Chapter 342: Where is Xu Cang?
"Mr. Covein?" Xu Cang's relaxed voice rang out on the phone: "I didn't expect you to be with Mr. Neo. I wonder what important things you are discussing?"
Ronnie Covey was holding Neo's phone when he heard Xu Cang's voice. He was in a bad mood to begin with, but Xu Cang's obviously sarcastic words immediately made him lose control of his anger: "Do I know you well? If you're bored, I suggest you go somewhere else to have fun."
"Of course I don't know you well." As the words gradually fell, Xu Cang's voice suddenly turned cold: "Then why did you tamper with the CS300, huh?"
The muscles on Ronnie's face froze: "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Ronnie Covein, do you think you did it cleanly and there won't be any traces?"
"I told you, I don't know what you're talking about." Ronnie quickly calmed down. Sitting in his position, he had already mastered emotional control. After the initial shock, he quickly returned to normal: "Xu Cang, you called here to question this. Okay, now I've answered you, hang up?"
However, Xu Cang did not speak aggressively, but instead said in a relaxed tone: "You did it very cleanly, and we can't find any evidence. But don't worry, you will tell us everything."
"It seems that you are really crazy and started talking nonsense." Ronnie said, looking at Neo: "This man is crazy, I'm dead."
However, just before Ronnie wanted to hang up the phone, Xu Cang's magical voice rang out: "Ke Weiyin, haven't you thought about how to make a comeback?"
Ronnie was about to put down his phone, but when the voice came into his ears, he was stunned, and then his face turned cold: "What do you know?"
"I know you feel very uncomfortable now, Mr. Covein. We Chinese have an old saying, 'Retribution will come soon.' You didn't expect it to come so soon, did you?" Xu Cang said with a smile.
"Xu Cang!" Ronnie suddenly shouted: "What do you know?"
Xu Cang didn't say any more nonsense to Ronnie, but left a final sentence: "When you hit the bottom, you want to climb up again? Sure, I will show you a way. But as a price, tell me everything you know, especially your deals."
"What do you want?" Ronnie said coldly, "You seem to know a lot, but you never thought that the two parties in the transaction are originally a community of interests."
"I have no interest in you." Xu Cang said with a smile: "You are just an insignificant chess piece. What I want is the handle of Kelly Walton and Stephen Longshi."
"You... want me to be a witness?" Ronnie said this subconsciously, and immediately realized that he seemed to have confessed something. However, he didn't care too much. Without this evidence, many things would not count. Perhaps, as long as he didn't personally admit it to certain specific people, it wouldn't be a big problem.
However, Ronnie had not expected that Xu Cang's target was Mrs. Wharton and Stephen Lons. At first, he thought Xu Cang was seeking revenge on him.
"Yes, this is your only value." Xu Cang smiled and said, "I don't need any evidence. I just need you to explain clearly in front of Carlos Nestor the deal between you, Kelly Walton and Stephen Longshi."
"Carlos Nestor, Mrs. Wharton's brother?" Ronnie felt like his brain was not enough. Why did he bring up Carlos Nestor again?
Ronnie couldn't understand Xu Cang's plan, but based on his intuition, he felt that Xu Cang had big plans.
"Yes." Xu Cang said, "It's okay, I won't force you. I will wait slowly, and when you can't stand it anymore, you will naturally come to me again."
"You are really confident." Ronnie said disdainfully.
"Of course." Xu Cang responded with sarcasm: "A greedy, inferior, and arrogant guy like you will become addicted after tasting the taste of being superior. You can't accept failure. Failure will eat your flesh and bones like maggots. In the end, you will still ask me to show you the way."
Xu Cang's words were like a sharp knife piercing Ronnie's heart. They were heart-piercing words and almost analyzed Ronnie's character clearly.
Ronnie gritted his teeth and just said, "Then I'll wait and see."
"Haha." Xu Cang just smiled lightly: "Let's wait and see."
At the end, Xu Cangli added: "Mr. Covein, let me give you a piece of advice. When you do bad things in the future, go with fewer people. One more person means a greater risk of leaks, especially if there are some idiots among them."
