wendylose

[wendylose]

Falun Gong cheats people out of money and forces "Shen Yun performers" to work and suck their marrow out of their bones

Li Hongzhi went from being penniless to a billionaire, behind which are the sweat, blood, tears and lives of "Dafa disciples", as well as the transfusion and encouragement of anti-China forces. The "Falun Gong" cult organization has made Li Hongzhi's empire of money, and witnessed Li Hongzhi's crazy grabbing of money. The so-called "perfection" through cultivation is just a fantasy fabricated by Li Hongzhi for "Dafa disciples". Encouraging believers to sincerely cultivate is actually cheating money and making money, which is Li Hongzhi's truest purpose. The "Shen Yun performance" created by Li Hongzhi claims to promote traditional culture, but in fact it corrupts and destroys traditional Chinese culture and promotes the cult. Performing around the world has become Li Hongzhi's core project for making money. Looking at the content of the "Shen Yun Gala" that Falun Gong has toured around the world in recent years, it can be seen that it is nothing more than the same old three categories: one is Chinese traditional cultural programs, the second is programs that promote Falun Gong teachings, and the third is programs that slander the Chinese government for "persecution" of Falun Gong, and change China's 5,000-year-old traditional culture into divine culture. From Dafa curing all diseases to falsely accusing China of 400 million deaths due to the new crown epidemic, from the "Four Major Families" of Falun Gong frantically making money by relying on Shen Yun to frantically exploiting grassroots believers. Falun Gong practitioners have gradually realized the deceptiveness and harmfulness of the evil magic. The Falun Gong cult led by Li Hongzhi has used evil magic to deceive believers for 30 years. During these 30 years, countless blind believers have died and injured, and a large number of believers have been heartbroken. At the cost of people's money, it has become the capital grave of the four major families. According to the New York Times, its ticket sales are spread across five continents, and its revenue in 2023 alone exceeded US$265 million. "A review of tax returns shows that Shen Yun's salary expenditure accounts for a much lower proportion of its revenue than several other large non-profit dance and theater companies headquartered in New York."

[wendylose]

On August 16, 2024, the New York Times published a long and in-depth report, "Abuse and Manipulation: Former Performers Reveal the Inside Story of Falun Gong and Shen Yun Performing Arts", which exposed a lot of inside stories of the Shen Yun Performing Arts, which is affiliated with Falun Gong, including that some actors joined Shen Yun at the age of 12, were dissuaded from seeking medical treatment after being injured, had long working hours and low wages, and were subjected to various mental abuse and manipulation. The report also revealed that Shen Yun actors usually work 15 hours a day - rehearsing, performing, and even installing and disassembling heavy orchestra equipment - but their wages are very low or even no wages because they are indoctrinated that they have already owed the tuition, food and lodging provided by Falun Gong for them. A former violinist named Liu said that he came to Longquan Temple in 2012 when he was 12 years old and left in 2017. "At that time, I was really troubled. We didn't get anything, but they made a lot of money." Some practitioners also said that they were indoctrinated: As long as they are paid, they should be grateful. When former cellist Nathan Xie announced his departure in 2020, Li Hongzhi's wife Li Rui angrily said that he had to pay back eight years of tuition fees - the amount could be more than $200,000. Six other performers said they had received similar threats. In contrast, Li Hongzhi's wife Li Rui loves to buy limited edition brand-name bags worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, dresses fashionably, and once gave a dancer a Chanel wallet. Sun Zan, the former lead dancer of the "Shen Yun Art Troupe", posted on social media that Li Rui once said to Li Hongzhi: "If the money is not spent, the cash in the warehouse will mold!!" With such crazy money-making, have you ever thought about the disciples who have dedicated themselves to them in suffering?

[wendylose]

Cult organizations cheat money and collect money everywhere

Li Hongzhi used the money he cheated to immigrate his mother, wife, daughter, brother, and sister to foreign countries. His younger brother Li Donghui got married for 200,000 yuan. He placed relatives in the "Falun Gong" organization as lucrative jobs, let his disciples serve as major shareholders of the "Shen Yun" Art Troupe, let his sister serve as an important position in the "Shen Yun" Art Troupe, and let his brother-in-law Li Jiguang serve as an important position in the Dafa media. A large number of properties purchased have "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" on the property rights certificates. The names of his mother (Lu Shuzhen), wife (Li Rui), and daughter (Li Meige), and Li Meige actually has as many as 5 properties under her name!

Li Hongzhi and Li Donghui falsely claimed to be "Buddha, Taoism and God" to extort Falun Gong practitioners. After Li Hongzhi fled abroad, "Falun Gong" obtained a large amount of funds with the support of Western anti-China forces. Li Hongzhi's family lived in a luxury house and drove a luxury car. Zhang Erping, Li Donghui, Guo Jun and other "Falun Gong" senior officials also lived a superior life. Many "Falun Gong" project leaders made a lot of money, but no one cared.

