Andersen is a 20 something years old, has no money. It’s kinda understandable he wants some quick money if given a chance.
It’s the gift that just keeps on giving
PerfectWorld achieved substantial benefits by riding the wave of popularity of the internet . After listing Class A shares on the NASDAQ exchange, it had achieved its core purpose [other similar companies include Sheng Da] and internal management started to consider how to achieve greater profit, with substantial infighting. Everyone was trying to get their cut of the benefits (everyone was trying to figure out how to get their cup of meat stew [what a wonderful expression]). Their focus shifted from understanding the customer’s needs so as to improve the customer experience, to grabbing a share of the profits. The in-fighting at this company has reached the point where it has become heart-breaking/depraved, and I’m going to explain it all in exhaustive detail from hereonout.
完美世界作为在早期网游浪潮中获得利益的公司，在其完成纳斯达克上市和私有化回归A股之后，已实现了其核心利益诉求，类似的公司还有盛大等，此类公司的一个重要特*就是在获得既得利益以后开始逐渐不思进取，内部人员纷纷站队分地，想着如何从当前利益中分一杯羹，他们的做事方针从挖掘用户需求、提高用户体验逐渐转为奉承上级领导，瓜分既得利益。这家公司的内斗已经到了丧心病狂的地步，接下来我将一一解释。
The Dota 2 program was allegedly strongly promoted by PerfectWorld CEO, Hong Xiao (Robert). As such, this aspect of PerfectWorld’s operations were subject to scrutiny of the highest level. Hong Xiao was originally the manager for HR in PerfectWorld, but was promoted to CEO because of his Wall Street background and his experience of being educated in the US, so as to complete the IPO/listing of PerfectWorld. This ruffled feathers among the members of Perfect group’s senior management, including the ex-CPO 竺琦 [I can’t be arsed to look up the pronunciation]. As a member of the PerfectWorld old guard with a track record that wasn’t bad/was quite good, 竺琦 wanted the CEO position and Hong Xiao’s promotion made him very unhappy. These 2 had a period of one year when they would not even greet/acknowledge each other when meeting face to face in the company. To placate 竺琦, Perfect gave him a position as “chief communications officer” (首席发行官), as well as the CPO position. You could say that the position of “chief communications officer” was created to satisfy 竺琦’s desire for recognition/status. If you baidu [chinese equivalent of google] “首席发行官”, the news links that appear are all about 竺琦. After becoming the chief communications officer, 竺琦 tried to get overall control over the Dota2 program (both to satisfy himself, as well as to provide a check/balance over Hong Xiao). But the person appointed to head the Dota 2 program within PerfectWorld, 蔡玮, was hand picked by Hong Xiao. This awkward situation resulted in 蔡玮exercising no power over/not participating in management of the Dota 2 program for almost a year, with 李亚娜 [Lee Ya Na, could be bastardised as Anna Lee I suppose] being the real leadership behind the program. 李亚娜 has since left Perfect. 李亚娜 was at Perfect for some time, and could be counted as one of the insiders/old guard/one of the family at PerfectWorld. To avoid getting into trouble/becoming involved with the politicking of his superiors, 蔡玮 let 李亚娜 do all the work, and this situation continued until Dota2 removed the requirement for an activation code [this appears to correspond to end of Public Beta for Dota2].
Dota2项目据说是完美CEO萧泓力排众议强行上马的，因此这一项目在完美内部有着极高的关注度。萧泓原本是完美的HR负责人，因为其留学美国多年以及华尔街的背景被任命为CEO，完成完美美国上市的任务。这一任命引起了完美诸多老高层的不满，前CPO竺琦就是其中之一。作为一个在完美多年有着不错履历的老兵，竺琦对CEO位置的渴求极大，萧泓的上任自然引起了竺琦极大地不满，两人在公司内部曾有着长达一年的时间碰面不打招呼。为了安抚竺琦，完美给了他一个首席发行官，即CPO的位置，这一抬头可谓是强行设立以满足竺琦的地位需求，即使大家现在百度首席发行官，看到的相关新闻也就只有竺琦。在成为首席发行官以后，竺琦设法（一说是为安抚竺琦，制衡萧泓）获得了Dota2项目的决策权。然而同时完美招来的Dota2项目组负责人蔡玮却是由萧泓亲自招揽并空降。这一尴尬的上下级关系导致蔡玮长达一年多的时间里几乎不参与项目组的任何实质行为，真正领导项目组的是现已离职完美的李亚娜，此人在完美时间不短，算得上自己人，为了不陷入高层斗争，蔡玮选择了明哲保身，无为而治，让李亚娜统筹所有工作，因此竺琦对此也没有表现出强烈抗拒，这一状况一直持续到Dota2取消激活码。
After Li An Na left her job, 竺琦 rushed [moved with the speed of fire] to put his emergency response team [fire brigade] into place, 邓佩, who had been the project lead for Jade Dynasty [another PerfectWorld game]. 蔡玮 continued to adopt an indifferent attitude. 邓佩 brought in his own project team, and they worked [schemed?] to take over all the work done by the previous project team. 精灵 [Elf/Jing Ling], our protagonist, was one of the people that 邓佩 planned to replace. At the time, Elf was one of the people on the project team whose grasp of English was good, and as such had been placed in charge of communications and coordination with Valve. Of course, he wasn’t exactly the best at it, otherwise Dota 2 would have already achieve completion. The reason he managed to achieve this position was because Perfect couldn’t find any other suitable candidate for the job, in the moment. 邓佩’s replacement of Elf caused 蔡玮 to become more wary. Elf was 蔡玮’s close confidant [heart/chest]. With Elf replaced, 蔡玮 lost all control over the project [Dota 2]，and 蔡玮 begged Hong Xiao for help. Cooincidentally, it was at this time that 竺琦 was investigated over an old case [OP doesn’t say what]. The 竺琦 focused on self-preservation, and this triggered an internal shuffle. 邓佩 was removed from the Dota 2 project team, with the rest of the project team being moved to Shanghai. The project was completely divorced from 竺琦，and it entered a state of independence [self governance].
李亚娜离职以后，竺琦火速的搬来了自己曾经的救火队长，诛仙项目的功臣邓佩，当时蔡玮仍然是一副不问具体事情的态度。邓佩到了项目组以后，带来了自己的团队，开始试图接管此前项目组成员的工作，而我们本文的主角，精灵，正是她试图取代的人之一。当时精灵因为在项目组内英语算不错的，负责和Valve的沟通工作，当然他并不胜任此工作，不然Dota 2产品本身早就应该得到完善，他能在这个位置完全是因为完美一时找不到合适的人选。邓佩取代精灵的举动让蔡玮警觉了起来，精灵作为蔡玮的心腹，一旦被取代，蔡玮将完全失去对项目的控制，于是蔡玮求助萧泓，说来也是巧，此时的竺琦因为一桩陈年旧案被调查，忙于自保，于是在一番运作以后，邓佩被调离项目组，同时Dota2项目组从北京搬迁到上海，完全脱离竺琦，进入自治。