Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 241 Departure to England!Landed and caught! (Please subscribe!)
In the office of the director of the strategy department of Muhua Airlines, Ma Cheng welcomed an unexpected guest, Cui Xiangdao, the president of Korean Air.Facing the president of South Korea's largest airline, Ma Cheng's attitude was not very good. He just sat lazily on his seat and looked at Cui Xiangdao who was sitting on the sofa not far away with a smile: "President Cui, we, Muhua, don't seem to be cooperating with Daehan. Why bother you to make a special trip?"

Cui Xiangdao is well-proportioned, handsome, and exudes a bookish air. If you don't know Cui Xiangdao, you will really be attracted by his temperament.But as a member of the civil aviation circle, Ma Cheng still knows a little about this President Cui.

No matter how clean this President Cui looks, his soul is actually correspondingly filthy inside.

Cui Xiangdao looked at the empty coffee table and frowned, but the dissatisfaction in his heart was well concealed: "Mr. Ma, I saw you at the International Civil Aviation Conference last year, and you still look good."

Ma Cheng clicked his lips, expressing his impatience quite clearly.

Ma Cheng is not a patient person, at least he has not given his patience to Cui Xiangdao, the relationship between the two has not reached such a good level, and he is too lazy to listen to Cui Xiangdao talking nonsense there.

Hearing Ma Cheng's tongue flick, Cui Xiangdao's dissatisfaction expanded even more.I was really annoyed that the person who called the wind and rain in Korea Civil Aviation did not get the corresponding respect at all when he came here.

"Mr. Ma, Muhua Airlines' application for SkyTeam membership has been decided. We will have more cooperation in the future." Cui Xiangdao laughed, showing no sign of slander at all.

What Cui Xiangdao was talking about was the SkyTeam alliance. Korean Air is one of the founding members, and Muhua Airlines has entered the SkyTeam alliance after passing the review not long ago.Once entering the SkyTeam alliance, member airlines will gradually realize code sharing, so Cui Xiangdao's saying that the two companies will cooperate more in the future is indeed not empty talk.

Just because a lot of words are good does not mean that they are not nonsense, at least everything Cui Xiangdao said so far is useless to Ma Cheng.Originally, Ma Cheng felt that people in his own country like to play around, why do Koreans like to beat around the bush more than people in his own country?
"President Cui." Ma Cheng couldn't take it anymore, and stood up directly: "Please speak up if you have something to say. If you want to chat about the cooperation of the alliance, you can go back and double our previous meeting minutes. I made it very clear then."

When Muhua Airlines joined the SkyTeam membership negotiations, it has already explained the future cooperation matters clearly, and there is no need to repeat it.

Seeing Ma Cheng standing up, Cui Xiangdao also stood up: "Mr. Ma, speaking of SkyTeam, I just want to make one point."

Ma Cheng frowned: "What do you mean?"

Cui Xiangdao smiled slightly: "We are on one side, an alliance."

"Hehe!" Ma Cheng showed a noncommittal expression, but he didn't make any judgments on Cui Xiangdao's statement, but said indifferently: "Alliance? So, what is the alliance going to do?"

"Mr. Ma, don't you Muhua cooperate with Asiana Airlines on international routes?"

Ma Cheng raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter, are you trying to interfere with our business?"

"Of course not!" Cui Xiangdao hurriedly smiled, easing the somewhat awkward atmosphere: "A while ago, Muhua had completed the first flight of the Boeing 777 transoceanic route, so there should be no need to cooperate with Asiana Airlines. You can fly European and American routes by yourself.”

Previously, due to the embarrassing location of Yangcheng Airport, it was far inferior to Hanjing Airport on European and American routes, so the next best thing was Muhua Airlines and Asiana Airlines.Muhua Airlines' European and American routes will transit in South Korea, and the subsequent routes to Europe and the United States will be operated by Asiana Airlines.

Muhua Airlines provides the source of passengers, Asiana Airlines actually flies, and the two share the route profits in proportion.

However, the first transoceanic flight of the Boeing 777 that Xu Cang participated in was "successfully" completed.Based on the good economics of the Boeing 777, Muhua Airlines can already fly to Europe and the United States on its own in terms of book costs, without the need to transit to South Korea.

That's the way it is said, but this is not how the cost is calculated, because all of this is the premise that the profit sharing ratio between Muhua Airlines and Asiana Airlines will remain unchanged.

Ma Cheng didn't directly answer Cui Xiangdao's question, but seemingly unintentionally played with the ornaments on his desk, and said casually: "I heard that you have been fighting fiercely with Asiana Airlines recently?"

