"Xu Cang, do you really want to do so much? Yes, for engines, yes, for domestic large aircraft, now even the number of seats and grades are clearly divided, is it necessary to plan so much?"
Yi Feng could understand many of Xu Cang's practices, and even empathize with them, after all, the two of them had many of the same goals. However, Yi Feng did not expect Xu Cang to think so much, and he had already planned the two most important grades of domestic large aircraft in the future, those with less than 200 seats and those with 200 to 300 seats. This was beyond description.
Based on the 737, we will develop a domestic large aircraft with less than 200 seats. Based on the 757, we will develop a domestic large aircraft with 200 to 300 seats. Qin Xin once revealed that Xu Cang felt that the mainstream civil aviation market would only focus on these two grades, and the future of giant civil airliners was too uncertain and would not be involved in the short term.
"A lot?" Xu Cang said with a smile: "Not much at all. Now is the time to accumulate. You will feel tired and risky, but when the harvest begins in the future, everything will come naturally."
Yi Feng still felt that Xu Cang had spread his business too wide. "You don't even have a mature plan for domestically produced aircraft with less than 200 seats. How can you allocate resources to fight on two fronts? That's right, AVIC now has the 737NG drawings you provided. But it doesn't mean that we can replicate a 737 model with the drawings. There are many other things involved. Why don't we focus on the market with less than 200 seats first, and after we have established a firm foothold in that market, we can then enter the market with 200 to 300 seats. Isn't that safer?"
Xu Cang's behavior now is no longer about eating from the bowl while looking at the pot. Yi Feng is afraid that Xu Cang will make a wrong step and lose everything.
"Yi Feng, you don't understand! It's not that I don't want to reduce the risk, but time waits for no one. You are right about one thing. Even if the 757 is not a successful model, Boeing will not sell the 757 production line under normal circumstances. Even if Boeing is willing to sell it, it will be a sky-high price that we cannot afford."
"Then you are still planning on 757!" Yi Feng was so excited that he almost stood up, attracting the attention of the customers nearby. Yi Feng immediately realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly restrained his emotions and deliberately lowered his voice: "You are just going to the tiger mountain knowing that there is a tiger there."
The dark glint in Xu Cang's pupils contained the deepest thoughts: "We only have this one chance. Soon the 757 will be at its lowest point in the eyes of Boeing's top management. Moreover, since Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, many of Boeing's management have been replaced by former McDonnell Douglas employees. Boeing has begun to lose its previous engineering culture. They have begun to value finance and stocks. Selling a complete production line for a certain model has never happened in Boeing's history. Only by seizing this opportunity can we accomplish this unprecedented feat and swallow up the entire 757 production line."
"Xu Cang, are you really not kidding?" After Xu Cang said these words, Yi Feng finally understood Xu Cang's determination.
Once words are spoken, they cannot be taken back!
It seems that Xu Cang is really going to take over the entire 757 production line.
Xu Cang not only pointed out the potential of the 757 platform, but also had a clear understanding of its transformation direction. Now, Xu Cang even said the reason for acquiring the 757 production line.
That's right. As far as Yi Feng knows, the former McDonnell Douglas executives mentioned by Xu Cang have indeed begun to move into Boeing. Just over three years ago, Boeing swallowed up another aviation giant, McDonnell Douglas, which seemed to be a lone enemy. However, in Xu Cang's eyes, although Boeing eliminated a major competitor, the McDonnell Douglas it swallowed was like a cancer that had begun to develop into a lesion in Boeing.
"Yi Feng, the biggest lesson for mankind is that we never learn from it. Boeing thinks it has defeated McDonnell Douglas, but in fact, McDonnell Douglas is like an evil ghost that is constantly eroding Boeing's previously meticulous and pragmatic corporate culture. Soon, Boeing will follow the old path of McDonnell Douglas." Xu Cang, who knows the future well, said with emotion: "History is really a cycle."
