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Chapter 233 0232 What the hell is this test flight?

The sudden suspension of trading of Juneyao Airlines caused a huge response in the domestic capital market.

In particular, the company behind the acquisition was actually the Magic Cube Group, which has been stirring up trouble in the A-share market recently.

With this powerful combination, the attention it attracts will naturally be higher.

After all, since the village chiefs held a meeting at the end of September, some of the most eye-catching 9x stocks in the A-share market are related to this Vancouver unicorn company.

First, it acquired the license to manufacture complete vehicles by acquiring the shell of Zotye Auto, and then its Magic Cube Auto did not produce a single vehicle. However, just by running the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the market value of Magic Cube Auto has swelled to its current size of over 200 billion.

Afterwards, they joined forces with Red Star Trading to infiltrate Rizhao Port and seized the largest grain import and export port in the country.

In addition, the company previously made a big investment in purchasing NIO’s battery swap project.

A series of big "buy, buy, buy" operations and the almost unlimited financial bullets have made the market say it is incomprehensible.

Even in the A-share market, a label called "Magic Cube Concept" similar to the "Huawei Concept" has emerged.

With the overall bull market atmosphere supporting it, the stock market of any company that has something to do with this "magic cube concept" will see its stock price soar.

After so much expansion, it has even ventured into the more eye-catching commercial aviation sector.

So much so that the 2025 Forbes Rich List in China, which will be launched next year, has recently made several changes and assessments on the asset rankings of Chen Jue and the Magic Cube Group behind him.

Even if we want to finalize the draft and announce it to the public, we have to wait until the capital expansion of Magic Cube Group stops.

In just half a year, Chen Jue's net worth has jumped from the hundreds of millions initially disclosed to the current level of over 100 billion.

If you didn't know that this guy took the purely 'self-made' manufacturing route, all the industries under his name could be traced, and he was actually engaged in real industry.

The editorial team of the Forbes Rich List even thought that Chen Jue was the illegitimate son of some invisible rich man, or a white glove pushed forward by a large consortium.

After all, it has expanded from a scale of hundreds of millions to a trillion-dollar giant in an instant. Even the speculation of Bitcoin has not increased so dramatically!

……

In addition to the capital market's frequent doubtful looks.

After announcing its merger and reorganization, Juneyao Airlines did some strange and outrageous things that were beyond the reach of the commercial aviation community.

First of all, according to private revelations from several aviation industry insiders, Juneyao Airlines has been busy recently listing more than 120 Boeing and Airbus aircraft in service for sale.

The companies being sold include large domestic airlines such as China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Sichuan Airlines.

There are also some passenger planes that have been in service for too long and are on the verge of retirement, which are planned to be transferred to logistics companies such as SF Express after being modified.

Including the order for more than 50 new passenger aircraft originally placed with Airbus of France, the company also transferred the orders at its front to friendly companies in need by queuing up for advance delivery of serial numbers.

When this news came out, all the people in the industry involved in commercial aviation were stunned!
"What's going on? Not only are you selling the company, but you're also packing up and clearing out all the planes under your name? (Staring)"

“Is JuneYao Group completely cashing out and leaving the domestic civil aviation market? (black question mark)”

"Where is the boldness you promised? You've sold all the planes now, how are you going to make a profit in the future? (Against the will of heaven)"

"Then when the suspension ends, the stock price will plummet! (vomiting blood)"

This bold move of selling aircraft in a package is truly a negative blow to the capital market.

The hundreds of thousands of small retail investors locked up inside were so frightened by the inside information that they got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet to urinate, and they all felt a chill on their backs.

As a commercial airline, how can you make money in the market without planes?
We can’t let our flight attendants follow the example of those internet celebrities and sell goods through live streaming!

The Juneyao Airlines stock forum was filled with grief.

No one is optimistic about Juneyao Airlines's move to sell aircraft in packages.

However, some capital tycoons with a keen sense of smell noticed that something was wrong.

If the purpose was really to divest the aviation business for cash, then why did Magic Cube Group go to so much trouble to acquire Juneyao Airlines?
Buy an aviation-related listed shell resource, they are everywhere in the A-share market.

What's more, the performance of several listed companies under JuneYao Group is very stable every year and they are in the profit stage all year round.

The same goes for Juneyao Airlines' more than 120 civil passenger aircraft, which have survived the most difficult time after the epidemic and are now generating hundreds of millions of net profits for the parent company every year.

Wouldn't it be a waste of time and effort to sell off all the planes at this time and cut off your own source of income?
Of course, Jun Yao remained silent throughout the rumors that were making the rounds in the outside world and the hundreds of related self-media rumors on the Internet every day.

Even Magic Cube Group, which announced the acquisition of Juneyao Airlines, remained silent.

It simply sent a collective notification letter to the 1.1 former employees of Juneyao Airlines who had newly joined the Magic Cube Aviation Division, informing them that before the upcoming business strategy transformation, they just need to focus on their own work and subsequent aircraft handovers.

The parent company will conduct further training for all positions of the former Juneyao Airlines in the next three months.

Not only will there be no large-scale layoffs, but even the existing salary and benefits will be aligned with the job standards of the Magic Cube Group.

