Chapter 80 He is the best in the world
In the bathroom next to Lu Jinghua's office, Xu Cang was still washing his face. After staying up all night, his face was covered in oil. He still had to pay attention to his image.
"So are you going to hand the things over to the vice president of maintenance just like that?" Lu Jinghua leaned against the door of the men's bathroom, rubbing his eyes, and asked Xu Cang who was washing up inside.
Xu Cang wiped his face and said, "Yes, I have summarized all the key data. It is clear at a glance. He will understand it after taking a look."
Since he can sit in the position of vice president of maintenance, he must not be an idiot who knows nothing, right?
"I'm not saying that he can't see clearly." Lu Jinghua yawned, "I'm saying that these are actually just your guesses and there is no actual support."
Xu Cang fiddled with his hair again: "I don't know everything, I'm glad I can do this, the principle is not something I can figure out. I also attached the idea that if no problems are found after the D inspection, I am willing to deduct a certain percentage of my salary from the repair costs."
To be honest, Xu Cang has really done his best to achieve this. Lu Jinghua feels that such a person is unreal and completely out of any vulgar taste.
"What if he still doesn't agree?" Lu Jinghua couldn't help but ask a sharp question.
Xu Cang shook off the water stains on his hands: "What else can I do? Put a knife to his neck? If he still doesn't agree, then... forget it. I really have done everything I can do. I have a clear conscience."
Lu Jinghua threw the documents he was holding for Xu Cang to the washed-up Xu Cang, then stretched himself and said, "I've been sleeping on the sofa all night, and my waist is about to break. I'm going to get a room in the attendance building to catch up on some sleep. You can deliver the things to Mr. Yu later, and go to the attendance building to rest as well. You've been up all night."
The Mr. Yu that Lu Jinghua mentioned is Yu Fengtian, the vice president of maintenance.
"Yeah." Xu Cang nodded. He felt really bad after staying up all night. "But, don't you have any official business during the day? Are you going to the attendance building to slack off?"
"If a leader can't even be lazy, then what kind of leader is he?" Lu Jinghua waved goodbye to Xu Cang and went towards the stairwell.
After Lu Jinghua left, Xu Cang looked in the mirror again and felt that he was ready, so he took the central elevator to the ninth floor. Yesterday, Wang Xuan said that the office of the vice president of maintenance was the third office to the right of the central elevator. He looked to the right and found it.
The office door was not closed, Xu Cang knocked politely and then went in. However, he found that there was no one behind the desk, but a young woman in black business suit was sitting on the sofa, who seemed to be Yu Fengtian's secretary.
The secretary saw Xu Cang coming in, looked at his pilot uniform, and showed a hint of doubt: "Pilot, are you here to see Mr. Yu?"
The Vice President of Maintenance is in charge of the company's maintenance support department, which is completely independent of the flight and operations system managed by the Vice President of Operations. When a pilot wants to come to the Vice President of Maintenance, shouldn't he go to the Vice President of Operations?
"Yes, yes." Xu Cang was quite polite: "Excuse me, is Mr. Yu out for something?"
"Yeah." The secretary stood up, revealing her curvy figure: "What do you want?"
Xu Cang quickly took out the file and said, "It's like this. There was a plane with the number 1566 that had a problem before, but the maintenance staff didn't find anything unusual after checking it. However, I still think there is something wrong with this plane, so I summarized some data of the 1566 plane last night. Mr. Yu should be able to understand it after reading it. Excuse me, is it convenient for you to hand this over to Mr. Yu? Or, if Mr. Yu is not out for too long, I can wait here."
After Xu Cang finished talking on the phone, the secretary's eyebrows were furrowed, and she was obviously confused.
Xu Cang's heart skipped a beat. The secretary's expression seemed to indicate that he did not understand what he said at all. Logically speaking, for a technical management position like the vice president of maintenance, the secretary should have at least some knowledge of professional knowledge, even if he is not proficient in it.
"Could she be a complete vase?" Xu Cang knew that some secretaries did more than just share the pressure of work with their leaders, but couldn't they at least pretend to be something?
Now Xu Cang really didn’t dare to hand the things to the secretary.
