The Lin Group truly lives up to its reputation as a multinational conglomerate; there are even people online who create intricate family relationship diagrams of the Lin family.
The old man at the head of the table at the last meal was not Lin Xiaoxiao's grandfather, but her father.
Indeed, Lin Xiaoxiao herself was also shocked.
But after seeing Old Master Lin's three wives and countless concubines outside, she was truly bewildered. This family certainly didn't lack money or children. Of course, it wasn't that Old Master Lin didn't want to marry the other concubines, but rather that the second and third wives were shrewd enough to block them all.
Sitting on either side of Old Master Lin were his second and third wives. The first wife was said to have passed away; she had a son and a daughter, and was the second wife's older sister.
According to rumors, the second wife took advantage of the first wife's pregnancy with her second child to enter the house and became pregnant with Lin Ruizhe, which led to the death of her sister due to postpartum hemorrhage.
The second wife was Lin Ruizhe, her eldest brother's biological mother, and the noblewoman who had summoned Lin Xiaoxiao to warn her last time. The second wife later gave birth to one son and three daughters, and even found concubines for Master Lin, trying to give him more children, as he liked the blessing of many.
Lin Xiaoxiao's mother was a concubine brought in by the second wife when she was desperate. She gave birth to the child, took the money, and left. Therefore, Lin Xiaoxiao was registered under the second wife's name, and the other two sisters were also registered under the same name, leaving their children behind after their mothers left.
The second wife wasn't stupid; she would definitely keep the girl and not the boy. She just hadn't realized that this was a new era, where women could hold up half the sky.
Clearly, in this respect, Old Master Lin was more optimistic, believing that the family fortune should be distributed among the most capable.
The third wife was about the same age as Lin Xiaoxiao. Before marrying into the family, she was a socialite, but her family went bankrupt, and her unscrupulous father gave her to Old Master Lin to pay off debts. A young, beautiful flower was thus stuck in cow dung.
This third wife is no ordinary woman. Although Old Master Lin's health is failing, the third wife still managed to have twin sons and a daughter through artificial insemination, although the children are still very young.
Although the First Madam has passed away, Mr. Lin still feels indebted to her son and daughter. Previously, the Lin Group's domestic projects were all reserved for them, but the Second Madam's son, Lin Ruizhe, tricked them, causing the projects to almost fail and resulting in their exile abroad.
As Lin Xiaoxiao ate, she pieced together the rumors circulating online and the information she heard. It seemed that the eldest wife's son and daughter were about to return.
The two called Grandpa Lin and said that their mother's death anniversary was approaching and they wanted to return to China. This immediately touched Grandpa Lin's guilty conscience, so they were able to return to China as they wished.
The two sounded very aggressive, and Lin Xiaoxiao wondered if her older brother could handle them.
Old Master Lin has not yet divided his estate, but it is said that he has revised his will countless times. The will even alarmed the local officials, and in the end, he secretly postponed making the will.
Dividends are a small part of the picture; everyone wants the most profitable Lin Group, although nothing is clear at the moment.
Old Master Lin enjoyed being surrounded by his children and grandchildren, so everyone had to periodically pretend to be at peace at the table. The second and third wives had to suppress their disgust and maintain harmony.
Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly realized that even such a wealthy family wasn't so happy. She was glad she hadn't looked closely at her memories at first, assuming that this harmonious family was the same as her own before she transmigrated.
After the meal, the two sisters, who were also nominally affiliated with the company, exchanged pleasantries with Lin Xiaoxiao before leaving.
"Xiaoxiao, you're doing well now, you're able to help your older brother."
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and modestly replied, "It's just so-so."
After her eldest sister left, the younger sister, Lin Yueyue, approached with a stern face and said, "Don't let those people in the entertainment industry fool you. Don't make things difficult for yourself."
Lin Xiaoxiao took a moment to process what Lin Yueyue meant when she said she shouldn't date people in the entertainment industry. Of course she wouldn't! No matter which industry they were in, they couldn't interfere with her earning money. She had heavy responsibilities right now; she was busy mining her brother's investments. Men would only slow her down.
Lin Yueyue's mother is a big star in the entertainment industry. Of course, there have always been rumors that one of Mr. Lin's children was born to her. However, after giving birth, she was controlled by the second wife and failed to become the wife. So she turned around and married a male star in the entertainment industry.
This male celebrity is no good person; he's committed all three illegal acts that are against him. Knowing that Lin Yueyue's mother received a large sum of compensation, he started posting about it.
Lin Yueyue's mother is quite old, but she is still active in the entertainment industry to earn money, just to cover up the other party's losses.
Speaking of the Lin family, they are truly an extremely wealthy and powerful family. If you have to compare them to the family of Lin Xiaoxiao from her time travel, then they are like the families of X God and Li XX. Their children are free to marry, since marriages in families like theirs are usually to help the other family make up for their losses, which is considered marrying down.
Lin Xiaoxiao sighed. Such a family is afraid of not having a capable successor, but also afraid of having too many capable successors. No matter what, there will be no harmony. But the head of such a family likes the illusion of a harmonious family with many children and grandchildren.
She should honestly save some money so she can buy herself a house and a car, and then find a good person for the company. Then she can escape these troubles and pressures and live her own peaceful life (this will change later; please be patient, readers, it takes time). She should work hard to make money, because in this world, only money won't look down on her for being poor.
After the gathering, Lin Xiaoxiao began working on the script for a fantasy drama.
She recalled several wildly popular fantasy dramas from her previous life. She wondered how well the audience here would accept copying them directly, and besides, she really liked all of them and couldn't bear to part with any of them.
Aha! Why doesn't she put all these interesting jokes into one work, and write in all the plots that everyone likes and highly praises? I'm sure someone will like it. When the show is finished, her brother will be so happy that he might even give her more money.
Add things like saving the world, sacrificing the world for love, master-disciple romance, three lifetimes, childhood sweethearts, a male lead with demon blood, a male supporting character disguised as a woman, stealing hearts and gouging out eyes, revenge, deep-seated hatred for parents, an interesting villain, a nemesis for the male lead, and romantic subplots for supporting characters...
After Lin Xiaoxiao finished organizing, she found that she had written almost five pages. There were so many interesting references in these dramas! But how could she put so many references into a 20-episode TV series? Should she expand it to 40 episodes?
But if two people are just dating, and it goes on and on for 40 episodes, isn't that too long? Won't the audience get tired of watching it? But with so many good things all put together, the audience should really like it. Maybe they'll even think 40 episodes is too short and want 60 or 100 episodes.
These are all elements from her favorite fantasy and historical dramas from her past life; they're her treasures. This time, she's offering them all to the audience without raising the price. No need to thank her too much, hehe.
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