Chapter 152: The confrontation between aviation engine giants!
In the office of the vice president of operations of Jianchuan Blue Sky Airlines, Luo Yong was looking at a message sent by the authority, which required all airlines to conduct special inspections of their aircraft in the near future, especially the engines.
There is no doubt that the cause of this message is naturally flight 9451. The message emphasizes that not only Airbus aircraft, but all other types of passenger aircraft must be thoroughly inspected.
Luo Yong put down the report and scratched his hair, which was already very thin. When he put his hand down, he pulled out two more hairs. Luo Yong brushed the two hairs on his hand into the trash can beside him with a distressed look. He pointed at the report irritably and instructed Lu Jinghua across the table: "Distribute the requirements of the bureau. Oh, and tell the special maintenance and support department. You have to be careful this time and don't think of perfunctory work."
Since the removal of Yu Fengtian, the vice president of maintenance, Blue Sky Airlines has not proposed a new vice president of maintenance. Some matters that require decision-making are handled by Luo Yong first, and when it comes to relatively professional matters, others will provide Luo Yong with professional advice.
At first, Luo Yong was quite proud of himself. He was now the vice president of both operations and maintenance. But two powers meant two responsibilities, and Luo Yong regretted it after only a few days. Not to mention whether he could handle the workload, his hair looked like it would collapse first.
Lu Jinghua picked up the bureau's message, glanced at it, and nodded: "I'll pass it on."
Luo Yong looked at his sparse hair in the small mirror beside him, and even twirled it a few times, then casually said, "It's the off-season recently, and there are not many flights. This is a good opportunity to take a good look at the situation of the planes. In a while, it will be the summer travel season again, and then the flights will be crowded."
"Yeah, I understand that."
"By the way, Shandong Airlines said that a plane fell into the sea?" Luo Yong glanced and said, "Is it Xu Cang's fault again?"
Lu Jinghua's breath was choked, and he laughed dryly: "I'm not sure about this."
Luo Yong sneered, "Come on, forget it. Didn't we go to Qizhou earlier? I heard that there were more than 20 people on the plane who wanted to sue him. Do you think this guy deliberately flew the plane into the sea to settle a personal grudge?"
"No... not really?" Lu Jinghua's first thought was that he didn't believe it, but thinking about Xu Cang's fearless character, there might still be a one in ten thousand possibility.
Luo Yong slapped the small mirror on the table and yawned: "It's hard to say."
Lu Jinghua tucked the message under his armpit, hesitated for a moment, and said to Luo Yong: "Boss Luo, Director Li called me yesterday and said that Xu Cang will be transferred out of Shandong Airlines in the future..."
A trace of surprise flashed across Luo Yong's eyes: "Are you coming back?"
Director Li is the representative of National Airlines in Blue Sky Airlines, but he basically doesn't care about anything. But he is still a shareholder representative, so Lu Jinghua still has to listen to what he says, especially since he represents the opinions of National Airlines.
Although NTU Airlines' shares in Blue Sky Airlines mean it will not influence relevant decisions, it still needs to give the airline some face.
"No." Even Lu Jinghua himself was a little surprised: "Not coming back to us, but going back to another airline. Director Li meant for us not to be embarrassed when the time comes."
Luo Yong raised his eyelids and said, "What do you mean? Let us release them. Are we going to go to Guoda Airlines?"
As for Xu Cang, Luo Yong probably has never seen anyone better than him in his entire life in terms of his ability to cause trouble. He alone has caused more trouble than all the pilots of an airline company tied together.
However, Xu Cang's technical ability is harder than diamond. If he doesn't like to cause trouble, he is definitely a top technical talent. Could it be that Guoda Airlines is looking for talent? It is reasonable for Guoda Airlines to accept Xu Cang, a monkey, with its background.
"Shouldn't it be?" On the contrary, Lu Jinghua didn't think Xu Cang would go to Guoda Airlines. Xu Cang was a free-spirited person. He had mentioned to him more than once that he didn't like Blue Sky Airlines. He also said that all crows are black. With such a proud person, would he just change an airline and then continue to be bound?
Moreover, apart from other things, Guoda Airlines is still open and aboveboard. If they wanted Xu Cang, they would not be so secretive and would have made it clear to them long ago. Since Director Li, the representative of Guoda Airlines, clearly said it was another airline, it was most likely not Guoda Airlines.
"What's wrong with that?" Luo Yong actually didn't care much about Xu Cang. This guy was too troublesome, and Blue Sky Aviation was too small to withstand his troubles.
Lu Jinghua did not leave immediately, but considered his words and said, "Boss Luo, I may have to leave later."
Even when talking about Xu Cang, Luo Yong didn't have much emotion, because he felt that once Xu Cang left Blue Sky Airlines, he would never come back. Luo Yong had no interest in caring about people who had no relationship with him in the future.
