If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 433 Benchmark
Italy, Portofino, a small town on the bay.

The wooden boat was gliding near the shore of the bay, and the layers of white shallow ice floes were pushed by the bow of the wooden boat, and slowly slid away in one piece, leaving black marks like the reflection of a child on the ice surface. The naughty face and the light white sky behind it.

Lin Nian, who was passing by the shore, stretched out his fingers and gently tore off the white striped scarf covering his chin, exhaled a breath of air, and glanced at the father and children paddling on the wooden boat from a distance.

"I thought the climate in Italy wouldn't be too cold even in winter."

"Not necessarily, the temperature difference from south to north in Italy is huge." Angers, who was beside him, put on a winter coat wrapped in a plush scarf, also stopped and looked there for a while, with his hands in his trousers pockets, looking at the water on the water. The floating ice said, "People here always do this in cold seasons. Unlike Venice, which is warm all year round, the water in Portofino always freezes for a period of time. If you don't deal with the ice regularly, travel will be difficult." causing great inconvenience.”

"Is the school board meeting held here every year?" Lin Nian looked back at the houses on the short hills in the distance. The heavy snow had melted these houses into the mountains. When the passenger plane flew across the sky and landed He hadn't even discovered the bayside town.

"There is no fixed place. Maybe the next meeting will be held in Palau or Santorini in the Aegean Sea. The identities of the school directors are very special. They almost represent half of the secret party. The Supreme Council The site selection is also very particular every time. It's not just a brainstorming decision that we will hold a private meeting at the nude beach in Hawaii next time, but if you are careful enough, you should be able to guess the connection between Portofino and the school board. "Ange stretched out his hand and gently pushed Lin Nian's back, and the two continued to walk up the stairs towards the town on the short hill.

"The Gattuso family? I remember that Caesar's uncle is also a member of the school board. This area is within the scope of the Gattuso family's affairs." Lin Nian nodded and understood Angers' meaning, "The Supreme Council only The meeting will be held within the authority of the school board."

"In the past, we would choose the fortress on the top of the mountain. If you see it, it's on the right side of the mountain near the cliff." Anger bent slightly to Lin Nian's side and held his shoulder, pointing to the distance as if to On the white snow peak where the sky is connected, there is a raised arc-shaped building there. It is difficult to find it because it is covered with snow, but the winding mountain road leading to it helps Lin Nian find it at a glance. took it.

"The fortress was built by the Gattuso family with a huge investment. The foundation goes deep into the mountain, and the whole is connected with the entire low mountain that supports the town. It is an out-and-out military-grade fort fortification. Seeing the snow Is there a pine forest? There are several anti-aircraft guns and radar devices hidden in it. There is also a combined power ship decorated as a fishing boat in the harbor of the bay, full of Tomahawk cruise missiles that can be activated at any time, and there is a temporary building behind the mountain. If this small island is surrounded, the enemy will suffer at least one month of fire resistance." Angers explained the layout of this bay town to Lin Nian listened.

"A strong attack is almost impossible." Lin Nian summed up Angers' meaning, "The school board has almost no opponents here."

"When they reach a certain position, wealth and power are just a carapace for them to protect their own lives. A school board meeting is held every year. There will always be people who want to do something while the seven school board members are here. Once they are allowed to If it succeeds, the entire secret party will usher in the biggest earthquake in history." Angers said, "Each of them represents the ruling power, economy, military and even political power in a part of Europe, such as the Gattuso family, The land we are now stepping on belongs to the Italian Republic, which implements a bicameral system, divided into the upper house and the lower house. The power holders and the common people share the power to make legislation and supervise the administration. If one day Italy wants to pass a law that is beneficial to the development of the Gattuso family If there is no resolution, then he will be proposed in the House of Lords or the House of Commons, and then the bill will be discussed. At that time, there will only be one situation, that is, both the House of Lords and the House of Commons will agree to pass the bill at a very fast speed. The proposal was quickly implemented.”

"Because there are people from the Gattuso family on both sides." Lin Nian said.

"The Gattuso family has a lot of friends among those in power who represent the nobility, and they are even members of it. Some members of the Gattuso family have many lifelong senators, and in the House of Representatives who represent the common people, they often Inseparable from the shadow of the mafia"

"The Gattuso family started from the Mafia." Lin Nian nodded in understanding, "They cover the sky with one hand?"

"They cover the sky with one hand." Angers said, "At least in this country, they cover the sky with one hand."

"How powerful are the other six school managers?"

"Quite, or even worse, for example, the Laurent family leads the largest syndicate group in Europe, an international leading monopoly organization, mainly engaged in the mining industry and the financial industry, and capitalists who have made it to the table in all European countries are in this group. If One day, the current owner of Laurent, Elisabeth Laurent, said that he wanted crude oil to fall to a negative number, then the international crude oil supply would exceed demand the next day, the market would be stampede, crude oil would depreciate to an incredible negative value, and all the world would buy in large quantities Anyone who buys crude oil futures will go bankrupt overnight." Angers said lightly, "In a sense, the group of people you are about to meet are the top figures in this world, and seven such figures sit together , A single decision will affect the situation of the whole world. Do you suddenly feel that the members of the school board have so much weight now?"

"But principal, you can still walk freely among this group of people."

"There is a saying in China that those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes." Angers smiled, "In their view, I am a barefoot butcher. They hold a lever that can move the world's economy, but they use me This 130+ year old guy has no choice, they can confiscate all my assets, my house, my hound, including my Maserati. They can take everything from me, but they can't take away what they want most What I have, my knife and my blood, without the Maserati I can still run to keep up with their slammed cars, jump in through the sunroof and slit their throats."

