"Where is our destination? The fortress on the top of the mountain?"
“You are asking questions knowingly. If your memory is really good enough to remember those one or two girls, then you should also remember that I mentioned that place before.”
“Splendid hotel?”
“Look, I still remember it.”
“Just wanted to make sure.”
“I don’t like saying the same thing twice. My father told me that if someone doesn’t listen to you seriously, you don’t need to talk to them seriously.”
“I may be hard of hearing, I really didn’t hear.”
“The person Angers likes will not have a big shortcoming, and even if there is, it cannot be deaf.”
"It seems that your tenderness is only limited to those who are older than you." Lin Nian made a decision after thinking, pushed his chess piece, and then reached out to the edge of the chessboard.
But at the next moment, his outstretched hand paused, then slowly retracted it and placed it on his knees. He was about to press the timer, but found that there was no timer at hand.
When he plays chess with another person, he always follows international standard rules and is extremely rigorous in judging the outcome. Therefore, he presses the timer after every move. Sometimes the moves become a habit and are difficult to correct. When excessive
After thinking about the chess game, I can't help but reach out and make the same action.
Elizabeth raised her hand and dropped it to the chessboard. After a moment of silence, she withdrew her hand. She looked up at Lin Nian, who was staring at the chessboard expressionlessly. She stretched out her hand again and placed it on her "Emperor". After a moment of hesitation,
, I got a word from the boy opposite:
“‘Sometimes you have to give up when you should, so that you can still get some of the few things you have left.’ This sentence was told to me by a friend of mine. The original words are different, but the meaning is roughly the same.”
“There is only a few things left, the last dignity?” Elizabeth pushed the emperor down on the chessboard and admitted defeat, “You played well, who taught you chess?”
“My friend said she learned it in Hawaii and taught it to me in school,” Lin Nian said.
“A teacher who can teach students who have won international championships must have also been international champions.” Elizabeth obviously did not believe what Lin Nian said.
“No wonder there is a chess board in this car.” Lin Nian was not surprised that Elizabeth had an international champion as her teacher. His status was more than enough to host an international competition in person.
“Who taught you chess?” Elizabeth reset her chess pieces, “Anatoly or Kasparov?”
Lin Nian glanced at Elizabeth. He could hear a little discomfort from the other person's tone. Even though it was light and deeply suppressed, he still noticed it because the other person repeated the sentence twice without even paying attention to him.
It seems that underneath her young age, she is still an unexpectedly strong female school director, but this is also reasonable. For a girl of this age who is about to inherit the position of the head of the family, her daily study intensity and educational environment should be
They are all the best in the world. Such people are born to despise everything. If they are suddenly defeated, they will feel extremely uncomfortable even in a game like chess.
"I told you, a friend taught me chess in school." Lin Nian said, "She taught me how to play chess for half a year."
“Kramnik, Anand, Bobby Fischer?” Elizabeth guessed two more names.
"No need to guess, her name does not appear on the list of international competition champions." Lin Nian also reset his chess pieces, "If she really chose the path of chess instead of Kassel Academy, then
She should still be competing around the world now."
“The person who taught you chess was really a student from Kassel Academy.” Elizabeth looked up.
"I said, if she participates in the competition, from the day she enters the chess circle, the champion will be her name until today, until she dies." Lin Nian said lightly, "But now she doesn't have this chance.
Already."
Elizabeth was silent, because Lin Nian's words contained many possibilities. As a school director, she knew what kind of place Cassel College was, and what kind of mission the young people inside it had who seemed to be students. Suddenly one day, nothing happened.
It is a common thing to find a way to hold on to something you love.
"Not one person can do everything best, just like the person who taught me how to play chess and never win." Lin Nian pushed the chess piece again, and Elizabeth followed quickly. They didn't have much time.
, so this move will be quick chess.
"I thought the person Ange would recommend would be a young lion who is prouder than himself." Elizabeth moved the chess piece, "I was already prepared to hate you before I met you, because young people are always arrogant.
.”
“You are also a young man.”
“So I am also arrogant. If I don’t do this, I will suffer a big loss at the school board meeting.”
“If you are not proud, you will be provoked and despised?”
“More than that, showing weakness in the jungle means you will be killed, and you will be swallowed until no bones are left.”
“Can you tell us what the topic of this school board meeting is?”
“Most of it is about you, your present and your future.”
"my future?"
