Shang Hai.
The Chen family's villa, three floors underground, had a space of about five acres.
The largest conference room was like a lecture hall in a university. There were many seats, enough to accommodate hundreds of people.
At this moment, the conference room was filled with people, men and women, all dressed in formal attire. They sat in an orderly manner, and the atmosphere was quite serious.
However, some core family members sitting in the front row were whispering to each other with anxious faces. There was a buzzing sound.
Occasionally, fierce arguments could be heard.
"Now that the Protoss are getting stronger and stronger, their methods tend to be violent. It seems that we can only abandon the interests of Earth."
"Abandon? There are more than 50 free cities, thousands of companies, countless fixed assets, and immeasurable value. How easy is it to say that we should give up all at once? But can we really let it go? "
"Even if we can't, we can only let it go. We will expand our main interests to other galaxies, to planets that are farther away. In short, we can't fight the Protoss head-on!"
"Is the Protoss really that scary? With the strength of our Chen family, we haven't reached the point of giving up our interests. "
"So you mean to fight the Protoss? Indeed, we have the capital to fight the Protoss, but the Protoss are getting stronger and stronger. The resources that the Chen family can mobilize are really limited. It's just a pointless fight. We will definitely be the ones who can't afford to fight a civilization alone. "
"At present, the Li family, the Zhao family, the Tian family, and other families in our country have divested their assets on Earth to avoid offending the Protoss. Countless foreign families have also evacuated. If we leave too late, we will become a target and fat sheep in the eyes of the Protoss. No matter how rich our family's assets are, we will suffer heavy losses."
"The Protoss also abide by the rules and laws. They will not easily attack the Chen family … Our cooperation with the Protoss is still very close, and we have established friendly relations with many Protoss forces. There is no need to be so timid and flustered."
There were all kinds of voices.
"Silence!"
A voice came from the door.
A butler said in a clear voice, "The ancestor has arrived. Everyone, stand up and bow."
The arguments subsided in an instant.
All the children of the Chen family stood up and bowed respectfully toward the door.
"Ta, ta, ta ~"
The first to walk in were three mature and graceful women. Their faces were young, but they all had the temperament of a noble queen or princess. All the onlookers looked at them with admiration.
The three women found their seats on the stage, one in front and two at the back. They sat in the center of the stage.
They sat down one after another.
Then, Chen Jin strode in.
"Everyone, Lord Primordial Ancestor has arrived. Welcome!"
The disciples of the Chen Clan lowered their heads even more. Their bodies trembled, and their faces were filled with excitement.
It had been fifty years.
It had been fifty years since the founding ancestor of the Chen family had participated in a family meeting like this. As the source of the Chen family's bloodline, there was no reason for them not to feel excited.
"Alright, alright."
Chen Jin waved his hand. "Let's continue with the meeting." It had been decades since he had managed the family. He felt that there were more and more feudal things.
"I'll sit here."
Seeing that his wife Su Yun's chair was rather spacious, he rejected the butler's suggestion to bring a bigger chair over. He allowed Su Yun to shift her butt slightly and directly shared a chair with her. The noble and inviolable queen in the hearts of countless people was squeezed to the side just like that. There was even a hand wrapped around her waist out of habit.
This scene caused the foreheads of many Chen Clan disciples to be covered in invisible sweat.
Even Su Yun could not help but smile bitterly. The noble persona that she had cultivated for decades had been largely destroyed just like that.
After taking his seat, Chen Jin's gaze swept across the room.
He roughly sized up the disciples of the Chen Clan in the meeting room.
There were more than three hundred people in total.
Sitting in the first three rows were the direct descendants of the Chen Clan. They were all the descendants of his daughters, Chen Xing Yue and Chen Xiao Yue. About half of them were female.
Sitting in the last few rows were the concubines of the Chen Clan. They were the descendants of Chen Jin's four sons, Chen Bufan, Chen Feiyu, Chen Yuanchao, and Chen Xinghang. All of them were male.
In just a short period of 120 to 130 years, so many bloodlines had been developed (not including those small branches). For Chen Jin, his goal of "having a prosperous population" had definitely been achieved.
Moreover, among the many wealthy families in the Earth Federation, the Chen Clan was particularly famous for its emphasis on reproduction. Among the Chen Clan's disciples, there was an endless stream of dissolute studs, contributing countless gossip to the entertainment industry.
In addition, because the direct descendants of the Chen Clan were female, women were the masters of the household. Therefore, they recruited a large number of "live-in son-in-law." Among the many wealthy families, the Chen Clan had the largest number of live-in son-in-law. Therefore, it contributed to countless gossip stories of strong women and weak men.
