When the two cars drove to the downstairs of the main building of the Qantas headquarters office park, Tony, the senior vice president of Qantas who handled the accident, was already waiting downstairs in advance, which shows how seriously Qantas attaches to Xia Ruofei.

Tony couldn't help but shuck when he saw that the Mercedes Benz sent out by the company was followed by a luxurious custom stretch Bentley.

Soon the car was very stable, Tony stepped up to meet him, but found that Xia Ruofei got off the Bentley car from behind, he paused slightly, and then quickly adjusted his direction and walked quickly towards Xia Ruofei.

"Mr. Xia, welcome to Qantas headquarters!" Tony asked with a warm smile on his face, "How are you doing in Australia these days?"

"Very good! The scenery in Australia is fascinating!" Xia Ruofei replied with a smile in proficient English.

At this time, Tang Yitian and Li Yifu also got out of the car respectively, and Tony, who was shaking hands with Xia Ruofei, couldn't help but pause for a moment, a little unable to believe his eyes.

Tang Yitian is a well-known rich man in Australia, especially in the business world, almost no one knows him, and Tony and Tang Yitian have also had several relationships.

Although Tony is also an executive of the behemoth of Qantas, Qantas is the national airline, and Tony is technically just a senior employee, belonging to the "leader of a state-owned enterprise", of course, his salary is certainly much higher than that of ordinary civil servants.

The Meiya Group, which is not inferior to Qantas in size, is an enterprise absolutely controlled by Tang Yitian.

Compared with the two, Tony and Tang Yitian are naturally not at the same level.

Tony didn't expect Xia Ruofei to be so close to Tang Yitian, and even to attend a press conference, he would be accompanied by Tang Yitian in person.

Of course, Tony, like his secretary, didn't recognize Li Yifu, who was in the limelight in the United States, otherwise he would have lost his glasses.

Tony quickly shook hands with Xia Ruofei, then quickly turned to Tang Yitian, and said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Tang, I didn't expect you to come in person!

Tang Yitian smiled faintly, pointed at Xia Ruofei and said, "I just happened to be free today, come over with my good friend to have a look." ”

Then Tang Yitian introduced: "Mr. Tony, this is Mr. Li Yifu, the chairman of the Kyushu Group in the United States, and he is also my elder!"

Tony couldn't help but be slightly shocked, and hurriedly greeted Li Yifu again.

Li Yifu has hardly asked about business matters over the years, and the exposure rate is not high, but Kyushu Group is a well-known consortium and has a pivotal position in the American business community, so Tony naturally does not dare to slack off.

The two heavyweights personally accompanied Xia Ruofei here, which also made Tony's attention to Xia Ruofei immediately increase by a level.

After a few pleasantries, Tony warmly invited the three of them to his office.

Tony's office is located on the top floor of the Qantas headquarters building, with an area of two to three hundred square meters, and a whole glass curtain wall overlooking the entire Qantas headquarters campus, with a very good view.

Tony invited everyone to take a seat in the hospitality area, and then said, "Mr. Xia, the press conference will be held in about half an hour, and I will make a long story short!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Okay." ”

Tony looked at Xia Ruofei and said: "This time, we will announce the reward plan for those who have contributed to this special processing, and the reward for Mr. Xia is preliminarily determined to be as follows: 2 million Australian dollars in cash ......"

When Tang Yitian heard this number, his eyebrows raised, but he didn't interrupt Tony's words, and listened patiently.

According to the exchange rate, 2 million Australian dollars is almost equivalent to 10 million Chinese dollars, which is not a small number, and it is almost the same as the mainstream international standard, and even a little more, perhaps considering that Xia Ruofei's contribution this time is too great.

But this little money is too little in Tang Yitian's opinion, after all, Xia Ruofei's status in his mind has unconsciously become more respectful.

Tony continued: "Qantas will be awarding Mr. Xia the title of 'Honorary Passenger', which will give him free flights for life, as well as VIP treatment and 50% off discounted fares when you fly with other oneworld alliances!"

"oneworld" is an international airline alliance initiated by Qantas in 1999, including American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Air Canada and Qantas.

