Ye Anping, Zhong Zhengguo, and Zeng Kang were all top-tier figures. These men all considered themselves far-sighted, believing that second-generation investments fell far short of satisfying their ambitions for expanding power. They thought they could manipulate events ten or twenty years into the future. Yet the wheels of history roll relentlessly forward, and these people, one and all, would be ruthlessly crushed!
No one could foresee that the ten-year system would eventually be changed!
Of course, not all of these investments were aimed strictly at that ultimate seat of power. As long as the positions were within the top twenty-something, they could serve as a starting point to support their families. But since these individuals were cultivated right from the very beginning, every single one was worth recruiting and investing in. Naturally, the larger the family and the more resources it possessed, the easier it was for the person being invested in to accept, allowing the great families to go further and further.
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