Wong Kar-wai Recording Controversy is Real; Authorities Confirm Screenwriter Attacked Police in 'Blossoms Shanghai' Saga
Published atNov 12, 2025 02:00 pm
Renowned Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai has fallen from grace. Previously serving as producer for the hit drama 'Blossoms Shanghai,' the show later faced a 'credit and labor dispute.' Crew member Gu Er (real name Cheng Jun-nian) was dissatisfied that despite participating in the screenwriting, he wasn't credited, and exposed multiple meeting recordings.
Among these recordings, one in particular allegedly captured Wong Kar-wai and screenwriter Qin Wen privately criticizing actors. Qin Wen even revealed that after attacking police in Shanghai, she used her connections to escape the situation unscathed. On the 11th, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau issued a statement, saying, 'Qin's act of slapping the police officer was relatively minor, and the authorities decided not to punish her according to law. Qin's claim of 'pulling strings' was a 'joke,' meant to 'show off connections',' thereby indirectly confirming that the recordings provided by Gu Er are real.
In the previously leaked recordings, Wong Kar-wai criticized Tang Yan as 'pretentious,' Chen Daoming as 'an androgynous figure,' and said You Benchang 'is no pushover.' He also made the outrageous remark, 'I must get Jin Jing,' which contained strong sexual innuendo and sparked public outcry.
Starring Tang Yan and written by Qin Wen, the series 'Love Has No Myth' was originally scheduled for broadcast on CCTV but was abruptly pulled at the last minute and replaced with another drama. Gu Er continued to reveal that Wong Kar-wai suggested the two screenwriters run a summer camp to collect scripts from young people. He also talked about China's pandemic handling, stating, 'Only in this greedy one-party state do things get so chaotic. Democratic countries don't handle things this way... what we've done is just outrageous.' These remarks infuriated Chinese netizens.
On the 11th, netizens further revealed that Gu Er did not secretly record these audios—every recording he released was actually given to him by Qin Wen. 'Originally, Qin Wen was supposed to write the script based on the meeting discussions, but she was unwilling to do so and gave the recordings to Gu Er to ghostwrite the script. Basically, every morning, after Qin Wen exercised, she would take away the script that Gu Er had written all night. The truth is even sadder than everyone imagined.' 网友要求收回秦雯因《繁花》获得的白玉兰奖。Qin Wen has been exposed for plagiarism and Wong Kar-wai for making inappropriate remarks. Since the story broke in late September of this year, it's been ongoing for nearly two months and continues to escalate, with netizens even demanding that Qin Wen's Magnolia Award for 'Blossoms Shanghai' be rescinded.
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