Investor That Can See The Future

Chapter 337

President Huh Chang-min advocated gender equality from the time of his candidacy (this was the case for all candidates), and after taking office, he greatly strengthened the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

He appointed a new political party leader, Congressman Shin Shin, as Minister, increasing the budget by 40 percent over the previous year.

Compared to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Unification, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Leisure and Leisure is small and has little administrative authority.

The Ministry of Strategy and Finance has the National Tax Service and Customs Administration, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security has the National Police Agency and Fire Service, and the Ministry of Justice has the Prosecutor’s Office, but the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has no affiliated agencies.

Moreover, most of the tasks under its jurisdiction overlap with other ministries. For example, the Ministry of Education for youth protection, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for cultural industry regulation, and the National Police Agency or Prosecutor’s Office for sex crimes and prostitution.

However, after Senator Shin became a minister, she gradually expanded her activities with the support of the government and public opinion. As a result, she naturally encountered work with other ministries.

In order for the government to announce a policy, it must go through an internal meeting and adjust the interests of each ministry. However, only the leisure women often played separately.

A typical example is the issue of legalization of pornography.

While it was a presidential directive and the ruling party favored it as a party argument, only the leisure department and the Liberal National Party voiced opposition.

As the appearance of the hands and feet was constantly mismatched, there was a sign of embarrassment in the passport as well. Although some ministers and lawmakers were dissatisfied, Minister Shin received overwhelming support from women’s circles and civil society groups. Therefore, even if there were complaints, everyone could not easily open their mouths.

U.S. Secretary of State Shin Shin supports lawmaker Lee Jung-hye’s bill, which she insisted on blocking all porn sites.

“Porn sexualizes women, undermines women’s rights, undermines gender equality and has a detrimental effect on young people. Hidden cameras and revenge porn abound on the Internet, and countless victims are still suffering. Therefore, blocking sites that indiscriminately distribute pornography is the right action the government should take to protect the public. There is a misconception that some people ban all adult material, which is not true. Any legal adult material that has passed the deliberation can be viewed.”

– Look. So, what is the legal adult content that the Ministry of Leisure is talking about?

– It’s an officially released sorrow movie. like Mrs.

-Who sees it these days?

-People who spread hidden cameras and revenge porn can be put to death, so please just allow some porn!

– It’s no use. As long as there is Minister Shin Mi, there is no answer.

-Faceit connection is blocked. Why is this?

-SNI encryption, or bypass with VPN. No matter how much the government censors the internet, there is a way.

-I know. I’m just annoyed that I have to do this all the way.

– It seems that the only country in the world where real adults can’t watch adult movies is Korea.

– I just want to immigrate.

Public opinion was pouring in to allow pornography, but Minister Shin Shin-mi did not give up.

The same is true of this game regulation law. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was in a position to have a wide discussion with the game industry and civic groups, including the shutdown system, but the Ministry of Recreation and leisure raised their voices saying that regulation should be done alone.

After the Ministry of Recreation gained regulatory authority, it literally swung the report of imputation throughout the cultural industry.

Of course, the main target was the game.

If similar regulations are imposed on albums or movies, it is easy to be criticized for pouring cold water into the popular Hallyu wave.

In fact, even if only alcohol and tobacco are included in the lyrics of a song, it was designated as a harmful medium for young people, and gender equality broadcasting production guidelines were distributed and the appearance of female idol singers should be regulated because the appearance of female idol singers was uniform.

But the game is free from such issues. This is because social awareness is lagging behind compared to albums and movies, and the industry has also been focused on taking care of their own profits and has been putting their hands on self-regulation and social awareness improvement issues.

The backlash is small, but the more you hit, the more votes you get from parents. Isn’t the reason our kids can’t study because of games?

U.S. Secretary of State Shin Shin has been at the forefront of game regulation since his days in Congress. There was nothing harsh now that he ascended to the position of Minister of Leisure. Her idea was that the government should strictly control harmful media, whether it be pornography or games, to protect youth and women.

