Yu Menglong’s Mastermind Exposed: Chairman at 27, Powerful Parents & Dark Web of Money Laundering?

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The mysterious case surrounding the suspicious death of Yu Menglong is gradually exposing darker layers.
A leaked list revealing the full identities of 17 figures from the so-called Death Party has shocked the public,
uncovering not only well-known names, but also their tangled connections.
On top of that, bizarre details about a body swap, a delayed autopsy report, and allegations of money laundering,
hidden powers, and political ties have stirred massive outrage.
Who is pulling the strings? Who truly holds the power to conceal the truth?
Let's dive into the shocking details today.
Full List of 17 People Leaked
The complete identities of the 17 individuals who attended the so-called Death Party with Yu Menglong have now been exposed.
The list, revealed by an insider, includes Xin Qi, Fan Li, Cheng Qingsong, Ji Guangguang, Gao Taiyu, Song Yiren,
Tianhe Rong, Zhao Maiqi, Yuan Ziwen, Yuan Zihao, Kai Liwan, Fu Ziqi, Zhou Hao, Zhang Jiowei, Zhang Jiowei,
Jiangsu Zhou Gan, Taiyi Jia, and Wang Gongkuan.
But that's not all. Netizens recounted another bizarre occurrence.
Yu Menglong's body was reportedly taken to the operating table, placed into a white cloth bag, with witnesses present.
However, by the time the funeral vehicle arrived at the crematorium,
the bag had been switched, or the body had vanished entirely.
In other words, there may have been a swap during transport.
This is no trivial matter.
Online discussions referred to this as bao yi, bag swap, meaning the corpse was exchanged en route.
That raises further doubts.
Why does the leaked list of 17 only contain names, but no actual body?
Could it be that the corpse had already been swapped from the very beginning?
Witnesses claim that when the vehicle departed, the bag was white, but when it arrived, it was a different one.
If true, the real body may have been taken elsewhere.
As a result, the family was never allowed a final viewing, never able to confirm with their own eyes,
and could only rely on what the authorities said.
Later, when the autopsy report was released, it contained vague, inconsistent details.
This fueled speculation that the real body was gone, or even destroyed.
A video circulated online showed Yu Menglong's mother kneeling on the ground in tears.
While the date of the footage remains unknown, it proved one thing.
The statement issued by Yu Menglong's studio, claiming his mother wanted people to stop paying attention,
could not possibly have come from her.
How could a grieving mother, crying in despair, make such a cold statement?
Thinking further, if she didn't write it and it didn't come from her,
then who wrote and released it on her behalf?
Who was really controlling Yu Menglong's studio?
Some sources claim that Yu Menglong's fanbase was long manipulated by Shin-Chi.
If the fan community was under Shin-Chi's control,
then is it possible that his studio was also being run by him behind the scenes?
Mainland actor Li Dingjie voiced his frustration during a live stream,
urging those who attended the dinner to step forward and tell the truth.
He said,
When you were clinking glasses, didn't you call each other brothers?
Now that things have turned out like this, not a single one of you dares to say a word.
Where's the loyalty? Where's the brotherhood?
The righteous have nothing to fear, so what are you afraid of?
It's pathetic. They're all grasshoppers tied to the same rope.
Either they themselves did wrong, or they're tied to darker powers,
which is why none of them dare to step up.
The moment they speak, it will expose the real boss behind them.
Who is Shin-Chi? What kind of power do his parents hold?
Shin-Chi's real name is Shin Chaoxiong.
Netizens have been fervently trying to trace his parents, digging up countless rumors.
But some details stand out.
First, many believe his mother is Dian Haiyan,
rumored to be the mistress of Kai-Chi and the elder sister of Dian Hairong,
one of the alleged masterminds behind the Yu Menglong incident.
According to the blogger Xinwen Diaocha, Dian Hairong, born in November 1975,
graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1995
and was the wife of Xu Min, a representative of Bo Xilai, now deceased.
Since Shin-Chi was born in 1991, his mother could not have been Dian Hairong,
but more likely her sister, Dian Haiyan.
Blogger Inayeti discovered that while Dian Hairong was referred to online
as having a younger sister named Dian Haiyan, in reality Haiyan is the elder.
Judging from their appearance, Haiyan is clearly older.
Records show that Dian Haiyan enrolled in Huangmei Opera School in 1988 at around 15 years old,
which would place her birth year around 1973.
With Shin Chaoxiong born in 1991, it means that at 18,
Haiyan became involved with Kai-Chi and gave birth to him.
