CNR | Author Han Xueying Qian Cheng
According to the China Voice of China News "News" report, "Rice Circle Culture" is a youth subculture formed based on the idol artist and fan economy. Generally speaking, a "fan circle" will form a virtual community around a certain celebrity or idol group, establish normal contact, promote rankings, purchase products, create topics, and conduct offline crowdfunding for "idols" who are their idols. Organize meet-and-greets and other activities. In the process of forming this community, some celebrities in the "fan circle" who play the role of "leaders", commonly known as "big fans", will mobilize the crowd to make the star-chasing actions of the entire "fan circle" uniform.
Some concert tickets and peripheral products that are very popular on official platforms are cheaper in the group link of "big fans". Such "support" channels may seem to be the internal privileges of "big fans", but in fact they are There is another hidden story. Relying on the "rice circle" culture, "big fans" pretend to be "insiders" to wildly harvest real money from "little fans". How is the fraud trap woven?
Fu Shan (pseudonym) is a loyal fan of a certain domestic popular male artist. She has been chasing stars for more than ten years and has heard all the news about each "idol". She told Voice of China that in the "fan circle", it is not uncommon for "big fans" to buy concerts, meet-and-greet tickets or peripheral products on their behalf, raise funds from "little fans" and then run away with the money.
Fu Shan said: "The thing that impressed me deeply and shocked people in the 'fan circle' is that the very famous website sisters, who can even be regarded as the management team of the biggest fan club of 'idol', help with purchasing. album, the money received was kept. The album was not purchased, the money was not returned to the fans, and the person disappeared. The money was used to buy a villa for herself. "
"Sister Station" described by Fu Shan. "Support club management team" are synonymous with "opinion leaders" and "community management members" in the fan economy. They are also often called "big fans" or "fans." Most "big fans" have time and know-how, and can spend real money on "idols". Some of them can even directly contact company agents and form a certain degree of employment relationship with them. With the help of their "powerful" The star-chasing character has achieved "one call and hundreds of responses" in the "rice circle".
Last summer, Si Qi (pseudonym), a fan of a Korean star group, joined a star-chasing group on the recommendation of a friend so that he could learn more about the "idol" activities and chase stars with his group friends. She recalled to Voice of China that the group leader was a famous "big fan" in the "rice circle" and had high prestige in the hearts of "little fans".
Si Qi said: "There are quite a lot of people in that group. She often says in the group that she goes offline to chase stars. She will show her tickets and send some screenshots, which may be from the organizer. The chat record of the staff said that they can match tickets for us. "
Considering this "big fan" and "rich and well-connected" persona, the pre-sold signed album and other peripheral prices in his group purchase link are lower than the official price. Si Qi was convinced of the channel of the product sold by this "big fan" and decisively took a photo of the link, secretly rejoicing at the big deal. According to her, in the "fan circle", many "big fans" with better economic conditions will buy hundreds of signed albums just to get more time to meet their "idols" offline or online. , enjoy a longer "signing" process.
Si Qi said: "After these albums are shipped, she can't put them down at home. After buying them, she will sell them to other fans at a discount, so 'big fans' will sell the albums much cheaper than the official ones. Buy and sell them signed The lead time for albums is relatively long, at least 3 to 4 months, because we don’t know when the organizer will ship the goods.”
After that, Si Qi successively purchased albums, postcards, signed clothing and other peripherals from the links posted on this account. The product is waiting for shipment; at the end of last year, she purchased concert tickets for January 2024 through this channel. It was not until the concert had started that none of the above-mentioned products had been shipped. After repeated reminders for orders, the "big fan" blocked him. Si Qi realized that he had been cheated and called the police. By this time, she had spent more than 20,000 yuan on the "Big Fan" group buying link.
In January 2024, the Public Security Bureau of Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province launched an investigation and quickly identified the criminal suspect Wu.In March, Wu was arrested and brought to justice. In May, the case was transferred to the prosecutor for review and prosecution. Sheng Yan, director of the Second Prosecution Department of the People's Procuratorate of Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, introduced that at the end of 2022, Wu, who had just graduated from college, became obsessed with a Korean star group, and his star chasing behavior became more and more fanatical. He not only followed the concerts, but also followed the idols everywhere to take photos and Pick up. On the way to chasing stars, Wu also met many "star chasers" like her through Weibo and offline activities. After everyone added each other on WeChat, they established a WeChat group to chase stars together. Due to the large expenses such as concert tickets, peripheral product fees, accommodation, and transportation during the period of chasing stars, Wu gradually started to have evil thoughts.
