Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

"What did you say?" Xu Cang's right hand hanging his clothes stopped in mid-air, turned his body sideways, and confirmed again: "You just told me not to fly, is that what you said?"

The salesperson obviously felt that this request was a bit weird, but he still bit the bullet and explained: "We have received the insurance application materials from Mr. Qin earlier, and there is no problem in theory."

"Theoretically? Then what?" Xu Cang found a seat and sat down, listening to the salesman talk in detail.

"Mr. Xu, the only problem you have is you. We have done an investigation, and the probability of an accident on your flight is slightly higher." The salesman quickly added: "Mr. Xu, I know this does not belong to the category of scientific theory. We Insurance companies shouldn't believe this kind of stuff either, but"

"But, it just happened, right? The probability is slightly high, but it's just high?" Xu Cang understood why Qin Xin pushed this matter to himself.

It turns out that the key to everything lies in yourself!
There is no problem in evaluating Qin Xin's insurance application materials from any scientific template.But the existence of Xu Cang cast a layer of metaphysical color on him.

Taining Insurance really wants to know how unlucky a person can be, and in a short period of time, he can meet the number of times that others will never meet in a lifetime.

Originally, Taining Insurance was ready to pinch its nose to admit it, but the recent 9951n incident really made Taining Insurance unable to hold back.They decided to believe in this kind of metaphysics that has no scientific basis, so they made a very solemn request to Xu Cang for him to stop flying.

They are really scared, afraid that if the insurance policy goes on, they will lose everything.

Xu Cang's attitude is still very kind. He doesn't blame Taining Insurance for its reaction. The frequency of his own accidents is a bit high, which is a point that must be considered by any insurance company.

Throwing a bottle of mineral water to the salesman, Xu Cang said with a smile: "If you think it's difficult to handle, then shall we terminate the cooperation? This kind of thing is what you want. Let me fly less. It's okay if I don't fly." If not, that's impossible."

The meaning of Xu Cang's life is flying, and it is unacceptable to want him not to fly at all.

"Mr. Xu, are you looking for another insurance company?"

Xu Cang nodded, and admitted it naturally: "That's for sure. Is there any airline that doesn't take out insurance?"

"Mr. Xu, you also seem to be a sensible person. You can understand our difficulties. We in Taining are very grateful." The salesman said sincerely: "But if Mr. Xu wants to change the insurance company, I don't think so. Very easy."

The teacup that Xu Cang had just picked up stopped in mid-air, and he frowned: "Oh? What's the matter?"

"Mr. Xu, there are not many insurance companies in China that can insure aircraft, and we know some inside information."

While drinking tea, Xu Cang said leisurely, "How do you say it?"

"That." The salesman couldn't laugh or cry: "Mr. Xu is well-known in the circle of these companies."

Xu Cang almost spit out a mouthful of tea: "Famous, is it notorious?"

Xu Cang really wanted to curse in his heart, he was not responsible for the plane accident, they all rushed to him, and he himself had a severe headache. …

"To be precise, I am also a victim. Why do you still form a group to discriminate against victims?" Xu Cang said innocently.

The salesman patiently explained to Xu Cang: "Mr. Xu, let's just say that the recent incident of flight 9951n, if the final result was caused by a plane failure, the insurance company will pay at least 5000 million, which is the lowest amount. As for When you made an emergency landing on Shandong Airlines, the compensation amount started in the unit of [-] million. It’s not that we discriminate against you, it’s that we can’t afford to offend you.”

The only advantage of 9951n this time is that the two most valuable engines did not suffer much damage, so the loss is much smaller.However, during the emergency landing in Qizhou, the two engines were directly scrapped, and the plane was submerged in seawater. It really could only be sold as scrap iron, so the loss was huge. The insurance company in charge of Shandong Airlines probably lost it almost as soon as it was lost. .

"What era is it, do you still believe in such gods and ghosts?" Xu Cang still had a thick skin, and he quickly calmed down after experiencing the initial embarrassment.It's just that the salesman's statement should be credible, but it's more troublesome.

If several large insurance companies in China are unwilling to insure themselves, then the operating pressure of subsequent airline companies will be very high.

"Facts are better than everything, you have to believe it if you don't want to." The salesman said helplessly: "Mr. Xu, I know that this request is not very good, but there is really nothing you can do. If you’re flying, you won’t pass the audit.”

Xu Cang patted himself on the forehead: "I have really become a risk factor, why?"

"Mr. Xu, do you think this is okay?" The salesman said, "If you still want to fly, we will add a clause when we sign the insurance agreement. Our insurance coverage does not cover the flight that Mr. Xu is flying, and the rest of the flight is normally insured. We can lower premiums as compensation for adding this extra clause."

Xu Cang's face was very embarrassing, and it could be seen that Taining Insurance had a certain degree of sincerity, but he was afraid of his dangerous physique that could not be explained by science, so he wanted to insure himself.

Seeing the change in Xu Cang's face, the salesman said with a little worry, "Mr.

"It just feels a little strange." Xu Cang waved his hand: "Let me think about this matter."

The salesman immediately handed Xu Cang a business card: "Mr. Xu, this matter is not urgent, you should think it over carefully, and just give me an answer when you think about it."

"Well, it's hard work for you to go."

"It's okay, it's okay, it should be."

After seeing off the insurance salesman, Xu Cang returned to his room with a wry smile. He called Qin Xin, and at the beginning he said with a smile, "What do you think about this?"

Xu Cang thought that Taining Insurance should have told Qin Xin the same choice, but Qin Xin wanted Xu Cang to make this decision.But it was obvious that Xu Cang himself didn't know how to choose.

"What to do, the key point of this matter is on you, of course it is up to you to decide." Qin Xin said with a smile: "However, I have also talked with several other insurance companies in private, and the argument is the same as that of Taining Insurance. It’s the same as revealed over there. It seems that your reputation is not very good.”…

"It's really fucking unreasonable." Xu Cang patted the table with one hand, making rhythmic slapping sounds: "Although it is understandable, it always feels weird to exclude me on purpose. I will think about it later." Think about it. By the way, explain to those employees at the Erhai base that if Blue Sky Airlines contacts them to ask to return, then ignore them."

Qin Xin was overjoyed: "Is it done?"

"If I make a move, it will be a success." Xu Cang thought for a while, and asked about Muhua Aviation's aircraft lease: "Has Muhua Aviation contacted you about taking over the plane?"

"Not yet. However, it is said that the Southwest Aviation Research Institute of AVIC called and asked us to prepare to receive the aircraft. Xu Cang, is this your business?"

"Mr. Chen's speed is so fast!" Xu Cang exclaimed in his heart, and explained: "We don't have the money to rent a large airliner for the trunk line, and the short-term rental price is still very high, so we can only rent a smaller arj21 instead." There are people I know in AVIC, who not only agreed, but also waived the short-term rental fee, we only need to be responsible for the maintenance fee during the period.”

"Does the aircraft ARJ21 meet the requirements?" Qin Xin asked the question that Xu Cang was also worried about before.

Xu Cang immediately said: "I asked my master, there is no problem, as long as it meets the 121 standard, arj21 absolutely meets the requirements. In this way, we can meet the basic requirements of the three aircraft."

Qin Xin was extremely excited after hearing this, she never expected that Xu Cang would solve the annoying request for three planes so easily.Afterwards, Qin Xin changed the subject: "Xu Cang, this time when you get back to Erhai Lake after your 9951n work, we have to discuss the new company's shares."

Now that the last hurdle to forming an airline is clear, it's time to talk about it.

However, Xu Cang was a little surprised: "I haven't invested any money, so why are we talking about shares?"

"Although you didn't invest any money, based on your dedication to the company, I voluntarily donated half of the company to you, which is what you deserve." Qin Xin said seriously.

To be honest, without Xu Cang, the new company wouldn't be able to make it this far.In name, Qin Xin is the boss of the company, but in reality, Xu Cang is the backbone of the entire company.

That being the case, Xu Cang must be given his due status.

But when it came to Xu Cang's side, he didn't take it seriously: "What kind of shares are you sharing? Isn't this going to be out of the way?"

"How did this get out of the way?"

