Chapter 147 Tianjin Airbus Assembly Plant
Xu Cang slapped Li Rongxian on the shoulder and said speechlessly: "How can you be sure that I like this one?"
"Ah?" This confused Li Rongxian. Although the arrangement this time was not perfect due to the rush of time, Li Rongxian still fully considered Xu Cang's possible preferences.
The Lisa in front of us is a mixed-race of Chinese and Western. She has a hot body like those from foreign countries, and her face is very consistent with the relatively mainstream aesthetic of soft lines in East Asia. Logically speaking, this should be the greatest common denominator of men's preferences.
In fact, under normal circumstances, with Li Rongxian's expertise, it is impossible for him to guess the preferences of people who need public relations. This is a big taboo. Usually, a very detailed investigation is required before he can cater to their preferences.
But the time left for him was too little, so little that Li Rongxian could do such an unprofessional thing.
Li Rongxian lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Xu, we are all people of status and position, this kind of thing is very normal."
Li Rongxian thought that Xu Cang didn't dislike it, but was just symbolically declining it for the sake of face.
As a result, Xu Cang sneered: "Who says you are us? Don't try to get close to me."
"Xu..." Li Rongxian wanted to say something else, but when he glanced at the door, he found Qin Xin leaning against the door, looking at them with an expressionless face.
Xu Cang also noticed Li Rongxian's gaze, and when he looked towards the door, all the hairs on his body stood up. Driven by a strong desire to survive, Xu Cang hugged Li Rongxian and said, "Hahaha, brother Li, why did you bring my sister here when you came to see me? Why bother? It's too troublesome."
With Li Rongxian still in a state of bewilderment, Xu Cang continued, "Okay, okay, we've seen it all, let's go back!"
"No, I have something else to do..."
"What's the matter?" Xu Cang turned his head inconspicuously and glared at Li Rongxian fiercely, and snorted softly: "Get lost!"
Li Rongxian looked at Xu Cang, then at Qin Xin, and immediately reacted, with a look of panic on his face: "Okay, okay, I was rude, I was rude! Lisa, go!"
After saying that, he didn't dare to stay and ran out pulling the blonde woman.
Sending a woman to Xu Cang and being caught by the wife was simply a disgrace to the public relations industry.
After Li Rongxian and the other person left, Xu Cang showed a slightly awkward smile: "Why is this guy so polite now? He even brought his sister here to visit the patient. He is so polite."
"Half-siblings, right?" Qin Xin rolled her eyes. "Xu Cang, if you want to make up a story, can you make it a little more logical?"
Xu Cang scratched his head embarrassedly: "This guy is like a psychopath, bringing women here. There's nothing I can do about it."
Qin Xin glanced at Xu Cang sideways and asked casually, "Which one do you dislike? I'm curious which one you like?"
"My type?" Xu Cang thought for a moment: "In terms of height, I'm about 1.71 meters, shoulder-length hair, dark brown eyes, a high nose, and some baby fat..."
"Okay, okay!" Qin Xin interrupted Xu Cang helplessly. She was just short of reporting her ID card.
"Ms. Qin, I am still a gentleman, a very upright one, hehe."
"A gentleman doesn't just talk." Qin Xin looked around the room and found that Xu Cang seemed to have packed up, so she pointed to the door and said, "You've got everything, let's go. You're leaving the hospital today, and I'll take you home."
Xu Cang was not shy with Qin Xin and agreed very naturally, thinking that his wife was the one who cared for him.
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"When are you planning to return to Jianchuan?"
"You're staying in Qizhou for a few days. Who will take care of the things at Erhai Base?"
"Where did you live when you were in Qizhou? Did you eat well?"
On the way out of the hospital, seeing that Xu Cang's questions were getting more and more outrageous, Qin Xin was just about to remind Xu Cang, but suddenly she noticed a person in front of her, and immediately stopped and nodded slightly: "Director Chen."
