Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 363 Two-year cycle!

"Does it matter who I am?" Xu Ruxing asked back: "There will be no such good opportunities in the next 20 years. Airbus and Boeing are weakened at the same time. When targeting one of them, the other has no time to participate."

"Why do you say that you won't have another chance in the next 20 years? Why do you say that?" Xu Cang roared, "Answer me."

Xu Ruxing didn't answer this question, but his tone became gentle: "Xu Cang, I'm helping you. You think you still have many opportunities, but in fact you don't have many opportunities left. You are too conservative, I need to show you what it means to take advantage of an opportunity."

Xu Cang's heart was beating wildly. In fact, he had vaguely thought of something, but he didn't dare to say it. Some things cannot be explained.

Xu Cang didn't ask any further, but his voice became lower and lower: "What do you want me to do?"

"When the Airbus collapses, it is like a wounded prey in the sea. There will be countless sharks trying to devour it following the bloody smell. However, the Airbus is very large, and we don't need to guard against most sharks. .According to what you mean, Boeing will have troubles in September, and of course it can’t take care of Airbus. However, there is still a shark in Europe, and he must be withdrawn from the competition for Airbus, otherwise our difficulty will be too high , it is easy to make a wedding dress for others.”

"who is it?"

"Rosfield Capet." Xu Ruxing said: "The Capet family is very powerful in France, and the headquarters of Airbus is in France. If they have ideas, they are fully capable of taking advantage of Airbus' weakness. It is very difficult for us to compete with the Capet family in France."

"Rosfield?" Xu Cang couldn't help but think of the handsome young man he saw in the Alps Manor, and even in the back, Rosefield helped Xu Cang once: "But, I don't have any personal contact with him , why do you persuade him?"

However, Xu Ruxing was very determined: "No, only you can persuade him. Xu Cang, you helped me with the Airbus issue this time, and I will help you with the Boeing issue in the future. In addition, after the event I will give you enough satisfaction in return."

"I don't know what level of satisfaction is enough, maybe you can make it clearer."

"Jinmen Airbus General Assembly Plant, do you still remember?" Xu Ruxing said: "Airbus holds 40.00% of the shares in this assembly plant, and Jinmen City Government holds 50.00% of the shares. However, in actual operation, Airbus It is the one that has the final say. Moreover, Airbus has never really invested in this general assembly plant, and still controls the technology in its own hands. As long as you are willing to help me, the shares of Airbus in the Jinmen General Assembly Plant, I will let them spit it all out, and transfer the relevant technology in an agreement."

At that time, the Jinmen Municipal Government not only wanted to stimulate the production of domestic aircraft parts through the final assembly plant, but also provide some high-quality jobs, and also learned Airbus' unique complete aircraft inspection technology.

However, none of the three expectations were met.Airbus still imports parts from abroad, and the high-paying positions are always occupied by expatriates from Airbus headquarters. As for the inspection technology of the whole machine, there is no shadow of it, and it seems that there is no follow-up.

Regarding this situation, Xu Cang, who had facilitated this matter at the beginning, was also quite upset. He did not expect Xu Ruxing to mention this matter.

"Xu Cang, this is just a small subsidiary condition. The real reward is when you attack Boeing. Believe me, you will need a strong enough ally at that time."

Xu Cang pondered for a long time, this is basically an unparalleled gamble.

Once he wins, Xu Cang is no longer just a miracle-creating pilot, but once he loses, the accumulation of the previous period will be in vain.

"Why did you help me?" Xu Cang asked suddenly.

"Can I help you?" Xu Ruxing corrected: "You are helping me. Xu Cang, in terms of your actions against shorting Airbus, if you still maintain this level of strength, you will only waste this hard-won opportunity. of."

"Are you saying that I have less money prepared?"

"It's not too little, it's too little." Xu Ruxing pondered for a moment: "However, this matter is still up to you to decide. If you decide to go to Europe to meet Rosefield, tell me the result."

To be honest, Xu Cang was a little confused at this time, this level of layout was something he had never had before: "I will make a decision as soon as possible."

"You wait for your decision." After finishing speaking, Xu Ruxing hung up the phone very simply, leaving only Xu Cang with a solemn face.

To be honest, what Xu Ruxing said touched Xu Cang's heart.

Too slow, the primitive accumulation of capital is indeed too slow now.

This short sale of Airbus actually consumed a lot of Xu Cang's thoughts.However, after all this tossing, he only made 20 billion yuan.Although the money is quite a lot, in fact, you can't even buy a Boeing 777-300.

