As soon as the news of Cai Lan’s death was released, messages of condolence flew everywhere online, and everyone was remembering this deceased cultural celebrity.
Jackie Chan, Wang Jing, Yang Lan, Lin Yilun and other celebrities from all walks of life all highly respected Cai Lan.
But there was one person who didn’t follow the crowd and stood up to criticize Cai Lan as a person with moral deficiencies, and said that his so-called “free and easy life” was probably built on the tears of many women.
The person who made the criticism was Xiang Ligang. He posted 5 Weibo posts in a row to point the finger at Cai Lan, and listed the “morally deficient” Mr. Cai Lan in his eyes.
Xiang Ligang even accused Cai Lan of forcing women into prostitution and starting his career with third-level films, but later “got rich and had white hair” to whitewash himself.
Including Cai Lan’s advanced DINK idea, which was praised by many netizens, it is probably caused by his bad health.
Who is Xiang Ligang? Why did he bombard Cai Lan? Are there any reasons for what he said?
Criticizing Cai Lan for his moral deficiencies, Xiang Ligang spoke passionately
Cai Lan died on June 25, and the news was not announced until the 27th. He was 84 years old.
Four days after his death, Xiang Ligang, a well-known observer in the communications industry, also posted a blog post, but it was not a memorial, but a blast.
His speech was very sharp, listing Cai Lan’s several major “crimes”, and making Cai Lan, one of the four great talents in Hong Kong in the eyes of netizens, look down on him.
First of all, Xiang Ligang thinks that Cai Lan’s food research is a mere show.
Cai Lan is indeed famous. When people mention him, they say that he is a food lover and researcher, who knows how to eat, loves to eat, and has traveled all over the world and tasted all the delicacies in the world.
But Xiang Ligang believes that Cai Lan’s research is just superficial, not going deep into the essence, and is just some superficial prose, but everyone praises him to this level.
To put it bluntly, Cai Lan’s so-called gourmet food is nothing more than spending more money and putting on a big show to make people think he is very professional.
Secondly, Xiang Ligang also criticized Cai Lan’s cold attitude towards women, and even pointed out that he had “forced good women into prostitution”.
Cai Lan likes beautiful women and is keen on pursuing women. There are many beautiful women around him. This is no secret in the circle, and he himself has never been shy about showing his love for beautiful women.
But Xiang Ligang bluntly said that Cai Lan’s so-called romanticism is just built up by money – those women who approach him, to put it bluntly, are just after money.
What’s more ironic is that a lot of his money is earned by exploiting women.
According to Xiang Ligang, in order to make money, Cai Lan not only got involved in the shooting of Category III films, but also set up a film company.
In order to make money, he even forced Chen Baolian, who was only 17 years old at the time, to shoot Category III films and personally participated in the guidance.
Later, the tragedy of Chen Baolian jumping off the building became known to everyone. Although Cai Lan was not the one who killed her directly, he was definitely involved in this matter.
The most incisive thing is that Xiang Ligang directly denied Cai Lan’s personal reputation, saying that he was not a literati at all, but a profit-seeking businessman.
In Xiang Ligang’s view, Cai Lan’s current fame is nothing more than a carefully planned commercial hype, and it is not a personal achievement at all.
Cai Lan’s most famous label is a cultural celebrity, but did he really become famous because of his literary achievements? Not really.
At first, everyone paid attention to him because of gossip and those unconventional lifestyles.
Besides, his title of “foodie” was also hyped up.
He is a businessman at heart, and he spent a lot of money on gimmicks and show off just to attract attention.
For him, food has become secondary, and how to make money is the real thing.
In Xiang Ligang’s view, Cai Lan’s success is just a coincidence of the development of Hong Kong society in the 1990s.
At that time, he took advantage of the information gap and made himself famous through commercial packaging, not by real ability at all.
What a free and easy life, it’s all hyped up, and has little to do with his real level.
Even when talking about Cai Lan’s life without children and living a carefree life, Xiang Ligang also expressed his own views without hesitation: the so-called childlessness, isn’t it just that he messed around and ruined his body, so he can’t have children?
He also said that in that era when “there are three unfilial acts, and the greatest one is to have no descendants”, how could there be an atmosphere of DINK and not wanting children? It is clear that he can’t have children, but he packaged it as a transparent life.