"Huh?" Xu Cang was stunned. He looked forward in the direction Qin Xin was looking and saw that his master Chen Xiangdong was standing in front of him.
Chen Xiangdong saw Xu Cang and walked over quickly. He looked at him closely and asked with some concern, "I heard that you almost drowned?"
"Just a small accident, just a small accident!" Xu Cang wished he could sew Chen Xiangdong's mouth shut. Could he tell such an embarrassing thing to others?
Qin Xin said considerately, "You guys chat, Xu Cang, I'll wait for you at the gate."
"Yeah." Xu Cang nodded, and after Qin Xin walked away, the two found a nearby bench and sat down.
Chen Xiangdong got straight to the point: "I've read the record of your conversation yesterday. There are no major problems. It's just that we may need to debate whether to make an emergency landing at a land airport or at sea."
Xu Cang didn't care much about it. Forced landing at sea was not an option suitable for most pilots, so it was normal for the authorities to have some doubts.
However, judging from the results, the fact that no one on the plane was injured or killed in such a predicament is already an excellent outcome, and I think the authorities will not make things difficult for themselves.
"Do you want me to go to the bureau headquarters to make a statement?" Xu Cang asked back.
"You seem to be in opposition to the authorities?" Chen Xiangdong said with a smile, "So far, there is no need for you to go there in person to make a statement. If there is such a trend, I will remind you."
"It's hard not to feel resentful about what's happened recently." Xu Cang yawned. "There are quite a few people in the bureau that I hate. It's also the stronghold of bureaucracy. People don't fight officials. We can't afford to offend them, but can we avoid them?"
Chen Xiangdong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How dare you say that!"
"What is there to be afraid of? Wasn't this incident caused by the ideological differences within the bureau?"
Chen Xiangdong knew that Xu Cang had no taboos, so he was not surprised by the bureau's opinion: "However, as long as you carry out aviation-related business in this land, you must accept the jurisdiction of the bureau. There is no other way."
"So, I must get rid of the bureau's jurisdiction over me." Xu Cang said seriously.
Originally, Xu Cang's idea was simple, which was to make money to develop new medicine for his mother. Later, his goal became more ambitious, and he wanted to do something within his ability for domestic civil aviation.
But obviously, even if Xu Cang's idea is good, there will always be some people who want to add obstacles to Xu Cang's way or put some shackles on Xu Cang that he hates.
Xu Cang is not a sheep who will accept everything, he fights back to prevent similar things from happening again in the future.
Chen Xiangdong shook his head. "That's impossible. How can you get rid of the bureau's jurisdiction? Even if foreigners want to work as pilots here, they still have to accept the bureau's jurisdiction."
"But there is a way to circumvent the authority's jurisdiction to the greatest extent possible." Xu Cang's eyes flashed with determination: "I remember that the International Civil Aviation Organization would recruit a certain number of commissioners in even-numbered years. As long as I become an ICAO commissioner and set up the commissioned area here, I can work here without being directly under the jurisdiction of the authority."
It is a bit like the appointed representative of each airline. In terms of affiliation, he is the representative of the authority in the airline. The airline cannot simply regard him as its own employee, so usually there will not be much interference in his actions.
Once he became an ICAO commissioner, strictly speaking, Xu Cang was out of the direct jurisdiction of CAAC. Xu Cang's flying work in the airline was just a necessary measure to exercise his supervisory power and maintain his flying experience, so the bureau could not characterize him as a simple airline pilot.
Even if they wanted to exercise jurisdiction over Xu Cang, they would have to go through the International Civil Aviation Organization first, and the process alone would be very complicated.
"You also know about the ICAO Commissioner?" Chen Xiangdong was very surprised that Xu Cang actually knew such a secretive matter.
Xu Cang said casually: "CAAC is a member of ICAO. Is it difficult to imagine that it will absorb fresh blood from its own members?"
