Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

"What did you say?" Even now, Xu Cang still felt a little unbelievable: "Is there any cooperation between Aeroflot and those two companies?"

In Xu Cang's impression, those two companies should be biased towards military use. How can they be connected with Aeroflot?Moreover, one is for practical operation, the other is for design and manufacture, and it is another barrier. No matter how you look at it, they should not be able to be together.

Ivanov approached: "We are the largest civil aviation company in Russia. If we want to develop civil aviation aircraft domestically, we must first consult our opinions. After all, in the foreseeable future, we may not have much hope for exports. The necessity of hope."

"You want to develop your own civil aviation aircraft, is there such a thing?" Xu Cang tried his best to recall. He didn't have much impression of Russia's self-developed passenger aircraft, so he didn't say too much after listening to Ivanov's words, which seemed extremely restraint.

However, Xu Cang could understand what Ivanov meant.It's like Boeing 777 has greatly consulted the opinions of potential customers during the research and development, so as to give targeted improvements.As for the export of Russian airliners, it involves some political factors, which are more complicated.What Ivanov said is quite right. In the foreseeable future, even if a domestically-made large aircraft is developed by itself, it will be self-digested at the initial stage. Of course, the opinion of Aeroflot is important. It is normal for the two to be closely related.

But in fact, Xu Cang felt that the connection between the two seemed to be closer, beyond the connection between aircraft design manufacturers and major customers.

What Xu Cang said made Ivanov laugh even louder: "The cake of the international civil aviation passenger aircraft market has exceeded 5000 billion US dollars, and it is still growing at a high speed. The passenger aircraft industry is the same as the automobile industry, how many downstream industries can it support? Really Some people are not greedy? However, Boeing and Airbus account for more than [-]% of the market share, and we have a strong industrial foundation, why can’t we develop our own passenger aircraft and take a share in the international civil aviation passenger aircraft market?”

Ivanov's words hit the nail on the head.Civil aviation airliners can't just look at airlines and aircraft design and manufacturers. This is a huge industrial cluster, just like the Amazon River. In addition to the main stream, there are countless tributaries like blood vessels that nourish the extremely large area.

From design, parts customization, procurement, assembly, transportation, sales and other industries, civil aviation passenger aircraft can touch, and it is extremely large-scale, which can solve a large number of employment.For countries that value careers, civil aviation airliners and automobiles are the most perfect industrial projects.

Some business categories may be very profitable, but it can only benefit a small group of people, such as finance.

Of course, it's not that the finances are bad.A good financial industry can accomplish better, higher-quality, and more efficient resource allocation, and it is the lubricant of the entire society.But many times, this is just a sickle for a small group of people to harvest a large group of people.

In terms of earning power, the industry often cannot keep up with the financial industry, but the focus should not only be on profits, but should have a broader perspective.

"Yeah, who can't be greedy?" Xu Cang sighed, but he still didn't say much, just said softly: "If you are here to express the importance of the civil aviation industry, I understand and agree. "

The implication is that Xu Cang wants Ivanov to say something with practical significance, instead of continuing to make empty grand narratives.

Apparently, this rough Russian man had a delicate mind, and immediately understood the meaning of Xu Cang's words.But just when he was about to speak, Guan Shan's voice came from not far away: "Xu Cang, are you going? What's the matter?"

Xu Cang raised one hand, turned his head, and exchanged a glance with Guan Shan.

Seeing Xu Cang's expression and gestures, Guan Shan looked at Ivanov next to Xu Cang, was startled, and then went back to the carriage without saying anything.

"Speak." Xu Cang said calmly.

Ivanov smiled and said: "In such a big environment, shouldn't we be natural allies? Moreover, I heard that you are also very interested in self-developed large aircraft. In addition, not only self-developed passenger aircraft, It seems that even the aero engine is working hard?"

Xu Cang's expression remained unchanged: "You still know a lot?"

"Isn't it the final test flight of the Boeing 777 that you participated in? Besides, you seem to have cooperated with the British Lorodo. In addition, GM and even Lockheed Martin are interested in you. What is this called, all-round?" Ivano The husband said: "You have proved your worth, so you are qualified to talk to us as an individual. This time is indeed a coincidence. If I don't meet today, I plan to go to your place later."

"Why did you come instead of the representatives of those two families?" Xu Cang asked back.

"Shouldn't talking about things be a preliminary understanding, and if the opinions agree, then go deeper?"

