As soon as Levi got out of prison, he was so busy he wanted to go back and stay locked up for a few more days.
He first appeared to halt the concert and announced a meeting. Before the meeting began, to fully understand the situation, he spoke non-stop:
He chatted with the management personnel represented by Ivern;
He chatted with the Zaunite workers represented by Baku;
He chatted with the resident factory students represented by Lina.
Vi watched in sheer boredom, yawning sleepily.
Seraphine watched eagerly from the sidelines, hesitating as she wanted to come over and strike up a conversation, but Levi had no time to entertain her.
Finally, the meeting convened.
As Janna's Chosen, the center of attention, and the Association President with unmatched prestige, Levi started by warmly greeting his own sister:
"Lina, did reading make you a motherfucking idiot?"
"Brother," Lina said, feeling quite wronged after being called out. "We share the same mother..."
"..."
"Enough!" He used his sister as a prime example, criticizing her sternly. "I asked you to help the workers understand equality for all and the concept of internal democracy. Is this how you freaking understand it?"
Although he was criticizing Lina, everyone could tell he was actually criticizing all the resident students she represented.
Through his investigation, Levi discovered that the chaos in the factory over the past week was half due to crude, outdated institutional design, and half due to these student propagandists.
Under the extremely oppressive factory environment of the past, the apprentices had generally been trained to have a high degree of endurance and obedience. To put it bluntly, it was a slave mentality.
To help them stand back up mentally, Levi specifically arranged for Lina and the other resident student propagandists to help the workers understand the theory and emancipate their minds.
But he never expected...
The students themselves had completely misinterpreted the teachings.
Levi held up a thick copy of the *Meeting Minutes* and slammed it down in front of everyone with a dull thud.
"Look at this. In just one week, how many meetings have you held? How many votes have you cast?"
"And look again. You spent all that time, but what exactly were you discussing?"
"Issue 016: Disagreements regarding the dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the cafeteria."
"Issue 028: The reasonable allocation of cleaning duties and surface area for the cafeteria's doors, windows, stoves, and floors."
"Issue 032: Discussion on the unfair portioning of food due to the cafeteria lady's shaking hands and favoritism based on appearances..."
"..."
"Just eating a meal in the cafeteria caused you to hold this many meetings!"
They wanted to vote on everything, wasting all their time on meetings and petty squabbles.
Internal democracy had been warped into an extreme obsession with voting.
And even more dangerously, everyone had misunderstood the very concept of "equality for all":
"You demand equality even when eating. Regardless of gender or age, everyone must be given the exact same amount. If the cafeteria lady's hand shakes and she gives someone a little extra food, you hold a whole meeting about it."
"You demand equality when sweeping the floor. It's so absurd that you actually take rulers to measure the floor area. If you're assigned even a tiny bit more work than someone else, you feel wronged."
"..."
The reason everyone had been constantly voting and holding meetings this past week was largely because they sought equality in absolutely everything. If there was even the slightest difference in treatment between individuals, they felt it violated the Janna Thought principle of equality for all.
Thus, disagreements and conflicts arose, requiring wasted time in meetings to resolve.
"This erroneous thinking must be corrected!" Levi emphasized with utmost seriousness. "Equality for all is absolutely not absolute egalitarianism!"
"Even in the early stages of the Great Harmony society, we must distribute material wealth according to the principle of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his work'!"
When he was propagating Janna Thought, people constantly questioned him: People are born unequal, so on what grounds can you enforce equality for all?
This was Runeterra, a transcendent world where immense power could be concentrated in a single individual!
Some people were born as mages, as Transcendents, possessing strength that surpassed thousands of mortals.
Why should they be equal to mortals?
Therefore, equality for all was unfeasible in Runeterra.
"No, it is feasible!"
"Because what we are striving for is equality of dignity, equality of human rights, equality of opportunity, equality before the law, and equality of political status—not the absolute egalitarianism that you have all mistakenly understood."
"The world we want to create is one where the strong can no longer trample the weak at will. It is a world where both the strong and the weak exist as intelligent beings of equal status, respecting each other and living in harmony."
"But this does not mean that their material compensation must be exactly identical."
Levi had no intention of implementing absolute egalitarianism in Runeterra, where everyone would receive roughly the same pay regardless of the work they did.
If powerful mages, warriors, or genius scientists were willing to stand on the side of the Windguides—
Levi fully supported allowing these outstanding Transcendents to receive compensation that matched their abilities and contributions.
This not only aligned with the principle of more pay for more work, but it was also a necessary, pragmatic measure.
"In Runeterra, the role of an individual Transcendent is simply too important."
"But not everyone can embrace Janna's faith, discard their selfish desires, and dedicate themselves entirely to the public good."
"If we blindly enforce absolute egalitarianism, we might push the transcendent powerhouses who originally sympathized with our struggle, supported our struggle, and might have stood on our side, straight into the arms of the enemy."
It was a very simple truth:
Pursuing a better life is human instinct. Without sufficient benefits, why would Transcendents side with Janna? Relying entirely on faith and self-awareness? Then how could they maximize their unity with those who could potentially be united?
And from another perspective:
A powerful mage or warrior was practically a humanoid nuclear bomb. Their mere existence held immense strategic significance.
The value a genius scientist like Viktor could create was even more visibly direct.
They made such massive contributions to the Windguides' cause, so why shouldn't they earn more for doing more, receive more respect from the people, and obtain greater material rewards?
"Therefore, the ideology of absolute egalitarianism is unacceptable!" In Runeterra, it was even more unacceptable.
Although Levi's speech focused on the differences between Transcendents and mortals.
Everyone could hear and understand that the concept Levi wanted to express and promote was "from each according to his ability, to each according to his work."
Even in a factory, a model worker shouldn't receive the same treatment as a slacker.
"Teacher Levi, we were wrong..."
The resident students alongside Lina gradually realized the fallacy in their thinking.
Their imagination of their ideals was too romanticized. Dazzled by beautiful phrases like "equality for all," they had easily veered into extremes.
"There's no need to blame yourselves too much."
"The fault doesn't lie entirely with you."
After scolding them, Levi also began to self-criticize:
"The reason this chaos appeared and intensified is still because our organizational structure is too unsound."
"It left everyone leaderless, forcing you to rely on collective discussions to solve any issue."
The problem was laid bare, and the solution was quite simple.
If the organizational structure was unsound, then they just needed to establish a sound one.
"I have decided to establish a three-tier structure within the Windguide Association: the General Association, Branch Associations, and Sub-branches."
"The General Association will govern the Twin Cities of Zaun and Piltover. Branch Associations will be established in the city districts, and Sub-branches will be set up in the streets beneath those districts, as well as in various factories, schools, and hospitals."
"For Sub-branches with no more than 10 members, one president will be elected."
"For those with more than 10 members, one president, one treasurer, one organizational cadre, and one propaganda cadre will be elected."
"For those with more than 30 members, a Sub-branch president and a Sub-branch standing committee will be elected."
"For district Branch Associations with more than 500 members, or if a district has more than 5 Sub-branch standing committees, the Twin Cities General Association will appoint 10 people to form a Branch Association standing committee."
"..."
Levi explained a lot of details.
The specifics will not be listed one by one.