Sheng Yan said: "The celebrity groups she chases hold concerts in neighboring countries such as South Korea and Thailand. She is basically abroad, chasing celebrities. The cost of a trip abroad is about 100,000, including herself. She also paid all the traveling expenses, including photographers, videographers and other accompanying staff. When she couldn't support the expenses, she thought of having many 'little fans' under her and took advantage of the method of collecting advance payment. To commit fraud. "
"I know insiders who can buy concert tickets at cheap prices and good locations." In May 2023, she lied in the WeChat group of fans who were chasing stars together and started her first scam. A wave of operations.
Sheng Yan said: "In the process of committing the fraud, she has to gain the trust of the fans in the WeChat group. The basis of trust is that she has many photos with our favorite celebrities, and they have very close interactions. She really She has a good relationship with the people inside. Fans think she really knows the insiders of these celebrity management teams, so she can buy merchandise and concert tickets." After receiving orders from fans, Wu did not have the ability to buy tickets at low prices. A certain person first bought concert tickets at a high price with his own money, and then sold them to fans at a low price. After this operation, the fans who got the tickets were even more convinced of Wu. Since then, more and more "little fans" and fans have come to Wu to inquire about ticketing and peripheral product purchases. Wu, who had successfully accumulated the trust of a large number of fans, officially started the fraud. She sent links to group tickets and peripheral products to her fan group, priced them well below the market price to attract fans to buy, and collected payment codes through WeChat and Alipay. Transfer money paid by fans directly to your own account. After
gained money, she purchased a small number of tickets or peripheral products to deal with her fans, and spent most of the remaining money on her personal pursuit of stars. Sometimes in order to establish his own "very powerful" persona and facilitate further deception, Wu will also take over the above-mentioned expenses of his fellow fans to gain reputation.
Sheng Yan said: "In the later stage, she told everyone that 'the tickets are for pre-sale and have not been officially released yet', or she would find other reasons to keep delaying. If there were fans who strongly pressed for orders, she would also buy some tickets. Using the same method, she defrauded the next group of people to make up for the "holes" of this group. She continued to squander, using this method to "remove the east wall to make up for the west wall." '."
Using "new money" to pay off "old debts" is doomed to be unsustainable for such a "Ponzi scheme". Sheng Yan told China Voice that Wu's mentality is to "take it one step at a time" and only enjoy the thrill of chasing stars in the moment.
Sheng Yan said: "She actually knew that this matter would come to light one day, but she was so starstruck that she didn't think about the follow-up. According to her own confession, she had another idea at the time - she was following this During the interaction with a male star, she felt that the experience he gave her made her feel that she could fall in love with him. "Only when I wanted to have a boyfriend and girlfriend with him would I spend so much money on him." Money', because the male star did not explicitly reject him, she kept throwing money in, causing the 'hole' to get bigger and bigger. "
Fans "generated electricity for love" were defrauded by "big fans". There were 38 victims in this case. , the fraud amount was more than 3 million yuan; among the 38 victims, 27 were born after 2000, 11 college students, and 2 high school students. Recently, after the prosecutor launched a public prosecution, the court sentenced Wu to 11 years and six months for fraud and fined him 150,000 yuan.Since Wu has used the fraudulent money to chase celebrities, the victim's economic losses are still difficult to recover.
Wei Hongpu, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Procurator General of the Jiangyin Municipal People’s Procuratorate, said that fraud using the “rice circle culture” has only slowly appeared in the past two years. The society and parents may not have paid attention to such cases, and some young people or students have been deceived. After that, considering that I was a "star-chaser" myself, I thought I could forget it and maybe I didn't report the crime or tell my family. It can also be reflected from this case that the criminal suspect himself is also a victim of the "rice circle culture"; if the victims are not obsessed with chasing stars or have some psychologically distorted needs, but rather stay relatively sober. mentality, you may not be deceived. Once you fall into the trap of "rice circle culture", you actually lose your rational judgment.
Wei Hongpu reminded that in the current era of "rice circle culture", some criminals have seized on the current weaknesses of young people and college students with little social experience, poor awareness of prevention, and blind pursuit of stars, using the idea that "they can help buy tickets" and "help idols rank in the charts" "etc. are used as a cover to commit fraud. The prosecutor reminded that you must chase stars rationally, improve your awareness of online prevention, and avoid falling into fraud traps.
