In Xu Cang's memory, the cause of the Incheon air crash was poor visibility. The crew's mentality changed after the go-around, which led to problems in the second approach.
This was not a difficult or unavoidable situation. To be precise, in Xu Cang's view, this was not a technical problem, but a simple ideological problem.
Therefore, in response to this situation, Xu Cang needs to replace the crew. A captain like Lu Yongjian who is arrogant and unwilling to listen to other people's opinions would be very fatal in this situation, so Xu Cang must replace him.
As expected, as Xu Cang expected, the situation at Incheon Airport was the same as the plane crash in his memory. However, as long as more attention is paid and the crew is not so confused, the danger should be avoided.
However, after all, it was a famous air crash in history, and it was still a bit nervous to personally participate in it. After all, Xu Cang had done something similar before, which was the Jakarta volcanic ash incident.
The Jakarta volcanic ash event was supposed to have occurred over Britain, but it ended up happening in Jakarta. Fortunately, Xu Cang was a step ahead, otherwise he would have been buried in the sea.
If the Incheon air crash was the same as what Xu Cang remembered, it would be easy to deal with. The only thing I'm afraid of is that there would be unexpected changes like the Great Britain Air Crash.
In fact, according to Xu Cang's idea, he would rather get on the seat directly. But this is Mu Hua's plane after all, so he needs to give him some face.
On that day, Incheon Airport was shrouded in fog and the wind was almost calm. It was because the wind was too weak that the fog condensed and did not disperse, which led to such an annoying situation.
"We are estimated to be the eighth one in line, and it may take more than half an hour." In the cockpit, the captain looked at the densely packed aircraft signal points above the airport terminal and felt a little nervous.
Originally, they were the first to approach after the weather met the standards, but Xu Cang asked to abandon the approach and let other airlines go first. The captain directly listened to Xu Cang's advice and got back in line.
At first, they thought it would only take more than half an hour to delay, but after rearranging the flight, the crew discovered that there were planes ahead of them, and they were afraid that the waiting time would have to double.
"What does the TAF newspaper say?" Xu Cang asked.
The co-pilot said: "Visibility will gradually improve in the future. The overall trend is good."
"That's fine, wait! Eight is eight, no rush."
"Attention, all aircraft. Now reporting the latest visibility at this airport. The touchdown end is RVR600, the intermediate end is 650, and the stop end is 500. Please receive the aircraft identification transponder."
On the approach frequency, the controller reported the latest situation at the airport in English.
"600, 650, 500, all right." The co-pilot looked at the captain and said, "The RVR is controlled to the ground end and the middle end, which meets the standard and exceeds it by a little bit."
"Yeah, but not by much."
The RVR standard for Category I blind landing is 550, but only the touchdown end and the intermediate end are required, and there is no regulation on the stop end.
"It would be great if the second category could be opened. You two both have the second category, right?" Xu Cang asked.
"We do have Category 2 aircraft, but the Category 2 blind landing at Incheon Airport is under maintenance, so it is impossible to open it."
Xu Cang thought for a moment: "Today's wind is very light and the wind direction is very stable. We will approach and land directly in dual channels automatically."
The crew and the co-pilot were stunned. The captain asked first, "Is it a Category 1 blind landing with automatic landing?"
"Is it not possible?" Xu Cang asked back: "Large airports like Incheon Airport have very stable Category I blind landing signals, and there will be no problem with dual-channel automatic driving landing. You just need to pay attention to monitoring."
"This..." The captain was a little embarrassed for a moment.
Generally speaking, most of the automatic driving landing is used in Category II blind landing. Of course, it does not mean that Category I blind landing cannot be landed by automatic driving, but because the guidance signal of Category I blind landing is not as accurate and stable as that of Category II blind landing, some unexpected situations may occur.
However, compared to letting the captain land in marginal weather, Xu Cang is more willing to trust the autopilot. Although the weather is still improving now, the visibility will decrease instead of increase when the sun sets and the light becomes poor. Once an approach fails, the subsequent second approach will have to wait in line, which will make the aircraft more passive in terms of weather development and fuel reserves.
Xu Cang looked at the captain's hesitation and asked, "What's wrong? Muhua has restrictions on your type of blind landing autopilot?"
The co-pilot laughed dryly and said, "The captain didn't give any official instructions, but what he verbally communicated was not to use autopilot to land during a Category 1 blind landing."
