The day after Xu Cang was reborn, Blue Sky Airlines conducted a route evaluation for him because of his poor performance in the early stage. If the result of the route evaluation was barely acceptable, the company would continue to give him a chance, but if the result was too bad, he would be forced to transfer to a ground position.
The inspector in charge of the route evaluation at that time was Instructor Wang Qiang. As a result, Xu Cang had no problem in the oral interview and even surprised Instructor Wang Qiang a little. However, during the subsequent practical flight, during takeoff, Xu Cang actually caused the plane to scrape the tail.
If Xu Cang had not accidentally solved the problem of Feiyu Airlines' dual-engine stalling, he would probably have switched to a ground position or taken up other professions.
The plane that Xu Cang was asked to wipe the tail of was 1566. At that time, Xu Cang felt that there was something wrong with the plane. However, at first, most people just thought that Xu Cang was making excuses for his operational errors. Later, when Xu Cang was performing a flight, he flew to 1566 again. That time, the captain also encountered the problem of abnormal nose lifting, which was really thrilling. However, fortunately, the process was a bit scary, but nothing serious happened.
In view of this, Blue Sky Airlines did inspect 1566. However, no problems were found later. As a result, Xu Cang had a conflict with Yu Fengtian, the then vice president of maintenance, over whether 1566 should undergo a D inspection.
In order to solve the problem of aircraft 1566, Xu Cang even submitted a compromise plan, but it fell into oblivion and there has been no follow-up news.
Xu Cang was exhausted because of this plane, so he didn't care about it anymore and let it develop.
Unexpectedly, after all these turns, 1566 actually made himself fly again.
In Qin Xin's room, Xu Cang looked towards Qin Xin who was on the phone with a little hope. Qin Xin's face didn't look good after she said a few words, and she hung up the phone before Xu Cang could say anything.
"You finished talking so quickly?" Xu Cang was stunned for a moment: "What did Blue Sky Airlines say?"
Qin Xin shook her head: "No, they don't have a plane to change."
"How could there be no planes? The peak season is over now, so there should be a lot of empty planes. How could there be no planes to change to?"
Xu Cang checked the recent maintenance records of 1566 and found no obvious problems. But even so, Xu Cang still had a bad feeling about the plane and thought about changing it if possible.
As a result, she explained the situation to Qin Xin. Although Qin Xin didn't quite understand the professional terms that Xu Cang said, based on her trust in Xu Cang, she still called Blue Sky Airlines and requested to change the aircraft.
Then what happened now is that Blue Sky refused to change the plane.
Qin Xin said helplessly: "That's what they said."
"Whatever they say is what it is." Xu Cang didn't believe the nonsense of those people from Blue Sky Airlines. It was clearly the off-season, how could they not be able to move the planes?
However, Qin Xin said, "They said that the authority recently sent a message requiring airlines to conduct a detailed inspection of each aircraft in their fleet. It is indeed not the peak season now, but the idle aircraft are undergoing special inspections and maintenance."
"What the hell? Why are the authorities crazy enough to conduct an aircraft inspection?" Xu Cang has always been outspoken towards the authorities.
Qin Xin was used to this. She glared at Xu Cang and snorted, "It's all because of the 9451 incident. The engine exploded, so the authorities must ask all airlines to conduct special inspections on the aircraft. Is this hard to understand?"
"Ah? So the root of the problem is still my fault?"
Although it sounds a bit outrageous, the bureau's style of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause is not new. For example, if there is a problem of aborted takeoff, the entire civil aviation community will start learning about aborted takeoffs in the future. Before each flight, the leaders of the flight department and the safety and supervision department will go to the preparation room and select people to recite the relevant content of aborted takeoffs, and they need to memorize it word for word.
The meaning is the same, but if you don't say it in the way described in the manual, it's wrong, like a demon. Moreover, once this phenomenon is formed, it seems that pilots will have to rely on the theoretical knowledge of rejected takeoffs for a period of time in the future, and they will not care about anything else, just learn to reject takeoffs.
