Everyone looked at each other, it was evident that most of them couldn’t remember the exact profit numbers for each participant from a month ago.
Ye Lin thought for a moment seriously, then said: "Choosing this way... the first place should be Huang Shengjie.
"Because, in these four games, he participated in three, and at the Trust Marketplace, he gained about 220,000 in revenue.
"His total earnings should be around 380,000.
"As for second place, it should be between Lu Qi and Uncle Zheng.
"If I remember correctly, Lu Qi participated in two games, one with over 70,000 and the other with 68,000; Uncle Zheng also participated in two games, one around 50,000, and the other with the ’One-Sided Words’ yielding 84,000.
"Their figures are very close."
Zheng Chunhua volunteered: "Then give it to Lu Qi."
Qin Cheng shook his head: "No, we need to calculate clearly, we can’t be ambiguous.
"I was at both games, in the ’Jury Game,’ Lu Qi’s revenue should be around 76,000, and in the ’Endorsed Game,’ the revenue was 68,000, totaling approximately 144,000.
"As for Uncle Zheng, your revenue in the ’Endorsed Game’ was a bit lower, seemingly less than 50,000."
Zheng Chunhua nodded: "Yes, it was roughly 49,000."
Qin Cheng continued: "With the ’One-Sided Words’ bringing 84,000, the total is 133,000.
"Indeed, Lu Qi has slightly more."
Lu Qi was quite surprised: "Huh? Me?"
Even though she did participate in the ’Jury Game’ and ’Endorsed Game,’ she was in a daze the whole time and won purely by luck.
Initially, she didn’t even want to enter the ’Jury Game’; it was Qin Cheng who insisted she join.
"I think, maybe we should give it to Uncle Zheng?
"In those two games, I really did nothing, just got carried to victory.
"And Uncle Zheng played a critical role in both the ’Endorsed Game’ and ’One-Sided Words.’
"The most crucial detail, in the ’Endorsed Game,’ Uncle Zheng was penalized a certain amount after becoming the spokesperson, hence the lower final earnings compared to mine."
Qin Cheng shook his head: "Rules are rules.
"Earnings figures are clear rules, even if higher by just one minute of visa time, there should be a precise order.
"If we start finding excuses to defer or compete, then there won’t be clear rules, potentially leading to chaos later.
"Rules can rarely be perfect; sometimes luck might intervene. Still, a clear bad rule is better than a good rule that’s vague."
Zheng Chunhua nodded in agreement: "Right, I agree."
Lu Qi was a bit embarrassed: "Then... thank you, everyone."
Qin Cheng looked around at everyone and added: "I think the outcome serves as a reminder for all of us.
"Before actually seeing the special item, no one could foresee these things. Regardless of the process, results show Lu Qi actively participated in the games.
"No matter how one performs in the game, only by participating first can one obtain earnings.
"Therefore, if everyone wishes to gain additional rewards, they must be proactive during game registration."
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Community affairs were finally all sorted out, and now everyone could enjoy some rare downtime.
Huang Shengjie really went to the library area and picked up a few books on probability, studying them earnestly.
Players’ spending levels increased generally, and some took the opportunity to stock up, especially since all items were at an 80% discount during the Discount Coupon period, which was quite a bargain.
Finally, a new game broadcast appeared.
[Good morning, players!]
[’Walkway’ will open in 1 hour.]
[The name of this game is ’Gold Rush Game,’ and the game type is ’Allocation.’]
[A total of 6 slots will be randomly selected from voluntary enrolled players within the community.]
[Special reminder: Players who participated continuously in the previous two games will be banned from participating, and enrollment will be invalid.]
[Please be prepared.]
Although Qin Cheng had shared information about the game type previously, seeing it was an allocation game at this moment made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
No matter how the conditions in Walkway change, allocation games are the safest game type overall.
Qin Cheng bowed his head, pondering: "Players who participated in the previous two games continuously will be banned.
"In our community, those who participated in both the ’Endorsed Game’ and ’One-Sided Words’ are only me and Uncle Zheng.
"Others can freely enroll.
"Don’t raise your hand yet, as raising hands will be forcibly counted as enrolling by Walkway, followed by random selection.
"To ensure the key players enter the game, we should first privately draw lots to determine the list.
"If someone doesn’t want to participate, they can state clearly; otherwise, it’s assumed they’re willing to participate."
Qin Cheng looked around at everyone, and nobody took the initiative to decline.
After all, allocation games are relatively the safest, plus with Lin Sizhi or Ye Lin leading the team, as experience shows, games led by them have been rather reliable, with decent rewards.
Lu Qi benefited a lot by actively participating.
"Alright then, let’s create our draw."
Everyone got busy, bringing out paper and pens.
Allocation games have the longest preparation time, a full hour, so it’s quite leisurely to complete these tasks.
Qin Cheng marked the winning slips and folded them all up.
But he didn’t shuffle them immediately, instead, he considered for a moment and said: "This time, Lawyer Lin and Sister Ye Lin both can enter the game, everyone consider if it’s better to let them both enter?
"Judging from the ’One-Sided Words’ situation, the Imitator might set specific rules within the game to lock down the core players who lead, in such cases, only one core entering might be risky.
"They entering together would be safer.
"Additionally, there’s another issue: Wang Yan is a new player in the community, with very little initial visa time.
"Allocation games often have beginner benefits, making it a good opportunity to gain visa time. Also, he indeed needs to experience the game and practice; or else, if the next round is a high-intensity Judgment Game or Elimination Game and he’s forced to enter, he might be flustered.
"But this leaves... if there are three confirmed spots, the remaining will be 8 drawing 3. If only two spots are confirmed, then it’s 9 drawing 4.
"What do you think is better, drawing lots for 4 spots or drawing lots for 3 spots?"
Everyone looked at each other and quickly started speaking up:
"9 drawing 4, I think."
"Just confirming one core is enough, ensuring Lawyer Lin enters."
"Wang Yan is a new member, he certainly should enter."
"Or perhaps Sister Ye Lin should draw lots with us and rely on luck."
From other players’ overall feedback, most truly wished to give the spots to Lin Sizhi and Wang Yan, while Ye Lin’s position was more indifferent.
The reason is simple: Lin Sizhi has the strongest capabilities, entering the game assures a large visa time gain; while Wang Yan is a newcomer, helping newcomers is highly prioritized in community politics, his first allocation game must be taken care of.
Entering with Ye Lin indeed ensures more stability, but that occupies one more spot, greatly reducing others’ chances of winning.
Ye Lin could only state: "Then I will draw lots with everyone."
Qin Cheng nodded, confirmed the exact quantity for drawing lots, shuffled thoroughly, then handed them out for everyone to pick.
Soon, the results of the draw came out.
Huang Shengjie, Zhang Yan, He Qinyun, Geng Yuxia.
Qin Cheng pondered briefly: "This lineup configuration is also fairly reasonable, Lawyer Lin will lead, Shengjie, Brother Zhang, and Sister He, you three take good care of Wang Yan and Aunt Geng.
"Especially Shengjie.
"Since it’s the draw result, let’s not defer to each other, prepare well for entering the game."
The six players raised their hands to enroll.
As with the last game, Qin Cheng distributed the medicine to everyone, to be carried into the game just in case.
Soon, the countdown on the big screen ended, and the six players vanished from the hall.