Xu Cang tightened his clothes. The temperature in Binjiang was indeed a bit cold. After a while, Xu Cang couldn't stand it any longer, so he began to speak more and more directly to the topic.

"What is the initial understanding?"

Finally getting to the point, Ivanov looked serious: "The initial idea is that Sukhoi is in charge of regional airliners with less than [-] seats, and Yakovlev is in charge of mainline airliners with more than [-] seats. However, if It would be too much pressure to do all self-development, so we want to cooperate with you."

"Cooperate with me? Me?" Xu Cang smiled sheepishly, "You still think highly of me."

Ivanov shrugged: "This is a purely business cooperation, why can't we cooperate with you? Of course, if you can attract more friends, it will be the best."

"Hehe." Xu Cang smiled and said, "You should directly contact AVIC."

"No, no, if the level is too high, it will be easily affected by some other factors. As I said, I also hope that this is just a purely commercial cooperation, so I can't work with AVIC, but with you."

There was a gleam of light in Xu Cang's eyes, and he began to taste Ivanov's meaning.

"So, what do you mean when I cooperate with you?" Since they don't want to directly cooperate with AVIC, then Ivan will not have an equivalent company with AVIC. , What Ivanov said is worth discussing carefully.

Seeing that Xu Cang understood, Ivanov laughed loudly: "As I said, this is just a purely commercial cooperation. Aeroflot will set up a commercial aircraft design company just for the purpose of business expansion, and then cooperate with Some future of your Spring Airlines will be established, companies with the same purpose will cooperate. Of course, in view of the good relationship between Aeroflot and Sukhoi and Yakovlev, Spring Airlines and AVIC, the joint company accepts Sukho Yi, Yakovlev, the appropriate help of AVIC is also a matter of course."

Having said that, things are pretty clear.

Ivanov said before that in order to remove the influence of some other factors, he will use indirect cooperation methods, but use Spring and Summer Airlines and Aeroflot as a bridge to cooperate.

"You guys are really meandering around, it doesn't match my impression of you." Xu Cang sighed.

Ivanov: "Certain factors are involved, and many things are easy to complicate, isn't it?"

"But according to what you mean, planes with less than [-] seats are also within the target, but we already have similar models. Isn't this a fight for jobs with ourselves?"

"You mean the ARJ21, right?" Ivanov said with a chuckle: "We don't need a regional airliner of that level, and its market feedback is not good. Why not re-develop a regional airliner?"

Xu Cang smiled brightly: "But anyway, we have it, but you don't."

After saying this, Xu Cang really remembered some news.Before rebirth, Xu Cang seemed to have seen some news about Russia's self-developed airliner.

The Sukhoi mentioned by Ivanov is precisely Sukhoi Civil Aviation, which is one of Sukhoi's departments.Moreover, in the end they really made the plane, which is the SSJ-100 passenger plane, which is a regional airliner with less than 21 seats.Yakovlev's work is the MC-[-] airliner, which is a mainline airliner with more than [-] seats.

However, on the eve of Xu Cang's rebirth, these two aircrafts had not been commercially used on a large scale at all, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that their fate was ill-fated.It can be seen from this that without external help, it is obviously powerless to rely solely on domestic strength to develop airliners.

In this way, Xu Cang knew the opponent's hole cards.In terms of demand, Ivanov has no advantage, so it is easy to get more things in the transaction.

In fact, Xu Cang has no interest in cooperating with Russia.After all, the SSJ-100 and MC-21 passenger planes are really stretched.Of course, the bleakness of these two airliners is not all due to commercial factors, but to some other factors.

But at least, neither of these two airliners should be worth learning.

For the road of self-developed aircraft, Xu Cang has an extremely obvious plan, and cooperation with Russia is not a necessary category.However, Russia's three-rotor technology is one of the few that Xu Cang is more interested in.It has to be said that Russia still has a solid foundation in many fields, but it is often limited by poor finances and eventually has to be abandoned.

Under ideal conditions, Xu Cang wanted the Russian three-rotor technology, and he was not interested in anything else.What kind of material is it really not flattering.Xu Cang still vividly remembers the example of stainless steel fighter jets.

Of course, the example of stainless steel fighter jets is actually biased, and the reasons are more complicated, but it can definitely explain some problems.

"Then what do you want to do?" Ivanov asked.

Xu Cang thought for a moment: "Stop the development of regional airliners with less than 21 seats, and at the same time Aeroflot chooses ARJ[-] for regional airliners. On mainline aircraft with more than [-] seats, we can cooperate and discuss the details."

