Cai Qi’s alleged illegitimate son, mainland actor Cai Yijia, is rumoured to have been present at the scene. (Internet photo)
[People News] The case of mainland actor Yu Menglong’s fatal fall, though already 12 days past, continues to ferment on social media. Despite the harshest-ever internet censorship measures, netizens keep pushing back. Some independent media outlets revealed that, because public reaction to Yu Menglong’s death has been so intense, Cai Qi — the current CCP Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of propaganda and public opinion control — is treating the matter as if facing a mortal enemy. He allegedly issued oral directives to all levels of Party organisations to completely block and control online discussion of Yu Menglong. Rumours even spread that Cai Qi’s illegitimate son was the mainland actor Cai Yijia, who was said to have been present at the scene.
Independent outlet Neican reported on September 23 that Cai Qi, in order to suppress voices supporting Yu Menglong, gave oral instructions from the central level down to the grassroots.
According to Neican, the directives were given in the same way as during the pandemic — internal, oral notices from the CCP central leadership down through every local Party committee and government department.
The order read as follows: No one is permitted to discuss in any setting any topics that could negatively affect social stability. In particular, no one may comment on the “recently widespread rumours in society that a male celebrity’s fatal fall was ordered by a senior official, deliberately harming the image of Party cadres.” Party and government leaders at all levels must ensure this oral directive is conveyed, monitor the speech and behaviour of subordinates, and guarantee compliance with the “Three Don’ts”: don’t participate, don’t discuss, don’t follow online. Any incidents must be reported immediately. Anyone who violates the rules will be strictly held accountable, as will their superiors. Severe cases will be punished swiftly and harshly under Party discipline and state law.
Neican commented that such a move is unprecedented in China — an absurdity, and a sign of guilty conscience: “Everyone knows what such a directive really means.” They argued that if Cai Qi had not issued the directive, people might have thought the rumours were just attempts to smear him. But by imposing this extreme control, he essentially admitted within Party ranks that the online claims were not fabrications.
Theories around Yu Menglong’s death abound online. One alleged key figure in the case, producer Xin Qi, had previously been suspected of being Cai Qi’s illegitimate son. Recently, however, a new claim surfaced that the real son was not Xin Qi but Cai Yijia, who was also present at the fateful banquet.
Neican further alleged: “The mastermind behind Yu Menglong’s fall was Cai Qi himself. The perpetrator at the scene was his illegitimate son — not the one surnamed Xin, but a man surnamed Cai, named Cai [Yijia]. His original name was Cai [Zhengjun].”
They added that Cai Yijia’s real birth year was 1997, though his public profile states 1996 in Fuzhou, Fujian. Three years after his birth, in 1999, Cai Qi was transferred to Zhejiang as deputy Party secretary and mayor of Quzhou.
As for why Cai’s illegitimate son’s age was reported as one year older, Neican speculated it could be linked to family-planning restrictions at the time, or simply because it was difficult to register an illegitimate child, so when the chance came later, the birth year was adjusted.
According to Neican, Yu Menglong’s death was caused by Cai Yijia, together with Xin, Song, Fan, Tian, Hu and a total of 17 perpetrators, who jointly assaulted him, leading to his death and staging it as an accidental fall.
Beijing police reportedly avoid discussing the case, only daring to say “don’t know.” At most, to trusted acquaintances, they admit: “Don’t ask, higher-ups forbid investigation. It’s already closed, officially ruled non-criminal.”
Neican lamented: “China today is a terror society. Under the CCP’s bloody rule, ordinary people are treated like straw dogs. Even a somewhat influential celebrity like Yu Menglong can be killed like an animal, let alone people with no social standing.”
On September 22, X (Twitter) account News Investigation posted that while some had long suspected Xin Qi was Cai Qi’s illegitimate son, the resemblance wasn’t there, and their backgrounds — Fujian vs. Hubei — didn’t overlap much. By contrast, the actor eventually exposed as a suspect, Cai Yijia (real name Cai Zhengjun), looks strikingly like Cai Qi, shares the same surname, and comes from a family so secretive that no background could be uncovered.
Cai Yijia was born June 25, 1996, in Fuzhou, Fujian, and graduated from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama. He entered the entertainment industry in 2016 with the youth drama Our Boyhood.
Cai Qi’s alleged illegitimate son, mainland actor Cai Yijia, is rumoured to have been present at the scene. (Internet photo)
News Investigation listed reasons why Cai Yijia might be Cai Qi’s son:
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Strong facial resemblance — “genes don’t lie.”
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Cai Yijia was born in Fujian while Cai Qi was stationed there, suggesting his mother could have been Cai Qi’s mistress.
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They share the surname “Cai.” Even for illegitimate children, Chinese men usually want sons to bear their surname.
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Since 2017, the media have been unable to uncover Cai Yijia’s family background — only a CCP official at vice-national rank or higher could suppress information to that extent.
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Despite average looks, Cai Yijia has had abundant resources and big-name stars backing him.
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In the Yu Menglong case, he was exposed last, after several others (Cheng Qingsong, Jiguang Guang, Song Yiren, Fang Li, Tian Hairong, Fan Shiqi, etc.) had been “sacrificial shields.”
Still, there is no conclusive evidence proving Cai Yijia is Cai Qi’s illegitimate son.
Yu Menglong died in a mysterious fall on September 11. Due to many suspicious circumstances, the case triggered a storm of public discussion, with layer upon layer of alleged cover-ups. Rumours claim that on the day of his death, Yu attended a banquet with 17 people, where he was forced to drink, drugged, abused, and humiliated, leading to the fatal fall.
So far, authorities have released no official details, instead arresting so-called “rumour mongers,” deleting posts, and silencing accounts — leaving the rumours to spread unchecked, truth or falsehood impossible to discern. △
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