Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 376 If you are locked by a missile!
"Break through the group stage?" Li Mingji clicked his lips, only to think that Xu Cang is very accomplished in flying, but he has a bad habit of commanding blindly in some fields that he is not very good at: "Mr. Xu, you don't know football , but I think I still know a little bit. We are with the world's top teams, and it is impossible to break through."

Xu Cang said with a smile: "From now on, there is no need to compete in the competition, just highlight the world rankings and see who is the highest."

Li Mingji was rendered speechless by the refutation, but judging by his expression, he still didn't believe it at all.

However, Xu Cang's rude judgment is not over: "President Li, there are many people who have the same idea as you. As long as you are willing, you should be able to win the sponsorship of the Korean national team."

"Mr. Xu, I really don't understand. Are you so confident in our national team, more confident than your national team?"

The corner of Xu Cang's mouth twitched a few times when he mentioned the national football team.This is a topic that is not easy to talk about. At the beginning, the national football team entered the World Cup, but they failed to score a goal and were eliminated.

At that time, many people ridiculed him, but he did not expect that this was the peak, and he fell freely all the way thereafter.Even Xu Cang, who doesn't pay much attention to football, has heard of the reputation of the national football team.

Putting aside the unpleasant topic, Xu Cang said bluntly: "I don't care about which national team. Whether they lose or win has nothing to do with me. All I think about is how to maximize the benefits."

"Then you have to give me a reasonable suggestion." Li Mingji still couldn't understand Xu Cang's meaning: "Is this your suggestion? Is this the method you chose to save Hana? Bet our future on South Korean national team, it's ridiculous."

"Yeah, some things are indeed ridiculous, but they just happened." Xu Cang hummed: "Let's formulate marketing activities based on the premise that the Korean team breaks through the group stage, or even the quarter-finals."

"Four finals?" Li Mingji was stunned: "You mean the South Korean team can reach the top four in the World Cup, which is crazy."

Xu Cang just waited quietly until Li Mingji digested the intention Xu Cang mentioned, and then said quietly: "Based on this premise, let's start the marketing work. For a qualified marketing department, this should be very easy right?"

"Easy is very easy." Li Mingji was speechless.

If the South Korean team can enter the semi-finals, will the country go crazy?At this time, all sponsors of the South Korean team will get a terrifying publicity effect.

"If possible, I hope it is an exclusive sponsorship."

"Exclusive sponsorship?" Li Mingji couldn't believe it: "Many people don't believe in the national team, but exclusive sponsorship requires more investment. Basically, Asiana will succeed if it fails."

Asiana Airlines is now frantically testing on the verge of bankruptcy, and the funds that can be used are very limited.If it takes a lot of money to win the exclusive sponsorship of the Korean national team, if it doesn't get the expected results, Asiana Airlines will be completely rotten.

Xu Cang hummed: "Just do it like this. However, before that, you need to reduce your operating costs first."

For the time being, Xu Cang has no way to open source for Asiana Airlines.However, there are ways to save money.

"Your company should have a large number of planes that are unable to perform flights, so they can only be parked on the apron?"

"Well, on average, only about 30.00% of the planes can perform flights normally. The remaining 70.00% fly for less than three hours a day."

What is this concept?

It is equivalent to one plane to perform a round trip within the province, and then there are no other plans.In terms of aircraft utilization, this is a complete loss-making business.

Except for the slightly longer post-flight inspection in the early morning, normal aircraft should rotate continuously in the rest of the time, so as to make money.

As long as the plane is parked for too long, it will lose money.

"Flight operations cannot be resumed for the time being. If the planes stay on your side, you will lose money. Then they should be deployed to places where they can play their role."

"Send our plane out?" Li Mingji pondered for a moment, but he didn't object: "The ownership of the plane hasn't changed, has it?"

Xu Cang heard the tension in Li Mingji's words, and smiled: "Don't worry, this is just a short-term adjustment within the group for the sake of efficiency. Most of the planes will be transferred to Europe, and the rest will be transferred to my side. Kingfisher Airlines is currently short of capacity, so it can just take over your idle planes. In addition, some pilots with good English can be rented out together, which can also save a lot of labor costs.”

The reason why it is easier to make profits for large groups is that they can adjust themselves without the help of external forces.Today, Kingfisher Airlines has amazing profits. It is short of planes and people. It just complements Asiana Airlines, which is too worried to pay wages and has to bear the cost of idle planes.

"If that's the case, that's good." Although it has been merged into Xu Cang's territory, Li Mingji's vision pattern still hasn't turned around, so he guards his own three-point position, for fear that Xu Cang will take Asiana Airlines. assets were split.

