Classroom of the Elite [Year 2, Volume 5]

．part two

After classes ended, most students stayed in the classroom, with the rest going to club activities. 

This was, of course, for the first discussions for the cultural festival in November. 

Some of my classmates should have had experience with cultural festivals during their middle school years. 

I didn’t have much information to share, so I’ll just listen along, as usual. 

“First off, let’s make a quick list of what events we can hold.”

Yousuke, who gained permission to use the classroom’s display, began typing things in.

“Speaking of cultural festivals, it’s usually all about food, haunted houses, and that sort of thing.”

Food, haunted houses, mazes, cafes, live performances, plays, etc. These obvious choices were listed one after another. 

“The event will be held from 10:00am to 3:00pm. If we do something related to food, I bet the adult guests will visit it more. However, our competition in this area would also increase…”

“And we’ve got to juggle a budget. It’s going to be more expensive than something like a haunted house or a maze with just a one time controlled cost.”

Apparently, musical equipment and other things like that could be rented for a fee, but that type of equipment was limited so it was first come, first served. And there was also the question of how many students had profit-making skills. 

“We have 39 students in our class. That means our current budget at the moment is 195,000 points. That’s not a very large amount. Even with all this talk about doing something related to food, we can’t easily confirm that decision now.”

“I have a proposal. May I?”

“I’m very open to suggestions, Horikita-san.”

“As Hirata-kun said, we have quite a limited budget for this cultural festival. But there are a lot of things that can’t be fully understood just by theorizing about them. Suppose we open a takoyaki stall; what ingredients, skills, and other things are necessary? In that case, shouldn’t we decide on a plan first and then experiment a little more using our private points?”

Many students agreed and understood this proposal.

Indeed, it was important to try out what we wanted to do, whether it was food-related or something else like a theatre performance. 

Of course, there was a risk for us to pay out of our pockets, but if we could earn those points back later as class points, that could be considered a necessary investment.

“But… Well, I’m not saying that this is a bad proposal, but there will be some people who will just be passive and refuse to contribute if they have to pay out of their own pockets, right?”

Matsushita was afraid that there would be students who wouldn’t contribute to the cultural festival preparation at all.

“Ignore them. I don’t want to waste time that could be used for proposals and planning. Though, we can’t let those who want to contribute down. If you think it’s a good idea, you can actively vouch for it. And if the idea is chosen, those people will be rewarded. How is that?”

“Well, that’s a good idea. It’s a good idea to give back to those people who contribute.”

“We can discuss the details of the rewards later, but let’s say we get 100 class points from the cultural festival. The class will gain 390,000 extra points each month in total. We’ll distribute these to the proposers as rewards. Everyone should be fine with this format.”

Suppose that we held 5 events. That would be 78,000 points per person. If the number of proposers and collaborators were so much that there would be no profit after dividing up the amount, we could divide up the points from the next couple months as well. This way, students who actively participated in the cultural festival could benefit, and students who didn’t would eventually gain from this as well. Most importantly, with the potential increase in class points, nobody would argue against this plan. 

“Moreover, to prevent our ideas from being stolen by other classes, we have to shield our information completely. Please keep in mind to be very careful in what you say around school, your dorms, and at Keyaki mall.”

Keep everything completely secret. This was extremely important during these next two months of preparation. 

Discussions continued on, starting with a proposal to Horikita or Yousuke to conduct an event. 

Then, if there was a possibility of formally adopting the proposal, we moved to conduct further discussions.