Searches on Baidu showed that Haiyan ran a security company in Hubei,
but the information has since been erased.
Photos circulating online show the Dian sisters and Shin-Chi together
with a man identified as Xin Baowen, chairman of the State Grid Corporation of China.
This led to speculation that Xin Baowen could be Shin-Chi's father,
but others argue that Xin may simply have been a cover name,
while the real father was Kai-Chi.
The blogger continued,
Second, there are doubts that Xin Baowen is really his father.
A post on X dated September 19 from the account Xinwen Diaocha
noted that in December 2018,
Xin Baowen was appointed by the Central Organization Department
as general manager, deputy party secretary,
and board member of the State Grid Corporation of China,
equivalent to a vice-ministerial rank.
But records show that as early as December 18, 2013,
Xin-Chi, then only 22,
was already a major shareholder in Hubei New Energy Company
under the Central Power Grid Group.
By November 27, 2018, at just 27 years old,
Xin-Chi became chairman of the company,
a position at least at the level of deputy bureau chief,
possibly full bureau chief.
The question is,
could someone of Xin Baowen's rank really elevate a 27-year-old to such a high position?
Highly unlikely.
The only plausible explanation is that Xin-Chi
had an even more powerful father figure backing him.
Yesterday, Kai Shengkun reported that Xin-Chi
is said to be a distant relative of Xi Jinping,
a background well-known in political circles.
During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Xin-Chi's film works even won major awards.
By 2018, Xi Jinping had already begun his second term,
while Chai-Chi was a state-level vice-national official
serving as Beijing Party secretary.
Whether Xin-Chi is a distant relative of Xi Jinping
or the son of Chai-Chi,
elevating him to a deputy bureau or bureau-level post
would not have been difficult.
They wouldn't even need to act directly.
Subordinates would arrange everything.
A netizen claiming insider knowledge described him this way,
According to multiple sources,
His greatest fear is public opinion.
Having committed too many immoral deeds,
he knows he will eventually lose support and collapse.
He is always surrounded by escorts, online influencers,
and young handsome men serving him,
some of whom have been photographed with him.
Unlike Shen Nanban, who was infamous for his lust for women,
this man reportedly prefers men
and has a particular obsession with Tibetan ritual culture,
which he frequently discussed with those around him.
He is said to be behind a chain of grey industries,
specializing in money laundering abroad.
He is connected to contract killers
and controls vast entertainment resources,
including international security companies that suppress artists.
Several executives at major television stations
allegedly know exactly who he is,
but choose silence in exchange for money.
His personality is described as extremely dark,
with signs of severe psychological instability.
Observers argue that it is crucial to expose his photos
and personal information to strip away his mask,
otherwise he will continue hiding behind others.
Anyone who collaborates with him, they warn,
will ultimately lose everything—
reputation, money, and career.
He is portrayed as a cold-blooded, sinister figure,
polite and bespectacled on the surface but dangerous within.
Some even claim he has assaulted obsessive fans.
Although the original post did not mention a name,
all signs strongly suggest that it was referring to Xin Qi,
especially when paired with this photo.
Money laundering evidence?
On September 19, the blogger Xinwen Diaocha released another post.
Xin Qi allowed multiple people, including Yu Menglong,
to use the same phone number when registering companies.
The suspicion of money laundering is extremely high.
This is an important criminal clue.
According to screenshots,
Yu Menglong's Shanghai Qimeng Film and Culture Studio,
established on August 2, 2017,
was dissolved on November 22, 2024.
Before its dissolution, in 2018,
the studio had registered the phone number 1376414044
with the note,
99 companies use the same phone number.
Another screenshot showed that the Shanghai Linshu Film and Culture Center,
founded in October 2020,
also used this number.
Other companies, such as Shanghai GI Film and Culture Studio,
Shanghai Shenyuan Cultural Exchange Center,
Shanghai Dongyang Qianmeng Film and Culture Studio,
and Shanghai Dongyang Zhenwo Film and Culture Studio
were also tied to this number.
One netizen revealed that when this number was entered into Alipay,
the system displayed a name containing the character,
Gang.
The person then searched the number with Gang on Google
and unexpectedly found links to two other companies,
Shanghai Huanle Media and Culture Studio
and Shanghai Jiajing Media and Culture Co.
Initially, the Huanle website still showed basic information,
masking six digits in the middle,
but clearly displaying the prefix 137 and suffix 44.
Yet within two minutes, all the information vanished without a trace.
The Jiajing website became completely inaccessible.
