God's imitator

Chapter 124 Reality Perception Ability (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Yixiaotianqing)
Cai Zhiyuan paused slightly before continuing his explanation:

"Suppose I say now, 'I have a strong ability to sense temperature,' then what kind of ability is that specifically?"
"I need to be able to accurately judge the exact temperature of the environment through body sensation, with an error within 1 to 2 degrees, that's what I call strong."

"If I can only sense hot and cold, but can't say exactly how many degrees it is, then it doesn't count, because everyone except for people in a vegetative state can sense hot and cold."

"Strong perception ability must be quantifiable to be considered strong."

"A strong ability to perceive reality actually means a more accurate perception of details and numbers in reality."

"For example, if an apple sells for 100 yuan, anyone can sense that it's too expensive. But how much exactly is it not expensive? You need to give a number accurate to the decimal point for it to be considered relatively expensive."

Fu Chen suddenly realized: "So, this is the answer to livelihood-related questions in market research!"

Cai Zhiyuan nodded: "Yes, the reason I said that the root cause of your wrong judgment is arrogance is that after entering the game, you completely regarded Aunt Su as a useless burden."

"And Aunt Su herself probably thinks so too."

"So you failed to recognize Aunt Su's special value in this game, even though the game had given you hints, you still subconsciously ignored them."

"In fact, Aunt Su could have played a much bigger role in this game."

"For example, as long as you take her to participate in market research, you can always proactively choose issues related to people's livelihoods."

"For example, Ren Shu mentioned the issue of spinach prices, and you could even try to increase your investment."

"The optimal personnel allocation for this game is for Fu Chen to be the president, and the other three to be senior executives."

Lee In-sook lowered her head and pondered: "Yes, in hindsight, that is indeed the case."

"Fu Chen is the only male. He is stronger than all of us and has a strong sense of dedication. He can withstand the cold storage for a longer period of time."

"At the same time, as a neutral player who has not been judged, Fu Chen is more likely to listen to the opinions of both Xu Tong and Aunt Su and find a compromise solution."

"As a senior executive, Aunt Su can stay in the company or participate in the quiz. She can almost always win when it comes to questions related to people's livelihood."

"Xu Tong and I can freely allocate tasks; one of us can answer questions while the other manages the company."

Fu Chen suddenly realized something: "Wait, doesn't that mean that the room assignments we had when we first entered the game were the optimal ones?"
"Was this also planned by the copycat?"
"Impossible. He's not a god. How could he possibly know for sure that Ren Shu and I would voluntarily enter the game?"

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head: "Of course it's impossible to predict the future, but the rule that copycats always appear in the executives' offices is a kind of hint."

"Regardless of who the two people who freely enter the game are, the division can be done like this:"

"The person with stronger logical thinking skills and knowledge reserves should be a senior executive and lead the market research team, while the remaining person should be the president."

"This can still achieve the optimal result."

“Even if Fu Chen and Li Renshu did not participate, Lawyer Lin, myself, or Officer Cao would be more than capable of fulfilling the duties of the president.”

Jiang He thought of another possibility: "What if it's President Wang who goes in?"

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head: "Brother Wang won't go in, because these two candidates are volunteers. They will only be randomly selected if no one else volunteers."

"Any player who voluntarily signs up to enter the trial game must have the idea of ​​'protecting the weak' and must be young, strong and dedicated."

"In other words, this selection mechanism and the initial room arrangement are designed with good intentions in mind, cleverly eliminating the possibility of 'more selfish and powerful players entering the game'."

"You just haven't felt it. Of course, if no one volunteers and it's a random selection, then any result is possible."

"But if out of 10 people in the community, not even two are willing to participate in the trial game to help, then they deserve to be wiped out."

Fu Chen was a little discouraged; he should have been more assertive in wanting to become the president.

After much analysis, they ended up making the worst choice.

As Cai Zhiyuan said, the mistake was already inevitable when the three of them regarded Su Xiucen as a mere burden.

Cai Zhiyuan continued, "Of course, while making Aunt Su the president severely weakened your ability in market research, it wasn't a fatal mistake."

"As I said before, this game is actually quite forgiving, and there are many ways to survive."

"Another mistake you made was realizing the value of virtual employees a little too late."

“You should have linked ‘jobs’ with ‘economic winter’ before June.”

Wang Yongxin shook his head: "Let me interject, this is precisely the part I completely disagree with."

"Who would have thought that the economic downturn would continue due to the hidden mechanism of not being able to recruit enough virtual employees?"

"Those are just virtual employees!"
"When you play a computer game, do you have to consider whether those virtual digital characters have families? Why should I consider virtual employees?"

Cai Zhiyuan countered, "So when you lay off employees in real life, do you have the same thoughts?"
"Just lay off an ordinary low-level worker; there are plenty of other low-level workers out there anyway."

"I've worked so hard to run this company, why should I have to worry about someone who's just a lowly laborer?"
"After he gets laid off, he can just apply to other companies, right? As for whether he can find a job or make a living, what does that have to do with me, the boss?"
"As a senior executive parachuted in, what business is it of mine how long this old employee has worked for the company? He's just a slacker, he should have been laid off long ago."

"Isn't this mindset exactly the same as that towards virtual employees?"
"If that's your mindset, then you're on the right track, because this game tells you from the beginning that it's a judgment game, and it's designed for people like you."

Wang Yongxin was stunned for a moment, unsure how to refute.

Cai Zhiyuan continued to explain: "In reality, company presidents may practice nepotism, prioritizing the interests of senior executives while disregarding the lives of the lower-level employees."

"It is common to see layoffs without compensation, while lower-level employees receive pay cuts and higher-level executives receive pay raises."

"In the game, the player is the company's management, prioritizing their own interests and disregarding the lives of the virtual employees."

"In order to get more visa time when the game ends, we will lay off all the virtual employees."

"Doesn't this perfectly reflect the reality?"

"Is this hidden rule too much? It is indeed a bit well hidden, but the game provides enough hints."

"First of all, the game's mechanics are not complicated. The rules clearly state that 'the economic winter will only end when certain conditions are met.' Even if we use the process of elimination, we should be able to rule out other factors and realize that it is related to virtual employees."

"In addition, there are at least two other key hints in the game, one of which you misunderstood and the other which you ignored."

"The first reminder is written on the back of your name tag: 'Remember, you are playing a role.'"

Lee In-sook pondered for a moment: "We all noticed that sentence, but we couldn't reach a consensus on its meaning."

Xu Tong believes that this sentence means we should remember the falseness of the role we are playing and not become too obsessed with it; while Aunt Su and Fu Chen believe that this sentence means we should fully immerse ourselves in and even transcend the role we are playing.

(End of this chapter)