Chapter 301 Buy a shelf An 124 to play
Under the leadership of Mikhail, Jiang Lang took a good look at this behemoth that belonged to him, with an empty weight of 175 tons, a height of 21 meters, a length of more than 70 meters, and a wingspan of 73 meters, which is far from being comparable to ordinary civil airliners. It is the Airbus A380 ordered by Island City Airlines, and the load is only half of this big guy.
Jiang Lang thanked the six crew members who sent the plane over, although they belong to the Russian Air Force, they are mainly for external services, Jiang Lang asked them to help bring their captains, Peng Li and they just forget it, Jiang Lang decided to call Zheng Yufeng and ask him to send a few pilots over and transport goods to Moscow together.
After saying that he was willing to pay $1 million for training, the Air Force agreed to Jiang Lang's request, and Jiang Lang then took out his mobile phone and called Zheng Yumeng: "Mr. Zheng, you choose four excellent male pilots to come to Anadyr, I bought an An-124, and I need the pilots to come and learn from the Russian side, and then drive this big guy back." β
"Mr. Jiang, the plane has already been ordered? When will it arrive? How can Russia agree to sell you this kind of plane?" Zheng Yumeng is completely confused, China has wanted to buy An-124 more than once, but whether it is Russia or Ukraine, they are unwilling to sell to China, after all, there are only a few dozen of this number in the world, the key is that the aircraft that can no longer be produced has been discontinued, and now China's own Y-20 has reached a critical period, if there is an An-124 as a reference, this will have a huge role in promoting China's own large aircraft program.
"The plane has already stopped at the airport, hurry up, the Russian Air Force will only take you once, but I paid 1 million US dollars for training, and after I came, I followed them to Moscow to transport gold, and if I learned it, I would fly directly from Moscow back to the island city. β
In Zheng Yumeng's somewhat excited ecstasy, Jiang Lang and Mikhail went to the tavern in the city to drink together, and of course brought six crew members with them, but they handed it over to Li Meili to be responsible for the reception, fortunately, their English was still okay, Li Meili called two foreign students in the mine together, and it would be more convenient to communicate with at least those who could speak Russian.
On the morning of May 1, two of Mi'ail's bodyguards again escorted 148 tons of gold to Moscow for the fourth flight.
In the evening, four Chinese pilots flew to Anadyr on Jiang Lang's plane, rested for the night, and after they were familiar with the cabin of the An-124 for a while, Jiang Lang asked them if they were confident, and the six Russian crew members took four people to fly together to familiarize them with the control of the plane, and took off to circle in the sky before landing on the airport.
After three days of several take-off and landing exercises, Captain Yu Qiang reported to Jiang Lang that he had mastered the flying skills of the An-124 and hoped to try to fly with a load.
Jiang Lang asked the four of them and all said that there was no problem, and at the same time, the captain of the Russian Air Force also said that Yu Qiang They learned very quickly, and after they had mastered all the skills of flying, they still asked them to be careful, and for the first time, they put a Belas 75570, a big guy with an empty weight of 74 tons, and there were ten of them in this type of mine.
This time, it was Yu Qiang and a few people who directly controlled the big guy, but the crew of the Russian Air Force still sent two people to follow, successfully took off and circled in the sky, and then went to Vladivostok airport to fill up with fuel, and then successfully flew back.
On the morning of the 6th, Jiang Lang directly loaded them with 100 tons of gold, requiring them to pay attention to safety, it doesn't matter if the gold is gone, it doesn't matter if the plane is lost, but personal safety must be guaranteed, Island City Airlines is now very short of pilots, Jiang Lang can't afford to lose any of them, after all, more than 200 planes have been ordered, the first batch will arrive before the end of the year, renamed the original Qidong Airlines of Island City Airlines, now the most lacking is the pilot, although it is still recruiting pilots in China, but it is still not enough.
Boeing and Airbus have a large production capacity, and the two companies can produce dozens of passenger planes a month, especially Island City Airlines, which directly made a 70% down payment, which made the two major airlines advance the orders of Island City Airlines.
Especially after the successful visit of the Chinese leader to France in early April, Airbus gave the answer that 72 aircraft could be delivered by the end of the year, of which 50 of the best-selling aircraft Airbus A320 will be delivered.
Stimulated by this, as well as the news revealed by the Chinese side in late April, Qidong Energy was approved by the State Council to invest 100 billion yuan in the construction of Yanjing Daxing Airport, which will be China's first privately held joint venture airport, although there is not much news about the content, but it will become Island City Airlines' own airport, plus Qidong Energy is now the world's largest private energy company, making its importance higher again, so Boeing also notified Island City Airlines at the end of last month, from the original order delivery of more than 20 aircraft to 65, the rest will be delivered in the first half of next yearγ
Because of the reduced load capacity, the flight range of the An-124 this time can reach more than 8,000 kilometers, which means that they can fly directly from Anadyr Airport to Moscow without refueling halfway. However, Yu Qiang still decided to follow the example of the previous plane, and instead of flying directly over the Arctic Circle, he flew to the vicinity of Lake Baikal, refueled and then went to Moscow again.
