God's imitator

Chapter 315 Possible Stop-Loss Strategies

Li Renshu then looked at Lin Sizhi: "Attorney Lin, if you were to play this game, what better solution could you come up with?"

After considering for a moment, Lin Sizhi said, "There probably isn't a solution that can fundamentally turn the tide again. At most, there's some minor room for optimization in the details."

After considering for a moment, Wei Yinzhang said, "I do have an idea."

"Suppose Wang Weidong guessed that there might be unanswerable questions, then he could have formulated a defensive strategy in advance to reduce some losses in such extreme circumstances, right?"

"Of course, this is on the premise that he makes arrangements before the second phase officially begins."

Everyone was curious: "How do we do it?"

Wei Yinzhang explained: "When Cai Zhiyuan asks the second question, Wang Weidong can reset the rules and 'take turns' the question to his own player, thus locking in the player who asked the question."

"Although Cai Zhiyuan's side also has free agents who deliberately answer against their conscience to bribe him and ensure their continued victory, if Wang Weidong's answerers really choose the same answer as everyone else, relying on the free agents' against-the-cuff choices will not be enough to guarantee their continued victory."

"After that, Wang Weidong asked the players on his side to ask as many questions as possible that would be advantageous to them. In this way, although they would still lose, they could at least reduce the time lost on visa applications."

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "Theoretically it's possible, but it's very difficult in practice."

"First of all, before the second phase of the game officially began, Wang Weidong did not know in what order Cai Zhiyuan would enter the game, nor was he sure which side the next person would be after the 'rotation'."

“If the next person is also a player from Community 17 or Community 8, Wang Weidong cannot be sure whether Cai Zhiyuan had instructed them in advance to continue asking the same questions, which is too risky.”
"If the next player is from the 15th community, then that player may not be smart enough to keep asking the most appropriate questions. If they fail to win again, the same question will be repeated."

"Secondly, in order to 'rotate the winner' when the winners of the questions are in a higher position, the winners need to vote."

"In the 17th community, all we need to do is blindly vote to support Cai Zhiyuan to continue winning the election."

"But in the 15th community, it is easy to cause chaos: according to the original harvesting plan, they should support Cai Zhiyuan's re-election; but according to the defense plan, they should oppose Cai Zhiyuan's re-election."

"Especially since there are also free agents from Community 1 here, their votes are also difficult to control."

"These two situations are easy to confuse. If someone votes in the wrong place, it will be a complete disaster."

"Finally, it's a matter of time."

"Because players can no longer communicate after entering the second phase, and tasks can be assigned in the 15 minutes before the game starts, Wang Weidong only had time to assign a strategy to all players."

"It's already difficult enough to just explain how to run a black market business."

"Cai Zhiyuan was able to implement the second strategy because he was on the offensive and needed almost no cooperation. He only needed to tell his free agent to 'voluntarily answer the wrong option to ensure consecutive wins'."

"But as the defender, Wang Weidong's plan requires the cooperation of all players' votes, making the explanation more complicated and the implementation cost higher."

Zheng Jie asked with some curiosity, "What if Wang Weidong hadn't chosen to be the host? For example, if someone with a clear conscience had become the host, then Brother Cai's problem wouldn't have threatened the host, and naturally the room rules wouldn't have been canceled."

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "Wouldn't that be even more unacceptable to Wang Weidong?"
"The reason he chose to be the host himself was to ensure that he could control the room rules under any circumstances. He could set them up or cancel them whenever he wanted."

"As a core player, why would he willingly hand over such power to someone else?"

Lin Sizhi paused for a moment, then continued, "Moreover, if Wang Weidong could really think of this possibility, his optimal solution would not be to use this method to stop the loss."

"The best solution is to let the people with guilty consciences into the four-person room, and simply turn it into an 'internal loop' mode."

"In the end, although Community 1 was far less intelligent than Community 15, it benefited from the misfortune and suffered less loss."

"Moreover, even if Wang Weidong had thought of this, he might still have wishful thinking, believing that other communities would never have thought of it and would not so easily give up the benefits."

"In general, if Wang Weidong had chosen to struggle a bit more, he might have been able to mitigate the losses slightly, but it wouldn't have made any fundamental difference," Zheng Jie remarked. "He's still too wealthy and powerful; he might have saved tens of thousands in visa processing time!"

Qin Yao nodded: "Yes, I feel that Wang Weidong and Han Mengying are somewhat similar."

"Previously in 'The Kingdom of the Conglomerates,' Han Mengying could have used some methods to mitigate her losses, but she gave up on that too."

"Perhaps players like these all have something in common? They're all a bit arrogant."

Lin Sizhi was not surprised by this. He explained, "Arrogance is quite normal."

"Strong people are all arrogant, it's just a matter of degree. Conversely, a person who is not arrogant cannot become strong."

"To give a simple example:"

"When you earn 3000 a month, you will be very careful with your money when buying something worth 500. You will think it over and over again. If it breaks or gets lost, you will feel very bad."

"But what about when you earn 30 a month? What about when you earn 300 a month? What about when you earn 3 million a month?"

"The value of this thing remains unchanged, always 500 yuan, but your attitude towards it will be completely different."

"If you earn 300 million a month and you're still haggling over something that costs 500 yuan, that's actually quite abnormal."

"Because people's energy is limited, when you fuss over some unimportant little things, it is difficult to concentrate on doing something important."

"Just like Wang Weidong and Han Mengying, if they really care about the visa time of thousands or tens of thousands of minutes, they will easily hesitate in the game and will naturally not become strong."

"On the other hand, since they are already the stronger players and have gained a lot of visa time, their ability to withstand losses is definitely much stronger than that of ordinary players."

"When defeat is inevitable, whether they lose a little more or a little less is not important to them; this is a very normal mindset."

“If you strive for perfection in everything and deliberately pursue ‘not being arrogant,’ isn’t that another form of arrogance?”

Zheng Jie nodded: "I see, that makes sense."

"So, if the core players on both sides have found the optimal solution, wouldn't the player who gets the number 1 card already have a guaranteed win?"

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "It's not that simple."

"Because if you want to test specific reward and punishment rules and values ​​in the first stage, it is difficult to ensure that you maximize your benefits; conversely, if you want to maximize your benefits, some specific reward and punishment values ​​may not be able to be measured."

"It's hard to say whether abandoning this part of the testing will create problems for the second phase of the game."

"Moreover, even if you get the number 1 card, it only means you can choose a room first. The order of the subsequent number cards will also affect your strategy."

"For example, if a large number of number cards are placed at the beginning or end, or even if there are consecutive numbers, certain tactics can be adopted."

“Communities that hold license number 1 and number 2 are not necessarily rivals; they may unite to take advantage of other communities.”

"If we really want to make a prediction, considering that each community has different strengths and interpretations of the game, there are actually many unexpected situations."

"If we're talking about the extreme case of 'finding the optimal solution for all,' then there's not much point in discussing it. In the arcade game, this is a low-probability event and is practically impossible to happen."

"In the past, if I found the optimal solution, I could complete the game without any pressure."

After considering for a moment, Lee In-sook asked again, "So, do you all think that the emergence of a new S-class copycat is a good thing or a bad thing?"

(End of this chapter)