Ivanov laughed angrily after hearing this: "Are you crazy? If we need regional airliners, why not choose ERJ145, which is not better than ARJ21?"

ERJ145 is a twin-engine 21-seat turbofan airliner launched by Embraer, and the price/performance ratio is quite good.At least in the regional airliner market, Embraer is quite competitive and is also a direct competitor of ARJ[-].

ARJ21 is unpopular in China, let alone exported.

The reasons for this situation are quite complicated. On the one hand, it is true that ARJ21 is inferior to Embraer products in terms of performance.But this problem can be made up through technological innovation.There is also the inherent impression of domestic passenger aircraft in foreign markets, which needs to be broken.

"Cooperation requires sincerity." Xu Cang finally opened his mind and said, "To be honest, I have no interest in cooperating with you. Except for your three-rotor technology, I don't have much confidence in other technologies. Moreover, Inherited from the three-rotor technology of the former Soviet Union, I don't know how much skill you have left. In addition, you also know that I am cooperating with Luo Luo, so you can guess why."

Ivanov narrowed his eyes: "For Rollo's three-rotor technology?"

"Of course! Rollo's three-rotor technology is quite reliable so far. Therefore, even with the three-rotor technology, you can only use it as a backup to prevent accidents. The basis of cooperation is mutual benefit, and in this cooperation Among them, I don't see any direct benefits for the time being."

Ivanov whispered: "Aren't you also working on the research and development of aero-engines? Among other things, our aero-engine technology can give you great help, can't it?"

"First, I admit that your engine technology is very strong, but I don't think you will share the core technology of the engine. Second, I don't need your help. I have found a clear path. As long as I follow the path, I may Work harder, but you can get the same result." Seeing that Ivanov couldn't give anything worth considering, Xu Cang suddenly felt even more dispirited: "Okay, maybe you haven't figured out what kind of posture you should take. Let’s talk, let’s talk when we think about it.”

After Xu Cang finished speaking, he looked at the pillars of the front landing gear.Some ice scum can already be seen on it.There was no precipitation when the approach landed, but there was some slippery snow on the taxiway, and it just splashed down on the nose landing gear struts to form such obvious ice slag, which was really fast.

Of course, these ice slags will not cause any impact.But thinking of the crew that rushed out of the runway before, it was snowing that day, and it is not impossible to quickly form a large amount of snow on the front landing gear pillars.

It's really outrageous. In the future, a technical bulletin will be issued specifically for cold weather.

Looking away from the front landing gear pillar, Xu Cang slightly nodded at Ivanov, as if he was going to leave immediately.

Ivanov looked at the back of Xu Cang who was going away, and didn't know what to say for a while.He really didn't expect that this conversation would turn out like this. He should be in the dominant position. Why does it feel like Xu Cang has been controlling him all the time?

When Xu Cang was about to get in the car, Ivanov suddenly yelled at Xu Cang: "Do you really think that one person can do everything?"

Xu Cang's footsteps paused slightly, but he didn't stop, but got into the car straight away.After that, the car door closed, and he walked away.

Ivanov was a little helpless, and said to himself: "How could this be?"

At 23 o'clock in the evening, the urban area of ​​Jianchuan was already brightly lit, and in the private room of the restaurant on the top floor of the tallest building in Jianchuan, representatives of the entire [-] airlines operating in Jianchuan Airport gathered together, including Muhua Aviation Jianchuan Base, Blue Sky Airlines, Feather Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, National University Airlines Jianchuan Base, Tiandong Airlines Jianchuan Branch, and the only local airline Jianchuan Airlines.

There are two tables in the spacious private room, among which the representatives of the seven major airlines sit at one table, and the representatives of the other smaller airlines sit at the other table, the hierarchy is extremely distinct.

Although there are many delicacies on the table, the representatives of more than 20 airlines basically did not move their chopsticks, and all of them had extremely serious faces, so that the atmosphere in the venue seemed relatively low.

Suddenly, the boss of Jianchuan Branch of Tiandong Airlines threw his chopsticks on the table and made a loud noise, his face was full of displeasure: "Eating a meal is like going to a grave. It's really bad luck. Don't serve food if you don't want to eat. waste."

"It's almost time to go to the grave now, Mr. Zeng, isn't that the reason?" Chen Siyu, the chief pilot of Muhua Aviation Jianchuan Base, said with a sinister smile.

