At 7:30 in the evening, the head teacher Yao Hui appeared in the multimedia classroom on time.
"After more than half a month of getting along, I think everyone should have a deeper understanding of the people around them, so at today's class meeting, we will elect class leaders. I hope everyone can use a selfless attitude to vote fairly and impartially for the most suitable candidate to lead our Finance Management Class 1!"
"Before voting begins, everyone interested in running for class leader can go on stage and give a speech!"
"Of course, even if the speaker didn't take the stage, everyone can vote for him as he has the same voting rights!"
"… "
After a brief speech, class teacher Yao Hui gave the stage to the students.
Soon, someone came to the stage to give a speech.
Although they all knew that the positions of class monitor and deputy class monitor would definitely be chosen between Su Zelin and Luo Xi, there were several vacancies for class leaders, so there were still opportunities for other positions.
The level of these people's speeches was about the same as that of the freshmen introductions. After all, they had only been in college for less than a month and had limited experience. It was impossible for them to make a qualitative improvement in such a short period of time.
Feng Zhongliang also took the position. Old Feng was still a little obsessed with power, so he was not capable enough to be a squad leader, but there was one position that was very suitable for him - the living committee member.
It is well known that Lao Feng is a hardworking person.
While watching a movie in Room 302, he, as the room director, was very welcoming to every guest, serving tea, pouring water, and cleaning melon seed shells. Almost no one disliked this kind of person.
In addition, since he is Su Zelin's roommate, everyone loves him and his roommates, so Lao Feng has a good chance of getting the position of living committee member.
After a while, Luo Xi also stood up.
"Axi, come on!"
Ding Lina and the girls in the same dormitory all encouraged her.
Luo Xi nodded. She was a proud and confident girl. Since she was very popular, everyone always doted on her from elementary school to junior high school to high school. Even though her grades were not the best in the class and could only be considered above average, the position of class monitor had never fallen to others.
Even though she met a strong opponent this time, Luo Xi believed that she would definitely be the best. Her undefeated history in previous class leader elections also made her full of confidence.
"Dear teachers and dear students, hello everyone!"
"Napoleon once said a famous saying: 'A soldier who does not want to be a marshal is not a good soldier'. I want to be a good soldier, so I stepped onto the podium and contributed my humble strength to the class!"
"… "
Luo Xi has a beautiful appearance, a cheerful and sunny image, is lively and confident, and has a voice as sweet as a lark, with ups and downs in her voice, and her words are clear and organized.
These can make her score quite good impression.
Apart from that, the speech was of good quality, starting with quoting famous sayings to elevate the quality of the speech.
In fact, this is a very normal opening technique. However, many people who have never served as class leaders before don’t even know this little trick. For example, Lao Feng’s speech was very naive, which also destined him to be a small official at most.
In addition, Luo Xi did not bring a speech. In order to prepare for this speech, she had already memorized it by heart. Many other candidates brought their manuscripts with them when they went on stage, for fear that they would forget the words halfway through their speech, which would immediately determine their performance.
"… "
"A flower must bloom proudly!"
"A tree must grow into a pillar!"
"As a person, you must keep honing yourself and become better every day!"
"From elementary school to high school, I have always been the monitor of my class. I have served the class for twelve years, which I think is not a short period of time."
There was a chuckle from below.
Compared with his self-introduction at the last class meeting, Luo Xi added something new to his campaign speech this time—humor.
This is what she learned from Su Zelin. The class beauty found that this technique was quite useful. It could well mobilize the emotions of the audience and create a good atmosphere for the speech.
While emphasizing that you used to be the class monitor, you also weakened the Versailles part through humorous expression so that people don't think you are showing off.
Yao Hui nodded slightly.
This girl is good at observation. She knows how to discover and learn from the strengths of people around her and draw nourishment from them to become herself.
So while others are still standing still, she has already made some progress.
"But I won't stop moving forward because of this. I have to continue working hard to improve my abilities!"
"Dale Carnegie once said, don't be afraid to promote yourself. As long as you think you have talent, you should think you are qualified for this or that position!"
“I firmly believe that I have enough ability and confidence to work together with all the students here to build the Finance Management Class 1 into an excellent class with unity and love!”
Having said this, she paused at the right time.
