The piano prince Li Yundi fell off the altar.
On the evening of October 21, @Ping An Beijing Chaoyang issued a notice: Recently, the Chaoyang Public Security Bureau received a report from the public that someone was engaged in prostitution in a community in Chaoyang. In this regard, the police launched an investigation in accordance with the law and seized Chen Mouhui (female, 29 years old), a prostitute offender, and Li Moudi (male, 39 years old), a prostitute offender. After review, the above-mentioned personnel confessed to the illegal facts, and all of them have been administratively detained by the Chaoyang Public Security Bureau in accordance with law.
Although the Chaoyang public security did not inform the full names of the lawbreakers, the topic of "Li Yundi's detention for prostitution" quickly appeared on Weibo's hot search.
Subsequently, the official Microblog of the People's Daily confirmed that Li Moudi was the famous pianist Li Yundi.
On the 22nd, the official website of the Chinese Musicians Association issued a statement saying: According to Article 25 of the Constitution of the Chinese Musicians Association, its membership in the Chinese Musicians Association will be cancelled.
At noon on the 22nd, the China Performance Industry Association issued an announcement on the boycott of Li Yundi.
According to netizens, Li Yundi's alma mater, the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, also quickly removed the "Li Yundi Piano Studio" brand.
"Brother" is beaten mosaic
According to public information, Li Yundi debuted on CCTV Spring Festival Gala at the age of 19. Since then, it has released albums for several consecutive years and caused a sensation throughout the country. As of 2021, Li Yundi has appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala five times.
Since 2015, Li Yundi has "brushed his face" through variety shows, of which 2020 is the year with the most variety shows, including participating in at least 5 variety shows such as "Creation Camp 2020" and "Talk Show Conference Season 3". This year, Li Yundi once again became the focus of attention for participating in the explosive program "Brother Who Cut Through Thorns", and also accompanied by the "slot point" that was not popular.
On September 24, the third performance of Mango TV's "Brother with Thorns" announced the ranking, and after the full vote of the losing camp, McHenry and Li Yundi temporarily left the stage.
On the afternoon of October 21, some careful netizens found that some shots of Li Yundi in "Brother With Thorns and Thorns" were silenced, and then there was news that Li Yundi may have "had an accident".
On the same day, Li Yundi's personal Weibo also released a publicity for the show; "Listen to the 'concert' today, next time come to the concert!" It is reported that Li Yundi re-participated in the recording of "Brother Who Cut Through Thorns" as a "returning brother". As of now, this Weibo can no longer be viewed.
After the notification of the prostitution incident was issued, some netizens found that the latest issue of "Brother With Thorns" in which Li Yundi participated showed that "sorry, the video has been taken offline". After that, the program was re-launched, but it has been shortened from 127 minutes to 121 minutes, in which the pictures about Li Yundi are all marked with mosaics.
On the evening of October 21, the first eight episodes of "Brother With Thorns" were all removed from the shelves, and they could only be watched from the ninth issue. At the same time, Li Yundi also participated in the two issues of "Happy Base Camp" on October 2 and 9.
However, at 8:30 a.m. on October 22, the eighth episode of "Brother With Thorns" resumed on the shelves.
In this regard, some netizens said that "The Brother Who Cut through the Thorns" is really "unfavorable for the flow of years", before Huo Zun was "torn by hand" by his ex-girlfriend, and then Li Yundi was hammered for prostitution.
More than 10 endorsement companies were implicated
In fact, over the years, Li Yundi has won numerous awards, and has many social honors and positions, and there are not a few companies that seek his endorsement.
According to reports, as of October 21, Li Yundi has endorsed or has business advertising cooperation with brands including Adopt a Cow, GAC Toyota Highlander, Great Wall Motor, JD PLUS, Dongfeng Nissan, Rolex, Samsung Folding Screen Z Fold2, Casarte, Piano, Mega Electric Piano, Yangda College, L'Oréal Paris High-end Line Jinzhi Zhenyan Series, Adolfo Marine Silk Satin Series, TOM FORD China Brand Friends, Helen Piano, etc. Among them, Piano, Great Wall Motor and GAC Toyota all cooperated with Li Yundi this year.
In the business cooperation, Piano, Helen Piano, and Haier Electric Appliances, which belong to Casarte, have all been listed in China, and the adoption of a cow has launched the A-share listing news on October 14.
