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Chapter 160 The trap of A380 (please subscribe!)

On the glass trestle of the Muhua Aviation Base Building in Yangcheng, Ma Cheng squinted his eyes half-closed. The draft on the trestle made his eyes dry.Holding a cup of coffee in his hand, he drank slowly, looking very comfortable.

The gentle sunlight in the morning fell on Ma Cheng, making him feel an extremely comfortable laziness.For some reason, Ma Cheng had a very good feeling.

"I'm really slacking off." Ma Cheng immediately suppressed the thought of being lazy just in his mind.I don't know why, but recently I have always felt a little tired, and sometimes I even have the idea of ​​​​retiring and enjoying life.

Just when Ma Cheng was feeling worried about his distracting thoughts, someone patted his shoulder, and when he turned his head, it was Liu Minxue who was smiling.

"Something happy happened, look at him, you are happy." Ma Cheng took a sip of coffee, and glanced at Liu Minxue.

Recently, Ma Cheng even felt that his personal friendship with Liu Minxue was affected due to the difference in work philosophy with Liu Minxue.Liu Minxue hadn't been this happy in front of him for a long time.

Liu Minxue laughed loudly: "You just saw something very interesting on the bulletin board on the first floor."

Ma Cheng raised his eyelids: "What?"

"Recruitment at the Erhai base!" Liu Minxue highlighted something overjoyed: "Who has the audacity to let other companies' recruitment posters be posted in our company?"

Ma Cheng snorted: "There are so many guys in our company who are just waiting to die, so it's not a good thing to send some out?"

"That means admitting that you ordered it?" Liu Minxue walked to Ma Cheng's side, leaned on the railing, and looked at Ma Cheng curiously: "What are you thinking?"

To be reasonable, if it wasn't for the instruction of senior management like Ma Cheng, how could the recruitment posters of other companies appear on the bulletin board of the headquarters?It's just that Liu Minxue doesn't quite understand what Ma Cheng means, and what is the sacred Erhai base that can make Ma Cheng break the principle.

Ma Cheng rubbed his eyes: "There is a shortage of people over there, so I reluctantly help him."

"You still help people?" Liu Minxue was even more curious: "Who is that person? I just marked the Erhai base, which one is it, and I don't say the name of the airline company."

Ma Cheng was immediately unhappy: "I don't know how to help people, and I will only harm people when I co-author. It was Xu Cang who asked me to help. He seems to have an airline company in Erhai Lake."

"Erhai Airlines, why haven't I heard of it?" Liu Minxue asked curiously.

"It seems that it is still affiliated with Blue Sky Airlines, but Xu Cang's idea seems to be to become independent."

At this time, it can be seen that Ma Cheng is thoughtful.Xu Cang didn't mention the idea of ​​being independent from Blue Sky Airlines, but Ma Cheng got a taste of it from the conversation with Xu Cang.

Originally, the recruitment information Xu Cang sent to Ma Cheng said that the Erhai base of Blue Sky Airlines was written, but Ma Cheng deleted Blue Sky Airlines on his own initiative.In fact, Xu Cang also wanted to do the same, but just writing about the Erhai base would make people feel a little childish.However, Ma Cheng marked under the recruitment poster that interested parties can go to the secretariat in charge of the strategy department for consultation and registration, which is equivalent to using himself as a guarantee, and naturally has a full reputation.

Although Liu Minxue had a lot of channels, he would not take the initiative to inquire about things he didn't care about. Only now did he learn about Xu Cang's plan to set up an airline company from Ma Cheng.

"This kid is going to set up his own airline company without saying a word. Where did he get so much money? Didn't he see it?"

When Liu Minxue met Xu Cang, he felt that Xu Cang was just a child from an ordinary family. Except for his skills, there was nothing special about him. Why did he want to set up an airline company?
Ma Cheng replied feebly: "It seems that he hooked up with that girl named Qin from Chunxia Tourism."

Liu Minxue reacted a little, and it was Qin Xin's appearance, so he smiled knowingly: "Xu Cang looks like Zhou Zheng, I didn't expect to be so popular. But, why are you so easy to talk, he asked you to help , you can help."

Ma Cheng threw the finished coffee paper cup into the trash can next to him, looking a little disappointed: "I take back my previous evaluation of Xu Cang. What he can do has completely exceeded the limit of a pilot."

Liu Minxue was surprised: "What happened to him?"

"Although he doesn't know why, he knows the cause of the 9451 accident. Because of this, we have given him the seat of the airline company in Jianchuan Base, and Rongcheng Airlines will revoke the title of meritorious pilot that he applied for before."

"Is Xu Cang the airline company at the Jianchuan base?" Liu Minxue was thoughtful: "No wonder, the manager of the Jianchuan base came to the headquarters just now, and it seemed that he was making a fuss."

If the Jianchuan base can be upgraded from an aviation base to a branch company, then all the leaders in the base will be promoted to varying degrees, which will involve the interests of many people.