However, the next sentence directly shattered Xu Cang's plan. The secretary said calmly: "General Manager Yu has gone with the bureau's representatives. I don't know when he will be back. Give me the things, and I will be responsible for passing them on."
"A representative from the bureau?" Xu Cang immediately thought of his master Chen Xiangdong. Could it be that Mr. Yu had gone to accompany his master? Xu Cang wondered whether he should call his master and ask him where he was, then rush over and hand the things over to Mr. Yu in person.
But then I thought, this would be too outrageous, so I decided to give up.
"Then can you come back at noon today?" Flight 1566 is about to take off in the afternoon, and it would be best if Mr. Yu could see it before Flight 1566 takes off.
"I guess so!"
Xu Cang thought about it and felt that it was pointless for him to wait here, so he handed the document to the secretary and repeatedly reminded him: "This is very important, please make sure to hand it over to Mr. Yu."
The secretary took it and said, "I understand. I will definitely hand it over to Mr. Yu personally."
Xu Cang looked at the secretary doubtfully, but finally decided to believe her. After all, it was just handing in a document, and it wasn't something difficult to do. I think it should be done well, right?
"That was hard work."
After thanking him, Xu Cang left the office of the vice president of maintenance. But as soon as he left, he heard the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground, and when he turned around, he bumped into a panicked figure.
When Xu Cang saw who it was, he was surprised. Wasn't this Lu Jinghua who had just said that he was going to the duty building to get a room to sleep?
Lu Jinghua wanted to rush into Xu Cang's arms, grabbed Xu Cang's clothes, and asked hurriedly: "Is the matter done?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Xu Cang nodded, and observed Lu Jinghua's face for a moment. He saw that this guy's face was red, and his eyes were almost popping out. He didn't know why he was so excited: "Didn't you go to rest? Why did you come here?"
Lu Jinghua grabbed Xu Cang's clothes. Xu Cang could even feel Lu Jinghua's hands shaking, which made Xu Cang even more confused.
"I just received news that the head of the Asia-Pacific region of Boeing headquarters is here. I heard from a friend that the chief technology officer position at Boeing headquarters is vacant, and Boeing will be looking for candidates from all over the world. One of the tasks of the head of the Asia-Pacific region is to select someone." Xu Cang had never seen Lu Jinghua so excited before. He almost jumped up: "Xu Cang, it's not a test pilot, but a chief technology officer!"
Although Xu Cang knew that Lu Jinghua had some obsession with Boeing test pilots, and the chief technology officer was the highest position for test pilots, it was normal for Lu Jinghua to be a little excited, but this behavior was too outrageous.
Compared to Lu Jinghua's outrageous reaction, Xu Cang's reaction was much colder, he just said "oh" softly.
When Lu Jinghua saw Xu Cang's perfunctory performance, he put his arm around Xu Cang's shoulders and gave him a severe lecture, the main content of which was nothing more than flattering words about the Boeing test pilot.
Xu Cang knew that Lu Jinghua was not a fawning person, but was eager to move forward after being still for a long time. The life of a test pilot who always hovers on the edge of the flight envelope was what he pursued.
After being brainwashed by Lu Jinghua, Xu Cang didn't react at all. Instead, he asked Lu Jinghua: "So, what do you want to talk to me about after all this?"
"The person in charge is now at the Dragon Hotel. Several airlines near us have sent people there. I am also going to go and take the opportunity to test the waters."
Representatives from other airlines came to inquire about Boeing's subsequent aircraft models or purchasing matters, but Lu Jinghua wanted to take this opportunity to ask about the recruitment of the chief technology officer, which was truly misusing public resources for personal gain.
"Then go ahead." Xu Cang spread his hands speechlessly: "You don't have to come up here to tell me about this."
Lu Jinghua pushed Xu Cang and said, "What you said, come with me."
Xu Cang came out of the elevator with a look of disgust on his face: "If you want to go, go by yourself. This matter has nothing to do with me."
"Don't you have any interest in Boeing's chief technology officer?" Lu Jinghua caught up with Xu Cang, still chattering and persuading him.
