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On September 21, Hong Kong artist Cheung Zhilin was taken away for investigation on suspicion of participating in fraud.
A company that Zhang Zhilin works with is secretly engaged in fraud activities in Hong Kong, and the amount of illegal money is as high as billions.
According to netizens, Zhang Zhilin's behavior is not surprising, otherwise how would his Hermès and wife Yuen Yongyi's Chanel come?
After Zhang Zhilin recorded his confession, he immediately issued a statement to explain it to the public.
However, many netizens do not seem to pay for such a statement, and they are arguing for a while.
Unintentional actions are still being used
Some people say that Zhang Zhilin is playing the "edge ball" of fraud, and I don't know how dark it is behind the scenes, but some people think that Zhang Zhilin was "pitted" by that platform.
So what is the truth? From the Hong Kong media reports and the statement of Zhang Zhilin's team, we can sort out the complete history of this matter.
In March 2022, an asset trading platform called JPEX in Hong Kong invited Cheung Zhilin to shoot an advertising film for them.
It is a normal thing for celebrities to endorse, and they can promote the brand, they can promote themselves, and they can also make money, so why not.
And endorsements also have certain risks, such as celebrity "collapse" will have a negative impact on the endorsement brand, but who would have thought that there would be a situation where the brand "collapse" affected the star?
Zhang Zhilin must have heard of the JPEX platform before accepting the shooting of the advertising film, but this platform has not had any illegal acts before, so naturally it is assumed to be normal operation.
But after all, endorsements involve the risk of default, so Zhang Zhilin's team still has to conduct some necessary reviews of JPEX's business situation.
Zhang Zhilin discovered that JPEX turned out to be an unlicensed company with no legal business license at all.
This is equivalent to completely betting his future on a black and white company, how could Zhang Zhilin agree?
But JPEX wanted to ask Zhang Zhilin to speak for him, but he was very "sincere", so under the temptation of their good talk and huge money, the two sides reached a verbal agreement.
Zhang Zhilin can shoot content for JPEX now, including promotional videos and posters, but to avoid risks, JPEX needs to apply for a license immediately and use Zhilin Zhang's photos and videos for publicity after the license is released.
The two sides hit it off, and Zhang Zhilin quickly cooperated in filming the content in order to earn this money earlier.
If the two sides had really acted according to the verbal agreement, there would be no such thing as today.
I don't know if JPEX didn't apply for a license or JPEX didn't apply for a license at all, and as a result, JPEX still used Zhang Zhilin's portrait ads without a license.
Zhang Zhilin and his team saw that JPEX was already using a poster with their own photo and thought their license application was successful, but this was not the case.
In May 2022, Zhang Zhilin's team discovered that JPEX did not in fact obtain a license and used Zhilin Zhang's portrait without completing the agreement, which was undoubtedly a huge risk.
If JPEX is really in business, how can it be without a license?
So Zhang Zhilin immediately found the person in charge of JPEX, and his attitude was very strong that he wanted to terminate the contract, and he must not put his fate in the hands of these irresponsible people.
When all the procedures for terminating the contract have been completed, the time has come to September 2022, and after nearly half a year of publicity, Zhang Zhilin's endorsement of JPEX has long been known.
Time has passed so long, it is too late for everything.
Many people believe in the JPEX platform for Zhang Zhilin's sake, after all, it is a big star endorsement, and there is generally no problem, so ordinary people dare to invest funds in JPEX.
If JPEX just doesn't have a license, then everything is fine, but it's clear that what's behind JPEX isn't that simple.
Sure enough, on the morning of September 21 this year, Zhang Zhilin was suddenly taken away by the Hong Kong police for investigation, and the investigation was based on Zhang Zhilin's suspected involvement in economic crimes.
It turned out that JPEX had never had a business license because they were not serious businessmen at all, but a fraud platform.
In order to disguise himself, JPEX was willing to spend a lot of money to ask Zhang Zhilin to speak for him, so that his platform looked cleaner.
