Chapter 221 - The Airport Holds an Appreciation Ceremony! (1/2)

Dawn.

7:15 A.M.

Zhang Ye slowly got up from bed and washed his face. After he looked at his watch, he wore a small jacket and went to his old schoolmate’s door and knocked on it.

Ding dong.

No one opened it.

The cleaning lady was pus.h.i.+ng a cart loaded with linen sheets and walked past Zhang Ye, “Who are you looking for?”

Zhang Ye turned around and gestured, pointing to the door, “The lady in this room is not in?”

“She left. She checked out around 6.30.” The cleaning lady remembered clearly. She then left while pus.h.i.+ng her cart.

Zhang Ye was helpless. The school belle was sure in a hurry. Was she in a hurry to discuss the contract with the company to be hired? She didn’t even let him know. Hence, Zhang Ye went alone to the restaurant downstairs. Using his room card as a pa.s.s, he found a plate to begin his breakfast buffet.

“Teacher Zhang, you are up?”

“Let’s go. Let’s eat together.”

It was the fat and thin air stewardesses. They had already chosen their food. One of them had two pizza slices and fried potatoes, and the other was having tea egg and soy milk.

The three sat at a table and had their meals.

“You came to Shanghai for work?” The thin air stewardess asked.

Zhang Ye nodded and did not lie, “That’s right. I think I’ll be living here for a while.”

The fat air stewardess chuckled, “You haven’t even begun working, and you are already famous in Shanghai. Previously, no one knew you, as you were a Beijing host after all. But now, there should be many people who know you. Your work will definitely be much smoother.” Although they said that, they did not know Zhang Ye at all. They only heard a few Beijingers on the plane say that he was a famous local host. This was why they addressed him as ‘Teacher Zhang’. After the celebration dinner party ended, they saw the news and they saw the many comments regarding Zhang Ye online. Only then did they understand. They believed that in Shanghai… maybe all around the country, there were people paying attention to him.

Zhang Ye said, “I’ll be counting on your blessings and hope everything will go smoothly.”

This fellow was already accustomed to scolding wherever he went. He no longer cared if things went smoothly, as long as he could become famous.

After the meal.

Zhang Ye had already decided to leave, however, a few policemen came. They looked different from the Shanghai police he met yesterday at the airport. It could be some other police department. They could be from the public security department or the anti-terrorist department. Anyway, they were looking for every pa.s.senger who was on the plane and they began to understand the circ.u.mstances. Zhang Ye was naturally questioned. He had brawled and interacted with the hijackers after all. He definitely knew more than the others. Zhang Ye recorded a statement, and this lasted all the way until noon.

After having his meal, people from China Airlines came again.

They drove Zhang Ye and the heroic plane crew to the airport. Accompanying them were also a few of the heroic pa.s.sengers. For example, there was the man, who knew Karate, named Yan Hui. He was not seriously injured, so he had been discharged from hospital and he could move freely.

In a conference room at the airport.

Several reporters had been waiting here for a long while.

Seeing the China Airlines Leader holding stuff like Certificates of Honor, Zhang Ye understood that this was to reward and thank them. There was not much reward. It could not match to similar incidents in his previous world in terms of monetary value, but it was also not much different. The elderly and thin air stewardesses and a few of the other cabin crew were gifted 200,000 Yuan each. A few pa.s.sengers were gifted 100,000. Yan Hui was gifted 300,000. Zhang Ye was naturally gifted the most. The credit was mostly his, so not only was he awarded a million Yuan as a reward, he also received a Certificate of Honor from China Airlines. This honor was recorded in the China Airlines system. As long as Zhang Ye took any China Airlines flight, it would be free.

There was no ending to the applause.

There were many China Airlines employees present.

After the appreciation ceremony ended, Zhang Ye was surrounded by a lot of journalists. Some interviewed the other pa.s.sengers, while others interviewed the cabin crew. However, there were even more journalists who were more interested in Zhang Ye. A former famous Beijing Arts Channel host together with the t.i.tle of anti-hijacking hero added a mysterious halo to him.

“Teacher Zhang!”

“Please say a few words!”

“Did you consider the danger back then?”

“Why did you not hesitate to come forward under that kind of situation?”

The journalists rattled off like a string of bombs.

The elderly air stewardess smiled and helped Zhang Ye out, “Haven’t you seen Teacher Zhang’s past deeds? I also only knew about it last night on the web. Previously, when one of his fans contracted leukemia, Teacher Zhang Ye took out all his savings without a second word to the point of even borrowing money from his relatives and colleagues. He even sold the rights to his works cheaply. All this just to bankrupt himself to pay for his fan. Is there a need to ask a why for such a person of high morals?”

Many of the journalists did not know of this matter. This included the people from China Airlines. When they heard this, they looked at Zhang Ye with greater respect.