Chapter 275 Xu Cang and Captain Sully!
After leaving Blue Sky Airlines, Qin Xin did not return to Erhai Lake immediately, but went to the airport office of Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau to communicate with Jianchuan in advance about the situation in Jinghong.
Even though they were from the local regulatory bureau, they were still from the bureau after all, and they were still a bit arrogant when facing people from the airline. However, when Qin Xin went there, the director of the airport office had a very good attitude.
After pouring a cup of tea for Qin Xin, the director smiled like Maitreya Buddha: "Boss Qin made a special trip just for the matter in Jinghong?"
"Not really." Qin Xin was very polite. After all, the director's attitude was clear: "I came here just to take care of some things with Blue Sky Airlines. However, Director Chen, the person who contacted us before was a section chief from your side. Today, I have to trouble Director Chen to specifically ask about it. Thank you for your hard work."
Director Chen laughed and said, "It's not a big deal. Your Spring Airlines is really amazing. You invested money directly in Jinghong Airport. I heard that the money is not small."
"To be honest, it's a bit too much. However, Xu Cang insisted on doing this, so I had no choice but to follow him." Qin Xin mentioned Xu Cang seemingly unintentionally, but in fact he still wanted to exclude Xu Cang.
Qin Xin had no face in the civil aviation circle, especially at the official level. Director Chen was able to receive her specially, not because she was the boss of Spring Airlines. This identity was not at all unusual for Director Chen.
Only Xu Cang can make people in the civil aviation circle look at him differently. Although it is not good to wave the flag, it is even more stupid not to wave the flag.
"Xu Cang." Director Chen took a sip of tea with a smile and said meaningfully: "Boss Qin, you are really good at judging people. If you choose the right person, you can just wait and enjoy the benefits."
Qin Xin naturally understood what Director Chen meant, but there were other implications in this sentence. Director Chen might not have meant to disgust Qin Xin, but the implication was not very good. Qin Xin could only laugh dryly and did not specifically answer this question.
Director Chen was also an old hand. When he saw Qin Xin avoiding the question, he thought about what he had just said and immediately knew the reason. He apologized a little, "Boss Qin, I think I said the wrong thing. Don't make too many assumptions. You know, I didn't express those opinions."
Qin Xin smiled and nodded: "Director Chen, don't worry about it. I don't like to make random associations."
"Then I'm relieved." After Director Chen chatted for a while, he turned to the main topic: "I'm afraid there won't be any progress in the establishment of the Jinghong Regulatory Bureau for a while."
According to domestic civil aviation laws, any airport that operates scheduled commercial flights must have a local regulatory bureau. This is a hard requirement. Of course, the local regulatory bureaus will vary in size depending on the size of the local airport and the number of flights. Just like the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau and the Erhai Regulatory Bureau seem to be at the same level at first glance, but in fact, the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau leads the Erhai Regulatory Bureau, and the two are not at the same level.
Previously, although Jinghong had an airport, there were no commercial civil aviation flights, so there was naturally no need to set up a local regulatory bureau.
However, once Xu Cang plans to develop the civil aviation market of Jinghong Airport, he must set up a regulatory bureau in Jinghong according to regulations, otherwise Jinghong Airport will not be allowed to operate commercially.
This kind of thing should be the responsibility of Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau. After all, the Southwest region is so large that the Southwest Administration Bureau is not involved in all matters. Therefore, some matters within the province were assigned to Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau, including the establishment of supporting local regulatory bureaus for new civil airports in the province.
Of course, Jinghong Airport encountered some problems with flight procedures, but Xu Cang did not regard it as a fatal problem. In the final analysis, the flight procedure problem of Jinghong Airport was a matter of money, but Xu Cang felt that it was not yet time to spend another 40 million yuan, which would make him feel like a sucker.
However, if no suitable solution is found in the later stage, Xu Cang will inevitably end up being a sucker by spending another 40 million to design the program.
Therefore, even if some difficulties are encountered, there will be no delay in promoting the civil marketization of Jinghong Airport, which naturally includes urging the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau to organize the establishment of the Jinghong Regulatory Bureau.
Of course, the Regulatory Bureau is an official agency, so Spring Airlines can only urge them to deliver the goods. They dare not use any other methods.
"Oh? Jinghong Airport will soon have regular civil flights. Isn't it natural to set up a local regulatory bureau in Jinghong? Could there be a problem with this?" Qin Xin expressed confusion.
