God's imitator

Chapter 112 Layoff Plan
"Renshu, quick, help me write this down, let's calculate it together."

"Calculate it several times to make sure you don't make a mistake."

"The data on the computer previously stated that the urban road density is about 3 km/square kilometer, so for a city of 700 square kilometers, the urban roads would be about 2100 kilometers."

"The spacing between streetlights should be at least 20 meters, right? 20 to 50 meters? Let's take an average of 30 meters. If there are streetlights on both sides of the road, that's... 14 streetlights."

"The question states that the power of a single street light is 150W, but we also need to consider the average daily lighting time, so we will calculate it as 10 hours."

Multiply these two together, and you get the final answer.

"...approximately 21 kilowatt-hours."

Because they didn't have calculators, the two of them had to calculate in their heads, so they were afraid of making mistakes and each calculated several more times.

Fortunately, the game lasts for 10 minutes, giving you ample time for calculations and verifications.

At this moment, both of them were somewhat relieved that the question was not too excessive. If they were asked to calculate the annual electricity consumption and then multiply it by 365, just mentally calculating that number would probably overload their brains.

"Should we fill in 210000? Should we adjust it up or down a bit? Or add a small amount?" Xu Tong asked.

Lee In-sook shook her head: "No need, fluctuations are just self-deception."

"Since we have already taken the average of the uncertain data during the calculation process, this number is already a result after fluctuation. Further fluctuation based on feeling may cause greater deviation due to the error of intuition."

"Just fill in 210000."

Xu Tong nervously entered the number 210000 into the tablet computer.

Before clicking the button to submit her answer, she looked at Lee In-sook again: "Do you want to make additional investment?"

Li Renshu considered it carefully for a moment: "Add it!"

"Currently, there is a certain gap between our and their cash flow. The key is that we must shatter their confidence before they will agree to cooperate with us."

"Since we have data provided by virtual employees, it's worth the risk."

Xu Tong nodded, and after the two of them made additional investments, they clicked the button on the screen to submit their answers.

[The market research results of the 17th Limited Liability Company were closer to the actual situation, allowing them to seize this business opportunity and earn a reward of 3 minutes of visa time.]

[Due to the additional investment of 2 by Company 17, an additional 2 minutes of visa processing time will be awarded.]

This market research activity has concluded. Both parties are requested to leave and await the next business opportunity.

"yeah!"

Upon seeing the result, Xu Tong couldn't help but get excited and high-fived Li Renshu in celebration.

Lee In-sook breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed she had calculated correctly.

The opponent's statement did indeed contain elements of bluffing. If we lose our composure and fighting spirit because of this, then we will really have no chance of winning.

The data from virtual employees played a crucial role.

Without this data, Li Renshu and Xu Tong would still be clueless and wouldn't have been able to estimate such a precise number.

In any case, this additional investment not only brought extra profits, but also severely suppressed the opponent's psychological advantage.

The two people from Community 8 gave this place a meaningful look, and then quietly left.

……

"Fu Chen! We did it!"
"50,000 visa processing time!"

Xu Tong and Li Renshu swiped their work badges to pass through the turnstile and couldn't wait to tell Fu Chen the good news.

Fu Chen was also very happy: "I kept staring at the computer and noted down three data points. I also noticed that it seems that employees with higher salaries are more likely to report these data."

"The data pop-ups only appear above the heads of employees with a 'junior manager' title who earns over 5000. Apart from that, these data only appear when senior executives are out conducting market research."

"No similar pop-up windows appeared before you went and after you came back."

Xu Tong nodded: "Hmm? I hadn't really paid attention to the timing of its appearance before."

"However, I also noticed the connection between salary and data. The higher the salary, the more likely the employee is to provide data. The data about the movie theater was reported by an employee with a monthly salary of 1 yuan."

Li Renshu said thoughtfully, "Then it seems that these expensive employees do have their reasons for being expensive and cannot be laid off arbitrarily."

Fu Chen nodded: "So not laying off employees is the right thing to do."

Li Renshu stared at the refreshed company information screen on her computer and fell into deep thought again.

"It's hard to say at the moment."

[Company No. 17]

[Company account balance in April: 157000 minutes of visa processing time]

[Estimated income in May: 60000 minutes of visa processing time]

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

Although it appears to have reached a new high, a closer look reveals that it is still fraught with danger.

Each month, the estimated income will decrease by 2.

If the market research cannot be completed next month, the company will start to lose money.

Worse still, the margin for error decreases as time goes on. If the company fails to complete market research for two consecutive rounds when expenses far exceed the company's projected revenue, it is very likely to go bankrupt.

Lee In-sook said, "It is still uncertain when the market downturn will end, but judging from the monthly schedule, it is very likely that it will last until December."

"If that's the case, layoffs and pay cuts will be inevitable. Because we can't guarantee that we'll win every market survey, nor can we guarantee that we won't lose money every time we make an additional investment."

"Xu Tong, have you finalized your layoff plan?"

Xu Tong nodded: "Yes, I've selected four candidates for layoffs. Taking into account their age, position, department, salary level, and so on, it shouldn't have a significant impact on the company's operations."

Lee In-sook thought for a moment: "Are there any with very high salaries?"

Xu Tong immediately nodded: "Yes, I laid off employees proportionally, so there's one position with a monthly salary of 7000 minutes of visa time."

"Among all employees, this is considered relatively high."

Fu Chen asked, "Should we switch to someone with a lower salary? After all, judging from the previous situation, there's a reason why higher salaries are higher; they're more likely to provide data."

Li Renshu shook her head: "No, probability is unreliable because there are many influencing factors."

"The safest approach is to make cuts proportionally."

“Let’s submit this plan to Aunt Su. Fu Chen, you continue to monitor the computer and record the data. For the next market research, we’ll choose the social sector. I should be more proficient in this sector, and judging from the data provided by the virtual employees so far, there is slightly more data related to the social sector.”

Fu Chen got up and returned to his office: "Okay."

Although he had noticed that similar pop-ups wouldn't appear outside of market research hours, he figured he might as well keep an eye on it a little longer since he had nothing else to do, just in case an exception occurred.

After Xu Tong submitted the proposal, Li Renshu got up and went straight to the president's office.

"I think it's still necessary to explain to Aunt Su."

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