Ever since returning to Shanghai, He Wenjie had been waiting for President Zhao's call. Through Zhu Zhe, he had learned the time slot her company had booked for their private dining room, and he began plotting how to use President Zhao to bring Zhu Zhe into the hotel owner's field of vision.
The opportunity arrived quickly. Through the information provided by Zhu Zhe, He Wenjie learned that President Zhao would be coming to Shanghai today. He checked the flight schedule for flights from Hong Kong to Shanghai that day and figured out that the two most likely flights President Zhao would take would arrive in Shanghai around eleven in the morning or around two in the afternoon. Therefore, he made a special trip to Zhu Zhe's hotel at noon to have lunch with her, figuring that if she took the eleven o'clock flight, she would likely be in the hotel restaurant at noon.
To his disappointment, He Wenjie did not catch a glimpse of President Zhao before leaving the hotel at one in the afternoon. She must have taken the afternoon flight. Sure enough, a little past three, He Wenjie received a call from President Zhao. "President He, why were you in such a hurry to return to Shanghai last time? I wanted to contact you the moment I was discharged from the hospital, but my assistant said you had already left Hong Kong early that morning. You were even implicated because you tried to save me; I've been looking for a chance to repay you."
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