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[Wu Han]

The Market: News for 20 November 4292

Xiandai's Largest Jetliner Takes First Flight


The new X650 jet

The largest passenger jet to be produced within Indrala has taken to the skies for a maiden flight that Xiandai Group executives have claimed would propel the country into a new era of aviation.

The X650, a long-range, twin-engine wide-body jet airliner, took off from Hanzhou's Song Yi International Airport and landed to great fanfare in Tian'an.

The jet is the work of the Xiandai Group's Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company. While Xiandai has developed military craft in the past, the commercial jet division is only 30 years old. Despite the commecial jet division having had a rocky start, with trouble finding customers for its X400 jet, the CEO of Xiandai is confident.

“I am very happy and proud to see the takeoff. It is very beautiful – a very smooth takeoff,” Wang Tengfei, CEO of Xiandai, told The Market. “We are very proud to see that it worked. This jet is the largest jet ever produced in Indrala, and the most innovative and modern jet on the market. We are anticipating great success.”


The X650 interior, standard and business class respectively

Tang Daughter Has Big Plans for TQ Group: Exclusive


Tang Zetien stands amid TQ Group cranes; just a few of many towering over Tian'an as of late

In the old neighbourhood of Xidan in Tian'an, life moves slowly. Terracotta roof tiles on the well-kept siheyuan houses are a reminder of the neighbourhood's history as a residential district for Tian'an's burgher and merchant class. Few would expect much to change in this picturesque district, but one only needs to look up from the cobblestone roads to see the TQ Group cranes in the sky.

The only daughter of TQ Group CEO Tang Wu, and therefore heir to the company, Tang Zetien has ambitious plans for the caifu conglomerate, even before she has taken the helm:

The only way I can honour my father's youth, which he spent building the company, is to do the exact same. I am committed to honouring my father by making TQ Group Indrala's largest conglomerate!

The Market spoke to Tang Zetien from atop the new TQ Group corporate headquarters in Xidan, Tian'an, currently under construction. It was Tang Zetien's decision to move the TQ Group headquarters from its humble office complex in Mudanwan, Min, to the heart of the Xidan historical district.

We're ready to take on the Tian'an old-money, and we're building this complex to show that we're here to stay.

TQ Group began as a humble trading company in Mudanwan in 4198, and quickly grew to become one of the nation's largest companies, expanding to sectors including hospitality, real-estate development, app development and, recently, finance. However, with all this success, TQ has not been able to break into the top tier of companies. Tang Zetien has good reason to believe that this is about to change. Following the government's financial sector de-regulations, 820,000+ customers have opened banking accounts with the new TQ Bank, accepting deposits of nearly $354m INS in the first three days. Part of this is due to TQ's ability to utilize Tiqi Corp, the TQ-owned provider of the country’s most widely used digital messenger platform TiqiTalk. TQ Bank has enabled account opening via the app – without visiting a bank branch – using a mobile phone number and an ID.

TQ is at the forefront of Indrala's tech and fintech sectors, and we're only getting started. I am only getting started.

TQ Group logo

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Originally posted by Wu Han on 26 October 2017