Chapter 105: The First Confrontation Between Grandfather and Grandson
Anyone who is proficient in negotiation knows that taking the lead can sometimes have some effect, but when both sides are familiar with each other, whoever speaks first loses the initiative.
Therefore, Lin Zhan took the initiative to ask Lin Tianxiao, in fact, he was showing weakness to Lin Tianxiao.
This is also something that can't be helped, who made Lin Tianxiao not only have a big generation but a bigger fist than the current Lin Zhan.
After the two stopped, Lin Tianxiao did not look at Lin Zhan, but turned his head to look in the direction of Tianxing Academy.
"Do you know what the Celestial Star Academy means to the Empire?"
Lin Zhan said without hesitation: "The pillar of the future, the hope of the empire." Its importance is no less than that of the Seven Families. ”
What Lin Zhan said seemed to be a bit exaggerated, a broken school could be on an equal footing with the Seven Great Families. But if you think about it deeply, Lin Zhan's statement makes sense.
Whether it is a family or an empire, if it wants to develop for a long time, the most important factor is not how strong it is now, but whether it can be replenished with a steady stream of fresh blood to ensure the vitality of this force.
In the Celestial Star Empire, the Seven Great Families were in a position above tens of thousands of people under one person, and their power was overwhelming, and no one could match them. But no matter how strong the seven families are, they can only keep the Celestial Star Empire for a while, and they can't keep the Celestial Star Empire I.
In the Celestial Star Empire, the only one that can ensure the long-term stability of the Celestial Star Empire is the Celestial Star Academy, which is the highest academic institution in the empire and sends a large number of talents to the empire every year.
From this point of view, the status of the Heavenly Star Academy is even higher than that of the Seven Great Families.
In order to ensure the continuity and status of the family, the seven major families have sent their descendants to study in the Heavenly Star Academy, which proves this.
Lin Tianxiao turned his head and smiled lightly at Lin Zhan: "You can see it clearly." ”
"I can naturally see clearly, if it weren't for the status of the Heavenly Star Academy, I wouldn't have chosen to come here. ”
Lin Zhan's words made it clear that he ran to Tianxing Academy for another purpose, and it could be regarded as a vague reminder to Lin Tianxiao.
But Lin Tianxiao didn't show too much surprise because of this sentence, obviously he had already expected Lin Zhan's purpose.
Lin Tianxiao said solemnly to Lin Zhan: "Zhan'er, what you usually want to do, grandpa will support you as much as possible, even if you stab the sky, grandpa can support you again." But this time you must listen to grandpa. I will definitely protect those people of yours, and there are people in the Heavenly Star Academy who will give you the greatest convenience, but you must not make too much trouble after entering the Heavenly Star Academy. ”
Ignoring his own reminders, did he pick out the words as soon as he came up, it seems that Lin Tianxiao is really serious this time.
Lin Zhan muttered to himself in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Can't cause too much turmoil?
"Don't pretend to be confused with me, you know exactly what I mean. ”
Lin Zhan laughed and said, "Of course I hope I can understand what grandpa means, but I'm afraid that my understanding of some things will be a little different from grandpa." If what I do is not what my grandfather wants, it will be so troublesome. ”
Lin Tianxiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a cold voice: "How troublesome will it be when you say it? What do you want to do?"
Lin Zhan said: "Since it is a trouble, it is naturally a trouble that is not expected now. As for what I'm going to do, it's not an easy thing to get into trouble. ”
Giving such a vague statement, Lin Zhan clearly did not intend to confess everything to Lin Tianxiao.
Lin Tianxiao looked at Lin Zhan with a solemn expression, and after the two sides looked at each other for a moment, Lin Tianxiao's face suddenly softened, and he sighed and said: "Zhan'er, you are too smart and too proud, this is your advantage, and it is also your biggest shortcoming." ”
"Your usual behavior seems to be unobtrusive and extremely low-key, but this is precisely the expression of your inner arrogance. You don't bother to be in the company of philistines, and even our family doesn't believe it. It's a character you've developed since you were a child, and I don't want to say anything more. But grandpa wants to remind you. As the saying goes, there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky, Zhan'er, this world is far from being as simple as you think. ”
Lin Tianxiao's attitude that suddenly softened was more than the fierce expression just now, and Lin Zhan needed to deal with it carefully. So Lin Zhan immediately said, "Grandpa, you're too worried. I've never thought of the world as simple. ”
Among the people Lin Zhan has seen over the years, the existence of Lao Mo and Wan'er requires the current Lin Zhan to deal with it carefully. Lin Zhan, who had suffered a big loss, dared to despise the human world as he did at the beginning.
