As long as you're not too dumb, you can glean some information from the data:

If 75% of male players have already voluntarily paid, what about the ones who insist on splitting the bill?

If 35% of players bring props into the meeting room, can you guess how many of them are male?

What are they bringing props for?

And what about the male players who don't bring props into the meeting room?

After this data is released, do you think it will continue to increase?

It's just a simple percentage, but the amount of information it contains is not small, and it carries strong implications.

"The so-called props must refer to those items sold in the vending machines, right?

"So, someone is proactively bringing in water or snacks to share with the meeting player to earn a like?

"...Really? You can do that??"

Zheng Jie suddenly felt he was too young, completely out of touch with the game's tricks.

Of course, he was one of the 75% who pressed 'I pay', and initially felt wronged to be forced to pay voluntarily, but after seeing this data, he thought, since most male players are doing this, it seems quite normal.

Moreover, he definitely needed to buy some items to bring into the meeting room.

Because after this data release, he realized that the number of male players buying things would definitely increase.

At the next meeting, if everyone brings something, it might not benefit Zheng Jie, but not bringing anything would definitely be a disadvantage.

He might get disliked then.

Of course, he could dislike back, but the problem is there's only one dislike per hour.

Plus, he's there for matchmaking, not arguments; given a fixed benefit of 30,000 minutes of visa time upon exiting the game, why bother with petty details?

Zheng Jie hurried to the vending machine to check the list of props.

"So expensive! It's highway robbery!"

Unlike the community vending machines, this vending machine only has essential food and drinks, with far fewer options, and prices are almost 5 to 10 times higher.

A regular bottle of mineral water costs 5 minutes of visa time in the community, but 50 minutes here.

Additionally, at the bottom of the product list, there's a special category of items: Visa Time Vouchers.

There are three specifications for the vouchers: 1000 minutes, 5000 minutes, and 10,000 minutes, requiring 1200, 6000, and 12,000 minutes of visa time respectively to purchase.

The note reads: [Once vouchers are purchased, the buyer cannot convert them back into visa time, they can only be given to other players in the meeting room.]

"Isn't this pure loss? Who would buy this stuff?"

The exorbitant price made Zheng Jie hesitate.

After wrestling with the decision for a while, he just bought the cheapest bottle of mineral water.

Back at his seat, there was just over a minute left of the break.

Zheng Jie glanced again at the two data points on the big screen, and the more he looked, the more his brow furrowed.

"Huh? Wait a minute!

"There's something off about this data!"

At first, Zheng Jie didn't pay much attention because he subconsciously thought, since data inquiry is a game rule, even if the data looks a bit counterintuitive, it must be true.

But after picking at the words several times, Zheng Jie suddenly realized something was wrong: the data is indeed true but under certain conditions.

[As of the current time, among all male players, the proportion who have pressed the 'I pay' button is: '75%'.]

But they have had two meetings so far, and as long as a male player presses the 'I pay' button even once, he's included in the numerator.

This doesn't mean they press 'I pay' every time, nor does it imply that both parties reached an agreement.

And the next piece of data has an even bigger issue.

[As of the current time, the proportion of players who proactively bring props into the meeting room is: '35%'.]

This 35% seems quite high at first glance, giving the impression that "more than half of male players are actively buying water and snacks for female players".

But when you think about it carefully, it must also include female players, and those who simply buy a bottle of water for themselves.

Subtract these, and you're left with the cases where male players specifically bought water or food to share with female players in the meeting room.

But when queried, one can intentionally manipulate the conditions for calculating the ratio, misleading other players.

Like this 35%, creating the illusion that "many male players have already started buying water and snacks for female players".

Zheng Jie was speechless.

"Man, why are these people so devious!"

He initially thought that maybe Qian Li and Lu Xinyi were in cahoots, sending such data to mess with all the male players.

But he quickly felt that possibility wasn't high.

Because outside the meeting room, players can't communicate privately.

Moreover, Qian Li and Lu Xinyi belong to Community 1 and Community 3 respectively, making collusion unlikely.

Most likely, when they saw the data inquiry and broadcast rules, they immediately realized this usage and put it into practice right away.

Out of 40 players, there's definitely no shortage of smart people.

For players as clever as Lu Xinyi, figuring this out from the game rules didn't surprise Zheng Jie at all.

"But... this feature seems unusable for male players?

"That's not fair!"

Zheng Jie couldn't think of any data that, when broadcast, would be beneficial to male players.

While thinking, the third meeting began.

...

Zheng Jie entered the meeting room, but when he saw the other person, he was stunned.

Because they were both men.

[Community 1 - Fang Wencong].

He was a nondescript man, small and thin, with short stubble, looking a bit unkempt.

The two looked at each other's bottles of mineral water, and the scene became a bit awkward for a moment.

However, Zheng Jie noticed that the other party's mineral water seemed opened and was only half full, not meant as a gift but for personal use.

After a moment of silence, he asked, "May I ask, what is your gender?"

Zheng Jie tried to make his question sound more polite through his tone.

Fang Wencong gave him an odd look, "Is it hard to tell? I'm male."

Zheng Jie was even more puzzled, "That's odd, I'm male too. Did the game make a mistake, pairing two guys for matchmaking?

"Could it be that the game's designer is LGBT? Quite trendy."

They both sat down.

Fang Wencong put his water bottle aside, a bit speechless, "Why the fuss? The game's rules never said you can only match with the opposite sex.

"And technically, this event is called a 'meeting', not 'matchmaking'.

Zheng Jie clearly wasn't convinced, "But the game's name is 'Matchmaking Game'! Matching same genders doesn't seem right."

Fang Wencong shrugged, "How should I know, ask the game's designer."

Compared to the previous two meetings, Zheng Jie was noticeably more relaxed.

So was Fang Wencong, who had been somewhat tense, now comfortably slumped in his seat, stretching.

"What about the room fee? Split, right?"

"Of course."

The two quickly reached an agreement and each pressed the split bill button to pay for the meeting room's usage fee.

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