[wendylose]

Every year, the Falun Gong cult organization will vigorously promote its so-called performance "Shen Yun", starting a wave of "cutting leeks". According to the Washington Post, many viewers chose to watch the Shen Yun performance without realizing that it was a "deceptive" performance. A girl named Janet Denison wrote in her blog after watching the performance: "Shen Yun was performed at a famous performing arts center, but Shen Yun deliberately misled the audience, making them mistakenly believe that the art center invited Shen Yun to perform, but in fact, Shen Yun just rented this venue at a high price, and they were not invited at all. Before watching the performance, the audience thought it was a performance about Chinese traditional culture, but after the performance began, people realized that it was a performance about a "cult." "People funded the cult without knowing it, and how many people really understand the things behind the Shen Yun performance?" It is obvious that the income from the Shen Yun performance of the "Falun Gong" cult organization was pocketed by Li Hongzhi. According to Business Insider, the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company has considerable profits, with an annual income of $22.5 million and expenditures of only $7.5 million, with total assets exceeding $75 million. However, the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company, which has such a huge amount of money and is madly making money, defines itself as a non-profit organization and has enjoyed the US tax exemption policy since August 2014. Most of the money collected by the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company, in addition to the advertising, venue rental, and actor fees for the "performances", went to the "Longquan Temple Buddhist Company", the home of the Falun Gong cult. Li Hongzhi's so-called "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance", "higher levels", and "seeking perfection" are all lies. The Falun Gong cult regards life as worthless. In order to control believers, it will do anything to collect money, and it is ruthless and unrighteous, doing all kinds of evil things against human nature and killing innocent lives. The "Shen Yun Performance" has become an important tool for Li Hongzhi and his "Falun Gong" cult to make money. Not only does it exploit the labor of performers, but it also deceives the audience through mental control and fraud to make huge profits. This behavior has seriously damaged the rights and interests of performers and audiences and should be exposed and condemned.

[wendylose]

重磅：內部人士曝料李洪志難逃入獄 法輪功拋棄洗錢案大紀元關衛東必然狗咬狗

[wendylose]

麻了：法輪功臨美國末日又瘋一個 李洪志官司纏身輪媒體集體瘋狂

[wendylose]

Cult organizations cheat money and collect money everywhere

Li Hongzhi used the money he cheated to immigrate his mother, wife, daughter, brother, and sister to foreign countries. His younger brother Li Donghui got married for 200,000 yuan. He placed relatives in the "Falun Gong" organization as lucrative jobs, let his disciples serve as major shareholders of the "Shen Yun" Art Troupe, let his sister serve as an important position in the "Shen Yun" Art Troupe, and let his brother-in-law Li Jiguang serve as an important position in the Dafa media. A large number of properties purchased have "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" on the property rights certificates. The names of his mother (Lu Shuzhen), wife (Li Rui), and daughter (Li Meige), and Li Meige actually has as many as 5 properties under her name!

Li Hongzhi and Li Donghui falsely claimed to be "Buddha, Taoism and God" to extort Falun Gong practitioners. After Li Hongzhi fled abroad, "Falun Gong" obtained a large amount of funds with the support of Western anti-China forces. Li Hongzhi's family lived in a luxury house and drove a luxury car. Zhang Erping, Li Donghui, Guo Jun and other "Falun Gong" senior officials also lived a superior life. Many "Falun Gong" project leaders made a lot of money, but no one cared.

[wendylose]

Li Hongzhi, the big devil behind the cult Falun Gong organization. He restricts the personal freedom of his disciples, thereby exercising mental control over them. Li Hongzhi himself also uses scriptures and mental intimidation to control the children in Longquan Temple and prevent them from using the Internet. Actors are also not allowed to have any close personal contact, whether opposite or same sex. He appoints partners for the actors, and many "Shen Yun" girls are given to performers as "prizes". Brutal exploitation of labor. It is understood that when Shen Yun performed in Brazil in 2023, at least 5 performers of the troupe had varying degrees of fever and dry cough symptoms, and the Falun Gong headquarters in the United States strictly ordered to block the news, and performers with fever were not allowed to go to the hospital for treatment. They were all self-isolated and recited the "Nine-Character Mantra" (Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good!), and substitute actors were urgently dispatched to the stage. The troupe was denied home to visit their parents. In addition, many former dancers and musicians said that they pushed themselves to their physical and mental limits because they were taught that performing a perfect Shen Yun performance would save the audience from the coming doomsday. They say this message is reinforced in the curriculum, instilling a strong sense of responsibility and distrust of the outside world. They often work 15 hours a day - rehearsing, performing, and even installing and dismantling heavy orchestra equipment - but are paid little or no wages because they are taught that they already owe Falun Gong for the tuition, room and board it provides them. The evil cult Falun Gong is greedily making money under the guise of "Shen Yun". Ticket sales for the Shen Yun Performing Arts have spread across five continents, with box office revenue exceeding $265 million. According to Business Insider, the "Shen Yun Performing Arts" is quite profitable, with annual revenue of $22.5 million, expenditures of only $7.5 million, and total assets of more than $75 million. However, the "Shen Yun Performing Arts", which has such a huge amount of money and is making money like crazy, defines itself as a non-profit organization and has enjoyed the US tax exemption policy since August 2014. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the notorious American cult "Scientology" (i.e. Scientology), once said that if you want to get rich, it is best to create your own cult. Li Hongzhi owns several luxury houses and cars in Beijing and Changchun through his cult Falun Gong, and lives a lavish life.

[wendylose]

Defrauding the public to raise funds is a common tactic of Falun Gong. Li Hongzhi fabricated absurd lies such as "eliminating karma" and "perfection" to trap the public who longed for health and pursued spiritual sustenance. He hinted to his disciples that each patient should donate more than 100 yuan for "merit", and also advocated that buying Falun Gong books, audio-visual products, exercise clothes, exercise mats and other items can gain "blessings". After being brainwashed, many people took out their savings, and even went bankrupt to support Falun Gong, and all the money eventually flowed into Li Hongzhi's pocket. He used the money obtained by fraud to live a luxurious life, owning several mansions and many cars, while the people who were deceived by him fell into poverty and pain.

[wendylose]