Chapter 279: Planning for Japan!
In the office of the Director of the Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan, Yukio Nakamura is reporting to Director Kenshin Nagashima on the progress of the investigation into ANA Flight 45. In fact, on the day of the incident, all kinds of information were gathered in front of Director Nagashima's desk. He probably knew the whole picture of the incident, and what Nakamura had to do was to perfect this overall framework.
However, the results of Nakamura's investigation were not much different from the picture that Director Nagashima Kenshin had drawn in his mind. But the more this happened, the more embarrassed Nagashima Kenshin felt.
"Just now, a senior official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism called to inquire about the progress of the investigation into ANA Flight 45. It would be really embarrassing if this investigation report were submitted." Nagashima Kenji sighed, looking quite anxious.
Yukio Nakamura's eyelids jumped: "The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is also concerned about this matter?"
The Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan is under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which is the second largest agency in Japan after the Ministry of Defense. Even such an important agency has begun to pay attention to ANA Flight 45, which has increased the pressure on Yukio Nakamura.
"A plane has been hovering over Tokyo for so long, and even those people in Nagatacho and Chiyoda know about it. Do you think this matter can be taken lightly?" Nagashima Kenzhi asked back.
The corners of Yukio Nakamura's mouth kept twitching. Of course he knew who lived in Nagatacho and Chiyoda, but the more he thought about it, the more anxious he felt.
"Damn it!" Yukio Nakamura moved his lips.
Yukio Nakamura didn't make a sound, but Nagashima Kenzhi knew what he was saying by looking at his lip shape. He sneered and asked, "Who are you talking about who deserves to die?"
Yukio Nakamura was startled and immediately lowered his head: "Director, you know I didn't mean that."
"It doesn't matter if you said something wrong in front of me, but if you say something wrong elsewhere, I can't protect you." Nagashima Ken snorted, "Besides, you are the person in charge of the investigation of ANA Flight 45 this time. If someone from the higher-ups asks you to report, and you dare to act recklessly in front of those big shots, no one can save you."
Nakamura Yukio lowered his head even lower: "I remember that, Chief."
"Your temper hasn't changed in many years. If you can really remember, I won't have to worry about you." Nagashima Kenzhi seemed to have a good relationship with Nakamura Yukio. There were many reminders in his words, and it didn't seem like a complete superior-subordinate relationship: "Okay, I won't talk about your matter anymore. Is there any problem with ANA after checking?"
"No problem for now." Nakamura Yukio immediately adjusted his mood: "However, Director, you also know that in this incident, it was almost all handled by Xu Cang, and the ANA people were basically not directly involved, so there are really not many mistakes to find."
This incident perfectly embodies what it means to do less and make fewer mistakes, and to do nothing and make no mistakes. In fact, in any special case handling, due to the complexity of the situation, there are often situations where the husband has his own reasons and the wife has her own reasons.
Some things become clearer the more you argue about them, but sometimes, the more you talk about them, the more confusing they become.
But if the water is muddy, it will easily cause the parties involved to suffer some unexpected disasters.
However, this time ANA got away with it cleanly, because most of the things were done by Xu Cang and had nothing to do with ANA.
"There aren't many places where they can get involved." Changdao Jianzhi had a complicated expression on his face: "The only way to subdue the criminals was to rely on Xu Cang to release the pressure, and then pass through the bridge hole and make an emergency landing on the water. Who can do that?"
"We have sent people to check the two central piers of the Tokyo Bay Bridge, and there are no signs of damage on them." Nakamura Yukio's heart couldn't stop beating wildly when he said this: "This kind of pilot is really the only one I have ever seen in my life. His courage, judgment, and skills have reached a level that ordinary people can't reach. It's really hard to imagine that he is a co-pilot. Moreover, I heard that he is also a first-level flight specialist of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Is there a precedent in the history of ICAO for a co-pilot to become a flight specialist? This time, the specialist review in the Asian region should be under the responsibility of EASA. Will the people from EASA approve this application?"
"If you have such doubts, then you still underestimate him." Director Nagashima sneered, "In the previous Jakarta volcanic ash incident, the British Civil Aviation Authority suffered a great loss at his hands. Do you really think he is just a co-pilot?"
