The fox has no bad intentions

Chapter 407 Grandfather, your iron tree has blossomed?

"Xiao An, come here, have a kiwi."

The agricultural science academy's observation activity began, with forest rangers and logistics support team members leading the way, setting off first along the Qinling hiking route on the southern slope, holding electromagnetic transmitters to eliminate any potential dangers ahead.

The students from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences then went in. The students, who were originally in groups by major class, were also divided into small groups of ten, with one student acting as the leader. The group leaders went to the department head's tent to get the equipment and then began the mountain running activity.

Following the hiking route into the Qinling Mountains, after about half an hour, we arrived at a gentle mountain area. Ah Qing skillfully reached out and picked a hairless, round kiwi fruit from a wild kiwi tree.

"Are you sure you can really eat kiwifruit?" Looking at the fruit tree that A-Qing handed him, he lazily leaned on her shoulder, gazing at An-Sheng in the distance, and looked at A-Qing with a questioning expression.

An Sheng has never eaten wild kiwifruit.

But if you've never seen a pig run, how could you not have eaten pork?

Wild fruits may be delicious, but the likelihood of finding truly delicious wild fruits is slim.

"Delicious! The kiwi flavor is rich and the texture is crunchy!"

Seeing the little fox's doubtful expression, Ah Qing spoke with a confident and determined look. She took out a small knife from her pocket, cut off a slice, and held it to the little fox's mouth.

"Let's make this clear first! If it's not tasty, I'll spit it in your mouth!" An Sheng opened his mouth with a suspicious look, waiting for A Qing to feed him.

"Lick my lips? Forget it then." Upon hearing this, Ah Qing threw away the kiwi, pretending nothing had happened.

An Sheng was stunned for a moment when she saw this, then immediately came to her senses and her eyes widened.

"Good heavens! You actually fooled a fox!"

"I'm not kidding you! It's delicious, but it's quite sour."

Wild kiwifruit trees lack fertilizer and water, so the nutrients they absorb from the soil are used for their own development. Although the fruit has a rich kiwifruit flavor, it is impossible to expect it to have a high sugar content.

Wild kiwi trees grow freely, birds casually eat and drink, and then take the seeds with them.

Birds are not as picky about food as humans.

Given Xiao An's preference for sweetness, A Qing felt that if she fed him wild kiwifruit...

Tonight, the little fox will sneak into bed and, while I'm sleeping, poop in my pants.

Let's wait until we find the fruit of a plant from the Lardizabalaceae family before letting Xiao An try it!
I don't know why a little fox would have such a strong obsession with sugar.

…………

While Master Fuli was enjoying his travels,
Lin Ying, who was far away in Guangzhou, had just woken up when Lin Shu knocked on her bedroom door and said, "Miss, your grandfather just sent you a message asking you to reply."

"Grandpa?"

Lin Ying was taken aback by Lin Shu's words, frowned, got up, tidied herself up briefly, and sat down in front of the office.

She first sent a message to Mr. Lin, and only after receiving a reply that he was available did she send him a video call.

After a while.

The tall, white-haired but spirited Mr. Lin appeared in the video call.

"morning!"

With a smile, Old Master Lin greeted Lin Ying, saying, "I have read all the emails you sent. You did a good job."

"They're nothing but petty scoundrels. Let them chase their dreams and profits!" Lin Ying said indifferently. "I believe that my uncle and aunt will be very happy."

The transfer of power in a large family-owned conglomerate cannot be accomplished simply by issuing a single announcement.

Especially in companies like the Lin's Holdings Group, in addition to internal power struggles, there is also infighting among investment holding departments and non-listed companies.

With the passing of Lin Ying's father and her subsequent illness, some members of the Lin Group's senior management were vying for power.

In the process of rising to power, what you need is not to win, but to lose; the other party makes far more mistakes than you do!
When one person rises to power, dozens of others benefit.

