"Mr. Chen, do you think it is necessary to stockpile aircraft engines in advance?" Xu Cang put forward his own idea: "At AVIC, the fuselage design and manufacturing should be ahead of the engine, right? In the future, the real key issue will only be the engine."
"That's not certain." Chen Jinwu still seems worried about the prospects of domestic large aircraft: "The current situation is that we almost have the ability to build a house, but it's just a rough house. We still need to explore how to decorate it and how to lay water and electricity."
Xu Cang responded quickly: "Is it a problem with the avionics equipment?"
"For the time being, yes. We have been cooperating with Honeywell before, but now we want to do it ourselves, which makes it more difficult. We are still studying whether to develop our own avionics system or continue to cooperate with Honeywell. In any case, the previous cooperation with Honeywell was quite pleasant. Perhaps we can save the energy of developing our own avionics system and invest more manpower and material resources in the power department."
The so-called domestically produced large aircraft is definitely not entirely domestically produced. In this era of globalized business, doing so will reduce one's own business competitiveness.
From the aerodynamic layout design of the aircraft fuselage, to the power system of the aircraft engine, to the avionics system, and the design and production of some aviation materials, such as landing gear, probes, etc. A large passenger aircraft involves many aspects. If you do everything yourself, it will not only be very difficult but also very costly.
Even now, large passenger aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus do not produce all the parts, but purchase them globally and then assemble them.
Xu Cang's idea is to master the technology of some core key systems, and then purchase the rest. Obviously, Chen Jinwu also had this idea. AVIC's scientific research strength is very scarce, and the funds are not particularly abundant. If you invest more here, you have to invest less there.
Compared with the monopolistic market reality of aircraft engines, the situation of avionics systems is slightly better, and several avionics system manufacturers, including Honeywell, have a very friendly attitude towards the domestic market. If there are no major changes, this friendliness should continue for a long time.
Therefore, Chen Jinwu wanted to concentrate his efforts on major tasks and first conquer the most difficult aircraft engine.
Xu Cang also agreed with this. In the field of avionics, the domestic technology level is indeed relatively backward. However, compared with aircraft engines, the level of domestically developed avionics will advance by leaps and bounds in the future. This is the inevitability of the times. Therefore, in terms of avionics systems, Chen Jinwu chose to put aside all urgency, and Xu Cang agreed.
Moreover, for a long time to come, even in a period of turbulent international situation, Honeywell's attitude does not seem to have changed much. Chen Jinwu's prediction is still correct.
However, no matter what, the avionics system is also a relatively critical system that still needs to be conquered in the future.
"In addition to Honeywell, Bombardier also has good R&D capabilities in avionics systems." In fact, Bombardier sometimes purchases Honeywell systems, but that does not mean it does not have the corresponding technical reserves of its own.
Honeywell is a large company with stable development, so it is difficult to attack it. However, Bombardier has an opportunity to take advantage of it.
"Bombardier?" Chen Jinwu was stunned. "We have cooperated with them on the C Series aircraft before. There are not many companies in the world that have independently developed large aircraft. Apart from Airbus and Boeing, the next ones are Embraer and Bombardier. Xu Cang, why did you suddenly mention Bombardier?"
Xu Cang smiled and said, "I was just talking casually, I didn't intend to do anything. However, the order of 100 PW6000s may also be related to Bombardier."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Chen Jinwu didn't quite understand.
"Nothing." Xu Cang casually replied, "Mr. Chen, the order for the 100 PW6000s..."
One good thing about Chen Jinwu is that he would not force Xu Cang to answer questions or hold on to a sentence. Sure enough, as soon as Xu Cang changed the subject, Chen Jinwu stopped caring about Bombardier: "The order for 100 PW6000 engines is estimated to be at least 60 to 70 billion. This... the order pressure is a bit high."
In the year 2000, six or seven billion was not a small number. Of course, even in the future after inflation, it is still an astronomical figure.
It is true that AVIC is a giant enterprise, but money does not come easily. We are already short of money for research funding, so it is difficult to ask AVIC to come up with 60 to 70 billion.
"What if we apply for a bank loan in the name of AVIC?" Xu Cang asked quickly.
