Chapter 93 Negotiation

When Rose and I arrived at the conference room, it was already full of people. Judging from the situation of both parties, it seemed that the negotiation was not going very smoothly, at least the expressions of both parties showed that they were not that happy. Seeing Rose and I appearing at the door, both parties stopped immediately. Hongyue stood up quickly. "Ziri, Rose, you are finally back." As she said that, she turned to the group of people sitting opposite her. "This is the president and treasurer of our guild."

"Hello." Several people stood up among the people sitting opposite. The one in the middle introduced. "I am Al, the president of the Imperial Alliance. The one on my right is Eugen, the president of the Eugen Chamber of Commerce, and the one next to me is Sirilisi, the president of the Business Alliance. The one on my left is Michelle, the president of the Celestial Alliance. , and the next one is Crusader President Bolandar."

"Hello." I quickly pulled Rose to the conference table, and several guards immediately moved two chairs up.

There were not many people participating in the negotiations. Although Al, the president of the Imperial Alliance, only introduced the four people around him, there was actually a large group of people sitting behind him. After I sat down, Hongyue secretly told me that those people over there were actually the guild presidents who participated in this gambling, but compared with these five major guilds, their capital input amount was much smaller. . In fact, we are not the only ones participating in the negotiations. Except for me, Rose, and Hongyue, Su Mei, Xiao Yao, Feng Yin Piaomiao, and Ashford are all here. There were more than a dozen think-tank figures from our guild sitting in the row behind us, including members of the special force assigned to me by General Wu. Both sides dispatched more than 20 people. This is the first time we have encountered such a large-scale negotiation. Because the game map of "Zero" not only imitates the real world, but also has many special spaces, the actual map area is larger than the area of ​​the earth. Because of this, the mainland of the game is sparsely populated, so the contact between guilds is not very frequent, and naturally it will not be like in other games where everything can be done and the entire server will know about it.

After Rose sat down, she immediately turned around and asked Hongyue: "We were still fighting when we left. It was only one night, why did it suddenly become the final negotiation?"

Before Hongyue could explain, Al on the other side responded quickly: "Miss Rose, the reason why we stopped the war and switched to negotiation was actually driven by interests. You two may not know that last night, we The people have suddenly divided their forces into two groups to surround the headquarters city of the Iron Crusaders and the Isengard of your guild. In addition, the two large ships in the interior of your port are also under our control. So...!"

"Stop it." I didn't let Al continue. "Since Mr. Al is here to negotiate, I think we should first put everyone on an equal and fair footing. Since Mr. Al has no sincerity in negotiating, then I think there is no need for us to continue the negotiation."

"Ah?" Al was speechless by my words and didn't know what to say. Michelle, the president of the Celestial Alliance next to her, said in a very demonic voice: "President Ziri, what do you mean? So many of our presidents have come all the way to negotiate on your territory regardless of their own safety. How sincere is this?" Isn’t it enough?”

"Ms. Michelle is lying. Negotiation is for senior personnel to negotiate with each other. You, the presidents, should come to negotiate. This cannot be regarded as your sincerity. As for the location of the negotiation being chosen on our guild's territory, , it does sound dangerous. But in fact, this is also a fallacy. You are negotiating envoys. Even if we want to kill you, we cannot do it at this time. Do you think we are barbarians who do not understand civilization? If you really If you think we are barbarians, it means you have no intention of respecting us from the beginning. Since you don't respect us, what's the point? If you don't think we are barbarians who don't understand civilization, then it means you know how to come. We won’t do anything to you here. Now that you know what will happen if you come here, you use this as a sign of sincerity. Don’t you think you are a little too much?”

Michelle was blocked by me and didn't know what to say for a moment. Al next to her was about to speak, so I got ahead of him and continued: "Let's talk about what Mr. Al just said. What do you mean by dividing the troops into two groups and surrounding Isinger and Tie? The Crusader headquarters city? And you also controlled two of our super battleships? If you really did it. Then what is there to talk about? Anyway, you took the strategic initiative and attacked our hometown. You just barely pinched us. I'm crushed like an ant. Why are you talking about it when you have such a huge advantage? Don't tell me it's for world peace or something. In the real world, I might still believe it, but this is a game, use that kind of thing as an excuse. , don’t you think it’s a bit ridiculous? If you haven’t achieved the encirclement and control you just mentioned, then you are deceiving us. Since you are all liars, what else should I talk to you about? Are you willing to negotiate with a group of liars? Let me tell you another thing. Even if you really surround us, it will be in vain. Isengard's space jumping ability has been demonstrated many times, and there is no need to keep it secret here. Do you think your people can grasp the space? Jumping Isinger? As for our Great White Shark battleship. You may be able to damage and sink it, but it is a dream to capture or occupy it. To tell you the truth, if we can build one Great White Shark, we can build a second one. Ship, it’s just a matter of money. You can’t threaten me at this point. As for the headquarters city of the Iron Crusaders, you can just fight it. My Essinger can jump in space anyway. If I don’t mind the cost, I can jump directly Teleport to the UK or France. Which of your cities is equipped with a city-level weapon defense system? You must have seen the scene of the Beast Alliance’s headquarters city being destroyed. I dare to ask, do you think that after you destroyed the Iron Crusaders? How many of your cities can my Essinger take out at the same time as the headquarters city? Okay. That’s all I’ll say for now. I’ll give you half an hour to discuss. If you understand the current situation, then wait here and continue with us. Negotiate. If you still feel that the situation is under your control as you said, then leave before I come back." After that, I stood up and said to Hongyue and the others: "Let's go and leave this place to them slowly. consider."

