Chapter 433 My name is Xu Qing! (Finale)
On April 3, 2008, Cang Qingshang flew to Tianning Base.
It is not quite accurate to call it the Tianning Base, because this test flight runway is very close to the Tianning Airport and is completely parallel to the two runways of the Tianning Airport. In addition, there will be a taxiway connecting one end of the runway to the apron area of the Tianning Airport.
Normally, this test runway is not open to the outside world and is only used by Cangqing Commercial Aircraft. However, since Cangqing Commercial Aircraft has signed an agreement with Tianning Airport, the airport control will be responsible for directing Cangqing Commercial Aircraft's test flight activities, and the airport will also provide maintenance services for Cangqing Commercial Aircraft's runway. In exchange, when Tianning Airport is too busy, Cangqing Commercial Aircraft's runway will be open to Tianning Airport for use.
Tianning Airport has always been in a position that is neither high nor low among several large airports on the eastern coast. However, since Cangqing Commercial Aircraft Corporation has set up a test flight base here, some simple test flights are carried out here from time to time. In order to see the "true face" of domestic aircraft, many aircraft enthusiasts will choose to take a plane at Tianning Airport even if it takes a detour.
In terms of throughput, Tianning Airport has seen a significant increase, but not a particularly large increase. However, in terms of online fame, Tianning Airport is almost the top domestic airport, especially after someone filmed a video of a new domestically produced aircraft.
At this moment, in the open space in front of a small building next to the Tianning Airport Group, Xu Cang, Qin Xin, Yi Feng and other senior executives of the Cangqing Group gathered here.
Today is the taxiing test of the domestically produced aircraft C100 after its finalization. As a milestone event, Xu Cang must be present.
Today is a good day, with no clouds in the sky and soft sunshine, which is warm and comfortable. The sun here is much milder than that in Jianchuan on the plateau, where the ultraviolet rays are too strong. However, this is a taxiing test, so the weather requirements are not too high.
Xu Cang and Qin Xin were talking. Xu Cang had just returned from recuperation and didn't know much about some things.
"We're going to cut the ribbon at the second phase of the Dianyun Airport project the day after tomorrow. If it's convenient for you, you should attend." Qin Xin whispered.
Jianchuan's second airport, Dianyun Airport, was completed a year ago, but it only included the first phase of the project, which only built Terminal 1. According to the plan, there will also be Terminal 2 and a satellite terminal. The second phase of the project mentioned by Qin Xin is the start of construction of Terminal 2.
Xu Cang squinted his eyes and looked at the blue sky: "Well, I will go there."
Several years have passed, and it seems that the marks of time have not left any effect on Xu Cang's face. He is still as radiant as ever, but his temperament has become much more stable.
Qin Xin paused: "In addition, the electronic payment license has been obtained."
Now, Xu Cang had some special reaction. He turned to look at Qin Xin and said, "Then I have to go to Jianchuan. I want to talk to Zhao Fei in person."
"Well, in the past two years, FeiTALK has grown into the number one instant messaging software in China, and we need to make good use of these user resources." Qin Xin said: "However, if you follow your idea, the payment sharing between Spring Airlines in China, Asiana Airlines in South Korea and domestic transportation companies in Japan may require the consent of the local government of Japan Airlines."
Xu Cang smiled and said, "It's okay, the trend has been formed, it's a small problem."
"Also, Blue Sky Airlines seems to be unable to hold on. Yesterday, the president of that company called me and asked if we were interested in acquiring it."
Xu Cang was amused by what he heard: "I am quite surprised that Blue Sky Airlines can still hold on for so long despite the A380 being a burden. There is no need to acquire Blue Sky Airlines, but if they still have value, we can consider it and select some people to form an evaluation team to see if there is any need for the acquisition."
Blue Sky Airlines received the A380 three years late. They had already missed the best period. After making profits in the first two months, people's novelty about the A380 began to fade gradually. The market was affected by a rapid collapse in profits. They could no longer make profits in the fifth month, and then began to lose money, and the loss became bigger and bigger.
Seeing the living example of Blue Sky Airlines, even though it had subsequent cooperation with AIA Airlines and had international routes departing from Hanjing, Muhua Airlines still reduced the original plan to order three A380s to two.
Speaking of Blue Sky Airlines, Xu Cang suddenly thought of something: "Where is Wang Xuan?"