"When there is an Angers, there is a future Angers. The school directors never want to repeat the same mistakes. They need a controllable future. They will oppress you, intimidate you, and then make promises to you.
Something to dream about."
“The thing of dreams?”
“No one will be tempted by a particularly generous promise. As for what it is, it’s not appropriate to talk about it now. You will see it at the meeting. It is one of the most important topics.”
“Do you think I will be tempted by this?”
"It's hard to say that no hybrid will be tempted by that promise. Although I am willing to believe in Ange's vision, it is still difficult for me to believe you. Logically speaking, the Laurent family needs to go through a tedious process to choose a future partner.
Only Angers knows who you really are and what your purpose is, and you know it yourself. We know nothing about you, and it is difficult to build trust."
The number of chess pieces on the table became smaller one by one, and the two of them made quick moves, making judgments on the situation with almost no need to think.
They should have done this a long time ago. They should have said these things when they got in the car.
“Then if you fall out before the school board gives its permission.”
"You are not Angers, you will not fall out, you have your own ties, and every school director knows what your ties are, including me."
“Are they going to eat me?”
“Not necessarily, they will not touch your bottom line if it is not necessary, and you still have enough space to maneuver around it.”
“This meeting was convened by the school directors of the Gattuso family. How much do you know about Frost Gattuso?”
“The spokesperson of the Gattuso family and one of the temporary school directors has great power even in the Presbyterian Church.”
“Interim school director?”
"The real school director is Pompeii Gattuso. Frost is just Pompeii's younger brother and the acting head of the Gattuso family. Because Pompeii Gattuso is wandering all day long, he has been acting as Gattuso's agent all year round.
All things at home.”
“Does he have a strong voice on the school board?”
“The Gattuso family ranks first in donating funds to Kassel College every year, followed by the Laurent family.”
“I heard that you control the largest syndicate group in Europe, you have no reason”
Elizabeth interrupted: "I never said that the wealth of the Laurent family was inferior to that of the Gattuso family."
“I understand that you will be on my side at the next school board meeting?” Lin Nian nodded.
"I will stand on the side of Angers. This is an indivisible interest relationship. I will always stand on the opposite side of the Gattuso family. But you also need your own position. No one will take sides clearly, so don't expect it.
I would say too much for you."
“If there was a ranking list of the right to speak on the school board, where would the Laurent family be?”
“No worse than fourth, no better than second.”
“It is at the middle and upper reaches and has a great say.”
"You are the one that Angers likes. Sooner or later you will stand on the stage on behalf of Angers, but I personally suggest that before you have the capital to stand in front of the stage and the trust that can be handed over to me, I hope you don't
It’s too much to expect too much in advance from the Laurent family.”
“This is a matter of principle in the transaction, and I understand this. But before that, I have to know the weight of the allies and the limits of the help you can provide.”
"for example?"
“I heard that the Laurent family is the real leader of the entire European mining industry, so if I ask you to support a mining company across the ocean.”
“You know this isn’t help at all, and that’s not what you really want.”
“Then I heard that the Laurent family has a large controlling stake in the Chernobyl prison.”
“Ange told you.”
"Yes."
“It turns out that the person who taught you chess was Mandy Gonzalez, a traitor who was purged by party rules.” Elizabeth said suddenly.
Then the next moment her king was captured and the chess game was lost.
Lin Nian raised his head and glanced at her, then slowly placed the chess piece in his hand next to the chessboard.
“She will also be one of the topics at this meeting.” Elizabeth retracted her hand and put it on her knees.
“What else does the school board want from her?” Lin Nian asked.
“What do you think?” Elizabeth asked calmly, looking at Lin Nian in front of her.
At this time, the car door opened behind her from the outside, revealing the marble snow. The driver stood outside the door and gently held the door frame with his hands, waiting for her to get off.
“This is your first meeting with the powerful people of the Secret Party.” Elizabeth looked directly at Lin Nian and said, “Your performance means that the Laurent family will invest in you in the future.”
Lin Nian answered the girl without saying a word. He quietly watched the girl walk out of the car door, and behind him the car door also opened from the outside.
Angers stood by the car and looked at him who was bending out of the car and said with a smile: "How was the chat?"
Lin Nian looked at Ange and nodded lightly without saying anything. The other person also nodded and pressed the switch to automatically close the door. He reached out to hold his back and left the parking lot towards the building standing in the snow in the distance.