＂Death Crowdfunding＂： An Investigation of Wu Yongning’s Fall.

According to The Paper’s report on December 16, at 13 o’clock on November 8, Wu YongningFell from the building at Huayuan International Center in Changsha, Hunan. The local police informed that the cause of his death was falling from high altitude and homicide was ruled out. Without this accident, he will take his stepfather and mother to send a bride price to his girlfriend Jin Jin (a pseudonym) in Hubei on November 10th.

Wu Yongning extreme altitude challenge photo. Wu Yongning Weibo map

Wu Yongning is a native of Ningxiang City, Changsha. In the past ten months, he used the ID name "Extreme Yongning" to publish 301 videos of himself climbing landmark buildings in Chongqing, Changsha, Wuhan, Ningbo and Shanghai on several live video websites such as volcano video, Momo, YY, Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Aauto Quicker.

The thrilling and exciting performance has made him have millions of fans and some advertisers. Feng Fushan, Wu Yongning’s stepfather, recalled that on November 4, Wu Yongning returned to his hometown and told him that he was going to be famous. "I will have a lot of money, and when I earn money, I will take my mother to cure the disease again."

Challenge at high altitude, update video accounts, negotiate business, collect money … The Paper learned that Wu Yongning, who became famous, no longer frequently recorded his emotions on Weibo as before, and he began to be busy.

Compared with body double, who worked in a factory and became an extra actor a few years ago, he seems to see that the door has been opened to become the "local tyrant" he expected.

At 9: 22 am on November 8, Wu Yongning received a phone call from his relatives and learned that he had raised 20,000 yuan as a bride price to Wuhan (a total of 80,000 yuan is expected).

About 4 hours later, Wu Yongning came to Huayuan Center alone. After all the preparations were completed, he climbed the edge of the wall on the 62nd floor and made two pull-ups with difficulty. However, the next two attempts to climb were unsuccessful. He looked down at the world for the last time, his hands clinging to the edge of the wall loosened feebly and fell from the sky.

Ding Peng (pseudonym), who also likes extreme aerial challenge, is a friend of Wu Yongning. He sighed to The Paper (www.thepaper.cn), "Maybe every fan who rewarded Yongning and the advertiser who urged him to climb the stairs to shoot, participated in this’ death crowdfunding’".

Wu Yongning extreme altitude challenge photo. Wu Yongning Weibo map

Resignation:

"3500 yuan a month, how can I treat my mother and raise my wife?"

Compared with most peers, Wu Yongning’s life path is unfortunate.

In April 1991, he was born in a rural family in Xifu Village, Nantianping Township, Ningxiang. His stepuncle Feng Shengliang introduced that Wu Yongning dropped out of school after finishing his second year of high school. One of the reasons for dropping out of school is "my mind is not focused on my studies, and my grades are poor". Another reason is that this year, his biological father died of illness, and his mother’s mental problems appeared again.

Feng Shengliang believes that the death of his father has dealt a great blow to Wu Yongning, although he never mentioned these things in front of his stepuncle. In Wu Yongning’s Weibo, he once wrote, "My dear father! When I encounter setbacks and difficulties, I think of you first, and when I meet the happy turntable, I tell you first. My father, I love you. Dad, are you okay in another world? I miss you! "

Stepfather Feng Fushan said that his wife He Xiaofei had mental problems before he married himself. In June 2009, He Xiaofei also applied for a disability certificate with the words "mentally disabled" written on it.

On December 10th, He Xiaofei got up and walked out of the bedroom when she saw a reporter visiting and heard the reporter communicating in the local dialect.

He Xiaofei looked haggard and looked at the photo with his son in his mobile phone with his head down. When talking about her son’s life and past, she slowly looked up, touched her forehead with her right hand, trying to remember something, and then said, "I can’t remember, I can’t remember ….."

After his father died, Wu Yongning remarried to Feng Fushan’s home with his mother. Although he Xiaofei’s daily expenses for taking psychotropic drugs are borne by the government, his family is still very poor.

In the eyes of neighbors, Feng Fushan is an inarticulate farmer. In addition to farming, he also works as a bricklayer at the construction site to make a living. In his plan, he wants to take his stepson Wu Yongning into the factory to earn money, marry him and pass on the incense.

In the four years of marriage with He Xiaofei, Wu Yongning saw Feng Fushan, although he still called "Dad", but he didn’t want to communicate with him more. Every time he goes out to work, Wu Yongning will give his mother a few hundred yuan and then go to live with his biological grandmother.