"But..." Xu Cang's words were not convincing, but Chen Xiangdong did not ask too much. After all, he was his apprentice and he had not done anything to kill or burn people, so he just let it go. Chen Xiangdong thought for a while and said, "But there is no precedent in our bureau's history to recommend non-pilot personnel."
Xu Cang smiled and said, "That was when I wasn't here. If I were here, it would have already been there. Master, do you think this is feasible?"
"If you become an ICAO commissioner, you will definitely have a lot more freedom." Chen Xiangdong really thought about this problem seriously, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was a bit difficult: "ICAO mainly relies on the recommendation system to recruit new commissioners, but this title is still very popular. It is quite difficult for you to get the recommendation of the authority."
What Xu Cang said just now was very correct. There are naturally many conflicts of interest within the authority, and the position of ICAO commissioner should be very popular, and I am afraid that many people are eyeing it.
Xu Cang actually had no connections in the bureau, only his master Chen Xiangdong, and the only other person who could do that was Chief Pilot Di Qingquan. But the two of them were not omnipotent, so how could they protect Xu Cang?
Therefore, it is understandable that Chen Xiangdong felt pessimistic about Xu Cang's ideas.
However, Xu Cang had already made arrangements!
"Master, I heard that the bureau recommends who to appoint based on discussions among the directors of various departments, the chief pilot, the chief engineer, and the meritorious pilots of previous years. If there is a meritorious pilot in his early twenties who is willing to help me, is it possible for this to happen?"
"More than 20 meritorious pilots?" Chen Xiangdong was increasingly confused about his apprentice: "Where can you find more than 20 meritorious pilots to support you?"
Meritorious pilots in the country are not easy to come by. There are only more than 150 of them in the country, and they are distributed in various domestic airlines. Where does one get such a large network of people to get the support of more than 20 meritorious pilots at the same time?
"No!" Chen Xiangdong thought about it, this number seemed a little strange, he turned to Xu Cang in disbelief: "Are you talking about the more than 20 meritorious pilots who were originally going to sue you this time?"
Xu Cang didn't hide it at all: "If you do something wrong, you must pay the price."
In fact, there are also restrictions on the qualifications of meritorious pilots to participate in the discussions of ICAO commissioners. Under normal circumstances, a meritorious pilot can only participate in relevant discussions at most twice.
Who they support involves a lot of interests. But because of the 9451 incident, they have to waste their qualifications, which is quite serious.
"Xu Cang, I have something to ask you." Chen Xiangdong suddenly asked very seriously: "We got the black box yesterday. The flight data recorder in it was working normally, but the data in the cockpit voice recorder was gone. Do you know what happened?"
Although the Airbus 320 has sunk into the sea and it will take a long time to salvage the entire aircraft, it is not difficult to retrieve just the black box.
Yesterday, after all the people on board were evacuated, the authorities arranged divers to go into the sea and retrieve the black box. The black box was sent to Hanjing for analysis the same day it was retrieved.
The black box is extremely well protected and is usually not affected. The FDR that records flight data is fine, but the CVR that records cabin voice does not have any data, which is completely confusing for the agency investigators.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can basically guess that even if there is a problem with the black box, the flight data recorder should not be fine but the cockpit voice recorder should be gone. Therefore, it is very likely that it was deleted manually.
Whether it is Airbus or Boeing, there is a button for manually deleting the cockpit voice recorder in many aircraft models. However, under normal circumstances, airlines do not allow crew members to deliberately delete the cockpit voice recorder. Therefore, the button for deleting the cockpit voice recorder is almost forgotten by many people.
Xu Cang's smile became even brighter: "Master, that broken plane has a lot of problems. Who knows if the fault has spread to the CVR?"
Xu Cang did not admit it, but for Chen Xiangdong, who knew Xu Cang well, Xu Cang's reaction basically said it all. Although he did not know why Xu Cang did this, he still warned him earnestly: "If there is anything, it is necessary to delete the cabin audio. If there are traces left, it will be a big trouble."
