Wang Yuan looked at Wang Chen. Compared to before, there was now an added measure of respect in his eyes.
Wang Chen's displayed strength and talent had completely won him over. He was willing to acknowledge him as clan head.
Wang Yuan explained, "The First Elder has long been dissatisfied with the clan head. Chen'er, with your strength and talent, the First Elder will definitely give his full support for you to become the new clan head.
"As long as the First Elder supports you, the Third Elder, Seventh Elder, and Eleventh Elder will certainly support you as well.
"With me included, that makes five elders supporting you. We only need to win over one more elder, and then we can put forward a nomination at the clan meeting and elect you as the new clan head."
Wang Chen's eyes lit up after hearing this. As one of the younger generation of the Wang Family, he truly did not know much about the relationships among the family's upper ranks.
He had not expected the First Elder to wield such influence within the family, capable of affecting the positions of three elders by himself.
If the First Elder supported him, then five of the Wang Family's twelve elders would be on his side.
Wang Chen was slightly surprised. "The First Elder actually has such influence?"
Wang Yuan sighed. "It isn't that the First Elder is so formidable. It's that the clan head's actions over the years have truly alienated the people.
"The family elders all have plenty of complaints about him. Several of them are extremely dissatisfied with him, and the First Elder is the representative of those elders."
Wang Chen nodded. He knew that most people in the family were actually unwilling to get involved in the dangerous struggle for