Interview with Lin Qi (Founder of Yoozoo Games and Chairman of Three-Body Universe)

Summary: A new generation of young tech billionaire, founder and chairman of Yoozoo Games, and controller of Three-Body Universe. He was a representative figure of China's post-80s self-made entrepreneurs, successfully leading Yoozoo Games to a backdoor listing. He rose to fame for his full-scale promotion of the film and television adaptation and global IP development of the science fiction masterpiece "Three-Body", but later died young after being poisoned by a colleague.

Interview Chief Writer: Venerable Fa Ning

July 18, 2026

Lin Qi:

Namo Amituofo, I am Lin Qi, a famous entrepreneur in China. At about the age of thirty, I took the "Yoozoo Games" I founded to another level, achieving significant success in my career at a young age. I have always held the science fiction masterpiece "Three-Body" in high regard, and after careful consideration, I finally found an opportunity to acquire the full copyright of "Three-Body".

After obtaining this IP, I established the "Three-Body Universe" company and served as CEO, with related films, animations, games, and live-action series being launched one after another, the most well-known of which is, of course, Netflix's "Three-Body".

For me, my career is a very important part of my life. Whenever I make business decisions or work, I feel as if there is a special energy within me—intense, driven, and full of endless variability. Throughout my journey, I have always maintained a proactive attitude, and I have also done my best to help the executives and employees within the company.

When managing the company I founded myself, this intense drive was undoubtedly the key factor in leading the company to success. Since I had already staked so much, my only choice was to move forward. In such a situation, there was no possibility of retreating; what was needed was the determination to push through to the end. This power seemed to be innate to me, and in many instances, it helped me overcome numerous difficulties and seize the best opportunities, allowing me to continuously break through in my career.

After arriving at the Western Dharma-Nature Land, I finally understood that it was actually the power given to me by the demon crowds within me, a form of demonic blessing. It turns out that while I was alive, there were so many demon spirits inside my body. These beings from the Demon Realm brought out the demon nature within my personality that resonated with them to the fullest extent. With their help, I was able to perform in various ways.

It could also be said that the success of Yoozoo Games and Three-Body Universe was inseparable from the contributions of the karmic creditors and demon crowds within me. Some might think: does this mean they were here to help me? Of course, that is not the case.

In fact, they helped me achieve success in my career only to make me commit more sins, allowing my soul to suffer even greater pain. For my karmic creditors, they were very pleased to see my body controlled by the demon crowds. The works released by the company I founded were actually helping people pursue physical satisfaction and stimulation, making people even more attached to their bodies.

All of the above actually violated the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way, causing immense harm to many people. Therefore, the success of Yoozoo Games and Three-Body Universe was built on the foundation of many people being harmed, and I must pay the price in terms of the laws of karma and cause and effect; this was the scheme my karmic creditors had in mind. While I was alive, I was completely unaware that I had already become their puppet.

As for why the demon crowds within me pushed so hard, it was because in this process, the games, films, or animations released by Yoozoo Games and Three-Body Universe were actually provoking the demon nature within people's hearts. As people liked these things more and were more attracted to them, the demonic power of these demon crowds grew accordingly. This is the "demonic energy" they sought.

Thus, after my body reached an agreement with the countless demon crowds and the karmic creditors within me, they jointly took control of the right to use this body. My soul was kicked out of my body when I was thirty, leaving only a tiny part, huddled in a corner of my body, shivering. At that time, my soul felt trapped inside, unable to escape, pitch black, and filled with great panic and unease.

At that time, I was completely ignorant of what my body was doing; I had no idea that my body was committing immeasurable and boundless sins. Online games, various films, and science fiction series did indeed provide many people with spiritual satisfaction and physical pleasure, but they did not know that this was already in violation of the Truth. Because within all this, there was too much pursuit of desire or certain attachments in the heart.

When we play games or watch these science fiction films, these mental fluctuations and physical attachments have actually already awakened the karmic creditors and spirits within the body. Many people, having lost control of their bodies and being unable to be the master of themselves, find their faces becoming increasingly evil and complex, which represents the mutation of their character.

If I had not seen these phenomena and images with my own eyes in the Western Dharma-Nature Land, I would not have deeply realised that these various works derived from the "Three-Body" science fiction novel, as well as the games created by Yoozoo Games, were actually causing such huge harm to the people of the world.

