MTL - Darkness is Coming-Chapter 179 confrontation
If Qiu Zhe hadn't lied, then what he threw in his hand was not a simple glass test tube, but a fragile Pandora's box, once opened, it would release endless nightmare disasters.
Seeing him tossing the glass test tube carelessly, like a chocolate bar, Yang Xiaoqian has a new understanding of this person: this is a rational madman, a man with the same flaws as Xiao Guang in some places of the mentally ill.
Yang Xiaoqian wanted him to stop, but he didn't want to make a sound, because it was a sign of weakness.
This is a duel using language as a weapon, a battle between psychology and intelligence, a game that can decide many lives and deaths without gunpowder.
If you want to win in battle, you can’t just passively defend, and if you want to win in negotiation, you can’t always follow the opponent’s rhythm.
Qiu Zhe has mastered the direction and rhythm of this conversation from the first sentence, not because he is smarter, nor because he has better psychological quality, but because he has information advantages in terms of T Primarch and mutant, And he has a heavyweight bargaining chip that Yang Xiaoqian can't give up: T virus serum.
Poor information and leverage, these are the two most important elements that determine the direction of negotiation. If you want to break the situation and regain your advantage, you should also use these two elements to find a breakthrough point.
"This madman knows things I don't know, and he has what I want in his hands, so I'm so passive." Yang Xiaoqian's thoughts flew around, thinking quickly, "Conversely, I also know what he doesn't know. things, and I must have what he wants on hand, otherwise he will not come to me. Now I should not rush to talk to him about the conditions for developing the serum, but the other way around. "
Having an idea in his mind, Yang Xiaoqian spent two seconds to organize the language, and then asked, "Do you know? I wrote a book, Catalogue of Variants."
"I know, I have read it." Qiu Zhe nodded and replied, "Although I have a shallow understanding and a superficial thinking, it is quite a good read for popularizing the knowledge of mutants. I have never seen many varieties of mutants recorded in it. ."
"There is something that Hou Jie has not had time to tell you, right?" Yang Xiaoqian smiled, "I built a zombie exhibition hall, which contains most of the mutants in the "Mutant Catalog", and they are all living."
"Oh?" Qiu Zhe's tone still sounded casual, but his subtle change in expression betrayed him.
"Since you want to do research on mutants, you must really need mutants? It's hard for a transformed person like Hou Jie to capture a living mutant for you as your experiment, right?" Yang Xiaoqian asked.
Qiu Zhe pushed up his glasses, showing a contemptuous smile that seemed indifferent, and replied, "President Yang, as long as the T Primarch is active, it doesn't make much difference whether the mutant is alive or not, you don't understand this. It's normal. But I'm really interested in the surviving variants."
Yang Xiaoqian said that if there is no difference, you will not be interested. Obviously, the initiative of the dialogue is taken back.
"Hehe, half a year ago, or three months ago, the importance of serum was unparalleled. No matter what conditions Mr. Qiu put forward, I, Commander Liu, or Master Jiang would do my best to satisfy them in exchange for serum. But now , so many people have died and the situation has stabilized. We have enough time to slowly develop the serum. And there is one more thing Mr. Qiu may not know, the dome will dissipate sooner or later, and there are troops waiting outside. Qiu Sir, I only want the serum to enhance my right to speak in Yuanjiang now, the serum is not that important to me, and it is far from enough to change my zombie exhibition hall."
This is of course nonsense, no matter when, as long as the zombies have not gone extinct, as long as the T-primarch has not been completely eliminated, the serum has an incomparable importance to other things. But this is a negotiation. If Yang Xiaoqian wants to negotiate a price, he has to find a way to weaken the importance of the other party's bargaining chip. Even if both parties understand that this is nonsense, Yang Xiaoqian will say it.
You can't just say "yes, serum is too important to me, I'm willing to change whatever you want, please give it to me quickly."
"Hmm..." Qiu Zhe's expression was uncertain, as if he was thinking about how to respond.
Seeing the change in Qiu Zhe's expression, Yang Xiaoqian had to admit in his heart that the actor's acting skills may not be enough, but he is dedicated enough to always add some expressions and body language, making people feel as if this is the real Qiu Zhe - of course, Perhaps this was also Qiu Zhe's order.
"I came all the way from Jiangxin Island. It's fine if you don't come to see me in person, Mr. Qiu. Now you can't even show such sincerity. How can we cooperate?" Yang Xiaoqian tried to add more fire, "Mr. Qiu, 258 The division will take action soon. At that time, we will also cooperate with the Yuanjian Society to recover the entire territory of Yuanjiang together with the 258 division. There will be no living zombies and mutants. If you want a living body, you Just come to me."
"As long as I get what I want, I can not only send you various mutants, but also send you live people for you to do live experiments - rest assured, they are all executed prisoners. And I will send you Keep it a secret, no one will interfere with your research under the name of inexplicable, as long as you are willing to use just two weeks to develop the serum I need, I guarantee you that your future research towards the truth will be A smooth ride."
"Not only that, I can also send troops to protect your laboratory to prevent mutants or others from invading and damaging your research results. After the dome disappears, I can also arrange channels for you and arrange a new identity, based on your previous The identity of the heir of the Qiu Group will surely attract a lot of unnecessary attention, right? Just take this opportunity to completely free you from the shackles of your identity, so that you can do the research you want to do with all your heart and mind. ,how?"
Every time Yang Xiaoqian said a word, Qiu Zhe's face became more tangled, because everyone could hear Yang Xiaoqian's words, which implied a threat: you can send troops to protect your laboratory, and you can send troops to besiege yours Laboratory; it can defend against the invasion of mutants or "others", and it can disguise itself as so-called other people to destroy the research in the laboratory; it can arrange a new identity for you to prevent you from being infected, and it can also make you Exposure to the public eye, and let hundreds of millions of eyes around the world focus on you, how will you study it then?
After thinking for a long time, Qiu Zhe—or the real Qiu Zhe who was hiding behind the scenes—finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Even if it is two weeks, it is very important to me. President Yang, I can Make serum for you, but in exchange I want more than a few mutants."
"As long as you can take out the serum, everything else is easy to say." Yang Xiaoqian responded affirmatively.
"You can rest assured that this President Yang grows up. I see a smart person like you as a potential long-term partner. How can I joke with you on such a principle issue? The serum will be developed and handed over to you within a week." Qiu Zhe stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "President Yang please move to the reception room, let's sit down and talk?"
Yang Xiaoqian nodded, holding a sigh of relief, because the conversation just a few minutes ago was just a test, and the real negotiation has just begun.
