On February 19, 2017, the police of Changshan County, Zhejiang Province, found 26-year-old Wang Jia.
For the past 8 days, he has been playing Wang Sicong, the only son of Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin:
He buys other people's WeChat accounts, bank cards, Alipay; Change the WeChat account to "wangsicongL"; The nickname was changed to "Wang Sicong".
According to statistics from the Changshan Procuratorate, before the police criminally detained Wang Jia on suspicion of fraud, he defrauded more than 20,000 yuan as "Wang Sicong".
On July 26, 2017, the Changshan court found Wang Jia guilty of fraud and sentenced him to one year in prison, suspended for one year and six months, and fined him RMB 30,000.
Wang Jia's fraud methods are not clever.
According to the verdict, "Wang Sicong" set up a WeChat group on the grounds that "Wanda Group's sales exceeded 300 billion yuan, and it wanted to send 150 million yuan in red envelopes in the group", requiring victims to scan the code to pay 358 yuan and 500 yuan threshold fees to join the group.
Subsequently, group members were required to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan each.
According to the statistics of the Changshan Procuratorate, there are 10 victims who believe in "Wang Sicong"; "Wang Sicong" illegal income 20,160 yuan.
The people who can play Wang Sicong are not only Wang Jia.
#1
Rumors of "2.09 million settlements"
On January 12, Shanghai police reported that Wang Sicong and four others beat passers-by Chen Moumou, causing minor injuries, and the public security organs decided to administratively detain Wang Sicong for seven days and impose a fine of 500 yuan.
As Wang Sicong applied for an administrative review, the detention was suspended.
In judicial practice, most similar cases were settled and compensated, and for a while, the settlement amount of Wang Sicong and Chen Moumou was hotly discussed on the Internet.
On the afternoon of January 13, a screenshot of "Wang Sicong" circle of friends leaked, and "Wang Sicong" said:
New year reconciliation with 209W.
#Wang Sicong's 2.09 million reconciliation# instantly appeared on a platform hot search, and "I beg Wang to always hit me" became a hot meme.
Subsequently, a Weibo big V said that the news was fake news, and Wang Sicong himself had denied it, and the screenshot of the circle of friends circulated on the Internet, and the avatar did not match.
"Acorn Business" learned that since Wang Sicong dated his current girlfriend, he changed to a couple avatar.
The bear avatar used by the rumor-mongering account originated from Sun Yining's exposure of Wang Sicong's "stalking" WeChat chat screenshot.
#2
"Wang Sicong" on Twitter
In addition to WeChat, "Wang Sicong" is flooded on Twitter.
Not long ago, Wang Xiaofei and Big S tore apart, and a screenshot of "Wang Sicong" supporting Wang Xiaofei was widely forwarded.
In fact, as early as July last year, the account was urgently refuted by Wang Sicong for spreading rumors.
On July 13, Beijing Pusi Investment Co., Ltd. issued a statement saying:
A large number of "Wang Sicong" accounts appeared on Twitter, posting false information; In this regard, Pusi Capital stated that Wang Sicong did not register any account on Twitter, hoping that netizens would not believe in rumors and spread rumors.
Looking at the "Wang Sicong" on the above Twitter, I found that most of his tweets were carried from Wang Sicong's Weibo.
Sometimes he also "eats black and black", calling another "Wang Sicong" a fake name.
In addition, in a case made public by the police, in October 2021, a netizen defrauded a woman of 30,000 yuan in "bride price" just because his voice resembled Wang Sicong.
On the eve of the release of this article by "Acorn Business", on WeChat, the "Wang Sicong" account circulated in major group chats, scanning the QR code to add, but popping up:
The account is added frequently, try again later.
#3
Why Wang Sicong?
Why would anyone believe the scam of "Wang Sicong"?
Why are there always people who fantasize that their lives will intersect with Wang Sicong?
Open Weibo and search for keywords:
Wang Sicong, dreaming.
It will be found that countless netizens shared that they met Wang Sicong in their dreams, and coincidentally, the scene is often:
Wang Sicong invited me to a roadside stall.
Instead of Mr. Wang asking me to take a luxury yacht.
Sun Xiaoji, an economic history researcher, once pointed out that Wang Sicong's character is a "rich man for civilians", which is different from the "rich second generation" who flaunts his wealth in a high-profile manner:
Most of the "rich second generation" is like the sons of Vito Don Coleón in "The Godfather", which makes people disgusted and hate the rich.
However, Wang Sicong's remarks are in line with the current cultural and social discourse and cater to the collective mood and habitual thinking of online groups.
The status of "common rich man" also gave him a special large-scale right to speak, which before Wang Sicong did not exist on the Chinese Internet:
Unobtrusive, young and frivolous, he became an opinion leader who paid attention to social development and the progress of the times.
From the "rich second generation" to the "opinion leader", Wang Sicong constantly gives everyone an illusion:
Wang Sicong is the same as me.
#3
Don't call your husband, call Mr. Wang
On the Internet, people are keen to show the intersection with Wang Sicong, and videos of passers-by holding mobile phones to greet Wang Sicong can be seen everywhere.
Many netizens are happy to discuss in the comment area how to say hello when they meet Wang Sicong on the streets of Shanghai.
They also put together two videos for comparison:
Someone once photographed Wang Sicong driving a sports car alone and calling "Mr. Wang", and Wang Sicong replied "hello"; There are also people who meet Wang Sicong, called "husband", Wang Sicong gives the middle finger, and scolds "stupid".
They summarize the "Strategy":
Don't call "husband", call "Mr. Wang".
This may also explain why Chen Moumou was broken by the bridge of his nose just because he was waiting for a car on the side of the road, but Wang Sicong mistook him for filming himself.