On the night of the 6th, Jiang Lang received a call from Yu Qiang from Moscow, telling him that the transportation mission was successful, and that the gold had been delivered to the Central Bank of Russia.
At ten o'clock in the morning on the 7th, Jiang Lang received a call from Zheng Yumeng, An 124 successfully landed at the Island City Airport, Jiang Lang's hanging heart couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the maintenance of this aircraft will be responsible for a newly established aircraft maintenance company, well, in fact, it is the pilots of COMAC who have changed their names, but this matter can only be done secretly, can not be known by foreigners, Jiang Lang sent an email to Zheng Yumeng specified, Jiang Lang did not dare to say this on the phone, for fear that the mobile phone would be monitored, but Qidong Energy's email is still relatively safe, and Zheng Yumeng deleted the email after reading it.
But it is precisely because of this behemoth suddenly landed at the island city airport, it really caused a lot of sensation, the world's second largest transport aircraft AN-124 landed in China for the second time, the last time was 09 years had flown to Xi'an, although many people want to know what the plane is here for, but the island city aviation refused to disclose more information, ordinary citizens will watch the excitement is over.
On the 9th, all the gold was produced and all piled up in the control room, and the rest of the thing was to transport it away, except for the soldiers and the security deputy on duty outside the control room, Jiang Lang directly locked the door of the control room, except for him, no one else could open it, and it became a luxury to steal gold.
On the afternoon of May 16th, a container freighter of Qidong Ship, after 21 days of sea voyage, docked at the military dock under the escort of two nurse ships of the East China Sea Fleet, and then a large number of soldiers took over the freighter, Xu Zijiao was Jiang Lang's secretary, and after Qiao Xue got on the ship with her father, Xu Zijiao handed over a letter from Jiang Lang to her, and after she read it, she asked Xu Zijiao to stay and supervise, and then Qiao Xue was responsible for handling the handover procedures with the central bank responsible for receiving and Zhou Xiao, when she saw Xu Zijiao took out a stack of invoices totaling 77 billion US dollars, although she already knew the total amount in advance, but it still made the central bank and Qiao Xue's father and daughter sigh that Jiang Lang was really big this time.
Subsequently, dozens of containers were opened one by one for inspection and counting, just this process took a day, and at the same time brought a huge shock to the soldiers involved in this task, 1700 tons of gold, this is the whole deck of the ship is completely a golden eye, in order to prevent being secretly photographed by high-powered binoculars in the distance, the freighter is protected in the middle by a larger warship, and even not at ease, and the edge of the freighter is fenced.
It wasn't until the morning of the 17th, after dozens of people in the bank counted and confirmed that it was correct, that the gold was agreed to be transported off the ship by Xu Zijiao, fortunately, the two sides were still quite sincere, after all, the amount was too huge, plus Qiao Xue had been on the scene, and the gold was actually transported back by the son-in-law of Chief of Staff Qiao and sold to the central bank, so no one had any other ideas, except that some officers envied the daughter of the chief of staff and found a super-rich boyfriend.
On the 23rd, Jiang Lang received phone calls and emails from Zhou Xiao and Qiao Xue, proving that 77 billion US dollars had been remitted to the Hong Kong account of Anadel Mine, which was not too simple for Bank of China, and it was also opened in the Hong Kong branch of Bank of China anyway.
In the office of the governor of Afklinta, Jiang Lang took out his laptop and happily gave Qiao Xuefa's account various arrival certificates to the second shareholder Mikhail and the representative of the third shareholder, Governor Afklinta, and after the two confirmed that it was correct, the three signed a shareholder dividend agreement, Jiang Lang called Zhou Xiao and asked her to remit 44% of the money to Anadyr's account, and remitted 200 million US dollars to Governor Afklinta's private account, and after obtaining the consent of Mr. Governor, 5% of the total amount , $3.195 billion was paid by the mine to the state government in 123 billion rubles, and he agreed that the remaining gold in the mine would be divided according to the proportion of his shares. Although the state government is a three-shareholder and has no say at all, he himself has also contributed, at least without his consent, even if the Kupol gold mine can be taken, various other minerals in the Chukotzi Autonomous Region may also be taken by the Anadyr mine, and the gold exported to China will be collected in Hong Kong, and he also agrees and does not report it to others.
Mikhail was a little excited and didn't know what to do, he and Governor Avklinta got drunk that night, and repeatedly thanked Jiang Lang, that is, Jiang Lang was able to come to Russia to invest, and he could agree to invest in the bitter cold land of Chukotsi, and at the same time, Jiang Lang did not kick him out, otherwise the group of people in Moscow would also become his nightmare. The elderly governor is also excited, with 200 million US dollars in foreign savings, he can go anywhere in the world at ease, even if the governor leaves office in the future, even if he is arrested, his family can live a life without worrying about food and clothing.