At first it was a hot potato that no one was willing to take over, but in just a few minutes it became a hotly contested position, which even surprised the chairman of the board, who was standing in front of the stage to preside over it.

"Well, if Yukinoshita-san is willing to participate, we would be very happy, but, because before-"

"——I understand that we need to compete fairly with the two previous students who signed up, is that right?" Yukinoshita interrupted President Jougai's words and glanced at Isshiki and Sagami coldly.

Isshiki was more or less prepared for Yukinoshita to become her competitor. She seemed to be on guard against Yukinoshita's aura. She just narrowed her eyes slightly, and then showed a harmless smile: "Well, please give me more advice, Yukinoshita-senpai."

But Sagami on the other end didn't seem so calm. When she first wanted to run for this position, she probably took advantage of the opportunity when no one else wanted to participate. She was a little nervous when facing the first-year Isshiki. She didn't have enough aura, so she couldn't think of any other better way besides using the aura of a second-year senior to suppress Isshiki. Now, under Yukinoshita, who was obviously better than her in terms of ability and qualifications, She could barely maintain that smile.

"Well, are there any other students who want to run for election?" President Cheng Hui glanced at the crowd with some confusion. Soon, everyone who had just been talking about this unexpected competition fell silent. .

"In this case, it is better to vote for the position of executive committee chairman. Can the three of you talk about your goals as executive committee chairman? Just explain it briefly. Sagami-san is the first one to sign up. You first Come, can you?"

"Ah, should I come first?" Sagami jumped exaggeratedly, triggering a burst of good-natured laughter from others present. Then, she scratched her head a little embarrassedly and said, "Uh, um, hello everyone. , I am Sagami Minami from Class F of the second year. I originally saw that no one else was willing to take up this position, so I felt that there should always be someone to challenge me, so I signed up. So how is this situation now? It’s a bit beyond my expectation, haha!”

——A very poor beginning. It’s the same argument as before. This kind of self-effacing statement is not suitable to be put forward during an election campaign. It is only suitable to be used to express humility and win people’s hearts after being elected.

"How should I put it? I am actually not very good at doing these things in front of others. I originally thought that if Yukinoshita-san came to participate -" Sagami glanced at Yukinoshita and revealed With a very humble expression, she also ignored her nakedly, "If Yukinoshita-san comes to participate, it's okay for me to give up this qualification and give it to Yukinoshita-san!"

This paragraph is much cleverer. It expresses humility in front of Yukinoshita, one of the opponents in the election. This at least makes people who have a good impression of Isshiki point their finger at Yukinoshita. At the same time, it shows that "it doesn't matter if you quit." This kind of thinking is, firstly, to make excuses for one's own failure, and secondly, it is to express one's attitude.

"But after thinking about it, I feel like signing up without permission and then giving up without permission feels bad, so let's just give a campaign speech or something. Well, in short, my abilities may still be lacking, right? But no matter what How about, if I can serve as the chairman of the executive committee, this is also an opportunity to improve myself, and as a classmate, I also want to contribute to the school's culture, so, maybe, that's what it means?"

When he finally finished his speech, Sagami still made a somewhat worried and apologetic expression, which once again made everyone present smile relaxed and understanding.

"In this case, the next one is Isshiki-san, okay?"

"Okay, then let me do the talking!" Isshiki nodded and stood up calmly. In fact, during the previous rehearsal of her campaign with me, if she faced Yukinoshita, she also hoped that

Showing a people-friendly attitude to win the favor of other executive members, but now, this relatively low-profile attitude has been used by Sagami first, so the method adopted by Isshiki now is Plan B, which is a generous election

, express one's own advantages.

It has to be said that Isshiki is actually a very capable girl. She can gain a unique status in the group, face different boys and girls, and use different methods to win them around her. This kind of personality charm is definitely not

Relying on simple cuteness can make the difference. When she decided to give a serious speech, her speech was unambiguous.

"Hello everyone, I am Ishiroha from Class F of the first year. Compared with the two second-year seniors, I also know that as a first-year person, if I want to serve as the executive chairman, I may have less qualifications and prestige.

