(Observer Network) It has been eight years since artist Qiao Renliang passed away due to depression, but speculation and rumors about his "real cause of death" have come back again and again. This time it was actually reported that he was "tortured to death", which led to his " The body is missing hands and has a sunken belly.” Photos of the body were even photoshopped and widely circulated. Public figures such as Wang Sicong, Lin Gengxin, Zhu Zhen, and Bao Beier were also involved in the turmoil. Qiao Renliang's parents were even exposed online and were questioned for "charging huge amounts of hush money" and "disappointing the good intentions of netizens seeking justice."
The unprecedented public opinion forced the parents of Zhu Zhen, Bao Beier, and Qiao Renliang to testify themselves. Although Zhu Zhen and Bao Beier said they had called the police, and Qiao Renliang's parents refuted the rumors in the Douyin comment area and clarified that Qiao Renliang died of depression, the controversy has not subsided.
On the evening of November 2, Gao Caiping, Qiao Renliang's mother, released a video, recalling the pain of losing her son again, refuting the theory of "murder", questioning the conscience of those who fabricated rumors and profiting from them, and calling on some Internet users to stop making things up out of thin air. In the
video, Qiao Renliang's mother posted a series of abusive private messages received from Internet users recently, and refuted a series of rumors such as "taking money from Wang Sicong to silence", "driving traffic to the live broadcast room", and "there is a Taishan stone formation in front of Qiao Renliang's tomb", and begged netizens to refute them. Distinguish rumors and avoid irritating the couple again and again. They also expressed their gratitude to the netizens who support and care about them.
At about 2 a.m. on November 3, Qiao Renliang’s former best friend and Taiwanese actor Joe Chen issued an article, denouncing the vicious rumors that once again stung Qiao Renliang’s family and friends, and hoped that the rumors would stop with the wise. "Please don't hurt the family and friends he loved. Please let the world where he once existed be able to show respect and dignity. Please remember his goodness. Please protect those who loved him, and please let the deceased rest in peace." "
All kinds of speculations are rampant, and Wang Sicong, Lin Gengxin, Zhu Zhen, and Bao Beier are involved in the controversy.
Qiao Renliang (October 15, 1987 - September 16, 2016) was born in Shanghai. In 2007, he appeared in the Dragon TV talent show "Come on!" Won the national runner-up in "Good Man", and later became active in the entertainment industry as a singer and actor. He has starred in "Legend of Lu Zhen", "The Price of Winning Women 2", "Our Ten Years", "To Youth: So You're Still Here", etc. Film and television works.
On the evening of September 16, 2016, the official WeChat account of "Police-Citizen Express-Shanghai" stated: At 18:21 on the evening of September 16, Putuo Public Security received a report that a man had died in a residential building on Qishun Road in Taopu District. After receiving the report, the police quickly rushed to the scene to investigate and deal with the incident. After investigation, the deceased man was Qiao Moumou (male, 28 years old, from Shanghai). After preliminary forensic identification, the possibility of homicide has been ruled out. The specific cause of death is under further investigation.
On September 17, 2016, Qiao Renliang's agency authorized Sina Entertainment to issue a statement, revealing that Qiao Renliang had been troubled by insomnia for several years and suffered from depression in 2015. In 2016, he visited a doctor for medication, reduced his work, and his condition improved, "but Unexpectedly, he used the most decisive method to get rid of the unbearable pain and bid farewell to the world."
At that time, there were endless speculations about the cause of Qiao Renliang's death. The various theories were confusing and pointed at public figures such as Wang Sicong and actor Lin Gengxin. Some netizens flooded Lin Gengxin's social account to leave messages.
As early as 2016, Qiao Renliang's agent issued an article to refute the rumors, responding to rumors such as "the body is incomplete" and "collaring clothes", saying that "the reason why (Qiao Renliang's) arms were not visible at the memorial service was because they were swollen... I deliberately covered them with flowers." cover”. As for the clothes worn by Qiao Renliang 's body were the same as others, the agent explained that they were the autumn and winter new styles of a certain brand that he had chosen for Qiao Renliang, and called on people to stop spreading rumors.
More than a month after Qiao Renliang’s death, Lin Gengxin responded to the rumors by posting on Weibo: “What is more terrifying than online violence is online retardation. What those people want to denounce others and bully each other is to find the truth in their hearts. .”
Wang Sicong also denied being related to Lin Gengxin in a program at the end of 2016.
Eight years later, relevant rumors have once again triggered discussions, and they are more fierce than before.
The controversy originated on October 15 this year, the day of Qiao Renliang’s 37th birthday. Host Zhu Zhen posted on Weibo to remember his friend. However, an Internet user posted a text screenshot in the comment area saying: "The scene where the body was bid farewell to the body 8 years ago. , fans followed the hearse and ran out. Zhu Zhen laughed and said in the mourning hall, "This matter is finally complete."
