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Chapter 288 Forming an Airbus Fleet! (Please subscribe!)

Time flies, and two days have passed.During this period, Xu Cang's left hand did not show any symptoms, which made Xu Cang feel a little relieved.Perhaps it was really just as the doctor at St. Luke's Hospital said, the short-term inability to sense the temperature before was an accidental situation, and as the injury recovered, this situation would not recur.

However, compared to such uncertain things, there was a real happy event that happened to Xu Cang.

Qin Yi finally brought news of the board of directors of Chunxia Tourism Group.

On the familiar hillside outside the base again, Xu Cang and Qin Yi were just side by side, blowing the wind accompanied by water vapor from the Erhai Lake, which was fishy but very pleasant.

"If you just want a comfortable life, this is really a good choice."

Xu Cang sat casually on the big rock next to him: "It's not bad. In fact, Jianchuan is also very good in terms of climate. However, Jianchuan is too dry and I'm not used to it. This side is just right."

"It's just that the traffic is blocked." Qin Yi's eyes lightly shifted and fell on Xu Cang who was a little lost in thought: "I heard that you solved the flight procedure problem at Jinghong Airport?"

"Your news is really fast." Xu Cang smiled.

Qin Yi put his hands in his pockets: "In the business world, the news is not fast enough, so it's better not to do it as soon as possible."

"Well, the problem with the flight procedures at Jinghong Airport has been resolved." Xu Cang didn't hide a bit: "If you hurry up, the flight will start in September and October. Even if it's slower, it won't be delayed until next year."

Qin Yi raised his eyebrows, apparently surprised by the progress of Jinghong Airport's renovation: "I remember that Jinghong Airport has never been used by civilians before, so there should be a lot of renovation work, and it will really be completed within this year?"

Xu Cang tightened his coat, and even curled up a little: "Yes, this is the exact news I can give you."

With that said, Xu Cang turned his head to look at Qin Yi: "Then did you bring me the exact news of your board of directors this time?"

"If your news about Jinghong Airport is accurate, then the answer I can give you is that the board of directors has agreed to your request." Qin Yi specifically pointed out: "I want us to open up all offline sales channels for you. The portion of Jeju Island is not enough. At Jinghong Airport, you also need to ensure that our tour group has the highest priority. Like Jeju Island, the rest of the capacity can only be used after the transportation needs of our tour group are met. in another place."

"It seems that you are very optimistic about the prospects of Jinghong Airport."

Qin Yi snorted: "Aren't you too? Even the three major airlines don't have the courage to fully take over the civilian transformation of Jinghong Airport. If a provincial airport like Jinghong Airport makes a mistake in investment, it will be I lost everything. I don't know how you made this decision at the time, but I really admire you. In terms of courage, I am not as good as you."

Regarding Qin Yi's compliment, Xu Cang just smiled and did not speak.

Qin Yi glanced at Xu Cang, and said lightly, "You seem very unhappy?"

"Ah?" Xu Cang came back to his senses, touched his face: "Is it obvious?"

Qin Yi sneered and said, "Aren't you the kind of person who writes his emotions on his face?"

"Really?" Xu Cang knew that Qin Yi was not mocking himself, but Qin Yi was usually cool, even if he didn't mean it, but it gave people the illusion of being condescending: "Are you talking to me? Does Jianchuan Airlines cooperate?"

"Huh?" Qin Yi didn't expect Xu Cang's topic to jump up so fast. After being a little surprised, he nodded quite sincerely: "Yes. Jianchuan is also a very important tourist attraction, and part of the transportation business is The other part is borne by Blue Sky Airlines, and the other part is Jianchuan Airlines. The price of Blue Sky Airlines is cheaper, Jianchuan Airlines. You know, some official backgrounds need to be given some face."

Before that, Qin Xin had been a representative of Spring and Summer Tourism to negotiate a transportation cooperation contract with Blue Sky Airlines.That is to say, for Spring and Summer Travel's tour groups that go to Jianchuan or stop in Jianchuan, as long as Blue Sky Airlines or Jianchuan Airlines have corresponding routes, they will be responsible.

The advantage of this is that the cost is lower, but the stability of the charter flight is relatively high. In addition, it can also get a higher priority in related guarantees, which is easy to improve the comfort of the tour group.