However, I also want to explain my advantages. As President Jojo said before, this cultural festival is very special for Sobu High School because it involves cooperation with Qingquan Middle School. Although the president mentioned before

Matters related to cooperation will be the responsibility of the president himself, but I think that in the internal preparation process of the cultural festival, cooperation with external schools will definitely be involved. I think, as a member of the student union, especially as a former

As a member who has been in contact with Qingquan Middle School, the advantage of me being the chairman of the committee is here. I can seamlessly connect with Chairman Jojo. I think that with this advantage, I should be able to contribute to the committee in preparing activities.

Make more flexible arrangements. Thank you everyone!”

Compared to Sagami's somewhat hesitant speech, Isshiki was obviously more prepared. Not only the first-year students who were familiar with Isshiki, but also some second- and third-year seniors were obviously a little surprised by Isshiki's speech.

It can be said that Isshiki's speech this time followed the style of openly confronting the opponent, clearly stating his own advantages and sincerely expressing his shortcomings, but at the same time, he also showed his confidence that he can use his advantages to make up for his shortcomings.

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Now, I'm a little curious about how Yukinoshita will take action.

Judging from her performance at the beginning, she was not enthusiastic about serving as the chairman of the executive committee, and her desire to participate in the election was a temporary attitude. When two more orthodox methods of gaining the trust of others were adopted, the fact was that

Above, Yukinoshita is now in a very passive situation.

"So, where is Yukinoshita-san's?" President Jojo's voice came over.

"Okay," Yukinoshita nodded lightly, raised his neck, and stood up, "Yukoshita Yukino, Class A of the second year. I think the most important thing about being the chairman of the executive committee is that neither

Using this opportunity to 'improve yourself' is not 'cooperating with the student union'. The key is to let the executive committee work efficiently."

The method used by Yukinoshita was to directly address the campaign drafts of the first two people.

"Of course, the work of the committee is a good process for improving yourself, but if you treat the work of the committee as a joke just to improve yourself, that would be too much. Of course, the committee and the student union should maintain close contact, but if you really If we want to emphasize this part, the significance of the chairman Cheng Hui being responsible for external liaison and re-selecting the chairman of the executive committee would be gone. The core task of the committee, as the chairman just mentioned, is to be responsible for the internal affairs of the school I think I am good at the organization and operation of cultural festivals. In fact, the organization of cultural festivals requires a certain sense of dictatorship. I think everyone will agree with this. I think if I were to be in charge Chairman, the operation of the cultural festival can be made more efficient - more efficient in every sense."

"What a domineering statement!" Hikigaya beside me sighed softly.

That's right, a very domineering speech. First of all, he directly refuted Sagami's views and Isshiki's advantages. His subsequent words had no euphemism at all. They were almost like "Leave everything to me, and I will lead you to solve it." That kind of domineering attitude. Compared with the "sincere" attitude of Sagami and Isshiki, Yukinoshita gives people the feeling of "If you are willing to listen to me, then work with me. If you are not willing to listen to me, Yes, I don’t care.” Absolute confidence.

If she is facing a group of high-spirited executive members, it will undoubtedly be a big blow to the confidence of others. However, what she is facing now is a group of people who have no ambitions and just want to devote themselves to the work of the committee. He is a person who can deal with things easily, so although Yukinoshita's words are very conceited, to some extent they are very pleasing to other people.

"Since you are willing to take on most of the work, let me leave it to you!" Many people will think so, either because they are angry and dissatisfied, or because they are simply bored - this will of course make Yukinoshita suffer. Many people are eye-rolling and dissatisfied, but if you just want to win their votes and get them to support you as chairman, the effect will probably be very good.

There is no doubt that this is also the simple Yukinoshita style, which does not care about other people's attitudes and other people's feelings, but the most efficient way to achieve one's goals and solve problems is the best.

It seems that some intervention is needed, otherwise everyone will be controlled by Yukinoshita in an unconscious emotion of "just do what she wants, and we won't use our brains much." Already.

