Chapter 870: Hong Kong Airlines Takes Off (Two in One)
Time flies to the end of the month.
At the end of the month, the passenger plane purchased by Xiangjiang Airlines flew from the United States to Hong Kong. Xiangjiang Airlines now has a passenger plane of its own.
The aircraft is in place, and while the company is inspecting the aircraft, it is preparing for the company's opening ceremony.
As the only airline in Hong Kong before, Cathay Pacific is not blind. Of course, they were informed of such a big thing as the arrival of Hong Kong Airlines' passenger planes.
Faced with this situation, Cathay Pacific is ready to respond.
The first is flights between Hong Kong and the United States. Cathay Pacific lowered ticket prices while promoting the company's years of flying experience and the dangers of new aircraft.
All in all, it is a blow to Xiangjiang Airlines.
The routes currently opened by Xiangjiang Airlines are not a secret to Cathay Pacific. They can’t hide it even if they want to. After all, opening routes also requires the permission and cooperation of the airport in Xiangjiang. With Cathay Pacific’s connections, when Xiangjiang Airlines applied, Cathay Pacific knew about this.
It’s not like Cathay Pacific didn’t stop it after knowing about it. If Xiangjiang Airlines couldn’t even open routes, then the company would have no hope of operating and developing.
However, all Cathay Pacific can do is delay the opening of the route, but it cannot prevent Xiangjiang Airlines from opening the route. After all, the connections of the four shareholders including Lin Baicheng and Bao Yugang cannot be underestimated, and Cathay Pacific cannot easily suppress them. .
The opening ceremony of Xiangjiang Airlines is scheduled for June 4, which is a good day to break ground for the opening.
As the chairman and shareholders of Xiangjiang Airlines, Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang and others naturally mobilized their respective connections and began to invite some well-known figures in Xiangjiang to attend the opening ceremony of Xiangjiang Airlines that day to increase the company's reputation.
Most people would honor the invitation and go there unless they really couldn't leave that day.
As time passed, we came to the opening day.
Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
The opening ceremony of Xiangjiang Airlines is here. At the same time, today is also the first time the company's flight takes off. In order to avoid embarrassing situations, Xiangjiang Airlines has already announced that today's flight tickets are free, so all the tickets for this flight are booked. I'm going out, I'm not afraid there won't be any passengers by then.
After all, the company had just opened, and with the presence of Cathay Pacific as a competitor, Li Zhaofeng was worried that there would not be many passengers flying by then, and there would be no passengers in the upper class seats, so he would just treat it as free and just promote it.
Although the opening location is at Kai Tak International Airport, it does not affect the operation of the airport. After all, the airport is very large, and Xiangjiang Airlines specially chose a place that will not affect the travel of passengers.
As the company's chairman and major shareholders, Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang and others naturally attended the opening ceremony. At the same time, they also invited some important figures to cut the ribbon with them, such as Huo Yingdong, Li Zhaoji and others.
"Lin Sheng, Bao Sheng, congratulations to you."
After the ribbon-cutting, Huo Yingdong congratulated Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang and others.
Lin Baicheng said: "The company has only begun official operations now, and we don't know what will happen next."
Huo Yingdong smiled and said: "I believe that with Lin Sheng and you here, Hong Kong Airlines will surpass Cathay Pacific sooner or later."
"yes."
Li Zhaoji agreed, then glanced at the plane parked in the distance, and asked curiously: "Lin Sheng, Bao Sheng, how much did you spend on this plane?"
Bao Yugang couldn't help but shake his head: "This thing is very valuable, one piece costs more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars."
Although the purchased passenger plane is not as expensive as Lin Baicheng's private jet, it still costs 25 million U.S. dollars, which is more than 100 million in Hong Kong dollars.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Xiangjiang Airlines did not purchase second-hand passenger planes. The company purchased Boeing's current hot-selling new passenger planes. So far, this type of passenger plane has not had any accidents, so it is safer. .
If something happens to the plane, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to survive with their mortal bodies. Therefore, in order to improve safety, under the leadership of Lin Baicheng, Xiangjiang Airlines chose to purchase this model of aircraft.
