"Is it true that the collapse of the Qingao Island resort involves the Lin family's internal feud?"
Ansheng looked surprised and turned to Lin Ying, who was explaining the development and collapse secrets of Qingao Island.
"The concept of the Lin family is quite broad; rather than calling it a clan, it's more appropriate to refer to it as a business association."
Lin Ying looked at Master Fox and said, "People born into the Lin family in Xia Country can request an opportunity from the Lin Group Holding Company once they're adults."
"It could be starting a business or taking a job, but once you ask the Lin Group for an opportunity, regardless of success or failure, you must adhere to the strategies set by the great-grandfathers."
"My eldest uncle chose to stay domestically, inheriting ancestral wealth while also seeking resources from the Lin Group, so naturally, he had to implement the strategies of the great-grandfathers, but....."
Lin Ying shook her head gently at this point.
While the Lin family in Xia Country is indeed profitable, its earning capacity cannot compare to that of the overseas Lin family.
Besides forming cliques, there's actually another factor that cannot be ignored in overseas business.
Wealth equates to influence, and influence can be transformed into tangible rights and military strength.
Besides its overt businesses, the overseas Lin family also engages in numerous undisclosed secret deals behind the scenes.
One factor contributing to Chen Nian establishing a foothold in America is directly related to the overseas Lin family.
Lin Ying's eldest uncle, in the beginning, did not choose to develop overseas, but rather chose to stay in a domestically safe and stable environment.
While leveraging subsidies from the overseas Lin family for development, he attempted to directly replicate the overseas development model domestically to expand his own influence.
The development model overseas isn't new; it's just an unspoken rule universally acknowledged.
Wealth = Influence = Power.
But this model doesn't work for the Lin family in Xia Country; its unravelling was merely a matter of time, and Lin Ying's eldest uncle, while receiving substantial subsidies from the overseas Lin family, also tried to cut off the retreats for the overseas Lin family.
Thus, he was exiled to the Tropical Continent, and the related family members and professional agents were imprisoned.
Even the billions invested in Qingao Island were considered a hot potato by all of Xia Country's Lin family, with the project even involving some official layers.
There was no choice; the initial investment was in the billions, with potential follow-up investments of over ten billion, the performance was too eye-catching.
"He violated the initial agreement, turning Qingao Island into an unwanted hot potato."
"After a while, if no one pays the penalties, this place will likely become a derelict construction and be auctioned legally, right?" Lin Ying said calmly.
"Just listening to you talk about Qingao Island, I can imagine your Lin family must have quite the plans! Aren't you afraid of ending up like Shen Wansan?" Chen Zhiyu couldn't help but click his tongue, realizing for the first time just how affluent this wealthy girl was.
Lin Ying glanced at Chen Zhiyu, turned her head, and began to speak in a calm tone:
"Do you know? Among all types of taxes, there's one called a responsibility tax, and reducing this aspect of taxes is quite simple: hire disabled people and fulfill positive social responsibilities."
"But here, even disabilities are categorized, and one severely disabled person counts as a tax deduction for three mildly disabled, so any rational business would choose the severely disabled and then provide them with various forms of welfare."
"Our Lin Group has many factories and likes hiring these mildly disabled individuals who are often rejected and looked down upon."
Lin Ying glanced at Chen Zhiyu and sneered, "No leader in Xia Dong wants the Lin family to perish."
"And no one can shake our Lin family's basics unless.... someone is willing to take on hundreds of billions of debt and fight us to the end."
Lin Ying vividly pretended to be a villain, scaring Chen Zhiyu.
Before meeting Chen Zhiyu, the only things that caught Lin Ying's interest were Master Fox and the related research on the reviving world.
But after meeting Chen Zhiyu.
Things that could pique Lin Ying's interest included one more—daily scaring or teasing Chen Zhiyu.
There was no other way; Chen Zhiyu was truly bad and constantly disparaged her in front of Master Fox.
Lin Ying lacked interest and motivation in most things but wasn't dead inside.
The treatment medication was like winding her up, giving her the ability to act, though she still couldn't muster interest in most things on her own.
Chen Zhiyu looked at Lin Ying in shock and then felt a chill in the air, shivering.
Ansheng looked at Lin Ying with a face full of black lines: "Do all you rich people have so many convoluted schemes?"
"Don't think of targeting me; if I run back, I'll bite you."
The soft murmur of the little fox warmed the atmosphere momentarily frozen in silence.
And the sightseeing vehicle driven by Lin Ying also arrived at the zoo of the Qingao South Island resort area.
Under the gaze of a troop of monkeys in the trees, the electric sightseeing vehicle reached the place where the golden-haired lion was recuperating.
All the metal barriers in this zoo were irreversibly damaged, and the areas with Monkey Hill, the Tiger Park, the Leopard Park, and the herbivore sections were all in an unregulated, out-of-control state.
Lin Ying scanned the surroundings and sighed.
Although Qingao Island is under seal, they have people assigned here for basic management.
But evidently.... the managers here also knew there was no future staying here, so they took their buckets and ran.
They ran... but they didn't report it, still drawing salaries and benefits from the Lin Group Holding Company.
Under the gaze of two leopards and a tiger, the little fox led Lin Ying and Chen Zhiyu to the lion king.
"Are lions really this big?"
Seeing the golden-haired lion, Chen Zhiyu couldn't help but take a sharp breath and look at Master Fox:
"Sir... did you dislocate its neck?"
Although she had seen Master Fox fight crocodiles, seeing him slap the golden-haired lion's neck crooked, Chen Zhiyu was still astonished and speechless.
"Ow...."
It was as if the golden-haired lion understood Chen Zhiyu's astonishment; even if its face was still crooked, it couldn't help but let out a low roar to express its dissatisfaction.
"What are you roaring at? I'm finding a doctor for you, and now you're not happy?"
Ansheng stood upright, sat on the golden-haired lion's head, and tapped it forcefully: "Sit quietly; later, I'll introduce a friend to you. If you injure our doctor at all, I'll pluck all your mane and send you to the Mountain City Zoo."
"Ow..."
The golden-haired lion couldn't understand Ansheng's grumbling but instinctively sensed the insidiousness from the little fox, coldly snorted, and turned its head, unwilling to communicate.
With a face full of amazement, Chen Zhiyu rode on the golden-haired lion's back, beginning a skeletal examination along its spine.
After a routine examination, Chen Zhiyu roughly understood the current condition of the golden-haired lion.
There shouldn't be any major issues; it's just a muscle strain in the neck muscles causing the contraction, requiring some time to heal.
As for the bruising and swelling, those aren't issues a veterinarian can address; only time can solve that.