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Lin Qi was the founder and CEO of the Chinese company Yoozoo Group. Its assets are valued at 6.8 billion. yuan (850 million euros). The man experienced symptoms of poisoning on December 16. and immediately went to the hospital. However, on December 25, Christmas Day, Lin Qi died, the Daily Mail reports.
The most popular product from game development company Yoozoo is the game “Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming”. The company sold Netflix the rights to screen best-selling science fiction books, including The Three-Body Problem. Lin Qi has been named as one of the top producers for the upcoming show.
After Lin Qi’s death, Xu Yao, head of Yoozoo’s film and television division, had to be arrested, according to Chinese media.
The arrest of this person is believed to be related to a dispute that took place between the company’s top executives.
Xu Yao graduated from the University of Michigan Law School. He joined the company in 2017.
Xu Yao is currently the head of The Three-Body Universe, a branch of Yoozoo. It is this subsidiary that owns the rights to Netflix Adaptive Novels.
In September, news reached the public that Netflix had entrusted the work of adapting the book to David Benioff and DB Weiss, creators of Wars of Thrones.
Chinese media reports that the attack on Lin Qi is the result of a disagreement between the leaders. Lin Qi was poisoned by adding poison to puer tea.
“2020 December 17 The police received a call from the hospital. They spoke of a patient named Lin,” says the report issued by the Shanghai police.
“According to the hospital, it was discovered that the patient’s condition was poisoned. Following this call, the police launched an investigation,” the report says.
“After conducting an investigation at the scene and interacting with some people, the police concluded that the most likely perpetrator could be a colleague of the victim, Lin, named Xu. Suspect Xu has been arrested and the investigation is ongoing, “Shanghai police said.
Feeling bad, Lin Qi went to the hospital. At first it appeared to the doctors that the man’s condition was stable.
Written by Lin Qi, “Remembrance of the Earth’s Past” consists of “The Three Body Problem” and two other books, “The Dark Forest” and “The End of Death”. The novels tell of the peasants’ first contact with an alien civilization.
Heard of ambition and originality, the “three-body problem” has become an international bestseller. The book has been translated into countless languages.
The trilogy also goes down in history as the first novel by an Asian writer to receive the Hugo Prize. This is perhaps the greatest recognition for the creator of magical science fiction.
In 2015, Yoozoo Group and Three-Body Universe acquired the rights to adapt the book, but then Netflix acquired the rights to the English version of the high-budget version.
The adaptation of the novels to the screen will be the first joint project between D. Benioff and DB Weiss and Netflix after the signing of the contract.
Liu Cixin, author of The Three-Body Problem, will attend as consulting producer. The same role will be played by Ken Liu, who translated the “Three Body Problem” and its sequel into English.
An incident is not just any event, but it is not the first time that the development of this type of project has been shaken by a scandal.
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