Yao Yuan continued, "As for how exactly these four spots should be selected, I think determining them by ’the top four contributors to the community fund’ is most appropriate.

"Because it simultaneously represents two abilities of the strong: ’ability to earn time’ and ’willingness to contribute,’ both of which are indispensable.

"Moreover, everyone need not worry about some players putting on airs because the basic rules still stipulate that a player’s personal visa time cannot fall into the last seven spots, so unlimited donations are not possible."

Lu Bingjun paused slightly and added, "I think this proposal is generally acceptable.

"However... I have an additional suggestion: we could set aside one ’special spot’ from these four spots.

"The ability to earn visa time is certainly important, but it shouldn’t be the only measure of a player’s contribution to the community.

"We should also consider that some players, despite not performing impressively in the game, play an indispensable role in the community due to their knowledge structure and professional abilities.

"This special spot should not consider the specific visa time contributed but should be directly voted on by all players."

He looked at Lin Sizhi and Qin Cheng: "What do you two think of this proposal? If there are any dissatisfactions, feel free to speak up."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "It’s fine."

Qin Cheng didn’t say much: "Mm, I agree too."

Seeing no further objections, Lu Bingjun said, "Alright, then let’s quickly complete the detailed proposal and vote for the candidate for the ’special exemption spot.’"

...

Yao Yuan quickly completed the details of the proposal.

[Proposal: New ’Community Special Fund’ Rule]

[1. Any community player can deposit any amount of visa time into this fund.]

[2. A player with time already deposited can withdraw ’90% of the deposited time’ back into personal visa time at any time, without needing authorization or consent from others.]

[3. The ’Community Special Fund’ does not count towards the ’Community Construction Fund’ and its corresponding ranking.]

[4. All players can decide the use of this fund through voting.]

After distributing the paper copies of the proposal to all players, Yao Yuan said, "Let me explain how this proposal is specifically implemented.

"We’ve previously established that the ’Community Fund’ cannot exist as a ’pure bank’. In other words, a completely free-to-deposit-and-withdraw and lossless fund will not be recognized by community rules.

"The ’Community Fund’ must have two characteristics: first, it must be collectively controlled by all community members, which is the fourth point in this proposal: we can vote to determine the use of the fund, rather than individual decisions.

"Second, the deposits and withdrawals of the fund must incur some losses.

"Thus, the second and fourth points of this proposal actually serve as patches to pass community rule review.

"In reality, we will not initiate any votes to ’use these funds’.

"The main purpose of this proposal is to change the list of ’the half of players with less visa time’ through voluntary deposits and withdrawals by the players, thereby achieving the goal of spreading the pain among more people.

"Here’s how it’s done specifically:

"We have 4 exemption spots, of which 3 are the ’three people who contribute most to the community construction fund’. These 3 people do not need to do anything extra, just ensure that their remaining visa time is in the top 7, which should not be difficult for them.

"If it cannot be ensured, then we will extend backward according to the ’community construction fund contribution’ ranking.

"There is also 1 spot called the ’special exemption spot’. This person’s visa time may not be in the top 7.

"At this time, players ranked before him have to voluntarily deposit their visa time into the ’special fund’, allowing him to enter the top 7.

"Similarly, a player like me, who was originally in the top 7 but is not on the exemption list now, should cooperate with this plan and deposit a portion of the visa time into the ’special fund’ at a specific time to drop into the last 7, thereby replacing a player originally in the last 7, to spread the pain."

Yao Yuan paused slightly and continued, "Everyone may also realize that many aspects of this plan cannot be achieved through the written word of a proposal but only through everyone’s conscious compliance.

"If someone refuses to cooperate regardless, for example, if I say I’m unwilling to deposit time into the ’special fund’, then this plan cannot operate smoothly.

"But I believe that since everyone has agreed to this plan, they should follow it seriously.

"If non-compliance really occurs, we will consider passing a new proposal to impose penalties."

Soon, Lu Bingjun went to the Community Management Office to submit the proposal, and everyone completed their voting.

[Now announcing the results of the anonymous voting.]

[Proposal: New ’Community Special Fund’ Rule]

[In favor: 14 votes]

[Against: 0 votes]

Certain players were surprised by this result, initially thinking there might be at least one or two votes against, but unexpectedly it passed with full approval.

Lu Bingjun appeared very happy, seeing this as a very good result.

"Good, although we had some disagreements earlier, this voting result shows that our community consists of players who understand the big picture and know when to advance or retreat, and who are willing to help each other and share burdens together.

"This result is gratifying.

"Next, we’ll determine the three ’exemption lists’, which are the top three in ’community construction fund contribution’.

"Those who want to enter this list can make donations now.

"But a word of caution: to be in the ’top 3 community construction fund donors’, the premise is that your remaining personal visa time is still in the community’s top 7.

"If you donate too much, beyond your capability, you still cannot be exempted, as our proposal cannot contradict the community’s underlying rules.

"Everyone should handle this appropriately."

Lu Bingjun was the first to complete his donation at the vending machine.

Immediately after, Ye Lin also completed her donation.

Currently, other players do not know exactly how much visa time they have left, nor how much visa time they must reserve to ensure they do not fall into the ’last 7’, so they can only guess the approximate amount.

Shen Bowen looked at Lin Sizhi, hesitating.

Clearly, she had a significant amount of visa time on her, but whether to donate is the question.

Only 3 spots can be exempted from the pain through donations. Lu Bingjun and Ye Lin have been donating in the 2nd community and have accumulated a lot, almost securely occupying 2 spots.

This means that everyone else can only vie for the last spot.

If they fail to grab it, they will not only be exempt from the pain but will also directly incur the loss of visa time, which is a significant loss overall.

After careful consideration, Shen Bowen did not take any action for the time being.