fictionpage Chapter 974 - 759
Chapter 974 - 759
For Chonghui, the way Xia Tian expressed it was far more impactful than saying, "I’ve accumulated a lot of experience, handling this situation is very easy," or "I’ve been influenced by my family since childhood, and communicating with people is so easy."This was no longer a matter of talent or hard work.
Moreover, Chonghui always had a feeling that this method of preparing a lot of contingency plans and selecting the most suitable one for the current situation sounded very familiar.
Mo Kai, on the other hand, kept glancing back and forth between Xia Tian and Nan Zhubin, but his gaze was different from before.
Xia Tian continued humbly on her own: "Well, although I’ve learned a lot of things, when it comes to actual negotiations and such, I really don’t have much experience."
"In the past, I did see quite a few things with my family and interned in various places. But in those cases, I mostly just acted as an assistant, watching and listening. I didn’t have many actual opportunities myself."
"I felt that I performed very poorly when I was in the disaster area before." As Xia Tian spoke, she lowered her head, seeming a bit guilty.
Chonghui quickly comforted her: "At your age, to be able to do this is already quite... good."
This kind of senior-style comfort always made Chonghui feel a bit guilty when he said it.
So he hurriedly changed the subject: "Then if you compare this negotiation to when you were in the disaster area before, how do you feel?"
Xia Tian answered honestly: "It’s much better than before."
Seeing the girl’s mood being brought back, Chonghui wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.
However, looking at Shi Chuxin not far away, he still felt something was off... wait a minute, Shi Chuxin is the opponent now.
Chonghui completely adjusted his emotions and stance, and no longer felt something was wrong.
...
No longer needing to negotiate with Shi Chuxin, the other project team members didn’t need to act as a human shield for physical separation in the canteen anymore, so they all gathered around to eat and join the discussion.
If Nan Zhubin and Chonghui were merely impressed by Xia Tian’s performance just now, the others were somewhat shocked at this moment.
Putting themselves in that situation, neither the master’s students nor the psychological consultants felt they could match Shi Chuxin, thinking they’d be taken down by Xia Tian in just one round.
No, they might not even last until Xia Tian came over; just Nan Zhubin would suffice to handle them.
The front desk master’s student felt the most complex emotions.
Due to Nan Zhubin and Chonghui’s confidentiality, the project team didn’t know that Xia Tian was their mysterious "legal advisor."
However, when Xia Tian first joined the research team, the observant front desk master’s student had already noticed something.
Out of some subtle competitive mentality, she hadn’t wanted to talk to Xia Tian.
But at this moment, as a researcher, the front desk master’s student’s curiosity eventually won over.
"Xia... Teacher Xiao Xia," the front desk master’s student moved closer to ask, "There was something I didn’t understand during your negotiation just now."
Xia Tian smiled as usual: "Ah, just call me Xia Tian. I only just enrolled this year, I should be calling you Senior."
"If there’s anything unclear, we can all discuss and learn from each other."
The gap seemed to widen.
The front desk master’s student steadied herself: "It’s just... why did you specifically delete the recording at the end, and return Shi... Chuxin’s recorder?"
In the eyes of the front desk master’s student, this was a move to deliberately reveal one’s cards.
But... the one doing this was Xia Tian, and neither the impressive Nan Zhubin nor Chonghui, the senior brother, objected, so there must be a reason for Xia Tian’s action. She just hadn’t seen through it yet.
"About that." Xia Tian nodded slightly after hearing the front desk master’s student’s question.
After organizing her words, she said: "The function of the recording is indeed a significant deterrent, but in my vision, it can play a bigger role in the negotiation than just intimidation."
"And this role of the recorder was fulfilled the moment Shi Chuxin saw it and realized she had ’no room to refuse.’"
The front desk master’s student was stunned, feeling like she understood a bit, but there was still a layer of fog, hazily obscuring the endpoint.
Seeing the master’s student’s expression, Xia Tian continued to analyze: "When I took out the recorder initially, it was to break her illusion of luck. You saw, she was thinking of betraying us, reporting to the company."
"Even if logically, her behavior would indeed have minimal negative impact on us—"
Xia Tian gestured a "small" with her thumb and forefinger.
Then she fully opened her hand, turning "small" into "big."
"But the ’smallness’ and ’bigness’ in impact need subjective rational analysis. During negotiations, I must consider the possibility that she won’t make a rational analysis and will stubbornly believe in her own perspective—"
The implication of this was somewhat humorous, and the front desk master’s student couldn’t help but glance again in Shi Chuxin’s direction.
"In this scenario, pulling out the recorder served as a chip that anyone could see the weight of without any rational analysis required."
"But—" Xia Tian continued with a change in tone, "if we used this chip to make her ’yield’ and feel she’s being ’coerced,’ that wouldn’t be very good."