The three of them found the room according to the box number, and when they opened the door, Long Yuan was already inside.
The tyrant of Class D was sitting on the sofa against the wall on the right hand side of the door, unexpectedly he was alone.
His arms were resting relaxedly on the back of the sofa that extended against the wall. The psychedelic lights in the box swayed back and forth in a regular pattern, shining on his face from time to time. The TV that was turned on played the default song in a loop.
Noticing someone pushing the door and walking in, Ryuuen turned his head casually and glanced at them, then revealed an expression of interest.
"Oh my, what's going on? Just discussing business and yet he has to hug her left and right. If I had known this would happen, I would have ordered a few more to keep me company. They will definitely be much more interesting than the two you brought with you."
Hug her left and right? Keep her company?
Hearing such insulting words, Yukinoshita Haruno was able to maintain a flawless expression.
But Horikita Suzune was not so easy to talk to. She frowned and disgust suddenly appeared in her eyes.
"you……"
"Although the situation you described is also very desirable, unfortunately, it is not the case."
Putting a hand on Horikita Suzune's shoulder to stop her from continuing, Wu Yi patted her gently.
“This is the photographer.”
Then he patted Yukinoshita Haruno's shoulder again.
“And this one is a negotiator.”
"Photographer? Negotiator?"
Ryuuen sneered frivolously.
Naturally, he didn't believe what Wu Yi said.
"It sounds like the staff is very complete. What are you doing here?"
"I?"
Wu Yi pointed at himself.
"I'm just here to eat melons and watch the show."
"You are here to plunder the enemy."
Without intending to pay any attention to the other party's statement, Long Yuan gave his own definition.
Wu Yi spread his hands helplessly.
"Whatever. If you insist on understanding it that way, that's fine... Then, can we sit down and start?"
Hearing this, Yukinoshita Haruno and Horikita Suzune were about to sit down on the other side of the sofa.
However, Ryuuen waved his hand, picked up the remote control beside him and turned down the TV volume.
"Don't worry, there's still time to come."
Hmm? It's coming?
Just when he thought of this, the door of the box behind Wu Yi suddenly opened again.
A KTV waitress came in from outside, holding a tray with three bottles of drinks and six high-heeled glasses on it. She gently placed all the things on the coffee table in front of the sofa, leaving a screwdriver behind, then bowed slightly and turned away quietly.
Long Yuan raised his hand and pointed to the drinks on the table.
"This is my sincerity. After all, it would be too inappropriate to discuss business without any food or drinks."
However, despite his sincerity, he had no intention of opening the bottle.
The implication is that Yukinoshita Haruno should go and open it.
Of course, as the saying goes, whoever opens the bottle pours the wine, if this is put on the negotiation table, it means being inferior to others.
Logically speaking, if Horikita Suzune had some experience, she would have known to take the initiative to take on the role of assistant and help open the bottle and pour... the drink.
But this cold-faced girl obviously did not have such foresight, or even if she understood it in her heart, she was not prepared to take any action because she could not let go of her pride.
So the situation just froze.
After waiting for about two or three seconds, Wu Yi stepped forward and picked up a bottle of drink from the table. While Yukinoshita Haruno and Horikita Suzune were slightly caught off guard and looked at him as if he were a human, he used his thumb to exert a little force and removed the bottle cap, which should have required tools to remove.
Then he lined up six goblets in a row, with liquid flowing out from the bottle mouths downwards. He pulled the goblets horizontally and poured almost the same amount of drink into each glass. When he reached the last goblet, he lifted it up gently.
Not a drop leaked.
"Everyone, help yourself if you want to drink."
Holding the remaining quarter of the bottle of drink in his hand, Wu Yi shrugged leisurely, then sat down on the sofa beside him, blew into the bottle and drank his own drink.
Long Yuan raised the corner of his mouth, and then laughed coldly.
"Okay, okay~"
As he spoke, he leaned forward slightly, took one of the high-heeled glasses from the coffee table, and raised it in the direction of Yukinoshita Haruno and Horikita Suzune.
"Then I wish us a pleasant negotiation."
"...I wish you a happy negotiation."
Yukinoshita Haruno also took one of the cups and raised it in the air.
After taking a sip that was not a courtesy, Ryuuen slowly exhaled and took the lead in opening the conversation.
"Then let's just be frank. There's no need to waste time on boring polite conversation. I know what you want, so...how much are you willing to pay for it?"
Ok……
Yukinoshita Haruno pondered for a moment, then chuckled.
"You really get straight to the point, but before that I want to ask you a question, Ryuuen-kun."
"Huh?"
"that is--"
The girl took a short breath.
"As for the current D class, how many people do you think are truly useful to you?"
“Really available to me?”
Long Yuan glanced at her.
"That depends on how much you use it. If you're just running downstairs to buy a juice from the vending machine, then my answer is... every one."
"Every one of them, that's really an enviable dominance."
Yukinoshita Haruno nodded as if she agreed very much.
"But I think even if it's just a simple errand, there should be some classifications."
"By categories?"
Ryuen seemed to be in a good mood.
Yukinoshita Haruno continued to explain: "For example, some people will run errands for you and buy drinks for you with just a word or a look from you, while some others will not go downstairs unless you transfer the points for juice to them and add a little extra errand fee, right?"