This harm does not directly make people's bodies sick, but directly causes mutations in people's character. When the mind is no longer healthy, it actually means that the Body-Mind-Spirit are all entering a negative cycle.

In this life, I was actually quite generous to our company's senior executives and employees, and I considered myself a helpful person.

It is just unexpected that I would be poisoned by a subordinate in the drink I consumed, and thus die. In the short time before my death, I felt extreme fear. It was a fear of not knowing what I would encounter after leaving the world—a sense of dread towards the unknown. At that time, I felt my soul trembling violently.

Under this extreme fear, my mind seemed to become very clear in an instant. In the moment before death, there was a sudden, deep reflection and realisation: what exactly have I been doing all my life? I worked busily to build this huge and successful enterprise and earned a lot of wealth, but in this moment before death, I could not feel anything that could help me, only a sense of bewilderment about what would happen after my death. In that instant, I realised I was such a fool, struggling for a lifetime, yet it seemed I had gained nothing. Carrying such deep regret, as death approached, I found I did not know where I would go in the future. It seemed as if this life had passed in vain, without any value.

Carrying this deep reflection, the moment my soul stopped breathing, it was pulled by a powerful force into a dark space to be punished. Later, I learned that this place is the so-called "heart-gouging hell". What I am talking about now is not any plot from a novel, but the true memory of my soul after death. In this heart-gouging hell, my soul suffered endless torture. My heart was gouged open time and time again, and after death, I was reborn time and time again. All of this seemed to make my soul suffer infinite reincarnation of torment.

When would I be able to escape? I did not know. I only knew that in the process of being punished over and over again, my soul became extremely weak. And no matter how many times my heart was gouged open, the pain that pierced through my heart remained just as painful and bitter. Eventually, I became slowly desperate and could only accept such a fate.

Until a huge golden light shone in the hell, illuminating my soul. In an instant, I was brought by this gentle force to the Western Dharma-Nature Land at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Australia.

My injured and painful, weak soul slowly recovered under the Buddha’s light in the Dharma-Nature Land. Listening to the Buddha's name chanting of "Namo Amituofo" coming from the air, a sense of stability was injected into my heart, and I could not help but slowly chant along. The power of this Buddha's name "Namo Amituofo" is truly inconceivable; every time I chant the Buddha's name, I feel my heart becoming stronger.

At this very moment, I, Lin Qi, have achieved a true rebirth in the Western Dharma-Nature Land; it can be said that I have been completely transformed. Looking at my pure, bright, and dignified appearance, I almost did not recognise myself. It turns out that my original appearance could be so pure and unstained. I love this current version of myself so much; there is no strong demon nature or aggression from the secular world, nor is there any complexity within it—it is completely simple and kind. Like the innocence of a baby, seeing it makes me feel filled with Dharma joy.

At this moment, I, Lin Qi, am kneeling and prostrating on the lotus seat in the Dharma-Nature Land to the great Amitabha Buddha and Practitioner Su. I am infinitely grateful to the Buddha for His help in bringing me, a lonely and helpless suffering spirit, from hell to this bright and beautiful world, allowing me to be reborn here.

After listening to the sutras and hearing the Dharma, I understood that the residents of the Western Dharma-Nature Land all have the opportunity to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the future. That is a world even more beautiful than the Dharma-Nature Land where I am now; it is the Buddha-land established by Amitabha Buddha. Thinking of this, I feel very happy in my heart. What virtue do I have to have such an opportunity to go to the Western Land? This is all due to the compassion of the Buddha, allowing me, a sinner who has committed endless sins, to be able to return to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the future.

At this moment, every second I am very focused on chanting this "Namo Amituofo", hoping to purify my soul through the power of the Buddha's name, making my spirit increasingly pure and good. Because I have heard that the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is a Buddha-land where all superior beings gather; everything there is composed of purity and goodness, a world of extreme purity and goodness. Therefore, I must also make my spirit increasingly pure and good so that one day in the future, I will be qualified to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

I understand that Practitioner Su is very compassionate and will help me achieve this, but I must also be diligent in my practice to make this complete. This is also what I understood after learning the Buddha's teachings, because the Pure Land Dharma Gate of chanting Buddha's name is a two-power method; the Buddha can bless us, but we must first exert our own power. If we do not make a vow ourselves, how can the Buddha transmit power to us?

