If Qiu Zhe hadn't lied, then what he had thrown in his hand was not a simple glass test tube, but a fragile Pandora's box that, once opened, would unleash endless nightmare disasters. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Watching him throw the glass test tube like this, like throwing a chocolate bar, Yang Xiaoqian had a new understanding of this person: this is a sensible madman, a mental patient with defects in some places like Xiao Guang.

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 with language as a weapon, a confrontation between psychology and intelligence, a game that can decide the life and death of many people without the smoke of gunpowder.

If you want to win in battle, you can't just be passively defensive, and if you want to win in negotiations, you can't always follow the rhythm of the other side.

Qiu Zhe mastered the orientation and rhythm of this conversation from the first sentence, not because he was smarter, nor because he had better psychological quality, but because he had an information advantage in T protos and mutants, and he had a heavyweight chip in his hand that Yang Xiaoqian couldn't give up: T virus serum.

Poor information and leverage are the two most important elements that determine the direction of negotiations. 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 what I don't know, and he has what I want, which is why I'm so passive." Yang Xiaoqian's thoughts flew in his heart, and he thought quickly, "Thinking about it the other way, I also know what he doesn't know, and I must have what he wants in my hands, otherwise he wouldn't come to me." Now I should not rush to talk to him about the conditions for the development of serums, but the other way around. ”

With an idea in mind, Yang Xiaoqian spent two seconds organizing the language, and then asked, "Do you know?" I wrote a book, The Variant Catalogue. ”

"I know, I've seen it too." Qiu Zhe nodded and replied, "Although my understanding is shallow and my thinking is superficial, as a reading book that popularizes the knowledge of mutants, it is quite good, and I have never seen many kinds of mutants recorded in it." ”

"There's something Hou Jie hasn't had time to tell you when he comes back, right?" Yang Xiaoqian smiled, "I built a zombie exhibition hall, which contains most of the mutants in the Mutant Catalogue, and they are all alive. ”

"Oh?" Qiu Zhe's tone still sounded casual, but the subtle change in his expression betrayed him.

"Since you're going to do mutant research, you must be in need of mutants? It's hard for a modified person like Hou Jie to catch a living mutant for you to be your experiment, right? Yang Xiaoqian asked.

Qiu Zhe pushed his glasses, showed a seemingly indifferent contemptuous smile, and replied, "President Yang, as long as the T protoplasma is active, it doesn't make much difference whether the mutant is alive or not, and it's normal that you don't understand this. I'm really interested in surviving variants, though. ”

Yang Xiaoqian said in his heart that there is no difference, you will not be interested, obviously, the initiative of the dialogue has been taken back.

"Hehe, half a year ago, or three months ago, the importance of serum was incomparable, no matter what conditions Mr. Qiu proposed, I, or Commander Liu, or Senior Commander Jiang, would try my best to meet them in exchange for serum. But now, with so many people dying and the situation stabilizing, we have plenty of time to slowly develop the serum. And there is one more thing that Mr. Qiu may not know, sooner or later the dome will dissipate, and the outside is full of troops on standby. Mr. Qiu, I want the serum just to enhance my current voice in Yuanjiang, the serum is not so important to me, and it is far from enough to change my zombie exhibition hall. ”

This is of course nonsense, no matter what time it is, as long as the zombies are not extinct, as long as the T protoplasma has not been completely eliminated, the serum has an importance that no other thing can match. But this is a negotiation, if Yang Xiaoqian wants to bargain, he must find a way to weaken the importance of the other party's bargaining chips, even if both parties understand that this bullshit does not make sense, Yang Xiaoqian has to say it.

I can't just say, "Yes, the serum is so important to me, I'm willing to change whatever you want, please give it to me." ”

"Hmm......" Qiu Zhe's face was cloudy, as if he was thinking about how to respond.

Looking at the change in Qiu Zhe's expression, Yang Xiaoqian had to admit in his heart that this actor's acting skills may not be enough, but he is dedicated enough, and he will always add some expressions and body language to make people feel as if this is the real Qiu Zhe - of course, maybe this is also Qiu Zhe's order.

"I came all the way from Jiangxin Island, Mr. Qiu, if you don't come to see me in person, forget it, now you can't even show such a little sincerity, how can we cooperate?" Yang Xiaoqian tried to add another fire, "Mr. Qiu, the 258th Division will make a move soon, and then our Far Rescue Association will also work together with the 258th Division to recover the entire territory of Yuanjiang, and there will be no living zombies and mutants at that time, if you want a living body, you can only come to me." ”

"As long as I get what I want, I can send you not only all kinds of mutants, but also living people for you to experiment on in vivo - rest assured, they are all condemned prisoners. And I will keep it a secret for you, and no one will interfere with your research under the guise of inexplicability, as long as you are willing to use two short weeks to develop the serum I need, I will assure you that your future research towards the truth will be a smooth road. ”

"Not only that, but I can also send troops to protect your lab from mutants or others from invading and damaging your research. After the dome disappears, I can still arrange channels for you and arrange a new identity, with your previous identity as the heir of the Qiu Group, it must attract a lot of unnecessary attention, right? How about taking this opportunity to completely free you from the shackles of identity, so that you can do the research you want to do wholeheartedly and without scruples? ”

Every time Yang Xiaoqian said a word, Qiu Zhe's face became more entangled, because anyone could hear that Yang Xiaoqian had words in his words, implying a threat: You can send troops to protect your laboratory, and you can send troops to besiege your laboratory; It can defend against the invasion of mutants or "other people", and it can disguise itself as someone else to sabotage the research in the laboratory; It can arrange a new identity for you so that you are not infected, and it can also expose you to the public, so that the eyes of billions of people around the world will focus on you, how will you study it then?

After thinking about it for a long time, Qiu Zhe - or the real Qiu Zhe hidden behind the scenes - finally gritted his teeth and decided: "Even if it is two weeks, it is very important to me. Chairman Yang, I can develop a serum for you, but in exchange, I want more than a few variants. ”

"As long as you can get the serum, the rest is fine." Yang Xiaoqian responded affirmatively.

"This President Yang can rest assured, but I see a smart person like you as a long-term partner with great potential, how can I joke with you on such a matter of principle? I said that in two weeks, I will definitely be able to develop a serum and deliver it to you in two weeks. Qiu Zhe stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Please move President Yang to the reception room, and we can sit down and talk?" ”

Yang Xiaoqian nodded, holding a breath and not daring to let go, because the conversation just a few minutes ago was just a temptation, and the real negotiations had just begun now.