The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer
The article and video revolves around Chinese people working twelve hours a night, and seven nights a week in a small computer room where there are over 80 employees, trying their luck at playing online video adventure games in which they earn points for killing creatures. They make 10 Yuan or $1.25 American Dollars when they collect 100 coins. They turn in all of these coins to the supervisor who sells those coins to online retailers living in western nations like United States and other European countries around the world. After that, the service owner hand over your account name, password and about $30 to Chinese player/labors. Therefore,this online game is like a online business through which Chinese players makes money. According to Teitou, Owner of the game workshop, War craft is like a service industry. He realized that exporting virtual items through the internet is the same thing as Chinese labor to America. In conclusion this is a gaming business all over china where there are many workshops such as what Teitou owns. Its a business that earns over $80,000 a year. So this is not just a game but a productive business that develops the Chinese nation overall.
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