What Xu Ruxing said was right, Xu Cang seemed to have a lot of opportunities, but in fact, there were not so many opportunities with extremely high value that could be used.Of course, if Xu Cang just wants to be an ordinary rich man, then there are indeed many opportunities.But if the goal is to become a giant that changes the world pattern, then the opportunity is very precious.

Why did Xu Ruxing say that time is precious this time?

In the history of Airbus and Boeing, the relatively small fluctuations are not counted, and each has its own strong period and trough period.However, there has never been a moment when both have faced a huge crisis at the same time.In any case, serious mistakes like the A380 caused by software versions are only an exception, and they are rare.And the next month's incident is also only this one time.

As we all know, Boeing and Airbus want each other to die quickly.And Xu Ruxing obviously wanted to kill Airbus this time. For Boeing, Airbus' mortal enemy, if Airbus really has one breath left, then taking this opportunity to infiltrate Airbus with capital will be almost impossible. It's a certainty.

That's how Boeing treated McDonnell Douglas a few years ago.

In any case, Boeing's size is still too large.If Boeing is determined to intervene, the pressure on Xu Ruxing will be great.Because, if it can be chosen at a time when Boeing itself is in crisis, then Xu Ruxing will not have to consider Boeing's factors while Boeing is too busy to take care of itself.

Xu Cang is a reborn, he knows that the A380 is almost the only weakness of Airbus in the next 20 years.Unlike Boeing, there will be a huge Waterloo of 737MAX in the future.Therefore, if you don't take this opportunity to target Airbus, there will be almost no good opportunities in the future.

In fact, Xu Cang may get a pawn in Airbus in the future, and that is Airbus Chief Operating Officer Ronnie Covein.

In order to achieve this goal, Xu Cang contacted Ronnie Covein on the premise that the A380 was expected to have an accident, and Ronnie Covein was the person in charge of the A380 project, reminding him that he could give Ronnie Covein Covein refers to a clear path to recovery.

During this process, Ronnie Covein will definitely rely on Xu Cang, so that he will be easily controlled by Xu Cang.

But, to be honest, Xu Cang didn't know how useful this pawn was.

The time when the A380 had the greatest impact on Airbus was actually not very long. It started from the delay of the first flight due to the software version to the end of the crazy decline in profits after the A380 passed the initial fresh period.

Later, the market gradually realized that the A380 was not so cost-effective in terms of operation. Even if the A380 performed poorly, the impact on Airbus was not so great because the market had no expectations.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Since the announcement of the A380 project, it has received unparalleled attention under the name of surpassing the 747.Therefore, the delay in the delivery of the first first aircraft had such a big impact.The second node is that after the delivery of the A380, as people's novelty faded, the profit of the A380 began to decline, and the airlines discovered that the A380 might not be as easy to use as the 747.

At this time, the A380's market performance is very different from Airbus's forecast on the aviation hub plan, and Airbus will therefore usher in a second wave of blows.

Moreover, the time between these two nodes is not long, so the window period is actually very short.Once this window period has passed, Airbus has almost no downturn period since then, all the way up, from keeping pace with Boeing to faintly surpassing Boeing.

Under such a premise, there is actually only this window period for Xu Cang to really control Airbus. Xu Ruxing sees this very clearly.

The problem is that if you want to really join the capital predators during this window period, if you can guarantee safety, it is impossible.Therefore, Xu Cang really needed to make a choice.

Xu Cang left the base building of National University Airlines, his mind was a little confused, the road Xu Ruxing provided him was really extremely dangerous, and it was very possible to clear the achievements he had accumulated before, but for some reason, Xu Cang had a An irresistible urge to try it once.

After turning out of the gate of National Airlines, Xu Cang called Xiao Lingyun back.

Soon, the call was connected. Before Xu Cang could speak, Xiao Lingyun said urgently: "Xu Cang, the stock price of Airbus has not risen, but it has not fallen. It is stable. Someone is giving Airbus It's all over."

"Someone is saving Airbus." Xu Cang looked around: "You don't have to wait any longer, just buy enough stocks now and return them to the brokerage."

"What do you mean, stop it?" Xiao Lingyun was a little puzzled: "Looking at Airbus's previous decline, is it too little for us to stop it? Now that we have paid it back, the profit is estimated to be only [-] million or [-] million. It’s more than half. Now that Boeing is making efforts, maybe Airbus’s backer can’t survive, why don’t we wait? It’s still early, and the brokerages don’t have much interest.”

