Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 386 Acquisition of Jiasu Airlines!New payment system!

When Xu Cang and Yue Sheng arrived at the gate of Jiasu Airlines in Japan, Xu Cang didn't respond, after all, he had already been here once.Yue Sheng came here for the first time, and he felt more and more surprised. The architectural style of Jiasu Airlines is very similar to the style of the 80s in China. He couldn't help laughing: "I feel like I came here when I first went to National University Airlines in 85." Look, tsk tsk. Is this the third largest airline in Japan? Why does it have a rotten atmosphere?"

"It's the same as their model." Xu Cang sighed.

Jiasu Airlines focuses on local transportation, and has a long history, and has a good reputation in China.However, with the withdrawal of McDonnell Douglas and other aircraft, if Jiasu Airlines does not innovate itself, it will only decline.

Walking to the door, Xu Cang talked to the guard, and soon someone came to greet him, especially when he saw Yue Sheng behind Xu Cang, he was very surprised.

Not long after, the two were welcomed into the office of Jiasu Airlines President Ji Chuan Yixin.

After Ji Chuan Yixin saw Yue Sheng, he couldn't help standing up, with a very polite attitude: "Mr. Yue, I didn't expect you to come here."

As the largest airline in China, National Airline deserves the respect it deserves.

Yue Sheng hummed, and pointed at Xu Cang: "I'm following him, so I'm responsible for paying the money."

Different from Xu Cang's simplistic Japanese, Yue Sheng's Japanese is extremely proficient, and in front of outsiders, Yue Sheng is unsmiling and has a very deep tone, which makes him appear aggressive.

Ji Chuan looked at Xu Cang with all his heart: "Mr. Xu, when we said goodbye that day, I just thought you were just on a whim, but I didn't expect it"

"My suggestions are never made on a whim." Xu Cang smiled, and sat down on the sofa casually, while Yue Sheng was next to him: "It's been a while now, I don't know what you think?"

Ji Chuan pondered for a moment, but he did not sit down, but had to admit after a long time: "Up to now, I have to admit that Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 will be the mainstream of narrow-body aircraft in the future. Who will use these aircraft? That is to find a gap in operation. However, some problems cannot be solved once they are recognized.”

"Your planes are too complicated, MD-80, MD-87, MD-90, Douglas DC-9, Douglas DC-10, and even YS-11. It's amazing."

When Xu Cang mentioned the previous models, Ji Chuan Yixin’s reaction was okay, but when he especially mentioned YS-11, even Ji Chuan Yixin’s mouth twitched involuntarily.

The McDonnell Douglas and Douglas planes in front are all foreign, so it doesn’t matter to Ji Chuan Isshin. The key point is that YS-11 is the first civil propeller aircraft independently developed by Japan.

Even if Ji Chuan was to make his own evaluation, he would say that YS-11 is a piece of rubbish, but it would be a bit harsh to say this from a foreigner.

However, fortunately, Ji Chuan Yixin's self-cultivation is not bad, so he just laughed twice.On the other hand, Yue Sheng couldn't hold it anymore, Xu Cang really hit the nail on the head with his hurtful skills, he saw that Ji Chuan's whole face turned green, it was really funny.

"You focus on local airport transportation, and you have a large part of the mass base. However, in the past ten years, your profits have been getting lower and lower, so that you are about to go bankrupt. Haven't you thought about the reason?"

Ji Chuan focused his eyes on dodging: "After the Boeing 737-300, Boeing's narrow-body aircraft is quite perfect, and there is the Airbus 320 behind it. The operating costs of these two aircrafts are much lower than other aircrafts. Therefore, we will It is different from other airlines.”

"So, I told you before that if you want to be reborn, you must goug out the carrion and replace those old models. There are still buyers for McDonnell Douglas and Douglas aircraft in the second-hand market, and you can sell one Good price. In five years, at least halve the value."