Xu Cang laughed out loud: "What's there to be afraid of if there's no follow-up? We're all pilots. Don't you know what it means that your fleet just conveyed the message verbally without following up?"
There are indeed risks in autopilot under Category I blind landing. After all, there are precedents where signals guide the aircraft to the grass under Category I blind landing. However, in most cases, autopilot under Category I blind landing can still land. Otherwise, if this function is completely unreliable, Boeing would not have developed and set up this function.
Muhua is a large company, and it is rare for such ambiguous instructions to be conveyed verbally without follow-up. The verbal instructions not to use autopilot for Category I blind landing indicate that Muhua Airlines has this tendency in general. But why there is no follow-up is to leave some loopholes for operation.
This is not a dark idea, but it is indeed for the pilot's consideration. In some special cases, autopilot landing under Class I blind landing can protect safety, such as when visibility is poor or the crew is extremely tired.
Muhua Airlines' fleet issued this ambiguous requirement precisely because it considers that the autonomous driving landing under Category I blind landing has its own reasons.
This means that pilots should not abuse autopilot for landing, but they can use it when necessary depending on the situation.
Of course, there are some criteria for this. For example, if the weather at the airport is bad, or if the landing time is already late at night. If the destination airport is calm or within normal time, and the crew uses autopilot to land several times, the fleet will definitely have a talk with the crew.
In fact, the captain in front knew it very well. He just needed Xu Cang to make it clear. After all, Xu Cang was added at Ma Cheng's request, and Xu Cang had a good reputation in civil aviation. If the fleet investigated later, Xu Cang would be held responsible.
Seeing that the captain was silent, Xu Cang was speechless. The pilots of Muhua had too strong a sense of self-protection. They really wanted to take no responsibility at all.
"Okay, okay, it's not a big deal. As long as the plane lands safely, no one will bother you for such a small matter."
The captain smiled and said, "You have a good relationship with Mr. Ma, so you don't care. But we are insignificant and have little influence, so we have to protect ourselves."
Xu Cang smiled: "I understand, I understand!"
All we can say is that the captain's behavior fully demonstrates the code of conduct of a certain type of company, which is to avoid mistakes rather than achieve success.
After communicating with the crew, the next step was the long queue. However, what surprised Xu Cang was that the queue time they expected was not that long. After circling for more than 20 minutes, the approach began to direct them to join the approach procedure.
However, what Xu Cang did not expect was that the visibility began to deteriorate rapidly, so that it could not meet the standards for Category I blind landing. Just when Xu Cang thought that he would have to circle or choose an alternate landing, Incheon Airport announced the start of Category II blind landing.
This surprised Xu Cang and others, because the notice said that the Incheon Airport's Category II blind landing system was under maintenance, so how could it be used again all of a sudden?
However, Xu Cang and others were too lazy to care about this matter. It was a good thing that it could be used. There was no need to worry about whether the automatic driving of a blind landing could be used.
There are differences in the procedures for Category I blind landing and Category II blind landing. For example, the decision altitude for Category I blind landing is the corrected sea pressure, while Category II blind landing uses radio altitude, so some modifications need to be made to the early approach preparations, and this task naturally falls on the co-pilot.
"So fast! I thought I would have to wait at least forty minutes before I could join the program." The captain was still marveling at the efficiency of Incheon Airport's control. After the plane approached the airport, he looked at the navigation page and saw four planes lined up on the fifth side of the Incheon Airport runway. The captain and the co-pilot were stunned.
"The interval is so small?" The co-pilot was surprised. "If the plane in front is slow to disengage, all the planes behind will have to go around."
The captain licked his dry lips and said, "That's right. China would never dare to set the radar spacing so small. I have never seen such a small radar spacing in Manila, Jakarta, and Singapore. Isn't this close to the minimum radar spacing? Are the Koreans so brave to command like this?"
It can only be said that Incheon Airport is still a very important aviation hub. Because of the heavy fog, there were a lot of waiting planes in the sky above it. Not only on the fifth side, but also within the 25-nautical-mile radius of the entire Incheon Airport, a large number of planes can be seen through TACS. The number of planes was so large that Xu Cang and others couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the control of Incheon Airport.
It's dizzying just looking at so many planes, but the control can be coordinated freely, which is really amazing.
"In addition, it is estimated that some of the approaching aircraft crews do not have Category II qualifications, so some of the aircraft in front cannot land, which reduces our waiting time." Xu Cang guessed.
