Chapter 372 Korea-Japan World Cup!
"His condition is indeed not optimistic." In the doctor's office, a doctor in his fifties frowned and said to Xu Cang with great doubt: "I have read the previous medical records. Logically, he should not have a relapse."
Xu Cang was not so sure: "Tuberculosis won't relapse, right?"
In Xu Cang's memory, tuberculosis is no longer a terminal illness, but it does not mean that it will not recur once cured.
"Generally speaking, after tuberculosis is cured, if regular follow-up treatment is given and there are no other complications, there is a high probability that the disease will not relapse." The doctor flipped through an old medical file: "His follow-up treatment was very regular, and there was never any delay or miss."
Xu Cang was silent for a moment: "Then why don't we cure him now? He could have been cured many years ago, but why can't he be cured now? Isn't tuberculosis a terminal illness?"
"Of course, tuberculosis is not a terminal illness ." The doctor closed the medical file: "But the problem is... he used too many antibiotics before. His... tuberculosis bacteria have developed strong drug resistance. We have tried many methods, but nothing worked at all."
Xu Cang was stunned: "Are there no new antibiotics?"
"It's useless." The doctor shook his head. "In the past, we used antibiotics a little too... recklessly. Although his tuberculosis was suppressed at the time, a super tuberculosis bacillus with extremely strong drug resistance was cultivated. Once it relapses this time, there is basically no way to treat it."
Xu Cang knew that antibiotics should not be used indiscriminately. If you use too much, antibiotics will be useless in the future. The most effective way to treat tuberculosis is to use a large amount of antibiotics, which Xu Cang knew. The speed of research and development of new antibiotics in the medical community cannot keep up with the speed of tuberculosis bacteria mutation. According to the doctor, all antibiotics on the market are ineffective against Wang Jingming, which is the most desperate thing.
Xu Cang's face was grim: "Is there really no solution at all?"
"We are now making a final attempt." The doctor paused and said, "Nowadays, a combination of drugs is popular abroad, commonly known as cocktail therapy. Perhaps we can find some hope from this therapy."
At the end, the doctor added: "However, I don't want you to get too hopeful. I can say responsibly that the possibility of this combined drug therapy being effective is very small. It is only a helpless choice when there is no other way."
Xu Cang understood what the doctor meant by that. It was actually no different from a death sentence. However, the doctor couldn't just let Wang Jingming wait to die. He had to do something. He had to try his best.
"By the way, this is something the patient asked us to give you." The doctor took out a backpack from behind: "Would you like to take a look?"
Xu Cang looked at the backpack and recognized it. It was the backpack that was previously in the corner of the ward.
Xu Cang took it, unzipped it, and found that it was filled with a lot of documents. Xu Cang pulled out a random piece of paper, but couldn't understand it at all. However, combined with Wang Jingming's research direction, Xu Cang could basically guess what it was.
After packing up his backpack, Xu Cang thanked the doctor and told him to use the best medicine and not to worry about the medical expenses.
However, even in the future, the loss of effectiveness of antibiotics is extremely fatal, let alone now. All Xu Cang can do is to do his best and leave the rest to fate.
Xu Cang spent a lot of energy trying to rescue Wang Jingming from the Busan air crash. In fact, this idea was realized. However, it was like a huge joke that Wang Jingming, who was saved from death in the Busan air crash, was likely to die from his old tuberculosis, which had obviously stabilized.
For a moment, Xu Cang felt powerless as if fate was strangling him, as if no matter how hard he tried, the outcomes of some things would not change.
After this thought came to mind, the first person Xu Cang thought of was Xia Shuyue. If nothing unexpected happened, Xia Shuyue would die in the subsequent Nordic Aurora air crash. How could he save her?
True salvation!
With some inexplicable worries about the future, Xu Cang left the doctor's office.
Outside, the Director of Aviation Safety of the Regulatory Bureau was still waiting. When he saw Xu Cang coming out, he greeted him and said, "Xu Cang, I have asked the Southwest Bureau, and they agree that you can go back to Erhai Lake first."
Xu Cang was stunned: "People from the Southwest Bureau are so easy to talk to?"
"They will also go to Erhai Lake tomorrow afternoon, and they will definitely visit your company. Besides, the main direction of their inquiries will still be the captain. It won't have much impact if you go back first."
With such a big incident, the Southwest Bureau must go to the Chunxia headquarters for a visit. The most important thing is that Xu Cang is not the person responsible, and he is even the one who has made contributions. Letting Xu Cang go back early will not have much impact, and it also gives Xu Cang some face. In any case, Xu Cang cannot be treated as a co-pilot now.