If it is true as what Xu Cang said, doing so is indeed the best of both worlds.

Streamlining the fleet and personnel will greatly reduce the cost of the company.

However, there was one thing that surprised Li Mingji: "I thought you would transfer the plane to yourself, but I didn't expect it to be to Europe."

Xu Cang said indifferently: "The profitability of Kingfisher Airlines is far higher than that of Spring and Summer Airlines. It should be given priority to them. Moreover, Spring and Summer Airlines will encounter some small difficulties recently, so it is not suitable for expansion."

"Small difficulty?" Li Mingji immediately cheered up: "What's wrong?"

Xu Cang saw through Li Mingji's small thoughts, and said with a smile: "I advise you not to have any unreasonable thoughts, I don't have much patience."

Li Mingji's heart skipped a beat, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face: "Mr. Xu, I don't have any ideas."

"You better not." Xu Cang didn't have much expression: "By the way, do you know about the secondary development project in the Seoul metropolitan area?"

"Ah, I know, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is pushing hard, and now they are looking for a developer. What's the matter?"

Xu Cang narrowed his eyes: "Eat it!"

Li Mingji could hardly believe his ears: "Mr. Xu, this is a huge project exceeding ten trillion won."

"I know." Xu Cang said, "Many people are competing for this project?"

"Not really." Li Mingji shook his head: "The key to the problem is that this group of people are not enthusiastic about the secondary development projects in the Seoul metropolitan area. None of the three major domestic real estate companies are willing to take over."

Xu Cang smiled and said, "Why, do you feel that there is no money to fish?"

"That's right." Li Mingji is very sincere: "The development of the new five towns in Seoul has expanded the scope of Seoul to an extremely large area. Many people think that the scope of the Seoul metropolitan area has reached its limit, and it will not expand further Someone is willing to pay the bill."

"Then do you think housing prices in Seoul will continue to rise?" Xu Cang asked suddenly.

Li Mingji thought about it for a while: "Probably not, the current price is already very high."

Xu Cang smiled lightly. To be honest, some things still lack imagination.At the beginning, when the house price was [-] per square meter, I felt that it was already very high, and it should not rise.After reaching [-], I still feel that it is impossible to go higher.After waiting for [-], I still firmly believe that this is the limit.

Li Mingji already belongs to the upper class, and he still feels that there is not much room for price increases in real estate in Seoul, and others think so.

However, Lee Min-ki still underestimated Seoul.He thought that Seoul had already reached the ceiling, but in fact it hadn't released even one-third of its potential.

"President Li, go and try to win this project. If you find it difficult, just focus on the development project of Banqiao New City."

Li Mingji frowned: "Banqiao New Town, the area where electronics factories gather?"

The secondary development project of the Seoul metropolitan area is quite large, and it is divided into many sub-projects, one of which is about the development of Pangyo New Town.

Pangyo New Town is not barren. As a remote suburb of the Seoul metropolitan area, there have been some electronic industries here long ago, but they are all low-end.In Banqiao District, apart from various electronic factories, what is left is a mountain of electronic waste piled up like a hill.

No decent person would come there at all, it's a complete garbage dump after all.

"That's right, it's there." Xu Cang's words confirmed Li Mingji's statement: "There should be many people who hold the same idea as you. It's not difficult to win that project, right?"

Li Mingji took a deep look at Xu Cang, making sure that Xu Cang was not joking: "What do you think can develop in a garbage dump?"

"That's hard to say." Xu Cang said, "Just do what I want."

This time, Li Mingji did not raise any objections to the choice of Banqiao New Town, but asked a practical question: "We in Asiana have a small real estate company. However, even for a sub-project, the amount of work is extremely astonishing." Yes, our real estate company can’t take over.”

"Who said you were asked to undertake the construction project?" Xu Cang said, "We dispatched an entire engineering team. They are the backbone of the project, you just follow their instructions."

According to Xu Cang's thinking, he hoped that Duan Lang would be in charge of the Banqiao New City project.In terms of engineering construction, Duan Lang's cost performance is too high.Not only the speed is fast, but also the quality and quantity are guaranteed, and the cost is also well controlled. Xu Cang can rest assured that the engineering matters are entrusted to him.

"By the way, since you have merged, you can focus on the development of related routes in Jeju Island in the future. We will try our best to cooperate with you."

"Cooperation means?"

"Only Asiana Airlines gold card users are accepted."

Li Mingji's eyes brightened: "Okay, this is good."

