Lin Zhongcheng's relieved laughter rang out in the office: "Very good, very good, Xingyuan. I was worried that you were too young and didn't know how to play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. But now it seems that my worries were unnecessary."
"You did the right thing. You restrained yourself, did not actively use force, and did not give your opponent any leverage. This allowed you to draw him into the rules we set, allowing him to follow our rules and thus lead the victory to our side."
Lin Zhongcheng stopped laughing and said, "But have you ever thought that the boss of Longdan might get angry out of shame?"
Lin Xingyuan said confidently: "Father, you are right. If the situation is unfavorable, the boss of Longdan might get angry and try to kill us during the negotiation."
"So, I specifically asked the district head, who is also my teacher, to invite the two Silver Crown Knights who were on a mission in the Deep Sea Castle."
"With two Silver Crown Knights in charge, firstly, even if the other party wants to kill us, it won't be that easy for them to threaten us. Secondly, once they take action and come into conflict with the Silver Crown Knights, the teacher can list them as enemies of the church and issue a wanted warrant in the name of the church to deal with them!"
Lin Zhongcheng's eyes sparkled. "Well, very good. Even I was surprised by your move."
Lin Xingyuan said calmly: "Although this plan is good, I think it is a bit passive. And I never like to put myself in a passive position."
Lin Zhongcheng said "Oh" and said, "Do you have any better ideas?"
"have!"
Lin Xingyuan said loudly: "Instead of us having to guard against whether the man named Tianyang will harm us, why don't we take the initiative and eliminate him, and put an end to it once and for all."
Lin Zhongcheng frowned and said, "But if this happens, won't we be the first to resort to violence?"
Lin Xingyuan laughed and said, "Father, of course we can't do this. So during the negotiation, I will do everything I can to irritate him. When he loses his mind and takes action first, we have the Silver Crown Knights and the Church to block the attack for us. After the negotiation is over, we can ask the Fortress to intervene. When the Fortress and the Church join forces, this man called Tianyang will surely die!"
Lin Zhongcheng suddenly realized, "Great! I didn't expect you to be able to use all the conditions you can take advantage of, and even come up with the idea of actively angering him and making him take the first step."
"Good, good, it seems that our Lin family has a successor."
Lin Xingyuan quickly said a few humble words.
At this time, Lin Xingyuan's secretary came in and told him that people from the church had arrived. Lin Xingyuan immediately said, "I'll go greet the teacher."
Lin Zhongcheng stood up and said, "I'll go too."
At the gate of the trading house, several magnetic vehicles with church logos stopped, and the doors opened one after another, and a team of church warriors and four black-robed templars got out.
They formed two teams, standing on the left and right. At this time, the door of a magnetic car opened, and a white-haired old man walked out. He was Ji Bozhou, the rector of Deep Sea Castle and Lin Xingyuan's teacher.
"teacher."
At the main gate of the guild hall, Lin Xingyuan, who had come out to greet them early in the morning, strode over, held the parish priest intimately, and looked around carefully, searching for the two silver-crowned knights.
"Don't look at it. Those two knights will be here later. Don't worry, for your sake, I am risking my old face. Not only will I ask those two knights to come forward, but later, the knights from our parish and the sanctuary will come to support you." The old man said with a smile.
Lin Xing
Yuan was overjoyed, thinking that with the church's support, there was no need to worry about failure. He whispered, "Teacher, there is nothing more to say. As long as we can get those outsiders to sign the agreement today, one of their sea mines will belong to you in the future!"
There was a gleam in Ji Bozhou's eyes. He laughed and nodded slightly. He felt that this student was capable and his painstaking training was worth it.
As time went on, people who came to participate in the negotiations or to observe arrived one after another, filling the entire conference hall.
As the agreed time was approaching, a few magnetic vehicles finally arrived outside the gate of the trading house.
The car doors opened one by one, and people got out of the cars one after another. Among them was Longdan.
Out of courtesy, Lin Xingyuan and his father Lin Zhongcheng, along with a group of subordinates, greeted them at the gate.
So they saw that after Longdan came out, the door of a magnetic energy car opened and a figure got out of the car.
The man stood under the sunlight simulated by the Deep Sea Fortress' holographic panel, with flying silver hair and full of vigor and vitality.
This person is Tianyang.
He raised his head and smiled faintly at the father and son of the Lin family. Then, with Longdan leading the way and Chiying following behind, he walked towards the trading house with a team of guards.
When they arrived at the door, they heard Lin Xingyuan shouting, "Are you here to negotiate or to cause trouble? You are carrying guns and swords. Are you going to attack our trading house?"
Tianyang smiled slightly and made a gesture, and the guards put their guns at their feet. Chiying even thrust her golden sword heavily into the ground, causing the ground to shake slightly.
Lin Xingyuan's expression changed slightly, but he returned to normal. He thought that these outsiders would not dare to mess around in the trading house, so he said calmly: "Today, we only welcome Mr. Longdan and his boss Mr. Tianyang."
