Everyone held their breath, fearing that making any noise would affect the progress of this wonderful show.
Zhao Qing and others looked ugly. At this time, they had fallen into a desperate situation.
No apology?
Then they insulted the head of the Lin family in public, which is an unpardonable crime!
By apologizing, they can obtain forgiveness from the head of the Lin family, but from now on, Qingmutang will no longer have any psychological advantage when facing the Lin family.
Apologize or not, there is no return! It means huge damage!
Lin Zhiming looked at them coldly.
Although these old guys are somewhat capable, they are limited to making small moves. If they really want to make plans, none of them together can be a match for Dong Jian.
Everything that happened today was actually designed by Dong Jian. Dong Jian had expected that they would attack fiercely, so he had already dug a hole for them to jump into. Unexpectedly, these idiots actually all jumped into it.
Already.
"Please forgive others if you have to."
The blind man, who had been silent and wandering in his mind from beginning to end, spoke at this time.
His words attracted everyone's attention and made the tense atmosphere suddenly relax a lot.
"That's right, you have to be merciful and merciful. You are still young, so there is no need to do everything absolutely." Zhao Qing said.
"Perhaps we have overlooked this matter, but...you don't have to hold on to it!" Qian Zhu said.
"You are still young and have a long road ahead. Don't block the road in such a hurry!" Sun Bai continued.
"We will still work together in the future. Let's keep a line as human beings. I really want to see you in the future!" Li Xuan said.
Looking at these elders of Qingmu Hall who had already given in, Lin Zhiming sneered and said, "Now do you know that you have to leave a line for others? Didn't you see that you wanted to leave a line for me just now? It doesn't matter, you don't want to apologize.
, as long as you promise me that I can freely exercise the power to appoint and dismiss clan members, this matter will be over!"
Appoint and remove clan members from positions?
These words made several people in Qingmudang look at each other.
This was originally the power of the head of the family. For example, all the people working in the family and housekeepers were dismissed by the head of the family. However, during the hundreds of years when the head of the Lin family showed weakness, the power to appoint and remove these positions was basically controlled by the head of the family.
In the hands of Aokido.
Handing over this power is tantamount to handing over the personnel power within the Lin family.
This is not unacceptable to everyone. Compared with an apology, this condition is extremely loose, because they actually don't bother to care too much about the internal affairs of the Lin family. In the past, they controlled this power mainly to install their cronies. Now they use this power
After handing it over, the control over the Lin family will become weaker, but it will not affect the fundamentals.
Their foundation is to control the Lin family's industry. This is the top priority!
So, after a brief thought, Zhao Qing said, "Okay!"
"I have no opinion!"
"Me too!"
Several other elders spoke one after another.
"Okay." Lin Zhiming grinned, clasped his hands and faced everyone present and said, "My friends here can bear witness. From now on, I, the head of the family, will have the final say on the appointment and dismissal of members of the Lin family."
"Congratulations to the Lin family!"
"Congratulations!" Everyone congratulated.
"It's really hard for him. He has to do so much to get his power back. This is gratifying, but it's also sad and shameful!" Lin Cairong in the distance said softly with slightly red eyes.
Yu Yu, only she understood Lin Zhiming's situation at this time best. He seemed to have all the advantages, but what he was fighting for were things that should have belonged to him in the first place.
How pitiful this is.
Hundreds of years of weakness have made the head of the Lin family a puppet without any real power. He can't even say anything about the appointment and dismissal of internal members of the family.
Now that Lin Zhiming is in power, what he has to do is to take back the power that belongs to him bit by bit. This is destined to be an extremely difficult road.
Several elders finally left in despair.
They exchanged a right for peace.
However, everyone knows that this peace is only short-lived. Whether it is Lin Zhiming or Aoki Hall, their battle will definitely start again in a short time.
At that time, we really can’t say who will win and who will lose.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the banquet ended.
Lin Zhiming drank a lot of wine and was already drunk, but he still tried to stay awake and sent the guests to the door one by one and sent them off.
Afterwards, Lin Zhiming summoned everyone in the Lin family for a meeting in the courtyard of his villa.
The chairs in the yard have not been torn down yet, and everyone just happens to be sitting on these chairs.
Although Lin Zhiming's face was crimson, he still stood in front of everyone soberly.
"Today is a happy day. Logically speaking, I shouldn't say some depressing words, but I have no choice but to say it anyway." Lin Zhiming said seriously.
Everyone sat upright and listened carefully to Lin Zhiming's words.
"We took over the Lin family and stole the show at the succession ceremony. We even got the personnel rights, but... for Qingmudang, these are just scratching the surface of their finances. We control the financial power.
, we control all the properties of the Lin family, and we are happily enjoying ourselves, but in fact, we have not obtained anything important from the Lin family, and we are still amusing ourselves." Lin Zhiming said.
Everyone's expressions were solemn, and they all realized what Lin Zhiming mentioned in his words.
