The bizarre Chinese murder behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’

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The Three-Body Problem tells the story of an engineer, called upon by Chinese authorities to look into a spate of suicides by scientists, who discovers an extraterrestrial plot. Lin had wanted to build a franchise of global television shows and films akin to Star Wars and centred on the novels. Lin Qi, CEO of Yoozoo, was killed by a disgruntled employee. He eventually linked up with David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of the television series Game of Thrones, to work on the Netflix project. Lin’s gaming company, Youzu Interactive, Yoozoo in English, is no stranger to the HBO hit;...