Facing his master's questioning, Xu Cang did not beat around the bush and just curled his lips: "It's not a big deal. If some things are heard by others, everyone will be embarrassed. Let's just forget it."
Chen Xiangdong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are really brave."
"If I were timid, then Master, you would probably be burning incense for me now." Xu Cang urged Chen Xiangdong: "Master, you haven't said whether it is feasible or not!"
Chen Xiangdong did not talk about the cabin noise anymore, but analyzed Xu Cang's problem: "The support of more than 20 meritorious pilots is very strong, but it is not stable. After all, in terms of the discussion results, the directors of various departments, the chief pilot, and the chief engineer have more weight. My position does not involve participation in the discussion. I have good relationships with many of the directors of various departments, but this kind of thing involves a lot of things, and it is really difficult to handle if you don't have a very good relationship with them. So, I guess I can only persuade the Policy and Regulations Department and the Aviation Safety Department. Di Qingquan and I have a good relationship and know you, so maybe we can try to persuade him. Forget about the chief engineer. I have only seen him more than twice since I joined the bureau."
"So it seems that the Policy and Regulations Department and the Aviation Safety Department have some confidence, and the Chief Pilot can strive for it. In this case, are you sure?" Xu Cang thought that he had made a great contribution to the Yulong Airport incident, and there was no limit on the number of times the Chief Pilot could participate in discussions. It should not be difficult to get Di Qingquan to support him once.
Chen Xiangdong thought about it and said, "If we can get the support of one more company, things will be much easier. But the rest... are not easy to handle."
" Master , which department do you think has a greater chance of winning?" For matters like this, one needs to listen to the opinion of one's master, an insider.
"If you really want to say, the director of the Development Planning Department is a relatively independent person, so it's easier to win over. But I don't get along with him, so I can't help."
"Development Planning Department?" Xu Cang showed a thoughtful expression.
When Chen Xiangdong saw Xu Cang like this, he immediately reminded him: "I heard that this director is very honest and only wants to do something important for the country and the people. Don't think of using any shady means."
Xu Cang said speechlessly: "I don't have the money to do those shady things."
Chen Xiangdong snorted: "It's good to know."
But he knew that his disciple was extremely bold and would do anything to achieve his goals. Who knows what he might do, so he had to warn him in advance.
Xu Cang kept this in mind and asked again, "Master, what does the Airbus 320's airworthiness certificate say?"
"What else can I say? The engine explosion doesn't look like an accident. Until the results of the investigation are out, the airworthiness certificate must be suspended. However, this is a serious matter, and we will discuss it with the representative sent by Airbus later."
After all, there are still many airlines in China that have Airbus 320. If the airworthiness certificate is suspended, these aircraft will have to be grounded, and a framework for how to deal with the losses caused needs to be discussed in advance.
"So the flight suspension is definitely going to happen?"
Chen Xiangdong nodded: "That's right. With such a huge unknown hidden danger, we should always be responsible for the safety of people's lives. It's just that we need to make some advance details on certain issues."
Xu Cang was not very surprised by this result, but he was very concerned about another thing: "Master, I remember that Rongcheng Airlines has an all-Airbus fleet, right?"
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After finishing the conversation with Chen Xiangdong, Chen Xiangdong originally planned to go home with Xu Cang, but when he saw Qin Xin there, he was quite tactful and did not go with them.
Qin Xin and Xu Cang took a taxi to Longcheng Community. They went upstairs, but when they arrived at the door, they found Shi Qi and Shi Lingling waiting at the door.
"Teacher Shi?" Xu Cang went forward and opened the door, inviting Shi Qi and Shi Lingling in. Of course, Xu Cang was unwilling to let Shi Lingling in during the night shift, but since Shi Qi was present, he didn't want to make things too awkward.
Shi Qi went into the house and looked at Qin Xin who was helping Xu Cang clean up the house. He smiled and said, "Xu Cang, I didn't expect that you are already married at such a young age."
Shi Lingling, on the other hand, looked at Qin Xin more carefully. She had a wide range of friends and felt that Qin Xin looked familiar, but she couldn't quite place her face at first.