"In addition, all Rolls-Royce engines will enjoy the highest discount in the future. When our engine repair factory is built, we can save a lot of money on engine repairs."

The more Li Mingji listened to it, the more he felt emotional. Before, he felt that he had suffered a big loss when he merged into Spring Airlines.Looking at it now, it seems to be good, with a lot of discounts.In any case, he still holds some shares in Asiana Airlines, and Asiana Airlines can get better, which is related to his vital interests.

"Also, there is one more thing that I need to tell you in advance."

"What?" Li Mingji's heart tightened, he felt that Xu Cang's tone of voice was not right.

"In the future, I will build my own settlement system independent of IATA's settlement system. As a member company, Asiana Airlines will join unconditionally."

"What, the new settlement system, isn't that..." In the middle of speaking, Li Mingji suddenly stopped talking.

"Isn't it possible to have a clear view of all capital flows in the future?" Xu Cang sneered, "Or do you want to block some of the flow?"

If Xu Cang built his own set of settlement system, all the funds flow between the companies would have to pass through that system, and if Xu Cang mastered that set of settlement system, wouldn't the financial situation of each company be completely transparent?
Li Mingji had his own little plans in mind, how could he be willing to hand over all the financial power to Xu Cang?
However, the situation is stronger than the people, so he still dare not challenge Xu Cang publicly at this time.I had to laugh twice stiffly: "The amount of this project is not small. I wonder if Mr. Xu has any ideas, such as what is the basis for doing it?"

Xu Cang said with a smile: "I really have some ideas. In the future, the internal settlement system will be built based on electronic payment."

Li Mingji was stunned: "Electronic payment, what is that?"

"Electrical..." Xu Cang hadn't finished speaking when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and then Qin Xin's figure appeared in a hurry.

Xu Cang turned to Qin Xin: "What's wrong?"

"Xu Cang, my brother is here and looking for you."

Xu Cang was taken aback, surprised by Qin Yi's arrival.However, after all, he was his uncle, so he still had to see what should be seen.

"President Li, I have something to do, let's talk about it next time."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Li Mingji to say anything, he followed Qin Xin and left.

After a short walk, I arrived at a small conference room on the same floor.Qin Xin brought Xu Cang over, Qin Yi was the only one in the room.I saw him leaning on the edge of the table with one hand, and inserting the other in his trouser pocket, his back was a bit melancholy.

If any woman saw her, she would definitely be attracted by Qin Yi's temperament.

To be honest, my big brother-in-law can be regarded as a diamond king, and I don't know which woman will win him in the future.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Qin Yi turned around and waved to Qin Xin: "Little sister, you go out first, I will have a private word with Xu Cang."

These words displeased Qin Xin: "Is there anything I can't listen to?"

"Little sister, be obedient."

Xu Cang patted the back of Qin Xin's hand: "You go out first."

Qin Xin looked at Xu Cang, then at Qin Yi, and finally snorted: "As you wish."

After speaking, with a trace of resentment, he left the small meeting room.

After Qin Xin left, Qin Yi walked slowly to Xu Cang's side: "How is Jinghong going, when will it be able to sail?"

"October at the fastest, December at the slowest, what's the matter, it's urgent?"

"We have warmed up Jinghong, and the effect is very good. There are already more than a dozen high-end tour groups with an average consumption of [-] yuan who are interested in Jinghong."

Xu Cang was taken aback: "One group costs one hundred thousand?"

"No, it's a person."

"Can a person spend [-] yuan for a trip?" Xu Cang was stunned: "How much money can you spend?"

In the early 2000s, one-time consumption of [-] yuan was too high-end.Although Chunxia Tourism has mastered the best tour group resources in China, it is too hardcore.

"I heard you plan to build a hotel in Jinghong?"

"Yes, we have to wait for the official decision of Jinghong. However, I don't think it's a big problem. Xu Cang said with a smile: "It seems that it is a good choice for me to invest in Jinghong's hotel industry. At least there is no need to worry about the source of tourists. . "

"If you build a hotel, we can sign an agreement with you, and all the groups going to Jinghong will stay in your hotel."

"That's just right." Xu Cang laughed and said, "It's a good idea not to let the fat and water flow into outsiders' fields. But brother-in-law, you probably didn't come here to find me just for this matter, did you?"

Qin Yi's face finally changed, and there was a trace of sadness on his plain face: "Xu Cang, if a missile locks on you, can you survive?"

Xu Cang was stunned, wondering if he had heard it wrong: "What are you talking about?"

(End of this chapter)