China's Vietnam dozen gold farmers earn more than $100,000 a year

(Compiling/Katy Fish) According to the latest report from the World Bank, China and Vietnam have as many as 100,000 dozen gold farmers. The report defines the group as a "gold farmer" who will sell virtual money or props to Western players in online games. More and more Western players have been quick to improve their level of play in a highly popular online game like Heaven and World of Warcraft.　　A player even spends 5700 euros to buy the entire account. But the practice has not been welcomed by developers who accuse it of undermining the balance of the game and trying to ban it.　　According to estimates, the virtual economy of the global online gaming industry reached at least 3 billion dollars in 2009, of which 30% came from real acting, 50% from robot acting and 20% from account theft. A study by Dr. Mirko Ernkvist of the University of Gothenburg and Dr. Vili Lehdonvirta of the University of Tokyo described the industry as "coffee beans growing" in the gaming industry. Through PayPal in the circulation of every 100 dollars, large sellers can get about 30 dollars, a small studio about 45 dollars, the gold of the person I can get about 23 dollars.　　Similarly, the global coffee industry accounted for $70 billion trillion in 2009, but the production of coffee beans was only 5.5 billion dollars. In China, which has the largest number of "gold farmers", the annual direct income generated has reached $10 million trillion, with 50 to 60 gold studios claiming that their annual income has surpassed the million dollar mark. This shows that the virtual economy in the game has produced a "small but significant impact" on some developing countries.