The government had closed his production company, Fake Cultural Development Ltd., because it failed to update the annual registration. (That would have been difficult, because the police had seized the documents and stamps to do so.) “It’s like you’re playing chess with a person from outer space,” he said. “They play a way you can never imagine, and the game is designed so that they must be the winner. I’m forced to play with them, and no matter how smart I move, I will be the loser.”
