3 Body Problem: Lawyer sentenced to death for Lin Qi murder - BBC News

Xu Yao, who worked on the Netflix adaptation, poisoned his colleague Lin Qi over a business dispute.

4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Shanghai First Intermediate People's CourtImage caption, Xu Yao, who worked on the Netflix adaptation, poisoned his colleague Lin Qi over a business disputeBy Kelly NgBBC NewsThe release of Netflix's series 3 Body Problem has been watched millions of times around the globe since its release late last month.

It has even found an audience in China where Netflix is unavailable, sparking much chatter among viewers of the series.

But many fans of the three-book series, credited with propelling China's nascent science fiction genre after its publication in 2008, have also been paying attention to a court room in Shanghai where one of the key players behind the adaptation was sentenced to death just a day after the show's release.

His crime? Murdering a man sometimes dubbed China's "billionaire millennial" - the gaming tycoon Lin Qi, whose company Yoozoo Games owns the rights for film adaptations of the Chinese science fiction epic.

According to the court, Xu Yao, who was known as a distinguished lawyer, became consumed by professional rivalry after Lin sidelined him shortly after he helped land the Netflix deal in 2020.

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