"Probably from the first half of 2012, he (referring to Wu Yongning) began to run as an extra actor in Beijing and Zhejiang." Feng Shengliang, the stepuncle, said that Wu Yongning was introverted since childhood and didn’t want to talk to strangers, but he was very filial to his mother. I don’t know when Wu Yongning became interested in martial arts. He often hid at home to practice some basic skills of martial arts, but he didn’t show them to outsiders, and he didn’t want to mention more about being an extra actor.

Shortly after marrying He Xiaofei, at the beginning of 2014, Feng Fushan saw that his stepson went out to work and didn’t earn any money, so he asked him to work together in the production line of a well-known air-conditioning enterprise in Zhongshan, Guangdong.

Working in a factory takes a long time and is intense, but you can get 3,500 yuan a month. "The sum of them is 7,000 yuan. I promise to give him 800 yuan pocket money every month, and I will keep the rest. When I save enough money, I will go back and marry him."

After working for a few days, Wu Yongning was worried that her mother could not take care of herself at home alone and offered to take her to live in Zhongshan. His proposal was rejected by Feng Fushan, "We have just arrived, and we will pick up your mother when we settle down".

800 yuan pocket money, most of which Wu Yongning used to buy lottery tickets, but he didn’t win the prize. Feng Fushan said that his plan was not recognized by his stepson. After working for 20 days, Wu Yongning submitted his resignation letter to the factory without telling his stepfather. It was not until Wu Yongning packed his bags in the factory dormitory that he told his stepfather that he had resigned.

"3,500 yuan, such a low salary, how can I treat my mother and how can I afford my future wife?" When Wu Yongning left, he told his stepfather the reason for his resignation.

Wu Yongning’s group performance photos. Source: Wu Yongning mobile phone

Extras:

"I can be said to be a walk-on, but I can’t be said to be a smelly walk-on."

Wu Yongning, whose family grew up unfortunately, has been trying to "climb up" and try to improve his economic situation.

Chinese name: Wu Yongning, alias: Bajie, height: 176cm, weight: 55kg…… … Occupation: actor; Intention: follow the group, body double, special, small role; Specialties: street dance, wing chun, parkour and somersault; Representative works: Snow Leopard in Strong Years as Xiaoyong, Sharp Benevolent Teacher, Gunfire, Huanxi County Order, New Condor Heroes, Dancing with Wolves and so on.

This is a resume saved in Wu Yongning’s QQ mailbox, which frequently shows "sent" from November 2013 to May 2016.

Zhao Xiaoxu (a pseudonym) is a friend that Wu Yongning met in Hengdian Film and Television City. They are both extras.

"As long as you can follow the group and earn money on camera, Wu Yongning will fight for it. Even some dangerous body double jobs, he promised. " Zhao Xiaoxu recalled that Wu Yongning was a young man who would fight for it as long as he had the opportunity to work with the crew. "After a few months with him, he only said that he was from Ningxiang, Changsha, but he never said anything about his family."

After Wu Yongning resigned, a neighbor called Feng Fushan and said, "Your wife’s room is lit 24 hours a day, and it is often a meal."

Feng Fushan, who returned after hearing the news, found that after more than a month, more than half of the 20 kg of rice he bought when he went out, and the rice was moldy. Since then, Feng Fushan rarely goes out to work.

Feng Shengliang, his stepuncle, said that judging from some words exchanged with Wu Yongning, he had a hard time as an extra actor for several years: he ate lunch boxes, got cheap salary and got no respect.

Wu Yongning’s life as an extra actor recorded by Weibo supports Feng Shengliang’s judgment. In March, 2015, Wu Yongning posted an article on Weibo, "You can say that I am a walk-on, but you can’t say that I am a smelly walk-on".

After Weibo, the second article posted four photos of the crew. In one of the stills, he was wearing a pair of black cloth shoes, a military uniform and a faded kettle hanging from his waist, covered in blood.

Zhao Xiaoxu said that every extras have a Wang Baoqiang hidden in their hearts, and they want to climb one step at a time, from group performance to starring, and finally return home with clothes on. Wu Yongning once kept a photo of Wang Baoqiang doing a group performance in his wallet to encourage himself.

"In fact, the chance that the group performance can do Wang Baoqiang is less than one in ten thousand. It’s not enough to be willing to fight. Without a good background and a good background, you have to rely on Bole, but there are so many Bole performances in Hengdian. " Zhao xiaoxu lamented.

The extras in Hengdian can’t earn more than 80 yuan at the end of the day, and they work eight hours, while the supernumerary martial arts has a day in 100 yuan and a day in 200 yuan. Zhao Xiaoxu recalled that Wu Yongning often took the initiative to ask for a beating for more performance and more pay.

