God's Imitator

Li Renshu looked at everyone, ”Alright, let’s each briefly share our thoughts on these two candidates, both the advantages and disadvantages.

”This isn’t a public discussion, so feel free to speak your minds.

”Fu Chen, you go first.”

Fu Chen said matter-of-factly, ”Regardless of whether there are disagreements in philosophy, Brother Wang’s contributions to the community are real and concrete.

”Whether it was previously donating 100,000 to purchase the immunity ticket, or serving as the core leader earning visa time in ’Conglomerate Nation’, players in the community have all received tangible benefits.

”If Brother Wang still can’t enter this core inner circle, not only will Brother Wang himself become disheartened, but others who have received his help, or people with ability, will all become disheartened too.

”For Brother Wang himself, he might consider leaving the community or no longer continuing to contribute.

”For other capable people, seeing that even someone like Brother Wang can’t enter the core circle, they’ll also feel there’s no hope for themselves.

”From any angle, this time it must be Brother Wang’s turn, there are no other reasons.”

Clearly, Fu Chen’s opinion basically represented the views of ordinary players. If this question were given to players like Zheng Jie, Zhou Guifen, or Qin Yao, they would most likely give answers similar to Fu Chen’s.Although they didn’t directly side with Wang Yongxin, that didn’t mean they thought it was reasonable for Wang Yongxin not to enter the five-person core.

Li Renshu looked at Cai Zhiyuan again, ”If we let Wei Yinzhang enter first, what reason are you prepared to use to convince the other people in the community?”

After thinking for a moment, Cai Zhiyuan said, ”On the matter of the immunity ticket, Wang Yongxin indeed donated 100,000, that’s true, but we’ve also already given him the ’veto power’, so we can’t say his contributions have received no return at all.

”Other players also donated, some 30,000, some 50,000, and they actually didn’t gain any additional power regarding the immunity ticket.

”If donating more naturally means receiving power as a return, then of course letting him enter this time is fine, but next time he donates 200,000 or 300,000 and naturally demands to make final decisions on more significant matters, do we give it to him or not?

”What I’m emphasizing isn’t the present moment, but from a long-term perspective, once we open the door to ’whoever gives the most money gets the power’, will we still be able to maintain control afterward?

”As for Wei Yinzhang, in terms of contributions and seniority to the community, she is indeed somewhat lacking.

”But if we want to bring her in, it’s not without reasons.

”First, if we think Wang Yongxin donated a lot, then we can have Wei Yinzhang also donate 100,000. She’s a God’s Imitator with plenty of visa time, and she herself would certainly be happy to donate.

”Second, if we think Wang Yongxin made greater contributions in games, then Wei Yinzhang still has the special identity of a God’s Imitator. Even if she can’t directly lead teams, she can reveal information about game invitations in advance and provide unique perspectives in the process of analyzing game rules afterward. How should we calculate the value of those contributions?

”Finally, if we believe Wang Yongxin represents the interests of players like Yang Yuting and Xu Tong, then Wei Yinzhang, as a female player, can similarly represent other female players in the community to a certain extent.

”After being included in the five-person group, a combination of three men and two women would at least look more optimized than a combination of four men and one woman.

”At the same time, Wei Yinzhang’s values can also serve as a representative for the weaker members within the community.

”Besides this, Wei Yinzhang is the person Lawyer Lin selected, and her values and philosophy are closer to us four.

”These are all negotiable points, and we can’t say that including Wei Yinzhang would necessarily trigger widespread opposition.

”Moreover, giving Wang Yongxin power doesn’t necessarily mean we have to give him decision-making authority.

”We can also consider giving him ’veto power’.

”That is, on some major proposal issues, allowing him to exercise a ’one-vote veto’.

”Giving ’veto power’ to Wei Yinzhang wouldn’t mean much, she wouldn’t consider it particularly important power and might not even use it. But for Wang Yongxin, obtaining ’veto power’ as an exchange would be completely acceptable.”

Fu Chen was somewhat surprised, ”Veto power? That sounds like quite substantial power.”

Cai Zhiyuan nodded and explained, ”It does sound like substantial power, especially if we directly grant this power to Wang Yongxin in front of all the players, it would look even more significant.

”But in reality, letting Wang Yongxin enter this five-person group is essentially directly giving him veto power anyway.

”Because our five-person group must reach complete consensus before we can push forward proposals. If any one person vehemently opposes, the proposal must be readjusted.

”I believe giving Wang Yongxin some power is necessary, not giving him anything at all definitely won’t make sense.

”But that doesn’t necessarily mean we have to let him in.

”The power we give out should be based on the standard of ’he won’t become so disheartened that he wants to leave the community’, not based on the standard of ’fully honoring his contributions’.

”If everyone’s contributions had to be fully honored, the small amount of power in the community simply wouldn’t be enough to distribute.

”It’s easy to let him in, but suppose after some time, we find the five people internally can never reach consensus and frequently have disagreements on certain issues, what then?

”Could you kick him out at that point?

”Our five-person group can choose not to include certain specific people, but we absolutely cannot kick people out.

”So my view is, you’d better consider this matter carefully.”

Everyone fell into brief silence.

Cai Zhiyuan’s meaning was very clear. The current situation was equivalent to returning to the topic of ’the young doctor’ and ’the old doctor’.

Including Wang Yongxin would be like including the old doctor. Although from the community’s overall perspective it was theoretically the optimal solution, it wasn’t entirely without gray areas.

If they really wanted to let Wei Yinzhang in, they could completely use some operations to convince the other people in the community.

For example, having Wei Yinzhang donate some visa time, or appropriately giving her more scenes in subsequent discussions and raising her support among female players and weaker players.

As for Wang Yongxin’s side, they could give some other powers as compensation, not necessarily having to include him in this small group.

It’s easy to invite a god but hard to send one away.

If no major philosophical disagreements emerged, that would naturally be the best situation, but the probability was low.

And if philosophical disagreements did emerge, there were essentially three scenarios.

First, the four people would directly finalize proposals, ignoring Wang Yongxin’s opinions.

Second, they would try their best to convince Wang Yongxin, but this would greatly reduce the efficiency of this small group’s deliberations and would very likely be futile effort.

Third, because disagreements frequently emerged and couldn’t be bridged, they would kick Wang Yongxin back out.

No matter which scenario, it would be worse than simply not bringing him in from the start.

Letting him wield veto power from the outside would also count as giving a clear return and explanation, and Wang Yongxin shouldn’t just leave over this.

Just as Cai Zhiyuan said, power distribution should proceed on the premise of ’the oppressed not rebelling’, and couldn’t possibly proceed on the premise of ’optimal and reasonable’.

Because the former was an executable standard, while the latter was not.