"No, listen to me, seven or eight billion is seven or eight billion."

After saying this, Xiao Lingyun naturally would not be disobedient, but he also sensed something: "You know the inside story, you know who is helping Airbus?"

"Yes, that's the one who called me just now." Xu Cang didn't deny it at all: "Ling Yun, you heard the following clearly. I plan to borrow some money from the bank, but I'm very busy. do it."

"Okay, this is a trivial matter, how much do you plan to borrow?"

"Ling Yun, do you know any European banks?"

"Well, why are you asking this?" Xiao Lingyun was a little surprised: "How much do you want to borrow?"

"A billion dollars."

"Two" Xiao Lingyun's voice was trembling: "How much?"

"20 billion US dollars." Xu Cang repeated: "I asked you to lend 20 billion US dollars from a bank in Europe."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Xiao Lingyun cursed directly: "Sell me, no, it's not worth $20 billion if you sell ten of me. Xu Cang, there must be an asset mortgage, otherwise the bank I'm crazy to lend you so much money. The point is, we don't have so many assets, and we haven't cooperated with European banks very much, and they don't recognize their reputation."

If the bank has a good relationship, it may slightly relax the review of the customer's repayment ability in some cases.However, it is obvious that Xu Cang has no credit at all with the European bank, so it is simple and straightforward.

Borrowing money is fine, with sufficient assets as collateral.

"We have!" Xu Cang paused, "Kingfisher Aviation can be used as collateral for the 20 billion dollars."

"Kingfisher Airlines? Xu Cang, what are you kidding?" Xiao Lingyun was about to go crazy: "Do you know how much money Kingfisher Airlines makes a day now? Its profit is twenty times that of Spring and Summer Airlines, European Civil Aviation The market can continue to prosper for a long time, this is a golden mountain, can it be mortgaged?"

"It is because the European civil aviation market is booming that the stock prices of airlines have been rising all the way. Otherwise, Kingfisher Aviation would not be able to do the 20 billion US dollars of mortgage assets."

"You..." Xiao Lingyun really had nothing to say.

Are you talking about the skyrocketing market value of Kingfisher Airlines?
I told you to kill without blinking an eye, and you told me whether to dry your eyes, that's pretty much the same reason.

"Is that why you want to mortgage your high-quality assets?"

"No, just now I thought about selling the distribution rights of Luo Luo's Asia-Pacific region, but after thinking about it, I still feel that I should keep some property for myself." Xu Cang said frankly.

"You really are." Even through the phone, Xu Cang could hear Xiao Lingyun scratching his hair: "Let's put it this way, you want the 20 billion dollars to do something else? Like a customer, are you confident?"

The only reason why Xiao Lingyun can still maintain his sanity now is because of Xu Cang's previous performance.

Xu Cang is not in the capital business, but he has a surprisingly good vision.

If Xu Cang is very confident, then Xiao Lingyun will admit it while pinching his nose. After all, the more investment, the greater the return.

However, this time Xu Cang said very honestly and flatly: "No, I'm not sure at all."

Hearing this, Xiao Lingyun on the other end of the phone almost fainted from anger: "You are not sure at all, dare to gamble with the entire Kingfisher Airlines? Don't look at your current wealth, the rest is not as good as Kingfisher Half of the value of aviation, you are taking your own gold mountain to gamble."

"Ling Yun." Xu Cang suddenly shouted: "I am a person who can change the world, or an unknown person, and I will find out next month. For this, I need more bargaining chips. Listen to me, and I will Mortgage Kingfisher Airlines."

At the same time, in a small clean courtyard in the outskirts of Tianning, there are basically no people here, but today there are often people in it, including some doctors in white coats, and the atmosphere in the courtyard is a bit heavy.

In the bedroom, Xu Ruxing, who was on the phone with Xu Cang not long ago, was pale and lying on the bed weakly.Beside him, there was a middle-aged man in his 40s with a straight figure looking at Xu Ruxing worriedly.

"Can you stop looking at me with this look?" Xu Ruxing's voice was not as energetic as when he was talking to Xu Cang just now, the weakness already revealed in his tone was obvious.

Passing the mobile phone to the middle-aged man beside the bed, Xu Ruxing sat up a little bit, then looked at his assistant and bodyguard not far away in the room: "You and the doctor go out first."

At this moment, Xu Ruxing's bodyguard is also in a bad mood. In fact, he is unwilling to leave Xu Ruxing, but Xu Ruxing has said so, and he is not easy to disobey.

