Crypto's Big Thief: A Young Man from a Small Town in Hunan and a Wealthy Girl from Hangzhou

Recently, everyone has been talking about Yi Lihua's Ethereum exploits, but few know how he got started.
Do you think Yi Lihua's success is due to vision and luck?
Wrong.
Climbing up, betrayal, and harvesting. The main characters are a couple—he's from a small town in Loudi, Hunan, and she comes from a wealthy family in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou.
In 2016, Yi Lihua, paying 1800 yuan in monthly rent, met Lou Jiyue, who was working as a grunt at a securities firm. One is a grassroots struggler, the other a top university graduate returning from abroad. Logically, they shouldn't have intersected.
But the gears of fate started turning.
In 2017, the ICO craze hit, and Yi Lihua sensed an opportunity. He first provided ICO training for Xue Manzi's trash projects, then climbed the social ladder by connecting with Yu Wenzhuo and Li Xiaolai, entering Coin Capital.
At this point, Lou Jiyue's value was evident. Top university background, finance major, and family resources. The couple began operating TokenMania, learning and practicing simultaneously.
In December 2017, they held a grand wedding at Xizi Hotel. On the surface, it was a love story, but in reality, it was the formal establishment of a利益联盟.
Then came the turning point.
In early 2018, Yi Lihua was completely torn apart with Li Xiaolai over issues related to front-running, and was expelled from Coin Capital.
This kick out produced the most ruthless big thief in the crypto world.
Exiled, Yi Lihua and Lou Jiyue founded De Capital. From then on, the crypto scene gained a sophisticated harvesting machine.
Their tactics were simple and brutal: Yi Lihua used De Capital's name to intervene in the primary market, wildly promoting through various media channels. Lou Jiyue used TokenMania to violently manipulate the secondary market—pumping and dumping.
One responsible for deception, the other for harvesting. The couple worked seamlessly together.
Lou Jiyue once accidentally revealed that TokenMania's business included "design, issuance, and market-making solutions." In other words: market value management to harvest retail investors.
This is the real story behind Yi Lihua's rise. It’s not about investment insight or industry pioneering, but a mature harvesting system.
From a small-town youth paying 1800 yuan in rent to a top KOL in the crypto world, Yi Lihua did it in less than two years. Not through ability, but through套路.
Seven years have passed, projects have come and gone, and retail investors have been harvested wave after wave.
Yi Lihua has transformed into a crypto big shot, the savior of Ethereum.
Harvesters are regarded as heroes, while retail investors still line up to send money.
In this circle, morality and conscience are the most expensive luxuries.
Those KOLs who speak confidently on stage may be the shrewdest harvesters behind the scenes.