White Lotus 3 Resort Death: Billionaire Playboy Wang Sicong's Uncle's Connection To 3 Murders

Barbie and Babu. Someone's going to die. Someone is going to die at the luxury. five-star resort. It's going to happen. It happened in Hawaii. The hotel manager. at this luxury resort was stabbed to. death by a wealthy hotel guest for Okay, to be fair, he did take a restroom break. inside that guest's suitcase. He took a. number two. He pooped inside of his. suitcase. The wealthy guest catches the. hotel manager, stabs him to death. Then. in Italy, it happened again. Another.

luxury five-star resort had to deal with. a high-profile death of a wealthy woman. who was set up by her husband to have. her killed so that he could inherit her. entire fortune. And now, the next death. is likely going to take place at the. Four Seasons Resort in Thailand. We. don't know who's going to die. We don't. even know why they're going to die yet, but we do know that someone is going to. die because that is the setup of the. White Lotus. The first season was set in Hawaii. The.

second one was in Italy. And now the. third is going to be in Thailand. It's. going to come out sometime in 2025, which if you haven't already seen, White. Lotus is this dark comedy-drama series. that usually takes place in one of the. fictional White Lotus luxury resort. hotel chains. And it's this fascinating. mixture. You have all of these mostly. obnoxious, slightly eccentric, wealthy. guests with their own problems and. secrets interacting with the hotel staff.

who likely hate their guts. Season 3 is extra special because Lisa. from Blackpink will be featured. This is. her debut acting role, and it's filmed. in her home country, Thailand, at the. Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui. Koh Samui. is this secluded island off the east. coast of mainland Thailand. It has a. private beach. When you go to the Four. Seasons, there's so many trees, there's. so many plants. You're almost on a. cliffside. You have little pockets of. buildings that are surrounded by nature.

with these many little pools, infinity. pools overlooking the cliffs. There's 14. private villas. And one of the. actresses, Carrie [ __ ] she says about. the director of the White Lotus series, she said, "Okay, his vision with the. third series. He had a season about. money. He had a season about. This season is going to be about death. And not many people know this and I. don't know if White Lotus is going to. use this as inspiration, but there. actually was a very, very mysterious. death at the Four Seasons resort in Koh.

Samui. This is the true story behind that. death. In 2014, a post starts going viral in. China. It's a long personal story posted. onto this internet forum by a username. named Uncle Bluebeard. Which is kind of a weird username, but. the post is titled The Risks of Being in. a Wealthy Family. My sister-in-law's. sister. So, it would be like my sister's. husband's sibling. I see. The Risks of. Being in a Wealthy Family. My.

sister-in-law's sister died in Koh. Samui, Thailand. You click on the post and you start. reading it. My sister-in-law has a. beautiful younger sister named Lily. She. married one of the richest men in China. I won't say exactly who it is, but after. being with this man for more than 10. years, last year they went on vacation. to Thailand where they own this massive. Four Seasons villa, a private villa. They end up arguing, getting into a. random standard couple's fight. The next.

morning, she was found dead in the. swimming pool, floating. They tried to claim that she drowned, that she had a bottle of wine, fell into. the pool, and drowned. It was. unfortunate, but that doesn't even make. sense. Lily doesn't even know how to. swim. Why would she have been swimming. alone in the middle of the night? Besides, Lily, additionally, does not. drink. She rarely drinks. However, we found out sooner or later. that there were clear strangulation. marks on her neck. The local authorities. briefly arrested her husband. I mean, they had to, but all he had to do was.

pay about $140,000. in bail, which is nothing for a family. of his status. He's from one of the. wealthiest families in China. Then they called back saying our family. member had drank too much and fell into. the swimming pool. Now my sister-in-law and her parents. have to fly abroad every month to fight. this case. Their family used to be quite. wealthy and even now they're not doing. too badly. They own three houses. However, my sister-in-law can't work. All she does is focus on her sister's. case. Her brother has no income now.

Chinese authorities won't do anything. about it. Even though both the deceased. and the husband are Chinese nationals. I. just don't understand why. Why can't. legal proceedings be handled in China? All our family want is some justice. That's it. Her official cause of death. is an accident, but nobody in our family. believes it. Netizens immediately start. searching for clues. What do you mean, one of the richest men in China? I mean, that's only like a handful of men, right? We got to figure out who it is. because how does one of the richest men.

in China kill their wife, allegedly kill. their wife, or have a wife that dies in. a very suspicious manner and nobody. knows about it? So they didn't name. anybody? No, they just left little hints. and they used a little initial, Mhm. which you could kind of connect to the. surname. Ah. And people are wondering. how is this person not in jail? So they. start gathering all these little nuggets. of hints from the post. And last year, the wife's name is Lily. He's one of the. wealthiest men in China. This is his. surname initial. He owns a villa at the. Four Seasons in Thailand. And it just.

narrows down to specifically one person. and one person only. A man named Lin Yu. He is indeed part of one of the most. well-known, wealthiest billionaire. families in China. Billionaires that are. quite literally untouchable. I mean, speaking of, one of the most. notable billionaires in China is Wang. Sicong. His nickname is Wang Duidui. Wang Duidui? It It literally translates. to Mr. Wang Dystus. Like, he's most.

memorable for two things. One, he has. this big mouth that he almost never. shuts. That's what people say about him. That's not what I'm saying. But, he has. made a career out of just dissing. everybody online. It doesn't matter. You. could be the private dog groomer for his. husky that gets to fly on a private jet. from city to city. You could be the. A-list actress. It doesn't matter who. you are, Wang Sicong will likely mock. you on social media. One time he was. staying at this hotel, a massive hotel. in this busy city, and he starts.

tweeting, "Changsha's Wanda Hotel is the. most stupid hotel I've ever lived in, and it's owned and opened by my own. family. Amazing.". The second thing that he's most known. for is being the son of the founders of. Wanda Group, one of the largest. conglomerates in all of China. They own. a whole chain of massive shopping malls, 90 hotels at one point, a massive real. estate portfolio, and most notably, they. were known for owning AMC Theaters, like. the whole chain.

they sold it, yeah. Yeah, they sold it, but at one point. that was like what they were most. notable for international reasons. Wanda. Group is a massive conglomerate, and. Wang Sicong is a massive big mouth that. has gotten them into a bit of trouble. And it doesn't matter that his dad is. one of the wealthiest people in the. country. Nothing and nobody can shut his. baby son up. It's just not happening. Except in 2014, netizens find the one. thing that you can say to shut Wang. Sicong up.

What did your uncle do? Suddenly, the biggest yapper in the. world that is never quiet, never backs. down from a fight, Wang Sicong, goes. silent. How is it that this little phrase, "What. did your uncle do?" How does it stop. him? Why was your uncle's second wife found. dead floating in a private pool at the. Four Seasons in Thailand? Why is. everybody calling him, your uncle, the. Bluebeard of China? You know, Bluebeard? The story of the man who killed all of. his wives? Which means if his second wife was found.

dead, what happened to his first wife? This is the case of three deaths. spanning across three countries, a. billionaire, and a son who will search. for his father to get answers.

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One brief content disclaimer for this. case. It involves mentions of. potentially abusive relationships, and. additionally, there has been no official. ruling. So, we will try our best to keep. you guys updated. There are some new. developments, but everybody is innocent. until proven guilty. And as always with. foreign cases, I did work with our. Chinese researchers and translators, but. please let us know if anything was left. out, mistranslated, miscommunicated. And. with that being said, let's get into it. Marcus is 3 and 1/2 years old when both.

of his parents die in a car accident. He grows up with his grandparents in. Sweden, and this is on his mom's side. And they all had these like little. cassette tapes with old videos of Marcus. with his parents, and those were the. only memories he has. I mean, honestly, the only memory he has of his mom is he. says, "I just remember a day we sat in. the apartment. She was cooking chicken. soup, and she kept feeding me chicken. soup with this big spoon. I mean, I. don't know how it would have tasted. today, but it was the tastiest thing. I've ever eaten, at least in memory.".

