Chapter 34: Three Years! Captain!
The minimum flight time required to apply for a domestic airline license is 2,700 hours, and the annual flight hours cannot exceed 1,000 hours. In fact, a pilot who can fly more than 900 hours a year is considered quite impressive. This means that no matter how fast it is, it takes at least three years to hire a captain. However, this is actually an extremely idealistic cognition, because even if all the inspections can be passed, it takes time to arrange the inspections. The fastest captain recruitment record in the history of Feiyu Airlines is the result of the right time, right place, and right people, and it is difficult to replicate.
Why did Li Chenxing accept Lu Jinghua's proposal without hesitation? Wasn't it because he felt that Xu Cang was determined not to be able to achieve it? Picking up a route for free at no cost, anyone would think it was a good deal.
After Lu Jinghua and Xu Cang left the regulatory bureau building, they did not ask the company's fleet to pick them up, but walked all the way back to the company. The regulatory bureau building and the Blue Sky Airlines base were both in the airport work area, and the walk would only take more than 20 minutes, which was not particularly far.
Xu Cang followed Lu Jinghua silently, while Lu Jinghua put his hands in his pockets and walked very casually, not at all like the general manager of the flight department of an airline company.
Today, Xu Cang got to know Lu Jinghua again. Before this, he thought Lu Jinghua was a typical bureaucrat, selfish and vindictive. But from what he had just experienced, Lu Jinghua seemed different.
As if seeing through Xu Cang's thoughts, Lu Jinghua suddenly started talking without turning his head: "Do you feel that I am different today than when we met?"
"There are some differences." Xu Cang did not hide anything and spoke frankly about his inner thoughts.
Lu Jinghua just walked like this, but he didn't stop talking: "Xu Cang, when the company recruited you, there were three airlines competing with us, including Feiyu Airlines. In the end, we spent a full 1.2 million, which is twice the cost of an ordinary flight trainee. The budget plan for recruiting pilots was signed by me. Do you know what this means?"
Xu Cang lowered his head: "I have let the company down."
"Maybe you have your own difficulties, maybe not, but the final impression is so... unexpected." Lu Jinghua had his back to Xu Cang and could not see his expression: "Since you joined the company, everyone has placed high hopes on you, but you ruined it all yourself. We have become a laughing stock among airlines."
Lu Jinghua suddenly stopped, turned around slowly, and looked directly at Xu Cang: "So, do you think I should be angry?"
Xu Cang stood two steps away from Lu Jinghua, with his brows lowered, not saying a word.
After waiting for a long time, in this somewhat frozen atmosphere, Lu Jinghua finally spoke again: "You still want to fly?"
Xu Cang trembled all over and nodded heavily almost immediately.
"You will be reassigned to the Boeing fleet. This is your last chance." Lu Jinghua held up three fingers: "Three years and eleven months. Can you become a captain before then?"
Xu Cang didn't know how to answer for a moment, and finally he could only give an answer : "Mr. Lu, I can only say that if I didn't become the captain within the specified time, it would definitely not be my responsibility."
Lu Jinghua was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Enough, enough! However, I won't help you, everything is up to you to fight for it."
At the end, Lu Jinghua turned around and walked forward again, but this time, Xu Cang did not follow him. Instead, he shouted to Lu Jinghua: "Mr. Lu, I won't go back to the company yet."
Lu Jinghua stopped and turned to look at Xu Cang in surprise: "What's wrong?"
"I'm going to a place to ask something very important."
Lu Jinghua didn't make it difficult, and waved his hand: "Go ahead if you have something to do, and remember to turn on your phone, the company will contact you if anything happens."
Xu Cang nodded slightly towards Lu Jinghua: "Mr. Lu, I'll go first."
"Go ahead." Lu Jinghua turned around gracefully, without asking Xu Cang where he was going, and walked towards the Blue Sky Aviation Base alone.
Xu Cang pursed his lips, turned and went in another direction.
Xu Cang searched for more than half an hour based on his intuition, and finally stopped in front of a slightly desolate factory gate. On the gate was a sign that read "Yuan Ye Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.". Looking inside the gate, the cracked green leaf logo came into view.
This factory building is exactly the pharmaceutical company that was seen in the sky before. If nothing unexpected happens, this pharmaceutical company will develop rapamycin in three years. Rapamycin is the only hope for Xu Cang's mother to survive. Today, Xu Cang must find out.
Who could have imagined that the developer of the world-famous immunosuppressant rapamycin would be so deserted? Xu Cang stood at the door for a long time, but except for the security guard who was dozing off next to the small door, he didn't see a single person. It felt like a ghost town.
Such a bleak scene made Xu Cang, who had great aspirations for it, feel cold in his heart. This was not a good sign.
Arriving at the security guard, Xu Cang woke him up and expressed his wish to meet the person in charge of the company. However, the security guard sized up Xu Cang and asked, "What are you here for? Do you have an appointment?"
Xu Cang knew that his visit was a bit abrupt, so he didn't hide it and explained directly: "My mother needs a lung transplant, but there is no suitable immunosuppressant. I heard that you are developing a new type of immunosuppressant, so I came to see the situation."
"He's a filial child." When the guard heard that Xu Cang came to save his mother's life, the vigilance on his face became less, and he told Xu Cang to wait there, and then he walked into the guard room, as if he was calling his superior for instructions.
About five minutes later, the security guard came out, opened the small door for Xu Cang, and pointed to the building in the center of the factory: "Go into that building, the first office on the left."
Xu Cang hurriedly thanked him and then trotted all the way to the building. Following the doorman's instructions, he entered the building, turned left, and soon found the office the doorman pointed to.
When he stuck his head inside, he found that the furnishings were very simple. There was just an office desk with a big-butt computer monitor on it. Behind the desk, a middle-aged man in a white coat who looked to be in his forties put his feet on the desk and looked at Xu Cang in a nonchalant manner.
Suddenly, the middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and pointed at Xu Cang with a questioning tone: "Our company is developing a new immunosuppressant . How did you know about this?"
