Chapter 165: The sky falls! Doom is coming!
In the open space in front of the Jianchuan Blue Sky Aviation Base building, Xu Cang and Si Weimin chatted for a while, mainly about the leasing of aircraft. Although Xu Cang had a general impression of Muhua Airlines, after chatting with Si Weimin this time, he felt that the helmsman of Muhua Airlines did not have the arrogant attitude of a superior, but was like a kind elder.
"I saw that Ma Cheng posted your recruitment information on the bulletin board of our Muhua headquarters. Xu Cang, you are really amazing. You have controlled Ma Cheng so well that he can do this kind of thing for you." Si Weimin said with a smile.
Xu Cang made no secret of his evaluation of Ma Cheng: "He fears power but not virtue."
Before, didn't Ma Cheng's view of Xu Cang be the same as that of the marketing manager? Didn't he realize how terrifying Xu Cang was after the 9451 incident and gradually began to reduce his hostility towards Xu Cang?
But speaking of it, Ma Cheng is a man who can bend and stretch, and has an extremely strong character.
"Are you saying that Ma Cheng is a villain?" Si Weimin did not feel offended by Xu Cang's low evaluation of Ma Cheng, because he also felt that Ma Cheng was such a person, and it was obvious that Si Weimin had a relatively high tolerance for Xu Cang.
In ancient times, there was a saying that barbarians are beasts who fear power but not virtue. This is the origin of fearing power but not virtue, which shows how low the evaluation of this sentence is.
"Grandpa, you said that." Xu Cang rolled his eyes, unwilling to respond.
"Okay! Ma Cheng is indeed useful as a subordinate, but he should not be allowed to be the leader who makes the final decision. He is indeed short-sighted." Si Weimin said: "Your recruitment information will be posted at Muhua headquarters for a longer period of time. As long as you can persuade those who are interested and give reasonable compensation, we at Muhua will not stop you."
If some ground personnel want to leave, there is naturally no obstacle. But if pilots want to leave, they must be given appropriate compensation. This is a common rule in the industry, and at least no one can change it so far.
However, Si Weimin said that it was a "reasonable" compensation, so Xu Cang felt relieved. He was afraid that Muhua Airlines would blindly quote an exorbitant price. Xu Cang had heard that some ruthless airlines could quote a captain nearly 10 million yuan, which was really outrageous.
Xu Cang was busy thanking him: "Grandpa, our Spring Airlines is just a small workshop now, and we are short of manpower, so we were forced to go to Muhua to find some emergency personnel. When everything is back on track later, we will not do this again."
Even if Si Weimin agreed, this open poaching behavior was still not very nice. Since Si Weimin was very generous, Xu Cang still had to adjust his attitude and not do anything to gain an advantage.
"Nothing, it's common for people to change their minds. If they want to leave, just follow them. Besides, our Muhua's staff structure is indeed a bit bloated, and it's not a good idea to lay off people. You can help to absorb some of them, and we can help each other. However, if you develop well in the future, we may still have the opportunity to cooperate." Si Weimin did not hide his admiration for Xu Cang: "You even thought of the name of the airline. Spring Summer Airlines? Is it related to Spring Summer Travel?"
"Yes, we may rely on the offline network of Chunxia Travel to sell air tickets in the future."
Si Weimin was a big shot of what rank. He understood Xu Cang's intention immediately. "Yes, it would be a waste if we don't use the relationship with a boss who used to be a senior executive of Spring Summer Travel. You should work hard. Maybe you can really find another way in China. In any case, the current civil aviation is out of touch with the people. If you can create a civil aviation model that the general public can afford, it will indeed be a groundbreaking feat."
Si Weimin squinted at the sun, feeling a little tired, and tapped his cane: "Okay, that's it. I'll send someone to talk to you about renting a plane later. I'm leaving first. I'm old, and I really need to accept my age."
"Take care, old man." Xu Cang saw a car parked not far away, which should be the one to pick up Si Weimin.