Mr. Zeng from the Jianchuan Branch of Tiandong Airlines pointed his finger at Luo Yong: "Luo Yong, you came here to hear your eccentricity? This meal is uneasy, so talk quickly if you have something to say, and leave after you finish talking."

That's right, this gathering of representatives of 23 airlines was organized by Luo Yong, Vice President of Operations of Blue Sky Airlines.However, it was clear that Luo Yong's cards were not that big, and even if he was organized, he could not control the situation at all.

"Mr. Zeng, don't be angry. Mr. Chen speaks quickly, but the truth is the same, isn't it?"

"Ouch!" Mr. Zeng was amused by these words: "What a fact, let me have a good time by telling it."

"Tsk!" Chen Siyu clicked his tongue: "Mr. Zeng, it's not good for you to pretend to be confused. The branch that co-authored with you is not operating at Jianchuan Airport, right now, the priority right of Jianchuan Airport is given out, and in the future We all have to look at the face of Spring and Summer Airlines. What is Spring and Summer Airlines? It’s not a low-end low-end product, that’s all, we still have to look at their faces, is there any reason for that?”

"Mr. Chen is right." An airline representative at another table took up the conversation: "Which of the 23 airlines here is smaller than Spring Airlines? , how can it be reversed?"

"Yeah, that's the reason. Why should we listen to a newcomer who has only been established for a year?"

This remark attracted many echoes. It seems that many airlines have objections to Chunxia Airlines' control of Jianchuan Airport's right of priority.

Chen Siyu scanned around and saw that Li Chenxing, the chief pilot of Feiyu Airlines, was drinking water silently without speaking, and immediately became unhappy: "President Li, I heard that Xu Cang blackmailed you Feiyu, Are you out of breath?"

Li Chenxing quickly put down the water glass: "No, no. That time, someone in our crew made a mistake and injured Xu Cang. Normal compensation, not blackmail, not blackmail."

Hearing that Li Chenxing was so eager to excuse Xu Cang, Chen Siyu's expression was even more gloomy. He gave Luo Yong a wink, and Luo Yong immediately understood, and then said: "Everyone, I called you here this time to discuss the priority of Jianchuan Airport. Not afraid of your jokes, it is the matter of Jianchuan priority. Not long ago, our company encountered a difficult matter because of this. The international flight that was obviously short of the last step was stuck, which caused a lot of trouble. How could this happen in the past? It happened to our company today, and it may happen to you in the future."

"It's unreasonable, he Spring Airlines is just a latecomer, dare to block the route of the predecessors, turned the sky upside down." A representative of the airline company was filled with righteous indignation: "I said Mr. Shen, aren't you the local airline of Jianchuan? Why? You don’t even have the right to speak, so you have to rule Spring and Summer Airlines, isn’t it almost lawless?”

Shen always of Jianchuan Airlines is a middle-aged man in his 50s and [-]s. He is half bald and short in stature. Sitting in a group of people, he is very inconspicuous.Now someone called the name, and said cautiously: "Although our company bears the name of Jianchuan, the major shareholder is not the Jianchuan government, but"

"We, Jianchuan Airlines are controlled by us." At this moment, the boss of NUS Aviation's Jianchuan base glanced around: "Why, everyone, how happy is it to connect your upper lip to your lower lip, and finally we have to let our subsidiary company of NUS take the lead? It is said that the sky is falling and the sky is falling. Jianchuan Airport has the largest share of Tiandong Airlines Jianchuan Branch, Muhua Jianchuan Base, Blue Sky Airlines, Feiyu Airlines, and for the time being, our Jianchuan Base and Jianchuan Airlines, In terms of doing things, it's not our turn, right, Mr. Zeng?"

Mr. Zeng of the Jianchuan branch of Tiandong Airlines sat like a mountain, and he only replied two words to the roll call of the boss of the Jianchuan base of National Airline: "Boring!"

"Hey!" The boss of the Jianchuan base of Guoda Airlines was not annoyed, but looked at Chen Siyu, the chief engineer of Muhua Aviation's Jianchuan base: "Okay! Your Jianchuan base had a chance to be promoted to a branch company, but it turned out That spot was snatched away by Spring and Summer Airlines, so there is a lot of grievances and rifts, and it is just right for you to take the lead. Our group of people is quite loud, but it is a pity that they are not in harmony. Mr. Chen said that if we can do it, we can do it. Let's talk about it, if it can't be done, let's break up, don't talk about this topic in the future, it's done once and for all, how good is it?"

