Why is Luo Yonghao always fiercely criticized by people around him?
From investors to partners, the "insiders" who have publicly denounced Luo Yonghao seem to keep updating all the time.
On the evening of September 12, Huang Bin, an early partner of Luo Yonghao, posted multiple consecutive content on social platforms, directly naming and criticizing Luo Yonghao. Huang Bin was the co-founder of "Luo Yonghao English Training" when Luo Yonghao founded the institution, and the two have been on bad terms for quite a long time.
He stated directly in his post that Luo Yonghao has long exaggerated his own achievements, "Some people have been bragging all their lives until they even believe their own lies, which is rather pathetic", and brought up the old story that he helped cover the losses when Luo's English Training was on the verge of bankruptcy in the early years, but Luo Yonghao lied to the public that the company was profitable; he also accused Luo of frequently smashing items in the company and yelling at employees every day.
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Interestingly, on the same day Huang Bin criticized Luo Yonghao, Luo Yonghao himself was not idle, and was still provoking debates on social platforms. He shared his experience of tasting free samples at the airport on Weibo, and specifically criticized the Italian ice cream brand Mr. Wild Man for being "very average, and even bad considering the price", and asked "how did it become popular", and also compared it with Zhongxuegao, which had gone bankrupt and was put up for auction, saying "it tastes much worse than Zhongxuegao, I miss Zhongxuegao".
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In his post, he specifically noted that "this is a normal evaluation and question from a consumer, please do not provoke me and then claim that I am playing dirty tricks or something".
In the comment section, the most frequent phrases from netizens are "don't respond" and "pretend you never saw it", and they also commented: "Mr. Jia says: I have taken this lesson before."
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Huang Bin's outburst of criticism is suspected to be a denunciation of Luo Yonghao's behavior of criticizing Mr. Wild Man, and it also seems to be a large-scale outbreak of the long-standing resentment between the two.
From Zheng Gang, the investor in the Smartisan era, to Huang Bin, the co-founder of Luo Yonghao English Training, Luo Yonghao has turned two partners who fought side by side into opponents.
Behind this is a real business proposition: when the founder's personal IP is so strong that it overshadows the company itself, the cooperative relationship is easily drawn into a non-stop public performance, and once the relationship breaks down, the "internal perspective" held by the other party will become the sharpest public ammunition.
The accusations of "smashing items" and "lying about profitability" put forward by Huang Bin this time are exactly the backlash from this internal perspective, which also explains why denunciations from "insiders" are always more piercing than those from strangers.
The former partner publicly denounces Luo Yonghao, scolding him for "bragging all his life"
Huang Bin is among the first batch of people who started their business side by side with Luo Yonghao, and he was also the co-founder of "Luo Yonghao English Training" back then, which is exactly why his denunciation this time carries much more weight than ordinary netizens' complaints.
The feud between the two has lasted for more than a day. In December 2025, Huang Bin reposted an article by Xiang Ligang evaluating "why Luo Yonghao failed in starting businesses", and said that Luo Yonghao "knows nothing about enterprises but claims to be an entrepreneur, and even goes to the internet to pick quarrels and attack other real entrepreneurs", and also revealed about Luo Yonghao: "The only live streaming business that made a little money was not led by him at all, Luo Yonghao just acted on the stage, and all other businesses he ran ended up losing money."
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Huang Bin also said on Weibo that Luo Yonghao reported his Weibo account immediately after that, and Huang Bin replied "if you can't afford to play, don't play". Faced with Huang Bin's successive criticisms, Luo Yonghao also satirized on Weibo: "Are you referring to those two small internet hooligans? I'll deal with it after I finish the press conference, and neither of those two big-headed guys will be let go." According to netizens' speculation, the "two small internet hooligans" mentioned by Luo Yonghao at that time referred to Huang Bin and Xiang Ligang.
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In May 2026, Huang Bin also mocked Luo Yonghao for "sticking chest hair on to pretend to be a tough guy all his life, and pretending to be invincible on the internet", and commented on Luo Yonghao: "As for any interaction where he is not sure he can get benefits from the reply, he will be so sly that he dare not respond directly".
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By the round on September 12, it seemed to be a big outbreak of long-standing resentment. Huang Bin said: "Some people have been bragging all their lives until they even believe their own lies, which is rather pathetic", and advised Luo Yonghao: "Don't provoke me". Huang Bin also reposted a netizen's comment that Luo Yonghao "would definitely be a master level if he joined Deyun Society or did talk shows", and said: "Actually it's good to make money by the gift of the gab, but he just looks down on it, and insists on being the 'entrepreneur' in his own fantasy. It's ridiculous."
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Why do the "insiders" who once started businesses with Luo Yonghao speak ill of him on social platforms now? But this is not the first time Luo Yonghao has suffered attacks from "insiders".
