Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 205 Violating the rules and taking the seat!Hidden dangers! (Please subscribe!)
In a small room in the temporary base, Xu Cang, Qin Xin and Li Rongcheng were sitting together. There was no expression of joy on the faces of the three of them, especially Qin Xin, who was even more frowning.

"Boeing and Airbus don't sell us planes?" In the silence, Xu Cang started the conversation: "I don't quite understand, what did I do that made Boeing and Airbus jointly sanction me? "

Li Rongcheng seemed not very sure: "I don't know the specific situation very well. However, there is a high probability that it is not decided by Boeing or Airbus themselves. Just like what you just said, at least so far, there is no relationship between Boeing and Airbus and you. There is no sharp contradiction, and it is unlikely that a sudden ban on the sale of aircraft will be announced."

"Is there external pressure?" Qin Xin asked: "If this is the case, it is not an ordinary force. Boeing and Airbus can all be persuaded."

"Actually, I've also heard that the document has not been officially conveyed at the headquarters. However, there is always no trouble without trouble, you have to prepare early."

"What are you going to do?" Xu Cang spread his hands: "If you don't sell it, then don't sell it. At worst, go to the aircraft leasing company to rent the plane. Anyway, most airlines also rent a lot of planes."

"If Boeing and Airbus intend to prevent you from using your own aircraft, they have plenty of ways to put pressure on leasing companies to prevent you from leasing aircraft. There are very few companies involved in aircraft leasing and sales. Boeing and Airbus are the most upstream in the entire industry. , they have the ability to control the downstream. Moreover, at least so far, your benefits from the leasing company are not great, and they will not offend Boeing and Airbus for you."

Qin Xin looked at Xu Cang beside him in a little bewilderment.In front of the two mountains of the world's civil aviation aircraft, they simply exist like dust.

Large civil aviation airliners are not street cabbages, they can be bought anywhere.Due to its extremely high value, there are only a few distribution channels. If Boeing and Airbus really want to cut off Xu Cang's goods, it will not be very troublesome, and it is clearly operable.

Xu Cang took a deep breath, the news brought by Li Rongcheng really caught him unexpectedly: "The news has not been confirmed yet, and the reason is unknown, right?"

Li Rongcheng nodded: "This is the situation now. However, at my level, if there is any news, it should not be just a rumor, the probability is relatively high."

If it is spread at the grassroots level, the authenticity has always been doubtful.However, Li Rongcheng is the person in charge of the Asia-Pacific region at any rate, and has already touched the area of ​​executives.The authenticity of news flowing out at this level is very high.Although he doesn't know the source, Xu Cang can't figure out why Boeing and Airbus are targeting him.

Xu Cang reviewed his recent dealings with Airbus Boeing in detail.It is true that Xu Cang must have taken advantage of more or less in the process of dealing with them, but most of them are relatively normal transactions. Airbus and Boeing can't be so narrow-minded, right?
The two civil aviation giants deliberately blocked a fledgling civil aviation company. There is no problem in terms of ability, but the reputation is definitely not good.Airbus and Boeing can tear down their face and sanction just for the small loss of a little bit of profit before, it doesn't make sense at all!

"Can't figure it out?" Li Rongcheng knew that there was no solution to this matter from Xu Cang's puzzled expression.

I'm not afraid of trouble, but I'm afraid of this kind of thread ball that can't find the end, and I don't know how to start it, which is the most annoying.

"I don't know, I really don't know what the reason could be."

After thinking for a long time and still not being able to understand it, Xu Cang simply gave up thinking, so what if he figured it out?Regardless of the reason, once the opponent makes a move, everything will become clear.

"You said if I buy or lease from other airlines, will it be affected?" Xu Cang asked.

Li Rongcheng thought for a while: "I'm not very clear about this. However, there are not many choices of mainstream civil aviation airliners in the world. As long as airlines want to cooperate with Boeing or Airbus in the future, they must take these two into consideration. I guess it still depends on whether Boeing and Airbus do enough, if they are more ruthless, it still feels difficult to handle.”

No way, this is the advantage of being close to a monopoly.Before that, there was a McDonnell Douglas company, but since Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, the entire world's civil aviation market has been almost completely divided by Boeing and Airbus.

