#chinainsights Since the weekend of April 2nd, the buzz in China has been about Zhang Jike, a leading table tennis player in China's sporting circles. His scandal has continued to unfold, and there is no sign of it cooling down. In China, when a celebrity scandal suddenly becomes a social phenomenon, and the highest political and legal authorities start to intervene, it has gone well beyond a mere scandal in the ordinary sense and must be linked to some bigger operations in society.
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since the weekend of April 2nd the buzz
in China has been about zhangji Kur a
leading table tennis player in China's
sporting circles his scandal has
continued to unfold and there is no sign
of it cooling down
in China when a celebrity scandal
suddenly becomes a social phenomena and
the highest political and legal
authorities start to intervene it has
gone well beyond a mere scandal in the
ordinary sense and must be linked to
some bigger operations in society
zhangji Kerr is the star player of the
men's national table tennis team table
tennis is considered the National ball
by the CCP and Jong is regarded as the
third Grand Slam player in the history
of Chinese men's table tennis in 2016
through his performance in the Rio
Olympics John quickly became an internet
sensation in 2017 Sports weekly
published a list of the fortunes of
Chinese athletes in John ranked second
with 60 million Yuan or us 8.72 million
in Assets in March 2018 Zhang made
public his romance with actress Jing
Tian on his weibo news however the two
broke up in June 2019. the current news
stems from an old case that happened a
few years ago it
old Mr S A gambling debt of 5 million
Yuan or about U.S 720 000 which he was
unable to pay for some reason Zhang sent
private footage of his ex-girlfriend
Jing Tian who is also a well-known movie
star 2s to cover the debt Mr s
immediately took the video and
blackmailed Jin Tian in private around
December 2019 demanding her pay off the
gambling debt of 22 million Yuan or
about U.S 3.2 million for her
ex-boyfriend the debt was later reduced
to about U.S 2.47 million
jingtion ended up calling the police in
December 2020 Mr s was sentenced to
seven years in prison for blackmail all
parties in this case were quiet and
stayed low-key at the time the public
hardly knew about it but this old case
was suddenly posted on a forum on March
29 2023 through a weibo account in the
form of screenshots
zhangjukur's Studio issued a statement
threatening to sue the person who spread
the story
after a few hours a little-known
reporter the chief reporter of the
economic Observer spoke up on March 31st
this journalist posted through his weibo
account based on some of the judicial
documents I saw and got hold of a few
years ago it is true that zhangjoku
passed on Miss Jing's private video to
others
since then from the afternoon of March
31st to April 1st this reporter posted
continuously the core information is
mainly that the judicial materials show
that zhangjoku leaked a total of three
private videos he owed a debt of 5
million in ious but only repay the
debtor 1 million Yuan and the IOU is
still in the hands of the debtor and his
family then the most damaging
information released by this reporter
was a picture of a loan contract signed
and hand stamped by zhangjoku amounting
to 5 million Yuan
the matter has evolved so far that table
tennis Prince zhangjoku using the video
of his celebrity ex-girlfriend to cover
his gambling debts has basically been
judged to be true by online public
opinion A Storm of controversy has
formed soon after netizens uploaded
several screenshots of chats between
relevant entertainment and sports stars
showing that Zhang had borrowed money
from other celebrities and they weren't
small amounts he was reluctant to repay
the money and the creditors usually had
to work very hard to get their money
back
the actress Jing Tian was once known as
the flower of Fortune in China's
entertainment industry her background is
a mystery hence is ridiculed by netizens
as the eighth wonder of the world
in 2011 just after Jing Tian graduated
from the film Academy she acted as the
heroine of many movies letting big stars
like Chao Yun fat and Jackie Chan play
supporting roles for her for example in
2016 in the Great Wall directed by
China's most famous director zhangi Mo
Jin Tian was the only actress surrounded
by International film and television big
names including Hong Kong's Andy Lao
taiwan's Eddie Peng an American movie
star Matt Damon
but the interesting thing is that with
so many resources Jin tiang didn't
become popular the Hong Kong Apple Daily
reported that Jin tiang's backer was a
middle-aged man named Liu Jung who is
also a shareholder of Wanda group in
2017 it seemed that the relationship
between Jin tiang and Mr Liu was no
longer close
in 2017 Jing Tian changed her image of
being high in aloof from the public in
particular her live video of washing her
face made her feel like a friendly girl
next door and many netizens praised her
as cute one netizen wrote I used to
think Jing Tien had a dedicated person
to wash her face
in 2018 news broke that Jung Tien and
zhangjoku were in love A year later in
2019 they broke up in a Flash
now fans of dug up Jing tian's mood
expressed in TB interviews and social
media in 2019 she said that she
experienced the darkest moments of her
life in 2019 and couldn't leave her home
