Han Mengying was quite candid, "Actually, from the rules, it’s very clear that the Conglomerate community has absolute advantages.
"In terms of age composition, regardless of how the population structure changes, the Conglomerate community will always have 1 ‘Old Age’ player and 1 ‘Adult’ player.
"From the perspective of total wealth, the Conglomerate also occupies an absolutely advantageous position.
"So the Conglomerate community can very easily ensure that 1 ‘Old Age’ player and 1 ‘Adult’ player are in the management room, forever controlling 3 out of 5 votes.
"Replacing the Conglomerate is something that only has theoretical possibility within the rules, but is almost impossible to achieve in actual operation.
"So the key to this game lies in ’making the pie bigger.’
"According to the game requirements, we must earn a total of 500,000 minutes of visa time, otherwise it’s all for nothing.
"Then among the three communities, there will inevitably be unequal distribution of benefits.
"If the Conglomerate community wants to monopolize all profits, then the remaining two Civilian communities will unite.
"So the optimal strategy is: you give up a portion of benefits to us, forming a solid alliance."Our two communities are sufficient to avoid all penalty rules and maximize profit caps.
"This way, no matter how smart the players from Community 17 are, they’ll have no room to use their abilities."
Zhou Rong hesitated somewhat, "But... Mr. Lin did help us in the ’Blind Date Game’ before. And if we arrange things this way, the players from Community 17 might be deducted 50,000 minutes of visa time, right?"
Han Mengying smiled, "Don’t worry about that. As long as we let them earn a little bit, they won’t be penalized.
"It’s quite easy to achieve in this game."
Zhou Rong and Fan Zehui looked at each other, then asked, "But giving them only this little, wouldn’t that be... not very good?"
Han Mengying sighed quietly, "Silly girl, what time is it and you’re still thinking of others?
"Guess which community among our three has the least shortage of visa time?
"With Lin Sizhi’s intelligence, do you think he would be poor?
"So it’s very reasonable for our two communities to take the lion’s share. Community 17 is so wealthy, it’s only right that they give up some, isn’t it?"
Fan Zehui was somewhat moved. This statement really hit the point.
If one community had to receive relatively fewer benefits, it should naturally be the wealthiest community. This was fair.
Zhou Rong also found it reasonable and didn’t raise any more objections.
Among the four players from Community 12, Zhou Guifen was most inclined to cooperate with Community 17, but she wasn’t in the management room at the moment.
Fan Zehui considered for a moment and asked, "So... specifically, how do we do this? I think it’s reasonable for Community 17 to get the minimum profit, but I’ll try to ensure they earn enough 10,000 to safely exit the game."
Han Mengying explained, "Very simple. In the early game, most players don’t have 10,000 in wealth value and can’t reach the ’investment’ threshold. ’Work’ is the only stable way to acquire wealth.
"So the four sets of buttons are equivalent to four job opportunities, with each set of buttons steadily producing 3,000 minutes of visa time for two players.
"According to the rules, each community can occupy at most 2 sets of buttons.
"We occupy two sets, you and Community 17 each get one set.
"Or, we and you can each get two sets."
Zhou Rong was somewhat surprised, "Huh? You’ll occupy more job opportunities than us?"
Han Mengying shrugged, "This is normal, right! You Conglomerates are going to compete with Civilians for job opportunities? That would look a bit too ugly, wouldn’t it?
"Conglomerates have three additional ways to ensure their profits:
"First is investment. Currently, only Mr. Fan has an initial 10,000 visa time in the entire venue, which means you can start investing and gaining profits at least two rounds earlier.
"Second is taxation. The Conglomerate community will always have 2 people in the management room and can stably take half the tax revenue.
"Third is inheritance. This is also a very important rule. In the management room, tax rates for Civilians and Conglomerates are separate, which means you can only collect inheritance tax from Civilians.
"Under 0% inheritance tax, the Conglomerate community’s wealth will always circulate only internally and never flow out. When Civilians die, their wealth gets harvested by inheritance tax.
"You Conglomerates have so many additional money-making opportunities, why compete with Civilians for job opportunities?
"If you only give us one set of work buttons, we would be absolutely dissatisfied and might even consider uniting with Community 17 in resistance.
"If we can’t earn 500,000 minutes of visa time, or if there’s ’wealth shrinkage’ in the last 10 rounds, we’re all working for nothing."
Fan Zehui nodded, "Mm, that also makes sense."
Even if Community 4 got one more set of buttons, it would only be 3,000 more visa time per round, which still wouldn’t be enough to threaten the Conglomerate.
Because the three communities’ initial total wealth was different. The Conglomerate community had a total of 18,000 minutes of visa time, while the two Civilian communities each only had 10,000 minutes.
Moreover, the Conglomerate community could also gain profits through taxation and investment. If they discovered threats, they could directly increase taxes on Civilians.
Han Mengying continued, "For the Conglomerate community, the goal should be to ensure all players have wealth balances exceeding 10,000 while maintaining ‘Old Age’ and ‘Adult’ players in management positions.
"Because purchasing investment vouchers requires a 10,000 threshold.
"When all Conglomerate players obtain investment qualifications, they can complete multiple investments with each other, making capital circulate rapidly.
"For example, Fan Zehui, you first invest in that ‘Old Age’ lady, then let her receive the main work income.
"Before you die, transfer the remaining 5,000 as inheritance to Zhou Rong.
"Then Zhou Rong will have 10,000 minutes of visa time when entering ‘Old Age’, ensuring entry into the management room. At the same time, the ‘Old Age’ lady can also reach 10,000 as quickly as possible and make 2 investments.
"Conversely, if you invest in Zhou Rong and also give the inheritance to Zhou Rong, then in the subsequent game, your remaining 3 people will have difficulty gathering 10,000 and can only make one investment.
"Similarly, without affecting the management level, excess profits should also be distributed to your other player as much as possible.
"Because when their wealth value can reach the 10,000 investment threshold will directly determine when an investment opportunity opens.
"One less investment means 15,000 less profit.
"Without careful planning, delaying two or three game rounds would result in quite considerable profit loss.
"As the saying goes, all things are difficult at the beginning. How to distribute early profits to get all 4 people qualified for investment as quickly as possible is very particular."
Fan Zehui couldn’t help but nod. Han Mengying’s explanation was indeed very reasonable.
Zhou Rong was somewhat puzzled, "But why are you helping us research the optimal strategy?"
Han Mengying smiled as she explained, "We’re in a cooperative relationship now, aren’t we?
"Moreover, our primary goal is to achieve 500,000 minutes in total wealth, and the Conglomerate community will definitely take the lion’s share of this wealth.
"If you waste investment opportunities and cause us to earn less money in the end, that would be unprofitable.
"On the point of ’making the pie bigger,’ our interests are completely aligned."
Fan Zehui couldn’t think of any problems with this strategy, so he agreed.
"Alright, we’ll consider implementing this strategy."