For a long time, the Yoozoo Games I built has had good results in web games and mobile games. Whether it is our own core brand or the authorised cooperation of globally famous IPs, these have been the directions of our operations.

At this moment, in the Dharma-Nature Land, I see that right now, there are many people in the world playing the mobile games produced by our Yoozoo Games. In the past, I might have felt very excited or proud; but in the Dharma-Nature Land, I cannot help but shed tears of repenting, kneeling on the lotus seat, prostrating to the compassionate Amitabha Buddha, hoping that the Buddha can change all of this.

How can I repay these endless, immeasurable, and boundless sins?

Because I clearly see that the various images, sound effects, and special effects in these mobile games actually contain demon crowds from the Demon Realm. When countless people play these mobile games, a large number of demon crowds enter their eyes, brains, and ears; this is truly a terrifying thing. I see that as people play these mobile games, the light of their souls begins to dim, and their character begins to show various degrees of mutation. This is all because countless demon crowds have entered their bodies, causing their souls to dissipate outside their bodies, or causing great interference to their thoughts and behaviours.

Oh, this is such a great sin! I did not know that the achievements I was proud of while alive were actually poisonous drugs, making people poisoned in their hearts after tasting them. Looking around, the game industry in countries around the world is becoming more and more developed because it is indeed an industry full of huge business opportunities. But I see that many people, in the process of playing games, are possessed by a large number of demon crowds, and even their karmic creditors within them are awakened. The anger of these karmic creditors is not something people can bear, which leads to many people's bodies slowly becoming no longer under their own control.

It turns out that online games, mobile games, and even any games in the world that make people addicted, behind the seemingly exquisite, gorgeous, and fun appearance, are actually a conspiracy from the Demon Realm. It is to make countless people sell their souls to the Demon Realm, making their bodies become puppets controlled by the Demon Realm, with the purpose of causing greater chaos in this world and creating greater sins, allowing a large number of demon spirits to gain energy replenishment.

If it were not for the Buddha explaining these facts of truth to me, and if I had not seen them with my own eyes in the Dharma-Nature Land, how could I have understood that beneath these seemingly normal phenomena, there is such a massive conspiracy targeting humanity.

At this moment, I, Lin Qi, am bringing these matters to the attention of the world, not to provoke conflict between humanity and the Demon Realm, but to tell everyone: if you cannot learn the Buddhist education of the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, and fail to understand and follow the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way, your body will inevitably become a puppet controlled by the demon crowds.

Under the control of the demon crowds, what this body does, thinks, and desires actually causes immense harm to oneself and others. Perhaps on the surface, this may make you feel a momentary joy and satisfaction, or that you have obtained something you dreamed of, or tasted a flavour you once dared not try. But in summary, these various physical stirrings and pleasures are exactly the tricks the Demon Realm uses to manipulate human hearts.

However, even after understanding these principles, how many people can truly withstand the tests of the Demon Realm? This really depends on each person's character cultivation and meditative concentration.

At this time, I am strongly appealing to all people in China: everyone must learn how to protect the true self within the body, so that your body can resist this intense evil force from the Demon Realm. To do this, your heart must possess sufficient positive energy. The "goodness" in this positive energy is absolutely not the goodness that is the opposite of evil, nor is it the goodness that secular society considers to be incompatible with evil; rather, it is "pure goodness" that is full of inclusiveness, flexibility, and softness. It is truly able to encompass everything, allowing all evil to be resolved into nothingness, allowing all negativity to be reversed back to the right path, and even allowing all complexity to return to the simplicity it was always meant to have. Such "pure goodness" is the only Dharma Jewel for resisting the Demon Realm.

