On the glass trestle of the Yangcheng Muhua Air Base building, Ma Cheng half-closed his eyes. The wind from the trestle made his eyes dry. He held a cup of coffee in his hand and drank it slowly, looking very comfortable.
The gentle morning sunlight fell on Ma Cheng, making him feel extremely comfortable and lazy. Somehow, Ma Cheng had a feeling that this was also a good thing.
"I've really been slacking off." Ma Cheng immediately suppressed the idea of ​​being lazy. He didn't know why, but he had been feeling tired recently, and even wanted to retire and enjoy life at some point.
Just when Ma Cheng was feeling worried about his distracting thoughts, someone patted him on the shoulder. When he turned around, he saw it was the smiling Liu Minxue.
"What good thing has happened to you? Look how happy you are." Ma Cheng took a sip of coffee and glanced at Liu Minxue.
Recently, due to the difference in work philosophy between him and Liu Minxue, Ma Cheng even felt that it affected his personal friendship with Liu Minxue. Liu Minxue had not been so happy in front of him for a long time.
Liu Minxue laughed: "You just saw something very interesting on the bulletin board on the first floor."
Ma Cheng raised his eyelids and asked, "What is it?"
"Recruitment for Erhai Base!" Liu Minxue was overjoyed: "Who is so bold as to allow another company's recruitment poster to be posted in our company?"
Ma Cheng snorted: "There are so many people in our company who are just eating and waiting to die. Wouldn't it be a good idea to send some of them out?"
"Does that mean you admit that it was you who instructed this?" Liu Minxue walked to Ma Cheng, leaned against the railing, and looked at Ma Cheng curiously: "What on earth are you thinking about?"
Logically speaking, if it weren't for the instruction of a senior manager like Ma Cheng, how could the recruitment posters of other companies appear on the headquarters bulletin board? But Liu Minxue didn't quite understand what Ma Cheng meant, and who exactly was the Erhai base that could make Ma Cheng break the rules.
Ma Cheng rubbed his eyes and said, "There's a shortage of people over there, so I helped him out with reluctance."
"You can help others?" Liu Minxue was even more curious: "Who is that person? He just marked an Erhai base, but who is it? He didn't even mention the name of the airline."
Ma Cheng was immediately unhappy: "I can't help others, so I can only harm others. It was Xu Cang who asked me to help. It seems that he has set up an airline in Erhai Lake."
"Erhai Airlines, how come I have never heard of it?" Liu Minxue asked curiously.
"It seems to still be affiliated with Blue Sky Airlines, but Xu Cang seems to want to become independent."
At this time, it can be seen that Ma Cheng is a meticulous person. Xu Cang did not mention the independence from Blue Sky Airlines, but Ma Cheng could tell from the conversation with Xu Cang.
Originally, the recruitment information Xu Cang sent to Ma Cheng mentioned the Erhai base of Blue Sky Airlines, but Ma Cheng deleted it on his own initiative. In fact, Xu Cang wanted to do the same, but just writing the Erhai base would make people feel a little bit trifling. However, Ma Cheng marked under the recruitment poster that those who are interested can go to the secretariat of the strategic department for consultation and registration, which is equivalent to using himself as a guarantor, so he is naturally full of credibility.
Although Liu Minxue had many channels, he would not take the initiative to inquire about things that he did not care about. It was only now that he learned from Ma Cheng that Xu Cang was going to set up an airline.
"This guy is quietly setting up his own airline. Where does he get so much money? Can't you see it?"
The few times Liu Minxue met Xu Cang, he felt that Xu Cang was just a kid from an ordinary family. Apart from his skills, there was nothing special about him. So why did he want to set up an airline?
Ma Cheng replied weakly: "It seems that he hooked up with the girl named Qin from Chunxia Travel."
Liu Minxue took a moment to react before seeing Qin Xin's face, and then smiled knowingly: "Xu Cang is a handsome guy, I didn't expect him to be so popular. But why are you so easy to talk to? He asked you to help, so you helped."
Ma Cheng threw the empty coffee cup into the trash can beside him, looking a little disappointed: "I take back my previous evaluation of Xu Cang. What he can do is completely beyond the limit of a pilot."
Liu Minxue was surprised: "What's wrong with him?"
"Although I don't know why, he knows the cause of the accident of flight 9451. Because of this, we gave him the quota of the airline in Jianchuan Base. Rongcheng Airlines will revoke the title of meritorious pilot that I applied for previously."
"The airline quota of Jianchuan Base was given to Xu Cang?" Liu Minxue thought thoughtfully: "No wonder, the manager of Jianchuan Base came to the headquarters just now and seemed to be making a lot of noise."
If the Jianchuan base can be upgraded from an aviation base to a branch, then all the leaders within the base will have their positions promoted to varying degrees, which will involve the interests of many people.