Xu Cang covered his ears and said, "I'm not interested at all. You're not a primary school student anymore. Why do you have to drag someone along for this kind of thing?"
Lu Jinghua's current situation is very similar to the situation in elementary school when he dragged his friends to the toilet after class, which made Xu Cang very helpless.
"I spent the whole night with you last night, and I asked you to spare some time to accompany me to meet someone, but you were still hesitating. Where is your conscience?" Lu Jinghua grabbed Xu Cang's wrist and pulled him out, not caring whether Xu Cang agreed or not, and just used force.
Xu Cang was really overwhelmed and pushed Lu Jinghua away: "Let's go, let's go, I'll go with you, I'll go with you! Stop pulling and tugging!"
When Lu Jinghua saw that Xu Cang agreed, he immediately said, "We don't have time to change clothes. Let's get in the car and take off our epaulettes and ties before going into the hotel."
It seemed a bit strange to wear a pilot's uniform to a hotel, since I wasn't staying overnight. It would be better to remove the epaulettes and other things and just leave the shirt.
In fact, if there was enough time, Lu Jinghua would still like to change his clothes, but unfortunately there was not enough time.
Xu Cang didn't care what to wear. Anyway, he was just accompanying the prince to study this time, so he just had to listen to Lu Jinghua.
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The Dragon Hotel is the highest standard hotel near the airport. It is very close to the airport work area and there is not much traffic near the airport, so driving is very smooth and you can reach the hotel in less than a quarter of an hour.
Lu Jinghua found a place to park the car. After getting out of the car, the two of them helped each other tidy up their clothes and hair. The scene looked a bit strange.
Lu Jinghua was relatively more concerned about appearance, but Xu Cang's style was just as casual as his style of doing things most of the time. However, Lu Jinghua obviously attached great importance to this meeting, so Xu Cang had to obey him.
According to the information Lu Jinghua received, the location was in a large private room on the third floor of the hotel. When the two of them came over, they found that there was a gatekeeper at the door. They were allowed in only after they told the gatekeeper that they were the general manager of the flight department of Blue Sky Airlines.
After entering, Xu Cang felt a sense of enlightenment. Although this was a private room, the space was large enough to be used as a standard conference room.
Maybe when they came over, the dinner was almost over, and many people had already left their seats and gathered in groups of three or four to talk and chat.
Compared to Xu Cang and Lu Jinghua who were only wearing white shirts, the others in the private room looked much more formal. But at a glance, Xu Cang and Lu Jinghua really stood out in the crowd.
Xu Cang followed Lu Jinghua through the crowd and soon found that there seemed to be someone waving at them. Soon, Lu Jinghua went to greet him and they actually knew each other.
"Mr. Li is in the corner over there. There are not many people here now. You should go there quickly." This person was probably Lu Jinghua's friend. He pointed in a direction to Lu Jinghua and urged him to go there quickly.
Xu Cang listened carefully from behind and thought that this Mr. Li should be the head of Boeing Asia Pacific that Lu Jinghua mentioned.
Lu Jinghua thanked his friend, waved to Xu Cang, and then ran in the direction his friend pointed.
As Lu Jinghua's friend said, there was a sofa in the northeast corner of the private room, and two people were chatting on it. They were Li Rongcheng, the head of Boeing's Asia Pacific region, and Ma Cheng, the accompanying senior executive of Muhua Airlines.
Although Lu Jinghua has a thick skin like the corner of a city wall, he would feel embarrassed if there were too many people around him. After all, everyone in the room is a colleague, and it would be a big mistake if he lost face.
Xu Cang glanced towards the corner and found that the two people sitting upstairs were already drinking tea. It seemed that they had almost finished talking about everything and were already at the stage of chatting after dinner.
During this time, people who are difficult to serve generally don't want to be disturbed at this stage. Xu Cang was really worried about Lu Jinghua.
Lu Jinghua was the head of an airline's flight department after all, but when facing Li Rongcheng, he was so humble that his back almost bent at 90 degrees.
Of course, Lu Jinghua was not so polite because of the other party's identity, but simply because of his own dream. According to him, this might be his last chance.
