Zhang Jike's fire in the past two days has been purple, and he may not have been so popular since he quit the sports circle and mixed entertainment industry.
Zhang Jike, born on February 16, 1988 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, is a Chinese men's table tennis team player, world champion and Olympic champion. He is the 7th Grand Slam player in the history of table tennis and the 3rd Grand Slam player in the history of Chinese men's table tennis after Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui.
As an athlete who entered the entertainment industry after retiring, Zhang Jike's commercial value has always been high. In 2017, Sports Weekly announced the list of China's sports wealth, and Zhang Jike ranked second with an income of 60 million yuan in 2016, second only to Sun Yang. The cost of endorsements is about 10 million per year.
In March 2018, he officially announced his relationship with actor Jing Tian, when the golden boy and jade girl sprinkled dog food all over the ground. However, just over a year later, Jing Tian posted a breakup on Weibo.
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A Mr. S from Wuhan, Mr. Zhang Jike owed him a lot of money, so Mr. S asked Zhang for debts. Around this time, Mr. Zhang Jike gave several private videos of Ms. Jing to Mr. S. Mr. S turned to Ms. Jing for money, and Ms. Jing reported the crime, and Mr. S was arrested in February 2020.
In December 2020, the court of first instance found Mr. S guilty of extortion and sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 yuan. Mr. S appealed and the second instance upheld the original judgment. It will take almost four more years for Mr. S to regain his freedom.
In this case, why did Zhang Jike only appear as a "witness" in this case? According to the information provided by the lawyer, Mr. Zhang's testimony included:
"Prove that he (Mr. Zhang Jike) and Jing took intimate videos and photos during their relationship in 2017 and 2018"; In 2018, "I met XX (Mr. S) through a friend's introduction in ****** (a capital of a Southeast Asian country)"; In 2019, "I showed XX (Mr. S) one of the above videos."
Mr. S's defense lawyers also showed a photocopy of the Loan Contract issued by Mr. Zhang Jike, a bank remittance slip, and a copy of the mobile banking remittance details.
How did Mr. S get those "3 private videos"? Has this been overlooked?
This is very important! Because according to the provisions of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, it is illegal to disseminate the privacy content of others.
If it wasn't spread by Zhang Jike, if it was spread by himself, then why was he not punished for suspected illegal acts? Or was it punished and not announced?
Just when netizens were talking about it, "Zhang Jike Studio" twice posted articles not to admit the matter, and threatened to sue netizens.
On April 2, Li Weiao, a veteran journalist who claimed to be unaccustomed to the behavior of Zhang Jike's firm, posted another long article describing the ins and outs of what he had been investigating for many years and announcing the "loan contract."
There is also Zhang Jike's early news was also picked up, it turned out that he had similar news in his early years.
According to news reports, Zhang Jike gambled in 2004. At that time, he borrowed the bank card of the table tennis boss to participate in the betting game, and after losing money, he could not face the cruel reality and left the team during the outing competition, and was found after several turns, when he was only 16 years old.
Zhang Jike has won the respect of many Chinese people with his achievements in the table tennis world for many years. This is also the magic weapon of many sports and entertainment circles to "get rich".
Unfortunately, many things happening in the fields of football, basketball, and table tennis today put the most real human nature in front of people and broke the mystery that is difficult to look up to.
In this incident, we may not be able to distinguish the truth from the fake, but there is a "pain point" that we deserve attention.
If some "celebrities" are outside the "legal system" because of their past contributions, they should be punished without punishment, which is incomprehensible and supportive. Because our common people recognize a death reason: "the prince breaks the law and the people are guilty of the same crime", after all, ordinary people have been punished for digging grass and cutting down a tree.
Do not deify anyone, talent, skill, honor... None of this has anything to do with character. In case one day, falling off the altar will be ugly.