Earlier this month, Lin Qi, founder of Chinese gaming giant Yoozoo and co-producer of The future Netflix adaptation of Cixin Liu The problem of the three bodies, entered a hospital reporting symptoms that led doctors and police to believe that he had been intentionally poisoned by a colleague.
While police launched an investigation into the suspect, Qi remained in hospital and it was unclear whether he would recover, but now things have taken a much darker turn.
Conformable The Hollywood ReporterQi, 39, died yesterday after arriving at the hospital for the first time on December 17, with symptoms that were attributed to poisoned tea consumption. While the Shanghai police did not initially provide much identifying information about the suspect, other than the last name and the fact that they worked Qi at Yoozoo, South China Morning Post identified the suspect as Yao Xu, another film executive recently tasked with running Yoozoo’s Three-Body Universe, the unit within the surveillance company. projects related to Three-body intelectual property.
The suspect is currently being held by local authorities as the investigation into Qi poisoning and death continues.
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