Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 217 Something Happened! (Please subscribe!)
In the room, Xu Cang leaned against the window and listened to Xiao Lingyun's story. Even Xu Cang felt incredible when he heard this series of news.

"30.00% of the market value evaporated in two days?"

Xiao Lingyun still had a look of fear on his face: "That's right! Not long ago, you told me that Boeing's stock would fall, so I naturally started to operate. Indeed, this time Boeing's stock did fall, but it fell too much. It's ruthless, it's not right."

"That's right! There is a problem." Xu Cang took a deep breath, feeling cool all over his body.

Previously, Xu Cang agreed to give Airbus the report of Boeing rubbing the tail of the plane on takeoff, and he foresaw that Boeing's stock would plummet because of this. It is normal for him to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

It is true that Boeing did have problems with the standard procedure of taking off the tail, and the report is indeed not fabricated.However, the 737, an old aircraft that has been tested by the market for 30 to [-] years, will not be easily shaken.

According to Xu Cang's prediction, Boeing's stock will fall a lot in the short term, and then it will slowly rise back as time goes by.This kind of ups and downs is normal, so when they dealt with Airbus's chief financial officer before, the two just thought it was an opportunity to disgust Boeing.

That's right, even Airbus feels that this report can only disgust Boeing and will not cause substantial harm to Boeing.However, what is strange now is that things seem to be developing in a direction that no one expected.

Xu Cang once told Xiao Lingyun all of his thoughts so that Xiao Lingyun could prepare in advance.Xiao Lingyun, who had learned everything, also felt that a 20.00% drop in Boeing stock would be considered the best.

As a result, after Airbus released the report through some other channels, Boeing's market value dropped by 20.00% that day. One day later, it dropped another [-]%. The drop was huge, far exceeding Xiao Lingyun's prediction.

"The U.S. stock market opened today, and Boeing stock is still plummeting all the way. It seems that today's drop to half of the previous level is already a certainty." Xiao Lingyun said.

"Half." Xu Cang only felt chills all over his body. It's only been a few days, and the market value of tens of billions has disappeared like this?

"Xu Cang, this is too abnormal, it seems that things are out of our control." Xiao Lingyun frowned tightly: "The only good news is that Boeing's stock plummeted, and we have made a lot of money, so we should close it? Now it seems that we are no longer in the lead, someone has taken over, and someone wants to take advantage of this opportunity to engage in Boeing. We are just small shrimps, so let’s not get involved.”

However, as soon as he said this, Xiao Lingyun added: "I heard that EASA is going to investigate the strength of the Boeing 737's airframe."

"Is Europe going to beat the dog in the water?" Xu Cong sneered.

The first impression given by that report is that it questioned the strength of the Boeing aircraft. It is reasonable for EASA to use this as a reason to investigate.

However, regardless of the results, the grounding of the aircraft model and the investigation itself will have a relatively large negative effect on Boeing.

Xu Cang saw the report sent by Airbus, so he can only say that Airbus still has some tricks in deceiving people.They were released through other media channels, and the report listed a lot of content, even including the previous 747S2 switch incident. The problem of the fuselage rupture of the 737 take-off and rubbing tail under high pressure difference is only one of the contents. In this way, The directionality of the report is much smaller.

In fact, even with these small tricks, Boeing's analysts could guess that the report might be related to Xu Cang.However, as long as there is no direct evidence, Xu Cang doesn't care anyway.Moreover, the current situation of Boeing seems to ignore him.

It can only be said that human nature is like this. One moment Xiao Lingyun was clear-headed, but the next moment he began to waver.After all, as long as EASA starts to investigate Boeing, it is basically certain that Boeing's stock will continue to fall.

In other words, they actually still have a lot of room to make money.Facing the still huge profit margin, Xiao Lingyun seemed a little shaken.

Anyone can see clearly before huge profits are involved.But once profits are involved, it is not certain whether the brain can be clear.Just like the current Xiao Lingyun, he has begun to have a gambler mentality.

