Chapter 594: Top Ten Outstanding Young People in the Country
A few dozen meters away from the burning building, people who had just escaped from the gates of hell still felt a lingering fear as they watched the raging fire engulf the entire building.
Obviously, if they had played tricks for another minute, or if the alarm hadn't been sounded, they would have been reduced to ashes along with the building.
The building was dozens of meters high. Although the fire truck arrived, it was powerless because the fire truck at that time could not generate such a high water pressure. The fire trucks that could put out fires in high-rise buildings were all imported, and only large fire stations had such things.
By the time the fire department contacted a large fire truck, the building was almost left with only its frame structure.
People from the fire department, police station, local police station... and other departments all came.
The relevant departments began to count the number of people and confirm the situation. The firefighters put on protective clothing and rushed into the sea of fire with hoses.
Just as people from several departments were doing their respective work, a scream shocked everyone.
"Uncle police, help me..."
Everyone's eyes turned towards the source of the sound.
It was a large pool of black squirming on the ground.
An experienced policeman asked in doubt: "What is this thing?"
As soon as the words came out, four limbs stretched out from the four corners. A young policeman stepped on one of them. After hearing a scream, he said to the old policeman, "It looks like a person."
The old policeman glared at the young policeman and said, "Why don't you pull him up quickly?"
"oh oh."
The young policeman quickly bent down to help him up, took a closer look, and was immediately surprised: "Hey, you have a good eye, it is indeed a person. However, the proportions of the facial features seem a little distorted."
The old policeman turned on the metal flashlight in his hand, shone it in this direction, and said, "He was beaten by someone."
It turned out that the person who was shouting for help was the former manager of the building, Li Zhijian. He had just been held aside by the staff of Fan Zhenxiang. When the people who escaped from the building learned that he was the manager of the building but did not call the police or press the alarm, they were immediately furious and beat him up severely.
If the police weren't here, he probably wouldn't see the sun tomorrow morning.
"Uncle police, help me, I surrender myself, please take me away quickly, otherwise I will die."
Li Zhijian was crying and it was so sad to talk about it.
The old policeman asked calmly, "Turn yourself in? What are you turning yourself in for? Did you set the fire?"
Li Zhijian was relieved to hear that there were no casualties in the building, and immediately said, "I guess so."
When the old policeman heard this, his face immediately drooped and he asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean by considered? Can this be considered?"
Li Zhijian didn't dare to tell the truth of the matter here, otherwise, even if there were police officers here, he felt he would not survive.
"Uncle police, why don't we go to the police station and tell them what happened in detail? There are so many people here, it's not convenient."
The old policeman took out his handcuffs without saying anything, handcuffed Li Zhijian, and said, "Then go back and talk."
Someone pushed Wang Chengtai out again: "And this guy."
The old policeman waved his hand and said, "Take both of them away."
After such a long time, reporters who received the news came and set up their cameras and began to report on the scene.
After a round of interviews, those who escaped said that they heard the alarm and ran downstairs. Someone was directing traffic at the door, which helped everyone escape.
Based on everyone's description, reporters quickly found Zhao Tiezhu and others, and Zhao Tiezhu and others pointed the finger at Lu Yiming.
So, everyone's attention was focused on Lu Yiming again.
A reporter took a closer look and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Isn't this Mr. Lu, the richest man?"
"Mr. Lu? Where is Mr. Lu?"
Thanks to Lu Yiming's "continuous activities", the title of the richest man Lu is now very famous. Even if many people have never seen a photo of Lu Yiming, they have heard of the title of the richest man Lu.
Therefore, when someone at the scene recognized Lu Yiming, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to him.
"He really is the richest man in Lu."
"Were those people rescued just now by Mr. Lu?"
All media cameras were pointed at Lu Yiming.
There is no doubt that reporting on fire accidents will generate traffic, and reporting on people bravely performing disaster relief will also generate traffic. And when the person who bravely performs disaster relief is the richest man in China, the traffic will definitely increase exponentially!
Why are you even looking at the building? Can't you just respond to Mr. Lu, the richest man?
A reporter asked: "Mr. Lu, under what circumstances did you come up with the idea of disaster relief? Were you afraid at the time?"
Lu Yiming said righteously, "My 100th Fan Zhen Xiang store will open tomorrow. I just rushed here from Zhonghai yesterday. I was inviting store employees to dinner in the restaurant tonight, and then I saw smoke coming out of the building, so I rushed here with my employees. As for the idea, I didn't have any idea. After all, being brave and righteous is an excellent tradition of our nation. Every Xia countryman with a conscience will do the same."
Lu Yiming's answer sparked applause from the surrounding people.
No matter what you do, it is always inevitably linked to your status. Even if you are an ordinary person, if you stay calm and evacuate the people at the fire scene, you deserve applause and admiration. And as the richest man in Xia Country, Lu Yiming's actions are even more remarkable.