For a company of the size of Blue Sky Airlines or Jianchuan Airlines, the contract for spring and summer tourism alone is already a good income.In other words, if Jianchuan Airlines loses this part of its business, it must be hurting.

In fact, Blue Sky Airlines and Jianchuan Airlines overlap on a large part of the routes.Splitting the corresponding transportation contract into two parts and cooperating with Blue Sky Airlines and Jianchuan Airlines respectively is actually a little unnecessary.However, Jianchuan Airlines has a lot of investment from Jianchuan City Investment, and the background is different, which still needs to be considered.

"Give me some face?" Xu Cang smiled brightly, and he didn't show any displeasure like before: "Then it's unexpected, so it's okay if you don't give face?"

"That's what you said." There was a trace of helplessness in Qin Yi's eyes: "It's fine if you want to understand it this way, after all, it's easy to do. However, I want to know why you suddenly mentioned this."

Xu Cang blinked his eyes, and even looked a little cute: "Didn't you just ask me if I was unhappy?"

"Your face has already answered, so there is no need to repeat this question," Qin Yi said indifferently.

"What a boring man." Xu Cang sighed: "Recently, several airlines in Jianchuan are more keen on making small moves, which is one of the reasons that make me unhappy, although it only accounts for a small amount. One part. Soon, I need to go to the UK, and two of them need to be dealt with after I come back. In order to prevent my tolerance of them from causing them to have some bad illusions, I think it is necessary to kill one of them first. A chicken, to frighten the other two monkeys."

After finishing speaking, Xu Cang added, "This is a request to avoid unnecessary troubles for Qin Xin during my trip to England. Presumably you will agree to it?"

Qin Yi was dumbfounded by Xu Cang's words for such an aloof person, and he reacted for a while: "Does it mean that I still need to thank you?"

"If you think it's necessary, it's okay, and I'll accept it readily."

Several veins popped out on Qin Yi's forehead: "Although our previous contract with Jianchuan is about to expire, if we don't renew the contract, who will fill in the vacated capacity?"

"Us?" Xu Cang pointed to himself: "The tour group you sent to Jianchuan actually came from those places. We all have relevant routes, which can perfectly replace Jianchuan Airlines. Of course, It should be pointed out that we are not here to make money, and the price will be the same as the price you signed with Jianchuan Airlines before.”

"Then you are still making money?"

"Then is it possible that we can do it for nothing?"

Qin Yi sneered: "Although it is not fatal, but there is no suitable interest, why should we terminate the contract with Jianchuan Airlines? After all, we have to think about Jianchuan City Investment's ideas."

"Then what if we can cover your hotel and other services in Jinghong in the future?" Xu Cang said: "Now Jinghong's local supporting facilities are not enough. Once the sailing starts, whether it is hotel-related accommodation services or other entertainment services It's a scarce commodity. Are you planning to arrange the tour group you sent in a small hotel? That's not good, it doesn't fit your style of spring and summer travel."

Qin Yi narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"

"We will make further investment in Jinghong. In the future, the best hotels and the most attractive entertainment facilities in Jinghong will be ours." Xu Cang raised his chin: "It's still the same sentence, cooperation is a win-win situation .”

"But just rely on your words now?"

Xu Cang said in a deep voice: "That's right, just take my word for it. All you have to do is to change a partner, and what you lose is some insignificant goodwill from Jianchuan City, but what you can gain is obviously more."

Qin Yi stood where he was, and fell into a deep silence.

It is true that Xu Cang did not give him any substantive evidence to prove that Xu Cang will make further large-scale investment in Jinghong.However, driven by instinct, Qin Yi is more inclined to believe Xu Cang.

This was originally an idealistic multiple-choice question, and it all depended on Qin Yi's views on Xu Cang.

About half a minute later, Qin Yi slightly lowered his eyelids: "As you wish."

After hearing this, Xu Cang nodded slightly: "I will thank you very much."

At this moment, the mobile phone in Xu Cang's pocket rang, and when he picked it up, it was Wu Yue, the director of the flying bid department of the General Administration.

"Xu Cang, is it convenient to talk, now?"

Xu Cang glanced at Qin Yi next to him, only to see that Qin Yi was looking at his nose and heart, and had no intention of leaving at all.Therefore, Xu Cang had no choice but to walk away, and said directly: "Director Wu, what do you say."

