Two Proposals

The first proposal: The community would distribute 1,000 minutes of Visa Time to every player each day.

The second proposal:

After participating in a game, all players in the community would contribute 5% of the Visa Time earned in the game to the Community Security Fund.

The Community Security Fund would provide every player with a minimum living allowance at a rate of "80 minutes of Visa Time per person per day."

If it was not fully used that day, the remaining Visa Time would return to the Community Security Fund pool. If it was insufficient, the shortfall would be covered with one's own Visa Time.

Additionally, supplies purchased using the "Community Security Fund" could be freely allocated and used among players and would not be considered trading.

In the end, everyone reached a consensus.

"Then Fu Chen, go submit the proposals. If the second proposal still doesn't pass, delete the clauses from back to front and try a few more times."

Cai Zhiyuan looked at Li Renshu again. "Renshu, can you explain it to everyone else?"

Li Renshu nodded. "All right."

Everyone left the room. The others were still gathered in the hall and had not left.

During the daytime, everyone could move freely within the community. They could go outside for a walk, swim in the pool, or simply sleep the day away in their rooms.

But at the moment, most people still seemed more inclined to stay in the hall with everyone else.

Perhaps they had yet to truly familiarize themselves with and adapt to this environment, so being with others gave them a greater sense of security. Or perhaps they wanted to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

When everyone emerged from the room, Lin Sizhi clearly noticed several people casting furtive glances at them.

Obviously, under the same roof, no matter how discreet their little meeting of five was, it could not escape everyone's notice.

Fu Chen headed straight out of the hall.

According to the relevant instructions, there was a separate building outside the hall: the "Community Management Office" mentioned in the rules.

Whenever players wished to submit a proposal or vote on an existing proposal, they had to complete the relevant procedures at the "Community Management Office."

Each player had a corresponding time limit upon entering the "Community Management Office" and had to leave before it expired. Likewise, when a player was using the "Community Management Office," other players were forbidden from forcibly entering or using it together with them.

Using violence or other means to coerce a player, preventing a player from entering the "Community Management Office," and similar actions were also violations.

Breaking these rules could result in punishments of varying severity.

Through the hall's floor-to-ceiling windows, everyone subconsciously watched Fu Chen enter the "Community Management Office." Before they could ask any questions, however, Li Renshu had already sat down beside the long table and begun explaining.

"First of all, I'd like to apologize to everyone. We just held a small meeting and discussed a proposal with only some of the people present.

"But please rest assured, we didn't do this because we wanted to form some little clique. We mainly wanted to spare certain people's feelings, so it wasn't appropriate to make too big a fuss.

"The proposal is as follows..."

Li Renshu did not go into detail about how the five of them had discussed the proposals. Instead, she directly introduced the two finalized proposals to everyone.

Just as she finished the general explanation, the corresponding notification appeared on the large screen.

[A player has submitted a proposal. It has passed the community's review.]

[Over the next hour, all members are requested to enter the "Community Management Office" or use their personal computers to cast an anonymous vote.]

[If the proposal receives support from more than half of all members, it will be implemented as a foundational rule.]

[Proposal: Add rules related to the "Community Security Fund."]

[1. After participating in a game, all players in the community must contribute 5% of the Visa Time earned in the game to the Community Security Fund.]

[2. The Community Security Fund will provide every player with a minimum living allowance at a rate of "80 minutes of Visa Time per person per day."]

[3. If it is not fully used that day, the remaining Visa Time will return to the Community Security Fund pool. If it is insufficient, the shortfall will be covered with one's own Visa Time.]

[4. Supplies purchased using the "Community Security Fund" may be freely allocated and used among players and will not be considered trading.]

At the bottom was also a countdown for the remaining voting time.

59:59

59:58

Clearly, Fu Chen had already submitted both proposals. The first proposal, which had failed the review, would not appear on the large screen for everyone to vote on or discuss.