Previously, Wang Xuan was imprisoned for bribery on the Cebu route. Of course, based on Xu Cang's understanding, Wang Xuan was most likely the scapegoat, but the fact had already happened, and Xu Cang felt that Wang Xuan was really wronged.
"It seems to have come out not long ago." Qin thought for a moment: "But, I'm not too sure."
Xu Cang nodded, he was just asking casually.
At this moment, a staff member of Tianning Airport Group came over and said to Xu Cang, "Mr. Xu, the number of people coming this time is a little more than the list sent before. We need to apply for temporary passes. Please wait a moment."
Xu Cang didn't care: "It's okay, it's our problem. We added some people temporarily, you guys take your time, anyway, there's still some time before the real work, there's no rush."
As he spoke, Xu Cang's gaze shifted to a small building next door, where a group of middle-aged people were gathered together, both men and women. They were all dressed rather simply and looked rather tired, as if they had been working all year round.
Qin Xin noticed that Xu Cang seemed to have been looking at the next room for a long time, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "What are you looking at?"
"Look, that child is about five years old, right?" Xu Cang pointed to a middle-aged woman in the crowd not far away. She was hunched over, wearing a dark red sweater and dark blue pants, but they were obviously washed white.
There was nothing special about it, but there was a backpack tied behind her, with a boy tied to her back.
This kind of backpack is very common, and many parents use it to carry their children. But when the child grows up, it is rarely used. It is estimated that it is only used within three years old, and it is not used much after that.
However, the boy was obviously not under three years old. Judging from his appearance and the length of his exposed legs, he was probably five years old.
It is indeed a bit strange that he is carrying his baby on his back at the age of five.
"Hello, may I ask what's going on over there?" Xu Cang pointed at the crowd over there and asked the airport staff.
The staff member explained: "The airport is hiring cleaners, and they came here to apply for the job."
"Oh, so that's it." Xu Cang didn't think much about it. Although it was a bit strange to carry such a big child on his back, he had no interest in finding out more and quickly looked away.
However, in the distance, the little boy who was lying on his mother's back and was always quiet seemed to have sensed something, raised his head slightly, and his eyes fell on Xu Cang. Most of his eyes were black, like black gems, full of spiritual brilliance.
The little boy just glanced at Xu Cang, blinked, and then lay back on his mother's back.
…
About half an hour later, the airport temporary passes were ready, and everyone was ready to get on the bus to enter the airport. However, before getting on the bus, Qin Xin received a phone call and left in a hurry. When everyone else had finished boarding, Qin Xin had not returned yet.
Xu Cang felt a little strange, so he followed the direction Qin Xin left, went out of the gate, and found Qin Xin's figure across the street.
However, Qin Xin was not alone, there was a man and a woman beside her.
The man was talking to Qin Xin, and Xu Cang recognized that man. It was Qin Yi, whom he hadn't seen for many years.
Next to Qin Yi, a short-haired woman quietly leaned against him, moving her mouth from time to time. It was obvious that she also knew Qin Xin.
If nothing unexpected happens, this short-haired woman is the fiancée Qin Yi mentioned before.
However, Xu Cang noticed that Qin Yi's right arm was always hanging down stiffly, which was completely different from the coordination of his left hand. Xu Cang's observation ability was extremely sharp, and this time he felt it even more clearly.
“Could it be…”
Xu Cang had just made some guesses when Qin Yi suddenly noticed Xu Cang across the street and nodded to him with a smile.
Xu Cang also nodded and wanted to cross the road to find them.
However, Qin Xin also noticed Qin Yi's actions at this time, turned around, and gestured to Xu Cang, indicating him not to come over.
Xu Cang was stunned, but when he saw Qin Xin's red eyes, he roughly knew what was going on. He nodded, gestured to Qin Yi that he would contact her later, and left.
Ten minutes later, Qin Xin got into the car alone, her eyes a little swollen, and sat next to Xu Cang without saying a word.
Xu Cang didn't want to ask about this kind of thing, so they just looked at each other in silence.
At first Xu Cang was a little worried about Qin Xin, but after driving for a while, Qin Xin, who had been keeping her head down, suddenly said, "I'm fine."
"Your brother?"
"He has come out..." Qin Xin whispered, "He's fine now."