When Incheon Airport announced the opening of Category II, the approach frequency would ask the crew one by one whether they had the relevant qualifications. Category II blind landing requires special qualifications, and both of the people present must have them.
Perhaps some airlines underestimated the weather at Incheon Airport and did not select crews with Category II blind landing qualifications. As a result, they would definitely not be able to land. Even if they were ahead of Xu Cang and his team, they would have to make room for them, which would have been a good deal for Xu Cang.
After waiting for a while on the approach frequency, the communication was transferred to the tower frequency. There was nothing special during the period. Although there were many planes, the control was in an orderly manner. The only thing that made Xu Cang frown was the Korean controller's accented English.
However, the plane soon turned into the final approach and intercepted the glide path. At an altitude of 2,000 feet, looking down, it was still a vast expanse of white, not to mention the runway, even the approach lights were invisible.
They had already known the relevant situation during the approach phase and estimated that they would have to reach an altitude of 300 feet above the ground to see the lights or runway, so Xu Cang and the others did not have any special emotions.
The tower controller used a very short radar interval, so after intercepting the glide path, he simply let the plane continue its approach without giving any landing instructions.
The aircraft completed the blind landing self-check when it descended to about 1,500 feet. The so-called blind landing self-check means that below 1,500 feet in radio altitude, the second autopilot is coupled with the flight control to complete the blind landing deviation monitoring system test, which is manifested in the glide path or localizer display turning amber and flashing. At normal times, these two displays should be hollow white.
Previously, Xu Cang said that it was a dual-channel automatic driving landing, which means that after intercepting the glide path, in addition to the automatic driving channel A, the automatic driving channel B must also be connected, so it is a dual channel.
"One thousand five hundred feet, blind landing self-check, radio altimeter normal, flare pre-position, CMD mode engaged, dual-channel autopilot engaged." The co-pilot's technical level is quite high. He is quite proficient in Category II blind landing procedures and is very proficient and accurate in standard calls.
Leveling pre-position means exactly what it says. Autonomous driving will automatically level the vehicle. If there is no leveling pre-position display, it means there is a problem with automatic landing and the vehicle will no longer be able to land automatically.
Generally speaking, the flare pre-position display is shown between 1,500 and 1,000 feet radio altitude. If it is not shown below 1,000 feet, the approach must be aborted, indicating that there is a problem with the automatic landing system.
If Single CH is displayed above the PFD in single-channel mode, once it is switched to dual-channel, there will be no dual-channel English display, but it will be switched to CMD mode. This is also a point that needs attention. Therefore, the co-pilot must report the CMD mode conversion after confirming the AP mode switch.
"If you can't see the runway or it automatically lands and deviates from the runway, don't use the automatic flight to make a go-around. Disconnect the automatic flight and make a manual go-around. Do you understand?" Xu Cang reminded.
The autopilot can achieve an automatic go-around by pressing the TO/GA switch. However, with such a huge go-around, Xu Cang did not trust the autopilot, and he was naturally more inclined to manual operation.
It can only be said that Xu Cang’s ideas coincide with the captain’s.
"Yes, that's what I planned too." The captain said, "You can see more clearly from the back. You give the go-around command and I'll follow your instructions."
Given Xu Cang's reputation, the captain was willing to trust Xu Cang in this environment. Moreover, by leaving the decision-making to Xu Cang, he could focus more on the operation without being distracted.
Xu Cang didn't say much, just one word: "Okay!"
"One thousand feet, stabilized approach, full lights on."
While the co-pilot was still operating the light switch, the tower controller finally gave the order: "Muhua 0552, ground wind 010/01, RVR400, 450, 600, corrected sea pressure 1020, runway 02 is clear for landing, turn right and disengage after landing."
"Corrected sea pressure 1020, runway 02 cleared for landing, turn right after landing, runway 02 cleared for landing." The co-pilot turned on the lights and repeated the instructions: "Level off and pre-position to verify!"
At one thousand feet, the first officer once again verified the flare pre-positioning mode.
Previously, the visibility at the stop end was poor, but now it has become the part with the highest visibility. The RVR at the control end is all below the first-class standard.
"Check, continue!"
"Altitude 500 feet!" The co-pilot compared the radio altimeters on both sides: "The radio altimeters are normal."
The captain shifted his seat slightly: "Check, continue!"
Xu Cang also straightened up slightly and began to look for the runway visually.
A little further down, the trim wheel comes into effect.
Seeing the trim taking effect, the co-pilot suddenly shouted, "Four hundred feet, pre-trim!"
