Chapter 328 Baltimore
"Bob, can you stop smoking cigars? The whole cabin smells of cigars. Pan Peiyu scolded indignantly.
The excitement on Bob's face could not be concealed, and he smoked his cigar with a smug expression: "Am I happy or not? Justin, that fool, would have come up with an idiotic solution!Shaw, why did you turn down Kummoma's offer?"
Xiao Peng drank champagne and looked out the window: "It's not the time yet, Bob, if I directly sell the mating rights of 'Silver' and 'Titan' now, do you think it's appropriate?"
Bob thought for a moment: "This may be a lot of money, the breeding rights of the two horses will give you 70 million dollars, which is enough money for you to eat and drink for the rest of your life." And this money does not delay your horses from going out to race, it is the breeding right after they retire. β
Xiao Peng shrugged: "I think it's too cheap! The 'Titans' only give 20 million dollars?
Bob took a breath of relief: "Kumo Horse is the world's largest thoroughbred-horse breeding company. You can't get a higher price from another company. β
Xiao Peng said with a smile: "Bob, let me ask you, if you were a horse association of various countries, would you be willing to face the sudden outgrowth of Chinese horse racing? Your own development in hundreds of years can't catch up with the Chinese horse racing for a year? Why do I want to bring 'Titan' and 'Crow' this time? Just let the global horse racing circle see that I have other good horses in my hands, both male and female, and you don't buy my breeding rights? I directly produce and sell my own horses, and I have abused you for hundreds of years!"
Bob listened to Xiao Peng's words and took a breath.
Xiao Peng smiled: "Then how much money do you think he gave me? When I let the Titan win the Triple Crown, I will be able to get this number of breeding rights for this horse, can you believe it? Bob, you now understand why I said that you will be responsible for the training and competition of the horse farm in the future, right? Otherwise, I can ruin the industry alone." β
Bob listened and nodded: "I thought you were too arrogant when I heard you say this, but now I really understand, if you really monopolize all the champions, then the industry will be over!"
Xiao Peng smiled: "That's right, there are more than 100 G1 level Marseilles in the Stars and Stripes every year, believe it or not, if I want, I can win all the championships? So what else is the point? So I need to have a winning and losing normal horse race to compete in various places, which requires you to train, but I said first, you have to be competitive, even if you can't train a top horse like 'Star and Striped Pharaoh' or 'Dove Occupies Magpie's Nest', at least you have to train me a horse that has the ability to win the championship in G1 events!"
Bob took a puff of his cigar: "Xiao, you gave me glory, give me a year, and I will give you back a top horse farm in China." β
Xiao Peng shook his head: "The top in China? That's not enough, to become a world-class horse farm, besides, you can get glory if you only win one game? There are still two races! I'm here for the Triple Crown!"
Bob grimaced: "The next stop is not easy. Be careful. β
Xiao Peng was stunned: "What's not easy? Isn't it the 1900-meter dirt race?"
Bob sighed, "Because the next race is in Baltimore." β
Xiao Peng was puzzled and asked Pan Peiyu beside him: "What do Bob's words mean?"
"Baltimore City is the only independent city in Maryland, and although it is surrounded by Baltimore County, it is not part of Baltimore County," Pan explained. Located less than 70 kilometers from the capital of the Stars and Stripes, the city is a huge port city, with one-quarter of the city's population engaged in import and export trade. Johns Hopkins University, the research school of the Stars and Stripes Nation after Harvard, is located here. And there are more than a dozen universities here, including the famous University of Maryland and the Maryland Institute of the Arts. It is a city with a strong educational atmosphere. The crime rate is also not high, ranking around 20th in the American urban crime rate. β
Xiao Peng was even more confused when he heard this: "This is a good city." β
Pan Peiyu's words were astonishing: "But the crimes here are all homicides." In 2014 alone, 210 people died as a result of homicides, which equates to 35 homicides per 100,000 inhabitantsγγγγγγ I went to Johns Hopkins School once, and I saw bullet holes in the school wall!"
Bob took a puff on his cigar: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated, after all, 60% of the city's population is black, as long as you don't be in the wrong place at the wrong time." β
"What do you mean by inappropriate time and inappropriate place?" Xiao Peng was puzzled.
"Evenings are the wrong time, and there's a lot more inappropriate places: like the neighborhood after 20 blocks, which are all black neighborhoods, like East Side and West Side, where the drug lords gather," Bob explains. There was once a University of Maryland student who was killed by a gang in a fire fight at night. This place is a place where I don't come and don't want to come in my life if I don't compete. Take Johns Hopkins University as an example, it is in the area where the security is not good, and the business school is in the rich area of the city, but one block out of the rich area is the 'blue light district', that is, the kind of place full of cameras, which means that the security is poor. A little advice to you, be sure to decorate yourself with change here. β
"What are you doing with change?" Xiao Peng was puzzled.
