One of the ways we show people we love them is by giving them gifts. Unfortunately, giving them gifts obtained via illegal means might not be the best way to show our love.
A wealthy businessman named Zhou Ying (周颖) was arrested mid-July this year. Although he had a net worth of tens of billions, Zhou was suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits. As it turns out, those funds weren’t just for him. Zhou had seven ladies he had been seeing and they were all anchors of various TV stations.
The 40-year-old was the founder of Zhejiang United Investment Holdings Group Co., Ltd. Although his arrest took place earlier in the year, the investigation involving his case is still ongoing. Yesterday (27th October), the police discovered he had been courting seven TV hosts from various stations. However, all seven women worked under the same network; Zhejiang Radio and Television Group (ZRTG, 浙江广播电视集团). Netizens were quick to declare them as “the seven fairies” or “the seven princesses”.
The list of ladies involved were released on Weibo which shocked many as some of them were well-known anchors. They were Fei Fei (費費, Fei Qinwen, 費沁雯) from Zhejiang Satellite TV, Meng Yao (夢瑤) from the Educational Science channel, He Jie (何潔) and Lu Canyang (路燦陽) who have both resigned, Caitlin Magee (凱琳), Wiyona Yeung (楊柳青) and Bailing Lu (白靈路). All seven have been asked to return the money and gifts Zhou had given. Zhou’s gifts have been estimated to be worth tens of millions of yuan.
Zhou’s courting of seven different ladies in one go quickly became a topic of discussion among netizens. “Is it one for every day of the week?” one asked. “Does he have a (TV) host fetish?” another questioned. Additionally, most couldn’t believe that Fei Fei was on the list. The sweet-looking 31-year-old is best known for hosting the variety show “Ace VS Ace (王牌对王牌)” which helped her rise to fame.
Zhou was certainly a busy man! You have to admit, if he was courting seven girls at a time, he certainly knew his way around a woman’s heart. It’s unfortunate that instead of devoting his love to a single woman, he chose several and did so with illegal means.
Sources: China Press, China Times, ET Today