Cui Xiangdao was taken aback, and secretly scolded Ma Cheng that this guy was just like a fox. When he said it a little more bluntly, Ma Cheng immediately guessed what he was thinking.However, despite how upset he was, the expression on his face remained the same, and there was even a faint smile: "It's normal business behavior. Besides, we are not competing with Asiana for a day or two."

"But this time it's for real, right?" Ma Cheng said with a sly smile, "Even the price war has been used to hurt both sides. It seems that you Korean Air is bound to win. However, it seems that Asiana Airlines The resistance is beyond your expectations, is the situation deadlocked? So, you are here to find a way to break the situation?"

Cui Xiangdao's face finally changed. Even in a different country, Cui Xiangdao had heard of Ma Cheng's reputation.It is said that Ma Cheng is insidious and cunning. Now that he really deals with him, he really feels deeply.

Ma Cheng didn't care about Cui Xiangdao, and said to himself: "We provide Asiana Airlines with nearly a quarter of Asiana Airlines' international routes. And Asiana Airlines' wide-body aircraft accounted for [-]% of the total fleet." Close to [-]%. In other words, most of Asiana Airlines’ revenue comes from international routes. If this quarter of the passenger source is lost, it will be nothing less than a huge blow, and it will be the key to breaking the balance. "

South Korea's land is too small, and it only takes more than an hour to fly domestic routes from the southernmost point to the northernmost point, so there is no room for development at all.Therefore, both the eldest Korean Air and the second Asiana Airlines take international routes as their main business.

Like domestic airlines, the proportion of wide-body aircraft in all aircraft is not much, and more are narrow-body aircraft.However, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are the opposite, with wide-body aircraft accounting for the majority.

The upper limit of South Korea's domestic market is there, so that the international airlines provided by Muhua Airlines account for a quarter of the source of passengers.Once this part of the customer source disappears, it is likely to become the last straw that crushes Asiana Airlines.

"President Cui, you have said that your competition with Asiana Airlines is a normal business practice, and I naturally don't care about it. But, do you think it's appropriate for you to use me as a gunner so directly?"

Cui Xiangdao looked a little embarrassed: "Mr. Ma, you are joking. In terms of cost, it is indeed more cost-effective to use the Boeing 777 to fly European and American routes."

"President Cui, I also like to pretend to be confused. However, if you still pretend to be confused with me at this time, my understanding is that you don't have the sincerity to continue talking with me." Ma Cheng said indifferently: "President Cui, I can do this Do you think so?"

Cui Xiangdao moved his mouth, but it was this fleeting mouth movement that was accurately captured by Ma Cheng.

"President Cui, I understand lip language, and I also know some Korean." Ma Cheng raised a finger: "This is not an example."

Cui Xiangdao took a deep breath: "Mr. Ma, you are taking advantage of the fire."

"It was you who came to your door and begged me to rob you." Ma Cheng returned to his seat, sat on it, and said coldly: "President Cui, I only met you once, and we have no basis for long-term dragging, and now It's you who ask me, so I don't want to waste time."

Ma Cheng's meaning is very clear. In terms of personal relationship, the two are not friends no matter from which point of view. No matter how affectionate Cui Xiangdao is, Ma Cheng will act in the interests of the company.

From the perspective of the company's interests, now that Muhua Airlines is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, it is time for Cui Xiangdao to show his cards instead of letting Ma Cheng make a choice.

"Mr. Ma is really quick to talk." Cui Xiangdao raised two fingers: "[-]%, if Muhua Airlines cooperates with us, it only needs [-]% of the profit, how about it?"

Now, even Ma Cheng was slightly surprised.You know, before they cooperated with Asiana Airlines, they only got [-]% of the profit, Muhua Airlines got [-]%, and Asiana Airlines got [-]% of the profit. However, Korean Air only wanted [-]% of the profit.

Ma Cheng narrowed his eyes and suddenly laughed: "This is your bottom line?"

Ma Cheng's reaction made Cui Xiangdao a little uncertain: "Mr. Ma, isn't [-]-[-] enough?"

After all, the last and longest section to Europe and America is borne by myself.After putting in the most effort, he got [-]% of the profit in the end. This sincerity is absolutely great.

But what does Cui Xiangdao think of Ma Cheng's expression is still dissatisfied?

"It depends on what kind of profit share Asiana offers."

Cui Xiangdao's face was very ugly: "Mr. Ma, did you do this so thoroughly?"