This is the atmosphere of domestic civil aviation! Most of the time when civil aviation has problems, people reflect on the problems not to improve themselves, but to deal with higher-level inspections. It's like pilots are dealing with the company, the company is dealing with the regional administration in its jurisdiction, and the regional administration is dealing with the General Administration.
This situation is not obvious now, but as time goes by, it will become more and more serious.
This is directly related to the idea of ​​Shi Lingling and his group that pilots are just obedient tools. They think that as long as all the details are well-defined and the pilots abide by the rules, there will be no major problems.
In order to allow pilots to act within their expected framework, they would even stipulate whether pilots should use their left or right foot to enter the preparation room. Moreover, in order to make pilots abide by their regulations, the penalty standards are fluctuating and they often impose the maximum penalty, as if the so-called reward and punishment standards are just a piece of waste paper.
In such a complicated and heavy penalty environment, after a long time, pilots' focus is not on flying well, but on not making mistakes. Compared with taking care of flight safety, they spend more energy on meaningless activities that are generated to comply with regulations.
We must know that human energy is fixed. If too much energy is occupied by other things, it is easy to make many low-level mistakes. This led to a period of time in later generations. Although the General Administration always talked about safety and conducted safety inspections thirteen out of twelve months a year, the number of unsafe incidents in civil aviation increased instead of decreasing. This is because there are problems with the thinking from top to bottom.
Of course, it is reasonable to only talk about the behavior of each airline to conduct self-inspection of its own aircraft due to 9451. However, it is still the off-season now. If it were the peak season, the airlines would probably be in chaos again.
However, this is a very understandable reason. But if this is the case, then wouldn't it be impossible for me to change the plane?
Seeing Xu Cang's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, Qin Xin's mood also became unhappy. She didn't know much about airplanes, so she could only ask carefully: "Are airplanes really dangerous?"
Xu Cang didn't know how to describe this problem, because from the actual inspection results, there was no problem with 1566. But from Xu Cang's intuition, he felt that the problem of this plane was just hidden deeply, not that there was no problem.
However, intuition is often unreliable. One cannot deny the existence of an airplane worth more than 200 million based on one's intuition.
"I'll take a look later." Xu Cang's answer seemed to be off topic. However, Qin Xin could tell that Xu Cang still hadn't given up the idea of ​​changing the plane.
That means Xu Cang's anxiety exists and cannot be ignored. And the anxiety will spread, especially for Qin Xin who is desperate to start a business.
Seeing that Qin Xin was visibly depressed, Xu Cang quickly mentioned the government subsidy to make Qin Xin happy.
"Do you know who I met when I was seeing off the passengers just now?"
Qin Xin knew that Xu Cang used two vehicles in the hospital to take the stranded passengers at the airport to the city, but she didn't know what happened next.
Even Xu Cang found it incredible when he thought of such an unexpected gain. He blinked and said excitedly: "I met the director of the city's Poverty Alleviation Office. He learned about our situation and told me that if the occupancy rate of a flight exceeds 70%, the fuel cost of this segment will be reimbursed by the government."
"Really!" As expected, Qin Xin was delighted when she heard the news: "Are you sure it's true?"
When Qin Xin first heard about this happy event, she felt it was a little unreal.
Xu Cang took out the note Hu Ming gave him: "He left me a number and told me to contact him when I'm free to talk about it in detail. He also told you to go there as well. Don't you have some connections with the local government? Can't you just ask and make sure?"
"Okay, I'll ask later." Qin Xin calculated: "Let's say we make these two trips today. If the gas money for the return trip can be reimbursed, then not only will we not lose money, we can even make some money."
Although it seemed that the Erhai government's willingness to provide subsidies to Xu Cang and his team was a pleasant surprise, in fact, Xu Cang was very happy, and the surprise was still within the normal range.
In later generations, many local governments have introduced preferential policies to attract airlines to settle in, so as to bring more outside population to the local area. Whether it is tourism or work, it can create economic benefits anyway.
The policy that Hu Ming mentioned, that fuel subsidies are only available when the occupancy rate reaches 70%, is already a relatively low level. In later generations, Xu Cang often heard that as long as the plane lands, one can get tens of thousands, regardless of whether there are passengers on it or not.