"Hahaha!" Speaking of this, it is much better than flattering Xu Cang thousands of times. Xu Cang straightened his chest and felt very refreshed.
Seeing Xu Cang so happy, Shi Qi felt that the atmosphere was good, so he got to the point: "Xu Cang, I came here this time to apologize to you."
"Apologize to me?" Xu Cang said as he poured water for Shi Qi: "Teacher, what are you apologizing to me for?"
Shi Qi pointed at Shi Lingling who had been silent the whole time and said, "Lingling did some thoughtless things some time ago that caused you trouble. As a father, I have to apologize to you."
"Teacher, do we have to ask others to apologize on our behalf these days?" Xu Cang said disdainfully.
"I don't need my dad to take my place. He felt that I couldn't save face and insisted on coming here." Shi Lingling lowered her head: "Xu Cang, I was wrong about what happened before. I apologize to you."
After saying that, Shi Lingling stood up and bowed to Xu Cang.
If Shi Lingling and Xu Cang were alone together at this moment, and Shi Qi was not there, Xu Cang would not only not accept it, but would mock it. Xu Cang was not a great saint, and he had to accept the apology from others.
However, Instructor Shi Qi was a good person and they had been through life and death together on Flight 9451, so he had to give him some face. In the end, he just waved his hand and said, "Just don't let me see you again."
Anyway, after the 9451 incident, the collective complaint against Xu Cang in Hanjing was put to rest, and Shi Lingling's previous actions were also stopped here.
Seeing that Xu Cang had let bygones be bygones, Shi Lingling immediately became active and asked, "Xu Cang, what are your plans for the future?"
"Can you please stop pretending that I know you very well?" Xu Cang said disdainfully, but still mentioned: "I plan to discuss this with Guoda Airlines later and ask them not to block my job transfer."
"Are you leaving Shanhang?" Shi Lingling asked in surprise.
Xu Cang was helpless: "I was originally on a short-term secondment, isn't it normal for me to leave?"
"So where are you going, back to Blue Sky?"
"Tsk!" Xu Cang clicked his tongue. He felt that Shi Lingling was asking too many questions, and his relationship with her didn't seem to be that close.
Seeing that Xu Cang didn't want to answer, Shi Qi smiled and asked, "Xu Cang, I want to know too."
"This..." Teacher Shi asked, and Xu Cang couldn't hide it anymore. Anyway, there was nothing worth hiding: "Teacher, there will be a new airline in Erhai Lake soon, and I should go there."
"An airline company in Erhai? Why haven't I heard of it?" Shi Lingling thought for a long time but couldn't think of any news about building an airline company in Erhai.
"It hasn't been listed yet. We are very short-handed. Why are we still making any moves?"
Shi Lingling asked, "Is it your airline?"
Xu Cang thought for a moment and said, "You could say that."
Shi Lingling's eyes lit up: "How about I help you manage the marketing department?"
"ah?"
When this proposal came out, Xu Cang almost jumped up. His first thought was to reject it, but then he thought again, this was really a brilliant move.
What does the marketing department do? One is to buy tickets, that is, sales strategy. Many experienced people can do this. Another is to coordinate the interests of other airlines and authorities, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
Although Shi Lingling is annoying, she has been interviewing senior executives of major airlines in an official capacity for a long time, and she has experience in the regulatory department. She is simply the perfect person to coordinate the relationship between all parties. If Shi Lingling were to be the marketing manager, it would be hard to find a job even with a lantern.
"We are a small company, but we offer such a high salary." Xu Cang said pretentiously, but in fact he was very happy: "Also, if you join our company, you must give up your job in the bureau. You must understand this."
According to regulations, it is not allowed to work in a company, especially a private company, while holding a public office.
"I know that. I also want to see what you can achieve in the future based on your ideas." Shi Lingling said seriously, "As for the salary, you can give it as you see fit. I don't really care."