"Return all the stocks before the market closes today, and that's it." It was Xu Cang who could resist the temptation: "It's not our game anymore, I don't like to pin my hopes on others."

Xiao Lingyun opened his mouth, and finally nodded slightly dejectedly: "I see."

"Can you find out who made the move?" Xu Cang asked, "It's such a big handwriting that it's going to break Boing's bones."

What size company is Boeing?Just relying on a report that is unfavorable to Boeing to kill Boeing, the party who does it seems to be not easy to mess with.

However, Xu Cang is still not optimistic about Boeing's sinking. Even the 737 has had quite a few air crashes, and although most of them were due to crew errors, it is not impossible if it is really used on the plane.Didn't Boeing survive?

Let’s not talk about it, let’s just talk about the 747S2 switch. It was a real design flaw. It didn’t kill Boeing, but this time it can?

The main reason is that this time Xu Cang didn't even understand the person who made the move. It's better for him not to get involved in this kind of fairy fight.

Moreover, based on my own memory, Boeing does not seem to be in a life-or-death crisis at this point in time.However, in less than a year, Boeing is really going to get hit hard.

Xiao Lingyun shook his head: "I don't know, but I heard from my friend that not only Europe is going to take action now, some financial institutions are also interested in taking this opportunity to short Boeing, a pack of wolves are waiting."

Giants like Boeing usually have a relatively strong ability to resist financial intervention. After all, they are really skilled, and their stock prices usually do not fluctuate too much.

But this time it was different, there was a boss who took the lead, and Boeing was completely confused.Operations that had no effect before are not necessarily the case now. Those financial institutions who don't take advantage of this opportunity to slaughter Boeing will be sorry for themselves.

It is precisely based on this situation that Xiao Lingyun feels that Boeing will suffer a lot.However, since Xu Cang had decided to stop, there was nothing he could do.

"It's fine if we can't find out. We can't do anything if the big capitalists don't want to show up. It doesn't matter, we've made a lot of money anyway."

Xu Cang's mentality is very good, as long as he can hold back his greed, many things will be relatively clear.

"Usually I don't feel much in China, but today I have seen what it means to turn one's hands into clouds and turn one's hands into rain. If you say you are shorting Boeing, you are shorting Boeing. It is too cruel." Xiao Lingyun said with lingering fear.

He fought in the domestic financial market before, and the foreign financial market is not too far behind.But now it seems that the domestic financial market is a small pool with ripples.Once you really participate in the foreign financial market, you will see what is called a stormy sea.

Xiao Lingyun's horizons were really opened by an unknown international capital predator targeting Boeing.

Compared to Xiao Lingyun's shock, Xu Cang seemed less interested. He was not interested in who to sell, but asked, "How about the few stocks I asked you to invest in?"

Xu Cang made an investment list for Xiao Lingyun before, and asked him to invest according to the list.In the future, these investments will bring Xu Cang a steady stream of income.

"The rise is gratifying." Xiao Lingyun rolled his eyes: "Xu Cang, should we buy the bottom of Boeing? I don't believe that Boeing will be killed all at once this time. It is still feasible to buy the bottom."

"I think so too, but now is not the time."

Xiao Lingyun was stunned: "It's already fallen like this, isn't it the right time? When Boeing responds and asks for foreign aid, what's the point?"

"Not yet, not yet." Xu Cang repeated: "By the way, from now on, keep watching Asiana Airlines for me."

"Huh? What do you mean, what are you doing?"

"What do you mean? Don't you want to buy the bottom? It is estimated that you will also copy the bottom of Asiana Airlines."

"Han... Asiana Airlines, hey, this company looks quite normal, how can you buy the bottom?" Xiao Lingyun responded: "Besides, don't you want to jointly operate Korean routes with Asiana Airlines? What are you doing?" abacus?"

Xu Cang smiled without saying a word, Xiao Lingyun was so anxious that he became angry.