But it was already a certainty, but the headquarters temporarily backtracked, and the expectation of a large-scale promotion fell through. Could the manager of the Jianchuan base not come to ask for an explanation?
"Otherwise, how could he become independent from Blue Sky Aviation?" Ma Cheng was not worried about the grievances of the people at Jianchuan Base. It was just a base. Even if he was wronged, it was fine to complain.

The strategy department is the backbone department of Muhua Airlines, and the manager of the Jianchuan base is more understanding.He must be able to find out that the order to strip the Jianchuan base aviation company was issued from the Ministry of Strategy.But he came here to ask for an explanation. He didn't go to the Strategy Department, but went to the Flight Department. There is a lot of truth in this.

All the big and small leaders of the Jianchuan base were full of resentment, and the manager had to put on a show even if he knew he couldn't get an explanation.But the strategy department is the king of Hades who can't be offended, so choose a flight department that is relatively easy to offend.

The flight department is all their own people, and it is convenient to cooperate with each other to act. As long as they show up and return to Jianchuan, it is easy to explain, which is the best of both worlds.

Therefore, those leaders sometimes look stupid, but they are very shrewd and smooth, and they cannot be taken for granted.

"9451 is his disposal. He is a person who witnessed it. Maybe he knows some special details?"

Ma Cheng said with a cold face: "But he knew it clearly, but he didn't say it to anyone, and the bureau didn't say it. Instead, he used it as a bargaining chip to gain benefits. He is different from before."

Liu Minxue agreed, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart: "He is indeed different."

Xu Cang was aware of the 747S2 switch accident that caused a lot of trouble before, and in order to ensure safety, he did not hesitate to confront his own maintenance vice president head-on.

Since the 747 was wet-leased by Muhua Aviation, Liu Minxue knew more details.To be honest, when he heard about this, he sincerely felt that Xu Cang was too upright.

In the past, Xu Cang estimated that he would have to tell everything he knew after getting off the plane, but now Xu Cang knows to keep it.

For some reason, Liu Minxue felt a little relieved.

"By the way, the investigation of the 9451 incident has not progressed at all. Didn't the FDR be found?"

As soon as Ma Cheng heard this, he felt upset: "So what if you find it, there are no clues at all."

"What about the CVR?"

"Gone."

"It's gone?" Liu Minxue didn't quite understand Ma Cheng's meaning: "What is it? Aren't FDR and CVR together? FDR is fine, why is there a problem with CVR?"

At this time, Ma Cheng showed a strange smile: "So Xu Cang has changed."

Liu Minxue thought: "Do you suspect that Xu Cang deleted the cabin sound record?"

"Otherwise? Everyone knows it well, but there is no evidence, just turn a blind eye." Ma Cheng smacked his lips: "However, even if there is evidence, it is useless. He is the hero who turned the tide. How could a hero be flawed? Also, I heard that the project of the Airbus General Assembly Plant in Jinmen has progressed again.”

Liu Minxue was taken aback: "Hasn't that project been stagnant for many years?"

"But now there is progress again, and it is substantial progress." Ma Cheng sighed: "This time is too coincidental, it is really too easy to contact Xu Cang."

Liu Minxue asked back: "You mean Xu Cang is still doing business with Airbus? But the project of the Jinmen General Assembly Plant is not just for fun, it is a huge bargaining chip, and Airbus handed it over so easily gone?"

To be honest, Liu Minxue can understand the internal logic of Xu Cang's deal with Airbus.After all, Airbus itself must also hope to resolve the 9451 matter as soon as possible to lift the no-fly order for Airbus 320.

But the project of Jinmen General Assembly Plant is too important. Even if Xu Cang made it a condition, Airbus should have to struggle for a while. How could it be so smoothly agreed?

"Perhaps Xu Cang has some tricks that we don't know about." Ma Cheng patted the railing: "What a boy! With the 9451 incident, Airbus, our Muhua, and Rongcheng Airlines are playing around. But , I don’t quite understand why he wants the Jinmen General Assembly Plant? This is a national-level project with very strict supervision, and even if it is completed, the benefits he can get from it are actually not that big.”

"Maybe he made an exchange with other people on the condition of Jinmen General Assembly Factory?" Liu Minxue guessed.

Ma Cheng fell into deep thought for a moment: "But with whom, and what are they exchanging?"

Looking at Ma Cheng who was frowning, Liu Minxue reminded him: "Don't think about it, you can't figure out his mind. Sure enough, a genius is a genius. As long as they are willing, many things are actually no secrets in their eyes. So , did you choose to make friends with him?"

"Maybe the future is his. Even if we don't make friends, it's necessary not to have a tense relationship."

In fact, when Xu Cang suddenly asked Ma Cheng to help publish the recruitment information at Muhua Airlines that morning, Ma Cheng really felt that Xu Cang had something wrong with his mind.