Logically speaking, this shouldn't be an unreasonable or unreasonable request. It was originally the responsibility of the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau. Why is there a problem with the progress when it comes to Director Chen?
"Oh, I know this is part of our job. It's just that... Spring Airlines has made a big fuss. You know, we have to follow a plan and process when we do things. We have comprehensively considered the civil marketization process of Jinghong Airport. At that time, no matter from which angle, Jinghong Airport would not have the possibility of civil marketization within three years, so... in terms of personnel reserves... um... it is quite stretched."
After hearing this, Qin Xin basically understood what was going on. If it was really as Director Chen said, this matter would not be so easy to handle.
Most of the staff of the Civil Aviation Administration are in technical positions. If you want to supervise others, you must have relevant professional knowledge. As long as they are technical and professional positions, it is impossible to "produce" staff in batches.
Therefore, local authorities need to plan ahead for possible large-scale personnel transfers in the future. Especially when setting up a local regulatory bureau from scratch, there is no doubt that the initial personnel must be drawn from the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau, the big brother in the province.
Director Chen was right. According to the normal development trajectory, Jinghong Airport would not meet the conditions for civil marketization in the next few years. Therefore, in the personnel transfer plan for the next few years, there was no consideration of transferring personnel to support the Jinghong Regulatory Bureau.
However, Xu Cang, an unexpected variable, invested a huge amount of money in Jinghong Airport, which advanced the civil marketization of Jinghong Airport by a long time and disrupted the plans of Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau.
Officials always take things one step at a time. The advantage of this approach is that it is steady and orderly, and there are few unexpected situations. However, correspondingly, this approach will also lead to a lack of flexibility and difficulty in dealing with some emergencies, such as the current situation.
Of course, all these statements are based on the fact that Director Chen did not lie. However, think about it, Director Chen has no grudge against Spring Airlines, and he has no position to lie. It is very likely that this is indeed the problem faced by the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau.
"How big is the manpower gap?" Qin Xin asked carefully.
"This..." Director Chen seemed a little embarrassed. After all, strictly speaking, this was a mistake made by the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau, even though the mistake seemed justifiable. "Well, if we support the local regulatory bureau as usual, the operation of some of our own systems will be affected."
Qin Xin was startled. This was already quite serious . "What does the regulatory bureau in Jinghong say? When can they allocate personnel? Can you give me an approximate time?"
"As for the approximate time, this... is hard to say." Director Chen said helplessly: "Boss Qin, you also know that the domestic civil aviation has been developing rapidly recently. We don't have enough manpower ourselves, and we have to transfer more manpower than planned. It's very difficult. If we really have to give it a time, it will probably take two years."
"Two..." Qin Xin almost stood up when she heard it.
Jinghong Airport is a renovation rather than a new one, so the timeline will be very fast. Basically, once the flight procedures are resolved, we can consider preparing for the start of operations. Qin Xin once consulted Duan Lang, and according to Duan Lang's estimate, the renovation work will be completed by the end of the year at the latest.
This is under the premise that Duan Lang will leave the main force of the engineering team in Yulong to transform the abandoned Yulong Airport. If Duan Lang fully supports Jinghong Airport, he is confident that all the work will be completed within three or four months.
It was obvious that Xu Cang valued Jinghong Airport very much, even more than Erhai Airport, the base of Spring Airlines. Otherwise, Xu Cang would not have invested so much money and effort in it. As a result, the airport, which was supposed to be opened at the end of the year, was delayed to two years later because of the establishment of the regulatory bureau. Even as a pure investor, Qin Xin could not accept it.
"Director Chen, is there really no other solution?"
Director Chen sighed, "When Jinghong Airport cooperated with you before, Mr. Meng from Jinghong Airport Group came to us. He had thought about the establishment of a local regulatory bureau a long time ago. Since then, we have been working on allocating manpower. But so much time has passed, and there has been no progress at all. I think there is really nothing we can do. Mr. Qin, it's not that we don't want to help you. You can ask the Personnel Department to find out the specific situation."
At this point, Qin Xin really had no room for disbelief: "No need for this. It's just that we have invested a lot in Jinghong Airport. We originally planned to start flights at the end of the year, but now we have to delay it for another year..."