As a senior executive of Guoda Airlines, Yi Feng knew a lot and naturally understood what Xu Cang said: "Xu Cang, you don't understand. It is really easy to make money in stocks and finance. Few people can resist such temptation. Not long ago, Guoda Airlines was also considering setting up a financial branch. Xu Cang, the 21st century is the era of finance. This is an indisputable fact. It is a trend to move from the real economy to the virtual economy. The hard-earned money from the real economy is indeed not as good as playing stocks and finance."
"Isn't this just right? Boeing used to be run by engineers, but now it's run by professional managers who only care about stocks. Yes, this is indeed a financial age, but it doesn't mean we can lose our roots." Xu Cang's eyes flashed with memories: "Do you know why I think the 757 has a chance of success?"
Yi Feng's eyelids jumped: "What do you mean?"
"Not long ago, you should have heard that Boeing's stock was shorted by a mysterious capital..." Then, Xu Cang told Yi Feng about how Boeing used some domestic aviation material licenses to exchange for the data recorder of 1566 aircraft in order to stop the downward trend of its stock.
"In the past, could you imagine Boeing giving out genuine authorization for aviation materials? After Boeing handed itself over to executives who only cared about stock prices and short-term profits, everything became logical and Boeing had no future. Today, Boeing will give out genuine authorization for some aviation materials in order to stabilize its stock price. If Boeing encounters a bigger crisis in the future, it seems possible that it will sell the 757 production line."
Xu Cang's vision is never just about the surface, he can see the signs behind an event. In the recent aviation material genuine licensing transaction, Xu Cang could already see that Boeing was gradually losing its bottom line.
Boeing will do more and more things that it never dared to think of before, as time goes by. If combined with the influence of some external factors, is the 757 production line really out of reach?
Yi Feng's expression finally became serious: "What is the bigger crisis behind Boeing that you are talking about?"
Xu Cang smiled softly: "I'm just a metaphor, you think too much."
"No, I don't think you are speaking metaphorically." Yi Feng's eyes were sharp: "Or are you hiding something from me?"
However, Xu Cang did not answer the question directly. Instead, he poured a cup of tea and handed it to Yi Feng: "What did you feel when you first met me?"
Yi Feng frowned slightly. This was not the answer he wanted, and Xu Cang was beating around the bush. However, he and Xu Cang did not have any principled disagreements. Since Xu Cang asked, he patiently replied, "Mysterious! At that time, I always felt that you had a lot of things hidden in your heart, and I couldn't see through it."
After saying that, Yi Feng added: "Of course, it's even harder to see through now."
"You're right, I do have a lot of things hidden in my heart, many things that even Qin Xin doesn't know. But I don't want to say it, and you don't have to ask." Xu Cang said indifferently.
The fact that he was planning to take over the 757 production line alone made Yi Feng feel worried. If Xu Cang said that he was still planning to acquire Asiana Airlines at a super low price, and was still planning to suck blood from Korean Air, and was still planning to use Airbus as bait to trick Boeing, and was still planning to solve the high-temperature alloy problem in the Incheon air crash, and was still planning to rely on Jeju Island to complete the negotiations with Spring Summer Travel, and there was also the future national-level communication software FeiTALK, and the general aviation giant Huaxin Haizhi...
If all these were said out loud, Yi Feng would not be surprised. He would only be terrified of Xu Cang.
Being too smart is almost like a demon. This is sometimes not a compliment, but makes people feel alienated.
Of course, this is only what Xu Cang has been promoting or starting to promote. In many other aspects, Xu Cang has not taken action yet. However, his future is the stars and the sea, and there are too many places for Xu Cang to conquer.
"Okay, I won't ask. But since you have chosen to fight on two fronts, there must be some progress on one of the fronts, right? What about the aircraft with less than 200 seats? Are you planning to hand them over to AVIC?"
Yi Feng was worried that Xu Cang would try to do both, but end up with nothing. He saw that Xu Cang had already made up his mind on the 757 production line, so he didn't bother to argue about it. Keeping opposing would only increase conflicts and contradictions.
