Can't blame Qiao Yu for being rude, keeping his phone on after the plane landed.
According to Old Zheng, this flight was operating under private flight rules, Part 91 operations, which didn't require phones to be turned off during takeoff and landing.
Most were messages from Philadelphia asking if he was safe. The one that puzzled him the most was a text from the mobile carrier.
"Huaxia Promotional BU and Huaxia Technology BU jointly confer the title of Outstanding Youth Scientist to Qiao Yu, hoping that all young people will learn from Qiao Yu and strive to become outstanding youth scientists."
What's a pleasant surprise? This is it! He received a commendation text even before leaving the plane.
The text noted it was a public service message from the carrier. This likely meant that all three major carriers sent it out, which means potentially everyone in Huaxia received this message.
Whether people notice it is another matter, but it does give him a bit of pride.
