谈判室 – Negotiation Room

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Zhè cì chūchāi de mùdì dì shì Dōngjīng, dàn wǒ duì zhè cì xíngchéng háo wú qīdài. Yùdìng de hángbān xūyào zhuǎnjī, màncháng de zhuǎnjī děngdài ràng wǒ píbèi bùkān. Dǐdá hòu, wǒ fāxiàn jiǔdiàn yùdìng chūle wèntí, qiántái shuō méiyǒu wǒ de jìlù. Wǒ zhǐhǎo chóngxīn yùdìng, zhè dǎluànle zhěnggè xíngchéng.

Dì èr tiān huìyì kāishǐ qián, wǒ zàicì quèrènle suǒyǒu yùdìng. Tánpàn duìshǒu shì gè jīngyàn fēngfù de zhōngnián nánrén, tā wēixiào zhe dì gěi wǒ yī bēi chá. Wǒ zhùyì dào tā shǒuwàn shàng de biǎo, hé wǒ zài zhuǎnjī shí kàndào de nà kuǎn yī mú yī yàng. Huìyì jìnxíng de hěn shùnlì, dàn zuìhòu tā tíchūle yī gè éwài tiáojiàn. Wǒ jùjué hòu, tā liǎnsè yīnchén de líkāile fángjiān.

Dàng wǎn wǒ bùdé bù tiáozhěng xíngchéng, qǔxiāole yuándìng de hángbān, gǎidìngle gèng wǎn de hángbān. Zài děngdài zhuǎnjī shí, wǒ jiēdàole tā de diànhuà. Tā shuō yuànyì jiēshòu wǒ de tiáojiàn, dàn yāoqiú wǒ yáncháng chūchāi shíjiān. Wǒ jùjuéle, bìng gàosu tā wǒ de xíngchéng yǐjīng páimǎn. Tā chénmòle yīhuìr, ránhòu shuō: “Xià cì chūchāi, wǒ huì tíqián yùdìng hǎo yīqiè. ” Wǒ guàduàn diànhuà, kànzhe dēngjīkǒu de rénqún, gǎndào yīzhèn qīngsōng.

Negotiation Room

The destination of this business trip was Tokyo, but I had no expectations for this trip. The booked flight required a transfer, and the long wait during the transfer exhausted me. After arriving, I found that there was a problem with the hotel reservation; the front desk said they had no record of me. I had to rebook, which disrupted the entire itinerary.

Before the meeting started the next day, I confirmed all reservations again. The negotiation opponent was an experienced middle-aged man; he smiled and handed me a cup of tea. I noticed the watch on his wrist, exactly the same model as the one I saw during the transfer. The meeting went smoothly, but at the end he proposed an additional condition. After I refused, he left the room with a gloomy face.

That evening I had to adjust my itinerary, cancel the original flight, and rebook a later flight. While waiting for the transfer, I received a call from him. He said he was willing to accept my conditions, but asked me to extend the business trip. I refused and told him my schedule was full. He was silent for a while, then said: “Next time I go on a business trip, I will book everything in advance. ” I hung up the phone, looked at the crowd at the boarding gate, and felt a sense of relief.

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