I walked out of the room with Hong Yue, Ashford and the others in a daze, under the confused eyes of the British and French guild presidents opposite. They didn't wake up until I slammed the door with a bang. Before they could start discussing, the door suddenly opened again. I stuck out my head and added. "Only half an hour." After saying that, I slammed the door again.

The room exploded with a bang, and the heads of the British and French guilds started chatting together. The scene was much more lively than before. Michelle, who had a demonic look on her face, complained: "Now we're in trouble. We had almost deceived them by beating and suppressing them. But when this president came back, everything was in chaos."

Al also nodded and said: "This Zi Ri is indeed a character. He doesn't take soft and hard advice! Deterrence has no effect on such a person. I can see it from his eyes. He can really do it. He will fight to the death with us. break."

There was a heated discussion in the room, and it was not stopping outside either. I pulled Feng Yin Piaomiao and Ashford out, and we were discussing in groups. Rose asked me in a low voice: "Why do you say so absolutely? What if they really have the guts to challenge us?"

"I'm just afraid they won't stand up." I smiled, pulled Rose over and slapped her on the forehead. "You are such a genius and your brain is sometimes inferior to mine!"

"No, don't talk about knocking me down."

"Hey, tell me, of course I have to say it. If I don't say it, wouldn't I be looked down upon by my beautiful wife? In fact, I am considering the overall situation. It is not impossible to negotiate with these people. The key is to get the maximum benefit. If it is like now Let’s talk like this. They’ve already taken advantage of us and we’re still fooling around. So, instead of doing this, it’s better to be tougher on them. If they have no backbone, then our guild will make a fortune, and we can get it from the bushes. Plenty of benefits. But if they have any backbone, they'll really fight. What do you think they'll do after their guild city is destroyed?"

"Of course I have to spend money to fix it. Oh...I understand!" Rose's little head is still very smart, and she can figure it out. "I understand. These guilds will go back to build cities. They will destroy some of our forces and escalate the war. It costs money to build cities and launch wars. The money for land acquisition in the game is definitely not enough. The only way is Exchange them from outside the game, and then purchase strategic materials from players and the system store. The system store is equivalent to a store opened by Long Yuan. Although some of the resources in the players' hands are dropped when they fight monsters, most of them are mines they find. Digged. These mines are just mined by the system. They actually do not consume Longyuan's funds, but players who mine the land will like this game more because they profit from it. This will increase the popularity of "Zero". At the same time, these players dig There is also consumption during mining. These are the money that Long Yuan can actually earn, as well as the taxes generated by his transactions in the game, and the further consumption promoted by these people after they become rich. This money flows through different channels , will eventually end up in Long Yuan's pocket. So, if those British and French guilds really fight, the money will go into Long Yuan's pocket, but they don't fight. The money will go into the pocket of our Frost Rose Alliance, Basically, the results are the same. Going into the Frost Rose Alliance pocket and entering the Dragon Fate pocket are not both going into your pocket, the difference is just that one goes into the left pocket and the other goes into the right pocket. Poison, really poison!"

"What are you two talking about there?" Ashford ran over and asked anxiously: "Ziri, why did you do so tough just now? You really made them anxious. Your Essinger can run. My city won’t move!”

"Don't worry! They won't fight."

"Why are you so sure?" Ashford asked worriedly.

"You don't understand this?" I pointed to the lounge next to me and motioned for everyone to go in first and wait for those people to discuss it slowly. At the same time, I explained: "Think about it for yourself. The battle has been going on so far. The situation is very clear. Since Britain and France have will come to negotiate. That means they have reached the end of their rope. This battle had nothing to do with them in the first place. The gambling was their own. It was also their fault to join the war on their own if they couldn't win. Now they find that they can't win and they come again. Negotiation, this is equivalent to 'touching' shit in one's own face. If the British and French firms had any backbone, they should not have gotten involved in the first place. The purpose of opening a gambling market is to make money, which is understandable, but if you lose the bet, you will join the war on your own. , This is already a spineless performance. The bookmakers left the game by themselves. This move has completely lost their face and credibility. If this can still be considered a temporary struggle, then this time they came to negotiate with us. This is absolutely treating self-esteem as bullshit. They have already broken up with each other, and they still have the nerve to crawl over to negotiate. Such behavior can only be done by a completely spineless group. So, it is certain that they have no spine. No matter how tough I am, they will never stand up and start a war with us."

"But you shouldn't take risks! What if they...!"

"First, there is no such thing as a contingency. My predicted plan is 100%, and there is absolutely no contingency. Second, Rose and I have just gone online. We don't know anything about the specific situation, so we need to ventilate it with you first. Say. I gave them half an hour to think about it. In fact, I needed time to understand the situation. Third, since their behavior is actually wagging their tails and begging, there is no need to give them names. Beggars should look like beggars. You have to put on a pitiful look and beg sincerely. As for whether you are willing to give alms, that is our business. You guys performed too poorly. If I don't show up in time, it seems that you are planning to finalize the result with them. The entire negotiation You are completely guided by the other party, and you are actually negotiating with them as if they were talking about business. The advantage in this kind of thing is in our hands, what to discuss with him? Set out the conditions, and if you agree, we will agree. If we don’t agree, we will leave the negotiation table and continue on the battlefield. .”

Rose also helped me and said: "The focus of negotiation is to highlight one's own advantages and find out the other party's disadvantages, always press the other party to talk, and control all topics in one's own hands. Now these British and French guilds have no advantages at all, and you have no advantage at all." No need to be polite to them.”

"Okay, the situation is like this now. Fortunately, we came back and stopped the matter in time. You can tell me the situation now. I will go back in half an hour so that I can continue to talk to them. This time I won't break their bones. If you squeeze me dry, you won’t be called Ziri.”