"How long has he been standing outside?" In the conference room on the seventh floor of the Erhai Base Building, Xu Cang stood in front of the window and looked down. He saw a black car parked in front of the company's gate. A middle-aged man in a suit was standing outside the car. He was standing in front of the company's small door, motionless like a sculpture.
The day after Xu Cang returned from Hanjing, he began to make arrangements for future matters. Soon, he would go to the UK with Jonathan Meyers, the chief engineer of Rolls-Royce. Many of the things he arranged would start with cooperation with Rolls-Royce, so a trip to the UK was inevitable.
Previously, Xu Cang was not too worried about the test flight cooperation with Rolls-Royce. However, after his left hand was injured on ANA Flight 45, Xu Cang was a little shaken. Fortunately, after returning from Japan, his left hand did not have any problems, so it should not be a big deal.
After returning from the UK, he will have to go to the Southwest Medical Center to make sure that his left hand meets the aviation health regulations. Otherwise, Xu Cang will always be grounded from flying.
However, Xu Cang just arrived at the base building and found the man standing at the company gate. After asking, he found out that the man was Shen Yishan, the vice president of Jianchuan Airlines. After asking the reason for his visit, it seemed that he came to ask for forgiveness.
The Vice President of Operations of Jianchuan Airlines came to apologize for his crime. Everyone knew what he was asking for. However, compared with Blue Sky Airlines and Muhua Airlines Jianchuan Base, which were still holding on, Jianchuan Airlines was really quick to give in.
Xu Cang didn't hate Jianchuan Airlines for playing the role of lackey in this matter. This marginal role was not worth his hatred. Just like flies, they don't kill people, but they are disgusting. Therefore, Xu Cang did not intend to accept Shen Yishan's apology.
If he wants to take the blame, then let him do it.
"It's been more than an hour." Lu Jinghua said next to Xu Cang, "When I came here this morning, he was standing there."
Xu Cang raised his eyebrows: "How many pilots have been fired by Jianchuan Airlines in our company recently?"
"Hmm?" Lu Jinghua thought for a moment: "Four or five, what's the matter?"
Xu Cang snorted: "Then let him stand for five hours."
After saying that, Xu Cang stopped looking at him and turned around to find a chair to sit down. In front of him, Yu Fengtian was standing straight, looking very well behaved.
"What you gave me is very useful. You have done a good job during this period of time." Xu Cang said with a smile.
Yu Fengtian said hurriedly: "Those two were very secretive at first, but after a while, they thought no one would notice, so they became less cautious. However, I could only get some of their low-value aviation material transaction records. The core aviation materials...are not easy to get."
"No rush! Perhaps, with their courage, they can only deal in some cheap aviation materials, and they dare not touch the core aviation materials for the time being." Xu Cang smacked his lips: "It doesn't matter, just keep them. When they become more and more courageous in the future, greed will completely blind their eyes. Now these transactions are not fatal. As long as they dare to take orders for core aviation materials, in a sense, they are also contributing to the company."
Yu Fengtian knew that Xu Cang was playing the long game to catch a big fish. At this stage, Zhang Desheng and the other two were just making small moves. Even if they had evidence, at most they would punish Zhang Desheng and the other two small fish, which would not be a fatal blow to Tianrong Aviation Materials, the aviation material supplier.
What Xu Cang wants to do is not to get rid of Zhang Desheng and the other two small fish, his target is Tianrong Aviation Materials.
"Boss Xu, Tianrong Aviation Materials must be extremely strict in controlling the core aviation materials, and will not supply them to Zhang Desheng and the other two at will."
What are core aviation materials? For example, the toilet paper box that Zhang Desheng tampered with before is a marginal low-value aviation material. Even if those things are fake, can they affect flight safety? Of course not.
However, some aviation materials are closely related to flight safety. These materials are not only expensive, but also have large profit margins.
However, Zhang Desheng and his partner are "newcomers" now, and they are timid and dare not play tricks on core aviation materials. But courage can be fattened, and it may not be the case in the future.
However, it is not that Tianrong Aviation Materials is willing to give Zhang Desheng what he wants to do. This thing is also risky. After all, if it is found out and implicates himself, it will be a big trouble. Therefore, in this matter, Tianrong Aviation Materials is not easy to catch.
"The line has been cast, so the bait must follow." Xu Cang said with a smile, "I will find a reason to promote the two later. Their positions are too low now, and they have too many concerns. When their positions are promoted, they will naturally have fewer concerns. In the future, the company will have more aircraft and the demand will become more and more vigorous. I don't believe that Tianrong Aviation Materials will not take the bait."
Now Zhang Desheng and the other two are still grassroots employees and need to be supervised a lot, so it is understandable that they can't let go. Tianrong Aviation Materials will definitely take this into consideration, and it is risky to give the two core imitation aviation materials.
But if the two were promoted to relatively high positions in the aviation material purchasing department, there would be less supervision. In this way, both Zhang Desheng and Tianrong Aviation Material would have greater confidence. In addition, with the increase in the number of Spring and Summer Airlines' aircraft, the demand increased, and the bait became bigger and bigger, so Tianrong Aviation Material had no choice but to take the bait.
"By the way, are you keeping a close eye on the subsequent replacement of aviation materials?"
Yu Fengtian nodded: "The counterfeit aviation materials that Zhang Desheng and his two men brought over were replaced without their knowledge. However, our department's recent expenses are a bit high... The finance department is complaining."
"It's okay, I'll talk to the finance department." Xu Cang waved his hand: "That's it, go ahead and get busy, play a good role with them, and if this thing succeeds, you will get a satisfactory reward."
Having said this, Yu Fengtian was very excited: "Okay, okay, I will pay attention to them."
After saying this, Yu Fengtian left with satisfaction.
After Yu Fengtian left, Lu Jinghua frowned: "Xu Cang, is Yu Fengtian really trustworthy? Should we give him a warning to let him know where the boundaries are?"
"Although I don't like this analogy, some things are the same." Xu Cang said calmly: "Have you ever raised a puppy?"
"Ah?" Lu Jinghua was stunned: "A dog? I have raised one before."
"Do you think dogs should wear collars?"
Lu Jinghua didn't quite understand what Xu Cang meant: "Of course."
"Why should it wear a collar? Because it needs to know that the end of the leash is the boundary of its activities. However, if the collar falls off or the leash breaks for some reason one day, it will leave you without hesitation and may even bite you back." Xu Cang said calmly: "Does the puppy regard you as its master because you put a collar on it? No. Because you are the one who feeds it!"
Lu Jinghua nodded thoughtfully. He seemed to understand, but also seemed not to fully understand.
"Are you talking about the art of controlling people?"
Xu Cang laughed and said, "How can someone as shy as me control others?"
"Shy? Do you have anything to do with that word?"
Xu Cang thought about it and confirmed very seriously: "I think I am."
"You..." Lu Jinghua was speechless for a moment at Xu Cang's extremely serious and solemn performance, but he didn't say anything, and quickly turned the topic to business: "Xu Cang, I don't think the matter of Tianrong Aviation Materials is that simple. They may have developed a relatively complete chain of counterfeit aviation materials. They have been running for so many years without any explosion, which means that they have their own means to avoid risks."
"It should be." Xu Cang agreed with this: "However, the existence of Tianrong Aviation Materials has indeed squeezed our development ceiling in the aviation materials market. Moreover, we are not targeting them intentionally. In a sense, we are also contributing to the safe development of domestic civil aviation, right? It is a bit troublesome, but be patient, they will show their true colors."
Lu Jinghua nodded. This matter was beyond his ability. He just asked and could not intervene in anything.
"By the way, I read what you sent me yesterday." Lu Jinghua looked a little serious: "Xu Cang, are you serious?"
Xu Cang took a sip of tea leisurely: "Is it such a big shock for you to build an Airbus fleet?"
"What else?" Lu Jinghua said solemnly, "Our company is so small, and we have already started to develop Boeing and Airbus in parallel. If we add the ARJ series, that's three models. This... is too outrageous. I don't even need to ask the financial auditor to calculate the cost. Anyone who knows a little about flying knows that this is wrong."
"So what you're saying is that I don't know how to fly?"
The expression on Lu Jinghua's face froze for a moment: "I...I didn't mean that."
Xu Cang waved his hand and said, "Let's start building the Airbus fleet."
If you want to build an Airbus fleet, you not only need to buy Airbus aircraft, but also need to have relevant personnel, including dispatch, operations control, personnel qualifications, training and other aspects. In addition, you also need an additional maintenance system for maintenance.
This is the source of the increased costs caused by multiple models.
"Xu Cang, aren't you going to explain something?"
Xu Cang raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to explain? Building an Airbus fleet will increase costs, isn't that obvious? What do I need to explain? If I explain, will it not increase costs?"
"Then since you're going to increase costs, you can build up an Airbus fleet, buy more Boeing planes, or rent more."
"Lu Jinghua!" Xu Cang suddenly asked in a deep voice: "I want to build an Airbus fleet, is that okay?"
