God's imitator

Chapter 279 Another Reason

Xu Tong was clearly struggling to keep up with the pace of their discussion and said with some confusion, "An imbalance of power? It doesn't really matter, does it? There are only 12 people in our community, aren't there?"
"With one vote per person, there is no possibility of any extreme situations occurring."

"Moreover, judging from Attorney Lin's current performance, he is the strongest person in the community and someone who can take care of the weak. So it wouldn't be a problem if he had more power, right?"
"Even if any problems arise, we can simply impose restrictions through voting later."

Wang Yongxin countered, "Do you really think so?"
"Do you think that if a mechanism theoretically allows you to vote arbitrarily, then you can vote arbitrarily?"

"Judging from Attorney Lin's current performance, he is indeed perfect enough. In fact, for many people in the community, it would not matter if all power were handed over to Attorney Lin alone."

"Anyway, he always makes the right choice in the game. Others give up thinking, completely trust him, and earn visa time while lying down. This is the most time-saving and labor-saving method."

"But can you read minds?"

"How do you know that the way Attorney Lin acts is the real him?"
"If all of this is an act, then when he thinks the time is right and reveals his true colors, is there any way to remedy the situation? Can he bear the consequences?"
"Don't trust the conscience and morality of the strong. The only option for the weak to interact with the strong is for everyone to work together to restrain them with rules."

"If he doesn't care about this, then we can maintain this constraint."

"If he is dissatisfied with this, then this constraint should be strengthened even more."

"The weak are not worthy of 'trusting' the strong, just as wild animals are not worthy of 'trusting' humans."

"If you choose to relinquish power to the strongest in exchange for survival, then if you fail, the result will be that you have neither power nor survival."

"If you think the best option for the weak is to find the strongest person in the community, shrug your shoulders, hand over all your rights and wait for them to carry you, then no strong person will ever consider your opinion again."

Xu Tong thought for a moment and said, "But we will frequently encounter the Judgment Game, and we might die one day. Thinking so much will only lead to nothing in the end."

Wang Yongxin nodded: "Yes, the trial game could come at any time, and we could die at any time, so are we just going to lie down and not care about anything in the community?"

"The idea that 'everyone may die at any time' is at most a mindset, a way to comfort oneself; but it cannot be a guiding principle. Just because one may die at any time does not mean that everything other than life and death is meaningless."

"Just like in 'Blood Poker,' the aversion and fear of blood drawing, along with the desire for security, can make people lose their ability to make rational judgments."

"Similarly, the aversion to death in the trial game and the desire for safety may subconsciously lead you to want to gain safety by relinquishing your rights, but this is also an irrational behavior."

"In the most dangerous game of judgment, you can't rely on the help of the strong in most cases. You can only rely on yourself. What's the point of relying on the strong?"

"Besides, aren't things like 'immunity coupons' something that only appeared when the community had reached a certain stage of development? And aren't their usage priorities determined by the community's power of speech?"

"If you just sit around in the community, resigning yourself to fate and handing everything over to the powerful, then when Lee In-sook is forced to choose between two options using her immunity voucher, why should she choose you?"

Yang Yuting and Xu Tong both fell silent.

Wang Yongxin sighed silently and continued, "In short, what I want to say is: even if I enter the small circle of five, I will never forget that you two are my most important supporters."

"Whether it's discussing proposals or distributing benefits, I will still consider the three of us voting together."

"But in return, you two should also prioritize my support and unconditionally stand by my side whenever I have a conflict with anyone else."

Yang Yuting and Xu Tong nodded: "Yes, we understand."

After considering for a moment, Yang Yuting said, "In that case, within the five-person group, you will actually be closer to Li Renshu."

"I wonder what Cai Zhiyuan's attitude will be."

Wang Yongxin didn't care: "That's not important. Anyway, he's just an advisor, and he can adjust his position at any time according to the actual situation. His opinion is actually insignificant."

...At the same time, Li Renshu was also having private conversations with Cai Zhiyuan.

"Brother Wang has already agreed."

"We will discuss a new proposal tomorrow and bring Brother Wang in as well."

"I've already spoken with Yin Zhang privately, and she said she doesn't need the veto power for the proposals, nor does she care whether she joins our group of five."

"However, I still made a promise to her that if any member of the five-person team were to be lost, she would definitely fill the vacancy."

"Furthermore, although she is not in this group, she can give me any feedback privately, and I promise to consider it carefully."

Cai Zhiyuan nodded: "Yes, that's for the best."

Li Renshu added, "I know that you and Wang Yongxin may have some differences in ideology and are somewhat at odds, but since we have decided to bring him in, let's try to get along peacefully."

As she spoke, she carefully observed Cai Zhiyuan's attitude.

Cai Zhiyuan showed absolutely no resistance; he nodded and said, "Of course."

"I feel it is necessary to reiterate: what I say does not necessarily represent 100% of my views. Sometimes, I simply think that according to the progress of the meeting, an opposition is needed at this time, so I will play the role of the opposition and reiterate the opposing views."

"To prevent potential problems from being overlooked due to excessive consensus."

"But as I told you before: if I don't express my extreme opposition in strong terms, then you don't need to take my other objections too seriously."

"That might be for others to see."

"For me, there are very few things in the community that I cannot accept at all; it's just a matter of making some adjustments to myself to some extent."

"I see myself as an advisor, so I only offer suggestions, not make decisions. Similarly, whether you adopt these suggestions or not is irrelevant to me."

Lee In-sook remained silent for a moment; of course, she already knew all this.

But sometimes it's still impossible to be sure what Tsai Chih-yuan's true thoughts are.

"So, back to the question, do you really think Wei Yinzhang is a better choice?" Li Renshu asked.

Cai Zhiyuan said nonchalantly, "If I had to say, these two candidates are about 49% and 51% different for me. Wei Yinzhang is slightly higher in priority, but only slightly."

Li Renshu carefully observed Cai Zhiyuan's expression: "Have you considered the possibility that Lin's influence will increase significantly after Wei Yinzhang joins the team?"

Cai Zhiyuan nodded: "I've thought about it, otherwise Wang Yongxin wouldn't have 49%."

Li Renshu felt a little relieved. She let out a sigh of relief and leaned back against the sofa.

"Actually, there's another very important reason why I wanted Brother Wang to come in."

Cai Zhiyuan asked, "Besides contribution points, seniority, and checks and balances on Attorney Lin?"

Lee In-sook nodded: "Mm."

Cai Zhiyuan lowered his head and pondered for a long time: "I can't think of any other reason for the time being."

(End of this chapter)