On the evening of December 28, Zhang Ting and his wife's actual control company was exposed to be suspected of using the Internet to engage in pyramid schemes, and had filed a case for investigation in June this year, and applied for property preservation measures, freezing funds as high as 600 million.
It is reported that the company was founded in 2013 by Lin Ruiyang and Zhang Ting, focusing on cosmetics and skin care products, and has occupied a leading position in the micro-business community for many years.
After the news was exposed, the company responded at the first time, saying that the company operated legally, paid taxes according to law, and was currently operating normally, and was actively cooperating with relevant departments. Subsequently, Zhang Ting and Lin Ruiyang forwarded the dynamic to show their attitude.
On the 29th, the latest development of the case was exposed. According to the response of the market supervision department, this case has three major characteristics, the cross-regional time is long, the number of people involved, and the funds involved are large. "The specific number of people is not disclosed, but the amount involved is relatively large," the staff said.
In addition, the staff also revealed that the investigation of this case is very difficult, there is no accurate information in the early stage, and the members of the organization do not cooperate with the investigation, and can only start from some "people who lose money". At present, a comprehensive investigation of the company has been carried out, nearly 400 people have been dispatched, and a special task force of 17 people has been set up, which has consumed a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.
Judging from the current situation, it is not enough to constitute a fraudulent pyramid scheme, and further investigation will be carried out, and once it is implemented, it will be transferred to the public security organs in accordance with the law.
Zhang Ting has developed in the entertainment industry for many years and made friends widely, and now the company is suspected of pyramid schemes, and dozens of celebrity friends have been implicated, the first of which is Zhang Ting's girlfriend Tao Hong.
Previously, it was reported that Tao Hong withdrew from Shanghai Taobuting Culture Media Co., Ltd., which was jointly opened with Zhang Ting and his wife, making everyone think that they had "broken up". In fact, Tao Hong is still a shareholder of Shanghai Darway Trading Co., Ltd. (the company involved in the case), with a shareholding ratio of 1.9301%, ranking seventh, and is also the largest natural person shareholder.
At the same time, Beijing Taoran Garment Co., Ltd., which is 100% owned by Tao Hong, accounted for 4.7049% of the shares in the companies involved in the case, ranking fifth, and the above total Tao Hong accounted for about 6.6% of the shares in the companies involved in the case, and Zhang Ting and his wife still have a deep interest relationship.
Tao Hong has repeatedly promoted and participated in the live sale of the product on social platforms, and just before the company of Zhang Ting was exposed, Tao Hong was still posting photos of herself applying the mask of the product.
In fact, in addition to Tao Hong, Xu Zheng, Wu Suling, Cao Ge are the company's bosses, plus Lin Ruiyang, Zhang Ting, the company's main slogan for foreign investment is six star bosses, three star couples, in order to expand influence.
In addition to Zhang Ting himself, there are three serious spokesmen for the company, namely lin zhiling, the national goddess, Luo Zhixiang, a famous singer, and Jiang Yiyi, a new little flower.
More interestingly, the company is also a special sponsor of Extreme Challenge 5.
There have been many publicity in the program, Jia Nailiang and others also personally donated products to passers-by, and this scale of the brand is simply the "king" of the micro-business community.
Zhang Ting also invited a number of first-line celebrity friends to promote her products, and soon, Zhang Ting launched a series of products on major platforms to "brush the screen", and more and more people joined. According to the 2018 cosmetics rich list released by the American Chamber of Commerce, Zhang Ting and his wife ranked second, second only to Chen Kaixuan, the founder of Libai Group. Even if the "black history" is frequently broken on the Internet, it still cannot crush Zhang Ting's business empire.
The company is also a large taxpayer and has become one of the top 100 outstanding enterprises in Qingpu District, Shanghai for two consecutive years.
In his heyday, Zhang Ting held evening parties in the name of the company many times, and the invited stars basically occupied half of the entertainment circle. Under such a large force, Zhang Ting's products are difficult not to be hot.
Nowadays, Zhang Ting Company is suspected of pyramid schemes, the movement is so big, the People's Daily came forward to comment, bluntly saying that it is necessary to "cut off the tumor of network pyramid schemes", I don't know how long she can still be proud? And the celebrity friends who have stood for Zhang Ting, publicized, endorsed, and even directly invested in shares, I am afraid that they will also be implicated.
Of course, the case is still under investigation, and it is impossible to make a conclusion for the time being, and we still need to wait for official news.