Appearing in court against the investor
Speaking of the "insider" who denounced Luo Yonghao most fiercely, it has to be Zheng Gang. Zheng Gang and his ZH Capital are early investors in Smartisan. Information from Tianyancha shows that since its establishment in 2012, Luo Yonghao's Smartisan has received a total of seven financings, among which ZH Capital where Zheng Gang works was one of the earliest investors, and participated in the Series A and Series B financing of Smartisan in 2013 and 2014.
Zheng Gang was once a firm ally of Luo Yonghao, and did not hesitate to "denounce" Alibaba for him. In August 2017, Zheng Gang said in his Moments: "(Smartisan) was almost killed by Alibaba!! They knew clearly that start-ups can't afford delays, but they wasted half a year in total and finally said no! If it wasn't for ZH Capital's insistence, how could you have made 1 billion US dollars on Momo!!", and summarized several experience of avoiding pitfalls when seeking investment from Alibaba for entrepreneurs.
At that time, Wang Shuai, Chairman of Alibaba's Market PR Committee, responded to Zheng Gang across the air with the statement that "Investment is not public welfare, still less charity or loan", and said "For many projects, whether to invest or not is a process of in-depth communication, understanding and consensus between both sides, which is a completely normal commercial behavior. All investments require standardized and strict procedures, which is a basic common sense".
As an important player in China's internet industry, Alibaba had a large number of outward investments around 2017. According to statistics from IT Juzi, in 2017 alone, Alibaba's investment and merger and acquisition amount reached 89.854 billion yuan.
For Zheng Gang, who is in the venture capital circle, confronting Alibaba obviously requires bearing huge pressure, and even has an impact on the company's business.
Interestingly, while Zheng Gang was "denouncing" Alibaba for Smartisan, Luo Yonghao's own cooperation with Alibaba did not stagnate.
On October 20, 2022, Luo Yonghao posted on his Moments, showing that he settled in Taobao Live. Later, the cooperation between Jiaoyipengyou and Taobao gradually warmed up. They not only promoted multiple anchors under their management to settle in Taobao Live, but also frequently interacted with Taobao's official team.
The former ally stood up for him and furiously denounced the giant on Moments, but he himself turned around and made peace with the giant, this old story was later brought up, becoming the most ironic footnote in the relationship between the two.
Later, the relationship between the two began to deteriorate. Zheng Gang mentioned many times that when Luo Yonghao started his new business at Xianhongxian Technology, he hoped to use the equity of the new company worth about 35 million yuan to offset the 1.5 billion yuan of investment that Smartisan had received before. Luo Yonghao believes that investment is not a loan, it's a favor to give back, and it's not an obligation if you don't.
Luo Yonghao believes that "Investment is not a loan. When the venture capital you made your own decision on fails, you have to admit the result." "When an entrepreneur takes investment from a fund, as long as he has done his best, he has no legal or commercial ethical responsibility after losing money. Of course, emotionally and morally, if an entrepreneur is willing to make some compensation for the investors who lost money in the previous project when starting the next entrepreneurial project, it is a very affectionate practice. But this is not the entrepreneur's obligation or duty, nor is it a common practice."
Zheng Gang also once said that he has invested in more than 100 mobile internet projects, 80% of which failed, and he has not initiated a buyback request for any of them so far. Earlier, Zheng Gang reposted an article on Moments and implied: "After you have spent all the investment money, you throw away the signed responsibilities and obligations in the investment agreement, then build a new boat to achieve 'wealth freedom', and in turn mock investors as 'nobodies', the investors will not let you go."
Source: Screenshot of Zheng Gang's Moments
The article Zheng Gang reposted on Moments was written by Kuang Ziping, Founding Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, which mentioned that "It's been 10 years of investment, it's reasonable for investors to issue a redemption request to the enterprise, and enterprises with the ability should cooperate."
Calculated from the first investment in 2013, Zheng Gang's company's investment in Smartisan has been more than ten years.
This mutual denunciation did not subside over time, but grew bigger and bigger, from the verbal battle on Moments all the way to the court.
On August 26, 2024, Luo Yonghao, who changed his name to "Luo Yonghao · Niu Hulu", posted two long articles in a row on Weibo, one of which revealed that his total debt was actually more than 1.3 billion yuan, and 824 million yuan had been paid off so far; the other "denounced" Zheng Gang for long-term "spreading rumors, slandering and defaming" him, so he decided to sue Zheng Gang, and specifically excluded Zheng Gang from the compensation plan for old Smartisan shareholders, on the grounds that Zheng Gang's denunciation in the public opinion field in the past year and a half was "spreading rumors, slandering and defaming", which caused adverse effects on the reputation of the