Yang Yuting frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "But... even if I don't deceive anyone and fulfill my promise normally, assuming a male player is willing to split the 30,000, I can still secure a minimum of 45,000 minutes of visa time.
"Why would I need to deceive someone for an extra forty thousand?"
Lu Xinyi was a bit exasperated, "You must be from a rich family, never having to worry about money since you were young, right?
"Listen to yourself, is an extra forty thousand a small amount?
"In other games, how much risk would you have to take to earn forty thousand?
"Besides, so what if you keep your promise? Other than the male player from another community you actually match with in the end, who would know? Who would care?
"On the contrary, if other female players deceive people frequently, and many male players get scammed multiple times, they won't attack a specific person, but all the female players in this game.
"From a results-oriented perspective, your persistence is completely meaningless."
Yang Yuting frowned and asked, "Then what about the male players in your community? What will they do?"
Lu Xinyi smiled without saying a word, seemingly unwilling to answer this question.
Yang Yuting suddenly understood, "I get it now. Judging from the 'Blood Poker' situation, your community has long established some kind of proposal for mandatory profit sharing, so the male players also benefit from your actions.
"Even if they can't contact you after entering the game, they can guess what you'll do.
"So, they will proactively offer more concessions to other female players, fanning the flames, and even actively broadcast messages unfavorable to male players, essentially providing you with support.
"No wonder that male player from your community I met earlier was so generous. It turns out this is also part of your strategy."
Lu Xinyi nodded, "Correct. Among the female players from Community 17 I've met, you're one of the smarter ones.
"Anyway, I won't be the only one to think of this strategy. The smart people in other communities must have thought of it too.
"It will spread faster than you imagine.
"Once more male players get scammed, they will also realize this, and some will start refusing to make concessions.
"So we have to take advantage of this time gap.
"Those who adopt this strategy first will reap the greatest benefits, those who adopt it later will pick up some scraps, and as for those who don't adopt it, they'll get no benefits but will share the consequences.
"This process is irreversible. You'd better think it through quickly."
Yang Yuting pondered for a moment and said, "But you seem to have forgotten a very important point.
"The 'Blind Date Game' will have two stages. A completely new set of rules will be updated for the last 4 hours.
"Are you sure your strategy will still be applicable in the second half?"
Lu Xinyi was not surprised, "Of course I've considered this problem.
"But it's like I said, since this game passed the Arcade's review, its design logic should at least be consistent from beginning to end.
"If the copycat who designed this game forcibly added a hidden rule like 'the player with the most Likes gets executed in the end,' it would be completely illogical and almost impossible to pass the Arcade's review.
"So I believe that even if the rules are updated in the second half of the game, even if some kind of killing rule is updated, 'Likes' will still be a crucial resource in this game, and 'visa time' will still be a tangible benefit that can be taken out of the game.
"The accumulation in the first 4 hours will inevitably determine the starting point for the last 4 hours.
"Of course, I can't be 100% certain either.
"But no matter what, I can only think about the optimal solution for Community 3 under the existing game rules."
As they spoke, the system notification sound rang.
[The meeting time has ended. Both players, please exit and return to your own rooms.]
Lu Xinyi stood up, "Exchange a Like?"
Yang Yuting shook her head, "No need, I don't trust you."
Lu Xinyi didn't mind. She turned and waved, "Think about it. See you later."
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...
Unconsciously, nearly 4 hours had passed.
Zheng Jie was already starving. He endured the hunger and didn't buy any food from the vending machine.
After checking the Likes he had received, he sighed silently.
[Community 17 - Zheng Jie]
[Current 'Likes' owned: 1]
[Current 'Dislikes' owned: 1]
[Current 'Likes' received: 2]
[Current 'Dislikes' received: 4]
"Who on earth is getting all the Likes? Is this game even playable anymore??"
Zheng Jie was also very frustrated. He felt he had done enough, but the final result was still abysmal.
On the big screen, the voice of a talent show player came through.
[Community 9 - Xiao Zhiyu].
"I want to file a complaint! I was scammed out of 30,000 minutes of visa time vouchers by three female players!
"It was supposed to be a win-win situation, why can't you be trustworthy? I want to expose the names of these three female players. They are from Community 12..."
[Performer No. 2 has received over 20 'Boring' votes. The performance has been forcibly terminated.]
Zheng Jie had perked up his ears, wanting to hear who the deceitful female players were so he could avoid them, but he didn't expect the guy's talent show to be cut off before he could finish.
"It takes 20 players voting 'Boring' together to cut it off. Could it be... all the female players voted 'Boring'??
"No, there are probably male players among them too.
"But so what? Isn't the situation just as bad?"
Zheng Jie discovered that it was basically impossible to find out which specific female players were deceiving people through the talent show.
Because the opportunities for the talent show itself were very few, each player would likely only get one chance, and many players would directly vote 'Boring' and cut it off as soon as they heard similar news.
The victims had no way to speak out.
[Jiao Hongtao from Community 8 broadcasts a piece of data to all players.]
[The percentage of female players who did not continue to accept invitations for the next meeting after receiving a 10,000-minute voucher is: '100%'.]
Zheng Jie put his hand to his forehead, feeling a bit desperate.
Oh right, I almost forgot about broadcasting.
But the problem was, broadcasts could only transmit data related to 'percentages' found in the game, and couldn't broadcast the names of deceitful players or their specific scams.
Zheng Jie had a vague impression of this player named Jiao Hongtao. He seemed to be the disheveled uncle whose talent show was cut off in a flash earlier.
It looked like he was also extremely angry, otherwise he wouldn't have specifically sent such a broadcast.
This was another rather explosive piece of data. A 100% rate looked very intimidating.
It even gave people the feeling that 'all female players are scammers.'
Of course, Zheng Jie felt this probability wasn't necessarily true. Perhaps so far only three or four female players had gotten the 10,000-minute vouchers and all of them had backed out?
In that case, although it would still fit the data, the deceitful female players would only account for 20% of the total number of female players, which wasn't that bad.
The same thing, calculated with different methods to produce different percentages, could give a completely different impression when broadcast.
However, there probably weren't many players who could think through these probability tricks as clearly as Zheng Jie.
Besides, even if one could think through these probabilities, so what?
Staying clear-headed couldn't increase one's own earnings.
In the previous meetings, Zheng Jie had executed his established strategy: first, test the waters with a bottle of mineral water. If the other party was ungrateful, he would pass directly. If the other party showed gratitude, he would then try to exchange a 10,000-minute visa time voucher for their promise to exchange Likes in the final meeting.
Of course, Zheng Jie wouldn't just give it away based on their empty words. He required the other party to exchange Likes with him once first.
After confirming the exchange, he would invite the other party for a second meeting, at which point he would hand over the voucher.
As for how he got the 3 extra Dislikes on him? That's how.