Three-Body Problem Executive Producer Dies of Poisoning on December 25th

Lin Qi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Yoozoo (Youzu), a Chinese game development company, and the executive producer of the upcoming Netflix Sci-fi series “Three-body Problem” died on 25th December 2020, after being allegedly poisoned by a colleague.

Yoozoo confirmed the 39-year-old CEO’s death in a statement released to Shenzhen Stock Exchange, saying that they were notified of Lin’s passing by his family. The statement failed to mention a cause of death whatsoever.

Last week, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government said that they received a report of Lin being poisoned on 17th December.

After some investigation, a colleague surnamed Xu was detained for further investigation as a suspect responsible for the poisoning attempt. Even though the suspect’s full name wasn’t released, Yoozoo confirmed that the man surnamed Xu was an employee at their Movie and TV division.

Lin Qi had gotten himself admitted to the hospital on 16th December since he was feeling uneasy. The doctor who took care of Mr. Lin said that he looked like he was suffering from pain and discomfort.

He was taken into ICU immediately and not soon after started showing symptoms of brain death. The delay in proper treatment because of the uncooperative suspect led to further damage in Mr. Lin’s condition.

People are left in shock after receiving such news due to the incident’s resemblance to what might have been a fictional drama or movie.

Yoozoo is a Chinese game developing company founded by Lin Qi in 2009. The company acquired the adaptation rights of “Three-body Problem” in 2014 when their movie division was set up. Yoozoo has also developed the online video game, Game of Thrones: Winter is coming.

The Three-body Problem production team includes Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo. They set the series at Netflix by acquiring rights from Yoozoo in September this year.

About Three-Body Problem

Three-Body Problem is an upcoming Netflix sci-fi drama based on the eponymous first book from the trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Liu Cixin.

The title of the series refers to the three-body problem in orbital mechanics. It is the first novel of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, but Chinese readers refer to the whole series as The Three-Body Problem.