On December 28, the People's Court of Zhaojue County, Liangshan, Sichuan Province pronounced the verdict in the first instanceNine people, including Zhang, the legal representative of the Internet celebrity company, Zhao (Zhao Ling'er), and A Ri (Qu Bu), were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 8 months to 3 years and 2 months. 
Internet celebrity anchors Zhao Linger and Qu Bu sell honey in the live broadcast Source: Chengdu Business Daily.
In August 2022, Zhao Linger and Qu Bu "met by chance"** quickly became popular on the Internet, and the number of followers of both accounts exceeded 2 million. Since then, the two have begun to frequently live broadcast the road of bringing goods, opening a "beautiful story" that seems to be full of positive energy to help farmers and start a business. However, behind this is a hidden gray industrial chain of creating fake personas to incubate Internet celebrities, through compiling plot shooting**, and then monetizing the traffic of back-end agricultural products**. On September 20, 2023, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, held a press conference to report on the Internet celebrity live broadcast case with "Qu Bu" and "Zhao Linger" as the main delegation, which is the first case of "Internet celebrity economy" chaos in the province cracked by Liangshan**. Under the banners of "helping farmers" and "high-quality original ecology", the team sold counterfeit Daliangshan agricultural products to more than 20 provinces across the country, with sales exceeding 10 million. In just a few months, Zhang, the owner of the Internet celebrity company behind the team, made illegal profits of more than 3 million yuan, and the illegal income of the two anchors was more than 700,000 yuan. In July 2023, on suspicion of counterfeiting registered trademarks and false advertising, Zhang and other suspects were approved for arrest. 
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*: Chengdu Business Daily Editor: Zhang Xian.
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