"Jakarta volcanic ash incident?" When Director Nagashima mentioned this, Yukio Nakamura immediately recognized the pilot: "Is he the pilot who calculated the glide path in his head?"
"That's right! And the calculated glide path is exactly the same as the standard one." Director Nagashima's eyes flashed with envy: "Why isn't this once-in-50-years talent from our JCAB? If it were, we wouldn't have to worry so much now."
When Yukio Nakamura heard what Nagashima Kenji said, he seemed to want to say something but hesitated, and in the end he didn't say anything.
"By the way, how did Kuroda Takashi bring the knife into the plane? Have you found out?" asked Director Nagashima.
In fact, this problem was the original cause of the entire hijacking incident. If there were no knives, Kuroda Takashi's threat would be greatly reduced, and it would not have frightened everyone in the cabin so much that no one dared to stop it.
"This..." When mentioning this, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Yukio Nakamura's face.
As soon as Nagashima Kenshin saw Nakamura Yukio's expression, he knew something was wrong: "Just tell me if you have any questions."
"It's basically confirmed now." Nakamura Yukio paused and continued, "It was caused by a passage between the departure and arrival floors of Haneda Airport that was supposed to be closed."
"Originally... it should have been..." Nagashima Kenzhi tasted something from Nakamura Yukio's words: "You mean, in fact, the passage was not completely closed?"
Yukio Nakamura nodded. "Yes, that passage is indeed not completely closed. Kuroda Takashi worked as a temporary worker at Haneda Airport for a period of time, so he knows this information."
"So, the connection between the departure floor and the arrival floor is completely unobstructed? Is this what the people at Haneda Airport did?" Nagashima Kenzhi almost cursed out loud. How could such a low-level mistake happen?
However, before Nagashima Kenzhi could fully explode, Nakamura Yukio's expression became even uglier: "Director, this is not the most important thing right now."
Changdao was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Well... after Kuroda Takashi woke up, we went to look for him, and we got some bad news from him." Nakamura Yukio gritted his teeth and said, "In fact, after Kuroda Takashi discovered this problem, he reported it to the authorities, but they ignored it."
The corners of Nagashima Kenzhi's mouth twitched. He began to understand what Nakamura Yukio meant: "What do you mean by official?"
"There is also...our Aviation Safety Office at Haneda Airport," said Yukio Nakamura slowly.
Bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, Nagashima Ken slammed the table and stood up: "What? You mean that Kuroda Takashi took the initiative to report the airport's security loopholes and reported it to us, but no one paid attention?"
Nakamura Yukio also looked gloomy: "That's basically the situation. I went to the Aviation Safety Office to check the past information, and it was consistent with what Kuroda Takashi said. However, that proactive report did not attract the attention of the Aviation Safety Office."
Changdao Jianzhi was so angry that his teeth itched: "How can they conclude that this report does not need to be handled?"
"They asked Haneda Airport, and the airport said they were already aware of the incident. The people in the Aviation Security Office thought that since the airport was already aware of it, there was no need to report it further, so they intercepted it at the Aviation Security Office."
Nagashima Jianzhi took a deep breath and tried to suppress the rage in his chest: "The people at Haneda Airport are doing something stupid, so you want us to do the same, right? Now, we've become accomplices and we've neglected our duties. What do you think we should do?"
No wonder Nagashima Ken was so angry. They were originally the investigating party, but now they were dragged into it. If the public knew about this, the professionalism of JCAB would be greatly challenged.
Yukio Nakamura naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. Although he was not from the Aviation Safety Office, the entire JCAB would prosper or suffer together, so the most urgent task was how to deal with the current crisis.
"Only a few people know about this." Nakamura Yukio asked carefully: "Director, do you want us to..."
Nagashima Kenzhi slowly sat back, revealing a thoughtful look. He naturally understood what Nakamura Yukio meant. They were responsible for this incident, and it was not small. Fortunately, only a few people knew about it, the scope was controllable, and the right to investigate was in their hands. If they polished the investigation report a little, they might be able to get themselves out of it.
Changdao Jianzhi thought for a moment, still feeling a little moved: "Then let's..."
"Just what? Are we just going to cover it up like this?" However, before Nagashima Kenzhi could finish his words, his office door was roughly pushed open, and Guan Yueling rushed in, followed by Nagashima Kenzhi's assistant.