The captain's voice also became louder: "Check!"
The so-called pre-trim is that the autonomous driving is trimmed a little in advance to meet the landing needs in the near future, so that a suitable ground posture can be formed with a relatively small amount of stick pull.
If the flare mode was not armed at 350 feet RA , both autopilots would have automatically disengaged even if the crew had not initiated a go-around.
When the trim took effect, Xu Cang reminded: "If you make a manual go-around later, pay attention to the trim amount."
Now the autopilot has adjusted the trim a lot, which is obviously not a normal trim amount for manual operation. In other words, once the autopilot is disconnected and a manual go-around is performed, due to the existence of these trims, if the aircraft is still controlled with the normal amount of stick control, the aircraft may pitch up too much.
The captain seemed to be aware of this danger and said, "I will pay attention to the amount of rod."
The captain is the captain, just a reminder will be enough, and Xu Cang didn’t say anything more.
Just as the captain finished speaking, a row of small lights could be seen faintly in the lower center of the field of vision. The co-pilot was delighted when he saw it: "The approach lights are visible."
Sure enough, the vertical visibility reported by the airport was very accurate, and the approach lights could be seen at a radio altitude of about 300 feet.
"One hundred to the decision."
The captain's muscles tensed up: "Go on, I'll look up!"
At this time, the captain put some of his attention outside, looking for visual references and expanding the search area to quickly locate the runway.
"High decision! Let me check the instrument!"
As the co-pilot's voice fell, the runway end lights suddenly came into view, followed by the runway entrance sign.
"The runway is visible, keep going!"
At the same time, a radio message with an altitude of fifty feet continued to appear in an instant, and the co-pilot immediately reported it when he saw that the leveling mode was in effect.
If this leveling method does not work, the captain needs to immediately decide whether to make a go-around or switch to manual landing. Fortunately, this extreme situation did not occur.
Twenty-seven feet!
The auto throttle was reduced to slow speed, and after waiting for about one or two seconds, the aircraft landed steadily, and the autopilot and auto throttle were disconnected at the same time.
Of course, even if the auto-throttle is not disengaged, it will automatically disengage two seconds after touchdown, but automatic driving requires manual operation.
As the autobrake MAX gear came into effect, the aircraft decelerated very quickly. In the case of poor visibility, it is definitely recommended to use maximum braking and maximum reverse thrust to slow the aircraft down as quickly as possible.
"Speedbrakes up, reverse thrust unlocked, reverse thrust 81!"
Almost instantly, the plane's ground speed dropped below 60 knots, and the captain retracted the reverse thrust.
"Hehe, it's OK, very stable." The captain said with a smile.
At this moment, the aircraft was still decelerating and was approaching thirty knots, and it could escape from the previous escape route.
Although Xu Cang, who was standing behind him, was also very happy, he couldn't help but wonder: "The Incheon air crash was solved so easily?"
It's incredible!
Due to the previous Jakarta volcanic ash incident, Xu Cang had actually made some mental preparations, but he did not expect that there would be so much thunder but little rain, and it landed so simply.
However, no matter what, landing safely is the best, and other things are not within Xu Cang's consideration.
After landing, the plane approached the bridge. Xu Cang went down with the first-class passengers, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he waited at the door of the bridge cabin.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Professor Wang Jingming came out. Probably because he had missed the connecting flight, Wang Jingming seemed less anxious.
Before Xu Cang could say hello to Professor Wang Jingming, the chief flight attendant caught up with him.
"Sir, our Muhua customer service will contact you within half an hour. Just tell them everything." The flight attendant also handed Wang Jingming a note: "This is our company's customer service phone number."
Wang Jingming took the note from the flight attendant and thanked him repeatedly.
When he looked up again, he saw Xu Cang, who was smiling.
"I will verify what you say. If it is true, I will consider it." Wang Jingming nodded slightly, and left alone without saying anything else.
Xu Cang did not try to persuade Wang Jingming any more. For someone like Wang Jingming who insisted on his own ideals, there was no need to keep persuading him. He would naturally come to his senses once he had figured it out and made up his mind.
After Wang Jingming walked away, the chief flight attendant came over and said, "The cabin department said they will cooperate with you."
The chief flight attendant knew that Muhua Airlines had no compensation for passengers who missed their connecting flights, but the cabin department was willing to cooperate with Xu Cang in doing this, which showed how important Xu Cang was.
