Chapter 407: New York Stock Exchange Closed! A Prelude to the Collapse of US Stocks!
The medical department at Haneda Airport was as quiet as a graveyard late at night. Apart from the occasional roar of engines in the distance, there were only a few whispers at other times, making the atmosphere seem eerie and cold.
At the end of the corridor facing the entrance of the operating room, Xia Shuyue and Richard Bayer stood by the window. The moonlight was reflected on Xia Shuyue's face, making her skin look as crystal clear as jade.
"Before this, the chief engineers of EASA and FAA had approached Xu Cang and offered him generous conditions in the hope that he would not take over my position. Of course, if Xu Cang did not agree, EASA and FAA would take some retaliatory measures, at least in the future, there would be many difficulties in opening routes to Europe and the United States." Richard Baier said, "Xu Cang has not responded yet. He is still struggling and looking for a way to have the best of both worlds. However, I don't think that kind of solution can be found."
Xia Shuyue frowned: "Why are you telling me this?"
"You are the best of both worlds, Xia Shuyue." Richard Bayer said excitedly: "Your talent in flying is slightly inferior to Xu Cang, but your memory ability is similar, and your perception ability is even stronger than Xu Cang. Perhaps, your upper limit may not reach the height of Xu Cang, but as long as you cultivate carefully, your achievements will still be much higher than ordinary people."
Xia Shuyue came to her senses now and asked tentatively, "So you want me to...take over the association ?"
"That's right! You have great potential, very great potential, and it's worth my full training." Richard Bayer said with some excitement, "If nothing unexpected happens, you can continue to serve as the president of the International Federal Air Line Pilots Association for about five years. These five years will be enough to hone your flying skills, and at the same time allow me to pave the way for you."
"But there are many talented people, why choose me?" Xia Shuyue was still a little unconfident: "Moreover, EASA and FAA have offered generous conditions just to prevent Xu Cang from taking over the position of chairman of the association, which means that they think that no one can take over this position except Xu Cang..."
Richard Baier nodded approvingly. "Yes, you see it very clearly. After all, the association is a collective organization of pilots. If you want to lead this organization, you must first convince everyone in terms of technology. Pilots' skills are more idealistic in a sense, so not only must the candidate for the chairman have a high enough level, but he also needs to have real special experience to back himself up."
Pilots' salaries are relatively high, not just for those fixed normal procedures. A large part of their salary is for possible abnormal situations.
Of course, it is said that the most perfect pilot is to remain unknown throughout his life without any problems. However, when it comes to truly judging a pilot's ability, his handling of special situations is the most convincing.
Xu Cang not only has perfect skills, but also his performance in handling special situations is so tough that no one dares to question it. Most importantly, Xu Cang is young enough and is at the most energetic time of his life.
In fact, there were some people who met Richard Baier's requirements, but they were basically old pilots who were at the end of their careers.
It is undeniable that the working environment of pilots is definitely harmful to the human body. Even if there are no major injuries or illnesses, the accumulation of minor injuries and pains will have an impact on life expectancy, especially for those who are separated from the same working environment for ten years, the body will collapse as quickly as a dam.
Therefore, there are also high requirements for age. After all, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Association is too large and has too many things to worry about. If those successful old pilots were to take over, they might die on the job with so many worries.
If Xu Cang was willing to accept it, there would be no need for Richard Beyer to pave the way for him. However, Xia Shuyue was different. Xia Shuyue had not grown up yet, and Richard Beyer had to pave the way for her.
It just so happens that with the remaining time Richard Bayer has, in addition to training Xia Shuyue, it is just right to use it to clear away obstacles.
"You have enough talent. The landing just now was of extremely high technical content. It will be your best bargaining chip to convince others." Richard Bayer said seriously.
To be honest, even now, Richard Beyer was still amazed by Xia Shuyue's divinely assisted performance. The landing was not difficult, but Xia Shuyue had figured out all the correspondences between the side stick and the throttle lever, and operated it without any hindrance, as smoothly as if there was no problem with the plane. Such ability is unheard of.
However, after all, with Xu Cang as a role model, Xia Shuyue's performance would have been unprecedented at other times , but with a monster like Xu Cang, the light was dimmed a little. In fact, if Xu Cang's physical condition was good enough, it is very likely that Xu Cang would have been able to complete such a landing.
From the perspective of flying skills alone, Xu Cang has already reached the top of the world and can overlook all the other mountains.
Since Richard Bayer couldn't get Xu Cang, he could only focus all his energy on Xia Shuyue. At least from now on, Xia Shuyue was his last hope.
It can only be said that birds of a feather flock together. It is unbelievable that an inconspicuous little girl beside Xu Cang, a talented person, has such an exaggerated talent.
However, Xia Shuyue thought about it and shook her head: "I don't want to go. I have no interest in the things you said."
At least Xia Shuyue didn't have much interest in managing a large multinational organization. She just wanted to live an ordinary life.
This answer stunned Richard Bayer: "Why not? Xu Cang can't let go of his current business. He has his own way to go and doesn't need me to arrange a path for him. What about you? Do you have your own way too?"
