{"id":142383,"date":"2012-08-28T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=142383"},"modified":"2012-08-29T08:46:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T15:46:05","slug":"playing-games-in-dreamworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/08\/playing-games-in-dreamworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Games in Dreamworld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xu Youzhen, head designer of the online game <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mx.henhaoji.com\/\">Dreamworld<\/a><\/strong> (\u68a6\u60f3\u4e16\u754c) and chief manager of its parent company, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/henhaoji.com\/\">Duoyi<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weibo.com\/1918628847\/yxCutqbBZ\">vents<\/a><\/strong> on Weibo about an enervating phone call he received from a local official looking to get ahead virtually:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>XuYouzhen<\/strong>: I got a phone call from someone who claimed to be from some government office that oversaw us. They said that they wanted us to pay them a visit after we\u2019ve been doing business with them for so long. They wanted me to open the lines of communication and have tea with them. A certain leader in the department plays our game and wanted to make some game currency. They asked me how to fulfill his wish. I was enraged. If they have the nerve to bother me again, I will move my business\u2019 registration and taxation address. Every year I\u2019ll move millions in tax money around, then give you 20 million just to mess around with you and be <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/Harmonious\">inharmonious<\/a>. Isn\u2019t it just money? \u00a0If only I made more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weibo.com\/1918628847\/yxCutqbBZ\">\u5f90\u5ba5\u7bb4<\/a>: \u63a5\u5230\u7535\u8bdd\uff0c\u81ea\u79f0\u7701\u91cc\u67d0\u8859\u95e8\uff0c\u662f\u7ba1\u6211\u4eec\u7684\uff0c\u8bf4\u6211\u4eec\u751f\u610f\u505a\u8fd9\u4e48\u4e45\u4e86\uff0c\u90fd\u6ca1\u53bb\u62dc\u8bbf\uff0c\u8981\u6211\u53bb\u4ea4\u6d41\u4ea4\u6d41\u559d\u559d\u8336\u3002\u8bf4\u6709\u90e8\u91cc\u67d0\u9886\u5bfc\u73a9\u6211\u4eec\u6e38\u620f\uff0c\u8981\u5f04\u4e9b\u6e38\u620f\u5e01\uff0c\u95ee\u6211\u600e\u4e48 \u5145\uff1f\u771f\u662f\u65e0\u540d\u706b\u5927\uff0c\u6562\u627e\u832c\u6211\u5c31\u628a\u516c\u53f8\u6ce8\u518c\u5730\u642c\u4e86\uff0c\u7eb3\u7a0e\u5730\u642c\u4e86\uff0c\u6bcf\u5e74\u51e0\u5343\u4e07\u7eb3\u7a0e\u5f04\u522b\u7684\u5730\u65b9\uff0c\u518d\u6bcf\u5e74\u82b1\u4e24\u5343\u4e07\u7ed9\u4f60\u95f9\u817e\u4e0d\u548c\u8c10\u3002\u4e0d\u5c31\u662f\u94b1\u5417\uff1f\u6211\u5c11\u8d5a\u70b9\u6210\u4e0d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The government is often in collusion with online gaming companies. Reports surfaced last year about <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/06\/chinas-online-gaming-operators-heavily-subsidised\/\">large subsidies for the industry<\/a>. The state gives even more support through \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/05\/chinese-prisoners-forced-into-lucrative-internet-gaming-scam\/\">gold farming<\/a>\u201d\u2014prisoners are forced to play games in order to earn virtual money and goods for players abroad. One prisoner told the <em>Guardian<\/em>, \u201cPrison bosses make more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labour.\u201d In this light, a government official asking for a boost from the game creator himself is not so far-fetched.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/08\/%E3%80%90%E5%96%B7%E5%9A%8F%E5%9B%BE%E5%8D%A620120818%E3%80%91%E7%A5%96%E5%9B%BD%E5%95%8A%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%E9%83%BD%E6%98%AF%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0%E7%9A%84\/\">SneezeBloid<\/a>. 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