God's imitator

Chapter 371 Wang Yong's New Insurance Plan
night.

Lee In-sook sat on a single sofa outdoors, looking at the dark sky, lost in thought.

Wang Yongxin sat down in the seat next to her.

"Brother Wang? Is something the matter?"

After considering for a moment, Wang Yongxin said, "There is indeed something, it's not a big deal, but it's still somewhat important."

"I'd like to ask for your opinion first."

Lee In-sook nodded: "Mm."

Wang Yongxin sighed silently: "Xu Tong has at least 20 yuan worth of visa time on her."

Lee In-sook remained silent for the time being, but it was clear that she had known this all along.

After the 'Shelter Game' ended, players in the community checked the time once.

Xu Tong's visa duration is 21, which is considered relatively high in the entire community.

She teamed up with Wang Yongxin in "Chaebol Nation" and also received an extra 8 visa time in "The Game of Money" because of Su Xiucen.

In the several donations, Xu Tong did not donate much visa time.

After all, in the eyes of most players, she is not a strong player and does not enjoy any special rights in the community, so whether to donate or not is entirely voluntary.

But now a problem arises: the visa time Xu Tong carries has not helped her gain any advantage in the "free choice game," and she can only use 2 of it.

And as she died in the game, all her visa time naturally vanished.

Lee In-sook asked, "Which copycat do you think will profit from this portion of the visa time?"

Wang Yongxin shook his head: "I don't know. Maybe the visa time of all the dead players is concentrated and divided equally among all the surviving copycats?"

"That depends on the specific rules of the gallery."

"For us players, there's not much point in worrying about this."

Lee In-sook sighed: "Yes."

She knew exactly what Wang Yongxin was thinking: whether it was a suggestion or a coercion, he wanted to push forward a proposal to get everyone to deposit all their extra visa time into a luxury goods fund.

To prevent a recurrence of situations like Xu Tong's.

If Xu Tong had followed Wang Yongxin's advice and deposited 15 visa time points while keeping only 5 for herself, then those 15 visa time points could at least remain within the community and be shared by other community members.

This is no small amount.

In fact, many players had anticipated that this might happen.

Before the "Game of Choices" officially begins, there is actually ample time to persuade or force most players to deposit their extra visa time into the luxury goods fund.

But Li Renshu and Wang Yongxin ultimately chose to do nothing.

Because that would give other players a strong sense of being "forced to donate," regardless of whether the proposal is passed or not, it would make people feel that this is taking advantage of their vulnerability, which could very likely have the opposite effect.

Even if they mean well, it's still not acceptable.

Only when a case emerges where someone dies in the game with a significant amount of visa time, causing losses to the community, will there be a corresponding opportunity.

Now, this opportunity has arisen.

However, how to promote this in detail still needs careful consideration.

Wang Yongxin said, "If we're only considering the simplest solution, then we can briefly mention the necessity of this matter during the next group discussion, and then continue to encourage everyone to donate, without forcing anyone." Li Renshu remained silent.

This is indeed the simplest method, but it's also the least meaningful one.

For the average player, if I don't die, I'll always have these visa times with me, so it's definitely more worthwhile not to hand them over to the community; but if I die, why should I care where these visa times go?

Those who are willing to donate will donate without being persuaded; those who are unwilling to donate will most likely not donate.

At this point, mere verbal advocacy is no longer very meaningful; to achieve this goal, more forceful measures must be taken.

To put it bluntly, it's still forced donations, but Xu Tong's death has provided an opportunity and excuse for a new round of forced donations.

Moreover, this is a very short window of opportunity.

If we fail to seize this window of opportunity to push forward a proposal that encourages everyone to donate, then proposing such a proposal again a week later, or after the next game, may not necessarily pass.

Many things can only achieve the best results when done at the most appropriate time.

Lee In-sook frowned and sighed, "But I can't think of a good solution for the time being."

"No matter how the wording is changed, it only makes the presentation look better, but it does not actually change the nature of the motion."

Wang Yongxin clearly already had an idea. After a moment of silence, he said, "I do have an idea, but whether it's feasible or not is ultimately up to you to decide."

Lee In-sook nodded: "Yes, tell me about it."

After organizing his thoughts, Wang Yongxin said, "This is also a bit of inspiration I gained from this game."

"The reason why people are unwilling to deposit their visa time into luxury goods funds is ultimately due to one problem: for most ordinary players, this only brings disadvantages and no advantages."

"If you save up your visa time, the entire community may use it to buy special items such as get-out-of-jail-free cards or identity cards, but these items may not be useful to you."

“Players like me might save up their visa time for the sake of having a voice, but power within the community is very limited. Even if other players save up their visa time, it is difficult for them to get any power.”

"Ultimately, it's because visa time is such a rigid currency; it's not only linked to prices, but also to the life of every player."

"So, after thinking it over, I realized that pure coercion is definitely not going to work."

"Even if a semi-voluntary or semi-mandatory approach is adopted, players still need to feel that saving money is profitable."

"Even if this profitability is just a false illusion."

Lee In-sook thought for a moment and said, "I understand the reasoning, but the problem is that the visa processing time is different from the currency in the real world."

"There are actually two currencies in the 'Choose Your Own Game': chips and visa time."

"If we apply this to reality, we can compare it to paper money and gold. The former can be controlled in terms of its issuance volume through certain means, while the latter is hard currency."

"Therefore, the exchange ratio between chips and visa time will constantly change. By controlling the appreciation and depreciation of chips, certain specific objectives can also be achieved."

"But the visa processing time is not feasible."

"There is no other kind of manipulable currency similar to chips within the community."

"It's probably not feasible for us to forcibly create a new currency; even the most simple-minded players wouldn't recognize its value."

Wang Yongxin explained, "I know, so I thought of another way."

"To put it simply... it's closer to 'insurance' or 'Ponzi scheme'."

(End of this chapter)