Just as Qin Xin wanted to continue talking, Xu Cang hurriedly lied that his signal was not good, and hung up the phone directly.He doesn't really like the way of gifting. He obviously prefers another way, but it's just not the time to talk about it.

Throwing the phone on the bed, Xu Cang lay sprawled on the bed, his eyes focused on the ceiling, his mind was empty, and a series of recent things flashed in his mind. He felt that since his rebirth, his life had been extremely fulfilling.

"Just live like this." Xu Cang muttered to himself.

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Cang was awakened by a rush of phone ringing, opened his sleepy eyes, Xu Cang fumbled for the phone, and then answered the phone, when Chen Jinwu's joking voice came from the other side: "Little baby, don't you Are you still sleeping?"...

"I said, Mr. Chen, isn't it normal for a person in my twenties to sleep late?" Xu Cang yawned, his eyes were dry and astringent, and he was very uncomfortable: "Mr. Chen, what's the matter?"

"I'm at the door of your room, open the door and let me in."

"Huh?" Xu Cang was startled for a moment, the remaining drowsiness disappeared in an instant, a carp jumped up from the bed, put down his mobile phone, put on some clothes and ran to the door, opened the door, and as expected when he saw Chen Jinwu Stand at the door.

Xu Cang was slightly surprised: "Old Chen, why are you here?"

Chen Jinwu raised his hand and showed a stack of documents to Xu Cang: "Arj21's lease documents. Although we have a good relationship and rent it to you for free, the procedures must be completed. I think you are in a hurry, so I made a special trip here. The papers are brought to you, and you must sign them."

"Mr. Chen, you come in first." Xu Cang hurriedly welcomed Chen Jinwu into the room, followed behind and said strangely: "But the boss of our company is not me."

After entering the room, Chen Jinwu threw the lease documents on the table in the room: "We are renting to you, not to your company."

Xu Cang gave a sound that seemed to understand, and hurriedly made tea for Chen Jinwu: "Although I don't quite understand, but Mr. Chen, if you asked me to sign, I will sign."

Just after making tea for Chen Jinwu, Xu Cang hurried to find a pen, during which he asked casually: "Mr. Chen, you made a special trip here."

"It's not a special trip, arj21 has some things to deal with in the southwest, and I happened to take care of them when I came here."

"Then what about the large domestically produced aircraft in Shanghai?"

When it comes to this, Chen Jinwu's mood is not too high: "There are more difficulties. Now the funds can't keep up, so we can only rely on time."

Xu Cang took out a pen, signed the lease document under Chen Jinwu's guidance, handed the document back to Chen Jinwu, and the two began to chat.

"Mr. Chen, do you think the FAA will trip us up when the big planes of our country come out in the future?"

Chen Jinwu obviously didn't expect Xu Cang to ask this question, and immediately sensed that Xu Cang might have something to say, so he asked, "If you have any questions, tell me straight up, don't beat around the bush here."

Xu Cang laughed, and no longer concealed it. He just told Boeing that he wanted to claim compensation from Boeing for the defect in the Boeing manual. Affect the certification of domestic large aircraft in FAA.

As a result, Chen Jinwu laughed for a while after listening to it: "I said Xu Cang, although you are extremely smart, your vision is still a little narrow. The FAA certification of domestically produced large aircraft is not a purely technical problem, which involves At that time, the relationship between the two countries and the game. What is FAA? In this matter, the only thing that can affect it is the will of the country. Your trivial problem will not have any impact on the certification of future large aircraft. You just let it go , Boeing made a mistake, it is only right and proper for us to seek compensation from him, should we still look forward to the future?"

After Chen Jinwu's touch, Xu Cangmao suddenly opened up, and said with a smile on his face: "Then I just let go and do it?"

"What to do, there are a lot of good things at Boeing, and there is no way you can get something valuable." As he spoke, Chen Jinwu changed the subject: "By the way, Xu Cang! Did you read the news yesterday?"...

Xu Cang yawned: "What news are you watching, what's wrong?"

"Yesterday at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, the Concorde had an accident."

"What did you say?" Xu Cang stood up from his chair in shock, and blurted out: "Air France 4590?"