Some airlines can make a small profit just by receiving subsidies. However, this seemingly free money-taking behavior is actually mutually beneficial. The government is not stupid. As long as such preferential policies can continue, it means that the benefits obtained by the local area will be greater than the subsidy expenditure.
Moreover, this kind of preferential policy has actually promoted the development of many small cities and is a very good measure.
The current preferential policies given by the Erhai government are not very big. Firstly, they are limited by the local financial situation, and secondly, they also want to wait and see. Presumably, if Xu Cang and his team develop well in the future and bring more tourism consumption to the local area, the preferential policies will not only continue, but the intensity may be even greater.
Just like Xu Cang said before, they and the Erhai government are actually closely related. Now is not the time to emphasize the distribution of benefits, but how to generate benefits.
"When you feel you have time later, let's go meet him together. I think there will be more surprises." Xu Cang said with a smile.
Qin Xin nodded: "As soon as possible, let's implement the preferential policies as soon as possible."
"Yeah." Xu Cang patted Qin Xin's shoulder and said, "Okay, if nothing unexpected happens, it will be these two days. I'll be out first, I still have some questions to ask."
"About the plane? Xu Cang, is it true that the plane can't fly?"
Xu Cang said very easily: "Well, after several inspections, there is no problem. I can't say for sure. However, I will try my best to find a way to change the plane. I'll leave it to you. You don't have to worry about it. If possible, you should focus on communicating with Chunxia Travel and ask them to spread our ticket information."
Now Xu Cang's flight tickets are indeed sold through the channels of Spring and Summer Travel, but the scope is very limited. One of the main reasons why Xu Cang is confident that he can build an airline company is that he can rely on the sales channels of Spring and Summer Travel.
As a long-established domestic travel agency, Chunxia Travel’s sales channels are spread across the country like a spider web, and its strength is terrifying.
"Xu Cang, you have to know that the group is willing to help us buy tickets for some friendship reasons. To spread our tickets to the national sales network, it is a huge investment of resources. It is impossible to do it with my previous connections in the group."
"I know." Xu Cang said, "I will let them see our sufficient value. Let's accumulate a little bit, and then we will expand later."
Qin Xin was puzzled: "We have just started, and we don't have the funds to expand."
"It's okay. As long as we do well enough during this period, funds will come in." Xu Cang said, as if everything was under his control.
Qin Xin asked tentatively: "Xu Cang, you are not going to borrow money from the bank, are you? Besides, civil aviation is different from other industries. Aircraft, routes, and personnel must be matched. Without any one of them, there will be no benefits. Personnel and aircraft are okay, and spending money on them may have some effect, but routes need to be approved one by one. We can't bribe the people in the General Administration with money, right?"
"No, no, that's not possible." Xu Cang quickly waved his hand and said, "However, apart from anything else, I am confident that we can expand our routes in the near future, but we will have to invest more money in wet-leasing aircraft and personnel."
"Where did you get the route?"
Xu Cang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, we are all going through the formal channels. Let's divide the work. You are responsible for dealing with your old employer. I will be responsible for the route!"
Although Qin Xin didn't know where Xu Cang's confidence came from, she still agreed. Since the construction of the Erhai base, Xu Cang had basically helped to solve all the difficulties, so she had to contribute.
The spring and summer tourism line is difficult to handle, but it is not impossible to handle.
After leaving Qin Xin's room, Xu Cang went downstairs, out of the yard, and sat on a big rock at the door. The weather was very good today, and as long as he looked up slightly, he could see the Erhai Airport terminal standing quietly on the slope.
After a moment of distraction, Xu Cang called Luo Yong. Although Qin Xin had already asked for Blue Sky Airlines' opinion, Xu Cang still felt that he had to confirm it.
Soon the call was connected, and Xu Cang politely said, "Hello, Mr. Luo."
"Xu Cang, why did you call me suddenly?"
Xu Cang didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point: "Boss Luo, were you in charge of the plane that was assigned to us?"