At least, Yifeng wants to have a relatively mature and feasible future for domestically produced aircraft with less than 200 seats. Although AVIC has obtained the blueprints of the 737NG, Yifeng still does not have enough confidence in AVIC to undertake the research and development of large aircraft alone.
"Domestic aircraft with less than 200 seats need to get off to a good start. Compared with aircraft with 200 to 300 seats, the market for aircraft with less than 200 seats is larger, so they really need to be promoted with guaranteed quality and quantity and at a fast enough speed."
Yi Feng asked, "But I still can't see the future clearly."
Xu Cang showed a look of longing: "The future? Part of it is in AVIC, and part of it is in... Canada."
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Xu Cang and Yi Feng had a long conversation. Although Xu Cang still had some reservations, he had already opened up to Yi Feng as much as possible. Yi Feng was also a free and easy person. He could see that Xu Cang still had some reservations, but he was tactful and didn't ask.
After some discussion, Yi Feng gladly accepted the position of head of the subsequent aviation materials company and managed the purse for Xu Cang.
Anyway, such a heart-to-heart talk still made Xu Cang feel quite good. After all, it is quite rare to find a like-minded friend in this world. However, Xu Cang's happiness did not last long. After fully understanding the flight procedure problems of Jinghong Airport, Xu Cang began to get annoyed again.
According to the agreement, the design institute really doesn't have to bear any responsibility. But in this case, wouldn't Xu Cang be a sucker, and 40 million yuan wasted? Unwilling to give up, Xu Cang decided to fly to Jinghong himself.
Xu Cang is a man of action, and the next day he asked the flight department to keep a 737-700 free for three hours so that Xu Cang could fly it himself.
The runway of Jinghong Airport is too short, and the 737-800 is heavy and has a high approach speed. In rainy or snowy weather, it is possible to run off the runway. Therefore, even if Jinghong Airport starts operating in the future, there will only be 737-700 aircraft, unless the runway of Jinghong Airport is extended like Erhai Airport.
As soon as the Southwest Bureau's approval came down, the planes waiting on the Erhai Airport apron took off immediately and flew to Jinghong Airport. Since there was no existing route between the two airports, the Jianchuan area control radar was still used for guidance.
However, Erhai Airport is quite far from Jinghong Airport, only half an hour's flight away, so you really have to start approach preparations almost as soon as you take off.
According to the procedures developed by the design institute, only one side of Jinghong Airport has an instrument landing system, namely Runway 30. The other runway, Runway 12, is too close to the national border and does not even have enough length for the final leg to be deployed, which is not convenient for instrument procedures, so it was simply abandoned.
Even Runway 30 has many restrictions. There is no problem with the final approach, but one side is too close to the national border, so whether it is departure or go-around, once entering the initial climb, you must turn right immediately after passing 3,300 feet.
According to the altitude of Jinghong Airport, which is more than 1,300 feet above sea level, the aircraft basically has to turn right within two minutes after takeoff.
However, if there is some extreme weather, such as dangerous weather in the direction of the right turn, but you cannot turn left after takeoff or go-around, and turning left will be threatened by terrain. If it is at a normal airport, the crew will apply to keep one side in order to make a larger turn to avoid the dangerous weather. But Jinghong Airport cannot keep one side, which is more difficult.
In order to cope with such extreme situations, there is a departure procedure for Runway 12. Yes, although Runway 12 does not have an instrument approach procedure, it does have a standard departure procedure.
Jinghong Airport has low winds all year round. Generally speaking, as long as the wind speed is less than five meters per second, both runways can be used. Even if there is a tailwind for takeoff, it is within the standard. If some circumstances make it impossible to take off on Runway 30, then switch to Runway 12.
But if there is a problem of excessive tailwind when taking off from Runway 12, then there will be no hope at all.
Compared with the normal approach, the procedures of Jinghong Airport naturally have many flaws, but Xu Cang can accept it as long as it can be achieved to this extent.