A cash flow of 60 to 70 billion would be a huge pressure for any company, so Xu Cang did not think of letting AVIC bear it alone. Given AVIC's reputation, there must be banks willing to generously donate.
"I don't think so. We have already received a lot of money from the bank before. As you know, we haven't made much progress in our research. If it weren't for the state's instruction, the bank would actually be reluctant to lend us money." Chen Jinwu sighed.
To be honest, this is how it is for researchers. You often invest a large sum of money and don’t even hear a sound. It’s okay once or twice, but if it happens too often, the bank can’t stand it.
Fortunately, AVIC has the support of the state, otherwise the bank would have blacklisted AVIC long ago.
In addition to the huge amount of money required for such research institutions, they also require a lot of patience. After all, banks are commercial profit-making institutions, so how can they tolerate this?
Moreover, due to the first-mover advantage of Europe and the United States, patent barriers have been formed, and latecomers need to invest more to bypass them. Therefore, in the field of civil aircraft, AVIC has only produced ARJ21 in recent years, which is not a successful model.
In this case, the bank will lose patience if there is no return on investment.
Moreover, 600 million or 700 million is not a small amount, even for the bank. Even though Chen Jinwu is a technician who does not understand bank loans, he can guess by intuition that the bank will definitely not lend.
"Xu Cang, if the bank is unwilling to lend, we will have to use our own money. Our research funds are already very tight, let alone 600 or 700 million. We can't even come up with 600 or 700 million." Chen Jinwu was really embarrassed. He knew that what Xu Cang mentioned was possible, and it was not a bad thing to stockpile a batch of advanced engines in advance.
But no money means no money, and even Chen Jinwu can only hope that the situation Xu Cang imagined will not happen.
"Are funds so tight?" Xu Cang knew that AVIC's funds were not abundant. He had known this a little when he was with Chen Jinwu before, but Xu Cang did not expect it to be so tight.
In Xu Cang's opinion, 60 to 70 billion is definitely a huge sum of money, but it is invested over five years, not all at once. If it can be divided into many times, the financial pressure will be much less.
At first, Xu Cang wanted to mention this to Chen Jinwu. But after hearing what Chen Jinwu said, even if it was divided into many installments, AVIC probably couldn't sustain it.
"Xu Cang, tell me the truth, what are these 100 PW6000s for? If it is to prevent a sales ban abroad, then this order is too large. I think it can be halved, or even more."
Xu Cang's previous reasons seemed very sufficient, but in fact they were somewhat untenable in terms of quantity. A reserve of 100 units was really too extravagant for a large aircraft with an uncertain future.
Even if the aircraft is developed, it is still some distance away from being put into commercial use. It requires a series of steps such as certification and flight trials, and it is not a problem to take five or six years.
The development time plus the time before the subsequent commercialization means that it will take more than ten years for domestic large aircraft to be put into large-scale commercial use. Of course, the life of a successful aircraft engine is much longer than ten years.
But it is hard to say whether PW6000 will still be in the forefront after more than ten years. Moreover, many things may happen and change in more than ten years.
If Xu Cang was worried, it would be understandable that he stockpiled a dozen or twenty engines, as the cost would be much lower. But it would be too exaggerated to stockpile a hundred engines right away.
But Xu Cang spoke with absolute certainty, without any hesitation at all.
Chen Jinwu was not an outsider who knew nothing. Although he could not guess the specific reason why Xu Cang did that, he could instinctively smell something unusual.
After that, Chen Jinwu added: "Xu Cang, you know me well. You can tell me anything. I will never say a word. But I want to know your true thoughts, so that I can judge whether it is necessary to go all out for the order of 100 PW6000 engines."
Xu Cang pondered for a moment: "Mr. Chen, if it is just to prevent a possibility in the future, then these 100 PW6000 engines are indeed a bit extravagant. But, as I told you just now, I have some other ideas. If it is to realize those values, then the order of 100 PW6000 engines is not so exaggerated."
"I know that your number of 100 units is too abrupt. You said you have other ideas. Tell me about them. Maybe there is a possibility." Chen Jinwu thought for a while and said, "Although we can't get a loan from the bank now, the situation will be much better if we have collateral. However, if we want to mortgage, we need the unanimous consent and there must be a suitable reason."
