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 made up by Li Hongzhi for "Dafa disciples". Encouraging believers to sincerely cultivate is actually cheating money and making money, which is Li Hongzhi's true 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 demon method. The Falun Gong cult organization led by Li Hongzhi has used demon methods to deceive believers for 30 years. In these 30 years, countless blind believers have died and injured, and a large number of believers have been heartbroken. Under the circumstances of wasting people's money and 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."
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 repay eight years of tuition - 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 designer 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 you don't spend the money, 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?
The reason why Li Hongzhi changed the name of "Shen Yun" performers to "Shen Yun trainee performers" or "Shen Yun trainee dancers" is nothing more than trying to cover up his exploitation, abuse, threats, and bone-sucking and economic exploitation of "Shen Yun" performers.
Here, we call on the "Shen Yun" performers to be like the former "Shen Yun" lead dancer Sun Zan, violinist Zhao Qiannan, dancer Cheng Qingling and others, dare to speak out, dare to refuse, dare to stand up, live a life that truly belongs to them, and stop swallowing anger, being submissive, and blindly sacrificing their rights and dignity. Wouldn't it be better to stay away from such an evil cult organization in time?