Xu Cang didn't know what to say about this matter. He could only say "oh" and didn't dare to speak anymore.
…
Twenty minutes later, Xu Cang's team passed security check and entered the inner field.
On the tarmac, an airplane with white as the main color was parked quietly on the tarmac, with the words "China Commercial Aircraft Corporation" painted on the fuselage. This airplane was the finalized C100 aircraft, which was undergoing formal taxiing tests today.
There were two fire trucks parked on both sides of the passage in front of the plane.
In the corner of the apron, all the senior executives of Cangqing Group were wearing reflective vests. Xu Cang stood in the front, and behind him was Yi Feng.
"The next flight test is coming up. Are you ready to go?"
Xu Cang turned around and glanced at Yi Feng: "Otherwise, what would I do with the test flight certificate? Is it ready?"
Yi Feng nodded: "Okay!"
Xu Cang took a deep breath and looked around. A large number of people had gathered in front of the glass curtain wall of the terminal building not far away. That place was the terminal closest to the Cangqing Commercial Aircraft Base, and there were people waiting here almost all year round.
The news that the C100 aircraft is going to conduct formal taxiing tests can be released, and today the place was crowded with people.
It can be seen that everyone is very interested in domestically produced large aircraft.
Suddenly, Xu Cang saw a red figure in the crowd. Even though he couldn't see it clearly, he had a firm intuition in his heart.
"Sparse Moon!"
Perhaps in response to Xu Cang's gaze, the red figure actually raised his hand and waved to Xu Cang.
At this moment, there is no doubt.
Xu Cang raised a slight arc at the corner of his mouth, turned around and looked at the C100 aircraft, and said softly: "Let's start!"
After hearing Xu Cang's instructions, Yi Feng spoke into the intercom, and soon, the fire trucks on both sides in front of the plane sprayed water, which met to form an arched water gate on the passage in front of the plane.
At this moment, Xu Cang could not hide his excitement. No matter how many hardships he had gone through, he finally took that substantive step.
Xu Cang took a step forward and suddenly shouted, "Go through the water gate!"
…
Time flies, and twenty years have passed in a hurry. Also at Tianning Airport, a Blue Sky Airlines plane is quietly leaning against the jet bridge. Soon it will set off to return to Dianyun Airport.
Outside the cabin door, a somewhat reserved young man tightly grasped his ticket. This was his first time on a plane, and he was extremely nervous just getting on the plane. Moreover, looking at the well-dressed passengers in front of him, his own old clothes made him shrink even more.
Because of his standby ticket, he fell to the back of the line.
The moment he stepped onto the cabin floor, the flight attendant greeted him politely: "Hello."
The young man bowed with fear and trepidation and replied, "Hello, hello."
This made the flight attendant laugh. She smiled and said, "You are in seat 46B. There is a sign on the seat. Just walk forward."
"46B, oh oh oh." The young man nodded hurriedly and walked forward along the aisle. However, before he took two steps, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Wait a moment."
Looking back, I saw a ground service staff waving at the young man: "Come here."
"Me?" The young man was a little surprised, but he still returned to the front cabin.
After they got there, the ground service asked the young man for his ticket, checked it, and then said apologetically, "I'm sorry, you may not be able to get on this flight. We at check-in didn't notice that you were on the standby list, so we issued you a ticket directly. Now the passenger for the last seat has arrived, so you need to get off."
As the name suggests, a standby ticket means you can only get on the flight if there are empty seats. If there are no empty seats, you have to get off.
In fact, if it weren’t for the check-in staff’s mistake, the young man would not have been able to board the plane and would not have been able to print the ticket.
The young man was a little confused and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
The ground service staff apologized repeatedly: "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I see tomorrow's flight is not full, how about you try ?"
"But..." The young man was embarrassed.
If he had to wait another day, he would either sleep at the airport or return to the city and stay in a hotel.
Just based on the prices in Tianning, young people really don’t dare to stay here for a night.
The young man felt helpless at this time. He didn't know what to do. Suddenly, he noticed that there were still many empty seats in the front cabin, so he asked casually, "There are still many empty seats over here. Can I sit here?"
The flight attendant next to him laughed and said, "This is first class. Your standby ticket can only be used for economy class. Of course, if you are willing to upgrade now, there is a seat for you now. Do you want to upgrade?"