"Mr. Li, I am the general manager of the flight department of Blue Sky Airlines." Lu Jinghua was standing when talking to Li Rongcheng, while Li Rongcheng was sitting, which was a very humble attitude.
Li Rongcheng just hummed, but Ma Cheng next to him spoke for Li Rongcheng: "Mr. Lu, Mr. Li has already discussed business matters, so we won't discuss business matters now."
"This..." Lu Jinghua didn't expect this result, and the situation suddenly became awkward.
Although it was a personal habit, Xu Cang didn't like people who liked to put on airs. If Xu Cang were in Lu Jinghua's situation, he would just turn around and leave.
However, Lu Jinghua attached great importance to this meeting. Xu Cang was just a mere companion, so it was really inconvenient for him to interrupt and he could only watch quietly.
In this stalemate, Li Rongcheng, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up: "If it were another airline, I wouldn't want to talk about business anymore. This is my principle. However, if it's Blue Sky Airlines, I can give you two minutes."
As he spoke, Li Rongcheng took out his cell phone from his pocket. Unlike the current button-operated cell phones in China, Li Rongcheng's cell phone actually seemed to have a touch screen. Even for someone with Lu Jinghua's salary level, seeing a cell phone without buttons was still a bit novel.
It is estimated that this type of mobile phone is the most advanced in foreign countries. It will take another five or six years for touch-screen mobile phones to become popular in China.
Li Rongcheng placed his mobile phone on the sofa, clicked on a stopwatch timer, and then clicked start timing.
This move made Lu Jinghua and Xu Cang's faces change. This was really a condescending behavior. Xu Cang's face darkened almost immediately.
Lu Jinghua was silent for a moment, but did not leave. Instead, he continued, "Mr. Li, my name is Lu Jinghua. I applied when Boeing headquarters was recruiting test pilots. However, I did not receive a reply at that time. Mr. Li is coming this time. If it is possible, if there are any similar assessments or tests, I would also like to participate."
Xu Cang looked at Lu Jinghua from behind and couldn't help but sigh. For the sake of his dream, Lu Jinghua really didn't care about anything else.
"Oh?" Li Rongcheng raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile: "Mr. Lu, Boeing will not respond to initial applications if they are not approved."
"I know something." Lu Jinghua looked a little embarrassed, but he became more polite: "This time, I am honored to meet Mr. Li, but...if possible, can you give me a chance?"
For the sake of an assessment opportunity, Lu Jinghua was truly extremely humble.
However, even though he was so humble, what greeted Lu Jinghua was Li Rongcheng's faint chuckle: "Mr. Lu, I think you have misunderstood something. Although I am the person in charge of this selection, we will not do anything to fill in the numbers. What we want is a true genius... Well, the time is up, I think Mr. Lu should get the answer."
Li Rongcheng's tone was not harsh, but every word he said hit Lu Jinghua hard. Perhaps Li Rongcheng did not deliberately target Lu Jinghua, but he really felt that Lu Jinghua was a mediocre person who was not worth much use. He was just stating a fact in a plain manner.
However, this is even more heartbreaking.
Xu Cang's face finally turned completely gloomy. He glanced at the stopwatch on the screen of his mobile phone. It had indeed exceeded 120 seconds, but this thing really made him angry.
At this point, Xu Cang didn't want to pretend nothing happened anymore. So, Xu Cang took a step forward and tapped the phone screen with his left hand, and the timer stopped instantly. He then pulled Lu Jinghua and said, "Brother Lu, let's go!"
Lu Jinghua was still a little hesitant, and seemed to want to fight for it. Seeing that Lu Jinghua was still unwilling to give up, Xu Cang cursed in his heart that this kid was really crazy. Others treated him like this, but he still had illusions.
However, at this moment, doesn't Lu Jinghua now look very much like Xu Cang hoped to have 1566 undergo a D test not long ago?
For a moment, Xu Cang was distracted for a moment.
It was this moment of distraction that made Lu Jinghua, who was already hesitant, break free from Xu Cang's restraints and want to talk to Li Rongcheng. However, when he saw Li Rongcheng, he found that Li Rongcheng lowered his head with a frozen expression and silently looked at the phone on the sofa.