After hearing this, Li Zhaoji said: "One unit costs 100 million. Your company should purchase more than one unit, right? From this point of view, your company's investment is really not small."
Bao Yugang said: "At present, we have only purchased two passenger aircraft, and more will be added in the future."
"Hong Kong Airlines has just been established, but Cathay Pacific has been established for more than 30 years. If we want to catch up with Cathay Pacific, we can't do it without large investments." Lin Baicheng said.
"That's true."
Huo Yingdong nodded in agreement: "If you want to catch up, you really need to increase your investment. Just playing small is not enough."
Li Zhaoji said: "In other words, if Lin Sheng and you are so generous, even if ordinary people enter the aviation industry, they will not be able to pose a threat to Cathay Pacific."
"Ordinary people don't dare to enter the aviation industry. Cathay Pacific and the Swire Group behind it are not something ordinary people can resist." Huo Yingdong followed.
"Cathay Pacific and Swire Group are very strong, but we are not vegetarians."
Hu Yinxiang, who was responsible for entertaining other people, came over at this time: "However, Xiangjiang Airlines still needs more support from a few people in the future. I hope you can help promote Xiangjiang Airlines and let your people fly more on Xiangjiang Airlines under the same conditions. airliner."
"We are all our own people, and there is no reason why we should not support them."
Compared to Cathay Pacific, Xiangjiang Airlines is a Chinese company, and the relationship between them is pretty good. They will definitely help promote Xiangjiang Airlines and take Xiangjiang Airlines' passenger planes under the same conditions when there is demand.
Of course, the premise of all this is that Xiangjiang Airlines has opened the corresponding route. For example, if someone wants to go to Malaya, but Xiangjiang Airlines has not opened a route to Malaya, then they can't support it even if they want to.
After the opening ceremony, Lin Baicheng and others did not leave the airport immediately.
Today, Xiangjiang Airlines will have its first flight, and the time is after the opening ceremony. This is all arranged.
Before the plane took off, Lin Baicheng and other shareholders and company executives stood in front of the plane together. Reporters from Asia Star Media Group took photos and interviewed them. Then the relevant reports would appear in newspapers and on TV.
Afterwards, Lin Baicheng and others watched from a distance. After the passengers checked in and boarded the plane, they watched the passenger plane move on the runway and slowly flew until it disappeared in front of them.
"Mr. Lin, Director Bao, Director Hu, Director Guo, everything went well at the opening ceremony."
After the plane disappeared, Li Zhaofeng reported the results to Lin Baicheng and others.
Lin Baicheng heard this and said, "Has Los Angeles made any arrangements? We will take photos after the plane lands, so that we can promote it."
"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, everything has been arranged."
Li Zhaofeng said immediately. This was agreed upon before, so how could it not be arranged? This kind of mistake would not happen to him.
"That's good."
Lin Baicheng nodded. He just needed to see the result.
After the opening ceremony, Huo Yingdong and others said goodbye and left. Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang and other shareholders saw them off.
After seeing off the guests, Lin Baicheng and others also left the airport.
Today's opening ceremony was just to officially announce the start of Hong Kong Airlines' operations and to carry out a certain degree of publicity. Whether the company can do well and how it develops depends on its subsequent performance.
In the case of no safety accidents on passenger planes, as long as the service is in place and the ticket price is not higher than that of its peers, Hong Kong Airlines will definitely not worry about not being able to develop. It is just a question of whether it can surpass Cathay Pacific. There are only two airlines in Hong Kong. Even if both companies have routes, if someone chooses one, someone will definitely choose the other.
Of course, this is the premise that no safety accidents have occurred.
If there is a safety accident, such as a plane crash resulting in casualties, then needless to say, if there are other options, the crew of this company will definitely be seriously affected in the short term, and even in the long term.
After all, people who can afford to take a plane in this era usually have good family conditions, and they will definitely choose a safer company to travel.
As the chairman and director of Hong Kong Airlines, Lin Baicheng and others have done everything they can for the time being, and the specific operation will be handed over to Li Zhaofeng and others. Whether the company can develop depends on them.
