Chapter 724 - 723: Pleading Guilty
Zeng Yiming (the Manager) looked around at everyone and repeated honestly: "I can admit guilt.
"The players who have my information, it should be the two of you, right?
"You can say it now."
Zeng Yiming looked at Wen Wan and Liang Guicheng.
Wen Wan was somewhat incredulous, but Zeng Yiming’s expression was as usual, appearing serious.
After a brief consideration, she said: "I roughly remember it as...
"You own a medium-sized sushi restaurant that’s been operating for 5 years, with 30% of the dishes not being cleaned properly. These improperly cleaned dishes were then given to customers, and your crime number is specifically how many dirty dishes were sent out.
"The unit is ’tens of thousands of times.’
Liang Guicheng (Fruit Farmer) picked up the conversation: "The number I see is ’XX11’. The last two digits are 11."
Zeng Yiming nodded: "My shop is not very big, with about forty tables, and during peak hours, we need to process about 1200 dishes per hour.
"For daily operations, it’s roughly 10 hours, but it’s not always peak time, so on average, we need to wash about 5000 dishes a day.
"This information mentions that 30% of the dishes were not cleaned properly, well, thanks to this data, otherwise, it’s difficult for me to determine this precise ratio.
"Over 5 years, roughly 1500 business days, which is 5000×30%×1500 days...
"Rough estimation is about 2.25 million.
"But not all improperly cleaned dishes would end up in front of customers, because some sushi is not popular, and the turnover rate would be lower. Also, other data might not be that accurate.
"So such estimation should be rather vague.
"Based on my estimation, the first digit of my crime number should be 0, the second digit is most likely 2, or maybe 1 or 3.
"With the last two digits being 11...
"Try filling in these four digits as 0211."
Then, he turned to the direction of the big screen and spoke to all the audience.
"Here, I repent my crime to all the audience.
"My sushi restaurant indeed failed to thoroughly clean all the dishes, but there are reasons for this.
"I don’t hope for acquittal, but rather wish that, after explaining the situation clearly, the wise audience can make instinctive judgments based on objective facts.
"I run a sushi restaurant, and sushi inherently requires numerous dishes; each customer can easily use thirty or forty plates.
"Some customers even intentionally stack plates for photos, and these plates end up piled together to be washed, seriously slowing down the entire turnover process.
"If cleaning by standard procedures, boiling, chemical disinfection soaking, thorough cleaning, and drying, the fastest takes more than ten minutes.
"But during peak hours, my shop processes 1200 plates per hour, from recovery to table, each plate has only roughly 2 seconds of time.
"I bought a fairly good conveyor-style sushi dishwasher available on the market, but even at full load, it’s still inadequate.
"Buying more dishes is not feasible either, since the kitchen doesn’t have that much space for turnover.
"Reducing the turnover rate or decreasing the number of diners would directly halve the shop’s profits.
"I run a budget sushi restaurant, and the profit rate is already low; any fluctuation could directly lead to bankruptcy.
"So I’m aware of the problem but cannot solve it.
"I’ve been in the food and beverage industry for many years, have seen numerous chaotic situations, and there are worse hygiene issues than unclean plates everywhere, some roadside stalls selling ready-made meals even heat plastic bags together or have raw materials themselves being contaminated...
"Of course, I’m not denying my crime; I’m just saying that if the Walkway convicts me only for ’unclean plates’ without finding more serious crimes, then my conscience is probably better than 90% of those in the food industry."
The other players visibly displayed shocked expressions, as the development at the start of this game completely exceeded their expectations.
Nevertheless, it was the best development for the other four Sinners players.
After a brief conversation, the countdown on the big screen ended.
Everyone returned to their respective resting rooms.
...
In the audience resting room, Huang Shengjie was also very surprised.
"This Zeng Yiming (the Manager) not only confessed his crime but also guessed his crime number himself and asked others to fill it...
"As long as 2 players fill it correctly, he will undergo judgment.
"It’s truly unexpected.
"He’s a player from Community 8, isn’t that the same community where Xu Yiheng the Pain Game imitator is?
"After that, I don’t think we’ve met players from this community, so this is the first time, and we don’t know the specifics of their community now.
"This Zeng Yiming might be a core player in Community 8.
"His goals are very clear, strategies very explicit, and he understands his shop very well, handling various data with ease and calculating quickly.
"Don’t know if his estimated data is accurate.
"Perhaps he’s deliberately using false data to deceive others?"
Ye Lin shook her head: "Not likely, I tend to believe these data are real.
"Actually, this gameplay resembles ’Fermi Estimation,’ using logical deconstruction, reasonable hypothesis, and some marginal data to estimate core data.
"Coincidentally, this game provides the last two digits, so using the Fermi estimation method can directly estimate the first digit and roughly determine the range of the second digit.
"This should be the standard gameplay for this mechanism.
"When the party estimates, it would certainly be more accurate since he’s the most well-acquainted with these detail data.
"I’m not worried about Zeng Yiming lying; his words should be true, but, of course, we’ll have to see if the Sinners players’ numbers fill leads to verification.
"What I’m more concerned with is... Wen Wan got outdone by this Zeng Yiming.
"If she had followed the suggestion and admitted guilt earlier, she might have secured the advantageous role of ’Director of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.’
"But now, that’s not possible."
Huang Shengjie pondered for a moment: "I think it’s not good to criticize Wen Wan harshly...
"Though we did give her such advice, she hesitated to act immediately, this doubt is understandable.
"Since the suggestion is only four words, to resolve decisively, one must not only understand the suggestion itself but also have enough execution power and ability to plan the subsequent strategy based on this recommendation.
"And also have a certain status in the community, ensuring the community would use the Immunity Coupon for them, or simply directly hold the Immunity Coupon themselves.
"In any case, this Zeng Yiming in Community 8 should be a player of significant status, likely being the game’s core.
"That’s why he could act so boldly."
Ye Lin clearly showed regret and worry: "Though that’s true...
"Failing to secure the advantageous role is still somewhat regretful.
"I’m afraid future proceedings will be more passive.
"We’ll see what happens, hopefully, Zeng Yiming is indeed a clear-headed player and will properly arrange the Pharmacy Room."