God's imitator

Chapter 137 Work and Investment

Lin Sizhi's gaze swept over the identity tags on everyone's chests.

This identification tag is quite large, and the information is clearly visible on both the front and back.

At this point, most people were still thinking about the rules of the game and had no intention of deliberately obscuring anything.

Lin Sizhi walked slightly ahead to the side and got a general overview.

第12社区的四名玩家都是『财阀』，他们的年龄分别是：1『老年』、1『壮年』、1『青年』和1『幼年』。

The other two communities are divided into three age groups: 1 "adult", 2 "youth" and 1 "child".

也就是全部12名玩家的人口结构是：1名『60岁老年』、3名『40岁壮年』、5名『20岁青年』以及3名『0岁幼年』。

Initial "wealth" is directly linked to age: 1 minutes for seniors, 5000 minutes for adults, 2000 minutes for youths, and 1000 minutes for children.

"At the age of 80, one will die and be reborn."

"In other words, this game has a mechanism for the intergenerational transfer of wealth, and the 'age structure' of the entire society will also change over time."

"What is the purpose of deliberately designing this age structure that changes every two cycles?"

While pondering, Lin Sizhi and the others arrived at the 'work area'.

The work area has four different machines, all with a simple design: a sloping platform on a pillar about 1.2 meters high, with a card reader, buttons, and indicator lights on the platform.

These machines are divided into two categories: one labeled "Work" and the other labeled "Benefits," with slightly different specific functions.

The four "Work" buttons are placed in one place, with less than a meter between them; while 10 meters away are the four "Earn" buttons.

[Work Area Rules Introduction:]

The four "Work" buttons and four "Benefits" buttons in the work area have a one-to-one correspondence, which can be identified by color.

[Swipe your identity card next to the button to 'claim' the button and gain the right to use it in this round of the game.]

Players in the same community can occupy a maximum of two sets of buttons at the same time.

A player cannot occupy the same group of buttons, nor can they occupy multiple "Work" buttons or multiple "Benefit" buttons simultaneously.

Each group of buttons can only be activated once per round of the game.

[Once the "Work" button is activated, players who already own the button should hold it down for 1 minute to complete the "Work" and receive 1000 minutes of visa time.]

At the same time, the corresponding "Benefits" button on the other end will be activated.

The "Benefits" button can be pressed twice, granting 1000 minutes of visa time each time. The first press is by the player who "occupies the Benefits button," and the second press is by the player who "presses the corresponding job button."

[Incorrect player button presses are considered invalid.]

[Conglomerate players can forcibly seize the right to use their identity cards.]

Starting from the 11th round of the game, if none of the 4 sets of buttons are occupied and used by 8 players, a "wealth reduction" will be triggered for all players: a 20% deduction from their total wealth will be applied indiscriminately each round.

[The rules for the "Work Area" have been explained.]

Now, please proceed to the 'Notary Office'.

The notary office looked like two rows of ordinary small rooms, with no view inside.

I roughly counted them, and there were exactly 12 rooms.

This quantity is more than sufficient to ensure that there will be no situation where the land cannot be seized.

At this moment, all the room doors were open, and everyone peered out from outside, able to see a special machine in each room.

[Notary Office Rules Introduction:]

Notary offices can notarize investments and wills.

1. Investment

[In each round of the game, if both your initial and current wealth values ​​reach 1, you will gain 'investment eligibility'.]

Once qualified, you can go to the notary office to select any other player to become an 'investee'.

Once both parties reach an agreement, the investment is considered complete. The "investor" will have 5000 minutes of visa time deducted, while the "investee" will receive 2000 minutes of visa time.

[After two rounds of the game, investors can return their investment vouchers to the notary office to collect their investment returns: 18000 minutes of visa processing time.]

When investing, investors can freely choose from three options: Option A: The investor receives all the returns.

Option B: Both the investor and the investee receive a return of 9000.

Option C: The investee receives all the returns.

[If the investor does not collect their investment returns from the notary office after two rounds of the game, the 'investment voucher' will expire and become a 'refund voucher,' which can only be used to redeem 2000 minutes of visa time.]

In each round of the game, two players from the same community can only make one investment to each other, while two players from different communities can make one investment to each other.

[In other cases, it is permissible to invest in multiple people simultaneously or to accept investments from multiple people.]

[In each round of the game, the total investment returns for all players are capped at 13 minutes of visa time. Once this limit is exceeded, no further investment returns can be claimed for that round.]

2. Will

Before a player dies, they must create a will at a notary office, transferring all their property as an estate to any designated player other than themselves.

If no will is made, the estate will be divided equally among the current 'management' players.

[This concludes the introduction to the rules of the Notary Office.]

[Please proceed to the 'Admin Office'.]

Lin Sizhi glanced at the investment rules a couple more times.

"Investors will have 5000 deducted, but the investee will only receive 2000. This difference can be used to adjust the wealth ratio of different players."

"If you invest within the community, you can normally get a net return of 15000."

"If it expires, not only will I not earn any profit, but I will also lose an extra 1000, which is definitely something I want to avoid as much as possible..."

Following the signs in the venue, the group arrived at the management office.

It's located in the center of the venue; it's a completely transparent glass house, and you can see that there are four seats inside, as well as a special device.

One 'senior' player and three 'middle-aged' players will form the 'management team' for this round.

When multiple players exist in the same age group, those with higher wealth are selected; when players in the same age group have the same wealth, wealthy players are given priority, and ordinary players are selected randomly; if there are not enough players in one age group, players from other age groups will not be selected to fill the vacancies.

Within the management team, each 'veteran' player has 2 votes, and each 'middle-aged' player has 1 vote.

[Management Authority 1: Change the in-game "Corporate Family" to another community.]

[Management Power 2: Prohibit a certain community from occupying the work button.]

[Management Power 3: Adjust the tax rates of the four domestic taxes, ranging from 0% to 100%.]

1. Payroll tax: Deducted directly from earnings.

2. Investment tax: Deducted directly from investment income.

3. Inheritance tax: Deducted when inheriting an estate.

4. Departure Tax: Deducted from total assets when a player departs the country.

[Note: Tax rates for ordinary players and wealthy players can be adjusted separately.]

[Each player in management can submit a modification proposal, and a proposal that receives more than half the votes is considered approved. At this point, the proposal will be broadcast to all players and take effect immediately.]

The income tax will be distributed equally among all members of management.

[This concludes the introduction to the "Management Room" features.]

[Please now move to the 'Overseas Region'.]

[After deducting departure tax, when a player's "wealth value" exceeds 10 minutes of visa time, they can choose to "depart," meaning leave the current game area and travel to an "overseas region," no longer bound by their home country's rules.]

[At the time of settlement, regardless of whether the total wealth value in the home country meets the requirement, 50% of the visa time can be taken back to the community.]

For more rules, please explore them within the game.

[The first round of the game will begin in 10 minutes. Good luck!]

At the same time, the huge scoreboard next to the big screen lit up:

[Current total wealth: 38000 minutes of visa processing time]

(End of this chapter)