"Oh, okay." Wu Yue immediately said: "You asked me before about recruiting female pilots, do you remember? I went to the Civil Aviation General Hospital to ask."

Hearing this, Xu Cang tensed up all of a sudden: "How do you say?"

"It's useless." Wu Yue said a very ruthless word directly: "Actually, recruiting female pilots is not a rare thing in the world. However, in the field of civil aviation, the domestic start is relatively late, so the female pilots go They also lag far behind in learning. However, even in foreign countries, there are not many female flyers. You know, it has something to do with innate physical conditions."

"Since this is the case, if it is because of the aviation and health regulations, foreign countries are ahead, we just need to learn from it, and we don't want them to formulate a new aviation and health regulations out of thin air."

But Wu Yue said: "But now you are the only one who has such a need, and they seem to have no motivation to start such a job just for you."

When Xu Cang heard this, he didn't know how to refute.

Indeed, if it is the trend of the times, even if the Civil Aviation General Hospital does not want to change, it must follow the trend of the times and formulate a set of appropriate aviation health regulations for female pilots.But where is the general trend now, just Xu Cang's request, even if there are precedents abroad, but to learn from it in China, it still needs some localized modifications, isn't this work?

In Xu Cang's eyes, this work should not be very onerous.But the problem is, it's unnecessary in the first place, and Xu Cang can be ignored directly, so it's just a little bit of work that needs to be done, isn't it better?

"Director Wu, do you think it's possible if my master is asked to mention it to the Civil Aviation General Hospital?" Xu Cang just opened his mouth, but he had the idea of ​​regret, and directly vetoed himself: "Forget it, pretend I didn't say it. "

Wu Yue answered honestly: "I don't think so. Although Bureau Chen is only one step away, he hasn't become a full-time member after all. As for the deputy, Xu Cang, you are so smart, you should understand what I mean."

Xu Cang sighed: "I know."

Originally, Xu Cang thought that even though this matter was a bit troublesome, it should be possible to win it with some effort.How do you know, just on the side of the bureau, it got stuck directly.

"Xu Cang, why don't you forget it. Even if the Civil Aviation General Hospital agrees, and you don't have an Airbus plane, our Flight Standards Department can't agree to it. I'm not targeting you, but following international practice." Wu Yue said: "I don't know why you still thought of recruiting female pilots, but it seems that no matter from which angle, now is not a suitable time, right? Or, you should think about it again and don't be too persistent."

Wu Yue's tone was not at all like the director of the Civil Aviation Administration, but like Xu Cang's elders, patiently persuading Xu Cang.

Of course Xu Cang knew there was no benefit in this matter, but Xu Cang didn't really only care about benefits, after all he had other things he cared about.

Xu Cang knew that Wu Yue was thinking about him. Although he had made up his mind, he still let go: "Director Wu, I will seriously consider it."

Wu Yue scolded with a smile: "You boy, you just say yes when I can't hear it, but you don't take my words seriously at all in your heart?"

After Wu Yue's words broke his mind, Xu Cang's face became hot: "Director Wu, I didn't mean that."

"Forget it, you are very stubborn, your master can't care about this, and I don't worry about it anymore, it's too many things." Wu Yue said: "By the way, I heard that you are working with ANA recently?"

"Huh?" Xu Cang was very surprised that Wu Yue still cared about this matter: "Yes, there are some simple cooperation in training. Director Wu, you have a lot of time to deal with, and you still care about this?"

"Simple training? Tell me, are you preparing for the opening of international routes in the future?"

There is no need for Xu Cang to hide anything about this, and he readily admitted: "Our Spring and Summer Airlines can't always be limited to domestic routes, we always fly international routes. I don't mean to belittle domestic routes, but Generally speaking, international routes are more profitable."

"You're really straightforward, kid." Wu Yue smiled and said, "I'm not saying to prevent you from setting foot in international routes. You have the priority right of Jianchuan Airport, and there is basically no obstacle to developing international routes centered on Jianchuan. However, if only If you fly to Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other surrounding countries and regions, it’s nothing. However, if you really want to get the most profits from international routes, you should look at European and American routes.”

"Director Wu, of course I know this. However, you have to eat food one bite at a time. If you eat in a hurry, you will easily choke."

"It's really easy to choke." Wu Yue reminded: "If you want to fly European and American routes, among other things, you must do one of the things in advance, otherwise when you really operate European and American routes, you will encounter problems. into endless trouble."

Xu Cang was startled: "What's the matter?"

"Join CASS."

"CASS?" Xu Cang was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "IATA's freight account settlement system?"

"That's right. Now the airlines operating European and American routes have basically joined this settlement system. If you operate European and American routes without joining, you will encounter great troubles in accounting and cost control." Wu Yue thought for a while: "And, if possible, join the IATA Multilateral Interline Agreement at the same time."

"The International Air Transport Association's multilateral intermodal agreement? MITA?" Xu Cang rubbed his temples: "It means that I can handle IATA?"

"It means that you didn't take IATA into consideration when planning future international routes?" Wu Yue was really speechless: "Fortunately, I reminded you in time, otherwise you will make a big mistake."

Xu Cang also has his own difficulties: "Director Wu, you should also know that IATA is not that easy to join. There are so many airlines in China, and their strength is much stronger than ours, but one of them that can finally join IATA You can count them on your hands. Not to mention, joining IATA does not mean joining CASS and MITA, both of which need to sign additional agreements. This road is not easy.”

"If it's not easy to go, you have to go, otherwise you will directly give up the idea of ​​​​opening up international routes, or just fly around, and don't even think about European and American routes. It's just asking for trouble for yourself."

Hearing Wu Yue's harsh words, Xu Cang just sighed heavily: "I remember, Director Wu."

"I hope you really remember." Wu Yue snorted, "By the way, I told you earlier that Director Li wants to see you."

"Huh?" Xu Cang's heart tightened, "Did Director Li speak?"

"Yes. Come to the General Administration in the last few days. I heard that the flight procedures at Jinghong Airport have been resolved. You just stopped by to sign some relevant documents at Jinghong Airport. In addition, your question about Kingfisher Some applications from the airline have also been reviewed, so you should also sign it, and it doesn’t count as coming here just for Director Li.”

Just as Wu Yue said, if Xu Cang went to Hanjing just for Li Jie's talk, he would really be a little unhappy.However, if so much paper work can be done by the way, it is indeed easier to accept.

"Director Wu, there is an inspection by the bureau behind me. After that inspection is over, I will go to Hanjing again."

"Inspection by the bureau, what inspection?"

"A representative appointed by the Bureau of Muhua Aviation Jianchuan Base wanted to inspect the co-pilot, so our company sent me there." Xu Cang smiled and said, "Director Wu, this is a business, and I didn't delay the time to go to Hanjing on purpose. of."

"The bureau's co-pilot inspection?" Even as the director of the flying standard department, Wu Yue felt outrageous when he heard this.However, he thought about it for a while: "It seems that the Jianchuan base of Muhua Aviation has indeed applied for an inspection application recently, and the time is originally scheduled for tomorrow, right?"

"That's right." Xu Cang instinctively sensed a question: "Director Wu, what's the problem?"

"If I remember correctly, the time and location of the inspection has changed." Wu Yue said, "Why don't you go and confirm? There may be some new gains."

With a hint of doubt, Xu Cang went back to the flying standard center of Spring and Summer Airlines to inquire about the situation, but even the people in his own flying standard center did not receive the notice of the inspection change.However, Xu Cang spoke up, and the people from the flying standard center directly called the bureau representative of Muhua Aviation Jianchuan Base.

If you don't ask, you don't know. If you ask, you will be shocked.Both the time and the location have been changed, but due to the slow information flow, Spring Airlines has not received the news yet.

It turned out that the representative of the bureau was temporarily going to the General Bureau to attend a meeting, which bumped into the originally scheduled inspection period.When encountering this kind of thing, the airline is the passive party. After all, they are the representatives of the bureau, and they are the priority in everything.

Therefore, the flying standard center could only temporarily change the itinerary of the representative of the bureau, contacted the simulator center of Hanking, and made the inspection location and date follow the representative of the bureau.

As a result, the time of the inspection was postponed to three days later, and the location was the simulator training center of National University Airlines.That's right, it was the simulator training center where Xu Cang and Chen Xiangdong caught fire.

