金融时报:优酷土豆原副总裁被警方拘留

优酷土豆原副总裁被警方拘留

去年起前百度联盟总经理马国林被抓、原聚划算总经理阎利珉因受贿被判7年，或许，越来越多快速增长的互联网巨头要开始习惯将违法的员工或前员工送入监狱了。

测试中可能遇到的词汇和知识：

catchy朗朗上口的['kætʃɪ]

detain拘留[dɪ'teɪn]

corruption贪污[kə'rʌpʃ(ə)n]

peer-generated content|自制内容

collude勾结[kə'l(j)uːd]

kickback回扣['kɪkbæk]

pave安排[peɪv]

marketing blitz闪电式营销

Former internet video boss at Youku Tudou detained in China （378words）

By Charles Clover in Beijing

The man behind one of China's most catchy pop songs was detained by police on Monday after Youku Tudou, his employer and the country's largest internet video site, accused him of corruption.

Lu Fanxi, former president of peer-generated content at Youku Tudou, was famous for producing highly popular content including Little Apple, a much played but critically panned hit.

Drawing comparisons with South Korean pop singer Psy's Gangnam Style, the song has grown into a viral internet meme and became the basis for recruiting video for the People's Liberation Army.

Mr Lu left Youku in July last year in unclear circumstances, months before the platform was taken over by Alibaba, the ecommerce group.

An internal letter sent to employees by Heyi Film, Youku's film studio, and published in the Chinese press, said the charges against Mr Lu arise from an audit of Youku finances that “found some points of serious suspicion in certain production projects”.

“From the information we have now, we know that former employee Lu Fanxi is suspected of exploiting his position to take illegal and criminal activities,” the company said. “Lu has been taken away by the police to help with the investigation.”

A person with close ties to the online video industry said the charges arise out of suspicion Mr Lu had colluded with contracting companies for kickbacks, and the accusations are not related to any one show.

Mr Lu's case appeared to be similar to that of Liu Chunning, an executive at Alibaba in charge of video content who was detained by police in July after an internal probe by Tencent, his former employer. Both men were in video production, were fingered by internal audits and turned over to police.

The popularity of Little Apple by the duo Chopstick Brothers helped pave the way for more peer-generated content to catch on at China's online video sites. It was the theme song to Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon, a film released in May 2014 and one of the first full productions financed by Youku Tudou.

Largely due to Mr Lu's marketing blitz, as well as a combination of repetitive melodies and simple lyrics, it was an immediate hit on the internet and helped popularise a dance form known as square dancing.

请根据你所读到的文章内容，完成以下自测题目：

1.Which one was produced by Lu Fanxi as mentioned?

A.Gangnam Style

B.Little Apple

C.Go Princess

D.Lost Tomb

答案(1)

2.Who took over Youku in 2015?

A.Alibaba

B.Tencent

C.Baidu

D.YouTube

答案(2)

3.What did Mr.Lu do with contracting companies as the insider said?

A.took a kickback

B.published violent contents

C.had erotic services

D.implants the advertisements

答案(3)

4.Which one is not the similarity between Lu Fanxi and Liu Chunning?

A.in video production

B.fingered by internal audits

C.detained in China

D.in the same company

答案(4)

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(1)答案：B.Little Apple

解释：卢梵溪曾是优酷土豆自制内容团队的负责人，以制作流行内容闻名，这些内容包括播放次数很多、但文艺界评价不高的歌曲《小苹果》。

(2)答案：A.Alibaba

解释：优酷被电子商务集团阿里巴巴(Alibaba)兼并。

(3)答案：A.took a kickback

解释：与网络视频行业有密切联系的一名消息人士表示，相关指控源于卢梵溪有勾结承包公司、自己拿回扣的嫌疑。

(4)答案：D.in the same company

解释：刘曾是阿里巴巴负责视频内容的高管，在他的前雇主腾讯(Tencent)进行内部调查后于去年7月被警方带走。这两人都从事视频制作，也都受到警方拘留。