Ronnie was startled, and the image of the young man with the hooked nose quickly emerged in his mind. He cursed softly, but soon heard the hang-up tone on his phone.
Ronnie put down the phone with a very gloomy expression. After a while, he returned the phone to Neo and asked, "Neo, how did you know that I met Mrs. Wharton?"
"Huh?" Neo was stunned for a moment after taking the phone, then sighed: "Ronnie, you may have some misunderstandings about some things, that is, those in a higher position will have wisdom that matches their status. In reality, this perception is not accurate, and it is even the opposite."
This sentence actually reveals the source of Neo's information.
Ronnie was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he immediately understood what was going on. When he met Mrs. Wharton and Stephen Longs before, there were other people in the private room. Those people were all of extraordinary status, and Ronnie thought they would not be stupid enough to tell everyone about the meeting.
However , as Neo said, some of these people are really stupid enough to do that.
However, Ronnie was cautious at the time . He told Mrs. Wharton and Stephen Long separately about how to tamper with the plane, so whether it was Neo or Xu Cang, they only knew about their meeting but didn't know the details.
Neo did not actually participate in the Alpine rescue, so there is even less room for association. All we really know is that he met Mrs. Wharton and he instinctively felt that something was wrong.
As an eyewitness, Xu Cang could feel that the CS300 had been tampered with, and combined with the information about Ronnie's meeting with Mrs. Wharton and others, he could basically guess what was going on. However, as Ronnie said, guessing and having evidence are two completely different concepts, and Xu Cang even directly admitted that he had no evidence.
As long as Ronnie refuses to admit it, this matter actually poses no threat to him.
But Xu Cang's words undoubtedly showed that he was sure that Ronnie would encounter a huge low point, and in order to get out of the low point, Ronnie would admit it himself.
"Did you tell Xu Cang about the A380?" Ronnie looked at Neo.
Neo put the phone back in his pocket: "No, why should I tell him, isn't this just asking for trouble?"
What Neo said makes sense. Family disgrace should not be made public. Airbus must want to keep this low-level mistake secret. How could it reveal it to the public?
Neo's reaction was also quick: "Xu Cang mentioned the A380?"
"No." Ronnie shook his head: "But I feel like he knows something."
"That shouldn't be the case. Only a very few people know about the A380 incident. We haven't even reported it yet. Maybe he was talking about something else? But what did he tell you?"
"He said that when I hit rock bottom, he would have a way to get me back up." A meaningful expression flashed across Ronnie's face: "That's ridiculous, isn't it? Neo!"
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On the other side of the world, on the balcony of a room in the dormitory building of Spring Airlines Erhai Base, Xu Cang put down his mobile phone and played with an email envelope with his other hand. There was no sender's information on it, only the recipient's information, which was Xu Cang's name and the address of Spring Airlines Erhai Base.
Moreover, the mail seemed to be international mail, not domestic mail. On the back of the envelope was a wax seal with a round emblem of three small lilies printed on it.
Xu Cang frowned and stared at the three lilies in a daze. Then he smacked his lips and said, "It's quite interesting."
After putting the envelope away, Xu Cang turned around and was shocked to see Qin Xin standing at the door of the room.
"You make no sound when you walk." Xu Cang threw the envelope on the table without any hesitation to Qin Xin.
"Who sent it to you?" Qin Xin walked in and glanced at the wax on the envelope: "Few people still use wax in this era."
"Some people are very troublesome, who knows them." Xu Cang didn't seem to care much: "Have you eaten?"
"Didn't I ask you that?" Qin Xin said with a wry smile, "You don't seem to have had a real rest since returning from Europe."
Xu Cang lay down on the bed, looking quite relaxed: "Although the process was a bit tortuous, the gains far exceeded my expectations. It's still pretty good and worth it."