Both the direct descendants and the concubines had messy personal relationships. Countless rumors had been stirred up, and many negative labels had been placed on them.
In fact, the main root of the problem was still Chen Jin. As the saying goes, a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. In some aspects, he was definitely not a good role model.
However, seeing so many descendants of the Chen Clan sitting in this room, Chen Jin felt very gratified and at ease. There were descendants to carry on the family.
The discussion below the stage continued.
Chen Jin listened for a while and found that there was still a large difference in opinion.
In particular, the debate between the direct descendants and the concubines was very heated.
After a little thought, Chen Jin understood the reason for the debate between the two factions.
Benefits.
In the beginning, to make up for the guilt in his heart, Chen Jin passed on more than 90% of the assets in his hands to the direct descendants; the remaining 10% was distributed to the concubines.
According to the Matthew effect, with huge resources, the development of the direct descendants would naturally be fast. Their resources were spread all over the world, and from space exploration activities, they had seized a huge amount of benefits that were astonishing.
Including the exploration and development activities of other galaxies, the benefits obtained were also basically obtained by the direct descendants.
As for the concubines with a larger number of people, because the share of the cake was very small in the beginning, and there were too many people who had to cut it off, they did not have much potential for development. Most of the tentacles of benefits were limited to Earth. What they had were mostly small companies or shares with a market value of billions or tens of billions. There were not many that had a market value of more than 100 billion.
If it were not for the background of the rise of the Protoss, where they needed to gather all their strength, they would have invited the concubines of the Chen Clan. In previous years, the descendants of the concubines did not even have the right to participate in the family meeting.
It was also because of the different distribution of benefits.
Most of the direct descendants advocated giving up their benefits on Earth and doing a favor by selling it to the Protoss. They wanted to concentrate their energy on developing other galaxies and reap returns that were thousands or tens of thousands of times. They did not have to live under the threat of the Protoss. They could be said to be free and unrestrained.
Most of the descendants of the concubines advocated doing their best to preserve their interests on Earth. They could not give in so easily. After all, Earth was the birthplace of all human beings. It was the homeland of all human beings. It was too weak to just give in and leave.
They must work hard to hold on to the beautiful Earth. Even if it was very difficult, they could not give up so easily and let the Protoss laugh at them.
Of course, these were just tough words spoken verbally.
In fact, this was the euphemism of the descendants of the concubines, hoping that the direct descendants would "share a piece of the pie."
As long as the direct descendants proposed out of sympathy that they were willing to give one or two high-value planets to the descendants of the concubines and allow them to participate deeply in the development of other galaxies, they would immediately change their tone and support the direct descendants' plan of "giving up their interests on Earth."
But the debate lasted for an hour or two.
The direct descendants did not seem to have any intention of giving away planets or providing a way out, which made people feel very helpless.
Even Chen Jin could not help but shake his head.
He sighed inwardly and said, "Unity, unity. We are all the blood of the Chen Clan. You help me, I help you. It is all right. Why are all of you so stingy? Don't you understand the principle that brothers of one mind can cut through gold? "
However, his gaze swept over the faces of his wife, Su Yun, and his daughters, Chen Xing Yue and Chen Xiao Yue. Chen Jin understood that in some aspects, women were not very generous.
But they could not continue arguing like this.
In the face of the strong rise of the Protoss, the Chen Clan must come up with a response plan as soon as possible.
"Clang, clang, clang ~"
His palm patted the armrest of the chair. Chen Jin coughed twice and suddenly said, "Enough! Stop arguing. Two people come forward and tell me your main points. I will give you an idea. "
The audience quickly quieted down.
Both sides sent out a representative who was eloquent.
On the side of the direct descendants, an outstanding descendant named Chen Shuyi stood up and said, "Lord Ancestor, Earth is about to become the base camp of the Protoss. It is the place where the Protoss are the strongest. It is really not good to stay here. The best way is to go to other places to develop, avoid the Protoss, and develop and grow stronger in places where there are no Protoss. Until we have the strength to challenge the Protoss, we will create the glory of the Chen Clan again."
"This plan is okay, but …" Chen Jin shook his head.
"The scale of the universe is very large. Although the characteristics of the celestial particles are magical, they generally only escape from the dimensional door. The further away from the dimensional door, the less the concentration of celestial particles, and the lower the level of cultivation. As for celestial technology, which has become mainstream science, it has become the latest and most cutting-edge research direction. It even represents a brand new future. If we go to distant places with thin spiritual energy, the development of science and technology will not be able to catch up with the mainstream public."
