Legendary Captain

Xiangyu Flight School is a comprehensive flight school capable of training private, commercial, and air force pilots. Like other institutions under Xiangyu Training Company, it should only accept training commissioned by airlines. Moreover, Xingfei Airlines even allowed Xu Xian to participate in the company's local training.

This was clearly trained according to the Xingfei Airlines training model, but instead of staying with Xingfei Airlines, he traveled thousands of miles from east to west to apply for a job with Xingyou Airlines, which is really strange.

Xu Xian's file even includes his family information from the political background check. Both his parents listed themselves as businesspeople, not as having any connections to the civil aviation industry.

The civil aviation industry isn't very big, so there shouldn't be many people who could give Xingfei Airlines the green light all the way, but he just hadn't heard of them.

Xu Xianzu's ancestral home is Qinghu City, Dongshan Province, but he lived in Tianning City, Jiangnan Province for a long time, and his current residence is Dianyun City, Nanming Province. He perfectly embodies what it means to drift from east to west and wander everywhere!

Lu Xinyu studied it for a long time, but couldn't find anything strange about it.

"Is he really just an ordinary kid with no background or connections?" Lu Xinyu was speechless. Qin Zongyang had gone senile. He had originally thought Qin Zongyang would find someone who could pull strings to become his apprentice. Why did he think that? Because under normal circumstances, no one could help Qin Zongyang turn things around within three years, unless that person had his abilities.

Lu Xinyu proudly believed that few in the country could rival him in the field of aviation, and he was quite confident in that. Could it be that Qin Zongyang's ancestors had struck gold, allowing him to find someone with extraordinary talent?

Lu Xinyu closed Xu Xian's file and pursed her lips: "Am I overthinking it?"

He wouldn't dare say he's the best in the country, but at least within Xingyou Aviation's territory, anyone who wants to surpass him is simply delusional.

"I'm definitely the best pilot of this generation." Lu Xinyu smiled rather narcissistically.

Suddenly, Lu Xinyu's ears twitched slightly, as if there were some footsteps. His smile vanished instantly, and sure enough, a few seconds later someone entered the office.

A young woman entered, dressed in a sharp business suit that accentuated her alluring figure. Lu Xinyu recognized her; she was the secretary in the president's office.

"Hello, this is the airline exchange meeting plan and invitation list that Director Yang asked me to pass on to you." The secretary handed Lu Xinyu a document, at the top of which was a separate list of invited personnel.

Although the other party was just a secretary, Lu Xinyu still stood up very politely to take the documents and remained standing while talking to the secretary.

There's no way around it; the president of Star Travel Airlines, along with all the members of her president's office, were brought directly from the parent company. It's best not to provoke them.

Lu Xinyu smiled and said, "You can go back and tell President Yang. Leave the airline exchange meeting to me."

The Director Yang mentioned by the secretary and the President Yang mentioned by Lu Xinyu are actually the same person: Yang Ning, the administrative director of the president's office!

The president's office secretary, assistant, or other staff all came with the president and are considered his own people. They all call Yang Ning "Director Yang".

Outsiders like Lu Xinyu still obediently call Yang Ning "President Yang"!

In fact, in companies, most junior employees, in order to curry favor with their superiors, will address anyone with a slightly higher position, regardless of their rank, as "General Manager" or "Manager".

At least someone like Lu Xinyu, a deputy department head, is not worthy of being called "President Lu".

Given Yang Ning's rank, he should be somewhere between a department head and a director. However, Yang Ning has a special status; he is the president's only confidant, and they have a very good personal relationship. Even the directors have to respectfully address him as "President Yang" when they see him.

This is a matter of personal relationships! Therefore, Lu Xinyu still held Yang Ning in considerable awe, at least because Yang Ning was absolutely capable of bringing him to his doom.

"Director Yang said that everything else is easy to handle, but the only thing that needs special attention is the first person on the invitation list," the secretary specifically instructed.

"Invitation list?" Lu Xinyu picked up the list of invitees, glanced at it, and broke out in a cold sweat: "President Yang asked me to invite Xu Qing, right? The Xu Qing from Xingfei Airlines?"

The secretary smiled and said, "That's right! This airline exchange meeting is our company's first large-scale group activity since becoming a mainstream airline. Although it doesn't involve professional matters, the flight department must go all out. We've already contacted the publicity office; just let them know if we need any support. There are many large-scale events in the civil aviation industry, but it's difficult to organize one that stands out. Inviting Xu Qing is the key!"

Lu Xinyu hesitated, "But Mr. Xu hasn't participated in any civil aviation-related activities for so many years. Giving me this task all of a sudden might be a bit difficult!"

Everyone knows Xu Qing is a controversial figure; it's not like no company has ever invited him to do events, only to end up empty-handed. It's been over a decade since then. In that serious accident, Xu Qing was reportedly severely injured, suffering many aftereffects, and thus permanently retired from flying.

Xu Qing didn't even show up at the 20th anniversary celebration of his own company, Xingfei Airlines. What merit does Lu Xinyu have to invite such a big shot as Xu Qing?

"This is your matter!" the secretary said. "The president's office will also inform Qin Zongyang about inviting Mr. Xu Qing. You two handle this matter yourselves!"

Lu Xinyu's face instantly darkened, but the secretary opposite him completely ignored his expression and continued, "Although the Flight Department is a professional department, and professional skills are very important, it doesn't mean that other aspects are unimportant, such as... connections!"

Actually, what the secretary said wasn't a secret at all. If we only look at professional ability, Lu Xinyu is miles ahead of Qin Zongyang, so why hasn't the position of general manager of the flight department been finalized yet?

As the secretary said, the general manager of the flight department isn't just an employee; professional skills are one thing, but management skills are another. No matter how good your flying skills are, if you can't manage people, what good are you?

Lu Xinyu's current problem is that while his resume is impressive and his professional skills are undeniable, he can't command respect. Similarly, Lu Xinyu lacks a strong foundation, unlike Qin Zongyang, who has been in the aviation industry for decades and has accumulated considerable connections, making him potentially more helpful to the company than Lu Xinyu.

There's no way around it; can you expect an airplane to fly perfectly or ingeniously? Company executives always have to consider other factors.

"What if we both fail?" Lu Xinyu asked. He had no doubt that anyone could persuade Xu Qing, neither him nor Qin Zongyang!

"Anyway, the exchange meeting is still a long way off, so you guys do your best! Right now, the higher-ups are on your side, so don't let this cause you to fall back to square one with Qin Zongyang," the secretary said.