But Lu Jinghua is different. Although Luo Yong is the top person in charge of the entire flight system, in fact, Lu Jinghua is responsible for many things. In the past few years, Lu Jinghua is considered to be the best general manager of the flight department. Luo Yong doesn't want his capable people to leave.
Luo Yong took control of his situation and pretended to be calm: "Is there another company offering you a high salary?"
"No, I wanted to leave on my own." Perhaps because he was afraid that Luo Yong would not believe him, Lu Jinghua added, "Mr. Luo, if I left because another company offered me a high price, I would have left a long time ago and would not have waited until now."
Luo Yong nodded, agreeing with what Lu Jinghua said. Lu Jinghua was very capable and had a good reputation in the industry. Other airlines had contact with Lu Jinghua. Luo Yong knew of three airlines, one of which was opposite to Blue Sky Airlines.
Everyone in the industry knows that if you want to poach someone, you must offer a higher price. Over the years, those airlines that were interested in Lu Jinghua were always able to offer a price that would satisfy ordinary people, but Lu Jinghua never showed any desire to leave.
Luo Yong's emotions fluctuated slightly: "Is there something in the company that makes you feel uncomfortable? Is someone making things difficult for you?"
"Not really." Lu Jinghua confessed embarrassedly: "Boss Luo, I'll be frank with you. Xu Cang said that he would set up a new airline in Erhai Lake in the future, which will be based on Miss Qin's Erhai Lake base. Boss Luo, you also know that I have been getting less and less satisfied here in the past few years. I still hope to regain the feeling of hard work before, rather than continue to stay here and rot and stink."
To be honest, Lu Jinghua's dissatisfaction was not in his promotion. Whether it was technical level or administrative level, Lu Jinghua was promoted very quickly.
But Lu Jinghua was a man with certain ideals. The higher he got, the more he felt that Blue Sky Airlines was full of corruption. He had no ability to change all this, so he became less and less interested in it, and it was completely different from the spirit he had when he first joined Blue Sky Airlines.
Luo Yong certainly understood what Lu Jinghua meant, and he could see that Lu Jinghua was just coping with his work and had no enthusiasm. But Lu Jinghua was very capable, and his attitude towards work alone could handle the affairs he had assigned in an orderly manner.
"Jinghua, I know you can't stand seeing those dirty things, but you have to know that other places are the same. If you want to solve it in another place, it's impossible."
However, Lu Jinghua seemed to have made up his mind: "Boss Luo, I believe in Xu Cang. At least I am willing to fight with Xu Cang. When Xu Cang leaves later, I will also hand in my resignation letter. Boss Luo, you shouldn't make things difficult for me, right?"
Luo Yong's face suddenly turned livid. He waved his hand and said, "Go away, go away, all of you. It's just two people. I don't care if you want to leave!"
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At the Hanjing Civil Aviation Administration, Ma Cheng hung up the phone with a sullen look on his face. Beside him, the representative of Rongcheng Airlines hurriedly asked, "Mr. Ma, what did Xu Cang say? Do you know the reason?"
Ma Cheng put the phone into his pocket, his eyes gleaming. He didn't know how to explain to the representative of Rongcheng Airlines. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'm going to meet Xu Cang and learn about the situation in person."
"Let's talk in person?" The representative of Rongcheng Airlines was no fool. When he heard what Ma Cheng said, he knew that Xu Cang must know something. He probably had some conditions to negotiate. He was also an ant on the hot pot at the moment, and immediately said, "Mr. Ma, when are you leaving? I'll go with you."
Ma Cheng did not refuse: "Of course the sooner the better. I'll go back and pack up, and then check the flight to Jianchuan. I'll let you know when there's news."
"Okay, okay!" The representative of Chengdu Airlines nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Then you go and do your work. I'll talk to my family."
Transferring from Hanjing to Jianchuan was not part of the planned itinerary, so I had to explain this to my family no matter what.
Ma Cheng hummed, and left in a hurry. Just as the representative of Rongcheng Airlines was about to make a phone call, a figure flashed by his side. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Wang Baotian.
Wang Baotian stayed in the hospital in Qizhou for a few days. After being discharged, he came to Hanjing because of the 9451 matter. Unexpectedly, he met his old boss.
Wang Baotian has been flying for Chengdu Airlines for most of his life, and even won the highest honor of Meritorious Pilot during his time with Chengdu Airlines. However, Chengdu Airlines later switched to operating Airbus aircraft, and even in recent years has become an all-Airbus fleet.
Wang Baotian had no place to stay, so he went to Shandong Airlines a few years before his retirement.
Although Shandong Airlines appears to have been established only a year ago, its actual history is much longer. To be precise, it has been more than a year since the current Shandong Airlines was reorganized.
Wang Baotian left because of the company's transformation, and there was no major grudge between the two parties. So, after seeing Wang Baotian, the representative of Rongcheng Airlines smiled and greeted him: "Teacher Wang, why are you here?"
"Isn't it the 9451 incident some time ago? Didn't you come here because of that?" Wang Baotian sighed.
