Chapter 173 Strategic Offensive I learned my craft in the Wild Star Gongdelin Prison...
This hostage negotiation has attracted considerable attention. Not only because the event will be broadcast simultaneously on the central TV stations of the Empire and Tomato Country, but also because the Imperial Army has invested heavily in inviting the chief negotiation expert, Hao Kuang.
"So arrogant? This name is too arrogant." The young assistant exclaimed.
The editor-in-chief hit him on the head with a toilet paper roll: "Don't say that. He does have the capital to be arrogant."
Since we need to collect materials about the incident, of course we have to find out the details of the participants on both sides. A quick search by the editor revealed that this “crazy guy” was known as “the Empire’s No. 1 anti-hijacking negotiator” and that he was not only a giant in the field of criminal psychology, but had also led many important major-country negotiations.
The assistant shouted, "Wow, the top figure of the national team. Let me see, he is usually in charge of negotiations with the Federation. Isn't it a waste of talent for him to come here to discuss the Wild Star prisoners?"
Only after I finished speaking did I realize that something was wrong. The young assistant bit her tongue and said that others were wasting their talents, which was tantamount to looking down on Ye Xing... But I heard that Ye Xing did not hire any experts, only Commander Bai.
This battle is likely to be disastrous.
In the studio waiting room, North was puzzled: "Bird, are you really not going to bring a negotiation expert to the stage? Although we can't find anyone as crazy as 'Hao Kuang', we have some generally awesome ones in our talent pool. If we don't use them now, when will we use them?"
The "talent pool" he mentioned is naturally the group from prison.
Bai Ling held his chin and looked at the negotiation words from time to time, "No rush, we are going to fight a protracted war this time, let me practice the first two games first."
North gasped in surprise.
Bai Ling raised his eyes: "What's wrong?"
North gave a thumbs up sincerely: "You have a very calm attitude, great! Keep it up."
In short... Oh my, you are becoming more and more stylish.
Bai Ling smiled and wanted to say that he was not very calm, at most he was used to it. But on second thought, his mentality was also influenced by his depression all day long.
The fish often brainwashed him, saying things like "It's okay, I'm still here if the talks fail." Over time, he subconsciously felt that he had a way out, and gradually became calm.
In the first negotiation, both parties came with the intention of testing the bottom line. As expected, Hao Kuang was aggressive and he took control of the situation from the start. His words were clear and each sentence seemed polite, but each one was pointed directly at the core. Soon, the momentum on the field became one-sided.
Real-time comments were filled with worry:
[It’s over, it’s over. This is the fourth question that Commander Bai can’t answer. ]
[Bai Ling is silent again. It seems like he has lost this battle. Sigh...]
The audience outside the venue was sweating with anxiety, but Bai Ling was calm and composed. While the other party was speaking eloquently, he wrote and drew in his notebook: negotiation tactics, empathy, control orientation, repetitive mapping techniques (ps: he loves to repeat our key words)...
I read a lot of negotiation theory last night as a last minute effort to prepare for the exam, but I didn't have time to digest much of it. When he came to the scene today, he followed the notes he made yesterday and took the opponent Hao Kuang as a typical case to analyze those techniques one by one.
As a result, the Empire saw Commander Bai looking at the notebook from time to time and raising his eyebrows, with an expression of sudden enlightenment.
Empire:? What is he doing, distracted in public?
Hao Kuang controlled the situation: "We just want to solve the problem and ensure the safety of the hostages, okay?"
Bai Ling twirled the pen with his slender fingers and looked up to ask, "Life safety issue?"
Hao Kuang: “Yes, we hope you can disclose their current situation and provide relevant videos as evidence.”
Bai Ling nodded slowly: "Whose video, whose current situation?"
His question, which was like a wheel, immediately angered a certain Lieutenant General Fang of the Empire. As a fan of the Golden Eagle, he was so angry that he slammed the table:
"Why are you playing dumb? Of course it's Jinjing's current situation!"
Bai Ling leaned back, clasping his hands loosely on his legs, "Well, given Jin Jing's current situation, then the others are not important to the military, right?"
The lieutenant general was speechless, and Hao Kuang's expression changed slightly. This was the only time Bai Ling launched an attack in this battle. Although his strategy was not very clever, his generals were too impulsive and rushed out and fell into a trap.
But this little trap did not threaten Hao Kuang at all. He skillfully changed the topic with a few words and began to force Bai Ling to express his opinion.
Unexpectedly, Bai Ling said straightforwardly: "Okay, we will make public all the videos of the prisoners to reassure you."
After the first game, the comments are all:
[What happened to Commander Bai? Has his soul been possessed? You were so strong a while ago, but today you are like a weakling (frown.jpg)]
[It’s boring. I thought we could start a fight, but we ended up compromising right from the start…]
[Let’s all go, let’s all go]
The assistant sighed, "Let me tell you, Hao Kuang is too strong. Commander Bai can't handle it at all. Experts are experts. They kill without shedding blood."
The editor-in-chief scolded him: "Do you think this is a high school debate, where you have to argue with each other? Let me tell you, in a high-end negotiation, it's not about who is more powerful, but about who is pulling in the greater interests."
The assistant was confused: "So what are Commander Bai's interests?"