"A suitable reason..." Xu Cang hesitated for a moment: "Does Bombardier count?"
Chen Jinwu was startled: "Bombardier?"
About half an hour later, Chen Jinwu roughly understood what Xu Cang was going to do. But even with Xu Cang's explanation, Chen Jinwu was still confused. Xu Cang's plan was too complicated, so complicated that even the listeners could not react.
This involves not only Bombardier, but also Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Chen Jinwu thought for a while: "You mean Bombardier will face the same difficulties as us? But isn't Bombardier a Canadian company? Aren't they in the same group as them?"
There is no doubt that Canada should be in the European and American camp. Logically, it should not be subject to sanctions.
"What is the essence of capitalism? Profits! What does a camp mean when interests are damaged?" Xu Cang said: "Bombardier has been developing business jets and regional aircraft before, so it has been able to live in peace. However, with the release of the C Series aircraft, it has crossed the line. Therefore, as a pioneer in the field of large passenger aircraft, it is time to let it know what a sense of boundaries is."
"Are you talking about Boeing and Airbus?" Chen Jinwu was indeed a relatively pure technical researcher. Only after Xu Cang explained it clearly did he react.
"To be precise, it's Airbus." Xu Cang corrected: "The design concept of large passenger aircraft now tends to be Airbus, which is the advantage of being a latecomer. Boeing's history is too long, and it has become a burden for reform. Now more and more aircraft manufacturers can understand the advantages of Airbus's fly-by-wire control. Therefore, the basic concept of the C Series aircraft is also similar to that of Airbus aircraft. This makes the most direct competitor of the C Series aircraft not Boeing, but Airbus."
"Airbus?" Chen Jinwu thought for a moment: "Can Europe project its influence like Canada?"
"Mr. Chen, you need to know one thing. Even Canada does not have the ability to develop its own aircraft engines, and Canada itself does not have the market needed for self-developed engines. Therefore, in the foreseeable future, Canada will not have the soil for self-developed aircraft engines, whether from the perspective of actual technological capabilities or commercialization." Xu Cang analyzed: "So, if you want to clamp down on Bombardier, or Bombardier's research progress on the C Series aircraft, you only need to lock down its related engine imports. In a sense, Bombardier is in the same situation as us. Maybe we can encounter it in advance, or maybe Bombardier will encounter it before us. I believe we can see our own shadows in their predicaments."
"Mr. Chen, Bombardier has a cooperation with AVIC on the C Series aircraft. I believe you also know that the engines used in the C Series aircraft are from Pratt & Whitney." Xu Cang pointed the finger directly at Pratt & Whitney: "Due to the characteristics of its industry, Airbus can hardly influence Bombardier. However, it can influence Pratt & Whitney, thereby indirectly sanctioning Bombardier."
Chen Jinwu found it a little unbelievable: "Are you saying that Airbus is going to sanction Bombardier over engine imports?"
"Why not?" Xu Cang asked back: "Everything is inevitable."
“But can the C Series really pose such a big threat to Airbus that Airbus has to use its influence to restrict Bombardier?” Chen Jinwu was still puzzled: “As far as I know, the sales of the C Series are not good. Maybe it is a failed model?”
Xu Cang certainly knew that the initial sales of the C series aircraft were not good. The C series aircraft, which had been highly anticipated, suffered a Waterloo in its initial release, which was a big surprise.
By foreseeing this sales performance, Xu Cang also made a small profit in the capital market.
This is also the reason that Chen Jinwu cannot understand. How could such a model with poor sales make Airbus so angry?
"Many aircraft had poor sales in the early stage, but many of them turned around later." Xu Cang was not good at explaining in detail: "For the C Series aircraft, I am quite optimistic about its future."
Chen Jinwu was no stranger to Xu Cang's silence, so he did not ask any more questions. There was silence for a moment on the other end of the conversation: "Xu Cang, I will pass your words to President Lin. This matter requires his decision."
Being able to do this, Xu Cang already felt it was enough: "Okay, it's up to you to think about this matter."