The assistant still wanted to stop Guan Yueling, but as a man, he couldn't use force against Guan Yueling, so his efforts to stop him were in vain.
Nagashima Kenzhi frowned, waved his hand, and signaled his assistant to leave first.
After the assistant left, Guan Yueling entered the office and sneered, "The smell of conspiracy in this room is about to spill out. Do you really not notice it at all?"
Yukio Nakamura was very dissatisfied with Guan Yueling's behavior: "President Guan Yue, are the people of ANA so uneducated?"
However, Nagashima Kenshin raised his hand to stop Nakamura Yukio from speaking, and asked with a gloomy face: "President Kanzuki is very angry."
"Yes, I am very angry." Guan Yueling sneered, "Our people went to see Kuroda Takashi and got some very interesting information. The reason why he was able to bring the knife onto the plane was because of a security loophole at Haneda Airport. But before the incident, he took the initiative to report this loophole to the airport and your Aviation Security Office."
At the end of his speech, Nagashima Ken's eyelids twitched wildly, and then he glared at Nakamura Yukio.
Yukio Nakamura did not dare to have any resistance, because he made a huge mistake by not restricting Takashi Kuroda's visit. ANA people could actually see Takashi Kuroda.
In fact, ANA is also a victim in this incident, at least so far. So the current situation is very similar to the victim coming to the door to ask for an explanation.
Things have developed to this point, and it is definitely useless to deny it. Nagashima Kenshin simply laid it out and said, "President Mizuki, what do you want?"
"Of course we have to make it public so that people know that we, ANA, are the victims of security negligence." Guan Yueling sneered.
This seems reasonable, but to Nagashima Kenzhi, it sounds like a joke: "President Mizuki, you can deceive others, but don't deceive yourself. If you really want to do this, you shouldn't show up here now. Also, are you sure you want to drag us down? I advise you not to do this, as it will make the relationship between JCAB and ANA very awkward in the future."
Nagashima Kenji's last sentence was already a blatant threat.
"If JACB dares to deliberately make things difficult for ANA in the future, it must be your deliberate revenge. The public will really like this fantasy." Guan Yueling said.
At this moment, Nagashima Jianzhi's face suddenly darkened.
"President Guanyue, do you really want to do this?" Changdao said in a cold voice.
"How is it?" Guan Yueling asked back: "When allocating international routes, it seems that you didn't consider the relationship with us?"
Hearing this, Nagashima Jianzhi was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter, his laughter was very happy: "I said, after hearing the news, you came here first, so it can't be to call for punishment, it turns out to be about the allocation of international routes. Guan Yueling, I really admire you, no wonder ANA has developed so well under your leadership. Only you can think of exchanging this kind of thing for benefits."
In fact, from a rational point of view, Guan Yueling is unlikely to turn against JCAB. There is still a long way to go, and as the Civil Aviation Administration of Japan, there is plenty of time and opportunity to deal with ANA. The reasons are as legitimate as they can be, and there is nothing wrong with them.
However, this matter is still risky. What if Guan Yueling is really mad and is determined to drag JCAB into the water? That would be a bad thing.
But now that Guan Yueling mentioned the allocation of international routes, everything became easier.
Guan Yueling changed his expression like turning the pages of a book. One moment he was indignant, and the next he was smiling: "Our domestic airlines and the authorities naturally have a harmonious relationship. How could there be any grudges?"
"Right, right, right!" Nagashima Kenzhi clapped his hands and smiled. "President Mizuki is sensible, I'm very pleased. From now on, I will satisfy ANA in the allocation of international routes. However, this is only official, and the route cooperation between your airlines has nothing to do with us."
Some international routes are officially negotiated between countries, and then the airlines are designated to fly them. This is the type of route that Nagashima Kenji was talking about.
There are also some international routes that are applied for by the airlines themselves, which are purely commercial activities and JCAB naturally cannot interfere.
Guan Yueling must have understood what Changdao Jianzhi said, and getting such a result was already in line with her expectations.
"Then I'll have to trouble Director Changdao." Guan Yueling said.
"Who else knows about this besides you?" Nagashima asked straightly.
Guan Yueling smiled and said, "It was my secretary who went there at the time. I can guarantee that he will keep his mouth shut."
Nagashima nodded and said, "Okay! We will add a new batch of European routes soon. This matter is settled. If everything goes well as President Kanzuki said, then these routes will be given priority by ANA."