Lin Ying secured the chairmanship, while other job changes and promotions caused internal turmoil. Even some companies controlled by the Lin family became embroiled in this chaotic internal career shift. Framing, forgery, and various other legal and illegal methods emerged one after another.

Some companies even took the opportunity to breach contracts, redeem their shares from the Lin's Holdings Group, and abscond.

Even if some high-ranking members of the group knew about the internal strife within the Lin clan, they were powerless to do anything about it.

They were terrified that blood would splatter on them, or that other eunuchs would report them and bring them down.

Lin Ying had witnessed all the turmoil within the group and the influence of external companies on its operations through betting, but she needed to wait for the right opportunity.

Simply sending people in is meaningless.

Someone needs to pay for the losses. Those companies that redeemed their shares and ran away were all high-quality stocks. Once they went public, they could earn back their investment dozens or even hundreds of times over.

If we include future expected benefits, as well as the maximum fines and losses imposed by the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the tax authorities, we can take all of these into account.

In less than two months, the Lin family's investment department suffered losses of up to tens of billions of yuan. The biggest loss was the equity redeemed by those companies. They received investment and loans from the Lin family when they started out, and the Lin family cashed out all the equity and left when they went public.

But now all their efforts have been in vain, with the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the tax authorities imposing the maximum fine of over 3 billion yuan.

The company was fined 1.8 billion yuan for holding a single stock market controlling stake.

There's no escaping the need to pay compensation.

But someone has to pay the price for this.

The email Lin Ying sent to the Lin family patriarch detailed her investigation over this period, the subsequent handling of the Lin clan members involved, and the subsequent liquidation of the company that redeemed the shares.

"You're still young, after all. It's normal for those old foxes in your uncles and elders to want to bring you down or dig a pit for you, trying to promote a distant relative to take over."

The grandfather, who knew about the internal strife within the Lin family of Xia, clearly didn't take the matter too seriously.

The loss of tens of billions is an exaggeration, but in reality, apart from the fines, the actual cash flow loss should be less than two billion. A large part of the loss was based on the premise of expected future returns.

“But those things are not important. The key to winning people over is the strong leadership.” The old master of the Lin family said with a smile, “A crisis is also an opportunity. You only need to suppress it with thunderous means. Once it is done, the prestige you can accumulate will far exceed that of decades of hard work.”

"From now on, no one can challenge your authority."

“If things don’t work out, or even if you face backlash from your clan, you won’t be able to hold onto your position. You might gradually be relegated to a family office system.”

"Grandpa, I hope you can succeed. Sometimes, an overly comfortable life can make people forget that the world is essentially a law of the jungle, and we are nothing more than beasts in disguise."

"When necessary, what methods to use, I don't think you need to explain in detail, sir, right?" said Madam Lin.

Gold has no inherent value, and guns have no inherent good or evil.

The Lin family rulers of Xia Kingdom are never required to pursue profits, but rather to be sensible, possess a broad perspective, and act as a mediator.

The fact that bullets and grenades have been discarded in recent years does not mean that we cannot pick them up again to arm ourselves when necessary.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Lin Ying knew in her heart that the Lin family patriarch was somewhat dissatisfied with the report, but she did not argue, and simply nodded in agreement.

"Those things are tests of your abilities. Profitability is important, but the decline of a large enterprise group is never about profitability, but about expanding too quickly and neglecting internal management, allowing unworthy people to rise to positions of power."

"However, the reason why the old master came to see you today is not about the Lin family."

After finishing the digression, Old Master Lin stated the main reason he had sought out Lin Ying:
"I have a... well, how should I put it? Anyway, it's a junior who wants to experience what it's like to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xia Kingdom. I'd like to ask you to take care of him."

“You don’t need to worry about anything else. He’ll go back to America after he spends Mid-Autumn Festival there. It’s not a wedge.”

Grandpa Lin spoke vaguely and then offered some additional explanations, which left Lin Ying, watching on the screen, stunned.

"Grandpa."

"Have you blossomed like an iron tree?"

(End of this chapter)