This young man in his twenties already possesses such tremendous energy. Moreover, as far as the chief steward knows, Xu Cang does not have any special background and is a completely ordinary person, which makes it even more valuable.
Especially with a handsome face, it is even more attractive.
"Yeah." Xu Cang nodded. He was not surprised. For such a small matter, he believed that the cabin department of Muhua Airlines would still be willing to cooperate: "All expenses incurred here, including labor costs, can be reported to Spring Airlines. We will pay for it."
After saying that, Xu Cang tightened his clothes, tidied his clothes a little, and pretended to leave.
"Mr. Xu, where are you going? We have a branch base in Incheon. If you want to go somewhere else, we can arrange a vehicle." said the chief purser.
It's obvious that this is not something the flight attendant would say. It must have been arranged in advance.
"Oh?" Admittedly, Xu Cang's main purpose this time was Wang Jingming and the Incheon air crash, but he also had things to deal with in South Korea.
“There may not be enough vehicles.”
The flight attendant was stunned: "Mr. Xu, where are you going? Somewhere remote?"
Xu Cang smiled and said, "No! I want to cross the sea, I want to go to Jeju Island!"
…
"Just tell me what we should do about this?" In the lounge on the flight department floor of Blue Sky Airlines, Luo Yong, Wang Xuan and Luo Jingyun all looked unnatural, especially Luo Yong and Wang Xuan.
Luo Yong put down the coffee cup in his hand and continued: "Now that the matter has been confirmed, let's not talk about anything else. What should we do about Cebu? The other arrangements have been made. If we miss the sailing time, how much will we lose?"
Luo Jingyun was in a dilemma: "Boss Luo, I went to the airport group just for this matter, but they were very determined. Without Spring Airlines' approval, they would never sign. Moreover, the report from the bureau..."
"You are the only one who can recognize words, right? You are the only one who can understand newspaper reports, right? Do I want you to repeat the problem again? What I want is the solution, the solution! Not for you to tell me how difficult it is." Luo Yong snorted.
Just as Luo Yong got angry, other employees who had just entered the lounge and felt the atmosphere in the lounge sneaked back one after another. However, they did not dare to stay in the lounge for fear of bringing bad luck.
"But this matter..." Luo Jingyun's face turned pale. This matter was very simple, yet quite difficult to deal with. To be honest, the crux of the problem was not with the Jianchuan Airport Group, but with Erhai Lake.
"The key to this matter still lies in Spring Airlines. As for Spring Airlines... it depends on Xu Cang's attitude..." Wang Xuan's voice became lower and lower as he spoke, and he just looked at Luo Yong.
"Xu Cang, Xu Cang...how could it become like this?" Luo Yong murmured to himself. So far, he felt quite dreamy.
It is unbelievable that such a valuable thing as airport priority can be given to Spring Airlines. Airport priority is much higher than the so-called base airport.
It’s like Blue Sky Airlines’ base airport is actually Jianchuan Airport, but in fact Blue Sky Airlines does not have many benefits at Jianchuan Airport, because Blue Sky Airlines does not maintain its relationship with the airport privately.
The closer relationship is between Rongfu Airport and Rongcheng Airlines. Since the local government has a stake in them, Rongcheng Airlines and Rongfu Airport are officially connected, so the two have a good relationship. It is precisely because of this that Xu Cang wanted to open the Jianchuan-Rongfu route, so he still found Rongcheng Airlines.
However, even so, other airlines coming to Rongfu Airport are not restricted by Rongcheng Airlines. Other airlines' actions at Rongfu Airport do not require the approval of Rongcheng Airlines, that is, there is no compulsory relationship.
However, airport priority is different. Many things done by other airlines at the corresponding airports require the consent of the priority airline. This requirement is certified by the official Civil Aviation Administration and is mandatory.
To be honest, this is really magical. An airline based at Jianchuan Airport has to depend on an airline that is not based at Jianchuan Airport.
Until now, Luo Yong can still remember the scene when he first heard the name of Xu Cang. Back then, Lu Jinghua spent a lot of money to buy Xu Cang, but Luo Yong didn't really care about it. What really made Luo Yong know Xu Cang was that Xu Cang failed the proficiency inspection several times in a row. This reputation was so bad that it spread far and wide in the airport work area.
At that time, Luo Yong even cursed Lu Jinghua for being blind and asking for trouble. But who could have thought that in just less than two years, Xu Cang had grown to such a level.
Even the opening of international routes by Blue Sky Airlines depends on Xu Cang's opinion.