"Have you read the news? That's right, it's Air France Flight 4590, which had an accident after takeoff." Chen Jinwu was quite emotional: "A supersonic plane, it looks like it's about to fall."

Xu Cang, who was standing by the side, sighed in his heart, this was not just a fall, this accident directly broke the wings of the Concorde, and this supersonic airliner would disappear from people's sight soon.

Before that, he had seen the real Concorde aircraft at Jianchuan Airport. At that time, in order to open up the domestic market, the exhibition flight of the Concorde aircraft did not seem to have any effect.

At that time, Xu Cang already knew the future of the Concorde.But just when this moment came, Xu Cang still couldn't help but sigh at the loss of this supersonic plane.

In Xu Cang's memory, the Concorde has not returned to flight after being grounded for more than 20 years. Perhaps it will disappear permanently in the long river of history.

"No!" A thought suddenly flashed in Xu Cang's mind: "If something happens to the Concorde, then Rolls-Royce, the engine provider."

At the moment Xu Cang had this idea, there was a hasty knock on the door of the room.Xu Cang and Chen Jinwu looked in the direction of the door at the same time.

Xu Cang frowned, and still walked towards the door. When he opened the door, two people came into view. One of them Xu Cang knew was Yang Tian, ​​the engine designer of Rolls-Royce Company, and the other was Yang Tian, ​​who was more than 40 years old. He was a middle-aged man, and judging from his position, he was probably Yang Tian's boss.

After seeing Xu Cang for the first time, the middle-aged man tentatively asked, "Mr. Xu Cang?"

"Ah, who are you?"

The middle-aged man stretched out his right hand and said kindly, "I am Song Xinyang, President of Rolls-Royce Asia Pacific."

Xu Cang didn't shake Song Xinyang's hand. He didn't like this way of greeting very much, but asked strangely, "What can I do for you?"

Song Xinyang was very self-restraining, and pointed to the room: "Mr. Xu, there are some very important things, can you come into the room and talk, the corridor is not very convenient."

Xu Cang hesitated for a while, but still gave way to the corridor space that came in.Song Xinyang and Yang Tian entered the room after thanking them, but within two steps they saw Chen Jinwu inside.

When Xu Cang closed the door and came back, Song Xinyang looked a little embarrassed: "Mr. Xu has guests."

"Yes." Xu Cang sat on the bed: "Is there any inconvenience?"

Song Xinyang looked at Chen Jinwu and then at Xu Cang, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that Xu Cang had something important to discuss, Chen Jinwu wanted to leave voluntarily, but Song Xinyang spoke first: "Since he is Mr. Xu's guest, there is no need to avoid it, and it is not something to hide anyway. "

Xu Cang laughed: "You are very generous."

"More compliments from Mr. Xu, then let's get straight to the point?"

However, before Song Xinyang could open his mouth, Xu Cang preemptively said: "Concorde has an accident, your Luoluo's stock is very ugly now."  …

Now being hit by Xu Cang, Song Xinyang really couldn't bear it, and could only forcefully stabilize his emotions: "Mr. Xu sees clearly, the Concorde accident really put us in a bad situation."

When an airplane has an accident, the airline that operates the airplane is the first to bear the brunt, then the aircraft manufacturer, and then the aircraft parts supplier.

As an engine supplier, Rolls-Royce's impact was naturally not as great as that of Air France, but it was also a huge loss. The company's stock fell too much that day.

"It's not too bad, it's really bad." Xu Cang smiled and said, "General Motors has always dominated you, but in recent years, General Motors' cfm company has developed quite well, and you are already about to be left behind. Something happened to the Concorde, tsk tsk tsk!"

Song Xinyang's face turned cold: "Mr. Xu, taking pleasure in other's misfortune is not a good quality."

"Actually, I'm not very interested in your current predicament, I just want to know how you can get out." Xu Cang looked past Song Xinyang and looked at Yang Tian behind him: "Why, figured it out?"

Seeing Xu Cang looking over, Yang Tian immediately lowered his head, and Song Xinyang answered Xu Cang's words: "Mr. Xu, I heard that you are very interested in our company's cti fan system. As long as you agree to cooperate with our Trent 900 Machine test, we would like to share cti fan technology with you."