The editor-in-chief spread his hands and said simply: "I don't know."
Back in the office, Bai Ling prepared to work a small night shift. Received the latest secret information from the optical computer, their army is approaching the Bridgehead Star.
While the plan is progressing smoothly, Sava also joked:
"Stinky bird, I heard that you were beaten today?"
Bai Ling corrected: "I call this strategic contraction."
"When will we launch a strategic offensive?"
"Well, tomorrow."
As agreed, Ye Xing actually released the news of the prisoners. According to the imagination of the Imperial Military and Commander Bai's opponents, the hostage video shot by the bandit-like Ye Xing is definitely comparable to that of the brutal bandit organization back then. Either masked men pointed guns at them and forced them to kneel, or the conditions were so harsh that it was impossible to survive.
However, when the news came out, everyone was dumbfounded.
The assistant first glanced at the official news, then ran to the TV in the room with a strange and puzzled look on his face, turned on the screen, and switched to Tomato Country's own central channel.
[CCTV 3: Agriculture and Military Channel - Now playing: "The True Story of Yexing's Labor Reform 01"]
Damn it! The cards are good enough that it can be directly broadcast on satellite TV and made into a documentary.
The assistant was just curious and clicked on it to take a look. After all, what was so interesting about the prisoner transformation life? It was boring just going from one place to another. As a result, within ten minutes, he quietly ran back to the bedroom, grabbed a bag of snacks, and ran back to continue watching.
As soon as the editor-in-chief came back, he heard the little assistant's laughter as soon as he entered the door.
Editor-in-Chief: “…Agriculture Channel?”
The assistant clapped her legs and chatted with him excitedly, "No, this is a documentary... a documentary that's funnier than a variety show, haha."
What the hell is this that makes people laugh like this? With such doubts, the editor-in-chief also joined the team. As a result, the laughter in the room turned into harmonious music, with one person singing and the next taking the stage.
It is called a documentary, but in fact it is just a surveillance diary. Just to reduce the length, it was edited a bit. There is no music or camera movement, at most it has its own AI subtitles:
"Sir, sir, something bad has happened. 9528 is on a hunger strike. He said he would rather die here than eat Yexing's poisoned potatoes."
Cut to the scene, one day later:
Colonel Xiao Jin, who was so hungry that his face was pale and his body was thin, wolfed down the food from the big bowl, and all the comments were:
“It smells so good!!”
"Master, Master, something bad has happened. 9528 didn't want to help in the kitchen, so he got so angry that he blew up the kitchen with a pressure cooker."
One day later: "Under the threat of batons, prisoner comrade 9528 successfully learned how to stir-fry sugar color."
The comments were flooding the screen: [It is suggested to change the name to "Jinjing Metamorphosis" - "The Years I Learned My Craft in Yexing Gongdelin Prison"]
[When you go home, you will cook three dishes and one soup by yourself, right?]
Right now, the content was broadcasting the prisoners working in the fields. The noble young masters of the capital star were facing the loess and working hard, experiencing the traditional alpha project of the old empire - planting potatoes. When the seeding tractor passed by, a group of tanned people turned around and looked at the second-hand tractor worth only 2,000 star coins with envy.
Who would have known that they were spending hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money to buy mechas just a week ago?
The audience in the Empire was so happy: "Deserve it!"
Isn’t this flesh-and-blood labor reform more interesting than those variety shows full of scripts? Besides, no matter how awesome the variety show is, it wouldn’t dare to let the Golden Eagle Marshal’s cub drag a bucket to sweep the toilet.
Comment: [This might be the first time that the little genius has done housework since he was a child (Touching the Empire)]
[He crawls on the ground laughing and asks, "Can I order a show?" If the marshal really comes to redeem me, I want to see that, that is, "Mom, wash your feet! Mom, I will also tell you the story of the little duck~"]
[! ! support! ]
[This is good, very educational and definitely not considered torture of prisoners]
Commander Bai was so responsive to the will of the people that he added the audience's demands to the negotiation list the next day. Therefore, the high-level negotiations between the two countries began with a heated and serious discussion on "whether Colonel Jin could wash the golden eagle's claws before redeeming himself."
Hao Kuangren was completely numb. He had been negotiating for so many years, but this was the first time he had seen someone act so unconventionally - he meant, whose condition for releasing prisoners was this?
I have seen people asking for money and power, but I have never seen anyone asking prisoners to honor their father in public.
But compared to the others, this condition should be easy to achieve. Hao Kuang wiped the sweat off his forehead and reported the negotiation situation to Marshal Golden Eagle. Originally, he was sure that the other party would immediately agree to it, but the golden eagle put his hands behind his back, turned his eyes and angrily shouted:
"Absolutely not!"
Hao Kuang was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained: "This is definitely the most favorable terms we can get. No compensation, no apology, just a little cooperation between you and Colonel Xiao Jin."
Other generals also said, "Yes, yes. This way our military doesn't have to pay the ransom, and it can also show the deep love between you and Xiao Jin. It's a good thing to kill two birds with one stone."
I don't understand why the marshal didn't agree.
The golden eagle pursed his lips and said nothing. It was a vicious plan that killed two birds with one stone. If he really agreed, I'm afraid the child would never be able to raise his head again in his life and would hate him to death.
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