Luo Yong's expression changed: "Can you convince Xu Cang?"
Wang Xuan's face froze, and he coughed twice: "Boss Luo, when Xu Cang was at Blue Sky Airlines, he...may not have had a very comfortable life. This matter...is not easy to handle."
Luo Yong sighed: "Yeah, it's good enough that he doesn't deliberately target us. Do we still want him to help us?"
Luo Yong and Wang Xuan both knew very well what kind of treatment Xu Cang received at Blue Sky Airlines. They were probably daydreaming to ask Xu Cang to do something for them.
But we can't just not do this, right?
"It's hard to get through Xu Cang, why don't we change direction and go through Lu Jinghua?" At this time, Luo Jingyun suggested: "Although Lu Jinghua has been a bit humiliated by us, there is no principled conflict after all, I think we can give it a try."
"Lu Jinghua..." Luo Yong was thinking about this possibility.
Indeed, compared to persuading Xu Cang, the possibility of persuading Lu Jinghua to help is greater.
No matter what, let's give it a try.
But this brings up an important issue.
"Who should I let Lu Jinghua talk to?" Luo Yong looked at Wang Xuan, then at Luo Jingyun: "Who in the company has a good relationship with Lu Jinghua privately?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Xuan and Luo Jingyun both avoided looking.
Luo Yong was unhappy: "Who is Lu Jinghua close to here? Don't you know?"
"Ahem." Wang Xuan said with a hint of embarrassment: "If there is anyone in the company who can be close to Lu Jinghua, it is probably only Xu Cang."
Luo Yong was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted: "What do you mean, it's a closed loop, right?"
My goodness, I wanted Lu Jinghua to help persuade Xu Cang, but now Xu Cang needs to persuade Lu Jinghua first. This is really outrageous.
Wang Xuan and Luo Jingyun were both very embarrassed. They did have a lot of communication with Lu Jinghua before, but it was limited to work. Because they had different values, apart from work, they could not talk about anything together, and their private relationship was really average.
Luo Yong spread his hands and said angrily: "Well, Xu Cang can't handle it, and now Lu Jinghua can't handle it either. What's the point of having you?"
At this time, Luo Jingyun said nervously: "Boss Luo, I heard that Boss Xin from the cabin department and Lu Jinghua..."
Luo Yong took a breath of cold air, and then almost slapped Luo Jingyun in the face: "Are you serious? Talking about those things at this time..."
However, Luo Yong reacted quickly and looked at Wang Xuan with some suspicion: "Is what Jingyun said true?"
Wang Xuan coughed twice: "It seems to be true."
"So what do you mean?" Luo Yong glanced at Luo Jingyun: "Let Xin Weiwei talk to Lu Jinghua?"
Luo Jingyun quickly agreed: "They should be a family that is easy to talk to, right?"
Luo Yong was silent for a while, and it seemed that there was no good candidate, so he nodded: "I will go talk to Xin Weiwei later."
Just as Luo Yong finished speaking, hurried footsteps were heard not far away. Luo Yong looked in the direction of the sound and found it was his secretary.
"What's wrong?" Luo Yong took a sip of coffee.
Although the secretary looked anxious, there was a faint smile of gloating on his face: "Boss Luo, I just received news that a Spring Airlines 737 had its front wheels go off the runway at Binjiang Airport."
"Huh?" Luo Yong was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter: "I knew it, God can always favor one person? Isn't this just putting him on the spot?"
Luo Yong took another sip of coffee and said with a smile, "Do you know the reason?"
"From the information we have now," the secretary's smile faded, "It is said that... the front wheel device is frozen."
Even Wang Xuan, who was the chief pilot, was stunned: "The front wheel device is frozen, what is this?"
…
Xu Cang, who was far away in South Korea, didn't know that his own Spring Airlines had run off the runway at Binjiang Airport. With the arrangement of Muhua Airlines, Xu Cang quickly arrived at Jeju Island in the south.
Before this, Xu Cang had already contacted the local real estate agency, and as soon as Xu Cang got off the plane, an agent came to pick him up.
The intermediary spoke fluent Chinese and had the same East Asian appearance as Xu Canglao, so much so that Xu Canglao felt that this person was from the same country as him.
According to the agreed process, the intermediary drove Xu Cang to the east coast of Jeju Island. Soon, the two of them appeared in front of a beach.