Since there are mountains next to Jinghong Airport, the approach procedure for Runway 30 is not a common one. Aircraft can only come to Jinghong Airport from the north, first fly to the Jinghong VOR station, then turn at a large angle, and after flying about twelve nautical miles, circle back to the final approach.
The problem lies in circling back to the entry point of the five sides.
This was not a technical job, so Xu Cang did not operate it and handed it all over to the accompanying teacher Shi Qi.
After the aircraft's communication was transferred from Jianchuan area to Jinghong Tower, Xu Cang and his team flew over the airport normally and then departed in the opposite direction. If they followed the normal flap extension process, they would have to start extending the flaps after departure.
"Release it?" Shi Qi habitually asked Xu Cang's opinion first.
Xu Cang was still studying the chart. When he heard Shi Qi's question, he said directly, "Let it go. If you don't let it go, you won't be able to cut the five sides in a smooth shape."
"Okay!" Shi Qi didn't need to bother Xu Cang. He slowed down and lowered the flaps by himself, all the way to flap five.
Xu Cang looked at the paper chart, then at the altitude and speed restrictions of the approach procedure on the CDU, and clicked his tongue: "The chart and the CDU database are consistent, no problem. The altitude restriction at the final approach point is 4,900 feet, so we don't have to stick to 4,900 feet. If calculated based on the height-to-distance ratio, the altitude standard for this point should be around 5,200 feet, so let's go at 5,200 feet."
"Over 5,200 feet? That means there's no margin left. There's terrain below, so we can't make the descent rate too high."
The aircraft's entry point for the final leg is just right at 5,200 feet, but the aircraft will continue to slow down to establish the shape, and it may be necessary to reduce the descent rate to slow down. Since the altitude is very stuck, if the descent rate is reduced, the aircraft will be higher than the normal glide path, and then it will need a descent rate of more than 1,000 feet per minute to catch up with the glide path.
However, the final leg of Runway 30 is not long, and in order to meet the stable approach standard, there is not much room for the crew to catch up with the glide path. This results in the crew likely to have a very high descent rate on the final leg, which can easily trigger a terrain warning even if the aircraft does not fall below the glide path.
"The configuration has been established in advance, and we will pass the point in landing form." Xu Cang said.
"In that case, I will continue to slow down!" Seeing that the plane was about to turn back to the final approach, Shi Qi put the flaps to flap five, but Xu Cang needed a complete landing configuration. So, Shi Qi directly pulled the throttle to the limit.
The deceleration in level flight is very fast. Shi Qi lowered the landing gear and flaps directly as the aircraft slowed down, without stopping for a moment, and finally established the landing configuration when approaching the entry point.
"If we need to fly like this, we will have to give special reminders to the crew operating the flight later." Shi Qi said as he froze the altitude window value at 5,200 feet.
In fact, in official flight operations, this 5,200 feet is completely unreasonable, because it is neither the procedure altitude nor the metric altitude. At least there is no corresponding 5,200 feet in the commonly used metric altitude.
For example, 1,500 meters and 4,900 feet have proven to trigger terrain warnings. The next one is 1,800 meters, which is 5,900 feet. For a short final approach, this altitude requires the crew to intercept the glide path from a high altitude. In addition, there are terrain threats on the final approach of Runway 30 at Jinghong Airport. To be honest, there are operational risks.
If 5,200 feet can be reached in the landing configuration without triggering terrain warnings, special notes may be needed for this approach procedure in the future.
"Fifty thousand two hundred feet, one thousand five hundred and eighty-five meters. Wow, this will be unique if it is noted on the aeronautical chart." After Shi Qi dialed up five thousand two hundred feet, the corresponding metric altitude would also appear above the altitude display because the metric switch was turned on.
"Xu Cang, during the last test run, the crew maintained an altitude of 5,000 feet, which was 100 feet higher than the restricted altitude, but the warning still sounded." Now that the landing configuration is ready and the autopilot is engaged, there is nothing much to do. All we have to do is wait and see what the reaction is when we pass through the entry point at an altitude of 5,200 feet.
Xu Cang felt quite relaxed: "We are three hundred feet above the restricted altitude and we are still in level flight. If we still..."
Before Xu Cang finished speaking, when the plane was 0.2 nautical miles away from the entry point, a voice suddenly rang out in the cockpit: "TOO LOW TERRAIN! TOO LOW TERRAIN!"
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An hour and a half later, Xu Cang, who had already returned to Erhai Lake from Jinghong Airport, sat in the small conference room of the flight department with a grim face.
In addition to Xu Cang, instructor Shi Qi who flew with Xu Cang, as well as Lu Jinghua, Qin Xin and Yi Feng were all in the conference room, and even Meng Zihao, the general manager of Jinghong Airport Group, was there.
Among all the people, except Xu Cang, Meng Zihao had the ugliest expression.
Meng Zihao knew about the problem with the program of Spring Airlines' trial operation at Jinghong Airport not long ago. It was not a good sign that something went wrong during this trial operation. However, although Meng Zihao was a little worried at the time, it was not so exaggerated. He felt that the design institute should be responsible. After all, there is after-sales service for any product you buy, and you can't just ignore the problem of this 40 million yuan product.
As a result, the design institute really didn't care about it, and they had good reasons for doing so.
Meng Zihao, who had been sitting pretty, could no longer sit still and came directly to Erhai Lake to find Xu Cang. He happened to run into Xu Cang flying to Jinghong Airport in person.
Meng Zihao had inquired about Xu Cang's reputation and knew that Xu Cang was quite famous in the flying field. If Xu Cang took action, perhaps he could find the crux of the problem.
However, Meng Zihao's expectations did not last more than an hour. When Xu Cang returned with a gloomy face, he knew that something was wrong.
Shi Qi saw that Xu Cang looked unhappy, so he told him what had just happened and concluded, "We just tried it and passed the final approach point at an altitude of 6,300 feet without triggering a terrain warning."
"Six thousand three hundred feet? This is more than a thousand feet higher than the standard glide path. Even if we establish the landing pattern in advance, we may not be able to catch up with the glide path." Lu Jinghua is a professional and he couldn't hold back when he heard the height.
"There must be a way to intercept the glide path from a high altitude, right?" Although Yi Feng was in administrative management, he had some knowledge reserves after years of exposure.
Generally speaking, the aircraft intercepts the glide path from below, at least 95% of the time. However, this does not mean that the glide path must be intercepted from below. There are methods to intercept the glide path from a high altitude.
However, as soon as Yi Feng proposed this method, Lu Jinghua directly rejected it: "Boss Yi, intercepting a descent from a high altitude definitely requires a high descent rate, sometimes up to 1,500 feet per minute. This is no problem at a plain airport, but Jinghong Airport is a mountain airport, a Class II special airport. If the final approach maintains such a high descent rate, it will most likely trigger a terrain warning. Wouldn't the result be the same? In order to avoid triggering a terrain warning at the final approach point and triggering another terrain warning due to a high descent rate during the final descent, there is no difference."
At this time, Xu Cang spoke up: "The method of intercepting the glide path from a high altitude cannot be used at Jinghong Airport. In the future, other airlines will also come here to fly, and the personnel are uneven. Such a risky procedure must not be implemented. If something goes wrong, it will be a big trouble. Moreover, even if nothing goes wrong, if the terrain warning is triggered too often, the authorities will also ask about it."
"What should we do? Is this procedure in vain and the money wasted?" Meng Zihao understood a little bit, and he quickly asked Xu Cang: "What should we do about this?"
"There is definitely something wrong here, but I don't think it's a problem with the program. When I passed the point at 5,200 feet for the first time, I visually observed the mountain below and found that the vertical clearance was still quite sufficient. It shouldn't have triggered a terrain warning." Xu Cang pondered and said, "I just talked to Mr. Bi about it. Mr. Bi asked the director of the design institute, and he said there was no problem with the program."
Yi Feng was stunned: "Mr. Bi asked about it personally, so... I guess there really is no problem, Xu Cang!"
Bi Lin went to ask the director of the design institute in person. With Bi Lin's face, would the director of the design institute dare to fool Bi Lin? In this case, the design institute insisted that there was no problem with the procedure, so there was a high probability that there was really no problem. Moreover, after Xu Cang personally flew once, he was more inclined to agree with the design institute's statement from the perspective of visual observation alone.
"The program is fine, so why is there such a strange terrain warning?" Shi Qi frowned, "This plane is not the same as the last one. It can't be that both planes have problems, right?"
Meng Zihao was a little excited: "What does that mean? There's no problem with the program, there's no problem with the plane, is this a ghost?"
"Mr. Meng, please be patient." Xu Cang also felt overwhelmed at this moment. Although Meng Zihao said it in anger, it was also the truth. There was no problem with the procedure and the aircraft, so why did such a warning come out?
The problem is that terrain warning is not just a small warning. It is directly related to controlled flight into the ground and the lives of a large number of people on the plane. Apart from other things, it is only Spring Airlines that is conducting internal test runs at Jinghong Airport. If there is a problem, the whole family can control the scope of impact by working together.
Regardless of other things, if other companies are allowed to conduct trial operations at Jinghong Airport later, this procedure that would strangely trigger a terrain warning will surely cause a lot of controversy. If the General Administration finds out about it, will it give the final approval?
The trial run is just like an internship. If too many problems are revealed during the trial run, the General Administration may not put the airport into formal operation.
"I think it might be a problem with the GPWS system." Xu Cang pursed his lips, looking unsure: "We still have to consult Boeing about this."
At this time, Qin Xin interrupted: "Two days ago, I had someone pass the situation to Boeing. I don't know when there will be a reply."
Just as Qin Xin finished speaking, Xu Cang's cell phone suddenly rang. It was an unfamiliar number, but Xu Cang still picked it up.
Soon, as the call was connected, the voice of Huang Jing, the new head of Boeing Asia Pacific, came from the other end: "Mr. Xu, I'm Huang Jing. I guess you still remember me, right?"
"Mr. Huang, how are you? Is there anything wrong?"
When everyone heard that Xu Cang wanted to talk about serious matters, they immediately fell silent.
Huang Jing said with a smile: "Not long ago, didn't your Spring Airlines report a false terrain warning to our technical department? Our technical department did not find any problems in the initial investigation. It may just be a black swan event."
"What do you mean, the GPWS system is out of order?"
"Mr. Xu, you can't say that." Huang Jing quickly corrected him: "There is no problem with the GPWS system of our aircraft. It's just that some unexpected and inexplicable problems occurred in that procedure and at that location."
Xu Cang snorted: "Then it's possible that your terrain warning system is flawed?"
"Mr. Xu, our terrain warning system complies with all FAR and CAAR regulations. We cannot deny our entire terrain warning system just because of a black swan incident."
"So what do you say we should do? Is there a solution?"
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have made this call."
Hearing this, Xu Cang's eyes lit up: "What should I do?"
"Our technical department said that we can apply a patch to the terrain warning system of aircraft that need to go to Jinghong Airport, which should be able to avoid related false warnings," said Huang Jing.
"Just apply a patch to the system?" Xu Cang didn't expect it to be so simple.
"It should be OK. After all, although we don't know the cause of this problem, it is easy to eliminate it."
Xu Cang couldn't help but be delighted: "Then hurry up and patch it. How can we get the patch package?"
"Just like the previous CDU version upgrade, we will give you a dedicated hard drive."
"Haha, sure, sure!"
Unexpectedly, there was a silver lining after all the difficulties and the problem was solved with a system patch.