After the news of Li Yundi's detention of prostitution was exposed, on the evening of October 21, the adoption of a cow was reported to the media that the partnership with Li Yundi had ended on July 15 this year.
On the morning of October 22, GAC Toyota also said that Mr. Li Yundi is not a spokesperson for GAC Toyota, nor is he a spokesperson for the new fourth-generation Highlander. He was only a guest of honor in the Highlander conference project, attending the project site in August, and there is no relevant cooperation between the two sides.
In addition, as of press time, in addition to Yangda Public School and TOM FORD, the official Weibo of other brands has been unable to see endorsement information related to Li Yundi.
According to the Tianyancha App, there is currently only 1 li yundi affiliated company, which is Xinyi Yunchuan Century Film and Television Culture Studio (limited partnership), which was established in June 2017 and the executive partner is Chen Lei. Partner information shows that the company is jointly owned by Li Yundi and Chen Lei. Li Yundi's father Li Chuan's affiliated companies include Shanghai Yunchuan Music Studio and Zhonghong New Music Art (Beijing) Culture media Co., Ltd.
Tianyan's investigation showed that Li Yundi invested 99% of the capital and was the ultimate beneficiary.
Previously, Li Yundi served as a shareholder of Fengyun Diyin Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. In the external publicity, Li Yundi said that the original intention of founding the company was to use his own profession and personally participate in the production of well-made and affordable products - Yundi piano, so that every child who loves music has a good piano. However, from the perspective of network information, there is very little information about Yundi piano on the market.
According to reports, in the 2008 Forbes China Celebrity List, Li Yundi ranked 26th as a pianist, earning 40.3 million yuan, ranking 6th. Li Yundi was on the list from 2009 to 2016, and has not been on the list in the following years.
Li Yundi Studio's shareholders are his parents
According to media reports, the reporter searched For Li Yundi's related companies and saw that Yundi Music, which was certified by Weibo as "International Piano Master Li Yundi's Personal Studio", was fully known as Yundi Music Group Co., Ltd. According to the inquiry, Yundi Music was registered in Hong Kong, China, and was established in October 2012, and the company was held by Li Yundi's parents Li Chuan and Zhang Xiaolu, with a shareholding ratio of 50% respectively.
As of press time, the latest update of Yundi Music was updated at noon on October 21, and the content was mainly for Li Yundi's "Brother Who Cut through Thorns".
In addition, The Yundi Manufacturing Studio of Weibo certified "Li Yundi Studio" is an independent brand of Yundi Music Group. According to the inquiry, the affiliate company of Yundi Manufacturing Studio is Zhonghong New Sound Art (Beijing) Culture Media Co., Ltd., and the main personnel of the company are still Li Yundi's parents. At present, the last Weibo of Yundi Manufacturing Studio is stuck on December 31, 2013.
Lawyer: Li Yundi may have to pay liquidated damages
According to the CCTV network, lawyer Chang Sha said that Li Yundi may also be held responsible for breach of contract by the performing arts company, and the prostitution incident will make Li Yundi unable to appear on variety shows anymore, facing the responsibility of contract breach, and may have to pay liquidated damages. Lawyer Fan Chen said: "It is possible that he will not be able to engage in the acting industry for life, or it may experience a few years of ban period. ”
China Performance Industry Association: Boycott li Yundi
At noon on October 22, according to the WeChat public account of the China Performance Industry Association, a few days ago, entertainer Li Yundi was administratively detained by the Chaoyang Public Security Bureau for prostitution, and the China Performance Industry Association launched the industry ethics self-discipline review procedure in accordance with regulations. After synthesizing the comments of the Ethics and Self-Discipline Committee of the Association, the following comments are made on entertainer Li Yundi, and hereby announced:
Compliance with the law is a basic quality as an ordinary citizen. As a public figure, Li Yundi's behavior shows his indifferent legal concept, lack of moral self-discipline, and his behavior violates laws and regulations and social morality, causing a bad impact. Therefore, the Association will morally reprimand the illegal acts of entertainer Li Yundi, and in accordance with the provisions of the "Measures for the Administration of Self-Discipline of Entertainers in the Performance Industry", it requires member units to boycott his practice.
Here, we solemnly remind the vast number of performing arts practitioners that they must strengthen self-examination and self-discipline, improve their awareness of abiding by discipline and the law, and consciously standardize their words and deeds. If you try the Fa by yourself, you will eventually suffer the consequences of your own.
