The game officially begins.

The 12 players have already arrived early at the "Work Area."

The Work Area also has a notice board explaining the rules, with one rule highlighted in red:

[Wealthy Conglomerate players can forcibly seize work opportunities using their Identity Card.]

This was a known rule beforehand, now being emphasized again.

Under Fan Zehui's allocation, Community 4 received 2 sets of buttons, while Community 12 and Community 17 each received 1 set of buttons.

Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan did not object to this.

Clearly, after communication, Community 12 and Community 4 have regarded Community 17 as a common enemy, a target of oppression.

Under such circumstances, having one set of buttons is already good.

In theory, these buttons are first-come-first-served, whoever swipes their Identity Card first can "occupy" the button.

But the rules also clearly state: Wealthy Conglomerate players can directly seize work opportunities.

That means even after a Commoner player swipes their Identity Card, the Wealthy Conglomerate can swipe again.

Even if Community 17 occupies two sets of positions first, it doesn't mean anything because Community 4 can occupy the other two sets, and then Community 12 can use the Wealthy Conglomerate privilege to seize all the sets from Community 17 as well.

Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan were fully aware of this, so they did not protest and naturally accepted this arrangement.

Regarding the candidates for the buttons, Community 4 has two sets of buttons, so naturally all four players banded together.

Community 12 chose to let Zhou Guifen and another player, He Ming, press the buttons.

He Ming is a very skinny middle-aged man, seeming to have no assertiveness, with a meek and mild appearance.

The reason for this arrangement is that Zhou Guifen is "Young" while He Ming is "Juvenile," with the least initial visa time among the Wealthy Conglomerate quartet.

Getting their wealth to reach the 10,000 mark quickly allows them to reinvest in others, ensuring the Wealthy Community's wealth circulates as swiftly as possible.

Community 17 let "Young" Cai Zhiyuan and "Young" Qin Yao press the "Work" and "Income" buttons, respectively.

This game doesn't limit "Juvenile" players from pressing the "Work" button, somewhat implying child labor employment.

But Lin Sizhi considered he had too little initial visa time, and couldn't reach the 10,000 investment threshold in the short term, so he simply let others take the work opportunity first.

Luo Wei is a middle-aged player, with an initial Wealth of 5000, but for various reasons, Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan did not assign her a button.

...

The first round of the game started; all players assigned to the "Work" button had already arrived in front of the button, watching intently.

This device's design is very simple—just a little over a meter high pillar with a large button on top inscribed with the word "Work."

Beside the button, there's a designated sensor area for swiping electronic Identity Cards.

The two sets of buttons for Community 12 and Community 17 are next to each other, and while waiting, Lin Sizhi casually asked, "Aunt Zhou, do you have any relation to Zhou Rong?"

Zhou Guifen was stunned for a moment, hurriedly shaking her head: "No, it's just a coincidence, we're both surnamed Zhou."

Lin Sizhi chuckled, "Nothing much, just asking casually. I thought you might have some relatives or acquaintances in Community 12."

Zhou Guifen instinctively replied, "How could that be? We should all be strangers beforehand, right? Isn't it the same in your community?"

Lin Sizhi didn't answer, pointing at the button that started flashing special lights: "Quick, it can be pressed now."

Zhou Guifen hurriedly reached out and pressed it.

A strip light above the machine lit up, showing the words "Working," and the progress bar continued to grow.

According to the game rules, the button needs to be held for a full minute.

On the "Income" button side, the device's design isn't much different from the "Work" button, also having a place for swiping Identity Cards, but the lights above are not a progress bar, rather two inconspicuous small green lights.

At this moment, both small green lights are off.

As the "Work" button's progress bar finished, the two green lights on the "Income" button lit up.

According to the game rules, the button can be pressed twice at this time; the first time is by the player who swiped the Identity Card, gaining 1,000 minutes of visa time; the second time can only be pressed by the player who pressed the same group "Work" button, gaining another 1,000 minutes of visa time.

The player who pressed the "Work" button can also press the second "Income" button; thus, everyone moved toward the "Income" button together.

The player standing in front of the "Income" button pressed it the first time, followed by the corresponding "Work" button player pressing it the second time.

Everyone's actions were uniform without any noticeable anomalies.

On Community 17's side, Cai Zhiyuan pressed the "Work" and "Income" buttons once each, gaining 2,000 minutes of visa time.

Qin Yao pressed the "Income" button once, gaining 1,000 minutes of visa time.

After each pressed, Fan Zehui let out a slight sigh of relief and headed to the Notary Office to purchase an investment certificate.

In this process, 5,000 minutes of visa time were automatically deducted from his account, and the "investee" he selected received 2,000.

Players from Community 12 began intentionally covering the "Wealth" number on their chests.

This way, other players wouldn't know the specific wealth distribution among Wealthy Conglomerate players.

As for Community 17, there's no need to cover anything currently, as all wealth figures are already revealed.

...

After 10 minutes, the first round of the game ended.

[Current Total Wealth: 47,000 minutes visa time]

The investment hadn't yielded returns yet; investing 5,000 to get 2,000 equaled a temporary loss of 3,000 instead.

All the income came from work, totaling 12,000 minutes of visa time.

In the second round of the game, everyone distributed work opportunities the same as last time, but no one exceeded the 10,000 threshold this time, so no investments occurred.

[Current Total Wealth: 59,000 minutes visa time]

Although the total wealth growth rate appears slow, as more players reach 10,000 in wealth, it should soon reach the 110,000 investment return cap.

The situation still seemed optimistic.

At this moment, Fan Zehui's Identity Card emitted a "beep," and the information on it changed.

[Community 12 - Fan Zehui]

[Identity: Wealthy Conglomerate]

[Age: 0 years old (Juvenile)]

[Wealth: 0 minutes visa time]

Fan Zehui wasn't too surprised seeing this change, as it was an expected outcome.

His initial identity was the only "Elderly" among the 12 players, so after 2 rounds of the game, his age reached 80 and required rebirth.

A prompt appeared on the big screen.

[Due to changes in the age structure, a new management team has been elected. Please confirm through Identity Card.]

Since Fan Zehui had already set up a will at the Notary Office, all remaining visa time after his death would be transferred to Zhou Rong via the will.

Currently, all tax rates are 0, so no inheritance tax would be deducted.

Moreover, since the management group only consists of "Elderly" and "Middle-aged" players, Fan Zehui automatically lost his management role.

He looked towards Zhou Rong.

Because Zhou Rong's initial identity was "Middle-aged," and is now "Elderly," with a Wealth Value of 10,000 minutes visa time, she should still be in the management team, with her default votes increasing from 1 to 2.

However, Zhou Rong seemed shocked, looking at the Identity Card on her chest, her voice filled with confusion.

"Huh? Is there a malfunction?

"Why is the 'Management' tag missing from mine?"

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