As long as these two companies join forces, it will be tantamount to monopolizing the entire industry, but if there is a need to buy, it depends on their eyes.

From this point of view, Xu Cang and the others are in an extremely dangerous situation.

"What about the follow-up maintenance of those aircraft that have already been purchased?"

Li Rongcheng is quite affirmative about this issue: "No matter what, as long as the follow-up services of the sold aircraft must be kept up to date. This involves the fundamental business reputation, presumably the two companies will not risk their lives. of."

"The ban has not yet come down, which means they are still waiting to see if they can buy another plane during this period of time." Xu Cang thought: "However, it seems that we don't have enough funds to buy it now." A 900."

The 5000 million to buy the British route may not even be able to buy an engine, and the whole 737-900 is out of the question.

"We don't have much money in hand, do you think it's possible to get a loan from the bank?" Xu Cang asked Qin Xin.

For this kind of thing, Qin Xin should be more experienced.

However, Qin Xin doesn't seem to have much confidence in this: "Banks are more cautious when it comes to corporate loans, especially when large amounts of loans are involved. Spring Summer Airlines has never had close cooperation with any bank before, and banks usually don't Loans to companies they don’t understand. When I was in the spring and summer travel industry, I had a credit manager I was familiar with. However, with my ability, it’s pretty good to get a loan from him of 1000 million. 1000 million , doesn't seem to be of much help."

Enterprises wanting to borrow from banks not only need sufficient asset guarantees, but also need a good repayment reputation.Just like before people and people, even if the person who borrowed money looks good, but if a large amount is involved, it doesn't look safe enough.

It is necessary to start with a small loan, and the enterprise repays the loan on time and performs well. After that, the bank will gradually increase the loan amount. After that, the enterprise still performs well in repayment. Time can establish a relatively solid relationship of trust, under such circumstances, the bank may lend a large amount.

Generally speaking, it is normal for this process to operate for several years.It is for this reason that some start-up companies suffer the most at the beginning of their business, because banks are unwilling to lend and their capital cannot be turned over.

But once this period of time has passed and a relatively good relationship with the bank has been established, it will be much easier to obtain loans in the future, and the company will feel much more comfortable.

"That's 6000 million, plus the funds we can still turn around, we can make up 8000 million."

"No!" At this time, Qin Xin interjected: "There are still 3000 million!"

"There are still 3000 million. Where did I get the 3000 million? Why don't I know?" Xu Cang had no impression of the extra 3000 million that Qin Xin said. He knew the financial situation of his company well. How could it be out of thin air? 3000 million more?

Qin Xin also looked a little puzzled: "Just this morning, an independent investor wanted to invest in us, and the amount was 3000 million."

"Independent investor, what do you mean?" Xu Cang didn't understand why?
"According to what he said, he is optimistic about the future development of our company, so he invested in advance, that's all."

"Why do you feel something is wrong?" Xu Cang clicked his tongue: "Is he going to participate in the company's management?"

It is quite a common operation for independent investors to invest in some projects that they think are good at the initial stage, and then earn development dividends after the projects develop.

However, this does not mean that Xu Cang thinks that there is no problem with this investment.

"This is related to a very strange problem." Qin Xin said: "The man said that he has no energy to participate in the management of the company, so the voting rights of the shares obtained after the capital injection are represented by the major shareholders of the company, and the dividends of the shares It is to continue to buy company shares and not cash out.”

Now Xu Cang was dumbfounded.

"He really said that?" Li Rongcheng next to him also felt incredible: "Isn't this equivalent to giving away for nothing?"

The voting rights are represented by the major shareholder of the company, and the major shareholder is Qin Xin.Dividends are not cashed out, and if you continue to buy company shares, isn't that still melted into the company's assets?

Voting rights are not required, and dividends are not cashed out. Isn't it just giving away money in different ways?
"That's what he said. He even said that he could sign a supplementary agreement." In fact, Qin Xin didn't even feel that she understood.

Xu Cang slapped his head: "Weird things happen every year, especially this year. However, when it comes to free money, I suddenly remembered that Muhua Aviation is going to invest in us, 2000 million, as long as the dividends, no participation Company management."

"Then we've scraped together 3000 million at once! It's completely possible to buy an airplane normally." Li Rongcheng said.