However, Ma Cheng will not be emotionally fluctuated because of Cui Xiangdao's verbal sarcasm, and the real benefits are real.

He raised his eyelids and asked back, "Have you finished?"

Cui Xiangdao choked for breath, Ma Cheng's words clearly issued an order to evict the guest.Such an attitude did make Cui Xiangdao feel dissatisfied, but he just didn't want to stay here any longer. Every second he was here, Cui Xiangdao would worry that he would lose control of his temper.

Cui Xiangdao stood up slowly, and bowed in a very gentlemanly way: "Then I will trouble Mr. Ma to think about it."

Ma Cheng just hummed, and didn't even say any polite words to see off the guests.

The corner of Cui Xiangdao's mouth twitched a few times, but he held back and left Ma Cheng's office silently.

Just a little after Cui Xiangdao left, the door of the inner room of the office was pushed open, and Xu Cang walked out slowly, still muttering: "It's good to be a big leader, the office is equipped with an inner bedroom. treatment."

Ma Cheng yawned: "The place where you squinted your eyes, why are you making such a fuss?"

"Oh, the place where the eyes are squinting." Xu Cang shrugged and pointed to the inside: "But why is there a woman in there?"

Ma Cheng was still lazy at first, so he slammed the table and shouted: "Xu Cang, you can't talk nonsense about some things."

"Okay, okay, I must have read it wrong." Xu Cang sat down on the sofa with a smile: "It's just that I didn't expect Mr. Ma to have such a unique taste."

"Xu Cang!" Ma Cheng's eyes were wide open, the two words contained a strong nasal sound, and he seemed a little annoyed.

"Don't mind, talk about business, business."

Ma Cheng snorted heavily: "Did you hear what Daehan's president said just now?"

"Yeah!" Xu Cang nodded, "Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are fighting each other like this. I didn't expect it. I overestimated Korean Air and underestimated Asiana Airlines."

"Asian Airlines was founded only 12 years ago. Since its establishment, it has been going smoothly and riding the east wind of the Asian economic take-off. The background cannot be underestimated. Korean Air has taken advantage of its establishment earlier than Asiana Airlines. Otherwise, it’s really hard to say who will attack and who will defend.”

"However, Korean Air was established 26 years earlier than Asiana Airlines, and has taken such a big advantage. How come it looks like this now?"

"Korean Air started out with second-hand aircraft. It was very difficult at the beginning of the business. It is not as high as Asiana Airlines." Airlines, or Asiana Airlines?"

Xu Cang was a little surprised: "Are you willing to support it?"

"Haha, Xu Cang! I can see that you are planning Asiana Airlines, and you have a lot of tricks, which I really didn't expect." Ma Cheng smiled and said: "But I think there is something that needs to be reminded in advance. Other smaller airlines are fine, but Asiana Airlines is the second largest airline in South Korea. Do you think the South Korean government will just watch foreign capital acquire the second largest airline in the country? Xu Cang, I’m worried about your hard work. It ended up getting planted, but it wasn't pretty."

Xu Cang put his arms around: "Since when are you still worrying about me?"

"Are you also pretending to be confused with me?" Ma Cheng said: "You really need to think about this situation. If you want to acquire Asiana Airlines, at least in name, if the acquisition subject is a Korean company. Therefore, you must first be in Korea. Own a company. It can be established or acquired. However, no matter what it is, it takes a long time to go through official procedures in Korea. After you complete the procedures and have the acquisition qualification, the day lily will be cold. Xu Cang, you call Asiana Airlines’ idea was improvised, and there are many omissions.”

Xu Cang's nails scraped on the leather sofa, making a physically uncomfortable sound: "The acquisition of Asiana Airlines is indeed a temporary idea, but the omission you mentioned does not exist."

Ma Cheng was a little unbelievable: "You mean you already have the acquisition qualification, and you have an industry in South Korea? No, even if you buy an existing Korean company now, it's too late. Since you said it was a temporary idea, then It is impossible to acquire Korean companies in advance, or you have a layout in South Korea before. No, it doesn’t make sense.”

Facing Ma Cheng who completely wrapped himself in, Xu Cang smiled slightly: "To be precise, there is not yet, but there will be soon."

Ma Cheng was silent for a long time, he could understand every word Xu Cang said, but he couldn't understand it together.

"You're really getting more and more mysterious." Ma Cheng didn't ask further: "By the way, you haven't said who you want me to support?"

