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Chapter 232: Heaven bows its head! (Please subscribe!)

President's Office, Asiana Airlines Headquarters Building, Seoul, South Korea.

Pu Xiyuan, who was already in a state of desperation, received an uninvited guest, Xiao Lingyun who came to Korea not long ago.

Xiao Lingyun followed Xu Cang's intention to come to South Korea for inspection. After wandering around for a while, he had to finish the last important thing of this trip, which was to talk to Park Xiyuan about the previous agreement with Xu Cang. question.

Over the past few days, the stock price of Asiana Airlines has continued to fall, and the president's secretary's office is bombarded with phone calls every day, which makes Park Xiyuan very annoyed.However, if that's all it is, Park Xiyuan's forbearance will pass.

However, due to the management problems of Asiana Airlines, Park Seok-won's position as the president has begun to be unstable, which is the most troublesome thing for him.

Busy for a long time, Park Xiyuan temporarily forgot the previous agreement with Xu Cang, but when Xiao Lingyun appeared, Park Xiyuan had to face this difficult problem again.

"It means that Xu Cang has already taken care of Tiandong Airlines?" Pu Xiyuan's face was full of exhaustion, and he supported his temple with his right thumb and rubbed it gently, looking very distressed.

Xiao Lingyun showed Park Xiyuan a document, only two thin sheets of paper: "This is an agreement signed between Xu Cang and Tiandong Airlines. Tiandong Airlines agrees that Spring and Summer Airlines will open a Korean route at Shanghai Airport."

Pu Xiyuan didn't take it over to look at it, but glanced at it: "Copy?"

"When I came to South Korea, this agreement had just been signed, so naturally I couldn't bring the original. It was sent by fax. However, if President Park needs it, the original can be provided."

"No need." Pu Xiyuan waved his hand and snapped his fingers, and soon a beautiful woman came in and walked to Pu Xiyuan's side.

Pu Xiyuan pointed to the document in Xiao Lingyun's hand: "Go and contact Tiandong Airlines to confirm it."

The secretary hummed, took the document from Xiao Lingyun, and went out to work again without saying anything.

"Is it really going to be clear soon? However, instead of waiting here, it's better to talk about the situation on your side." Xiao Lingyun is obviously at ease: "I don't know if President Park has taken care of Seoul's aviation. Authority?"

At the mention of this, Pu Xiyuan's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Xiao Lingyun saw that Park Xiyuan was unwilling to speak, but he didn't bother to wait, so he pointed it out directly: "I heard that your company has recently been reviewed by the Seoul Aviation Administration. What about the route application?"

"Isn't it just three routes? I'll take care of it." Pu Xiyuan waved his hand distractedly, and it seemed that he was about to chase people away.

However, Xiao Lingyun didn't leave, but just smiled lightly and said, "President Park, you can't solve the problem with emotion. I came here with sincerity, so I really don't want to have a good talk?"

"With sincerity, are you sure you didn't come here to make trouble?" Park Xiyuan snorted coldly, his words were full of dissatisfaction: "I will try my best to fight for the three routes, and if the agreement is not completed, I will not cover up the compensation. Aren't you here this time because you're afraid that I won't admit it?"

"No, no, President Park is too excited. Judging from the current situation, if you analyze it rationally, it seems that your company cannot escape compensation."

I saw Pu Xiyuan's mouth moving. Xiao Lingyun knew some Korean. Judging from Pu Xiyuan's mouth shape, it was clearly a Korean curse.However, at the beginning, Park Seok-won's 1 did not expect to be planted on this agreement.

Because from the point of view at the time, it was much more difficult for Xu Cang to deal with Tiandong Airlines than for Asiana Airlines to deal with the Seoul Aviation Administration.Unexpectedly, the result was reversed, and it was Asiana Airlines that had the accident.

If I had known earlier, I would not have set the punishment so high in the agreement. It was really shooting myself in the foot.

No matter how hard-spoken Park Seok-won is, he is not easy to rely on, and the situation is indeed as Xiao Lingyun said, it is impossible for Asiana Airlines to let the Seoul Aviation Administration approve the route for them again, and it is undoubtedly a failure.

"For compensation, if it is possible, let's be a little more lenient." Park Xiyuan, who was a little irritable just now, was finally defeated by reality and began to give in.

How can a person not bow his head under the eaves?

"That's it!" Xiao Lingyun suddenly said: "What does Xu Cang mean, he doesn't want cash, how about paying with assets?"

