Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Outside the hearing, just as Xu Cang left the venue, hurried footsteps came from behind him, and when he turned around, it was Xia Shuyue who was catching up.

Xu Cang stopped, looked at Xia Shuyue who was coming in a hurry, and lowered his gaze: "Why are you walking in such a hurry, you are wearing high heels."

"I used to walk on stilts when I was a kid. What are high heels?" Xia Shuyue rolled her eyes and ran after Xu Cang, "Xu Cang, why didn't you answer him directly just now? Japan is so good, if you don't come, don't come, people here are crazy."

Xu Cang was criticized by thousands of people in the venue just now, which made Xia Shuyue extremely dissatisfied, so her perception of the Japanese dropped to freezing point.

She has never been afraid of the expansion of any attack, it is obvious that the Japanese side carried out an enlarged attack on Xu Cang.

Xu Cang smiled and said, "I'm not angry yet, why are you angry?"

Xia Shuyue pouted very rarely: "They are so annoying."

"Let's go, talk while walking." Xu Cang smiled, pointed to the aisle ahead, and went down the steps first.

Seeing that Xu Cang was calm, Xia Shuyue's anger calmed down a little, and she also followed Xu Cang's footsteps.

After going down the steps, the two walked side by side on the path.

This is a place similar to the backyard of the venue, quite secluded, completely opposite to the chaotic situation inside the venue just now.

"Shuyue, do you know about Cooper locks?" Xu Cang asked suddenly.

"Cooper lock? What is that?" Xia Shuyue frowned: "Cooper, is it a personal name?"

Xu Cang said with a smile: "That's right, it's a person's name. D.B Cooper, on Northwest Airlines Flight 70 in the 305s, he handed a note to the flight attendant, claiming that he had a bomb and asked for 20 US dollars and four parachutes. After the plane landed in Seattle, the ground personnel took the ransom money and parachutes to the plane according to his will. He released all the passengers and some crew members, and then ordered the plane to continue to take off. After the plane took off for the second time, he opened the gangway door at the tail of the plane. Relying on a parachute, jumping from the sky with money in hand, and has been missing since then."

Xia Shuyue frowned even tighter: "Why are you telling me this?"

"Shuyue, many seemingly unreasonable regulations of civil aviation actually have all kinds of painful lessons behind them. Before the 70s, the airport security checks in the United States were useless, and many had no security checks. It was after the Cooper hijacking case that the FAA mandated that airport security checks be equipped with metal detectors. This is the Cooper Law."

Xu Cang continued: "At the same time, Boeing also modified the configuration of the 727 according to this incident, and set that after lift-off, the tail ramp door cannot be opened."

Xia Shuyue looked at Xu Cang, and she could see something else in Xu Cang's eyes, so she couldn't help feeling a little worried: "Xu Cang, what are you talking about?"

"Shuyue, many regulations and concepts tend to become obsolete with the passage of time. Before, the importance of civil aviation security checks was not taken seriously. After the Cooper case, security checks were paid more attention. However, after 30 years, there is now a problem, that is, people's narrow understanding of the purpose of hijacking."

"Xu Cang, I don't understand."

Xu Cang smiled: "It's okay, I will understand soon. The cognition of civil aviation hijacking caused by the Cooper case 30 years ago is outdated, and now we need a new library to solve the case, even if the price will be very painful."

At the end, Xu Cang sighed heavily.

After all, that lesson was too painful.

"Let's go." Xu Cang pointed to the car parked at the back door: "Go back to the hotel and take a rest, we still have to take a plane for more than ten hours."

Xia Shuyue hummed, and was just catching up when she heard Xu Cang's cell phone ring, which seemed to be a notification for receiving a message.

Xu Cang took out his mobile phone and looked, it was Xiao Lingyun who sent it.

Xiao Lingyun knew that he should be at the hearing at this time, so instead of calling directly, he sent a message to ask if it was convenient for him to talk.

Xu Cang called him back directly, and the connection was quickly connected: "Why, still not sleeping? It must be late in the United States, right?"

