"You're right. They can't compare at all. Countless people have imitated Van Gogh's The Starry Night and Sunflowers, and countless people have performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, but none of them could ever be mentioned in the same breath as the masters. Erina, do you know why?" The fourth rule of persuasion: when the other person had been led around in circles, press the advantage.
So before Erina Nakiri could respond, Sogo Doma, master persuader, continued:
"It's because when a master creates a work, he gives it a unique artistic vision. Without that vision, later imitations and performances are nothing more than childish babbling..."
The fifth rule of persuasion: the grander and more abstract a concept sounds—something you can neither see nor touch, and can only feel but never put into words—the easier it is to lead people astray with it...
"A-artistic vision?"
"Exactly, artistic vision. The same goes for cooking. The difference between a master and an ordinary person is that when a master makes a dish, he gives it a unique artistic vision that leaves diners wanting more. Ordinary people, on the other hand, only know how to imitate the flavor. That's a much lower level..."
"Senior Doma, after all that, may I ask what it has to do with you sleeping in every day?" Erina Nakiri asked, confused.
Of course, not every attempt at persuasion succeeded, but after such a speech, a seed would always be planted in the target's mind.
"I thought you'd understand after all that..." So Sogo Doma wasn't flustered in the slightest. Instead, he looked at her as if she were a disappointment. "Erina, didn't I tell you? I'm not sleeping in. I'm savoring the moment—reliving my dreams and holding on to those wonderful experiences, then putting them into my cooking."
Erina Nakiri: