Chapter 33 Betting on Route
Lu Jinghua's face turned green. Wasn't he being slapped in the face by his own family?
In fact, Blue Sky Airlines cannot be blamed for this. Blue Sky Airlines paid for Xu Cang's tuition at the flight academy. If Xu Cang transferred to a ground position, Blue Sky Airlines would definitely cut off the roots. This shows how outrageous Xu Cang's previous actions were.
Li Chenxing said sarcastically, "That's enough. People who don't know would think you're too protective of your son! As for Xu Cang, when your company hired him, you thought you had found a treasure, but it turned out to be a ghost. He failed three proficiency inspections. Who in the entire airport work area doesn't know about this?"
Sometimes being too famous is not a good thing. Xu Cang joined Blue Sky Airlines with the title of the best graduate in the history of the Flight Academy, so naturally he attracted the attention of some interested people.
However, Xu Cang's subsequent development went completely against expectations, making Blue Sky Airlines a big joke in the Jianchuan Airport work area.
The director of Aviation Safety couldn't help but frown. The nature of this conversation seemed to have changed a bit. He could see that there must be a personal grudge between the general manager of the flight department of Blue Sky Airlines and the chief pilot of Feather Airlines. Their words were full of gunpowder. Moreover, Li Chenxing was a bit vicious. He took advantage of Xu Cang's little problem to throw dirty water on him. This kind of person might be a good leader, but he personally didn't like it.
Xu Cang originally wanted to keep silent and get away with it, but seeing that Li Chenxing's words were getting more and more outrageous, and he was not made of clay, he gradually became angry.
"My past has nothing to do with this matter. Why keep talking about it?" Xu Cang was still very polite. People from the bureau were here, so it was not good to say anything too decisive.
But Lu Jinghua was different. He asked directly, "Since you look down on Xu Cang so much, how about making a bet?"
"What are you betting on?" Li Chenxing raised his eyebrows, seeming to be interested.
"Anyway, Xu Cang is a useless piece of mud in your eyes, so I'll bet with you on Xu Cang's future." Lu Jinghua narrowed his eyes slightly: "The fastest record of hiring a captain in the history of Feiyu Airlines is three years and eleven months, right? I bet that Xu Cang's speed of hiring a captain is faster than his. What do you think? Do you dare to take it?"
"You..." The aviation safety director was dumbfounded. What was going on? He clearly came here to discuss Feiyu flight 6321, but how did it turn into a situation of gambling between the two of them?
Li Chenxing's eyelids twitched wildly, but he did think about this question seriously, and asked calmly, "Where's the prize?"
"Didn't Feiyu Airlines win the four-year operating rights for the Jianchuan-Yangcheng route some time ago? It just so happens that this route will be re-tendered after four years, and the timing is just right. Whoever wins in the end will own the Jianchuan-Yangcheng route, and we don't have to fight over it, and it will benefit others in the end, how about that?"
When Lu Jinghua mentioned giving others a bargain, the director of Aviation Security's face suddenly became interesting. He coughed softly and said, "Although I am affiliated with the Aviation Security Department and I am not in the same department as the Transportation Department, it is not good for you to say this in front of me."
However, when Li Chenxing heard this proposal, his eyes lit up after thinking for a long time. This seemed to be a dispute of Lu Jinghua's will, but in fact it was a good solution to resolve the ownership of the Jianchuan-Yangcheng route in four years.
The Jianchuan-Yangcheng route is rather awkward, it is the type that is neither good nor good. Four years later , if they give up this route, it will be like giving it to Blue Sky Airlines, which is not something they are willing to accept. But if they really want to fight with Blue Sky Airlines, they will have to spend a lot of money to manage it, and the leaders of Feiyu Airlines probably can't do it, so they are very conflicted.
Lu Jinghua's seemingly reckless behavior gave the two airlines a way out at once, which is a feasible solution, although it seems a bit childish no matter how you look at it.
Li Chenxing is the chief pilot of Feiyu Airlines. He has a say in the route work and agreed to Lu Jinghua's proposal without hesitation: "It's a deal! However, his captain inspection must be supervised by our company's appointed representative, and we are not allowed to deliberately give him a backdoor."
"Do you think I'm as shameless as you?" Lu Jinghua patted the stunned Xu Cang and said, "Why are you still sitting here? Let's go."
As he said this, he glanced at the Director of Aviation Safety who had not yet figured out the situation and said, "Director Xu, is everything alright? If there is nothing wrong, I will take him away."
The director of Aviation Safety looked at Lu Jinghua and then at Li Chenxing, and finally waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, let's stop here today. We will contact you again if there are any problems later."
Lu Jinghua shrugged and walked out of the conference room with a swagger, while Xu Cang followed behind. When he reached the door, Lu Jinghua suddenly thought something, went back, took back the letter from the table requesting the suspension of Xu Cang's flight qualifications, and said to the director of aviation safety with a smile: "Director Xu, you should just pretend you haven't seen this letter from Xu Cang. Sorry, I'm sorry."
Director Hangan was easy to talk to. He didn't care about Lu Jinghua's unreasonable behavior. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said, "Jinghua, you are being too frivolous."
From the conversation, it seemed that Director Hangan had some personal relationship with Lu Jinghua.
"Director, you are also an insider, you should know how much money it costs for airlines to acquire routes, which has become a huge burden for us." Lu Jinghua sighed: "This is good for both Lantian and Feiyu! Besides, Xu Cang may not lose!"
The director of aviation safety naturally knew the inside stories of the route approval. What Lu Jinghua said was indeed true. In the end, he just waved his hand and said, "Let's go. This is your own decision."
Lu Jinghua nodded, said nothing more, and quietly left the meeting room.
After Lu Jinghua and Xu Cang walked out of the regulatory bureau building, Lu Jinghua took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, and handed one to Xu Cang: "Want a smoke?"
Xu Cang, who doesn't smoke, declined Lu Jinghua's offer and solemnly confirmed something with Lu Jinghua: "Mr. Lu, are you serious about what you just said?"
"What else?" Lu Jinghua lit a cigarette, squinted his eyes and glanced back at the building of the Regulatory Bureau, with a hint of disgust in his eyes.
"But, such a big thing has to be shouldered by me, I..." Xu Cang didn't say anything else, but his meaning was clear.
Lu Jinghua blew out a smoke ring and looked like an old hand at smoking. He patted Xu Cang on the shoulder and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you. Without this bet, we would also try to find other alternatives . Xu Cang, do you think what I just said is ridiculous? When one day you have the opportunity to sit in my position, you will know that reality is even more ridiculous."
As he spoke, Lu Jinghua suddenly started coughing violently. He spat the cigarette butt on the ground in annoyance and stomped on it a few times, cursing, "What bad luck!"