Ji Chuan Yixin paced back and forth in the office: "I understand this principle. But, if we replace the aircraft in such a large number, where will the new aircraft and pilots come from? Now foreign 737 and 320 are in a state of scarce production capacity, unless Raise the price, otherwise it will be impossible to buy enough 737s or 320s in a short period of time, even second-hand aircraft. However, our current situation does not allow gradual reforms. In addition, and most importantly, we do not have such A lot of money, according to calculations, at least 27 737s or 320s must be purchased in a short period of time to fill our transportation needs, 27, where do you get so many planes?"

"Money, I have it!" At this time, Yue Sheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I came here with Xu Cang just to be a money bag."

"You?" Ji Chuan Yixin's eyelids twitched: "Does National University Airlines also want to get involved? However, I know that National University Airlines has sufficient funds, but buying 27 planes in one go is a huge investment, right? ?”

"Who said you want to buy a new plane?" Xu Cang suddenly said, "Isn't it enough to buy a second-hand plane?"

"Second-hand aircraft? As I said just now, even in the second-hand market, if you want to get an aircraft, you have to wait in line. If you want to jump in the queue, you have to pay more. This is how the aircraft market is now. To be honest, five years Before was the last time for us to save ourselves. At that time, we could still carry out relatively mild reforms, but after Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, we knew that the era of Boeing and Airbus duo has come, and all other aircraft will be destroyed. Sweep it into the trash, but then it's too late."

Ji Chuan asked with some doubts: "Or, are you planning to add more money?"

"It is impossible to increase the money. There are close to [-] aircrafts. If you add money to each aircraft, the extra expenditure will be too high, which does not suit my style."

"Without adding money, where are there so many planes?" Ji Chuan frowned wholeheartedly: "Who else will deliver them to your door?"

Xu Cang snapped his fingers: "That's right!"

"You don't need to worry about how I get enough planes. What I want to talk about today is that after I get enough planes and pilots, these will be my capital, and I will become the major shareholder of Jiasu Airlines."

Ji Chuan's eyelids twitched wildly, but he didn't directly refuse.Now the situation of Jiasu Airlines is very bad, and only word of mouth is left.People rely on consumption inertia to continue to choose Jiasu Airlines, but it is not known how long this consumption inertia can last.

Therefore, the Japanese civil aviation industry expressed great pessimism about the prospect of Jiasu Airlines.Japan Airlines wants to acquire Jas Air, not for his dilapidated planes, but simply for the customer group of Jas Air.

Therefore, in terms of assets, the actual scale of Jiasu Airlines is already very small.If Xu Cang can manage nearly 150 planes and pilots, you need to know that if you want to support [-] planes, you need more than [-] captains and [-] co-pilots. This scale can ensure safe and smooth operation.

No matter from which point of view, pilots are also a huge asset. There are more than [-] pilots and nearly [-] aircraft. The total value of these assets can definitely become a major shareholder in Jiasu Airlines.

But the point is, how did Xu Cang get so many planes and pilots?
"If you came here alone, I might think you were joking, but if Mr. Yue from National Airline came over as a guarantee, it's really worth considering."

Yue Sheng looked at Ji Chuan Yixin jokingly: "Your news is as closed as your company's. Now Xu Cang's background has completely surpassed mine. Do you think I can guarantee him?"

"What?" Ji Chuan looked at Xu Cang in disbelief.

However, Xu Cang just waved his hand: "It's just a false name. At this stage, my capital is indeed in short supply, and I have to rely on Chairman Yue. Mr. Ji Chuan, if this is the condition, can you agree?"

Ji Chuan's eyes flickered: "To be honest, if it is such a condition, there is no doubt that it can be agreed."

The investment in aircraft and pilots is extremely huge. It is precisely because of the exaggerated investment that Jiasu Airlines has been hesitant and missed the transformation period.

At the end of the development, it is actually incapable of self-reform.