"Senior Yukinoshita, you mean that if you are elected, you will also be responsible for all assignments, right?" I stood up and asked.

"From an efficiency perspective, that's right. Of course, you can express your preference to me, and I will consider the allocation as appropriate."

"But there must be popular tasks, right? I want to be responsible for the tasks related to aspirational control. If the number of people exceeds the limit——"

"——In that case, I will arrange it according to everyone's suitability." Yukinoshita glanced at me and replied flatly, "Do you have any more questions?"

"Oh fine."

I sat down and let others see the problem with Yukinoshita as executive committee chairman, that is, everyone's chance of fighting for the position they want will be reduced, and they cannot win for themselves through grouping or voting.

Responsible position - and completely dependent on Yukinoshita's arrangements.

At least, this is a reminder to those who are not just waiting to die, but are in need of the work of the executive committee members, right?

The key question is, how many executive members are there who are unwilling to take responsibility? I glanced at the executive members around me. Some of them were talking to each other, and some were absentmindedly playing with their mobile phones. If it was Isshiki and Yuki

In a one-on-one debate, I could still say something for Isshiki, but now that Sagami is stirring up trouble, I can only use this hint to distract Yukinoshita's supporters.

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In fact, when Yukinoshita looked at me just now, I knew that she already knew my intentions, but because she was too upright and honest, she didn't even bother to deal with me with some false promises.

It is absolutely correct. Yukinoshita Yukino, who never lies, will she become a burden at this time?

However, I cannot estimate whether this small-scale quantitative change can lead to a qualitative change - after all, Yukinoshita Yukino's speech was too targeted.

"Well, in that case, let's start voting, right? It's better to vote anonymously. Next, the student union members will send voting papers to everyone. In order to avoid suspicion, 36 executive members will be responsible for voting. The members of the student union and

Is it okay if teachers don’t participate?” President Cheng Yuan arranged the subsequent voting process.

I glanced at Kitahara-senpai next to the chairman with some confusion. From beginning to end, he didn’t make any remarks, he just sat there quietly. Is he really just hoping that no one will run for the chairmanship?

Substitute?

At least, I don't see any place where he might be useful.

As I wrote the name of "Isiroha" on the paper, I thought with some confusion.

Beside me, I saw Hikigaya hesitantly, but finally wrote the name "Yukishita Yukino".

Isshiki has an advantage in one aspect, and that is her grade. According to the principle of grouping together by grade, generally speaking, students in this grade will tend to vote for the electors of their grade. This is a habitual way of voting for themselves.

The actions of people close to them. The votes of second-year Sagami Minami and Yukinoshita Yukino will undoubtedly be separated.

Therefore, the key issue is the votes of the third graders - but for the vast majority of third graders who have no enthusiasm for the work of the committee, perhaps Yukinoshita is a better target for their support. This is for

The most dangerous factor for Isshiki is that even if I have slightly influenced their voting choices, the result is still unknown.

——Perhaps, we can only hope that if there are enough second-year votes dispersed in Sagami, Isshiki's previous public relations work will have a certain effect, right?

The votes of the thirty-six people were counted very quickly. Soon, the president stood up with a piece of paper registering the results.

"Well, the election results are out. The voting results are-" President Shiro took a deep breath and said.

"Sagami Minami-san, six votes."

The smile on Sagami's face turned into a somewhat embarrassed expression, but this vote was normal. Considering her performance during the speech, it was indeed not convincing compared to the other two.

"One Iroha classmate, fifteen votes."

——Wait a minute, this number.

"Yukishita Yukino-san, fifteen votes."

So, the final result is a tie.

Yukinoshita's brows wrinkled slightly. Obviously, she did not expect such a result in the first round. On the other side, Isshiki still smiled brightly, but her slightly clenched fists showed her innermost feelings. nervous mood.

"In this case, we should conduct a second round of voting!" Chairman Cheng Hui said helplessly as he looked at the results in his hands.

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Chapter completed!