The declared price of the aircraft is naturally not the final price. Generally speaking, as long as the relationship is strong enough, you can get 737% off the quotation.That is to say, a [-] usually costs around [-] million. With the help of Li Rongcheng, Xu Cang can buy it for less than [-] million.

As for a product with an extremely high unit price like an airplane, the aircraft manufacturer usually allows it to be paid in installments, but they cannot accept the outrageous operation like Xu Cang's payment in ten years.

Pay about one-third upfront, and then generally it takes more than two years for an aircraft to arrive after placing an order. After these two years, it is enough to pay off the balance slowly.

More than two years is enough for Xu Cang to make capital turnover.

"No, I've changed my mind." Xu Cang said softly, "The news you brought me really touched me a lot. Even if I develop in the future, Boeing and Airbus will join hands to control me. A matter of thought? Boeing and Airbus planes are just a temporary choice, not worth my heavy investment. Just use the old plane, I will not buy a new one, anyway, it won’t be used for a few years.”

Li Rongcheng's heart trembled: "What do you mean, could it be that you are counting on a large domestic aircraft? Let me tell you, this thing cannot be done in 20 years!"

It can only be said that Li Rongcheng is still of a certain level. He is quite right. According to the development of his previous life, even after 20 years, domestically produced large aircraft still have not entered into substantive commercial operation.

"Yes, Xu Cang! Now the world's mainstream airliners are Boeing and Airbus, and we have no choice. The domestically produced large aircraft is nowhere in sight. We can't always fly ARJ21, right?"

Qin Xin knew that Xu Cang had feelings for large domestic aircraft, and was worried that he would put all his hopes on large domestic aircraft in a fit of anger when he received news of sanctions from Boeing and Airbus.

"That's right, you're right, there is still a long way to go for domestically produced large aircraft. Since this is the case, I feel that it can be artificially promoted."

Hearing this, Li Rongcheng felt that Xu Cang had lost his mind and went crazy: "Do you know that aircraft manufacturing is an extremely large precision industry? Xu Cang, people do have subjective initiative, but they can't think wildly. Push it artificially. How to promote? Now it is better to think about how to get through the difficulties.”

"How to get through the difficulties? If you still think about using Boeing and Airbus planes, then don't even think about it."

"Don't use Boeing and Airbus planes?" Qin Xin said, "Boeing and Airbus are the top two aircraft manufacturers in the world.

"Are there no third and fourth?"

"Third and fourth?" Li Rongcheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized: "Are you talking about Embraer and Bombardier? But their main business is only business jets and regional airliners. Business jets have no meaning. Doesn’t regional airliner overlap with ARJ21’s business?”

Xu Cang hummed: "That's right, but Bombardier has the ability to develop mainline airliners."

Li Rongcheng raised his eyebrows, and he began to taste what Xu Cang said: "You mean to buy Bombardier? What are you kidding? Do you know what the market value of Bombardier is? 430 billion US dollars, five hundred in the world Do you understand the gold content of a strong enterprise?"

"Understand, understand, don't get excited, just kidding, just kidding." Xu Cang smiled, and seemed to be in a better mood suddenly: "Don't talk about unhappy things, we somehow got more than 1 million more funds, You have to think about how to spend it, don’t you?”

Li Rongcheng rolled his eyes: "Xu Cang, that's the end of the Boeing and Airbus ban on you?"

Xu Cang patted Li Rongcheng on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we will find a way out."

"Forget it, forget it, you are not in a hurry, what am I in a hurry, I am in a hurry." Li Rongcheng didn't bother to say any more: "Let's leave for the Daocheng Yading Airport together the day after tomorrow, don't run around in these two days, so as not to cause anything Accident. Boeing has spent a lot of thought in order to approve this test, and it is not easy to do it a second time."

As soon as the flight test was mentioned, Qin Xin couldn't help feeling a little worried: "Xu Cang, do you think this test flight is safe?"

"It's okay!" Xu Cang smiled, looking very relaxed: "If you don't mix any personal emotions, the 777 is a good plane. There is a relatively high probability. I get on the plane and sleep, and the test flight is over."