That is it. That's his only memory, really, of his mom, unless he's watching. those cassette tapes. And then one day. he turns eight. It's like around eight. years old, and he decides, "I am going. to record some Disney Channel shows on a. cassette tape so I can watch it over and. over. I can rewind it or just keep it. for an episode that I like." And the. first step that he has to do is find a. cassette tape inside the house that he. can record on. He goes to his. grandparents' giant stash of cassette. tapes. Now, the problem is he can't. re-record over a cassette tape that's.

important. Mhm. Cuz some cassette tapes. are memories. Some of them are already. like TV shows that people have. re-recorded. So, he grabs a cassette. tape that looks like it's just a TV show. programming, the local news. He pops it. in just to make sure it's nothing. important, and it's the news. He's. correct. It's not like a memory, it's. not a video camera, a vlog of their. days. He's like, "Perfect." He's about. to take it out, and he sees this. familiar face pop up on the news, his. mom. Why is his mom on the news? Why did. his grandparents record this? It's so.

strange. And the news anchor then says, "An update on the woman who disappeared. the other day. She was found dead and. murdered. There is a motive, but the authorities. are deciding not to make that. information available to the public.". Wait, 8-year-old Marcus stumbled upon. the news back in the days. Yes. He was. eight when he realized his parents were. not killed in a car accident. His mom. was murdered, and her case would. actually be one of the bigger unsolved.

cases in Sweden. Nobody really goes. missing in Gothenburg, at least not. then. And if you do go missing, you. would be found within 12 to 24 hours. Until March 18th, Veronica drops off. 3-year-old Marcus at kindergarten, and. the timer starts. Her schedule is. cutthroat. She's a mom, she's a student. So, after dropping off Marcus at. kindergarten, she's got to go to the. university campus. She's got to attend. classes trying to get her engineering. degree. Once she's out of class, everything is timed to a T. She gets out.

of class, she goes straight home to. where she lives with her parents and. Marcus. In the apartment building, she. spends time with Marcus. Usually on the. way home, when she or when she finally. gets a second to breathe, she'll call up. her best friend Jenny to catch up. But. that day, the call never comes. Because. Veronica doesn't go home that day. By 9:00 p.m., her parents report her. missing. "Hi, I'd like to report a missing. person. She's 30 years old, about 5'5, long dark brown hair, probably wearing a. leather jacket, and a blouse.".

Veronica's family explain how she's. supposed to be home at 5:00 p.m. It's. already 9:00 p.m. This is I mean, it's. it's it doesn't make sense. The police. are like, "5:00 p.m. today? Like 4 hours. ago? You're freaking out because your. daughter was supposed to be home for. Your 30-year-old daughter was supposed. to be home 4 hours ago, and she's not, and you're calling us.". She may have disappeared on her own free. will. Yes, sure, whatever. But this is. not like her. She has a 3-year-old son. Veronica's family are insistent, okay? They're They're not giving up. This is.

not normal, not even in the slightest. The police have to do something. Some. sources state that the police are very. intrigued by this case. Not because they had a little inkling. early on, but because um nobody really. disappeared in Gothenburg. So, the police didn't really have that. many things to do. Like it's a super. safe city? Yeah. So, they grab their dogs. They shut down some roads, and they're. getting excited. They're like, "Search. the vicinity. Let's get it done." And. the police, all they really have to do. is just one phone call now.

They make one call and they could. probably find Veronica. This is multiple days later. Okay. She's still missing and now they know. that one phone call and they could find. her. But that means one phone call, they. got to do it right. Authorities are able. to track Veronica's phone because they. couldn't get this better, more precise. location, this narrow scope of. locations. They're looking at two. separate apartment buildings across the. street from each other. It be in any one. of these units in both of these. buildings that she was last seen in.

Mhm. That's as close as the. investigators are getting. Somewhere. inside of these two apartment complexes, Veronica is inside. Interestingly. enough, Veronica actually lives in one. of the apartment units with her parents. and her son Marcus, but of course they. likely searched their unit, so she's not. in that one, but any other one, she. could be in there. The most effective way to get a better. location would be to call Veronica's. phone and see if it rings anywhere. inside that building. But that means. authorities really only get like one.

chance at this. If they keep calling or. even if they just call once, it's likely. that whoever has Veronica's phone is. going to be tipped off and then the. police are onto them, they're going to. turn the phone off and then what? Mhm. So they feel like, let's say one of. the neighbor has her phone, they will. only let the phone ring once before they. shut it off. I mean, they might have already shut it. off, they might have silenced it, but. they can't take that risk. Right. They got to let it ring once. So what do. they do? They have a police officer. outside every single door in that.

apartment building, both, and they get. one phone call. You're kidding. One phone Yeah, one phone. know how many there are? I think there. were like a hundred, over a hundred, yeah. So every police officer is. stationed outside each apartment unit. and they will wait for the signal. If. they hear a ring, they're one step. closer to finding Veronica. They dial Veronica's phone. Get the. crowbar. They hear her phone ringing and they. find the unit. It's time to break in. And it's a strange revelation or maybe.

it's like a coincidence because this is. the apartment unit directly under. Veronica's family apartment. So strange. One of the first investigators to step. into the apartment, they say that they. turn into the restroom. inside the apartment unit once they. break in and the grout on the tiles, the. floor, the tub, the sink. I mean, there. was blood everywhere. It was like a red restroom. Around the corner, there's this hallway. and that's where they find Veronica.

She'd been there right under her. parents' apartment this whole time. I. mean, what was she even doing inside. this unit? Investigators state, "I take. a step in and on the right towards the. bedroom in the hallway, there's a woman. She's lying in a very large pool of. blood and well, she's dead.". And now there's even more questions. Who. would do something like this to. Veronica? Had she been under her. family's home all this time? When did. she pass away? How did she die? The last. two questions are easier to answer. They. send Veronica's body in for an autopsy.

Cause of death is mechanical. asphyxiation and the murder weapon. points towards some sort of thin cord or. perhaps even like a wire hanger. Time of death being almost exactly the. same time as the report of her being. missing was made. So that night, March. 18th, that night around 9:00 p.m. Which means she was likely killed in the. process of coming home from school that. day. She had almost made it up to the. family's apartment unit on the second. floor when somehow she ends up in this. first floor unit. I mean, it's clear from even a glance.

into the apartment that there had been. this huge physical struggle. There's. furniture flipped upside down, things. are broken, belongings are everywhere, which only leads investigators to. another question. Who the hell owns this apartment and. where the hell are they? Mr. Tang Ching Zong is priority number. one. Find him, the owner of the unit, and. likely the authorities will get the. answers that they're looking for. So. far, here's what they know about Mr. Tang. Mr. Tang is a 44-year-old man. He. has a wife and kids in China, but he is. working in Sweden. He rented that unit.

downstairs for the past few years now. He lives alone, and that's it. That's all they know. about him. So if he's not at the apartment, maybe. he's at work. So the authorities, they rushed to the. local supermarket where he was working, and there they got their handcuffs ready. to ready to arrest him, and they're. told, "Sorry. Yes, so strange. He took. this unauthorized absence from work. He's been gone for several days. We. don't know what happened.". What do you mean? He just stopped. showing up? Well, when exactly did he. stop showing up to work?

