After this day's armed campaign passed, news that Zhou Xianzong was promoted to director of the Armed Forces Bureau quickly spread among the upper echelons of the Dongjiang area.
This surprised many people, because quite a few people had bet on Song Jianchen's victory beforehand. After all, he had the support of the Ning family.
In the end, things turned out like this.
For a moment, the hearts of the upper class were agitated. Those who were originally close to the Ning family suddenly began to shrink their contacts with the Ning family, or stopped to observe secretly, or turned back in time and contacted Zhou Xianzong and the Lin family and the Liang family.
The Ning family has great influence in Dongjiang City, which has made many of the market forces he is involved in rigid. However, after this incident, the influence of the Ning family will be reduced. Some people with a keen business sense are aware of the numerous opportunities here.
When a whale falls, everything comes to life. Even a tiny bit of dregs from the dignified Ning family can be eaten to death by some small companies and groups.
This includes even many forces that originally remained neutral.
Although the Ning family is currently the most powerful family in the Dongjiang area, this does not prevent people from betting on both ends.
As an emperor and a minister, it is difficult for Zhou Xianzong to make changes in a short period of time after becoming the director. And even if he does not deliberately target the Ning family, some beneficial things will definitely favor his supporters.
As a result, the Ning family's competitiveness in some fields will be greatly reduced, and the Lin family and Liang family will take their place.
Therefore, after that day, the Dongjiang Peninsula Villa and Lin Mansion were visited by an endless stream of visitors.
Both Liang Jingtian and Lin Yaozhong were very busy, and finally felt like they had regained the lost glory of their respective families.
In comparison, the Ning family became extremely deserted.
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Ning family manor, outside the practice room.
Leather shoes stepped on the expensive Persian carpet, pacing back and forth in the corridor.
As the master, Ning Hao frowned, with deep worry on his face.
From time to time, he would raise his head to glance at the closed door of the practice room, and then glance at his mother, Chen Miaoyin, sitting next to him, and sigh.
After returning home yesterday, his father Ning Zhenxiong and Liu Shenggui entered the practice room and stayed there for the whole day without allowing anyone to disturb them.
Because of the good sound insulation, no one knew what they were doing inside. But occasionally, the ground beneath their feet would shake, as if they had suffered a huge impact.
As time passed, the sunlight outside the window began to slant, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the mother and son little by little, making Ning Hao become more and more restless.
Finally, Ning Hao couldn't help but walked to the door of the practice room and reached out to pull the door open. However, Chen Miaoyin's reminder came from beside him:
"If you don't want to be beaten, just open the door and go in."
Ning Hao stiffened, and a trace of anger flashed across his face.
He retracted his hand angrily, turned to Chen Miaoyin and said:
"Mom, are you also angry with me? It's not all my fault that the martial arts campaign failed!"
"Who knew that bastard Zhang Dachuan could hire such a powerful master!"
Chen Miaoyin's tone was not as doting as usual. She looked deeply at her son, sighed and said:
"That's true, but your performance in the ring has brought shame on our Ning family. Your father is really disappointed in you."
Ning Hao's eyes twitched for a while, and his face turned red and white. Finally, he was out of breath and said angrily:
"His performance wasn't much better! He was treated like a monkey."
Chen Miaoyin's face turned cold and she scolded:
"Shut up, why are you talking? That's your father!"
Before Ning Hao could speak again, the door to the practice room suddenly opened with a click.
Ning Zhenxiong and Liu Shenggui walked out calmly.
The mother and son quickly stopped talking and rushed forward to greet him.
"Dad, how are you?"
"Husband, are you okay?"
The two of them greeted Ning Zhenxiong with concerned faces, and at the same time observed Ning Zhenxiong's face, intending to comfort Ning Zhenxiong.
However, Ning Zhenxiong's face was very calm, and he even managed a smile:
"I'm fine, don't worry."
Chen Miaoyin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief:
"As long as it's okay, what happened this time is actually nothing. As the first family, our Ning family does not rely on the help of the Military Affairs Bureau."
Ning Hao also quickly said:
"Yes, dad, you are now a grandmaster, and you are a first-class existence in Dongjiang. Who dares not to give you face?"
Ning Zhenxiong raised his hand to stop the two of them from talking, glanced at them lightly and said:
"You go and pack your things now, be quick."
"Tonight, we have to fly to the island country overnight."
As soon as these words came out, Ning Hao was immediately shocked.
He had actually expected that after his father's defeat, he might shrink the Ning family's strategy and even modify the island country's sake plan, but he did not expect that he would be so decisive.
Ning Hao asked unwillingly:
"If we all go to the island country, what will happen to our family's industry? The Ning's sake plan is reaching a critical moment..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted unceremoniously by Ning Zhenxiong:
"Zhou Xianzong has been promoted to the director of the Military Affairs Bureau. The Lin family and the Liang family will definitely take advantage of the situation to rise. With the momentum of a great victory, they are holding back their strength to suppress us. At this time, the best choice is to lie dormant and wait for their momentum. Let’s reconsider it later.”
"As long as the green hills are there, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. Don't you understand this?"
"As long as people are alive, there is hope for everything. Can you use your brain?"
Ning Hao stood there in a daze, opened his mouth, and finally could only lower his head in frustration.
But he was still unconvinced after all. Recalling the humiliation Zhang Dachuan had brought him, he gritted his teeth and said:
"But if we leave now, I'm afraid there will be no hope of revenge in the future."
"Zhang Dachuan and Zhou Xianzong join forces, and with the help of the Liang family and the Lin family, they will soon dominate the Dongjiang market. If we don't take charge of the overall situation here, the family industry will soon shrink."
"If Zhang Dachuan is really allowed to develop smoothly and given him enough time to integrate his forces, we will not be his opponent anymore."
Originally, he thought that after his father was promoted to Grandmaster, he could easily kill that bastard instantly, but the appearance of Zheng Nanshan completely shattered this hope.
With Zheng Nanshan here, the combination of Zhang Dachuan and the Lin family and the Liang family is enough to shake the Ning family's position in Dongjiang.
Leaving Dongjiang at this time is almost letting the other party develop.
Ning Hao doesn't think going to the island country is a good idea.
Thinking of this, he said firmly:
"I think we can't run away like this. We should use all our strength to deal with Zhang Dachuan while he's not gaining momentum!"
