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18 | Wednesday, November 13, 2019 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY YOUTH Greener Report approach Game set in the highlights to paper women’s recycling past makes history interests takes root By LI YINGXUE The Invisible Guardian designer wins A key annual report on women and the workplace was released By LI YINGXUE leading international award in major in Beijing on Oct 22. Lean In China, a platform that A partnership between an breakthrough, Li Yingxue reports. supports the goals and aspira Australian university and a com tions of women, together with pany in Guangdong province is Deloitte China, released Women, paving the way for a greener Work and Happiness in the capi approach to business. tal last month. The University of Sydney’s The report is based on 5,469 Waste Transformation Research questionnaires collected from all Hub announced a tieup with over China with more than 80 Dongguan Jianhui Paper Co, a percent of the interviewees being paper recycling and manufac women and 18.7 percent men, turing company, at the end of Rachel Tong, secretarygeneral October. of Lean In China, says. “Paper recycling plants use a lot About 60 percent of the ques of water, which they require to Chineselanguage game, linear stories for films, the game tionnaires were collected from treat the wastepaper during the attracting a worldwide needs multiple scenarios. companies, including those in the recycling process,’’ says University audience, has scooped up “We have over 100 endings for Fortune 500 and unicorns (start of Sydney associate professor Ali a prestigious internation game players, but because the role is ups with a net value of over $1 bil Abbas. “Because of the Chinese al award as players get a taste of hisA an underground agent, most of the lion). The remainder came from government’s stricter environ tory through a very modern format. endings see the player being exposed individuals. mental protection guidelines for The Invisible Guardian went and getting killed,” says Guan. “In Tong says that 45 percent of recycling plants, many compa online in January on software distri the limited happy endings, there’s the interviewees were born in nies are looking for ways to bution platform Steam, and soon one in which you can live to an old the 1980s and 41 percent in the enhance water efficiency.” made its mark. Despite minimal age and you will find a huge secret in 1990s, and that around 73 per Led by Abbas, the hub will marketing efforts, the game has the end, a secret that clears up a pre cent of the interviewees worked identify where and how the Chi already been played by 10 million vious misunderstanding.” for foreignfunded companies nese company can improve users worldwide. That number is set They took half a year to adapt the and private enterprises. their water usage and treat to grow. original 80,000word story, Guan “The report shows that the ment processes, which hopeful The game, with a ranking of 9.7 says, to a script of 300,000 words. higher position of women in the ly can be applied to the entire out of 10 on review site Douban, is “It’s much more work than writing workplace, the more gender chal paper making industry in the China’s first 800minute fulllength and shooting a 90minute film,” she lenges they’ll face,” she says. “Even future. liveaction interactive filmtype recalls. though family responsibilities are “Dongguan Jianhui is already product that infuses multiple ele Top and above: The Invisible Guardian, an 800minute liveaction It then took two more months for a barrier to promotion for both doing very well and meeting its ments from games, movies and tele interactive cinematic game, has garnered 10 million players world the team to shoot 800 minutes of genders, as the report shows, obligations. However, they want vision. wide since its release in January. It is a story of the spiritual pursuit footage with 100odd endings for women are feeling more pressure to do more and become a leader It was a breakthrough in China’s of an underground Chinese Communist agent during the War of the game. After the shooting, post from these responsibilities.” in the field; that’s why they are games industry, and also for its pro Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (193145). production work and test runs car The theme of this year’s report partnering with us,” he explains. ducer Guan Dan, who spent two PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ried on for a year. is redefining “her success”. According to Abbas, their years leading her prelaunch team. “In a film, the director is leading According to Tong, the three researchers can help by looking International recognition was the audience to convey his or her most important standards for at the company’s current opera quick. Guan won an award as one of feelings. But in an interactive film, defining success for women are tions and use the data to develop the five Chinese winners of the you, the viewer, instead of being the selffulfillment, health, and mar a model to help operators in the inaugural British Academy of Film When I first read the original story spectator, become the lead role — riage and family, while for men, it plant to make decisions that will and Television Arts’ Breakthrough of The Invisible Guardian, I knew it not only can you decide the direc is health, marriage and family, improve water efficiency and China program on Oct 28. She is the tion of your own fate but also how and then, selffulfillment. usage, as well as enhance water only games producer among the was suitable for interaction as your decisions will affect the destiny “Modern office women value recovery. winning artists. there was mystique and suspense.” of other roles,”Guan says. more their own growth and their From coagulation to the oxida The BAFTA identifies, celebrates Around every two minutes, there social value, and they want to tion process, where chemicals and supports exceptional talent Guan Dan, games producer will be an interaction for the player, gain success through achieving are used to remove contami working in the fields of film, TV or whether in dialogue or to make a their own goals instead of relying nants, there are several steps games, and launched the Break move or a decision that will lead to on external factors,” Tong says. required to treat the water used through Brits initiative in 2013. This and a drive to succeed.” Guardian, she was instantly drawn different scenarios. There are also As for company policy on giv to clean wastepaper. has brought more than 100 emerg Besides Guan, the other four win in and sensed it could be a genre puzzles to solve when the player is in ing birth, working mothers say The addition of such chemi ing British talent to global attention, ners are Bai Xue, writer and director leading game. She managed to find a secret room. they need flexible working poli cals is currently being done at including actor Tom Holland in Spi of The Crossing (2019), a feature film funding for her idea, and in early Guan is now looking for her next cies and plans for them to go back suboptimal levels which is costly derMan and games producer Dan focusing on stories of “crossbound 2017 Guan became the game’s pro interactive film game and after win to the office after maternity leave. and results in the reduction of Gray in Monument Valley. ary children”; Bonnie Chen, a fash ducer and started building her ning the BAFTA Breakthrough Chi Working fathers think their wives the quality of the paper pro This year it launched BAFTA ionmodelturned actress, writer team. na she is aiming for a global need benefits such as longer duced. Breakthrough China. This is its first and director of her first short film, “When I first read the original sto audience. maternity leave or allowances. “We will work with the compa overseas collaboration recognizing Clover (2019); He Bin, producer of ry of The Invisible Guardian, I knew According to BAFTA’s website, “Many working mothers and ny to help reduce the chemical new talent in the field, according to The Crossing; and Ye Ting, line pro it was suitable for interaction as Guan and other winners will receive fathers think it’s necessary to set oxygen demand through a scien Lee Schuneman, the jury chair of ducer of the movie How Long Will I there was mystique and suspense,” a yearlong program of support from up a lactation room at the work tific approach, and we want to this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough Love U (2018) which garnered about Guan says. “And it was also a touch BAFTA, as well as offered connec place,” Tong adds. reduce the amount of chemicals China. 900 million yuan ($128.5 million) in ing, emotional story.” tions and opportunities within the The launch event also cele dosed in the water without com For the past 18 months, Schune boxoffice takings. British creative industries, includ brated the sixth anniversary of promising water quality,” Abbas man has been flying between Lon Guan is a games producer from Heroes behind the scene ing sharing expertise with their Brit the founding of Lean In China. says. don and Shanghai viewing and New One Studio, which launched Set in 1939 during the War of ish peers and learning from British According to Virginia Tan, Lai Kwaiwa, president of selecting potential jurors and choos The Invisible Guardian.