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As if he could read her mind, Lin Zhengyi said directly, "I know you think there might be a trap here, and I don't expect you to believe me, but there's a prerequisite for what I'm thinking: the return of Nine-Dragon!"

"On this point alone, I'm saying we have the same goal, do you agree?"

"Ok!"

Ma Jiaohong nodded subconsciously.

"That makes things easier. You don't need to worry about whether my real purpose is as I said. In short, how about we get Nine-Dragon back into the limelight first? We can talk about the rest later!" Lin Zhengyi said in a deep voice.

Hear this!

Ma Jiaohong frowned subconsciously, pondered for a moment, and then said with a slightly bitter tone, "But, getting him back into the spotlight isn't that easy."

In the few days after Nine-Dragon returned, she approached him, wanting him to make a comeback.

But the other party had no intention of making a comeback, so when she went to their door, she naturally returned empty-handed.

This morning, she contacted the other party again, but received the same result.

That's why she's drinking alone here.

She wants him to make a comeback, but he has no intention of doing so at all. She is now racking her brains trying to figure out how to get him to return to the game.

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhengyi knew that the other party had already made up their mind.

Immediately!

"Making him back is easy in some ways, but not easy in others!"

Lin Zhengyi said calmly, "The reason why Nine-Dragon did not make a comeback is his father. His father kept advising him to stop, but he was young and impetuous back then and never listened to such words, so he never listened."

"However, after what happened in the Kingdom of Thailand, he went to prison and had no one to help him. He couldn't even visit his own father after his death. His father's will also advised him to repent and turn over a new leaf. For all these reasons, he insisted on turning over a new leaf!"

"Under normal circumstances, it would be almost impossible for him to make a comeback, because he has already paid a terrible price for this reformation."

"My father died, and I went to prison."

"In this situation, to make him return to the stage, the price he would have to pay would exceed the price he originally paid to reform. Only then would he have a sufficient reason and justification to return to the stage!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Jiaohong instinctively asked, "Then what should we do?"

"Here we have to talk about a term: sunk cost!" Lin Zhengyi smiled slightly.

What are sunk costs?

Sunk costs are expenses incurred in the past that are irrelevant to current decisions.

When people decide whether to do something, they not only consider whether it will benefit them, but also whether they have already invested in it in the past.

These irrecoverable expenditures, such as time, money, and energy, are all referred to as "sunk costs"!

Chapter 711 Costs and Consequences

What is sunk cost?

Ma Jiaohong asked with a hint of doubt.

Lin Zhengyi: "."

He was truly surprised that Ma Jiaohong didn't know this word.

But then I thought about it again, and it seems like the other person has been in the workforce for a long time.

If you think about it that way, it seems normal that the other party doesn't know!

Thinking about it!

Lin Zhengyi still explained to Ma Jiaohong what sunk costs are.

"Sunk costs are..."

After the explanation is finished.

"I think I understand. But what does this have to do with bringing Nine-Dragon back into the limelight?"

Ma Jiaohong still had a look of understanding on her face, and asked.

Lin Zhengyi could tell from her expression that she still didn't quite understand.

However, Lin Zhengyi didn't care. Instead, he said in a simple and straightforward way, "This is directly related to the return of Nine-Dragon. Why doesn't Nine-Dragon make any sacrifices?"

"Simply put, he has already paid a heavy price for turning over a new leaf, including his father's death and his own imprisonment. It is precisely because of these heart-wrenching costs that he does not want to make a comeback!"

"So, under these circumstances, how can we get him back into the game?"

At this point, he paused.

At this moment!

Ma Jiaohong grew anxious and asked, "How can we get him back in the game?"

Hear this!

After a barely perceptible smile flashed across Lin Zhengyi's face, he continued, "There is only one situation in which he might make a comeback: when he has invested a huge sunk cost in someone or something."

"When the cost far exceeds the price he pays for turning over a new leaf, or when someone or something encounters an unexpected situation that requires his intervention to resolve, he will choose to make a comeback!"

listen!

Ma Jiaohong's face showed a hint of realization, as if she vaguely understood something, but she was still a little puzzled. She asked, "But in what kind of matter should he invest a huge sunk cost?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhengyi remained silent, simply staring intently at her.

moment!

Ma Jiaohong immediately understood and asked, "You mean me?"

