Choices and Consequences: The Actor! Part 3

He drew out his words and then noticed that several students' expressions wavered, clearly indicating they wanted to go to Kyoto, but some students were starting to get nervous, clearly indicating they didn't want to go to Kyoto.

That's quite a troublesome task.

Because it's impossible to please everyone.

So.

"I think we should leave this choice to Shiina," Hachiman said. "I'm just a newcomer to this class and I'm unfamiliar with everyone's interests, so let Shiina, who knows everyone well, decide. I will accept her answer."

"..." Hiyori.

6.

Hiyori thinks Hachiman is really malicious.

Because students want to go to all three places, if she specifies one of them based on her own preference, it will definitely displease those who want to go to the other two places.

So this is a job that will offend people.

While you Hachiman, cherish your reputation, doesn't Shiina, the Shiina, cherish hers as well?

So Hiyori looked at Kaneda.

"..." Kaneda received the message from Shiina.

"Then let's go with the highest bidder," said Kaneda. "Now we'll open the betting. There are three travel destinations. Everyone can bet points. Eventually, everyone bets on one of them, and the destination with the most bets will be our choice. Then, all the points bet on the chosen destination will be collected and confiscated to become class funds."

"Hey, Kaneda, this isn't fair! We finally have a little bit of money left, and you're trying to squeeze it out of us." A student quickly chimed in.

"I was just trying to ease the tension," Kaneda said.

Actually, he did have an idea; he wanted to go to Hokkaido, so he was thinking of betting 100,000 points himself.

Since his classmates didn't have many points, he had a good chance of winning by betting 100,000.

Clearly, the atmosphere in Ryuen's class was very relaxed.

"We have five minutes left to discuss this." But the tyrant, Ryuen, ultimately decided to play the villain. "You now have two minutes to think, and then you will vote."

"There is only one chance to vote," Ryuen said. "The region with the most votes will become our voting option on the tablet."

Ultimately, using this method, they decided on Kyoto as their destination for the school trip.

Since all four classes are making selections, it's uncertain whether one will be chosen in the end.

"That concludes the two questions," Sakagami-sensei continued, fulfilling his duty as a teacher. "Now, let's move on to the third question."

Soon.

The question has reappeared.

The students' expressions were much more relaxed than they had been at the beginning, as they seemed to have gotten through the two questions very easily.

Project 3 - The monthly living allowance based on class evaluation scores will become zero, but three students will be randomly selected from the class to be given the protection title of exemption from expulsion.

Alternatively, the living expenses could be reduced to half, but one student could be chosen to receive a protected title that exempts them from expulsion.

If you do not want to choose either of the above options, the living allowance for those who rank in the bottom five in the next written test will become zero.

Note: 1 Regardless of which option you choose, the period of withholding living expenses will last for six months.

"..."

When the question was posed, everyone fell silent.

Because if you just felt that the two test questions were over quickly and easily.

But now.

Even the least intelligent students could feel that the exams were getting harder.

It has indeed improved.

It became a situation where, regardless of the circumstances, their living expenses would be confiscated.

It could mean that the living expenses of the five students with the worst written test scores are confiscated for six months, or that half of the living expenses of the entire class are confiscated for six months, or that all of the living expenses for six months are confiscated!

"Alright, let's begin the first vote. The time limit is sixty seconds," Sakagami-sensei instructed.

The students, as if waking from a dream, quickly began to answer the questions as agreed.

In the first round of voting, 20 votes were for all students to lose their living expenses for six months, 19 votes were for all students to lose half of their living expenses for six months, and 0 votes were for the five students with the lowest written test scores to lose their living expenses for six months.

"Since no consensus was reached, a halftime break will be scheduled. The halftime break will last for 10 minutes," said Sakagami-sensei.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, we realized that this was the real test, and we needed to move on to the stage of thinking and negotiation.

Ryuen turned his chair around to look at Hachiman Hikigaya.

"So, how do we choose the answer to this question?" Ryuen asked.

"Didn't you already have an idea?" Hachiman said.

"..." Ryuen. "I want to choose the first one, but the one who will suffer the biggest loss will definitely be you."

Yes.

One of the agreements Hachiman Hikigaya and Ryuen's class was that Ryuen had to pay to buy him.

Then, Hachiman will take 70% of the living expenses from the class evaluation score of Ryuen's class (which is over 500 points), and he will also take 70% of the huge bonus points he gets from the exams.

So if he confiscated everyone's living expenses, he would definitely suffer a huge loss.

