God's imitator

Chapter 160 Age Structure
Qin Yao haltingly recounted the entire game.

He spoke slowly, which just matched the comprehension speed of the less bright group in the community.

Of all the people present, Wang Yongxin had the most solemn expression.

Many players only roughly understood the cause and effect, but did not have a clear concept of the difficulty of implementing the different strategies.

Wang Yongxin is different. Precisely because he understands the intricacies of this matter better than most people, he knows that the difficulty of implementing these strategies actually varies greatly.

Take, for example, the strategies used in the first two rounds to steal the identities of chaebols.

This strategy doesn't seem complicated at first glance, and it even requires the wealthy community to act foolishly in cooperation. Therefore, many uninformed players in the community will think that it has a large element of luck, and that they could also implement this strategy if they knew this in advance.

In reality, the success of a strategy depends less on its uniqueness and more on the details of its implementation.

The biggest challenge in the first two rounds of the strategy to steal the identities of chaebols was the very short window of opportunity. They had to understand the rules of the game within five minutes and then specifically mislead and deceive the chaebol community to steal their thinking time.

If it had been just a few minutes later, and the optimal window of opportunity had been missed, the outcome might have been completely different.

This is normal, because if this scam succeeds, it means that the chaebol community will change hands, and the profits are too huge, so any imitators who design this game will inevitably impose comprehensive restrictions.

Wang Yongxin didn't think the word trap was that difficult to find, but only a very few people could quickly formulate a complete strategy and implement it successfully after discovering the trap.

Unexpectedly, players in the 4th community also came up with the idea and successfully implemented it.

Worse still, Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan actually condoned the 4th Community's use of this method to seize control of the financial community.

They dared to do this because they had already devised a strategy to hide expired investment bonds.

Moreover, Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan's plan was not just about hiding the vouchers. The plan also included supporting measures such as "investigating potential partners in the 12th community", "establishing financial balance data", and "using Luo Wei to distract attention".

These supporting plans include more detailed strategies such as negotiation skills with the other two communities, breaking down various rules, allocating wealth proportions, and selecting financial players.

Each of these strategies, taken individually, is quite normal, but when combined, they become a smokescreen for hiding investment vouchers.

If the only thought is to hide coupons, without the cover of these supporting plans, there is still a high probability that it will be discovered once the data shows obvious anomalies.

That would be counterproductive.

Wang Yongxin had not thought of the strategy of hiding coupons.

This is partly because the wording trap of "expired investment vouchers are not subject to investment rules" is more deeply buried than the trap of the work button, and even people with good word sense may not be able to realize it.

On the other hand, there are real losses when investment bonds expire, which goes against the instinct of business people to pursue profits.

People generally dislike losses and risks, and this is especially true for businessmen like Wang Yongxin who are very clear about calculating profits.

Therefore, most people will subconsciously regard "expired investment vouchers" as a bad thing, as a punishment mechanism of the game, rather than deliberately thinking about or trying it as a special strategy.

Wang Yongxin tried to put himself in Han Mengying's shoes and found that even if he were in her shoes, he might not have noticed.

Of course, he wouldn't admit defeat so easily.

Because there is no absolutely perfect strategy in this game, every strategy carries risks and may be discovered or undermined.

Whether it's the strategy of hoarding investment vouchers or Wang Yongxin's strategy of using investment vouchers to "bribe traitors," there are still solutions. In the end, it still comes down to the organizational and execution capabilities of each group, as well as the dynamic strength of the three groups. To put it bluntly, it's all about the details.

If the three groups from Community 17 were to play a game together, and Lee In-sook's group was a chaebol, then the final result could very well be 4:3:3.

After all, defense is always easier than offense.

After figuring this out, Wang Yongxin also came to a profound realization of a fact.

His group did bring back the most visas, but that doesn't mean he was the strongest.

It can only be said that he was lucky. He didn't encounter any particularly restraining opponents, such as another ordinary community that specializes in undermining others, nor did he encounter any truly tough opponents like Lin Sizhi's group.

Han Mengying from Community 4 may have performed slightly worse than him in the details of this game, and it was inappropriate not to leave enough opportunities for the civilian community, but she was not too far behind.

However, Han Mengying returned to the community empty-handed and had 5 minutes of her visa time deducted from her visa.

All I can say is that I've really had some bad luck.

Zheng Jie was still completely confused. He hadn't fully understood how the chaebol's identity was stolen in the third round, and now he had another question.

"Wait a minute, even if we can hide the investment vouchers, the investors still need to pick up the expired vouchers in person. In other words, Aunt Zhou has to go there herself when we hide them, and you can't hide them for her."

"How did you manage to plan so early on to seize the management office in the 11th round, and even decide on specific candidates?"

Clearly, this is the same question as "Why did Wang Yongxin and the 4th Community try to seize the management office in the third round?"

As mentioned in the review, smart people already understand, but for those who are not so smart, it's still a bit confusing.

Cai Zhiyuan looked at Lin Sizhi: "Attorney Lin, you explain."

Lin Sizhi thought for a moment and didn't refuse: "This is precisely the most interesting part of the game: you can actually deduce the state of each round from the initial state."

"It can even be estimated who was in management at a certain time and how much wealth they controlled."

Zheng Jie was somewhat surprised: "Huh? That's unlikely, isn't it? I believe you can estimate age, but how do you estimate wealth?"

Jiang He raised her hand: "Wait, please don't skip the age calculation part."

Lin Sizhi explained: "In the game, the age structure of the players is fixed. After changing the financial family, the age structure of the two communities will be swapped to maintain the overall age structure unchanged."

"The initial player population for children, youth, adults, and the elderly is: 3, 5, 3, 1."

“而每过两轮游戏，人口比例都会改变，依次变成：1、3、5、3，而后是3、1、3、5，再变成5、3、1、3，最后回到3、5、3、1。

"These four age structures can be named for ease of memorization:"

"3, 5, 3, 1 is the 'stable period';"
"1, 3, 5, 3 is the 'outbreak period';"
"3, 1, 3, 5 represent 'aging population';"
"5, 3, 1, 3 is the 'baby boom'."

Many people felt their brains were overloaded and quickly grabbed paper and pen to take notes and memorize these specific demographic structures.

(End of this chapter)