Gao Jialiang was stunned: "If I really know the relevant professional knowledge, I can also deliberately give you an incorrect conclusion to deceive you. Wouldn't that increase the success rate?"

Xu Zhao chuckled: "Of course, it's because the previous question set a good precedent. If you really talk about a bunch of professional knowledge, we can instead obtain additional information through your expressions and details.

"And if you pretend to know nothing, we can't get any information. In the case where the three options show no difference, we are more likely to choose the answer you advocate.

"From the perspective of 'deception,' this is obviously a smarter approach."

Gao Jialiang shrugged: "You're just paranoid.

"I really haven't studied linguistics; believe it or not."

Xu Zhao didn't argue further; he looked at the other players:

"Okay, whether the player's representative is deceiving us or not, we need to think more long-term.

"If we keep playing like this, when will we figure out the specific reward and punishment standards?

"This is just the first stage of the game. If by the fifth question, we still haven't figured out the specific reward and punishment rules, then in the second stage, this room may fall into a huge disadvantage.

"By then, we'll all suffer losses together.

"Anyway, let's at least successfully cooperate once, okay?"

Cai Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and suggested: "Hmm, I agree.

"The correct answers to the first two questions were C and B. If the next question still doesn't show an obvious correct answer, let's all choose A."

The others looked at his expression with suspicion, but eventually, each nodded: "Okay."

...

The free discussion time ended, and the third question appeared on the big screen.

The core difference between Ricardo and Adam Smith's economic thoughts is ()

A. Whether to recognize the 'invisible hand'

B. Definition of 'source of value'

C. Whether to advocate laissez-faire policies

With a click, the mechanism on Yang Hui's face in the 8th community opened. This time it was her turn to serve as the 'player representative.'

Cai Zhiyuan knew very well that her profession was an actuary, and she would definitely get this question right.

This also made Xu Zhao's gaze towards Gao Jialiang even more unfriendly.

After a brief consideration, Yang Hui said: "There's no doubt this is a giveaway question, choose B.

"Both are liberal economists, and laissez-faire market economy policy is their common characteristic.

"Only option B counts as a difference.

"Although a player previously suggested 'all choose A,' there was basically no doubt about this question.

"So, everyone should choose option B together."

After Yang Hui finished speaking, another 2 minutes passed, and the 'unrelated players' responses also came out.

A. Whether to recognize the 'invisible hand' - 11.2%

B. Definition of 'source of value' - 74.1%

C. Whether to advocate laissez-faire policies - 14.7%

Clearly, this question was much simpler than the previous two, so most players could answer it.

Cai Zhiyuan selected option C and submitted his answer.

The correct answer to this question is: B. Definition of 'source of value.'

The net gain for the five players in this room is -17000 minutes of visa time.

The Questioner will gain 17000 minutes of visa time.

On Cai Zhiyuan's screen, it also showed his earnings in this game: 3000 minutes of visa time.

The light effects this time turned red, green, and gray.

The mechanisms on everyone's faces were unlocked again, but this time no one spoke immediately.

Gao Jialiang's expression was somewhat incredulous. He tried to think on his own, but he seemed unable to come up with an answer.

"Why.... the deducted visa time increased....

"The answer to the third question was obviously certain."

The expressions of the other players also appeared somewhat frustrated, unclear whether it was genuine or an act.

But in any case, the situation was indeed supposed to be frustrating at this point.

After answering three questions, the five of them not only failed to achieve any cooperation but had their deducted visa time increasingly grow.

Most players probably didn't figure out the specific reward and punishment rules at all.

Or perhaps some had already guessed but deliberately said nothing.

...

Amidst the silence of the crowd, the 5-minute countdown ticked by, second by second.

After some thought, Yang Hui sighed: "This isn't going to work; everyone stop pretending. You must have all noticed, right? Choosing the correct answer doesn't necessarily guarantee positive gains.

"Now we can confirm that whether the chosen answer is a majority or minority must also be one of the reward and punishment criteria.

"Moreover, the penalty for choosing the majority answer is greater than the reward for the correct answer.

"Precisely because of this, our total gains have always been negative.

"The players who originally realized this point deliberately said nothing, intending to use this information asymmetry to keep choosing the minority option for stable gains.

"But in this question, I guess, two players who deliberately wanted to choose the wrong answer to be in the minority collided, resulting in an answer distribution of 221, thus causing the biggest loss so far."

Gao Jialiang was puzzled: "Then why are you saying this? Would it not be better to keep this information asymmetry task unchanged?"

Yang Hui shook her head: "There should now be three players who clearly know this point. If I don't say it, the situation will only become more chaotic.

"I can't use this information asymmetry for profit either because there's still a high probability of colliding with other players wanting to choose the minority option.

"Moreover, if I don't say anything, once everyone gradually realizes this, it'll be even more challenging for us to achieve cooperation.

"Now that I've laid it out openly, once everyone knows this rule, the situation will instead become fair again."

Xu Zhao said with some irritation: "So what? We now have no foundation for cooperation whatsoever.

"There's clearly not a single honest person or anyone willing to cooperate in this room. You're all great actors, very calculating; I was really unlucky to be put in this room."

The others ignored Xu Zhao's complaints.

No one suggested that others choose any specific option anymore because they all realized such suggestions were meaningless.

Cai Zhiyuan looked at the gains he had accumulated so far.

A total of 17000 minutes of visa time.

Most likely the person with the highest earnings in this room.

Clearly, this was not luck but the result of carefully calculating after grasping the information asymmetry.

...

This game hid the specific reward and punishment mechanism, clearly intending players to guess other players' choices and using their gains and the total gain of the five players to make inferences.

The earlier one guesses the possible reward and punishment mechanism, the more it guides their subsequent answering strategies, further expanding their advantage.

Strictly speaking, this isn't a question game but a game about 'guessing the rules from the designer's perspective and mastering the information asymmetry.'

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