Cai Zhiyuan paused slightly and continued:

"Our community works under the same principle.

"The worst scenario is the community splitting into a 6:6, forming two highly organized small groups.

"If that happens, we're just waiting for disaster, and the community will never find peace.

"Think about it, today Group A persuades someone from Group B to get 7 votes and pass a proposal; tomorrow, someone from Group A gets upset and defects to Group B, once again gathering 7 votes to overturn the previous proposal.

"This internal strife will never end."

Fu Chen thought for a moment: "In that case, wouldn't it be enough to establish a stable 7-member group?"

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head: "No, because that's an inverted pyramid structure, it will collapse!

"Seven people oppressing five people may maintain a majority tyranny short-term, but you must know, these seven people can't be a monolithic block, there will also be internal disagreements.

"Just like a company with a thousand people, 700 in management, and 300 workers, don't you think that's absurd?

"Even if such a company exists, it would definitely be bloated, inefficient, and lacking competitiveness.

"A truly stable structure should be an upright pyramid:

"A company should have only one person in charge of decision-making, directly managing a few executives, who each oversee several middle managers, who then control the junior employees.

"Of course, I'm just drawing a parallel, the ratio isn't accurate, but the logic is the same.

"Therefore, for our community to be stable, we must first have a small core group wielding power, which could be three, four, or five people, but absolutely can't exceed five because that leads to issues in distributing the right to speak.

"If a so-called small group makes up half, how is that still a small group?

"Through this small group, we strategically tie the remaining 7 people with ideologies similar to us, who are relatively easy to control and unlikely to defect, ensuring any proposal we want to pass will indeed be passed.

"Overall, according to community rules, we need seven votes, but these seven votes are by no means equal in power, because if they're equal, it will never be stable."

Fu Chen quickly grasped Cai Zhiyuan's explanation, he paused: "So, this small group you're talking about includes you, me, Li Renshu, Officer Cao, and Lawyer Lin."

Cai Zhiyuan nodded: "Yes.

"Actually, before bringing Lawyer Lin in, I hesitated because I had to choose between him and Wang Yongxin.

"But ultimately, the choice was Lawyer Lin.

"Because anyone with capability and influence, if not included in this small group, going out would form a new power center.

"I could only kick Wang Yongxin out because he represents the biggest ideological difference from us.

"Additionally, judging from Wang Yongxin's personality, he inhabits a leader niche. Our small group doesn't need another leader, so between us, there's both an ideological and structural contradiction.

"He is indeed smart and capable. I considered including him, but ultimately my thinking concluded that it wouldn't work.

"I can't quite understand Lawyer Lin, but as long as he's not keen on becoming a leader, he can be absorbed. Besides, instinctively, if thrown outside, Lawyer Lin's potential for destruction far surpasses Wang Yongxin.

"As for the others, Li Renshu is a mature and rational manager, and Officer Cao's identity as a detective gives everyone a sense of security; he doesn't need to do anything to have enough influence.

"So do you understand now? If we include an older doctor, they naturally carry strong influence, akin to Officer Cao, determined by their age and profession.

"Then, who among the five would you plan to kick out?

"Shall we both get kicked out ourselves? If you truly think that, I might not mind.

"I could also choose to assist Wang Yongxin in forming a second core; although not the optimal choice, it makes little difference to me.

"Anyway, whether the doctor isn't included or one of us gets kicked out, it's possible to form a new power core with Wang Yongxin or others, with the worst-case scenario being our community splitting into 6:6 groups, endless internal conflict.

"But if we find a young doctor, one whose views align closely with ours and is easy to control, our community structure will be more stable.

"So we actually have only one choice, which is a young male doctor, ideally one with a straightforward mindset.

"As for his medical skills... right now, sufficient is adequate, of course, preferably a surgeon."

Fu Chen pondered: "If it's a female nurse, wouldn't she be easier to control?"

Cai Zhiyuan looked at him somewhat helplessly: "Are you sure?

"Yang Yuting and Jiang He both emphasize no gender restriction. Do you really think they're unconcerned about the new member's gender, or are they hoping to adjust the community's male-to-female ratio to 5:7?"

Fu Chen was stumped by the question and found himself speechless.

Cai Zhiyuan stood up: "That's all for now.

"I'm going to discuss with Li Renshu, you think it over yourself."

...

After dinner.

Everyone gathered again around the long table in the hall, discussing the day's unfinished proposals.

This time Li Renshu was the first to speak.

"A day's passed, everyone should have thought it through.

"Time is tight, tonight we have three proposals to discuss, everyone needs to stay focused, let's aim to resolve them quickly.

"The first proposal is the 'Community Security Fund' 'Supplementary Proposal,' with specific rules as follows:

"1. No need to pay the Community Security Fund if earning visa time below 20,000 in a single game.

"2. Players with personal visa time below 24 hours can borrow 20,000 minutes of visa time interest-free from the Community Security Fund. Full repayment is required before borrowing again.

"3. The Community Security Fund pool reserves a maximum of 100,000 minutes visa time, ensuring community basic security and interest-free loans. When reaching 220,000, the extra 120,000 will be equally redistributed to all players."

Li Renshu paused briefly, then continued: "The second proposal is the 'Medical Supplies Management Rules.'

"We will vote to elect a 'Medical Supplies Manager,' who holds authority to freely use the Community Security Fund to purchase any medical supplies. These purchased supplies may freely circulate among all community players.

"Once the cumulative spending reaches 10,000 minutes of visa time, the details need to be submitted for a full review before another 10,000 quota is opened.

"If 7 people vote against it, a re-election can be initiated.

"The third proposal is community recruitment. I lean towards a young male surgeon.

"That's all."

Jiang He felt a bit overwhelmed: "Slower, slower, I didn't catch it all."

Li Renshu smiled: "I know, I quickly went through it to give everyone an overview; now we'll go through it one by one.

"First, the supplementary rules for the Community Security Fund.

"Simply put, there are three points: first, setting a 20,000 exemption threshold; second, setting a 20,000 interest-free loan; third, after surpassing 100,000, for each extra 120,000, it will be equally returned."

Xu Tong was somewhat puzzled: "Why return it?"

Li Renshu explained: "Because during collection, 5% is a relatively stable number; based on the current speed of earning visa time, this pool will keep growing larger.

"The consumption rate of this pool is fixed; everyone uses 80 minutes per day. Hence, any excess would go unused, representing a form of waste.

"If there's too much surplus, of course, it should be returned to everyone.

"I also know the average return method is unfair to players contributing more visa time, so if anyone has a better return method, please propose it."

Everyone exchanged glances but remained silent.

Wang Yongxin shrugged with slight frustration: "No worries, let's do it like this. Let's consider it a year-end bonus we receive periodically."

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