After glancing at the people looking at him, Naruse turned around and clicked on the whiteboard to write down a date.
"...So, if you are sure to order food for the party from an off-campus restaurant, you must place the order the day after tomorrow at the latest, otherwise it will be too late."
He paused and then said: "Considering the limited budget, it is best to determine the number of people who will attend the party tomorrow.
Although time is a bit tight, if we mobilize the committee chairs of each class in the morning, we should be able to complete the statistics before school tomorrow. After all, the final exam is over and there is nothing else to do these days."
Naruse thought for a moment and said:
"In order to eliminate those people who sign up for the fun and are unlikely to come on the day, let's slightly raise the threshold for joining the party: set the food and beverage fee at 1,000 yen."
Several members of the student union looked at each other, while the secretary kept lowering his head and looking up, writing non-stop in his notebook.
"Is one thousand yen too much?" the accountant asked.
"It's a bit high." Naruse nodded, "But this can eliminate as much as possible those who are not sure whether they can come to participate and reduce waste."
"That being said... let's lower it a little. How about eight hundred yen?"
Naruse smiled and said, "This was originally decided by the seniors. I just made a suggestion."
After a few more discussions, the resolution was passed.
After taking a breath, Naruse looked back at what had been written on the whiteboard, thinking about what he might have missed.
"Has Naruse-san organized a Christmas party before?" the student council president asked.
"No, but I have participated."
"..."
Several people looked at each other with different expressions.
Naoko, who was sitting opposite, was smiling and always looking at Naruse, who was standing in the front.
"The next step is publicity work. I suggest..."
It took more than twenty minutes for this sudden Christmas party discussion meeting to end.
All resolutions have been converted into text, with dates, all clearly presented on the whiteboard.
The air conditioner was on in the office. Naruse wiped the slight sweat from his forehead and bowed his head to the student council members below.
"That's pretty much it... I'm rude."
"No, no, Naruse-san has been a big help. I didn't expect that there are such talents in the first grade. Are you interested in joining the student union?"
"Sorry, our restoration department is quite busy with club activities..."
While the student president was talking to him, the accountant leaned aside and asked the vice president:
"This first grader is very capable, why haven't I heard of him before?"
"It seems that he is a transfer student who just came here in the second semester... By the way, he ranked first in his grade in the previous comprehensive examination."
"Are you the number one in the first grade? Why does the name "Naruse Harumi" sound familiar to me?"
"It's awesome."
"Well, it just doesn't look like first grade."
"What do you mean?"
The accountant pushed up his glasses and whispered: "He looks a little proud. He asked us to listen to him as soon as he came over. He didn't take the seniors seriously at all - he was more like a third-year senior who was parachuted in to guide us than a first-year senior.
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Yoshioka-senpai laughed dryly.
"Although it is easy to simply list out the estimated budget for a party in the snow and make the president completely give up."
"You and the president keep fighting over useless things, which makes everyone anxious."
After dealing with the invitation from the student council president, Naruse quickly returned below and sat next to Naoko and Ogawa Rina.
"She really knows how to show off." Ogawa Rina said.
Naruse smiled.
"There should be no problem now. The next step is to execute it." Shangzi looked at the student union members opposite and whispered.
"Well, let's wait for their orders."
The members of the student council discussed for a while, and Vice President Yoshioka came over to explain the work to them: "Naruse-san, I'm sorry to trouble you today. The Christmas tree will not be delivered until tomorrow, and I will ask your restoration department to decorate it then." p>
It seems that the task assigned to them is to decorate the Christmas tree. Naruse glanced at Naoko and nodded, "Okay."
The three of them left the student union and walked to the club room.
"It should go well." Ogawa Rina looked back.
"As long as the plan arranged by Chunhai is implemented conscientiously within the specified time limit, there will be no problems." Naoko said.
Naruse shook his head, "I just made some suggestions that I took for granted based on the parties I attended in the school before."
"Really?"
Ogawa Rina looked at him and said, "When Naruse went up just now, it was almost written on his face, 'Get out of here and let me be the student council president.'"
"Hehehe..."
Returning to the restoration department, we discussed the arrangements. None of the members had any objections. They just waited for the Christmas tree to be delivered tomorrow.
For the rest of the time, Naoko and Ogawa Rina chatted with other club members about the Christmas party arrangements based on what they knew, while Naruse continued to read until school was over.
"Suddenly I remembered..."
While waiting for the bus at the platform, he suddenly said, "I still have the Christmas gifts prepared by my mother at home."
"Yeah."
"They should all attend the school party, which will save you the trouble. When you get back from school, just give them the gifts directly."
Shangzi nodded, "Okay."
By the next day, as the information was posted on the bulletin board, everyone knew that the Student Union was going to hold a Christmas party.
"Does the food and beverage fee cost 800 yen..."
"It's not too much."
"I still have to go out to play during the winter vacation. Money is a bit tight, so I have to think about it."
During the lunch break, Hikaru Takigawa returned to the classroom and talked about the matter with Naruse.
"The student union is going to hold a Christmas party. I didn't expect it."
“It should be said that it’s thanks to everyone’s blessing.”
"But it's a bit regretful about the time."
The start and end time of the Christmas party is one of the few parts that Naruse has no intervention in. It is completely decided by the student union or the school—it starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 6:30 p.m.
"No matter what kind of party it is, it's better to have it at night to create more atmosphere." Hikaru Takigawa said.
Naruse smiled and said, "You have to consider commuting."
The student union also considered the atmosphere and planned to block or seal all the doors and windows around the gymnasium to create a dark night-like environment, just like during the cultural festival.
"My friend said the student union is recruiting people."
"I am one of the people recruited. And Shangzi."
"Hey~"
So Takigawa Hikaru said that he would come over after school.
"Just don't go around disturbing other people's work."
"No, just say hello at most."
"That's disturbing."
In the afternoon, Naruse and Naoko first went to the club room, and then went to the gymnasium with the club members.
Hikaru Takigawa had already come over first and greeted the two of them: "There are really a lot of things to be busy with."
"That's why we need manpower."
Naruse looked around and saw that the warehouse of the gymnasium was open, and some students were carrying out box after box of various decorative items that had been delivered at an unknown time.
Soon, he also saw the Christmas tree they needed to work on today.
About two meters long, without decoration, it is just an ordinary pine tree.
"Naruse-san, Ika-san." Vice President Yoshioka-senpai came over to greet everyone in the restoration department, "I'm going to have to work hard for you today."
"Yoshioka-senpai."
Shangzi stepped forward to chat with her for a few words, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Naruse looking to the side, so he also glanced there.
At the entrance of the gymnasium warehouse, starfish is holding a cardboard box, calm and well-behaved.