There was warm applause from below. Luo Xi's speech was very powerful and everyone supported her.
"… "
"The class is not just a place to study, it is also our second home. All the classmates in this big group are one family!"
"I look forward to laughing, fighting and sharing joys and sorrows with all of you in the next four years. I also look forward to challenging myself and building a stage for everyone as a class monitor, a common youth stage for all of us!"
"Of course, every candidate is excellent, and I hope everyone can vote for the candidate you think is the most suitable. Thank you!"
Luo Xi's speech ended and warm applause broke out.
Of all the people who had taken the stage before her, her speech was undoubtedly the best.
Whether it is personal image or speaking skills, they are at least one step ahead of others.
He quoted famous quotes twice to enhance his style, used humor to liven up the atmosphere, and finally spoke for other candidates, showing his broad-mindedness.
As soon as they returned to their seats, several little girls started to give thumbs up excitedly.
"Ah Xi, you said it very well!"
"I think you are the best candidate for squad leader!"
"Needless to say, our Ah Xi is the best!"
"… "
Although the girls in 501 seemed to have been bribed by Su Zelin, it was mostly a joke.
Luo Xi smiled slightly. She was very satisfied with her performance.
At this time, Su Zelin also stood up.
He is the second most popular candidate for class leader.
But in fact, no one knew whether Hunzi wanted to be the class leader because he never revealed it.
But everyone is looking forward to it.
As long as he is willing, he can get hundreds of responses.
"Zerlin is going up to give a speech!"
"Phew, that's great. I was worried that Zelin didn't want to be on duty!"
"You guys should not put love before friendship later on, you have to vote for Brother Lin first!"
"Of course. With him as the monitor, who dares to bully our Finance Management Class 1?"
"… "
Everyone was already excited before Su Zelin started his speech.
This is popularity, this is what everyone expects.
But everyone is very curious about what kind of speech Hunzi will give this time to deal with Luo Xi, this powerful opponent.
Coming to the podium, Su Zelin cleared his throat and said, "Let's be frank. I want to be the class monitor!"
Everyone burst into laughter instantly.
The homeroom teacher, Yao Hui, couldn't help but smile.
This was a Su Zelin-style speech, casual and without a long-winded opening. He went straight to the point, just like the self-introduction at the last class meeting.
However, just one sentence livened up the atmosphere and created a sense of anticipation in everyone's hearts.
Napoleon's famous quotes such as "A soldier who does not want to be a marshal is not a good soldier" have become very popular, and a gangster would never use such a clichéd opening.
Luo Xi's expression suddenly became serious.
She also didn't understand why the boy's talking show was so effective.
In other words, in the words of later generations, he is very good at making trouble.
Although I showed off a bit of humor just now, I always feel that I am not on the same level as others.
"I know my grades aren't that good..."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed again.
In fact, what the bastard said was the truth.
However, everyone always feels that it is really funny to hear these words coming from a top scorer in English in the college entrance examination.
That feeling is like what Lao Ma said, "I'm not interested in money," or what Dong Ge said, "I don't know my wife is beautiful."
Pretend to be invisible.
"I also know that I am not a good student and sometimes I even get into fights."
If it were someone else who said this, the squad leader would basically have nothing to think about.
However, after a few seconds of silence, there was thunderous applause.
He could have avoided that fight!
However, he resolutely stood up for a boy who was bullied by senior athletes.
At that time, he and this boy had known each other for less than a month, and they were not even roommates!
This is not a troublemaker, but a sign of loyalty and responsibility!
Liu Yanbin clapped so hard that his hands were almost broken.
If Su Zelin had not vented his anger for him, he would have been humiliated and even forced to leave his senior.
Su Zelin continued slowly: "I don't have many advantages, except that I'm a smooth talker..."
The applause turned into laughter again.
Especially the girls, many of them were laughing so hard that they were shaking.
Because they have all seen the power of the tongue of the Women's Federation director.
It's not just slippery, it's enough to make people want to die.
"… "
Every time Su Zelin spoke, there was either laughter or applause from the audience.
Yao Hui nodded continuously as she listened.
As early as the first class meeting, she discovered that this special boy in the class had an extremely strong ability to control other people's emotions.
He doesn't need to give you a long speech; just a few simple words can achieve the best effect.
This is the art of language!
