the "20% rule" from Yu Zheng. On March 12, 2015, Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court accepted a plagiarism lawsuit filed by author Zhou Haohui () against Yu Zheng and others, for allegedly plagiarizing from his novel The Evil Hypnotist () for their 2014 TV series Cosmetology High. On December 21, 2020, Yu Zheng and Guo Jingming were highlighted in a joint letter signed by 111 Chinese film and television industry insiders. The joint letter called for immediately stop the publicity and hype of the two who have plagiarism and bad traces, and revise and adjust the related variety shows they are currently participating in. On December 31, 2020, Yu Zheng and Guo Jingming issued their own individual apology through their respective Weibo accounts. Yu made a long-issued court-ordered apology for plagiarizing Chiung Yao's 1993 novel Plum Blossom Mark in his TV drama Palace 3: The Lost Daughter broadcast in 2014. Following his apology, Yu's appearances as a judge in the third episode of the third season of variety show I am the Actor'' have been removed. Filmography Film Television series Web series Yu Zheng Studio (Huanyu Film) Male artists Nie Yuan Xu Kai Song Weilong Merxat Zhao Yiqin Zhang Yijie () Sun Ao () Hong Yao () He Fengtian () Wang Maolei () Wang Yizhe () Wang Yuwei () Female artists Ning Jing Wu Jiayi Bai Lu Wu Jinyan Yang Rong Liu Min () Zhang Nan () Gao Yu'er () Zhang Zexi () Former artists Mickey He Yuan Shanshan Chen Xiao Zhang Zhehan Jin Shijia Awards References External links Yu Zheng 1978 births Writers from Jiaxing Shanghai Theatre Academy alumni Living people Chinese television producers Screenwriters from Zhejiang Chinese lyricists Musicians from Zhejiang