"Oh, yes! I remember now, you were up there at the time." The representative of Rongcheng Airlines looked a little embarrassed. "Instructor Wang, we met in Hanjing, so I should have invited you to reminisce about the past. However, I have something urgent to do, so I may have to leave Hanjing soon, so I can't treat you."
Wang Baotian said hurriedly: "It's okay, it's okay, these are all trivial matters. So, what's the urgent matter?"
"Go find someone." The representative of Rongcheng Airlines was a little absent-minded. There was no other way. Rongcheng Airlines was already on the verge of collapse. How could he really have the mood to reminisce with Wang Baotian?
Wang Baotian was a little curious: "Looking for someone, who?"
"It seems we have some connection, instructor." The Rongcheng Airlines representative's eyes lit up: "Xu Cang, it's Xu Cang!"
Wang Baotian was stunned for a moment, then he shouted in a nearly broken voice: "No!"
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In a coffee shop in the terminal building of Erhai Airport, Xu Cang sat at a table with two people from IAE, while Qin Xin and Chen Huaxin sat at a table a little further away.
Xu Cang looked at the two white men in front of him with great interest. One of them had muscular body and eyes like bells, and seemed to be a bodyguard. The other one was elegant, not very old, and dressed very elegantly. This person should be the one in charge.
Sure enough, the younger man smiled and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Tim, from IAE..."
The guy named Tim spoke Chinese with a very strong accent, and Xu Cang needed to react a little to understand. The big guy next to him never said a word, and didn't take off his sunglasses. People who didn't know him would think he was a sculpture.
"Okay, okay, I don't understand the organizational structure of your foreign company. It doesn't mean much to me if you mention a position. Just tell me what you want to talk to me about."
"Mr. Xu is really straightforward." Tim didn't feel embarrassed at all. On the contrary, he appreciated Xu Cang's straightforward speech. Since it was already said, he didn't try to hide it. He immediately stared at Xu Cang with burning eyes: "Mr. Xu, the recent Flight 9451 incident in your country was manipulated by you, right?"
Xu Cang knew that this kind of thing could not be hidden, so there was no need to conceal it. He hummed and said, "It's me, what's wrong?"
Tim's eyes lit up. "There are rumors that it was caused by an Airbus engine explosion. Your CAAC has also recently issued a no-fly order. Is this true?"
Xu Cang squeezed half of his face and said, "Don't you all know this? These are not difficult to find out. You came here just to verify the authenticity. Are the people at IAE so idle?"
"No, we do know, and the information is very detailed." The IAE representative was a little excited: "The engine exploded... According to the information we received, our technical department speculated that there must be a defect in the engine itself..."
Xu Cang frowned: "What on earth do you want to do? Stop talking nonsense."
"Mr. Xu, our IAE is the world's third largest aircraft engine company..."
Xu Cang had already lost some of his patience. Why did this foreigner beat around the bush? "I know what your IAE company does. Now I want to know why you are looking for me. I have something important to do. If there is nothing important, I have to go get busy."
"No, no, Mr. Xu, don't be anxious. This time we have a big matter to discuss, a very big matter." The IAE representative hesitated, and then said, "Mr. Xu, we learned that you have made a deal with Boeing and want the blueprints of the 737NG. Recently, we learned that your country is going to develop large aircraft on its own. Could it be that Mr. Xu is a patriotic person with lofty ideals?"
Xu Cang leaned back in disgust. Why did the words "people with lofty ideals" coming from a white person sound more and more weird the more he listened?
However, he was not surprised that his transaction with Boeing was known to IAE, because IAE has shares in Pratt & Whitney, and Pratt & Whitney has a deep cooperation with Boeing in the field of engines, so the two must have some private channels of contact.
Tim's idea is very simple. If the blueprint of 737NG is important, then it is certainly important. However, without the national power to develop it, it is just a piece of waste paper.
It just so happened that this timing coincided with the start of the independent research and development of domestic large aircraft, which was indeed a coincidence.
Of course, this was Tim's guess. However, he was lucky enough to understand Xu Cang's inner thoughts. He was planning to hand over the blueprints of the 737NG to the country.
Although Tim did not elaborate on his purpose, Xu Cang had already tasted the flavor. IAE was the third largest company in the field of aircraft engines, and the company above it was CFM, and they were in direct competition in the field of Airbus 320.
In this way, things seem to become much clearer.
"You guys are not trying to drag me into dealing with CFM, are you?" Xu Cang asked tentatively.
Tim laughed. "It would be a shame if we don't make good use of this golden opportunity. Mr. Xu, you don't have to show up. Just tell us some details about the engine problem. The more detailed the better. We have plenty of ways to make a big deal out of this matter."
Xu Cang also laughed: "But the investigation results haven't come out yet."
"Why must it come out? Are facts important? Isn't it all about media propaganda? No matter what it is, as long as it is repeated a hundred times, people will think it is true."
Xu Cang took a deep breath and said, "You guys really want CFM to die!"
