Chapter 16 The People Who Repay the Kindness
After Russell's words came out, Xiao Liuli also knew that she could no longer ask anything from Russell's side.
Because after deriving this sentence, all questions can eventually lead to this conclusion. This is the gravitational pull of speech.
Why didn't you use guns at that time, why did you take such risks, why did you become so brave, why did you pay with your life to fight...... Or if you ask why you want to kill and why you are carrying psionic weapons in violation of regulations, Russell can eventually lead to this same conclusion.
The answer to the former is, "It's all about protecting the captain"; And the latter is not easy to ask because of the reason that "this ultimately protects the captain".
Otherwise, I'm afraid Xiao Liuli will be complained by the angry captain.
Russell protects the captain while also protecting himself, which provides sufficient motivation; And he also indirectly protected the people on the airship, the airship itself, and the buildings that collapsed after the airship fell, which is undoubtedly his merit.
But Russell's statement is obviously stronger and more powerful than the answer to these questions separately, and is more appropriate for inclusion in a daily newspaper. And even if Xiao Liuli continues to ask, she can only ask a similar answer from Russell's mouth, but her professional level will be questioned...... It's better to focus on the topic of the interview at the essence.
After Xiao Liuli took the initiative to exchange contact information with Russell, she took the staff and security personnel and left by helicopter.
After that, the enthusiasm of the passengers in the cabin exploded.
When they arrived at their destination, they learned that the airboat they were on had been hijacked - and that the mob that hijacked the airboat was a very vicious group of wanted criminals named "Tower of Babel...... Even the crew members of the airship were mercilessly killed and thrown overboard, with no place to be buried.
Although their target should be someone in first class. But when the airboat was almost out of fuel, they still didn't allow the captain to land in order to delay time.
After all, if the airship lands, these mercenaries who have been modified by prosthetics can still jump out. But those ordinary people are definitely going to suffer.
"Say it quickly, thank you, brother."
A lady with slender ears held her daughter's shoulders and patiently taught.
The girl, who looked like she was only five or six years old, raised her head and said to Russell in a milky voice, "Thank you, brother." ”
After the girl finished speaking, she asked curiously: "Brother...... Heroes? ”
Russell was stunned for a moment.
He felt a little dazed for a moment by the girl's words.
The young man with cat ears touched his ears and smiled a little distressedly: "My brother doesn't know either." ”
…… In these years, do immature girls who even need to be taught by their parents to thank them know the word "hero"?
She probably didn't even know how to write the word hero, let alone what it stood for.
But she could think of the word on her own, and hoped that Russell would be the hero she imagined.
This is the first time Russell has vaguely realized what people in this world crave...... What kind of "hero" exactly.
It's not about what merit or standards the hero has, who he has saved, or what great things he has done...... It's about imagining an imaginary hero first, and then hoping that people in reality will become it.
Where is this people. This is an imaginary god, a symbolic savior.
It's no wonder that in these years, there are so many heroes who have exploded.
How good does it take to satisfy such people's fantasies about heroes......
Just realizing this made Russell's heart even heavier.
"Please don't say that—"
A lady who looked to be in her thirties, wearing glasses and a bird feather behind her ear, said eagerly, "There is no doubt that you who saved us are real heroes in our eyes!" ”
Russell remembered her.
This is after Xiao Liuli left, he came out of the first class cabin to thank Russell.
Passengers in public cabins are only threatened by the possibility of "empty boat falling". But these first-class passengers were genuinely uploaded with viruses and stolen memories. Moreover, they didn't even know which person the group was designating for first class.
Guests who can travel in first class will have some secrets in their minds to a greater or lesser extent.
If the gangsters are allowed to leave, then all of them will be unlucky - without being sure whose memories the gangsters stole it, they can only regard all their memories as lost, and all the information they have as if they have been leaked. There can be no chance of this.
This will undoubtedly lead to huge financial losses for the company they work for. Countless people will have to work overtime for this, and I don't know how many plans will be forcibly terminated because of this, and the company's think tanks and executives will meet all night to re-decide the direction of these plans. Some hidden and important locations will be abandoned, and they will have to relocate servers and other equipment, and even how many people will have to be forced to move.
And all of them in first class will pay a heavy price for this...... Even if they didn't do anything wrong, even if they were victims of this incident.
After all, there are always people who are responsible for the company's losses.
In this respect, Russell is their hero.
Russell beheaded and killed the robbers before the airship landed, ensuring that the confidential information in their minds was not leaked, and he didn't know how many small companies he had saved from survival...... The extent to which resource evaporation is prevented.
"I wonder where Mr. Russell is going to go when he comes to Happiness Island?"
A man with glasses and antlers on his head asked seriously: "I am the marketing manager of Tianen Group...... This is my vCard. If you are interested in working in Tianen Group, I can connect you with a salary starting from R4. ”
As he spoke, he handed Russell a crystal-like business card with a pattern of silver threads.
This expensive business card, which is like a work of art, only needs to be swiped on the prosthesis without inserting a chip slot to read the identity information of the other party. While it is safe enough, it also has a certain collection value.
Russell thanked him and accepted the business card.
He had known about ...... before In Tianen Group, the R4 level is not low. It is roughly equivalent to the level of "technical director" and "senior engineer".
The marketing manager himself is the salary of R5, and it is indeed very sincere to be able to introduce the starting work of R4 to Russell. Of course, this is also related to Russell's academic qualifications and mentors.
But of course, Russell would not say that the "uncle" he was going to join was the other party's immediate boss, which would break people's face...... After all, there are many relationships, many roads.
These first-class guests, without exception, all came out to thank Russell.
Some want to get a job for Russell, and some want to make friends with Russell...... Others wanted to invite Russell to dinner.
The most generous of them all was the last man to appear, wearing brown sunglasses indoors, with slightly darkened skin and a big grin. He directly claimed that he wanted to give Russell a villa and a floating car, a maid and a driver, and he didn't know how to do it directly at that time.
The other passengers from first class around were also stuck in the remark and didn't know what to say.
Of course, they were going to give Russell some thanks-grabbing gifts—but that wasn't a good thing to say in plain sight.
If you really want to express your gratitude, wouldn't you just get it after adding a friend and sending money in private?
Say such things in front of a crowd...... Undoubtedly, it is a compromise on the value of the identity of "hero".
— as if Russell had done it for the money.
It's not like thanks, it's like pointless mess-making.
Even the travelers who were watching from the edge suddenly felt a little bad for this person.
Amirus, who was still watching from the sidelines, came to the rescue and drove the man away in a few words. By the way, he also pushed down other people's requests to invite Russell to dinner and lodging - the reason was that he wanted to help Russell treat the wound as soon as possible to avoid scarring.
People breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
After all, no matter how you say it, no one can dare to compete with an old elf for wealth.
This is a monster that has lived from more than a thousand years ago to the present, and the gold content is so high that I don't know where to go......
Instead, Russell looked at the back of the man leaving, thoughtfully.