"But..." Huang Jing suddenly said, "Mr. Xu, this patch package is not included in Boeing's normal technical support services and requires additional payment."
After purchasing a Boeing aircraft, airlines will certainly have after-sales services, including technical support services, such as upgrading the software in the aircraft system. However, applying this patch is not considered normal technical support.
Xu Cang knew the situation and didn't think much about it: "Okay, how much?"
Huang Jing heard Xu Cang readily agree, so he laughed and said, "Mr. Xu, it's not much, just one million US dollars."
"One... one million US dollars?" Xu Cang was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out of anger: "Is this a software patch? It should be a gold patch. No, a gold patch is not that expensive, right?"
Hearing Xu Cang's doubts, Huang Jing felt aggrieved: "Mr. Xu, you can't say that. No one can say for sure about technical matters. Besides, the price was given by the technical department. I am just responsible for conveying it."
"You Boeing guys could have clearly gone and robbed it, but you actually gave me a software patch. I really have to thank you." After saying that, Xu Cang didn't even give Huang Jing room to explain and directly hung up the phone.
After Xu Cang hung up the phone, Qin Xin was the first to speak : "Who called just now? What one million US dollars?"
"Boeing said they can patch the terrain warning system, and after the patch is applied, the terrain warning will be eliminated."
Qin Xin suddenly realized: "That one million dollars is not the price of a software patch, right?"
"What else?" Xu Cang said coldly: "It's really unlucky."
"One million US dollars, one million US dollars, that's more than eight million! It costs more than eight million to patch a software, this..." Meng Zihao was stunned when he heard it. How could the price be so high?
"Do you think it's just one million US dollars?" Xu Cang asked back.
"What?" Meng Zihao didn't understand Xu Cang's meaning for a moment: "What else, you want money?"
Xu Cang explained: "Even if our company spends money to buy the patch package and upgrades the terrain warning system of all aircraft, what about other airlines? Will we be the only one operating at Jinghong Airport in the future?"
Xu Cang is now the major shareholder of Jinghong Airport, so he naturally wants to maximize the profits of Jinghong Airport. Spring Airlines alone cannot meet the throughput of the entire Jinghong Airport, so it is almost certain that other airlines will be introduced.
"We are facing this terrain warning problem, but other airlines' 737s may encounter it too? That means that if we want to fly to Jinghong Airport in the future, we must upgrade the terrain warning system of the aircraft, which means that other airlines will also have to purchase this patch package. Who will pay for it?" Xu Cang said with an unpleasant face: "The airport has the obligation to provide reasonable flight procedures. Although the design institute is unwilling to admit it, and perhaps in fact, this procedure is in line with the regulations, in the eyes of the crew, this procedure is flawed, which means that the airport has not fulfilled its obligations. Then why should the airline spend one million US dollars to upgrade the terrain warning system itself?"
"Airlines that don't have much patience think the money is not worth it, so they won't fly to Jinghong."
“This…” As soon as these words came out, Meng Zihao, as the general manager of Jinghong Airport Group, reacted most violently. Isn’t this just driving customers away?
However, Xu Cang raised his hand to stop Meng Zihao: "Customer loss is actually secondary. The airport forces the operating airlines to bear the cost of system upgrades themselves. I am not sure whether this practice is legal or not. If an airline has a bad temper and reports it to the General Administration, it will be a lot of trouble."
Hearing what Xu Cang said, Meng Zihao's face turned pale. Unless Jinghong Airport is willing to bear the upgrade costs of the operating airlines, this will indeed cause endless troubles. However, a patch package costs one million US dollars. If it covers all airlines that come to Jinghong Airport, this is a huge sum of money!
Not to mention Meng Zihao, even Xu Cang felt under a lot of pressure.
He is not the God of Wealth. He has already given 40 million for the flight program in the early stage, and there are still a lot of places where money will be needed later. Where can he come up with so much money?