Oh, I think it was like March 18th. The day Veronica goes missing? He just stopped showing up for work? One investigator working the case said, "The question of where Mr. Tang was. would haunt them." He says he. disappeared. His passport, his clothes. are all gone. Suspicions are raised. Like, where are you? Why did you leave? Why did you Why do you have a dead woman. in your home? The police's first working. theory. is an affair. I mean, it kind of makes sense, right? The person most likely to harm you is an.

intimate partner. Maybe Mr. Tang was. having an affair, cheating on his wife. and children back home in China with. upstairs neighbor Veronica. Now, to add. some credibility to their theory, if you. can if you can call it that, authorities. realize that Veronica used to live in. China. She taught English in Dalian, China, which means there's a high. likelihood that they bonded. In fact, Mr. Tang barely spoke Swedish. It's. likely that Veronica would help him. translate a few things here and there. She passed by his apartment unit every. time that she came home to go up to to.

the steps to the second floor. That is. enough opportunity. And maybe one party. wanted something deeper than just a. neighborly affair. Maybe Veronica wanted. more. She demands Mr. Tang break up with. his wife so that they can get together. No, that doesn't make sense. That. doesn't sound like Veronica, according. to every single person that knows her. So, maybe it's the other way around. Maybe Mr. Tang wanted something more, but Veronica refused, and it's a case of. a if I can't have you, then nobody can. have you. That's the theory, and it is solely. based on the fact that Veronica lived in. China before and had an interest in.

Chinese men. That's quite literally it. The police are like, yep, that's the. conclusion that we're coming to. Veronica's parents, they rightly oppose. this theory. There's zero evidence that. the two of them were having any sort of. affair, and this is just kind of. bizarre. And so, the police go back to exactly. what worked, the easiest thing to do, what helped them find Veronica. The phone. So, they track Mr. Tang's phone. Affair. or not, if you can find him, he can tell. you exactly what happened. So, investigators start tracking his phone.

He's not picking up his calls. He's not. picking up his texts, but his cell phone. data shows that he's moving quick. There. is no way that he's walking. He must be. on some sort of moving car, moving. train. He's fleeing Gothenburg. It looks. like he's trying to make it to Denmark. Wait, so this is so strange. He stopped now. They're looking at the. phone data. He's stopped. He's stopped. at a train station. There is nothing in. this area except for that train station. Is that his destination? Is that where. he's going? Did something stop him? So, they rush the police to this train.

station. Somehow, they're able to track. Mr. Tang's phone with a lot more. accuracy than Veronica's. It leads them. straight to the dumpster behind the. train station. They're standing there looking at this. giant dumpster. This is where he is. right now? I mean, it's giant. It could. easily hide a Mr. Tang or 10 Mr. Tangs. if need be. So, they glove up. They jump into the. dumpster, and they start dumpster. diving. But, instead of Mr. Tang, they just find his phone thrown into the.

dumpster. All the prints on the phone. are wiped clean. That is so strange. So, then where the. hell is Mr. Tang? The lead investigator is sent away from. the train station cuz he gets an. emergency tip. A tip from another. resident at the same apartment complex. What is it? It's a family nearby that. Well, they were walking their dog and. the dogs kept tugging and digging near. the backside of the apartment building. Okay. Incidentally, it happens to be right. under the unit that Veronica's body was.

found. Right under Mr. Tang's. first-floor balcony. His unit has this. little balcony. I mean, you could hardly. really call it a balcony since he's on. the first floor. It's just a little slab. of concrete and it's a few feet off the. ground. A family who lives nearby tells the. police that something very strange. happened. The dogs are going crazy and. you know, it kind of has a pungent scent. reminiscent of fermented meat radiating. out of that area and I don't know if. that's normal. I'm just saying. When the. investigating group ducked under the.

balcony, it's very clear that there is. freshly dug soil. They start digging and. a little less than 5 ft beneath the. ground, they find another victim. Veronica is not the only one that died. inside of this apartment. Perhaps Mr. Tang is on a killing rampage. Maybe he's. a serial killer in the making. Authorities start digging and more and. more cuz at first they just see a little. bit of flesh. They see decomposing. flesh. And then they find full human remains. peeking out from the soil.

But the fact that they find another body. under Mr. Tang's balcony, the unit where. Veronica was killed, would only make the. case more complex. Because the body they find. belongs to Mr. Tang. Hmm. Here are the key details of the crime. scene and you tell me the number one. question that needs to be answered. during the autopsy. I mean, aside from. the obvious ones. First, Veronica and. Mr. Tang were both murdered. Second, there would have been no way to have. murdered each other. Obviously, but you.

have to rule everything out. Third, they. were interestingly not disposed of in. the same way. Like we just said, Mr. Tang is buried outside. I mean, not. well, but he's buried. Veronica is left. inside the apartment unit. Fourth, the. blood inside the bathroom is a mixture. of Mr. Tang's blood, Veronica's blood, and a third-party unidentifiable DNA. Whoever it is is not in the system. The. most important thing to ask here, if you. only have the two bodies, what could. help you narrow down the killers better?

What helps you solve this case? What. question would you ask? Like which blood was oldest in the. bathroom? Like the order of the killing. or Or? Mhm. Time of death for Mr. Tang. Mhm. Because if both Mr. Tang and. Veronica were killed at the same time, it could likely be that they were. ambushed by the mysterious third person. Mhm. If Mr. Tang was killed after. Veronica, either they were still killed. by the same person or people, or Mr. Tang could potentially, technically, have killed Veronica, and then someone.

came to kill Mr. Tang. Mhm. If Mr. Tang. was killed before Veronica, that would. be very difficult. That'd be very. strange. So, were they killed by the. same person? What happened there? Yeah. What does that mean? Does that mean that. perhaps Mr. Tang was the target and. Veronica walked in on something that she. shouldn't have seen? Maybe she walked in. on the murder. But if he was killed before Veronica, it. would rule out Mr. Tang as any sort of. perpetrator. Yes. So, for a while, that. is the main working theory of.

investigators, that Mr. Tang is the main. target and Veronica walked in and saw. something that she wasn't supposed to. see. But the problem with this theory, aside from that it's just a theory and. there's no evidence that Mr. Tang is the. target, is that once you go a step. further and try to work through the. theory, you keep hitting dead ends. First of all, time of death on Mr. Tang. shows he died the night before Veronica. Okay. Almost a full 24 hours. All of his close. interpersonal relationships are. residents of China. His family is in.

China. He doesn't have a large amount of. hidden money or valuables, so this. doesn't appear to be a robbery or. burglary gone wrong, whereas maybe. Veronica would have been the more. reasonable target. Could it be that whoever wanted to kill. Veronica needed a safe place to do it? So they killed Mr. Tang just so that. they could kill Veronica? That would be a crazy motive. A crazy. motive, very meticulously planned. Mhm. Because that means Mr. Tang and his. death, the only purpose that served was.

to vacate his apartment so that Veronica. could be killed inside of it. And perhaps to frame him for Veronica's. murder. Kill Mr. Tang so his apartment can be. used. Kill Mr. Tang, bury him, lay in. wait for Veronica, lure her into the. apartment, maybe say, "Hurry, come. Mr. Tang is in trouble. He needs you.". Strangle her, kill her, then leave her. in the apartment dead. Take Mr. Tang's. phone, drive it away from the scene. towards the border of Denmark to create. the false impression that he's fleeing, and the goal being to kill Veronica, frame Mr. Tang, and get away with it.

This person's blood is in the bathroom. Yes. So it's trackable. Yes, but who is. that? Mhm. We don't know. Technically, the third person's blood is. trackable, but you would need to find. that third person first. Mhm. Which is. very difficult. Yeah. Cuz you don't even know where to. start looking for them. I mean, we just. kind of have the idea that maybe. somebody wanted to kill Veronica. And if. that's the case, that means this is very. personal. This is not a crime of. passion. This is a meticulously planned. diabolical plot. It is done by someone.

who knows where she lives, is familiar. with her daily schedule. They know that. she didn't live alone, had to be lured. to a different location to be killed. Who would want her dead? The authorities start asking Veronica's. classmates, friends, professors. Was. Veronica being followed by anyone to. class? Was there anything strange about. her demeanor the day that she went. missing or maybe a week prior, 2 weeks. prior, or anything? No, nothing at all. Not that we can. think of. I mean, I I can let you know if Well,

actually, there is one person. One classmate explains, she was going through marriage and. custody issues with her husband. He. lives in China, but he was in Sweden. visiting when she went missing. He was? When Veronica's family is asked about. this, when her parents are asked, they're so confused. Her husband was. here? He comes a few times a year from. China to Sweden, and he will always let. us know in advance because he stays in. the family apartment unit. Why would he. be in Sweden? Why wouldn't he tell us?

