The first proposal: The community will issue 1000 minutes of visa time to all players every day.
The second proposal:
After participating in a game, all players in the community must contribute 5% of the visa time they earned in the game to a community security fund.
This community security fund will provide all players with a basic living allowance at a standard of 『80 minutes of visa time/person/day』.
If it is not fully spent on the same day, the remaining visa time will return to the community security fund pool; if the spending exceeds the allowance, the player must cover the difference with their own visa time.
Additionally, supplies purchased using the 『Community Security Fund』 can be freely distributed and used among players and will not be considered a transaction.
Everyone finally reached a consensus.
"Alright then, Fu Chen, go submit the proposals. If the second one still doesn't pass, then delete the clauses from the bottom up and try a few more times."
Cai Zhiyuan looked at Li Renshu again, "Renshu, will you explain it to the others?"
Li Renshu nodded, "Okay."
The group left the room. At this time, the others were still gathered in the main hall and had not left.
During the daytime, everyone could move freely within the community. They could go for a walk outside, swim in the pool, or simply sleep in their own rooms.
However, at this moment, most people still seemed to prefer staying in the main hall with others.
Perhaps it was because they weren't particularly familiar with or adapted to this environment yet, and being with others gave them a greater sense of security, or perhaps it was to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
When the group came out of the room, Lin Si noticed that several people cast subtle glances their way.
It was obvious that, living under the same roof, their small meeting of five, no matter how low-key, couldn't possibly escape everyone's notice.
Fu Chen walked straight out of the main hall.
According to the instructions, there was a separate building outside the main hall, which was the 『Community Management Office』 mentioned in the rules.
When players wanted to submit a proposal or vote on an existing one, they had to go to the 『Community Management Office』 to complete the relevant procedures.
Each player had a time limit for entering the 『Community Management Office』 and must leave before the time was up. Similarly, when a player was using the 『Community Management Office』, other players were not allowed to force their way in or use it together.
Using violence or other means to coerce a player, preventing them from entering the 『Community Management Office』, and similar actions were also violations.
Violating these rules could result in punishments of varying severity.
Through the main hall's floor-to-ceiling windows, everyone subconsciously watched Fu Chen enter the 『Community Management Office』. But before they could ask any questions, Li Renshu had already sat down at the long table and begun her explanation.
"First, I'd like to apologize to everyone. We just had a small meeting and discussed a proposal with only a few people participating.
"But please rest assured, we didn't do this to form some kind of clique. It was mainly to be considerate of some people's feelings, so it wasn't appropriate to make a big deal out of it.
"The content of the proposal is as follows..."
Li Renshu didn't elaborate much on the process of the five of them discussing the proposal's content. Instead, she directly presented the two completed proposals to everyone.
_As she finished her general introduction, a corresponding notification message happened to appear on the big screen.
[A player has submitted a proposal, which has been reviewed and approved by the community.]
[Over the next 1 hour, all members please proceed to the 『Community Management Office』 or use your personal computers to cast an anonymous vote.]
[If this proposal receives more than half of the votes in favor, it will be implemented as a basic rule.]
[Proposal Content: Add new rules related to the 『Community Security Fund』.]
[1. After participating in a game, all players in the community must contribute 5% of the visa time they earned in the game to the community security fund.]
[2. This community security fund will provide all players with a basic living allowance at a standard of 『80 minutes of visa time/person/day』.]
[3. If it is not fully spent on the same day, the remaining visa time will return to the community security fund pool; if the spending exceeds the allowance, the player must cover the difference with their own visa time.]
[4. Supplies purchased using the 『Community Security Fund』 can be freely distributed and used among players and will not be considered a transaction.]
At the very bottom, there was a countdown for the remaining voting time.
59:59
59:58
Evidently, Fu Chen had already submitted both proposals, and the first one, which did not pass the review, would not appear on the big screen for everyone to vote on or discuss.