The best speech is not about piling up fancy words and boasting, but about being able to incite others with the least words.
It is actually the same principle as the famous quotes of the big guys in later generations: "I'm not interested in money" and "Set a small goal first".
In real life, there won’t always be a stage where you can give a long speech to promote yourself to others.
Many times, you have to squeeze in among the crowd and seize fleeting opportunities to get attention.
At this time, the power of the art of language refined to the extreme is revealed, and it can immediately make you the focus of others' attention.
You talk incessantly for a long time, thinking that your speech is very impressive, but in fact it may seem old-fashioned and boring to others, who simply don't have the patience to listen.
But if someone has mastered this art of language, everyone's eyes will probably be on him as long as he opens his mouth to say something.
Although Luo Xi's speech just now was also very decent and beautiful, and was inspired by Su Zelin's self-introduction at the last class meeting and mixed with some humor, that was all. After all, she could not completely break out of the clichéd thinking of a high school student.
Because of this, she only won three rounds of applause throughout the entire process, unlike Su Zelin, whose every word was accompanied by applause or laughter!
This is the whole effect, seemingly simple, but actually profound.
The speech of the gangster is very interesting and down-to-earth. Such people are social maniacs in society and have countless bad friends. So in his previous life, no matter which big city Su Zelin went to play or go on a business trip, as long as he posted something before getting on the plane or high-speed train, local friends would soon invite him to dinner, drinks, or nightclubs, because everyone likes to make friends with such people and have fun together.
Back to this speech, if you think Su Zelin is just entertaining the public, you are wrong.
In fact, every word he said casually had a deeper meaning.
My grades are not that good = I am the top scorer in English in the college entrance examination!
I am not a good student and I know how to fight = I stand up for others, I am loyal and responsible!
I don’t have any advantages except that I’m very eloquent = I have excellent eloquence and can communicate well with everyone!
…
The same thing, expressed differently, can have vastly different effects.
Behind Su Zelin's seemingly self-deprecating expression, he was actually pretending to be a low-key good guy without making a sound.
Compared with direct boasting, this way of expressing oneself is undoubtedly more likely to bring goodwill and make the audience feel that this person is lovely and humble.
In comparison, Luo Xi's approach can only be considered mediocre and slightly traditional and conservative. This approach may be useful in junior high and high school, but once you go out into society and meet a veteran like Su Zelin, you will be beaten up.
Even during college, Luo Xi's advantages were completely gone.
College students’ thoughts are much more open-minded than those of high school students, and having been restricted by rigid rules for more than a decade, they desire from the bottom of their hearts an avant-garde, more energetic and vibrant leader!
In fact, many class monitors and high-ranking student union officials in universities are not necessarily both good in character and academic performance. Most of them are just people who can get along well with others. This is obviously different from high school.
Yao Hui found it incredible that a college freshman like Su Zelin could have such superb language skills in his speech. His words were full of calmness, his thoughts were wild and imaginative, he was able to control his emotions, he was experienced and smooth, and he used all kinds of communication skills at his fingertips.
If it were me, I probably wouldn’t be able to give such a wonderful speech.
The difference in skills between the two popular candidates for class monitor is so huge, it's like a child competing against an adult!
They are totally not on the same level!
The winner is decided!
Although voting has not yet begun, Yao Hui can already foresee the results.
"Time is precious. I have been talking for so long, I will not say any more unnecessary nonsense! Anyway, if I can become the monitor, I will definitely take everyone to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks!"
Finally, Su Zelin ended with a slightly unserious summary, which brought the speech to a perfect end.
There was thunderous applause in an instant and it lasted for a long time. Even when Su Zelin walked back to his seat, many people were still clapping their hands hard.
Luo Xi suddenly felt a little panicked.
Before the speech began, she was quite confident, well prepared, and felt good about her performance on the spot.
However, compared with Su Zelin, his seemingly beautiful speech seemed dull.
You say a lot of things, but others may not remember anything.
However, every word Su Zelin said was enough to leave a deep impression on the audience.
In terms of the performance of the speech alone, I was a complete failure.
It’s okay. Whether you can be a class monitor or not doesn’t just depend on who is eloquent. Ability is more important!
Luo Xi secretly comforted herself.
"Third brother, you are so awesome!"