After using Zhang Zhilin to publicize his reputation, they began to "close the Internet" and freeze all the money users put into JPEX for their own use, with thousands of victims and a total amount of more than 1 billion.
In this economic violation, a total of 11 people were taken away for investigation, including three Hong Kong Internet celebrities "Zhu Gongzi" and "Chen Yi".
And Zhang Zhilin, because he endorsed the JPEX platform, was suspected of participating in economic crimes, and was also taken away for investigation.
From a personal point of view, Cheung is being used, and from the perspective of Hong Kong law, Cheung's termination is even more responsible.
Cheung Chi-lin filmed the promotional video in March 2022, but it was only in June 2022 that Hong Kong officially implemented the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance.
In other words, before June 2022, there were no very clear regulations for regulating asset trading platforms in Hong Kong, so even if there is no license, JPEX is still not illegal.
And Zhang Zhilin began to plan the termination of the contract in May, which shows that Zhang Zhilin still has some sense of responsibility.
But the relevant laws soon came into effect, and this year JPEX was found to be illegal, and Zhang Zhilin was naturally involved.
Is Zhang Zhilin really not wrong?
If he is really responsible enough, he should not endorse in order to rush to get money, and now he makes a mess of himself, he must also regret it.
Some netizens said that Zhang Zhilin is really miserable, he was "scammed" by his own agent a few years ago, and now he is involved in this platform.
People around you are the most dangerous
In June 2018, Zhang Zhilin unexpectedly found that the endorsement fee he received and the endorsement fee paid by Party A were not equal.
After some investigation, Zhang Zhilin suspected that the agent in charge of the handover business did it and stole a million endorsement fees.
The salary of being able to be an agent of a big star is definitely not low, but he still wants to steal money from it, which is a bit too much.
So Zhang Zhilin took the female agent to court, and finally the agent was convicted of fraud and sentenced to two years.
It can be seen that Zhang Zhilin is really "miserable" and has no bad intentions, but he has always been "stepping on thunder".
Since the explosion of "Rushing to the Sky 2" in 2013, Zhang Zhilin became famous in the mainland, and has never had any negative news for 10 years, but has devoted himself to the film and television career, dedicated to good, and even donated his own organs.
Since his debut, Zhang Zhilin has participated in at least 9 large-scale public welfare activities, helping children in need, donating to disaster-stricken areas, and shooting free public welfare videos...
At the end of 2018, Zhang Zhilin announced that he had already signed an organ donation agreement, and that he would leave his organs after death and send them to those in need.
In addition, Zhang Zhilin and his wife Yuen Yongyi are still a model couple, and their love is envied by the entire entertainment industry.
Unfortunately, such Zhang Zhilin was still affected by the fraud platform because of his endorsement, and was questioned by netizens.
Celebrity endorsements are a risky thing in themselves, and some celebrities even voluntarily endorse illegal platforms.
For example, the North Myanmar fraud group, which was very controversial some time ago, netizens picked up the fraud group endorsed by Zeng Zhiwei and helped them deceive people.
Zhang Xinzhe was also reported with an identity verification name to help overseas fraud gangs commit crimes; Wang Han endorsed a wealth management product, and the platform ran away with money; Hu Jun's endorsement, morality, Wukong financial management, and so on.
Although the spokesperson does not necessarily know the real situation behind it, as a public figure, it is not appropriate to understand clearly before making a decision?
Learn the law by case
If Zhang Zhilin really helped fraud, he needed to be punished by law.
Article 27 of the Criminal Law: An accessory who plays a secondary or auxiliary role in a joint crime is an accomplice. For accomplices, the punishment shall be mitigated, mitigated, or exempted.
Although Hong Kong has its own laws, they are generally the same.
Write at the end
As a celebrity, you must be careful before acting, and you must not forget your responsibilities because of money.
As for whether Zhang Zhilin has violated the law, we will not know until the results of the investigation are announced.
Zhang Zhilin is a very popular good actor and singer, and I hope he can get his innocence as soon as possible.
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