When Pu Xiyuan mentioned this, he immediately became vigilant, and immediately straightened up: "What does Xu Cang want?"

"President Park, don't get excited, don't get excited, Xu Cang doesn't want the core assets of Asiana Airlines."

"Don't want core assets?" Pu Xiyuan, who was tense, immediately relaxed. As long as core assets are not involved, that's easy to say.Moreover, if it involves core assets, to be honest, there is not much room for him to make a decision.

Pu Xiyuan leaned back on the sofa chair: "Then what does Xu Cang want?"

"If possible, Xu Cang wants the tourism industry of Asiana Airlines in Jeju Island." Xiao Lingyun said.

"Jeju Island? This" made Park Xiyuan a little confused.

A few years ago, South Korean officials said they wanted to develop the tourism value of Jeju Island. Asiana Airlines followed suit and bought some tourism industries there, but the scale was small and the value was not high to be honest.

Later, the official slogan was loudly shouted, and the policy was a no.The investment boom at the beginning gradually faded away. Anyway, the Asiana headquarters didn’t care about their tourism industry in Jeju Island at all. Even Park Xiyuan doubted whether the board of directors knew that they had an industry in Jeju Island.

Pu Xiyuan really didn't think that what Xu Cang wanted was this. He rubbed his forehead, thinking hard, but still couldn't figure out what is the value of those worthless properties in Jeju Island?
"Are you sure Xu Cang wants those things, and nothing else?" Pu Xiyuan confirmed.After all, according to Park Seok-won's rough estimate, those industries in Jeju Island still cannot meet the compensation standard.

If it is only a marginal industry, as a substitute for the agreed compensation, it will undoubtedly minimize the loss, and it will have little impact on itself.

Xiao Lingyun nodded: "That's enough! What Xu Cang means is that there may be a chance to cooperate with President Park in the future, so we don't need to make everyone too ugly."

Pu Xiyuan was stunned, and then laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! Xu Cang can think so, which shows that he has a good vision. The current difficulties of Asiana Airlines are only temporary, and there are still many opportunities for cooperation in the future. There is really no need to get involved." It’s too stiff. No, I think about it now. When I met Xu Cang before, he asked me about Jeju Island. It seems that Xu Cang is going to set up a private resort on Jeju Island.”

"I'm not sure about this. However, after listening to what President Park said, I feel that it is still possible." Xiao Lingyun laughed.

At this time, the secretary who just came in pushed the door in again, probably with the news of seeking confirmation from Tiandong Airlines.Whispered a few words in Pu Xiyuan's ear, and left with a blank expression.

"I didn't expect Xu Cang to be so capable. He really took care of Tiandong Airlines." To be honest, Park Xiyuan did not expect Xu Cang to be able to dredge the relationship of Tiandong Airlines in such a short period of time.It seems that Xu Cang is not so easy to handle.

However, no matter what, Xu Cang's request for compensation is within Park Xiyuan's acceptance range, which is undoubtedly good news.Otherwise, if this matter explodes, his position in the Asiana headquarters will be even more precarious.

Xiao Lingyun suddenly said: "President Park, Xu Cang is actually more capable than you imagined."

Pu Xiyuan raised his teacup and raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"President Park, the current situation of Asiana Airlines is not good, and a large part of it comes from the pressure of Korean Air?"

At this moment, Pu Xiyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, like a wolf who chooses to eat people: "Mr. Xiao, you are too much in charge of this, right?"

Indeed, what Xiao Lingyun said was indeed true.If it's just the falsification of documents, Asiana Airlines' usual official management will suffer some impact, but it will definitely not be as uncomfortable as it is now.

It is said that everyone pushes against the wall. As the first and second domestic airlines in Korea, at least Korean Air is the one with the most motivation and the most strength to push against the wall.Judging from the channels we have learned so far, Korean Air has spared no effort in terms of public opinion and lobbying of civil aviation officials, hoping that this incident will directly crush Asiana Airlines.

Not to mention whether it can be defeated in one fell swoop, at least it is certain that Asiana Airlines is really going to be hurt this time.Moreover, as the daily manager of Asiana Airlines, Park Seok-won is likely to be responsible for this matter.

However, Xiao Lingyun was calm and calm, and his words were very brisk: "President Park, the problem is that without the help of outsiders, you are already in a dead end. Korean Air has been watching you for so many years, and finally caught you." Seeing such a big flaw, how can you tear it apart? As challengers, you have only limited opportunities. Now it seems that you are the ones who lost."

"I didn't realize that Mr. Xiao is so related to our Asiana's future."