"I heard you are going to England?" Chen Jinwu asked, "Are you going to complete the cooperation with Rolls-Royce?"
"Yeah." Xu Cang had basically no reservations about Chen Jinwu: "Many things are anchored in the cooperation with Luo Luo. I must complete this matter as soon as possible."
Chen Jinwu: "What about your hand? Didn't you injure your hand in Japan?"
"It shouldn't be a big deal." Xu Cang opened his left hand. The blood scab on the wound on the palm had fallen off, leaving a faint scar in the middle. "Originally I was going to England today, but Mr. Si's matter delayed me. I need to reconfirm the date later, but the postponement is a good opportunity for me to go to Southwestern Medical Center in advance and let them take a look at my hand."
The trip to Southwestern Medical Center was supposed to be scheduled after the trip to the UK. The test flight in the UK is not subject to the aviation and health regulations of CAAC, so there is no need to worry about the order.
However, plans cannot keep up with changes. Since this incident has happened, the trip to the UK needs to be postponed. Since it has been postponed, the airworthiness problem of the hand injury will be solved at the same time.
Chen Jinwu didn't ask any more questions: "Okay , let's talk about it when we meet later."
Later, on the day of Si Weimin's burial, Chen Jinwu will also come, and the two of them can have a chat in person then.
…
After Si Weimin was buried, Chen Jinwu came as expected. Not only Chen Jinwu, but most of the people in the civil aviation industry who had anything to do with civil aviation came. The few who really couldn't come also bought wreaths on his behalf to express their thoughts.
The small village in Shangdu was unusually lively for a long time.
On that day, Xu Cang only talked with Chen Jinwu for a short while. Most things had already been discussed over the phone, and the atmosphere on the day of the funeral was not suitable for discussing business matters.
After the burial at noon, Xu Cang returned to Jianchuan that afternoon. Originally, the Southwest Medical Center was in Rongfu, but its medical team happened to come to Jianchuan, so Xu Cang didn't have to go to Rongfu on purpose.
The aviation health building at the Jianchuan base of Muhua Airlines will be temporarily requisitioned for three days as the base for the medical team of Southwest Medical Center to meet the physical examination needs of personnel in the Jianchuan Airport work area.
Xu Cang's medical checkup was not a routine one, but a temporary special one. Yesterday, Xu Cang informed the flight health department of Spring Airlines of his plan and asked them to make an appointment for him alone.
However, Xu Cang's situation was rather special. Due to the lack of large equipment, Muhua Aviation Jianchuan Base could not perform many examinations. Therefore, after receiving the medical team's request, Xu Cang went to a large hospital in Jianchuan in advance to undergo relevant hand examinations.
With a bunch of test results, Xu Cangcai went to the aviation and medical building of Muhua Aviation Jianchuan Base.
This time, Xu Cang did not go to the surgery department, internal medicine department or any other department, but went directly to the general inspection office as required. Whether he could get the approval or not depended on the general inspection office's opinion.
The Chief Inspector was a female doctor, quite young, about 30 or 40 years old. She had her hair tied up behind her head and looked gentle, like a good wife and mother.
The Chief Inspector flipped through Xu Cang's medical report for a long time and asked casually, "Have you had any discomfort in your hands recently?"
"No, I was unable to sense temperature once during the two days when I was injured, and it never happened again." Xu Cang pointed to the pile of documents at the end of the report: "I also brought the report from St. Luke's Hospital in Japan, and the translation is attached at the back."
"Yeah." The Chief Inspector didn't say much, but continued to carefully read Xu Cang's report. After reading it for a long time, he closed all the reports and said, "It doesn't look like there's anything wrong."
After saying that, the Chief Inspector asked Xu Cang to stretch out his left hand and spread it out flat: "Make a fist!"
Xu Cang did as he was told.
"Use your thumb to touch the tips of your other fingers." The Chief Inspector demonstrated it himself while speaking.
Xu Cang understood it after taking a look, and followed suit without any problem.
After reading it, the chief inspector asked Xu Cang to bring his left hand closer, then looked at the palm to determine the location of the wound: "Does the wound still hurt normally?"
“It didn’t hurt after the scab fell off.”