CNR | Author Han Xueying Qian Cheng
According to the China Voice of China News "News" report, "Rice Circle Culture" is a youth subculture formed based on the idol artist and fan economy. Generally speaking, a "fan circle" will form a virtual community around a certain celebrity or idol group, establish normal contact, promote rankings, purchase products, create topics, and conduct offline crowdfunding for "idols" who are their idols. Organize meet-and-greets and other activities. In the process of forming this community, some celebrities in the "fan circle" who play the role of "leaders", commonly known as "big fans", will mobilize the crowd to make the star-chasing actions of the entire "fan circle" uniform.
Some concert tickets and peripheral products that are very popular on official platforms are cheaper in the group link of "big fans". Such "support" channels may seem to be the internal privileges of "big fans", but in fact they are There is another hidden story. Relying on the "rice circle" culture, "big fans" pretend to be "insiders" to wildly harvest real money from "little fans". How is the fraud trap woven?
Fu Shan (pseudonym) is a loyal fan of a certain domestic popular male artist. She has been chasing stars for more than ten years and has heard all the news about each "idol". She told Voice of China that in the "fan circle", it is not uncommon for "big fans" to buy concerts, meet-and-greet tickets or peripheral products on their behalf, raise funds from "little fans" and then run away with the money.
Fu Shan said: "The thing that impressed me deeply and shocked people in the 'fan circle' is that the very famous website sisters, who can even be regarded as the management team of the biggest fan club of 'idol', help with purchasing. album, the money received was kept. The album was not purchased, the money was not returned to the fans, and the person disappeared. The money was used to buy a villa for herself. "
"Sister Station" described by Fu Shan. "Support club management team" are synonymous with "opinion leaders" and "community management members" in the fan economy. They are also often called "big fans" or "fans." Most "big fans" have time and know-how, and can spend real money on "idols". Some of them can even directly contact company agents and form a certain degree of employment relationship with them. With the help of their "powerful" The star-chasing character has achieved "one call and hundreds of responses" in the "rice circle".
Last summer, Si Qi (pseudonym), a fan of a Korean star group, joined a star-chasing group on the recommendation of a friend so that he could learn more about the "idol" activities and chase stars with his group friends. She recalled to Voice of China that the group leader was a famous "big fan" in the "rice circle" and had high prestige in the hearts of "little fans".
Si Qi said: "There are quite a lot of people in that group. She often says in the group that she goes offline to chase stars. She will show her tickets and send some screenshots, which may be from the organizer. The chat record of the staff said that they can match tickets for us. "
Considering this "big fan" and "rich and well-connected" persona, the pre-sold signed album and other peripheral prices in his group purchase link are lower than the official price. Si Qi was convinced of the channel of the product sold by this "big fan" and decisively took a photo of the link, secretly rejoicing at the big deal. According to her, in the "fan circle", many "big fans" with better economic conditions will buy hundreds of signed albums just to get more time to meet their "idols" offline or online. , enjoy a longer "signing" process.
Si Qi said: "After these albums are shipped, she can't put them down at home. After buying them, she will sell them to other fans at a discount, so 'big fans' will sell the albums much cheaper than the official ones. Buy and sell them signed The lead time for albums is relatively long, at least 3 to 4 months, because we don’t know when the organizer will ship the goods.”
After that, Si Qi successively purchased albums, postcards, signed clothing and other peripherals from the links posted on this account. The product is waiting for shipment; at the end of last year, she purchased concert tickets for January 2024 through this channel. It was not until the concert had started that none of the above-mentioned products had been shipped. After repeated reminders for orders, the "big fan" blocked him. Si Qi realized that he had been cheated and called the police. By this time, she had spent more than 20,000 yuan on the "Big Fan" group buying link.
In January 2024, the Public Security Bureau of Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province launched an investigation and quickly identified the criminal suspect Wu.In March, Wu was arrested and brought to justice. In May, the case was transferred to the prosecutor for review and prosecution. Sheng Yan, director of the Second Prosecution Department of the People's Procuratorate of Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, introduced that at the end of 2022, Wu, who had just graduated from college, became obsessed with a Korean star group, and his star chasing behavior became more and more fanatical. He not only followed the concerts, but also followed the idols everywhere to take photos and Pick up. On the way to chasing stars, Wu also met many "star chasers" like her through Weibo and offline activities. After everyone added each other on WeChat, they established a WeChat group to chase stars together. Due to the large expenses such as concert tickets, peripheral product fees, accommodation, and transportation during the period of chasing stars, Wu gradually started to have evil thoughts.