"No, what are you laughing at? What are you thinking about?" Xiao Lingyun acted like a cat's paw scratching his heart. He hated half-spoken words like this the most.

Xu Cang smiled even brighter: "Korean Air is not very easy to handle, and Asiana just delivered it to the door, so I will accept it. Don't worry, there will be more things in the future."

Seeing Xu Cang's expression, Xiao Lingyun immediately raised his eyebrows: "Have you already started?"

Xu Cang grabbed the armrests of the chair with both hands: "The moment the president of Asiana Airlines came to the door, their fate was already doomed."

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After the conversation between the two, Xiao Lingyun went back to Shekou.That night, Xiao Lingyun sent a message, saying that all the stocks had been repaid, and the matter was over.

Then the next afternoon, Xu Cang received another text message from Xiao Lingyun, which said Boeing stock was still plummeting.

Even if it was just words, Xu Cang could quite deeply feel Xiao Lingyun's remorse and madness. After all, it was a real huge sum of money!

Xu Cang's mentality was much calmer, and he had already boarded the plane at that time, and was about to do business, so he didn't care about these things.

According to Si Weimin's request, Xu Cang must be in the cockpit as long as the engine is running.This means that Xu Cang can't take turns to rest in the rest area like other crew members, he has to stay in the cockpit all the time.

At the thought of sitting in the cockpit for more than ten hours, Xu Cang felt a severe pain in his buttocks.

In order to cope with the hard work of the next ten hours, Xu Cang ate and slept that day, slept and ate, and when he got on the plane, he went straight to the rest area and lay down until the plane was about to roll out before entering the cockpit .

Compared with the cockpit of the 737, which is as big as a toilet, the Boeing 777 is at least a little more user-friendly in the space of the pilot. Xu Cang can finally stretch his legs in the observer's seat.

Moreover, compared with the crude hard leather observer seat of the 737, the observer seat of the Boeing 777 is still more refined.Otherwise, if Xu Cang was allowed to sit in the chair of 737, it would be a disaster for Xu Cang's tailbone.

Before entering the cockpit, Xu Cang asked the flight attendant for two pillows.After entering, one was used as a waist support, and the other was used as a cushion for the head, creating a relatively comfortable environment for myself.

After entering the cockpit, Xu Cang discovered that Chao Ningfei was on the first flight, and next to him was the senior co-pilot who had made fun of Xu Cang before.

Xu Cang is more vengeful about some things, but at least what happened in the pre-flight meeting yesterday is not worthy of Xu Cang's memory.Entering the cockpit, he just glanced at the two people sitting in front, and then began to build his own nest.

The co-pilot was a little displeased with Xu Cang's sloppy behavior.But Xu Cang was too powerful yesterday, and Teacher Cheng was temporarily replaced after the meeting, which can explain a lot of things.Even if he was upset, he dared not say a word.On the other hand, Chao Ning, after Xu Cang came in, hesitated to speak many times, looking very conflicted.

Xu Cang didn't care what the two people in front were thinking, until the sound of the engine running, it was the sweetest lullaby, and the sleepiness that had just been dissipated came together again, and when his head sank on the soft pillow Sleep soundly.

It has to be said that Xu Cang's sleep quality was quite good, even the noise of the plane taking off didn't affect it at all.

It was two hours after Xu Cang woke up for the first time, and the plane had already left the border, and the boundless Pacific Ocean was below.

Less than two hours later, the crew changed shifts, and Xu Cang moved to the nest for the first time this time.

The old instructor was replaced by a young captain, who looked not much older than Xu Cang, estimated to be in his 30s, and well maintained.Compared with the old instructor who likes to put on airs and is difficult to get along with, this young captain looks much more amiable.Not only was he polite to Xu Cang, but he also took the initiative to find topics to chat with. It looked like the type with full social skills.

However, Xu Cang is not a child who knows nothing.There was nothing uncomfortable getting along with the captain, but there was a sense of hypocrisy from head to toe, and the deliberate approach was too obvious.

