God's imitator

Chapter 77 Involution
[Xue Qi from Community 9 broadcasts a data message to all players.]

[As of now, the percentage of players who voluntarily brought items into the meeting room is: '55%'.]

As expected, the data has increased again.

[Zhao Duo from Community 12 broadcasts a data message to all players.]

[In the last meeting, the percentage of male players who did not press the "I'll Pay" button was 20%.]

Zheng Jie was amazed that there were still guys as stubborn as him, although there weren't many left.

[Zhang Shichao from Community 9 broadcasts a data message to all players.]

[As of now, the percentage of male players who proactively clicked "I'll pay" in the same meeting but did not receive a "like" is 75%.]

Finally, a male player's counterattack broadcast appeared.

But so far, it seems to have had little effect.

In this mechanism, female players are more likely to get "likes," and sending broadcasts can promote this positive cycle, so they will be very enthusiastic when the first broadcast is free.

Male players are already less likely to get "likes," so even if they use their first free opportunity to broadcast, it's unlikely to have much effect.

Take the data posted by Zhang Shichao as an example. Even if you know that "male players who voluntarily pay for the room are unlikely to get likes", what can you do?

Likes are already scarce, and if you stop paying for the room because of this, then the chance of getting likes in the first place is completely gone.

……

With a little time before the next meeting, Zheng Jie went to the vending machine again and looked through the items on the vouchers.

"Although I don't want to get involved in this meaningless competition, I have no choice but to compete for the visa processing time."

"The voucher... means that I spend 1200 minutes of visa time to buy a voucher, and then give it to the other person, who can then redeem 1000 minutes of visa time at a vending machine?"

"This allows for the transfer of visa time, but the travel agency will take a 20% handling fee."

"Um……"

Zheng Jie was caught in a dilemma.

He instinctively resisted this behavior, but after calming down and thinking about it, he realized that what the long-haired woman said made sense.

This "blind date game" involves 20 men and 20 women.

Although the ratio of men to women is 1:1 in terms of numbers, theoretically everyone should be able to get the final 3 minutes of visa time.

But that's just theory.

In actual gameplay, the number of meetings is limited, and there is a possibility of meetings between people of the same sex or repeated meetings.

If some players have formed fixed groups and continue to meet, other players may be forced to match with players they have already met, or players with whom they have had heated arguments before.

In this situation, it is highly likely that no agreement will be reached in the final vote at the last meeting. If either party is unwilling to vote, neither of them will receive visa time.

The probability is low, but what if it happens? Then we'd lose a lot of money.

If you want to be able to reliably find a female player who is willing to exchange likes with you in the end, then giving up some benefits in the early stages can indeed greatly enhance your competitiveness.

After all, every male player gets 3 minutes of visa time upon leaving the game, which is clearly stated in the game rules.

If you're stingy, it's unlikely you'll leave a good impression on female gamers.

The broadcasts constantly scrolling across the big screen are raising the bar for male players to get "likes".

Zheng Jie can't play the kind of gameplay that relies heavily on modeling, so he can only obediently stick his neck out and get fleeced.

After a brief internal struggle, he made up his mind to buy only a bottle of water from the vending machine and not to purchase the voucher.

"I'll start with mineral water as a simple test."

"If the other person is like that long-haired woman, rolling their eyes at me when they see bottled water, then I can just pass on them without even thinking about it."

"If the other party is happy after receiving the water and shows basic gratitude, then you can try to have a deeper conversation and see if you can exchange likes."

"If the exchange of likes is successful, it means the other party is relatively trustworthy. At the next meeting, I'll use the voucher for 1 minutes of visa time to arrange for us to like each other's posts during our last meeting." Zheng Jie wasn't sure if this plan was safe enough, but with his intelligence, he couldn't think of a better strategy for the time being.

……

While Zheng Jie was holding meetings, the other players were also starting their own meetings.

Ten minutes ago.

Lin Sizhi's third meeting.

He sat down at the table empty-handed.

"Hello."

A voice came from across the room asking a question. A female player who looked rather thin and had a slight smile on her face pushed open the door and entered, then sat down in the seat opposite.

【Community 12 - Zhao Duo】

She looked Lin Sizhi up and down, but when she found that he was empty-handed and had nothing with him, her brows furrowed involuntarily.

He only refrained from reacting on the spot because he saw that Lin Sizhi's appearance was not bad.

However, the next second, Lin Sizhi politely pointed to the payment button on the table.

"Hello, to show your sincerity, could you please pay the room fee first?"

Zhao Duo was shocked, and even doubted whether she had misheard.

"What did you say?
"I'll pay??"

"You've really made me laugh. How can someone who seems so respectable speak so shamelessly?"

"What do you mean by 'to show my sincerity'? Where is your sincerity then?"

Clearly, Zhao Duo had already encountered those "more polite" male players in her previous two meetings, so she had become accustomed to things like offering to pay for the room and bring drinks and snacks.

She was already a little unhappy to see that Lin Sizhi hadn't brought anything, but the other party actually asked her to pay the bill, which was simply going against the natural order.

However, Lin Sizhi was not angry; she simply reached into her pocket and took out a stack of vouchers.

"My sincerity is evident here."

Zhao Duo was stunned when she saw the thick stack of vouchers in Lin Sizhi's hand.

The vouchers come in three different denominations: 1000, 5000, and 10,000. These three types of vouchers are easily distinguishable by their appearance.

Lin Sizhi was holding a single voucher for 1,000 minutes. Although the face value of a single voucher wasn't high, the thick stack of them, conservatively estimated to contain more than a dozen, still looked quite visually striking.

Zhao Duo tentatively asked, "This is... for me?"

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "It can be, or it can not. Like I said, it depends on your sincerity."

Zhao Duo frowned and said, "Are you trying to trick me into paying for the room with a bunch of bad checks?"

Lin Sizhi put the vouchers away again: "You should know that it's clearly written on the vending machine that these vouchers have special usage rules, and the purchaser cannot redeem them for visa time again."

"It can only be handed over to someone else."

“I will definitely give out these vouchers; I can’t use them as empty promises to cheat people.”

"But I can't just give it to anyone. I only give it to people I trust, and naturally I have to get some 'likes' in return."

"So, for this meeting, I need you to pay for the room to show your sincerity. Afterwards, I will give you a voucher for 1000 minutes of visa time in exchange for a like from you."

Zhao Duo looked at Lin Sizhi, hesitated for a moment, then relaxed and pressed the "I Pay" button.

Lin Sizhi also pressed the "You Pay" button: "Not bad, you're a smart person. Why aren't you worried that I'd lie to you?"

Zhao Duo shook her head: "If you're willing to redeem so many non-refundable vouchers at once, it means you don't lack visa time. There's no need for you to lie to me for a mere 200 minutes of room fee."

(End of this chapter)