The energetic young man is now a die-hard fan of Su Zelin. As soon as Hunzi came back, he gave him a thumbs up and did not forget to canvass votes for his idol.
"You guys, remember to vote for the Third Brother later. Don't just put your love before your friends. There is absolutely no one in our class who is more suitable to be the monitor than him!"
After waiting for a while, no one went up to give a speech.
Pei Wenzhe, who was originally interested in being the class monitor, didn't even go.
He was self-aware and notorious in the class. If he went on stage to give a speech, he would be booed and bring humiliation upon himself.
The head teacher Yao Hui came to the podium again.
"The speeches of the students just now were all very wonderful, showing their determination to challenge themselves and contribute to the class. Now we enter the public voting phase!"
"Everyone will come up to the stage and receive a small piece of colored paper. You can write down up to six names of candidates on it!"
"The order of the candidates' names goes from the highest to the lowest, and the scoring is different. The first place pick gets five points, the second place pick gets three points, and the third to sixth place picks all get two points!"
"The two people with the highest and second highest total scores will be selected as our monitor and deputy monitor, and the rest will be assigned to the remaining positions based on their personal wishes and abilities!"
"Now you have five minutes to think about it and make a final decision!"
"… "
Soon, five minutes were up and voting began.
Starting with the girl sitting on the far left of the first row, she walked to the stage, received a piece of colored paper from her homeroom teacher, wrote down a few names on the spot, then crumpled the paper into a ball and stuffed it into a transparent glass box on the stage.
Yao Hui had been an exchange student and was deeply influenced by the ideas of foreign universities. She attached great importance to fairness, justice and openness.
This voting method shows that no one can manipulate the situation behind the scenes, including herself.
At the same time, voters will not be influenced by others in their decisions.
For example, if a candidate is your roommate and you sit next to him, you may feel that this person is not a suitable candidate for class leader, but you have to vote for him out of courtesy.
Go to the podium alone to complete the voting, with no one around to interfere, and you can vote for whoever you want, which is relatively fair.
Everyone voted one by one, and after half an hour, the last person had finished voting.
"Great, now let's count everyone's votes and scores!"
The head teacher first turned on the multimedia scanning projector, and then randomly asked someone to help go on stage to count the votes.
The first small piece of colored paper was unwrapped, placed under the instrument, and projected onto the white curtain of the classroom so that everyone could see the five names written on it.
"Luo Xi, Su Zelin, Hou Chunhua, Guo Ting, Feng Zhongliang, Chen Jie!"
As expected, there were no surprises. The first and second place vote winners were Luo Xi and Su Zelin. Feng Zhongliang also got a vote. Although it was the fifth place vote, Old Feng was still very happy.
Luo Xi was cheered up, this was a good start.
The first-place vote is worth five points, two points more than the second-place vote, which is very important.
The recorder writes down each person's name and crosses out a line on their different ranking tickets, counting them in correct numbers.
Open the second piece of small colored paper again.
"Su Zelin, Luo Xi, Feng Zhongliang, Zhao Rui, Fang Yaling, Chen Jie!"
"… "
As the small pieces of colored paper were unpacked one by one, Luo Xi began to feel nervous.
Whenever she ran for class monitor in the past, she was always far ahead of others. But this time she met a strong opponent, the extremely popular Su Zelin, and she was not at all confident.
In comparison, the slacker was very relaxed, leisurely spinning a Hero pen, as if he didn't take it seriously.
He has absolute confidence.
After all, he was once the president of a big company. If he can't even beat a 17 or 18-year-old girl, then there's no point in his career!
Soon, more than half of the votes were counted, and Su Zelin's advantage was already very obvious. He got most of the most important first-place votes. Even if he didn't get the first place, he would still be the second place. This advantage is difficult to shake.
Almost all the boys gave their first votes to Su Zelin, because he had been so popular in the past month. He was familiar with almost everyone in the dormitory, could brag and chat, was generous, and his computer was almost shared with others, and he gave cigarettes to everyone he met.
The most important thing is, he fought a fight for Liu Yanbin from 305, facing several tall and strong athletes from the school basketball team. That fight established absolute prestige for the gangster, and he already had the style and status of a leader.
If that fight hadn't happened, many boys might still have voted for him as the first choice, but perhaps not in such a uniform manner.