"Maybe."
The smile on Ryuen's face remained unchanged.
"Although I'm not sure if it will turn out like what you said, it's obvious that I haven't fallen to the point of exploiting my subordinates for juice money. If I need someone to buy juice for me, no matter who it is, as long as he is willing to go, I will be happy to reward him with a little errand fee."
Oh my, he is really a stubborn guy...
Admiring the strength of Ryuen's defense in her heart, Yukinoshita Haruno couldn't help but feel a headache.
She originally wanted to use the incident of buying juice to allude to the other party's support rate in the class, but she didn't expect the other party to answer in the same way.
It seemed like he was simply answering the question about buying juice, but in fact he was also implicitly responding to her metaphor.
It's a tough nut to crack.
Just as Yukinoshita Haruno was quickly thinking about how to launch another attack from other angles, the voice of Horikita Suzune, who had been naturally placing her hands on her legs and holding her mobile phone to record the video, rang out.
"In that case, I guess you are very confident about the vote rate in this exam to vote to withdraw from school, right?"
Volume 269: Chapter You have no right to refuse
What is negotiation?
Negotiation is a verbal confrontation and a test of the other party's cards.
Because only when you know your opponent's cards can you understand how to play the best move with the cards you have in your hand.
So there is a classic saying, which goes - never get angry, because once you get angry others will know your true ability.
Therefore, talks at the negotiation table usually last for several hours or even more than ten hours. If it is a large-scale business, it may be delayed for several days or even months.
This is a tug-of-war that consumes each other's patience. Both sides will try their best to test each other's bottom line in the long confrontation, and try their best to seize every bit of interest, and finally reach some kind of extreme but helpless consensus.
This is how Yukinoshita Haruno understands negotiation.
But what Horikita Suzune did at this moment was completely contrary to her understanding.
If we say that Yukinoshita Haruno's negotiation style is like that of a stingy old lady, she would bargain for a long time even when buying vegetables on the street, and would not stop bargaining until the stall owner was about to say that he would not sell to her anymore.
Then Horikita Suzune's words are undoubtedly like those of a child who doesn't know how expensive daily necessities are. She just goes up and asks, "How much? Can you make it cheaper? No? Okay, then this is the price. I want two kilograms..."
All of their goals and cards were exposed at once.
"grasp?"
Hearing this, Ryuuen's predatory gaze suddenly shifted from Yukinoshita Haruno to Horikita Suzune. After staring at her for two or three seconds, he smiled coldly and deeply.
"Why, since when did you start snooping into other classes' affairs? How our D-class exam will go? It seems to have nothing to do with your A-class, right? Or is this the bargaining chip you intend to use to negotiate with me?"
"…What if I say yes?"
Yukinoshita Haruno took a calm breath and calmed down her emotions.
She didn't want to move the topic forward so quickly. If possible, she would rather delay the topic of the internal situation of Class D for a little longer.
There was no doubt that there must be a considerable number of students within Class D who were dissatisfied with Long Yuan's tyranny. As long as she could get more information about these students, she would be more confident of winning the negotiation.
But now the progress has been pushed forward by Horikita Suzune, and she has no other choice. It would not work to backtrack and deny it and then go back on her word. She can only go ahead with it.
"It would be a pity if that's all."
Ryuuen shook the wine glass in his hand, pointed it at the neon light spinning on the ceiling, and quietly admired the bubbling liquid in it with changing colors.
"I was expecting you to come up with something more powerful to convince me, but it seems that I thought too much. If you think I will be overwhelmed by those insignificant people in the class who resist me, then you can go back to bed early now."
"Is it?"
Yukinoshita Haruno asked back.
As if he could see through the girl's timidity, Ryuuen snorted in disdain.
"It's not a question of if or not, but it should be like this. At least for them, I am the only one who can take them to Class A. If I am still in the class, then they at least have hope of being promoted to Class A. But if I leave, then they will really be completely reduced to Class D."
"But in fact, you are in Class D now, right?"
Yukinoshita Haruno simply stopped acting and still had a warm smile on her face, but the words she said seemed to be poking red-hot poker into the other person's wound.
"That's just because I haven't taken it seriously so far."
Ryuen spoke slowly and accurately, catching the blade with his bare hands and stabbing the knife back into Yukinoshita Haruno.
"After all, if I take it a little seriously, you will lose miserably. Otherwise, you wouldn't be sitting here right now."
"..."
Can't refute.
The girl remained calm on the surface, but she couldn't help but grinning in her heart.
Seeing that Yukinoshita Haruno stopped talking, Ryuen seemed to feel that he had won the game, and his mood improved slightly. He leaned back on the sofa leisurely, gently shaking the wine glass in his hand.
"Well, I'm too lazy to talk too much, so I'll just give you a plan. If you can accept it, then it's a deal. If you can't accept it, then forget it."
"……Appreciate further details."
"My request is actually very simple. I don't want you to give me any damn votes of appreciation, nor do I want you to do anything unnecessary."
Long Yuan raised his hand and pointed at Wu Yi.
"I just want the contract in his hand. As long as he gives it to me, the deal between our two classes will be established."
"Uh……"
