God's imitator

Chapter 141 Management Changes

The game officially begins.

The 12 players had already arrived at the 'work area' early.

The work area also has a notice board explaining the rules, and one rule is highlighted in red:

[Chaebol players can forcibly steal job opportunities using their identity cards.]

This was a rule that was already known before, but it is being emphasized again now.

在范泽辉的分配下，第4社区分到了2组按钮，第12社区和第17社区各自分到了1组按钮。

Neither Lin Sizhi nor Cai Zhiyuan raised any objections to this.

Clearly, after communication, the 12th and 4th communities have come to regard the 17th community as a common enemy and an oppressed party.

In this situation, having even one set of buttons is already quite good.

In theory, these buttons are available on a first-come, first-served basis; whoever swipes their identity card first can "occupy" the button.

However, the rules also clearly state that conglomerate players can directly steal job opportunities.

In other words, after ordinary players have obtained their identity cards, wealthy players can also obtain theirs.

Even if Community 17 occupies two groups of positions first, it will be meaningless, because Community 4 can occupy the other two groups, and then Community 12 can exercise its chaebol privileges and take away Community 17's two groups as well.

Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan were well aware of this, so they did not protest and naturally accepted the arrangement.

Regarding the selection of button players, the 4th community has two sets of buttons, so naturally all four players will participate.

Community 12 chose to have Zhou Guifen and another player, He Ming, press the button.

He Ming was a very thin middle-aged man who looked like a kind-hearted person who lacked assertiveness and was timid and submissive.

The reason for this arrangement is that Zhou Guifen is a "young person" while He Ming is a "child," and their initial visa processing time is the shortest among the four members of the chaebol group.

The goal is to help them reach the 1 threshold as quickly as possible, so they can then invest in others, ensuring that the wealth within the chaebol community circulates at the fastest speed.

Community 17 allows "Youth" Cai Zhiyuan and "Youth" Qin Yao to press the "Work" and "Benefits" buttons respectively.

The game doesn't restrict 'young' players from pressing the 'work' button, which somewhat suggests that it allows the hiring of child labor.

However, considering that her initial visa duration was too short and she wouldn't be able to reach the minimum investment threshold of 10,000 in a short period of time, Lin Sizhi decided to give up the job opportunity to someone else.

Luo Wei is a middle-aged player with an initial wealth of 5000, but for various reasons, Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan did not assign her any buttons.

……

As the first round of the game began, all the players assigned to the 'Work' button had already gathered in front of it and were staring intently at it.

The device has a very simple design; it's just a pillar a little over a meter tall with a large button at the top that says "Work".

Next to the button, there is a dedicated sensing area for swiping the electronic identification card.

The two sets of buttons for Community 12 and Community 17 were next to each other. While waiting, Lin Sizhi casually asked, "Aunt Zhou, are you related to Zhou Rong?"

Zhou Guifen was taken aback for a moment, then quickly shook her head: "No, it's just a coincidence, we both have the surname Zhou."

Lin Sizhi smiled and said, "It's nothing, just asking casually. I thought you might have some relatives or acquaintances in the 12th community."

Zhou Guifen also subconsciously said, "How could that be? We shouldn't have known each other before, right? Isn't that how it is in your community?"

Lin Sizhi didn't answer, but pointed to the button that had just started flashing a special light effect: "Quick, you can press it now."

Zhou Guifen quickly reached out and pressed down on it.

A long strip of light above the machine also lit up, displaying the words "Working" and the progress bar continued to increase.

According to the game rules, you need to press for 1 minute.

On the other side of the "Earnings" button, the device's design is not much different from the "Work" button. It also has a place to swipe identity cards, but the lighting effect above is not a progress bar, but two inconspicuous small green lights.

At this time, both small green lights are off.

As the progress bar for the "Work" button completes, the two green lights on the "Benefits" button also light up. According to the game rules, the button can be pressed twice at this point. The first press is by the player who has swiped their identity card, granting them 1000 minutes of visa time. The second press can only be made by a player in the same group who pressed the "Work" button, granting them another 1000 minutes of visa time.

Players who press the 'Work' button can press the 'Benefits' button a second time, so everyone moves towards the 'Benefits' button.

The player standing in front of the "Benefits" button presses the "Benefits" button first, and then the player whose corresponding "Work" button is in front of the button presses it a second time.

Everyone's movements were synchronized and there were no obvious abnormalities.

In Community 17, Cai Zhiyuan pressed the 'Work' button once and the 'Benefit' button once, obtaining 2000 minutes of visa time.

Qin Yao pressed the "Benefit" button once and gained 1000 minutes of visa time.

After everyone finished pressing their buttons, Fan Zehui breathed a slight sigh of relief and went to the notary office to buy an investment voucher.

During this process, his 5000 minutes of visa time were automatically deducted, while the 'investee' he selected received 2000.

Therefore, players in Community 12 began to intentionally cover up the "wealth" numbers on their chests.

In this way, other players have no way of knowing the specific wealth distribution among the tycoon players.

As for Community 17, there is no need to cover it up at the moment, because all the wealth figures are public information.

……

Ten minutes have passed, and the first round of the game is over.

[Current total wealth: 47000 minutes of visa processing time]

The investment has not yet yielded any returns. Investing 5000 and receiving only 2000 is equivalent to a temporary loss of 3000.

All the earnings came from work, totaling 12000 minutes of visa time.

In the second round of the game, everyone was assigned job opportunities in the same way as last time, but this time no one exceeded the threshold of 1, so no investment occurred.

[Current total wealth: 59000 minutes of visa processing time]

Although the growth rate of total wealth is not fast at the moment, as more and more players reach a wealth of 10000, they should soon be able to reach the investment return cap of 11.

The situation is still relatively optimistic.

Just then, Fan Zehui's identity card beeped, and the information on it changed.

[Community 12 - Fan Zehui]

[Identity: Tycoon]

Age: 0 years old (childhood)

[Wealth: 0 Minutes for Visa Processing]

Fan Zehui wasn't too surprised to see this change, as it was an outcome he had anticipated.

His initial identity was the only "elderly" among the 12 players, so after 2 rounds of the game, he was 80 years old and it was time to be reborn.

A prompt appears on the big screen.

[Due to changes in age structure, a new management team has been selected. Please confirm your identity using your identification card.]

Fan Zehui had already made a will at the notary office, so all the remaining visa time after his death will be transferred to Zhou Rong through the will.

Since all tax rates are now 0, there will be no inheritance tax deducted.

Meanwhile, since the management team will only be formed from 'older' and 'younger' players, Fan Zehui automatically lost his management position.

He looked at Zhou Rong.

Since Zhou Rong's initial identity was "middle-aged" but has now become "elderly," with a wealth value of 10000 minutes of visa time, she should still be in the management team, and her default votes have also changed from 1 to 2.

However, Zhou Rong looked at her identity badge in shock, her voice filled with doubt.

"Huh? Is there a problem?"
Why is the "Management" tab missing from my page?

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