However, now someone is willing to spend a lot of money to help Jiasu Airlines carry out reforms, which is naturally acceptable.When they considered accepting the acquisition of Japan Airlines, wasn't it also to use the power of Japan Airlines to reform themselves?
As long as the goal is achieved, it doesn't matter which road you take?
"However, you must give me a practical plan."

Because now it involves negotiating the acquisition with Japan Airlines, if he is not sure, Ji Chuan does not want to make drastic changes at this time.If something goes wrong and eventually affects the merger with Japan Airlines, it will really become a desperate situation.

"Practical plan?" Xu Cang smiled and said, "Do you know the main reason for my coming to Japan this time?"

Ji Chuan raised his eyebrows wholeheartedly, but he didn't expect the topic to turn to this.However, he still knows something about this: "Are you going to attend that hearing?"

"That's right, it's the hearing." Xu Cang said: "There are practical solutions, of course there are. Time is running out, and the five major Japanese newspapers, do you have anything to do with it?"

"I know an editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun, what's the matter?"

Xu Cang said with a smile: "Whether it's through friendship or money, before my hearing, you must publicly publish the statement that Jiasu Airlines supports me on the most prominent page of the Asahi Shimbun."

"What?" Now Ji Chuan Yixin let out a sharp whistle: "You don't know how your domestic public opinion is now. If we support you so openly, it will not be affected by collateral effects. We have always focused on domestic affairs. The market and domestic public opinion have a great influence on us.”

"What if I say public opinion will reverse?"

"What?" Ji Chuan didn't believe it at all: "I'm afraid you don't understand how the current domestic public opinion is targeting you. If you want to reverse it, what kind of joke are you kidding?"

At this time, Yue Sheng stood up directly: "Xu Cang, what are you talking about with them? Anyway, when they were considering agreeing to merge with Japan Airlines, they had already planned to squeeze out the last bit of value from this company. Want to Let JAL help you reform, do you believe it yourself? Anyway, if you sell it to anyone, it is estimated that JAL will not offer a high price with its current ghostly appearance. We can increase the price and sell Jiasu Airlines to us.”

As he said that, Yue Sheng looked at Xu Cang: "The money originally used to buy planes and pilots was used to buy Jiasu Airlines in advance, and after that, after your bank in Europe lends money, it will be used to buy planes and pilots, how come?" Sample?"

Xu Cang smiled: "Yes, although this is different from the plan, it is indeed clean and thorough. It is indeed a very tiring thing to explain to them and convince them."

After finishing speaking, Xu Cang looked at Ji Chuan Yixin: "How about it, we will give you a satisfactory price. You don't need to ask any more questions, and I don't want to explain anything. Sell Jiasu Airlines to us."

Ji Chuan was completely stunned, he never expected that things would develop to this point.However, as Yue Sheng said, the shareholders of Jiasu Airlines have indeed completely given up on the company, and they would not expect JAL to show kindness and help reform Jiasu.

Therefore, those shareholders just want to make one last profit in the sale of Jiasu Airlines.So it doesn't matter who you sell it to, as long as the price is high.

The current situation of JAL is indeed not very good, so the price offered is not high. It is for this reason that the negotiations between the two parties have not progressed for a long time.

If Xu Cang can give a suitable price at this time, Ji Chuan wholeheartedly believes that this deal can be established.

"Xu Cang. I really don't know what you are doing." Ji Chuan looked at Xu Cang wholeheartedly, his face a little dull.If Xu Cang is not a complete idiot, then there is definitely an extremely huge plan behind it.

"You don't have to worry about what I do, just complete the acquisition as quickly as possible." Xu Cang said with a smile, "You are the president, not a shareholder. After completing the equity conversion, you will still be in your current position."

"Tomorrow at the latest, our legal team will come over, hoping to notify the shareholders of Jiasu Airlines as soon as possible. If you can't complete the acquisition before the hearing, then there is no value, and the acquisition will stopped."

