Zhang Su
张苏,苏苏, Susu, Zhang Su, ZZH’s old friend and assistant before Xiao Yu, currently a game streamer, began wearing the hat and vocally supporting the EHzZ brand right after it was announced.
Career
Zhang Su studied fashion design at Esmod in Beijing[1], when Xie Yihua's sister Xie Yiwen was faculty there.
After graduation from Esmod in 2015, Zhang Su went to work for Kris Wu as a stylist. By his own account, he was referred for the job by his teacher[2]. This is believed to be Xie Yiwen, as the timing coincides with when Xie Yihua was working for Kris Wu. Zhang Su follows both Xie Yihua and Xie Yiwen on his Instagram. (Note that Zhang Su's relationship with the Xie sisters precedes Xie Yihua's professional relationship with Zhang Zhehan, that began when he signed with Xinxi in 2019.)
Zhang Su worked for two years with Kris Wu, then became Zhang Zhehan's personal assistant. He is believed to have worked for Zhang Zhehan for less than two years, around 2017-2018. The last time he appeared in fansite photos was in October 2018.
Zhang Su subsequently became a video game livestreamer after plans for creating his own fashion label did not pan out. He gained a large following after Word of Honor became a hit and he posted a reaction video of the first episode, clearly stating his friendship with Zhang Zhehan. He gained more subscribers after 813, when fans were desperate for any news of Zhang Zhehan.
Zhang Su is currently signed with an MCN called 小葱花文化. Their CEO is 黄谦聪, or Kimhqc on Zhihu. His picture depicts the same person listed as KimWong小葱 on Weibo and their work history matches up. On Weibo, Kim listed himself as a manager at 欢聚时代, an executive unit of CAPA.
Kim's Weibo handle used to be 多玩游戏的黄谦聪. He follows Zhang Su on his Weibo account, as well as an account that played a huge part in the 813 smears.
For his birthday in June 2022, Zhang Su gave out NFTs to new paying subscribers.
Relationship with Zhang Zhehan
Zhang Su met Zhang Zhehan in middle school in his hometown Xinyu.
He accompanied Zhang Zhehan on his bike ride to Tibet after graduation, but did not finish the trip, leaving early after a minor injury. He appeared with Xiao Yu on the show Taste of Time in 2018.
While working as Zhang Zhehan's assistant around 2017-2018, he took many private photos of Zhang, some of which he posted on his own social media.
He also accompanied Zhang Zhehan on trips abroad, including to Thailand and Tokyo, Japan. An old Instagram account alleged to have belonged to Zhang Zhehan, han__home, may have been registered/managed by Zhang Su, as it sometimes posted the exact same photos but with different filters.
Some of the photos used in the 813 smears were taken by Zhang Su. It is uncertain if Zhang Su was the one who took the Yasukuni photos, which were taken in 2018 while Zhang Su was Zhang Zhehan's assistant, and posted to the han__home account.
After 813, fans noticed that Zhang Su deleted his photo with Zhang Zhehan from his social media.
Activities after 813
Shortly after 813, Zhang Su turned on an unscheduled livestream in which he appeared to be outdoors with Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu made a very brief appearance.
During this period, he often responded to fan comments calling him 舅舅 "uncle" (specifically mother's brother) and hosted livestreams in which he let CPFs sing JunZhe songs in his channel. Many fans paid for his subscription (舰长) and gave monetary gifts during his streams.
For example, in October 2021, he had a net total of RMB¥228.9K in gifts.
On March 31, 2022, after the EHzZ brand was announced, Zhang Su appeared on his livestream wearing the first product, a baseball cap embroidered with the Haizhe handsign logo. This unexpected act caused him to be questioned by fans, with Zhang Su aggressively defending himself and asserting that Zhang Zhehan was behind the brand. He continued to wear the hat for the next several days.
After wearing the hat on his livestream and expressing his support to EHzZ, Zhang Su lost a large number of subscribers.
During this same time, Zhang Su also conspicuously denied that he was behind the 张作乐 ZhangZuoLe Douyin account, that is believed to be the source of the Nogi Shrine video used in the smear. However, there have never been widespread accusations of him being behind this account. Zhang Su also indirectly admitted that the content uploaded to that account originated from him, claiming that they were stolen from his Weibo. But his Weibo is public and the source of the videos and photos were never identified, even leading to speculation at the time that Zhang Zhehan himself was behind the account.
The ZhangZuoLe account was wiped shortly before Zhang Su made his statement.
Whoever was behind this account uploaded the Nogi wedding video on 812, which was picked up by a known anti, HBW 堡安哲么佩 and used as the catalyst for 813. 楚玉v helped spread the video.
During the ZSJ biking trip, Zhang Su stated on his Bilibili that he had intended to fly to Tibet to meet the group there (Tibet was already under quarantine before the trip began).
Zhang Su was present at the ZSJ Xinyu Bar Meetup in November, 2022. He subsequently posted photos with someone supposed to be Xiaoyu, but their height difference does not match that seen previously.
Similarities to ZSJ
Fans noticed that the May 4, 2022 IG divorce video features irregular bottom teeth. In particular, there is one tooth that clearly protrudes. They compared this with Zhang Su, who also has uneven teeth and one protruding bottom tooth. In contrast, Zhang Zhehan has very straight teeth.
Zhang Su vehemently denied these speculations, first in a rather rambling private message, then in a more coherent but not much more logical post. The statement talks about the legality of AI face-swap technology, says that he can't imitate ZZH's voice, and that his home does not have the background or clothes in the video (plain wall and white t-shirt).
A group of ZSJ photos taken with a black French bulldog bear a strong resemblance to Zhang Su.
Girlfriend
阿紫,his girlfriend, an influencer. She participates in most of Zhang Su's group chats.
She and Zhang Su frequently interacted in the comments of his Bilibili videos[3].
She was previously involved in controversy around forcibly removing paying fans from group chats, then refusing to refund their money.
Social Media
Zhang Su is mutuals with Teng Ziyue on Weibo.
Zhang Su's Instagram account is set to private.