"No, the specific aircraft to be dispatched is decided by the marketing department. Our flight department has no say in this." Luo Yong sensed something strange in Xu Cang's tone: "Is there a problem with the aircraft?"
Xu Cang's expression did not change much. Luo Yong's words were almost what he expected. Logically speaking, Luo Yong had suffered many losses at the hands of Xu Cang, and anyone with a normal mind would not deliberately disgust Xu Cang. Moreover, according to Xu Cang's experience, such matters seemed to be decided by the marketing department, and the flight department could only provide appropriate technical advice when needed.
When Qin Xin was communicating with Blue Sky Airlines just now, the call was made to the marketing department, but was quickly rejected.
"I don't know if there is any problem with the plane. I only know that the plane's license plate number is 1566."
"1566?" Luo Yong reacted for a moment and quickly figured out what this number represented: "The plane with the abnormal nose lift?"
Previously, Xu Cang rashly went to Yu Fengtian and hoped to thoroughly investigate the problem of aircraft 1566. In the end, Yu Fengtian not only ignored him, but also issued a special document requiring grassroots employees not to report incidents across departments.
For this reason, some people with bad intentions even defined Xu Cang as a nosy person.
Xu Cang smiled and said, "Boss Luo still remembers it. That's easy to say. What should we do now? Do you want us to fly this plane?"
"This..." Luo Yong didn't know how to answer for a moment. The key point was that he had no power to intervene in this matter. He was the person in charge of the operating system, but he had no management ability to decide which aircraft to send out.
Ultimately, which aircraft to dispatch depends on cost factors. If the marketing department calculates the cost and says that dispatching aircraft 1566 will generate the highest economic benefits, then this is the decisive opinion.
Xu Cang could roughly imagine how conflicted Luo Yong's expression was just by listening to his hesitant voice. He simply got straight to the point: "So, do you know why the people in the marketing department are making things difficult for us?"
"No, no, how could the marketing department make things difficult for you?" Luo Yong said quickly.
Xu Cang smiled and said, "We are not children anymore. Just because something is not said doesn't mean it won't happen. Let's just talk about it. I won't spread it around. Mr. Luo, what are you afraid of?"
Xu Cang had already mentioned this, so Luo Yong couldn't hide it anymore: "Xu Cang, your Erhai-Yangcheng air ticket price is more than 500, right?"
"Ah, what's wrong?"
"I'm telling you, you're breaking the rules. You set the ticket price so low, isn't this damaging the brand? The key is that you are now attached to our company name, which will indirectly lower our brand grade. Of course, the people in the marketing department will have opinions about you." Luo Yong finally told the truth: "Xu Cang, why don't you raise the ticket price, there won't be so many problems. Have you seen which airlines have taken the initiative to reduce prices since the authorities relaxed the control on ticket prices? There are none! We all have a tacit understanding that you are being immature and you will suffer in the future."
Hearing what Luo Yong said, Xu Cang's mood did not fluctuate at all. In fact, Qin Xin said that the plane could not be transferred because the idle planes were all under inspection and maintenance. But as long as it is not a major inspection, the time will not usually last long. Even if it is delayed for a few days, it can always be transferred. If you say that it cannot be transferred, it means you don't want to transfer it.
Xu Cang understood what Luo Yong meant, or to be more precise, Xu Cang had felt it before. Civil aviation practitioners in this era are like gods who drink dew and eat wind, and they cannot bear the worldly affairs at all. It is said that making money is not shameful, but they think that making money from poorer people is a shameful thing, as if the money of the lower class people has a low-end atmosphere.
Not only do they think so themselves, they are also afraid that their peers do not think so. Therefore, after the authorities lifted the price control of air tickets, the authorities intended to allow airlines to have greater pricing autonomy in order to expand civil aviation to all classes, rather than just a mainstream travel method for the upper class.
However, the airlines are all being arrogant and have no intention of letting go.
Of course, airlines are not completely unaware of the profit margins of further development. But as Ma Cheng said before, it is easy for high-end brands to decline, but to make low-end brands high-end, you have to work ten or a hundred times harder.
