Chapter 236 Student Union Past

The group of people from 'Gothic Doll' went back. Before leaving, they highly praised this cooperation and thought that everything had reached a very satisfactory level.

"Although I am a little anxious, it may take some time for the promotional video to be broadcast on various platforms." Before leaving, Li Xun told Tilan.

"Because we need to prepare the goods in advance, so as not to have the embarrassing situation of having nothing to sell after the promotion."

"So, we can only be patient for a while~"

"Oh, by the way, because the designers in the group like Tilan very much, but they are not very good at socializing, so they asked me to send you a few gifts." After saying that, Li Xun clapped her hands and took out a box from the pile of gifts behind her. "There is a set

of extraordinary costumes in it, as well as various accessories and small parts to match. The combat effectiveness may be average, but the beauty is a carefully crafted work." After saying that, she opened the lid of the box, revealing the folded clothes inside.

The overall color scheme of this dress is black with dark blue. The inspiration should come from butterflies. The edges are all soft black butterfly wing corners, dotted with gradient blue wrapped in black. The hem of the skirt is like the overlapping wings of a butterfly, and there are black stockings dotted with stars next to it. The base is black, and there are long gloves with simulated butterflies falling on the back of the hands and wrists. On the chest is a dark blue diamond gem, which provides and stores the magic of the dress. There are hollow lace patterns on the shoulders.

"There are engraved patterns on the dress, which can trigger three effects, namely 'butterfly wings spread', 'shadow flicker' and 'wing flap'."

"'Butterfly wings spread' will generate magical butterfly wings on the back of the dress, which can assist in flying and reduce weight. 'Shadow flicker' can allow oneself to enter the virtual ghost state for a short time for 1 second to avoid certain attacks. 'Wing flap' can be used for a short time to speed up, so that oneself can double the speed within 3-5 seconds. This effect varies from person to person."

"The overall evaluation is perfect gold level. Although the protection is average, it has a great advantage in speed bonus, which is suitable for those who attack quickly and have high lethality."

"Thank you." The girl thanked from the bottom of her heart. After all, she didn't do much, but received such a precious gift.

"Well, in fact, I am more looking forward to the way Tilan wears it. Promise me that if you wear it in the future, you must send me a selfie or video. Don't worry, I won't advertise it everywhere." Li Xun gently pressed Tilan's shoulder and whispered in her ear.

The girl stepped back a few steps and nodded, indicating that she understood.

"Okay, I'll go first, see you later." After saying that, she returned to the team, boarded the aircraft with her companions, and then disappeared into the distance of the sky.

After completing this mission, Tilan spent another day recalling and summarizing the whole process, and then wrote a report and handed it to President Amorth.

"Not bad, very good, it seems that you have made rapid progress and gradually adapted to the current work." Amorth nodded from time to time while looking at the report.

"In this way, I can also rest assured to hand over the next task to you." He tapped the armrest of the chair slightly and fell into thought.

"It seems that there is no reason to delay any further, so let's start from today." After saying that, he stood up, opened the safe grid in the bookcase behind him, and took out a thick document from it.

"If you want to unite the power of the entire academy, you must first eliminate some black sheep and long-term tumors that annoy people. You can probably guess who I am talking about."

"Yes, it is the Indigo Cornflower Club." He opened the document, which detailed the development and history of the club, as well as the information and events of each member today.

"Are you curious about why the school officials don't deal with so many scandals in this club?"

"A little bit." Tilan was curious.

"This is because in Edes Academy, most of the responsibilities for managing students are performed by our student union, and it is not convenient for the school officials to intervene directly."

"First of all, Tilan, you have to understand where the school's sponsorship and a lot of resources come from. They are those alumni who have graduated and have close ties with the school."

"In return, they can easily send their children to school without having to take too strict entrance exams. About 35% of the new students every year come from such families. Do you understand a little bit at this point? Let me continue." Amorth supported his arms in front of him and continued to explain.

"This kind of preferential treatment, or preferential treatment, is fair to everyone. That is to say, if you have made contributions to the academy, you can easily send your children to the academy."

"What will happen if the academy officials step in and expel these students? This will break the tacit understanding that has always existed, destroy this invisible contract, or cause a certain panic, and make them no longer reliable and trustworthy."

"There is no need to explain the reasons for expelling students. As long as everyone sees this result, they will panic, and when they continue to sponsor and invest in the academy in the future, they will hesitate, or consider whether to invest in another academy, etc."

