God's imitator

Chapter 278 Balance and Ideas

After listening to Cai Zhiyuan's words, Fu Chen felt somewhat confused but impressed.

Li Renshu also felt that this problem was somewhat tricky. She looked at Lin Sizhi again and asked, "Attorney Lin, what is your opinion?"
"Even if you still feel that there is no difference between the two options for you personally, you can consider it from the perspective of the community as a whole and give neutral advice."

After considering for a moment, Lin Sizhi said, "It depends on which direction you want the community to develop in."

"Recruiting a new member to the five-person group is not just about recruiting a new person, but also about recruiting a new set of values."

"This set of values ​​will inevitably clash with and merge with the existing mainstream values. In other words, you will inevitably have to accept a part of this set of values."

"For me, this is a trivial matter."

"But that may not be the case for you, so ultimately the decision will be made by the three of you."

Li Renshu nodded slightly, then fell into thought again.

Clearly, Lin Sizhi's words and Cai Zhiyuan's words have something in common: accepting Wang Yongxin into the core of the five-person team is not just a simple matter of recruiting one person.

Because if they are brought in, they must be given sufficient say.

Why let him in if you don't give him a voice? Are you trying to humiliate him? If so, you might as well not let him in at all.

However, giving them a voice means that existing members must compromise with them in some ways, and it also means that the original values ​​must shift towards the values ​​of the new members.

This is something that is bound to happen and cannot be avoided.

After considering it for a while, Li Renshu said, "I still maintain my previous opinion and let Brother Wang join this five-person group."

"The first is contribution points, the second is seniority, and the third is the ability to lead a team in the game."

"Considering these three aspects, Brother Wang is clearly the better candidate."

"As for differences in ideology and values, I believe they can be reconciled."

"I will consider making concessions where possible."

"If there is a disagreement that neither side can compromise on, it can be about seeking common ground while reserving differences, or it can be about adopting the majority opinion to suppress the conflict."

"But in any case, we can't just turn away a very important member out of the door because of some uncertain concerns."

The other three nodded in agreement: "Yes, no problem."

Lee In-sook stood up: "Okay, then I'll find some private time later to talk to Brother Wang."

"Next time we discuss some more important issues, I will also invite him to join us."

The discussion ended, and everyone left.

……

night.

Wang Yongxin and Yang Yuting went to the small room on the third floor again, but unlike the previous times, this time he also called Xu Tong along.

The three of them sat down, and Wang Yongxin's first words surprised both Yang Yuting and Xu Tong.

“During dinner, Li Renshu approached me privately and said she hoped I could join the five-person team and replace Officer Cao.”

"However, she also offered another solution."

"It means getting Wei Yinzhang into the five-person group and giving me a separate 'veto right' for proposals."

"Of course I chose the first option."

Yang Yuting was somewhat surprised: "The fact that she let you choose means that the small group ultimately chose you over Wei Yinzhang."

Wang Yongxin nodded: "Yes, I didn't really think of that either. But after thinking about it afterwards, I feel that it makes a lot of sense."

It goes without saying which of these two options Wang Yongxin will choose.

The first type is direct access to the core of power within the community; the second is having the power to veto proposals. However, entering the core of power is tantamount to indirectly gaining the power to veto proposals.

To Wang Yongxin and Yang Yuting's surprise, Li Renshu actually gave them the option to "join the five-person group".

If only a veto right is given, Wang Yongxin would most likely accept it.

But since Li Renshu dared to offer these two options, it meant that she was fully prepared to accept Wang Yongxin into the core of power.

This does not match the conclusion reached by Wang Yongxin and Yang Yuting in their private discussions.

Xu Tong hadn't participated much in their discussion before, so she was a little confused: "Isn't this just common sense?"

"Whether it's your abilities demonstrated in the game, your actual contributions, or the order of arrival and seniority, you should be ranked ahead of Wei Yinzhang."

Wang Yongxin shook his head: "No."

"Because Li Renshu could also choose to give me only the second option, which is to include Wei Yinzhang and only give me the 'veto right'."

"I will still accept this proposal."

"The reasons they chose me are obviously based on my contributions and seniority."

"But the real reason is not necessarily that."

"Of course, that's just my guess."

Xu Tong was somewhat confused: "Besides these reasons, what else could it be?"

Wang Yongxin shook his head slightly: "It could also be for the sake of maintaining balance within this small group."

"Let's assume that Wei Yinzhang wasn't poached by Attorney Lin, but by Li Renshu or Cai Zhiyuan."

"If it comes down to a choice between the two this time, will they still choose me?"

Xu Tong was somewhat surprised: "You mean that the remaining four members of the five-person group are not a united front, and that there is actually a conflict between Li Renshu and Attorney Lin?"

Wang Yongxin explained: "There is no contradiction, but we are not completely of one mind either."

"In the original structure, Li Renshu and Cai Zhiyuan were the core of this small group."

"Fu Chen, Officer Cao, and Attorney Lin generally do not directly participate in decision-making, but there are obvious differences between the three of them."

"Fu Chen and Officer Cao pose no threat whatsoever, but Attorney Lin may not be so."

"He is only temporarily showing indifference to power, but that does not mean he is incapable of posing a threat."

"If Officer Cao were still alive, including him in the Wei Yinzhang list might be worth considering; but since Officer Cao is no longer here, he can no longer be included in the Wei Yinzhang list."

"Because even though Wei Yinzhang and Li Renshu share the same ideas in most cases, if she had to choose between the two, she would most likely still choose Attorney Lin."

"So, if we exclude Fu Chen from this five-person group, it could actually become a two-on-two situation."

“In that case, Lee In-sook’s position would be threatened.”

After careful consideration, Yang Yuting said, "Therefore, for Li Renshu, including you is actually a better choice."

"Because Attorney Lin already has the sole power to poach people from the game, if another die-hard supporter who unconditionally supports him appears in the inner circle, the power distribution will be completely unbalanced."

"Right now, only you can check and balance Attorney Lin to some extent."

Wang Yongxin nodded: "Yes, that's very likely the case: Li Renshu suddenly realized that in order to maintain a balance of power within the community, she had to rely on my help."

"The importance of this matter has temporarily outweighed the differences in ideology."

"After all, ideological differences can be bridged, but once the balance of power is lost, there is no way to remedy the situation."

(End of this chapter)