After sitting in the waiting room for dozens of minutes, a service officer came and respectfully asked the four of them to go to the departure gate to board the plane.
There were only eight first-class seats on the plane, with four seats in each row. The Wade family happened to be in the first row, and the second row was occupied by a middle-aged man surnamed Li and his young wife.
Because the two of them had already boarded the plane, they deliberately lagged behind the Wade family. They only reluctantly boarded after the Wade family boarded the plane. After boarding, they sat quietly in their respective seats and were very quiet throughout the journey.
In order to maintain the impression they gave to the two men, Elaine Ma and Claire did not take pictures or chat along the way. They deliberately acted as if they often flew first class, which made Charlie feel lucky. Fortunately, the two groups of people had passed each other before boarding the plane, and after that, everyone became much calmer.
After several hours of flight, the plane finally landed in Male, the capital of the Maldives.
Male is small and the airport is also small, but the remote parking lot looks almost full of various luxury private jets.
As a global tourist destination, even though the local economic development is very average and the GDP per capita is not very good, this place attracts the world’s richest people to come for vacation.
The reason why rich people love this place is because of its beautiful scenery, good sea water, and good climate. More importantly, it is an archipelago with thousands of large and small islands that are completely unconnected.
Some islands are dedicated to local residents, and these islands are more like densely populated slums, but more islands are rented out directly to top hotel groups and top-class wealthy people around the world.
After renting a beautiful island, these hotel groups and wealthy individuals will spend huge amounts of money to turn it into a very luxurious resort.
Apart from landing in the capital Male by plane, these wealthy people will have no contact whatsoever with their own countrymen, so the relatively underdeveloped local economy will not affect their holiday experience at all.
After the plane landed, the family of four went through customs and saw the most striking thing: a dark-skinned young man wearing a white shirt and black pants, holding a sign that read “Mr. Wade and his family.”
Beside him were three young men dressed similarly to him. One of them held a placard that read “Mr. and Mrs. Li” in Mandarin.
These people were all brown-skinned, and although they were not native Chinese, they looked South Asian.
Kep Island is worthy of being the most luxurious resort island in the Maldives. All the staff who picked them up at the airport had the Kep Island logo embroidered on their chests, as well as name badges with their own names. All the signs they held in their hands were based on the classic LV pattern and also had the name Kep Island on it, which was very elegant.
Seeing that he was the one waiting, Charlie waved to the others, and the four of them immediately ran forward. The young man holding the sign saw that there were four of them, so he asked him respectfully in fluent Mandarin, “You must be Mr. Wade, right?”
Charlie nodded: “Right.”
The other party said respectfully, “Hello, Mr. Wade. It is my honor to provide service to you and your family. I am Hani, your butler for the next four days on White Horse Island.
These three people are my colleagues. Two of them are responsible for receiving VIP guests at the airport. You can hand over all your luggage to them. They will help you and your family carry your luggage to the seaplane. I will take you and your family to the VIP lounge to rest for a while. When the seaplane is ready, I will take you to the hotel.”
Charlie smiled and said, “You speak Mandarin very well.”
Hani said politely: “Thank you, Mr. Wade, for your compliment. In order to serve Chinese guests well, I have studied Mandarin for many years. On Baima Island, we can provide services in ten major languages of the world, so that you and your family will feel more at home when you arrive on the island!”
Elaine Ma sighed on the side: “Oh, this luxury island is different. Before I came here, I was worried that my English was not good and it would be inconvenient to communicate. Now it seems that there is no need to worry about this.”
While they were talking, a middle-aged man surnamed Li and his wife also came over. Seeing Charlie and his family chatting with the airport pick-up staff, he saw the logo on the staff’s clothes.
When he learned that the other party was a staff member of Baima Island, his face looked a little ugly. He said to his wife in a depressed tone: “The old lady surnamed Ma is going to the same island as us. We may take the same seaplane later. You should be careful with your words and try not to talk nonsense.”