"Well, go and do your own thing." Si Weimin turned around and prepared to leave. As he turned around, he saw a beautiful figure coming in from the door. He trembled and blurted out: "Linglong?"
"Huh?" Xu Cang was startled and looked in the direction of Si Weimin's gaze. Sure enough, a young woman was walking towards him from not far away. When she got closer, Xu Cang clicked his lips. Why did he feel like he had seen this person somewhere before?
When the woman came closer, Xu Cang saw her face clearly and immediately realized that she was the chief stewardess on Flight 9451.
"It's you?" Xu Cang was slightly surprised. Thinking of the word Linglong that Si Weimin had just called out, Xu Cang immediately thought of a possibility. He whispered to Si Weimin, "Grandpa, could this be your granddaughter?"
"Yes, she is my granddaughter." Si Weimin pulled Si Linglong to his side and said, "How come you came to Jianchuan without telling me, little girl? I had no idea."
Si Linglong was wearing a black windbreaker, which made her skin look even whiter than cream.
"Grandpa, didn't you tell me you were coming to Jianchuan?" Although Si Linglong was talking to Si Weimin, her eyes were fixed on Xu Cang.
Xu Cang really didn't expect that a flight attendant of Guoda Airlines would be the granddaughter of the chairman of Muhua Airlines. The relationship between them was really complicated.
He coughed twice, and quickly recalled that he didn't seem to neglect this rich girl on Flight 9451, so he felt slightly relieved and forced a stiff smile: "Hello... Hello."
Seeing Xu Cang's restrained look, Si Linglong was very calm and generous. She blinked and said, "Brother, at least we have been through hardships together. There is no need to be so formal."
Xu Cang wanted to say that we should be more polite, but since Si Linglong had said so, he couldn't refuse her and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that the granddaughter of the chairman of Muhua Airlines would work at Guoda Airlines."
"It was because of my grandfather's relationship that if I worked at Muhua Airlines, there would be too many flies. So I used my connections to get a job at Guoda Airlines, and then I was assigned to Shan Airlines for a period of time. I didn't expect to encounter the 9451 incident. It was really amazing."
"Is it wonderful?" Xu Cang never thought that 9451 was wonderful, so he could only laugh dryly: "Then what are you doing here?"
Si Linglong did not hide it, but asked playfully: "Brother, are you going to take bus 9951N back to Erhai Lake later?"
"Yes!" Xu Cang nodded subconsciously, but he quickly reacted and asked with a little surprise: "How did you know?"
"Because I also want to take this flight to go to Erhai Lake."
Xu Cang was puzzled: "Can you add units when you transfer the machine? But, what are you doing at Erhai Lake, traveling?"
"Of course not." Si Linglong said, "I heard that you are recruiting people, including a chief steward. I think I should be a good fit."
"This..." Xu Cang was speechless for a moment. Si Linglong was the chief stewardess, and they also needed a chief stewardess. These two points were a perfect match, but Xu Cang didn't want Si Linglong to go there from the bottom of his heart.
The small temple at his Erhai base cannot accommodate Si Linglong's huge Buddha.
However, Xu Cang couldn't refuse in person, as it would be too embarrassing. If a rich lady like Si Linglong went to the Erhai Base and took a look, she would probably want to back out, so there was no need to worry too much.
"Of course you are welcome." Xu Cang looked at his watch and said, "Grandpa, I have something else to do. I will leave first."
After saying that, Xu Cang slipped away quickly.
Looking at Xu Cang's receding back, Si Weimin said with a smile: "It looks like you scared him quite a bit."
"I'm not a monster with green face and fangs, why should he be afraid of me?" Si Linglong snorted in dissatisfaction: "Grandpa, you didn't say anything weird when you met him just now, did you?"
"Me." Si Weimin laughed heartily: "I just asked him if he was willing to be my grandson-in-law. Is that a weird question?"
Hearing this, Si Linglong's face turned red and she immediately cried out, causing Si Weimin to laugh out loud. He thought that it was a good decision for him to come to Jianchuan this time.