Shi Lingling herself is not short of money, she simply wants to see how high Xu Cang's future will be.
Yesterday on the sea dam, Xu Cang's bold words declaring that he would carry the burden of an era were still ringing in Shi Lingling's ears and could not be shaken off.
She knew that Xu Cang was very powerful, but when she saw it with her own eyes, Shi Lingling was still terrified by the incredible arc he completed.
"Just give it to me as you see fit, okay?" Xu Cang nodded, neither saying yes nor no.
But when Xu Cang finished speaking, Shi Qi followed up with, "Xu Cang, are you still short of a captain?"
Xu Cang was stunned: "Teacher, what do you mean, are you coming over too?"
"Erhai Lake is too far away. If Lingling goes there, I will definitely go there too." Shi Qi said.
"But instructor, you came from Airbus. If you switch to Boeing, your flight experience will not be recognized."
Now Xu Cang only planned to operate Boeing aircraft in the new airline. If Shi Qi wanted to come and fly Boeing, even if he was a top-level instructor, he would have to start all over again. Xu Cang could not accept Shi Qi coming to be a Boeing trainee no matter what.
However, Shi Qi smiled and said, "Xu Cang, you don't know. I didn't come from Airbus. I started out flying Boeing. I was hired as a captain on a Boeing model, and then I switched to Airbus. If I switch back to Boeing, although I won't be able to keep my instructor qualification, I can still serve as a solo captain."
"But it's a pity to be demoted from a Class C instructor to a solo pilot all of a sudden."
Shi Qi didn't care: "It's good to have a captain flying. I'm old, why should I care about these things? If you don't mind, I can talk to Guoda Airlines. My quota has been coming up a long time ago. I'll apply, and the flight department won't make it difficult."
Although it is difficult for domestic pilots to change jobs, it is not necessary to sue. For some large companies, a small number of normal job-hopping quotas will be released in rotation every year.
As long as it is your turn and you report to the company, the company will not make it difficult for you, and you can change companies normally. Shi Qi obtained the relevant qualifications a long time ago, but he was too lazy to change places. Now it is useful.
"No, no, how dare I!" Xu Cang said hurriedly, "The resources of the Xinhang driver team are already insufficient, so it's great that you can come here, instructor."
Xu Cang thought about it and realized that his trip to Shandong Airlines was quite fruitful. With Xian Tong, the ground instructor who had been agreed upon before, Shi Lingling, Shi Qi, and Wu Taiming who could be recruited later, the company's framework was basically in place.
Just when Xu Cang was about to say something, his cell phone suddenly rang. He didn't recognize the number, but he answered it anyway.
As soon as the call was connected, an old voice came from the other end: "Xu Cang, it's me, Chen Jinwu! "
"Mr. Chen!" Hearing that it was Mr. Chen's voice, Xu Cang quickly signaled to Shi Qi and ran to another room to answer the phone: "Mr. Chen, have you arrived in Shanghai?"
"Yes, yes, we just settled down." Chen Jinwu said with a smile, "But as soon as I settled down, I heard that my friend had done something earth-shattering again."
Xu Cang was not surprised at the speed at which Chen Jinwu obtained the information about 9451. He smiled and said, "He almost met the King of Hell, how can it be earth-shattering?"
"My dear friend, even the God of Hell would not accept such a great man." Chen Jinwu smiled even more: "I don't have anything to do. I asked someone for your phone number. I heard that you sounded very energetic, so I felt relieved."
Xu Cang felt warm in his heart. He didn't expect that Mr. Chen still cared about him so much.
Just when Chen Jinwu was about to hang up, Xu Cang suddenly remembered something: "Mr. Chen, there is something I want to ask you. If it is inconvenient, you don't have to answer."
Chen Jinwu also became interested: "It's so mysterious, tell me about it."
"Mr. Chen!" Xu Cang considered his words for a moment, "That is... Is AVIC interested in building an Airbus assembly plant in Tianjin?"
