Chapter 372: Pilot's License
Hearing that the singer Anton who was standing opposite him was going to introduce himself to a movie role, Dwayne Johnson didn't care, and said half-jokingly: "Oh?! You are also a part-time talent scout? Let me act in the movie, what is the male number? Male number five or six?"
Zheng Xudong knew that he was not too famous now, and it was impossible for him to fully believe in himself, so he could only try to be sincere and say: "I may guarantee that you are the worst male number three, and you have a big role." After a pause, Johnson still didn't believe it, so he made one last effort, "Hey, if you're okay right now, why don't you give it a try? That's all I have to say, believe it or not!Goodbye!" After saying that, he pulled Ivanka and left.
"Do you fancy that wrestler?" asked Ivanka.
"I'm just looking to see if he can withstand Harvey Weinstein's pressure and come to me, I want to give him a chance, as for whether he can grasp it?" said this, Zheng Xujiang shrugged his shoulders.
Ivanka did not continue on this topic, but took him to a small group of three people, one or two men and one woman.
Zheng Xudong knew one of the men, it was Zhang Ye, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, and the other man was a very standard white European and American in both body shape and appearance, and facing away from him was a woman with big wavy blonde hair, who did not wear an evening dress, but a women's professional attire.
Seeing Zheng Xudong and Ivanka coming over, the white man spoke first: "Hey, President Ivanka, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are getting younger and more beautiful." I'll have to ask my wife to come to you and learn how to maintain it. This must be Mr. Anton, who has just become popular recently!"
Ivanka and Anton walked two quick steps to this small circle, and Ivanka first introduced Zheng Xudong and said: "My dear, this is Mr. James McNerney Jr., vice chairman and president of Boeing. ”
When Zheng Xudong heard that this was the president of Boeing, he was a great man, the president of the world's largest civil and military aircraft manufacturer, and one of the largest export-earning companies in the United States. He quickly stretched out his hand and shook the hand of the handsome old man, and then said, "Whether my plane can be seated in advance depends on whether Mr. McEnany can make it convenient!"
James McEnany obviously knew that Zheng Xudong bought their company's plane, so he said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng, your Boeing 747-8VIP is a luxury model of Boeing, you should know that it is the car of the President of the United States, and it is a complicated project to renovate its interior alone, and President Ivanka has very high requirements for interior decoration, and you will not be able to sit on this plane until the end of September at the earliest." Wait a minute, okay!"
Ambassador Zhang Ye, who was next to them, did not expect that this young man would actually buy a plane, and it was also a Boeing 747-8 VIP model of the active US president, although he was a little surprised in his heart, but he did not show it on his face.
IVANKA ONLY THEN SAW THE WOMAN STANDING HERE, "OH MY GOD! ”
At this time, the woman turned to face Ivanka and Zheng Xudong, the two first kissed each other's cheeks, and then showed a smile and said to Ivanka: "Ivanka, I really envy you, how have you maintained yourself over the years, you actually look the same as when I saw you a few years ago, you have time to teach me this old woman!"
Ivanka smiled and said to Hillary: "You're not old at all, you're still that capable, and you're more reserved." Madame, I have come to introduce you to my friend, Anton. Saying that, Ivanka pointed to Zheng Xudong next to her.
If Zheng Xudong couldn't recognize who she was at this time, then he would be too defeated, so he hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to shake her hand, "Secretary Clinton, hello, I'm Anton." Zheng Xudong knew that American women took their husband's surname after marriage, so he called her Secretary of State.
But I didn't expect this super strong woman to say with a serious face: "Young man, please call me Hillary." Then he stretched out his hand to hold Zheng Xudong's hand and said with a smile: "Your song, my daughter likes it very much, she is your fan, and she has time to visit my house as a guest, I think that child must be very happy." ”
Zheng Xudong knew that this was a polite and polite person to you, and with his current fame, even if Clinton's daughter wanted to see him, he would arrange a public occasion, and it was impossible for him to go to his home, so he said: "Thank you! I am about to return to China to go to college, so I may not have the opportunity to visit your house in the future." ”
"Well, you're always welcome!" Clinton said perfunctorily.
Zheng Xudong saw that people didn't want to talk to him, so he turned to Boeing President James McEnany, "President McEnany, I want to ask, if I want to take a pilot license, do we have a driving school within Boeing? Can you provide me with some convenience?"
James McEnany laughed when he heard his words, "Young man, you asked the right person, we really have a flying driving school at our headquarters, but I think you are going to take the fixed-wing aircraft, do you want to fly your own plane!"
