Recently, the public was shocked over the prostitution case involving Chinese actor Li Yifeng . So far, he is known to have a good image. No one expected that his name would be dragged into this kind of case. Li Yifeng was reportedly detained by the Beijing police on September 11, 2022. His career was ruined overnight.
Li Yifeng's case then also dragged the names of several other male artists such as William Chan, Wang Yibo, to Jackson Wang. Since Li Yifeng's prostitution case emerged, he was immediately terminated by various brands that worked with him. His Weibo account was also closed by the authorities. Works involving his name were removed from the Chinese platform.
His latest projects, from films to dramas, are threatened with failure, one of which is the China Playground film . As reported by NetEase , the film is adapted from a true story about Deng Shiping, a teacher who was buried at the running track of Xinhuang Middle School, Hunan. This incident caused a public commotion when it was published by the media in 2019.
Deng Shiping reportedly found problems with the quality of the project to build a new sports facility at the school where he teaches. Therefore, he did not approve of this project even though the contractor, Du Shaoping, had repeatedly persuaded him to force him. An emotional Du Shaoping killed Deng Shiping brutally and buried his body under the running track that was being built.
16 years later, in 2019, Deng Shiping's body was finally found in a condition that was no longer intact. Du Shaoping and 6 other people were later arrested by the police. In the process of making the Playground film itself, director Ah Nian spent a lot of money and effort. He is known to have spent 200 million yuan (about 427 billion rupiah).
In addition, the process of obtaining the approval of the victim's family so that the events that happened to Deng Shiping can be adapted into a film were very difficult. The victim's family even had time to hire a lawyer to file a lawsuit. However, the film crew finally got permission after persuading the family for a long time and providing compensation with a certainly not small amount.
Playground has now completed filming and was originally rumored to air later this year. Unfortunately, one of the main characters, namely Li Yifeng, was actually involved in a big scandal such as prostitution. From the information on the Douban platform, Playground will be re-shooting and its broadcast has been postponed until 2025.
Even so, netizens are skeptical that there are other actors who want to replace Li Yifeng in the film. Although Playground is one of the big budget films, the reputation of the actor who took on the role of Li Yifeng could be affected. Most likely, the public will also continue to associate the actor's name with Li Yifeng.
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