Chapter 429: Accident
Originally, it was just a simple shopping, Ye Dongqing wanted to have some fun and see the sales of iPhones with his own eyes.
But what I didn't expect was that I saw my old acquaintance at the door of the Apple store, to be precise, it should be the enemy.
Todd Hankins.
In the previous life, before Ye Dongqing jumped off the rooftop, the last name he heard was probably this guy, who cut him down in the face of a crisis, which is ridiculous, and the two were still relatively good friends for a long time.
What now?
He is a super-rich man who stomps his feet and shakes three times in New York, and the other party has become a ...... Security guard?
Standing at the door of Apple's direct store and responsible for maintaining order, judging from the clothes on his body, it is indeed a security guard, and it is likely that he is still an employee of Apple.
I haven't paid attention to him for a while, Ye Dongqing checked it before, and even thought about giving up the opportunity to understand this grievance, but I didn't expect it to be so unfortunate that I met each other in a huge New York City.
The mood is indescribable, he rarely thinks about it now, anger and desire to destroy in the bottom of his heart, not very strong, but it is.
After the mood calmed down a little, and then began to be proud again, after all, there is a huge gap between the status and status.
It is said that people are merciful and forgiving, but when it comes to human life or one's own life, that is another matter.
He was thinking about whether to find a reason to expel the other party, or to be more tactful, after promoting the other party to a high position, and then let the other party fall to the bottom and taste the feeling of falling, Ye Dongqing felt that he would definitely not feel guilty, after all, he had really jumped from a tall building, and those few seconds felt like a century.
I was pondering, wondering how such a natural villain could be good and obediently take on the boring profession of security guard, and within a few seconds, I saw an employee of an Apple store running out, shouting that the warehouse was on fire!
The crowd at the door began to stir.
They don't care why it's on fire, they just care if they can buy a new phone they have been dreaming of for a long time, and even if they see the smoke in the store, the line doesn't disperse, but just moves from the sidewalk to the side of the road, and many people poke their heads out to look into the store.
Ye Dongqing also saw it, and couldn't help frowning.
Accident, it's normal, but what is not normal is the speed of the fire, the store is clearly empty, but the fire quickly spread down the ceiling, emitting thick black smoke.
Looking at the surrounding bodyguards, he ordered: "You two go and take a look, bring fire extinguishers, don't care about things, it's important to save people first!"
After speaking, he took out his mobile phone and made a fire call, his eyes resting on Todd Hankins.
Several other security guards greeted the store employees out in a panic, some took the fire extinguisher by the door and sprayed it inside, and some were maintaining order, telling the customers in line to quickly retreat, and this guy looked around, I don't know if it was an illusion, Ye Dongqing even saw a smile on his lips.
Thinking of something in an instant, he scolded secretly Sure enough, the dog can't change its, Ye Dongqing personally crossed the road and walked near the entrance of the store, shouting: "Is there anyone else inside?"
Because of the launch of the iPhone, a few college students were hired as temporary workers, but the total number of employees in a directly operated store was only a dozen or so, which is still the flagship store of Fifth Avenue, and there are fewer people on a smaller scale.
Seeing Ye Dongqing, some people stared at him in surprise, but the situation at this moment is not suitable for chasing stars, otherwise the scene will probably become fanatical.
The manager of the directly managed store recognized him, didn't care about talking, took the lead in counting the number of people, and then told: "It's all out, a total of sixteen people, including me, that's right." ”
It's good that people are fine, Ye Dongqing was a lot relieved, and continued: "Think about it again, re-count and confirm, and whose cars are these on the side ......of the road?
Apple bought the three-story building in front of them as a flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown, and bought it a few years ago, with a very large billboard, which can be regarded as advertising with the help of the traffic on Fifth Avenue.
However, at this moment, the first floor and basement are burning, and black smoke is coming out of the windows and doors, attracting more people to watch, and seeing that the time for sale is coming, many consumers are simply desperate, just thinking about not burning those mobile phones!
The fire is spreading to the second floor, and there is already smoke coming out of the windows on the second floor, and the main thing that has been burned is a variety of decoration materials, and the interior layout is mainly simple, and there are not many things to burn.
Surrounded by too many potential consumers, asking that after waiting for so long, he couldn't just leave, Ye Dongqing also felt that it was inappropriate, so he simply asked the employees to organize it first, and he called to communicate with Jobs and transferred a batch of goods from the warehouses of other directly-operated stores.
Probably because of the regular training, it took less than 10 minutes for the firefighters to arrive at the scene from the time they received the call, and soon a high-pressure water jet sprayed into the store, starting from the second floor to control the further spread of the fire, and the first floor was quickly extinguished.
In the commercial area, there are not many people in the morning, and many shops are not even open.
Even the Apple store had only opened for minutes before the fire broke out, and fortunately the store manager was giving a lecture to the employees, otherwise it would have been dangerous if an employee had gone up to the second or third floor.
It's not a big deal, but it seems strange to Ye Dongqing.
His attention had been fixed on Todd Hankins, when a police car arrived, only to see this guy quietly squeeze into the crowd and quickly disappear.
It's not that there is no chance for his bodyguards to catch him, it's just that there is no reason to arrest him, and they already know who he is, if this guy really does it, most of them won't be able to escape.
Explaining to the police what he saw, and by the way, reassuring the noisy consumers, telling them to wait a little longer, they can still buy something, and a queue immediately lined up again, which shows the determination to buy a new mobile phone.
A NYPD police inspector arrived at the scene, looked at the scene of the fire at this moment, and told Ye Dongqing: "It should be an accident, I don't think anyone would go crazy enough to suddenly burn down your store on purpose this morning." ”
Because there were no casualties, the police superintendent's tone was relatively calm, probably deliberately wanting to take the opportunity to get to know Ye Dongqing, with a look of regret on his face, and added: "Very good old building, I hope to buy fire insurance, the main building doesn't seem to be damaged much, and it can continue to be used after decoration." ”
If he hadn't seen Todd Hankins, Ye Dongqing might have thought the same, but at this moment, he always felt that something was wrong, and his heart moved, and he suddenly asked the little supervisor of the fire department: "Can you please go to the warehouse to see if the goods inside are damaged?" It's a batch of high-value mobile phones and computers, and they've been delivered, right?"
The last sentence is asking the small manager of the directly operated store.
The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment and told: "Yes, it was just delivered at half past six in the morning, boss, you know, in order to prevent the flow before the sale, the delivery time is uniformly arranged today, not long after the batch of mobile phones was sent to the warehouse, I was just about to dismantle a few and put them on the booth as a trial machine......"