The middle-aged man by the bed was Xu Ruxing's lawyer, and he came here this time to revise his will.

A long time ago, Xu Ruxing thought about revising his will.However, at that time, I always felt that there was no need to worry too much. I didn't expect that when I really amended the will, it would really be the last words.

Moreover, this lawyer has known Xu Ruxing since he was very young, so he belongs to the category of best friends, so there is nothing to worry about.

"Boss, I'll wait outside." The assistant led the doctor out of the ward.

When everyone left, only Xu Ruxing and the lawyer remained.

"Everyone is getting old and can't play together all day like when we were young. I can understand." The lawyer looked a little annoyed: "However, calling me back suddenly after such a long time shouldn't be to let me see you for the last time." side?"

"Mo Hui, I just had a physical examination two months ago. At that time, everything was normal. Then two months later, I was in the advanced stage of pancreatic cancer. Tell me. How should I tell you?" Xu Ruxing said at this time He even forcibly squeezed out a smile, as if matters of life and death were commonplace in front of him.

"Impossible. How could it be possible to transition from healthy to advanced pancreatic cancer in just two months? This speed is impossible." Mo Hui is not a doctor, but he still has some common sense. common sense.

Xu Ruxing sat up with difficulty. Mo Hui just wanted to put a pillow for him, but he stopped him: "You prepare to record."

This time the new will will be stored on video.

A DV player has been placed in the center of the room, and the camera is just facing Xu Ruxing on the bed.

Mo Hui nodded, and while debugging the DV player, he asked, "My sister-in-law is gone, who do you want to leave the will to? Could it be me?"

"The part about you has been settled long ago, and there will be no changes. The revised part is for another person." Xu Ruxing finally sat up straight. Originally, although Xu Ruxing was over 50 years old, he was still very energetic. God is very good, but now it is really like a candle that is about to burn out, and the sense of decay has swept over his whole being.

Mo Hui made the final adjustments, but he didn't open it immediately, but pursed his lips: "I don't know who else will you leave the will to?"

"Mo Hui." Xu Ruxing coughed a few times, but the pain caused by the coughing began to make him break out in a cold sweat.After a while, Xu Ru let out a sigh of relief: "I've waited for that person."

Mo Hui was startled: "Who?"

Mo Hui's doubts only lasted for a moment, but he soon understood: "The person who saved you? Xu Cang? But 20 years ago, we had already looked for him. At that time, he was only a child of four or five years old. I told you at the time that you must have found the wrong person."

"No, we didn't find the wrong person, it's just that he wasn't him at that time." Xu Ruxing said with a light smile.

Mo Hui didn't understand, so: "What are you talking about? 20 years ago, you suddenly said that you were rescued by a four or five-year-old child, and you spent all your money to persuade the child's parents to let him learn to fly. What are you talking about? What means?"

Xu Ruxing didn't say much, but tidied up his clothes a little, and glanced at Mo Hui: "When recording the will, a lawyer needs to be present, and now the following is my will."

Mo Hui didn't expect that Xu Ru's guild would suddenly ask to start, and immediately turned on the recording button: "Let's talk."

"After Xu Ruxing's death, all the property under my name, except Mo Hui's 20.00%, and the remaining 80.00% will be donated to Xu Cang." After Xu Ruxing finished speaking, he felt that his body was about to lose strength. He supported the bed with one hand, struggling to support.

Pancreatic cancer can cause great pain at an advanced stage. Even under the action of painkillers, Xu Ruxing still feels that he is about to lose consciousness from the pain.

After a while, Xu Ruxing waved his hand: "That's it for the will, the rest is re-recorded, let me stay alone for a while."

Mo Hui looked at Xu Ruxing who was about to sit still, and frowned: "I'm right outside, call me if you need anything."

"Go."

When Mo Hui left, Xu Ruxing was the only one in the room at the moment. He looked at the camera directly opposite him with a little bewilderment, and smiled with difficulty: "20 years later, you saved my life, but I never thought that when I was reborn 20 years earlier than you. When I met you at Hanjing Airport, you asked me if it was the first time we met. I lied. It was not the first time, but the third time, the first time after 20 years , It was the second time 20 years ago. I said that good people are rewarded. The 20-year wait after rebirth once made me doubt, but after seeing the real you at Hanjing Airport, I am sure that this sentence is true Yes."

Xu Ruxing took a deep breath: "Xu Cang, we finally meet again. However, I am going to die."

(End of this chapter)