"Therefore, even if these students perform poorly, the academy officials cannot easily deal with them. At most, they can give them advice, because other means of punishment are also limited. The academy cannot use corporal punishment or confinement. These are all illegal and will cause a public opinion crisis."

"Then who will maintain the law and order or rules in the academy? This requires us to step in. Although it is also a punishment, because we are all students, even if we quarrel with adults and the older generation later, it can only be regarded as a 'fight between children'. From the perspective of perception, the impact caused will be much less, and this also leaves room for the academy officials to intervene later. Even if we fail to handle it well, they can easily come out to clean up the mess, instead of taking on the responsibility at the beginning and then having no room for redemption."

"Now you probably understand why the academy officials don't take action."

"Yeah." Although Tilan understood, there was a new problem immediately.

Why didn't the old fox in front of him take action himself?

"From your eyes, it seems that you have some misunderstanding of me." Amorth looked at the girl standing in front of his desk. He knew what she was thinking.

"Yes, the arrogance of Indigo Cornflower, or their club president Cesarens, is the result of my previous indulgence and some historical reasons." He sighed as he said this.

"When I was in my second year, I also took over the student union for the first time. The situation was very bad at that time. The former president led the members who worked together to prepare for the Winter Festival Gala to the greatest extent. They prepared for the championship for three years. During this period, many geniuses emerged, and they also worked to the extreme.

It can be said that the momentum was like a rainbow." Leaning back in the chair, Amor recalled the grand occasion of that year and the shining former president. "The former president was a person with great personal charm. He was always able to unite everyone with inspiring words and make progress together. He was like the sun that shuttled through the fog, which made people look forward to and trust him."

“Such a prosperous and perfect state can be said to be the peak moment of Edes Academy in many years, but--”

“In the final, everything came to an abrupt end.”

“Themisia, the sudden rising purple morning star of Saint Ingo, faced the challenges of several academies alone, defeated everyone with unquestionable strength, and fell down.”

“On the night of the winter festival that year, she was the only one soaring in the night sky, overlooking the whole scene.”

“Failure, different from the failure of the past by a hair’s breadth, but being completely defeated at the peak of one’s own strength, the most hardworking and shining state, is simply a denial and ridicule of all past efforts.”

“The burning sun cooled down, bitterness and silence filled the campus, and the student council president no longer had the heart to deal with various affairs. Even when handing over, he was taciturn and silent.”

"When I took over, the entire student union was in a state of gray and death. Those confidants or people with excellent abilities who were supported by the previous generation of students left one by one, either graduated or because they were discouraged and no longer had the motivation and energy."

"Also because of the depression of the previous president, I did not receive much support and help. It was very difficult to establish prestige in the early stage, and there was a shortage of manpower."

"Also because of the depression and discouragement at that time, the atmosphere in the academy was depressing, and the various competitions and confrontations did not perform well. As a result, we slipped from the third position and were about to sprint to the second position, and then were surpassed by Crystal Lattice Academy and became the current fourth."

"The situation can be said to be extremely bad. If it is not recovered in time, there may be a danger of continuing to fall, and the pressure has also been passed on to me."

"Most of the senior students were greatly influenced by the previous president. At that time, I had to find strength and help from the freshmen to join the student union."

"And at that time, I met Cesarens, who had just entered the first year." In the memory, the blonde girl who had just entered the campus and was full of freshness came to mind.

"She really doesn't like the dull atmosphere on campus and always wants to do something. One time, she came to me to apply, hoping to have a large-scale off-campus activity so that everyone could have fun."

"I didn't think too much about it at the time. I agreed with the idea of ​​giving it a try, and I also approved a sum of money for her activity."

"Although she invited a lot of people, not many people showed up that time. Most of the people who showed up in the end were her female companions. While they were having fun, they complained about the atmosphere on campus and mocked those who didn't know how to enjoy and live a happy life. They said that these people were just stupid because of the competition."

"Although the sarcasm and cursing were not good, the atmosphere was indeed much more lively. Later, as the activities were held several times, they slowly spread around the campus. Gradually, some people began to reflect on whether they should take the honor of the academy so seriously. Later, some people also joined the club where Cesarense was."

"The previous state of silence was broken, and some students gradually regained their vitality. Later, senior students graduated and new students entered. This atmosphere was diluted again. The environment in the academy finally slowly returned to normal. Some leisure and joyful activities can be held normally, and there is no need to worry about the overall atmosphere on campus."

"In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes and eliminate the negative atmosphere of the previous president, I later deliberately concealed the deeds of the previous president. Now, apart from a few comments in the academy's historical archives, you can no longer find any videos of that generation of presidents, whether they are videos of various inspiring speeches or videos of participating in many activities."

