Battle Through the Heavens was originally planned to be Penguin Video's flagship drama of the year, but before their promotional phase even began, it was explosively exposed nationwide.
A Northeast elder brother during a media interview listed five major allegations against Battle Through the Heavens—
1. The production team had chaotic financial accounts. A crudely-made puppet prop was quoted at 12,000 RMB, but in reality, wasn't even worth 20. The entire team was in cahoots, greedily pocketing funds and deceiving small and medium-sized investors.
Gu Tonglin sold nearly 300 shares of overpriced investments, with over 200 investors banding together to file lawsuits against the production team.
2. Violations involving actor contracts, where the production team paid actors fees below their market standards and pocketed commissions from the transactions.