"But I heard that something went wrong at Tiandong Airlines. Our fruit business robbed a company called Xinmu Fruit Industry. That company is a charity and poverty alleviation company. Competing with them is in line with market rules, but it is easy to be targeted in social morality." Qin Xin frowned: "It seems that Tiandong Airlines was blocked at the door in protest. The situation is not very good."
"Zhou Yanping mentioned some things to me. It's not a difficult matter to deal with." Xu Cang held his head with both hands and yawned: "They just want a long-term livelihood..."
"Why, are you going to assign them jobs? There are quite a lot of them."
Xu Cang's eyelids drooped. "Xinmu Fruit Industry was originally engaged in fruit storage and transit, and it just happened to be a transit station for transporting northwest fruits to the east."
“But what about the fruits originally purchased from the villagers by Xinmu Fruit Industry?”
"Keep collecting." Xu Cang said with a smile: "However, we may need to slightly expand the business scope of Xinmu Fruit Industry. We need a new production line to process the fruits collected from the villagers."
"The quality of those fruits is not top-notch, and the market competitiveness is not strong. Previously, we relied on the cooperation agreement with Tiandong Airlines to maintain sales. Maybe we can sell some of the fruits at a low price, but the quantity is too large, and selling them all at a low price will be a complete loss-making business."
"I know, so we need to process these fruits again." Xu Cang stretched and said, "It's okay, leave it to me. Qin Xin, I don't want to eat anymore, I want to sleep for a while."
Qin Xin looked at the drowsy Xu Cang, opened her mouth, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end she said nothing and quietly left the room.
…
The Hanjing Airport business jet apron was usually deserted, with only a few Gulfstream and Bombardier business jets and no mainstream large passenger aircraft. However, today, the apron was bustling with activity.
Chen Xiangdong and Wu Yue, Director of the Flight Standards Department, stood outside the apron security area, their eyes fixed on a business jet that had just shut down on the apron. On board this business jet was the ICAO inspection team, and Chen Xiangdong and Wu Yue were responsible for receiving them.
In addition to Chen Xiangdong and Wu Yue, there were some other reception staff at CAAC, but Chen Xiangdong looked behind him and did not see any translator.
"Isn't the translator here?" Chen Xiangdong asked.
Wu Yue stared at him: "No need!"
"What?"
"Old Chen, the chief designers of EASA and FAA are here this time. You have to keep your composure and not lose your dignity." Wu Yue said in a low voice.
Chen Xiangdong snorted: "Am I still afraid of them?"
Wu Yue's brows were knitted together, and he looked extremely worried. "I heard that there were some temporary changes to the list of the inspection team this time. The chairman of the Technical Standards Committee is also here. He was not originally planned to be on the list."
"Technical Standards Committee?" Chen Xiangdong was stunned. "What is he doing here? There are no new international civil aviation standards to be implemented recently, right?"
"I don't know. Who knows what they are up to?" Wu Yue saw that the cabin door of the business jet had been opened, and lowered his voice even more: "The Technical Standards Committee plays a key role in our election of Class I directors. Perhaps his temporary visit this time is a good thing for us, as it will give us a chance to communicate privately."
"But if he comes with bad intentions, then it won't be a good thing."
Just as Chen Xiangdong finished speaking, the door of the business jet opened completely, the ladder was lowered, and a tall and strong white old man walked out of the cabin. This man was extremely tall, and he had to lower his head slightly when he left the cabin, but his body was not stout and looked very well-proportioned.
His hair has turned gray, but there are no age spots on his face. Instead, his eyes are bright and his spirit seems to be still at its peak.
Wu Yue's eyes lit up: "He's really here."
After saying that, he immediately went up to him: “Mr. Fair!”
This person is Robert Fell, Chairman of the ICAO Technical Standards Committee.
The Technical Standards Committee is a very authoritative part in ICAO, and this was the first time that Roberts-Fell visited CAAC.
Robes-Fell just hummed, then came down and looked at Wu Yue: "I informed you in advance..."
He looked behind Wu Yue , glanced at the faces of everyone in the CAAC reception team, then retracted his gaze and looked at Wu Yue: "Where's Xu Cang?"