"One dollar is for the car cleaning beggar, and $20 is for life. Bob laughed.
"HAT?" Xiao Peng was stunned.
Pan Peiyu on the side smiled when he heard this: "Brother Peng, you don't know, many people who have been to Baltimore in China call this beggar's city, and there is Brother Hei waiting there at almost every intersection, if there is a car stopped, wipe the glass twice and ask for a tip." If you don't give money, be careful of kicking the car twice, these black brothers are very short-tempered. β
"What about the $20?" Xiao Peng was puzzled.
Pan Peiyu said with a smile: "$20 to buy a life, if you encounter a robbery, you can generally give him $20, of course, this is also related to the city you are in, if you are in a big city such as Los Angeles and New York, it will cost fifty dollars, and the market in each city is different." β
Xiao Peng was dumbfounded: "Lying in a groove, in this way, it's better to talk about Huaxia." At least it's safe! You say that the guns of the Stars and Stripes are so terrifying, why don't you ban them?"
Bob said, "I think I need to explain this question." In fact, this has nothing to do with security, but a matter of rights. In the constitution of our Stars and Stripes, it is clearly stated that every citizen has the right to own weapons, and although guns have caused so much chaos in our country now, we must defend our rights and interests. If the constitution is really amended to pass a gun ban law, it will be a violation of our civil rights and interests! This is what we cannot bear!"
Xiao Peng was completely speechless, which can only be said to be the cultural difference between the East and the West. The key is still a question of civilization. Now on the whole earth, what about the four ancient civilizations and the like, in fact, in the final analysis, in terms of civilization, Huaxia is currently the only civilized country in the world.
In more than 200 countries and regions in the world today, only China can pass on history to near perfection. Oh, and the plastic surgery country, the civilization of the entire planet is theirs.
In fact, there have been many civilizations in the world since ancient times, but they have been interrupted in the process of inheritance, only the Chinese civilization has not been interrupted for thousands of years, of course, this Chinese concept is not divided by the nation, but by the entire Chinese civilization.
Unlike Western countries, the cohesion of China comes first from the identification with the same civilization, and then from the identity of the nation. This is also why, for thousands of years, no matter how the regime changes on the land of China, the Chinese nation has always stood tall. Chinese civilization has always been spreading, because whoever is in power will regard themselves as Chinese civilization.
Although China is also a multi-ethnic country, it is precisely for the above reasons that the integration of the Chinese nationalities is better than that of any multi-ethnic country in the world. The West is a nation nation, while China is a country of civilization inheritance. From the point of view of human civilization, civilized countries are at a higher level.
Now many people in China envy the Stars and Stripes and think that the Stars and Stripes are more civilized, so it's nonsense. How can there be a civilization in the country of Stars and Stripes? In the 200 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, their history is that of guns, cannons, and wheels, and they have a half-dime relationship with civilization.
However, Bob's words also reminded Xiao Peng, after all, this is the Stars and Stripes Country, safety first, if you walk on the road and someone comes to shoot directly, it will really outweigh the losses.
The plane landed at Baltimore International Airport, and Xiao Peng and others got off the plane. From here, they were going to take a train from the Maryland Commuter Rail to get to the city.
"Where did he run again?" Xiao Peng found that Yang Meng was missing again, to be precise, he didn't see him on the plane!
"I'm here, I'm here!" Yang Meng trotted all the way over: "Stephanie sent us here on her private jet, how can I thank her? She has to rush back to Los Angeles to have her show at the Stamp Center." β
Pan Peiyu shrugged: "I still can't figure out how Gaga's got together with him." β
Yang Meng's face was smug: "What do you mean to get together? We are just friends, now it's time to go our separate ways." Brother Peng, look at people, such a big private jet sits by itself, this is really rich! Gulfstream G650 business jet helps us transport horses, this is not a matter of care. This top singer in Europe and the United States is so rich?"
Xiao Peng looked disgusted: "What kind of money is this, half of Sony Music's shares are still in the hands of Michael Jackson, because Michael earned more than Sony Music when he was alive." In the end, there was no choice but to give him shares, which were still in MJ's foundation after MJ's death. β
Bob nodded, "That's right, in the Stars and Stripes, entertainment and sports are popular here!
Xiao Peng was stunned: "What kind of psychological preparation?"
"The Belgian Championship isn't a Kentucky derby, uh, I wonder how much you drink?"
"Bob, what do you mean?"
Bob smiled mysteriously, "Shaw, you'll know." β