However, such a temporary change is actually quite annoying.However, Xu Cang also happened to be going to the Hanjing General Administration, which was indeed a very good change.

As a result, Xu Cang stayed in Erhai Lake for an extra day, got up early the day before the inspection, passed through Jianchuan, and took his own plane to Hanjing.

Although Xu Cang has been to the Hanjing General Administration many times, he has never met Li Jie, the director of the General Administration.In the previous life, when Xu Cang became the chief pilot, Li Jie had already retired, and Xu Cang had only seen his photos.

Arriving at the General Administration Building, under Wu Yue's guidance, Xu Cang went to Li Jie's office.As soon as he came in, Xu Cang could see the huge bookcase in the office with a certain classic atmosphere. He had heard that the director of the Civil Aviation Bureau had a high literary attainment, but it was only limited to what he had heard.Come to his office today, the decoration alone is enough to verify that the previous rumors are true.

Perhaps it was really because of the edification of the literary atmosphere, Li Jie's appearance was ordinary, but his temperament was very elegant.In fact, Li Jie didn't look like a director of the Civil Aviation Administration, but rather a professor of literature at a university.

"Here you are, you're here earlier than I expected." Li Jie didn't stand up to greet Xu Cang when he entered, but waved to Xu Cang, motioning him to find a place to sit down. It seemed that there was no civil aviation The shelf of the Director General.

It's just that Li Jie's words had some meaning, and Xu Cang also heard it, and felt a little embarrassed: "It seems that my image in Li Ju's heart is very loose."

"At least it's not an active and diligent type." Li Jie smiled lightly, and immediately told Wu Yue who led the way in: "Go and get busy."

Wu Yue looked at Xu Cang, then at Li Jie, didn't say anything, just nodded, and left the office.

Xu Cang didn't see the outside world, he had seen too many important people, and he didn't feel restrained in the face of Li Jie.Li Jie asked him to find a place to sit down at random, and he really sat down on his own, very relaxed.

Seeing Xu Cang's behavior like this, Li Jie just smiled: "I heard that you will participate in a co-pilot inspection by the bureau tomorrow?"

Xu Cang laughed and made a little joke: "Yeah, I'm still a little worried about what to do if I don't pass."

Li Jie's eyes glanced over Xu Cang's left hand without a trace, and then he shook his head: "Compared to what you said, I'm worried about another thing. Xu Cang, the bureau appoints a representative. With the corresponding majesty, I can tolerate you disposing of an appointed representative of the bureau, but this is the upper limit."

Xu Cang's heart moved, and he sighed secretly that the director of the General Bureau was really thoughtful, and he guessed Xu Cang's thoughts all at once.

"Director Li, this is my power as ICAO commissioner."

Li Jie said lightly: "I know, but if you deal with more appointed representatives of the Southwest Bureau, you will make it difficult for the Southwest Administration, and I don't want such an embarrassing thing to happen."

Xu Cang's gaze narrowed slightly: "If this level is unacceptable, wouldn't what will happen later make Bureau Li even more difficult?"

As if he knew what Xu Cang was referring to, Li Jie's expression didn't change at all: "It's a commercial activity between airlines, and has nothing to do with the Bureau."

As soon as this remark came out, Xu Cang's eyes flickered: "Ju Li means that the bureau won't take care of it?"

"As I said, it has nothing to do with the bureau. We didn't take it easy to manage all the affairs."

Xu Cang soon comprehended and lowered his head slightly: "Thank you for your understanding."

Li Jie didn't react too much, he still kept his calm appearance, and said calmly: "You did a good job in Japan, and the International Civil Aviation Organization sent a letter to mention it. It's like the one in Jakarta before. At that time, we will give you the reward you deserve. Tell me, what do you want?"

To be honest, Xu Cang was a little puzzled.That's right, from the most intuitive sense, Xu Cang handled a very dangerous hijacking incident in Japan.However, if there is a reward, it is also a reward from the Civil Aviation Administration of Japan. Why is CAAC so caring?
This is obviously unreasonable.

The previous time in Jakarta was mainly because of the subsequent brutal killing of the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom, which really gave CAAC a face.But is the incident in Japan comparable this time?

That's right, at least it wasn't a bad thing, but Li Jie directly asked Xu Cang to ask for something, which was obviously a bit too generous.

