As soon as Ye Chen said he was going to the airport, Chen Zekai subconsciously said: "Master, are you going now?"
Ye Chen blurted out: "If you don't go now, why are you waiting? The plane has probably taken off and will arrive at Jinling Airport in more than 20 minutes. If the helicopter moves slower, the Concorde may arrive first."
Only then did Chen Zekai come back to his senses and said with an awkward smile: "Yes, yes, yes, I forgot that the Concorde is flying very fast. Please wait a moment, I will arrange for the helicopter to take off."
After speaking, Chen Zekai picked up the intercom on the table and blurted out: "The helicopter crew will prepare immediately and take off to Jinling Airport in five minutes!"
Soon, Ye Chen heard the sound of a helicopter engine starting from the top of the building.
Chen Zekai said hurriedly: "Young Master, it's time to set off!"
"Okay!" Ye Chen stood up without hesitation and walked out of Chen Zekai's office.
Chen Zekai's office itself is on the top floor, and the helipad on the roof is directly above his office. At the door of his office, there is a special elevator that can rise directly to the top of the building.
Under the leadership of Chen Zekai, Ye Chen took a special elevator to the top of the building. The helicopter had already started and was ready to take off.
A maintenance staff opened the door of the helicopter and stood aside respectfully. Ye Chen stepped forward without hesitation. Unexpectedly, Chen Zekai followed closely.
Ye Chen then said: "Old Chen, you don't have to send me off."
Chen Zekai hurriedly said: "Master, I don't want to see you off, I plan to go with you!"
"With me?" Ye Chen frowned and said, "Don't bother me, I can handle it myself."
Chen Zekai blurted out: "No, young master, you went to Syria and you are not familiar with the place. Although your strength is unparalleled, I still hope to be able to follow you. Moreover, if the young lady calls you, I will
At least I can help you tell a lie."
Seeing Chen Zekai's insistent expression, Ye Chen did not refuse and said, "Okay, let's go together."
Chen Zekai was overjoyed and hurriedly sat down next to Ye Chen and said to the crew: "Take off quickly!"
The helicopter immediately climbed up and sped away in the direction of Jinling Airport.
Twenty minutes later, when the helicopter was still less than ten kilometers away from the airport, Ye Chen saw a slender white passenger plane flying through the sky in the sky above him to his right.
Different from the arc-shaped front face of ordinary passenger aircraft, the nose of this aircraft is a very sharp cone, and the wings are not in the shape of two open wings, but a triangular wing at the rear.
The shape of this delta wing is a design style that pursues extreme speed.
Chen Zekai, who was on the side, also saw the plane and said excitedly: "Look, Master, that's Master's Concorde! It seems that this plane has arrived before us!"
The Concorde's approach speed was nearly 400 kilometers per hour, which was much faster than the helicopter, so it left the helicopter behind in the blink of an eye.
Ye Chen looked at this sci-fi aircraft and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He couldn't believe that such an advanced aircraft was actually a product made decades ago.
What made him even more emotional was that the power of capital is indeed extremely powerful. The cost of building this kind of aircraft is extremely high, and the cost of modification and maintenance is even higher. The cost of maintaining it is faster than burning money. If it were not for a company with assets exceeding one trillion,
In a big family, no one can afford to burn such expensive things.
A few minutes later, Ye Chen's helicopter arrived at Jinling Airport.
At the end of the airport runway, parked was the Concorde just now.
The pilot said at this time: "Master, Mr. Chen, there is feedback from the airport that the Concorde is ready to take off. Let's land directly next to the Concorde, and then board the plane and take off immediately!"
"Okay!" Ye Chen nodded. He increasingly realized that a large part of the reason for the success of the big family was the guarantee behind the success.
For ordinary people who want to go to Syria, following the conventional route, it will take at least twenty-four hours from the moment they board the plane.
However, with such a complete support system, the time to arrive in Syria can be shortened to almost six hours.
The difference of eighteen hours usually seems like nothing. It is just the difference between an airplane ticket and a green leather train ticket. But in the face of an extremely important event, what can be done in these eighteen hours?
There are too many things and too many outcomes that can be changed.
Just as the helicopter was landing, Ye Chen suddenly received a call from He Yuanjiang. As soon as the call came through, He Yuanjiang said in a panic: "Ye Chen... Zhiqiu has something big going on..."
Ye Chen hurriedly asked: "Uncle He, please don't be anxious first and tell me slowly, what happened to Zhiqiu?"
He Yuanjiang blurted out: "I just received news from a local friend that the government army's military operation failed today. The troops they sent encountered an encirclement and suppression by the opposition. More than a thousand people were killed and injured, and nearly a hundred people were captured. Among them were
Eight American youths, including Zhiqiu..."
"What?!" Ye Chen suddenly exclaimed: "Is the news confirmed?"
He Yuanjiang said with an extremely nervous voice: "It's confirmed... The government forces are now preparing to launch military retaliation, but the opposition has already sent word to the government forces and the U.S. Embassy, demanding that the U.S. Embassy pay a ransom of 80 million U.S. dollars, otherwise
, Zhiqiu and the other eight people will be executed!"
Ye Chen hurriedly asked: "Has the US Embassy made a statement?"
"They have expressed their stance." He Yuanjiang lamented and said: "Their spokesperson strongly condemned the actions of the opposition, and they stated that they would not accept the threats of the opposition, and demanded that the opposition must release the hostages, otherwise it will be against them
Launch military retaliation..."
Ye Chen's tone couldn't help but become solemn, and said: "If this is the case, it will probably anger the other party."
"Yeah..." He Yuanjiang gritted his teeth and cursed: "My friend knows people from the US Embassy. In fact, they don't care about the lives of these eight young people at all!"
"And they are not willing to pay the ransom at all, because they have made many enemies in the Middle East over the years. Once they compromise this time, I don't know how many people will follow suit, so they want to prevent this from happening again..."
Speaking of this, He Yuanjiang choked up and said: "The opposition is also very angry about the US Embassy's attitude. They said they would give the US six hours, and after six hours, they would execute one person every half hour. I'm afraid Zhiqiu will be in trouble this time."
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Ye Chen hurriedly comforted: "Uncle He, please don't worry so much..."
He Yuanjiang cried bitterly and said: "Hey, how can I not worry...I am so worried now that I almost have a heart attack!"
"And I really regret it! I regret letting Zhiqiu become an American citizen... She was born in the United States, so I naturally applied for naturalization for her at that time. If she is a Chinese citizen, there will definitely be a turn for the better this time...
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"It's a pity that she and her classmates and friends are all Americans..."
Ye Chen hurriedly said: "Uncle He, don't be anxious, let alone be so pessimistic. I will leave for Syria right away. I will definitely find a way to rescue your daughter. You can wait for my good news at home with peace of mind!"