After learning that it was the richest man who saved them, the people around them were even more excited. After all, as ordinary people, being able to see the richest man in real life is something worth bragging about in front of relatives and friends. Now that the richest man has saved their lives, won't they have to brag about it for at least three years?
That evening, the news of the major fire accident in Los Angeles had already spread through television and the Internet. The next day, the newspaper media reported the incident to the whole country. The media also made a big fuss about the fact that the richest man Lu led his company employees to the scene to rescue the disaster, and the photo was placed on the front page.
The richest man actually risked his life to put out the fire. According to the fire brigade's later review, if Lu Yiming had not appeared in time and handled the situation properly, the death toll in this fire would probably have exceeded 300.
Judging from the huge fire and thick smoke at the scene, the chances of survival for all those trapped in the building were slim.
After reading various reports, people realized how urgent and dangerous the situation was at the time. After being shocked, they were furious because the newspapers also exposed the evil deeds of Li Zhijian, Wang Chengtai and others.
In order to evade responsibility, they chose to conceal the matter and neither called the police nor evacuated the people in the building. If Lu Yiming had not appeared in time, the consequences would have been disastrous.
It also includes a plot in which Lu Yiming encounters the real murderer by chance while putting out a fire and brings him to justice. The entire story was described in the media with ups and downs, and it was even more exciting than the novel.
Li Zhijian and Wang Chengtai were arrested by Lu Yiming, and with the "assistance" of the police, they confessed the whole story. The public security organs then conducted an on-site investigation and found problems such as the building's incomplete fire protection facilities. More than a dozen people were held accountable and sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from three to thirteen years in accordance with the law.
The announcement of the verdict is a great relief to the people.
Where there is punishment, there is reward. Lu Yiming and the Zhenxiang fast food employees who participated in the evacuation of the building were also praised and rewarded by the whole society.
On the first day of opening, banners with the words "Fire Fighting Hero" and "Dare to Do Good" were hung inside the store, and the store became an instant hit.
The business has been booming since the opening ceremony.
Everyone is saying that with such a boss and employees, the quality of Fan Zhenxiang is absolutely unquestionable.
Li Yiwen, who saw the news, called and said, "You are a real idiot. You are personally on the front line of a fire? Do you know how many people in the country depend on you for their livelihood? Is putting out fires your job?"
Lu Yiming was quite calm, and said calmly: "We were having dinner over there and happened to see it. We couldn't just stand by and watch him die, right? Besides, the situation at that time was not as dangerous as the newspapers said. I'm not a fool. If I really couldn't save him, I would definitely give up."
"That's fine."
Li Yiwen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, this time there was no danger. Let me tell you, next time you encounter something like this, just pretend you didn't see it. You have to weigh the pros and cons, understand? Your life is much more valuable than an ordinary person's life."
Lu Yiming said: "All men are created equal."
Li Yiwen said, "Bullshit, there is no such thing as equality in this world. Absolute fairness does not exist. You are supporting the jobs of tens of thousands of people. Do you think you can be the same as ordinary people? Next time you do something nonsensical like this, I will beat you to death."
Lu Yiming knew that Li Yiwen was concerned about him, so he joked, "Good fellow, I did good things and survived, but you beat me to death. Isn't it unfair? Okay, I know these things. Oh, I'm busy here, so I'll hang up first."
Afterwards, Ning Xuehua also called, and Lu Yiming comforted her for a long time before he managed to persuade her to stay.
Soon after, those business partners also called one by one to say hello, and Lu Yiming had no choice but to respond one by one.
On the way back to Zhonghai, Wang Dazhuang smiled and said, "This new store is very popular. It was very popular on the first day of opening, and the turnover exceeded 10,000 yuan."
Ni Cong said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that something like this would happen. Our Fan Zhen Xiang store became popular before it even opened."
Wang Dazhuang was also still in shock and said, "Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. I read in the newspaper that it seemed that the electrician violated the regulations and the fire prevention measures were not in place."
Lu Yiming said: "The entire building was burned down, and the losses must be in the hundreds of millions. This can be considered a major case nationwide."
When the group returned to Fu Ri University, the school had already received the news, and banners had been hung at the school gate. Reporters had already surrounded the school gate. As soon as Lu Yiming got off the car, he was met with an unprecedented warm welcome.
Wang Hongsheng walked up with a smile on his face, shook hands with Lu Yiming cordially, and said, "Student Lu Yiming, we all know about your heroic deeds. It is an honor for our Fu Ri University to have a student like you. Your spirit of saving the lives and property of the people regardless of your own safety is an example for all of us to learn from."
Lu Yiming said modestly: "I grew up with a traditional education. My world view, life view and values all tell me to be brave and righteous. And I think if everyone dares to be brave and stand up to injustice, then the atmosphere of our society will become better and the social order will be more standardized. By extension, it will also be conducive to the development of social spiritual civilization, material civilization and even the cultural and economic construction of the entire country."
