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On an unremarkable evening in 2008, a netizen named "Qina" posted in the Tianya community that he held intimate photos of Chen Guanxi and other actresses.
At first, netizens did not believe it, and laughed at his bragging. Under the excitement of netizens, China actually posted a photo.
This sticker doesn't matter, it's fried directly on the Internet.
The photos posted by Chino are bold and unsightly, and they involve popular stars Cecilia Cheung, Zhong Xintong and others.
After the fermentation of the incident, the parties Chen Guanxi, Zhong Xintong, Cecilia Cheung and other actresses fell into the whirlpool of public opinion, and their careers and marriages were greatly affected.
Chen Guanxi even announced at the development conference that he would permanently withdraw from the entertainment circle.
Now, 13 years later, few people have taken the initiative to mention the events of that year.
But on the other hand, is there really no one to lead the photo incident that can pull down a number of emperor's popular stars?
Who was the culprit behind the leaked photos? How is he doing now?
01
In 2016, a crime suspense movie "Clouds Made of Rain in the Wind" was released.
More eye-catching than the film itself is one of the supporting roles - "Master of Photography" Chen Guanxi.
However, unfortunately, in the mainland version, Chen Guanxi's scenes were all deleted, leaving only a flashing back.
But even that excites the audience.
In fact, Chen Guanxi, who was once considered to be Andy Lau's successor, with a European and American-style green and angry face, I don't know how many young girls' hearts have been captured.
If he hadn't carelessly taken the computer for repairs, his star would have stopped there.
And everything has to start with an assistant named "Brother Long" next to him.
Brother Long was assigned to him by Chen Guanxi's father, Chen Zemin. He is nominally Chen Guanxi's assistant and driver, but in fact, he is Chen Guanxi's housekeeper and nanny.
At the age of 9, Chen Guanxi crossed the sea from Canada to Hong Kong in search of his wealthy businessman father.
Although Chen Zemin wanted money to give money, it was really more difficult to let him accompany his son than to ascend to the heavens.
Moreover, at that time, he was fighting with a few male young models, and he had no time to manage his son.
So he sent his confidant, Aaron, over.
Ah Long is deeply trusted by Chen Zemin, and he can even take the boss's card directly to withdraw cash.
Chen Guanxi and Along's first meeting, Ah Long called Chen Guanxi "boss", Chen Guanxi called Ah Long "Brother Long", although the two were different in generations, but Brother Long quickly broke this strangeness.
He took Chen Guanxi to school every day, and also led him to entertainment venues such as Lan Kwai Fong, which made Chen Guanxi very satisfied with this big brother.
In 2000, Chen Guanxi signed a contract with the Hong Kong Emperor and debuted in Hong Kong with "SWAT New Humanity 2", and Brother Long has always been with him.
With his father's connections and economic connections, Chen Guanxi is very successful in the circle.
He wants to be good-looking, rich and rich, and what is even more infuriating is that his acting skills are still very good.
"Infernal Affairs", "A Thousand Machines Change", "Head Text D", "Dog Bites Dog"... Chen Guanxi quickly became popular and circled a large number of fans.
If it were not for the exposure of intimate photos, Chen Guanxi's development today would not be worse than that of Nicholas Tse, Yu Wenle and others.
02
In 2005, Chen Guanxi's personal computer had a problem, and he gave the computer to a trusted Brother Long to repair.
Before leaving, Chen Guanxi specially explained to Brother Long:
"Stare at the dot!" Brother Long hurriedly responded.
But turning his head, he handed the computer over to a familiar repair company. Watching the staff fiddling with the computer for a while, Brother Long felt very bored, so he turned and left.
He did not know that the glasses man who repaired the computer had copied a copy of the content in order to prevent the loss of computer data.
What he didn't know was that this inadvertently copied content finally ruined Chen Guanxi.
After the computer was repaired, Brother Long carried the computer home.
But Xie Liqiao, a computer repairman who later sorted out the information, found that it was clean.
He found two folders in the material, one called "life style" and the other called "gill" (Gill's English name).
The ghost made God send a messenger, Xie Liqiao opened these two folders, this point, like opening Pandora's box, from then on opened the curtain of yanzhao door.
When Xie Liqiao found out that it was chen guanxi and intimate photos with multiple women, he was excited. After "appreciating" the sheets one by one, he was not satisfied, and gave it to his friend Shi Kejun.
However, Xie Liqiao was still a little disciplined, he knew that private photos were not trivial, so he warned Shi Kejun: you can only appreciate it yourself, not pass it on.
But Xie Liqiao himself did not bear to share, how could he let others not share?
After Shi Kejun looked at the photos, he was also full of desire to share. After he saw the photos, he quietly copied the photos down, and even made them into discs.
Later, in order to pursue girls, he even gave the disc as a "gift" to two female clerks to please them.
