"Why did you do that? Even if you don't intervene, Wanhualou will handle the whole thing, according to your temper, you don't look like a person who likes to stand out in this kind of thing, is there any purpose? ”

Sitting in the first row of seats closest to the stage in the hall on the first floor of Wanhua Building, Ye still turned his head to look at Xia Fan beside him and asked.

At this time, the entire hall was already filled with almost half of the seats, and the performance had not yet begun, these people were sitting in their own places, eating melons and fruits provided by Wanhualou for free, and chatting with people who knew each other well.

So the whole hall on the first floor seems a little noisy.

"Nothing, just to show your presence. In the past, although I was very famous in Qingyang City, it was only a reputation after all. In the real top circles, there aren't many people who know me. At least in the group of people who will come tonight, I'm afraid that about eighty percent of them have never seen me. ”

Xia Fan replied casually.

What happened in front of Wanhualou just now can only be regarded as a small episode.

After dealing with it, Xia Fan and his entourage had already followed the little guy who was in charge of guiding the way into the hall on the first floor of Wanhua Building, and was directly arranged in the best position in the entire hall.

"Show...... Presence? ”

Ye still repeated it inexplicably.

"How so...... Father's dream has always been to bring the family back to the Xia family in the capital, and if it is just Qingyang City, it is too small for his father's dream. In this process, we need to be able to enter the county government and gain a firm foothold in the county government, only in this way can we be qualified to start thinking about returning to the Xia family in the capital. And in this regard, once we enter the county government, we actually have no foundation, so the stable rear of Qingyang City is very important. ”

Xia Fan organized the language in his mind and spoke.

"I understand, but what does that have to do with your presence?"

Ye was still very confused.

"Of course, it matters, how can we ensure that Qingyang City truly becomes a stable rear? It is not enough to just rely on the defeat of the Liu family. If the Liu family falls, there will naturally be other families rising again and replacing them, and we will occupy a dominant position in it at most, but it is absolutely impossible to completely monopolize the entire market. ”

Xia Fan craned his neck and continued to explain: "No matter how much the City Lord supports us, it is impossible to agree that the entire Qingyang City will be absolutely controlled by one force, because it is too dangerous. What's more, we don't have the ability to put the entire Qingyang City under absolute control, after all, we are just a family force, and we can't have a complete control system as the official dynasty, so for Qingyang City, the limit of what the family can do is to occupy the apex, and then put the entire city under our influence. ”

Ye still nodded, indicating that he understood the content of this part.

"Then the question arises, how do we ensure that in Qingyang City, these so-called upper echelons who occupy the ruling class, can always maintain respect for the family and can always identify with the family's transcendent position in Qingyang City? After all, by that time, the main body of the family had already entered the county government, and only a small part of it would remain in Qingyang City to continue to operate. And how difficult it would be for this small part of the family force to ensure the deterrence of the rest of the forces in the entire Qingyang City, and at the same time to provide strong support to the family main body in the county government, can be imagined. ”

Ye still continued to nod, vaguely, and somewhat understood Xia Fan's thoughts.

"If the family has grown into a towering tree, then naturally all problems will be solved, because even a small part of the separated forces are by no means able to compete with these local forces in Qingyang City. But if it really reaches that stage, Qingyang City will actually be dispensable for the family. It's a paradox that it's hard to really take control when you need to. And when you can easily control it, you often don't need it. So what I have to do is to let the family pass smoothly at this stage when it is still relatively weak. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Fan stretched out a finger towards Ye Yi and asked, "In that case, how do you think we should ensure that after our main body enters the county government, the other forces will still be afraid of us?" ”

Ye still frowned slightly for a while, and fell into thought.

Xia Fan didn't wait for Ye Yi's answer, but continued: "In this world, the most difficult thing to guess is always the human heart. We cannot expect to suppress the desire of other forces to replace us through some favors. As long as there are enough benefits, no matter how kind a person is, he will turn into a ghost in an instant. So the best thing to do is to make them afraid! Let them always feel that their kind of thinking will fail, and there will be no possibility of success. ”

Therefore, under this premise...... The image of a gentleman doesn't meet your needs? ”

Ye Yi finally said with a sudden realization.

"That's right! No matter how powerful the family was after completely defeating the Liu family, if this kind of strength was always only reflected in the previous generation, the deterrence of other forces in Qingyang City would be limited after all. Because the people of the previous generation will grow old sooner or later...... If I still show myself as a gentleman until now, it will only make other forces in Qingyang City doubt the continuation of the family's power, and the evil consequences caused by an unqualified successor are often unimaginable, whether it is the decline of the family in my hands, or the division because of my stubbornness, it will be their most reasonable guess. ”

Xia Fan shrugged his shoulders, leaned back on the seat, and continued: "Such a family naturally can't really make people fearful, because such a family, no matter how powerful it is, is only blooming in an instant. So I want to start showing all the toughness and strength that I can show, so that they can see clearly that the future of the Xia family will only be more prosperous than now, and let them understand that the continuation of the Xia family's strength will far exceed their expectations, and only in this way can they truly deter their minds that may become active in the future. ”

"In other words, what happened at the gate of Wanhualou just now is just the beginning? What will you do this night after? ”

"Of course, what happened at the gate of Wanhualou was just a small accident, and I didn't expect that to happen, but that didn't affect me from taking the opportunity to show my attitude. Tonight, this hall will be the best stage, because there are most of the forces I hope to be able to influence, in short, tonight, I will let everyone in Qingyang City get to know me again. ”

Xia Fan narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly.

"Mainly to let Ning Fei'er get to know you again, right?"

Ye still said meaningfully.

Xia Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and his face, which was originally quite unfathomable, suddenly collapsed.