In the agreement, Xu Cang participated in the test flight but did not participate in the direct execution of the flight test project. He only had to ensure that the plane could land safely and avoid extreme situations.And because of the advance understanding of the future development of the Boeing 777, Xu Cang felt that he was going to prostitute a wave of Boeing for nothing.

"As agreed before, the test flight will be led by Ye Xian. I don't like Ye Xian's personality, but I have to admit that Ye Xian is still quite good. Therefore, I am also optimistic about this test flight."

"Look, they said there's nothing wrong with it, so don't think about it." Xu Cang comforted Qin Xin while looking outside the house: "Where is Shi Lingling, I have to ask her what she learned in the Southwest. what."

"I'll call her." Qin Xin got up and walked outside the house.

With Qin Xin's departure, Li Rongcheng's expression quickly became serious: "You were joking just now, right? You really want to buy Bombardier! There is too much gap in domestic aircraft self-development, so you want to find foreign aid directly .”

Xu Cang stretched his waist: "You have already said that Bombardier is one of the world's top [-] companies. It is such a big name. How dare I have any idea of ​​acquisition. Is this the truth?"

"Logically speaking, this is indeed the case. However, my intuition tells me that you must have an idea, and I have a strong feeling."

"I must have an idea. I still want to buy Boeing and Airbus! I can't even think about it. Is there any reason?" Xu Cang stood up slowly: "Okay, no They all said not to mention unhappy things. Let’s go, go out and talk, let’s get some fresh air.”

As he said that, Xu Cang had already left the room first, and Li Rongcheng looked at Xu Cang's leaving back thoughtfully.Even though Xu Cang has been denying it all the time, Li Rongcheng still hasn't changed his opinion. Xu Cang definitely has ideas about Bombardier, not the kind of fantasy of castles in the sky, and he has real ambitions.

Even though Li Rongcheng couldn't figure out why Xu Cang was nothing more than a mere fly shaking a tree in the face of a large company with a market value of more than 400 billion US dollars, but he didn't know why he started to look forward to it, looking forward to what Xu Cang was planning.

Two days passed in a flash. During this period, due to the resolution of insurance issues, the cooperation proposal of ARJ21 was finally approved.Twenty ARJ21s will be divided into four batches and gradually transferred to Jianchuan Airport and Erhai Airport. The specific arrangement will be decided by Spring Airlines.

In addition to the aircraft itself, according to the requirements of the cooperation case, more than 150 crew members will be transferred to Spring Airlines along with the aircraft.For a long time thereafter, all salaries, training expenses and other expenses of these crew members will be paid by Spring and Summer Airlines.

However, this kind of personnel flow is not job hopping, but a bit similar to wet renting.However, it is an unpaid wet lease with zero rent.

Of course, for China National Airlines, at least they don’t need to spend money on these 21 ARJ[-]s in the future, and naturally there is no reason to lose money.

The scale of [-] planes is quite considerable. Xu Cang's plan is to keep only three planes in Erhai headquarters, and put the rest in Jianchuan.Of course, when the subsequent construction of Jinghong Airport is completed, the planes will be diverted to Jinghong Airport.

Of course, this is only Xu Cang's plan, and the construction of Jinghong Airport has not been written yet!

Although Xu Cang was more concerned about the placement of these 21 ARJ150 aircraft and more than 777 waking crew members, the matter of the [-] test flight was still more urgent, after all, the contract was signed.

According to the plan, today I should take the plane of Muhua Airlines from Jianchuan to Daocheng Yading, but something changed, and the Jianchuan-Luoxi route of Spring and Summer Airlines was approved.

It was originally planned that Xu Cang did not participate in the maiden voyage of the Jianchuan-Luoxie route. Teacher Mo Shangyun and teacher Shi Qi were teamed up.These two big brothers are together, although the flying environment at some airports is a bit harsh, it is conceivable that there will be no accidents.

Of course, the most important reason was that Xu Cang was going to Daocheng Yading that day.

However, for Xu Cang, who had never flown on high plateaus in his previous life, the first voyage was still very attractive to him.However, in line with his responsible attitude towards the Boeing 777 test flight, Xu Cang did not plan to directly participate in it, just observe it.