"Principal, you are already old, can you still rely on Yanling to compare the speed of the car?"

"It's not good for long-distance, but I'm still a little confident for short-distance. The premise is that they don't cheat and escape in a formula car."

"If you want to escape from time zero for a short distance, you probably have to take a rocket, but that thing also needs ignition time."

"Well, I have never tried to race against a rocket." Angers suddenly fell into thought, "And with the financial resources of the school board, it seems that there is no big problem in buying a rocket. They even have their own satellites."

".They have unrivaled financial resources and power in the world, but you have absolute force in the world." Lin Niandan smiled and brought the topic back, "Your relationship has been from In a sense, it’s actually equivalent.”

"What about you, Lin Nian? Do you have the confidence to stand in the same position as them and have a conversation?" Anger glanced at Lin Nian who was climbing up the hill beside him and asked.

"Principal, what you said is equivalent to making yourself a benchmark for measuring 'force'. You mean that if you want to really let go of your burden and talk to the school board at the same height, you must at least stand in your position first." Come on." Lin Nian suddenly lowered his head to avoid a snowball flying over from the street.While talking, they had already reached the small town. Many children in cotton padded clothes were running happily, followed by hounds sticking out their tongues, playing snowball fights with each other. A few cars with tires wearing chains drove towards the low slope , in the light snow constantly honked the whistle and switched the lights.

"How many steps can your 'Shi Mo' climb now?" Ange raised his hand to catch a snowball flying towards him, and the snowflakes passed by him. He put down his hand and squeezed the snow and looked at the other Mischievous children on the street in the distance.The group of bear kids wearing bearskin hats couldn't help jumping up excitedly when they saw the old man's vigorous skills, and a few of them continued to bend down and pinch snowballs, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, trying to get along with the old man and the young. A passer-by has fun.

"To what extent can you compare with the principal?" Lin Nian didn't answer Angers' question directly, and kicked the ball back.

"This varies from person to person. I haven't really possessed the word spirit of 'Setsuna'. My understanding of 'Setsuna' is limited to discussing with friends and asking students for advice. The level of this language spirit is different. The effect varies from person to person." Anger thought for a while and said, "But if my guess is right, you should know enough about 'Time Zero', right?"

"I have used it many times, so I have a general understanding." Lin Nian stopped and bent down to pick up the snow on the ground.

Angers also stopped beside him, turned his head to look at the surrounding snowflake street scene that stopped at some point, with a bit of surprise on his face. Passers-by who were tightly wrapped in cotton coats on the street and breathed out the cold air slowly climbed up the low slope All the cars were parked in the blizzard, and the coffee cups in the hands of the lady at the table in the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Xiaopo roadside restaurant were freezing, and the naughty children in front of the window were still bending over to collect snowballs, with smiles on their ruddy faces.

He just watched Lin Nian squeeze the snow into balls, then threw it out with a few smacks and hit the faces of a few brats. After this simple move, everything suddenly returned to normal!

The car beside them whistled suddenly, and the lights were on, and the passer-by stepped into the snow, and the children in front of the French windows suddenly turned over and sat on the ground , his face was covered with white snow, his eyes were wide open and he didn't know what happened.

"Can you use it freely? I thought this technique could only be used when you were refining your bloodline." Anger seemed a little surprised when he saw all this, and said with a slight nod.

"I won't go into details for some personal reasons. What do you think of the headmaster? From the perspective of a 'time zero' veteran?"

"It's a bit immature, but the future is promising. In my feelings, I can cut 1 second into 50 parts, and the flow of time can be slowed down to about 1/50 second. How about you?"

"About 1/40? It might be slower. After all, 'time zero' is not my forte. Compared with teamwork, I prefer to compress the field to the extent of myself." Lin Nian clapped his hands and told Ange We continued to climb forward together, and passed the group of children who were stunned by the snowball.

"Your 'Setting' should be able to climb to the ninth step now?"

"Almost." Lin Nian pondered for a while, then looked up at the snow-capped mountain, "Why don't you take this opportunity to compare?"

"Competition, sprint?" Anger gave Lin Nian an interesting look, "No one has ever asked me to run a race before."

"The ninth-order instant is only a gain of 512 times. The data is exaggerated, but the actual gain will be greatly diluted due to the environment and physical condition, but if you compare it with your time zero, principal, the difference should not be too big?" Lin Nian looked at Angers asked.

"Very confident." Anger couldn't hold back the smile on his face, "You are only a freshman now, if you wait until your senior year, won't you move to live in my principal's office?"

"Maybe it's just a sophomore year, or...today?" Lin Nian couldn't help laughing.

"Young people are really full of energy!" Angers sighed, and when he was feeling, he had already started to roll up his sleeves like Lin Nian, and the hot blood fell on their arms and melted into snow water and evaporated into gas almost instantly. .

Just as the two of them slowed down and began to warm up by twisting their arms and legs, a silver car quietly stopped on the side of the road beside them. The headlights switched from high beam to low beam, flashed three times quickly and then went out up.

Lin Nian, who was about to warm up, stopped his movements because he saw Angers beside him also stopped, and the feeling of being both a teacher and a friend faded away, and was gradually replaced by a sense of kindness?

The logo of the silver car is the silver goddess of celebration. Even Lin Nian, who has limited understanding of luxury cars, knows this brand.It should not be a coincidence that a good car worth tens of millions of dollars is parked next to them, and it is even more intriguing to see such a car appearing at this juncture.

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