"Any other feelings?"
Xu Cang recalled: "It sometimes itched before. But, that should be a normal reaction of the wound healing."
"Yeah." The Chief Inspector nodded, seeming to agree with Xu Cang's words: "Didn't you have any more situations where you couldn't sense the problem in the later period?"
"Yes, it only happened once."
The Chief Inspector paused for a moment and said, "At this stage, based on the reports, there is nothing wrong with your left hand. However, in view of the problems you have reported, you need to undergo a semi-annual checkup every two years."
The routine physical examinations for civil aviation personnel are divided into annual and semi-annual examinations. Generally speaking, annual examinations are required before the age of 40, and semi-annual examinations are required after the age of 40. In Xu Cang's case, annual examinations are definitely required.
However, Xu Cang's current situation is that there is no problem with the report, but there is a problem with his self-description, so it is still necessary to be safe.
In fact, if Xu Cang had concealed the fact that he could not sense the temperature before, the Chief Inspector would have signed it without hesitation. However, when it comes to aviation and health issues, you cannot keep it to yourself. Once it is discovered, it will not be a technical issue, but a problem of work style and attitude.
In many cases, work style and attitude problems are even more serious than technical problems.
Skills can be practiced slowly, but if a person has a bad character, no matter how good the skills are, they will be a disaster.
"If we check half a year... is it the same as after the age of 40?"
The Chief Inspector smiled and said, "No need! To be precise, you have a regular annual inspection, plus a special semi-annual inspection. The semi-annual inspection only checks your hands, and the other subjects do not need to be checked."
"Oh, no problem then."
"In addition, there is one more thing. You are not allowed to perform left-hand seat duties in the past year, and you are not allowed to perform captain duties in the next two years." The chief inspector ordered: "I hope you can understand."
The left seat and the captain are not the same thing, even though the captain spends most of his time in the left seat. This difference often occurs when the senior co-pilot is building up his left seat experience, and the one in the left seat is the senior co-pilot, while the one in the right seat is the captain instructor.
In other words, within one year, Xu Cang could not establish any experience as a left-wing pilot, and within two years, he could not be hired as a captain.
However, this has little impact on Xu Cang. Generally speaking, the technical level that needs to be built up for left-seat experience is the seventh-level co-pilot. With Xu Cang's current situation of flying on and off, it is basically impossible to be promoted to the seventh-level co-pilot within a year.
In particular, the transition from a level 6 co-pilot to a level 7 co-pilot is a big hurdle, which involves inquiries from the authority and simulator inspections by the authority.
"It's okay, I'm still early for the captain or the left seat." Xu Cang said with a smile.
"Oh!?" The Chief Inspector said with a long tail, obviously referring to something else, and a playful expression appeared on his face: "If you want, it is not impossible to transfer to the left seat within a year."
"No, there are still questions and inspections from the authorities."
The Chief Prosecutor chuckled: "How dare they not let you pass? If they don't let you pass, you can also not let them pass."
Xu Cang was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said with a little embarrassment: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed the Chief Inspector."
Obviously, even the aviation and health system had heard about Xu Cang's counter-investigation of the bureau's representative, and the Chief Inspector recognized Xu Cang. In any case, after all these years, this is the first time I have seen a counter-investigation of a bureau's representative.
However, what the Chief Prosecutor said makes sense.
When Xu Cang was about to turn to the left seat, if any representative from the bureau hung up on him, Xu Cang would turn around and check on that representative. Who could stand this?
That's why Xu Cang had spent a lot of effort to obtain the ICAO flight specialist qualification. With this, no one would dare to play tricks on Xu Cang.
"What are you laughing at? It's normal for young people to get angry." The chief inspector's eyes were curved into crescents with a smile, and he seemed to be gloating. "From now on, you can normally exercise your co-pilot's qualification in the right seat. This restriction will be noted on your medical certificate. Also, if there is anything else wrong with your left hand during this period, please report it."
Although there were some restrictions, overall the results of the physical examination were good, and Xu Cang was satisfied.
"Okay, then I can go now?"
The Chief Inspector waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. I'll leave these reports with you. They're going to be put into the archives."