"My path?" Xia Shuyue was suddenly confused: "My path... I don't know."
To be honest, Xia Shuyue didn't know what to do with her future. In fact, many people are like this, living in a daze all their lives.
"What did you do before? You didn't learn flying, did you? You just started learning it recently?" Richard Bayer looked at Xia Shuyue. Richard Bayer saw through people like Xia Shuyue clearly. Those things like wealth, money and power did not arouse her much interest at all.
Some people are like this, even if she herself is not ordinary, she is content with being ordinary and enjoys being ordinary.
"Me?" Xia Shuyue seemed to be a little stuck, as if she was thinking about something else: "Yes, I just learned to fly recently, what's wrong?"
"Then why did you learn to fly? Given your personality, it shouldn't be for more pay, right?"
"I..." Xia Shuyue opened her mouth: "I did it for..."
Richard Bayer sighed: "Ms. Xia, there is another Miss Qin over at Erhai Lake?"
"But, I didn't lose." Xia Shuyue raised her head suddenly, but soon her eyes flashed a gloomy look: "But what if I won? Xu Cang was still injured."
Xia Shuyue looked a little dazed: "Perhaps, this is the best ending."
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The next morning, Xu Cang had already woken up.
However, at this time, he could only lie in bed, weak and pale. Last night, he lost more than 1,000 milliliters of blood, which was more than one-fifth of his total blood. This was under the premise that Xia Shuyue bandaged him in time and suppressed a lot of blood loss.
If Xia Shuyue's technique was too poor and Xu Cang lost too much blood, there would be no chance of rescue.
However, the loss of one thousand milliliters of blood alone was enough for Xu Cang to recuperate for a period of time.
The first person to visit Xu Cang was naturally Xia Shuyue, but Xia Shuyue seemed to be a little worried and left without saying a word. As the incident happened suddenly, Qin Xin was still busy with the visa issue, and it seemed that it would take two days.
This time he really managed to save his life. Although Xu Cang was quite weak, he was in a very optimistic mood. There was nothing more comforting than surviving a disaster.
Richard Bayer was originally going to come, but was asked to leave by JCAB early in the morning. The second person who came to visit Xu Cang was Chen Tianyang, who met Fujido Tsuyoshi last night.
Chen Tianyang still looked cool, but when he saw Xu Cang's pale face, his expression gradually turned cold: "Your situation is worse than I expected."
"It's enough to save my life. Who cares about what else it is?" Xu Cang moved his fingers and motioned Chen Tianyang to sit down: "Where is that person?"
Chen Tianyang knew who Xu Cang was talking about. He was the culprit, the white man with a gun.
"I'm sorry, I don't know." Chen Tianyang shook his head. "According to your friend who was on the same plane with you, someone took him away as soon as the plane landed. Later, I asked my connections to check the situation in Japan, but I still have no clue. I don't have any connections in Japan, so I may not have found out much."
Xu Cang pursed his lips and did not continue the topic. He didn't have much energy right now, and there was really no need to continue talking about this topic which would not make any progress for the time being.
So he immediately changed direction: "Any results?"
Chen Tianyang took out a recording pen from his bag. "This morning, Fujitang found me and gave me this. He really has a backup plan. Inside is the recording of the cabin voice file leaked to him by JCAB. Such a person is really a cunning rabbit with three burrows."
Xu Cang was not surprised. If Fujitang Gang had been simple-minded, he would have buried it somewhere unknown.
"You are very good. Don't let me teach you everything."
In the matter of meeting with Fujido Tsuyoshi, Chen Tianyang was completely independent and came to find Xu Cang only after he had done everything.
However, the reason why Xu Cang was not surprised that Chen Tianyang obtained Fujido Tsuyoshi's recorder was that this entry point was the one Xu Cang had provided to Chen Tianyang before.
Chen Tianyang is only responsible for one thing in Japan, that is Fujido Tsuyoshi, so it is easy to guess Chen Tianyang's purpose.
"With the phone minutes, Kuroda Takashi's testimony and this recording in our hands, we can nail JCAB. When will we take action?" Chen Tianyang asked.
"Wait a minute, it's not the right time yet." Xu Cang paused. Perhaps because of excessive blood loss, Xu Cang spoke slowly: "Everything needs to wait until we sign the 777 purchase contract with Boeing before we can start?"
Chen Tianyang frowned: "Why, what does it have to do with the 777 purchase contract?"
"The 777 is a good airplane, but it's too expensive. However, the price of the 777 should be the lowest in the near future, so there's nothing wrong with focusing on it. Besides, it's one thing for us to fight back against JCAB, but the more important direction is ANA, and the main target will always be ANA." Xu Cang exhaled softly: "The 777 is the path I chose for ANA, and the road hasn't been paved yet. How can I force ANA to make a choice?"
"Besides, I need to rest during this period of time. There are other things to do later."
"Other things?" Chen Tianyang was stunned: "What?"
"For example, the New York Stock Exchange is closed, and the U.S. stock market...collapses!" Xu Cang didn't finish his sentence: "It's time to buy at the bottom."