In other words, Xia Ruofei won the title of "honorary passenger", not only can he fly Qantas for free for life, but also can enjoy a 5% discount on the basis of discounts when taking flights of other four alliance companies, and can also enjoy VIP services such as VIP lounges.

Of course, Xia Ruofei doesn't often take international flights, so he just smiled and nodded at this reward, and he wasn't too surprised.

Tony observed Xia Ruofei's expression a little cautiously, and then said: "Of course, in the end, we also prepared a small surprise for Mr. Xia, please forgive me for selling it for now and keeping a little suspense." I'm sure Mr. Xia will like it!"

"Oh, then I'm looking forward to it!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I have no opinion on this reward plan, and thank you for your generosity!"

Tony hurriedly said: "Mr. Xia, you are serious, your heroic behavior for our company, not only to save a huge economic loss, but more importantly, to protect the reputation of our company, no matter how rewarded!"

At this moment, Tony's secretary Ivy knocked lightly on the door and walked in with a document.

Knocking on the door when his boss was meeting with an important guest, it was obvious that this document must be very important, so Tony immediately sued and got up and walked to his desk.

While Tony was processing the documents, Tang Yitian said in Chinese: "If you fly, Qantas is too stingy! Two million Australian dollars will send you away?"

Li Yifu felt a little "humiliated by the king's death", and said indignantly: "Uncle Shi! Qantas doesn't take you seriously! Do you want me to teach them a lesson?"

Xia Ruofei waved his hand and said, "Don't make a mess of the two of you! How much money is too much? Am I short of these funds? Besides, I was also here to save myself and the passengers on the plane, and I didn't go for the reward!"

"But ......," Li Yifu said.

"Okay, I think people are quite sincere. Xia Ruofei broke Li Yifu's words and said with a smile, "You can check the reward cases of similar incidents in the world, people really haven't deducted and searched! It's very generous! Besides, didn't Tony say that there was any surprise?"

Xia Ruofei said that he finally appeased the two "angry youths", but until Tony finished processing the documents, the two of them didn't have a good face, which made Tony still a little uneasy, and he didn't know where he did something inappropriate and offended these two.

After sitting down again, Tony stabilized his mind and said to Xia Ruofei: "Mr. Xia, there is one more thing, which is about the press conference that will be held soon. The press is very interested in your business, and there may be many questions thrown at you that you can answer selectively, and you can completely refuse those that make you feel uncomfortable. ”

Xia Ruofei knew the intention of Tony's words, nodded with a smile and said, "I understand that some details about this incident are still based on what you announced. ”

In fact, Xia Ruofei originally didn't like to show his head like this, but considering that this matter has been almost exposed in China, there is no point in hiding it.

In addition, this is Australia, Xia Ruofei, as a Chinese, can become a hero sought after by the media, which can be regarded as raising the national prestige, so Xia Ruofei will agree to attend this press conference.

Tony was overjoyed when he heard this, and it was easy to talk to smart people!

After the two things were discussed, the next thing was to wait for the press conference to be held, and Tony also began to find a topic to chat with Tang Yitian and Li Yifu.

It's just that these two ignore Tony a little, and the atmosphere is somewhat awkward.

Fortunately, it didn't take long, and soon Ivy knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Tony, it's almost time, everything is ready for the scene, and the reporters have already entered." ”

Tony was relieved, stood up and said, "Mr. Xia, Mr. Tang, Mr. Li, let's go over then!"

Tony personally led the way in front and led Xia Ruofei and the three of them to the floor where the press conference hall was located.

The group entered the press conference hall through the side door, a waiting room similar to the backstage, where part of the press conference hall could be seen from the side of the stage, and Li Yifu and Tang Yitian stayed here.

Tang Yitian is a big celebrity in Australia, if he goes out, he will definitely be recognized by reporters, and it is impossible to mix in with reporters.

What surprised Xia Ruofei was that the purser and the air police on the plane last time would also attend the press conference, and both of them were already waiting here.

We were all people who had been through hardships together, so we felt very cordial when we met, and we couldn't help but chat, until the clock pointed to half past nine, and we walked out together.

After Xia Ruofei and his party came out, the press conference hall, which was still a little noisy, suddenly quieted down.

