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Chapter 343 The King of General Aviation!

"The cable can't be connected, what do you mean the cable can't be connected?" In the engineer's office of the assembly plant, Ronnie Covein let out an extremely ear-piercing roar, which echoed in the room, and everyone in the assembly workshop could vaguely hear.

Facing the furious chief operating officer, the engineer trembled, but he still explained the current situation to Ronnie: "Mr. Covein, just now when we were assembling the A380, we found that the parts produced in Germany and Spain could not be compatible with the fuselage for cable connection."

"Merde!" Ronnie said with a French curse: "You think I can't understand you, I want to know why these parts can't be connected?"

The engineer was momentarily at a loss for words, and looked at the person in charge of the assembly plant, but the immediate superior was looking at him, looking at his heart, as if nothing happened, and did not express anything.

The engineer's face turned green, and now he was going to face the COO's wrath alone.

Seeing that the engineer didn't give him an answer, Ronnie was originally angry, but now he was even more angry: "Are you dumb? We pay you such a high salary just to let you perform what is called mime for me here." Is it?"

Ronnie's three questions in a row directly caused the engineer, who was already a little unstable, to explode on the spot, and the engineer simply broke the can: "Mr. Adaptation. Just now we have contacted the parts factories in Germany and Spain to ask if they will produce according to the drawings."

Airbus is a huge business group, and it is united by European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain.The A380 is an extremely complex industrial product, and its parts are naturally produced by the parts factories of the various countries under its jurisdiction, and then shipped to the general assembly plant in Toulouse, France for final assembly.

It is the first time that the parts produced in different countries do not match. This kind of thing is completely incomprehensible to the engineers.

Ronnie glanced at the engineer coldly. After noticing the change in the engineer's mentality, he was basically sure that the engineer really didn't understand what was going on.To be honest, this kind of question is too low-level, and sometimes it is too low-level, but it will appear very confusing.

Ronnie took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his chest, and turned to the person in charge of the assembly project: "The current situation is... individual, or all the parts sent in this batch have problems."

If there is only a problem with the parts assembled now, it may be just bad luck and just met a defective product.During assembly, the factory will have a continuous self-inspection system, which can alarm defective products to a certain extent, so as to prevent defective products from being assembled into the aircraft.

In fact, the best result of the current situation is bad luck, and it is rare to encounter defective products that have not been detected.

However, this probability is relatively small, very small to be precise.Because the parts factories in various places will have their own independent quality inspection system, which can guarantee a very high authenticity rate.Since the establishment of Airbus, there have been very few cases of defective products that have not been detected by the parts factory.

"We are going to the warehouse to take out the replacement parts with the problem, and then carry out the secondary assembly. If there is no problem, then it should be unlucky, and we encountered defective parts that were not detected. If there is still a problem, then..." In the end, the person in charge of the factory dared not speak anymore.

Ronnie pursed his lips and rubbed his temple with his right hand. He just felt like his head was about to explode. If something went wrong, it meant that there was something wrong with the whole batch of parts, which would be a big problem for the A380 project. disaster.

You know, due to land transportation, the parts were delayed when they were transported to the general assembly plant, and the original reserved time was wasted. If there is a problem with the whole batch of parts, even It's because the planned first press conference will not be able to catch up.

"How long will it take for the result?" Ronnie asked sullenly.

"Soon, probably within 10 minutes." The person in charge of the assembly factory said worriedly. To be honest, the probability of a single part being defective is indeed very small. On the contrary, the probability of a whole batch of defective parts being defective is even greater.

However, if the entire batch of parts is faulty, the parts factory does not detect it.Compared with the possibility of collective exhaustion of the self-inspection system, the possibility of problems with the drawings is actually greater.

The drawings are inherently wrong, so the parts manufactured from them must also be wrong.And the self-inspection system checks according to the blueprint. If the blueprint is wrong, then the self-inspection system will definitely not be able to find out.

This logical chain is actually not difficult to understand, but neither Ronnie nor the person in charge of the assembly plant dared to mention a word. This is a huge problem that will cause the explosion of the A380 project.

"Ten minutes." Ronnie leaned on the edge of the table with one hand, his face livid: "I'll just wait here."

The person in charge of the assembly factory was suffering so much that he didn't even dare to vent his breath.

