According to reports, in March this year, the well-known Douyu anchor "Yi Xiao Tuantuan" (hereinafter referred to as "Xiao Tuantuan"), who had been off the air for more than a month, was confirmed to be arrested. People familiar with the matter said: "Xiao Tuan Tuan" is suspected of large-scale gambling and is related to Chen Shaojie's case.
On April 23, upstream news reporters sorted out and found that on January 27, "Xiao Tuantuan" had posted a dynamic announcement at Douyu Fish Bar to stop broadcasting, and there has been no news since then, and her Weibo update stayed on December 2, 2023. After learning that "Xiao Tuan Tuan" was arrested, many fans expressed surprise and poured into the live broadcast room where they had long been stopped to leave messages;
The lawyer said that "Xiaotuantuan", as an anchor of the Douyu platform, is related to a gambling case, and the crime may be gambling or opening a casino, and the sentence is between 3-5 years.
Dynamics: A large number of housing managers have been sealed, and Douyin has lost nearly 500,000 fans
After 9 o'clock in the morning of the 23rd, the reporter saw in the live broadcast room of Douyu's "Xiaotuantuan" that after learning the news that "a small group of people was confirmed to be arrested", thousands of netizens poured into the live broadcast room to leave messages, "I heard that I was arrested" and "It's on the hot search"; At this time, the housing management in the live broadcast room began to ban a large number of people, and the system kept saying "XXXX has been banned by the housing management".
However, such a move led to dissatisfaction among netizens, and more people began to leave messages and ridicule, which led to more people being banned. In addition, in the "Fish Bar" of "Xiaotuantuan", many fans are still posting to express their support, "Check in and wait for you to come back." ”
According to public information, "A Small Tuantuan" was born in 1994, a native of Yueyang City, Hunan Province, a betta game anchor and singer, and his representative works include "AFK is Great" and so on. On June 30, 2019, she won the championship of the Betta Fan Festival, becoming the first female anchor in the history of Betta to win this honor. In January 2022, the mobile game "Peace Elite" "Xiaotuantuan" voice pack was launched, with a total of more than 60 million social media fans, which can be called a super Internet celebrity.
On March 1 this year, upstream news ""Xiaotuantuan" has not been broadcast live for 35 days, and it has been suspended many times since its debut" reported that "Xiaotuantuan" is suspected of being involved in gambling and faces several years in prison. On that day, the number of Douyin followers of "Xiaotuantuan" was 37.4 million. On the morning of April 23, the number of Douyin fans became 36.92 million, and nearly 500,000 fans were lost. In this regard, some netizens left a message saying: "I didn't expect you to really collapse the house." ”
According to the data, "Xiao Tuantuan" has an amazing ability to absorb money, and in the May 2019 Betta gift income list, "Xiao Tuantuan" got a gift income of 5.39 million yuan, second only to the list "First Brother" and "Xuxu Baby" at that time, surpassing another well-known anchor "PDD". In a widely circulated ranking of Internet celebrity income, "a small group" ranked 15th, showing its annual income of 300 million. Although some media subsequently refuted the rumors, being able to be on the "anchor rich list" is enough to see the value of "Xiaotuantuan". "Xiao Tuan Tuan" himself also left a message and ridiculed: "Because of this incident, there is an extra nickname 'Tuan 300 million'." ”
Related: AutoNavi is not sure whether to remove the "Xiaotuantuan" voice pack from the shelves
The voice pack of "Xiao Tuantuan" has always been a popular choice on the AutoNavi map. On the morning of April 23, the reporter saw on the "voice ranking" of Gaode Map that the "Xiaotuantuan" voice package ranked 8th in total, with a popularity of 5.41 million, and the labels included "Talkative Tuan", "Classic", "200 Meng Yin", etc. In the comment area of the voice pack page, many netizens also made a special trip to check in, "Can you still use it in the future", "Use it and cherish it", "Last look......
Subsequently, the reporter consulted AutoNavi Map customer service on whether the "small group voice package" would be taken off the shelves. A staff member said that the customer service is not clear about whether it will be taken off the shelves, and will record the matter for feedback.
Lawyer: "Xiao Tuantuan" could face between three and five years in prison
According to reports, Chen Shaojie, the founder and CEO of Douyu, has been released on bail pending trial. According to the circumstances of the case, some legal experts have estimated that the specific sentence may be between 5 and 7 years. Regarding the arrest of "Xiao Tuan Tuan", Fu Jian, director of Henan Zejin Law Firm, believes that according to the available information, "Xiao Tuan Tuan" is related to the gambling case, and the crime may be gambling or opening a casino, and the sentence is between 3 and 5 years.
Fu Jian said that "Xiaotuantuan" is the anchor launched by the platform to attract customers and acquire customers, and the CEO is the real person in charge and trader behind it. The sentencing of "small groups" will generally be considered from the following aspects, including whether they played a secondary role in the joint crime, whether they truthfully confessed the facts of their crime after arriving at the case, and whether the overall case was a minor crime, and if the above conditions are met, then the crime should not be as serious as the platform CEO.
If they are suspected of opening a casino, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, short-term detention or controlled release and a concurrent fine in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 302 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, and if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined.
Fu Jian said that if illegal activities such as gambling and money laundering are carried out in the live broadcast room, then the gift tips obtained can be regarded as illegal criminal gains and should be recovered; if it is a normal live broadcast and the audience voluntarily gives gifts and rewards, then there is no need to return them; if the lottery fraud is carried out through the manipulation of the platform, then the legal property of the victim should be returned.
Extension: A number of betta anchors have become "disappearing TAs"
The arrest of Chen Shaojie, the head of the company, has had a great impact on Douyu, and a large number of top anchors on the platform have either disappeared or switched to other platforms.
The reporter sorted out and found that in addition to "Xiaotuantuan", many of Douyu's head anchors are still on the air, such as the anchor "Dog Thief", who is known as "Hearthstone", is also rumored to be involved in the case and arrested, and the live broadcast room has been suspended since November last year. Well-known game anchors such as "PDD" and "Da Sima" are still on the air and are nowhere to be found, while anchors such as "Zhang Daxian" and "Xuxu Baby" have settled in Douyin and changed platforms to continue live broadcasting.
According to the data, "PDD" has 11.76 million followers on Douyin, and the last time he updated a video on Douyin was on April 28, 2023, and the content was a song club he organized. And the last time he broadcast live on the Douyu platform was on November 14 last year, and he has not been updated since.
"Zhang Daxian" currently has 55.8 million followers on Douyin, and the frequency of live broadcasts is very high, for example, from March 7 to April 19, he broadcast 40 live broadcasts. On April 22, he also broadcast live from 7:40 p.m. to 11:16 p.m. As for "Baby Xuxu", one of the most popular anchors of Douyu before, he is currently also moving to Douyin for live broadcasts, with 16.69 million Douyin fans, and he has broadcast 17 live broadcasts in April this year.
(Yangcheng Evening News, Yangcheng Pai Comprehensive Upstream News, Daily Economic News, etc.)
Editor: Chen Ruizhi
Source: Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng School Comprehensive