…
After leaving the Jianchuan base, Xu Cang went straight to Yuanye Pharmaceutical in the airport work area. He did have the idea of escaping, but he had something to do, which was to check on the situation of Rapamycin in Yuanye Pharmaceutical.
This was Xu Cang's second time visiting Yuanye Pharmaceutical's factory, but this time he was already the second largest shareholder of Yuanye Pharmaceutical, although as the second largest boss he didn't really have any control over the business.
After coming here, Xu Cang went straight to Liu Jinxin's office and found that Liu Jinxin was now ruddy and had a carefree smile on his face. It can be seen that the abundant financial situation during this period has made him relax a lot. Especially when Xu Cang just came in, Liu Jinxin was still humming a little tune.
"It looks like the progress of rapamycin is very good." Xu Cang pulled a chair and sat down opposite Liu Jinxin: "How is the status of rapamycin now?"
Liu Jinxin was radiant at the moment. He raised a finger and said with a smile: "I think it is necessary to correct your statement. It's not that the progress is very good, but..."
As he spoke, Liu Jinxin took out a small medicine bottle from the drawer, which contained a transparent liquid. Xu Cang was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed: "It worked?"
"It's already in the final stages, and the funds you provided are quite sufficient. If it doesn't work out, it will be unfair." Liu Jinxin laughed and was in a very happy mood: "However, we still need to think about the marketing promotion."
Xu Cang took the small medicine bottle from Liu Jinxin and played with it lovingly, because this was his mother's hope.
"I don't care about the marketing. You can handle it yourself." Xu Cang lowered his head and kept paying attention to the small medicine bottle: "Are the procedures for this medicine complete? Can it be used clinically?"
Liu Jinxin knew why Xu Cang was so concerned about rapamycin, and immediately said, "In one month, at most one month, all the formalities can be completed."
"Okay, okay, okay!" Xu Cang put down the small medicine bottle and said "Okay" three times in a row. This was the happiest news he had heard since his rebirth.
After thinking for a while, Xu Cang said to Liu Jinxin again: "Once all the procedures for this medicine are completed, my mother will be the first user. However, you have to go to Weiyang with me. I'm afraid the doctor won't believe me."
Although the medical community is not big, rapamycin is still too cutting-edge. Xu Cang was afraid that if he put rapamycin in front of his mother's attending physician, the doctor would think he was a lunatic.
Liu Jinxin is the head of Yuanye Pharmaceutical after all, and he is still a little famous in the circle. His appearance can dispel the concerns of many doctors. Now his mother is in a hurry, and Xu Cang can't wait for rapamycin to be rolled out in the market and become famous before using it on his mother.
"This is a small matter. I'll be there whenever you call me." Now that rapamycin no longer needs his attention, it is not difficult for him to accompany Xu Cang to Weiyang.
Liu Jinxin continued, "I feel that the market for this drug should be very good. After we recover the initial R&D costs and reserve the next round of R&D funds, I plan to start lowering the price. Xu Cang, what do you think?"
Liu Jinxin originally wanted to promote rapamycin to the general public. However, due to the reality, they must first recover the cost and accumulate enough funds for the research and development of the next drug. Therefore, the price of rapamycin will not be very low at the beginning.
But later on, Liu Jinxin still wants to lower the price of rapamycin so that more people can use it.
Xu Cang knew what Liu Jinxin was thinking when he first met him. He was somewhat aware of this person's thoughts, so he was not very surprised. He came from the future, so he naturally knew that the market prospects of rapamycin were quite explosive, and it was the first choice of immunosuppressant for various organ transplant surgeries. If Liu Jinxin was unwilling to lower the price, then even after a long time, this drug could still make them huge profits.
However, Xu Cang still agreed with Liu Jinxin's idea. He nodded and said, "Just take care of it yourself. Just remember one thing, the prerequisite for realizing your dream is to survive first."
Xu Cang was afraid that Liu Jinxin was too conscious. However, judging from the fact that Liu Jinxin knew to recover the cost first and reserve funds for research and development, he was still sober.
