Chapter 528
Ulterior Motives
Chapter 528 Ulterior Motives
Fitness instructor Deng Xiao also looked puzzled. If his attitude towards Lin Sizhi was clearly hostile before, his gaze towards Qin Cheng was more one of bewilderment.
Do you think you'll soon be among the seven people with more visa time?
"Every game in the arcade is a matter of life and death; it's not a field where you can arbitrarily harvest visa time!"
Yao Yuan, who had been taking notes, carefully considered his words and said, "Attorney Lin, Dr. Qin, please calm down."
"Deng Xiao has always been straightforward, so don't take it too seriously."
"Dr. Qin, perhaps you're new to New World and don't know much about the situation here. As for Attorney Lin..."
"Perhaps each community had a different ecosystem before, so their values also differed."
"But our second community has always been a community that emphasizes mutual help and support. We have leaders who can win people's hearts and consider everyone's interests, as well as members who know how to sacrifice some personal interests for the greater good. That's why we were able to go all the way in the previous stage of the game, become the final winner, and retain our core team."
"We firmly believe that this is the way to survive in the new world."
"At this stage, we do face new challenges, but there is no doubt that we cannot so simply and crudely rule out the possibility of 'mutual help and support'."
"Therefore, I still hope that you can reconsider carefully and not reject it so hastily."
Qin Cheng glanced at Lin Sizhi, then turned to the crowd: "I don't know what Attorney Lin is thinking, but from my personal perspective, I think it's good for the community to help and support each other, and it's also right for some people to sacrifice their interests for the greater good."
"But this should be promoted by the community's administrators through well-developed proposals, and all players should voluntarily and spontaneously abide by it."
"Seeking opinions from each player privately and then providing the most suitable solution after comprehensive consideration might achieve this goal better than having a public discussion like this."
Deng Xiao was somewhat dismissive: "Survey each player's opinion privately? 14 people have 14 different opinions, many of which are completely opposite. How can you unify them with a single proposal?"
Qin Cheng considered for a moment and said, "If everyone is not very confident about this, I can give it a try."
"However, it will probably take several hours."
Lu Bingjun clapped his hands: "Alright, alright, Attorney Lin and Dr. Qin have made their opinions very clear."
"Dr. Qin is right, this work should indeed be refined to a higher level."
"Previously, the second community consisted of veteran players who knew each other very well and had a good foundation of mutual trust. So, without realizing it, I skipped some necessary steps in the discussion process."
"Now that new players are joining the community, we naturally need to do our work more meticulously."
Yao Yuan.
"Later, the two of us will communicate with other players separately, listen to everyone's opinions, and then summarize them to come up with a solution that everyone can accept."
Yao Yuan nodded and quickly made a note: "Okay."
……
The meeting did not reach a conclusion for the time being. After the meeting ended, the participants did not leave, but instead went into separate rooms with Lu Bingjun and Yao Yuan to discuss their thoughts privately.
Taking this opportunity, Huang Shengjie pulled Qin Cheng to another room.
"Why? Isn't the second option a better option for us?" Huang Shengjie's face was full of confusion.
Qin Cheng countered, "Why is it a better solution for us?"
"Have you accepted the reality that you'll always be in the bottom 7?" Huang Shengjie was speechless: "This..."
"Qin Cheng, I know you've always been a confident person. You were always a good student in school, and when it comes to exam papers, not many people can beat you."
"However, we are new players after all, and we lack the experience of a whole stage compared to others!"
"Many of them have saved up tens of thousands or even more in visa time, while based on the general income and participation in the game, we can probably only participate in two games a month at most. Assuming an average income of 5, it would take at least two months to catch up with others!"
"Moreover, there may be unexpected events during this period, and others will continue to gain time."
"It's also possible that the visa processing time accumulated in the first phase is something we can never catch up with!"
"Besides, this is a community that takes care of the vulnerable, and Brother Lu is clearly planning to help us. Why do you have to stand up and oppose it?"
Qin Cheng countered, "Are you sure Lu Bingjun really intends to help us? Shengjie, think it over."
Huang Shengjie didn't quite understand: "Otherwise what? Are there any other possibilities?"
Qin Cheng looked at him seriously and said, word by word, "Shengjie, you are too insensitive."
"Lu Bingjun said he would do a simple count of how many players were unwilling to share the cost, speaking casually, but this was not insignificant."
"If no one speaks, then according to the agenda of this meeting, it is equivalent to everyone agreeing that they are willing to share the burden with other players."
"In other words, they unwittingly relinquished their right to 'refuse to share the burden'."
"After that, if Lu Bingjun proposes a 'not so fair' cost-sharing plan, it may seem to be in our favor at present, but our interests may be seriously damaged in the future. At that time, do you plan to oppose or support it?"
Huang Shengjie was stunned: "It can't be that bad, can it? I don't quite understand."
"If Brother Lu really comes up with a proposal that seriously harms my interests, then I can just object to it, right?"
Qin Cheng shook his head: "Opposition has a time limit."
“At this meeting, Lu Bingjun gave you the opportunity to object, and you did not object, so this can be regarded as acquiescence.”
"This means that you are relinquishing your right to 'refuse to share the cost' and leaving it to Lu Bingjun to arrange."
"If you raise objections later, and others ask you, 'Why didn't you say so back then?', how would you respond?"
"At that point, there's a high probability that no one will support you anymore. Instead, they'll all advise you to consider the bigger picture. Are you sure you can still stick to your opposing views then?"
"No one would be stupid enough to propose a bill to strip you of all your rights, but all infringements and erosions of rights often happen little by little."
“Think about what Attorney Lin said.”
He said: It's not that I'm unwilling to share the pain in any situation, but I don't accept such general questions unless a specific solution is given.
Isn't that clear enough?
Huang Shengjie was stunned: "Is that so? I originally thought that he had participated in the first stage of the game in its entirety, and was quite confident in his abilities, believing that he would definitely not fall into the bottom 7, which is why he refused to share the burden."
"You mean, perhaps because he's a lawyer, he's naturally sensitive to individual rights, and that's why he noticed this probing earlier?"
(End of this chapter)