Lu Jinghua didn't understand what was going on, so he followed Li Rongcheng's gaze and his pupils couldn't help but shrink.
The time on the phone screen stopped at 132 seconds exactly, no more, no less. As we all know, the time on the stopwatch is not measured second by second, but in 0.01 seconds. It is extremely difficult to make the time stop at an integer accurately.
However, although he was somewhat shocked, Lu Jinghua was not paying much attention to it. But when he turned his eyes to Li Rongcheng, he found that Li Rongcheng had already stood up after picking up his phone.
Ma Cheng, a senior executive of Muhua Airlines who was standing nearby, also glanced at the timer on his phone, raised his eyebrows, and showed a hint of surprise.
Li Rongcheng didn't look at Lu Jinghua, but at Xu Cang who was beside Lu Jinghua. He noticed that although Xu Cang was wearing a white shirt, the style was a bit like a white shirt for a flight uniform, so he asked tentatively, "Little brother, are you a pilot?"
When Li Rongcheng spoke, his eyes were fixed on Xu Cang, making Xu Cang feel as if little ants were crawling on his body and he felt very uncomfortable.
"Yeah." Xu Cang was too lazy to talk to this man. He had no interest in any position at Boeing headquarters. He just responded casually and continued to pull Lu Jinghua out.
But before he could take two steps, Li Rongcheng's voice rang out from behind: "Little brother, wait a moment!"
Xu Cang wanted to walk forward regardless, but when Lu Jinghua heard that Li Rongcheng wanted to keep him, he grabbed Xu Cang. Now Xu Cang could only turn around impatiently and said, "What's wrong?"
Li Rongcheng left the sofa, walked up to the two of them, raised his phone and said to Xu Cang: "Little brother, can you do it again?"
"What again?"
Li Rongcheng pointed to the stopwatch and said, "Stop the time at an integer."
Hearing this, Lu Jinghua was stunned for a moment, and even Ma Cheng, who was with Li Rongcheng, was a little shocked. However, he quickly understood Li Rongcheng's thoughts and stared at Xu Cang.
Compared to Lu Jinghua and Ma Cheng's reactions, Xu Cang's reaction was more direct. He rolled his eyes and said, "Boring!"
After saying that, he was ready to pull Lu Jinghua away again. Today was really unlucky, meeting such a guy with nostrils pointing to the sky and a poor brain.
However, before Xu Cang turned around, Li Rongcheng saw that Xu Cang was about to leave and hurriedly said, "As long as you can stop the time at an integer, if there is a vacancy for the candidate, I can consider letting him fill it."
Lu Jinghua, who was already disheartened, suddenly became wide-eyed and wished he could do it instead of Xu Cang.
However, Xu Cang asked suspiciously: "Really?"
"Of course it's true! I'm the person in charge of the Asia-Pacific selection this time. If there are any vacancies among the candidates, I have the right to fill them on my own." Li Rongcheng tapped the screen of his mobile phone again: "But the prerequisite is that you can stop the time accurately at an integer, without an error of 0.01 seconds."
At this point, Li Rongcheng felt his breathing becoming disordered. He pressed the start button with his right thumb holding the phone, and the stopwatch started running rapidly again.
"Is it possible?" Li Rongcheng saw the almost unclear two decimal places on the stopwatch timer, and he began to worry whether Xu Cang could do it.
It seems that in related research, the shortest difference that human vision can perceive is 30 milliseconds, which is 0.03 seconds. But to make a stopwatch stop at an integer, the error is 0.01 seconds.
If we consider the physiological limit of ordinary people, whether or not to stop at an integer is basically a matter of luck. Therefore, Li Rongcheng wanted Xu Cang to do it again to see if it was luck.
Xu Cang raised his eyebrows and half-closed his eyes. If someone knew Xu Cang well, they would know that this expression meant that Xu Cang was becoming increasingly irritated.
But when Li Rongcheng saw this expression, he thought Xu Cang was under too much pressure, and even comforted him: "It's okay, you can adjust your breathing..."