At this time, Luo Yong said: "This time the General Administration gave the right of priority to Jianchuan Airport to Xu Cang, which is really an accident. Why don't you all unite together and appeal to the General Administration for a request."

"Let's not come up with the method of submitting a letter." The representative of Rongcheng Airlines raised his hand: "Although we have routes at Jianchuan Airport, we basically fly at Rongfu Airport. We don't get involved in the matter of Jianchuan Airport. Moreover, we have a cooperation with Xu Cang, so we can't do it."

"Do you still cooperate? Before Xu Cang forced you to revoke Li Yutian's title of meritorious pilot, you can pretend that such a shameful thing didn't happen? You really deserve to cooperate with the enemy." A representative of the airline company sneered.

However, the representative of Rongcheng Airlines was as cheeky as the corner of a city wall, without any change in expression at all, and even laughed: "At this moment, at that moment, everyone is an adult, so what's the point of using emotions? , or don’t mess around in this circle.”

There are also some airline representatives who are more clear-headed and raised questions: "Mr. Luo, although I don't know why the General Administration has made Chunxia Airlines the owner of Jianchuan Airport. However, since the article has been released, we openly question the decision of the General Administration. Great, isn't it?"

With that said, representatives of some smaller airlines started whispering.If he was hated by the General Administration because of this, it would not be a joke.

"It turned out to be a group of mobs looking forward and backward, tsk tsk tsk, I think it's better to forget about it, so as not to become a generous joke." A group of representatives of small airline companies in front of them began to waver, and the boss of the Jianchuan base of Guoda Aviation suddenly felt that It's ridiculous, what can you do with these people, it's better to go home and sleep.

Just as the boss of the Jianchuan base of National University Aviation got up, Chen Siyu suddenly snapped his fingers: "It is natural for everyone to have doubts about publicly opposing the General Administration, so I have a plan, which can not only kill the roots of Spring and Summer Airlines, but also It will not let the General Administration find any problems."

"Oh? Mr. Chen still has a clever plan?" The boss of the Jianchuan base of National University Aviation became interested: "Let's hear it."

Chen Siyu laughed, and shouted out the door: "Come in."

As the voice fell, a middle-aged man of medium height and wearing glasses walked into the private room.

Chen Siyu clapped his hands: "Introduce yourself."

The middle-aged man seemed a little stage-frightened in front of the representatives of the airline company. Under Chen Siyu's instructions, he said nervously, "I am the planner of the Spring and Summer Aviation Planning Office."

Mr. Zeng of the Jianchuan branch of Tiandong Airlines raised his eyelids: "Mr. Chen, why are you looking for a planner to come over?"

"Listen, everyone." Chen Siyu raised his chin: "Tell me again what you told me before. How much is the captain, how much is the teacher, how much is the appointed representative."

The middle-aged planner nodded: "Currently, Spring Airlines has a total of 42 single-pilot captains and eleven instructors, including seven instructors of Class A, two of Class B, and one of Class C. There are no representatives appointed by the bureau."

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar.

"What, Spring and Summer Airlines doesn't have a single bureau-appointed representative?"

"There are only three teachers in Class B and Class C, that's it."

"Appointing representatives appointed by the bureau requires at least the technical level of class B teachers, and those two class B teachers have just been promoted, which is far from the appointment of appointed representatives of the bureau." Chen Siyu laughed.

"Yes. Mo Shangyun is the closest to the appointed representative of the bureau in the whole spring and summer airlines, but it will take some time to go through the process. Another instructor named Shi Qi was originally appointed by the bureau of Airbus. Representative, after changing the model, I still need to accumulate experience, and I won’t be able to recover in a while.” The middle-aged planner added.

Li Chenxing was stunned for a moment: "Does that mean that in the short term, Spring Airlines will not have an appointed representative from the bureau?"

The middle-aged planner nodded: "That's what I mean."

"This..." Li Chenxing looked at Chen Siyu who was full of smiles: "Then Spring and Summer Airlines is not a lamb waiting to be slaughtered? Mr. Chen, you."

"Mr. Li, don't you want to understand this?" Chen Siyu smiled and said, "There is no agency-appointed representative to sit in the captain's investigation. How to kill. I want to see if Spring and Summer Airlines can stand up to it!"

I may ask for leave tomorrow, depending on the situation