Originally, when he learned that Xu Cang was going to take part in the maiden voyage, Li Rongcheng strongly opposed it. After all, the 777's top priority must not go wrong.As a result, Xu Cang said that he just added a crew, sat in the cockpit and watched for a while, and then flew directly to Daocheng by other airlines from Luoxie, and the delay would not be long.

After Xu Cang's arguing, Li Rongcheng finally agreed.

Since the altitude of the airport itself is more than [-] feet, it is a relief for conventional aircraft to land on it.Therefore, special aircraft with high altitude capability are required to perform this flight.

Therefore, the high-altitude aircraft has specially modified the pressurization system of the aircraft, changing the pressure release of the pressurization system and the standard for the automatic drop of oxygen masks in the cabin.This type of 737 is rare in the entire model. However, to Xu Cang's surprise, the plane that Zhou Yanping of Tiandong Airlines agreed to lease to Xu Cang arrived soon. It was two 737-700 planes. One of them has high altitude capability.

Of course, according to Xu Cang's plan, some routes will be flown by 737-900.After all, he would not lower the air ticket price to a few hundred for this route. If he did, he would be a fool.

However, compared to other airlines that cost [-] yuan, Xu Cang set the price of the ticket at [-] based on the company's cost calculations, which is still cheaper than all flights to some airports.

Judging from the popularity of air ticket pre-sales, Xu Cang can't wait to use 747 to fly this route.Of course, if you use the 747 to fly, you probably won’t earn much more than the 737-900. After all, the maintenance cost of the 747 is too high. Every take-off and landing, every engine start and shutdown will cause damage to the aircraft.

Why is it easy for heavy aircraft to lose money when flying a slightly shorter route?That's because most of the loss of the aircraft lies in the landing and engine switching.

In fact, there is not much difference in the loss of the aircraft between a single-segment seven-hour route and a single-segment three-hour route.Now that airlines know that the key to aircraft loss lies in the number of times rather than the duration, especially for heavy-duty aircraft with extremely high maintenance costs, the airline must take the ultra-long international route as the best quality in terms of cost. of.

However, the agreed 737-900 was still waiting in Seattle, and Xu Cang was so anxious that it didn't help.Based on the idea of ​​how much you can earn, since your own 737-700 has high altitude capabilities, why not try it out by flying it first?
However, unlike the previous plans that will be released after the first flight, this time after the first flight, there will be no plans for Jianchuan-Luo in the next four days.The reason lies in the lack of air capacity in the spring and summer, and there is really no room for planes.

This first patrol was specially approved.Because the procedures for the Jianchuan branch of Tiandong Airlines to lease Xu Cang's plane have not been completed yet, this maiden flight was approved separately and cannot be counted as a regular regular flight.And the 737-800 of my family that has no formalities can't fly to high plateaus, so I can't arrange flights after the first flight.If all goes well, though, the 737-900 will take off from Seattle in three days.If it is fast, it will be able to replace the 700 model to carry out some logical routes on about the fifth day.

Today, the 737-700 can be regarded as a way for the future 900 aircraft.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Rongcheng was unwilling to make trouble.But in order to keep an eye on Xu Cang, he still took the first flight of Jianchuan-Luoxi with flight number 9521.Of course, like Xu Cang, he will only sit for a while, and when he arrives in Luoxi, he will not return with the plane, but will fly directly to Daocheng from Luoxi with Xu Cang.

Li Rongcheng thought that nothing would happen if he flew a high plateau route, after all, the strength of the crew in the cockpit was there.Mo Shangyun paired with Shi Qi, no matter which airline they put on, they are a top match.

So, Li Rongcheng fell asleep as soon as he got on the plane, while Xu Cang got into the cockpit, watching the operation of the flight curiously.

"We'll be approaching the airport in a while. Just press the high-altitude landing switch?" Xu Cang, dressed in casual clothes, sat at the observer's position and pointed to a switch button on the left side of the pressurization panel.

The switch button that Xu Cang refers to is marked with the words HIGH ALT LDG, which is below the cockpit altitude warning cut-off switch.If there is no 737 with high altitude capability, there is no such switch in the same position.

Shi Qi flew in the northwest for a period of time before on high plateaus, where there are remnants of the Tianshan Mountains, and the altitude of some airports will exceed [-] feet.However, at that time, Shi Qifei was flying with Airbus, and it was his first time to use Boeing to fly high altitude.