"A favor that goes with the flow." Xu Cang could see clearly that these small favors had to be repaid. This was how society was, even though in fact the Southwest Bureau had not taken any risks.
The director of Hangan pointed out: "The Southwest Bureau is going with the flow, but the situation is different, and the subsequent reports cannot be going with the flow. I just inquired and the General Administration means to conduct a full investigation of all your personnel."
Even though he was somewhat mentally prepared, when he heard that everyone was being checked, Xu Cang's heart still skipped a beat: "Really?"
"Really? The General Administration has already given us instructions, asking us to cooperate during the inspection. I'm sure your flight center will receive relevant information soon." The Aviation Safety Director sighed and said, "All personnel will be inspected. Can you bear this? I think at least one-third of them will have to be stopped."
"One third is an optimistic estimate." Xu Cang gritted his teeth. If the final pass rate was only 50%, he would not be surprised at all.
"Do you think the General Administration will issue targets?" the Director of Aviation Safety suddenly asked.
Setting targets is like cutting off the source of income, and no airline can bear such a toss. Now Spring Airlines is in a period of growth. If it is dealt with in this way, even if it does not die, it will be seriously damaged and may not be able to keep up with the development of the times.
To be honest, this stage is a bit dangerous for Spring Airlines.
"Set targets?" Xu Cang's face was solemn. He didn't say much, but turned his head and looked at the director of Aviation Safety indifferently: "Do you think the General Administration will do this?"
"Maybe..." The director of aviation safety wanted to say something, but after noticing Xu Cang looking at him, he suddenly understood something: "I think they will treat what they are going to do rationally. Xu Cang, I heard that you are going to acquire Asiana Airlines?"
"Otherwise, why do you think I need to go back to Erhai Lake early?"
The director of aviation security twitched his mouth. Asiana Airlines is the second largest airline in South Korea and is well-known in Asia. It has actually become one of Xu Cang's industries.
If the General Administration issued a target, it would be equivalent to not giving Xu Cang face at all. But now, Xu Cang's face needs to be taken into consideration.
"I never thought that our southwest region would also give birth to a multinational aviation company." The director of aviation safety said with emotion: "There is one more thing I need to ask you."
"What?"
"This is a training application submitted by the Yanshan Branch of Phoenix Aviation School." The Director of Aviation Safety showed Xu Cang a piece of paper with densely packed forms on it. Among them was the flight plan of the aviation school for the next one and a half months: "Eight hours a day, plus ground tests and some rest time, the entire private business training will take one and a half months?"
According to current regulations, the total flight time in the flight school stage is 250 hours. If it is a normal schedule, it will take at least ten months to complete all the courses, usually a year.
Because most trainees only have two hours of training time a day and cannot fly every day, plus the time for scheduling and inspection, it is normal to spend a year.
However, the schedule shown by the Aviation Safety Director was extremely tight. Each training session was conducted for eight hours, and flight training was at most eight hours a day, which was considered to be full intensity.
Very few students will receive such treatment. It is not a question of whether the students want it or not, but the instructors do not agree because the training intensity is too high.
But from a legal point of view, this is in compliance with regulations.
The aviation school needs to submit the flight plan to the local civil aviation regulatory department. Anyway, once this application was submitted, it really opened the eyes of the people in the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau.
Normally, training plans submitted by regular aviation schools would be approved as long as there were no time conflicts. But this time it was so outrageous that the airspace approval department reported it directly to the leadership, and the application form was circulated.
After contacting and verifying with the Yanshan branch, the blame was directed at Xu Cang.
It just so happens that Xu Cang is here, and Director Hangan can just ask the person involved what he thinks.
"Is there any violation?" Xu Cang asked.
"It's not against the rules," said the Aviation Safety Director. "But this kind of plan is a bit rare, and the Air Force may not approve it."
Even though the aviation school reported to the regulatory bureau, who has the final approval authority for airspace? It's not the Civil Aviation Administration, but the Air Force. However, the Air Force usually doesn't fly for refugees. The only thing the Director of Aviation Security is worried about is that this plan is so weird that it will fail if it fails to pass the approval of the Air Force. This responsibility needs to be sorted out in advance to avoid the trouble of Xu Cang coming to the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau later.
"It's okay. I have an acquaintance at the Air Traffic Control Bureau. There shouldn't be any problem with the approval."
Although the final decision-making power lies with the Air Force, the Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control Department is responsible for communication and coordination. Xu Cang suddenly remembered Director Liu of the Jianchuan Tower, now the second-in-command of the Jianchuan Air Traffic Control Bureau. With this acquaintance helping him, there should be no problem.