As she spoke, she seemed to realize that her idea was correct. Without waiting for Lin Zhengyi's reply, she became even more agitated and said, "I am his ex-girlfriend. There are feelings between us, and those feelings are the sunk costs that Nine-Dragon invested in me!"

“In this situation, if something happens to me, he will definitely come to save me. And if I fall into the hands of a powerful and influential guy, he will definitely need to stand up, make a comeback, and gather his old brothers to save me one last time.”

"And so, he's essentially made a comeback, right?"

Hear this!

Lin Zhengyi: "."

Ma Jiaohong's idea was exactly the same as everything she did in the original story.

But Lin Zhengyi knew that this idea was completely wrong.

Or rather, the core of the idea is not wrong. Jiuwenlong did indeed invest feelings in Ma Jiaohong, meaning he had sunk costs in Ma Jiaohong. Therefore, if Ma Jiaohong got into trouble, he would definitely have to save her.

However, Ma Jiaohong misjudged Jiuwenlong's feelings for her.

Ma Jiaohong believed that Jiuwenlong's feelings for her would make him give up everything to save her, but in reality, although Jiuwenlong had feelings for Ma Jiaohong, these feelings were no match for his desire to change his ways and return to the right path.

This resulted in the original storyline where, although Nine-Dragon wanted to save Ma Jiaohong, he ultimately did not go to save her himself. Instead, he turned to another prince who admired Ma Jiaohong and asked him to save her.

In this way, Nine-Dragon can stay out of it.

And so it was said!

Ma Jiaohong became increasingly excited and couldn't help but stand up, wanting to turn around and leave to carry out her plan.

But Lin Zhengyi knew that if he let her go, this whole affair would definitely fail again.

Immediately!

"sit down!"

Lin Zhengyi said with a cold laugh.

Upon hearing this, Ma Jiaohong subconsciously paused for a moment, then turned her head and saw the cold smile on Lin Zhengyi's face.

Immediately, she looked slightly puzzled, sat down again, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Fool, if you really do that, you'll only be separated from Nine-Dragon forever, and Nine-Dragon won't come to save you!" Lin Zhengyi said coldly.

"why?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Jiaohong frowned.

"Do you think the feelings between Nine-Dragon can surpass his feelings for his father?" Lin Zhengyi asked in a deep voice.

Ma Jiaohong frowned even more deeply as she listened.

Could her relationship with Nine-Dragon surpass his relationship with her father?

This is definitely a problem.

Ma Jiaohong knew that Jiuwenlong and her father had a bad relationship back then, but after all, they were father and son!

No matter how bad their relationship seems on the surface, who can really say for sure what's really going on?

Anyway, Ma Jiaohong had a vague feeling that her relationship with Jiuwenlong was probably not as good as his relationship with her father!

Think of this!

Ma Jiaohong hesitated slightly before saying, "Perhaps not as good!"

"This is where the problem lies!"

Lin Zhengyi said in a deep voice, "He reformed because of his father's earnest teachings and his dying words. Under these circumstances, his reformation was infused with his feelings for his father, and his feelings for his father are the sunk cost of his reformation!"

"In this situation, you've been separated from him for several years now. Although your relationship was passionate back then, after so many years apart, do you still feel that your feelings are as intense as before?"

"I think you know in your heart that after so many years apart, there may still be feelings between you, but they are definitely not as good as they were back then, let alone the feelings you have for your father!"

"So if you do what you think is right, he will definitely not show up in the end. Instead, he will find another way to get rid of himself while saving you."

"The most likely solution is to find someone who admires you, namely a prince, to come forward and save you, because only a prince would be willing to stand up for you and have the ability to save you."

After listening to Lin Zhengyi's words, Ma Jiaohong fell silent.

Although what Lin Zhengyi said had not actually happened, after careful consideration and based on her analysis of the Nine-Dragon's personality towards the prince, she felt increasingly that if she acted according to her own ideas, it might really lead to this consequence.

Think of this!

Ma Jiaohong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then what should I do?"

"It's easy!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhengyi smiled slightly and said, "Increase his sunk costs. Right now, you are definitely no match for his father. In this situation, if you want to surpass his father, you need to increase his sunk costs on you, which is his feelings!"

He paused, then continued, "And how do you deepen your relationship? It's simple: go along with him, go back to his side, follow his wishes, and live a good life with him, working at sunrise and resting at sunset!"