Xu Cang looked far-sighted: "Do you really want to help me? Now that Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are fighting to the death, you can rely on this struggle to gain huge benefits instead of thinking about what I mean. This is not in line with your behavior habits. "

"It seems that you are really not pretending to be confused, but you haven't received the news yet?" Ma Cheng said with a smile: "It's okay, the Southwest Bureau and Jianchuan Airport Group will contact you soon, and then you will understand your new location."

Xu Cang raised his eyebrows: "It doesn't look like it's bad news. If you really want to hear my opinion, then wait and see what happens. I'm going to England to deal with some things, and everything will wait for me to come back Say it again."

"England?" Ma Cheng immediately thought of the possibility: "Go to Luoluo?"

"Yeah." Xu Cang didn't hide anything.

Ma Cheng couldn't help sighing: "Xu Cang, if you pass Luo Luo's hurdle, you will be a fish jumping over the dragon's gate, and a flying dragon is in the sky."

There was also a gleam of light in Xu Cang's eyes.That's right, Luo Luo's flight test will indeed become a turning point in his life.

"By the way, you're going abroad now, what are you doing here on purpose, what's the matter?"

Because Cui Xiangdao came over suddenly, Xu Cang hadn't really talked to Ma Cheng yet.

"I have some things to ask Mr. Ma."

"Oh? Tell me." At this moment, Ma Cheng was quite willing to sell favors to Xu Cang.

The expression on Xu Cang's face gradually became solemn: "You said before that if necessary, I can call Muhua's legal department."

"Well, that's what I said." Ma Cheng became a little interested: "What's wrong, I encountered some legal problems. Among other things, our Muhua's legal department can still handle it."

Xu Cang nodded: "There are some legal issues."

"what?"

Xu Cang's voice was low: "The Minzhuang Air Crash Compensation Case!"

The next night, Xu Cang was already on the plane, and the destination was naturally the United Kingdom, and the airline he was flying was also the Kingfisher Airlines that Song Xinyang mentioned earlier.

As Song Xinyang said, there is no first-class cabin on Kingfisher Airlines aircraft, only the second-class business class.However, Xu Cang is not a very particular person, business class is business class, it is not a big deal.

On the plane, Xu Cang read the magazines for a while, including some news about Kingfisher Airlines.The magazines of other airlines are all boasting in different ways, but the magazines of Kingfisher Airlines basically have no relevant content, which is quite strange.

Ever since he mentioned that he wanted to fly with Kingfisher Airlines, Xu Cang may have followed the news of Kingfisher Airlines subconsciously, and found that the finances of Kingfisher Airlines seemed to be extremely bad recently, and he was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Xu Cang didn't know much about Kingfisher Aviation, even before rebirth.He really doesn’t know whether Kingfisher Airlines has experienced a downturn at this stage in its history, but Xu Cang is sure of one thing. Kingfisher Airlines will live a very healthy life in the future, which means that this financial crisis is temporary .

For some reason, Xu Cang suddenly had an idea in his mind.If you take advantage of the low period of Kingfisher Airlines to buy the bottom, then Kingfisher Airlines is definitely a real potential stock.

However, the funds accumulated by Xu Cang are intended to be used on Asiana Airlines. If they are allocated to Kingfisher Airlines, the funds will be a bit stretched.

However, Xu Cang's heart felt as uncomfortable as a cat's paw scratching at such a good opportunity to bargain.

At the beginning, Xu Cang wanted to comfort himself that there would be other opportunities in the future, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and in the end he couldn't even read the magazine anymore, so he stuffed the magazine back, changed the slippers, put the seat back, and put on the slippers. Blindfold, go straight to sleep.

I don't know how long I slept for, but when Xu Cang woke up with a dry mouth, the lights in the cabin had been dimmed, and many passengers seemed to have started to rest, leaving only a few people with their reading lights on.

The sound of the rumbling engine was still echoing in my ears. This time I was on a Boeing 747. I guess this plane was an old man. The sound of the engine was humming, and the noise was extremely loud.

However, when people are in a certain noise environment for a long time, they will gradually get used to the noise, so Xu Cang feels okay.

Only after waking up, Xu Cang must not be able to fall asleep, thinking about watching a movie later.Each seat in the business class has an independent video entertainment system, and you can order movies by yourself.However, the selection is limited to the thirty movies offered by the airline.To this end, the flight attendants also provided everyone with earphones so as not to disturb others.

Between watching movies, Xu Cang had to go to the bathroom.He was in the front business class and naturally preferred to go to the front lavatory.When Xu Cang got up and went to the front, he found that there was no one in the front work room, it was empty, which was very strange.