Can I help outsiders dig into my own walls?
But after returning, the more Ma Cheng thought about Xu Cang's actions, the more he felt that Xu Cang was really terrifying.In the past, he looked harmless to humans and animals, but Xu Cang was too idealistic, or too holy.

But now it is different, Xu Cang started to fight for his own interests.It was just an accident in 9451, Xu Cang gained great benefits, these methods were too shocking, even Ma Cheng felt that this was more intimidating than Xu Cang's flying skills.

After thinking about it, Ma Cheng felt that Xu Cang's request was actually not a big deal.It is true that Muhua Aviation has a lot of redundant personnel. If they can separate out a group, it will be a good signal to Xu Cang, and they can cut down the extra labor cost, which is quite good.

Moreover, Muhua Airlines has the final decision on who can be released.If you find that there are good candidates who want to leave, just stop them, so that you will not lose the real high-quality talents, and Xu Cang will not feel sorry for those mediocre people in Muhua Airlines.

But thinking about it again, perhaps when Xu Cang made this seemingly outrageous request, he had already expected that he would weigh the pros and cons, and then agreed to his request.

If this is really the case, then Xu Cang's method of controlling people's hearts is truly terrifying.I seem to be his marionette, at the mercy of him.

"Well, that's the truth." Liu Minxue agreed with Ma Cheng's words.Suddenly, he remembered one thing: "Is Airbus's 380 project officially approved, and does the company intend to purchase it?"

According to the content disclosed in the Airbus project book, the Airbus 380, a double-decker, four-engine jumbo aircraft, will become the largest civil aviation aircraft in the world, capable of carrying more than 800 passengers at a time.

If you know that the Boeing 747, which is also a giant aircraft, has a maximum limit of 747 passengers, the difference between the two is still a bit large.Originally, in the aircraft market of the size of the Boeing 380, Airbus was still unable to compete with Boeing, but if the Airbus [-] comes out, it will turn around and the entire wide-body aircraft market will usher in huge turmoil.

At this moment, it is time for airlines to consider how to choose.

Muhua Airlines has introduced many Airbus aircraft before, so if it introduces Airbus 380 later, it is basically a matter of course.

"There is a high probability that it is intentional." Speaking of his serious work, Ma Cheng's expression immediately became serious: "From the current market research, the public has very high expectations for this aircraft, and the expectations are very high. Not bad. And the 747 is too old, it's time for a new plane."

You know, it has been more than 747 years since the first 30 was put into operation.Even though Boeing has done a lot of upgrades to the 747, it still cannot conceal the old nature of the 747.

People always like the new and dislike the old, and it is no exception when it comes to aircraft selection, and the preliminary market research of the Airbus 380 is surprisingly excellent, so it is natural to choose the Airbus 380.

"Well, that plane is really nice."

While the two were talking, Ma Cheng's cell phone rang suddenly. He took it out to take a look, his eyelids moved slightly, it was Xu Cang's number.

"Who is it?" Liu Minxue didn't hide it, and directly raised his head to take a look: "Xu Cang?"

Ma Cheng didn't hesitate, and quickly connected the phone.Soon Xu Cang's voice came from the opposite side: "Mr. Ma, thank you very much. We have already received a consultation call from our home."

In the waiting hall, Xu Cang looked at the plane still boarding passengers through the glass.After preparing the cockpit just now, he felt a little unwell, so while he was still picking up passengers, he ran to the waiting room to use the bathroom.

As a result, as soon as he came out, he received a message from Qin Xin, saying that he had received many consultation calls from job seekers this morning, and they claimed to be from Muhua Airlines.

Xu Cang immediately understood what was going on!In the recruitment information provided by Xu Cang, there was a contact information of the Erhai base, but I didn't expect that there were quite a lot of interested people.

"It's all trivial, and there's no need to make a special call." Ma Cheng still had a sullen face and a flat tone.

"It is still necessary, after all, we are short of people." Xu Cang looked at the passengers who were about to get together, and when he looked up, a news about the establishment of the Airbus 380 project was playing on the TV hanging in the waiting hall.Xu Cang suddenly showed a smile: "Mr. Ma, I would like to ask, are you Mu Hua interested in the Airbus 380 aircraft?"

Ma Cheng was startled: "You still care about this?"

"Ask whatever you want."

Ma Cheng replied indifferently: "This involves the secrets of our company's decision-making. I'm not interested in telling you an outsider, right?"

To be honest, Xu Cang's question was indeed a little rash, which made Ma Cheng a little unhappy.

But Xu Cang's next sentence made Ma Cheng unable to calm down anymore: "Then tell me something you are interested in! Mr. Ma, in return for your help, I would like to offer you a sincere suggestion."

There was a trace of uneasiness in Ma Cheng's heart: "What?"

Xu Cang's calm voice sounded: "Don't touch the A380!"

PS——Okay, I watched the game all night last night, and I was not in a good mood during the day, so I wrote a little less, sorry!

(End of this chapter)