Foxconn Founder Taps Netflix Star as Running Mate in Taiwan Vote
- Terry Gou names star of Netflix series as vice president pick
- Gou hails VP pick as outstanding writer and spiritual mentor
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Foxconn Technology Group’s billionaire founder Terry Gou chose an actress famous for portraying a presidential candidate in a recent Netflix series as his running mate in his bid to become leader of Taiwan.
Gou announced Lai Pei-hsia as his vice presidential running mate at an emotional briefing in Taipei on Thursday. Lai is best know to Taiwanese audiences as a singer and as the actress who played a presidential candidate in the Chinese-language Netflix political drama Wave Makers, which is credited with triggering the #MeToo movement in Taiwan.