Chinese online game company infighting, chairman poisoned by colleagues, brain damage

Lin Qi, the chairman of the listed game company “You clan network”, is rumored to have been poisoned.

Lin Qi, the chairman of Chinese listed game company “You clan network”, is rumored to have been poisoned, and the poisoner is also a former company executive, the reason for the crime is not yet clear. According to China’s Caixin, Lin Qi’s life is no longer in danger, but his brain has been irreversibly damaged.

The official microblogging service of Shanghai Public Security Bureau released a message at 7 p.m. on the 23rd, saying that at 17:00 on the 17th of this month, the police received a report that a hospital had found a patient, Lin Mou (male, 39 years old), suspected of being poisoned during treatment.

After the scene investigation and investigation visits, the police found that Lin Mou’s colleague Xu Mou (male, 39 years old) has a major suspicion of the crime. At present, Xu has been detained by the police in accordance with the law, the relevant investigation work is being further developed.

Tour network on the 23rd at 8:00 p.m. issued a statement that Tour network chairman Lin Qi 16 evening on the way home acute symptoms, then rushed to the hospital on their own. At present, the treatment plan and cause investigation have clear progress on both fronts, Lin Qi is in hospital recovery treatment, all symptoms are stable. The company’s management has recovered from the emergency situation last week and has entered normal operation.

Caixin quoted industry insiders as saying that the Xu Mou in the briefing is Xu Yao, a former senior executive of Youzu Network, also 39 years old with Lin Qi, who has served in Youzu Network since May 2017 and was a director of Youzu Network between February 2018 and January 2019.

In January 2019, Xu Yao applied to leave the directorship for personal reasons and later moved to serve at Youzu Pictures, a subsidiary of Youzu, the report said.

Founded in 2009 and landed on the A-share market in 2014 with a shell, Yuzu Network’s main business is the development and operation of hand and page games. Lin Qi is the legal representative, de facto controller, chairman and general manager of Yu Clan. As of the 3rd quarter of this year, Lin Qi holds 23.99% of shares, and is the largest shareholder of Yuzhong Network.

The representative products of Yu Clan include “Junior Three Kingdoms”, “Tomb Raider”, “Game of Thrones Winter is Coming” and “League of Goddesses”. In the first three quarters of this year, the revenue of Yu Clan was RMB 3.724 billion, up 40.95%; the net profit was RMB 560 million, down 20.56%.