"Didn't Xu Cang have a plan that was perfect? How did he make such a big mistake?" Just as Qin Xin was worried, a young voice suddenly came from outside the office. Then Xin Xin, director of the Airport Department of the General Administration, appeared at the door and looked at Qin Xin with a smile: "Boss Qin, long time no see."
As soon as Xin Xinfu appeared, Director Chen stood up and said respectfully, "Director."
This is the Airport Office, which is directly under the control of the Airport Department of the General Administration. Basically, the highest leader of the entire domestic airport system is Xin Xin, even in terms of age alone, Xin Xin seems to be younger than Director Chen.
Qin Xin also stood up and nodded slightly: "Director Xin."
"You're welcome, take a seat." Xin Xin waved his hand, motioning Qin Xin to sit down.
Director Chen immediately left his seat to make room for Xin Xin. However, Xin Xin did not sit in the seat that Director Chen had given up, but sat casually next to Qin Xin.
"Xu Cang is anxious about the Jinghong Airport?" Xin Xin asked with a smile.
"This..." Qin Xin needed to show enough respect to the director of the General Administration, even if the other party had already released enough goodwill. By then, Qin Xin knew that this goodwill was not for her, but for Xu Cang.
"Director Xin, you don't have to worry too much about Xu Cang's thoughts. We can understand the difficulties of the bureau." If Xu Cang was here, he would definitely start to get ahead of himself and complain about his misfortunes. He would definitely take advantage of everything. However, if the same thing happened to Qin Xin, she would never dare to do so, so she showed considerable restraint and humility.
However, Xin Xin shook his head: "Xu Cang's idea needs to be considered, and it is very important."
At this, Director Chen beside him trembled slightly, with shock flashing in his eyes. Xin Xin's words were not a hint, nor were they a roundabout way of saying it. Instead, they directly indicated the importance of Xu Cang, which was not even described as favoritism.
"Does the General Administration like Xu Cang so much?" Director Chen found it unbelievable. The General Administration in Hanjing had almost indulged Xu Cang to the point of even giving priority to Jianchuan Airport to Spring Airlines. This was simply unimaginable in the past.
However, Qin Xin was obviously not that happy, and said slowly: "Xu Cang is grateful for the kindness of the General Administration, but this will make us very worried."
There is no favoritism without reason in the world. At least Xu Cang's current position in the General Administration's heart was earned step by step through his hard work. It's just that outsiders only see what Xu Cang has gained, but intentionally or unintentionally ignore his efforts.
"You are very good. You understand the situation." Xin Xin nodded with satisfaction, but did not understand and directly continued Qin Xin's words: "I heard that Blue Sky Airlines has recently approved an international route to Southeast Asia, and you agreed."
Qin Xin didn't expect Xin Xin to mention this, so she answered truthfully: "We didn't agree, but Jianchuan Airport Group finally signed the route application document."
"Oh? I knew it. With his relationship with Blue Sky Airlines, it would be good enough if he didn't cause trouble for Blue Sky Airlines. How could he approve Blue Sky Airlines' route application?" Xin Xin's eyes were slightly cold: "So it turns out that there are villains behind this."
At the end of his speech, Xin Xin shifted his gaze to Director Chen.
Director Chen mentally greeted the ancestors of the top management of Jianchuan Airport Group. His scope of responsibility was to manage the operation of the local airport. Of course, just as the bureau would not directly interfere with the airlines under normal circumstances, the airport office would not go to guide the work of the local airport for no reason. The actual operation of the airport was mostly the responsibility of the airport group itself.
However, just like when a local airline has a safety accident, the local regulatory bureau or regional administration bureau in the local jurisdiction will be held accountable. Jianchuan Airport signed the route application documents of Blue Sky Airlines without the consent of Spring Airlines, so it is naturally responsible for joint liability.
"Director, I'll handle it right away." Director Chen said quickly.
In fact, Director Chen was wrongly accused. According to convention, he would not ask about such matters. It was not that he was lazy, but that this was the situation in China.
"No need." Xin Xin waved his hand: "Anyway, I came to the southwest for an inspection this time. I had nothing to do. Now it happened under my nose, so I will go to Jianchuan Airport Group in person."
Director Chen's heart sank and he couldn't help but worry about the Jianchuan Airport Group.
All the airports in the country are under the jurisdiction of Xin Xin, who is not very old. If Xin Xin personally takes care of it, Jianchuan Airport will probably be in trouble.
However, after hesitating, Qin Xin said softly, "Director Xin, if possible, can we handle it later?"