at all because of depression
she wrote did every girl experience a
feeling of sinking into the deep sea and
being unable to breathe while growing up
I think so tongue's strength was innate
it was a rebound from being overwhelmed
and pushed to the bottom it's also the
self-protection After experiencing
countless heartbreaks sootong in the
Drama World redeemed me in the gray
world I love her and I have multiple
feelings fans believe that Jing Tian at
the time not only described the mood of
breaking up with jong-joku but also that
she was heartbroken by the Betrayal and
bad behavior of her ex-boyfriend sutong
mentioned by Jing Tian in her confession
is a character in a TV series after the
TV series sotong was broadcast in 2021
Jing Tian became popular for a while in
other words the Sky High money didn't
make this female star popular but After
experiencing the tempering of Life Jin
tiang's Shoulder talent in this low-cost
TV series
it is precisely because of Jing Tian who
has such a dramatic life that her
ex-boyfriend Scandal has attracted so
much attention
as the story unfolds the Chinese media
dug up old information about Jung joku's
long history of gambling various pieces
of evidence showed that as early as 2004
16 year old zhangjoku was involved in
gambling
so far how much the case has grown has
far exceeded everyone's expectations
many companies that had commercial
endorsement cooperation with zhangjukur
terminated their contracts immediately
including Safeguard fought Toyota and so
on on April 3rd the anti-sports brand
official weibo deleted Zhang's
promotional materials announcing at
present all cooperation with zhangjoku
has been terminated according to Media
reports Zhang didn't officially announce
his retirement so does he still hold a
position in the national team and is he
a member of The Establishment Chinese
reporters interviewed the relevant
departments and some staff members said
they weren't clear while the team leader
of the Chinese table tennis national
team refused to respond
one of the more Curious aspects of this
case is how it could stay in the
Limelight for so long the CCP has strict
and efficient control over the web if
the authorities are intent on replacing
a star like Zhong who has been touted by
the top Party media as the face of the
so-called National ball then the
information can be quickly blocked it's
like the song sunny and cheerful kongi
ji that were played in the previous
episode which is just a Grassroots song
that nobody notices but it was deleted
from the Chinese Lan at the first
opportunity
so why does the government deliberately
indulge in the development of this story
and what's even more bizarre is that the
central political and legal committee
suddenly stepped into this lazy Affair
in the entertainment industry on the
evening of April 3rd the WeChat official
account of central political and legal
Affairs published a commentary article
titled zhangjukur occupies the news
pages and three things should be
investigated outside commentators
believed that when the political and
legal committee has taken over so
quickly it's obvious that there is a
strong political reason behind
zhangjukur's IOU Affair and it's more
than just simple gossip news in the
zhangjukur Scandal both the media and
netizens have noticed a strange
phenomena that is there were three
people known to be involved zhangjukur
Jing Tian and Mr s zhangjoku is
suspected of gambling and disseminating
private videos of his ex-girlfriend so
it should be exposed what's odd is that
Jin Tien as the victim was directly
named by the reporter on the contrary Mr
s a criminal was replaced by a letter to
help him hide his true identity so
netizen started digging to find out who
this Mr s was it seems that Mr s is very
well versed in the legalities of loan
sharking as he lends out money at four
times the interest rate of banks but
doesn't qualify himself as a loan shark
in the legal sense in reality he was
able to rule a debt of 5 million Yuan
into an extortionate amount of 22
million Yuan one netizen put himself in
Mr s's shoes and said Zhang Joker owed
him money but Jin Tian put him in jail
so we should hate Jin tin more than him
so Mr s definitely wants to get Jin
tian's name out there this is indeed the
case in Chinese Society after Jung's
case was exposed many netizens wanted
Jin tian's private video so netizen
speculated that this reporter actually
took the position here to defend Mr s
some netizens and Chinese media broke
the news that jong's case involved many
well-known Chinese table tennis players
including a well-known female player
to put it simply the husband of this
female team player is a real estate
Tycoon and his relationship with Zhong
hasn't been good in 2021 the real estate
Tycoon posted on his social media a text
message between himself and Zhang Joker
in the chat box he's called a zhangjoku
USB I hope your posturing can survive
2021 although the message was
immediately deleted it was still
screenshotted by someone
it was reported on weibo that one of the
property management representatives of
the real estate Tycoon was sentenced to
prison in December 2020 for collecting
loans using violence and other Triad
violations it so happened that Mr s was
sentenced to seven years in prison for
extortion in December 2020 in terms of
timing they match up
in addition there are also rumors that
Mr s is a junket operator that is a
