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The man turned his head, his eyes filled with death.

"It's nothing, you can't help me."

His voice was hoarse, as if he had lost all hope for life.

Lin Li intended to save him.

But after getting off the bus, he realized that he didn't seem to have any experience in saving people. After that brief sentence or two, he had nothing more to say.

Think about it.

Lin Li pulled out two hundred-dollar bills.

"Everyone has difficult times. Take this; it might help you. Why seek death..."

The man remained silent for a moment.

He glanced at Lin Li.

His gaze lingered on the money in Lin Li's hand for a moment before he slowly raised his head.

"I don't need this. I have enough money. Thank you."

After saying thank you.

The man turned to leave, presumably intending to find another place to die.

Lin Li didn't know what to say.

He wasn't a professional, and he didn't even recognize the person in front of him who was trying to commit suicide. He opened his mouth a couple of times but didn't know what to say.

The man turned around and took a few steps forward, then suddenly stopped.

He turned and glanced at Lin Li again.

Are you... Lin Li?

The man's voice carried a hint of uncertainty.

Just as many Chinese people feel the same way about foreigners, the same principle applies to how foreigners view Chinese people.

Lin Li nodded. He hadn't expected this person to seem to know him.

"Yes, I am Lin Li. Do you know me? If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know."

The man gave a wry smile and shook his head.

"You can't help me, Mr. Lin, but it's really luck to see you at the end of my life."

Lin Li put the banknotes in his hand into his pocket.

"I understand that sometimes money can't solve all problems. Just like making games, funding is only one part. If you have money, you can make good games. EA is definitely the greatest game company in the world."

Lin Li threw out a gaming reference.

This joke is actually quite boring, but at this point Lin Li could roughly tell that the person in front of him was probably also a game developer. Making jokes about EA in front of someone like this is like criticizing Tencent in China.

As long as you drive, someone will definitely laugh.

as predicted.

The man nodded.

"Indeed."

It seemed the other person was willing to chat.

Lin Li then took the opportunity to ask another question.

"What's your name?"

"Alex, sir, my name is Alex."

“If you’d like, we can talk in the car. I may not be able to solve your problem directly, but I can listen. If all else fails, you can wait until we’re done talking and then find a more suitable place.”

Lin Li pointed to the stream.

"I feel that if you jump in from here, given the depth of the water, the chances of ending up in the hospital are higher than going to heaven."

After saying that, Lin Li got into the car.

Alex remained silent for a moment, then followed.

"Thank you."

When a person is in despair, the presence of a glimmer of light can calm their mind.

Although Alex was determined to die, his emotions stabilized relatively after he got into the car.

Lin Li hasn't asked yet.

He then began to tell his story.

This story begins in 2013, when the LGBT movement was just beginning to "awaken".

At that time, a female indie game developer named Zoe released a game called "Confessions of Depression".

The game content is roughly presented in the form of a PowerPoint presentation about depression.

Leaving aside the presentation method, the content was also extremely poor.

It cannot be called a game at all.

But this very thing won quite a few gaming awards back then.

Chapter 346 Unlucky Guy

After Zoe won the game award, she broke up with her boyfriend.

To be precise, she dumped her boyfriend.

Later, Zoe's ex-boyfriend revealed that Zoe had cheated on him at least five times during their relationship.

This includes editors of gaming media outlets and Steam game reviewers.

In other words.

Zoe's game won awards by "sleeping" with people.

After Zoe's ex-boyfriend made the revelation, the matter became a hot topic.

Some players have also begun to voice their support for Zoe's ex-boyfriend.

Meanwhile, because of the revelation, many people also started to look for these industry bigwigs who were rumored to have slept with Zoe, digging into their social circles in an attempt to find some clues.

Don't say it.

They actually unearthed something while digging.

However, at this very moment, major media outlets in Europe and America, including many communities such as Steam, began to delete these discussions.

The players initially had a purely spectator mentality.

Instead of explaining, you deleted the post?

What's the meaning.

Isn't this solid proof?

If you have nothing to hide, why did you delete the post?

Public opinion was about to overwhelmingly turn against Zoe.

And at this time.

Anita, a feminist pioneer in the gaming industry, has entered the public discourse.

Anita's main job is to nitpick various popular games, expose the "truth" of these games that insult women and pander to men, and accuse these games of being neither feminist nor diverse.

In reality, they are people who make a living from the LGBT community.

They are also henchmen of capital.

Anita revealed that she received death and rape threats for supporting Zoe, and had to temporarily move.

Zoe also believes that these players are attacking her and her game.

Simply because she is a female producer.

The two sides hit it off immediately, supported each other, and defined the incident as...

"Players' attempts to reinforce masculine traits in the gaming world are a form of discrimination against women and an ugly attempt to maintain patriarchy in gaming."

at the same time.

Even the previously silent gaming media outlets have joined the fray, launching attacks against players who are supporting Zoe's ex-boyfriend.

Further back.

Mainstream media outlets have also begun to pay attention to this matter.

It can be said.

This also marks the first time the LGBT community has ventured into the gaming industry.

In the narratives of these media outlets, gamers are portrayed as backward, an obstacle to cultural development, and discriminatory towards women and homosexuals.

We should inject more progressive energy into the gaming industry.

Thus, the incident transformed from a discussion about whether games are fun or not into a debate about "the gaming industry discriminating against women."

final result.

Zoe, Anita, and their gaming media and investors, who controlled the power of public opinion and occupied the moral high ground, emerged victorious.

Zoe and Anita gained enormous public influence through the "Playergate" scandal.

Zoe, in particular, became a feminist leader in the gaming world starting in 14.

She wrote and published her autobiography, which was nominated for the Hugo Award.

Attend the United Nations General Assembly.

They haven't made any games since.

At this juncture, the LGBT movement has developed rapidly.

Games such as The Last of Us Part II, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and Battlefield V also occurred during this period.

They began to be influenced by LGBT.

Moreover, it directly impacts game development.

By the end of 2017.

In order to facilitate the accumulation of wealth, the infamous Sweet Baby Inc. was in its early stages.

It officially opened for business in 2018.

In this environment, the real consumers, namely the players, have lost their voice because games have already been labeled with various negative tags in mainstream media.

If this matter ends here.

That’s all.

Although it's not a good story, it's not necessarily a bad thing for two different people to go their separate ways.

But as time went on, this year came.

Zoe's ex-boyfriend achieved some success in the gaming industry, so Zoe resorted to her old tricks, accusing him of imprisoning and abusing her.

Zoe's ex-boyfriend was then subjected to online harassment by angry players incited by Zoe.

They also flooded the page of his game "Night in the Woods" with retaliatory negative reviews.

Mainstream media outlets have launched a fierce critique.

The game studio behind Night in the Woods also quickly distanced itself from him.

Thus, despite having no evidence whatsoever, Zoe's ex-boyfriend still managed to achieve something.

Isolated by the whole world

"So, you're Zoe's ex-boyfriend?"

Actually, upon hearing this...