"Furthermore," Hiyori added at this point, "If you choose option one, all students' living expenses will be confiscated for six months, and you will receive three random students who will be exempt from expulsion."

"Is the living expenses for the next six months based on the current class rating scores, or will it fluctuate?"

This is something that definitely needs to be considered.

If we only consider the current class evaluation score of 825, Hachiman can get about 880,000 Private Points per month.

The loss over six consecutive months amounts to approximately 5 million Private Points.

So it's equivalent to him paying 5 million points to secure 3 spots for the dropout protection program.

It's still very cost-effective.

Only.

If he were to charge money based on fluctuating class evaluation scores, it wouldn't be in his best interest.

After all, he came to this class to make money; if all the money is taken away, then he came for nothing.

"Sakagami-sensei." Hachiman raised his hand. "Is the class evaluation score used to confiscate living expenses fluctuating here?"

"Yes, it fluctuates," said Sakagami-sensei.

Sakagami disagreed.

He had overheard Ryuen's discussion and agreed with Ryuen plan. Choosing option one would randomly grant three students a "get-out-of-jail-free card," considering the class's current evaluation score was only around 800 points, meaning the class could earn a total of over 3 million Private Points per month. Conversely, having points confiscated for six consecutive months would only amount to less than 20 million Private Points, yet it could save three students!

That's equivalent to selling it at a 30% discount.

Therefore, it offers great value for money.

But.

As Sakagami answered, he noticed that Hachiman's face was expressionless, and Shiina looked regretful.

Ryuen also seemed uninterested.

Then I saw Ryuen stand up.

"Choose option 3 later," Ryuen said. "We will cover the living expenses for the last 5 students based on their written test scores. Each student will receive a minimum of 30,000 Private Points as living expenses."

???

This left Sakagami somewhat bewildered.

Why don't Ryuen and the others want such a high-value opportunity?

He was, of course, unaware that Ryuen was even more confident than he was. Ryuen brought Hachiman over because he felt that Hachiman Hikigaya was cursed; as long as he was on the opposite side, he always felt that he would have a hard time earning points or that his points would definitely be cheated out of him.

On the other hand, the idea of "even chickens and dogs rising to heaven" naturally arose.

Hachiman Hikigaya is so good at making money, then let's follow suit.

Anyway, he has two floors.

So why not?

If Hachiman Hikigaya manages to get a high score in the class during the six months his living expenses are confiscated, wouldn't he be at a huge loss?

So the option suddenly stopped appealing.

He brought Hachiman Hikigaya over to see the possibilities he could bring, not to follow the established procedures.

He trusted his judgment.

In this way.

The second round of voting for question 3.

Option 1 received 0 votes, Option 2 received 0 votes, and Option 3 received 39 votes.

"On to the fourth question." Sakagami-sensei could only proceed to the next question.

Topic 4 - The end-of-semester exam is a written exam. The following rules will be applied to your class.

Options include increasing difficulty, increasing penalties, and decreasing rewards.

"..." As soon as this question came out, a large portion of the students in Ryuen's class felt like they had been shot in the knee.

Because this is a hotbed of academic underachievers.

Therefore, sometimes increasing the difficulty of written test questions leads to increased penalties or even reduced rewards.

That's absolutely heartless.

It seems to have only downsides.

But.

This makes it certain that the fifth question must be very cruel and related to dropping out of school.

Chapter 70 Choices and Trade-offs: The Actors! Part 2!

In Ryuen's class, the exam has progressed to the fourth question.

"Then let's announce the results of the first vote."

"Increase difficulty by 20 votes, increase penalty by 19 votes, decrease reward by 0 votes."

"Since no agreement has been reached, we will now proceed with the discussion. The discussion time is 10 minutes." Sakagami Digital-sensei read from the script.

His words silenced the other students, who then awaited further instructions.

Yes.

Those in Ryuen's class who aren't very bright basically don't use their brains; they just wait for orders to be carried out.

However, I still feel pressured by this exam question.

"None of these are good options," Hachiman said. "Besides, it's a written test that our class isn't good at. There's no point in making the questions harder; we're just digging our own grave."

"And increasing penalties is the only option."

"So after eliminating the options, the only choice left is the third one."

Choose to reduce compensation.

Hiyori nodded, then looked at Sakagami-sensei.

"Teacher, could you please tell me the extent of the reduction in compensation?"

"I don't know." But Sakagami shook his head. "However, what I do know is that since it's a reward, it won't turn into something negative."

In other words, the reward can be cleared at most, but will not become a negative number.

In this way.

The answer choices for question four in the recent exam for Ryuen's class have been determined.