Xu Cang nodded, thanked the Chief Inspector, and then left the Aviation and Health Building.
But as soon as he walked out of the building, he saw a middle-aged man leaning against the pillar in the corridor outside, smoking a cigarette and glancing in Xu Cang's direction.
"Mr. Lin?" Xu Cang was stunned. Isn't this man the top leader of AVIC?
Xu Cang walked over quickly: "Boss Lin, why are you here?"
"I'm doing some work in the southwest. Mr. Chen told me about the thing you mentioned earlier, so I came to see you on the way."
Xu Cang nodded and pointed to a sign on the pillar: "No smoking here."
Lin Ming was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the no-smoking sign, whispered something, and then reluctantly put out the cigarette.
"There was no smoking ban here before." Lin Ming laughed dryly.
"Perhaps no one dared to remind you before." Xu Cang pointed to the stone chair next to him: "Go sit over there."
Lin Ming snorted twice and did not answer the question.
The two sat down together, and Lin Ming spoke first: "The matter you mentioned is not easy to handle."
This sentence is the final word.
In Xu Cang's opinion, Lin Ming was a good person. If he said so, it seemed that things would be really difficult to handle.
"No room for maneuver?"
Lin Ming held the extinguished cigarette butt between his fingers: "Not that I don't have one. But I don't think you will agree to it."
"What do you mean?" Xu Cang became interested.
"I believe Chen Lai has told you before that banks are unwilling to lend us money now. Or to be more precise, it is not so easy to lend money. If you want to get money from the bank, you need to mortgage your assets. If your proposal is in line with reality, what we think is realistic, then there may be some room for persuasion. After all, we are not strangers, and the cooperation is quite pleasant." Lin Ming said: "However, one hundred PW6000s are actually not easy to handle. The mainstream Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 do not use Pratt & Whitney engines. Moreover, the PW6000 engine has not found a suitable aircraft for positioning. We don't know what the future market will be like. In addition, we understand that Pratt & Whitney is developing an engine that can change speed at low pressure. Whether this means that PW6000 can still maintain its advanced nature is unknown."
Lin Ming's meaning is very simple. It is unknown how big the market for PW6000 is! It is unknown how long PW6000 can maintain its leading position! Moreover, the number of 100 units is too large. If you are not careful, you will easily lose money.
This is not 60 or 70 million, but 60 or 70 billion. Even the size of AVIC cannot afford it.
"You mean PW8000?"
"Is it called PW8000? I remember that Pratt & Whitney hasn't officially named it yet. But it doesn't matter, Pratt & Whitney is also working on developing a new generation of variable-speed aircraft engines, and perhaps this will be a revolutionary product. Why can't we wait? These are a hundred aircraft engines, and no one dares to take the responsibility if they rot in their hands." Lin Ming pondered for a moment: "However, I also heard Mr. Chen relay your ideas. I have to say that your ideas are very...forward-looking. If someone else said this, I would just laugh it off, but if you say this, I have to think about it seriously."
"If this really happens, the value of these 100 PW6000s will be a huge profit."
"But the question is, who can guarantee that it will happen? If the PW8000 you're talking about is a revolutionary product, then all previous engines will be swept into the dustbin of history. This is too much pressure."
Just like the crushing of the pre-dreadnought class battleships by the dreadnought class battleships. If the PW8000 can really change the course of history of aviation engines, then with this engine as the node, all previous engines will become garbage.
If this is true, then these 100 PW6000s will become like scrap metal.
“What if I said PW8000 would not be successful?”
Lin Ming smiled and said, "Can you guarantee it?"
"Uh..." Xu Cang wanted to say "I can guarantee it", but he couldn't say that. He could only smile helplessly and said, "This is my personal opinion."
Lin Ming restrained his smile a little: "If it can reduce the pressure we need to bear, your proposal can be reconsidered."
Xu Cang perked up: "What do you mean?"
"Aren't you going to England? If you can obtain the three-rotor technology, we hope you can transfer it to us." Lin Ming finally added: "For a fee."
Xu Cang's brows were knitted together: "You want to be the major shareholder of the future domestic engine company?"
"Yes, you can keep some shares and share in the profits."
After confirming this, Xu Cang took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Lin, this incident can be recorded in the history of domestic civil aviation. No one can refuse the opportunity to be a part of history."
"That's right. As a pioneer and leader who will go down in history. Only such an opportunity can alleviate our concerns about the future of the 100 PW6000s."
Xu Cang exhaled slowly: "Is this what you mean?"
Lin Ming shook his head: "This is what they meant."
Xu Cang groaned: "It seems that we can't reach a cooperation. I will find a way myself."
"Xu Cang, how can you figure out a way to deal with such a large sum of money?"
"What can we do?" Xu Cang's face was a little serious: "Some things can be given up, but some things cannot be given up."
Lin Ming was not in a good mood either. Although he was the head of AVIC, this huge enterprise was not something he could decide on his own. Under the collective will, he could only succumb.
"That's really a pity." Lin Ming sighed, "However, six or seven billion is too much, Xu Cang, don't take an extreme approach. I heard that you recently mortgaged a part of the license of genuine aviation materials to Tianrong Aviation Materials. It seems that in addition to Bombardier, you have other things to do, and they are also very big."
"Boss Lin, time is running out. If you miss this opportunity, you won't have such a good opportunity again."
Lin Ming laughed and said, "Why do I feel like you are making indirect accusations?"
"I won't force you. Let's cooperate next time." Xu Cang didn't say anything else, but stood up: "Just pretend I never mentioned it, and leave."
Having said that, Xu Cang nodded at Lin Ming and left.
Not long after walking, Xu Cang received a call from Lu Jinghua: "How is the situation?"
"No big problem, we can continue flying."
"That's fine." Lu Jinghua was not surprised by this. "Then we will arrange a flight for you? There may be flight route monitoring from the bureau."
"Hmm?" Xu Cang's voice suddenly became nasal.
Lu Jinghua hurriedly explained: "No, no, it's not what you think. That...didn't Japan have a plane hijacking incident recently? The authorities have launched a safety inspection of the entire industry. All companies are the same. Just follow the plane and check it out. It's the same as before."
"A major inspection of the entire industry, right? That's fine." Xu Cang had seen this kind of thing many times. Whenever something happened, the bureau would react as if under stress and would definitely conduct an industry rectification, regardless of whether the problem was representative or not.
Although Xu Cang thought this kind of thing was boring and had no great significance except for adding psychological pressure to front-line employees, this was the state of the industry, and Xu Cang could only agree with it.
Previously, Xu Cang was grounded due to aviation and satellite issues. Some of his recent qualifications have expired and he needs to be brought back to flight, which is also a normal procedure.
Lu Jinghua hummed: "I'm just telling you. Does the flight instructor have any requirements? I can talk to the planning office about it separately."
"No, just arrange one at random." Xu Cang said with a smile, "I don't care."
…
At the same time, at Heathrow Airport on the other side of the earth, Rolls-Royce Chief Engineer Jonathan Meyers appeared at the arrival exit and immediately saw his assistant.
Walking up to the assistant, Jonathan handed the handbag to the assistant: "Let's go."
The assistant was a little surprised and glanced towards the exit: "Didn't they say that the test pilot Xu Cang would come with us?"
"He has something urgent to do, so he'll postpone it." Jonathan asked casually, "Where's Alandi?"
"He went skiing." The assistant immediately responded: "He goes there every year at this time."
"Or the manor in the Alps?" Jonathan knew what the Rolls-Royce CEO was interested in, but he remembered something: "Didn't they say some time ago that there would be a blizzard in the Alps? They also said that we should try not to go skiing there. Are we going anyway?"
"Uh..." The assistant didn't know how to answer this question for a moment.
Jonathan waved his hand and said, "Forget it. He should know about it. It shouldn't be a big deal. Anyway, he has signed the documents for testing the Trent 1000. Now that he is back, it's just the right time for acceptance."
If he remembered correctly, the Rolls-Royce CEO would spend about a week in the Alps. Previously, Xu Cang said he would come in four or five days. At that time, he would prepare for a day and then test the engine.
It's just in time to get things done before Alandi comes back, and then he can inspect and sign it.
Everything seemed to be in perfect order.