The corruption scandal at NetEase exposed: Two senior executives have reported that they are safe, and the group has been investigating internally since last year. | 36Kr Games

Written by Liu Shiwu

On November 7, according to Ifeng Technology, recently, NetEase Games has been strictly investigating corruption within the company, involving multiple senior executives in the marketing line. Xiang, the general manager of NetEase Games' marketing department, and others have been taken away for investigation.

"The incident is still in its early stages, and it will take some time for the results to come out," said an internal NetEase employee. "The marketing department is large, with multiple departments including the channel center and the marketing department." It is understood that most of the executives taken away are from the marketing department.

In the internal industry communication group, there is a message saying that the amount involved in this investigation is over 100 million.

Image source: Ifeng Technology

Judging from the exposed information, this corruption case involves multiple senior executives.

Wu Xinxin and Zhang Haixing, who are in the midst of the turmoil, both posted content in their Moments that seemed to indicate that they were safe after the incident occurred.

Image source: Moments of Wu Xinxin and Zhang Haixing

36Kr has sought verification from NetEase. As of the time of publication, NetEase has not responded. 36Kr Games will continue to follow the progress of the incident.

36Kr Games has learned that NetEase launched a round of self-examination as early as 2023. Concurrent with the self-examination time, the payment process of NetEase's marketing department has become more strict.

An internal employee said that in the process of game promotion and distribution, the payment process involving multiple suppliers is involved, and "accepting bribes from suppliers by taking advantage of one's position" is the focus of this investigation, which also coincides with the time when the payment process of the marketing department changed.‍‍‍‍‍‍

In the first half of this year, some senior executives left the company during the investigation, which may be related to this corruption turmoil, and the departments involved are not only the marketing department.

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This article is from the WeChat official account "36Kr Games".