Just at this relatively stiff time, the office door was pushed open, and the chief financial officer, Neo, hurried in. When he came up, he felt that the atmosphere in the office was a bit abnormal, and his face suddenly became unhappy: "I heard that the compatibility of parts there is a problem?"

As he said that, Neo looked at Ronnie: "Ronnie, what's going on?"

"I also want to know what's going on." Ronnie snorted heavily, and then fell silent.

Seeing Ronnie's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, Neo moved his lips, but in the end he didn't ask, but turned to the person in charge of the assembly plant: "Tell me, what's going on?"

"This" the person in charge of the assembly factory actually didn't know much, so he muttered twice and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Otto, now we are waiting for the results of the second assembly."

"Secondary assembly?"

The person in charge of the assembly factory immediately explained: "We found a replacement for the problematic part in the same batch, and now there is a secondary assembly there."

Neo is so smart, and it didn't take long to sort out the current situation. He tentatively asked: "If there is still a problem with the secondary assembly, does it mean that there is a problem with the drawings of the parts factory that is likely to have problems?"

As soon as these words came out, it was equivalent to piercing the window paper that had previously maintained a tacit understanding. The faces of Ronnie and Ronnie, especially Ronnie, were so gloomy that they almost dripped water.

"Mr. Otto, it is also possible that the parts factory did not produce according to the drawings." The person in charge of the assembly factory said another possibility.

Logically speaking, this possibility exists, but so many people in the parts factory still can't understand the drawings, and it's not a bible, can this be wrong?

Then, the parts factory produced a batch of problematic parts according to the misunderstanding of the drawings?
Neo didn't say anything, just stared at the person in charge of the assembly plant.The person in charge of the assembly plant also felt that what he said was outrageous. The old man blushed, touched his nose, and cleared his throat to cover up his embarrassment.

Neo closed his eyes and let out a long breath, hoping to suppress his surging heart.To be honest, this incident really pumped up Neo's blood pressure.

"If... I mean, if there is something wrong with the drawings of the parts factory, is there any possibility of saving it?" Neo said seriously.

As soon as this remark came out, there were gasps of air-conditioning in the office one after another, and the person in charge of the assembly plant swallowed: "Mr. Otto, it's better not to let this happen."

Just as the person in charge of the assembly factory finished speaking, there was a rush of anxious footsteps outside the office.In an instant, everyone in the office turned their heads and looked at the door of the office.Soon, an employee in blue overalls appeared at the door of the office.

The person in charge of the assembly factory felt his heart was in his throat, and asked in a slightly frightened tone, "How is it?"

The employee in the blue overalls took a deep breath, and the features on his face collapsed: "It still doesn't match."

Bang!
As soon as the result was uttered, Ronnie couldn't hold back any longer, and punched the table. The loud noise could be heard throughout the office, and he was already in a rage.

Neo's complexion is also not good: "It seems that the situation is not very good."

"Mr. Covein, the current situation is not yet conclusive." The person in charge of the assembly plant still had a little fantasy, but it was just a fantasy.

Almost in response to what he said, the phone he placed on the table vibrated. The person in charge glanced at the screen of the phone and licked his lips: "News from Germany."

Both Neo and Ronnie looked at the mobile phone, and the person in charge of the assembly factory picked up the mobile phone anxiously, and then picked it up: "Have you verified it?"

Let alone him, both Neo and Ronnie held their breaths, this call will determine their fate.

However, the expression of the person in charge of the assembly factory seemed to freeze, and Ronnie secretly screamed in his heart, causing a sense of uneasiness.

Sure enough, after putting down the phone, the person in charge of the assembly factory said in a daze: "Germany said that they have checked the drawings urgently, and the factory is producing completely according to the drawings. This is certain."

"Are you sure?" Ronnie's mouth trembled a few times. The German parts factory can guarantee such a guarantee, which is absolutely confident.

Now that the German parts factory has confirmed that it is made according to the drawings, isn't the only possibility left is that there is something wrong with the drawings themselves.

After ruling out many possibilities, the remaining possibility is the scariest.

At this time, Ronnie had completely abandoned his illusions, and he looked at Neo in a daze: "Neo, there seems to be a big problem."

You know, Ronnie is the main person in charge of the A380 project. If something goes wrong, the first person in charge is Ronnie Covein.

