Chapter 14: Rising Star
After a round of introductions, everyone has a certain understanding of these candidates, and they also have a rough idea of who to support. But according to the rules of the conference, the next step is the selection process, giving those who are not satisfied with the candidates and the sect that has their own candidates in their hearts a chance to be promoted.
Mr. Kim announced the next item as usual, "All heroes have their own merits, and further competitions are needed." But there are still many people with lofty ideals in the audience, who have no intention of recommending themselves, but their reputation has long been far and wide. Even if you have no intention, it is difficult to resist the recognition and expectations of the big guys, and whether you accept this hospitality or not depends on whether the voice of the heroes is strong enough! ”
"The master of the Tianhu Pavilion can take on a heavy responsibility!" Someone in the audience began to shout loudly, and then the voices began to disperse, "Yuhumen Li Qinzhi!" "Beiming Hall Nie Changnan!"
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Everyone was gossiping, and Mr. Jin pressed down with both hands to signal everyone to be quiet, "Don't worry, everyone!" Hold your horses! Say it slowly one by one! ”
Seeing this scene, Sheng Lingyun asked Xu Yunxi curiously, "What do you think?"
"It depends on who the owner of Jiang Zhuang likes." Xu Yunxi opened the fan, looking like he was watching a good show.
Sheng Lingyun replied to himself: "I think Yan Lan is very good, she has played a sympathy card in filial piety, and she has made many achievements in the past few years, and she has a clean background and has a great chance of winning."
Qiao Yiling also expressed his opinion: "I think the one who helped Yan Lan break the siege is also very good."
"Who?" Xiao Ziyan asked puzzledly, "There were two just now." ”
"Stand up and go back to that."
"The first one is Zuo Zhengning of the Mohe faction, and you are talking about Nie Changnan of Beiming Hall." Xiao Ziyan introduced to her seriously.
Sheng Lingyun said again: "Nie Changnan does have a bit of the shadow of the owner of Jiang Zhuang back then, he is stable and friendly, and he is not greedy for money and profit, but he is also a good candidate."
Xu Yunxi fanned the folding fan for a while: "So, what is the Golden Lotus Sect doing?"
Everyone stopped discussing and focused on the Golden Lotus Sect, greatly puzzled.
Now that the candidates have been basically promoted, there are Gu Mingjue, Nie Changnan, Li Qinzhi and a few others, and several others have resigned a few times, and they have also come out, but Nie Changnan repeatedly said that he was not competent, and declined everyone's kindness.
The charter snorted coldly, in his opinion, Nie Changnan was pretending to be high, so he scoffed.
Mr. Jin had a good impression of Nie Changnan and tried his best to persuade him: "Master Nie, you see that everyone has talked about this, don't live up to everyone's good intentions!"
"That's right! Brother Nie, why be humble, the big guys are sincerely inviting you. Zuo Zhengning also followed the persuasion.
"Nie thank you for your kindness, it's just that the villa is full of talents, and Nie is used to being idle, so he won't join in the fun." Nie Changnan shirked again, and his words were sincere.
As soon as everyone was still talking to me, another voice came from the crowd, "Okay, it really looks like you're going to push Nie Zhangmen to be the owner of the village, or you can also push my golden snake!" ”
The golden snake finally spoke, obviously impatient by the play.
Everyone stopped instantly, staring at him angrily, and the golden snake sneered contemptuously, "The people of the Central Plains are just not happy, a conference drags on, and it is so boring to come back to the excitement." ”
Mr. Jin also sensed that something was wrong, "Okay, let's let go of Master Nie!" ”
Nie Changnan smiled politely, and turned his eyes to look at the golden snake, innocent, fearless.
He was already impatient on the sidelines, and he was slightly taken aback when he saw that Nie Changnan really didn't have this idea, and he was immediately happy that he had one less strong opponent, but he had another layer of uneasiness at the moment, what are the people from the Golden Lotus Sect doing, there is no deal between the two sides for the time being!
Xu Yunxi and the others have been paying attention to the movement here.
Xu Yunxi saw the confusion on his face and said, "Oh? The charter wind seems to know the Golden Lotus Sect. ”
"Could it be that the Golden Lotus Sect was entrusted by the Statute Wind?" Qiao Yiling asked in surprise.
"No, his expression obviously doesn't know the intentions of the Golden Lotus Sect." Xu Yunxi replied firmly.
"It's puzzling." Sheng Lingyun smiled playfully.
"Maybe we're thinking too much, maybe people just want to come and see the fun." Xu Yunxi teased.
Everyone stood quietly for a while, Qiao Yiling thought about it, and suddenly said: "By the way, I remember that you didn't say that the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, so who looks like a fisherman now?"
Xu Yunxi held the folding fan with his right hand and hugged his hands, and knocked his left elbow one by one, "Look at everyone who is suspicious, and there is no suspicion." ”
Xu Yunxi This is the truth, and now he is also in the clouds, everyone has equal opportunities and fair competition. In addition to the charter, Shen Shiyi also got along well with others and never provoked right and wrong.
"Could it be Yan Lan? He also coveted the position of owner. Qiao Yiling thought about it, and there was only this reasonable explanation for Shen Shiyi's death.
"Yan Lan, like the charter wind, can be the biggest object of suspicion, but it can also be regarded as innocent." Xu Yunxi explained to her.
"Why!" Qiao Yiling was still puzzled.
"The most important thing for murderers is to clear their suspicions, but it is not excluded that they have gone off the rails." Sheng Lingyun nodded slightly.
Qiao Yiling suddenly came to his senses, "Oh! ”
Silence returned.
Now the owner of the village has been gathered, the next step is to pick out the qualified candidates, and then everyone decides to come up with a person, and then try to take over the villa for a month, as long as there is no mistake in the villa within a month, then the position of the owner can be determined.