"Hmm?" Xin Xin raised his eyebrows. "You should understand that this is not all for you. The General Administration's document has been issued, but Jianchuan Airport Group still dared to ignore the General Administration's instructions and privately signed the route application documents. As the director of the Airport Department, I need to correct this trend."
"But I feel that since Jianchuan Airport Group dares to do this, they must have made some preparations, right?"
Xin Xin sneered, "It's nothing more than some loopholes in the words. If I want to deal with them, none of them can escape."
Although Xin Xin is not very old, he is used to some conspiracies and tricks. The timing of Blue Sky Airlines' application for Cebu route is quite special. It is right in the middle of the General Administration giving priority to Jianchuan Airport to Spring Airlines. This situation will have some loopholes to exploit, at least it can become an excuse for some people with ulterior motives.
It can only be said that Xin Xin's scheming is completely disproportionate to his age. He has already seen through the little thoughts of Yao Binghua, the vice president of Jianchuan Airport Group.
However, Qin Xin still shook her head: "I think Director Xin must have heard in the General Administration that many of our Spring Airlines captains have died recently."
Xin Xin laughed when he heard this: "I hear reports from the Flight Standards Department about the dismissal of captains from your company every now and then. It seems that there are quite a few of them."
Any airline that fires a captain for any reason must submit a report to the General Administration, and of course it also needs to re-hire him.
The hiring and firing of captains was not a big deal, but in recent times, the firing reports of captains from Spring Airlines accounted for more than half of all the firings of captains, so the General Administration could not help but pay attention to it. Even Xin Xin, who was not from the Flight Standards Department, had heard about it.
"Why, have you run into some trouble?" Xin Xin said with a smile, "Or do you want me to pass on a message to Director Wu of the Flight Standards Department? Ask him to give some advice to some of the airlines under him?"
Unlike Xin Xin who manages the airport, Wu Yue, the director of the Flight Standards Department, is in charge of various flight qualifications and training, which naturally includes the captain screening. If Wu Yue had asked about it, Spring Airlines would have been much better off.
But Qin Xin obviously didn't want to accept this favor. Favors are the hardest to repay, especially those from the directors of the general administration.
Although Xin Xin was not from the Flight Standards Department, he had been in the General Administration for a long time and basically understood the situation and some tacit rules. It would be strange if Spring Airlines was not targeted by such a large-scale captain investigation.
"No need." Qin Xin said calmly: "Whether it is Blue Sky Airlines, Jianchuan Airlines, Muhua Airlines' Jianchuan base, or Jianchuan Airport Group, Xu Cang will deal with them all. If Director Xin only inquires about Jianchuan Airport Group, it will alert the snakes and make other villains shrink their tails, which will make it difficult to catch them."
Director Chen was horrified when he heard that Qin Xin was actually dividing the territory in front of the director of the General Administration.
"Oh? According to Xu Cang, he intends to clean up the entire southwest."
Even though what Qin Xin said was a bit out of line, Xin Xin didn't care and the smile on his face didn't diminish in the slightest.
Qin Xin lowered her head slightly: "Of course the house needs to be cleaned."
Xin Xin narrowed his eyes and said, "Is this what Xu Cang meant? From now on, Southwest China will be your Spring Airlines' private territory?"
"Director Xin." Qin Xin slowly raised her head and looked directly at Xin Xin: "Xu Cang said that the north of the country now belongs to Guoda Airlines, the south belongs to Muhua Airlines, and the east belongs to Tiandong Airlines. Only the west has no owner. We don't want the southwest, but the entire west."
Director Chen felt that Qin Xin was really bold. At the beginning, Qin Xin was humble enough, but later on, he became more and more arrogant.
Xin Xin didn't speak for a long time, just looked at Qin Xin deeply, but Qin Xin was not afraid at all.
"So, this is the reason why you contacted the Northwest Bureau?" Xin Xin asked back.
Qin Xin didn't say anything else, but this attitude basically showed her agreement.
The West belongs to me alone!
This is Xu Cang’s attitude!
Xin Xin pondered for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Okay, very good! If Xu Cang wants to build the fourth largest airline, then he can do it. The Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau will try its best to transfer personnel. If it really can't, the Erhai Regulatory Bureau will temporarily take charge of the management, which will not affect the opening of Jinghong Airport."
"This..." Director Chen couldn't help but blurt out: "Director, are you making an exception?"
