God's imitator

Chapter 111 The Number of Streetlights

After obtaining the reference data, Li Renshu quickly realized her previous mistakes.

"I overlooked the fact that stores and movie theaters are fundamentally different business models."

"Stores sell daily necessities, which are in high demand. Whether people are rich or poor, they have to go to stores. So no matter how remote the place is, there will always be one."

"Moreover, the store can be large or small, and there is almost no cost to open it."

"But movie theaters are different; people won't go to those kinds of entertainment if they don't have money."

"Moreover, the cost of opening a movie theater is very high, even for a small movie theater, the investment is huge."

"So it's quite normal that some small, remote places don't even have a movie theater. The logic of stores doesn't apply to movie theaters."

"I'm so stupid, how could I make such a basic mistake!"

Xu Tong looked at Fu Chen, somewhat puzzled: "How could the other party guess correctly both times? This kind of question must be really difficult, right?"

Fu Chen thought for a moment: "The other party is indeed more confident than us. Not only did they answer correctly both times, but they also increased their investment both times."

Tian Fan also said that they would answer all the questions correctly.

"Did they obtain information about these market research topics through some channels? Or have they conducted similar research in their actual professions?"

Li Renshu was also thinking: "People's livelihood issues are strongly correlated with the prices of daily life. Jiao Hongtao seems to be a poor person, so he should have an advantage in this regard."

"But Tian Fan's confidence should not come entirely from Jiao Hongtao, but also from himself and Yang Hui."

"If there's any profession in reality that's particularly good at solving these kinds of problems... perhaps it's an actuary? Or a data analyst?"

"It's also possible that they discovered the 'virtual employee reporting data' mechanism first and were prepared for it."

Xu Tong comforted her, "It's okay, it's only two questions. There will be more opportunities later."

"At least we've figured out the basic mechanics of this game now."

Even if the other side currently demonstrates better common sense than we do, it's impossible for them to know the answers to all questions.

"The most crucial thing is to collect data in advance and then make data extrapolations."

"Look, after Ren Shu received the data from the virtual employee, didn't she immediately realize the correct answer?"
"If we memorize more data and combine it with Ren Shu's data deduction skills, the success rate of the questions will definitely increase!"

Fu Chen nodded: "Yes, I think so too."

"The most urgent task now is to record all the data provided by the virtual employees. Who knows which of these data might become a reference answer for market research in the future?"

Li Renshu thought for a moment: "Is it possible for Aunt Su to do this job?"

Xu Tong shook her head: "No. I asked Aunt Su, and her computer doesn't display similar pop-ups."

Li Renshu frowned slightly, lost in thought: "In other words, employees report to senior executives, and senior executives summarize the information and then report to the president."

"This does align with the actual company processes; employees generally don't have a direct channel to report to the CEO."

"But this also means that we have to assign someone to constantly watch the computer screen and record all this data."

"This is difficult."

"Without pen, paper, and notepad software, it's fine when there's little data, but when there's a lot of data, it's easy to get confused or forget it."

Fu Chen suggested, "Let's take turns memorizing it, with each of us memorizing one-third, or two of us each memorizing one-half."

"If one person tries to remember everything, it is indeed easy to get them mixed up."

"After that, we'll compile the data and categorize it into four areas to reinforce memory. This way, when choosing a category, we can have people who have specifically memorized that category answer the questions."

Lee In-sook nodded: "Yes, that's a good idea."

Fu Chen immediately went to his executive office: "I'm going to keep an eye on the computer screen now. You two will answer the questions next round. Good luck!"

Li Renshu worked on the computer for a while, added Xu Tong as a candidate for the field research, and submitted the application. Su Xiucen quickly approved it again.

Xu Tong added, "By the way, besides the data, I also discovered a special mechanism."

“In the ‘Humanistic Care’ section, there are special employees who are mostly cancers caused by work-related injuries. The cure rates vary. We can treat them with two different plans, or we can lay them off directly.”

Li Renshu opened her computer and checked the corresponding interface.

However, by this time, the number of injured employees had increased to two.

This also means that the total cost of routine treatment has become 2000 minutes of visa time per month.

These injured employees were not regular employees of the company, but their length of service with the company is listed on the details page, and it is generally much longer than that of regular employees.

After careful consideration, Li Renshu said:
"Since it's a work-related injury, it's highly likely that the employee cannot be laid off directly."

"This is, after all, a judgment game, and moral factors must be considered when making any decision."

"Let's maintain the status quo for now. Although special treatment is more likely to cure the employees, 5000 a month is too expensive. We don't have that much money right now."

Before leaving, she glanced at the company's account balance one last time.

[Company No. 17]

[Company account balance in April: 109000 minutes of visa processing time]

[Estimated income in May: 80000 minutes of visa processing time]

[Estimated expenses in May: 82000 minutes of visa processing time]

……

Outside, a new round of market research began.

This was Xu Tong's first time at an outdoor filming location.

After staring at Tian Fan across from her for a while, Xu Tong leaned close to Li Renshu's ear and whispered, "Tian Fan must be a boss, and a very assertive one at that."

Lee In-sook was somewhat surprised: "Hmm? How did you know? He's clearly a key figure in the 8th Community, but I can't be sure about his profession."

Xu Tong explained, "Trust my intuition as a seasoned HR professional. He's probably a player similar to Wang Yongxin—extremely intelligent and decisive. We must be careful."

Lee In-sook nodded.

[Now, please have Company No. 8 select its business sector.]

Without much thought, Tian Fan leaned closer to the microphone and said, "Science."

Lee In-sook wasn't too surprised; it was within her expectations.

Although having Jiao Hongtao answer questions about people's livelihoods would give the 8th community a better chance of success, they mostly prefer to review the questions in all four areas first.

The core area of ​​a city is approximately 700 square kilometers. Assuming each streetlight has a power of 150W, estimate the daily electricity consumption of the city's core area due to street lighting.

The input field on the tablet says that the unit for this answer is 'kilowatt-hour'.

Both players from Community 8 showed surprised expressions; clearly, they were also clueless about the problem.

Compared to the previous two questions, this question is significantly more difficult.

Whether it's a lack of known information or a mistake in mental calculation, the answer could be wildly wrong.

However, Xu Tong and Li Renshu subtly revealed expressions of surprise, but they were trying hard not to let the other person easily notice.

Because Xu Tong had previously seen relevant information in the data on the computer.

(End of this chapter)