That's right, Xiao Lingyun had already flown from Europe to the United States earlier than Xu Cang.

The next period of time will be a critical moment for Xu Cang to establish his own business empire. He must ensure that Xiao Lingyun is based in the United States instead of remotely commanding in Europe.

"What are you playing? In our line of work, we are on call 24 hours a day. There is never a day or night, only when you are making money and when you are not making money." Xiao Lingyun said: "Xu Cang, I just came out of Google."

Xu Cang's eyes were fixed: "Where's the apple?"

"Apple has been there."

"How to say?" Xu Cang said in a deep voice, "Are they willing to accept our investment?"

"Yes, of course I would. Now the situation of Google and Apple is very bad, you can accept their management rights, you only need to pay dividends, this is simply the highest quality investment, how could you not accept it?"

Which investors are most popular?
That is, no matter what, just invest money, there is only one requirement, and that is enough dividends.

Xu Cang is this role now, how can he not be liked by Google and Apple?

"How much are they willing to accept?"

Xiao Lingyun's tone was a little flat: "They all said that if you can insist on the premise of not having management rights, then they can accept you as their largest shareholder."

Xu Cang pondered for a moment: "Ling Yun, do you think this is feasible?"

"Xu Cang, if you just think that the future prospects of these two companies are promising, and you only want to make money, then it is indeed possible."

"But it's a pity that they don't have their management right at all." Xu Cang sighed suddenly.

That's Google and Apple. If you buy shares at their lowest point now, you will naturally earn a steady stream of profits in the future.However, Xu Cang felt sorry for his identity as a reborn person if he didn't take advantage of the current opportunity to control these two companies.

However, if they are asked to hand over management rights, the two are expected to refuse to accept investment.

Moreover, Xu Cang didn't feel that he would be able to understand business matters just because he was reborn. He also needed the current Google and Apple teams to manage Google and Apple for him.

Obviously, Xu Cang's reaction now is somewhat different from his previous statement.

"Xu Cang, have you changed your mind?"

"Ling Yun, you can talk to them later. I can change their management rights, but I must be given a veto." Xu Cang said solemnly.

Xu Cang can not care what they do, but he must care about what they cannot do. Most of the time, this will not affect the daily management of the company. However, there needs to be a rope to tie them all the time, so that they can maintain awe of Xu Cang.

Otherwise, over time, there is a risk of being completely excluded.

"One veto, it seems that you still want to put a collar on them." Xiao Lingyun smiled, but changed the subject: "This matter may not be easy to handle. In the conversation with them, I feel that they have high requirements for autonomy. Just needing a veto may not seem like much, but I don't think they will agree."

"It's okay, they will see the reality clearly soon."

Soon after, the U.S. stock market crashed, and both Google and Apple would suffer. At that time, they should recognize what is reality, and the initiative will be inclined to their side.

"Do you want me to go there now?" Xiao Lingyun asked, "I haven't left Google for a long time now."

"No, wait a little longer, you go back and have a good rest." Xu Cang smiled.

"What's the rest, but I can't sleep at twelve o'clock, and I have to adjust the time difference, so I can't go to bed too early." Xiao Lingyun asked: "Then when should I go?"

Unknowingly, Xiao Lingyun began to rely more and more on Xu Cang's grasp of investment opportunities.

"You'll find out when the time comes. Not just Google and Apple, but also the micro small businesses I listed for you to follow."

Xu Cang listed some small businesses and projects for Xiao Lingyun.These are all promising prospects for future development. Affected by the immediate 9.11 incident, these companies and investment projects will be affected by the US stock market and hit hard. This is a good opportunity for Xu Cang to buy the bottom.

Xu Cang's thinking is probably the same as that of Google and Apple, and will not interfere with the daily management of those companies, but retains a veto power.

If the trip to Europe gave Xu Cang a solid starting point, then in the next period of time, Xu Cang's empire will be truly built.

Xiao Lingyun remembered those companies, and almost none of them had heard of them. I don't know where Xu Cang knew about them.