"What?" Chen Jinwu, who had been silent by the side, changed his face drastically. He didn't quite understand what the cti fan system Song Xinyang was talking about, but the Trent 900 engine was like thunder, and it was Rollo's flagship product.Unexpectedly, Rolls-Royce invited Xu Cang to participate in the real machine test of the Trent 900.

He already couldn't understand Xu Cang, a young man.

"Oh, it turns out that you bet your chance to turn around on the a380 project." Xu Cang laughed: "Are you so sure that you can squeeze out the gp7200 engine?"

Speaking of this, Song Xinyang is full of confidence: "Under the same thrust, our engine is nearly 7200 kilograms lighter than the gp7200. Isn't this a huge advantage? As long as we gain the opportunity in time, we are confident that we can Convince Airbus to drop the gp[-] option.”

"Yes, the three-rotor Trent 900 is actually 7200 kilograms lighter than the dual-rotor gp[-]. Sure enough, in terms of preventing surge, the solution to enhance the dual-rotor is only a tinkerer, and the three-rotor is the fundamental solution. method." Xu Cang sighed.

There was a hint of surprise in Song Xinyang's eyes: "I didn't expect Mr. Xu to know about aero engines?"

"There is naturally a motivation to learn more about the things you are interested in." Xu Cang said with a smile.

Facing Xu Cang's smile, Song Xinyang always felt a little cunning. He was not very comfortable, but just wanted to complete the task quickly, so he urged: "Mr. Xu, I accept your previous request, can you accept it with us? Cooperation."

However, compared with the impatient Song Xinyang, Xu Cang seemed contented.He raised a finger and said slowly: "If it was before the Concorde accident, then maybe I could think about it, but it's hard to say now."

Song Xinyang was shocked: "Mr. Xu, why did you change your mind?"

"Because you are in a hurry!" Xu Cang gradually restrained his smile: "You see the a380 project as a decisive battle, so it is necessary to confirm that you have the first-mover advantage in time, and it will definitely shorten the development cycle of the Trent 900. , wouldn’t it be more dangerous for me to participate in your actual machine test, can this be the same?”…

"Damn it!" Song Xinyang cursed in his heart, lamenting to himself that Xu Cang is so young and has too many minds to count.That's right, as Xu Cang said, they are indeed planning to shorten the R&D cycle again, and directly use the actual machine test as the main data collection method, which means that the danger of the actual machine test will increase.

Although Song Xinyang was agitated in his heart, his face remained calm: "Then, does Mr. Xu have any new requirements?"

Xu Cang's eyes were fixed: "I want the technical data and process drawings of the Trent 900."

Hearing this request, not only Song Xinyang, but even Chen Jinwu next to him changed his face wildly.This is no longer a simple lion opening his mouth, it is simply crazy to make such a request.

Previously, Xu Cang asked Boeing for the drawings of the 737ng, which only indicated the aerodynamic layout of the 737ng body and the distribution and arrangement of the pipelines.However, it is up to you to figure out why.Moreover, the core system, such as the engine system, is not described in the drawings.

Therefore, the 737ng blueprint given by Boeing can save Chen Jinwu and others from many detours, but it has little effect on key technologies.

However, Xu Cang's request was almost all the underlying data of the Trent 900. Basically, as long as the materials were in place, a Trent 900 engine could be perfectly copied. How could this be accepted by Song Xinyang?

Sure enough, Song Xinyang categorically refused: "Impossible! The Trent 900 is our most cutting-edge product. How can there be any talk of handing over your top product to others?"

Xu Cang also knew that Song Xinyang could not agree to this request. If he agreed, it would be the sun coming out from the west.Therefore, Xu Cang laughed: "This request is difficult to accept, so I will change it! cti fan technology is now in the conceptual state, let me risk my life for this technology that only exists in the concept, Now it’s not enough, we need to add more conditions.”

Song Xinyang's eyelids twitched: "Add what?"

"The Trent 900 is not willing to give it, so what about the Concorde's Olympus 593mk610 axial-flow twin-rotor turbojet engine?" I want all of ufan's cti fan system technology!"