Of course, this does not mean that Lin Baicheng and others will not care about it. They will still contribute when they should. After all, with a competitor like Cathay Pacific, it is not appropriate for them to not ask at all. Moreover, the company's investment is not small, and they themselves are not at ease if they do not ask at all.
For Lin Baicheng personally, it means that he does not have to spend too much time and energy on Hong Kong Airlines on weekdays. He has more time to study and deal with the affairs of other companies.
At Changsheng Pharmaceutical Biological Company, Lin Baicheng conducted in-depth research on X, but unfortunately there is almost no progress at present.
Why X has such an effect, whether it has other effects besides the discovered function, what genes and molecules X is composed of, etc., Lin Baicheng has not made any progress.
The only progress that is not considered progress is that X has been injected into rabbits, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, and after the experiment, it was found that the situation was the same as that of mice.
In other words, X has the same effect on other animals, not just mice. If it is useful in other animals, then the possibility of being effective in humans is greatly increased.
However, the experiment on animals has to continue, after all, only a few animals have been experimented. However, such experiments do not need to be conducted by Lin Baicheng himself, but can be handed over to his assistants, who can conduct experiments on various animals and then record the experimental data, and Lin Baicheng can look at the experimental data.
The best result of such experiments is that they are useful for all animals.
Then what is the specific effect of X on various animals, is there any difference, what kind of reaction each has, and all kinds of data must be recorded so that they can be compared.
Only with comparison can the difference be discovered.
However, because the time is too short, the current experiment has not made much progress. Lin Baicheng is not disappointed. The experimental results themselves require a long period of accumulation and cannot be achieved overnight.
In Lin Baicheng's estimation, if the research on X has a significant result within a year, it is already fast, and it is normal to have results in two or three years.
However, if it takes too long, five years or even more than five years to have results, it will be too long, unless the research on X finally develops the results that Lin Baicheng wants, or preliminary results, which can enhance human fitness without causing potential damage to the human body.
There is a possibility of developing the target results directly from X, but the possibility is very low. Lin Baicheng does not have much hope for this. He cannot put all his hopes on X.
That is to say, X has just been discovered not long ago. If after this year, there is not much progress in the research on All hope is placed on X.
After all,
A few days later.
Lin Baicheng received a call from Isabella from the United States. She said that she missed Lin Baicheng and wanted to come to Xiangjiang to see Lin Baicheng.
Isabella had already said so, what else could Lin Baicheng say, of course, he would welcome Isabella over. However, he knew very well that it was impossible to determine whether Isabella missed him, but the reason why Isabella came here must be related to her approaching birthday. Not surprisingly, she wanted Lin Baicheng to celebrate her birthday in person.
Lin Baicheng remembered when his woman's birthday was, so not long after he ended the call with Isabella, he contacted Catherine, his personal secretary in the United States, and asked Catherine to return the birthday gift he had ordered without sending any more. To Isabella.
Lin Baicheng remembered that Isabella's birthday was on the 11th of this month. He was not planning to go to the United States, but his thoughts would definitely be delivered, so he ordered his personal secretary Catherine in the United States in advance to follow his instructions. Will prepare a birthday gift for Isabella and give it to Isabella when the time comes.
Now that Isabella herself is coming to Xiangjiang, there is no need for Catherine to give a birthday gift to her. Lin Baicheng will prepare it separately in Xiangjiang and give it to Isabella personally when the time comes.
After contacting Catherine, Lin Baicheng did not forget to do one thing, and that was to contact Chen Huixiang and ask Chen Huixiang, her personal secretary, to prepare Isabella's birthday gift. The gift was prepared by the personal secretary, and he personally delivered it when it was delivered.
In fact, most of Lin Baicheng's birthday gifts to women are jewelry, and some also give villas and sports cars, but jewelry is the main item. After all, most women like jewelry.
Of course, jewelry also has different grades, and different women give different jewelry, and the first gift is usually not too expensive, after all, it will be given in the future. The first one was too expensive, and subsequent ones will be worse than the first one, and that’s not good.