These enterprises are not large in scale. Even for investment, the investment in a single project is not large, but the number is large, and the overall scale can reach hundreds of millions of dollars.Of course, the joint investment in Google and Apple accounts for the highest proportion, followed by the reinsurance company in Munich, Germany, and finally these small companies.

In fact, Xu Cang really felt that more than 20 billion US dollars was not enough.

However, it is not easy for him to sell all his wealth to gamble this time.

This is too easy to arouse other people's doubts.

If we wait any longer, the next big opportunity will come in 08, seven years later.

Fortunately, Xu Cang is still young, so he can afford to wait.

This time, it is enough to fight for a future with 20 billion US dollars.

"I've written it all down, and I'll talk to them separately at the right time as you said."

However, to be honest, Xiao Lingyun did not understand the "appropriate timing" Xu Cang mentioned.However, Xiao Lingyun could feel the aura that was about to come, even though he couldn't think of where the source of this aura was.

"You just write it down." Xu Cang smiled softly, and added another sentence: "Go back and rest, if you can't sleep, you can close your eyes and rest your mind."

Xiao Lingyun was puzzled: "Why do you keep telling me to rest? I didn't come from Europe to the United States to lie down and sleep."

"Because soon. Soon you won't be able to close your eyes for a long time." Xu Cang said softly.

Time flies, at 3102:[-] pm on September [-], Japan Tokyo time, less than half an hour away, Southwest Flight [-] will depart from Tokyo and return to Guam Airport.

Xu Cang and Xia Shuyue are both first-class cabins, with a special security check channel, passing quickly, so Xu Cang didn't come too early, only half an hour earlier.

After Xu Cang and Xia Shuyue got into the plane, Xu Cang couldn't help being surprised.It stands to reason that passengers should be boarded at this time, but when Xu Cang got on the plane, both the bridge and the cabin were quiet.

"No one, empty plane?" Xu Cang stepped into the cabin and looked around, there was really no passenger in the cabin.

"This..." Xu Cang stood in the front cabin crew room, and casually asked the chief purser: "Is there anyone else on this flight besides us?"

The purser is a blonde beauty, as tall as Xu Cang, and unusually tall. After hearing Xu Cang's question, she had a standardized smile: "Our economy class is all booked by a tour group, but they seem to have something to do and they gave up. Because of the sudden incident, we can no longer sell tickets, and it has become the scene you have seen, sir."

Airlines don't waste a single seat on a plane, and if someone gets a refund or something, the airline will definitely try to resell that seat.

However, according to the chief purser, the charter flight plan of this tour group was changed too suddenly, and even the airline didn't have time to sell the tickets.

"Give up the charter flight, so rich?" Xu Cang said with emotion.

Of course, generally larger travel agencies have agreements with airlines to get cheaper air tickets.However, these more than 100 seats would not come, this travel agency seems to be too proud.

"Sir." The purser gently pointed to Xu Cang's seat: "Your seat is there. Although there is no one in our economy class, there will still be a few other passengers in the first class."

Xu Cang nodded, and made a joke: "So we didn't charter the plane."

The purser smiled softly, then bowed: "I wish you a pleasant journey, sir."

Xu Cang did not doubt that he was there, entered the first class cabin, pulled down the luggage rack, and wanted to put his own luggage in it.However, he found that there were four large black bags in the luggage rack he opened, and when he looked back, there were also four in the opposite luggage rack.

"Life raft?"

Because this flight involves flying across water, life rafts must be equipped, and the life rafts are a big bag when folded.It's orange-red, though, and will be bigger than these individual bags.

Although he was a little puzzled, Xu Cang didn't think much about it.He can't fly international flights, especially those that involve crossing water. Maybe there are some regulations that he doesn't know about, and some extra equipment is required. These bags are used to hold those equipment.

After putting away the suitcase, Xu Cang found his seat according to the ticket.

Xia Shuyue, who followed behind, was also a little shocked when she came in. Xu Cang explained to her, and Xia Shuyue finally understood.