He always calls ahead, and he always. stays with us. Except this time. Veronica was last seen March 18th. Her. husband arrived in Gothenburg March 16th. without letting Veronica's parents know. That is very suspicious, isn't it? Authorities search for Veronica's. husband, but it's too late now because. he's long gone. He's checked out of the. Sheraton Hotel that he was staying at. The police go and they search that hotel. room top to bottom just in case. housekeeping missed anything in this. very beige, very orange room. It's kind. of depressing. Try to see if there's.

anything that could point to anything. They're getting into all the little. crevices behind the mattress, wedged on. the stilts for the mattress, underneath. the bed, behind the drawers of the. restroom sinks. Every single nook and. cranny is checked thoroughly, and they. scream, "What is that? What is that?". They find a tiny speck of blood. Blood splatter on the inner part of the. armrest in one of the chairs. The blood sample matches the third. mystery blood found inside Mr. Teng's.

apartment. That's crazy. Who the hell is Veronica's. husband? And did he kill her? Who the. hell even is he? How did he and Veronica. meet? Some people that the authorities talked. to say, "I don't know. I think I heard. that he's like the son of a former. emperor's line or something in China. Emperor's line? Yeah. What? Others say, "Oh, I have no clue. what he does, but I heard he's kind of. like a he was like an international. playboy.". But the sentiment by many of Veronica's.

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son. It's been a long, long time since we. last saw each other. I personally had to. create my own image of you. I only have. a few memories of you, but I've heard a. lot about you from others over the. years, both negative and positive. things, and about the terrible incident. I wonder what really happened between. you and my mother. I have so many questions I would like to. ask you. I mean, how do you see me? Do. you see me as your son? Is there any. fatherly love for me? Or am I a person. that you don't want to be reminded of? I don't know if it's possible, but I.

would like to meet you. I would like to sit down eye to eye to. get a chance once and for all to know. who you are. When I try to create an. image of you, it's really hard to put. that into words. This letter would be addressed to Lin Yu. of the billionaire Wang family. Mr. Wang is technically the billionaire. He's Lin's brother-in-law, and he has. one small piece of advice for future. generations of entrepreneurs. In one. interview, Lin's brother-in-law, Mr.

Wang of Wanda Group, this is Wang. Sicong's dad. Oh, Wang Jianlin. Yes, in one viral interview, he's. actually having quite a heartfelt moment. where he's talking about how people. always come up to him telling him, "I. want to be a billionaire just like you.". Okay, he's like, "What do you want to. do? What industry?" And they don't know. They're just like, "I just want to be. filthy freaking rich just like you." And. he says to them, "I just have one. message." He says, "For the young people. out there listening, set a small goal first. Try to reach. that before anything. A small realistic.

goal. So, for example, I'm going to make. $13 million in the next 3 years. And once you hit that small teeny goal, you can go from there.". $13 million is baby money to this guy? I. mean, technically it is. So, yes. the way it translates, you know, the. conversion in Chinese, it will be, let's. say, 100 million Chinese RMB, right? So, that's like like. it's the unfathomable amount of money.

Yeah. But he's like, "You know what? Just set a baby goal. Like $100 million. Like start start with that first.". Start small. Yeah, start small. Hit that. little number and then we can go from. there. So, that became one of the most. viral meme viral thing in China. Like we. anything with that number is like little. goal. Little goals, okay? And this is. the leader of the Wang family. And to. break down the Wang family, you have Mr. Wang, small little goal man. He's the. founder of Wanda Group. Then you have. his wife, Lin Ning. Now, for the purpose.

of this video, we're just going to call. her Ning for clarity. And the two of. them, they share a child, Wang Sicong. Ning is Lin's sister. Mhm. So, Lin Yu, the billionaire husband. of these two wives that are found. mysteriously dead, is Wang Sicong's. uncle on his mom's side. Mhm. Ning, Wang. Sicong's mom, did an interview once. where she also goes viral. And she said, "Whoever I marry will become a. billionaire." Oh, yeah. Interestingly, a. lot of people would assume that Mrs.

Wang's background is at least lagging. compared to that of her husband. And. people thought like, you know, when you. say something like that, you've got all. the men rising up ready to start a war. because they're offended. But actually, everybody agrees with her. Like the. whole nation agreed with her because how. do you compete with a billionaire. husband? Ning can compete. She actually grew up. in the very privileged household of a. high high high up government official in. China, which is similar and different.

than the United States. These are the. type of people where you cannot Google. their net worth. If you do Google their. net worth, they'll probably give you a. tiny little number and you're like, "That doesn't feel right because why do. they live in a $50 million house then?". That doesn't make sense. You don't even. know exactly how much money they're. worth, but you can imagine. I mean, these are the types of people that have. yards in Beijing. That's like having a. yard in the middle of Manhattan. It is a. level of power and wealth that most. people cannot even understand. And that. is Ning's upbringing. So when Ning.

marries Mr. Wang, Wang Jianlin Mhm. he's. actually the one with less to offer in. their marriage. In fact, Lin and his. sister Ning are surrounded by. high-ranking families and Wang is just. this random entrepreneur, which even. there some would argue he's not even as. good as his wife, okay? By this point, she had her own investment group and it. had 18 other companies that it was. invested in. It owned one of the most. affluent private entertainment clubs, the Oriental Club in Beijing. This.

company would later merge with Wanda. Group, her husband's new company. So to. put it simply, yes, as Ning said, whoever she married likely would become. a billionaire. Because that's who she. is. Some would even argue that Mr. Wang's biggest fortune in life is not. founding the company Wanda Group. His. real fortune was marrying his wife Ning. But, Ning's brother, Lin, was maybe not. not really the same. Like, there's. nothing inherently weird about Lin. It's.

just It's not like you can meet him once. and just know, "Oh, this guy is strange. Like, there is something off about him. I mean, I bet he's been accused of. murder." Like, you you wouldn't get that. feeling. Nothing like that at all. In. fact, he grew up upper class to a. prestigious family. I mean, they know a. thing or two about etiquette. He would. usually abide by those laws. One former. acquaintance said, "He's very open, very. easy to talk to, easy to become friends. with. He's very kind. He never said. anything that could be deemed crazy." I. mean, not at all. He was incredibly. polite. Not that it really matters,

because you're part of the Wanda Group. family. I mean, they're a big boy. company. They're a big boy conglomerate. Anyone doing business in China knew that. having Wanda Group on your side would. open doors. They are the big whales in. the industry. But, they also have their. weaknesses, like Lin Yu and his new. nickname as the Bluebeard of China. Have you ever seen anyone with a blue. beard? It's literally blue. I mean, it. sounds magical. It's beautiful, but it's. also kind of unsettling. Like, what. makes it naturally blue? Is everything.

okay? That is why they call him Mr. Bluebeard. His beard is blue. His. wallets are green. That's the story. It's a fictional story. This is. interesting because everybody in China. is now calling Mr. Lin the Bluebeard of. China. This is where it originates from. The Bluebeard makes up for having this. creepy blue beard by being a rich man. But, it's still, for some reason, very. difficult for him to find a wife because. his beard is so strange and it's. off-putting. And furthermore, there are. these little rumors. You know he was.

married before, right? He was. Then what happened to his wife? Nobody. knows. Vanished. What? Same with his second, third, fourth, and fifth. It takes a while, but with patience, he. wins over this young woman from a. neighboring family to marry him with one. caveat, one rule. Bluebeard will be. going on this extended business trip. His new wife will be left in his estate. to do whatever she pleases. And he hands. her this huge ring of keys.