Ji Chuan Yixin's eyelids twitched, this time is very tense.However, when negotiating the acquisition with Japan Airlines, Jiasu Airlines was already making relevant preparations. If it just changed to another buyer, then the problem would not be big.

"I will notify the shareholders. I hope that as you said, your legal team will arrive on time tomorrow."

Xu Cang didn't say much, just hummed, and then gave Yue Sheng a wink, and the two left Ji Chuan Yixin's office together.

After going downstairs, Yue Sheng uttered a deep voice: "Xu Cang, if this matter doesn't go according to your plan, my money will be in vain. Even if it's me, those people on the board of directors are afraid I wish I could be buried."

To be honest, if Jiasu Airlines cannot complete the transformation in a short period of time, it will only be abandoned by the times. After losing the last batch of loyal passengers quickly, it will be a complete negative equity.

Of course, if it can develop according to Xu Cang's plan, then Jiasu Airlines will not only be able to come back to life, but also become an excellent means to enter Japan Airlines.

Although he has confidence in Xu Cang, such a large investment is quite a burden for Guoda Airlines.If the result is not good, Yue Sheng will probably take the blame and resign.

However, for Yue Sheng, the temptation to enter the decision-making level of Japan's largest airline is great.It's not just about how much money you make, it's about demonstrating your capabilities.

Don't people live just to save face?Even Yue Sheng is not exempt.

Entering the decision-making level of Japan Airlines as the chairman of National Airlines is definitely a very honorable achievement.

Moreover, from a practical point of view, if you can influence the decision-making of Japan Airlines, you will be able to win more benefits in the future cooperation with National University Airlines.

"It's okay, you won't be buried." Xu Cang said with a smile: "Now the development of the matter is not as we expected, but this is okay, so as to save you from working with the group of insects later, and thinking about dealing with other unrelated things. things."

"I will contact the company's legal department and ask them to send a team of lawyers to try to complete the acquisition in the shortest possible time." Yue Sheng looked at Xu Cang: "If it is the acquisition of Jiasu Airlines, then the money I prepared will be used up. You should pay for the subsequent purchase of aircraft and pilots, and the money you borrowed from European banks will not be a problem, right?"

"There should be no problem, just go through some formalities."

"You are really courageous. Kingfisher Airlines is now a golden mountain. If you say mortgage, you can mortgage it. If you don't get it, the golden mountain will be gone?"

Ask yourself, if Yue Sheng is allowed to choose, he will definitely not be able to do the crazy thing of mortgage Kingfisher Airlines.

"If you don't have the guts, just earn money by being honest and peaceful. In the end, you still have to be controlled by others. I can't wait." Xu Cang said suddenly: "Chairman Yue, I don't know if I can ask you for something."

Yue Sheng rolled his eyes: "No!"

"Hahaha, I'll take it as if you can." Xu Cang said very naturally: "There is a fruit drying factory in Hokkaido. I originally planned to go there after attending the hearing to introduce their products. Fruit drying production line. However, Pratt & Whitney is urging me so urgently. I guess it’s too late to go to Hokkaido, and I’m going directly to the United States. If possible, you can help me go to Hokkaido. The price of introducing the production line is easy to say, anyway. There won't be much money."

At the end, Xu Cang added: "Hokkaido, you just treat it as a tourist. National Airline has nothing to do right now, so you need to go back immediately?"

"Okay, Xu Cang! Fortunately, I specifically mentioned something to our company's appointed representative, asking them to be merciful to your company's investigation. That's it, you still treat me as an errand?"

Xu Cang was thick-skinned: "Why don't you go, you just go and relax along the way."

Yue Sheng snorted heavily: "What do you want a fruit drying production line for?"

Xu Cang squinted his eyes: "As for the matter of Tiandong Airlines, I wanted to engage in fresh fruit air transportation, but I robbed a fruit company. That company involved many people's livelihoods, and then there was trouble."