I've never felt such an empty cabin before, it's amazing.

Xia Shuyue put away her things and found her seat according to the seat number marked on the ticket.

This time, Xu Cang and Xia Shuyue did not sit together.Xia Shuyue's seat was on the right back of Xu Cang, and he could see the back of Xu Cang's head when he looked up.This position was requested by Xia Shuyue herself, and Xu Cang didn't know what she was thinking.

Just as Xu Cang sat down here, there was a sound of dull footsteps from outside the cabin, and then a middle-aged Caucasian man with an extremely strong figure slowly entered.And this person is the guy who passed through the VIP channel at three o'clock in the morning. Originally, he was supposed to be holding on to his crutches, but at this moment his crutches have disappeared, and he walks like a tiger, which is extremely oppressive.

The white man was wearing a thick green coat, which made Xu Cang a little strange.It is indeed summer now, but the weather has not completely turned cold. Such heavy clothes always feel out of place with the outside world.

After entering the first-class cabin, the white man looked down at his ticket, and finally sat on the seat behind Xu Cang on the left.

Xu Cang only glanced at it, but quickly looked away. The most important thing was that he unexpectedly saw a familiar figure from the cabin door.

"Richard?"

The person who came was none other than Richard Bayer, the president of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association.

Obviously, Xu Cang didn't expect that Richard would be on the same plane with him, so he couldn't help exclaiming slightly: "Why are you here?"

"Xu Cang, long time no see." Richard Baier laughed loudly: "The JAL Pilots Union applied to us for membership, and I came to check on the situation. However, I seem to have missed the good show. I heard that you annoyed a lot of people at the hearing in the morning. I really want to see their faces."

"What's interesting." Xu Cang smiled and patted the seat next to him: "Sit here first."

Richard Baier looked at the ticket, then at the sign above the seat, and pointed to a seat in the corner of the first-class cabin: "My seat is over there."

"It's okay, I guess there's no one there, so come and have a seat first."

Richard Bayer put his luggage away first, and then sat down next to Xu Cang: "I didn't expect you to go to the United States. Are you going to the United States on a connecting flight?"

"Yes, you too?" Xu Cang said.

"Yeah." Richard Bayer straightened his clothes: "Go to the United States first to meet old friends, and then turn to Canada to see Bombardier's labor union."

"Bombardier's trade union?" Xu Cang was taken aback: "It was before me."

Xu Cang once asked Richard Baier to help him in the siege of Bombardier.

Now that Bombardier has problems with its cash flow, it is estimated that there will be problems with the payment of salaries. Naturally, the relationship with the labor union is not good.Xu Cang wanted Richard Bayer to talk about it, and let Bombardier's labor union work harder to create some troubles for Bombardier.

I didn't expect Richard Baier to still do this.

"Nominally Bombardier's union does not belong to the pilot union and has nothing to do with us, so I can exert some influence on them, but they may not completely listen to me. I have to go there personally and reach an effective agreement with them." Richard Beyer said with a smile: "It seems that Bombardier's situation is not very good now. I may not be able to push it into the abyss, but I can still do the nail in the coffin that nails it to death."

Obviously, once Bombardier shows signs of collapse, the violent rebound of the labor union can be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Xu Cang said seriously: "I will repay this help in the future."

"If you want to repay, then come and take over the association." Richard Bayer laughed, but soon waved his hand: "Forget it, I was just joking."

When mentioning this, Xu Cang thought of the content of the conversations he had with the EASA and FAA chiefs before, and couldn’t help mentioning: "Richard, I talked with EASA chief Bull Gerlington and FAA chief Jamie Harrison before. They offered me extremely generous conditions, and I needed to promise not to take over the association."

Richard Bayer was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes narrowed, and his voice turned low: "It should be more than just a generous condition. If you don't agree, you may get into a lot of trouble."

Xu Cang didn't answer these words, but seemed a little silent, revealing his tangled heart.

Richard Baier saw Xu Cang's solemn expression, but he didn't force anything: "You can just follow your heart in this matter, I will not and cannot forcefully ask you to do anything."

Xu Cang lowered his head: "I know."

Richard Bayer patted Xu Cang on the shoulder: "It's okay, don't have psychological pressure. By the way, what are you going to America for?"

"Pratt & Whitney!" Xu Cang adjusted his mood slightly: "Pratt & Whitney is very dissatisfied with the progress of the research and development of the PW8000 engine, and urgently asked me to come over."

"They should be in a hurry. The Trent 1000 is close to commercial use, and there is a lot of pressure." Richard Bayer nodded, expressing his understanding of Pratt & Whitney's mood: "Okay, I'll sit in the back and talk later. At first, I thought the flight of more than ten hours would be boring, but you can relieve it. I'm a little tired, so I went to the back and rested first."

Xu Cang smiled slightly: "Well, let's go."

Richard Baier stood up and was about to leave when Xu Cang suddenly grabbed him.

"Huh?" Richard Bayer was a little strange: "What are you doing?"

Xu Cang pointed to the large black bag placed on the open luggage rack: "What is this thing, the necessary equipment for flying across water?"

"Ah?" Richard Bayer frowned, he looked up at the big black bags, and tilted his head in confusion: "I don't know, just let him go."

Xu Cang curled his lips, but he didn't ask any further questions, he just casually said something out of curiosity.

Richard Byer shrugged and walked back to his own seat.

When Richard Baier walked away, Xu Cang was silent for a long time, always maintaining a posture.

From the moment he entered the cabin, he felt a sense of unease in his heart, but he didn't know where this unease came from.

"Could it be that the coming of 9 made me uneasy?" Looking at the watch, it should be around 11:9 a.m. on September 11th, US time, and the [-] incident is about to begin.Even after experiencing it, such major events that change the world structure will still arouse Xu Cang's mind.

However, what Xu Cang didn't know was that in the seat behind him on the left, after sitting down, the burly Caucasian man stared at Xu Cang like a falcon.His heavy overcoat moved slightly, and a small gap was inadvertently opened, revealing his inner clothing in the gap, but at his waist, there were some black parts stuck on the belt.

It was the butt of a pistol.

At the entrance below the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, USA, at [-]:[-] am local time on September [-], Boeing President Lance Tamer emerged from a black luxury car. He was here to participate in the mediation meeting on the Bombardier dumping case hosted by the US Trade Commission.

However, apparently Lance Tamil was not very willing to participate in this so-called mediation meeting.

Mediation?Lance Tamil wished that Bombardier would die, why would he mediate?
However, the trade committee still has to give face, so it can only bite the bullet and come here for a while.

As soon as he got out of the car, Lance Tammy complained to Boeing Chief Information Officer Frith Hayes who came with him: "Is this going to last long?"

Fries Hayes followed up and said with a smile: "Just go through the motions. If you don't want to talk, you don't have to respond to them. Let me tell you."

Lance Tamir was very satisfied: "I don't want to say anything to the people of Bombardier, and I have nothing to say. You can speak at the meeting. I only have one request. I don't accept mediation, and let Bombardier accept the tariff sanctions honestly."

Fries Hayes understood what Lance Tamer was thinking and nodded hurriedly.

Lance Tammy looked up, squinting at the sky.

At this moment, the morning sky in Manhattan was azure blue, with some scattered clouds, and the sun was warm and comfortable on people.

"What a beautiful weather!" Lance Tamir was in a better mood: "Let's go, let's go up and have a look, where the view is better."

At 23:[-] a.m. on September [-]th, American time, the phone at the Southeastern Reservation Center Office of American Airlines suddenly rang.

The operator who had just changed shift yawned, thinking that someone needed to book a ticket, and mechanically said, "Hello, this is."

However, her words were interrupted by a hurried female voice: "I am Benny Auger, flight attendant of Flight 11, and I am talking to you on the in-flight phone right now. Now our plane is being hijacked. Please call the police immediately, please call the police immediately!"