In response, Zhu Zhen posted on Weibo at 2:28 a.m. on October 31 to deny the rumors, saying. Facing an unknown screenshot, he had no way to tell, "Everything about a good friend, if you say it, others won't believe it, and if you don't say it to the person who loves you, it's all in your heart... You have been keeping a low profile to the point where you have half retired from the Internet." I have no value for you trolls to mess with me again..."
At 4:41 a.m. on October 31, Zhu Zhen posted on Douyin again, "You can make up stories, but don't question my character." He also said that he would call the police on the afternoon of October 31.
Currently, Zhu Zhen’s social platform has not updated the progress of the alarm, and doubts in his comment area are still continuing.
In response to this, Qiao Renliang's parents supported Zhu Zhen in the comment area, begging everyone not to talk nonsense, saying that Zhu Zhen's contribution to them in the past few years is obvious to all, "He is Qiao Bao's good brother and our good son."
Actor Bao Beier also posted on Douyin on the evening of October 31, saying: "The police have been called, and those who spread rumors are waiting."
At the same time, Wang Sicong and Lin Gengxin once again became the targets of some Internet users. Wang Sicong's Instagram comment section was criticized and flooded with criticism. When Lin Gengxin and participated in the live broadcast of a business event, boycott comments such as "blood debt must be paid with blood" and "accomplice" appeared in the barrage.
Photos of suspected Qiao Renliang's body began to circulate online. In this regard, Qiao Renliang's parents, who had struggled to get out of the dilemma of losing their only child, had to recall the painful experience again and clarified the online rumors one by one, hoping that netizens could distinguish right from wrong.
Qiao Renliang’s parents wrote in the short video account introduction that they hope everyone does not believe the rumors and do not spread them.
The comment area of Qiao Renliang’s parents’ social account was compromised and was suspected of being “coerced.”
On October 31, Qiao Renliang’s parents posted in the Douyin comment area: “ Qiao Bao did die from depression. At that time, I felt that Qiao Bao's hands were very swollen, so I asked the staff to cover them in flowers. As for the love on the clothes on his stomach, the clothes were new and should be folded marks. Qiao Bao was very thin, and after death, the muscles of the body will relax, and the body will be cleansed, and the belly will look deflated. "
They left messages in large and daily sizes respectively, urging netizens not to over-interpret: "We have not been affected. Control, those exaggerated rumors are all false. I guess that some people are deliberately trying to cause division. You must think more and have the ability to think independently.”
However, there are still some Internet users who do not believe in the story of Qiao Renliang’s parents. In response, they said they "dare not tell the 'truth'", and some users even cursed in private messages, accusing the two elderly people of "suffering from compromise", "taking money to keep quiet" and "cowardly", all for the purpose of "driving traffic to the live broadcast room".
Qiao Renliang’s parents posted a private message they received recently on November 2nd.
Some users questioned that the background sound of their Douyin videos was too “fashionable” and “didn’t look like it was posted at their age.” They speculated that the account “is not operated by them themselves.” Therefore, it is inferred that "it is not them who spoke out." Some users claimed that the layout of Qiao Renliang's cemetery was "strange" and "more ominous" and that someone "specially invited a Feng Shui master to arrange the array" to "suppress the great evil spirit."
During this period, some netizens began to look for "evidence" of "coercion" from the clues of the two elderly people appearing in the video. Some users zoomed in on Qiao Renliang's father's glasses lenses in the video, wondering whether someone in the co-pilot was "threatening" him, and worried that they would be injured. .
In response, Qiao Renliang’s parents appeared in the comment area many times to answer netizens’ questions.
However, some Internet users are still "confirming their words." As public opinion continues to ferment, Qiao Renliang's mother Gao Caiping personally recorded a video on the evening of November 2 to respond to the rumors.
Gao Caiping posted the abusive private messages she received recently, refuted the rumors about Qiao Renliang's "murder", and angrily denounced the rumors that she "accepted Wang Sicong's money" and "accepted xx billion from other people's family", calling out those who spread the rumors: " How can you think of it? How can you think of it?"
She said angrily that seeing the photos of Qiao Renliang's body "pornographically messed up" caused her great harm. She questioned those who "make up stories on live broadcasts" "And those who "build a group to make up stories" and make profits from it: "Do you have a conscience?"
Mother Qiao also responded to the rumors that Qiao Renliang's cemetery was "mountain stone suppressed", saying: "We two old people will be the same in the future." Is it possible to be buried next to my son if (the feng shui of the cemetery) is not good?"
She said in the video that there had been similar rumors in the past and they would gradually subside, but this time the battle was huge and overwhelming, so she was very angry. "The truth is this truth...it's not as mysterious as you say."
Mother Qiao tried hard to restrain her emotions of excitement and resentment, and once wiped away tears, "Auntie no longer wants to mention such sad things. She keeps telling me about it over and over again, and (I) feel really uncomfortable."
At the end of the video, Qiao’s mother begged Internet users not to irritate the couple again, and thanked friends who supported and cared about them.