"No, no, I'm concerned about you, President Park." Xiao Lingyun said calmly, "If Asiana Airlines fails this time, it seems that it will be acquired by others. But the question is, who will acquire it?" , and what will happen to President Park? From the current point of view, Korean Air is the most likely to acquire you. However, President Park has caused a lot of obstacles to Korean Air in the past few years. What’s more. Besides, Asiana Airlines’ crisis, the higher-ups can’t find someone to deal with it? I think President Park is a good fit. If Asiana Airlines is taken over by Korean Air, the new owner will take care of you. The boss also wants to deal with you, this prospect is not very good."

Pu Xiyuan clenched his teeth, why didn't he know, the key is that now he has nothing to do.Korean Air seems to be trying its best this time, and has already started a price war with Asiana Airlines.

Originally, Korean Air was positioned as a higher-end airline than Asiana Airlines. In the case of a price war, Korean Air itself would suffer a lot.But in order to give Asiana Airlines the last blow, Korean Air seems to be willing to do anything.

Now Asiana Airlines has internal and external troubles, and it does have a great risk of being acquired.

However, at least for Park Suk-won, being acquired by Korean Air is a stinky move, basically ruining his future for the rest of his life.

"There is no need to repeat what everyone knows." Park Xiyuan said in a deep voice.

"President Park, let me tell you something that everyone doesn't know much about." Xiao Lingyun smiled and said, "For example, a new owner acquired Asiana Airlines."

"What did you say?" Park Xiyuan was shocked when he heard the words: "Someone wants to get involved? Who is it?"

After finishing speaking, Pu Xiyuan took a deep look at Xiao Lingyun, changed his mind, and said in disbelief: "You mean Xu Cang?"

Xiao Lingyun nodded slightly: "Exactly!"

Pu Xiyuan was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed wildly, laughing until tears came down.

Xiao Lingyun wasn't in a hurry either, he just waited quietly until Pu Xiyuan's laughter stopped, and then said leisurely: "President Park doesn't seem to believe it."

"Why should I believe it? Just because his dilapidated company is also worthy of buying Asiana, could it be that he has lost his mind?" Park Xiyuan sneered.

Park Seok-won is not a fool either. When Xu Cang cooperated with China-Korea airlines before, he specially investigated the situation of Spring and Summer Airlines.Moreover, Park Xiyuan is not the kind of person who listens to one thing, he inquires from multiple sources, and the feedback is that Spring and Summer Airlines is not a popular low-cost airline.If Lee Hyuk-jae hadn't recommended it, and he felt that Chunxia Airlines was easy to control, Park Suk-won would really look down on Chunxia Airlines.

It was such an ant that swallowed an elephant, even though it was now a dying elephant.

However, Xiao Lingyun had a serious face, and he stretched out a finger: "First of all, your current market value is less than a quarter of what it was before. Even if the purchase price will not be completely equal to the market value, at least there is a considerable positive correlation. So don’t think too expensive of yourself. Second, Xu Cang owns Spring Airlines, but it doesn’t mean he only has Spring Airlines. Third, from President Park’s personal point of view, you seem to have no other better choice .”

Pu Xiyuan's smile gradually disappeared, and he gradually realized that Xiao Lingyun didn't seem to be joking, but really wanted to buy Asiana Airlines.

"That's right, our market value has fallen sharply now, but even if we are reluctant, if we sell it to Korean Air, the other party should give us a good price. Why should we sell it to Xu Cang at a low price? The board of directors will never agree of."

Xiao Lingyun smiled even wider: "Then I'll have to trouble President Park to tell you the truth."

"You want me to be your internal assistant?" Pu Xiyuan laughed angrily: "The people above are all greedy for money. Korean Air can offer a high price, so why should they sell it to Xu Cang at a low price, unless They're out of their minds."

Asiana Airlines is not a family business model.The chairman's family usually does not participate in the business operation at all times, they only collect the profits of the business, and the company is handed over to a special manager to manage.

It is precisely for this reason that the top management of Asiana only cares about the size of profits.It is precisely for this reason that the top management brutally attributed the company's crisis to Park Suk-won, the direct manager.

Although Park Seok-won despises such a simple and unreasonable distinction, if he really wants to sell Asiana Airlines, the top management must look at the price rather than other factors. He can be sure of this. Even Asiana's top brass hate Korean Air quite a bit, but they don't hate more money.

Xiao Lingyun smiled even more: "What if we have a way to raise the stock of Asiana Airlines to the highest point in history within two years?"