Now, Namo Amituofo has come to this world to help everyone become the true master of their own bodies, and to help every person in the world avoid becoming a puppet of the Demon Realm. Therefore, the Buddha is very compassionate, teaching us to chant the Holy Name "Namo Amituofo", because this Holy Name represents the extremely pure and extremely good energy in the vastness of the Dharma Realm. As long as people can firmly believe in Namo Amituofo, believe in this simplicity and goodness that never arises or ceases within the heart, and while chanting this Holy Name "Namo Amituofo", with each chant from the heart, you allow your soul to be plated with the most solid and thick protective layer. This can prevent you from being injured by the attacks of the demon crowds, and even more so, when the Demon Realm wants to invade your body, it can raise a line of defence to resist their intrusion.

Such an important lesson is called "Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way". Currently, in this world, only the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Australia teaches this, and everyone should come to learn it quickly. Only by following the footsteps of Namo Amituofo, moving firmly on the path of the Truth, and chanting this "Namo Amituofo", can you have the means to be the true master of your own body.

This is a true subject that every Chinese person must face. Do not let yourself spend a lifetime experiencing hardships and pain, struggling hard, only to have to pay the bill after death for all the negative karma that the demon crowds have committed using your body.

Do not be like me, Lin Qi, struggling for a lifetime until I achieved success and fame, only to feel deep regret at the moment of death, frustrated that I had wasted a precious life in vain without truly realising the value of life.

What exactly is the true value of life?

After arriving at the Dharma-Nature Land, I have been actively exploring this life subject. It was only after listening to the sutras that I understood that a person comes to this world to help sentient beings. It turns out that everyone comes to this world as a Buddha to help sentient beings.

The true value of life actually lies in the two words "salvation". And the primary object of salvation is the countless karmic creditors and spirits within one's own body. When you truly save the countless souls within your body, you are also saving your own soul. Only after achieving this can one further speak of the salvation of suffering beings outside the body. If one can go a step further and extend this to the salvation of the demon crowds from the Demon Realm, then it can be said that the value of life has been exerted to the extreme.

All salvation is intended to give the object of salvation true benefit—to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and help them achieve spiritual elevation.

Now, my benefactor—Practitioner Su of the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre—is exactly like this. A flesh-body Buddha who has realised his true nature and attained Buddhahood in the human world, he practises diligently, purifies his own Body-Mind-Spirit, practises the Pure Land Dharma Gate to attain Buddhahood, and allows himself and the countless cellular beings within his body to all realise their true nature and attain Buddhahood together. Afterwards, with his ability of countless manifestations, he performs Chao Du in various countries around the world, and even the vastness of the Dharma Realm, the void, the universe, the Milky Way, etc., are all within the scope of Practitioner Su's Chao Du. It is hard to imagine the immeasurable and boundless sentient beings who have been saved because of Practitioner Su's Chao Du. A large number of demon crowds have thus been taken by Practitioner Su into the Western Dharma-Nature Land, and in the future, they all have the opportunity to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss with the help of Practitioner Su.

All these inconceivable acts of salvation, the reason they can be realised, besides the compassionate vows of Practitioner Su, is that there is also the blessing of Namo Amituofo within them.

Now Namo Amituofo has come to this world to bring the benefits of not grow old, not get sick, and the spirit does not die to the people of the world, and to help everyone be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. The Namo Amituofo salvation team, under the leadership of Practitioner Su, is actively engaged in the journey of spreading the Dharma and saving the world every single day, hoping to help more people, because as long as one knows the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, there is a chance to be saved.

The Buddha came to this world, in fact, through the method of education, to help everyone see their true selves clearly, to inspire the vow to save the world and help beings, and to let everyone understand: you are originally a Buddha.

Not grow old, not get sick, and the spirit does not die is by no means out of reach. As long as everyone can achieve true purity and goodness, follow the teachings, and follow the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way, then you will naturally be able to obtain the true benefits of the Buddha’s teachings.

Countless suffering beings have the opportunity to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss because the Buddha has come to this world. Now, the salvation work of Namo Amituofo should be participated in by every Chinese person, and even every person on Earth, because you are also one of the objects saved by Namo Amituofo, and you should spontaneously and voluntarily contribute to it.

Because when you contribute to the salvation work of Namo Amituofo, it actually also represents the initiation of your own power. When you truly exert your power, Namo Amituofo can then bestow blessings and save you.

In the future, I hope everyone can meet in the Western Land.

Gratitude to Namo Amituofo, gratitude to Practitioner Su.

Namo Amituofo

Lin Qi