Airlines are not sure about the market and do not know how big the sinking market is, or whether it is necessary to give up their brand premium to compete in it.
However, at least so far, airlines still look down on the sinking market, and Blue Sky Airlines is one of them. Now the Erhai base nominally belongs to Blue Sky Airlines, and the aircraft paint used is also the logo of Blue Sky Airlines.
If Xu Cang keeps selling these low-priced tickets for a long time, it will give people the impression that Blue Sky Airlines is cheap, which is something Blue Sky Airlines does not want to see at all.
As a direct participant in brand planning, the marketing department really wanted to kill Xu Cang.
"You can't earn hard-earned money, but you don't allow others to earn it?" Xu Cang found it ridiculous.
"There are unspoken rules in society, and you have to abide by them." Luo Yong simply said, "Xu Cang, the marketing department is just trying to disgust you now. But I heard that you may not even be able to fly 1566 in the future."
Xu Cang's mind moved: "What does this mean?"
"The marketing department is very disgusted with your negative impact on the Blue Sky Airlines brand. If you continue like this, the marketing department will apply to sever cooperation with you." Luo Yong advised: "Once the cooperation is severed, 1566 will even be taken back."
Xu Cang's voice gradually turned cold: "Then the previous wet lease agreements were all blank papers?"
"The marketing department is willing to pay liquidated damages to terminate the cooperation. They are now discussing whether to do so. I feel it is very likely."
Xu Cang fell silent for a moment. Although he still planned to become independent from Blue Sky Airlines, and even got the quota to set up an airline from Muhua Airlines, it didn't mean that he was willing to become independent now.
The period of cooperation with Blue Sky Airlines is an extremely critical transition period. If this stage is directly cancelled, it will be a disaster for Xu Cang and others.
Let alone other departments, such as dispatch, flight medicine, operation control, and flight standards, which are closely related to flight, Xu Cang and his team don't have a complete one. If they were directly cut out by Blue Sky Airlines, they would be rootless and it would be difficult for them to survive.
"Okay, I got it. I'll remember it." Xu Cang hung up the phone and let out a long sigh. There was no special expression on his face.
Blue Sky Airlines wanted to cut off cooperation with them, which was indeed troublesome, but it was not irreparable. Of course, Xu Cang would not go to Jianchuan to beg for mercy. If Blue Sky Airlines wanted to cut off cooperation, then it would be cut off. Xu Cang was not someone who could be manipulated by others. Moreover, Xu Cang felt that if Blue Sky Airlines really lost its mind, it would be necessary to give it a warning afterwards.
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In the restaurant of a high-end hotel in Hanjing, Li Rongxian and Leo were having dinner, but the dining atmosphere did not seem very good, at least Li Rongxian looked very cramped.
Opposite him, his boss Leo was on the phone, speaking fluent French. Usually Leo spoke in an orderly manner, but now he spoke very fast and was a little excited, so Li Rongxian could not hear some words clearly.
About five minutes later, Leo hung up the phone and slammed the phone on the table, attracting the attention of people at the next table.
Li Rongxian suddenly felt bad. Leo rarely behaved so rudely, which showed that he was extremely angry. Under Leo's gloomy gaze, Li Rongxian didn't dare to say a word. The atmosphere between the two seemed strange and silent.
I don't know how long it took, maybe because he was no longer angry, Leo looked much calmer. After drinking the red wine in the glass, Leo took a deep breath and said to Li Rongxian in a deep voice: "Go find Xu Cang in person."
"Looking for Xu Cang, what do you want to do with him?"
Leo rubbed his temples, obviously still showing great resistance to what was about to be said: "Didn't you tell me before that Xu Cang's condition for revealing the cause of the engine explosion was the Tianjin Assembly Plant? Okay, agree to him!"
"What?" Li Rongxian really didn't expect his boss to say such a thing. Thinking of Leo's expression when he called just now, Li Rongxian thought of a possibility: "Has the higher-ups made a decision? They directly moved up the project of the Tianjin Assembly Plant, which would be a huge loss for us."
