robert回公司呈报dan的提案后，老板很满意对方的采购计划;但在折扣方面则希望robert能继续维持强硬的态度，尽量探出对方的底线。就在这七上七八的价格翘翘板上，双方是否能找到彼此地平衡点呢？请看下面分解:
r: even with volume sales, our coats for the exec-u-ciser won't go down much.
d: just what are you proposing?
r: we could take a cut（降低）on the price. but 25% would slash our profit margin（毛利率）.we suggest a compromise――10%.
d: that's a big change from 25! 10 is beyond my negotiating limit. (pause) any other ideas?
r: i don't think i can change it right now. why don't we talk again tomorrow?
d: sure. i must talk to my office anyway. i hope we can find some common ground（共同信念）on this.
next day
d: robert, i've been instructed to reject the numbers you proposed; but we can try to come up with some thing else.
r: i hope so, dan. my instructions are to negotiate hard on this deal――but i'm try very hard to reach some middle ground（互相妥协）.
d: i understand. we propose a structured deal（阶段式和约）. for the first six months, we get a discount of 20%, and the next six months we get 15%.
r: dan, i can't bring those numbers back to my office――they'll turn it down flat（打回票）.
d: then you'll have to think of something better, robert.
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