Zheng Xudong really thought so, so he nodded, "Yes, I want to buy the plane back myself after it is built." ”
James McEnany said with a serious face: "Mr. Zheng, first of all, the pilot's license is not as easy to get as you think, and then you can't fly the Boeing 747 directly after you finish the pilot's license, you have to start flying from the small plane first, and wait until you have enough hours to fly your plane." ”
"Isn't there a crash course?" said Zheng Xudong and winked at James McEnany.
James McEnany clearly understood what Zheng Xudong meant, and pretended to be serious and said, "How can there be such a class?" as he spoke, he looked at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who was standing across from him.
Zheng Xudong immediately understood, why did he suddenly make a fool of himself, and asked in front of the US Secretary of State whether there was a "crash course" in the driving school! This is simply a blatant "violation of discipline"! Thinking of this, he said: "President McEnany, you are right, this driver's license should be studied step by step!"
James McEnany thought to himself, if you kid reacts fast enough, or you'd be about to make me unable to get off the stage.
Hillary, an old politician, saw all of this and said indifferently, "You two don't act here." James, you can do me a favor, this kid has driven an Airbus A380, and he can't fly your 747. Okay, let him learn the theory, and if he can pass the exam, let him try to learn how to fly a large airliner. ”
Of course, James McEnany didn't want to offend this young potential big customer, who can say for sure whether this little guy would buy other planes, and said to Hillary Clinton with a smile: "Since Mrs. said so, what else do I have to say, Mr. Zheng, after I go back, I will arrange for someone to send the teaching materials of the theory class to your mailbox, and then give you an instructor phone number, if you don't understand anything, please contact this instructor at any time, and he will tell you patiently." Wait until you pass the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) exam in the theory course, remember that this exam is not taken by Boeing, it is arranged by the federal government, and we at Boeing are only responsible for teaching. You will be able to practice on the plane under the guidance of an instructor, and if you pass the instructor's approval and think that you are already qualified to drive independently, you will be arranged to take the test, and someone from the federal government FAA will take the test. If you have passed this, then congratulations, you have become a qualified flight pilot. At this time, if you want to drive a civil airliner, you have to start as a co-pilot, and you must fly at least one year or XX million kilometers (I really haven't found this number) before you can become a full-time captain. Do you understand? Anyway, it's not as simple as you think. ”
He said happily: "I understand, isn't it actually difficult?" After a pause, he continued: "President McEnany, in fact, I am thinking about whether I want to buy a small private jet, I can't always use the 747 for short-distance flights in China, you say yes! Should I buy Boeing or Gulfstream, or Airbus?
James McEnany, as the vice chairman and president of Boeing, has the obligation to pull customers for the company at any time, and when he heard that the deal was coming, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Zheng, it just so happens that after our Boeing company has two private jets built, the original buyer has a dilemma of breaking the capital chain, if you can buy it, I think you can really enter the Boeing driving school crash course." The two private jets are at least hundreds of millions of dollars in business, and at this time, it doesn't matter what Secretary of State Hillary is not present, if Hillary doesn't give Boeing an appropriation or pull orders, let her "think as far as you want, get out of my way!" Whoever can give me money in this world is my God! Doesn't this little guy just want to get a pilot's license as soon as possible! He himself can fly the Airbus A380 in the air independently for three hours, and can land at the airport safely and smoothly, if you want to say that he has not learned before, you don't believe him. Besides, he had watched a video of him flying a plane landing at Dubai International Airport on the Internet, and he had asked several Boeing pilots, and they all said that they were flying at this level.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was watching the "scenery" from the side, of course understood the nature of these capitalists to rush up when they saw money, and she really didn't dare to take a stand in front of the president of Boeing to tell the truth, because everyone knows that American politicians all serve big groups and big capitalists, and Boeing is such a civilian and military aircraft manufacturer in the world, or the largest military aircraft manufacturer, is the object that she wants to win over when she is in politics, otherwise it would not be possible to come here without talking to the owner Deng Wendi, so I came to visit this person first. If she wants to transition from secretary of state to the first female president of the United States, she will have to rely on the support of hundreds of CEOs like James McEnany, and she needs to build relationships with them now to prepare for her future presidential journey.
As soon as Zheng Xudong saw that he had gotten what he wanted, he was about to leave with Ivanka, and said with a smile: "Secretary of State Hillary, Ambassador Zhang, President McEnany, my girlfriend and I are going to go shopping elsewhere, make more new friends, you can talk!"
"Wait a minute, young man, I've got something for you... ”