Leo was obviously very angry. Hearing what Li Rongxian said, he subconsciously wanted to pound the table to vent his anger. But just when his fist was about to hit the table, he controlled himself and drooped it down weakly: "He only said that within three years, although it is a bit troublesome, there is still time to buffer and reduce the losses a lot. The higher-ups have made a decision and will send someone to restart negotiations with AVIC soon. You go find Xu Cang and talk to him face to face. Remember , this is a matter that has already been decided. Don't have any personal emotions. Your task is to tell Xu Cang the decision from above in person, and then get the reason for the engine explosion from Xu Cang, and finally calm the incident down."
Li Rongxian just felt annoyed. He couldn't understand how Airbus could be fooled by a young boy. The Tianjin Assembly Plant was a big project. The leaders of Tianjin City and the senior executives of AVIC had talked their mouths off, but it was useless. However, Xu Cang actually let Airbus compromise.
This dealt a huge blow to Li Rongxian's self-esteem.
"Without him, can't we find the reason ourselves?" Li Rongxian said in a low voice.
"The engine exploded and parts are scattered everywhere. If we don't look for the cause purposely, it will take time. Many accident investigations take years. How long do you think we can wait? Is there any time to waste?" Leo spoke with gritted teeth. He felt aggrieved, but what else could he do?
"You know what? This is a very important civil aviation market in the world. Its every move will radiate to the surrounding areas." Leo continued: "Not long ago, Japan and South Korea have formally submitted a consultation letter to our company, requesting a response to the relevant reasons for the explosion of the engine of Flight 9451. How do you think we should respond? If there is no response, will JCAB and SRAA follow the example of CAAC and ban the Airbus 320 from flying? Do you think there is such a possibility?"
Li Rongxian lowered his head. He didn't say anything, nor did he dare to speak, but he knew that this possibility was absolutely possible.
If CAAC, JCAB, and SRAA issue relevant no-fly orders at the same time, then other civil aviation administrations in East Asia will probably follow suit, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Also! CFM recently clearly stated its intention to ask our company to resolve the 9451 incident as soon as possible."
Li Rongxian was really shocked. "Why is CFM getting involved?"
"The problem is with the Airbus 320 equipped with CFM56. This flight ban does not restrict the 320 equipped with V2500. Right after the flight ban was issued, many customers have requested to convert the power system to V2500. Why do you think they are involved?" Leo asked back, "Moreover, as far as CFM knows, IAE has contacted Xu Cang privately."
"What!" Li Rongxian couldn't hold it in any longer and stood up suddenly. "What does IAE mean?"
Leo motioned Li Rongxian to sit down and sneered, "Don't you understand? Take this opportunity to disgust CFM. Colleagues are enemies. If you don't add insult to injury, are they still enemies?"
Even though Leo is a foreigner, he seems to have a good understanding of Chinese culture and his speech is quite flavorful.
Li Rongxian sat down angrily: "Xu Cang has reached an agreement with us that the relevant content will not be disclosed."
"We can give money to Xu Cang, but IAE won't. Do they have no money?"
"IAE broke the rules, so why don't we hold them accountable?" Li Rongxian was furious.
Although IAE's behavior was certainly intended to target CFM, it also invisibly stabbed Airbus in the back. How could Li Rongxian not be angry?
Leo waved his hand and said, "Forget about settling the bill with IAE!"
"Why forget it? They are not the only aircraft engine manufacturer."
"But the Airbus 380 project has been approved, and the engine used is Rolls-Royce's Trent 900 engine. Have you forgotten that Rolls-Royce is the second largest shareholder of IAE?" Leo explained: "The basic framework of the Airbus 380 has been completed, and the power system cannot be changed. If we have a disagreement with Rolls-Royce because of the IAE issue, we will lose the big picture for the small."
"Doesn't the 380 have the Engine Alliance's GP7200 as an alternative power system? Is it necessary to stick with the Trent 900? The GP7200 uses the General Electric GE90 as its core engine, which has nothing to do with IAE."