Guan Yueling was delighted when he heard this. Although ANA is one of the top two airlines in Japan, the priority in selecting international routes used to belong to Japan Airlines. They can only pick up what Japan Airlines leaves behind. It would be strange if they could operate such a second-rate route.
Unexpectedly, they would be able to enjoy the treatment of leisurely selection one day. Moreover, it was a very valuable European route.
"Okay, President Guanyue, is there anything else you want to say?" Nagashima said calmly.
Guan Yueling knew that this was an order to expel her. Although the tone between the two of them was calm, Changdao Jian might have hated her to death, but he couldn't do anything because she held the handle of the bureau.
No matter what, Changdao definitely doesn't want to even look at Guan Yueling now.
Guan Yueling knew that he was not well received by Chang Daojianzhi now, and since his goal had been achieved, there was no need for him to stay any longer. So, he found a random excuse and left the director's office.
It took only five minutes from the time Guan Yueling appeared to the time she left, but she secured the next batch of high-quality European routes for ANA, which was truly amazing.
"This woman is really bold. She dares to threaten us?" Nakamura Yukio looked at Guan Yueling's back as she walked away, very dissatisfied: "Director, you don't have to agree to her. We have plenty of ways to deal with ANA. By then, won't she have to come back and beg us?"
In Nakamura Yukio's opinion, there was no need for Director Nagashima to give in. What exchange of interests? If he dared to bargain with JCAB, he would be punished.
However, Nagashima Kenshin waved his hand and said, "Forget it. JAL is getting old now, and ANA may become the largest airline in the country in the future. There is no need to make the relationship too tense. We were indeed too biased towards JAL before, and ANA had a lot of resentment towards us. This is a good opportunity to ease the tension."
Yukio Nakamura couldn't help but frown: "Director, are you so pessimistic about Japan Airlines?"
"You don't know. After privatization, Japan Airlines began to lose money. Now its situation is very bad. It looks good on the outside, but it's rotten on the inside. If nothing unexpected happens... forget it, what if the country doesn't let it go bankrupt?" Nagashima Kenzhi felt that he had said too much, so he stopped talking: "Go and deal with Kuroda Takashi's matter, and communicate with Haneda Airport. The safety responsibility for this matter can only be borne by Haneda Airport."
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After leaving the JCAB headquarters, Guan Yueling went directly to St. Luke's Hospital, for no other purpose than Xu Cang.
However, as soon as I entered the VIP ward, I saw that Xu Cang had taken off his hospital gown and changed into a neat suit, and even his hair was slightly dressed up.
However, the only thing that was a bit unusual was the thin layer of gauze wrapped around his left hand.
"You're going out, what's going on?" Guan Yueling was a little surprised to see Xu Cang dressed so formally. She remembered that Xu Cang probably didn't have any partners in Japan except herself, right?
But now Xu Cang's appearance really looks like he is in a business meeting.
Xu Cang straightened his clothes a little: "Since this is our first meeting, I should dress formally. Yes, I have to go out for something. What about you? What's up?"
"It's nothing special. Miss Qin has already signed the contract at our headquarters today, and now we are official partners."
"Oh." Xu Cang didn't have any special reaction, just nodded.
Qin Xin went to sign the profit-sharing agreement on ANA's U.S. routes. As Xu Cang's responsibility, he needed to solve the route permit issue for ANA in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Xu Cang's reaction was rather cold, which made Guan Yueling a little embarrassed. Ever since she saw the conversation between Xu Cang and Yu Chen that day, Guan Yueling had been naturally lowering her head in front of Xu Cang, and felt very uncomfortable getting along with him.
"Have you met anyone from JCAB?" Guan Yueling didn't say anything, but Xu Cang spoke first.
He straightened his clothes in front of the mirror and said calmly, "The incident on Flight 45 wasn't that complicated. We should have some clues now, right? How did that person bring the knife onto the plane?"
Guan Yueling's heart skipped a beat, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "There is no definite result yet, but it seems that it was not discovered during the security check."
"You didn't find it during the security check?" Xu Cang suddenly stopped sorting his clothes. He turned his head abruptly and looked at Guan Yueling. His eyes were as deep as a black hole. "Did you not find it during the X-ray machine, or did you not find it during the personal inspection?"