"The information in the academy has been sealed, and although there are reports outside the school, they are all vague and have little influence. Moreover, she is a loser, and even fewer people pay attention to her."

"Having said so much, you probably understand why I didn't deal with Cesarens in the early days."

"In the second year, it was very difficult just to maintain the normal operation of the student union. At that time, Cesarens was also serving in the student union and brought a lot of new people."

"In my third year, I gradually completed the functions of the Student Union, and I was able to gradually gain control of the entire campus. However, the competitive pressure from other academies was getting closer and closer. In order to keep my ranking from falling, I began to actively urge the presidents of various clubs to train and cultivate new forces." "

In my fourth year, the academy's ranking finally stabilized, and the pressure on me was greatly reduced. At this time, because of the conflict between Cesarens and other student union members, she had been transferred out of the Student Union. In order to prepare for the Winter Festival Gala, I did not intend to puncture this bomb. I was considering completing the Winter Festival competition first and then dealing with it."

"Now, the new year has begun, and the Winter Festival competition has long ended. It seems that it's time to deal with Cesarens, but because of the instructions of the academy director, a girl with extremely great talent has come to me, and she is about to inherit my position."

"What do you think, should I handle it myself, or give this opportunity to you, so that you can quickly establish prestige and become familiar with the qualities required for this position?"

This... I didn't expect that after going around in circles, the reason was actually with me.

She sighed and nodded. "Although I understand the president's good intentions, I have never experienced this kind of thing before. Can you tell me how to deal with it?"

"Very good, I thought you would just do it without even asking." Seeing the girl agree, Amorth smiled and picked up the coffee in front of him.

"There are many ways to deal with Cesarens, whether it is simply and rudely ordering her to disband the club, publicizing her misdeeds to destroy her reputation, or gently persuading her to reform, all of these can achieve the goal."

"However, the success of each method and whether you can bear the consequences are the key."

"Of course our student union can forcibly disband the club, but if we don't give a convincing reason, it will undoubtedly shake our prestige and attract suspicion from campus students and complaints from parents outside the school."

"Publicizing her misdeeds may also shake her, but it is not fatal. It may also lead to her crazy revenge. If you are not careful, there will be big trouble later."

"Even if the gentle persuasion fails, there will be no harm, but the disadvantage is that it is almost impossible to do, and the success rate is extremely low."

"Doesn't it look a bit tricky? The obvious methods don't work." Amors began to teach Tilan the art of struggle step by step.

"But what if you have other conditions, such as extremely high prestige, a person who is trusted and respected by everyone in the academy? Even if she hates your proposal, neither she nor the people around her want to go against you, so they all persuade her that the environment around her that supports her will disappear, and it will be difficult for her to go against this trend alone, so she can only accept your arrangements and instructions."

"Of course, I'm talking about the most ideal state. In fact, it is not easy to establish such prestige. I just want to tell you that having high prestige will make it extremely easy to deal with internal conflicts and problems, and many conflicts will not erupt."

"Everyone thinks it is natural to accept your arrangements. They will not feel insulted, but will feel honored."

"Things like conspiracy and tricks are very powerful in the imagination of outsiders, but in fact they have great disadvantages. Let alone how you have so much energy, you have to calculate and plan everything, which is inefficient. Moreover, once it is exposed, it will be a huge blow to your image and future, and it may even cause you to fall."

"The most universal and correct way is to build up prestige and qualifications with real achievements, wield it to clear away all kinds of thorns that block the road, and then use appropriate appeasement to make everyone unite around you."

"I think I don't need to teach you how to be appease or understand people's hearts. What you lack now is to build up prestige."

"During the time you guided the 'Hat and Dagger' club, they have become your loyal fans. This has given you a certain reputation, but it is not enough to subdue Cesarens."

"You now have two choices. One is to continue to win the trust of other clubs in the academy and expand your influence. The other is to break down the various fulcrums inside the Indigo Cornflower one by one. As long as the voices supporting Sersarens disappear, she herself will become weak and easy to surrender."

"Of course you can do both at the same time, but it depends on whether you have the energy and ability."

In the student union office, the two generations of student union presidents are carrying out a new round of knowledge inheritance. Under the guidance of the old fox, a simple girl gradually understands the dangers of struggle. Although she will not use these means, knowing more will always help her survive on the stage in the future.

I want to keep Tilan's innocent and cute appearance, but I don't want her to be too naive (what kind of old father's mentality is this

(end of this chapter)