What are these? The keys grant you access to every. single room inside this castle. Except. he starts clinking through them one by. one until he arrives at the smallest. tiniest little key. This one. This little key is that of the. closet at the end of the long gallery on. the ground floor. Open everything and go. everywhere except into that little. closet which I forbid you to enter. And. I forbid you so strictly that if you. should venture to open that door, there. is nothing that you may not have to.

dread from my anger. His new wife promises, "I will never. open that door.". After Bluebeard leaves, his wife. naturally has zero interest in that room. until she spends most of her time going. through every single other room. The. rooms in this castle are stunning. Gold-gilded mirrors, massive marble. statues intricately carved. Why would. she need to open that stupid little door. at the end of the hallway with tiny. little key? I mean, there would be no. reason for her to do that, right? Like.

for what? When she could lounge in the. fine riches of her new husband, there. would be no good reason for her to open. that door. Which is precisely why she is standing. in front of that door with her hand. holding that tiny little key hesitating. Because if her husband finds out, he. will be so angry his beard will probably. turn red. But, if she does not open the. door, she's going to lose sleep. for who knows how long. I mean, that's. it. Just do it once, get it over with. Just open the door, take a little peek.

She will never have to wonder or think. about what's behind this door. She pushes open the door, steps one foot. in. It's dark, but there is a scent. Rusty metal. She looks down. Floors are clotted with. blood and when her eyes trail upwards, now she knows what happened to his. former wives. They're all here, hanging. She covers her mouth to cover up the. scream, drops the key into the blood. accidentally. She picks it up, closes.

the door behind her, runs back to her. room. She needs to get herself composed. ASAP. Her husband is going to be back. home. They're in the middle of the. countryside in his estate. There's. nowhere she can run, which means she has. to act like she didn't see a single. thing. She's splashing water on her. face. Oh my god, the key. She grabs it. She's running it under the water in the. sink. The blood's not coming off. And. when the husband gets home, it is so. very clear what she's done. He doesn't. even need to guess. She's shaking like a. wet dog. Finally, he tells her. that it's time. to take your place with the other wives. in the closet.

Go on now. Because the story of the Bluebeard and. his wife, it is unclear whether he was. going to kill her or not had she not. opened that closet door. But because she. did, because she knew the fate of his. previous wives, now she knows too much. and now she has to die. The estates at the Four Seasons Resort. in Thailand make the most sense for. married couples. I mean, as much sense. as $7 million makes. Each private villa. on the Four Seasons Resort comes with. their own home, first of all, with all.

the designer finishes, an infinity edge. pool overlooking the breathtaking views, custom bathtubs, rain showers, fully. equipped kitchens, state-of-the-art. facilities. It's like living in your own. dream house mansion in Thailand while. still having a private butler and full. access to all the Four Seasons Resort. facilities, restaurants, spa, water. sports activities, all here on the. premise. On the estate, you have about 2. million plants made up of 1 and 1/2.

million different precious species along. with 867. naturally occurring coconut trees. It is. described as, quote, "The perfect blend. of modern and Southeast Asian Thai. style." Villas are each around 11,000. square feet, and the best part is, there's only 14 of them. Rich people love that. Sure, limited. edition is great. Numbered edition, where there's a finite number and. everybody knows, even better. Wow. A few years after Veronica is found. murdered, a massive purchase is made at.

the Four Seasons estate in Thailand. One. of the exclusive 14 luxury villas has. been sold, purchased by none other than. Lin, the brother of Mrs. Wang of Wanda. Group. It is at that $7 million vacation. estate that the Thai police will be. called in. They see a Chinese man. sobbing, heaving over a woman's limp. body. How many years after the incident. was the call made? Like a decade. Oh, wow. Yeah. Okay. His wife, Lily, had been.

found dead, floating in the pool. She. had drowned. At least that's the original story. That. is the original version. They were at. their estate in Thailand to get away. from the busy city, to get away from. work. It's supposed to be a romantic. little trip, but now his wife, Lily, is. dead. She's drowned. Maybe she drank too. much wine and slipped into the pool. Lily's body is brought in to be. autopsied, and suddenly this story. doesn't even make sense. I mean, most of. her autopsy findings don't indicate that. she drowned. In fact, they indicate that. she was strangled. That is her official.

cause of death briefly. Adding to this. bizarre situation, Lily has been dead. for the past 8 to 10 hours. Sure, the. estate is 11,000 square feet, but it's. not that big, and the infinity pool for. each villa, you can imagine that they're. like the focal point of the estate. You're going to see it. How did Lin not. realize that his wife was not only. missing for 8 to 10 hours, but also. floating dead in the pool? These are the. questions that Lin seems to have a hard. time answering with the Thai police. I.

mean, there's a lot of questions, in. fact, that Lynn cannot answer, or. perhaps he doesn't want to answer them. Like, why did you and your wife refuse. to have the private butler consistently. come during this trip? Was it because. you had plans? It should also be noted. that during Lynn's initial interrogation. by the Thai police, he had multiple. scratches, deep scratches on his. shoulder. It's pretty far back. It's. basically on his back. When questioned. about that, Lynn allegedly initially. tells them, "I mean, I also was drunk. that night, and obviously I didn't. notice that my wife had drowned. So, perhaps I injured myself and I was.

scratching myself or something.". Thai police have every intention of. figuring that one out. They say, "Oh, okay. That's a very cool explanation. That's actually riveting. Let's do it. again." They bring him a bucket of. paint. They have him dip his fingers. into it and ask him to reach towards the. back shoulder area to see just how far. he can reach to scratch himself. He cannot replicate reaching far back. enough to give himself those wounds. Lynn allegedly changes his explanation a. little later.

"Look, obviously the injuries are from. when I jumped into the pool to pull my. wife's body out.". That's crazy. The authorities state that. he was a suspect, but he saw himself as. a victim because his wife lost her life. That's how they phrase it. But, it doesn't matter because Lynn. would pay a $140,000 bail, and the case. would be deemed closed. Really? Yes. So, is there like corrupt. corruption, you think? Seems to be that. way. Now, more alarming though is that.

nobody knows about this not until that. online post comes up by the username. Uncle Bluebeard, stating that they are a. family member of Lily. Lily was married. to one of the wealthiest men in China. who killed her in his estate in. Thailand. Netizens are quick to figure. out who the hell this post is about, Lynn of Wanda Group family. Netizens are. not only digging up the fact that he. might be the husband that killed Lily, allegedly, but also his first wife was. murdered, too, almost 10 years before. Lily. And it feels like to some.

netizens, maybe he really is the. Bluebeard of China. Some netizens even. take it a step further. They're digging. up information on Lily and Lin. And they. know that Lin used to have his own. barbecue restaurant. And they say, but. get this, he ends up closing up shop one. day and just never coming back to his. barbecue restaurant, just abandoning it. Okay? Because the restaurant collectively. poisoned all the customers. It was a. really big case of food poisoning. Okay, so not the best businessman or the. chef, but got it. Is that really the.

worst thing in the world, you know, compared to having your wife. suspiciously die on vacation? Okay, the. part that gets weird though, is the. restaurant was in Nanjing. Mhm. And this. was during the Nanjing dismemberment. case. What? The Nanjing University. dismemberment case is about a. 19-year-old student who was killed, dismembered. Her body was broken up into. 2,000 little pieces. Her remains then. were boiled and scattered across at. least eight separate locations near the. university campus. There are parts of. her body that were never found,

including her internal organs and. potentially more, because she had been. dismembered so many times. Now, here's. the crazy part. There were rumors of. cannibalism that started when a. sanitation worker initially discovers a. bag of meat in the dumpster. They thought it was pork. This was like. one of the biggest, most infamous case. in China. Yes. And this is related to. Lin? According to netizens rumors. You know, he happens to be in the same city. Mhm. And there are rumors of cannibalism, you.