The young man looked at the ground attendant, then at the flight attendant, and asked cautiously, "How much does the upgrade cost?"
The flight attendant frowned , looking a little impatient, and said two words: "Eight hundred!"
"Eight..." The young man felt his head buzzing. "Excuse me, I'm a flight trainee of Blue Sky Airlines. I need to report to the company. I should be there tomorrow. If I take tomorrow's flight, I will miss the reporting time."
"Trainee pilot?" The flight attendant raised his eyebrows. "That can't be helped. Your ticket is a standby economy class ticket. Either you pay extra to upgrade your cabin, or you change flights."
"Change flight?" The young man looked at the ticket prices. If he bought one now, the price would probably be fifteen hundred, which he could not afford.
At this time, the last passenger came up, looked at the young man with some confusion, and walked straight into the cabin.
The flight attendant looked at his watch and urged, "Are you leaving or not?"
Just when the young man was in a dilemma, a voice rang out: "Let him upgrade his cabin."
"Hmm?" The flight attendant was startled. She glanced into the cabin and noticed that a man in the first row of the first-class cabin smiled at her. The man repeated, "Upgrade his cabin and close the cabin door."
The young man was stunned for a moment, then turned around immediately. He was shocked to find that the person who was speaking was a middle-aged man with short, shiny black hair, a fair face, red lips and white teeth, but there was an unconcealable sadness of time in the corners of his eyes.
The young man felt that the man was at least over 40 years old, but judging from his appearance, he was only in his early 30s at most.
The illusion that appearance and temperament don't match creates a sense of mystery.
After seeing the middle-aged man's appearance, the flight attendant nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay."
Then, he immediately handed over to the ground service and said to the young man, "You can sit in the front."
The young man still hadn't figured out the situation: "Where's the money?"
"No need, take a seat." The flight attendant urged, "Hurry up."
She felt that maybe she was too slow and annoyed the other person, and she became panic-stricken.
"No money required?" The young man was overjoyed. He quickly found a seat in the first row near the aisle and sat down, putting the plastic bag in his hand on the seat next to him.
"You can't put things on the seats." At this time, the voice of a middle-aged man came from the side. The young man tilted his head and saw the man looking over with a chuckle, pointing at the luggage rack: "Either put it on top or under the seat."
The young man was startled and quickly thanked him: "Sorry, sorry, I didn't know."
"It's okay, you'll know later." The middle-aged man's smile revealed a sense of comfort like a spring breeze: "Are you a flight student?"
"Ah?" The young man was slightly surprised: "How do you know? Oh, did you hear it just now?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I believe you will be a good pilot in the future."
The young man was a little embarrassed and scratched his head: "I hope so."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the cabin door closing. Then the chief steward immediately appeared, came to the middle-aged man, and said respectfully: "Boss Xu Cang, the cabin door is closed."
"Well, go ahead." Xu Cang waved his hand without saying anything more.
Seeing that Xu Cang didn't show any special expression, the chief flight attendant felt relieved and quickly returned to his seat in the front cabin workroom.
"Xu Cang?" The young man muttered softly. After the chief steward left, he thanked Xu Cang nervously, "Thank you for upgrading my cabin just now. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do."
Xu Cang shook his head: "Nothing."
As he spoke, Xu Cang glanced at the young man's clothes and revealed a trace of sadness: "If you go there alone, you will probably have a hard time for a while."
The young man immediately straightened his body, as if to encourage himself: "It's okay, I can endure the hardship."
Although his words were spoken with great force, his expression was full of worry.
It is obvious that there is a big gap between what the young people say and what they think in their hearts.
"Yes, you are able to endure hardships." Xu Cang looked at the young man in front of him with admiration, then bent his upper body slightly and greeted him very solemnly: "It's an honor to meet you."
The young man was so flattered that he stood up and saluted Xu Cang repeatedly: "It's my honor!"
Xu Cang chuckled and said nothing more.
Time will sort everything out.
At this moment, the flight attendant came back and saw the young man standing. She hurriedly said, "It will be launched soon, hurry up and sit down."
The young man said "oh" and just sat down when the flight attendant came up to him and asked, "What's your name? I need to make a note of it."
The young man blinked and replied in a clear voice: "My name is Xu Qing!"
(End of the book)