Xu Cang is not a powder keg, even though he could feel that the captain didn't really want to chat with him, he didn't show it, and he chatted a lot with him.I just pretended to be tired after talking, and went to read by myself.

The captain was quite discerning, probably knew that Xu Cang didn't want to talk anymore, and didn't bother him anymore, which made Xu Cang very satisfied.

In the end, I don't know if the instinctive reaction when I was in school was stimulated.After reading three or four lines of this book, I started to feel sleepy again.In the end, after a few minutes of pawing, I stretched again, and fell asleep with my head tilted.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Cang vaguely felt someone patting his knee, and opened his eyes to find that the captain was looking at him apologetically: "The shift has changed."

"Ah? This is the shift change?" Xu Cang was dizzy at the moment, he was really sleepy, and he also lamented that he was a pig in his previous life, so he can sleep like this?

Generally speaking, it takes several hours for the crew to change shifts. How many hours did you sleep with yourself?It's really outrageous.However, this is also good, Xu Cang counted the time, and felt that he could arrive in Los Angeles with just one more sleep.

Sanjue completed the process, although it is not very glorious to say it, but the process is very pleasant.

"Oh, wait a minute." Xu Cang rubbed his eyes, got up and put away the seat to make way for the two people in front.

Sure enough, Chao Ning and the co-pilot that Xu Cang found annoying came in.When Xu Cang asked Wan Daofu to sit down, he only felt sore back. It seemed that he kept the same posture for a long time, and his blood was not flowing well. Besides, after doing it for so long, his butt felt like it was going to rot.

So Xu Cang writhed on the seat like a worm, but he couldn't find a position that made him feel comfortable.

"Why don't you go out and lie down for a while?" Seeing that Xu Cang seemed uncomfortable, Chao Ning proposed.Xu Cang had been working in the cockpit for almost ten hours, and he couldn't stand it personally.

Xu Cang squeezed his waist: "Your boss asked me to stay in the cockpit all the time, it's not good to go out?"

"Boss?" Chao Ning was taken aback, and Si Weimin's image immediately appeared in his mind, and his heart tightened. He didn't expect that Xu Cang was recruited by Si Weimin, and he was very impressive.

As a result, after saying this, Xu Cang felt a little regretful, and secretly scolded Si Weimin for being inhumane, his waist was about to break, how could he stand it?

"Why don't I go to the rest area and lie down for a while? Just let me know if you have something to do, and you can lie down for half an hour." Xu Cang said.

From the perspective of probability, the probability of a plane accident is already quite small, and it also occurs in 10 minutes out of more than ten hours, which is about the same as winning the lottery.

To be reasonable, it shouldn't be too much to go out and lie down by yourself. If something happens again, I should have a fortune-telling later, and I'm really unlucky.

"Okay, what's going on here, I'll let the crew inform you." As he spoke, Chao Ning motioned to the co-pilot to tell the crew to block the exit of the cockpit.

Xu Cang turned on the monitor in the front cabin work room, and the flight attendants responded quite quickly. They got busy when they received the notification from the cockpit. It seemed that they had to wait for 2 minutes.

Seeing that he could finally lie down, Xu Cang impatiently put away the seat, packed pillows, books and other items, planning to run away.

During the waiting time, Chao Ning suddenly asked, "Xu Cang, I have something to ask you."

At this moment, Xu Cang was in a very good mood: "Say."

"Who is responsible for the Jakarta volcanic ash incident?"

As soon as this remark came out, the co-driver next to him was taken aback for a moment, and stared blankly at Chao Ning, his heart tightened suddenly, and he thought of an extremely terrifying reality.

Xu Cang leaned against the cockpit door and yawned: "Me."

The faces of Chao Ning and the co-pilot changed drastically, and Chao Ning even asked: "Then what about Jianchuan 737 flying upside down?"

"It's me too."

"A forced landing at sea in Qizhou?"

"still me!"

After saying this, Chao Ning suddenly became emotional: "Then yesterday's pre-flight meeting, you didn't say anything!"