Sheng Yan said: "The celebrity groups she chases hold concerts in neighboring countries such as South Korea and Thailand. She is basically abroad, chasing celebrities. The cost of a trip abroad is about 100,000, including herself. She also paid all the traveling expenses, including photographers, videographers and other accompanying staff. When she couldn't support the expenses, she thought of having many 'little fans' under her and took advantage of the method of collecting advance payment. To commit fraud. "
"I know insiders who can buy concert tickets at cheap prices and good locations." In May 2023, she lied in the WeChat group of fans who were chasing stars together and started her first scam. A wave of operations.
Sheng Yan said: "In the process of committing the fraud, she has to gain the trust of the fans in the WeChat group. The basis of trust is that she has many photos with our favorite celebrities, and they have very close interactions. She really She has a good relationship with the people inside. Fans think she really knows the insiders of these celebrity management teams, so she can buy merchandise and concert tickets." After receiving orders from fans, Wu did not have the ability to buy tickets at low prices. A certain person first bought concert tickets at a high price with his own money, and then sold them to fans at a low price. After this operation, the fans who got the tickets were even more convinced of Wu. Since then, more and more "little fans" and fans have come to Wu to inquire about ticketing and peripheral product purchases. Wu, who had successfully accumulated the trust of a large number of fans, officially started the fraud. She sent links to group tickets and peripheral products to her fan group, priced them well below the market price to attract fans to buy, and collected payment codes through WeChat and Alipay. Transfer money paid by fans directly to your own account. After
gained money, she purchased a small number of tickets or peripheral products to deal with her fans, and spent most of the remaining money on her personal pursuit of stars. Sometimes in order to establish his own "very powerful" persona and facilitate further deception, Wu will also take over the above-mentioned expenses of his fellow fans to gain reputation.
Sheng Yan said: "In the later stage, she told everyone that 'the tickets are for pre-sale and have not been officially released yet', or she would find other reasons to keep delaying. If there were fans who strongly pressed for orders, she would also buy some tickets. Using the same method, she defrauded the next group of people to make up for the "holes" of this group. She continued to squander, using this method to "remove the east wall to make up for the west wall." '."
Using "new money" to pay off "old debts" is doomed to be unsustainable for such a "Ponzi scheme". Sheng Yan told China Voice that Wu's mentality is to "take it one step at a time" and only enjoy the thrill of chasing stars in the moment.
Sheng Yan said: "She actually knew that this matter would come to light one day, but she was so starstruck that she didn't think about the follow-up. According to her own confession, she had another idea at the time - she was following this During the interaction with a male star, she felt that the experience he gave her made her feel that she could fall in love with him. "Only when I wanted to have a boyfriend and girlfriend with him would I spend so much money on him." Money', because the male star did not explicitly reject him, she kept throwing money in, causing the 'hole' to get bigger and bigger. "
Fans "generated electricity for love" were defrauded by "big fans". There were 38 victims in this case. , the fraud amount was more than 3 million yuan; among the 38 victims, 27 were born after 2000, 11 college students, and 2 high school students. Recently, after the prosecutor launched a public prosecution, the court sentenced Wu to 11 years and six months for fraud and fined him 150,000 yuan.Since Wu has used the fraudulent money to chase celebrities, the victim's economic losses are still difficult to recover.
Wei Hongpu, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Procurator General of the Jiangyin Municipal People’s Procuratorate, said that fraud using the “rice circle culture” has only slowly appeared in the past two years. The society and parents may not have paid attention to such cases, and some young people or students have been deceived. After that, considering that I was a "star-chaser" myself, I thought I could forget it and maybe I didn't report the crime or tell my family. It can also be reflected from this case that the criminal suspect himself is also a victim of the "rice circle culture"; if the victims are not obsessed with chasing stars or have some psychologically distorted needs, but rather stay relatively sober. mentality, you may not be deceived. Once you fall into the trap of "rice circle culture", you actually lose your rational judgment.
Wei Hongpu reminded that in the current era of "rice circle culture", some criminals have seized on the current weaknesses of young people and college students with little social experience, poor awareness of prevention, and blind pursuit of stars, using the idea that "they can help buy tickets" and "help idols rank in the charts" "etc. are used as a cover to commit fraud. The prosecutor reminded that you must chase stars rationally, improve your awareness of online prevention, and avoid falling into fraud traps.
(Source: CCTV)
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