know, the sanitation worker sees the. dismembered body remains, thinks it's. pork, takes it home to eat, and it's in. the process of trying to cook the meat. that they discover, that's a human. finger. That is not pork. They call the police. Which then of course has people. wondering, what if the other parts of. the victim's body were never found. because they were sold to local. restaurants as meat because they look. like meat. Which brings us to the. internet conspiracy that perhaps Lin. served human flesh at his restaurant. Which resulted in collective food.

poisoning. Or rather, they take it a. step further and wondering if he was the. Nanjing killer. Because to this day it's unsolved. Which is normally a very wild unhinged. conspiracy to make. And it likely still is, but not when you. consider that he has been accused of at. least three murders. I will say though, there is no. connection between the two, the Nanjing. dismemberment case nor his food. poisoning case. There is no evidence. that he was selling human meat or that. it got people sick or that he killed.

anybody. It is a wild conspiracy indeed, but if this man really is being accused. of killing his first two wives and Mr. Tang, then could he be a full-blown. serial killer? Other netizens are more focused on the. very strange marriage between Lin and. his wife Lily, his second wife. According to the post, Lily was 21 years. old when they got married and she was. Lin's private secretary. Which a lot of. netizens find so interesting. They. thought, I mean, as horrendous as this. sounds, this is what netizens were.

saying. And sure there might be cases. where it's unique and there are always. exceptions that don't fit the mold, but. most of the time people with that level. of status, these billionaire families. who come from government official. families, they typically marry someone. that's somewhat comparable. Yeah, yeah, that's big in China. Yeah. They typically don't marry their. secretary. Which one could argue that with. Veronica, Veronica and Lin weren't. technically on the same level. financially, but it does appear that he. didn't take their marriage very.

seriously. She lived in Sweden. He. thought it'd be nice to have a family in. Europe and then when he came to China, nobody really knew that he had a whole. other family in Sweden. Mhm. But with Lily, if you marry your. secretary, a Chinese national, it would. be very hard to keep that a secret. Which netizens ask, why did he even. marry his secretary? Why not just date. her and then marry somebody else, keep. her as a mistress?" Which again, crazy. as it sounds, people are like, "That. happens more often." The only answer. that made sense to Chinese citizens was, "Maybe she knew something that she.

wasn't supposed to know. Maybe she knew. too much." And the only way that she. would never betray him was to marry her. So then other netizens argue, "Well, then it really depends on when they got. married, the timing. That'll tell us a. lot." They get married a few months. after Veronica was murdered in Sweden. Maybe she knew something that Lin never. wanted to get out because the timing of. that is very strange. And Lin was never someone who wanted to. get married. At least it does not appear. that way. Even well into his 30s, he was.

consistently a single playboy. I think. Wang Sicong probably gets it from his. uncle. Even in his 30s, Lin chooses, with all that money and freedom, "I'm. going to go to the clubs to be. surrounded by young women." You could do. anything you want, but he's like, "I'm. going to go clubbing." And then he would. get bored of his girlfriends, drop them, move on to the next. And then in China, in Dalian Dalian In Dalian, he meets. Veronica. Interestingly for work, Lin. had to take an English class where the. teacher there is this Swedish woman.

named Veronica. She's in China teaching. English whilst simultaneously learning. Mandarin. And this is back then, this is. not in 2024. Albeit, I do still think. it's insanely difficult now, but back. then, it was incredibly difficult. China. was not that easy to navigate for. foreigners. Veronica's parents were. confused. They're like, "Why are you suddenly. deciding to move to China? Like, why not. Denmark? Why not somewhere closer?". That's like me telling my mom, "I'm. going to move to the middle of Europe.". And she'd be like, "Why not Canada?

Like, what's wrong with somewhere. bordering us? Like, nearby?" But. Veronica would tell them, "If you want. to learn a language fluently, there is. no better way than to go to the country. Go alone to the country, you're forced. to speak the language. Especially China. at the time, you know, where very few. people speak English. There's no better. way to communicate. There was a lot of anxiety for. Veronica's family. They say, "I mean, I. felt a certain anxiety, but also a. certain joy because Veronica was really. making her own journey. She's confident,

a good self-confident. She has this. conviction that never fails.". But China is still very foreign to her, which is why she goes to class and she's. got this new student, Lin. She has no. clue who he is or who the hell his. family is and the fact that they're. connected to one of the biggest. companies in China. People who knew both. of them said, "She had no clue what he. was doing." I mean, she's just out here. bossing him around, putting him in his. place whenever he steps out of line and. he seemed captivated by that. Intrigued. that someone isn't walking on eggshells.

around him. And within 6 months, Veronica is sitting. in front of Lin's dad explaining. how. they are pregnant. Mhm. Allegedly, Lin tried to pay. Veronica to terminate, but she refused. I mean, perhaps in need of advice, the. two of them, they go to Lin's dad, who. was a higher-up in the government, who. tells them, "Keep the child." Why? "Because I'm very excited to have a. mixed-race grandchild.". This is so crazy, allegedly. But. according to Lin, he denies that. He.

says, "No, no, no, we didn't have to do. all of that. Veronica called me, said. that she was pregnant and I decided to. take responsibility." He said, "That's. why we got married so rushed. For. Veronica and the child and for my own. sake, I decided to go to Sweden. immediately, get married in the town. hall." I think the way he explains the. relationship to others is pretty. telling. For example, Lin describes it. like a shotgun wedding. She's pregnant, I have to take responsibility, end of. story, that's what happened. Whereas Veronica would write to her. friends, "I've met the most wonderful.

man on this earth. He is handsome, nice, humorous, wonderful, fantastic, Chinese, exciting, different.". Her friend said that she saw it like a. real marriage. I mean, to describe their. relationship, she's so invested. Like. there were these naturally very giggly. feelings. They said, "There's a certain. uncertainty, you know, does he like me? Does he like somebody else? Is he in. love with me? What is he doing right. now? Why doesn't he respond to me?" All. of those things Veronica was feeling it. And if Lin did not feel that with. Veronica,

Veronica's family had no clue. He came. to Sweden and the first time he makes. the first impression, they like him. Veronica's sister. remembers him rolling up with this giant. bedazzled Rolex on his wrist with. diamonds. She says, "I think he wanted. to show us that he was wise. Like he had. his life together." Cuz he was wearing a. suit, a full-on suit, and it was kind of. off-putting, but also kind of cute. because at that time we were living in. like the countryside and he just stuck. out like a sore thumb. But I guess it's. a good sign, right? Because he's trying.

so hard to win Veronica's family over. and he cares. Veronica's dad said, "Oh, he did not fit. in here at all. He looked a bit funny, honestly. But he liked my daughter and that was. enough for me. They got along well. That. was enough for me.". So the two tried to play house in. Sweden, but like that's the problem with. playing house with billionaires. They. can afford multiple houses. So he's not. even just into the Sweden house. He's. going to China for work nonstop where he. is just cheating on her in a string of. different affairs. He's only coming home.

a few times a year to his wife and. child. He always calls ahead. He stays. with the parents every single time. except the last time. He didn't want. Veronica to be in China? No. So I'm. assuming like he kind of wanted her to. be away and. Yes. And like none of the news was. broken in China. Nobody knew that he had. like a whole Swedish family. Mhm. I see. According to Lin, the reason that he. came to Sweden around the time that. Veronica was murdered, I mean, it was a. whole last-minute business trip. In.

fact, the original plan was always to go. to the UK and Italy, but he thought I. have a few days open on my schedule. Why. not pass through Sweden, visit my wife. and my baby? He was recovering from jet. lag. That's why he went to the Sheraton. Hotel instead of, you know, hanging out. with his in-laws. He had met with a. business partner before, you know, so. all of Lin's movements could be tracked. He was indeed with a business partner. around the time that Veronica went. missing. And they're just going through. the city being caught on different CCTV. cameras. Really? Yeah, the authorities actually.

get to ask Lin because they extradite. him 13 years after the murder to stand. trial. What happened? get there. Yeah, he ends up standing. trial for the murder later on. But it took 13 years? Yes, because immediately after Veronica. was found dead, they realized that Lin. had gotten back to China. The Swedish. authorities went to China, but there's. no extradition treaty. And Lin was like, I've got my lawyers. I'm not talking to. you about anything.