Before he could utter the last word "suck", Xu Cang stretched out his right hand finger without warning and tapped the phone screen very quickly. It was so fast that Li Rongcheng didn't react until Xu Cang withdrew his right hand.
Li Rongcheng put down his phone, and when his eyes fell on the phone screen, he couldn't move them away.
151 seconds! Not a little more, not a little less!
In an instant, Li Rongcheng felt his heart beating wildly, and he even felt that he could hear the sound of his own heartbeat.
Ma Cheng, who was standing next to Li Rongcheng, took a step back unconsciously when he saw the mobile phone screen. He had to support himself on the sofa with one hand to steady his body. He looked at Xu Cang as if he was looking at a monster.
Unlike Li Rongcheng and Ma Cheng who were in shock, Lu Jinghua, who was in ecstasy, had no idea how horrible Xu Cang's actions were.
However, Xu Cang, the instigator of all this, was already tired of this boring behavior. Seeing that his goal had been achieved, he pulled Lu Jinghua away. He felt that if he stayed here any longer, breathing the same air as the so-called Boeing Asia Pacific head in front of him, his IQ would decrease.
The excited Lu Jinghua wanted to discuss with Li Rongcheng how to contact him if there was a vacancy among candidates, but was pushed aside by Li Rongcheng with a dull look in his eyes.
Li Rongcheng slowly walked up to Xu Cang and slowly raised the screen of his mobile phone: "How did you do it?"
Although Li Rongcheng did not react when Xu Cang tapped the screen just now, but now thinking back, Xu Cang's action of tapping the screen was not done all at once, but there was a momentary pause in the air.
However, it was this imperceptible pause that profoundly demonstrated that Xu Cang was not clicking randomly or relying on luck, he could really sense changes at the 0.01 second level.
However, when thinking about this, Li Rongcheng felt dizzy. Is this still a human being?
When Xu Cang saw Li Rongcheng coming forward, he subconsciously took a half step back. He didn't like Li Rongcheng very much and instinctively wanted to keep a private distance from him.
Although he was very annoyed, Xu Cang still perfunctorily said: "Just press it when you feel the time is about right. What else can you do? No, do you keep your word?"
Facing Xu Cang's questioning, Li Rongcheng finally reacted and took out a business card from the inner pocket of his suit and handed it to Lu Jinghua: "Call me in two months. If there is a vacancy, I will let you know."
Although Li Rongcheng was handing his business card to Lu Jinghua, his face was always facing Xu Cang.
Lu Jinghua was so overjoyed that he didn't care about all this. He hurriedly took the business card and kept it carefully.
Seeing that the work was done, Xu Cang pushed Lu Jinghua. Lu Jinghua understood that Xu Cang was extremely impatient, so he said goodbye to Li Rongcheng and Ma Cheng, and the two turned around and left.
But less than ten steps away, Li Rongcheng called out to the two men again: "Little brother, what is your name?"
Xu Cang didn't want to pay any more attention to this man, but he stopped at Lu Jinghua's urging, turned around patiently and said to Li Rongcheng: "Me? My name is Xu Cang!"
"Xu Cang!" Li Rongcheng's pupils shook violently. When he came back to his senses from the shock, the figures of Xu Cang and the other person had disappeared into the crowd.
"Xu Cang, Xu Cang, so he is Xu Cang, hahahaha!" For some reason, Li Rongcheng suddenly laughed out loud, causing the rest of the people in the room to look at him in confusion. However, because of Li Rongcheng's special identity, even though they were a little puzzled, they did not ask any questions.
For a moment, the only sound left in the room was Li Rongcheng's crazy laughter, while Ma Cheng, who was standing next to him, had a solemn expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Incredible, incredible! There is such a genius in the world!" The laughter gradually subsided, Li Rongcheng put one hand on the sofa and the other hand heavily on his chest, as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest in the next moment.
Li Rongcheng lowered his head, still recalling the scene of Xu Cang just now in his mind. However, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt.
"Mr. Ma, did you see it?" Li Rongcheng bared his teeth, unable to hide the ecstasy on his face.
However, Ma Cheng sighed, revealing infinite emotion: "From the perspective of perception alone, I feel... he is the best in the world!"