Facing the slightly fishy sea breeze, Xu Cang looked at the vast ocean and a white lighthouse in the distance. This scene overlapped with Xu Cang's memories before his rebirth.
"I didn't expect it to be here!" Xu Cang shook his head. Who could have thought that this place would become the filming location for a TV series that would be popular all over Asia in the future.
"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xiao has almost finished talking to me, but I don't know how big a place you need?" The middleman introduced to Xu Cang enthusiastically: "Mr. Xu, you see, this place is right in front of the beach, there is a coral island not far away, and there is purple grass behind..."
"You don't have to say anything." Xu Cang raised his hand to interrupt the middleman. He turned around and saw a green and gentle hillside not far behind them. The whole mountain was covered with purple silver grass.
Xu Cang waved his hand and pointed to the hillside: "I want everything here."
"All... all!" The agent was so excited that he was shaking all over: "Mr. Xu, this piece of land is one of the best on the island..."
"Don't praise me too much. Do you think I am a foreigner and you want to rip me off? Do you think I don't know what Jeju Island is like? It's just a volcanic lava island. There are many places with better natural environments than it. Don't praise me too much."
The intermediary looked a little embarrassed, but seeing Xu Cang's generosity, he secretly endured it: "Even if the natural environment of Jeju Island is not so outstanding, it still has investment value."
"For example, the government said it wants to develop tourism here?" Xu Cang looked at the intermediary jokingly: "It has been said for many years, right? How about this, 10 billion, one price!"
The 20 billion here is of course not RMB but Korean won. In other words, it is only tens of millions of RMB.
"Ten billion?" The middleman was stunned.
To be honest, in his mind, the value of that piece of land must be more than 10 billion. However, in recent years, the investment boom in Jeju Island has subsided, and the government has been slow to come up with new policies, so Jeju Island has returned to its previous desolate appearance.
As Xu Cang said, Jeju Island does not have any advantages compared to other tourist destinations in Asia.
The natural environment is not outstanding, there is no government support, and there are no pillar industries locally. It would be strange if the land price was high!
Xu Cang stood with his hands behind his back: "You can tell the owner of the land over there that he can continue to wait for your government to introduce policies, but if he hesitates to make a move now while he can still make a move, I'm afraid no one will take the chance in two years."
The middleman gritted his teeth slightly. In fact, when he came here, the owner of the land had already told him the price he had in mind, which was similar to the one Xu Cang had proposed.
That piece of land was actually bought from the locals when the government was rumored to be developing Jeju Island, and the total price was about the same. In other words, after several years of going around in circles, it was all in vain.
This shows that the government's delay in implementing policies in recent years has eroded the confidence of too many investors. They no longer think about making money, but just hope not to lose money.
"Mr. Xu, if you have time, I can arrange for you to meet with the owner of this land and arrange to sign the contract as soon as possible." The agent no longer wanted to raise the price.
It was obvious that Xu Cang was not the kind of foreigner who could be easily fooled, and it would be a waste of words to say anything more.
Xu Cang hummed. This result was within his expectations. In the eyes of many people, Jeju Island has lost its future and returned to its original position in ancient times.
Just then, Xu Cang's cell phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was Ma Cheng's number.
Xu Cang raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised, walked a little further away, and answered the phone: "What's wrong?"
"The president of Asiana Airlines is on my side." Ma Cheng went straight to the point, his voice a little low, and it seemed that he could be lowered.
Xu Cang's face showed no surprise: "Are you here to discuss passenger sources for European and American routes?"
"What else could it be? The president of Korean Air has come here for this matter, and he even promised to reduce the profit share by 20%." Ma Cheng said, "Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are fighting fiercely now, and the source of passengers on European and American routes may become the key to breaking the balance. Of course, they are concerned about it. What do you think we should do? Which one should we choose?"
"If we cooperate with Korean Air, will the cost be lower than operating it ourselves?"
"That's for sure. After calculation, they can only get more than 20% of the route profit, so it is definitely cost-effective for us." Ma Cheng said.
Xu Cang thought for a moment and said, "Then let's abandon Asiana Airlines and cooperate with Korean Airlines."
This surprised Ma Cheng: "What about the Jeju Island route? Don't you want it?"
Xu Cang had mentioned this to Ma Cheng before. If Muhua Airlines continued to cooperate with Asiana Airlines on European and American routes, then they would raise the stakes, one of which was to ask Asiana Airlines to hand over the international routes of Jeju Island.
Ma Cheng still remembers this.
"It doesn't matter, it's all the same!" Xu Cang said lightly.