staff member who helps the casino
introduce new customers leads them to
games and at the same time introduces
loan business to customers therefore
some netizens speculated that Zhang's
enemies might have taken advantage of
his gambling addiction and set up a trap
to make him owe a huge debt it's just
that Zhong despite obviously having a
lot of money doesn't want to pay it back
he adopted a bizarre method using his
girlfriend's private video to pay off
the debt at the same time more materials
were dug up it turns out Jong isn't the
only well-known player on the Chinese
table tennis team involved in gambling
for example a Hong Kong media reported
in 2017 that a casino in Singapore sued
another player who served as the head
coach of the national table tennis
women's team at the time trying to
recover more than 2.5 million Yuan in
arrears after the Jung Scandal was
exposed the reporter called the chairman
of the Chinese table tennis Association
but couldn't get through
it can be said that Zhang was cultivated
by the chairman himself he should know
all about Zhang's gambling behaviors
it's reported that this chairman has
lost contact losing contact in China is
a sign of being taken away for
investigation there is also news that
the former deputy director of the state
Sports General Administration and the
chairman of the Chinese Soccer
Association is currently under
investigation one can probably assume
that the continued flare-up the case of
zhangjoku is linked to the fierce
campaign against corruption in the
sports Community by XI jinping's
government
now let's take a look at actress Jing
Tian how did she manage to get John's
creditor sentenced to seven years in
prison according to the journalist's
account Mr s pleaded guilty after his
arrest and apologized in court he said
he didn't get a penny for Miss Jing and
the court found him guilty of attempting
a crime however in December 2020 the
court of first instance ruled that Mr s
was guilty of extortion and the court
handed out a sentence of seven years in
prison and a fine of fifty thousand Yuan
mistress appealed and the second
instance held up the original sentence
Jing Tan's ex-boyfriend Liu Jiang was
mentioned earlier this gentleman founded
a tailor-made Agency for jingten
this is public information but other
than that his background in mainland
China is virtually blank the business
information in Hong Kong has more bio of
Mr Liu he used to be the director of
Hong Kong's Starlight International the
major shareholder of this company is
named Lou renkai Who seems to be an
elderly member of the Lou family
the following tracking information may
be a little difficult to understand for
viewers who aren't familiar with the
Chinese names and companies it doesn't
matter you just have to not miss the
conclusion at the end
several of the companies founded by
renkai Lu were active around the turn of
the Millennium with the latest being the
chief consultant at Shenzhen Bay curd
biotechnology a leader in the stem cell
field several members of the Lou family
held important positions such as
directors and biotechnology companies
not only in China but their family
business concentrated in the field of
electronics and Technology trade around
2000 they had participated in a company
that China mobile later Acquired and
exited around 2009 along with one other
person Mr Zhang the Liu family's gold
digging in the electronics and Science
and trade field after the 90s was
related to this Mr Zhang the
relationship between the Lou family and
the Zhong family is still there Baker
biotech the Lou families company also
has a strategic shareholder called vcan
bio it's backed by the owner of Tianjin
B can land and the founder of hickvision
the private Equity Fund managed by this
Duo was once a strategic shareholder of
Wanda commercial on the eve of the IPO
of Wanda a commercial in 2014 the
investment banking arm under China
construction Bank CCB International
transferred part of its shares to the
two bosses respectively and for which
CCB International sacrificed the
interests of small and medium
shareholders and then the founder of
hickvision transferred the shares of
Wanda in his hands to the fund managed
by Mr Zhang as previously mentioned Hong
Kong media Apple Daily reported that Lu
Jong was also a shareholder of Wanda
group now comes the conclusion what is
the deal with Mr Jung his Chinese name
is Jung jojia and his English name is
Jeffrey Jung he is a director or
independent director of dozens of listed
companies imagine who can serve as a
director of dozens of listed companies
he is the son of former Chinese Vice
Premier Jung pae Yen Jeffrey Jung's
father was a close Ally of former CCP
leader Jung Zoomin in 2002 before Jung
zomin retired from the political Arena
he arranged for Jiang peyon to join the
political Bureau of the Central
Committee and serve as the vice premier
of the state Council in March of the
following year that is to say behind the
actress Jing Tian there was a circle of
force her ex-boyfriend Liu Jang has a
close relationship with the Jung family
and the Zhang family is the cronies of
the former party leader Zhang zomin
here we can see that behind a trending
story about a sports celebrity and an
entertainment actress there is a deep
dark secret and the network of
intertwined factions in the top echelons
of the Chinese Communist party is in
turmoil
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