The three main creators of the new game that Perfect World highlighted at its press conference were charged with corruption
2024-08-07
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On August 6, Perfect World issued an announcement stating that some employees who used their company positions to engage in commercial bribery and occupational embezzlement had been dismissed and would never be re-employed, and had been handed over to public security and judicial authorities for handling. Four of them had been filed and one had been sentenced.
Among them, 3 people are from the Bard game project team. The two-dimensional game "The Kingdom of Morning and Night" produced by this project team（Project Bard）It was first revealed at the Perfect World Game Conference in 2021.After the game was released, the industry believed that this was the highest quality dual-end turn-based game in the past few years. The 2022 Perfect Performance Forecast also mentioned that the game was progressing steadily, but it did not appear in the official report.In April last year, the project team was reported to be laid off. A former project team member in the NGA forum revealed that "they were still discussing the progress one day, and were laid off the next day."On July 16 this year, another two-dimensional game "Alien Ring" from Perfect World was launched, but "Kingdom of Morning and Night" has still not been released.The full announcement is as follows:Honesty and compliance with the law are the values that Perfect World has always adhered to. The company has always adopted a "zero tolerance" attitude towards corruption and fraud. In order to implement this value and requirement, Perfect World has formulated and established a comprehensive risk management system to prevent, detect and combat all corruption and fraud.
For any illegal or criminal violations, Perfect World will certainly cooperate with the public security and judicial authorities to investigate the facts, arrest the persons involved, and strictly hold them accountable for their legal responsibilities.Since 2023, some employees have used their positions to engage in commercial bribery, embezzlement and other illegal activities, which seriously violated the company's rules and regulations such as the "Employee Handbook" and "Code of Business Conduct and Ethics". The company has decided to dismiss all relevant personnel and will never hire them again. The relevant cases that have been investigated and dealt with by the public security and judicial authorities are now announced as follows:1. Tian Fei, Senior Art Director, Nebula StudiosDuring his tenure, he illegally accepted high bribes from suppliers and has been investigated and dealt with by public security authorities for suspected crimes.2. Wang Weichen, former Bard game project team, producerWhile in office, he was a team manager. Not only did he neglect to perform his management duties, but he also colluded with his subordinates to illegally embezzle huge amounts of company funds. He has been investigated and dealt with by the public security authorities for suspected crimes.3. Li Zhi, former Bard game project team, 2D lead artistWhile in office, he illegally embezzled huge amounts of company funds and colluded with his direct supervisor Wang Weichen in the process. He has been investigated and dealt with by the public security authorities for suspected crimes.4. Zhang Lutong, former Bard game project team, 3D lead artistHe demanded and accepted high bribes from suppliers while in office and was criminally detained by the public security organs on April 21, 2023. After trial by the court on November 13, 2023, he was found guilty of the crime of accepting bribes as a non-state employee and sentenced to one year and six months in prison and a fine of RMB 100,000. All the stolen money was turned over to the state treasury.To contact the author please click