Why is Ronnie so terrified?
Even if there was a problem with the whole batch of parts, Ronnie's reaction would not be so desperate.At worst, work overtime, and quickly make up another batch of parts.After all, there are blueprints, and it is still feasible to produce some emergency parts, but the time is short.

However, if there is a problem with the drawing, it means that the foundation itself is crooked.

This is no longer a question of manufacturing, but a question of drawing from scratch.

Manufacturing can work overtime, but coupled with the work of redesigning the drawings, the first press conference will definitely not be able to keep up.Moreover, instead of delaying for a day or two, there is a high probability that there will be a significant delay.This is nothing less than a huge blow to the highly anticipated A380 project.

If you die before you start out, it will easily frustrate the spirit of the A380.

Since the establishment of the project, the A380 has been considered to suppress the existence of the Boeing 747, and it belongs to the true pride of heaven.Some things need to be done in one go. If there is a problem with such an important node as the first release, the negative impact is unimaginable.

"Ronnie, the situation may be more serious than you expected." Neo's face was very bad: "The original plan for the research and development of the A380 project was 250 billion US dollars, but the actual consumption is [-] billion, and the research and development costs have doubled. The above is very, very important to this project”

Ronnie almost fainted. Neo is the chief financial officer, so he knows all about R&D expenses.The research and development expenses have doubled, and an additional expenditure of nearly 150 billion U.S. dollars has been added. Even with the size of Airbus, it will be quite uncomfortable.

Under such circumstances, the Airbus executives must be staring at the A380 project with red eyes, pointing at this project to recover blood.

The much-anticipated launch of the first aircraft is over, which will greatly affect the financial market's impression of Airbus, and I'm afraid that even the stock price of Airbus will collapse.

The blood didn't return, and the stock price plummeted as a result. Wouldn't the Airbus executives be so angry that they would kill Ronnie Covein?
If so, then Ronnie's situation is indeed more difficult than he expected.

"Neo, what should I do?" Ronnie really panicked, even the chief operating officer couldn't handle such a big pot.

Neo supported his forehead: "I'll think about it, I'll think about it."

At this moment, at Erhai Airport, after a 737 landed, Xu Cang and Xia Shuyue walked out of the cabin.

Originally, Zhou Yanping had contacted Xu Cang in advance, and Xu Cang wanted to meet Zhou Yanping after landing in Shanghai.However, because of Xia Shuyue's incident, Xu Cang temporarily changed the time of returning to China, which made Zhou Yanping's follow-up plan unable to keep up.

Zhou Yanping has other urgent matters, so now he can only postpone the meeting.

However, Xu Cang had already returned to China, and when Zhou Yanping finished his work, it would not take much trouble to fly from Shanghai to Erhai Lake.

After leaving the airport, Xu Cang and Xia Shuyue got out of the car, and the cool wind full of moisture was blowing in front of them, which was refreshing.

Suddenly, Xu Cang saw a familiar figure standing on the hillside in the distance, he moved his mind slightly, and handed the luggage to Xia Shuyue: "I'll go out for a while."

Xia Shuyue followed Xu Cang's gaze to look at the people on the hillside, nodded, and said "oh".

After Xu Cang handed over the luggage to Xia Shuyue, he left the base alone, walked up the low hillside, and called out when he approached the man: "Brother Chen, what are you looking at?"

Chen Huaxin was obviously in a daze. When Xu Cang called him, his body trembled. When he turned his head and saw that it was Xu Cang, he smiled and said, "Look at the Erhai Lake."

"Erhai?" Xu Cang walked to Chen Huaxin's side, looking far away. He had to say that this is a good viewing point for the sea. There are no buildings in front of him. He can see most of the Erhai Lake in his eyes. Are you interested?"

Chen Huaxin shook his head, and suddenly pointed to the sky: "Xu Cang, you said that looking down at Erhai Cangshan Mountain from the sky, doesn't it make you feel good?"

"Huh?" Xu Cang didn't think much at first, and asked casually, "What do you mean by seeing from the sky?"

"Xu Cang, I have an idea." Chen Huaxin pondered for a moment: "Recently, a lot of people have come to Erhai Lake for tourism. If a helicopter company is established for sightseeing, is there any suggestion?"

"Helicopter!?" Xu Cang's expression changed suddenly, and his heart was pounding.

I'm coming!
Huaxin Haizhi, the king of general aviation is finally coming!
(End of this chapter)