"All the same?" Ma Cheng was stunned for a moment. "Let's not talk about the Jeju Island route. If we switch our cooperation to Korean Air, then Asiana Airlines will probably not be able to hold on. Shouldn't we let the two companies fight for a while?"
"No need! If Korean Air doesn't see a chance of winning for a long time, it might give up, which would be disadvantageous. So far, the consumption of both companies has been huge enough. For me, that's enough!"
Pulling is of course a good thing, but don't pull it too hard, otherwise it will easily break.
"Okay then! No matter what, we at Muhua have gotten a good deal in this matter. But is that all? Do we just need to shift the cooperation to Korean Air?" Ma Cheng asked.
"That's right, just do it. Otherwise, I might have to do you a favor."
"You seem to care about owing favors to others?"
"Don't you know? Favors are the hardest to repay."
Just as Xu Cang was about to hang up the phone, Ma Cheng stopped him and said, "Xu Cang, I can sense that you are planning a huge game, not just one direction, but multiple fronts. Do you really have the confidence to pull off such a big game?"
Ma Cheng actually didn't know a lot about Xu Cang, but from some clues, Ma Cheng could sense Xu Cang's intentions. Asiana Airlines was just the tip of the iceberg.
But just the tip of the iceberg is already dancing on the edge of a knife. How complicated would the whole game be?
Moreover, although Xu Cang is very successful now, his foundation is actually not solid. If he is not careful, he will lose everything.
In the past, Ma Cheng looked down on Xu Cang, but now Xu Cang is considered a partner of Mu Hua. Even from the perspective of the company's interests, Ma Cheng does not want Xu Cang to have any problems.
"More than a year ago, I was just a pilot. At that time, I only wanted to do so much. I didn't have much interest in things other than flying. Until one day, I suddenly discovered something..."
"What?"
Xu Cang raised a smile at the corner of his mouth: "I seem to be good at things other than flying."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Cang hung up the phone.
He breathed in the cool sea breeze and whispered, "A world without secrets is really interesting."
…
Thousands of miles away, at an airport in Switzerland, Xu Ruxing, who had traveled a long way, came out of the arrival gate. A man in a suit and tie on the other side of the exit saw Xu Ruxing and immediately came up to him and took all of Xu Ruxing's luggage.
"The hotel has been arranged. The meeting will start tomorrow morning. Do you want to cancel the morning part and only attend the afternoon part?" the man said respectfully.
Xu Ruxing seemed to be in good spirits: "No, it's just a short speech anyway, it's not too exhausting."
"Okay!" The man led Xu Ruxing to the parking lot and said as they walked, "Over at Boeing..."
Xu Ruxing's expression remained unchanged and he did not speak.
The man immediately understood: "I understand, I will arrange it."
"Oh, right!" Xu Ruxing finally spoke: "Before taking off, I sent you a message."
The man immediately replied, "You asked me to pay attention to Muhua Flight 552, right? I just confirmed that the plane landed at Incheon Airport five hours ago."
Xu Ruxing raised his eyebrows: "Landed safely, no special circumstances?"
"It landed normally without any unexpected circumstances."
"Really?" Xu Ruxing's expression returned to indifference, but after a long while, he suddenly sighed: "What a pity!"
…
At the same time, in an office on the top floor of a towering building in the Eastern island country of Tokyo, Japan, a tall woman was looking at documents on her desk.
While reading, her body swayed back and forth with the chair, and her stretched-out, slender, and plump legs had a strong visual impact.
"So, now we need Spring Airlines' consent to open a southwest route?" The woman's eyes shifted. There was a piece of paper on the right side of the document, which was full of Spring Airlines' information.
That’s right, as a newly established airline, Spring Airlines has only a piece of paper.
Across the desk, a burly man said respectfully, "Yes, CAAC has already issued a written order. This happened suddenly. I'm very sorry."
As the man spoke, he bowed nearly 90 degrees, looking extremely skilled.
"Spring Airlines." The woman ignored the man's apology and just asked him to continue bowing. Her beautiful eyes moved around. There was a photo attached to the document in her hand, which was of Xu Cang.
The woman stretched slightly, showing her broad mind, and then slowly stood up. She seemed to be over 1.75 meters tall, which was extremely rare among women.
"Arrange a plane. I want to go meet this Xu Cang."
As the view zooms out, the full picture of the building finally comes into view. Three huge letters are hung on the right side of the top - ANA!