And now what everyone has to do is to accept Jiang Xiaotian's test, Mr. Jin invited them to the stage, sent people to take their seats, and then each of them sent them an account book, they need to find the key question from this account book within a pillar of incense, and have to answer the question of the owner of Jiang Zhuang.
Everyone was carefully analyzing the accounts, and time was passing little by little, and a few of the heads were already sweating on their foreheads.
"This situation is not only a test of mentality, but also a manifestation of reflexes. Being able to excel in this link is very appreciated by several elders. Xu Yunxi explained to everyone in his mouth, but his eyes looked at Yan Lan.
Yan Lan was calm and self-controlled, without distractions, and carefully checked and compared page by page, and was a little calmer than Liu Feng, Zuo Zhengning and others.
Mr. Jin looked around, noticing Yan Lan's calmness compared to the others, and nodded secretly in his heart. Jiang Xiaotian and the others also whispered, praising Yan Lan for having such courage at a young age, which is really rare, and they can't help but be biased towards him, just waiting for his follow-up performance.
When the half-burnt incense fell to ashes, Yan Lan got up and presented his account book, and Mr. Jin led him to see Jiang Xiaotian.
"Owner, the accounts of Zhangjia Restaurant half a year ago and the accounts of a month ago have different degrees of deviation. Half a year ago, they should have been in deficit, but they kept making false accounts in order to smooth out the accounts, but because the deficit was huge, they could not achieve absolute balance, and a careful comparison with the daily expenses a year ago showed that all expenses were rising half a year ago, but prices could not change by a high range in just half a year in a peaceful and prosperous era. Similarly, the expenditure account a month ago also grew in vain, and the restaurant business is similar to our jade business, according to common sense, there is a certain pattern in each quarter, and if the purchase price changes, then the subsequent account will not fall back so quickly. Now judging from the accounts, their income and profits are still quite considerable, so it can only show that they were suspected of enriching their pockets a month ago. ”
Yan Lan said his opinion in an orderly manner, Jiang Xiaotian touched his beard with satisfaction, and asked him again: "If you become the owner of the village, how are you going to govern the villa?"
At this time, several heads such as the charter wind had also submitted the account books, just waiting for Yan Lan to finish answering. The charter wind fell to Yan Lan's downwind, and he was angry in his heart, just hoping that Yan Lan would make a fool of himself.
Yan Lan glanced back at the impatient heads of the families behind her, mockery flashed in her eyes, and she quickly withdrew her expression, clasped her fists with both hands and saluted Jiang Xiaotian and the others, and then replied slowly: "Now that the development of the villa is in full swing, from the outside, whoever enters the villa will enjoy endless glory and wealth, it is true that this is not false." However......" Yan Lan changed his words, "the villa did not balance the relationship between the sect alliance and business and commerce, resulting in an uncontrollable situation now, that is, the mutual suppression and run between the various sects. Just like Xiandu and Mohe, as long as they have a slight advantage at a certain node, they will try their best to suppress each other, with the intention of destroying them, which is not the original intention of the establishment of the villa, but it has become the norm of the villa at the moment. ”
Several elders looked at each other, and Jiang Xiaotian had an angry look on his face, "So, are you questioning my ability?" ”
"The younger generation doesn't dare, it's just that the owner of the village has a lot of opportunities, and these are not things that happen on the table, so it is naturally difficult for the owner to do everything."
There was silence.
Seeing this, the charter smiled contemptuously.
The crowd in the audience couldn't hear their conversation, and Flame Daomen watched the two of them confront each other so quietly, and they were anxious.
"Hahaha......" Jiang Xiaotian suddenly raised his eyebrows and laughed, "Then how will you solve it?"
"If the younger generation is fortunate enough to take over the villa, the first thing is to clean up the unhealthy tendencies of the villa. The purpose of the villa is to carry each other and help each other, and there must not be a monopoly, otherwise, it will not only become an obstacle to the growth of other sects, especially not conducive to the growth of small portals, but also will become a hidden danger of the villa, after all, no one dares to guarantee that it will not sprout dissent driven by the desire for profit. ”
"Then, the Flame Knife Gate is also a great threat to me at the moment!" Jiang Xiaotian was domineering, and Yan Lan was calm.
"Yes, but it's also my bargaining chip to rebuild the style of the Lodge. I will voluntarily hand over all the qualifications to be in charge of the Flame Knife Gate, and then take back all the business shares distributed by the villa one by one, and then divide half of them equally among everyone for a period of one year, if I have the ability to run well, I will increase it as appropriate, if not, I will distribute it according to my ability, and the villa will give a monthly subsidy. The advantage of this is that the villa still has at least half of the confidence in its hands to suppress everyone's inflated desires, and secondly, this is also a way back for the villa. Yan Lan's words were loud and clear, and Jiang Xiaotian and the others were all surprised and surprised.
"In addition, an order must be issued that each sect can only trade within the scope of the villa's planning, and cannot cut off other businesses, let alone stumble in private, once it is found out, all assets will be confiscated, expelled from the villa, and it will be difficult for him to turn over!" Yan Lan's eyes were full of coldness.
Jiang Xiaotian stroked his beard and listened carefully, stood up after he finished speaking, slapped his arms twice with both hands, and praised: "Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth!" Although the means are sharp, there is one thing to say, the rivers and lakes are the way of the rivers and lakes, the villa has always had clear rewards and punishments, and those who are in charge of the overall situation cannot be soft-hearted! Turning his gaze to love: "Young man, the future is immeasurable!"
"The owner of the village praised it." Yan Lan lowered her head and returned to her humble appearance.
Behind him, Charter Wind clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.