"Of course I know that." Liu Jinxin took the small medicine bottle that Xu Cang put down. He had to keep it well. He just put it away and thought of Xu Cang's mother, so he asked, "Xu Cang, where is your mother going to have the surgery?"
"Maybe go to Shanghai." Xu Cang said.
Hanjing and Shanghai are the best places for medical resources in China. However, his mother is in poor health now, so it is not suitable for her to travel long distances. Shanghai is close to their hometown, so it is relatively convenient.
"In Shanghai. Do you know any good doctors?"
Xu Cang shook his head: "Where can I find connections?"
Even though Xu Cang has some abilities in the civil aviation circle, he really has no way to find a good doctor for himself.
"You still have to find the candidate for surgery yourself, don't just go with whoever the hospital arranges for you."
When Xu Cang heard what Liu Jinxin said, he immediately realized what was going on and asked in surprise, "Do you have a way?"
"I guess so." Liu Jinxin took out a note, wrote something on it, and handed it to Xu Cang: "This is my teacher in college. His martial arts skills are amazing. If you can find him to help, you can save a lot of worries."
Xu Cang took it and looked at it. There was a name and a series of numbers on the note, which should be a phone number.
"Xu Ruxing?" Xu Cang whispered, "Where is he now?"
"Han Jing..." Liu Jinxin said, "However, he has retired. Whether you can get him to agree to perform surgery on your mother depends on your ability."
Xu Cang asked: "Aren't you his student? This relationship..."
Speaking of this, Liu Jinxin blushed: "You should understand the teacher-student relationship in college. My face may make him willing to meet you, but the rest is not up to me."
"Oh!" Xu Cang understood it quickly. Yes, the teacher-student relationship in universities is generally weak, so it is normal for Liu Jinxin to say so.
"Hanjing." Xu Cang thought about it in his mind. After finishing some important matters at hand, it seemed that he would have to go to Hanjing.
…
While Xu Cang was planning the Hanjing plan, in a small restaurant near the Hanjing Civil Aviation Administration, Lian Zhili, Director of the Policy and Regulations Department, and Chen Jinwu were sitting together. In front of them were three dishes and a soup, all of which were home-cooked meals.
Just now, the representative of Airbus finally confirmed that they agreed to cooperate in building an assembly plant in Tianjin within three years and signed the final agreement. In this way, the project has finally been settled.
After the agreement was signed, Lian Zhili and Chen Jinwu did not like the large celebration party organized by AVIC, so they went to this small restaurant to eat some snacks.
Lian Zhili drank by himself, enjoying himself: "Old Chen, you are amazing this time. Some time ago, when you told me that there would be new progress in the project of the Tianjin Assembly Plant, I thought you were talking nonsense. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, it would be done like this."
"This should become one of your major political achievements, and there is hope for further progress in the future," Chen Jinwu said with a smile.
"Well, being able to get things done is my only wish. As for promotion, I'll just take things as they come." Although he said this, Lian Zhili's expression was a little uncontrollable. It was obvious that he was happy from the bottom of his heart.
After drinking another glass of wine, Lian Zhili asked curiously, "Old Chen, how did you make this happen? This method is good."
"How can I do that?" Chen Jinwu waved his hand, put down his chopsticks, and said solemnly: "It just so happens that this matter has been settled. I have to tell you something here. "
Lian Zhili, who was already a little drunk, saw Chen Jinwu's serious look and felt a little nervous: "Old Chen, what's the matter?"
"Xu Cang, you know?"
Lian Zhili nodded: "Of course I know, the pilot of 9451, right? What happened?"
Chen Jinwu sighed: "He was the one who took care of this."
"What?" Lian Zhili exclaimed, "He has such great power. Isn't he just a pilot? Does he have connections?"
Chen Jinwu shook his head: "No, just an ordinary family."
"It's impossible. A child from an ordinary family can influence Airbus's decision-making. The Tianjin Assembly Plant project has been under discussion for several years, but it has not been finalized. How can he get it done?"