This also confirmed the five's earlier speculation: player-submitted proposals were not without limits. They could not conflict with the New World's underlying rules or existing basic rules, and most likely could not conflict with already passed proposals either.
Of course, if it was a player-submitted proposal, it might be possible to modify or even overturn it by submitting a new proposal later, but this would require further verification.
Seeing the content on the big screen, a hint of pleasant surprise appeared on Li Renshu's face.
The first "free-riding" proposal not being approved was something to be expected.
And the fourth clause of the second proposal actually had a risk of conflicting with the basic rules and not being approved, for which she had already mentally prepared herself.
Seeing that the entire content of the second proposal had passed the review still made her quite happy.
Everyone finished reading the proposal's content, their expressions varied.
However, most people were pleasantly surprised.
Jiang He was the most supportive and was the first to state her position.
"This proposal wasn't discussed in public to be considerate of the feelings of us 'poor' people, right? Renshu, you're so thoughtful."
Xu Tong looked at her, "How are you poor? I'm the real poor one."
A hint of gratitude also appeared on Ding Wenqiang's face, and Su Xiucen's joy was even more apparent.
Clearly, Ding Wenqiang could also sense that this proposal was mainly to help him solve his food problem. And not bringing it up for public discussion among everyone had, to a certain extent, saved his face.
Su Xiucen, on the other hand, hadn't expected the problem she raised to be resolved so quickly and properly.
Li Renshu continued, "For now, this is still just a proposal, a kind of initiative. If anyone has a different opinion, we can still have a full discussion."
Jiang He stood up, "Is there any need for discussion? Isn't something like this welfare security beneficial to everyone?
"This is a sign of our community entering a civilized society.
"Anyway, I'm going to cast my vote in favor first."
After speaking, Jiang He left the main hall and walked towards the 『Community Management Office』.
Soon, others also expressed their opinions one after another.
"I agree too."
"I can't believe there's a way like this. Now, even if I'm unlucky and don't earn much visa time, I won't have to worry about food and drink."
"Yeah, without worries for the future, we can be a bit more daring when participating in games."
At this moment, Fu Chen had returned, and a round of applause even broke out from the crowd to welcome him.
Li Renshu looked at Wang Yongxin, "Brother Wang, if you have any thoughts, you must bring them up. Your opinion is also very important."
The others also subconsciously looked at Wang Yongxin.
It was obvious that if anyone were to oppose this proposal, Wang Yongxin would be the most likely candidate.
After all, he was the person with the most visa time at the moment and had always placed great importance on the "protection of private property."
Although a proposal could be implemented with 7 votes in favor, and Wang Yongxin's single opposition couldn't change the outcome, it would certainly be the best result if they could minimize disputes and pass it unanimously.
To everyone's surprise, Wang Yongxin seemed to show no dissatisfaction at all.
He smiled, "Indeed, the three things one can never escape in life are birth, death, and taxes.
"Even in the New World, one still has to pay taxes according to the law.
"But please rest assured, I fully support this proposal.
"Why are you all looking at me? I feel like you have some misunderstanding about me. Did you think I would oppose it?
"Of course, I have no reason to oppose it. After all, I'm already used to paying taxes in reality, not to mention you're proposing a flat tax rate instead of a progressive one, which is already quite friendly to me."
Seeing his reaction, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the unanimous passage of this proposal was a sure thing.
Although many people had a premonition that rifts would inevitably appear in this community in the future, it was better for this unity—even if it was only on the surface—to last as long as possible.
Everyone left the main hall in succession to go to the 『Community Management Office』 to vote.
Just over ten minutes later, the voting was complete.
[Proposal Content: Add new rules related to the 『Community Security Fund』.]
[Voting is complete.]
[The results of the anonymous vote will now be announced:]
[In Favor: 11 votes.]
[Opposed: 1 vote.]
[The rules related to the 『Community Security Fund』 are established.]
[Earnings not yet converted into visa time will be converted according to the new rules.]