There is no precedent in the history of domestic civil aviation for a local regulatory authority to be in charge of two airports.
Qin Xin finally frowned: "Director Xin, can I ask the reason?"
Even if Xu Cang had made some contributions before, the priority of Jianchuan Airport was enough to wipe out everything. But now, the General Administration seemed to be very kind to Xu Cang, which was a little abnormal.
"Just now, I received a message from the General Administration." Xin Xin said quietly, "The director of the Japanese JCAB had a phone call with our director. The content of the call was about a person."
"Xu Cang?" Qin Xin asked suddenly.
Xin Xin smiled and said, "Yes, it's Xu Cang!"
Qin Xin's heart tightened: "What happened to Xu Cang?"
"If you're asking me what happened to Xu Cang now, then I don't know. If you're asking me what happened to Xu Cang just now, then I can tell you that the plane he was on was hijacked, and it seems that the situation on the plane is not optimistic."
Qin Xin was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly, without even bothering to say goodbye to Xin Xin, and hurriedly left the office.
…
On the overpass of the Tiandong Airlines headquarters building, Xiao Lingyun paced back and forth somewhat anxiously. Just now, Zhou Yanping brought him some very bad news: the All Nippon Airways Flight 45 that Xu Cang was on had an accident.
However, at this moment he could not get any information at all and could only run around in panic.
Not far away, Zhou Yanping was talking on the phone to someone and had been talking for quite a while.
After a while, the cabin department manager who had just gone somewhere else to look for information about Xinmu Fruit Industry came over and handed a thin file bag to Xiao Lingyun.
"Mr. Xiao, here is some simple information about Xinmu Fruit Industry. You can take a look at it. If you need anything else, I can get it for you now. In addition, there is also the phone number of our cabin department. If you need any help or have any questions, feel free to call us." The cabin department manager said politely.
Zhou Yanping had just introduced Xiao Lingyun's identity to him. In view of Zhou Yanping's status in Tiandong Airlines, the cabin department manager still showed sufficient politeness to Xiao Lingyun, an outsider.
Xiao Lingyun was upset, but the cabin manager was so polite that he couldn't be cold to him. He had to force a smile and thank him, "Thank you for your trouble."
"No trouble, no trouble. You are Mr. Zhou's friend. This is what we should do." The cabin department manager said hurriedly.
Suddenly, Zhou Yanping, who had been on the phone, seemed to end the call and walked over. He saw the file bag in Xiao Lingyun's hand. He looked at the cabin manager and pointed at the file bag: "You gave it? What is it?"
Facing Zhou Yanping, the cabin manager's momentum weakened by three points, and he almost bowed and kowtowed: "This is the information about Xinmuguoye that Mr. Xiao wanted. I have sorted it out."
Xiao Lingyun said from the side: "Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry to bother you this time. I may need to bother you again after I deal with the matters of Xinmu Fruit Industry."
"No need!" However, Zhou Yanping took the file bag directly from Xiao Lingyun: "You don't have to go to Xinmu Fruit Industry."
Xiao Lingyun was confused: "Boss Zhou, what are you doing?"
"We will handle the affairs of Xinmu Fruit Industry. Within half a month, our supply agreement with Xinmu Fruit Industry will be terminated, and the subsequent fruit supply will be left to you." Zhou Yanping said directly.
"Ah? This..." Xiao Lingyun was a little confused by such a sudden turn of events, and he couldn't help but look at the cabin department manager.
The cabin manager's face also changed drastically: "Boss Zhou, if we force Xinmu Fruit Industry to terminate the supply agreement, the losses will be..."
"I don't care about the losses. Half a month from now, I hope that Tiandong Airlines will no longer be supplied with fruit from Xinmu Fruit Industry." Zhou Yanping was tall, and he always lowered his head when talking to the cabin manager. Looking down like this, he looked more imposing: "Do you understand?"
The cabin manager lowered his head, not daring to look directly at it: "What's up there?"
"I'll go back and explain. You just go and do your job." Zhou Yanping waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
When the cabin manager left, Zhou Yanping finally smiled: "Mr. Xiao, this will make things much simpler."
"But..." Xiao Lingyun felt a little embarrassed: "Won't this make things difficult for Tiandong?"
After all, Tiandong Airlines will have to bear the penalty for forcibly terminating the supply agreement. Although it is not fatal, the amount is estimated to be not small.