"So, the young are to be feared." Chen Jinwu's face became more serious: "But even such a good child has to suffer difficulties from your bureau."
"This..." Lian Zhili's expression froze. He certainly understood what Chen Jinwu was referring to. To be honest, the bureau had not been very kind in dealing with Xu Cang before, but this matter was very complicated and could not be generalized.
Chen Jinwu looked at Lian Zhili who was silent, and said softly: "I know that the relationship at the General Administration is also very complicated. Xu Cang's matter may be the action of a small group of people, but it is undeniable that it has caused great trouble to Xu Cang. A long time ago, Xu Cang intended to promote the project of the Tianjin Assembly Plant, but what happened in the end? You have chilled his heart."
In fact, Chen Jinwu's writing style here is a bit Spring and Autumn style. Xu Cang did not want to promote the project of the Tianjin Assembly Plant a long time ago, but only came up with this purposeful idea after the 9451 incident.
However, Chen Jinwu's slight modification immediately raised Xu Cang's awareness.
When Lian Zhili heard this, he was already in the wrong, and now he felt even more ashamed. His face turned red, and he didn't know if it was because of the alcohol or the shame.
"The situation is so pressing, there is really no other way." Lian Zhili had no choice but to say. But it was obvious that he himself felt that this answer was not justifiable.
"Alright!" Chen Jinwu did not continue to scold Lian Zhili, but said casually: "Don't let your internal struggle affect others. Xu Cang suffered such a great injustice, but he still pushed this project forward. What a broad mind."
Lian Zhili nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, you are right about this. We will find a way to compensate him later."
"What compensation? The greatest compensation for him is to stop him from being influenced by your bureau." Chen Jinwu snorted, "You are gods fighting, and mortals are suffering. Who knows, there will be more in the future."
"But in China, he must be controlled by us, this is..." Lian Zhili suddenly thought of something and slammed the table, "By the way, if he becomes a flight commissioner of ICAO, the impact will be much smaller in the future. However, this is not something I can decide, it's not easy to handle."
"Then who makes the decision on this matter?" Chen Jinwu said calmly.
Lian Zhili waved his hand and said, "The directors of each department and the meritorious pilots will discuss and decide. Oh, it's not that I don't want to help, it's really difficult. He is just a co-pilot, and the directors of other departments probably won't agree. Moreover, Xu Cang has had a lot of unpleasant experiences with many meritorious pilots, so his chances are slim."
Chen Jinwu was waiting for this sentence and coughed: "How can you jump to conclusions without even asking around? Xu Cang has helped you achieve such a great political achievement, you should at least do nothing about it."
"Is that so?" Lian Zhili scratched his head awkwardly, thinking that this seemed to be the truth: "Okay, I'll go ask them later."
"What if those people have no objection?" Chen Jinwu asked.
Lian Zhili said naturally: "If they have no objection, I will just do them a favor."
Chen Jinwu was delighted, but his expression remained calm: "That's pretty good."
"Oh, but I don't think many people will agree." Lian Zhili took a bite of the food and said, "By the way, since Xu Cang has made such a great effort, don't you have any expression from AVIC?"
Chen Jinwu took a sip of tea and said, "The preliminary plan now is to give Xu Cang 20% of the profits within three years after the factory is built, and then reduce it to half after three years."
AVIC's idea was that Xu Cang had advanced the completion time of the project by three years, so the share ratio in the first three years would be much larger, and the share in the later stages would be reduced.
Even though it's only half done, it's still a considerable number.
"Twenty percent? The decision-makers at your AVIC are so generous." Even Lian Zhili felt shocked. With a 20 percent profit, are the leaders of AVIC all gods who are detached from this world?
"Great achievements will be rewarded handsomely, isn't this normal?" Chen Jinwu glanced at Lian Zhili, his meaning was self-evident.
"That's enough, that's enough. You are the only ones with a high level of awareness." Lian Zhili waved his hands helplessly.