Immediately after, the flashes continued to turn on, and Xia Ruofei felt that his eyes were almost impossible to open - most of the cameras were aimed at him.

A lonely hero from the mysterious East, there are too many news breaking points here, and Xia Ruofei is definitely the media darling at this time.

Everyone found their name tags and sat down, Xia Ruofei's position was in the middle, next to Tony, and the two were surrounded by the purser and the air police, as well as a press conference host, sitting in the most marginal seat.

"Please be quiet!" the host opened the microphone in front of him and said, "Thank you for being here, today we are very honored to have Mr. Tony, Senior Vice President of Qantas, Mr. Xia Ruofei who helped Qantas Flight QF108 make a successful forced landing, and ......"

The host first introduced a few people who attended the press conference today, and then said: "Next, I will ask Mr. Tony to release the news, and there will be a question session for reporters later!"

After speaking, the host gestured to Tony and closed the microphone in front of him.

Tony showed a smile on his face, tried the microphone, and said: "Welcome to all media friends, first of all, I will inform you of the preliminary investigation conclusion of this incident! A few days ago, there was an emergency situation on flight QF108 from Huaxia Jingcheng to Si-Ni, Australia, the plane finally made a successful forced landing on Saipan, there were no casualties, the incident caused two crew members to die and one crew member to be injured, our preliminary investigation included questioning the parties, retrieving cabin sound records and flight record data, Conduct a comprehensive inspection and review of the aircraft......"

Qantas had already prepared a press release, and Tony was very cautious and read it word by word.

In the end, he said: "After preliminary investigation, we have come to the basic conclusion that this incident is a long-planned hijacking incident, and the co-pilot on duty, Wilkins, is suspected of committing a major crime, and the police have applied for a search warrant to search Wilkins' residence, and sealed his computer, tablet and other physical evidence, and we will report further information to the media as soon as possible!"

Speaking of this, Tony paused slightly, turned his eyes to Xia Ruofei, and said: "Here, on behalf of Qantas, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to Mr. Xia Ruofei from Huaxia, if it weren't for Mr. Xia's decisive action at the critical moment, and bravely piloted the plane to make a forced landing in Saipan when all the pilots were incapacitated, this incident would have caused extremely tragic consequences! Mr. Xia, thank you!"

After speaking, Tony stood up and bowed deeply to Xia Ruofei.

The reporters in the audience also made some commotion, although everyone has inquired about the incident through various channels, and the details of the incident have been explained in the online media and some tabloids, but this is the first time that Qantas officials have admitted that this is a long-planned hijacking incident by the co-pilot, which is of extraordinary significance.

Many reporters eagerly raised their hands to ask questions.

Tony smiled and said, "Please don't be impatient, I still have information to release, there will be a session of questions from reporters later, we have plenty of time for everyone to ask questions!"

When the reporters heard this, they sat back in their seats.

Tony continued: "The second piece of news I'm going to make is that we at Qantas will be rewarding those who have successfully handled this special case......

Then Tony announced the reward plan according to what was written in the script.

Captain Bruker, purser, flight attendants, air police and others also received cash prizes, as well as Qantas internal honors.

Of course, the largest cash prize is Xia Ruofei's 2 million Australian dollars, in addition to Captain Brooke's 1.5 million Australian dollars, and 500,000 Australian dollars for the purser and air police, and the rest of the crew is sharing the 1 million Australian dollars bonus.

Xia Ruofei is not an internal Qantas employee, so there is no additional honor, but there is an additional title of "honorary passenger", which is more affordable in comparison.

Tony also emphasized that Captain Johansson, who died in the line of duty, will be paid according to the standard of death in the line of duty, and the Qantas union will also give an additional bonus, and all passengers will receive a certain amount of compensation, which is not included in the reward plan and will be announced separately in the near future.

Finally, Tony looked at Xia Ruofei with a smile and said, "In recognition of Mr. Xia Ruofei's heroic deeds, we decided to name the Airbus A350 aircraft that flew that day 'Ruofei' and ......"

Speaking of which, Tony deliberately paused for a few seconds to make a small sale, and also succeeded in piquing the interest of the news reporters.

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