God's imitator

Chapter 201 Recruiting New Members, or Poaching Talent

Even Li Renshu was slightly surprised. Clearly, Cai Zhiyuan had not consulted with her privately before saying these words.

Cai Zhiyuan explained: "First of all, I think that group discussions may not necessarily lead to the most correct results on this kind of issue."

"Judging from the two recruitments so far, recruiting Dr. Zheng is a good result, but recruiting Luo Wei is a complete mistake."

"This mistake refers not only to Luo Wei's betrayal."

"As you all probably remember, in the last game, we encountered three questions related to childbirth."

"Let's assume that if Luo Wei hadn't betrayed us and had chosen to stay, would there have been a possibility that she would have gotten all the questions wrong in the last game?"
"Because apart from Aunt Zhou, no one in our community can answer these three questions."

"This is enough to prove the importance of 'maintaining community diversity' that Ren Shu has always emphasized, and the unreliability of community members voting to elect people."

"It was precisely Ren Shu's suggestion at the time that the right choice would have been to recruit an older, ordinary professional."

“If we had hired an older farmer, worker, or teacher at the time, she would most likely have been able to answer these questions as easily as Aunt Zhou.”

A brief silence fell over everyone.

If, as Cai Zhiyuan said, Luo Wei did not betray him, then the "birth trial" could indeed have resulted in an even more tragic outcome.

The three questions in the "Birth Trial" do seem quite lenient, offering two opportunities to ask the audience for help, and even if the audience answers incorrectly, wrong answers can be eliminated.

The reason why the first two questions seem like easy points is because of Zhou Guifen's presence.

If Zhou Guifen hadn't joined Community 17, but instead Luo Wei had, then Luo Wei would definitely not know the answers to these two questions either.

What about the 13th community? It's hard to say.

If both communities answer incorrectly, even if the two wrong answers are eliminated, the players in the game will still have to choose one of the other two wrong answers.

If I choose the wrong option again, then it's all over, and I won't be able to continue playing the game.

This time, the game's creators were actually being lenient with the quiz. What if next time, only one side of the audience is allowed to answer questions? Or what if incorrect answers aren't excluded?
That could very likely have disastrous consequences.

Of course, Cai Zhiyuan's remarks at this time were somewhat exaggerated and used as an excuse to make a fuss.

After all, when recruiting new members, no one could have predicted that a trial game related to childbirth would occur.

But in hindsight, recruiting Luo Wei was indeed a mistake.

Li Renshu proposed recruiting an older person from an ordinary profession, such as a worker, farmer, or teacher. If this requirement were followed, it was likely that there would be no betrayal, and the same perfect answers could be given to the questions in the "birth trial" as Zhou Guifen.

Lee In-sook did not insist on this point at the time, and ultimately chose to vote by all members.

Therefore, this mistake should naturally be borne by everyone.

Lee In-sook looked at Tsai Chih-yuan, and she herself was quite surprised.

Before the second round of recruitment, Li Renshu had a private conversation with Cai Zhiyuan, who was also against recruiting people from ordinary professions.

At this moment, however, they stood firmly on her side.

It's hard to say how much sincerity Cai Zhiyuan had in his words.

However, for Lee In-sook, there was no reason to undermine him at this moment, because Cai Zhiyuan's words were actually enhancing her prestige.

So all I could do was listen silently.

Cai Zhiyuan continued, "I don't think this problem is accidental. Because whenever there is a large number of people voting, no matter how much emphasis is placed on supplementing the knowledge structure, people will still subconsciously choose the new members they prefer."

"In other words, the new members elected by the community vote are not the optimal solution at all, but rather the result of the optimal solution being modified to the direction preferred by the majority of our community members."

"This result could very well be completely wrong, even if it's just a small difference."

Everyone fell silent again.

Tsai Chih-yuan's words make some sense. Although everyone knows the importance of "maintaining diversity", it is not an easy thing to do.

Most people still incorporate their own subjective preferences into their voting, which may even be an unconscious act.

Wang Yongxin understood Cai Zhiyuan's implied meaning and frowned slightly: "So you mean that all future recruitment decisions will be made by Li Renshu alone?"

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head: "Of course not."

"What I mean is that it is wrong to allow voting to be completely arbitrary, or to give that power entirely to one person."

"There are always some people who see further ahead, and their opinions need to be given more weight."

"Of course, this is just an initiative, and whether or not to continue to try to push it forward requires further consideration."

"Let's get back to the topic of this recruitment."

"I think that instead of continuing to recruit new people, we should try to recruit people from within the game itself."

"The advantage of self-recruitment is that we can customize the age and occupation of new members to a certain extent."

"But judging from the previous situation, the selection of people for the gallery is not very reliable."

"Moreover, players who have just entered the new world may not have a clear understanding of themselves or the world, and their personalities are completely uncontrollable."

"But players who have already survived in the new world for a while should not have too serious problems in this regard."

"Because so far, the game has eliminated many unreliable players for us. Those who are stubborn, headstrong, and don't know how to cooperate as a team mostly didn't survive until now."

"The remaining players should have a relatively clear understanding of themselves and the community."

"It shouldn't end up like what happened to Luo Wei."

"When it comes to poaching talent, although we can't customize the new member's profession, we can observe their behavior in the game and consider whether they are compatible with our community, which is actually a more reliable option."

"For example, new members like Aunt Zhou are perfect for our community."

"They don't need to be particularly smart or have the ability to lead a team independently. As long as they are stable, reliable, able to execute team decisions, and can supplement our knowledge base, that's enough."

Hearing this, many people nodded in agreement.

Cai Zhiyuan's conclusion is indeed somewhat arbitrary. Who can say that other community players recruited from within the game are necessarily more reliable than new members?

However, most people, after reviewing their previous experiences, are indeed easily persuaded by this viewpoint.

After all, as Wang Yongxin had previously told Yang Yuting: Humans are creatures of experience and can only learn lessons from recent history.

Wang Yongxin frowned slightly: "But this raises a new problem:

"If it's a game with a small number of players, we're unlikely to find suitable candidates; if it's a game with a large number of players, who decides who to recruit?"

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