On July 8, some netizens exposed that some chapters of the audio novel "Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise" on Himalayas, QQ Music and other platforms had indecent background sounds. This news aroused widespread attention from netizens and rushed to the hot search.
On the evening of July 8, Motie Literature issued an "apology statement" on issues related to the audiobook "Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise", saying that it had removed the relevant audio from the shelves and re-examined it as soon as possible.
Motie Books said that the audiobook "Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise" was commissioned by Tianjin Yuexiang Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (Beijing Motie Shumeng Information Technology Co., Ltd.) to produce it. After receiving the production documents, we did not conduct a strict and meticulous review of all audio files, but only carried out local spot checks, which was a serious dereliction of duty in quality inspection, which led to this serious consequence. We feel very guilty about this and apologize for the inconvenience.
We will treat all works with greater rigor and meticulous scrutiny, and once again we would like to express our deep apologies. We are not strict in auditing, and we are not strict in checking, which is really, very sorry.
Motie Books said that at present, Tianjin Yuexiang Culture Communication Co., Ltd. is investigating the cause of this incident, and we will further hold the other party accountable. At the same time, we will also carry out internal rectification, hold the person responsible for internal audit accountable, and further improve the audit mechanism. As the producer of the audiobook, we are well aware of the heaviness of the book, and there is no intention of belittling or insulting. We would like to solemnly promise our readers that we will prevent such accidents from happening.
It is reported that "Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise" is a novel created by writer Lin Yihan, first published in February 2017, the novel tells the story of the beautiful literary girl Fang Siqi who was sexually assaulted by Li Guohua, a cram school teacher, for a long time, and finally had a mental breakdown.
Lin Yihan said in the afterword of the book that she was afraid of consuming any Fang Siqi, and she didn't want to hurt them. She wrote the book for eight hours a day, and in the process of writing it was painful and tearful. She even admitted that the most terrible thing she wrote was what really happened.
On April 27, 2017, Lin Yihan committed suicide at the age of 26.
On June 14, 2018, the book won the first Liang Yusheng Literary Award in the Love City category.
In 2019, in response to problems such as vulgar pornography in the field of online literature, the "anti-pornography and anti-illegal" department vigorously organized and carried out special rectification, thoroughly regulated market order, and continued to strictly supervise the industry. Many localities have punished a number of enterprises and individuals through investigation and handling of cases, closed down a number of websites and apps, and cleaned up a number of WeChat public accounts.
Beijing has investigated and dealt with a number of cases of websites disseminating obscene and pornographic novels, including the "Grinding Iron Chinese Network", which was given administrative fines.
Source: Guangzhou Daily, @磨铁文学, Jinguan News, China News Network, Red Star News