoria were no exception; they also looked down on the Chinese. When Tilty returned from Germany, they heard that Tilty had contact with a Chinese, and their first reaction was to teach Xiao Peng a lesson.
It would have been fine if I hadn't checked, but I was shocked when I did. It turns out this Chinese guy is so troublesome?
But at that time, this was nothing in their eyes. After all, they were "royal members" and Xiao Peng was just a commoner. The relationships between European royal families were complicated, and they were confident that Xiao Peng would not be able to take a single step in Europe! However, considering the high cost of doing so, they gave up the idea.
Xiao Peng was a billionaire, so what? There were plenty of rich people out there. This was Europe, and even a wealthy Chinese man wouldn't be able to help their family's status. So, after Tildy returned home, they immediately expressed their dislike for Xiao Peng, saying things like, "Don't associate with that Chinese man anymore!" But they didn't expect this to happen, and Tildy ended up staying with Xiao Peng.
Why all the fuss over inviting Xiao Peng? It was Victoria's idea, plainly, to put on airs. Xiao Peng ignored it completely, not only failing to scare him, but even taking food and gifts with him when he left. How could Victoria not complain?
Sommeret sighed, "Victoria, you only saw him eating and taking things without any manners, but let me ask you, did he ever mention our daughter?"
Victoria was stunned: "That's really not the case, dear, what does this mean?"
Sommeret said, "Xiao is not stupid. Our daughter is a patient now, after all. If anything goes wrong, he will be held responsible. And just as he said, if he took in Tilti, it means he knows the royal secrets, which will definitely cause trouble in the future. He could take this opportunity to put forward all kinds of conditions to us, but he didn't do so. He just accepted the seafood you cooked. What does this mean? In his eyes, we are not a royal family at all, just a couple of parents who care about their daughter! He took the hammer because it has our family emblem on it. If Tilti recovers, he can use the family emblem to prove our relationship with us. We should change our view of the Chinese! This young man is really good!"
Victoria was skeptical after hearing this: "Is that really the case?"
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