"What's wrong, Mr. Xiao, do you know the Xia family in Lanning City?"
Fan Nanxing never dared to investigate Xiao Chen's origins. He didn't know that Xiao Chen was from Lanning City, let alone his relationship with the Xia family.
Xiao Chen pondered: "As far as I know, the Xia family doesn't have the background to be shortlisted as one of the five small families, right?"
The Xia family is not a powerful family in Lanning City. It is not as good as the He family and the Cao family. How can they be shortlisted as one of the five small families in Jiangnan Province?
"There are some interests involved in this!" Fan Nanxing said, "The Xia family has the support of the Jiang family behind it!"
"The Jiang family, one of the three major families?"
Xiao Chen remembered what he heard at Xia Shiyun's birthday party, and a guy named Jiang Shaoqiu seemed to have appeared in the end.
"Yes, the Jiang family is the head of the three major families. It is not difficult to support the Xia family!"
Just as Xiao Chen thought, the purpose of the emergence of the five small families was not simple. A top force like the Jiang family would inevitably take some actions.
For example, support the Xia family to rise to power.
Due to the lack of financial resources of the Xia family, if they want to secure their position as the fifth small family, they must rely on the Jiang family for survival.
In this way, the Jiang family can share at least half of the resources that the Xia family will receive in the future.
"Okay, I'll go to the site to take a look in two days, and you can help me make arrangements!" Xiao Chen said.
"Put it on Fan!"
…
In two days, Xiao Chen used the medicinal materials sent by the Huo family and Fan Nanxing to refine a batch of elixirs.
Two days later, Xiao Chen received news from Fan Nanxing and arrived on time at the "Yuntian Building", known as the tallest building in Jiangnan.
"Mr. Xiao!"
Fan Nanxing was already waiting outside.
"Well, go up and try not to make any noise first!" Xiao Chen warned.
"Understood!" Fan Nanxing has obviously made arrangements.
The two took the exclusive elevator and entered the top floor of the building.
This floor is a very luxurious conference room.
Meetings that can be held here must be important meetings with huge impact.
The conference room has two floors, the first floor can accommodate 1,500 people.
The second layer has a special structure and is not for ordinary people.
Fan Nanxing took Xiao Chen directly into the second floor. From their angle, they could see the situation below at a glance, but it was difficult to see the situation below.
"good!"
Xiao Chen was very satisfied with this position.
…
Although there are four places for the five small families, the cutscenes still have to be completed.
When everyone from the major forces arrived, the host came on stage and began the voting ceremony.
Participating in the competition are the Jia family, Wan family, Ouyang family, Lu family, Tianhe Pan family, Tianhe Wu family, Lanning Qin family, Lanning Xia family, Guhai Pei family and so on, a total of sixteen families.
There are a total of thirty-two forces with voting rights.
These thirty-two forces include families, corporate companies, government agencies, representatives of military regions, as well as some more influential civil organizations, societies, etc.
There are five small families, five quotas, so five rounds of voting are adopted.
In each round, one family will win.
…
Voting begins.
In the first round, the Jia family won with an absolute advantage and were shortlisted for the five small families.
In the second round, the Ouyang family won and was shortlisted for the five small families.
In the third round, Tianhe Wu Family won.
In the fourth round, Lan Ning and the Qin family won.
Sure enough, without any surprise, they were the four designated families.
Only when the fifth round begins, will there be a little bit of competition, and voting will have real meaning.
…
In the Jiang family camp, Xia Mingfeng was extremely nervous and his palms were sweating.
After all, now is the most critical moment. If it succeeds, the Xia family will soar into the sky and join the ranks of the five small families.
This was definitely something he had never dreamed of before.
"Xia Mingfeng, don't be nervous. Our Jiang family has already helped you smoothen the relationship. If nothing happens, you can win 100% of the time."
Jiang Mantian, the head of the Jiang family, patted Xia Mingfeng on the shoulder and said.
"Thank you very much, Patriarch, for your support. Xia Mingfeng will keep it in mind and will definitely live up to his expectations!" Xia Mingfeng said excitedly.
"Haha, this is easy to talk about." Jiang Mantian smiled faintly and asked, "Do you have a daughter who is over eighteen years old?"
Xia Mingfeng was slightly startled, "My little girl Shi Yun is indeed eighteen years old!"
"That's easy. Shaoqiu went to Lanning City last time. After he came back, he couldn't forget your daughter. He said how beautiful and well-behaved she was. I couldn't help but wonder when to bring her.
May I meet you?"
When Xia Mingfeng heard this, he quickly understood what Jiang Mantian meant.
But not only was he not in trouble, he actually couldn't get what he wanted.
The Jiang family is already the head of the three major families in Jiangnan Province, and their status is unshakable.
Shiyun can marry into the Jiang family and enjoy endless glory and wealth, which can also promote the relationship between the two families.
Besides, besides being a little arrogant, Jiang Shaoqiu can be called a dragon among men in other aspects. He is very popular with little girls, and Shi Yun should not be disgusted with him.
Just when Xia Mingfeng was about to agree, he was interrupted by laughter.
"Master Jiang, what are you talking about? Are you so happy?"
Jiang Mantian saw the visitor and said calmly: "Master Liu, the fifth round is about to begin. If you don't hurry up and canvass votes for the Pan family, do you still have the time to hang around?"
"Don't worry, hasn't it started yet? The finale has to come on at the last minute, right?"
Liu Zhengfeng smiled lightly, as if he was confident of winning.
Jiang Mantian frowned and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Is something going to happen?
…
Xiao Chen had been paying attention to the Jiang family and Xia family. When he saw Liu Zhengfeng walking over to ridicule them, he couldn't help asking Fan Nanxing next to him:
"Who are the people next to Xia Mingfeng and Jiang Mantian?"
Fan Nanxing glanced in that direction and replied: "The second-ranked head of the Liu family among the three major families, Liu Zhengfeng."
"Liu family?"
"The Liu family is the supporter behind the Pan family!"
"I see, the Jiang family supports the Xia family, and the Liu family supports the Pan family. This fifth round of competition is actually a competition between the Jiang family and the Liu family, right?"
"It can be said that whoever has more connections between the Jiang family and the Liu family will determine the outcome of the Xia family or the Pan family."
Xiao Chen suddenly realized.
Although everything is expected, it is inevitably surprising.
Families such as the Lu family and the Wan family just came in to make up the numbers and cooperated with the big guys to put on a show.
Although they were nominated and competed, this election had nothing to do with them from the beginning.
"In your opinion, who will win today?" Xiao Chen asked.
Fan Nanxing said without hesitation: "The Jiang family has stronger connections than the Liu family. If nothing else happens, the Liu family cannot beat the Jiang family, and the Xia family will win."
"Haha, you also said that there will be no surprises. Seeing that Liu Zhengfeng is sure of victory, I am afraid there will be many surprises today!"
When Fan Nanxing heard this, he also looked thoughtful.
Is Liu Zhengfeng really confident that he can defeat the Jiang family?
"Let's not talk about them first, let's talk about the Huo family!" Xiao Chen suddenly said, "The Huo family is also one of the three major families, why do you feel so weak?"
This has always been a question in his mind.
The Huo family firmly holds the position of the three major families, but its strength is not as strong as the Shi family in Guhai City, let alone the Jia family, which is really puzzling.
Fan Nanxing pondered for a moment and sighed: "This incident actually dates back to a legendary figure more than 20 years ago!"