On the evening of June 7, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the official website of the Gansu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Wang Yongsheng, the former party secretary and chairman of the Reader Publishing Group Co., Ltd., and the former chairman of the Reader Publishing Media Co., Ltd., was suspected of serious violations of laws and disciplines.Review and Monitoring Investigations.

The Reader Group issued a statement saying that Wang Yongsheng was investigated for personal reasons and that the related issues he was suspected of did not occur during the company’s work, but occurred in the original work unit, which has nothing to do with the Reader Group or its listed company Reader Media.

Wang Yongsheng previously worked in colleges and universities, but later abandoned his studies to pursue politics. He has successively served as the county magistrate of Longxi, secretary of the county party committee, executive deputy mayor of Dingxi, and general manager of Gansu Radio and Television Cable Network Company.The chairman of the media was taken away by relevant departments for investigation.

A number of local people told upstream news reporters (national news hotline: [email protected]) that Wang Yongsheng was very bureaucratic. The secretary took the cup and the driver took the clothes.Regarding Wang Sanyun's relationship, he opened his mouth and closed his mouth because Secretary Sanyun asked me to come to the readers.

Originally scheduled to hold a plenary meeting on the morning of the 8th to announce the new leadership, it was changed to an overnight meeting on the evening of the 7th.According to a person familiar with the matter, at present, Ma Jiandong, the new chairman of the Reader Group, and Zhao Jinyun, the general manager, have arrived to work.

Accused of problems during his tenure as the CEO of Gansu Radio and Television Network

The problem is mainly in the Gansu Radio and Television Network where Wang Yongsheng worked before.People familiar with the matter revealed to the upstream news that Wang Yongsheng’s former Gansu Radio and Television Network Company was involved in various issues including illegal procurement, loans, real estate, and illegal operations.

On August 29, 2011, Wang Yongsheng, then the executive deputy mayor of Dingxi City, was transferred to the general manager of Gansu Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd., the predecessor of Gansu Radio and Television Network Company. In April 2016, he became the chairman of Reader Group and Reader Media.After that, the two parties have been serving concurrently. It was not until December 2017 that he stepped down as the general manager of Gansu Radio and Television Network Company.

Gansu Radio and Television Network Company is a provincial state-owned large-scale cultural enterprise established after the integration and reorganization of the provincial radio and television cable network assets and joint-stock reform with the approval of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Government, with a registered capital of 1.5 billion yuan and 15 municipal branches.The company, 69 county-level branches, 10 wholly-owned subsidiaries, more than 4,300 employees, 1.63 million digital TV and radio and television broadband users, 1.7 million village-to-village users, and 5.2 million household-to-house users.By the end of 2017, the company had built 104,000 kilometers of optical fiber trunk lines, transmitting 184 sets of digital radio and television programs.

In December 2011, four months after Wang Yongsheng became the general manager of Gansu Radio and Television Network Company, Wang Sanyun was transferred to Gansu to serve as the secretary of the provincial party committee.

At that time, Gansu Radio and Television Network Company was at the bottom of the country. The Gansu Provincial Party Committee decided to integrate the entire province’s radio and television network through research and research in the past few years, so as to make our province’s radio, film and television industry and industry bigger and stronger.

Wang Yongsheng also made many big moves.In 2012, Gansu Radio and Television Network Company successively registered and established the only local cinema chain in Gansu—New Vision Film and Television Cinema Co., Ltd.In 2014, the company signed a contract with Wasu Group to initiate the establishment of Northwest Wasu Radio and Television Network Company, which led to a comprehensive strategic cooperation between Alibaba Group and the Gansu Provincial Government.In 2015, Gansu Radio and Television Network Yunshang Longyuan Wisdom Gansu Ali Feitian Cloud Platform, which was developed in cooperation with Alibaba Group, was also launched in 2015.By January 2016, Wang Yongsheng even led Gansu Radio and Television Network Company to cooperate with Jia Yueting, who had already run away, to jointly build a radio and television ecological cloud, and planned to establish a joint venture company in the future.

A series of big moves also further demonstrated Wang Yongsheng's ambition: In July 2015, Wang Yongsheng put forward the 3581 vision of Gansu Radio and Television Network Company.Time to build a first-class cultural enterprise, with assets exceeding 10 billion in 10 years.

Behind the seemingly prosperous situation, Gansu Radio and Television Network Company actually has many problems.A person from Gansu Radio and Television told the upstream news reporter that the radio and television network is heavily in debt and difficult to operate, and now it can’t even pay employees’ salaries.

In September 2013, Wang Sanyun, then secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee, investigated Gansu Radio and Television Network Company and fully affirmed it. He believed that Gansu Radio and Television Network Company had correct thinking, good condition, solid work style and broad prospects.

The bureaucracy is extremely high-profile, and he once talked about Wang Sanyun

△Wang Sanyun, former Secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee.Video screenshot

On the morning of May 24, 2018, Wang Yongsheng made his last public appearance.At that time, the Reader Group held a meeting to promote the annual activities of changing the style of work and improving the development environment. He attended the meeting and spoke as the secretary of the party committee and chairman of the group.

Caixin.com reported that the accident of 56-year-old Wang Yongsheng may be related to the case of Wang Sanyun.Wang Sanyun was sacked in July 2017.

As soon as Wang Yongsheng came to the readers, he began to mention Wang Sanyun.According to people familiar with the matter, during his tenure in the Reader Group, Wang Yongsheng frequently mentioned his relationship with Wang Sanyun at the plenary meeting.

After Wang Sanyun fell, on December 13, 2017, the party committee of the Reader Publishing Group held a special democratic life meeting to eliminate Wang Sanyun’s poison. Wang Yongsheng presided over the meeting and made a special speech on behalf of the team and individuals to resolutely eliminate Wang Sanyun’s poisonous influence on the group’s book and periodical publishing..

The insider also said that in November 2014, Alibaba Group Chairman Ma Yun and his party went to Gansu, and Wang Sanyun personally met them and presided over the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between the Gansu provincial government and Alibaba. Wang Yongsheng tried to find a way to invite them.

He is usually very bureaucratic. When walking on the road, he has to ask the secretary to bring the cup, and the driver will bring him the clothes.An insider of the reader group said that during his tenure, Wang Yongsheng boasted all kinds of things and was extremely high-profile.

Under the leadership of Wang Yongsheng, in November 2014, jointly funded by the Gansu Provincial Department of Commerce, Taobao and Gansu Guangmingding E-commerce Technology Co., Ltd., a characteristic Chinese middot was developed on the first floor of the commercial building behind the Reader Building;Gansu Pavilion.

Now it's just an unfinished store, and no one goes there to buy things at all.Reader Group insiders said.

Several people familiar with the matter said that Wang Yongsheng had a negative impact on the development of Reader Group in recent years.According to the data of Reader Media, a listed company platform of Reader Group, since 2015, the net profit of Reader Media has been declining. Last year, the company achieved operating income of 789.7934 million yuan and net profit of 71.4149 million yuan, a decrease of 11.01% from the same period last year.

Upstream news trainee reporter Yang Rui