For example, the 747 does have a crew rest area. It is normal for the crew to take turns to rest in the rest area, but usually there will be people watching in the front and rear work rooms. Where will there be no one?

However, although Xu Cang was rather strange, he didn't pay much attention to it. Maybe the people in the front cabin workshop had something to go to the back.

He found the location of the bathroom, but when he got closer, he found that the sign next to the doorknob showed that someone was inside.

Xu Cang scratched his head. He wasn't in a hurry, so he didn't wait too long. He planned to go back and sit down, and come back later.However, just as Xu Cang turned around, suddenly there was a bang from the bathroom, Xu Cang was startled, and looked back suspiciously.

Just when Xu Cang hadn't figured out what was going on just now, a groan suddenly sounded from the bathroom.The voice was so small that Xu Cang couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.

This time, Xu Cang was stunned.

"Is it so ecstasy to go to the toilet?" Xu Cang muttered in his heart, his first thought was that the person inside was constipated and was exerting himself.

Xu Cang felt that the people inside would not be able to get out for a while, so he went back to his seat.

After returning to his seat, Xu Cang ordered the movie The Matrix, but when he was wearing the earphones, he only wore one side, and devoted part of his energy to the front cabin, noticing when the people in the front bathroom would come out.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, Xu Cang was so engrossed in watching the movie that he forgot to look ahead.He probed forward and took another look, and found that the flight attendant in the front cabin was there again at some point.

So Xu Cang rang the call bell directly.Soon, a blond, tall and hot flight attendant came over.Just looking at this head, Xu Cang felt that he was only a little shorter than himself, which was exaggerated among women.

"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" The flight attendant's voice was greasy, as if soaked in water, but any man would feel distracted when he heard it.

Moreover, for some reason, Xu Cang could feel that the flight attendant was full of coquettishness, and his eyes almost pulled out.Especially the breath on the body, in the regular perfume, there seems to be some other smells.

"Is the bathroom in front available?" Xu Cang said in simple English.

The flight attendant replied yes.

Xu Cang acted as if he had never heard of the flight attendant's charming aura, and immediately began to put on his seat belt as soon as he heard that the bathroom was available.

During this period, the flight attendant did not leave, but suddenly asked, "Sir, are you Luo Luo's?"

Xu Cang's air ticket is Luo Luo's official account, and Kingfisher Airlines can see it. Xu Cang is not surprised, and he hummed directly: "Yes."

Just after this answer, the flight attendant's eyes brightened. Xu Cang happened to be lowering his head to unbuckle his seat belt, but he didn't notice it. He only heard a series of words from the flight attendant.

Xu Cang's English is average, and some simple sentences can be communicated, but this long series, and it seems that the flight attendant can control the volume, speaks softly and quickly, Xu Cang can only hear the word "water" in it.

Xu Cang took it for granted that the flight attendants routinely asked if they wanted water, and looked at the mineral water bottle, which was almost drunk, Xu Cang nodded.

After agreeing, Xu Cang unfastened his seat belt and went directly to the bathroom.

It has to be said that the 747 is not only much larger than the 737, but also the bathroom is much more spacious, unlike the 737, which only has a place for standing cones.Being placed in such a spacious bathroom, Xu Cang's mood became joyful.

After the solution, Xu Cang was still arranging his clothes when he suddenly felt someone moving the door of the bathroom.The door lock of the lavatory on the plane does not actually have an anti-lock function. It is not easy to stop people from the inside if they want to come in from the outside.

At first, Xu Cang thought it was because outsiders didn't see the sign of someone inside, so he knocked on the door immediately, signaling that someone was inside.Usually this action, outsiders can know.

As a result, Xu Cang had just rearranged his clothes when he suddenly heard the door lock open.

"What, didn't you hear?" Xu Cang turned around and planned to speak directly.But this time, looking back, half of the soul was frightened.

It was not other passengers who opened the door, but the flight attendant who had just talked to him.Moreover, the flight attendant didn't seem to have opened the door by mistake, she squeezed in directly after opening the door.

"I TM"

The hairs all over Xu Cang's body stood on end, what is this flight attendant doing, he's blind.

Xu Cang intended to get the flight attendant out first, but the flight attendant unbuttoned a button of his jacket on the premise that he clearly saw Xu Cang in it.

Even if a button is loosened, the stalwart is about to burst out.

By this time, Xu Cang understood what had happened no matter how dull he was.

"no!"

Xu Cang raised his hand to stop the flight attendant from in-depth communication with him, then the flight attendant licked his mouth, winked like silk, and put one hand on the button of Xu Cang's jacket.

(End of this chapter)