One million US dollars is more than 8 million RMB. Even if we use the most conservative estimate of the number of airlines operating at Jinghong Airport in the future, there will definitely be 10 airlines. With this calculation, it is almost 100 million.
Moreover, this is the most conservative estimate, and the actual number is definitely higher than this. As far as Xu Cang knows, if judging by the memory before rebirth, Jinghong Airport has more than 20 airlines operating here all year round, and the number can reach 30 at its peak.
This was something Xu Cang couldn't even imagine!
Unless Xu Cang takes the initiative to restrict other airlines from entering!
However, if other airlines are restricted from entering, the Jinghong Airport, which has been painstakingly renovated, will not be able to realize its potential in the end. Wouldn’t the initial investment be wasted? Wouldn’t the result be the same?
At this moment, Xu Cang once again experienced the feeling that a penny can make a hero fall.
Xu Cang has money, but he allocates his money very precisely. What money should be used for what is predetermined, leaving no room for maneuver. Otherwise, when he was in the UK, Xu Cang would not have been so entangled when he learned that Kingfisher Airlines had a chance to buy at a low price.
Meng Zihao's mentality was about to explode. He looked at Xu Cang and asked blankly: "Xu Cang, what should I do?"
"I..." At this point, Xu Cang actually didn't have any good solution. This was not a special case, so he couldn't use his magical abilities.
At this time, Qin Xin came over and patted Xu Cang on the shoulder: "How about introducing a small amount of other airlines and then wait until the funds are sufficient?"
"No!" Before Xu Cang could say anything, Meng Zihao suddenly stood up and said, "Jinghong Airport has invested too much in the early stage. If other airlines are restricted from entering, the financial situation will be a mess..."
"Mr. Meng, but the current situation..." Qin Xin said helplessly.
Meng Zihao gritted his teeth and almost spit out a few words from between his teeth: “There is a way, there must be a way…”
Meng Zihao mechanically repeated these words, and walked out of the meeting room in a daze, leaving behind only his slightly bewildered back.
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At the same time, in the purchasing lounge of the aviation material warehouse at the Spring and Summer Aviation Base, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties was making a phone call. However, only suppressed anger could be seen on his slightly tired face.
"I know, I know, Yaya needs money to go to school, I know!" the middle-aged man kept repeating, but his words revealed a lot of helplessness and anger.
He was not angry at his wife for constantly urging him, but at himself for being powerless. His daughter had finally been admitted to a good university, but he could not even afford the tuition.
"You know? Where's the money? Yaya will be going to college in a while, where's the money?" A fierce female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Zhang Desheng, let me tell you. I don't mind living a hard life with you for so many years. But if Yaya is delayed from going to college because of lack of money, I think I'd better not live this life anymore."
After saying that, before Zhang Desheng could say anything, the person on the other end hung up the phone.
Looking at the phone screen showing that the other party had hung up, Zhang Desheng was stunned.
Twenty thousand yuan, where can he find twenty thousand yuan?
Previously, he and his wife used all their salary for living expenses and their daughter's tuition and fees, so where would they have any spare money?
I touched my right forearm and found a few faint needle marks on it, which were left from selling blood several times.
He could no longer sell blood. He felt dizzy from time to time. If he continued to sell blood, his life would be in jeopardy. Besides, selling blood didn't actually bring much money. It was just a drop in the bucket.
Just as Zhang Desheng was distracted, the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open, revealing the figure of a colleague.
A colleague handed a piece of paper to Zhang Desheng with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, this is the next batch of aviation material purchase list, can you take care of it?"
Zhang Desheng took the shopping list, glanced at it, and nodded: "It's okay, leave it to me."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work!" After saying that, the colleague left.
Zhang Desheng's chaotic thoughts gradually came back to order after his colleague interrupted him. He slowly stood up, his movements looking a little clumsy, and was about to put the purchase list in his pocket. Suddenly, Zhang Desheng seemed to remember something and slowly unfolded the purchase list. He looked at the lines of aviation material names and the purchase prices behind them, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.