Leo glared at Li Rongxian and said, "But the turbofan and low-pressure compressor of GP7200 are from Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce. They are the big boss and the second boss of IAE. Do you understand?"
The relationships among the world's aircraft engine manufacturers are complicated and intertwined. Any slight manipulation would involve a large network of relationships. That's why Airbus doesn't dare to really touch IAE. What's more, the weak spot of Airbus 380 is controlled by others. How can it be tampered with at will?
Li Rongxian cursed in a low voice, and after a long pause he said softly: "I understand, I will leave for Jianchuan tomorrow."
"No, it's better to leave tonight." Leo added: "We have someone who notified AVIC. I think Xu Cang will get the news soon. Don't keep him waiting for too long."
Li Rongxian let out a long breath, but the sound was slightly trembling, and his face was visibly irritable.
Perhaps to appease Li Rongxian, Leo said: "Boeing has stumbled on the 777 project. Even if the 777 is airworthy in the future, the setbacks in flight verification will reduce customers' confidence in the 777. At least in the future, our 330 can still remain strong. As long as the 380 is successfully produced, it can compete with the Boeing 747. In the field of wide-body aircraft, Boeing is no longer an advantage. Now is a critical moment. Don't lose the big picture for the small."
Li Rongxian slowly lowered his head and said in a serious tone: "Got it!"
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The next morning, at the apron of Yangcheng Airport, Xu Cang got off the plane yawning, wearing a reflective vest and went down to refuel.
It was already past nine o'clock, but there was still a chill in the Yangcheng Airport, causing Xu Cang to shiver uncontrollably.
After agreeing on the amount of gas with the gas station attendant, Xu Cang felt the phone in his pocket vibrate. After walking away and keeping a safe distance, he took out his phone and saw that it was a call from Chen Jinwu.
Xu Cang did not think much about it and answered the call smoothly. Before he could say anything, Chen Jinwu's excited voice came from the other side: "Xu Cang, Xu Cang, how did you do it? Airbus said that they intend to advance the project of the Tianjin Assembly Plant. They said that they will implement the project within three years!"
Xu Cang was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted. It seemed that Airbus compromised faster than expected.
"That's great!" Xu Cang didn't say much: "It went better than I thought."
"How did you do it? Airbus is so difficult to talk to. Why are they so reluctant now?" Although it was only two or three years earlier, it was a huge surprise to Chen Jinwu. He just wanted to know how Xu Cang managed Airbus.
There were some things that Xu Cang was not very willing to tell Chen Jinwu, so he just said casually: "Is it difficult to talk to Airbus? I feel like they are quite easy to talk to."
"You little brat!" Chen Jinwu knew that Xu Cang was just talking nonsense, but he didn't ask any more questions. Everyone has their own methods, so there's no need to get to the bottom of everything. Changing the subject, Chen Jinwu talked about business: "I called you this time to tell you the good news, and also to tell you what we agreed on before. Now that you've done the job, what do you want?"
Xu Cang thought about it, and this time he did not refuse. He organized his words a little: "Mr. Chen, this matter is a bit complicated. Please listen to me and explain it slowly."
As he spoke, Xu Cang briefly recounted his encounter with Shi Lingling, how the meritorious pilots led by Wang Baotian wanted to deprive him of his title, and what happened to Flight 9451. He also mentioned the matter of the ICAO commissioner.
If it were someone else, Xu Cang might still hesitate whether to be frank or not, after all, he had his own selfish motives in this matter. But Chen Jinwu was different, he was a sincere and trustworthy person, Xu Cang believed that Chen could understand his difficulties.
On the other end of the phone, Chen Jinwu digested Xu Cang's words for a while, and he quickly understood what Xu Cang wanted. He confirmed, "Xu Cang, you mean that you need the support of the Director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the General Administration, right?"
Xu Cang admitted it naturally: "That's what I mean, Mr. Chen!"
"I understand. You are ambitious and don't want to be bound by others. You want to be free. I can understand that." Chen Jinwu said quietly, "Don't worry, since I promised you, I will take care of this matter. When the Tianjin Assembly Plant project is finalized, I will definitely go to Hanjing as a representative of AVIC. By then, the Director of the Policy and Regulations Department will definitely come over. I will find time to talk to him about it."