Wang Hongsheng applauded and said, "Well said! This is not only a question of personal cultivation, but also a question of social ethos. Our government should encourage everyone to do what is right and take more measures and work in related areas. I believe that deeds of doing what is right and brave will be admired by everyone, and social civilization will be established."
Lu Yiming flattered him, "Principal Wang is indeed a man with far-sighted ideas."
After the interview, Wang Hongsheng and Lu Yiming walked into the school side by side.
Wang Hongsheng thought that Lu Yiming's status as the richest man was nothing special. After all, this was the legendary Fu Ri University, and there were many wealthy and powerful people who graduated from this school. Although it was very impressive that Lu Yiming achieved all this as a student, in comparison, this heroic act of bravery made Wang Hongsheng even happier, because it was related to the political task of spiritual civilization construction and was more closely related to his career.
"I have good news . The results of this year's selection of the top ten outstanding young people in the country have been preliminarily determined, and you are among the top."
"Originally, many people disagreed with your inclusion, fearing that our young people would take you as a role model and develop a money-oriented mentality, which is not good. But after your heroic deeds in putting out the fire came out, no one had any objections."
The top ten outstanding young people in the country is really an incredible honor with extraordinary political significance. Lu Yiming was also very happy. He smiled and said, "Principal Wang must have put in a lot of effort, right? Thank you."
Principal Wang pointed to a few large characters on the wall of a distant teaching building and said, "Look at this. Today you are proud of the school, and tomorrow the school will be proud of you. You have been selected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in the country, and the school is also proud of you."
Because he had won the title of one of the top ten outstanding young people, Lu Yiming called Li Quanwang and several of his high school classmates in Zhonghai, as well as a few people in the dormitory, and found a hotel to have a big meal in the evening.
Just after sitting down, Lu Yiming suddenly received a call from Sergey Brin. Although he was very tired, he could not hide the excitement in his tone: "Lu! I have good news for you. According to your suggestions, we have improved the Google Toolbar, and Microsoft has adopted our product. Almost all users who have used it have given it good reviews! As a result, our Google stock price has skyrocketed in the past two days."
The browsers of that time did not have the ability to integrate search engines into the URL input bar like later generations. The browsers could basically only process the URLs in the address bar.
The Google Toolbar is a search tool that is attached below the address bar of the IE browser. Undoubtedly, it is a super convenient tool for users who need to search frequently.
What's more, in addition to search, Google's toolbar also provides practical functions such as translation, saving bookmarks and spelling check.
The popularity of new products has once again made Google's valuation rise steadily. As a legendary company destined to go down in history, Google has maintained an astonishing growth momentum even during the Internet winter.
Lu Yiming was naturally very happy at this time. After all, he just moved his lips and announced in advance the function that Google had been continuously improving. The ones who worked hard were Marissa Mayer and other Google programmers, and he, as an evil capitalist, just sat back and reaped the benefits.
Li Quanwang complained: "You guys, your mouth is splitting with laughter, what happy thing happened to you?"
Lu Yiming sighed and said with a melancholy face: "Alas, there is only a little happiness, but more troubles."
Li Quanwang rolled his eyes and said, "You're worried as hell."
Lu Yiming said, "I just finished my accounts in Hong Kong some time ago and calculated my current assets. But the valuation of my Google shares has increased again, so I have to calculate them all over again. Isn't that annoying?"
Li Quanwang was stunned for a long time before he shouted, "Fuck, I'll beat you to death, you pretentious bastard."
Ni Cong cupped his hands and said, "I originally thought that my pretentiousness was considered top-notch in school, but I didn't expect that compared to you, I'm still a novice."
Shi Qingxue rolled her eyes at Lu Yiming and said, "You, you are taking advantage of me and still acting cute. Don't even mention Wangzai. I want to beat you up."
Lu Yiming shamelessly moved closer to Shi Qingxue and said with a playful smile, "Why is your elbow still bent outward?"
The meal was a joyful one, with everyone drinking and chatting until late at night.
During the following period of time, Lu Yiming did not leave school, but studied hard, trying to make up all the missed credits in the last few days of the winter vacation.
He was not worried that the school would make him repeat a grade, but after returning to school, he had a deeper understanding of knowledge, and knew that knowledge could change one's destiny. The more knowledge one possessed, the easier life would be. Therefore, he cherished the time spent studying.
Time flies, and not long after New Year's Day, the school was closed. Seeing his classmates packing up and returning to their hometowns for the New Year, Lu Yiming also packed up and planned to go back to Baiyun City with Shi Qingxue.
However , just when he was about to leave, Wang Hongsheng suddenly called him and said that the award ceremony for the top ten outstanding young people of the year would be held in Beijing and asked him to go.
There was no other way, Lu Yiming had to take Shi Qingxue with him and fly to Beijing on the "Yiming".
