On the second day of the journey, Phileas and Passepartout journey to Paris. They borrow a Police carriage and leave London after a confrontation with Inspector Fix, a corrupt officer hired by the Royal Academy of Science to stop them for "violating the city's new vehicle code." Phileas and Passepartout start their journey around the world with a steam-powered carriage of Phileas' invention. Understanding that the journey will take them to China, Passepartout sees this as an opportunity to travel faster and return home to protect it from his enemies.Īt first, Phileas feels uncomfortable about his early decision of accepting the wager but Passepartout, being an honest and caring man, encourages him otherwise. If he wins, he will become Minister of Science in Lord Kelvin's place rather than being paid 10,000 pounds but if not, he will be forced to destroy his own lab and never invent anything again. During a discussion, Phileas is pressured into a bet to see whether he can travel around the world in 80 days. However, Fogg is insulted by them, who believes that everything worth discovering has already been discovered. Fogg announces to all the ministers and lords of science including his arch-nemesis Lord Kelvin about the success of his early experiment. The next morning, Fogg and Passepartout head out to the Royal Academy of Science where Mr. When Fogg asks for Lau Xing's name, Lau Xing dubs himself a French name, "Passepartout." Fogg brings Lau Xing to his home and laboratory as he is shown all kinds of his inventions including bottled light (light bulbs considered undiscovered science from an American named Thomas Edison) that turns on with a whistle. Fogg can test with all his other inventions, but then changes his mind when seeing the police arrive.Ī few days later, Mr. Fogg's valet, despite being considered a brave valet to whom Mr. Lau Xing then tries to resign from being Mr. After accidentally causing some trouble around the streets of London, the pressure runs out of steam and Lau Xing is able to walk again.
The experiment finally works and is a success until it breaks causing Lau Xing to fly around London under steam pressure. Fogg finally accepts Lau Xing and asks him if he's willing to take the risk of breaking the 50-mph speed barrier, Lau Xing agrees as long as it means avoiding the police. Fogg only accepts French valets so Lau Xing begins persuading him that he is French from his "French" father's side and that his mother's Chinese and "never shuts up." When Mr. Fogg's new valet as an advantage to evade the police authorities. Lau Xing finally takes the opportunity of being Mr. Fogg rhetorically asks himself "if there is no man brave enough to be his valet," his prayer is answered when a Chinese named Lau Xing, who robbed the bank of England earlier in the day and was hiding in a tree of his home, accidentally slips from the tree and drops on the ground next to Fogg.
Jean Michel refers to his former master as "a very sick man." As Jean Michel leaves, Fogg reminds Jean Michel that the electrocution wasn't his fault since he refused to wear the rubber underpants.
When he states to Jean Michel that they "will make history or die trying," Jean Michel gets fed up and refuses to be catapulted, electrocuted, or have his internal organs disrupted any longer and quits Fogg. He tends to prove that man can break the 50-mph speed barrier without disrupting his internal organs. Phileas Fogg is first seen testing out his latest invention in the garden of his mansion with his French valet, Jean Michel (whom he mistakenly calls Pierre). Phileas has an ideal personality set for a protagonist being a kind-hearted individual with a sense of humor.
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