God's imitator

Chapter 162 To Change Jobs or Not
night.

Wang Yongxin and Yang Yuting went to a small conference room in the corner of the third floor and sat down on single sofas.

Yang Yuting asked, "Are you regretting not switching to another community for your last game?"

Wang Yongxin smiled and said, "Don't mention it. I never planned to switch to another community."

Yang Yuting looked intently into his eyes: "Really?"

Wang Yongxin nodded somewhat helplessly: "Really. Do I really need to keep this from you too?"

Previously, while playing the game "Corporate Nation", Yang Yuting wondered if Wang Yongxin might want to switch to another community.

Although Wang Yongxin had approached Yang Yuting a long time ago, hoping to win over players outside the five-person group for self-protection, there has been no progress so far.

No, it should be said that the hope is becoming increasingly slim.

So far, the only person they've managed to win over is Xu Tong, with Jiang He being only half a person.

Others have tried, but given the current community structure, they simply couldn't get it to work.

Most of them are in a state of flux, or rather, they are clearly swaying towards a five-person group.

For example, Qin Yao almost completely sided with Lin Sizhi;
After Ding Wenqiang's death, the newly arrived doctor Zheng Jie also became noticeably closer to Fu Chen;
Su Xiucen never cared about any community politics. After her death, Luo Wei, who came later, was someone who could be won over, but she was gone in the blink of an eye. The new Aunt Zhou was undoubtedly closer to Cai Zhiyuan and Li Renshu.

This pace of progress is indeed somewhat disheartening.

That's why Yang Yuting was worried that Wang Yongxin might want to switch jobs to other communities.

Yang Yuting had such concerns before in the game, but Jiang He was there at the time, and everyone had to discuss game strategies, so time was tight and it was inconvenient to ask too many questions.

Now that they're back in the community, the two of them can finally have a proper chat.

Yang Yuting asked, "So what are your specific thoughts now? Is it because you don't have a good target job yet, or have you decided that you will never change jobs under any circumstances?"

After a moment's thought, Wang Yongxin said, "It's close to the state of 'never changing jobs under any circumstances'."

"Because for me, even in my current situation, changing jobs is an act where the risks far outweigh the benefits."

Yang Yuting was puzzled: "Why? With your intelligence and earning ability, you could easily get into the management level in any community except Community 17, right?"

Wang Yongxin shook his head: "That's hard to say."

Have you read "Water Margin"? When Chao Gai joined Liangshan, could Wang Lun tolerate him?

Yang Yuting was taken aback for a moment: "Huh? I think I've seen the TV series before, but I've completely forgotten it."

Wang Yongxin was speechless for a moment: "You... okay, then I'll explain it another way."

"No matter how weak a community is, it must have a core of power by now."

"Suppose I'm going to a community where the leader is clearly weaker than me, then I can't possibly listen to him in everything. In that situation, even if I don't intend to get rid of him, do you think he would tolerate me?"

"Conversely, if the leader of the community I'm going to is clearly stronger than me and confident enough to completely suppress me, would he still need me? What essential difference would there be between me going there and staying in Community 17?"

Yang Yuting fell into deep thought.

Clearly, Wang Yongxin's most awkward position lies in the niche he plays in the community.

His personality and way of thinking are closer to those of a leader than a staff member.

If you're playing a staff or support role, it doesn't really matter where you go; many communities will welcome players like that.

But Wang Yongxin is not like that.

Because being an advisor means relinquishing decision-making power, only offering suggestions, and it doesn't matter whether the person making the final decision adopts them or not. For example, Tsai Chih-yuan played such a role in Community 17.

He would give advice to Fu Chen and Li Renshu, but if they didn't listen, he felt it was perfectly fine, since he wouldn't be the one responsible in the end anyway.

But Wang Yongxin is not that kind of person; he prefers to be the one who makes the final decisions.

If he were willing to work as an advisor, the initial structure of the five-person team might have changed somewhat.

But this niche is innate and cannot be changed.

Therefore, if the community Wang Yongxin is going to already has a power core, regardless of whether the person making the decision is strong or weak, friction is inevitable.

The consequences of such friction are completely unknown.

In the worst-case scenario, it's entirely possible that he could be "killed for his own good" by the people in this community.

Yang Yuting thought for a moment and said, "But there are other possibilities besides that, right?"

"For example, if a community happens to be leaderless, you will undoubtedly become a core member if you go there."

Wang Yongxin sighed: "Do you mean I have to take on eleven people?"
"Let's not even talk about whether I can lead them."

"I changed jobs to make myself more comfortable, not to help the poor."

"I actually hinted at this to Luo Wei, but unfortunately she didn't listen at all."

“The worst part of Community 17 is also its best part.”

"It's hard to cause trouble in this community, but you don't have to worry about being targeted for no reason."

"In other words, 17 Community is a very stable community, a community that is not only relatively strong, but also almost never infringes on the rights of the weak."

"We may not realize it because we are in it, but I am sure that this kind of stability is rare for most communities."

"Community stability is like air and water. You don't feel it when it's there, but without it, it can have disastrous consequences."

"So even though not being able to get into the core of power makes me feel a bit frustrated, staying in the 17th Community is still my best option right now."

"Unless a community comes along that is perfectly suited in every way, with a stable community, reliable colleagues, and a niche that I happen to have, I will only consider switching jobs under such extremely special circumstances."

"But it's clear that, based on the communities we've encountered so far, finding a community that's suitable in every aspect is extremely difficult."

Yang Yuting nodded: "Hmm...that makes sense."

“The power core of the 17th community is a small circle, but it is precisely because it is a small circle, not a ‘tyranny of the majority,’ that those who are not in the circle do not feel too bad.”

"From the current perspective, this architecture is actually quite stable."

"Luo Wei's decision to switch jobs was too hasty."

Wang Yongxin shrugged: "It's not just a matter of being hasty."

"Luo Wei's biggest problem is that, as a newcomer, she has absolutely no concept of the strength of each community."

"She thought that other communities were full of extremely intelligent people, and that there were people like me and Attorney Lin everywhere."

She thought that Attorney Lin was alone and helpless, and that our community was easily overwhelmed if our organization was even slightly weak.

"But in reality, the new world does not specifically select intelligent people from the real world. The selection results are consistent with the distribution of intelligence in the real world. It can even be said that stupid people make up the vast majority."

(End of this chapter)