From yWeekend, translated by ESWN:
“It is not easy to find a boyfriend for He Zhili (‰ΩïÊô∫‰∏Ω). The man must have good looks and character, and he must possess at least 10 million RMB in wealth.”
While Ye Yonglie (Âè∂Ê∞∏ÁÉà) is giving his thoughts to the reporter this side, the netizens are cursing their hearts out on the other side — “Famous writer tries to find husband for Chinese traitor.” The trouble was caused by Ye Yonglie’s essay <He Zhili — I want to have a family> that was suspected of being a marriage advertisement on behalf of He Zhili. Within one week, Ye Yonglie’s blog at Sina.com received more than 1 million hits and almost 10,000 comments.
Ye Yonglie does not mind being scolded on account of He Zhili. Their friendship began twenty years ago when Ye Yonglie interviewed He Zhili about the hidden practice of “match throwing” in table tennis.
Ye Yonglie told this reporter about those interviews in detail and said that the tradition of “match throwing or fixing” has continued to today.
Q: You recently wrote the essay <He Zhili — I want to have a family> and many netizens are cursing you.
A: I know. After the essay was published by <Xinmin Weekly>, it was quickly posted at EastDay.com. I went there to look. There were more than 500 comments within two hours. Some of these angry young men were cursing very hard. I had stepped on a landmine inadvertently. Ha ha. [Full Text]
