Cai Zhiyuan paused for a moment, then continued:
"The same principle applies to our community.
"The worst-case scenario is the entire community splitting 6:6, forming two small, highly organized factions.
"If that happens, we can just wait to die, the community will never know peace.
"Think about it, today Faction A poaches someone from Faction B, gets 7 votes to pass a motion; tomorrow, someone from Faction A gets upset and defects to Faction B, again getting 7 votes to overturn the previous motion.
"That kind of internal strife would be endless."
Fu Chen thought for a moment, "In that case, couldn't we just form a stable 7-person group?"
Cai Zhiyuan shook his head, "No, because that would be an inverted pyramid structure, it would collapse!
"Seven people oppressing five, this tyranny of the majority might be sustainable in the short term, but you have to understand, those seven people won't be a monolith either, they'll have internal disagreements as well.
"For example, in a company of a thousand people, 700 are in management and 300 do the actual work, don't you think that's absurd?
"Even if such a company existed, it would definitely be bloated, inefficient, and completely uncompetitive.
"The actual stable structure should be a proper pyramid:
"In a company, there can only be one person who makes the final decisions, directly managing a few senior executives, who in turn correspond to dozens of mid-level managers, and through these mid-level managers, control the rank-and-file employees.
"Of course, I'm just making an analogy, the ratio isn't exact, but that's the principle.
"Therefore, for our community to be stable, we first need a small group that holds the core of power, this group can be three, four, or five people, but absolutely no more than five, because any more would create problems with the distribution of influence.
"If a so-called small group makes up half of the total number, can it still be called a small group?
"And through this small group, we can strategically bind 2 to 4 people from the remaining 7 who share similar ideals, are easier to control, and are less likely to defect, thus ensuring that the motions we want to pass will definitely pass.
"In short, according to the community rules, we must have seven votes, but these seven votes must absolutely not be seven votes of equal power, because once they are equal, it can't be stable."
Fu Chen quickly understood Cai Zhiyuan's point, he was silent for a moment, "So, this small group you're talking about is actually you, me, Li Renshu, Officer Cao, and Lawyer Lin."
Cai Zhiyuan nodded, "Yes.
"Actually, before bringing Lawyer Lin in, I hesitated. Because it was a choice between him and Wang Yongxin.
"But in the end, I could only choose Lawyer Lin.
"Because any capable and influential person, if not included in this small group, could potentially form a new power core after being left out.
"I could only kick Wang Yongxin out, because his values differ the most from ours.
"Moreover, judging from Wang Yongxin's personality, his ecological niche is that of a leader. Our small group doesn't need another leader, so there's a dual conflict of ideology and structure between us and him.
"He is indeed very smart and capable, and I did consider bringing him in, but after thinking it through, the conclusion was no.
"I can't quite figure Lawyer Lin out, but as long as he has no intention of becoming a leader, he can be brought in. Besides, I have a gut feeling that if he were left on the outside, the damage he could cause would be far greater than Wang Yongxin.
"As for the others, Li Renshu is a very mature and rational manager, and Officer Cao's identity as a criminal police officer can give everyone a sense of security, he doesn't need to do anything to have enough influence.
"So do you understand now? If we were to bring in an elderly doctor, they would naturally carry a strong voice, just like Officer Cao, this is determined by age and profession.
"At that point, who among the five would you plan to kick out?
"Would we kick ourselves out? If you really think so, I don't have any objections.
"I could also choose to support Wang Yongxin in becoming a second core, anyway, for me, although it's not the optimal choice, it doesn't make much difference.
"In short, whether this doctor isn't included, or any one of us is kicked out, it's possible they could form a new power core with Wang Yongxin and others, the worst-case scenario is our community splitting into two 6:6 factions, with endless internal strife.
"But if we find a young doctor, one who is close to our ideals and easy to control, our community structure will be more stable.
"Therefore, we really only have one choice, and that is a young male doctor, preferably one with a simpler way of thinking.
"As for his medical skills... for now, good enough is good enough, of course, a surgeon would be best."
Fu Chen thought for a moment, "Wouldn't a female nurse be easier to control?"
Cai Zhiyuan looked at him with a hint of helplessness, "Are you sure?
"Yang Yuting and Jiang He are both emphasizing that we shouldn't limit the gender, do you really think they don't care about the new player's gender, or do they prefer the community's male-to-female ratio to become 5:7?"
Fu Chen was stumped, speechless for a moment.
Cai Zhiyuan stood up, "Alright, that's all I have to say.
"I'm going to discuss this with Li Renshu, you think it over yourself."
...
After dinner.
Everyone once again sat around the long table in the hall, discussing the motions left unfinished during the day.
Only this time, Li Renshu was the first to speak.
"A day has passed, everyone should have thought things through, right?
"Time is tight, we have three motions to discuss tonight, so let's all focus and try to get this done quickly.
"The first motion is a 'Supplementary Motion' to the 'Community Security Fund', the specific rules are as follows:
"1. When visa time earned in a single game is less than 20,000, there is no need to contribute to the Community Security Fund.
"2. When a player's personal visa time falls below 24 hours, they can take an interest-free loan of 20,000 minutes of visa time from the Community Security Fund. Another loan can only be taken after the previous one is fully repaid.
"3. The Community Security Fund pool will reserve a maximum of one hundred thousand minutes of visa time to ensure the operation of basic community security and interest-free loans. When the fund reaches 220,000, the excess 120,000 will be evenly returned to all players."
Li Renshu paused for a moment, then continued, "The second motion is the 'Medical Supplies Management Rules'.
"We will vote to elect a 'Medical Supplies Administrator', whose authority is to freely use the Community Security Fund to purchase any medical supplies. These purchased supplies can be freely circulated and used among all community players.
"When a cumulative total of 10,000 minutes of visa time is spent, the details must be submitted for a full review by all members, only after the review is complete can another 10,000 credit be opened.
"If 7 people vote against it, the administrator can be dismissed and a new one elected.
"The third motion is community recruitment. I'm leaning towards a young, male surgeon.
"Alright, that's all."
Jiang He was a bit dizzy from listening, "Slow down, slow down, I didn't even remember all that."
Li Renshu smiled, "I know, the reason I went through it quickly was to give everyone a general idea first, now we'll go through them one by one.
"First, the supplementary rules for the Community Security Fund.
"Simply put, there are three points: first, set a 20,000 exemption threshold; second, set a 20,000 interest-free loan; third, after exceeding one hundred thousand, for every additional 120,000, it will be returned equally."
Xu Tong didn't quite understand for a moment, "Why return it?"
Li Renshu explained, "Because when we were collecting it, 5% was actually a relatively conservative number, judging by the current rate of earning visa time, this pool will only get bigger and bigger.
"The consumption rate of this pool is fixed, 80 minutes per person per day. So, the excess portion won't be used, which is also a waste.
"If it exceeds by too much, of course it should be returned to everyone.
"I also know that the method of equal returns is unfair to players who contributed more visa time, so, if anyone has a better method of return, you can also propose it."
Everyone looked at each other and said nothing.
Wang Yongxin spread his hands with a bit of resignation, "It's fine, let's just do it this way. Just think of it as a year-end bonus for everyone every once in a while."