It was indeed very tiring to complete all the courses of the private business ceremony in one and a half months , but this was done after consulting Xia Shuyue. At the same time, Xu Cang told Zhu Ming's wife about the situation, and she was very reasonable and did not care about the high intensity of the work.
Now that both the instructors and the students have no problem, everything will naturally go smoothly.
In fact, theoretically, if you schedule it tightly enough, you can finish everything in one month, including inspections and exams.
Because according to current regulations, ground tests are not within the duty period. In other words, if it is a ground test, you can add eight hours of flight training after the test, and there is no need to set aside a separate day for the test.
However, Xu Cang thought that this breathless plan was better off, so he extended the duration to one and a half months, leaving a little gap. Of course, even so, it was still amazing enough.
In theory, as long as Xia Shuyue passed all the tests and examinations at once and nothing happened to delay her plan, it would only take her more than two months to go from a flight attendant who knew nothing about flying to joining the flight fleet. It was that fast.
The director of Aviation Safety really had to learn to be speechless: "You really have people everywhere."
"Not really." Xu Cang said, "If I remember correctly, all inspections of the Phoenix Aviation School Yanshan Branch are handled by the two appointed representatives of Jianchuan 91st Department. If the director is willing to introduce them, I would be very grateful."
The director of aviation safety was stunned: "Who are you planning this for? You are even trying to open up all the links of the inspectors for her."
"Is it convenient?" Xu Cang did not say it clearly, but just repeated the question again.
Director Hang'an still understood some social conventions, but things like this made him feel even more how much Xu Cang had changed.
"When I have time, I will organize a dinner party."
Xu Cang nodded slightly: "Thank you for your help, Director."
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After leaving the hospital, Xu Cang immediately boarded the plane back to Erhai Lake. When he arrived at the base building, he happened to meet the convoy of the Asiana Airlines delegation.
Xu Cang had never met Chairman Li Mingji, and neither had Li Mingji. However, when the two looked at each other for the first time, they both recognized each other's identity.
"Xu Cang." Qin Xin, who had been waiting at the gate of the base, greeted Xu Cang: "The General Administration just sent a message..."
"It's okay." Xu Cang waved his hand: "Today is the day to sign the contract, don't worry about other things."
Next to Qin Xin, Lu Yao, the legal advisor in charge of the contract, stood there quietly, like an iron tower. On the other side, Yi Feng was receiving people from Asiana Airlines.
According to the current actual situation, Yi Feng is basically the actual operator of Spring Airlines, and Xu Cang is only responsible for setting the general direction.
As the successor of the former National University of China Airlines, Li Mingji knew Yi Feng, and the two exchanged a few words.
However, these are just polite things, and the most important thing is still the conversation between Xu Cang and Li Mingji.
"Mr. Yi, I'm going to go talk to Mr. Xu." Li Mingji smiled and his eyes fell on Xu Cang who was talking to Qin Xin not far away.
Yi Feng also glanced at Xu Cang and hummed, "You haven't met before."
"Excuse me." Li Mingji left Yi Feng and walked towards Xu Cang.
When they got closer, Li Mingji first glanced at Qin Xin, then smiled and said, "At the beginning, Miss Qin stunned the whole audience with her attitude of burning herself together with her. I wonder if this style originated from Mr. Xu."
Xu Cang said calmly: "Before answering a question, we must first determine whether the question is true or not, right, President Li?"
Li Mingji asked: "Mr. Xu, I don't quite understand what you mean."
Xu Cang raised a finger: "President Li seems to have some misunderstandings about the meaning of destroying both sides together. Does Asiana Airlines deserve to be destroyed together with me?"
Li Mingji was stunned on the spot, and it took him a long time to recover. After a long time, he laughed: "Sure enough, sure enough! I said Miss Qin is so domineering, then how... arrogant is Mr. Xu?"
"You still don't seem convinced?" Xu Cang laughed and snapped his fingers: "Lu Yao..."
Li Mingji gritted his teeth and then raised his hand to interrupt: "Mr. Xu, please don't misunderstand me. I have no other thoughts on Asiana Airlines' decision to merge with Spring Airlines."
Xu Cang looked at Li Mingji deeply, said nothing more, and patted Qin Xin on the back: "Go in."
Soon, people from both sides filed out.
Previously, the two sides had exchanged views on the signing of the agreement. The agreement to be signed today was carefully considered by both sides and was recognized by both sides.
Therefore, after Lee Myung-gi finally gave in, the agreement was signed smoothly.
Before signing the agreement, Xu Cang changed his clothes because he was going to take photos. Not only did Spring Airlines' own publicity department come, but also some big TV stations and newspapers.
