God's Imitator-Chapter 318: Donations

Cai Zhiyuan paused slightly and continued:

"So if we want to try unlocking new products, we might as well directly attempt according to the second possibility and raise the total amount of various funds in the community to 600,000 to see.

"Previously, due to the progressive tax rate, each of us was forcibly withheld around 15000, totaling 75000. So theoretically, if we donate an additional 330,000, we should be able to reach this value.

"But if we're already donating 330,000, we might as well continue and round it up to 400,000.

"Based on this number, each of us would donate exactly 80,000.

"Moreover, the usage rules for the 'Luxury Fund' have also changed now. If we urgently need visa time later, we can also withdraw a portion of our own donations.

"So this visa time won't be wasted. Most of it can still be withdrawn.

"Of course, whether to actually donate still depends on individual decisions.

"As I said, we can't create a tendency of forced donations."

Yang Yuting fell into contemplation.

However, after considering for a moment, she still nodded, "Yes, what you said makes sense. I agree with this amount.

"Even after donating this much, our earnings from the game would still have over 45000 left, which is also about the average earnings of a normal game. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Then I'll privately communicate with Zheng Jie, Aunt Zhou, and Dai Yifan."

Cai Zhiyuan nodded, "Alright."

Watching Yang Yuting's departing figure, Cai Zhiyuan was thoughtful.

If Yang Yuting hadn't come to proactively find him, he also wouldn't have gone to find Yang Yuting, Zheng Jie, and the others to discuss donations.

At most, he would have just donated a portion of his own earnings.

Although Cai Zhiyuan made the greatest contribution in this game, it was most inappropriate for him to discuss donations.

So Cai Zhiyuan didn't plan to take the initiative to do so.

As for the remaining four people, Dai Yifan and Zhou Guifen definitely had no political awareness. The possibility of them proactively proposing donations was very low.

Cai Zhiyuan had originally thought Zheng Jie would come find him first, after all, Yang Yuting was closer to Wang Yongxin but unexpectedly, Yang Yuting was the first to proactively bring it up.

If considered from the perspective of Wang Yongxin and Yang Yuting's small group, Yang Yuting had no reason to proactively find Cai Zhiyuan to propose donations, nor was there any need to help Cai Zhiyuan persuade the other three people.

But from Yang Yuting's own perspective, it was a different matter.

Obviously, Yang Yuting's proposal was from her own standpoint, the result of fully weighing the pros and cons.

For Cai Zhiyuan, this was an even better possibility than Zheng Jie coming to find him.

In such a community environment, players' political awareness would inevitably continue to improve.

...

The next morning.

Lin Sizhi, Wang Yongxin, Cai Zhiyuan, and Wei Yinzhang, the four of them, distributed their handwritten materials to other players.

According to the content agreed upon previously, they each selected different elements such as numbers, colors, playing cards, chess pieces, animals, plants, shapes, tarot cards, and so on. Then, based on their professional knowledge, they created 10 simple but obscure professional questions.

One sheet for each of the remaining 8 players in the community.

Zheng Jie first looked at Lin Sizhi's materials, "The numbers are 5 and 12, the color is gray, the playing card is King of Diamonds, both types of chess pieces are rooks, the animal is owl, the plant is wisteria, the shape is triangle, the tarot card is Wheel of Fortune...

"Huh, the tarot card is actually Wheel of Fortune? I thought Lawyer Lin would choose 'Justice' or 'Judgment'."

Lin Sizhi was silent for a moment, "I just randomly chose. Please don't over-interpret.

"Of course, if you must find connections, there are some. Wisteria symbolizes 'law', 'justice', and 'rule of law spirit'. Mainly because the color and shape are quite distinctive.

"Triangle is relatively close to the image of scales.

"'Che' (rook) is a left-right symmetrical character, which is also somewhat close to the image of scales.

"As for the tarot card, not choosing 'Justice' or 'Judgment' is purely a personal preference issue: I'm a lawyer, not a judge, and I don't pursue absolute justice."

Zheng Jie briefly flipped through the other three people's materials. Everyone's choices were still quite different.

Wang Yongxin's choices were obviously much more high-profile: the playing card was King of Hearts, the chess piece was King, the animal was lion, and the tarot card was Emperor.

Everyone had guessed Wei Yinzhang's chosen tarot card: The Fool.

Cai Zhiyuan should have deliberately avoided relatively popular choices. His playing card was Jack of Spades, chess piece was elephant, animal was parrot, and tarot card was Hermit.

Because there were only four people's materials, it was relatively easy to remember.

Of course, no one could be certain whether these materials would specifically play a role in future games, but preparing for a rainy day would never be a bad thing.

Yang Yuting looked around. Everyone in the community hall happened to be present.

So she said to Li Renshu, "Renshu, the five of us discussed yesterday and decided to each donate 80,000 minutes of visa time to the Luxury Fund, totaling 400,000."

Li Renshu was somewhat surprised, "400,000? That much?"

She looked at Zheng Jie, Zhou Guifen, and Dai Yifan again, "You all agreed too? Each person donating 80,000?"

The three nodded respectively.

The others were also somewhat surprised.

Because these three players were after all the relatively disadvantaged groups in the community that needed care, especially Dai Yifan. He had just joined the community and only had the most basic visa time before this game.

After donating 80,000 all at once, his earnings from the game would only have less than 50,000 left.

Yang Yuting explained, "According to current rules, the Luxury Fund can be withdrawn, so it can't be considered purely donations anymore. It has some characteristics of savings.

"Moreover, being able to obtain excess earnings in this game was also the result of our community's unity and cooperation. Especially since the four of us didn't make too many special contributions, it's appropriate to donate more to give back to the community."

Wang Yongxin looked over thoughtfully but didn't say anything.

Obviously, Yang Yuting privately finding Cai Zhiyuan to determine the donation amount and then persuading the other three players, this matter hadn't been communicated to Wang Yongxin, nor was there any need to communicate it.

Li Renshu nodded, "Good. Since you've already discussed it, we of course all welcome it."

The five people who participated in 'Simple Q&A' each went to the vending machine to operate it, donating 80,000 minutes of visa time.

Although when Wang Yongxin donated previously, he had proposed the suggestion of "no showing off, no comparison", obviously no one in the community would really do that.

Especially for this kind of large donation, it would be even more impossible to do it privately and secretly.

Soon, everyone completed their donations, and the Luxury Fund also reached a new high: 610,000.

Seeing this number, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

When the motion was proposed before, there were actually some opposing opinions within the community. Some people worried about what to do if no one donated again afterward and they couldn't purchase death exemption tickets again.

Looking at it now, there was no need to have such concerns for the time being.