This confirmed the five people's previous guess: proposals submitted by players were not unrestricted. They could not conflict with the underlying rules of the New World or existing foundational rules, and most likely could not conflict with proposals that had already been passed.

Of course, proposals submitted by players might perhaps be amended or even overturned later through new proposals, but that still required further verification.

Seeing the content on the large screen, a hint of delight appeared on Li Renshu's face.

It was only natural that the first proposal, which had tried to exploit a loophole, had not passed the review.

The fourth clause of the second proposal also risked conflicting with the foundational rules and being rejected, and she had already prepared herself for that possibility.

Still, seeing that every part of the second proposal had passed the review made her somewhat happy.

After reading the proposal, everyone wore different expressions.

But most of them were pleasantly surprised.

Jiang He supported it the most and was the first to speak.

"You didn't bring this proposal out for public discussion because you wanted to spare us 'poor people' our feelings, right? Renshu, you're so considerate."

Xu Tong looked at her. "How are you poor? I'm the one who's poor."

A hint of gratitude also appeared on Ding Wenqiang's face, while Su Xiucen's joy was even more obvious.

Clearly, Ding Wenqiang could tell that this proposal was mainly meant to solve his food problem. Not putting it before everyone for public discussion had also, to a certain extent, preserved his dignity.

As for Su Xiucen, she had not expected the problem she raised to be properly resolved so quickly.

Li Renshu continued, "For now, this is only a proposal, merely a kind of initiative. If anyone has different opinions, we can still discuss it thoroughly."

Jiang He stood up. "What's there to discuss? Isn't something like welfare protection beneficial to everyone?

"This is a sign that our community has entered civilized society.

"Anyway, I'm going to vote in favor first."

After saying that, Jiang He left the hall and headed for the "Community Management Office."

Soon, the others began stating their positions as well.

"I support it too."

"There was actually a way like this? Now, even if we have bad luck and don't earn much Visa Time, we won't have to worry about food and drink."

"Yeah. Without any worries hanging over us, we can be a little less restrained when participating in games from now on."

By then, Fu Chen had returned, and the crowd even broke into applause to welcome him.

Li Renshu looked at Wang Yongxin. "Brother Wang, if you have any thoughts, please be sure to say them. Your opinion is very important too."

The others also subconsciously looked at Wang Yongxin.

Obviously, if anyone were going to oppose this proposal, Wang Yongxin was the most likely candidate.

After all, he currently had the most Visa Time and had always placed great importance on "private property protection."

Although the proposal only needed seven votes of approval to be implemented, and Wang Yongxin's opposition alone could not change the outcome, it would naturally be best if they could minimize disputes and pass it unanimously.

To everyone's surprise, Wang Yongxin seemed to have no dissatisfaction at all.

He smiled. "Sure enough, the three things people can never escape in life are birth, death, and taxes.

"Even in the New World, we still have to pay taxes according to the law.

"But don't worry. I fully support this proposal.

"Why are you all looking at me like that? I get the feeling you have some misunderstanding about me. Did you think I would oppose it?

"Of course I have no reason to oppose it. I'm already used to paying taxes in the real world, after all. Besides, what you've proposed is a flat tax rather than a progressive tax rate. That's already very friendly toward me."

Seeing his reaction, everyone could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It seemed that this proposal passing unanimously was a foregone conclusion.

Although many people sensed that cracks would inevitably appear in this community in the future, this unity—even if it was only superficial unity—was still better maintained for as long as possible.

Everyone left the hall in turn and went to the "Community Management Office" to vote.

Just over ten minutes later, the voting was complete.

[Proposal: Add rules related to the "Community Security Fund."]

[Voting has been completed.]

[The anonymous voting results will now be announced:]

[In favor: 11 votes.]

[Against: 1 vote.]

[Rules related to the "Community Security Fund" have been established.]

[The portion of earnings not converted into Visa Time will be converted according to the new rules.]