She said, “We will closely review whether there are any elements that undermine sexuality, violence, and gender equality or discriminate against women, and recommend correcting games that do not comply, and we will consider bans on distribution and fines if they are not followed.”

Unlike porn, money is at stake here. The leisure department needed more budget to fulfill its role, and game companies were the easiest targets to bet on.

Therefore, the passage of the “Act on the Prevention and Treatment of Internet Game Addiction Support” was urgently needed.

While US Secretary Shin Shin worked hand in hand with lawmakers from the Liberal National Party to try to pass the bill, she went to warn public opinion about the dangers of gaming addiction.

* * *

Taek-gyu, who had only played games on his way to work, has been busy for a long time.

She first decided to come up with a proposal for self-regulation in the game industry, and for this, she decided to create an association of game companies.

As for regulation, the association should have great authority as it should be compulsory. And for this to happen, large developers must make concessions.

Drafts of self-regulation have already been made. However, it was not possible to reach an agreement due to the refusal of large game companies. Because it was easier to make money if there were no regulations at all.

The problem of speculation in domestic games was serious. There are not one or two games that have failed because they do not intend to make the game enjoyable, but only induce excessive sensibility.

Among them, the most problematic is the so-called random box. It is also a problem to induce people to keep drawing until the desired item is found, and the probability that the probability is as bad as winning the lottery is also a problem. In some games, the management was caught while manipulating the odds.

As a result, the perception of the game gradually deteriorated, and gamers turned their backs on foreign games and shouted, ‘Destroy Korean games!’

Taek-gyu gathered five major domestic game companies, including LC Soft NA Games and Letmars.

“Considering the contents of the bill and the actions of the Ministry of Recreation, if it is passed, it will inevitably cause a huge blow to the entire game industry. It might end altogether. Shouldn’t the industry first come up with a self-regulation plan before that?”

Taek-gyu persuaded them diligently rather than pressing down on the fact that he was the vice president of OTK Company.

“Did you see self-driving electric cars driving on the road? Automobile companies that had been doing well in the past started to go bankrupt. I bet there will be a similar tectonic shift in the gaming industry in the future. This is not the time to scratch the money on the noses of children with random boxes and like them. You have to prepare for a bigger market in the future.”

After half a day of persuasion, the presidents of the five major game companies finally agreed to delegate authority to the association and accept the self-regulation proposal.

After the bosses left, Taek-gyu said.

“Even if the bill proposed to the National Assembly is not proposed this time, as long as the Ministry of Recreation is in charge of game regulation, similar things will be repeated at any time.”

I nodded.

“I will.”

“There is only one fundamental solution to this problem.”

“what is that?”

Taek-gyu raised his glasses to my question and said.

“The Ministry of Leisure is taking its hands off the regulation of the cultural industry and handing it over to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In the first place, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the cultural industry have nothing to do with each other.”

Whether 10 billion won out of the 12 billion won budget set to support prostituted women is used for operating expenses, 10 million won for year-end memberships, or the budget devoted to developing youth typefaces… … That is not for us to know.

It is not that other ministries do not have a similar waste of budget.

The problem is the regulation of the cultural industry.

Being able to regulate something shows the power a ministry has. This is why regulations, once established, do not disappear easily.

“Will the Leisure Ministry give up that power?”

“You have to make it happen.”

In fact, there has been talk for a long time about unifying cultural industry policy work, including games, with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

“Unlike the leisure department, the culture department has a higher understanding of subculture. Among the secretary of the National Assembly’s Moon Kwang committee, there are some from the game industry.”

I remembered what I had seen in the material Yuri had brought me.

“But just because the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is not regulating it doesn’t mean it doesn’t. Wasn’t there a riot after regulating indie games this time?”

After the Sea Story incident, which caused the entire nation to become addicted to gambling (there are some who claim this is a game addiction), a law that requires all games to undergo preliminary review has been established.

This law was applied to commercial games, but for some reason, non-profit games that are not suddenly sold by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism must undergo prior deliberation, and they threatened criminal punishment if the game was shared without prior deliberation.