Even if many pilots don't deliberately understand the famous special cases before, they probably know something. Once Xu Cang reveals his identity, it will be easy to get in touch.

At least after knowing Xu Cang's identity, they won't show off there like a clown.

At this time, the crew was ready to open the cockpit door and gave the signal to come out.Xu Cang shrugged and opened the hatch: "What are you talking about, I really don't have the qualifications to operate a 777."

"You know that's not what I said!" Chao Ning turned around and yelled at the door.The sound was so loud that the crew at the door were all curious about what happened in the cockpit just now.

When Xu Cang left, the flight attendant leaned in: "Captain, do you have any orders?"

At this moment, Chao Ning's mood gradually stabilized, and he waved his hand: "It's all right, stay smart in the front work room, ready to call Xu Cang at any time."

"Oh." Seeing Chao Ning's gloomy face, the flight attendant exited the cockpit without saying anything.

When the purser left and closed the door of the cockpit, the cockpit suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

After a while, the co-pilot said, "At first my name matched, but I didn't want to call him so young. I already have the same name."

The co-pilot knew the name Xu Cang, but Xu Cang's appearance was too young, and he didn't look like a peerless person who accomplished all kinds of miracles.

Chao Ning's face was uncertain, thinking of the performance of himself and everyone yesterday, he felt ashamed and ashamed.Perhaps, in Xu Cang's eyes, people like himself are as ridiculous as a group of monkeys jumping up and down.

pat!

Suddenly a muffled sound interrupted Chao Ning's thoughts. He subconsciously followed the source of the sound and saw a drop of water dripping from the windshield of the cockpit, but it was quickly blown away by the airflow.

However, soon more raindrops fell on the windshield, making a series of fine, muffled noises.

Chao Ning was startled: "Is it raining?"

The rest area of ​​this Boeing 777 of Muhua Airlines is generally repaired, and the space is relatively depressing.There is no way, the plane is such an expensive place, you can't move the guest room up there, right?

However, this approach is not impossible, after all, Qatar Airways will do it in the future.However, in any case, Muhua Airlines is still inferior to Qatar Airways in terms of arrogance, and the crew rest area can only be made like a submarine dormitory.

Of course, for Xu Cang, whose waist is about to break, it's not bad to be able to lie down, so he's still picky?
Before taking off, Xu Cang had already been here once, this time he simply found the place where he had been lying before and continued to lie down.

In order to prevent problems, Xu Cang always sleeps with his clothes on, lest something really happens and he has to waste time getting dressed.Thinking of what happened nearly ten hours before him, Xu Cang lamented the hardships of beating the workers.

Maybe it's been a long time since I experienced this comfortable feeling of lying down. Even if he didn't take off his clothes, Xu Cang almost fell asleep on the bed.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, Xu Cang felt someone pushing him, and his nostrils were still filled with a faint fragrance.Slowly opening his eyes, Xu Cang held his breath for an instant, and saw a flight attendant bent over, approaching Xu Cang, so close that Xu Cang could even feel that person's breathing air.

Good guy, the people from Muhua Airlines are having such an exciting time, right in the crew rest area. Should I call someone?
Xu Cang tightened his clothes subconsciously: "What are you doing?"

Seeing that Xu Cang woke up, the flight attendant hurriedly said: "The cockpit wants you to go in, it seems that something went wrong."

"Huh?" Xu Cang was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think about it any more. He hurriedly got out of bed and rushed towards the cockpit.

Perhaps hearing Xu Cang's footsteps, the chief purser who was already guarding the door of the cockpit opened the door for Xu Cang in advance.

Xu Cang entered the cockpit unimpeded all the way. As soon as he entered, he found that Chao Ning was holding the lever with both hands, and the autopilot was not turned on. This is obviously not a normal state.

Chao Ning heard the movement of Xu Cang coming in, turned his head, his face was full of anxiety: "Xu Cang, it's not good, something happened!"

(End of this chapter)