"You can only bring one or two followers at most. As for guards, I'm sorry, they are not allowed to enter the trading house."
Seeing that the Lin family not only asked the guards to lay down their weapons but also refused to allow them to enter the trading house, they were extremely arrogant. Long Dan was about to curse, but a hand fell on his shoulder. He turned around and saw that it was Tian Yang. He could only swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Tian Yang smiled faintly and said, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. We are guests from afar, so we must follow the rules of the host's house."
Long Dan then introduced: "This is Mr. Tian Yang, the real boss of our group."
Lin Zhongcheng then laughed: "I didn't expect that Mr. Longdan's boss is so young. It really surprised me. At the same time, I also feel that Lin is really old."
He glanced at his son beside him intentionally or unintentionally and said, "In the future, you young people will have the final say in the world."
Then, Lin Zhongcheng said gracefully, "Mr. Tianyang, please come in."
"Please come in, Mr. Lin." Tianyang responded with a smile, and walked forward, walking side by side with Lin Zhongcheng.
Both parties were the leaders of their own groups, so it was normal and reasonable for them to walk side by side. But at this time, Lin Xingyuan snorted and said, "Mr. Tianyang, do you know what respect and order mean?"
"As a junior, how can you be qualified to walk with my father? Take two steps back. That's where you should stand."
After saying that, he shook his head, as if lamenting that Tianyang didn't know any rules at all.
Tianyang glanced at him indifferently, with an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. For some reason, that look made Lin Xingyuan feel cold in his heart, and he even doubted whether his strategy was wrong.
But I thought, this is in the fortress, my
Teacher, the rector Ji Bozhou is in the trading house. There is nothing to be afraid of an outsider.
He glared at Tianyang and asked, "Why, am I wrong?"
"Forget it, Xingyuan."
Lin Zhongcheng said with a casual look: "Mr. Tianyang is not like us. He has to learn those red tape since childhood. There is no need to force it on others."
He said this politely, but he was still secretly accusing Tianyang of being ignorant.
Tian Yang could hear it, so he didn't refute it and smiled calmly. At this time, he heard Lin Xingyuan whispered: "Still smiling, you are so shameless."
After a while, they arrived at the conference hall. Tianyang looked around and saw that there were quite a few people in the hall. They were all well-dressed and either rich or noble.
Lin Zhongcheng introduced the important people in the hall to Tianyang one by one: "This is the Archbishop of the Deep Sea Castle, Ji Bozhou, of the Church of the Lord of War."
"Who is this... "
After introducing a dozen or so important figures, the host and the guests sat down.
Lin Zhongcheng smiled and said, "This time, I have given full authority to Xingyuan to be in charge of the cooperation with Longguang Marine Mining Group. He will also be the one to preside over today's negotiations. I am actually just here to listen in."
"However, I still hope that everyone can be polite. Even if the deal fails, there is still friendship. Don't you think so, Mr. Tianyang?"
Tianyang smiled without saying anything, even seemed a little absent-minded, looking around leisurely, as if he didn't care about the upcoming negotiations at all.
Lin Zhongcheng nodded and sat aside.
Lin Xingyuan walked over and sat opposite Tianyang. He leaned back, raised his chin slightly, looked down at Tianyang and said, "Our Lin family plans to enter the marine mining field this year. This is a rare opportunity for your Longguang Group. As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, you will benefit."
Tian Yang then came back to his senses and looked at him, smiling and said, "Oh, then I wonder how your Lin family plans to cooperate?"
Lin Xingyuan placed his hands on the armrests, tapped them with his five fingers and said calmly: "As far as I know, you have never been involved in sea mining before, and you don't have enough experience in this area. So I think it is more reasonable for you to give up the two sea mines and let us buy them at a high price."
"We have already sent a team of experts to assess the value of the two sea mines. We plan to buy them from you for one thousand standard gram gold bars each. If you are willing to sell them, you will not only make a profit of two thousand gold bars, but also save yourself a lot of trouble."
After Lin Xingyuan finished speaking, Tianyang hadn't responded yet, Longdan couldn't help but stood up and shouted: "One thousand gold bars to buy a sea mine, you might as well go and rob it. Mr. Lin, don't tell me you don't know, which of our two sea mines is not worth a million gold!"
"My goodness, you want to buy our mine with only one tenth of the price, who do you think you are?"
Lin Xingyuan frowned and said, "Ten thousand gold? Where does ten thousand gold come from? Ask the experts here, which of your two sea mines is worth ten thousand gold?"
As soon as he finished speaking, people in the audience began to speak.
"It's definitely not worth 10,000 gold bars. In my opinion, the Lin family is willing to spend 1,000 gold bars to buy it, which is already too much."
"That is to say, some people are so poor that they want to sell 10,000 gold bars from a sea mine. They must be crazy about money."
There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and everyone was supporting the Lin family. For a moment, Longdan became the target of public criticism, and the enormous pressure made him speechless.