Luo Xi's face did not look good, because she also realized that she had already lost.
Another piece of colored paper was opened, and finally the first pick was not Su Zelin. What was even more surprising was that Su Zelin's name was not on it, and he did not appear in any pick.
This is the first time this has happened since the votes were recorded.
The font style displayed on the projector seems to have been deliberately changed, but it can still be seen to be relatively rough, probably written by a boy.
Everyone's eyes fell on Pei Wenzhe at the same time.
Among the boys, if you can think of someone who would not vote for Su Zelin, it would be Pei Wenzhe.
He had always disliked Su Zelin, and even used underhanded tactics to report him for maliciously starting a gang fight, which resulted in his own reputation being ruined. No one in the class looked up to him, and even his roommate Liu Yanbin and others were unwilling to sit with him in class.
Pei Wenzhe's face turned red and white, and he lowered his head. This ballot was indeed from his hand. He didn't expect that no matter how he changed the font, it was useless. Others guessed it right away.
"You are such a jerk, I'm going to kill you, damn it, I'm going to shove you down the drain!"
Zeng Kaiping saw this and started to curse in Cantonese style again.
Others were also indignant.
"Pei Wenzhe is such a petty person. He went to inform on someone and ruined his reputation. Su Zelin didn't bother with him, but now he hates him!"
"I actually considered electing him as class monitor before. What a blind man I was!"
"Don't do that! If we let such a vicious and narrow-minded person lead our Finance Management Class 1, I'm afraid the whole class will be thrown into chaos by him!"
"… "
In the previous life, the finance management class was thrown into chaos and disarray by Pei Wenzhe.
This person is selfish by nature and is an egoist. He doesn't care about other classmates at all and only uses the position of vice-class monitor as a tool to gain benefits for himself.
Luo Xi was exhausted, but he couldn't save the mess. Can you believe that more than ten years after graduation, there hasn't even been a decent big party
However, Su Zelin is confident that he can manage the class in an orderly, harmonious and united manner.
In addition, he also hoped that his college life would be richer and more fulfilling, so he participated in the election without hesitation.
I continued to record the votes. After a while, another piece of colored paper appeared without Su Zelin's name on it. The font style had also been deliberately modified, but this time the handwriting seemed to be that of a girl.
No one was surprised. Although Su Zelin was like the director of the Women's Federation in the class, some girls might still selfishly prefer Luo Xi, just like Liu Yanbin, one of the boys, deliberately did not choose Luo Xi.
It’s not that Luo Xi is a bad person, but Liu Yanbin feels that this is the only way he can express his gratitude to Su Zelin.
Luo Xi felt a little guilty because she was the one who cast the vote.
Facing a strong rival, she did not dare to be careless. Out of selfishness, she voted for herself first and did not write Su Zelin's name.
Luo Xi felt that this was natural, after all, Su Zelin on the opposite side would most likely do the same.
Unfortunately, the result will not change because of her and Pei Wenzhe's votes, which are very unfavorable to Su Zelin.
The first-place vote rate for the mixed-up guys was too high. Almost all the boys put it as their first choice, and even many girls made the same choice.
After all, the title of director of the Women's Federation is not given for nothing, and Luo Xi's popularity is not invincible. People of the same sex repel each other, and some girls don't particularly like her.
There are only a few ballots left, and there is no suspense about who will be the monitor and deputy monitor. We just have to wait for the final process to be completed.
Another ballot was opened, and everyone exclaimed "Huh" at the same time when they saw the six names projected on the screen.
This is the third ballot without Su Zelin's name on it so far.
What surprised everyone was the font on the ballot.
The brushstrokes are vigorous and deep, and while they are full of power, they are also flowing, elegant and free.
The combination of the two styles is pleasing to the eye. Even if you don't understand calligraphy, you can tell that the standard of this handwriting is extremely high.
This is Su Zelin’s ticket!
Everyone came to the same conclusion without any prior agreement.
At the first class meeting, when introducing himself, Hunzi came up to the stage and wrote his name on the blackboard with chalk. The style was exactly the same as the handwriting on the ballot, it was too obvious.
Not only did Su Zelin not write his own name, but the person who topped the list on this small colored paper was also unexpected.
Luo Xi!
His strongest competitor, however, got his first vote!
…