Thinking of this, Xu Cang suddenly thought of something in Li Jie's words: "Ju Li, you seem to care about ICAO."

"Huh?" Li Jie raised his eyelids, but there was no special reaction.

Xu Cang asked tentatively: "Boss Li, it's about a category of directors of the International Civil Aviation Organization."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jie, who had been calmly speaking, suddenly opened his eyes wide, and a dazzling brilliance burst out from them: "Xu Cang, do you know what you are talking about?"

Xu Cang's mind moved, and he quickly apologized: "Ju Li, I was the one who said too much."

Li Jie pursed his lips: "Tell me what you want, and then leave."

Obviously, what Xu Cang said just now made Li Jie a little unhappy.However, this was an insignificant guess in the first place, and it shouldn't have caused such a big reaction from Li Jie.Xu Cang suddenly saw the white hair on Li Jie's temples and the exhaustion on his face that he tried his best to hide, and seemed to guess something.

However, at this time and occasion, Xu Cang had better speak cautiously.

He thought about it, and to be honest, he really didn't think of anything he wanted for a while.Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said solemnly: "Ju Li, we at Chunxia Airlines want to recruit a female pilot, but there are some problems with the Civil Aviation General Hospital and the Flight Standards Department."

Xu Cang thought that if Li Jie could help him with this matter, there might be a turnaround.If Li Jie can't do anything, then it's really troublesome.

Li Jie didn't seem too surprised by Xu Cang's request, and he resumed his previous lazy look, slightly raised his eyelids: "Didn't you consult with Wu Yue? How was his answer?"

Xu Cang had a thought, he didn't expect that Li Jie knew about Wu Yue's recruitment of female Fei.The director of the General Administration really has a lot of hands and eyes.

Without hiding too much, Xu Cang immediately said: "The Civil Aviation General Hospital seems to be a bit troublesome."

"This matter is easy to handle." Li Jie waved his hand: "If you ask them, they will naturally find it troublesome. If I ask, then there will be no trouble. However, as far as I know, according to international practices, female flyers basically ask for help. Arranged on an Airbus aircraft. There are practical considerations in this, and it is not something that I can change at my request. It also needs to be followed. However, your Spring and Summer Airlines does not have an Airbus aircraft. It can help you get through it, but the level of Feibiao Division will not work, so you should change to another one."

It seems that when responding to the opinions of the Feibiao Division, the director expressed full respect.After all, the experience he has accumulated over the years in foreign civil aviation is absolutely reasonable. It is already very rare for the Civil Aviation General Hospital to come up with a aviation safety regulation suitable for female pilots. But if it challenges international conventions, then Li Jie is Absolutely impossible.

This is the bottom line.

Xu Cang pursed his lips and did not speak.
Looking at the silent Xu Cang, Li Xie said, "I don't think you need to turn to the Bureau for help on air routes and various applications."

However, after a moment of silence, Xu Cang suddenly said: "What if Spring and Summer Airlines has Airbus planes?"

Li Jie was stunned by these words: "What did you say?"

Xu Cang took a deep breath: "Spring and Summer Airlines will form an Airbus fleet."

Li Jie finally confirmed Xu Cang's words, but this was undoubtedly extremely shocking.He stared at Xu Cang, and said, "Just for one person?"

From what Xu Cang said, Li Jie could analyze that Xu Cang didn't really want to recruit many girls, he just wanted to recruit one.Moreover, it was obvious that that person was very special. Xu Cang was even willing to form an Airbus fleet for her alone, which was unbelievable.

"You have to know that with the size of your company, building another Airbus fleet will just increase operating costs out of thin air." Li Jie said solemnly.

Spring Airlines already has two series of Boeing and ARJ aircraft, which is actually quite a lot for a small-scale airline company.It is better for smaller airlines to operate a single aircraft type, which will save a lot of cost.

It is almost unnecessary to think about it, Xu Cang's formation of the Airbus fleet is a commercial mistake no matter from which point of view.

"I know." Xu Cang just said these three words: "But I don't care!"

Li Jie seemed to know Xu Cang again, and after a while, he smiled for the first time and sighed: "It's nice to be young! Forget it, you go and submit the application for recruitment."

(End of this chapter)