"So, the battle is just the beginning! Each of us must be prepared to fight and go into battle at any time. We must also be prepared to face failure. We cannot always succeed on the road of fighting. We can only win without being arrogant.
, Don't be discouraged by defeat, only then can we truly take back everything of the Lin family! Only then can we truly be on par with the other three major families. I would like to ask you, are you willing to fight with me until the final victory?" Lin
Zhiming shouted loudly.
"willing!"
Hundreds of Lin family members shouted in unison. Some of them were Lin family members from Straits City and some were from Dongyun Province. However, from today on, they all have a common name: Imperial City Lin family!
"Next, we will announce several decisions on personnel appointments and removals." Lin Zhiming looked around at everyone, and then said, "Lin Cairong, from now on, will serve as the deputy head of the Lin family, and will handle the affairs of the Lin family on my behalf in my absence!"
"Thank you, patriarch, I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Lin Cairong stood up and said seriously.
"Lin Wei, will serve as the general steward of the Lin family from now on! Assist me in handling family affairs, and be responsible for maintaining the unity of the family members!" Lin Zhiming said loudly.
Lin Wei was stunned for a moment when he heard this decision.
Logically speaking, shouldn't the position of chief butler be given to Dong Jian? How could it be given to him? Moreover, he had not received any news before, so why was he suddenly made the chief butler of the Lin family?
Lin Wei hesitated for a moment, stood up, and glanced at Dong Jian, who was standing not far away.
Dong Jian said nothing, his face was extremely calm.
"Lin Wei, do you have any questions? Or do you think you are not capable enough to be the general housekeeper?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Master, I am always ready to give everything for the family, and I also feel that I have the ability to be the general steward!" Lin Wei said loudly.
"That's good!" Lin Zhiming nodded, and then appointed several family deacons in succession.
The functions of deacons are different, but at present, these deacons can only help the one in the family to deal with the internal affairs of the family. As for the family industry, it is all under the control of Qingmudang. These deacons are temporarily
Can't intervene.
"Okay, that's it." Lin Zhiming looked around at everyone and said, "I hope that one day in the future, we can all realize our ideals in the Lin family and let the meeting end."
Everyone got up and left one after another.
Lin Wei hurriedly ran to Lin Zhiming and whispered, "The head of the family, Mr. Dong, why don't you have any position?"
"He is not from the Lin family." Lin Zhiming said calmly.
"Oh..." Lin Wei suddenly realized.
"You have to remember that people who are not of my race will have different hearts. What I value most is the people in our family." Lin Zhiming said.
"I will definitely not disappoint your expectations!" Lin Wei said seriously.
"That's good, let's go down. I need to take a rest. I'm too tired today!" Lin Zhiming said.
"Master, please have a good rest!" Lin Wei said, turned and left.
Lin Zhiming glanced at Dong Jian who had walked away, smiled slightly, and then walked into his living room.
"Finally you can rest. This is the hangover soup I cooked for you!" Gu Feiyan walked up to Lin Zhiming with a bowl of soup and said.
"I didn't drink too much!" Lin Zhiming said, took the hangover soup and drank it in one gulp.
"You didn't drink too much, so your face is so red. People say that people who drink and blush are bad for their livers!" Gu Feiyan said.
"Not only is my liver not good, but my stomach is also bad. The doctor said I can only eat soft rice." Lin Zhiming said with a smile.
"Classmate Xiao Lin, your joke can only get three points at best!" Gu Feiyan said with disdain.
"Then I have to get the other seven points back soon!" Lin Zhiming said, reaching out to hug Gu Feiyan, and then lifted her whole body on his shoulders.
"Ah, you, what do you want to do?" Gu Feiyan asked with a blushing face.
"I think." Lin Zhiming nodded and carried Gu Feiyan up the stairs.
"How are you? It's broad daylight." Gu Feiyan shyly patted Lin Zhiming's back.
"Don't tell me that you didn't ask Meng Jie to take Wan'er out to play with me just to have sex with me..." Lin Zhiming said with an ambiguous expression.
"Well... Well, actually, I asked Meng Jie to take Wan'er out to play until dinner time," Gu Feiyan said.
"You little coquettish person..." Lin Zhiming laughed strangely, quickened his pace and ran upstairs.
At the same time, on the other side, inside the Aoki Hall.
Several elders sat together, all looking very ugly.
"We must find a way to regain our position, otherwise, we will be crushed by Lin Zhiming." Li Xuan said.
"That's right!" Qian Zhu nodded and said, "This revenge must be avenged as soon as possible to let him know how powerful we are."
"The key is how to retaliate!" Zhao Qing said in a deep voice, "Lin Zhiming is a man of many tricks, and he has a think tank like Dong Jian around him. He has shown his strategy in this matter today. We don't have the advantage!"
Several elders looked at each other and agreed with Zhao Qing's words.
At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly walked in front of everyone.