Chen Jinwu smiled and said, "By the way, the tests of Daocheng 777 are still normal now."
"Yes!" Lian Zhili began to eat his food in silence: "Just waiting for the date to arrive, what's the matter?"
Chen Jinwu suppressed his smile and said, "Nothing, just asking casually."
…
By the afternoon, Xu Cang had packed up and went to the airport. He would take flight 9951N back to Erhai Lake. Si Linglong was also traveling with Xu Cang.
The granddaughter of the chairman of Muhua Airlines seemed to show an unusual interest in Xu Cang, which made Xu Cang very helpless.
This time, Xu Cang's security check was a little different, because Xu Cang directly threw his license to the marketing manager. He didn't want to use his boarding pass to go through security check, so he simply contacted the duty manager of the tower in advance and asked for a pass to Jianchuan Airport.
Previously, due to the 747S2 switch incident, Xu Cang was basically the reborn parent of the duty director of the tower control room. Without Xu Cang, the duty director's career would have been cut off from further development.
Later, this person also took the initiative to find Xu Cang several times. This time, Xu Cang just asked him for help. As expected, Xu Cang quickly got a 24-hour temporary pass.
After a while, Xu Cang planned to register a company and then transfer his work relationship to the new company. In this way, he would be truly free.
When Xu Cang and his companions were on the plane and everything was clear so they set off for Erhai Lake, on the control tower, Director Liu was looking through the glass at flight 9951N taxiing on the taxiway.
Behind him, the assistant also looked at the plane with Director Liu, and asked casually: "Director, is the airport pass you asked me to get just now for Xu Cang?"
Director Liu put his hands behind his back and just hummed.
"Isn't he a pilot? He has a boarding pass, so why does he need our help to get an airport pass?"
Director Liu smiled and said, "If he wants to break free and be comfortable, he will naturally erase everything related to that company."
At this moment, flight 9951N has begun to enter the runway under the command of the controller and is about to take off.
"Xiao Wang, my appointment has come down. I will take up the position at the end of this week. From now on, I will hand over this place to you." After overcoming many obstacles, Director Liu's appointment was finally approved. Soon he will be promoted to work in the Air Traffic Control Bureau as he wished.
Unlike before, this time the appointment has been confirmed, and except for some extremely special circumstances, there will basically be no changes.
The assistant nodded: "Director, I will do my best."
"Hmm!" Director Liu saw that Flight 9951N had already taken off and felt that there was nothing to see. He squinted his eyes and scanned the entire airport, then became bored and decided to go back and sit down. Even though he was about to leave his post, Director Liu still had some feelings for this position where he had worked for many years.
Since the departure direction of 9951N was rather special, the aircraft had to turn left after takeoff and fly back to the airport before departing. But just as the aircraft was approaching the airport again, Director Liu, who had just turned around, suddenly saw the tower controller's face suddenly change.
He asked casually, "What's wrong?"
"Director!" The tower controller pointed at the radar screen: "9951N has an emergency code!"
Director Liu was stunned: "What did you say?"
Before Director Liu could figure out the situation, the assistant beside him suddenly patted him on the shoulder and said, "Director, look up at the sky!"
"What?" Director Liu turned his head and looked out the window again. Following the instructions of his assistant, he suddenly discovered that there was a black object falling rapidly from the sky.
"What... is this?" As Director Liu was shocked, the unidentified object was moving faster and faster, and finally fell straight out of the tower window and hit the ground below the tower hard.
Even in the control room at the top of the tower, Director Liu could still hear the loud rumbling sound.
He immediately went forward and looked down from the window, and clearly saw a huge iron plate inserted vertically into the ground. Director Liu's face suddenly changed. Even without careful confirmation, he seemed to be able to tell what this iron plate was.
"What is this?" The assistant squinted his eyes and looked down, still feeling scared. If this thing hit the tower, the consequences would be disastrous.
Just as the assistant was trying to figure out what it was, Director Liu said with a pale face, "Xiao Wang, that looks like... the elevator, the elevator of an airplane!"
