God's imitator

Chapter 286 Observing the Community
With all the proposals finalized, everyone dispersed.

However, compared to previous discussions, the atmosphere in the community was rather somber during the finalization of these proposals.

There were neither cheers nor applause, nor disagreements or arguments.

The proposals progressed smoothly, but this smoothness felt somewhat unnatural.

Lin Sizhi arrived at the corner of the stairs and waited for a moment. Sure enough, Qin Yao's voice came from behind her.

"Oh, Attorney Lin, were you waiting for me?" Qin Yao asked, somewhat surprised.

Lin Sizhi nodded: "I feel like you have something you want to ask me."

Qin Yao hesitated for a moment: "Um... that's how it is."

Lin Sizhi continued walking upstairs: "Let's just find somewhere to chat then."

……

They arrived at a small room on the third floor and sat down.

Qin Yao asked impatiently, "Why do I feel that the atmosphere in the community has been a bit strange since the last game ended?"
"Whether it's new proposals, recruitment, or voting... something just feels off."

"Furthermore, Attorney Lin, why did you give away the power to poach people? Wouldn't it be best if this power remained solely in your hands? The vast majority of players in the community should support that."

Lin Sizhi looked at her meaningfully: "Then what do you think is the reason for this change in atmosphere?"

Qin Yao frowned and said, "Is it because Officer Cao's position became vacant, and Brother Wang joined the company?"

"I can understand why Brother Wang was included in the five-person team. After all, he is the best candidate in terms of both seniority and contributions."

"But what I don't understand is, even though Brother Wang is a veteran player in the community and is familiar with everyone, why does he seem so strange?"
"Especially in these recent votes, there has been almost no discussion, yet it seems that people are not entirely satisfied."

"Logically speaking, the structure of the community should not have changed much."

Clearly, Qin Yao had given this question considerable thought, but had not come to any particularly definitive answer.

Her thinking got stuck at a certain point.

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "Actually, what you're thinking about is very close to the final answer."

"You've just made a wrong assumption, which is that 'the structure of the community hasn't changed much.'"

"In fact, the structure of the community has changed a lot. One of the biggest changes is that the opposition in the community is gone."

That's why we're in this situation now.

Qin Yao was somewhat surprised, and she thought about it seriously again, following this line of thought.

"The original opposition should have been Wang Ge, Yang Yuting, and Xu Tong's little group, right?"

"Now that Brother Wang has joined the five-person group, it means that the entire small group has been given some power, which means that the opposition has disappeared?"
"But shouldn't this be a good thing?"

"Now that every player in the community can find someone who represents their interests in a five-person group, shouldn't our community become more harmonious?"

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "Of course not."

"In most cases, the opposition arises not because some people subjectively want to cause trouble, but because there are not enough benefits to be shared."

"Therefore, the disappearance of the opposition does not mean the disappearance of subjective malice, but rather that the object of the loss of interests has changed."

"Originally, it was Wang Yongxin's interests that were harmed, but because he was alone, he wouldn't complain publicly and it wouldn't affect the atmosphere of the community."

"But after Wang Yongxin joined the five-person group, he gained a voice, and his interests were no longer harmed. So where did the compensation he received come from?"

Qin Yao was puzzled: "That doesn't make sense. Brother Wang was filling in Officer Cao's hole, shouldn't he inherit Officer Cao's share of the benefits?"

Lin Sizhi looked at her: "Think about it again?"

"There is a premise that Wang Yongxin inherited Officer Cao's part of the discourse power, which is that the two of them have the same ideas and the same position in the group."

"But what actually happens?"

Qin Yao suddenly realized: "I understand, it's because their ideas and positioning are different."

"Officer Cao can accept not having any say in the five-person group and handing over all community affairs to Li Renshu, but Brother Wang cannot."

"Since Li Renshu and the others have chosen to accept Brother Wang and give him a voice, then we should lean slightly toward Brother Wang's ideas on specific proposals and community management issues."

"That means... the power of the five-person group is actually being amplified."

"It is precisely because each ordinary player has their own representative in a group of five that they cannot unite with each other."

"So the end result is that... the interests of some ordinary players will be harmed."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Yes, this change was actually a collective choice made by everyone in the five-person group."

"When Li Renshu finally decided to bring Wang Yongxin in, she had already made this plan."

"Or rather, the proposal that Wang Yongxin is now putting forward has been tacitly approved and authorized by Li Renshu."

"However, Li Renshu did not want to do this kind of dirty and tiring work herself, so she could only relinquish some of the power to Wang Yongxin, so that both parties could get what they needed."

Qin Yao asked with some concern, "What are your and Fu Chen's opinions, Attorney Lin?"

Lin Sizhi shrugged: "Our opinions are neutral for now."

"For Fu Chen, although he didn't want to see this happen, he couldn't think of a better way, and the situation wasn't so bad that he had to strongly oppose it."

"As for me, the evolution of the community has its own reasons, and I don't want to interfere."

Qin Yao thought about it carefully: "So, is it for the same reason to give more people the power to poach talent?"
"I feel that whether it's Wang Yongxin's entry into the management team or the adjustment of the power to poach people, it seems to be a way of restricting you."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Your feeling is correct."

Qin Yao was somewhat puzzled: "But if you're willing, you can be unrestricted, right?"

"For example, you could also bring Wei Yinzhang into the management team to explicitly oppose these proposals, or refuse other people the right to poach people."

Lin Sizhi smiled and said, "If I wanted to take control of this community, I would have done so on day one. Was it necessary to wait until now?"

“I’ve already said that I have absolutely no interest in these things.”

“If I really wanted to completely control this community, I could easily turn it into a third community model and suppress all dissenting voices through some means. But I think that would be a very boring thing to do.”

"Because if that were the case, I would never be able to confirm what everyone is really thinking, since I can't read minds."

Qin Yao nodded slightly: "...I think I understand. But what's the point of confirming everyone's true thoughts?"

Lin Sizhi said, half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Isn't it okay to do it simply out of curiosity or because it's interesting?"

"After all, observing this community is much more interesting than managing it."

(End of this chapter)