"You're not their parents, so why don't you even find a way out for them?"

"Forget it, after all, I stole their business. Anyway, it's just to introduce an additional production line, and dried fruit may become popular in the future, so it's okay to arrange it in advance."

Yue Sheng clicked his tongue: "Dried fruit? It's all dried, so it's still called fruit? You can eat fresh fruit, but you can eat dried fruit if your brain is sick. It can still become popular. I don't think it will become popular unless everyone in the society is sick. "

Xu Cang just remembered that dried fruit was really popular for a while later, even if it wasn't on a large scale, there was still some market, at least it wouldn't lose money.

Of course, he didn't want to make money in the dried fruit business, he just wanted to solve the surging public opinion.

"Can you help me?"

Yue Sheng was annoyed by Xu Cang: "Help me, keep talking, keep talking, I'm so annoying."

After finishing speaking, Yue Sheng waved his hands in disgust, shook off Xu Cang, and walked forward.

Xu Cang smiled and followed.

At the Erhai base, a slightly unfamiliar figure came into Qin Xin's office. It was Zhao Ning, the intern Qin Xin recruited from Chunxia Group at the earliest time.

Although Zhao Ning's position is not high, he can barely be regarded as the veteran of Spring and Summer Airlines.

Now that Zhao Ning is working on the HR side, he can be regarded as a small leader.She has lost her childishness, and now she is a little more intellectual.

As soon as Zhao Ning came in, Qin Xin got up and signaled Zhao Ning to sit down casually.

However, the bosses were all standing, but Zhao Ning didn't dare to sit down: "Boss Qin, what do you need from me?"

"It's nothing special." Qin Xin said with a smile, "How are you doing in HR?"

Zhao Ning hurriedly said: "Very well, Mr. Qin, thank you Mr. Qin for your concern."

In fact, Zhao Ning's ability is average, but with the honor of following Qin Xin in the past, he has an advantage in promotion, otherwise he would not be in his current position.For this point, Zhao Ning is very self-aware.

"It's okay, you came here through hard work with us, and the company will take care of you in many ways in the promotion in the future, you can rest assured about that."

Zhao Ning was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Thank you, Mr. Qin, thank you, Mr. Qin."

"It's okay, you're welcome, you deserve it." Qin Xin changed the subject: "By the way, where's your brother?"

"My brother?" Zhao Ning was taken aback, "He's at home now."

Before, Zhao Ning's brother Zhao Fei helped manage some of the company's computer affairs.Later, the company grew, and Zhao Fei also resigned.

"At home." Qin Xin paused, "Has he found any investment for that software?"

Zhao Ning shook his head: "No! Who wants his software? Besides, what kind of electronic payment system is he working on now? I wonder if payment can only be done by banks, and third parties can also do it?"

In this era, online banking has emerged.Therefore, Zhao Ning naturally equated this electronic payment with online banking. It was based on this concept that she felt that her brother Zhao Fei was whimsical.

"Why not, as long as you get the electronic payment license and solve the problem of third-party custody of funds." Qin Xin said suddenly.

"Huh? Electronic payment. License plate, what is that?"

Qin Xin did not explain to Zhao Ning, but solemnly said: "You brought your brother here, we want to vote for his project. Also, if possible, let him make a standard mobile phone installation package for FeiTalk. I remember the software is It’s called that. We will recommend this software on every flight, and we will take care of the R&D expenses and software promotion, and he will be responsible for the software development. The other electronic payment system is very important.”

"Is it very important?" Zhao Ning scratched her head, to be honest, this has touched her blind spot of knowledge.However, Qin Xin is willing to invest money, so even if his brother has something to do, it's better than busying himself at home now.

"I can talk to him." Zhao Ning was puzzled: "But, is this thing really that important?"

Qin Xin nodded heavily: "It's very important, Xu Cang said it was very important."

(End of this chapter)