No reason, no explanation, just build an Airbus fleet, it's that simple.
Lu Jinghua's heart tightened, and he finally lowered his head: "I know, I will do it."
"Yes." Xu Cang put down the teacup: "Also, talk to Director Liu and ask him to vacate a pilot recruitment quota. Our company wants to recruit a female pilot."
Now Lu Jinghua's reaction was quite interesting: "A...female pilot?"
From Xu Cang's tone, it seemed that he had already thought about who the female pilot would be: "Xu Cang, um... could you please tell me who that female pilot is?"
Anyway, they would all know it later, so Xu Cang didn't plan to hide it: "You also know her, Xia Shuyue from the crew."
"Xia...Xia Shuyue." Lu Jinghua's mind raced, and he immediately thought of something: "I heard that female pilots abroad all fly Airbus."
Xu Cang nodded: "Well, what's wrong?"
"Xu Cang, you formed the Airbus fleet... not just for her, right?" Lu Jinghua asked carefully.
But as soon as he said this, Lu Jinghua regretted it, as if he had said too much.
"That's right!" Xu Cang admitted frankly: "The General Administration said that if we want to recruit female pilots, we must have Airbus aircraft."
Lu Jinghua was almost going crazy: "Building a fleet just for one person? Xu Cang, you..."
Xu Cang's face slowly darkened: "You talked too much today."
Lu Jinghua's breath was choked. He could sense that Xu Cang was unusually irritable when it came to Xia Shuyue's topic. He knew that he seemed to have touched Xu Cang's bottom line on this topic. If he continued to talk, he might be in trouble.
Thinking of this, Lu Jinghua no longer had any objections: "I understand, I will do my best to promote it."
"That's right, this is how people feel comfortable." Xu Cang clapped his hands: "Go ahead, get busy."
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Time passed quickly, and morning quickly turned into noon. After more than three hours, Xu Cang already felt a little hungry. He looked at his watch, put down the work at hand, and planned to go to the cafeteria for lunch.
After leaving the building, Xu Cang suddenly felt something and looked towards the company's gate, and found that Shen Yishan was still standing there, motionless. If it weren't for the corner of his clothes fluttering in the wind, some people might have doubted whether this was a fine sculpture.
After thinking for a while, Xu Cang headed towards the main gate. Through the small gate, Xu Cang glanced at Shen Yishan: "Mr. Shen, it's been several hours, aren't you tired yet?"
When Shen Yishan saw Xu Cang, he finally moved and opened his mouth: "I'm here to apologize."
"Oh..." Xu Cang stretched out the last syllable, looking like he wasn't going to accept it.
"Mr. Xu, I have asked our bureau representative to apply to resign from his position as representative." Shen Yishan suddenly said.
Xu Cang raised his eyebrows: "Well, this is good news."
"In addition, our company is willing to discuss with your company. We are willing to bear the economic losses incurred by your company due to the captain arrested by our company."
"It seems like you have thought it through thoroughly." Xu Cang nodded: "As the first one, you should be given some preferential treatment. Stand for five hours, and then you can go back."
After saying that, Xu Cang no longer cared about Shen Yishan.
Although Xu Cang was annoyed by Jianchuan Airlines, he had to admit that Jianchuan Airlines' kneeling posture was really pretty, which made Xu Cang not do too much. In any case, the first person to surrender should be given some extra treatment.
After leaving the gate, Xu Cang had only taken two steps when his cell phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was from his master Chen Xiangdong.
"Hmm?" Xu Cang was a little surprised. He had just returned from Hanjing. Could something have happened? He answered the phone: "Master, what's wrong?"
"Xu Cang, where are you? Have you returned to Erhai Lake?" Chen Xiangdong's low voice came from the other side.
"Yeah, didn't I tell you?" Xu Cang heard something wrong in Chen Xiangdong's voice: "Master, something happened?"
Chen Xiangdong paused and said, "If it's convenient, come over. Mr. Si is critically ill and I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on any longer."
"What?" Xu Cang was shocked: "Didn't I see him before? How come he is so critically ill all of a sudden?"
"I don't know why." Chen Xiangdong whispered, "Mr. Si is very kind to you. It's reasonable for you to come and see him. Besides, there is something very important."
Xu Cang frowned: "Master, what happened?"
"Xu Cang, you should be prepared." Chen Xiangdong said solemnly: "Si Lao has been in better spirits since this morning. The doctor said that this is most likely a last breath. Since this morning, Si Lao has been making arrangements for his funeral. However, there is a problem now. He seems to want you to... take over Muhua Airlines."