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Chinese police discovered the possibility that Lin Qi, a billionaire in the gaming industry, was poisoned after his death on Christmas Day.
Yoozoo’s management released a statement on December 26 confirming the death of 39-year-old founder and chairman Lin Qi.
“The directors, supervisors, senior managers and all employees of the company expressed their deep sorrow at the departure of Mr. Lin Qi,” the statement said.
Two days before Lin’s death, Yoozoo said that he was hospitalized due to “physical problems” but that he was in stable condition and his health was improving.
According to the police statement, they received a warning about the poisoning on December 17 and arrested Xu, 39, a colleague of Lin’s, in Shanghai. Police suspect that Xu has “committed a serious crime.”
The statement added that the victim was hospitalized on December 17 and diagnosed with possible poisoning, but did not provide further details. Meanwhile, local Hollywood Reporter media reported that Lin had been drinking a poisonous cup of Pu-Turkish tea.
Lin Qi, CEO of Yoozoo Games, speaks during a conference on May 25, 2018 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Image: Red Star News.
Founded in 2009, Yoozoo resonated with the role-playing game in 2019 titled “Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming.” With China’s top mobile game publisher in terms of global revenue, Lin has an estimated net worth of about $ 1 billion (6.8 billion yuan), according to the list of the world’s richest people. by Hurun Report.
After focusing her interest on film production in 2014, Lin bought the rights to the Chinese science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem.” Later, Yoozoo Corporation hired Netflix to transform the book into a television series produced by David Benioff and DB Weiss from “Game of Thrones.”
Business magazine Caixin, citing anonymous sources, revealed that the suspect was an employee of Yoozoo’s film department and is working on “The Three Body Problem.”
Mr. Ngoc (According to the CNN / CBS News)