In any case, the acquisition of South Korea's second largest airline by a domestic airline is a big deal in the industry and is worth writing about.
The text of the agreement was exchanged, and under the baptism of flash lights, the photo of Xu Cang and Chairman Lee Mingji shaking hands will be circulated in the media across the country tomorrow and become the front-page headline.
Xu Cang himself didn't like those social activities. However, with so many reporters and media people coming, Xu Cang couldn't just ignore them. So, he patiently cooperated with Qin Xin to complete the necessary social activities one by one.
Qin Xin knew Xu Cang's character, so she didn't introduce everyone to Xu Cang. She just picked out some important people to get to know, and then let Xu Cang go.
Moreover, Qin Xin could see that Li Mingji really wanted to talk to Xu Cang alone, because this involved how Asiana Airlines would rise again in the future.
Although some of the gambling agreements were changed later, no matter what, if Asiana Airlines continues to be so bad, it will be a considerable financial burden for Xu Cang.
After waiting for a while, when Xu Cang had finished dealing with the matter, Li Mingji picked a time to signal Xu Cang to talk alone. After dismissing the people who followed him, Li Mingji finally had the opportunity to talk to Xu Cang alone.
In the stairwell on the top floor, after making sure that no one was around, Li Mingji couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Xu, Miss Qin mentioned before that you have a way to make Han Ya recover. Given Mr. Xu's character, this is definitely not a lie, right?"
"What if it is?" Xu Cang said with a smile, "What if I lied to you?"
Li Mingji was stunned on the spot, and soon he looked at her intently: "Mr. Xu, this kind of joke will cause some unnecessary misunderstandings."
"President Li, don't get excited." Xu Cang raised his hand: "I heard from President Park that President Li likes football very much?"
"Hmm?" Li Mingji was startled. He didn't expect Xu Cang to bring up this topic suddenly. However, after all, Xu Cang was the actual leader now, so Li Mingji still lowered his attitude: "It's just a personal hobby. How come Mr. Xu also has this hobby?"
"No, I don't have much athletic talent, and I don't have much interest in watching football." Xu Cang said, "I heard that President Li also sponsored your country's football team?"
"Mr. Xu, you should understand that this is just a little bit of a boring hobby for an old man." Li Mingji frowned. He was getting more and more confused about Xu Cang's thoughts, but he still tried his best to follow Xu Cang's words and said, "Of course, if Mr. Xu minds, I can discard this insignificant hobby at any time."
"No, no, no!" Xu Cang smiled and waved his hands: "This is not an insignificant hobby, it's very good, very good. Chairman Li sponsors his country's football, so he must have a good relationship with his own Football Association. Tomorrow is the Korea-Japan World Cup. I wonder if Chairman Li has any connections who can sponsor the Korean national team?"
Li Mingji was much shorter than Xu Cang. After hearing what Xu Cang said, Li Mingji opened his eyes without blinking and just half-raised his head to look at Xu Cang.
Although it was not very obvious, Xu Cang could see confusion and bewilderment in Li Mingji's eyes, even as if he was looking at an idiot.
That’s right, Li Mingji felt that Xu Cang was just mad or didn’t want to talk properly or discuss things at all.
"Mr. Xu, although we lost, can you please not humiliate us like this?" Li Mingji said coldly: "If Mr. Xu is unwilling and has no sincerity to talk, then why did you follow us?"
Xu Cang smiled and said, "President Li, you misunderstood. I am talking about this topic very...seriously."
"Serious?" Lee Mingji snorted. "Yes, sponsoring sports events is a way to increase publicity. But you have to choose the right target. I am Korean, but I know that the Korean team will only be a runner-up in the World Cup. However, many people have unrealistic fantasies about their country's team, so that when they are shattered by reality, they will turn into complete anger. Once we sponsor the national team, in the end, the anger of the fans and the public will always spread to us."
It's like a parent who knows his child is a poor student and thinks it's normal for him to do poorly on the test. But if he really fails, won't he get angry in the end?
South Korea will almost certainly be eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup. Even from a rational point of view, this gap in strength can directly lead to such a result.
But when the South Korean team was really eliminated, shouldn’t the South Korean people and fans still curse? They cursed so much that they even cursed the sponsors.
Then isn't Asiana Airlines just asking for trouble?
Is this something a human can do?
However, Xu Cang suddenly smiled and said, "If the Korean team is eliminated in the group stage, they will most likely be scolded. But what if they are eliminated in the quarterfinals or the semifinals?"
Li Mingji was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"What if I tell you that the Korean team can make it through the group stage?" Xu Cang asked back: "Do you think it still makes sense to sponsor the Korean team in this case?"
