Chapter 78: Everywhere is a society of favors
In order to make it convenient for him to practice driving, Xiao Peng also found a hotel to stay in near the driving school. After sending Ivan away, Pascal saw that Xiao Peng had not returned home for a few days, so he called him curiously. When he learned that Xiao Peng was still learning to drive and was still staying in a hotel near the driving school, he laughed at him.
It turns out that in France, as long as you pass the theoretical test and complete 20 hours of driving lessons at a driving school, you can drive on the road. However, you must be accompanied by someone with more than five years of driving experience and no violation record to guide you.
In other words, as long as Xiao Peng has Pascal sitting next to him, he can drive around and doesn't need to stay in the driving school at all!
It is not surprising that there are such regulations here. There are very few fully enclosed training camp-style driving schools like those in China. The driving school instructors here also let students practice driving on the road.
If you encounter some cars driving dangerously on the road here, don’t think that the driver is drunk driving. It may simply be a novice driver who has just started learning to drive. . . . .
And he doesn't need to study that long at a driving school! As long as he has 20 hours of learning records at a driving school, he can take the road test.
However, before Xiao Peng went to take the exam, Pascal scared him for a long time.
There is a reason why the French driver's license is known as the most difficult license to obtain in the world. In addition to being expensive, the examiners are also difficult to deal with.
In fact, to take the driving test here, the student takes the examiner for a walk on the road for half an hour. The content includes three items: urban driving, highway driving and reversing. The examiner will not talk much and will only ask the driver to turn left, right or go straight.
During the entire test, the examiner will observe the student, observe his driving skills and habits, and then give various scores. The total score is 31 points. As long as you get 20 points, you will pass and get a driver's license.
This sounds very simple, but if you really take the test you will definitely be at a loss.
The examiner's requirements can only be described as "harsh": Don't check the rearview mirror before changing lanes? Deduct points! Don't check the distance to the car behind you when braking? Deduct points! Don't check your surroundings when parallel parking? Deduct points...
In the final analysis, any unsafe behavior will be directly judged as a failure by the examiner.
The most amazing thing is that even if you pass the road test, there's still a final defense phase: it tests your understanding of vehicle mechanics, with students randomly being asked to identify a part. Then, they're asked about the relationship between car parts and driving safety, such as "What are the dangers of insufficient tire pressure?" Finally, they're tested on their first aid knowledge. The examiner has all sorts of excuses to fail a student.
The chance of passing the driving license in France on the first try is really low. One of the students under the coach named Hubert failed the test eleven times.
But Xiao Peng got his driver's license directly!
Well, it wasn’t that he was a good driver, but he was recognized by the examiner as soon as he got in the car.
Marseille was really young, and his examiner was also called Hubert, whose full name was Hubert de Juyi. He was the son of the old man named Juyi who was rescued from the sea by Xiao Peng during the previous shipwreck.
After being rescued, Lao Juyi wanted to find Xiao Peng to express his gratitude, but Xiao Peng ran directly to the sea and he couldn't find Xiao Peng at all.
So the process of Xiao Peng getting his driver's license became quite simple: under the examiner's instructions, Xiao Peng drove to Lao Juyi's house, had a cup of coffee and a tender beef sandwich with Lao Juyi, and listened to Lao Juyi express his gratitude before getting his driver's license.
Not only is China a society based on human relationships, this is the same everywhere in the world!
Xiao Peng also went to look at the car by the way.
When it comes to buying a car, the first thing that comes to many Chinese people’s minds is that it is cheaper to buy a car abroad.
This matter can only be said to be both right and wrong.
Huaxia cars are expensive because of high tariffs.
This is understandable as it is done to protect the local automobile industry. Otherwise, for the same amount of money, would consumers buy imported cars or domestic cars?
All countries in the world will use the method of raising tariffs to protect their domestic industries.
For example, some time ago, the United States imposed tariffs on Chinese electrical appliances, textiles, etc., and on European agricultural and sideline products. To put it bluntly, their own related industries could not withstand the impact, so they adopted such means to protect themselves. This is the same behavior as China's imposition of high taxes on automobiles.
Of course I would be nervous if I couldn't hold on to my position as the boss.
However, China's auto industry has grown rapidly in recent years, withstanding the impact of foreign automakers. Consequently, auto tariffs have changed, lowering those for smaller vehicles. As a result, the price difference between cheap cars in China and those in Europe is similar, and some are even cheaper. Another interesting aspect of buying a car here is that the price difference can be quite large for the same car.
For example, a base-level Volkswagen Polo costs 12,900 euros here, roughly a little over 100,000 yuan, while this car sells for 85,900 yuan in China! That's a nearly 20,000 yuan discount. And how much does a top-of-the-line Polo cost here? 33,900 euros, roughly 270,000 yuan. The same car costs around 150,000 yuan in China, a price difference of over 100,000 yuan.
Of course, this direct conversion is not scientific. After all, the incomes on both sides are different, one side earns in Euros while the other side earns in RMB.
Xiao Peng was in deep dilemma. Should he buy a cool car or a means of transportation?
Look at Pascal, such a rich man driving such a broken car, but Xiao Peng always feels sorry for himself for buying such a car!
He had his eyes on a 2019 Mercedes-AMG GTS soft-top convertible sports car, but the price of 159,000 euros made him hesitate.
He's been buying boats and diving suits lately, and if he buys a car like this, he'll be left with very little money! He has a collection of jewelry, but he hasn't yet appraised it, and it's not ready to be sold. When will Daniel get the diving suit?
He took out his cell phone and wanted to call Daniel to ask about the diving suit, but just as he dialed the number and put the phone to his ear, a hand suddenly appeared, snatched Xiao Peng's phone and ran away.
Xiao Peng realized that he was being robbed and cursed immediately: "Bitch!" Then he ran after him!
This guy has no brains!
It is quite common to have your phone or bag snatched in Marseille. Especially in areas where ethnic minorities live, public security is a real problem.
Now he is in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille, which has always been a mixed bag of immigrants. Showing off a good phone here is undoubtedly saying to others: Come on, grab my phone!
Why did Xiao Peng always use a crappy phone? He'd been robbed of his phone several times here! How could he have forgotten about this now that he's rich?
The person who stole his phone was wearing a hoodie, and from the back it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman, but he ran really fast!
"Robbery!" Xiao Peng shouted as he chased.
It would have been better if he didn't shout, but when he shouted, all the passers-by automatically stepped aside for fear of getting into trouble!
If anyone says that foreigners are full of justice, Xiao Peng will really slap him in the face!
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