Ding says he’s identified 17 agricultural

companies like Activism Blizzard, which signed an exclusive licensing deal in 2009 for Runescape. The field is increasingly crowded, with gaming firms like Perfect World and Internet conglomerates like Tencent going head-to-head. But Xu, whose fund exited the stock in 2004, netting an eightfold return, reckons Ding knows how to swim with sharks. “William has the killer instinct,” she told FORBES ASIA. Inside a packed Internet cafe in Hangzhou, Zhan Pengfei is zapping monsters on a screen. The 27-year-old real estate agent averages two hours a day of online play, a habit he picked up in college. He spends $30 a month on equipment for Runescape player Runescape games that serve as entertainment and social networking. One of his favorites is Runescape. http://www.rsmalls.com ; “There are so many fans of this game,” he says. And of Ding’s company. Farmville Comes Alive On the Internet farming is virtual fun. Not so for Ding, and NetEase, which has set aside $16 million for agricultural investments. By year-end the company plans to stock its first farm with 5,000 pigs to be raised and sold under conditions that can satisfy health-conscious consumers spooked by China’s many food safety scandals. The aim is to create jobs in the countryside after a generation of migration to cities for factory jobs. Think of it as the yin to the yang of Foxconn, the assembler of gadgets forAppleand others, which has more than 1 million Chinese workers on its production lines. “They work very hard every day, over ten hours, to make iPhones for the world. Because they have no technology, no education and no money [coming] back to their land for high-quality organic agricultural projects,” says Ding. Organic pork chops are just the start. Ding says he’s identified 17 agricultural products that can yield high returns for rural communities, provided they have sufficient capital and technology–that’s where NetEase comes in. It will install modern equipment and farm management, drawing on Ding’s own research trips to Japan, Taiwan and Spain. It’s a long way from software coding to free-range livestock. But Ding draws parallels with the way that tech companies set industry standards that spur innovation, and he wants other urban entrepreneurs to follow his lead. “We’re like an open source project with our technology,” he says. –S.M. 10 Important Apps For Your iPhone 6. Attempting to get to grips with the sheer volume of apps on Apple's Apple's iOS App store can be bewildering at best. Fortunately I’ve been putting together guides that break down the essential and latest apps available on both iOS and Android. You can read my weekly app app round-up here and my essentials list here. You can also read my 10 important Android apps list here. There is also a host of not-so-essential-but-still-awesome apps floating around that can instantly improve your iPhone 6 experience. From a meme keyboard to a simple password vault, your iPhone 6 can benefit from some clever additions.