There was no way to force him back to. Sweden. Okay. So technically, one of the. wealthiest members of a Chinese. billionaire dynasty family was an. international fugitive. Right. Okay. And kind of still is. He says, "Honestly, Veronica filed for divorce 2. months ago because we couldn't come to. terms on property division and custody. rights. It was complicated. The divorce. was constantly getting delayed, which is. part of the reason that I took a few. days to come see her. And as for why the. relationship fell apart, he told Swedish.

authorities, 'You know, at the time I. really liked Veronica, but then I. discovered some really negative things. about her. She's very emotional, very. impulsive, but I wasn't so sure about. her feelings for me. Although we. discussed the marriage plan, you know, we weren't sure. So the decision to. marry initially, anyway, was not. unanimous. Veronica took advantage of me. If I. didn't pay child support according to. her demands, she wouldn't let me see my. son. She took advantage of my love for. Marcus to satisfy her own needs. Which is a very strange thing to say.

considering he doesn't even make it to. the birth of his son Marcus. I mean, he's so busy cheating on his wife. So, he's like never present, but I digress. Furthermore, he's not even sending much. money. For Veronica and Marcus to. survive comfortably, he was sending. about a thousand dollars a month. Which, okay, I get it. That's not no. money, right? But, his nephew is Wang. Sicong. Yeah, yeah. Wang Sicong spends. double that on dog food for his husky. every single month. He spends like two.

thousand dollars on dog food for his. husky. And now, Lin is over here sending half. of that for his wife and child living in. Sweden. That is nothing for Lin. In. fact, it's almost insulting because even. if he gave Veronica and Marcus two times. that, three times that, he won't feel a. single dent, but Veronica and Marcus. would likely have exponentially, drastically changed lives. And somehow, he still finds a way to be demanding. He. demands that with as little effort, with. as little money as possible, I want.

Marcus for three months of the year in. China without you, Veronica. Just me and. Marcus. Veronica was like, well, I do. want my son to have a dad, so fine. It's. a big demand, but she would let it. happen until she found out that every. time Marcus would go to China, Lin would. just drag him around to clubs, exposing. this little infant to alcohol, letting. random young girls hold the baby, watch. the baby. Wow. And she's like, that's never going. to happen again. So, just three months. prior to Veronica's death, she files for. divorce. In the divorce, she demands.

three things. Lin should pay the child support that is. owed. Lin should split assets that he. owned. And three, she wants full custody of. Marcus. 48 hours before Veronica goes missing, Lin emails her. Be careful of pressuring. me. I love Marcus more than you do. I. will go to Sweden and have a serious. talk with you. Veronica responds, "If you want to fight. with me, that's up to you.". To which Lin responds, "Do not force me. and bully me too much. I believe I love.

Marcus more than you do.". Wait, so after Veronica passed, Marcus. was in Sweden or Marcus is in Sweden. So. after the Veronica passed, Marcus just. stayed in Sweden, never went to China. No, he stayed with his grandparents. Okay, so he didn't take Marcus away. after Veronica passed. No. Okay. Because I don't think he could. Oh, okay. Cuz the minute that he goes back to. Sweden to try and get Marcus back, he's.

going to get arrested, probably. Okay, I. see. 48 hours after that email, Veronica. is found dead, just one unit down from. her family home. And Lin technically. walks free, he's back in China, and it. wouldn't be until many, many years later. that he changes his passport name, travels to the UK with a different name. on his passport. So it's not a fake. passport, it's not illegal per se, but. he did change his name. Now, British. authorities recognize him through facial. recognition technology and promptly. arrest him. You're kidding. He's wanted?

Yes, 13 years later. Oh, so he's been wanted the whole time. in China knew. And they literally couldn't get him No. until he travels abroad. Yes. Wow. So the British authorities. they extradite him to Sweden for his. trial. By this point in the trial, his. second wife is already dead. Veronica. was murdered in 2003. Mhm. His new wife, Lily, was.

found dead in 2013 in Thailand. He gets. extradited in 2014 and stands trial in. Sweden. So by the point that he stands. trial for his first wife's murder, both. of his wives are dead. Mhm. If he hadn't. left China, he likely would have never. even stood trial for Veronica's murder. Now, Lin has been accused of conspiracy. to commit murder by hiring a hitman to. kill Veronica because the blood that was. found in the Sheraton Hotel is not. Lin's. And Lin has an airtight alibi,

and people cannot. wrap their minds around the idea that. Lin himself would commit the murders. It. seems like he had hired somebody to do. it. What? hired someone, allegedly. This is the. prosecutor's argument that he hired. someone, a hitman, to go kill Mr. Tang, bury him, then kill Veronica, then frame. Mr. Tang, and that hitman came to his. hotel to either clean up or tell him the. job is done, provide proof, allegedly. Okay, so that blood found is not Mr.

Lin. To this day, we don't know who that. blood belongs to. What? They have not found a hitman in. connection. I think it's also very difficult because. Swedish authorities cannot get all of. his bank statements from China, likely, any transfers of cash. I think that. there's a huge culture and investigation. clash that they're unable to access. I. see. So, to this day, they don't know who. actually did the killing. The. prosecutors do not believe that Lin was.

the one that was holding the knife or. strangling someone. Mhm. Lin tells authorities that he was in. Europe for business. But that's a lie because after leaving. Sweden, remember how he said he was. going to go to the UK and Italy for. business? He goes straight to the UK, and the next thing he does is book a. flight to China. He just stops by the UK. That's it. Two, Lin's last messages to Veronica. prove that he has a motive to kill. Veronica. Three, on the night of both. Mr. Tang and Veronica's deaths, hotel. employees at the Sheraton Hotel state.

Lin had this tall Asian man entering. Lin's hotel room twice. Prosecutors believe that that is a. hitman. Mhm. And four, prosecutors argue. that Lin changed his name multiple times. to receive documentation so he could. travel without being extradited to. Sweden. Lin's defense argued, which side. note, he had three highly compensated. attorneys repping him, which is very. rare in Sweden, where most defendants, they opt to be represented by public. defenders. On top of that, every day in. court, Lin is rolling up to the defense.

table with a better suit than all of his. high-powered attorneys. They argue, first of all, lying to the authorities. about your business plans is hardly. evidence of intent to commit a double. homicide. Besides, he could have just. had a change of plans. Second, he has a. solid alibi, and that tall Asian man. that came to his hotel room does not. prove anything. That feels a little. racist. The courts were unable to find. that man any transaction that would. indicate that Lin hired a hit man. They. couldn't find any proof of that. So, the.

defense claims all of this is. circumstantial. Also, he changed his. name frequently because in China there. are provincial rules, like each. individual can only own a certain number. of properties. So, he's trying to bypass. those those regulations. Like many other. successful businessmen in China, they. have 5 million different names. And all. those questions that he cannot find. appropriate answers to during this. trial, well, that's because the murder. happened so many years ago. You know, this very long time. He can't. remember those details. He was found guilty and sentenced to.