Searches on Weibo turned up even stranger results.
The number was tied to a string of small companies
or already dissolved entities with no employees paying social insurance,
classic signs of shell companies.
Data also indicated that the number frequently appeared in Beijing
but was registered under Shanghai addresses,
raising suspicions of deliberately concealing its true location.
Even more noteworthy,
this number surfaced in the public records of certain artist studios,
reportedly serving as contact information
for entertainment industry intermediaries,
a murky sector often associated with artist brokering and tax evasion.
But it doesn't stop there.
The number was also linked to companies belonging to Yuan Zhihao,
Yuan Ziwen, and Song Yiren,
three names already on the list of 17 suspicious individuals
allegedly tied to shady brokerage dealings in the entertainment world.
Commentator Li Muyan tested Weibo searches
pairing the number with Song Yiren's name.
Results flashed briefly before vanishing instantly.
When searching just Song Yiren's name or the number alone,
the same thing happened,
while other unrelated content displayed normally.
The fact that this number was tied to so many shell companies
and dissolved entities has fueled a flood of questions.
This only strengthens the credibility of claims
that Yu Menglong possessed a USB drive
containing evidence of Xinqi's money laundering.
Otherwise, Xinqi would not have gone to such lengths against him.
And now, even after 10 days,
the police have yet to provide any update on the case,
suggesting they may never have formally opened an investigation at all.
Are police delaying the release of the autopsy report?
Statistics show that the case of Yu Menglong
has drawn not only nationwide attention in mainland China
but also widespread international concern.
Excluding overseas views,
discussions of the Yu Menglong incident alone
have already surpassed 80 billion views on Weibo and Douyin within China.
And the number keeps climbing.
A netizen familiar with Chinese law explained,
a civil case must be filed within 7 days,
announced within 7-3 days,
and if the case is of significant public impact,
it must be disclosed within 10 days.
If not disclosed within 10 days,
it automatically becomes a criminal case.
Another person recounted calling the police
to ask about the September 11 incident
and whether an investigation was ongoing.
The police responded ambiguously,
speaking softly and unclearly,
yes, but we can't say for sure.
When pressed again, they replied,
it's not convenient to disclose,
please wait for an official announcement.
Yet no announcement ever came.
Some Weibo accounts reporting on the matter were even warned,
and all related comments were deleted.
What is the purpose of such silence?
Legal observers argue that the government is deliberately stalling,
letting the golden window of investigation slip away.
One netizen analyzed,
if the Chinese authorities truly wanted to calm public anger
and dispel suspicions,
the most effective way would be simple,
release the autopsy report.
Yet to this day,
China has not dared to make the report public.
Now for the first time,
a post appeared mentioning the autopsy report,
something no netizen had ever seen before.
This post came from an overseas user,
who wrote,
Yes, when the incident happened,
I was in Beijing visiting relatives from my father's side.
Yu Menglong's mother fainted many times from grief,
and she also feared for the safety of other family members.
The body was autopsied by two of my father's younger brothers
and an elder.
At first,
the doctors wanted to release the findings openly to the public,
but the victim's family and those involved requested secrecy.
In fact,
my two uncles believed this was inhumane.
Yu Menglong's body had numerous injuries.
Several ribs were broken,
not from falling,
but from being beaten.
When I asked my uncle,
What really happened to Yu Menglong?
He said,
When I saw him, I cried.
His entire body was mangled,
his ears and nose were bleeding.
Saddest of all were the blunt force injuries across his body.
Honestly, I felt this was not a normal death.
I asked again,
Is it true?
What exactly did he endure before he was killed?
My uncle replied briefly,
Yes, and there were other things as well.
That poor child is gone.
Of course,
this autopsy report was only an account by an overseas netizen
first posted abroad before being shared on domestic forums.
Its authenticity remains uncertain,
but the possibility cannot be dismissed.
Since Chinese prosecutors still refuse to release the official autopsy report,
a coherent and detailed account like this one
may well have 60-70% credibility.
There are also reports that one police officer
who spoke out most strongly on Yu Menglong's behalf was dismissed.
If this case did not involve the interests of powerful officials,
would it really be subject to such delays and cover-ups?
The audience can draw their own conclusions.
As you can see,
the entire Yu Menglong case is being peeled back layer by layer,
with speculation and analysis slowly forming the picture we have today.
But how far are we still from the truth?
And when will justice finally be restored for Yu Menglong?
That will require the continued effort of everyone seeking answers.
Thank you for watching.
See you next time.