Introduction of Li Yundi
Yundi Li (YUNDI), born on October 7, 1982, is a famous pianist.
In 2000, at the age of 18, Li Yundi won the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition.
In 2001, Li Yundi debuted on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala; in the same year, he signed a contract with the German DG records company and released his first classical music album "Chopin Selection".
In 2003, Li Yundi released the album Liszt Piano Collection, which won the German Classic Echo Award and the New York Times Record of the Year Award.
In 2007, Li Yundi released the album "Music Moving Berlin".
In 2010, Li Yundi was awarded the "Art of Glory" Cultural Medal and the "Chopin Passport" by the Polish government. In 2012, Li Yundi released the album "Beethoven: Pathetic Moonlight Passion".
In 2014, he released the album Fantasy of Kings. In September 2015, Li Yundi released the album "The Legend of Chopin"; in October, he was invited to serve as a judge of the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition.
In 2016, Li Yundi released the album "Chopin: Narrative Song" and has toured many times in North America, Asia and Europe.
In February 2018, Li Yundi performed the piano concerto "Ode to the Yellow River" on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and in April, he was invited to attend the "2018 Boao Forum for Asia" and performed at the "Boao Night" theme dinner.
On October 10, 2019, the internationally renowned pianist Li Yundi won the Gold Medal of the Highest Polish "Glory Art" Cultural Medal, becoming the first Chinese pianist to receive this honor.
Central media: black and white piano keys, not allowed to involve "yellow"
After the news of Li Yundi's detention of prostitution was exposed, on the evening of the 21st, the People's Daily commented on the matter, saying: Black and white piano keys are not allowed to involve "yellow"; life is on the right path, and it is not allowed to go crooked. The more public figures, the more they need to cherish feathers, once they fall in the "thorns", it is difficult to turn over; once they destroy the human design, no matter how high the skill, they can't play sadness.
CCTV News also commented in the early morning of the 22nd: "For a period of time, some so-called 'celebrities' have frequently challenged social conscience, morality and even legal dignity, and these people who have been praised in heaven have long been unable to find the north." But reality will always beat them back to their original form. ”
In addition, the Rule of Law Daily also published a microblog: "In our country, although prostitution does not constitute a crime, it may be punished by public security." According to the provisions of China's Public Security Administration Punishment Law, whoever engages in prostitution or prostitutes shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days and may also be fined not more than 5,000 yuan; if the circumstances are less serious, he shall be detained for not more than 5 days or fined not more than 500 yuan. Whoever solicits a prostitute in a public place shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan. As a public figure, only by abiding by the law and abiding by morality, self-improvement, and winning public recognition with high-quality and valuable works can we go long. The entertainment industry is not a place outside the law, no matter who it is, breaking the law will be punished! ”
Since the beginning of this year, the chaotic image of the "rice circle" has been frequently exposed recently, and problems such as fan fund-raising, gray industry chain, artist image management, and sky-high film remuneration have gradually surfaced.
Recently, the General Office of the State Administration of Radio and Television issued the "Circular of the General Office of the State Administration of Radio and Television on Further Strengthening the Management of Literary and Art Programs and Their Personnel", which clearly pointed out:
1. Resolutely resist those who violate the law and lose morality;
Second, resolutely oppose the traffic-only theory, radio and television institutions and online audio-visual platforms must not broadcast idol cultivation programs, must not broadcast variety entertainment and reality shows in which celebrity children participate, draft programs must strictly control the setting of voting links, must not set up off-site voting, list-making, assistance and other links and channels, strictly prohibit guiding and encouraging fans to spend money in disguise by materializing means such as shopping and membership, and resolutely resist the bad "rice circle" culture;
Third, resolutely resist pan-entertainment, establish a correct aesthetic orientation of the program, strictly grasp the selection of actors and guests, performance styles, costumes and makeup, etc., and resolutely put an end to deformed aesthetics such as "mother cannon";
Fourth, resolutely resist high-priced film remuneration, strictly implement the regulations on the remuneration of actors and guests, and strictly enforce the system of remuneration management and notification commitment. Severely punish remuneration violations, "yin and yang contracts", and tax evasion;
V. Earnestly strengthen the management of practitioners;
6. Carry out professional and authoritative literary and art criticism;
7. Give full play to the role of industry organizations;
VIII. Earnestly perform management duties.
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