life in prison. Wow. Veronica's dad said this completely. changed how he saw Lin as a person. He. said, "My relationship with him changed. overnight, from maybe never liking him. but accepting him because my daughter. loved him, and finding him quite nice to. me, and then again to really hating him. Really, I found him guilty.". Unbeknownst to the rest of Veronica's. family, Lin had a new plan. He and his. attorneys filed for an appeal stating. that a juror, one of the 12 jurors that.

sentenced him to life in prison, was. biased and unqualified to be a juror. If. this accusation is true, that means Lin. would be released from prison and freed. of all of his charges. He would likely. have to undergo a retrial, but he would. be free until that happens. Mhm. Free, and nobody could stop him from leaving. the country. That's crazy. So, what did the juror do? This juror went on to tweet about Lin, sharing articles about Lin directly, talking about how Lin was evading arrest. by changing his name multiple times. He.

would tweet something along the lines. of, "Several different identities, but hey, what do I know?". That is like the most reckless thing a. juror can do. But naturally, it gets. worse. The same juror posted pictures on. Facebook of Hitler. Lin's attorneys argue, "Lin believes. that the image on the juror's Facebook. profile suggests that during the trial. the juror intended to publicly align. himself with the values historically. associated with those in the photo. Hitler was namely racist, uh xenophobic, and that is particularly. concerning given that the juror was.

handling a case involving Lin, an Asian. defendant, on matters that touch upon. these issues.". Ultimately, the court upholds Lin's. objection, and the case is thrown out. Just like that? Just like that. What? Since Lin is technically acquitted. for his charges, he is released on the. spot. He goes straight from the. courthouse directly to the airport, boards a plane, and heads back to China, where again there are no extradition. treaties. The authorities were really shocked,

too, because yes, one juror is bad, but. still, they say, "When you look at the. crime, you understand how big the. planning must have been for this. He's. going to need an alibi. He's going to. need someone else to carry it out, a. hitman. There's so much planning. involved.". Veronica's sister said, "It was not an. impulsive action. This was very well. planned.". And now he's just going to be free? Even. though he's a bad person? Not only that, but Lin is also entitled. to financial compensation. He will be. paid $400,000. in taxpayer money from Sweden for his.

legal fees because he was acquitted. He. actually requested $800,000 but was. awarded over $400,000, which is still. unbelievable. Technically, I guess one. could say that Lin, one of the most. high-profile businessman in China linked. to a billionaire family, is an. international fugitive because Sweden, they want to retry him. When he was released and headed back to. China, Veronica's dad said, "I became. weak. I was angry at my own. incompetence. I couldn't do anything.

It's very hard to explain. I was angry. at myself. I was angry at the whole. world." In China, the online post from. 2014 from the alleged member of Lily's. family has been deleted. And most of the. reposting and commenting forums have. been wiped, if you will. There's barely any information on Uncle. Bluebeard or Veronica or Lily for that. matter. It wasn't until this year that. things started getting traction again. because Lin has been questioned by. Chinese authorities who have stated that.

they are investigating him for a. homicide. One of the homicides or. seems like it's Veronica's. Really? So, we don't know if China is. going to extradite him even though there. is no extradition treaty. We don't know. if he's going to be tried in China. We. don't know if they're going to. investigate Lily's death. So, we don't. know. Many netizens do believe that the Wang. family are using money to suppress the. conversation around this case, though. Oh, this is also crazy. Just 6 months. after Lily's death, Wang Sutong brought.

a group of influencers to the exact. villa in Thailand for a party. But even. when people post about that, it gets. taken down. You're talking about the. the Lotus 3 Resort? Yes. Mhm. They're. like, "Hey, did you know Wang Sutong was. there 6 months after his aunt died in. the pool?". And it just gets taken down. People are. like, "Ooh, let's just not talk about. this.". Shady. Mhm. So, earlier you mentioned Marcus, the. son, right? He was writing a letter to. his dad?

Yes. So Marcus was told that both of his. parents died in a car accident. When he. turns eight, he discovers that cassette. tape. He does not tell his grandparents. In fact, it's not until years later when. he's in his teenage years that his. grandparents sit him down to tell him. the truth. Mhm. And he tells them I. already knew. So then he tries to process these. emotions once again and recently in his. 20s he's worked on a documentary in. Sweden called Veronica Linn and the. Chinese Millionaire.

Where he is just this is how he. describes it. Marcus says he's confused. He said for so long he just tried to. deny half of his life, his Chinese side. But now he just wants answers. He's. hired a Chinese researcher to help him. track down his dad in China. He's. learning Mandarin. So once he reunites. with him, he can ask him all the. questions he wants and he said the whole. thing was just shocking. You know, it. turns out that Linn is not even behind. the scenes in his companies in China.

He's invested into multiple large. pharmaceutical companies. He does. seminars where he teaches others on how. to do what he's done. Marcus says, I was a little surprised. I. thought he would have had a bit of a. lower profile and not be in the picture. but because of the whole trial and the. fact that he was internationally wanted. we were able to get a phone number. that was connected to Linn. And so he reaches out. He calls that phone number. Someone. picks up. Hi, can I speak with Linn Yu?

I think you have the wrong number, sorry. But it sounded exactly like Linn. Does. Linn Okay, if it was Linn, does Linn. know this is Marcus? Yeah, it's He said. this is Marcus. Wow. That's Wow. Marcus says, I am relatively certain. that it was my father that we got in. touch with. The fact that he doesn't. want to have any conversation at all, but just deny that it was him is of. course a little sad. But, it was very. shocking and maybe he just wasn't ready.

to take the call. Marcus says, "You know, you can say what. you want about my father. I myself know. that the world is not black or white. You don't choose who you have as a. father. You don't choose who you have as. a son. But, you still want to hear from. that person's perspective and try to. understand that person.". So, it seems like he just wants closure. and serves something. Now, as for. Veronica's dad, he says, "I feel. differently. You know, every single. month I write down the number of days. that has passed since Veronica has left.

Every month, I write down how many days. have passed. I still have this fantasy. where I retire and I travel to China and. I kill Lynn. I probably never will, but I could. And I almost want to. Cuz I have to vent my feelings of hatred. towards him somehow. When they take your. child away from you, there is probably. no end to the nasty thoughts you can. have. And one can imagine that there's three. separate families out there feeling this. way. Again, not stating that Lynn is. guilty. He's been legally acquitted as.

of right now, but Mr. Tang, Veronica, Lily's families, they're all left. without answers and Lynn is somewhat. still free, rich, and with a daughter. Marcus' half-sister. From. another wife? Yeah. Oh, he's remarried third time? I. believe so. Wow, in China? In China. And that is the story of Wang Sutong's. uncle, the Bluebeard of China. There's. really no answers. That's crazy. So, he's around. He's in.

China. He's free. Chinese authorities. have stated that they are investigating. him. They're kind of wishy-washy. It. doesn't seem like they've detained him. Mhm. But, it seems like we don't know. I. mean, China's pretty tight-lipped about. stuff like this. Wow. So, that's where we're at. And Markus is just in Sweden. He just. wants answers. I think maybe the older he gets, the. more he just wants to know. Mhm.

And he's technically wants to know his. cousin. Yes. Wow, that's so crazy. he saw videos of Wang Su Tong and he. said it's so weird to think that that's. my cousin. It's Yeah. And so many people in China don't even. know that Wang Su Tong has a Swedish. cousin. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. So, that. is potentially, maybe. the next plot of White Lotus 3. We don't. know. Maybe there are other mysteries to. be explored or maybe it's completely. fictional, but it should be interesting.

to see. What are your thoughts? What do you. think happened? And what do you think is. going to happen to Lynn now? Let me know. in the comments and be safe and I'll see. you in the next one.