The release of this internal document made the old employees of Juneyao Airlines breathe a sigh of relief.

Everyone was working diligently, but suddenly they woke up to find a new boss.

Who can bear this?

Fortunately, the new employer seems to be very supportive. From pilots to maintenance crews, flight attendants, and ground staff, salaries have generally increased by 2 to 3 times, and there are ready-made dormitories to share. As soon as the news was announced internally, the human resources and finance departments were almost overwhelmed by these old employees of Juneyao Airlines.

The salary and benefits of jobs in the aviation industry are several levels higher than those in ordinary industries.

For example, the original average annual salary of Juneyao Airlines reached 29 yuan, and it is still growing at a rate of 20% every year.

This is a 2 to 3 times increase on the original basis. Everyone will be grateful to the new boss.

……

Just as Juneyao Airlines was carrying out drastic reforms internally, changing its brand logo and welcoming the arrival of its new owner.

Chen Jue, the instigator, encountered considerable trouble when he later tested the "Flying Cube".

After completing the acquisition of Juneyao Airlines, Chen Jue hung out with Wang Han and his flight control team in the Rubik's Cube factory every day.

Behind closed doors, I was studying how to make the vector flight control of the 'Flying Cube' better.

As the saying goes: "Professional matters should be left to professionals!"

Wang Han’s technical team includes graduates from well-known universities with relevant majors, such as Harbin Institute of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, and South China University of Technology.

Many people have participated in domestic and international model aircraft competitions while they were still in school.

In addition, I have previously worked on the Chinese flight control programming for the Airbus A320, so I have a lot of experience.

Adjusting the vector flight attitude of a mature alien aircraft can be said to be a piece of cake.

The entire team of more than 30 people completed the source code and supporting software programs of the first generation of flight control of "Flying Cube" in less than 10 days.

In addition, Wang Han also used his connections to obtain a domestic airworthiness certificate and a test flight route for the "Flying Cube" in the name of a commercial aircraft.

After completing these two prerequisites, Chen Jue couldn't wait any longer.

Late one night in early November, I took Wang Han and a group of flight control engineers and sat in the Flying Cube.

Then, under the cover of night, it was slowly lifted up by several sturdy Rubik's Cube robotic arms and sent out of the gate of the dock workshop.

Then several flight control engineers began to announce to the LCD screen in the cockpit: "Nine planes, 9-degree circular field of view, all normal."

"The electric drive nozzles are running normally, and the bottom main engine is starting afterburner."

"The radar is operating normally, and there is no external interference such as live birds within the 10-kilometer airspace."

"We have contacted the nearest Longwan International Airport control tower. There are no flights taking off or landing within 20 minutes. The provincial route has been declared. The air traffic control department has replied that it is OK and the test flight can be carried out."

"Start the first test flight outside the workshop!" Chen Jue looked at the rows of green lights that lit up in the cockpit and gave the test flight order without saying a word.

Accompanied by a strong jet vortex gushing out from the bottom, the arms of several Rubik's Cubes holding up the Flying Rubik's Cube began to loosen their claws.

Everyone who entered the Flying Cube only felt their bodies become heavier, just like an airplane accelerating while taxiing on a runway.

The only difference is that this force comes from the vertical direction, lifting everyone up slowly at a speed of 5 meters per second.

“It’s a great riding experience.”

"It's like riding in a hot air balloon, without any discomfort. If it were put into the civil aviation field, tickets would be hard to come by!" Wang Han stared at the nine external cameras in the cockpit with excitement.

In particular, the Rubik's Cube factory that was getting farther and farther away, and the lights of the small commodity terminal that was under construction overnight, made the first group of people who experienced the machine feel extremely excited.

Including Chen Jue, after seeing the aircraft he designed actually take off from the ground.

The excitement in my heart is difficult to express in words.

After the automatic takeoff program intervened and allowed the Flying Cube to reach a test flight altitude of 100 meters steadily, he volunteered to take over the driving joystick.

At first, it moved back and forth, left and right, just like playing arcade or video games when I was a child, and performed complex vectored flight over the sea outside the mouth of the Feiyun River.

After spending nearly 10 minutes collecting the flight attitude data in the low-altitude area.

A message came from the Longwan control tower: "Aircraft with aviation identification code FTMF-01, your test flight trajectory has interfered with the takeoff and landing of subsequent flights. Please choose to land or ascend to an altitude of 3000."

"FTMF-01 received, select to ascend to 3000 altitude."

Chen Jue smiled into the microphone.

Then he pushed the lever hard, turning the engine afterburner of the 'Cube Pioneer' to the maximum value.

The Flying Rubik's Cube, which was originally running at a low speed and low altitude, was pulled to the designated height in a very short time at a climbing speed of 300 meters per second.

This not only caused Wang Han and other passengers to be pressed down on their seats by the sudden G-force.

Even the tower staff were shocked when they saw the terrifying climb rate of this test aircraft!
"Vertical ascent speed of Mach 0.88?"

"Reach the planned flight path in 10 seconds?"

"Oh my god! What the hell is this... this test flight?"

(End of this chapter)