But it was clearly a done deal, but the headquarters suddenly went back on its word, and the expectations for large-scale promotions were dashed. Could the manager of the Jianchuan base not come and ask for an explanation?
"Otherwise, how could he become independent from Blue Sky Airlines?" Ma Cheng was not worried about the resentment of the people in Jianchuan Base. It was just a base. Even if they were wronged, they could complain, but if they really wanted to make trouble, they would be ignorant of the consequences.
The Strategy Department is the backbone of Muhua Airlines. The manager of Jianchuan Base is more perceptive. He must have found out that the order to remove the quota of Jianchuan Base Airlines came from the Strategy Department. But he did not come to the Strategy Department to seek an explanation, but went to the Flight Department. There is a reason for this.
The leaders of Jianchuan Base were full of resentment, and the manager had to pretend to be righteous even though he knew he could not get an explanation. But the Strategy Department was a king of hell that could not be provoked, so he chose the Flight Department, which was relatively easy to provoke.
The flight department is made up of our own people, so it's easy to cooperate with each other in acting. As long as we put on a good show, we can explain ourselves when we return to Jianchuan. It's the best of both worlds.
So, those leaders may look stupid sometimes, but they are actually very smart and smooth, and we can't take it for granted.
"He was the one who handled 9451, right? He was an eyewitness, so maybe he knows some special details?"
Ma Cheng said coldly: "But he clearly knew but he didn't tell anyone, not even the bureau. Instead, he used it as a bargaining chip to gain benefits. He is different from before."
Liu Minxue echoed, feeling deeply moved: "He is indeed different."
Xu Cang was aware of the much-publicized 747S2 switch accident in advance, and in order to ensure safety, he confronted his own vice president of maintenance head-on.
Since the 747 was wet-leased by Muhua Airlines, Liu Minxue knew more details. To be honest, when he heard about this, he sincerely felt that Xu Cang was really too upright.
In the past, Xu Cang would have told everything he knew after getting off the plane, but now Xu Cang knew to keep it to himself.
For some reason, Liu Minxue felt a little relieved.
"By the way, there has been no progress at all in the investigation of the 9451 incident. Didn't FDR find it?"
Ma Cheng felt upset when he heard this: "So what if we found it? There is still no clue at all."
“Where’s the CVR?”
“No more.”
“Gone?” Liu Minxue didn’t quite understand what Ma Cheng meant: “What do you mean by gone? Aren’t FDR and CVR together? There’s no problem with FDR, so how could there be a problem with CVR?”
At this time, Ma Cheng showed a strange smile: "So Xu Cang has changed."
Liu Minxue's mind moved: "Do you suspect that Xu Cang deleted the cabin voice record?"
"What else? Everyone knows it, but there is no evidence, so they just turn a blind eye." Ma Cheng smacked his lips, "But even if there is evidence, it's useless. He is a hero who turned the tide, how can a hero have flaws? Also, I heard that the Airbus assembly plant project in Tianjin has made progress again."
Liu Minxue was stunned: "Hasn't that project been stagnant for many years?"
"But now there is progress, and it is substantial progress." Ma Cheng sighed: "This time is too coincidental. It is too easy to contact Xu Cang."
Liu Minxue asked back, "Are you saying that Xu Cang is still doing business with Airbus? But the Tianjin Assembly Plant project is not a joke. It's a huge bargaining chip. Is Airbus going to hand it over so easily?"
To be honest, Liu Minxue could understand the internal logic of Xu Cang's deal with Airbus. After all, Airbus itself must also hope to resolve the 9451 issue as soon as possible to lift the ban on Airbus 320.
But the Tianjin Assembly Plant project is too important. Even if Xu Cang makes this a condition, Airbus will still have some hesitation. How can it agree to it so smoothly?
"Perhaps Xu Cang has some tricks we don't know about." Ma Cheng patted the railing. "What a powerful boy! He used the 9451 incident to play Airbus, our Muhua, and Rongcheng Airlines around. However, I don't quite understand why he wants the Tianjin Assembly Plant? This is a national-level project with very strict supervision. Even if it is completed, the benefits he can get from it are actually not that great."
"Maybe he made an exchange with other people in exchange for the Tianjin Assembly Plant?" Liu Minxue guessed.
Ma Cheng fell into deep thought for a moment: "But who is it with, and what are they exchanging?"
Looking at Ma Cheng with a frown on his face, Liu Minxue reminded him: "Don't think about it, you can't figure out his thoughts. As expected, geniuses are geniuses. As long as they are willing, many things are actually not secrets in their eyes. So, you choose to be friends with him?"
"Perhaps the future belongs to him. Even if we are not good friends, it is necessary to stop the tension between us."