On January 7th, 2014, Wu Yongning, who worked as a group performer for more than half a year, wrote his own evaluation in Weibo named "Actor Wu Yongning" in Weibo: "… life has ups and downs! Why am I still behind? I want to spell it, but I don’t know where to start! Acting is terrible. I am not a professional. I have never studied acting. Since I came to this world and left nothing in this world, I feel sorry for my life! My family condition is not good, not a local tyrant, I am just moving towards the goal of local tyrants! "

During the group performance, Weibo revealed that he wanted to move forward like a "local tyrant".

Limit:

"First, I dare not say, but I must be the one who plays the hardest."

Years of group performances and body double career can’t help Wu Yongning earn money to treat his mother, let alone become a "local tyrant". The skill of practicing martial arts opened another door for him.

On February 10th this year, Wu Yongning uploaded his extreme challenge video to the volcano video for the first time. On the tenth floor of a building, he stepped on a white balance car with his feet, carefully and slowly sliding on the edge of the building, leaning slightly to the indoor side. Compared with the small video of the previous group performance, the face is less playful.

Behind this video, many fans commented that they were worried about "children, this kind of play!" There is only one mistake! Be cautious! " In this regard, Wu Yongning replied "hmm". However, most netizens gave favorable comments such as "awesome", "666" and "Niu Niu Niu".

According to media reports, this performance brought Wu Yongning an income of 131.6 yuan. At the same time, he changed the name of Weibo to "Extreme Yong Ning".

Later, Wu Yongning went to Chongqing, Changsha, Wuhan, Ningbo and Shanghai to climb tall buildings ranging in height from 100 meters to 468 meters, leaving 301 extreme challenge videos. He once wrote in the WeChat account "Extreme Yongning", "I dare not say that I am the first person in extreme sports in China, because there are too many people playing this in China now, but I must be the one who plays the hardest, because I am climbing every day, and I am playing hard."

For the extreme challenge, Wu Yongning kept his family secret and said nothing.

He had two mobile phones and two mobile phone numbers before his death, only one of which was added with the micro-signals of his mother and stepfather, and the content of extreme challenges was shielded from his parents. Until September this year, Feng Fushan bought a new mobile phone and re-added Wu Yongning’s micro-signal. Wu Yongning didn’t know that he was a stepfather, and he didn’t set up a shield. His videos and photos of extreme challenges were known to his family.

"What do you mean by limit?" "What are those videos and photos?" Feng Fushan questioned Wu Yongning.

"Work needs." Wu Yongning replied.

"I am a bricklayer, and I have to take safety measures when I am more than two meters high." Feng Fushan is a little angry.

"It won’t happen again."

Wu Yongning once again blocked his stepfather Feng Fushan.

In many network platforms, Wu Yongning’s account information introduction emphasizes that there is no protection for high-altitude challenges.

For example, Wu Yongning’s account in the United States is "Extreme-Yongning", and its account introduction information is, "There is no protection limit in China to challenge the first person and challenge the high-rise buildings all over the world", and it can also be used for real estate speculation and business cooperation. His Weibo account @ Extreme Yongning wrote in the introduction, "The domestic extreme high-altitude sports challenge the first person, complete every action that can be completed without any protection, and carefully shoot every challenge video. The goal: challenge the high-rise buildings all over the world without any protection."

Ye Ge (pseudonym), who is engaged in food business, has been concerned about high-altitude challenges for seven or eight years. He is also a loyal fan of Yongning. Ye Ge told The Paper that from the relevant videos, it can be seen that Yong Ning has no team, walks alone and does not take any protective measures, but many foreign countries have protective measures, and he is thin and often does some high-risk actions, which is beyond his ability.

"His videos are scarier than those abroad. In order to win the eye, he really fought. " Ye Ge said that after Yong Ning’s death, he had cancelled paying attention to his account.

The reason why Wu Yongning insisted on the high-altitude challenge without protective measures is not clear. The Paper noticed that before Wu Yongning’s death, many netizens thought it was too dangerous after watching his challenge video, and had left a message to remind him.

In June this year, Wu Yongning uploaded a failed video of "falling from a building" with the caption "Error, I can’t get up". In the video, he fell down while doing pull-ups at a height.

For the questions of netizens, Wu Yongning replied, "No, the video is true, and it is true to go down, but it is only a dozen meters high." Many fans advised him to pay attention to safety, and he replied at that time, "No, 100% sure."