Lin Qi, the Chairman and CEO of Chinese game developer Yoozoo and an executive producer on Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, has died after allegedly being poisoned by a colleague.
中國遊戲開發商遊族的董事長兼執行長、Netflix即將上映的改編電影《三體》的執行製片人林奇近日被同事投毒身亡。
The 39-year-old’s death was reported by local media and confirmed by Yoozoo in a statement posted to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange saying it was informed of Lin’s passing by his family on December 25. It did not provide a specific cause for the death.
當地媒體報導了這位39歲CEO的死訊,遊族也在深圳證券交易所發布的一份聲明中證實了這一消息,聲明稱林的家人於12月25日通知了他的死訊。報導沒有提供死亡的具體原因。
Earlier this week, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government said Lin was likely to have been poisoned and that a colleague had been detained as part of an ongoing investigation. The suspect’s full name was not released, but Yoozoo said the man, surnamed Xu, works for its film and TV branch.
本周早些時候,上海市人民政府說,林很可能是被毒死的,他的一名同事已經被拘留,正在進行調查。犯罪嫌疑人的全名尚未公布,遊族表示,這名男子姓徐,在遊族的電影和電視部門工作。
Lin had been admitted to hospital on December 16 and authorities were notified of the suspected poisoning on December 17.
林於12月16日入院,當局在12月17日接到疑似中毒的通知。
The Three-Body Problem is the immensely popular sci-fi book trilogy penned by author Liu Cixin, who also wrote the source material for 2019 Chinese blockbuster The Wandering Earth. In September this year, Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss set the project at Netflix which acquired rights from Yoozoo Group (aka Yuzou Interactive). Yoozoo is also the developer of online video game Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming.
《三體》是非常受歡迎的科幻小說,作者劉慈欣是2019年中國大片《流浪地球》的原著作者。今年9月,《權力的遊戲》的創作者大衛·貝尼奧夫和D.B.威斯將這個項目交給了Netflix,後者從遊族集團獲得了版權。遊族還是網絡視頻遊戲《權力的遊戲:冬天來了》的開發商。
Lin founded Yoozoo in 2009 and the company acquired the movie rights to Liu’s Three-Body Problem book trilogy in 2014 when it set up its movie division. Its own film adaptations had been delayed over the years.
林在2009年創立了遊族, 2014年,遊族成立了電影部門,獲得了劉慈欣小說《三體》三部曲的電影版權。這個電影改編已經推遲了好幾年。
Lin was the controlling shareholder of Yoozoo with about 24% of the company whose board of directors paid 「the highest respect to Mr. Lin Qi for his contribution,」 the statement (translated from Chinese) said. Yoozoo will select 「suitable chairman and general manager candidates as soon as possible,」 it added.
林奇是遊族的控股股東,持有該公司約24%的股份,該公司董事會「對林奇先生的貢獻致以最高的敬意」,該聲明說。遊族還表示,將儘快選擇「合適的董事長和總經理人選」。