China’s entertainment industry has been turbulent recently. Zhao Wei, a Chinese actress who used to wear the Japanese rising sun flag and acted illegally in the commercial field, suddenly saw her Weibo super topic closed. On all major video platforms, many of the works she starred in were removed from the shelves, causing concern.
Chinese media reported on August 27 that on the evening of the 26th, news broke that actress Zhao Wei was listed as a bad artist. According to relevant requirements, all departments and units must investigate and clean up all online and offline programs related to “bad artist”. However, this has not been officially confirmed.
On the 27th, Chinese Internet users discovered that “Zhao Wei”‘s Weibo super topic was suddenly closed. Prior to this, her super topic had a total of 210,000 fans.
In addition, on major video platforms, Zhao Wei has been removed from many of the works starring her, including the first and second part of the TV series “Huanzhugege” that made her popular. Many films and TV series starring Zhao Wei including “Mom in Peking” and “Tiger Mom Cat Dad” have deleted her name.
Some celebrities’ previously posted Weibo with Zhao Wei content have also been deleted. Many Chinese Internet users began to question whether Zhao Wei was banned?
It is understood that Tencent Video directly removed the film and television dramas such as “Returning the Pearl”, “Deep Love and Rain”, “Tiger Mom Cat Dad”, “Mom in Beijing” and “Painted Skin” starring Zhao Wei. In addition, the first season of “The Actors Please Get In”, which Zhao Wei participated in the recording, has also been removed.
Currently when searching for Zhao Wei on the Tencent platform, there is no relevant content.
According to Tianyancha, Zhao Wei has positions in 14 companies. She is the legal representative of Zhao Zhao (Shanghai) Film and Television Culture Studio, Shanghai Xinyi Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Xingxing Business Consulting Co., Ltd. At present, Shanghai Xinyi Culture Communication Co., Ltd. The company’s operating status is “revoked and not cancelled”; Shanghai Xingxing Business Consulting Co., Ltd. has been cancelled; Zhao Zhao (Shanghai) Film and Television Culture Studio has operating status as continuing.
Zhao Wei has not made any response so far.
Zhao Wei had previously been punished for market entry. In November 2017, the China Securities Regulatory Commission imposed a five-year ban on access to the securities market for Zhao Wei and Huang Youlong, and fined a total of 1.2 million yuan because they “have false records, misleading statements and major omissions in their securities information disclosures.”
The China Securities Regulatory Commission accused Zhao Wei and Huang Youlong of rashly disclosing an acquisition plan with insufficient funding and great uncertainty about its success, thereby “seriously misleading market investors.”
At that time, the three official Chinese media, Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily and CCTV, criticized Zhao Wei and his wife for “gaining valuable things with nothing” and “taking advantage of policy loopholes and seeking illegal interests.”
Not long ago, Zhao Wei’s artist Zhang Zhehan was revealed to have visited the Yasukuni Shrine, Nogi Shrine, and exposed the Japanese Rising Sun flag and was quickly banned by the entertainment industry. At that time, Zhao Wei’s old photos wearing the Rising Sun flag were once again turned over by Chinese Internet users, causing heated discussions. Source