Yu Menglong Incident: Official Silencing, Chen Xiaodong’s Post Deleted, Cheng Qingsong Cast Off 

The news that 37-year-old actor Yu Menglong mysteriously fell from a building to his death on September 11 shocked the entire internet.

[People News] The news that 37-year-old actor Yu Menglong mysteriously fell from a building to his death on September 11 shocked the entire internet. Although the police stated that the cause of death does not involve criminal factors, netizens still dug out many suspicious points. Quite a few public figures voiced support, but not only was Hong Kong star Chen Xiaodong’s supportive post on his Xiaohongshu account deleted, many other accounts were also accused of spreading rumors and were muted.

Mainland Chinese actor Yu Menglong, who once starred in the hit drama Eternal Love: Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, mysteriously fell from a building and died a few days ago, at the age of 37. His death has triggered a storm of online public opinion about the true cause of his death. In addition to fans and netizens analyzing and investigating, many public figures have also spoken out one after another.

Writer Luban listed 14 major suspicious points on Weibo:

1. How could a young, handsome man with good career prospects suddenly, without any sign, jump from a building?

2. Why would he go to a friend’s house to jump?

3. Why choose the 5th floor to jump from, which might not necessarily cause death?

4. It is said that his head was facing downward—it was obviously that he was thrown out rather than jumped down?

5. Why was it that the surveillance cameras just happened to have no power that day?

6. Why had he accepted a commercial performance engagement for the day after the fall?

7. Why had he never shown or spoken any suicidal tendencies before?

8. Why were there obvious scratch marks on the window? Why was the wire mesh cut open?

9. If he were going to take his life, why would he not leave a final message for his single mother?

10. Why were there two of his friend’s Rolex watches in his pocket?

11. Why was his phone not checked?

12. Why were the group of friends who had been drinking with him before he fell not investigated?

13. Why was the conclusion that he jumped reached so quickly?

14. Why did the hot search disappear so quickly?

Luban bluntly said, “All kinds of indications show this is very likely homicide,” and he also honestly stated that if his remarks involved people with powerful backgrounds, he would choose to delete the post or cancel his account to protect himself.

Chen Xiaodong, who once participated in the program Chase Me, Brother (Zhui Guang Ba Gege) together with Yu Menglong, voiced his feelings on Xiaohongshu:

“How come at present not a single person on the scene has expressed any genuine feelings, even if it might become evidence in court? How come all I see is deleting, deleting, deleting? I feel so sad. Not a single pair of eyes, not a single surveillance camera? How can everyone be so indifferent? I hope the investigation will be just and fair. The human world needs a bit more light. Outside it is raining again, hazy (Menglong).”

 

Chen Xiaodong’s action immediately triggered a large amount of support from netizens, who forwarded and commented one after another, echoing the longing for the truth. However, what is puzzling is that today (the 15th), netizens discovered that Chen Xiaodong’s post, which had aroused heated discussion, had already disappeared from his account, immediately sparking outside speculation as to whether Chen Xiaodong himself, under pressure, chose to delete it on his own, or whether the post was blocked by the official platform for some reason. This remains a mystery.

In addition to Chen Xiaodong’s post being deleted, there were also many netizens who left comments under “People’s Rule of Law” on Xiaohongshu seeking the truth, and received: “The Beijing police are investigating, please comment rationally, broad netizens.” At first, they thought the truth would come to light.

But netizens pointed out that on the evening of the 14th, that response had already been deleted. Many netizens left related messages such as: “He is first a Chinese citizen, then an entertainer, give us back the truth,” which were also deleted one after another.

In addition, many accounts that spoke out were accused of inciting reports, spreading rumors and conspiracy theories, etc. In order to avoid the deceased’s relatives and friends suffering greater pain, Weibo dealt with more than 60 such accounts by temporarily muting them or closing them down.

In the Yu Menglong incident, the biggest suspects pointed to by netizens are director Cheng Qingsong and screenwriter Jiguang Guang. On September 15, Beijing Qinghuan Entertainment Media Co., Ltd. issued a notice announcing a refusal to cooperate with Cheng Qingsong, Jiguang Guang, and Gao Taiyu. But according to information, this company apparently had never actually cooperated with those three people.

In fact, a post claiming to be from Yu Menglong’s cousin was also quickly deleted. However, because netizens had taken screenshots, it was still wildly spread across social networks. In the long post it was mentioned: “The press release issued by the studio was written by police while the agent and others were at the police station, and police told them to issue it.”

There are comments online saying, do not blame netizens for raising questions. After all, Yu Menglong had never outwardly expressed any idea of taking his own life while alive, and he had just ended a three-year-long ban. This March he wrapped filming on a new drama. Even on the second day after the incident, CCTV still had a cultural program Legend of the Grandmasters (宗师列传) scheduled for broadcast, in which he played the great talent Liu Yong. Under such circumstances, how could he suddenly choose to end his life?

On the evening of September 10, Yu Menglong went to a friend’s home in Beijing for a gathering. On the 11th, he was found to have fallen to his death. The police announced within only 12 hours of investigation that “criminal suspicion is ruled out.”

Debuting as a singer, Yu Menglong participated in the talent competition program Happy Boys in 2013, taking the Beijing competition area championship and the 10th place in the national finals. Afterwards, he turned to the acting world. In 2015, by playing the role of the Ninth Prince Qi Han in Go Princess Go, he opened up his popularity. In 2017, he played Bai Zhen in Eternal Love: Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. Afterwards, he starred in The Legend of White Snake (New Legend of Madam White Snake), Love of Two Lives, and other dramas, and his popularity continued to climb. Active up until 2020, his resources suddenly downgraded. Before his death, Yu Menglong had reportedly revealed that because he refused unspoken rules, he was shelved for 3 years. It was not until 2023 that he returned to filming.

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