Sites that received the official notice closed their bulletin boards, and dream trees who were developing flash games lost the opportunity to showcase their games.

You might think that it will be necessary to undergo preliminary deliberation, but to do so, costs hundreds of thousands of won and a long time are required.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is in the position of applying the law because there is a law, but it is like the Food and Drug Administration crackdown on sharing a packed lunch from home.

It was absurd, and there was a strong backlash that the game development ecosystem would be uprooted if done wrong, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism took a step back, saying that it would suspend the crackdown on non-profit games and review the law.

“Still, the culture department is better than the leisure department. To say that you back away because public opinion opposes it is because you are still a communicative opponent. It’s a different way of looking at the game in the first place. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism sees games as ‘culture’ and regulates them, but the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family sees them as ‘harmful media for young people’.”

I nodded.

If I had to be beaten, it would be better for me to communicate.

* * *

Parliament was opened by agreement of the opposition parties.

It was decided to prioritize the bills that had not been dealt with in the meantime, and this included the ‘Act on the Prevention and Treatment of Internet Game Addiction Support’.

There was not much time now.

The presidents of the five major game companies met with Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Kuk-cheon and secretary Moon Kwang-wi in turn to propose a self-regulatory proposal made by the industry.

OTK Company took the initiative and announced its position.

“OTK Games completely rejects the request for cooperation in self-regulation from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and clearly opposes the unfair game regulation. , we will jointly respond to various regulatory laws.”

As soon as the announcement was made, the media poured out articles.

[(Breaking News) OTK Company opposes game regulation in the leisure department](Read more @ wuxiax.com)

[The spread of the shutdown system, will the brakes be applied?][Support the announcement of OTK Company in the game industry!][Domestic game companies agree to make self-regulation measures][Public opinion is divided on the game regulation][Experts, game addiction is a serious disease… … ][Parents’ organizations, religious organizations. Game regulations need to be strengthened… … ][OTK Company declares an all-out war against the leisure department!]

Game sites such as Lulu Web were outraged.

-Why do you only have games? Isn’t it a study addiction to study 12 hours a day at school, palm, or cram school? Then study should be regulated!

-Hehe You can’t play games without sleeping at night, but you can study or go out and play.

– Arrest all those who make and play games by making the game illegal.

– lol If the bill is passed, game junkies will be forcibly put into an addiction treatment center as if they were dragged to a mental hospital.

– There are lines of people to be dragged here.

– The problem with Korean game companies is the problem. What is the difference between a random box and a pachinko?

-right. Games these days are just a matter of luck.

– All game companies in Korea have to go bankrupt to get their mind right.

– It is true that speculative and addictive regulations should be regulated, but not this way.

* * *

The Blue House and the ruling party were astonished.

If I were to list the evils (?) that Jin-hoo Kang has committed against politicians, a few books are not enough. Therefore, if you are a politician with culture and common sense, you have tried not to get entangled with Kang Jin-hoo.

But this happened because of an official letter from the Ministry of Leisure!

As the situation showed signs of escalation, the government decided to summarize and announce its position after reaching a conclusion at the Ministerial Meeting of the relevant ministries.

However, even before the meeting was held, Minister Shin Min-mi first appeared in front of the press. she said in an angry voice.

“Gaming addiction is a serious disease, and regulation is essential,” she said. Recently, more and more addictive and speculative games are coming out, and statistics show that 20% of teenagers suffer from over-immersion. If you over-immerse yourself in the game, your studies will be disrupted, your grades will drop, and you will become violent. Game addiction changes even the brain structure, making it more difficult to get out of addiction, so the World Health Organization (WTO) is planning to define gaming as a serious disease. However, I can’t help but feel angry and concerned about OTK Company, a global company, for abandoning its social responsibility of protecting youth, undermining gender equality, and continuing misogynistic behavior. In any case, I will not back down for game regulation and game addiction treatment. I ask the public to support the passage of the bill.”