And after three years of contact, Lin Tianxiao in front of him is also a figure that Lin Zhan needs to deal with seriously.
"But your current behavior is to roast yourself on the fire, haven't you noticed it?" Lin Tianxiao said bitterly: "It doesn't matter if you play tricks with me here, I'm your grandfather, I can't do anything to you." But no one else will do the same to you as I do. ”
"The Celestial Star Academy is home to the best talents in the Empire, and anyone in it has his own merits. If you want to go there and make a big fuss now, won't you turn yourself into a target and be exposed to everyone's eyes? If you play with fire, you'll set yourself on fire. ”
"Everyone who plays with fire is in danger of setting himself on fire, but there has never been less of a man who plays with fire in this world. Lin Zhan said confidently: "Grandpa, through the understanding of the past few years, you should know very well that I am not a fool who will find death by himself." If I didn't have enough preparation and certainty, I wouldn't have been able to take a risk and hit the knife myself. ”
Lin Tianxiao looked at Lin Zhan scrutinically, with a look of clarity in his eyes: "In this way, you have already arranged some means in advance that I don't know about. ”
Lin Tianxiao's words can also be said to be that Lin Zhan has some power in his hands that Lin Tianxiao doesn't know.
Lin Tianxiao deserved to be Lin Tianxiao, and from Lin Zhan's words, he roughly guessed Lin Zhan's arrangement.
was pierced by Lin Tianxiao, Lin Zhan didn't feel embarrassed, and shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Grandpa also said just now, I don't believe in the people in the family." ”
Lin Tianxiao suddenly laughed and said, "The ideas of our old guys are indeed a bit pedantic, no wonder you young people can't get used to it." Even the kid in the wind was a little unstable because of your encouragement. ”
Lin Tianxiao himself admitted that he was pedantic, which was not a good thing for Lin Zhan. Lin Tianxiao's ability to say this just shows that it is impossible for him to change his position because of Lin Zhan.
Lin Tianxiao provided shelter for Lin Zhan's actions only because Lin Zhan was his grandson. Moreover, Lin Tianxiao was confident that he could suppress the power that Lin Zhan had developed, and it would not cause much damage to the Heavenly Star Empire.
It was precisely because of two reasons that Lin Tianxiao turned a blind eye to what Lin Zhan had done before, and would provide some help when necessary.
But now that Lin Zhan has made it clear that he wants to make a big fuss in Tianxing Academy, this has undoubtedly touched a sensitive nerve in Lin Tianxiao. That's why there was this confrontation between Lin Tianxiao and Lin Zhan.
Moreover, Lin Zhan's deliberate behavior of wooing Lin Feng also caused some reactions from Lin Tianxiao. Lin Tianxiao deliberately brought it up now to give Lin Zhan a warning.
Lin Feng is different from Lin Zhan, he is the heir of the Lin family. As long as Lin Feng doesn't do some stupid things like his brothers reading the wall and killing his father to seize the throne, the future Lin family will be his.
Lin Zhan doing something by himself and encouraging Lin Feng to do something together are completely two different concepts. Once Lin Feng was pulled over by Lin Zhan, it meant that the future Lin family was very likely to stand on the opposite side of the Heavenly Star Imperial Family.
As the current head of the Lin family, Lin Tianxiao had to guard against this possible trend.
Such a warning was the first time in several years that Lin Tianxiao had clearly put it forward to Lin Zhan. Today is also the first time in several years that the two grandfathers and grandchildren have faced each other in such a formal manner.
After laughing, Lin Tianxiao said to Lin Zhan in a deep tone: "Zhan'er, in your eyes, grandpa's ideas may indeed be a little pedantic, but this is grandpa's lifelong insistence, and it is not easy to change." This Celestial Star Empire, spanning tens of thousands of miles of territory, and billions of people up and down, is the hard work of grandpa all his life. ”