In this way, ten or ten hundred, the originally very private photos began to circulate, and the party Chen Guanxi did not know anything about it.
Until 2008, a netizen named "China" saw the photo, and in order to show it, he posted it to the Tianya community forum, and finally pushed the matter to an irreparable point.
After the matter was exposed, Chen Guanxi, who was aware of the matter at night, in addition to feeling humiliated and angry, did not have the feeling that the sky was falling.
He complained to a friend: "I've become a Paris in Hong Kong." Friends are puzzled. Chen Guanxi explained: "It's Paris hilton!"
It turned out that the American celebrity Hilton had been exposed to intimate photos. However, Paris Hilton took the leaked Internet company to court and obtained a huge claim.
And as a victim, paris hilton was not condemned by the public, but gained sympathy and fame.
03
But what happened next was beyond Chen Guanxi's imagination.
As the photos continue to be released and the number of people following them increases, things have reached a point where they can't be contained.
Chen Guanxi was deeply involved, and more importantly, several related female stars were also greatly affected.
Among them, the image of the ex-girlfriend Ajiao's young actress was destroyed, and the "very silly and naïve" confession has also become the object of ridicule by netizens.
Cecilia Cheung, who is already a mother of two children, finally ended in divorce after insisting on it with her husband Xie Tingfeng for a period of time.
Chen Wenyuan, an actress who is about to marry into a giant, has a dream of being shattered and abandoned.
In addition to the above stars, there are also actresses such as Yang Yongqing, Chen Sihui, Chen Yuxiao and so on.
Rumor has it that there are bigger stars, but the poster did not expose it for some reason.
Things developed to this point, Chen Guanxi and the emperor chose to call the police to deal with it.
Angry fans also strongly demand that the police vigorously trace the source and threaten to give justice to the idol.
Some people also question whether there is no premeditation to pull down so many big stars at once. Who is behind it?
On February 2, 2008, the police tracked down a number of suspects through investigation, not only seized a large number of "photos", but also learned about the whole process of these photos leaking.
This incident was not premeditated, there was no behind-the-scenes instruction, it was a simple photo leak incident. It's just that the content of the photos is too explicit, and the people involved are all big stars, so they have attracted great attention.
On February 21, Chen Guanxi held a press conference in which he admitted that the photo was taken by himself, expressed deep apologies to the victim, and announced:
Will withdraw from the Hong Kong entertainment industry indefinitely.
The sensational press conference attracted many reporters and onlookers, and the Hong Kong police had to dispatch hundreds of people to maintain order and security.
However, due to the chaos at the scene, Chen Guanxi's vehicle was blocked for more than an hour before finally leaving Kowloon Bay.
Chen Guanxi and the actresses have paid a heavy price for their actions, so what about the computer maintenance personnel who maliciously spread photos and destroyed Chen Guanxi?
After the police intervened, xie liqiao and Shi Kejun, the two culprits, were quickly arrested.
They were subsequently indicted on three counts, including dishonest access to a computer, and sentenced to 8 years and 15 days in prison.
Destroying so many big stars on their own, they are lucky not to be beaten by fans after they are released from prison.
But a good job and a good life don't have to think about it.
After being released from prison, Xie Liqiao and Shi Kejun can be described as "famous" in the circle. Because they have the stain of leaking customer privacy, no computer company dares to use such employees.
Therefore, even if they have a skill, Xie Liqiao and Shi Kejun can only rely on odd jobs and contribute to their lives.
04
Nine years after the incident, one of the victims, Zhong Xintong, married Lai Hongguo.
What is unexpected is that Xie Liqiao, one of the maintenance workers involved in the incident, also posted on Weibo:
But a light and fluttering sentence is completely unable to make up for the harm to Gillian.
And Gillian's marriage did not last long, 2 years later, Gillian announced her divorce from Lai Hongguo.
After announcing his retirement from the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Chen Guanxi also fulfilled his promise to devote more energy to the operation of Chaopai stores.
In 2016, chen Guanxi interacted intimately with supermodel Qin Shupei and co-located a love nest in Los Angeles.
In 2017, Chen Guanxi and Qin Shupei gave birth to a daughter.
Over time, the "Photogate" incident of that year seems to have passed.
But in any case, the impact of this incident, and the harm to several victims, can never be erased.
As a public figure, the chaotic relationship between men and women laid the foundation for the occurrence of this matter.
The only commendable thing about the male protagonist Chen Guanxi is that after causing a bad impact, he directly announced his withdrawal from the entertainment circle and no longer disgusted the audience.
Look at some artists in the circle today, even after being hammered, they are still cheeky in the entertainment industry to seek gold.
I also hope that other star idols can wake up from these events and constantly reflect on their behavior:
As a public figure, if you can't establish a good image, then you must not be able to be accommodated.
If they do not converge, then what awaits them will be destruction and repentance!