At that time, not only would they not create glory, they might even be beaten up.
"Don't worry, Lord Ancestor!"
Chen Shuyi suddenly smiled and said, "The interstellar scientific team we sent out found that the kind of spatial door that can dissipate celestial particles is not only found in the solar system. We found two galaxies and found the existence of a large number of divine grace particles. In one of the galaxies, we even found an open spatial door leading to the divine realm!"
"So, the so-called 'Recovery of Celestial Powers' is not just a recovery within the solar system, but the recovery of the entire Milky Way and the entire universe.
"Of course, this news is very shocking and cannot be known by others. I am only announcing it in advance for the sake of the Lord Ancestor."
Chen Shuyi looked at Chen Jin with an expectant look, as if she really wanted to get his praise.
"Not bad, very good."
Chen Jin's face was full of praise. "If it is a recovery on a universal scale, then leaving Earth and going to other galaxies to develop is definitely the best option. Most of the family's resources should be invested in this direction."
After all, a land of freedom was better than being around dangerous tigers and leopards.
"Lord Ancestor!"
Among the children of the concubines, a man named Chen Xingming stood up with a pleading look on his face and said, "Please let us, the children of the concubines, join this plan. A lot of manpower is needed to develop other galaxies. I think we can provide a lot of reliable human resources."
The position had changed.
The position of the children of the concubines had actually changed dramatically. They suddenly supported the plans of the children of the direct bloodline.
They even put down their so-called moral integrity and directly expressed their desire to "participate."
Moreover, the Lord Ancestor was here. If they pleaded well, the children of the direct bloodline would definitely give them face and share a piece of the pie.
But listening to the large number of pleading words and seeing that the plans had automatically become unanimous, although this was a good thing to be happy about …
Chen Jin's expression became not very good.
"Earth, the birthplace of all human beings, the hometown of every human being, the place where our Chen family rose and developed, the place where we have been rooted for hundreds of years. Just for some benefits, you want to give it up?
Could it be that the days of ease and wealth have worn away a little bit of courage?
"Are you really my children?"
Chen Jin's face was gloomy, and he had an expression of great anger. He felt very disappointed!
Wow ~
All the children of the Chen family were taken aback, and then they hurriedly admitted their mistakes. A few of them panicked and knelt down.
"Lord Ancestor, this … what's going on?"
"Shouldn't we give up the foundation of Earth?"
"I was wrong, Lord Ancestor. As children of the Chen family, we were terrified and only thought of running away."
"Lord Ancestor, whether we leave or stay, it's all up to you!"
"Yes, Lord Ancestor, please calm down, we will all listen to you."
All kinds of pleasing words came, and it could be said that there was a panic.
After all, the children of the Chen family below the stage knew in their hearts that although the Elder Ancestor had not been involved in family affairs for more than 50 years, he must not be underestimated or angered. This was because this family was created by him, and the Xing Hai Group was also left behind by him. All the foundations were laid by him.
Everything of the Chen family, including themselves, came from the Elder Ancestor. How could they dare to neglect or look down on him?
Moreover, there seemed to be some mysterious benefits in the hands of the Elder Ancestor that could bring great help to the family. He could even be the eternal guardian of the family.
He was the trump card and guarantee of the Chen family's prosperity!
How could they dare to disrespect him?
"Hmph, there aren't many decent ones."
After complaining, Chen Jin's anger had mostly dissipated. After calming his breath, he voiced his thoughts.
"Your considerations are not wrong. It is indeed better to go to other galaxies to develop and develop than to stay here on Earth. The Protoss are getting stronger day by day, and I'm afraid that the Chen family has to avoid their sharp edge … This general direction is not wrong.
"But we must never give up on Earth. We can't just rush out like a swarm of bees. We must protect Earth!
"Not only for the dignity of mankind, but also for the interests of the Chen family.
"Let me put it this way, if all the interests of the Chen family are 1, then the interests on Earth are at least 0.3.
"If we leave, there will only be 70% of the Chen family left. If we leave some of the children of the Chen family to protect our interests on Earth, the Chen family will be 100% strong.
"Don't underestimate the 0.3% interest. With this 0.3% interest, we have the confidence to defeat the Protoss in the War of the Humans and Protoss. We can make all the Protoss maintain politeness and respect, and not dare to act rashly against the Chen family."
Chen Jin revealed an earth-shattering piece of information. He slowly scanned the crowd below and said, "So, do you understand what I mean?"
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