In fact, when Xu Cang suddenly asked Ma Cheng to help post recruitment information on Muhua Airlines that morning, Ma Cheng really thought that Xu Cang had something wrong with his brain.
Can you help outsiders to undermine your own foundation?
But after coming back, the more Ma Cheng thought about Xu Cang's actions, the more he felt that Xu Cang was really terrible. He looked harmless before, but that was because Xu Cang was too idealistic, or too saintly.
But now it was different, Xu Cang started to fight for his own interests. Just from the accident of 9451, Xu Cang had gained huge benefits. This method was too shocking, and even Ma Cheng felt that it was more frightening than Xu Cang's flying skills.
After thinking it over, Ma Cheng felt that Xu Cang's request was not a big deal. Muhua Airlines did have a lot of redundant personnel, and if they could assign a group of them, it would be a good signal to Xu Cang, and they could also cut the extra labor costs, which was quite good.
Moreover, Muhua Airlines has the final say on who can be released. If it finds that a good candidate wants to leave, it can stop him, so that the real high-quality talents will not be lost. As for those mediocre people, Muhua Airlines can have as many as it wants, and Xu Cang has no regrets at all.
But on second thought, perhaps when Xu Cang made this seemingly outrageous request, he had already anticipated that he would weigh the pros and cons and then agree to his request.
If this is true, then Xu Cang's ability to control people's hearts is truly terrifying. I feel like a puppet on his strings, at his mercy.
"Yes, that's the truth." Liu Minxue agreed with Ma Cheng's words. Suddenly, he remembered something: "Has Airbus's 380 been officially approved? Does the company intend to purchase it?"
If the information disclosed in Airbus's project book is true, the double-decker, four-engine giant Airbus 380 will become the world's largest civil aircraft, capable of carrying more than 800 passengers at a time.
If you know that the Boeing 747, which is also a giant aircraft, can only carry 500 passengers at most, the difference between the two is quite big. Originally, Airbus could not compete , but if the Airbus 380 comes out, it will reverse the decline and the entire wide-body aircraft market will usher in huge turmoil.
At this moment, it is time for each airline to consider how to make a decision.
Since Muhua Airlines has previously introduced a number of Airbus aircraft, it would be a natural thing for it to introduce the Airbus 380 later.
"There is a high probability that they are interested." When talking about his serious work, Ma Cheng's expression immediately became serious: "From the current market research, people's expectations for this aircraft are very high, and the expectations are very good. And the 747... is too old, it's time to change to a new aircraft."
It has been more than 30 years since the first 747 was put into operation. Even though Boeing has made many upgrades to the 747, it still cannot cover up the old nature of the 747.
People always like new things and dislike old things, and this is no exception when it comes to choosing aircraft. Moreover, the preliminary market research for the Airbus 380 was surprisingly excellent, so choosing the Airbus 380 was a natural thing to do.
"Well, that's a nice plane indeed."
Just as the two were talking, Ma Cheng's cell phone suddenly rang. He took it out and took a look. His eyelids moved slightly. It was Xu Cang's number.
"Who is it?" Liu Minxue didn't try to hide it and just stretched his head to take a look: "Xu Cang?"
Ma Cheng did not hesitate and quickly answered the call. Soon Xu Cang's voice came from the other end: "Mr. Ma, thank you very much. Our family has received a call for consultation."
In the terminal, Xu Cang looked through the glass at the plane that was still boarding passengers. He felt a little uncomfortable after preparing for the cockpit, so he ran to the terminal to use the bathroom while the passengers were still boarding.
As soon as the results came out, I received a message from Qin Xin, saying that she had received a lot of consultation calls from job seekers this morning, and some of them claimed to be from Muhua Airlines.
Xu Cang immediately understood what was going on! In the recruitment information provided by Xu Cang, there was a contact method for the Erhai base, but he didn't expect that there were so many people interested.
"They are all trivial matters. There is no need to call specially." Ma Cheng still had a stern face and spoke in a flat tone.
"It is still necessary. After all, we are short of people." Xu Cang looked at the passengers who were about to board. He looked up and saw a news report about the Airbus 380 project being broadcast on the TV hanging in the terminal. Xu Cang suddenly smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, I would like to ask if Muhua is interested in the Airbus 380 aircraft?"
Ma Cheng was stunned: "You still care about this?"
"Just asking."
Ma Cheng replied indifferently: "This involves the decision-making secrets of our company. I have no interest in telling you, an outsider, right?"
To be honest, Xu Cang's question was indeed a bit rash, which made Ma Cheng a little unhappy.
But Xu Cang's next words made Ma Cheng unable to remain calm any longer: "Then tell me something you are interested in! Mr. Ma, in return for your help, I would like to give you a sincere suggestion."
Ma Cheng felt a little uneasy: "What?"
Xu Cang's calm voice rang out: "Don't touch the A380!"