Xu Cang quickly reminded him, "Mr. Chen, I heard that the director of the Policy and Regulations Department is a bit...stubborn, so when you mention me, please...polish it a little."
If I tell the Director of the Policy and Regulation Department my thoughts, it will seem too purposeful and may cause discomfort. Therefore, I need to embellish my words a little.
"I understand, I understand! Don't worry, my friend. I know this little trick of speaking and I will definitely get it done for you." Chen Jinwu laughed.
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Chen." Xu Cang thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Chen, if you can meet the Director of the Transportation Department of the General Administration, remember to say a few good words for me in front of him. I will be very grateful!"
Chen Jinwu was puzzled: "What's your relationship with the Transportation Department?"
Xu Cang did not hide it: "I have set up a small airline. I think I need to leave a good impression on the director of the Transportation Department when I apply for routes in the future. It may help with route approval in the future."
The Transport Department is the main department in charge of route approval in the bureau. Anyway, keep the good impression first, no matter whether it is useful or not.
"You are a very thoughtful kid. I've got it in mind." Chen Jinwu didn't care much about Xu Cang's request. It wasn't a big deal anyway. "As for the additional compensation you will receive after the completion of the Tianjin Assembly Plant, my initial idea is to take out a portion of the profits from the Assembly Plant and give it to you regularly as dividends. However, the specific method of doing this still needs to be discussed. I can't decide on my own."
"There are dividends?" This was a real pleasant surprise. Xu Cang had never thought about this from the beginning.
"Of course, I'll let you know when it's settled later. You've put in so much effort, so a profit share is nothing." Chen Jinwu said with a smile, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore, get busy, I'm hanging up!"
After Chen Jinwu hung up the phone, Xu Cang put away his phone with a smile, his heart was filled with sweetness. Although he had encountered some bad things recently, there were more good things at least.
"Could it be that my luck is about to change?"
Xu Cang took the fuel bill and boarded the plane. He went into the cockpit, clipped the fuel bill, and sat in the right seat. Since Xu Cang had slept through almost two flights on the last flight, he took his seat at the beginning of today's flight.
"Are you so happy just to get gas?" Mo Shangyun felt something was going on just by looking at Xu Cang's silly smile: "What happened? Tell us so we can have fun together?"
There was no way he could talk about this, so Xu Cang quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I'm just having a good time. Oh, customers are coming, customers are coming, I won't say any more, let's get back to work!"
Seeing that Xu Cang refused to speak, Mo Shangyun did not ask further questions, but asked another question: "Will you come when the plane takes off?"
"Hmm? Teacher, are you tired?" Xu Cang asked while adjusting the release frequency.
Mo Shangyun was so angry that he laughed: "You are really lazy, kid. I can't let you fly unless I'm tired. Do I deserve to be the one flying all the time?"
Xu Cang scratched his head in embarrassment. He had indeed instinctively started to slack off. When he saw Mo Shangyun getting angry, he immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Teacher, don't worry. I'll fly. Isn't it okay for me to fly?"
As he spoke, Xu Cang switched the main switch of F/D to his side.
"However, if it is 1566, the plane is rising abnormally, so we still have to be careful." Instructor Mo warned.
Xu Cang casually pulled the steering wheel and said, "I checked the records of the plane in front of me, and there is no problem. I don't think my luck is so bad that I can encounter such a low-probability event. It's not the plane's problem, nor is it my problem, but the problem of God."
Teacher Mo was amused when he heard this: "I think you should go to the temple to burn some incense to get rid of the bad luck. It's quite necessary. Don't you think so, Xu Cang?"
Just when Xu Cang pulled the steering wheel slightly, it was obviously just a small movement, but outside the plane, the elevator of the plane produced a very obvious movement.
The change of the elevator was totally incompatible with the movement of Xu Cang's control wheel. However, Xu Cang was completely unaware of the change of the elevator in the cockpit.