"It's okay." Zhou Yanping's expression gradually became serious: "Mr. Xiao, when you go back, please tell Xu Cang that this is a little gift from our Tiandong Airlines."
Xiao Lingyun was stunned on the spot. He could tell that Zhou Yanping was trying to please Xu Cang. But the question was, as a senior executive of Tiandong Airlines, why would Zhou Yanping please Xu Cang? Not long ago, Zhou Yanping did not have this attitude.
Right after that phone call!
"Mr. Zhou, what happened to Xu Cang?" Xiao Lingyun immediately sensed something unusual and grasped the key point of the problem.
Zhou Yanping sighed and said, "My brother seems to have done something big in Tokyo."
…
In the waters of Tokyo Bay, an orange-red life raft was drifting quietly on the water, densely packed with people. Most of these people were covered in water to varying degrees, and many of them were soaked through.
There were three life rafts, each of which was overcrowded, except for one of them, which had a little space in the corner. In that empty space, Xia Shuyue, who was soaked all over, held Xu Cang in her arms, and after a moment, Xu Cang slowly woke up.
As soon as Xu Cangfu opened his eyes, he saw Xia Shuyue's slightly pale face. As his consciousness gradually recovered, he found that he seemed to be resting his head on Xia Shuyue's soft thighs, and the posture was a little ambiguous.
He wanted to move, but his whole body felt as if it was filled with lead and he couldn't move.
"Why am I here? I wasn't here just now..." Xu Cang subconsciously rubbed his eyes with his left hand, but as soon as he raised his left hand, the piercing pain almost made Xu Cang faint again.
"Don't move. The wound on your left hand is soaked with water and we don't know if it will get infected." Xia Shuyue hurriedly stopped Xu Cang from moving: "It was the rescue team who rescued you just now. The captain told them your location."
Just as Xia Shuyue finished speaking, a girl next to Xia Shuyue, who was also a Spring Airlines flight attendant who came with her for the ANA training, said in surprise: "It wasn't you just now..."
But before he could finish his words, he was met with Xia Shuyue's somewhat cold gaze. He was stunned for a moment, and then tactfully shut his mouth.
"Is that so ?" Xu Cang felt that his memory after entering the water was a little confused. He tilted his head and thought for a while: "Just now when I was underwater, why did I feel like I saw you?"
Xia Shuyue smiled and asked, "What did you see about me?"
"I saw you kiss me." Xu Cang blinked and said innocently.
"What are you talking about? Why would I kiss you?"
"This..." This was indeed a difficult question to answer. Xu Cang was silent for a moment, still not knowing how to answer, so he simply kept silent.
Looking at Xia Shuyue's expression, could it be that he was hallucinating when he was on the verge of death just now?
Isn't it said that people will see some memorable scenes in their lives before they die? But why did I see Xia Shuyue? This doesn't make sense. Shouldn't I see Qin Xin and my parents?
However, Xu Cang, who had walked through the gates of hell, was obviously unable to think about such a complex problem in his current physical state. He thought about it for a while but couldn't understand it, so he stopped thinking about it.
Suddenly, Xia Shuyue's right hand seemed to be casually placed on Xu Cang's chest, right above his heart, as if to make sure that Xu Cang was still alive.
Xu Cang was being pressed on the chest by Xia Shuyue, and couldn't help but look at Xia Shuyue, only to see Xia Shuyue looking at the coast in the distance, not looking down at her. But a round drop of water dripped from her white chin, and fell right on Xu Cang's mouth, salty, like sea water, and like tears.
Not long after, under the towing of the rescue boat, the life raft quickly reached the shore. At this moment, a large number of onlookers had gathered on the shore, but in order to ensure the progress of the rescue, an open space had been marked out on the shore, and many ambulances were waiting inside.
Xu Cang's life raft was the first to reach the shore. With the help of Xia Shuyue, he slowly walked ashore. Just as he was approaching the ambulance, Xu Cang suddenly felt something, stopped, and looked at the crowd watching nearby.
Xia Shuyue asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Xu Cang's eyes swept through the dense crowd and suddenly fixed on a white man, who turned out to be Chesley Sullenberger, the captain of American Airlines who had just arrived from Haneda Airport.
However, the moment he saw Shallenberger, Xu Cang was stunned. Although the man looked younger, he was very sure he knew who this man was, even though they had never met before.
Xu Cang's lips moved slightly: "Captain Sully!"
