God's imitator

Chapter 114 Work Injury
Fu Chen thought for a moment: "Hmm, that makes sense. If it's purely random, and one side happens to have all the relevant data for the questions, then this game will no longer be an estimation game, but a game of luck."

"Thinking about it this way, half on each side is indeed more reasonable."

Xu Tong suddenly realized something: "I understand!"
“If we get the data, it means that the other party may not have it, and then we can make more decisive investments.”

Fu Chen suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right!"

“We need to be more decisive in increasing our investment. Although the company’s account balance is currently safe, if we continue to deduct like this, there is a risk of a broken capital chain before long.”

"Once it breaks, it's all over."

Everyone looked at the company details panel on the computer.

[Company No. 17]

[Company account balance in April: 149000 minutes of visa processing time]

[Estimated income in May: 40000 minutes of visa processing time]

[Estimated expenses in May: 68000 minutes of visa processing time]

Xu Tong was somewhat worried: "At most, we can reduce employee salaries by 30%, which means reducing them from the original 8 minutes to 56000 minutes."

"But we'll soon be running into deficits again, and I think we'll have to lay off employees."

After thinking carefully for a moment, Li Renshu said, "Aunt Su said that if we really think it through, she will agree to lay off employees."

"But we need to carefully consider whether now is the time to lay off employees."
"This is a trial game; any morally related decision must be made with caution."

Xu Tong explained:
"But from my work experience, there are definitely slackers in any company, it's just a matter of how many there are."

"If you really want to reduce a company's costs to the minimum, the best way is to make decisive and large-scale layoffs and run the business for a period of time."

"Once we find someone is indispensable, we will recall them."

"This method is much more effective than the usual blind layoffs."

"This game involves not only layoffs, but also recruitment. And with the economic downturn outside, it means that laid-off employees will not be able to find work in the short term and will still be listed on the job market."

"We can lay off a large number of employees and then observe how the company is operating. If there is a real risk of shutdown, then we can recall some of the key personnel."

"It's even possible to exploit loopholes in the system:"

"For example, this month we have 20 employees with a salary of 72000. Next month we lay off half of them, and the salary we only need to pay is 36000. The month after that, even if we recall all the laid-off employees and the salary goes back to 72000, the 36000 we save next month will still be deposited into the company's account, right?"

Fu Chen looked at her with some suspicion: "But I seriously doubt that once you lay off people, you will never bring them back."

Xu Tong was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to refute.

However, she paused for a moment and continued, "The key is to try and verify the game mechanics."

"How can we know if these operations will work if we don't try them out?"

"I know that trial games need to consider ethical issues, but perhaps running the company better is also one of the conditions to prevent a trial from being triggered?"
"I still think we should try layoffs. This game shouldn't punish us with instant death just because we lay off a few virtual employees, right?"

Lee In-sook finally made the decision: "Okay, let's make a decision right away."

"We laid off four employees and reduced everyone's salary by 30%. Since we've decided to do it, we need to be as decisive as possible."

"Xu Tong, you stay at the company to adjust the plan. Fu Chen and I will go to conduct market research."

……

Xu Tong stared at the computer screen, waiting for new data to appear.

At the same time, she unconsciously squeezed the player in her pocket. Su Xiucen's obsession was always wanting to save everyone, without understanding the need for necessary elimination and selection.

Just like Ding Wenqiang's death before, it was something that couldn't be helped in the corridor, but Su Xiucen still hoped that Wang Yongxin and Lin Sizhi would do more to save him.

The same applies to this game.

In the midst of an economic downturn, layoffs are an unavoidable choice. If excessive sympathy for the vulnerable leads to company closures and bankruptcies, wouldn't everyone lose their jobs? Wouldn't that drag down even more people?

So, this is the trial game that the copycat culprit arranged for Su Xiucen.

The only good news is that this trial game didn't deceive the accused into going down a dark path like the "King's Trial" with Ding Wenqiang.

Instead, from the beginning, Xu Tong, who was from the same community, was arranged to guide and help Su Xiucen, helping her to break free from her obsession.

As long as one can successfully break free from their obsession and achieve the goal of "surviving the economic downturn and preventing the company from going bankrupt," no one will die in this trial game.

Hopefully, Su Xiucen will agree to the layoff plan.

While waiting for the data, Xu Tong would occasionally switch to the "Humanistic Care" section to take a look.

Suddenly, she stopped.

There were originally only two employees injured on the job, and both had liver cancer.

At this time, the first worker who was injured on the job and had liver cancer disappeared, seemingly having been cured. But now, suddenly, three more workers who were injured on the job and had lung cancer have appeared!
Moreover, the cure rates were 50%, 30%, and 0%, respectively.

Xu Tong's heart clenched instantly.

She remembered the keyword "lung cancer".

As mentioned in the previous recording, Su Xiucen's husband died of lung cancer, which was her biggest obsession.

Will these virtual employees rekindle her obsession?

"Perhaps my real task is not only to persuade Aunt Su to lay off employees, but also to persuade her to give up on these injured workers?"

Xu Tong was caught in a dilemma.

In terms of treatment costs, if only conventional treatment is used, 1000 per person is not a very large amount.

The problem is that as the game progresses, the number of injured workers seems to be increasing at an increasingly faster rate.

Moreover, if there were only one employee with lung cancer, Su Xiucen might not have been so moved.

But if a lot of employees develop lung cancer, will it remind Su Xiucen of her husband's coworkers, or even more people?

From Su Xiucen's perspective, she might consider saving these people as a necessary condition for completing the trial game.

That would be difficult.

Just then, the door to the president's office opened: "Xiao Xu, could you come over for a moment? I'd like to discuss something with you."

……

Xu Tong arrived at the president's office and sat down at the large desk.

Su Xiucen said softly, "I noticed that in the 'Humanistic Care' section, there are some employees with workplace injuries. Does healing them have any special benefits? Have you verified this?"

Xu Tong answered truthfully: "Currently, one employee has been cured, but it is not yet clear what the specific effects are."

Su Xiucen hesitated for a moment and said, "Then how about we try this special treatment?"
"Although this is more expensive, conventional treatment doesn't seem to be effective in a month. If we treat employees with low cure rates, it might take five or six months, which would actually cost more money, right?"

(End of this chapter)