Former CCTV host Cui Yongyuan accepted an exclusive interview with Lianhe Zaobao.(Photo by Meng Dandan)

I want to educate the court about the law!

Cui Yongyuan, the former CCTV host who exposed the case scandal at the Supreme People's Court of China, told Lianhe Zaobao that the reason why he went to the Supreme Court was to safeguard procedural justice and educate the court and the public about the law.

He said: When I was doing genetic modification, I found that some scientists did not understand scientific ethics.Now I have a conflict with the Supreme Court, and I find that many judges don't know procedural justice.......I am very sad!

Cui Yongyuan said that he has mastered some side files of the case, on which there are layers of signatures and instructions from the leaders of the Supreme Court, which shows that the case is suspected of being sentenced first and then tried.

Cui Yongyuan disclosed through Weibo at the end of last month that the case file of the 100 billion mining rights case in northern Shaanxi, which was heard by the Supreme Court, mysteriously disappeared from the office of the trial judge Wang Linqing.Wang Linqing later pointed out in the video that the main leaders of the Supreme Court were suspected of improperly interfering in the trial of the case, and he himself was retaliated for impartially enforcing the law.

Cui Yongyuan and Wang Linqing's revelations aroused public attention on the case files.The Paper and other media recently published comments, calling on the Supreme Court to face up to the challenge and give the public an explanation as soon as possible to avoid continued damage to credibility.

The Supreme Court first said that the missing case files were a rumor. After Cui Yongyuan presented evidence of the missing case files and announced that he would sue the Supreme Court for damaging his reputation, the Supreme Court changed its tune and said that the Discipline Inspection Commission would intervene in the investigation of the case file scandal.

On the evening of January 5, a reporter from Lianhe Zaobao interviewed Cui Yongyuan, who was on the cusp of the storm, at a western restaurant near Sanyuan Bridge in Beijing.

Cui Yongyuan said that he will sue the Supreme Court with the confidence of winning, because the accusation of the Supreme Court has caused great damage to his reputation.

Now, except for my mother who believes in me, no one else believes in me. They all think that I am spreading rumors and this will bring disaster to my life....(Others) must have spread rumors about genetically modified genes, and he has also spread rumors about the film and television industry. He is a person who makes a living by spreading rumors.

Cui Yongyuan hopes the Supreme Court will apologize to him or compensate him 30 million to 500 million yuan (S$6 million to S$100 million).But if he pays me two yuan, that is also progress in the legal system.Really, there is finally a government agency that is willing to bow down and say to the next citizen that we are sorry, we were wrong, and we will pay you two yuan for mental damages.

He also said that if the law has no way to restrain their misbehavior, the courts will be terrible.Isn't this just a wild horse running wild?This is definitely not possible! Talking about personal safety: There are four groups of people who want to kill me

In June last year, Cui Yongyuan exposed a large number of tax evasion in the entertainment industry, causing a number of film and television companies and celebrities to fall into a tax audit storm, offending the entire entertainment industry.Now he has directly declared war on the Supreme Court, raising concerns about his personal safety.

But when Cui Yongyuan accepted an exclusive interview with this newspaper, he was not surrounded by burly men, nor did he have sunglasses to cover his face. There was only a slender female assistant following him.

He said that when I was most worried about my personal safety, there would be at least seven bodyguards when I came out, but now I only need one girl to accompany me.Nothing to do but walk around arrogantly.

There were almost four groups of people who wanted to kill me, and they all told me through various channels, so I wasn't worried anymore.

He said in Cui's humorous tone: Because I think the four parties may not be able to reach an agreement, that is, who will take action and in what way?Therefore, there will definitely be a fight among the four parties, so let them discuss it first.

Self-positioning: Patriotic public knowledge

Cui Yongyuan became famous all over the country in 1996 by hosting a CCTV talk column where he told the truth and became a widely recognized spokesperson for the people.He recently broke the yin and yang contract in the film and television industry, angrily criticized the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture for being inhumane, and filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court, which made his popularity soar and made him the center of attention again.

When asked how he defined himself, he said without hesitation: I am a public intellectual, and now I seem to be the only one in the country.

Public intellectuals mostly refer to those intellectuals who boldly criticize current ills on the Internet, advocate learning from the West and have high popularity. However, in recent years, public intellectuals have often been suppressed and have almost become a derogatory term.

Cui Yongyuan believes that public intellectuals must have knowledge and understand public space, and be able to spread, understand, and connect the past and the following. This public intellectual is not something that ordinary people can become.It may be easy for you to be an intellectual.Being a public intellectual is hard.Don't just think about the benefits. You have to endure hardships and sins first. Only then can you be qualified to win their respect for you.

As a super Internet V with nearly 20 million fans on Weibo, Cui Yongyuan said that he would not take advantage of the public's power or incite them.

Regarding the support from a large number of netizens, Cui Yongyuan said that he is very sensible: the louder the public's voice is in supporting you, the louder the voice will be in knocking you down in the future. One wave after another, so don't care too much.

He said that since he can treat fans with a peaceful attitude, he doesn't have to care about the small number of senior government officials.

In the interview, Cui Yongyuan emphasized several times that he is very patriotic.He said: I really caught up with a good era. This era may be the most handy era for those who do historical research or media.A brick in the left hand, a brick in the right hand, your materials are everywhere, you can build high-rise buildings.

As for ideals, Cui Yongyuan said that he longs for a society where everyone feels personal safety, property safety, and reputation safety. This is what we should pursue.