At this moment, at Qitai Airport, as soon as the landing gear of the plane was retracted, Xu Cang carefully controlled the sideslip of the plane.In a single-engine environment, the aircraft cannot skid, otherwise the resistance will be increased out of thin air, which will affect the performance of the aircraft's climb.

Usually, the pilot will judge the existence of sideslip by whether the steering wheel is level after the sideslip indicator or autopilot is turned on.However, Xu Cang's perception is extremely sensitive, and he can detect whether the sideslip has been really eliminated by just relying on body sensation.

The landing gear is retracted, and the F/D guides the aircraft to keep the wing level, which appears on the track to keep one side.

As soon as the plane lifted off the ground, it was a steep downhill.Qitai Airport is built on a hillside, and its foundation is nothing more than a platform artificially flattened. Every inch of land is expensive. How can it be so large?
Just after the downhill, there is a mountain top, which is the first terrain obstacle.However, Xu Cang had already straightened the plane when it was taxiing on the ground. At the beginning of the liftoff, the rudder kept up and the sideslip was eliminated. There was almost no time for any resistance to occur, and the climbing performance did not have to be delayed for a moment. , naturally crossed the first mountain without accident.

"Four hundred feet!" Chen Guoli reported.

"Horizontal navigation!" Xu Cang said, "Is the starter handle cut off?"

"Cut while taxiing."

"Single-shot sideways is smaller than I expected." Xu Cang even had some spare energy to feel lucky.

Because before take-off, there was heavy snow in the sky, the runway was abnormally wet and slippery, and the single-engine thrust difference made it easy for the aircraft to veer sideways.However, in terms of actual perception, the lateral deviation is not large.

Of course, this feeling may also be limited to Xu Cang.What Xu Cang thinks is not so important to others is not necessarily the case.

Since it is known in advance that the approach is an ordinary manual cut-off of the engine, there is no other failure, so there is no need to perform failure analysis.After passing the minimum flap height, Chen Guoli reminded: "Nine thousand feet, N1?"

Generally, in the take-off performance analysis, there will be a description of the minimum flap height.In the performance analysis table provided by the airport, the minimum flap height is 330 meters, which is almost [-] feet.

However, the 800 feet is not the altitude, it is the height, which needs to be added to the altitude of the airport itself, which is more than [-] feet. Then, when converted to the corrected sea pressure, it is naturally close to [-] feet.

Aircraft thrust reduction is a common method to protect the engine. After the pilot passes the minimum flap height, the thrust reduction can be performed.

However, this is not certain. In some large airports, due to the existence of noise reduction procedures, there will be new regulations on the use of thrust reduction.Of course, Qitai Airport definitely does not have any noise reduction procedures.

However, Chen Guoli's words fell into Xu Cang's ears. Xu Cang turned his head slightly and said with a smile, "Teacher, are you so nervous?"

"Ah?" Chen Guoli was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we are flying solo, how can we still use reduced thrust?"

Xu Cang sighed: "Teacher, if you feel burdened, we can restart the engine and return to the field. I can verify the single-engine procedure by myself."

"No, no, I'm really nervous." Chen Guoli blushed, but he didn't hide his mistake.

There is no way, he is really under a lot of pressure, especially after communicating with Xu Cang about the possible downdraft last night, he feels that the sudden increase of pressure is the reason why he will lose his mind and make mistakes.

"Professor, it looks like we've had good luck with the initial climb without tailwind shear. But the real problem isn't the initial climb, is it?"

Although Chen Guoli had the determination to die, it would be the best if he could survive, and no one would think his life was long.

"Xu Cang, if you encounter a downdraft, do you really have a solution?"

At this moment, on the control tower of Qitai Airport, Bi Lin, Yue Sheng, Ma Cheng, and Zhou Yanping stood in front of the radar screen to observe the changes of the aircraft signal.

"Not bad, it seems that there is no wind shear." Bi Lin leaned on crutches, and could see the changes in the aircraft's position and altitude from the radar screen.

From the altitude data alone, the plane has passed the initial climb stage, and now it is about to turn right and enter the canyon.

On the way, Bi Lin told Yue Sheng and the three of them about the purpose of Xu Cang's trip.Yue Sheng and Ma Cheng were not pilots, so they couldn't understand many things, but Zhou Yanping was different, he was an expert, so he understood it immediately.