Xu Cang's voice was very flat, without any ups and downs, and there was no special light in his eyes, but Guan Yueling felt like she was seen through.
Biting his lip, Guan Yueling still insisted: "I'm not sure about this, but it should be an oversight during the security check."
"Oversight during security check?" Xu Cang buttoned up his suit and suddenly stepped in front of Guan Yueling. The two of them were almost touching each other: "President Guan Yue, can I trust you?"
Guan Yueling had never faced a man so closely before: "Of course, you can trust me."
Xu Cang didn't say anything, but just looked at Guan Yueling deeply, then sighed, as if he was extremely disappointed.
He didn't say anything else, just nodded slightly in farewell and left the ward directly.
For some reason, Guan Yueling felt that he seemed to have made a very wrong decision.
After leaving the hospital, Xu Cang hailed a taxi, told the driver the route, and the car sped away.
After driving for a while, Xu Cang thought about it and called Xiao Lingyun. Before, he thought that he might travel around the world in the future, and he even applied for a phone card that was convenient for international calls, but the charges were a bit high.
When the call was connected, Xu Cang immediately asked, "Where are you?"
"Shanghai, what's going on?" Xiao Lingyun asked in surprise, "What's going on over there?"
Xu Cang also talked to Xiao Lingyun on the phone after the hijacking incident, so Xiao Lingyun knew about Xu Cang's situation. However, Xu Cang called again, which made Xiao Lingyun a little nervous.
"How are things going over there with Chen Tianyang?" Xu Cang asked in a low voice.
Chen Tianyang is the former Korean prosecutor that Xiao Lingyun sent to Korea to investigate Air Seoul. He has been in Korea for some time.
"Almost done. We have basically investigated the background of Seoul Air, and it's just as you thought. Wow, you know all this, amazing." Xiao Lingyun said with a smile: "Then the collar for Korean Air is ready, will we let him come back?"
"No need!" Xu Cang said directly: "Things have changed, ask him to come to Tokyo and find me directly. I have something for him to do."
"Going to Japan?" Xiao Lingyun obviously didn't understand Xu Cang's intention: "Is there something wrong with the hijacking incident? No way, you are acting bravely, how can you get into trouble? Besides, this is a matter of the flying industry, how can he help?"
It can be seen that Xiao Lingyun's thoughts are still not as good as Xu Cang's, and he is only limited to the hijacking incident. But Xu Cang has already jumped out of it, the hijacking incident has passed, and he is now doing something else.
"I asked him to come here so that he could do what he is good at."
On the phone, Xiao Lingyun began to react: "Xu Cang, what are you thinking about?"
Xu Cang was silent for a moment. "The Japanese and Korean markets are highly interconnected. In fact, my previous idea was to enter Korea first and then Japan. However, now there is a great opportunity to enter the Japanese aviation market in one fell swoop. Do you think I should seize it?"
"You want to expand into the Japanese market?" Xiao Lingyun was shocked: "Japan Airlines, or All Nippon Airways? No, no, no, those are too big."
Even ANA is larger than Korean Air, not to mention Japan Airlines, the largest airline in Asia. Japan Airlines is one of the top three airlines in the world and is truly a super-large enterprise.
But according to Xu Cang's intention, he is planning to target these two companies.
"I gave her a chance, but she didn't seize it. So I can only take it myself." Xu Cang said regretfully.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Lingyun had no idea what Xu Cang's sigh meant.
Xu Cang smiled and said, "It's okay. It's okay if you don't understand. Just ask Chen Tianyang to come to Japan to find me."
"Xu Cang, I am telling you seriously, Japan and ANA cannot be touched."
However, as Xiao Lingyun finished speaking, the taxi had already stopped.
"No. 28 Nishikubo Akefune-cho? That's it, right?" the driver asked, turning around.
"Yes, it's here." Xu Cang ignored Xiao Lingyun for the time being, but paid and got out of the car.
After getting off the car, an old building appeared in front of Xu Cang. Its square layout showed that the building was quite old. There were still a lot of ivy on the outer wall. There was a sign hanging on one side of the gate with three English letters JAS written on it, and next to it was a company name similar to Chinese - Japan Air!
Xu Cang smiled and raised his phone: "Who said I want to start with Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways?"