Therefore, even though he is also a class C teacher, Ke Shi Qi still chose to sit on the right seat quite consciously, and let Mo Shangyun sit on the left.This maiden voyage had been agreed during pre-flight preparations, and Mo Shangyun was responsible for landing at the airport.

Compared to Shi Qi, who was a little less experienced, Mo Shangyun had much more experience, and explained to Xu Cang with a smile: "Yes, that is the high-altitude landing switch, just press it when descending and approaching. Once I hit the button before the approach briefing, and then I start the briefing."

"Did this switch be pressed, and the pressure release logic of the whole aircraft changed?" Xu Cang knew about this high landing switch in his previous life, but after the popularity of this type of aircraft with special functions, Xu Cang He has mainly devoted his energy to administrative work, which caused Xu Cang to only read this switch in the manual, but never operated it in actual operation.Today's maiden voyage was an eye-opener for Xu Cang.

"Well, the cockpit altitude of an ordinary plane is [-] feet. After pressing this button, the cockpit altitude of the decompression will be increased to [-]. How much, the exact number is somewhat forgotten. Ouch, I am old, I have forgotten things."

"It seems that teacher, you have indeed forgotten something." Xu Cang joked: "It is not more than 4000, the decompression altitude will be changed to 5000 and [-] feet, and the drop height of the oxygen mask will be changed from [-] feet becomes fifteen thousand six hundred feet."

"That's right, that's the number." Facing Xu Cang's ridicule, Mo Shangyun was not annoyed, but praised Xu Cang: "There are not many such aircraft in the country. As for Jianchuan's base airline, Feiyu Aviation There are a lot of high-altitude routes, but there are some, and there are a few planes at Muhua Aviation Jianchuan Base and Tiandong Airlines Jianchuan Branch, but there seems to be no other places. If other companies want to operate high-altitude routes, Most of them use A319 instead of 737-700. You kid even knows the data of this rare model clearly, where did you see it, you should have never flown high plateau routes, right?"

"Have you never eaten pork or seen a pig run?" Xu Cang casually said a few words: "Isn't it just something in the manual, just look it up and remember it, of course, I did not fly over high plateaus Routes are purely on paper.”

"Young people have a good memory. If you ask me to memorize the things in the manual, I will forget them in less than three days. How can I remember so accurately? It's not the aircraft I usually fly."

Shi Qi echoed from the side: "Yeah, in the past two years, the Bureau did not know what kind of madness it was, and insisted on testing our teachers' theories. You said that those young teachers can just take the test, and those of us who are old can remember What to live, all fly based on experience. In order to cope with the exam, I even asked for leave to read at home, which made me extremely tormented, and the scene, such as the inspection of hiring a class C teacher, was uncomfortable."

"The old teachers have good skills, but their theoretical knowledge is outdated, and they don't like to study very much. The young people are good at theory, but not good at hands. No one is perfect, there is no way." Xu Cang said.

Mo Shangyun smiled and said: "You are quite emotional! I think you are a perfect person, with solid theory and solid skills. Are you boasting?"

"Where am I boasting?" Xu Cang said hastily: "For example, in this high-altitude airport, my eyes are smeared. Isn't this a technical shortcoming?"

"This is still a technical shortcoming? It's just a high plateau. Come and fly, and I will make up for your shortcoming today." Mo Shangyun looked very happy, and pulled Xu Cang to let him take the seat.

"No, it's a violation of the rules." Xu Cang was a little embarrassed.

"It's not a big deal! Experience it, the high plateau shouldn't be difficult for you, experience is a problem, basically there is no technical problem." Shi Qi didn't care much about whether it violated the rules or not. He took off his seat belt, obviously to give up his seat to Xu Cang.

Xu Cang was a little embarrassed for a while: "Teacher, I'm all in casual clothes, and my shoes are still sneakers. Is this not too good?"

"If something is not right, take your seat quickly, and wait for you to come to the airport when you land."

When Xu Cang heard this, he shook his head hastily: "No, no, I have never landed at Gao Gaoyuan Airport. If something goes wrong, it will be a crime knowingly and causing trouble."

Mo Shangyun was very emotional and patted his chest: "It's okay, if there is a problem, I will take care of it!"

(End of this chapter)