"Master, although there are several hills on one side of this Qitai Airport, it seems that there is no problem in climbing and overcoming obstacles with a single engine. Is it necessary to make it so grand?" Zhou Yanping saw things from a different angle, and he continued: "Is the airflow in this place extremely turbulent, and wind shear often occurs? It is true that wind shear will have a serious impact on the aircraft, let alone a single engine. But this is unavoidable, and if it does happen, it will not happen. It should not be counted in program verification.”

Zhou Yanping's meaning is very simple, the effect presented by Xu Cang flying on the side of Qitai Airport at the beginning of the climb under the single-engine condition is completely fine.

As for the wind shear mentioned by Bi Lin, it shouldn't be considered at all.For wind shear, an airflow phenomenon whose time, space and intensity cannot be determined, it should not be included in the scope of verification.

Since there is no need to consider wind shear, and the initial climb is no problem, is it all right?It seems that everything is very simple, it is so solemn, and let Yue Sheng and others come together, it is a bit of a fuss.

Xu Cang is a human being, not a fairy.It won't be because he came to verify once, then there will be no windshear later.Nor does it mean that just because he still completes the obstacle in the wind shear, it means that the people behind him can also complete the obstacle in the wind shear. There is no causal relationship, so naturally there is no need for verification.

Therefore, in Zhou Yanping's view, the verification flight has ended by now.You can restart the engine and return to the airport.

"That's right, wind shear will naturally not be included in the verification category. It's not a technical problem, it's a matter of luck. How can luck be verified?"

At this moment, the door of the control room was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in a dark green coat walked in.I saw him with a strong back and a strong waist, and a strong figure. When he walked, he walked like a dragon and a tiger, quite majestic.

"Wang Li, I'm old, but I'm still deaf, so I don't need to speak so loudly." Bi Lin said dissatisfiedly, and then introduced to Yue Sheng and the others: "This is Wang Li, the station chief of Qitai Airport."

Wang Li laughed loudly: "Old Bi, I can't change my voice."

As he said that, Wang Li pointed at Zhou Yanping: "This brother is right. Wind shear, let alone a single shot, is very dangerous if a double shot is encountered. However, this is a matter of probability. If it happens, then You can only consider yourself unlucky. However, in this single-engine procedure, the initial climb stage is actually not the most dangerous."

Zhou Yanping became interested: "What danger is there? When the flaps are retracted and the shape is smooth, the requirements for the subsequent climb gradient are generally relatively low. The initial climb has been passed before, and there will be problems later?"

"Yes." Wang Li walked to the glass curtain wall of the tower control room, raised his head and pointed to the canyon in the distance.Under the dark sky, there is a white moving dot struggling to pass through the canyon, it is Xu Cang's plane.

Wang Li's eyes narrowed, and there was a gleam in the slits of his eyes: "It's almost here!"

At this moment, the aircraft has just left the initial climb phase and turned right into the canyon.According to the single-engine procedure, in the end the plane will travel along the canyon, and at the same time go up to the altitude, and finally complete the elimination of terrain threats.

There is actually a protruding obstacle hill in front of the canyon, but the plane is still a short distance away from there. Logically speaking, within this short distance, the plane can climb slowly, and it is almost certain to be able to climb over it.

However, in the cockpit, as soon as the plane turned into the canyon, Xu Cang and Chen Guoli's expressions became extremely serious.Xu Cang's right hand held the steering wheel tightly, and even the knuckles started to turn white due to too much force.

"Xu Cang, you said you would try it once." Chen Guoli said suddenly.

Xu Cang's expression was also tense: "Don't worry, I don't want to do it a second time."

"Okay!" Chen Guoli responded, verified that the yaw damper was connected, and at the same time turned the working engine, the No. [-] engine start switch to the flight position.

Xu Cang watched Chen Guoli complete these actions, and adjusted the speed to 230 knots, and at the same time switched the autopilot from CMD mode to CWS mode.

The CWS mode of automatic driving is a working mode similar to semi-automatic, and it is generally used in severe bumps.

However, the moment Xu Cang pressed the CWS mode button, the plane seemed to be pressed down by a giant hand from top to bottom. Even in CWS mode, the autopilot was cut off in an instant.

Xu Cang held the steering wheel with both hands, his face was pale, the intensity of the downdraft was completely beyond his imagination.It's just that the first impact, the plane that has become pressed can't lift its head at all!
On the tower, everyone surrounded by the radar screen suddenly changed face, because on the radar, the plane that was supposed to be rising did not continue to climb, but actually descended in an extremely strange state!

　Tomorrow's update should be put in the daytime, due to work reasons.There are too many tasks recently, it's really troublesome!
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